May 2014

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Ok, I can't see a May thread in here so I guess I will start one! According to the NHS due date calculator my EDD is actually 30th April but I think that makes me more likely to be having a May baby anyway!

Am feeling very tentative about starting this thread as I had a mc in June and it's very early days for this one but...anyone want to come and chat through these nerve-wracking first few days?

Big hugs for you Moomin. Although it's a very emotional time for you it sounds as if you are fully considering all the options open to you. Please feel free to use us as a sounding board.

I find it so difficult to find bras at the best of times, let alone now when they are changing almost daily!

Thanks

Just posted on the adoption board, I know it's mainly potential adoptive parents but hopefully I can get some information there :)

Hi all, I got the BFP an hour ago and the initial shock is just wearing off.

I have a DS, he was two in May, this one appears to be due on the exact same day......DS1 was two weeks late so gawd knows what will happen this time! DS1 took us four years to get, we NEVER expected to just happen upon another not even trying, I'm dazed. Thrilled, but dazed.

erm what else? I'm 37, still carrying all the baby weight andthensome from last time, its not going to be pretty!

So hi, again, will have a proper read now!

Congrats & welcome sarahjinx!

Thanks mcbaby, that bra does look amazing. I might have to invest in one when I'm a bit further along. I've bought new bras in a bigger size already so god knows what I'll be like by May!!!

Glad you're thinking through options moomin. It's a huge decision isn't it & there's no rush to decide.

My boobies feel so sore and ready to drop to knees

Hi everyone. I got my BFP on Thursday so thought I'd best make myself known over here. I recognise a couple of names from the July and August TTC buses and hopefully some of the others will be over soon too.

I'm 36 and this will be DC3 - we have a 4.5 year old and a nearly 3 year old so a 3.5 year plus gap is going to be a bit of a change! The due date calculator over there ( ---> ) has given me a due date of 16th May, though #1 was 7 days late and #2 was 5 days early, so who knows! They go by scan date, rather than LMP up here so it'll probably change when I get that far.

Symptoms so far - odd bit of feeling bleurgh (cured with a quick bite of something) and a heightened sense of smell (stilton in the fridge..). Also tired, but not sure if that's due to pregnancy, children, work, running or some combination of it all.

4+1

Hugs moomin. Hope you get lots of useful advice and information.

Thanks hendricks . Congrats! :)

Welcome SarahJinx and Hendricks!

Sarah - DS was 2 in May too (5th), and this one is due on the 4th! DS was a month early tho, so perhaps they won't end up sharing birthday parties after all.

I've been feeling very very sick, really unimpressed at this! Yesterday was a total wipeout.
On the upside, my mum arrived today and is v v v happy with the news! She actually shrieked. :)

That's lovely LTT. Am also feeling nauseous, and my boobs are like rocks. Headaches and weeing too. Telling the fam tomorrow, will defo get some shrieks of the shocked variety!!

Also have hugs for you Moomin i think Mrsmummy is right, lots of time for you to think this out and to be aware of options. I know it isn't allowed but fuck it .... X

Will try the lollipop idea thanks girls!!!
I'll check out the bras... I know you shouldn't wear underwire bras, especially when nursing, but last time I bought loads of different nursing/pregnancy bras.. all different prices, and in the end none of them worked... and I went back to my trusty panache bra... It made no difference and and at least I was comfortable!!

I am sooooooo hungry but NOTHING seems to tempt me o.O
hugs all xxxxxxx

Well, I've had a good run but today I hit 7 weeks and have officially unleashed the carb monster. Had been quietly (smugly) thinking this could be my healthiest pregnancy yet as I merrily passed up pudding in favour of a few grapes due to lack of appetite. Then, at 11am today, I suddenly had that feeling and just knew that would expire unless I ate my body weight in toast. Immediately.

Took my 2 boys to the park at 6pm tonight, ostensibly to allow them to let off steam, but I came home with a packet of Fox's Amber biscuits (try them, you will regret it). There's no stopping me now.

Anyone else got the appetite of a beast all of a sudden?

Hendricks - I too am expecting my third. My boys are 20 months and just 3. Now pregnancy symptoms have begun to kick in I am starting to wonder how I'll cope with looking after them. I'd forgotten the exhaustion!

Welcome all new bfp arrivals and congratulations!

