due Feb 2007

[soundbites]

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?

hello everyone. Feeling a bit emotional here too. Actaully more anxious than emotional. But more than anything, I feel sick. I haven't been sick yet but boy do I feel like it. It's lasting all morning with intense nausea around 9.30 and again before lunch time. The only things I can eat at the moment aare melon and peach and oranges. It was the same with my previous two as well.

The afternoons I might as well not be here. Doing the school run yesterday pm was a joke. I could barely walk home I was so tired but I had been over doing it at the parent and toddler group at lunch time.

The three am wees are here to stay I think.
I had some good news yesterday though. I have asked a friend of mine who is a midwife to do my ante-natal care and if possible to do my home birth and she said yes! I am so pleased I won't have to go back to the chtterbox one that is connected with the surgery. She forgot several major tests last time because she was yakking on about some womans 6 ft bed amd where she got her sheets from. This friend who is going to look after me delivered Aero's ds2 so I have her on recommendation.

What lovely news Cadbury. Is this your 2nd baby or are you you having a stealth 3rd like me, lol. (another thread)
I'm also having this baby at home, I'm hiring a pool same as last time. I've not been emotional as such, but have been unusually frightened that this pg won't make it, but with no real reason why I feel like that.
Hope your journey is okay TF.

Hello ladies. Just back from the doctor. Those of you who were concerned that you were just booked with the midwife next month don't worry as not much happened at all with the doctor. The main purpose was to make sure I was logged on the system and the doctor will now write a letter to the midwives at the practice to let them know I am around and apparently they will contact me. She put in my dates into the computer and came up with the fact that I was 7+0, a table of dates for each trimester, a due date (1 Feb as the online ones suggested) etc. I stated my hospital preference and she asked if I was generally healthy, was I taking folic acid, did I smoke and was I pleased about the pregnancy? She took my blood pressure and sent me away with an 'Emma's Diary ' pack and info about blood tests, what happens when, downs tests etc. that the midwives have prepared. She said I could read all about what not to eat there. Apparently the scan will be in week 11.

So there you have it - I came back a bit disappointed as I was hoping for a little more. I even thought she might have done another pregnancy test, but she said that tests are so accurate now there is no need. Anyway, got things offically in motion now so that is a good thing. Her print-out stated that I had 'just 33 weeks to go until the Special Day' so lets hope baby stays nice and safe until then!

Glad you got on ok Soundbites and thank you for telling us what us "straight to the midwife" ladies are or are not missing out on! I suppose I just wanted someone official to say "YES YOU ARE PREGNANT"!!!! I have two weeks to wait! What does 7+0 mean? 7 weeks and 0 days? So much lingo to learn.

Is this your first, remind me?

Maazaa, yes it means 7 weeks and 0 days. I am totally new to the lingo too as this is my first (and that is probably why I wanted reassurance from the doctor - it is easy to forget that it is nothing new to them and you might be the third pregnant lady they have seen that week!). I am in the same position as you being a first-times. I also feel a lot like you did on a previous post - wondering if it can really be true and also thinking about the enormity of what we are doing and are we ready? All the same, I can't believe how this little scrap of almost nothing is already so precious to me and dh. It is a really bizarre feeling. The doctor didn't even mention the dreaded mc so we just have to hope all will be well. (I don't know why this is on my mind so much - I think people are so anxious to prepare you for it if it does happen, that they make a point that you should not take all being well for granted.)

Talk again soon - have a good evening! Are you back at work?

I saw my gp today and she went through the same things as soundbites, asked if there was any chance i could have an early scan because i had a m/c in oct but she said no they dont give early scans because of that so going to ring my epu to see, as feeling quite anxious.
She also said my due date is 17 march 2007, i know this is wrong as my last af was 11/05/06 and i looked in my book which said 15/02/07!!

eeuurrggh feel so tired...kids driving me up the wall today and have turned me into "grumpy mummy" as my ds started calling me this afternoon!

Also keep nearly spilling the beans and telling folk, so far we've told no one not even close family. With ds and dd i kept it quiet from even close family until after my first scan. A few friends know i've been ttc so i'm sure they have their radars tuned to early pregnancy symptoms. When does everyone else think they'll start telling people?

