April 2013 - Part 2 - Hurry up 12 weeks!

[Lola06]

Starting a new thread for all us April 2013 ladies as we quite quickly worked our way through the last one. Have added list below which is hopefully up to date.

Let the talk commence.....

Thereisamumwhonevergoesout - DC3 - 29th March
Ratbagcatbag - DC1 - 1st April
NobbyD - DC1 - 1st April
Herhonesty - DC2 - 1st April
DamnitDamnit - DC3 - 1st April
Novia - DC1 - 1st April
Circusgirl - DC1? - 1st? April
MrsSimkins - DC1 -1st April
Pontouf - DC2 - 2nd April
Jo1984uk - DC1 - 2nd April
funkymonkey1983 - DC2 -3rd April
flosshilde - DC2 - 3rd April
Josie81 - DC2 - 3rd April
Giddypants - DC2 - 3rd April
JessieEssex - DC2 - 3rd April
Frootloopz - DC1 - 4th April
Lola06 - DC1 - 4th April
AussiemummyTo1 - DC2 - 4th April
Doingakatereddy - DC2 - 5th April
Cadmum - DC1 -6th April
Scouseandproud - DC2 - 6th April
BonaDea - DC1 - 6th April
Toobreathless - DC2 - 6th April
Bumpincharge - DC1 - 6th April
LikeCandy - DC1 - 6th April
Wishfulthinking1 - DC1 - 7th April
Mama1980 - DC3 - 7th April
Dandelion75 - DC1 - 8th April
Bunnygirl80 - DC2 - 8th April
Amayabuzzbee - DC2 - 8th April
Magictorch - DC1 - 8th April
Mumofwombat - DC1 - 8th April
Could it be true - DC2 - 8th April
Spidermanspiderman - ?? - 8th April
Duchess79 - DC1 - 9th April
Angeltattoo - DC1 - 10th April
timetomoveon - DC2 - 10th April
Leluelle - DC1 - 10th April
SneezySnatcher - DC2 - 11th April
EssexWelsh - DC1 - 11th April
Miarosemum - DC2 - 12th April
Helsworthy - DC1 - 12th April
Aufaniae - DC2 - 13th April
edinfirst - DC1 - 15th April
plannedshock - DC? - 15th April
Steph2414 - DC3 - 16th April
highlandbird - DC2 - 16th April
Hollers81 - DC1 - 16th April
DeekeyDoo - DC3 - 17th April
HiHowAreYou - DC2 - 18th April
Loobylou33 - DC2 - 18th April
Sugafiend - DC1 - 20th April
alwayshopeful - DC1 - 20th April
Jozee - DC? - 20th April
Teapig - DC1 - 21st April
JacquelineHyde - DC4 - 22nd April
Breesy - DC1 - 22nd April
Jessiethecowgirl - DC2 - 23rd April
NotShortImFunSized - DC6 - 23rd April
Dysgu -DC3 - 24 April
Knittingnovice - DC3 - 24th April
Photochick - DC1 - 25th April
havealittlefaith13 - DC1 - 26th April
growyourown77 - DC1 - 26th April
Clairebec - DC3 - 27th April
Fryingpantoface - DC2 -27th April
ChalleX - DC3 - 27th April
Zoerowe - DC2 - 29 April
Factofthematter - DC2 - 30 April

I had a slight craving for tinned salmon sandwiches last week! Now can't bear the thought. Also having an aversion to red meat and meaty flavoured crisps, and cheese. I am surviving on potatoes and baked beans (among all the snacks n sweets!)

Is anyone else with nausea finding it's worse when you lie/sit down and better when standing? Some days I feel so tired after eating I crash on the sofa but think it actually makes me feel worse. But if I make myself get out and do something, I feel better.

ENorma sorry to hear you have hyperemesis, really hope it stops very soon.

oh mama so pleased - hope you're going to be one of the many women this happens to and it's completely fine.

teapig my sympathies. that's why i like this thread - you can just come out and say i feel like s---.

I do. I feel like my body has turned against me. i've thrown up and just felt grim all day. plus waiting for days to crawl by till 12 week scan. what a combo! there's only so many ways you can complain about it on mumsnet, but i'm sure i'll find many more.

i'm lucky it's an 11 week scan but the wait is still killing me - i'm an older mum.

also luckily as a freelancer i've been able to be at home.

hugs to all going through sickness, tiredness, cramping, bloating, and esp anyone with any serious worries.
xxxx

loubyloo - maybe that's my problem. but i went swimming today and felt i was gonna puke in the pool. heinz cream of tomato soup - never again.

luckily i have no interest in sweet things - it's like being pregnant has flicked a switch.