Just a quick FYI re: bras. It's perfectly ok to wear underwired bras throughout pregnancy AND breastfeeding so long as you are wearing well fitting bras!! This is a myth and I am desperate to let everyone know as those of us with big boobs (I'm a HH cup) really should not have to go without.

I loved Emma-Jayne flexible wired bras when breastfeeding for the drop cup but wore my normal underwired bras right up to giving birth. My only experience of a soft cup bra was not pleasant and the conical mono boob is not a look I wish to ever repeat

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/1841299-Ladies-with-a-larger-chests-please-help

This bra thread might be useful

Oh an PFJ mini calippos for sickness, I swear by them

Woken up twice by my bladder, thanks for that

Still no real pain, although my lower back hurts, think that's because I slept in a strange position.

Feeling a bit nervous about blood test tomorrow morning, won't be able to get the results until after work (although I'd hope they would get in touch pdq if it comes back as showing it's ectopic).

Has anyone else gone housework mad?

Scan tomorrow. Nervous but excited to finally know how many weeks I am and to have a due date.

Better than the made up one the put on my booking form yesterday as it can't be processed without a due date!

Good luck McBaby :) exciting stuff!

I know I've ranted here a lot already but what I've seen this morning is just tearing me apart. My Dad's posted a Facebook status about how heartbroken they both are, and my mum's posted some kind of picture saying "The most poisonous people are family and friends", and knowing that it's aimed at me hurts so much. I text them asking why they can't just text it to me rather than putting it on Facebook, and rather than explaining why, my Dad started saying how they're upset I didn't call in on the way back yesterday (I didn't think they'd want to see me) and I wasn't putting x's on texts (neither were they, I wanted to wait for them to make the first move because I have no idea how they feel about me right now).

Why is everyone making this so difficult? :(

Good luck mcbaby
moomin really sorry to hear how your parents reacted. As mny of MNers say it's really your own choice as it is your body. You're not a lil child. You're an adult but I get you. It is of course upsetting to not have their support. I've been through that when my family rejected my now husband for the 8 years we have been dating. So he never met my family as my nan didn't like him (for no reason other than my granddaughter deserves better) and it turned out two years on from our wedding. She loves him and always ask about him. I guess don't give up (sorry easier said than done) but if I had just followed what my family said I would have lost out on my soulmate. Same to you listen to your heart and what u see best. Of course they are a little spiteful not because they hate u but because they love you too much and you will always be their baby. So it takes a bit of time and the funny thing about human is that sometimes when they love something so much they also can end up saying things which hurt the very thing they love. I hope you see what I mean. Try not to get upset and read the signs n activities from them. Instead maybe best to call them when they feel more ready(?). Take care moomin. Regardless of whether u decide to have the bb or go for adoption you still need to be at your best state physically and mentally for your own good and for the bean. Lots of love xxx

moomin they really do sound toxic, I'm so sorry for you. It took the death of my mum's younger brother at the end of my pregnancy for my mum to come to terms with the fact I was having a baby. She needed things putting into perspective and that did it. I obviously don't with that on anyone, but your parents should come round eventually, and once they realise you are going to have the baby (if that's what you chose to do), they will most probably want to be a part of its life.

wish not with

Good luck tomorrow for the scans and tests McBaby and Viking.

Viking it sounds so difficult to have to carry on all day with work. I know I would be so distracted. Fingers crossed baby is in exactly the right place so you can finish with the (major) worrying and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy.

6+1 today

Moomin you might get some good advice on the Relationships board. Your parents' behaviour sounds terrible and very very hurtful. I am sorry you are having to deal with this.

Viking I am definitely not housework crazy! I am just feeling so tired and sick that I haven't lifted a finger and my husband is doing absolutely everything. I would like to be able to tidy up but feeling so ill all the time. The lack of energy is probably at least in part due to my terrible diet of crackers, crisps, white toast and coke - the opposite of what I would normally eat. I have always hated McDonalds and refused to go in but last night I suggested we went there for tea and it's the first time my stomach has felt settled for a week! I feel sorry for the little baby getting such a crappy start but was obsessive about forcing healthy food down in my first pregnancy and it all just came back up again. Knowing that the sickness went on until 21 weeks last time I will just do anything to feel better this time!

6+4.

I'm in the same boat as you Jelly. Me and my sister took my nan out for fish and chips last night and it was the only thing I'd eaten in days I didn't have to force down. Other than that it's only biscuits.

Oh great, I really really want chips now!

Cheesy chips.

DH is making a lovely healthy curry , with rice .