June 2014 (earliest of early days yet!)

[wispaxmas]

I decided to take a peek into the antenatal club threads, but there's no June thread yet, although for good reason.

I may be jinxing myself here, but after a couple very very faint positives on ICs for the last couple days I got a positive on an FRER this morning, so thought it would be safe to start one up.

Of course, still early days, but if it sticks my due date will be 3-5 June, depending on several websites.... What can I say, I tested early!

I hope someone comes to join me soon. There have to be some more recent BFPs....

I haven't used any of the digital ones. though did poas again this morning just to make sure

I'm 5+1 as well today gilly.

Off work with sickly ds - watching the little mermaid! Had to put him back in bed 6 times between 11 and 1 last night.In the end I made dh put the side back on his bed. I don't mind him sleeping with us when he's ill as I know he wants cuddles but he wasn't sleeping., just hitting me in face repeatedly with his cuddly toy!

I had dc1 here in 2011 (have lived here for 6 years now, dh is Dutch) so can't compare to the UK system, but had a great experience last time round. Lovely mw team, went to a birth centre 5 mins from my house and great kraamzorg (Lady who came in every day for a week and helped me with ds, bf, household dtuff like washing, bringing me lunch etc). Was back home 3 hours after ds was born! Am withvthe same mw team as with ds so know them all this time roubd which is comforting.

Congratulations for Saturday Tanny, hope the nausea stays away for the big day. Enjoy every moment!

Wow Wispa, moving to Paris sounds exciting. Do you speak French? Maybe you could find a language exchange with a fellow dog-lover.

Yay for your 3+ Cheesy! I'm glad I'm not the only one who is tempted to keep doing tests.

Anyone else feeling really weepy? I think the highlight was tearing up at the song Hold On by Wilson Phillips yesterday

oh penguin I'm glad you mentioned it! this morning I cried all the way from home to work after kissing Ds goodbye. I won't see him for a week I'm blaming the hormones!

Ha, definitely still doing tests over here Penguin but holding out til Thursday for the CBD, hoping for a 3+, I'm 5 weeks today.... congrats on your 3+ Cheesy :)

Got some extra info today which might be of interest, I rang the birth centre I'd like to use, which isn't quite in my area, and they said I'll have all midwife appointments in my area with my normal GP surgery until 36 weeks, then my last appointments will be at the birth centre.... this is good because it means less travel, transport cost, time, etc. Also means that DP can probably come to more of the appointments, which he's keen on

Did anyone else read that at 5 weeks (or so) the heartbeat starts? I signed up for a week by week progress email, and that's what today's said!

Last time as I was under the RMC care at St. Mary's I had scans at 6, 8 and 10 weeks, and on the 6w scan I saw a flicker of a heartbeat... at 8 weeks already saw some hand and leg buds... Unfortunately they didn't let us take pictures of the screen on these scans...

Aw Tiny that must have been pretty amazing, I'm desperate to hear/see a heartbeat but I've been warned not to get an early scan as if you can't see/hear anything it can be devastating (even if everything is fine!) and I tend to worry anyway

Are you having an early scan this time around?

I am waiting for a call from the GP to ask again.

I asked at my appointment and she said she would write it in the form, but then when I got a call from the hospital to book everything they just gave me dates for the booking appointment and the 12w scan...

I asked about a 8w scan but they said that had to be requested by the GP... BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD! ahhrgh!!!

sigh

It seems no two places or surgeries do anything the same way! I'm sorry it's been so frustrating for you.... hopefully you'll have it all sorted out soon, and you'll hear that little heartbeat soon too

I looked into doing a private scan, which is £80 in Leeds. I just can't concentrate, think or focus on anything but baby baby baby

Just had my scan, there's definitely a yolk sack though at 6+1 pea pod was still very ittle little and they said to come back in two weeks time for another scan. 'Twas an internal scan and I mainly saw blobs, didn't seem like very new equipment...

Afternoon all. I am still finding it hard to believe that I am pregnant! I forget about it for a while and then I remember and get a little bit giddy with excitement :)

Have my first mw appointment tomorrow, called the dr to ask if I need to see them first and they said nope, go straight to see mw team. They managed to squeeze me in tomorrow which is fab! I will be 6weeks exactly according to my lmp date (if I have remembered it right)

Symptoms here are extreme tiredness- even my eyelashes feel tired, it's every little teeny bit of me- can't remember this with ds1 or ds2

Plus I am feeling v queasy but not actually thrown up yet- I was being regularly sick by this stage with both my sons and I am clinging on to the hope that I won't get Hyperemesis again. The unselttled tum feeling started at the weekend and hasn't taken long to get to the stage where I feel seasick the whole time- I am doing everything I possibly can to prevent myself throwing up as I know that once I start, it won't stop and it's a fast slippery slope into hospital on a drip for a week at a time. It was truly awful before. But I am glad that I am feeling it really because I know it means I am def preggers!