Hope you feel better soon somewhere, sharing/venting on this lovely thread definitely helps.

As for food aversions the one thing I can't bear to even think of eating is soup. I used to have soup for lunch all the time but I can't stand the thought of it.

I'm not having cravings but I hold those on this thread who have mentioned yummy things partly responsible for my increasing waist line. This week I plan on having boursain, nachos and my first fish finger waffle butty.

Mama that's great news, you must feel reassured.

I haven't had any cravings (other than being really thirsty), but having spent the last week worried about having no symptoms, today I have been feeling ruddy awful. I've had a banging headache since first thing and the nausea is about the worst I've had. I came very close to throwing up on someone at work today

First booking in/midwife appointment next week, not sure when the scan wil be. Can't wait to see baby Magic again!!

So glad to hear of all the positive midwife and scan experiences you're all having too. I think this thread is keeping me sane- no mean feat!

DH cooking dinner again tonight. It's almost worth putting up with his sympathy symptoms for his awesome chilli. Just hope I can eat it!!

Boursin you say??

Actually, when I said I hadn't had cravings, I have been a bit partial to garlic bread of late...not sure whether to blame that or baby for tight trousers!

Mama1980 - good news! Hope the worry isn't getting you down too much

birdbrain congrats on being immune (and an impromptu day off!)

faithapalooza hope you're feeling a bit less gross today love

I feel a tiny bit better today. Long may it continue

8+1

Evening all

Welcome to all the newbies and glad to hear scans are going well for people. I am still waiting to get my booking & scan dates.

All I want to eat is savoury the saltier the better. It's a good job s&v mccoys are on special offer at the moment.

Have not really been thinking about being pg at the moment as ds starts school tomorrow and I have been busy battling the school uniform company as despite ordering his jumpers 5 weeks ago (delivery within 28 days) they stillhaven't arrived. A very lovely friend managed to find me a second hand one and the area manager of the company has supplied me with a free plain one, but I really didn't need this stress.

Early need to get a full night sleep, if it isn't the cat or dc waking me up, I wake myself up. And ontop of that I have my most hated pg symptom back. Evil migraines, which I just have to cope with. Argh

8w tomorrow

Had booking in appointment today, super exciting, despite being an hour of form filling then another visit where they must have taken half my blood-miarose agreed, feel nervous that I may have these random diseases even though no reason, just another reason to be nervous!! Now feels very real, still feeling pretty much fine, 5 days on the trot so hope that is it/doesn't mean no symptoms is a bad thing!

Have come to the conclusion I have a D&V bug, been sat on the toilet most of the day, have no idea where it has come from. And the acid heart burn has started already. I'm really not enjoying being pg this time round!
Sorry for the moan, I have a great pregnancy with DS just the birth went wrong, lets hope it's the other way round this time

Hi all, glad to hear the scan went well Mama, I'm sure it must be so worrying. If it helps at all, my mum bled constantly for twenty weeks with me and I am fine!

I'm feeling slightly better. The nausea is not as severe but I am still completely exhausted. Feel so lethargic that when I'm not at work I literally can't be arsed to do anything. I spent much if this morning failing to win any Mum of the Year Awards by letting DS watch cbeebies and play with his bricks and cars while I lay on the sofa!

I had to make it up to him this afternoon by taking him to the playground, to feed the ducks, to the library to read some new books and then swimming. Am now feeling completely knackered again and I still haven't done any housework and I'm back at work tomorrow. (I work 4 long days a week).

Jut want to feel normal again. My husband has christened me Grummy which is a portmanteau of Grumpy Mummy. Bastard.

Anyway sorry for being such a whinger. Just can't believe how little I appreciated the fact that with my last pregnancy I only had myself to think about. Hope everyone else has had a nice day, hugs to all those feeling crap

11+0

mama glad to hear your scan went well

Sorry to hear so many people are still feeling sick. I'm gradually feeling better, the constant nausea is gone, and I now really only feel sick if I let myself get too hungry. Last night DH was late home, and DS decided he would try every trick in the book to delay going to bed, so I manage to get dinner cooked until about 7:45. I'd been looking forwards to it all day, but as soon as I saw it on the plate I felt sick and managed about 3 mouthfuls Should have had a snack while I was cooking, but decided not to because dinner would be ready soon, and ended up feeling too sick to eat. Maybe I'll learn my lesson at some point!

hello all knittingnovice i agree with you about savoury.

possibly feeling a bit less queasy today - i hope so

pontouf same here - TV has suddenly become a much bigger part of our lives.

