due Feb 2007

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I haven't found a Feb 2007 thread yet so thought I'd start one. Just found out I was pregnant on Monday so it is very early days still - but so exciting nonetheless. The due date calculators generally say I am due on 1 Feb, with on churning out 31 Jan and another 4 Feb. I thought it was more like 15 Feb but I will find our more at my first doctor's appointment on 15 June.

My stats:
me 28
dh 35
first baby
due 31/01 or 1/02 or 4/02 or 15/02 ???? (take your pick!)

Anyone want to join me?

Good luck for the scan Lucy, can't wait to hear how it went. I'm sure it will be very reassuring for you.

Maazaa, sorry to hear you're feeling so rough. I teach as well, but thankfully our schools broke up 3 weeks ago and so i've not had to cope at work.

I have put on almost 10lbs in 3 weeks!!! I've been eating plenty, but not gorbing... I'm so ashamed .

I have my doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon so should hear about my scan soon after that.

Maazaa sorry you are feeling so rough I have to say I would love to be signed off for the rest of term!
I have a trip tomorrow (only local) and sports day on wed - the hottest day of the year!!! I'm not looking forward to it. For a start it's a long way from the toilets!
Good luck with the scans. I'm still waiting for my letter. I am feeling just the same way though wondering if everything is OK.

Hello everyone - I posted on the stats thread but not on this one before, and it's been really interesting to read all your experiences so far.

So sorry to hear ChiTownLady's news. Sounds like a few of us have been there before, and I don't know about you but each time someone has posted about their miscarriage my heart turns over.

Mine was almost exactly a year ago, and I am still living each day of this pregnancy hoping that all will go well this time. Most of the time I have been feeling nauseous which is hell, but on the occasions when I actually don't feel bad, I worry that something is wrong. DH tells me to trust my body, but I don't trust it at all

Anyway I see a gynae on Thuesday so hopefully I will get to see the heartbeat and that will keep me going.

Re the pelvic exercises, I keep remembering at odd occasions like in the lift at work or on the train, and surreptitiously trying to do a few then. There's just never enough time.

Hi all. Am still spotting so my midwife is sending me back to the Early Pregnancy Unit for a scan tomorrow morning. I'm pretty nervous - especially as my dh can't be with me but I'm fairly sure (the more I read about it) that the spotting is cervical rather than anything to do with the baby. Wish it would stop though. I am extremely tired still and have had some horrid bouts of nausea even when my bloodsugar should have been ok. The good news is that I have lost 13 pounds since I found out I was pg - I'm a big girl so it won't hurt and I always seem to loose weight when pregant - it's just afterwards when I start breast feeding that I binge and the weight all comes back on again
Hope to report back to you all with good news tomorrow

Thanks for everyones messages
Cadbury goodluck and fingers crossed for your tomorrow

Gosh, Cadbury - will be thinking of you. They always say trust your own body and lots of women get the spotting which does nothing to the baby. Please let us know how you get on. x

very sorry to hear your news ChiTownLady

Cadbury - good luck for tomorrow. I had more bleeding after my early scan and am pretty convinced (fingers crossed) that it was cervical.

I have been moaning on another thread about the fact I have tonsillitis and feel absolutely appalling. off to bed again in a minute.

Good luck for your scan Cadbury. funny you should mentione the weight gain and breastfeeding thing - someone tricked me saying it helps you lose weight. Didn't/hasn't worked that way for me!

Hope you're feeling better soon MrsJC.

I'm wearing a stretchy maternity skirt today as iut's the only things I could find to keep cool in. I had forgotten how nice it is to now be restricted at the waist!

Oh I hope you feel better soon Mrs JC - not nice to be ill at any time but in this eather especially

Thanks for your good wishes everyone - will let you know.

Sorry to hear the news CTL

Good luck Cadbury Fingers crossed.

Not usually much activity on here, it's very quiet most of the time. How is everyone?

I'm finding it warm, like everyone else i'm sure, similar PG symptoms that i had last summer, get quite tired and have DR appt tomorrow for the usual.

Hi to all x

Mrs JC - hope you feel better soon pg symptoms bad enough but tonsillitis on top must be horrible.

Cadbury - thinking of you, hope scan goes ok.

Well dh told his parents last night our "happy news" and apparently his mum said "yes I thought her breasts were looking bigger" And then added "you're not really hanging about really are you" (gap between ds and dd 18mths and this gap will be 23mths).I think i'd prefer just a simple "congratulations!"...but I guess that's MIL's for you!

So sorry chitown thinking of you and your family.
Hope everyone else is o.k.xx

sorry but LOL hairycaterpillar - how nice to know that you MIL studies your breasts so closely

mine threw hysterics, made out that we were cruel for telling her at that particular point, and couldn't bring herself to actually talk to me and congratulate me to my face for over a week (But also randomly offered (via DH) to pay for a private scan if the EPU didn't get back to me quickly enough). Funny bunch aren't they?

lol - My MIL said "so i guess breastfeeding isn't a contraceptive"! Then DH told her we were actually trying and she said "are you sure you will cope". Hmmm... My mum cried (unlike her) and then said "a girl on the 19th would be good, no pressure". The 19th was my grans b'day and there hasn't been a girl in the family for ages.

