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March 2014 - Thread 2 because we all love a good natter!

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Souredstones · 19/07/2013 08:38

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Thread 2 for all us lovely chatterboxes! Grin

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 25/07/2013 23:22

Get an IPhone. Everything in one place. Contraction timer App, mumsnet on tap, calendar, alarm clock, period tracker, camera on hand for those precious baby moments Skype, facebook, audio books, kindle, games for little ones, you name it, it does it. I do like my iPhone!

Souredstoneshasasouredpebble · 25/07/2013 23:32

Sorry to hear so many are struggling, hope you all get well soon (I can't remember all your names I am a bit shit like that sorry!!)

To those of you having scans I pray all is well for you. I'd you have no indication to think otherwise then go with that

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MTBMummy · 26/07/2013 06:29

Morning ladies - a serious TMI post this morning, but I'm hoping you'll all understand my happiness.

I've done a poo for the first time in over a week! I'm bouncing around like a kid because for the first time in what feels like ages, I'm not bloated and my stomach has stopped hurting.

MTBMummy · 26/07/2013 06:30

PS - definitely go for an iPhone they even have a baby heartbeat app :-)

IceNoSlice · 26/07/2013 06:55

I need matchsticks for my eyes. DS woke at midnight, 4 and 5.30. Took me an hour to sleep again after the first wake, then I didn't sleep again after the 4am one! Could sleep now though. So why couldn't I in the wee hours?! Argh.

MummyPig24 · 26/07/2013 07:26

Wahey MTB! What app do you use? I haven't found a good one yet.

I'm soooo sleepy. Really don't want to get up. The children are playing very quietly in their room for once in their lives which is kind of them!

LittleMachine · 26/07/2013 07:48

Great news MTB! What a great feeling. I have the opposite problem this time Confused

Souredstoneshasasouredpebble · 26/07/2013 07:53

Yay MTB!

I'm using the baby centre pregnancy app, it's great! Breaks everything down daily.

MTBMummy · 26/07/2013 08:16

I'm using 3 apps Blush "What to expect", "Baby centre" and "Im expecting" - I basically downloaded every single free pregnancy app, then deleted those that were a bit rubbish or duplicated the information, but between those 3 you get a lot of information.

BabyScope is the heart beat one - I've not downloaded it just yet, but it gets great reviews

FoxMulder · 26/07/2013 08:22

You people are making me want to get a smartphone. I currently have an old £10 Nokia, but it does the job. I don't like Apple though, it's too trendy and I find it doesn't play nice with Microsoft Smile.

My knees are killing me. They keep cracking when I crouch down and get up again. Is this a pregnancy thing or am I just getting old?

Good luck to everyone with scans today.

rescoonetwothree · 26/07/2013 08:23

Oh ffs I just bought a Doppler last night (not expecting to hear anything yet just insane) - there really is an app for everything!

rescoonetwothree · 26/07/2013 08:28

fox you could always get an android, dp had an iphone for ages then swapped to the Samsung something and loves it!

My joints are already screwed at 23 pregnancy or no pregnancy so couldn't tell you! my knee dislocates and I click if I move a millimetre, I try sneaking up on people and they know I'm there because it sounds like you're crushing a coke bottle whenever I move... Thanks mum!

Rockchick1984 · 26/07/2013 08:31

I personally don't feel comfortable using a Doppler app - don't like the idea of all the microwaves or whatever a mobile phone emits being pressed up against my bump! Have heard some poor reviews of it too, so all in all I'll stick to a Doppler!

Feeling so nauseous today and have a really busy day - 2 separate playdates with DS and friends, also have to wash my hair coz its very greasy. Nausea seems to be awful one day, fine the next so hoping for a good weekend!! Next scan is Monday, I'm terrified but trying to stay positive.

MTBMummy · 26/07/2013 08:34

Ice I know that feeling DD has taken to waking up at 4am, which is such a pain, because by the time I've dealt with her, I have about 30 minutes before my alarm goes off and I just can't drift off.

Yay MummyPig hopefully this is a trend that will last - do they know about your bump yet? We've not told DD, but she keeps cuddling up on my lap and rubbing my tummy, i wonder if she knows something

Little have you tried eating flapjacks? Apparently the oats are really good for creating erm.. blockages, and lets face it they taste better than porridge Grin

Is anyone else getting cravings? I cannot abide anything sweet at the moment, but I'm eating nuts like there is no tomorrow, and pineapple juice which is weird because for a while now I've not been able to stand the smell of pineapples (long depressing story) but now it's all I want to drink

April13 · 26/07/2013 08:48

Lol MTMMummy...I know how you feel :) My name is April13 and its been 5 days since I did the toilet.....

