February 2014

[vix206]

Very early days but I'm due 26 January - really expecting early February after being 15 days late with DC1. Thought I'd get the ball rolling

Anyone else?

evening all

I'm also having the cramping & it comes and goes it waves. I'm going to make an appt with the doctor this week anyway so I'll mention it then but I'm sure its nothing.

eeek this is all very exciting

hello ladies!!!
didn't expect to find a club already for next Feb!!! wow
i got a bfp thurs just gone and by my rubbish estimations i must be around 4 weeks. i am still bf dd1 so haven't had many periods and they have been v irregular so not much to go on but i am sure i had one mid ish may so can't be much more than 4 weeks. digi test said 1-2 weeks since conception but heard they are not v reliable lol.
so, sorry if covered earlier but what's the protocol for 2nd and onward babies?
basically not doing the whole pfb thing i did with dd of making an urgent gp appt at 3 weeks pg lol. so do i just book an appt with midwife when i estimate i will be about 8 ish weeks????
xx

Thanks ladies. Knew I cold rely on you for a bit of support. I'm ok, just feel sorry for my baby. Ill be mummy and daddy though and my parents are wanting to be involved so it will have male influences. Still sucks though. I always thought I'd be settled down and married before I had children but life doesn't always work out how you plan it does it!

Oh Laura, sorry to hear he's being a shit, but great to hear that you still have RL support from your folks. Stay strong.

Hello to all the new joiners! Feekerry- I'm preg with my 3rd. I rang the midwife after I got my bfp and arranged my booking in appointment. I think if in doubt, ring your surgery- they'll tell you if you need to see your GP too or not (absent any concerns, around here, there's no GP involvement). I'm seeing my GP on 26 June, when I'll be about 8 weeks or so.

Hi homeby where in NZ are you? NZ has a great maternity system with the independent midwives. I was a bit gutted that I didn?t get to experience it with DD, so I?m hoping to do some kind of combination with a normal midwife and just using the High Risk team physicians. I?m going to head to a midwifery centre today to have a chat to see whether that?s possible at all.

I?m not having much cramping like AF, but I do remember that from first time round. That and slightly increased discharge (TMI, but oh, it?s going to get so much worse?) makes you keep jumping up convinced that it?s all over and bleeding is starting. I think it?s just the bean irritating the uterus a bit while it beds down nice and comfy. Those twangs when you get up suddenly are normal too ? I think it?s round ligament pain. My big tip for this time is to always make sure you have both feet on the ground and your body is all facing the same direction if you?re going to sneeze or cough ? owwww if you do that twisted.

Purple37 that?s very funny, you probably made her day!
TeeAddict try not to worry about stress affecting baby ? they survive earthquakes and war zones, so even a bastard boss shouldn?t do too much harm.
Laura - so sorry to hear your bub?s father is being a complete arse. Must make it a difficult prospect face, and it is really sad for your baby. Do you think you?ll send updates anyway? He may come around to the idea once he?s had some time to process it all and sees you just trying to keep him in the loop. BTW, I don?t know whether it?s the case everywhere but even if he doesn?t WANT to be financially liable, I would bet he IS financially liable for child support. You should find out either way.

Thanks so much for the reassurance ladybee - it's exactly like you described it...am constantly pant-checking . Am in Auckland and have heard excellent things about the maternity system here...am looking forward to using an independent midwife. Where abouts are you?

Well had forgotten about the pregnancy paranoia!! Decided test must have been wrong so did the second one at 10pm, still bfp, not slept at all, convinced myself BOTH tests were wrong so in desperation have used an opk stick which has a really dark line on it!! Phew! Resigned myself to no sleep now as I need to get up for work in less than an hour, how is everyone else doing??

not much sleep here either- went to bed at 10.30, woke when dh came to bed at 11, then awake from 12 till 1.30, then dh got up at 5.45 ( so woke briefly) and then dh kissed me goodbye at 6.15. i feel like death!

I am sleeping for England at the moment!! Was asleep before 8 last night and up at 7 this morning with DS. Was awake a few times in the night but must've got 10 hours. Been like this all week! 7+2 today and happy to be further on than I was when I miscarried in March.

I'm struggling with nausea and it gets worse as the day goes on which is why I'm crawling into bed as early as I can every night.

