May 2013 - roll on 12 weeks!

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Thread n2 for those due in May 2013

How is everyone working out their EDD by the way? Based on my last period my EDD is 30th May, but I don't have a 28 day cycle, I ovulate on day 17 not 14 so it's more likely 2nd June.

Thanks everyone. Scan 0930 tomorrow so until then not much I can do. MW did say that there are lots of reasons for bleeding and not all are MC-related. Hey ho, these things happen - am determined to be calm about this. Now just need to find the words to tell my boss!

WeatherWitch Until then you need to rest.Get those feet up.I will be thinking of you.

Seven I used to have a 32 day Cycle.However,i have just based my dates on the way Gps do.40 weeks from my LMP.I will change the date if necessary when i have dating scan.They usually always give you a different day after scan even if just a day.I bet i get given DS2s birthday as baby is due literally a few days before

WeatherWitch - just wanted to add to the support and well-wishing. Hope everything works out for you. Take care, rest up til tomorrow xx

fingers crossed for you Weather. can you relax today? Have you been overdoing it at all, maybe you have irritated something and some chill time will sort it?

seven I had a wonky cycle after a chemical pregnancy but was using feritlity friend website and opks so am pretty sure I know when I ov'ed and it gave me an EDD from that.

beaut how lovely.

little hope you perk up soon.

found out DS has chicken pox this morning! eek! i don't know if i have had it, i think i have. meant to be working today but guess i will have to take this week off to be on scratch duty. double eek.

Wilde I'm pretty sure chicken pox is one of those things you need to be careful of in pregnancy.I would check with parents if you have had it and also contact your mw for advice as i am not entirely sure how it can/if it does affect you.

thanks beaut sadly am estranged form my parents but do remember my mum saying something about me having had it once but only super mildly so am not too worried. Is nothing i can do anyway! DH can't take a week off and I can't go into hibernation, and he needs his mum... my friend said it is only in the last tri you need to be wary... Will do some research and maybe ring the drs later if am concerned. Am a bit concerned but tbh really, is nothing I can do!

Thanks, will go on date from LMP then, 6+1 today.

beaut my nieces share a birthday, you could have it on his birthday!

Hope your DS is coping with the CP ok wilde, how old is he? Hope you don't get it, but like you said nothing you can do. Sorry to hear about your chemical pregnancy, when I had my mc I started bleeding the day after I found out I was pregnant.

Info on chinkenpox during pregnancy

Morning-

Just been for scan ( been booked for few weeks as hasn't been able to get pregnant so was looking for probs ) thought I'd go anyway ;-). I thought I was about 6 weeks today based on lmp and ovulation predictor kits. She said she wasnt properly conversant with pregnancy as not her kind of scan but could see a yolk sac so thought I might be 4-5 weeks. She said might poss be just able to see fetal pole.. I'm quite sure about dates donor worries be he thinks diff dates- worried its stopped developing. That said from google I think possibles the yolk sac should be seen at 5 wk 4 so surely of she can see that it only 2/3 days out- I can believe that cos I got smiley ovulation face day 15 from
Lmp 21 aug so guess might not have conceived until a few days later??

Anyone any similar?

I do hope all is well with you Weather. MW just left after a nice long chatty visit. She was saying we're more prone to bleeding through nose, gums and vagina due to the vessels being so full of extra blood, sometimes they rupture and it's really more alarming than it appears. I do hope it's all okay on your end.

Eeeek, have just booked a private early scan.
This is my 4th pregnancy, and I'm still slightly 'coming to terms' with things.
I am feeling completely irrational about there being twins in there! There are no previous twins in our family history..... But, I'm so scared about the impact of two babies, with my already gorgeous children.
I wanted one more to have a partner in crime for my now 19 month old son, whilst his 2 older sisters are at school. Me and my husband both wanted two kids, or four, as we were both from three sibling families.
It's £70, which I thought was quite cheap, as my local hospital wanted me to pay £140, and Babybond were £99.

Thinking positive thoughts for everyone out there. X

Tweety another here very sorry to hear your news. Do look after yourself.

And Weather fingers crossed for you. Take it easy today.

wilde maybe ring the GP and see if they have any record of you having it? GP's always used to have your notes moved with you when you move practice (before things went electronic) so there's a chance they might know? Or just ring them or midwife to see what they reckon. Hope your DS doesn't feel too bad with it. Good luck on dealing with pox and early pregnancy at the same time!

I feel rough as anything today. Been on the edge of vomiting since I woke up and finally did it whilst making the 9mo his dinner. Coming back to pitta, houmous and avocado wasn't pleasant. And made me sad as I usually love the first two. Not so much the third. It was funny though when I was over the toilet bowl hearing this little person crawl up behind me, pat my back a couple of times and then laugh every time I retched .

Question - anyone else breastfeeding another child at the moment or done it? I've not done the pregnant and breastfeeding thing before and wondering about my supply and whether I'll get DC3 to a year or not. Supply feels different at the moment but he's not seemingly bothered.