LittleMachine · 26/07/2013 08:50

I haven't tried flapjacks MTB, I'm keeping very little food down at all so it's a complete mystery to me how I've even got diarrhoea!

impatientlywaiting · 26/07/2013 08:52

Oh no. Today I'm really worried. Yesterday and this morning I have had the palest brown cm, more of a beige colour really. A few cramps every few hours through the day, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Today I wanted to reassure myself everything was ok, so used a few Internet cheapy tests and the line was really light. So I did my last CB digital and it showed up as 1-2 weeks pregnant, which is what it said 10 days ago when I first got my BFP. Now I'm worried I'm not producing enough Of the pregnancy hormone. By my calculations I am 5 weeks today, but I'm more worried it hasn't changed 10 days after doing the first.

rescoonetwothree · 26/07/2013 08:58

Hopefully your nausea will fade throughout the day rock, does sound like a busy day so fingers crossed for you!

My craving at the moment is stew which is weird as I hate 'British stodgy type' food - last time it was apple pastries and Chinese food (which is how I figured out I was pregnant)!

I don't have children but I do have a dog baby (a 40kg Labrador 'baby' - people find it hilarious because he thinks hes a tiny puppy and sits on my lap etc and I am quite small and the same weight so looks pretty ridiculous) who always knows I'm sure of it! hes always following me about but always got noticeably more clingy and cuddly when I'm pg.

JBrd · 26/07/2013 09:01

I'll join you with the request for matchsticks, ice. DS woke at 4.45am today. just whinging and wining, the little shit darling. Could not convince him to go back to bed, or come to our bed for a snooze, so I had to get up and go downstairs with him (DH is ill at the mo, otherwise I would've kicked him out of bed). And I have to admit that at that time of day, my entertaining skills lie dormant, so I plonked DS in front of the TV (bad mum). To find that even CBeebies at that hour is definitely not at its best, some very strange shows (looked like old repeats to me). But hey, whatever works...

MTB I feel your pain, literally. I had some -ahem- relief at last, too, this morning. Although it had only been 3 days for me (but I'm normally a once-a-day kinda girl, so it was really uncomfortable). I'm eating vast amounts of linseeds at the moment, which really help.

Pram I used to think that I didn't need/want a smartphone, but then I got an iPhone for my birthday, and I love it. In the end, you choose how much and what you use it for. But when I had to go into hospital unexpectedly last year, it saved me from going absolutely mental. Little window to the world and all that.

A gadget that I really can't recommend enough when having a small baby is an eReader. My lovely and very generous SIL gave me one when DS was born (I loved her for that, it was the only present for me, not for the baby - she did get something for DS, too, just to clarify Smile), and it is brilliant for when you spend hours glued to the sofa feeding, or the night sessions. And so easy to take with you anywhere you go.

Thinking of all of you having a scan today, wishing you nerves of steel and strong heartbeats!

Souredstoneshasasouredpebble · 26/07/2013 09:04

I feel your pain on the lack of sleep. Not through a little person waking me up but because I need a wee 3 times a night. I'm exhausted!!

HotCrossPun · 26/07/2013 09:07

greymoose Stew sounds good. I'm struggling to think of foods I want to eat at the moment but when I read that my stomach rumbled a bit!

My Staffie has been the same as your Lab. He's cuddly most of the time anyway, but over the last few weeks he's always trying to squeeze his way in next to me. Even when I have the laptop on my lap he still manages Grin

HotCrossPun · 26/07/2013 09:09

I'm on the branflakes at the moment, nothing is budging though! Angry

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 26/07/2013 09:29

Impatiently, try not to worry. Those digital tests can be WAY OUT. Up to 10 days apparently, and they count from conception, not LMP. So 5 weeks would be 3 weeks on a digi, and with a weeks leeway it's on track more or less.

MTBMummy · 26/07/2013 09:43

Impatiently as Saggy said tests can be up to 10 days out, so try not to get too down about it, my advice would be call your GP and get them to do a HCG blood test, this will confirm what your hormone level actually are and if they're right for this stage.

I'm waiting on my blood results later today as GP is concerned it may be twins given the number and strength of my symptoms - erp

That said twins apparently are a lot more common in older (over 35) mums - apparently 1 in every 250 births is now twins - so given we have 84 of us here there's a 1 in 3 chance that that one of us will have twins

Souredstoneshasasouredpebble · 26/07/2013 10:14

Well it ain't me having twins!! Definitely only one heartbeat at the scan!!

Are you prepared for it to be twins?