January 2014 - Start the new year off with a pop

[MissMedusa]

Any one else hoping for a 2014 baby?

I'm hesitantly dipping my baby toe in the pool after having a mc last October. I'm 4+2 today with my first and hoping and praying this one sticks.

Here's to 2014!

Morning everyone!

I survived the hen do and only yawned twice :) managed to last until midnight, very proud of myself. Tired this morning and nausea is still there but I'm taking a strange sort of comfort from that.

DP is currently cleaning the oven :) there is a first time for everything!

Good morning everyone. Welcome and congratulations to our new members.

Well, since I last posted, we've told both sets of parents and siblings and everyone is really excited. I wouldn't be surprised if my sister has started shopping already, although we've told them all it's very early days (6+2) and we want to be discrete about it.

My symptoms are continuing to change as well. From a slight bit of nausea on Thursday morning, this has spread to intermittent waves throughout the day (although fortunately no actual vomming). Noticed a few smells and tastes starting to turn my stomach as well.

My boobs are also getting bigger. I lost weight last year for our wedding and boobs we're the first thing to disappear. Although I've put a bit of the weight back on, this is the first time DH has commented about them returning to pre-weight loss size (thankfully without the rest of me being pre-weight loss size - yet!).

Tempting fate perhaps, but I've started knitting a newborn cardi.

Morning all,

missmakes and littleballoffur holding your hands for Monday

On the gender vs sickness debate - I'm going to throw a spanner in the works had none last time with DD although suffering this time, so wondering if its a boy.

My sickness is weird, it mainly comes on in the late afternoon, and I keep having bike tasting burps - urgh. Between that the tiredness and the back ache I'm not missing the fact that my boobs aren't big or too sensitive yet. That said they're a lot droopier than last time round, so there's more to fill before I notice them being huge again :-)

Had a spa day yesterday it was my present to my sister for her birthday, so had a last minute panic and had to change my booked treatments. I felt a bit sad that I couldn't do some of te stuff I normally love sauna and steam rooms - but just walking passed them it was sooo hot - I don't think I could have managed if I wanted to

Hope you're all enjoying a relaxing Sunday x

We won't be telling dd (3) yet she has been begging for a little bother or sister for the last year an can't keep her mouth shut. But will tell her first after the scan. Then in laws and my dad, I lost my mum late last year and it really upsets me that she won't be around to meet her second grandchild it was what upset her the most about getting cancer.

MTB so sorry about your loss. Thats really rough.

Ooooh, Habitual, I can't wait to start knitting newborn things! I'm holding off until after the 12 week scan because a) I don't want to see my work and be upset if it's bad news, and b) I don't want the DC or anyone who comes round to ask what I'm knitting if they see it.
It's difficult to hold off, though!

Glad you survived, Penny :)

It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

How sad, MTB :( I'm sorry.

Sorry for your loss MTB xxx

Sorry MTB...
Can I join, i just POAS today and BFP. EDD january 16th. I'm 4.1W. Lets get this pregnancy started! Lol. Good luck to everyone ...

Hi gemma :) Congratulations!

Sorry for your loss MTB, my mum was the same when she was diagnosed, she loved kids so much it's cruel that she wont get to meet her own Grandchildren. We're making a tesco photo book with pictures of all of our family in that we can look at with the baby so they get used to peoples faces (as we live a few hours away from them all) and I'm making a page with mum on and the caption 'Nanny loves me from heaven' which is a bit soppy but I still want her to be a part of their lives.

I know it's early to think about it, but are people going to find out if it's a boy or a girl before birth or wait for a supprise?

That sounds lovely mrsg me & oh want to find out. I didn't find out with dd & was convinced I was having a boy lol. Would like to find out this time to be a bit more organised. Kept all dd's baby clothes too so they may come in handy x

Sorry everyone I didn't mean to bring everyone down. We'll try and include my moms name in little ones and DD remembers and we encourage talking about her.

We're definitely going to find out what we're having as it'll mean we can either sell DD's old clothes to purchase new blue stuff or keep it a bit longer.

On the commuting thing one thing to look forward to it that after 25 weeks, or sooner if your GP writes a letter is that if you travel on a crowded train an there are no seats you can sit in first class :-)

Hello new BFP'ers!

Can't remember any of the things I've just read - so hope everyone is well, and missmakes and fur hope you're okay.

I got through my first dry dinner party - one person asked why I was on 'antibiotics' and I just said 'oh, it's something we probably shouldn't talk about at the dinner table' - no idea what she thought I was pretending implying but she blushed and changed the subject!

Am telling my Mum on Tues and my Dad the Monday after (doing it face to face, so have to find times to go and see them).

Might go for a walk in the sun I think!

Still POAS every day, and now obsessing over my Pregnancy Journal (which I'm sure I'll abandon later on, but fun for now) - Superdrug Preg Vits are going down fine (unlike Pregnacare Conceptions which made me acid-y) for those who were struggling with their vits - and I cry at everything. That Robinson's ad with the two boys, one of whom turns out to be the Dad? HOWLING. DH thinks it is very very funny.

We're not going to find out. We want a surprise.

It wouldn't make any difference to us anyway. We're very against the whole blue/pink thing, so we wouldn't buy anything which was obviously for a specific gender.

Good afternoon ladies,

Congratulations to all new BFPs

On the finding out sex of baby thought we are going to find out FX al goes well because we are both so excited and it would be mpossible for us not to know. Ha ha

MrsGSR thats a super idea! Brought a tear to my eye!

