Due August 2013

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We had our BFPs in November.

Welcome aboard ladies.

Let's do this Journey together.

Hi All,

I'm due on August 24th according to my calculations. On a business trip in Asia for next few weeks so will have to wait until end of the month for doctors appointment. Was pretty surprised to find I'm pregnant, but happy surprise nevertheless! Not told anyone yet but nice to have some people to chat to! Not feeling too bad, just tired and a bit icky but generally ok.

Weirdly I've had my booking in. Despite being earlier than some of you.

My scan date will be arranged at some point. MW was fairly keen for us to go to the Small Town rather than the Big City for the scan but we both work in the Big City and our only childcare is in the Big City so it'd be really silly for us to go to the Small Town which is over an hour from where we usually are during the day. MW agreed reluctantly, warning us of all sorts of pitfalls.

Felt awful with nausea yesterday in the run up to lunch time but haven't been feeling sick at all today. Every day is different. I'm ridiculously tired though.

This is DC2 and although I feel grateful/pleased to be pregnant I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I was last time. Maybe I just have less time to think about it as I'm busy concentrating on DC1. I just feel a bit underwhelmed about the whole thing. How ungrateful is that? I'm sure I'll be absolutely delighted when DC2 arrives and they'll be as wonderful as DC1 but at the moment I'm struggling to muster up much enthusiasm.

7+3 ish. Dates will change after my scan, I'm sure.

I've booked a private scan for this weekend, am getting stressy, 9 weeks tomorrow and it was at 9 weeks last time I discovered the missed miscarriage so for peace of mind I need to know all is still ok in there. Chances are high I know after seeing a hb at 7+2 but still, those long sleepless nights get you to thinking...

Welcome Noodles :) a business trip to Asia sounds fabulous, the food must be amazing, I hope you won't be feeling too sick to not partake? mmm I need a chinese takeaway now, why am I so suggestible??

May have to give birth in Edinburgh to avoid Bounty lady Ruck.

Welcome Noodles!
Jolly, similar here, I keep thinking back to how tough newborn days were with DS & imagining doing it again & with a bigger child scares me a little.

Foof, hope this week doesn't drag for you too much & tomorrow passes peacefully for you.
I think you need a chinese takeaway, I think we all do.

Hope those starting back at work today had... well as pleasant a time as can be expected!

Ruck - That's good news about the Edinburgh Bounty ban. I've heard about them on other threads and they sound awful! Know what you mean about the huge book - I got mine from the GP and it's so textbook-looking I was wondering where the homework sections were .

Noodles - welcome and hope your trip goes well!

Foof - Hugs and good luck for the weekend!

I did a big thing and told my boss today. I decided to do so early, knowing that covering my maternity leave is likely to be a real bu**er for him and he'd want to think about it long and carefully. (I'm currently on an unexpected temporary promotion to senior management after two more experienced candidates both declined the role last year.) He's very much got a 'treat the organisation fairly and we'll treat you fairly' mindset and did say that he appreciated the early notification. So hopefully I've done the right thing in not waiting till later! He's totally fine with keeping it to himself until after the scan and promises not to hold me to any of the very vague maternity leave plans I'm making now so fx all will be well.

I can stay on this board yay!! Thought I had lost baby but it is still in there, good strong heartbeat :) Im due August 5th xx

Fantastic greenj1

I hope everyones first day back was as painfree as possible. I've been back since last thursday and it was a struggle today. Not helped by my newest friend: the big fat snuffly cold. Brilliant.
Hi green so pleased it all worked out for you. I was following your post in the pregnancy section hoping and wishing for you.
foof I don't blame you for the private scan - best thing we ever did.
Today we got our 12 week scan date FINALLY 28th jan. Exciting!
Also I got my booking in date - 16th jan at 1pm. I work in london and live an hour and a half away from work so that is super inconvenient. Thought it would be, what with the law of sod and all

As we had our scan yesterday we have now told everyone as we couldn't keep it in any longer. Except weirdly when I got to work I just couldn't bring myself to say anything. I don't know if it's because I work with mostly men and I think they wouldn't be too interested. I told the girl who sits opposite me and thats it and told her to keep quiet for now. Not really sure why as the whole world knows now!! Anyone else found the same problem? Especially with work?
Also are we the only people to blab to everyone after our 9 week scan? Hope we haven't tempted fate. I just read the chance of mc was so much lower by the time you see a heart beat at this stage.....eeek.

