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Settle down for cake, sympathy and lots of laughs! xxx

Is waking up with a numb pinky finger normal? It was numb for about 3 hours after I woke up! Was very odd!

1 week today until booking appointment. Still feels like a lifetime away. But I'm hoping that it will mean that its only going to be a max of 3 weeks until the scan!

Good luck Isean with scan. It must be very exciting for you!!! Seeing your little bean and its heartbeat. Amazing :)

Hi all - I can't stop thinking about the sadness on this thread - please let there be joy just around the corner for those who have lost their little ones this month. Gosh they will be missed here.

isean so jealous of your scan today - post a picture on your profile so we can meet your wee one!

Got my booking appointment for 23rd October, when I'll be exactly 11 weeks - I just can't wait as I'm so anxious. The next 2 weeks will not go fast enough. Also booked in to start pregnancy yoga on 30th October, after my scan, which I am excited about if only because I think (maybe I'm wrong!) that I'll be feeling more confident and assured by then.

Congrats all those who are 9 weeks today - into week 10 and we have little prunes...

I'm not doing so well. Haven't really been able to keep any food or much water in the last few days. Am off work today and have just been to see the doctor who says that I am really dehydrated. She has given me some antisickness tablets and said that if I am no better tomorrow she might need to send me to the hospital for IV fluids :( I am only 6+6 so far to go :(

On the positive side I have my booking appointment with the midwife on the 29th of October

Bushprincess I'm totally not jealous that you got to see your little beans heartbeat already . Glad everything was ok and that your DH does now believe completly that bean is in there! My DH is exactly the same, trying not to get excited until we see it on screen :) x

randdom sorry to hear how much you are suffering but glad that the doctor knows and is on top of it. Keep us updated on how you are.

Hello. So very sorry to hear about your sad news bohemond, onefunkymuma and PFJ. I hope that you will soon have good news.

I had my first midwife appt today (11+1), she was lovely and helpful. Took hubby, though he was the only one there.... Was glad he came though for his family history and also just to absorb the masses of info given. Had a carbon monoxide test, urine sample and blood taken. Top tip for urine sample, pee into plastic water cup and then pour into the ridiculously narrow sample tube. Much easier! I threw the cup into the sanitary bin afterwards.

We were also met by a lady advising on dental care (free toothpaste!) who will also visit after baby is born. Hadn't heard of that before. And we were given a pack with Ready Steady Baby book, DVD on breast feeding and numerous other leaflets. Oh and vitamin D tablets too.

Whole thing took 1.5 hours, scan next week.

Good luck to all those with appointments soon.

Hey ladies (and little beans)

I've just had chips, cheese and gravy and everyone thinks it's some weird pregnancy craving. Maybe. But it's a very popular thing where I come from! My sickness is easing off ever so slightly (two days without puking now) but I still feel pretty crappy - especially with a cold. After all the bad news here, I'm still grateful for what I have so I'm not feeling sorry for myself at all.

Thinking of our ladies going through very hard times right now.

Feel like utter crap today. Don't know what it is. Low, emotional, sick. Flu is spreading around the uni like wildfire and I've got aches and pains and my whole body feels heavy, and a sore throat starting. My flu jab isn't until November 3rd. I really don't want flu now

Apparently we find out about Little Shop Of Horrors parts next week instead. More waiting

Struggling with food. I haut want to eat 'fruity' jucy things. Bread products are out as are potato and pasta foods I just end up feeling sick. Struggling to feed myself and the girls. Any ideas? Soup is good, but can't have anything like bread or crackers with it, jacket potato's or chips are out (love the idea of chips, cheese and gravy!) I had an egg and witch for lunch today and feel awful now :(

dobe are you Canadian? Mmmm poutine, delicious!

So I had my scan this morning and everything is fine. We saw the little blob and the heartbeat and DP got a tear in his eye. Amazing.
They've put my dates back to 6+5 so I am just about still a Maybie!

I had to have the scan vaginally which was fine and didn't hurt at all so nothing to worry about there

Phew!

I've only just found this new thread and trying to catch up. Im so so so very sorry thePFJ and rhe other ladies. It's just not fair.

No, hobb but I have lived there before!

So pleased we've had some good scan news today.
Bushprincess and Hobbjobb I'm so jealous of you seeing the heartbeat today. I had a scan at 8+4 two weeks ago and got really teary seeing the heartbeat.

Looking forward to hearing Iseans hopefully good news from her scan today too.

Sorry for all feeling rubbish today. At least we are moving forward. I know some in the thread are closer to 12 weeks than others but at least we're all that bit nearer to the magic number with each day.

Sorry to those of you feeling poorly today, especially randdom - hope the tablets do the trick and you don't have to go to hospital.

Not sure what to suggest Cbeebies - have you tried rice? I only suggest it because I remember some others saying plain rice helped them and it's the only carbohydrate not on your list! How are you doing with meat (unless you're veggie of course!). If soup is working would a big stew type thing with lots of veggies work?

