October 2013-anyone else with an early Bfp?

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Got my line at 10dpo
This will be my secomd dc. Torn between delight and fear it will all go wrong. Dd october 3 by my reckoning.
Cant tell anyone except dh in real life so hoping i can get quietly excited here!

Welcome new ladies

Can I have a moan about bloomin gp's? Called surgery for advice on folic acid dose as dc1 has a rare brain anomaly. Anyway receptionist spoke to doc who said i should take stronger dose and to call to ask where to leave prescription, but she didn't write it. Receptionist then asked another Doc to write it and they refused. Nobody thought to call me and ask so now I am here on a Friday with knowledge I should be on stronger FA and not taking it. Got midwife appointment on Monday but same woman as last time and she couldn't tell me at 36 wks if baby was breech or not so not got much faith in her.

Rant over can breath again, thanks for listening x

Hi MrsAFlowerpot congratulations and welcome!

C0smos I have bleeding too. Started on Sunday and i had a positive scan on Monday. Awaiting my next scan and first MW apt on Tue. Fingers crossed! Still smiling

Hi ladies, hope there's still room for me to join!

I finally got my BFP on Wednesday. This will be DC1, I'm 4 weeks pg and think my due date is 12/10/13.

DH and I have agreed not tell anyone until 12 weeks as we don't want to tempt fate. The only symptoms I've had so far have been crazy vivid dreams, bloating/wind and I think my breasts have doubled in size since yesterday

Bowl I feel much the same - spent last pg worried when I shouldn't have. If something bad had happened, being worried wouldn't have helped anyway, so this time I am determined to be more relaxed.

Anyone else on later pgs that they want to do things differently? I am going to try not to use needing to eat for two as an excuse to stuff face with junk food, as the weight afterwards was harder to shift than expected and I needed three fillings (I blame the jellybeans). I want to stick with the gym too. Last time I was so fit beforehand and MW said it really showed in labour, this time I'm not so need to do what I can!

I haven't gone off caffeine yet which is weird - anyone else? You're allowed 200 mg a day or something.

Mama best of luck on Tues.

Umlauf 14 weeks is probably the best time to travel! I went to a pacific island last pregnancy then and it was great (I live in the Sth Hemisphere) as the first trimester yuckiness was over and the harder slog hadn't yet began. We have decided to go away again at the same time this time

I feel like am having a boy and even have a name. Terrible! Oh well. Will find out at 20 wks as don't want to carry this feeling through pregnancy and be wrong.

Oh and this book is great:

www.penguin.com.au/uptheduff/

It's Australian, and very funny as well as being great for information.

And (sorry about posting over and over)it has a week by week description of what the baby is doing, I'd read it every week a new week passed and it was a neat thing to do

Hi ladies. Lovely reading everyone's stories. Got bfp on thursday- was over the moon and did a little dance with DS (18m) in front of C-Beebies! Very excited but also a bit shocked as only came off the pill and stopped bf at Christmas! Not planning to tell friends or family for a while but think friends might guess when I'm seen without a glass of vino at a friend's birthday tomorrow! Have a relaxing weekend everyone.

I can recommend the rough guid to pregnancy. Informative but funny at the same time.
Umlauf - I have just been planning a camping trip for when I'm 7 months!

Just home from work. Utterly exhausted. Been up with my son doing normal day to day life all day Friday & then working from 5am til now. Cup of tea,shower & bed for me! To do it all over again tomorrow... I really hope this exhaustion eases rapidly,I can't take it!

Also recommend the Rough Guide book - witty,human & enlightening.

Hello all! Sorry not posted for yonks... Crazy busy at work (I'm a lawyer - can you guess!), DD (2.3 for the newbies) and the puppy (11 weeks).

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed - this was a surprise and financially things will be tricky (DHs job is until Sept only - mat cover in teaching- and I will only get stat maternity pay). Also wondering how I'll cope if the puppy is as she is now!

But also desperately want the bean to be ok..... And I think it's a boy!!!!

In terms of doing things differently to last time... Yes, I worried madly last time, bug I find it hard to see how I won't worry about everything being ok this time! I didn't worry about the birth and I won't again this time - DDs birth was fine. I will I think eat a bit less as everyone says its harder to shift extra weight after no 2... Oh, and I'll find out ghr sex at 20 weeks this time, to prepare DD!

Jelly - do they think low folic acid contributed to your DSs condition? I thought it was to do with Spinabifida. How old is your DS now?

Hi to all new people!!!!!

Btw, symptoms-wise... Like last time, I am about 4 degrees hotter at night!!! Still achy boobs and exhaustion too! I don't remember anything beyond that from last time, so I guess all normal!

legally dc1 doesn't have spinabifida but she does have a very mis-shapen brain stem and cerebellum. Because this is the first part of brain to develop and her brain stem / spinal cord affected doc said best to take stronger dose. Will see what Monday midwife app brings.

On a nicer note my boobs grew in size overnight

Sorry to hear that Jelly. Although I'm sure your DD is wonderful, I expect it's hard work!

