August 2014. What a Christmas present!

[Choccywoccydodah]

Thread number 2 ladies.

It's a perfect Christmas present for me!

hello

Been awol since first thread and posting my stats.. hoping to catch up and keep up now, been feeling alone with this pregnancy and am relieved to read through and see I'm not alone with my symptoms tis a fast moving thread though

Firstly though my sympathies to the ladies who have left the thread most recently duce and wish you all healthy future pregnancies

Hello to my date buddy Jenn (i think it is) I'm due 11Aug too, welcome to the thread and welcome to all the other newbies..

7+5 today and feel sooo tired! don't remember feeling as exhausted with my previous pregnancies! feel really nauseous and bloated too.. I can't believe that my belly can be so distended so early (I am already overweight) thought I had enough fat on my body to hide for another few months.. worrying signs are light pink spotting the weekend before Xmas and Xmas eve and period type cramping so been keeping fingers crossed for sticky bubba..

sorry jenbee date buddy..

1. Nausea (7/10) - Have the full on queasy, gaggy I'm going to hurl if I don't get off this boat I feel as though I'm on, but without actually being sick YET.
2. Out of breath (1/10) - only if I over exert myself which is rarely
3. Non drinking techniques (0/10) - not really been anywhere.
4. Snappy (8/10) - well I thought I'd been perfectly even tempered but DH has assured me that I have not
5. Checking loo paper - (10/10) have a renewed paranoia after Xmas eve spotting, check without fail.
6. DH talking names - (2/10) we have two girls so the convo turned to if it was a boy what would we call him, to which my youngest (6years old) replied "how about Harry James Potter" to be fair that was the best suggestion of the conversation.
7. People guessing (0/10) - told so many people and I'm sure they have told others... no good @ keeping it to myself I've learned
8. Period type pains (8/10) - sometimes stabby sometimes crampy quite often at night... fingers x its just growing pains more obvious because its #3
9. Fatty burpy monster (10/10) - All the time it is soooo embarrassing along with the nausea comes the windies half the time I'm not even expecting it cringe!

10. Books (1/10) no books yet but 1 for the pregnancy centre app that shows a week by week development of the baby and other things.

Got a new hoover today from the Argos sale and it is brilliant, haha. Just hoovered the place top to bottom, including the sofa and the bloody thing is full already! Also took down the tree which was sad but with my scan and everything happening in January, I am not so depressed about the year being almost over!

Lol mszeen Harry James Potter, love it!

Much better than the suggestion my friend's sister in law got when she told her DD she was going to get a little brother and could she think of a nice name? She replied with : Baby Jesus!!

lol misery

How have you got the energy, misery? I need to sort clean washing and it's almost beyond me!

Great name ideas there. :-)

Hello all, great to see all the 'out of 10' answers!

A question for all those who are not first timers like me. I am planning for my husband to be at the midwife appointment next week, and at my first scan at the end of January, HOWEVER, there is something I want to keep from him. I had an abortion about 9 years ago, it wasn't entirely straight forward, they couldn't find it on a scan, then I didn't abort properly with the pill at the hospital and miscarried a week later, might have been ectopic but they never diagnosed it. All a very long time ago, perhaps I should not have any secrets with husband but I don't think he needs to know and it's not relevant for us, it was well before I even knew him.

I'm worried that it will either come out in my medical records and the midwife will say something, or indeed that I should mention it.

Any advice and experience of this most welcome, I'm sure I'm not alone in having elements of a past we would rather forget!

Cxxx

Hi Clarissa, they will ask you about previous pregnancies and I think It would be in your best interest to tell them but obviously it's up to you! As time goes along it could also come up on your notes so probably best to be honest from the start. Maybe tell dh? I know it must be difficult

Hi Clarissa, if it is really something you don't want to speak about and it is something that's in your past an you've moved forward from. My suggestion would be to call the midwife prior to your app and ask that it not be mentioned. Just incase. If you feel your husband would understand then tell him. Our past is our past. Certain situations call for certain measures. If you are happy with your past and decisions you've made then he should be too. Good luck with what ever you choose to do.
But jealous you've got a midwife app. Still yet to fibd out when mine is. X x x x

Clarissa, the notes that you carry round with you will need to have that information on, so it may be best to tell your DH about it. Mine will read through my notes on occasion, so you wouldn't want him to find out that way.

Page may also be asked to leave the room during the appointment anyway as you may get asked about domestic violence.

DH not page. Weird autocorrect!

Hi Ladies,
Please can I join you? I am pregnant with my second child and have a DD who is 3 years old. I am due mid August :)

Hi Clarissa I'd agree with the others- previous pregnancies are written in the notes, and even if you ask the MW not to mention it this time- others may not realise it's not to be spoken about and may ask about it when he's there. I don't think he'd need to know all the gory details, but maybe easier to say you had one previous pregnancy in the past that miscarried or something. Xxx

Ps - sorry- I hope that didn't seem insensitive saying "gory details"- I just meant maybe tell an abridged version, and keep private the parts you want to xx

Hi are there any ladies due beginning of July end of June time

Trish there are other threads for other months :)

Welcome onion

Clarissa, I was asked and I think info you don't want made public goes on other notes ( not green notes). Tbh I didn't take partner to booking in as its boring and irrelevant for them. But that's my opinion! Maybe just take him to scan?

I agree with Travis will only bother to take dh to scans!

Getting towards 6 weeks and symptoms are f

Finally starting to increase.

Exhausted today! Just woke up from a 2 hour nap! Seriously worried about what I'll do when term restarts and I have to teach again.

Also - boobs are so sore! Thinking I need to buy some new, softer bras but don't want to buy them and then need more in a few weeks because they've got bigger again. Anyone who has been pregnant before got any tips for this?

Lastly - staying with my MIL who cooked steak for lunch today. Asked for it to be well done but she normally cooks steak rare and her version of well done was, well, still pretty pink and juicy. I couldn't make a fuss as there were other family members there who we don't want to know about the pregnancy yet. Should I be feeling worried?

Thank you everyone...

hi mssleepy I have a preference for medium steaks and crave them when pregnant so I spoke to gp about this very thing and she was of the mind that as long as the meat is not really rare (or mooing) then really its fine.. it's being over precautious and she was saying there is more concern over dippy eggs and salmonella.. so not to worry

Clarissa - Its a hard one to give advice on really as its very personal to you. If I were in your position and really didnt want DH knowing then 1 - ring ahead and mention to MW 2 - dont take him to booking in. They ALWAYS put down how many pregnancies you have had in your notes but it may be possible to ask for them to be kept private? Did you have any other complications either? that may need to be noted that are relevant for this pregnancy...good luck deciding what to do

Mssleepy - I bought sports bras last time (elasticated underneath and really soft on the nips lol). I do have very small boobies though so could get away with no support!!!!
The meat does need to be thoroughly cooked so maybe make sure it is from now on Im sure what you have eaten will be fine

Ive just had a mammoth nap too and woken up starving!!!!