I haven't got any cravings yet but have gone off loads of foods. So far I can only get excited about a few - salt & vinegar snackajacks or non-greasy crispy snacky things, rough oatcakes, hard boiled eggs, baked salmon, any cooked meat (especially minced beef!) and one thing I know I can't have- pate. A nice big slice of coarse pork liver pate would be lovely! As would a bottle of cold beer. Grrr ;) No fruit or veg here though, the idea is just plain wrong unless it was boiled to oblivion.

Have sent DH a shopping list of the allowable foods above, plus a selection of chewing gum (minty taste in my mouth helps me stop feeling too rough) and some murray mints (would say it's because the sugar in them was what kept me out of hospital for my last trimester before but really it's just cos I fancy them!)

It's comforting to know that some of you are feeling a bit icky too - sorry! Hope it eases for us all soon.

Am posting at work. Naughty me. Hope to get to know you all over the coming months, I am still friends with some of ds2's Mumsnet July 2008 antenatal group on facebook, it's lovely to have some mumchums.

Budger that's fab! When I had early scans in the past it was always very grainy, especially if it was a transverse one (i.e. with a probe internally rather than externally across your tum).

But you've seen it's there! Good news.

How frustrating for you Tiny hope it's sorted soon.

Snowlet, I totally know what you mean about thinking of nothing else. Since I found out my head is all 'babybabybabybabybabybaby'. Hopefully I can get it together for my job interview on Thursday!

Got it!!!

This evening or tomorrow shall pop to the GP to pick up the form and then need to call the EPU to book the scan!
Phew!!

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BTW, if anyone wants adding to a June FB group let me know (pm me your email) and I can do it... it stems from the Babycentre website, but i just went on the BC to see if there was a fb group as i find it easier

Can I join in too? I've just found out I'm pregnant, due 13th June by my calculations!

Welcome!

Thank you! And congratulations everyone!

About to date out to the dentist, but had to pop in to say I've got the letter in the post with the date for my scan - 22 Nov. How am I supposed to pass the time until then?!

Same week as me wispa, i'm that monday and you are friday...

you will have moved to Paris! all the new things will distract you (hopefully)

That's so exciting wispa. You can pass the time looking chic and sophisticated in les cafés de Paris

I am so envious some of you have dates for appointments. All I have so far is a printed standard letter from the local midwife saying she will contact me before week 8 of my pregnancy but if I haven't heard by then to call her....

welcome Julzy :)

I'm a bit new to the way all this works, (British/American, lived here six years) so apologies for what is probably a stupid question - can midwives be men OR women here? And if they're men, are they still called midwives??

Snowlet, where in the states are you from? As I watched my first ever episode of midwives last night and there was a 21 year old boy on there who was a midwife. Apparently there are about 150 of them in the UK and yes, they're called midwives still.

Great info wispa cheers!

I'm from all over, sorta, born/raised Pacific northwest (coast of Oregon) but spent most of my adult years around the Chicago area, I went to the University of Illinois :)

I saw another mumsnet thread just now about women who absolutely wouldn't want a male widwife.... thinking about it now, I think when the time came I'd probably be thinking of other things! probably going to hire a doula though, so less bothered about the midwife/midwife team really

I don't think I would care about the gender of my midwife... although this doctor I'm seeing today about my rash isn't my normal doctor, and it's a man and I'm a bit self conscious about whipping out my boobs for him. Silly, I know, but I can't help it.

And I'm from Toronto, so not all that far from Chicago! What brought you to the UK?

ah, you're Canadian! if I'd been playing close enough attention here, I'd probably have known that already

I met a man (not my partner, a previous man) and came here to be with him, it didn't work out, but I stuck around.... what brought YOU to the UK?

Ah thanks for the congrats on the 3+ guys and yay wispa you got urs too!

I'm quite jealous of those getting early scans, I really want one. I read that if everything is ok at a 6wk scan then your chance of mc goes down to 10% and drops weekly to be abt 1 or 2% if ok at the 12wk scan.