March 2014 - thread 3....Boy can we chat!

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thread 2

Hot as long as you boil off the alcohol it will be fine.
Sans I hope you threw up on DHs shoes! Cheeky fecker!

Ikab have you stuck a toe over in the PG after MC/posifrickintivity thread? It's full of ladies who have been through it, know how it feels and how worried we are about being pg again. This thread is lovely for chatting, but I pop over there to get my hand held!
I love the idea that the March ladies are 'Martians'! I think we have our next thread title!

captaincalamari

Glad you've had some happy news gawjus

Welcome to the newbies, we talk, a lot, welcome aboard!

I'm feeling crap in the heat today, still bleeding too. Not been back to EPU as not passed any clots but if it gets heavier over the weekend ill go in on Monday

Happy weekends all!!

Oh and I have a bump started already

Harrumph

And very rude of me to not say thanks for all the kind words from you all, they are appreciated

Hoping everthings ok for 12 wk scan now ive seen bubba im falling in love! Hopefully a hb at 9 weeks reduces risk if mc a bit!

!soured my stomach is huge i look 6 MONTH prego! Gonna buy maternity trousers for work next week! Xx

Hi all can I join? Found out I was pregnant 3 weeks ago, due march 13th, I came off the pill first week of June and now 8 weeks pregnant, so was a bit of a shock for me and hubby to find I was pregnant so quickly! We must've conceived on our honeymoon . When I was back to work after our honeymoon my boss was looking through our wedding pics on Facebook and shouted across the office 'I bet you'll be telling me your pregnant in September' . Dreading telling her now! I'm so happy I found this group and will look forward to reading everyone's updates! x

thanks ikab for taking the time to post, no idea what to expect so that was really helpful. Thanks everyone else for kind thoughts, and good luck x

Thinking of you captain

Thanks ladies for the thoughts on testing - I guess me and the DH are sure that we will go for tests, not amino though, and also keep the baby as that's what we believe in. It's such early days still, we went into a baby shop last week whilst on hol, and I freaked out inside. Poor DH feels he needs to tell somebody, because I got to tell the doc! At least we can get an idea of what's out there for maybe 5 months down the line when we start buying!

brightonbeachbaby that's so exciting for you, it looks like me and DH conceived on our anniversary

have a lovely eve all xx

Welcome Brighton

It's just occurred to me that I might have pregnancy anaemia. I've been absolutely shattered the last couple of days and no amount of sleep makes it any better. I remember feeling like this when pg with DS1 and iron pills did the trick. Think I might waddle slowly to Sainsburys and buy some. I can't continue like this. Anyone else experienced this?

Phew, just got caught up.

Captain so sorry. It's such a difficult thing. Look after yourself.

Gawjus delighted for you. I was holding my breath as I read through the posts.

In terms of tests the nuchal translucency is not available on the NHS in NI - there's only the quadruple test which is slightly less accurate again. There's only one private clinic offering the Harmony test and they charge £950! My current thinking is that I'll not any of the tests.

lyra - pregnacare have iron in.

I wouldn't recommend plain iron; my friend's a pharmacist and says don't self-medicate with iron, see a doctor. side effects not great with it. Pregnacare a safe bet though

Evening all and welcome to the newbies.

Can I ask what others are doing about their Omega intake? At my booking in appt the midwife asked how much oily fish I am eating. I told her I don't do fish/seafood! She said I need omega for healthy brain development so I'm panicking now that I'm depriving my bean

ooh I need to eat some of that. Salmon and mackerel in chilli sauce I like

i dont eat sea food either, and i have now started worrying about folic acid. i started at 9 weeks as thats when i found out but by that time the neural development is almost done.

I heard there's a lot of folic acid in food anyway - esp brown bread, cereals, broccoli, etc. don't worry any defects are very very rare

You can buy omega supplements, Pregnacare and Sanatogen even do a combined vitamin with omega per-natal supplements. Other than that, Omega 3/6/9 can be found in flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, walnuts, Brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and some dark green vegetables.

Lyra - I'm also worried if I'm lacking iron, I am so shattered at the moment, no amount of sleep seems to help. But as the MW took my bloods on Thursday, I reckon she'll let me know!

I took folic acid whilst TTC, and once I got a BFP I switched to Pregnacare Plus which contains omega 3. The MW recommended it over the phone, she said either pregnacare or pregaday.

Since we don't eat a lot of seafood, or any pork, DH rang up vitabiotics who supply pregnacare plus and asked what the omega capsules were: Mackerel, Anchovies and Sardine are the oil, while the capsule is made of beef gelatine.

Just wanted to add, the tablets are awesome because they are marked with days of the week... perfect for a baby brain :)

Thanks for the advice. I took iron supplements when pg with ds1 so I should be ok to take the same again. I'll see if the doc will prescribe Pregnacare as its pricey and I don't want to pay, but will if I have to.

I was iron deficient with both my DCs PGs. Im praying that I don't need to take supplements this time, after 14 years I still remember the jet black rock hark constipation which ensued!

you know it's going to be black; yet it is so shocking when you see it!!!!!

I honestly don't know if I can bring myself to take iron supplements again. I was so constipated last time it was worse than the actual labour! (Sorry TMI)

Ive switched back from pregnacare to just folic acid for that reason... just eating as well as I can, may do a week of one, a week of the other