Good to hear that all is ok with you greenj1

What is the Bounty thing? I'm guessing it is something we don't get here in the Channel Islands.....

My first day back at work was ok, but I was ready for a nap at 11.30am but had to struggle through til 5, then was teaching from when I got home til just now.

We have hardly told a soul so far - work will be tricky as 2 other people I work with are going on ML in the next few months, and it is a small office, so it will have an impact. Still, I am sure people will manage, and I'll do my best to get things completed in advance where possible.

Still waiting on our scan date - must be soon as I am according to dates 11 +1 and they do the nuchal screening at the first scan. Would it be worth chasing if I haven't heard by the end of the week?

Just got back from booking app, still no scan date she said Il get it through post, I hope so lol, it got to 11wks with ds2 without a date when my booking had been at 6.6wks.

Yay green thats great :)

In so much pain today with my belly and lower back feels like start of labour pains, I've had to resort to paracetamol, and I never take them even with stinking migraines i get :( xx

Defo Chase it waves I had to with ds2 it turns out midwife had no handed my notes over xx

That's great news greenj - really pleased you're still with us all.

Jollytoddles and gary I know exactly what you mean. I feel a lot more apprehensive about this pregnancy (it's my second too), and just keep worrying how I'm going to manage with two. It was so different last time as had all the time in the world to relax, and pamper myself whereas now I'm constantly running after DC1 or trying to work or feeling rough - still get a little excited from time to time about the thought of a sister or brother for my little girl (who's only 13 months - eek)

ruck and rull and beckie - I too had my booking in appointment today. Took ages and just felt like lots of forms to fill in and no real contact with m/wife. She didn't really even ask how I was feeling

I have been having bad cramps, feeling dizzy and really cold, and also feeling a bit low (though think it's just hormonal first trimester stuff ) would have been nice to have an opportunity to discuss this with her but too busy answering tick box questions. Oh well...

9 plus 3

Ruthie, Gary... Sorry you're feeling the same way, but I'm so glad it's not just me. I was beginning to worry about my attitude to the whole thing.

Sounds good, green and Carrie :)

Hey everyone.... checking in today on my new laptop! Because I decided I couldn't possibly go through pregnancy without one (okay, so officially it's to put the ticks in my grid for my qualification i'm doing at work at the mo... but really...)

green that's brilliant news!
foof gary and noodles I am blaming you all for the fact that the extra bag of prawn crackers DH had delivered yesterday is now no more, and I feel a bit sick.

Still no booking apt/ scan letter. Am hoping it arrives soon as am accompanying DH to the Lakeside Darts this weekend, and i'm going to be jumpy and anxious enough as it is without the 'have I been forgotten' thoughts. Plus I had the evil nausea today because someone at work 'smelt wrong'... oh dear.

I am not on the Channel Islands, but I am a 1st timer, what is the Bounty thing- I would also like to know waves

ruthie / jolly / gary - also a bit apprehensive about coping with two! Especially cos I am so sick at the minute and really struggling looking after DS on my own for more than about half an hour at a time. Keep reminding myself how much more energy I usually have when I'm not preg!! Keep telling myself one step at a time but hard to stop mind racing ahead to having a 6 month old, a 3.5 year old and being about to go back to work roughly this time next year