I've told DH, my dentist and my osteopath as I had appointments I needed to cancel and reschedule when 'safe'. I've told most of mumsnet and most of babyworld too!

We told our parents really early last time but for some reason, DH wants to keep quiet for a while. My osteopath tried to call me the other day (I hd left a message with reception) so I think she'll call me tomorrow. Which might be a problem as my mum is looking after DS at mine all day (I'm on a breastfeeding buddies course) and I'm worried the osteopath will let it slip. I guess if she does then so be it...

Hey ladies - soundbites - i'm back to work tomorrow. feeling a bit better. More and more convinced that my nausea was really anxiety and my biggest anxiety is a) keeping it together at work and b) having a m/c. I am trying to think positive and have check my knickers only when I wee (sorry TMI) rather than every half hour. DH keeps laughing at me pulling my pants down in the living room to look!!! I shouldn't joke about it - i am really worried and trying to make light of it.

Sorry you feel so grotty HairyC. We're telling people who we feel we would tell if we had a m/c - ie parents and closest friends only. I am a teacher so have also told my head, so he understands why i am flakey/off sick. they all know it's "early days" (seems to be a phrase i start most sentences with).

Titchy, let us know how you get on with your EPU - you'd think the doc would be sensitive to your concerns. My last AF was 11/05/06 too and the online calculators ranged from 11/02/07 to 15/02/07 so that is bizarre. I'll compare notes when my appointment finally comes on the 29th.

titchy - 17th March 2007, would mean that you conceived NEXT week... your GP has got it wrong!

maazaa - I've decided that my anxiety is the cause of my infrequent nausea too. If it helps, I feel exactly the same as you. I use that "it's early days" in every sentence too. I don;t remember feeling this negative with DS, even though I mc just before I fell pg with him. I kind of want to tell my parents just incase I mc. I had to tell them the first time that I'd had a mc and they hadn't even known I was pg. They were really upset. I'll see if DH warms to the idea...

Hi, I got my BFP today, I know some of you from the 'positive threads'.
My stats are
me 32
Dh 31
1st baby
due (i think around 19th feb or a bit later maybe)
I'm really excied and happy but also quite apprehensive. Fingers crossed for us all to have a happy and healthy 9 months

Well I've told everybody! Even my next door neighbour and an acquaintance I bumped into in the street today. The way I look at it, the only point not telling people is if you wouldn't want them to know if you had a miscarriage, and I would want the sympathy and support if the worst happens. Also, it makes things much easier at social events - you don't need to invent complicated excuses about why you're not drinking/leaving early.

I took ds to see a consultant at a London hospital today, and had to tell them I was pregnant when they did an X-ray on ds. Consultant said having only one child will feel like a holiday when I get the second one!!!

Journey back was a nightmare. I forgot to strap ds into his pushchair, a black cab stopped for us in the middle of the road and when I tipped the pushchair to get it in the door, there was a terrible scream and ds was lying in the middle of the road. Heart-stopping moment.

HELLO! Welcome and congrats again! So pleased for you! What a lucky month of June! Don't read this thread and think I am a moaning minnie! I am feeling quite excited again - blooooooomin hormones!!

Hey Tutti - my feelings exactly re telling people. I might change my mind if the worst happens.

I've been wondering how you coped with the London trip. How is DS? Not hurt, I hope? I know my mind is not on this planet - can't imagine how you cope with another child/ren! Hats off!

Congratulations Peachygirl!

Well I have very little to report except I have made an appointment with the midwife; i've been feeling reassuringly queasy (though I don't want to tempt fate) and today i had to buy a humungous and rather unsightly bra.

Congrats peachy - that file you sent me wasn't much use afterall but a good read for future reference if I'm TTC again!

hey mazzy...am wearing my mum's bras......

hee hee I wore my mums massive Triumph bra when I was pg with ds...this time so far i'm still in my own (just!).

congratulations peachy !!

TuttiFrutti hope your ds is ok.

hi, can I join too? I am a regular but want to be anon right now for various reasons.