Welcome to all the newcomers, we are growing in numbers!

wow, there's a Feb group already!
I'm expecting no2 and boy so far is it different to dc1. my bathroom and I are good friends!

Hi fellow June bus-ers! And everyone else I've not met yet!

Got a BFP last week, first month of trying for first baby so really surprised but over the moon. Still cant believe it. Am 5+5 with a due date of 10th Feb. Just called GPs for booking in appointment with midwife, I've gotta wait over 2 weeks! Boo!

No symptoms as yet except for an intermittent tummy ache. But it could just be nerves.

Not told anybody yet. Kinda want to tell the parents but want to wait too. It's quite likely I will give it away with my face: every time anyone mentions anything to do with babies I blush wildly. It's not a very helpful trait.

Vix- I'm usually the same- I had 3.5 hours of naps on Saturday and felt dreadful yesterday so God knows what's going on w my sleep. And congrats on getting past your MC date. I'm starting to feel like this is real. Until the scan last week I wasn't letting myself thing about it, but this one is def in the right place- though I felt so diff than I did last Oct, I was still v nervous about anor ectopic.

The queasiness seems to be here to stay. I don't really seem to get hungry, just nauseous. Anyone else the same?

Fox- congrats on your bfp! And I know what you mean about feeling self conscious- I feel like i keep talking about babies and really want to tell people. We were at a friend's house yesterday and she kept talking about how our DC (4.5 and nearly 2) are so much easier all of a sudden and how glad she is to be past the baby stage. Erm.....!

Oh shit, after just posting that I went to the loo and I've got some brown bleeding. Do I need to tell someone?

Fox a little bit of brown spotting isn't necessarily a problem, but I think the thing to do is keep a close eye on it and if it becomes heavier or you start to have pain to call your mw or EPU. I'm sure someone will be along shortly who has more experience of this. Good luck.

Hi, can I join? Congratulations Everyone.

Looks like I'm due Valentines Day with DC2. I'm so nervous as I don't feel pregnant at all, last time I had sore boobs, upset tummy, sick, tired. This time the only reason I decided to take a test was because I got a blood nose. The only other time I've ever had a blood nose was when I found out I was pregnant with DC1.

Sorry I can be a bit of a worry wart x

Hi Fox - just wanted to add that I had brown spotting on and off with my last pregnancy, all was fine but still tell your midwife.

ps Fox I had some pink spotting in my first pregnancy (often the day after having had sex) and she's now 4.5, and it was a problem free pregnancy.

Thanks guys, am freaking out a bit. I called the midwives, which was a first, and she said it might just be implanting (can that still be happening this late?) but that I can go for a scan on Thursday if I like. Think I will.

And now my boss has seen me having lots of phone calls with my office door shut and has asked me if I'm OK about a hundred times, because I'm obviously not. I don't know what to tell him, he's really nice I don't really want to lie.

And I'm a really shit lier...

It depends on what your relationship is like w your boss. When I was pg w DD, I had an early scan and ended up telling my boss, who was a good guy and who I trusted. Hang onto hope- it the mw was really worried, they'd get you a scan in a flash.

He's stopped looking at me quizzically. I think I'm off the hook, for now.

Brown spotting is continuing though.

Thanks Ladybee, that comment nearly made me laugh out loud in my office. But it is so true. God Bless you all.

Congratulations Glowbuggy and Fox Mulder, the more the merrier me thinks.

Vix don't feel guilty for going to bed at a normal /sane hour, its all for the growing one's good. Plus, others say that you'll lose loads of sleep in the first year after the birth. So enjoy it, your skin will look amazing I bet.

I rang the docs this morning & have an appt for next Wednesday. this is my first so I don't know what to expect, could anyone enlighten me?

so far at work today I have spent as disproportionate amount of time thinking about baby names, ingenious ways to avoid alcohol but without giving the game away & generally daydreaming

good luck with the spotting, as others have said I'm sure it's normal but try not to get too worked up, hopefully all will be ok

TeaAddict, if this one is anything like DS I will be hardly sleeping at all for the first year!!

Fox, welcome but I'm sorry to hear about the spotting. Just try and take it easy, hopefully it is nothing to worry about.