February 2014

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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?

how did you all tell people? we want to tell our parents but don't know how, did you just blurt it out? also I can't count, u think I'm due around mid Feb but my periods used to all over the place so purely guess work with a bit of clear blue conception indicator thrown in!!!!

I'm constantly tired too but don't get much chance to nap in the day due to working all hours godsends! I wake up in the night feeling ridiculously sick so hardly sleep at night either! Well it'll get worse I'm sure. There's no sleep for 18 years when baby gets here. Plus ill be a single parent so no chance of having a few hours off unless I can convince my parents!

@bugsyburge... I sort of blurted it out..."you're gonna be grandparents"...we have just told our immediate families... will wait 12 weeks before telling friends...

Well, I've told my dad. Seeing rest of my family in 2 weeks at funeral, so will prob tell them then (which is after my next scan, as they couldn't see heart beat this week). DH will probably see his folks that day too and may tell them then. I'll be about 8.5 weeks then. I'll tell one or two close friends around the same time and everyone else from 12 weeks.

Hi ladies! I'm about 6 weeks today I think so due around the 1st with a bit (a lot) of luck. I'm posting from the antipodes so will be around to keep you insomniacs company. This will hopefully be DC3, I have a fabulous DS who is 5, and lovely little DD 13 months. The gap in between DS and DD was bigger than we hoped for - I had three MCs in that time and DD's pregnancy I was under the care of a specialist clinic, injecting clexane, on aspirin, progesterone and then I got gestational diabetes and had to inject insulin too! She's worth it of course
I'm on the same treatment this time, had a couple of blood tests to see that hcg levels are rising properly, and will have a scan this week to check its not ectopic. Then scans every week from then. It's a roller coaster and the odds aren't great but I'm pleased I've got the chance at another miracle and hope ill be sticking with you all for the whole nine months!

Hi Ladybee! I'm also posting from that part of the world, so will be able to keep you company...Am in New Zealand. Congratulations on your pregnancy! I only found out yesterday and was mightily surprised...fighting the urge to tell everyone at the moment but still early days for me so will hang on a little longer. Think my EDD is between 16-20th February...not 100% sure when!

We've told/are telling immediate family this weekend. My sister will think it's odd as she told no one til 13 week scan but I can't keep a secret! Have family birthdays coming up where everyone would guess the moment I turned down a drink anyway! Last time around my colleagues all guessed early as I was puking so much. I've got a hen do and a wedding coming up in July and I might just be open about it. I am useless at keeping secrets and honestly in the early weeks of feeling rough, I need the support!

champagne yes i have. on and off all week. feels like my period but no bleeding and is on abd off rather than all the time.
im going to ask the doc about it... but ive been told its the womb stetching to accomidate pregnacy. it isnt nice though.

Hi can I join? Just got my bfp this morning in sainsburys loos! and am in shock!! This will be my third but the others are 10 and 11 so a big gap!! I am 38 so am frantically trying to get my head round it even tho I know it's very early days!!!

ill let you know champagne mine are evening too... but have also been day time. think the might be dying down though now... im 5 weeks.

Thanks champagne, I came staggering out of sainsburys loos and said to some poor unsuspecting woman " is that a cross?!" She will probably never recover!!!!!!

Haha, that's brilliant purple. My sons are 13 and 10 so I'll have a big age gap too but for is its perfect. I wouldn't have it any other way.
It was a shock for us too but that was mainly due to TTC for a year with no luck.
Hello to everyone joining the thread.

Hey ladies, can I join in too? My EDD is 14th Feb, and this will be our first child. Been cramping all week as was expecting AF, and not been sleeping at all well.

Bit stressed, but don't want the stress to affect the baby manager is a nightmare is all I will say

But congratulations to you all. So good to have others that you can turn to in exactly the same position. We were TTC about 2 months but only DTD about once a week. So am very shocked still.

Hi and congratulations TeaAddict

You sound just like me - this is also our first and was totally convinced I was out this month because I had cramps just like AF. We'd also been trying for 2 months and are still in shock tbh! I'm not totally sure about my ED as I get a few days of spotting before my period but think it's somewhere between the 16th-20th Feb...How long are you going to wait before you tell people? I am practically bursting to tell someone but a little scared to...

Hello champagne and barebranches - I was on the magical flying June bus with you both...albeit, a very infrequent poster . Am so glad I'm not the only one getting cramps...will you let me know what the doctor says?

Well I've just had an email from my bfp's daddy. He has said he wants nothing to do with the baby. He doesn't want to know when it's been born, the sex or anything. He hasn't got any money to give and he wants no part of family life. And the best part....I got pregnant on purpose apparently. I was on the pill and took it everyday without fail so I think he's just trying to blame me. So I'm feeling a bit sad for my unborn child who will grow up not knowing its daddy. Men are shits. Life sucks sometimes

Oh, Laura :-(
That sucks. The person who is really going to miss out though is him. Plenty of children whose dads don't want to know grow up happy as anything, my mum is one of them. You have more than enough love for both of you I'm sure. Stay strong x

Thanks ChampagneBubble, congratulations to you too. I'm going to avoid my manager as much as possible, until I have to. I know that I'll have to have an update meeting soon, but I'll just have to stomach it and soldier on. The project I'm working on officially ends in October-November, and I've basically done it. But he wants every pennies worth of the contract. Tight bastard.

Umm, about the telling other people thing, I'm not sure. My FIL is really ill at the moment and so I don't think that we should say anything until he is in the all clear. I really want to tell my mum, but man is she a chatterbox: the whole church congregation would know by next sunday, I kid you not.

So sorry to hear about this Laura0007, that stinks. Hold on, and let us know how you are doing. It's not fair that men can "opt-out".