I felt good for the first time yesterday. And had a huge urge for a pizza hut all you can eat buffet - so that's what I did! Also ate half a lemon meringue pie for supper (again!). Not feeling so good today though...

Good luck for today Cadbury - hope all is well.

I had my first scan yesterday and everything was fine - i could see the heart beat and everything was clear straight away - it actually looked like it was waving at us - feel a bit more relaxed as heard once a heartbeat has been seen things look good! I'm so pleased and excited i can't concentrate and just want to show everyone my scan picture!!!! This heat is unbearable and i hope you are all doing ok in it!!

CTL, really sorry to hear your news. I've had 2 miscarriages and d&cs. It takes time to recover emotionally and physically. Thinking of you.

People are starting to guess Im pg - probably cos Im piling weight on and my stomach sticks out. I reckon I've put on the 13lbs that Casdbury has lost . I cant stop eating.

God, it is too bloody hot here - at least we are near the sea though.

Hi all. Hope your scan went OK Cadbury. Sorry to hear CTL's news.

I'ts sooo hot!! I hope everyone's managing. I can hardly bear to get on the tube to/from work. Although I feel enormous I'm not remotely big enough for anyone to notice me, let alone offer a seat. Luckily I can keep wearing my floppy linen stuff at work to disguise the bulge but can't wait till the scan on Monday and hopefully be able to tell everyone afterwards and not worry if I'm showing or not.

LOL on the MIL front. Haven't told any of our relatives yet. I can hardly bear to tell my mum cos I know she'll go completely over the top being all happy about it and then put on her 'concerned and caring' voice (which drives me nuts) about taking things easy (as if I don't know) and then start offering me advice (usually more stuff of the bleedin' obvious type, which drives me completely nuts). Worst thing is, she's staying with us during the week of my scan so I can't do it over the phone and at least be able to pull faces at a distance. Ho hum. I spose I should be grateful that I have this happy news to pass on in the first place.

Keep drinking that water and doing the pelvic floors.

It's a scorcher today. Must say that after all my moaning about the wooden floors (with DS almost on the move) I am grateful for them in this head - house is certainly cooler!

Got my blue notes today, felt a bit strange and have been referred to see a consultant as had a c-sec just 7 months ago. Anyone else?

LOL at MIL's!! Both sets of parents waited for our reaction before they said anything. We were all pleasantly surprised.

Suzi2 - You make me laugh! I had a thing about baguettes this morning, had this we DS too. So went a bought massive baguette and all the fillings i wanted and am now stuffed! I don't manage to keep food down in the evenings so am quite happy to eat away in the day. Lemon meringue, pizza hut...yum yum!

Really must lie down now...

X posts, Hi Babydriver!! How long do you plan to be at work? I stopped last year at 22weeks I think.

I meant in this heat, not in this head...duh!

HOT HOT HOT!

I'm guzzling ice lollies pretending to ds and dd that really I've only had one like them but it's lasting a vvv long time!

LOL Suzi2 at the pizza hut and lemon meringue pie. I'm feeling better on the nausea front too (although seems to come and go now). I made massive rhubarb crumble then proceeded to eat it with lots of ice cream last night...YUMMY!

How's everyone else doing?

Cadbury any news from the scan?

hi guys, thanks for all your good wishes and enqiries - scan went well. Baby is fine and looking perfect for the 11 weeks that I am. It's a little wriggler two - I didn't get a minutes still time or peace with my other two so I have a feeling that this will be similar. They still can't see where the spotting is coming from but suggest I see my gp to check out my cervix (he's actually an obs/gynae specialist that used to be high up in the dept I was in today so he's the man for checking out cervixes then!!!)

I feel like I can tell other people more now. Most of my close friends know but there are a few that I haven't seen to tell yet but will now.

Ah bunny3, that's where they went! lol. Actually I've never felt fatter than I do at the moment but I'm definitely lighter - weird huh!

great news cadbury really happy for you

hi everyone how hot is it today? cadbury that's great about your scan you must be really pleased. Really really sorry to hear CHiTownlady's sad news

Loving the MIL/ food stories, LOL cheered me right up, I was feeling a bit down in this heat plus hormones all over the place - any tips anyone before I drown DH in my tears?

Good news Cadbury
I'm still feeling really lousy with all this heat. I know I should eat a bit more but there's absolutely nothing that I fancy! Also, I haven't told anyone yet except you lot and a couple of people who have asked me outright so I'm not getting nearly enough sympathy
Am going away on Friday with my sister on what would normally be a very boozy weekend so I guess I'll have to tell her though.
Am being booked in tomorrow evening so at least things will start to happen - should get a scan next week or so.

Have a good time Tommy. It makes it all the more real when you start telling people.

Tara - I'm feeling a bit down too (no reason for it) and this heat really isn't helping. I'm just so exhausted - I'm dreading tomorrow with my Parent and Toddler group but at least that will be the last one I have to lead until September - goodness knows how I'll cope then!

Think we should all be kinder to ourselves and lie down in a darkened room with soft music and soothe our souls. We deserve it