Vickles I was like that about twins the last time! It didn't help that DP constantly took the piss and said it would be. And then when I was enormous my friend kept joking how one twin could have been hiding behind the other on the scan. So hilarious .

This time I am strangely at ease about the possibility. Although I do hope like hell there's not a reason for that!! The nausea is way way worse than ever before though .

ooh. when's your scan vickles? I pad £69 for mine, when others wanted 140 which is crazy!

terra I have moved GPs a million times, would they have it in there? hmm. I will ring someone I guess but whatever they say I have to stay home with DS, no one can look after him! and they say if you have been with them for over 15 mins your buggered. I am with him constantly and he doesn't go short of kisses! thanks for the info seven all looks pretty ok to me but suppose I should ring someone.

DS is completely fine atm, has his spots and is getting itchy but only a few and is tip top at the mo (is killing me, I need a nap!). am completely hoping he will have it really mildly kidding myself when will he get ill does anyone know? Am dreading early pregnancy knackeredness coupled with being up all night with an itchy DS! ouch!! Only three more sleeps till the weekend...

scooby sounds entirely plausible that you are just measuring a bit behind, these early scans are soooo hard to date especially before 7 weeks. A usual scan result like this would lead them to ask you to come back in 10 -14 days to see what growth had occured in the meantime. Did this happen? if not see your GP and ask them, or self refer to an EPU? hope you are ok and not too stressed. TBH I had this issue but sadly mine was a blighted ovum in the end - not a great story but I do know how you might be feeling and what to expect care-wise and as you said, you might just be out on dates and really a baby can be a week behind at this stage then have a growth spurt. Try not to worry and get a proper scan with someone knowledgable asap.

glad your MW visit was good fertility. Am glad you said about the bleeding thing for weather because I have had quite a bleedy nose this pg and has been a bit disconcerting! Is anyone else a bit stuffier than normal too? is odd but I do know is likely to be about the pg.

Terracotta.... That's funny as I was slightly disappointed that no3 wasn't a no3&4!
So, you're no3 is 9 months.. Mine is 19 months... And he two big girls play brilliantly with him. My no2 has just started school full time, so it's just me and no3. My friends and family would say, how lovely, just you and no 3 now. But insides, I was saying, yes, time for another one.
OH has had the snip, so there's no chance of a no5!
How's your morning sickness going? So draining isn't it. Just like being on a perpetual hang over! Went out last night with some friends, only for a meal and I was home at 10pm.... But, I feel unbelieveably tired, even took to my bed whilst no3 slept! Haven't done that since he was a newborn!
Just wondering how I'm going to fit a scan in, what with bloody harvest festival for reception kids and another bloody one for juniors! Aaaaaaah!

wilder the scan is Friday at 12.30 at a gp surgery in Bristol!
www.gpcare.org.uk/site/privatepatients/pregnancy_reassurance_scans/

Wilde it's worth a ring. But like you say you've been exposed a lot now and you can't help but keep getting exposed. Mine got ill before the spots. High temp, general whinging, snotty nose I think too. Then the spots broke and they started to feel better. You never know it might not be too bad for you him!

Stuffy nose do you mean? Oh yes. Totally pregnancy related. To do with the enlarged blood vessels. Will mean you'll snore like a trooper too. DP had ear plugs last pregnancy .

Vickles I have 2 older girls too. They play so lovely with DC3 as well. I wholeheartedly endorse the going back to bed while he sleeps!!
Home at 10pm sounds very late to me. I'm in bed as soon as the kids are these days!

ooooh DS had a terrible cold all through the holiday, started the day after we landed and he had been off a few days before that. Maybe that was the beginning?! slaps forehead

aw how lovely to have big families. good luck for the scan vickles!

Wilde In preperation for the next few days if he does get a bad dose then stock up on calamine lotion and piriton syrup.Piriton is great as it helps them sleep too as causes drowsiness(does that make me sound mean).I bathed mine in a bath with a tight cut off at the foot and filled with oats then i tied it and left it in the hot water this really helps the itching.

Vickles Its nice to hear stories of No3.I am hoping i may get some sleep in the early days with the older two being at school.I would have liked a fourth.However,DP has already informed me he wants to get the snip pretty much as soon as baby is born.I think its more from a financial side he is worried.We aren't rich by any means but we have a holiday abroad each year and never go without.

thank you beaut! that is fabulous and so helpful. I have calamine but no piriton stuff, will get DH to get some, and have never heard of the oat thing.

Aw you have been looking after me lots today, thanks ladies :) did ring MW but no answer and don't really know what to say anyway! pretty sure am beyond help

So, I just nipped to M&S in my lunch hour to peruse the aisles and see what possible dinner option might not turn my stomach (had already vomited up both breakfast and dinner).

I came out with a packet of sultana cookies (mmm, buttery sultana goodness) and a bag of Percy Pigs.

Domestic goddess I am not.

Pregnant I am

Beaver sooooo funny! Yesterday I had a jam doughnut for lunch and plate of plain pasta for dinner!!! DH has started nagging about unbalanced nature of diet - I am just craaaaving white processed carbs (same as last time!)