My stats ..

me 40 (only just!)
dh 46
ds 6
dd 18 months
due date for no 3 13th Feb 07

This is a surprise baby. I needed fertility drugs to conceive dd and assumed I couldnt get pg without them! A lovely surprise - we are still having trouble believing it.

sods law I have given away all baby stuff recently so will have to go on a big spree nearer the date.

Well, I had my visit to the US Ob/Gyn here and it was a really good appt. I had a scan ( vaginal) which confirmed that I was measuring 5+5 ( I thought I was 6 but there you go). We talked about the hard time I had with DS and she said I I had any more problems with MS to come back and they can get me on medication to ease the nausea..Its sods law really as I've told everyone I was feeling so much better and today have felt absolutely crap with a peak this morning about 8.30am..and then jst felt zonked about 3pm.

Not helped by 90 degree temps and really high humidity here - set for 100's over the weekend.

shes asked me to go back in 2 weeks for another scan to check all is developing well - so feel much relieved. I suppose given we are paying through the nose for this (through our health insurance) we are getting a bit of service and attention for our money...

Welcome bigsurprise, and congratulations on your big surprise!!! I am trying to work out who you are, but can't guess so far...

Maazaa and hairycaterpillar, thanks for asking about ds. He is fine but was very shocked after his fall onto the road yesterday - lots of screaming but no injuries. I just keep thanking my lucky stars there were no motorbikes or other cars overtaking the taxi at that point, or ds might not have survived. Female taxi driver was really nice about it, said she had once dropped her son from a great height when he was 3 weeks old, and insisted on getting out to help me with pushchair at Victoria Station.

Journey home was a nightmare: crying child in a pushchair on a rush hour commuter train, plus tomato-coloured baby food going everywhere. But I kind of expected that, and it wasn't as crowded as it would have been without the England match. Journey up restored my faith in human nature though, as I had to change trains at Clapham Junction - no ramps, masses of steps - and 2 frightening-looking tattoed boys offered to help me.

Chitownlady, it's interesting you had a vaginal scan as we don't get those at all in a normal pregnancy in the UK. There was a thread a few days ago about antenatal care in Germany, where apparently it's standard to have a vaginal examination every month. (During pregnancy, I mean!!)

Hi, haven't posted for a bit as have been pre-occupied by very bad flare up of eczema. Probably connected to pregnancy hormones, and because of pg can't use anything that will help the eczema in case it poses threat to fledging foetus. Have been waking in the night scratching myself raw. HORRIBLE. No idea why it should have flared up now, never had it this badly before when pg.

Starting to feel queasy, belching away like mad. Also very light-headed when I stand up, which I had last time and ended up blacking out.

And exhausted too. All this and only 6 weeks pg!

hiya, I always get eczema too when pregnant. Bloody hormones.

TuttiFrutti, you prob wont guess - Im not particularly high profile but have been on Mn for years (since my son was born 6 yrs ago!). I will reveal all soon. The reason I want to be anon is because a good friend of mine doesnt know Im pg yet and she uses MN too and is trying hard to conceive a baby. I want to tell her first. Also, I have had 2 miscarriages so am reluctant to "come out" so early on.

I have a scan booked for 27th June. I have had blood tests done at the hosptial and my hcg levels are rising at the rate they should so so far everything looks good.

No sickness yet but an appetite like a horse (I have just lost 2.5 stone of baby weight and I can feel it creeping back to my hips already!)

The exhaustion has set in for me, i went to try wedding dresses today as i'm getting married in july 07 and am totally done in and i've just had a 45min sleep!! luckily not been feeling sick yet thou i am only 5 wks gone!

Hello everyone,
hope you will all have a lovely weekend.
I am going to tell my parents tomorrow. I'm a bit nervous about it(although They will be so pleased)is anyone else finding they sometimes fell like they are welling up (this is not like me at all!!)
I also contacted my surgery and although the receptionist said I didn't need to do anything I am goig in to see the doctor. I explained to her that my mum had problems Her placenta didn't grow properly and she lost a baby at birth and my brother was born prematurely and has severe learning difficulties and CP. So I am a little apprehensive and just want it writing in my notes.
Can I also ask a question about dates? the first date of my last cycle was 15th May does this count as week on or week zero am I 4 weeks or 5? How have you counted it?
I might start a thread about this as you may not be about!