November 2013 - thread 2 - bookings and early scans!

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Where did everyone go? Lol

harv massively Scottish!! The mind actually reads it in a Scottish accent haha

Sterling there is still hope as they may have a more generous maternity scheme if its a larger company. My sister was well into her pregnancy when she got a new job & benefited from an excellent maternity scheme. Maybe you could find their policies online? Good luck for interview, it'd be hard on SMP but worth it for the right job.

I'm in the process of getting a new contract at an old job. I have a good relationship with my boss which I don't want to jeopardise while we go through this processby not telling him. At the same time I don't want to give him something to think about while decisions are being made. It's tricky.

Bloody timing!!

fairy have fun with the newborn.
Good luck with your scans saundy, poppy and cheese
Have got my pregnancy blocked nose, had it the whole pregnancy with DS.
Finding it difficult not saying anything when I speak to family and in laws but I'm pretty sure DH wants to not say anything for a while yet.

You chatty bunch have filled a page while I've been sorting out DS and typing message!
Anyone else not told anyone about pregnancy yet?

GOTCT I wanted to avoid it for as long as possible. When I went to my first Drs appt & was told to go to reception to book my midwife appt it was only with my SiL's flat mate!! DP panicked that his mum might find out second hand so we had to go tell her & swear her to secrecy (which he's assured me she's good for). Not ideal. I'd've away from my family so am planning a trip at Easter to tell them face to face. Still at 8 wks it'll be much earlier than I'd like but what can ya do. Work don't know but I imagine I'll tell them soon. When are you telling?

*i live

I've told no one but DH so far. Waiting for scan today first. Was thinking I might wait until 8 weeks and tell both my mum and MIL. But I think I might crack before then! Almost certainly waiting until later to tell work - unless MS really kicks in and everyone guesses!

Nope not a soul. We're waiting for the scan, but will have to tell my dad before so he can drive us, my hospital's miles and miles away.

Then will announce it with a lovely scan picture, to those who haven't been blabbed to by my dad already. my brother's going to be over the moon.

We want to make sure everything's ok before telling everyone the news. Cautious because we had a mc at 6 weeks last year before we'd told anyone and were really quite thankful we hadn't. We were happy to deal with it in private iyswim.

Completely understand the urge to shout it from the rooftops though, I was this close from telling my friend this week.

Haven't told a soul either just me as DH know. Finding it so hard, just want to tell everyone but we're waiting until the scan too.

harverina chicken crisps for breakfast! mmmm... Boak is properly Scottish. I was there for 10 years and moved down South, miss it so much. Really really miss a potato scone roll for breakfast! Are you in the east or west?

DH is still there working (he works is glamorous East Kilbride) so I'm by myself with 6 year old down here and feeling a bit sorry for myself that I'm all alone and PG!

Good news - because I was a 'member' of the Recurrent Miscarriage clinic I get to have an early scan, gratis. Lucky me! 25 March, will be just 7 1/2 weeks... keeping fingers crossed.

Had scan and all in the right place thankfully. Only saw one but she said it could still show two next time as my bloods were high. Scan in about 10 days. Sooo relieved. Post more from home.

Oh great news cheese!

Yaay cheese I'm so pleased for you.

I've not told anyone either, and we are planning to hide this one as long as poss!

Well good news is that dd slept a solid 7hrs last night so feeling slightly more human!

Congratulations cheese! I have told a few people, those who I would go to for support if things didn't work out. I've always been an open book, just can't keep secrets (unless they are for somebody else and then I'm strangely very good!)

happy news cheese!

i cant wait for a nosy at the new baby today lol

we use the word boke over here in n ireland too

poppyseed i haven't told anyone except dh. i'm planning on keeping it quiet for as long as possible as it became the sole topic of converation the first two times once people knew, which i found really dull after a while. i'm already finding it hard to do my jeans up though so i'm sure it won't be long before someone guesses.

i have a colleague with seriously poor personal hygiene & although i haven't felt nauseous much so far, I was feeling slightly queasy at work yesterday, which was compounded by being around him. god knows how i'll cope when it kicks in properly.

oh & congrats cheese !

cheese so glad all went well!

cheese that's excellent news!
Yesterday I had three people ask me when I was going to get pregnant. Nosy sods!
We've got friends coming over for the weekend and I think it'll be obvious if I'm not drinking. I just said well we'll just tell them but DH doesn't want them to be the first to know. Easier said than done!

getoff there are many ways to get around that! Get creative! What do you normally drink? You could always put cranberry juice in a wine glass, or fill a bottle with lemonade or something, to drink out of. Especially if your in your own home, if you dont want to tell that is

Ive only told dh and one dear friend who is herself about to give birth. its tricky, as the day i found out, my mother told me that my brother and sil are having ivf, and going through really rough time. i dont want to override them by cheerilh announcing my unexpected super easy conception as is totally unfair. also my best friend has had five failed ivf goes and gets really upset when other people get pregnant, really upset, and anothet close mate is still in breakdown mode from a 3 month abmormality/ termination.poor poor girl.

so i dont feel like anyone is actually going to be super delighted for me, will hold out telling them for as long as possible.
same at work, my boss is a fifty somethinh gay guy who loathes pregnant women, he almost goes green when he sees one. will avoid telling him for a bit, but when i do if he says anything horrible i am going to hr!!

Great news cheese.
We haven't told anyone apart from the dentist who I had to tell at my appointment. Hoping not to till after the scan but there a couple of things coming up where it might be easier to confess.
Really haven't got the energy for work today

Cheese - congrats that's really good news, you must feel so relieved.

Surprise, wow that's a difficult situation sound like a lot of people around you are having a lot of pregnancy heartache.

We have just told family so far, my IL's, my parents and so far one brother. Want to do it face to face so will catch my other brother and siblings IL as and when. I've found it really difficult with friends and not drinking they definitely suspect but I think they recognise that if we were ready to tell we would have told them. But I definitely don't think it will be a surprise now for some of them.

I have told my 2 best friends because I was desperate to share the news lol OH doesnt want to tell his parents or anyone til after the scan but we are going to tell my dad beforehand I think