I keep changing my mind as to whether or not to find out. I was so sure it was a boy last time so I wanted to find out so it wasnt a complete shock if it was a girl. This time so far I dont any strong inklings, so think we will decide nearer the time. Will probably change my mind a million times before the 20 week scan....plus a friend of mine was told she was having a girl and it turned out to be a boy. Doh! Our nursery is going to be neutral anyway so I would like to hold out if I can, but I am normally very curious so I may break and find out....

Hi all!
Well I've vommed 3 times whilst wearing the seabands so may write them off. I can't remember who asked by they are like small sweatbands with a knobbly bit in them that presses into the inside of your wrist and is supposed to work via acupressure. They'd also not be very easy to hide unless you were wearing long sleeves.
I got DH a fatherhood book from the library and he has informed me that having a bigger right boob means you're more likely to have a boy . So combined with my sickness maybe we're having one of each.
MTB sorry to hear about your loss xxx
toby I am with you on the being against blue/pink. This bean is going to wear all colours regardless of its gender. A lot of the pink stuff particularly in the shops is really yucky, and I was very at the Boots "toys for boys" and "toys for girls" fiasco that was in the news recently. I think we'll probably wait til the birth to find out too. humpty I hate that advert. I think if you flipped it and it was girls there would be complaints about mums being friends rather than mums . Feminist rant over...sorry!
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:( sorry to hear the wrist bands aren't helping, I couldn't find any is asda yesterday, I might not bother.

What a strange fact, does it mean if the right boob is always bigger or if it gets bigger during pregnancy? I bought the blokes guide to pregnancy and babies months and months ago but DH refused to read it until we're pregnant, I might put it on his pillow tonight!

I am hoping to find out before, but will be buying mostly neutral colours anyway (we want a big family so are buying everything to be used again!) I don't think it matters what colours kids wear, blue has always been my sister favourite and one of my male friends loves purple.

Hello all.

I've finally had a chance to sit down and catch up on all the posts since Friday!

Extra will be keeping my fingers crossed for you until your next scan in 2 weeks. As everyone has said, keep positive and all will be fine in the end [hugs]

MissMakes hope you are doing ok and looking after yourself. Will be thinking of you tomorrow when you have your scan

Also to Fur, FX tomorrow's scan goes well.

Congratulations and welcome to BallofFur, Pidgy, Bunt, Specific, Minibreaks, MrsGSR, MummyAlex, Omama, Gemma - WOW, there are so many of us now!

Has everyone had a good weekend so far? I had a lovely day yesterday with my best friend and her 13 week old baby boy. The day consisted of lunch and shopping and lots of baby cuddles. I didn?t think it was possible to feel more broody than I already am! It was wonderful but also slightly daunting that I will soon have a little person of my own to look after.

Re finding out, I think I'd like to keep it a surprise, but I have a feeling DH would like to find out...

Right, I?m off to lounge on the sofa while DH cooks us a Sunday roast. I?m going to make the most of this while it lasts!

Hello everyone

I've mostly been lurking on this thread so far because in the absence of more than a blood test I don't feel like I'm really pregnant. I'm also feeling super nervous about results of blood tests tomorrow for all kinds of nasty diseases, though I have no reason to believe any will come back positive.

fur and miss maker I am hoping for good news for you both. Waiting is so hard in this situation.

MTB I'm so sorry for your loss.

Sister in law who was due around the same time as me had a miscarriage yesterday which made me feel down, guilty and pessimistic about my own pregnancy all at once. Today I've had no nausea either which I have suffered with really badly this time so my mind is running away with me a bit.

To complete things I'm in France and have to wait til week 13 or 14 for an ultrasound which is making me extra edgy. With DD I had some bleeding and a hematoma which my delightful doctor in Egypt diagnosed as a molar pregnancy and the a&e doctors here thought was a miscarriage. It was worrying at the time but got me used to the luxury of early scans. Anyone else feeling neurotic atm?

Oops, really managed to gloom up the thread after it was beginning to enjoy the Sunday afternoon sun.

Hello altered. I also am relatively symptom free with no nausea or sickness. If it wasn't for the lack of period and countless times I've poas and seen the BFP, I wouldn't think I was pregnant. I'm nervous but trying to focus on getting through to 12 weeks.

Do you have a date for your scan yet? I'm waiting for my appointment letter and think I'll feel better once I have that date.

Hi Sunny,

No date for scan yet, my GP will just give me a referral letter when I reach twelve or thirteen weeks I think (He very helpfully said last time that he can't give me an appointment yet because its quite possible that [blows raspberries] the pregnancy will fail. He is very nice but you gotta love French people's directness sometimes!) I can then book directly with the gynaecologist. Luckily it's very easy to see a doctor here in France.

Altered congratulations on your BFP.

I have been on and off, nervous about everything going well too. Just keeping FX all is well. But that's mainly to do with having had a previous mc. My SIL is about 18 weeks pregnant and we were both due in Oct prior to mc. From my experience the best thing my SIL did was understand how painful it was for me. As hard as it was for her she didn't go on about her pregancy in front of me. She always waited for me to ask about it. She was very sensitive to the situation. I so respect her for it too. We spent time together talking and she told me how guilty she felt about been pregnant after I mc. Although it was hard seeing her initially because of the reminder I did not begrudge her pregancy. And I wanted to make sure she was aware of this because I felt guilty that she felt bad. It's a difficult situation to be in. Are you close enough to your SIL to be able to talk with her?