A bit off topic, but did you see that the penis beaker thread from mumsnet has went viral? Don't read it if you're in a meeting (like I did). Couldn't help myself laughing!

Hello everyone.... Such a busy thread.

Very sorry to read of losses :(

Just incase it helps anyone with really bad sickness... I've been given prochlorperazine tablets and they have really, really helped. I've been bedridden for a month now but I'm now able to look after DS again. I've missed him so so much. Also a protein diet seems to help me most and ice lollies for the worst moments. 10+4 so hoping I'm nearing the end of it soon.

Have a scan on Friday because I only had one wonky period between stopping bfing and ttc and they think I'm actually 13 weeks. Score!

Does anyone else find themselves in a position of wanting to hide their entire pregnancy from someone? I'm considering not telling my phd supervisors I'm pregnant. I barely see them anyway. But have to go to fortnightly seminars in the evening and will be chunking up bump wise as they end in April ... Eep. I already had a baby during year one of my phd and this is year 3 so I think they would be shocked...

sorry for those feeling poorly today, hope you've alll managed to keep something down by now... must be rubbish

hobbjobb great news on your scan... you seem to have taken the trans vaginal scan well - I was completely not expecting it as I thought by 9wks it would definitely be abdominal so when he slipped a condom over the scanner and asked me to drop my knees to either side it was a bit of a shock!!

minions your appointment sounds so thorough! Mine not so much - the obstetrician is a lovely older gentleman who's got lots of experience and is obviously great at what he does... but I did rather feel like by the end he was a bit exasperated with my worries! When I asked him about what exercise I was safe to continue with he even felt the need to tell me that pregnancy is a perfectly normal thing and that millions of women have done it without any issues!

I of course felt the need to retaliate that as a vet I only tend to see the problem cases so my only experience of pregnancy is pulling stuck calves and lambs... which is not an experience I'm looking forward too myself!

Anyhow, glad he is so confident all is well but a little more time and excitement (it may be his 9,000th baby but it's only my 1st!) would have been nice!

wow hamandcheese hats off to you having (soon to be 2!) kids during your PhD! I've just finished mine (viva the week after finding getting our bfp) and am just so amazed at anyone managing to do all that AND have a family - well done you!

I can imagine that it will be hard to tell your supervisors - but surely best that they know whats going on so that they can support you in the best way as you get to writing up... would your funding body pay you maternity leave? I know mine would have (BBSRC)... so may be worth talking to someone to see what help you can get (and time extension from your uni)... though you willl already have most of the info from your first.

It might be better to tell them earlier than later if they are going to find out anyway... but of course its a completely personal thing and only you can know what you feel confortable doing....

good luck finishing the thesis whatever decision you make about letting people know or not! amazing lady!!

Thanks bush and congrats on your phd!

my funding is through the uni itself and doesn't have maternity. I could've taken a voluntary suspension but I would have no money! With DS it was fine I did a lot of work while pregnant and stored a bit to allow a month or two off. Tbh its not too big a deal as my phd is all home/archival research so I don't need to be anywhere 99% of the time. That's kind of why we ttc again as when am I going to be paid to be largely at home ever again IYSWIM.

Its still daft though. I do have a good support in terms of family and childcare. Thing is, after I got pregnant with DS my supervisors were totally professional about it but they have been treating me differently in subtle ways. Just not very friendly, quite confrontational in relation to criticising my work, really lax in getting back to me etc. So I really don't want to involve them. Tbh I don't think DS really affected my phd a whole heap because I'm a pretty efficient worker... I'd rather it not be an issue and ruin the relationship any further. I've not decided to pursue a career in academia either so its not like I'm ruining my chances there. I just want to get my phd and get out of there now haha!

minions are you in Scotland? Your booking appt sounds exactly like mine. I was in on Monday scan next week at WMCC in Glasgow.

Symptom update! Such aching hips and knees. I think I need to get to the pool to do some exercise. Too much relaxin, so says Dr Google. (and probably too much relaxing as well! )

Good luck Isean let us know how you get on.

Is anyone else getting out of breath much quicker than they used to already? Just walking up the stairs and I'm panting like anything!

Also, I keep sneezing a lot. For the past 2 weeks I've been sneezing loads! Weird coincidence? :)

Any other maybies from Northern Ireland? Everyones booking in etc appointments all seem so different its hard to keep up!

Its great to hear about all the good scans today, think our wee thread deserved some happy news

HamandCheese so glad you have tablets which are helping. Your sickness sounds like it's been dreadful so far.

And are you actually 13 weeks now? I think the scans are pretty accurate. So jealous you fast forwarded by 3 weeks! I'm back to feeling like the time is dragging so slowly.

Can't wait for this part to be over. Morning sickness has become all day sickness. Can't eat anything without feeling nauseous, and can't eat before noon or I'll throw up guaranteed.

All I want to do is sip water... but I have no water, and can't face getting up to walk downstairs to get some. This is bad

Hope everyone's doing well today :)