Thanks legally she is our wee miracle but a bit of a handful, wouldn't change her for the world .
How are you today?

Sorry for issues with rubbish GP jelly fingers crossed midwife will be better now with a couple of yrs more experience!
Having people over for the rugby and Id really like to sleep.
Also starting to get genuinely concerned about the size of my tummy! its getting difficult to hide and im not even quite 6 weeks saying that I may just be having a fat day because DH's best friend and his gf are coming and will feel the judgement... Also theyre now an hr late and have just called to say theyre just leaving. sorry for rant.
Anyway is everyone else having a good day?

pink are your DH's friends the same as my one's? Not waiting for them for rugby but football. Also feel like im having a fat day (but possibly Christmas overeating at fault rather than bfp )

Hello to all of the new ladies and congratulations!

pinkbuttons I think that you are right about the brands of tests. First response and 2x boots cheap ones were all negatives but 2 x super drug ones were BFP. I took that as a good sign because it tested with the super drug ones with DS :-)

jellycurls not had the issue with having to hide my stomach yet, but it won't be far off. I'm actually training for a 2.5km swim in may at the moment so I'm hoping that toning up as a result will compensate for the start of a baby bump and so I won't look any different for a while. Last time I started wearing a bump band and leaving my non maternity trousers unbuttoned which helped until I felt that I had a big enough bump to justify wearing maternity clothes. Once I had told everyone at work one guy did say to me that he had suspected because none of my clothes seemed to fit me properly :-/

mamab another recommendation for the rough guide to pregnancy here (and the rough guide to babies for later on. Very light hearted but with the info which you need to know.

tuckingfits I would book your first MW appt as soon as possible. I rang to book mine yesterday and the next available one was 6 march :-0 (MW is only at the GP surgery one day a week ) the receptionist said that it looked like there is a bit of a baby boom in my area at the moment. That means that I'll be 10 weeks by booking in appt and last time it took 4 weeks from booking in to getting a scan appt so am a bit worried about that.

c0smos great news about the scan :-)

umlauf we've just booked a week away in April to Portugal, nice weather but not too hot. I would definitely suggest getting the holidays in now as they will be very different once your little one arrives.

Am I the only one with no boob related symptoms?! They didn't change at all last time either. I think DH was a bit disappointed, I think he was expecting them to double in size or something!

In terms of doing things differently this pregnancy, last time I was really chilled and almost didn't come to terms with pregnant until the day DS was born. However, he was born early in very emergency circumstances and as a result this pregnancy will be a high risk one under consultant care with lots more monitoring than last time. I think that I'm going to be a lot more anxious this time and so am already planning to take birthing relaxation classes to try to chill myself out.

I hope everyone's having a nice weekend so far and got their feet up being made by their DHs/DPs

Hmmm, looks like I need a bit more practice in using MN emoticons!

Ug I had such bad cramps last night it was hard to sleep and I lay awake wondering if I was going to lose the baby. Felt better in the light of day, but so much for my above post about not worrying so much!

I've had some mild cramping today too, which was really worrying as AF would have been due today, so its reassuring to know it's "normal" after reading other posts (and lots of googling!)

On the book front I downloaded mumsnets guide to pregnancy which seems pretty informative without taking itself to seriously.

I would love to tell my parents, but we want to tell them face to face (it will be their first grandchild) and won't be seeing them until just before 8 weeks, and again just after 12 weeks. So I've set myself up to tell them at the 12 week mark. That's if I don't let it slip before hand by mistake

I went to the doctors the other day, he said that my 3 home pregnancy tests were proof enough, and just packed me off with some codeine for my headaches.

What did your parents have to say?!

Quick break at work,feel better today as I got a nap when my son had one! Another 3 or 4am home time. I'll be half dead tomorrow!

Funny,I had mild cramps when I went to bed last night - was worried I'd overdone it at work & was going to pay for it. However,seem fine again today & as with others period would be expected this weekend.

Back later...

I would love to tell my mum, especially as I know she'd be so excited for me expecially as it's my first baby, but my DH is adamant we shouldn't tell anyone until after the 12 weeks scan. I'm seeing my mum tomorrow, and I know it'll be soooooo hard to keep schtum!

Sorry about your Dr's appt...I have my appt Thu, and I'm expecting it will be an anti climax too!

I've not really had the tiredness kick in yet thank goodness.

How are your partners dealing with the news? We'd been trying for months, and he was gutted everytime it was a BFN, but his face was just panic stricken when announced the BFP! He's coming to terms with it now though and want's me to get him a mans guide to pregnancy type book!

I've told my whole family. Mum was pretty excited - I told her first as would tell her if I had a mmc anyway, then told my sisters for the same reasons - so told my Dad so he didn't find out through anyone else!

Thanks for the advice re booking an appointment. I'll get on it on Monday. It'll make it all seem a bit more real!

My partner is totally delighted! We had a bit of a "scare" in December & were both disappointed I wasn't pregnant so we decided to start trying (all very quick!). I told him & he hasn't really stopped beaming since & coming out with such proud gems as "wow! Potent stuff,eh?!" Hilarious!!