1 week, 2 days till my nuchal.

9+6 today.

xxx

I am on a pendalino to London with full on MS. Supposed to be preparing for a Very Important Meeting but can only concentrate on not throwing up. This will not end well
8+2

Hi everyone,

Twiglets and lucozade for me!

I'm still nit fancying any proper food, which is horrible, i can't wait ti eat a normal lunch or dinner again.

My nausea seems to be easing off, but after a good sunday, i was sick 3 times Monday, lost my (crisp sandwich) lunch yesterday and was sick in the shower this morning

Ice lollies and supernoodles do not a healthy diet make...

I am 9+2 today, but LMP dates put me at 10 weeks, which is the info that the MWs have for me and still no sign of a booking in if scan date!!!! Gggrrr...a phone call to the hospital and the receptionist says it'll come in the post...but i want to know when!

I have ordered some underbump maternity jeans to try on! Hopefully they will be here for the weekend...am seeing friends, would love to tell them, but need that scan!

Have a lovely day all

mama glad the scan went well, what a rollercoaster :(

miarose I had a homebirth with my DD, it was fantastic, I'd recommend it to anyone. I think you need the drugs less because you're in a calm environment and anyway, anytime it gets too much you can just transfer in.

camel bleugh tilting train plus MS :/ hope meeting goes well today.

Sorry 10+0

First MW apt later this morning, thought I'd take advantage of the morning off work and have a bit extra sleep, but I've been wide awake since my usual get up time with all sorts of exciting baby related thoughts going through my head! :)

Finally thought that the MS had eased, so was merrily tucking in to a bowl of cereal, when the nausea struck again. Now theres a half eaten bowl of soggy flakes sitting, while my stomach makes some awful gurgling noises. :(

10+6

i was in sainsburys and thought i'd throw up.

serious question - anyone here tried any remedies for MS and got relief?

I've tried vitamin b6 - no difference.
today i'm trying ginger tea - possibly helping but too early to say.
also there are these seasickness wristbands you can get....

xxxx

Morning and thanks all more drs today to talk about a cervical stitch if I get to 12 weeks am 11 weeks so only a few days to go.
As far as morning sickness goes I have found rich tea biscuits help and water rather than juice. And ginger tea is my friend.

Glad to hear the scan went well mama I can't imagine how worried you must be but must be reassuring that you're in best possible place and sounds like you're being well looked after.

Relieved to hear you're immune birdbrain I thought you might be but phew. Hope you have a good day at work and glad you got one day off without worrying.

Congrats ENorma and on a hilarious username that has had me chuckling away to myself in a silly juvenile way! Sorry you're not feeling well though .

Nothing much to report here still feeling exhausted and nauseous.

somewhere peppermint tea is also quite helpful and gingerale

Flu vax vets do I need to wait until 2nd trimester to get it for any reason?

Morning all, sorry I've not been around for a whole, works been mental and beds been calling :)

After pleading ignorance and ringing maternity ward I've got my scan for next Thursday now. So excited.

Trousers defo tighter and slight bump/bloat there now.

11+2

Having to make some decisions this week.

I went to see my course leader at uni a couple of days ago. (I'm about to start the 3rd year of a full-time degree). I told her I'm up the duff and she was really supportive, although she did say "Hmm, that's not great timing academically" when I told her the due date!

I've got a couple of options but I think the only one which makes sense is taking two years off. It seems like such a long time, but the other serious option is to go back now, then leave at the end of the 1st semester (end of Jan) and go back the following February when the baby will 9 months old. I think if I do that, I run the risk of feeling that the baby's just too young when it comes to it, and ending up having two years off in the middle of a bunch of modules and my final project, which would be hard to pick up again.

My degree is really intense, it's not like being at work, it takes every bit of my spare time. I didn't watch a TV program, read a newspaper or spend any time doing things all together as a family (we parented in turns) last year. I don't think I can do that with DS and a young baby! It's just not fair on anyone involved.

I thought 2 years was too long when I first thought about it, but now I've (pretty much) decided I feel relieved.

It does mean I need to start looking for a job for now till March, asap! Should I say I'm pregnant or not I wonder? Becoming a little hard to hide the bump already (especially as I looked about 8 months up-duffed before I even embarked on this being pregnant malarky!)

Sorry for the me me me post, but it's useful to think aloud!

Hope you're all doing well and the sickness is starting to wear off at long last :)