mayan - Bounty are a slightly dodgy outfit who turn up on maternity wards in a lot of hospital, trying to flog you stuff. They give you child benefit forms (which you can just print off from the HMRC website yourself), try to get you to agree to letting them take a pic of the baby (which they will then sell you), try and get you to agree to filling in all your details which are then used to bombard you with marketing emails under the guise of 'updates on your baby's progress newsletter' thingys and they give you a load of free samples of baby products, with the hope you'll start using those brands. A lot of individual Bounty reps are totally fine, nice people who will leave you well alone if you're not interested but there's a lot of horror stories floating around MN, begging the question of why the bloody hell they are allowed onto a hospital ward in the first place, where vulnerable, tired, exhausted women are trying to get to grips with breastfeeding and recovering from sections etc.

Rant over!!!

My official booking/scan appt came today - Fri 25th Jan. I've already had two scans in EPU but exciting to be getting the 'official' one . 9+2 (and sick as a dog!) today!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1641617-just-had-a-run-in-with-the-maternity-ward-bounty-photographer
here's one of the Bounty threads. very questionable methods they have really recommend you read at least a bit of that thread

Glad you got good news green and carrie, onwards and outwards!

Hi. Can I join in again? I surfaced briefly in Dec but then banned myself from MN for a while cos I was scaring myself with all the sad stories...
I'm 10+2, due 4th Aug (unconfirmed) and have my 12wk scan a week today (11+2 seems early?).
Hope you are all doing well, I'm bloated, look 15+weeks already and still have v v sore boobage and can sleep 12 hours straight given the opportunity - so very tired!!!
I'll try to keep up with the thread but apologies if I don't manage it :-| xx

green we are due the same day :)

Nausea is wearing off now thankfully only have it a few time although our the day which is a lot nicer than all day everyday!

Haven't got my scan through yet, but have seen my midwife and she's. lovely thankfully

Also worried as I have an 11 month old .. Going to be very busy

And sad as it is I have already found my double buggy that i need want :)

10+1

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Morning all. Anxious morning here as I am having pain and bleeding. Am 9+5.. luckily had a scan booked this afternoon anyway, but it is going to be a really long day.

Hoping everything is fine for you RainboxFX

I must be one of the few people who don't mind the bounty stuff! The stuff in my first bag was a lot better than the useless crap I was given back in 2010. I put DPs email last time so I didn't get the newsletters and the lady on the post-natal ward at my hospital was nice, not at all pushy about wanting to take photos - to be fair to her she doesn't need to be, mine is the largest single site maternity hospital in Europe, they delivered 74 babies in 48hrs when I had DD!

Have any Edinburgh ladies been invited onto the Empowar study? I've been invited here but no MRIs.

Morning! Not sure if I'm due late August or early September cos I can't remember when my last period was. Expecting chastisement from midwife. They always think you should be 100% certain, down to the minute, and know exactly how many days your cycle is. So I'll probably lie, make up a date and wait for the dating scan.

How soon did you book your midwife appt?

My friend is due the start of July and showed a picture of her haul from Bounty and Emma's diary, was actually really good and much better than I got last year. Make sure you tick the no further post etc box and you will be ok and not bombarded.

Rainbox hope everything goes ok for you.

We're seriously considering booking an early scan as I can feel my anxiety builing up already and just want to check everything's doing what it should be but DH is quibbling over the money, any Edinburgh/Fife/Central Belt people know of a good, cheap place for early scans?

Rainbox, fingers crossed for you x

Hanikam - ring your surgery and they'll let you know what you need to do :)

9 weeks today - bittersweet... at 9 weeks in my last pregnancy it was discovered that I had a missed miscarriage and baby had died 3 weeks before :( not entirely sure how to feel, especially as physically today I feel absolutely fantastic so of course I am now panicking as to why I suddenly feel so good I don't feel bloated anymore for one. Probably as I am making a concerted effort to eat properly and of course am not taking the vits now, I knew they were making me ill, maybe I underestimated exactly how ill though?

Just counting down to Thursday for my booking in and Saturday for a private scan.