August 2014 - Baking summer babies in our ovens.

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Doesn't seem to be a new thread yet - correct me if I'm wrong.....
Continue as you were ladies..... :)

I'm intrigued...what constitutes a cheese sandwich so shit it sets a pregnant woman off crying?!

I've just been sobbing at the best man speech in Sherlock. DH thought it was hilarious. :-/

I had the HUNGER where you need food and we were on a long car journey. We drove past a Burger King and my tight fisted mother pulled into a lay by and fished out a cheese sandwich with a slab of cheese between two stale bits of bread with no pickle or tomato and I SOBBED. Oh, I also remember that dh had an aftershave that made me want to punch him. He stopped wearing it pronto!!!

Oh travis, that makes perfect sense if you had The Hunger!! You poor thing!!

I am worried now because thinking back I had such a different experience last time. I don't feel pregnant at all and am 9 weeks tomorrow. So strange.

Travis each pg is different, my sil had 2 dd but was convinced the 2nd was a ds as the pgs were so different. Try not to worry.
I will now try and take my own advice tho, I know it's easier to say don't worry than to do it!

Travis - me too!! I thought I was the only one!

Ah, The Hunger. I've not had that yet. My appetite is tiny compared to last time.

My sickness isn't as bad either, after starting badly.

I'm kind of worried too, it has to be said. There's always something, isn't there?

Hungry I normally eat eat eat. I'm known for it. But I don't think I've finished a meal since I got my BFP. I've gone off all my favourite things too. I miss food!

Evening all. Just decided (nervously) to join you all. Am due on 21 August and v scared after 1 natural pregnancy lost 2 years ago and then a roller coaster ride of IUI and IVF where I kept on getting pg and then either losing it at around 5 weeks or finding out at the 7 week scan than I'd had a mmc. had that scan last week assuming it would be the same again only to discover a little heartbeat. What an amazing sight. I can't get it out of my mind. Am trying not to worry about something going wrong this time and take each day as it comes. Anyone else pg after miscarriages?

Travis I feel the same, only because I feel worse this time!!
Had my booking in today, few things have changed, c02 monitoring, they ask you if the baby is your current partners, she asked me, I'm assuming this baby is your husbands. Lol
Booking my next app for end of month tomorrow. Feeling a bit more excited. Still feeling nervous though, I think the internet does it to me. This website as much as it's great. It's also awful for putting the fear of god in you!! Last time I think I didn't worry so much as I did t know any better.

hi all
hope everyone is ok
I joined a few weeks ago and then was offline due to broken computer but have finally got it fixed

I'm 9 and a half weeks and not many symptoms except I've totally gone off pretty much all food which is very tough as I used to LOVE food and now everything tastes horrible and it is a real effort to eat anything

I have a horrible taste in my mouth - a bit metallicly which maybe is contributing to everything tasting awful and there are seriously just three foods I eat all of which are junk food - I have not so much looked at a vegetable or fruit or anything healthy for the past 8 weeks as it all makes me want to run for the hills!
Also my hormones are all over the place and the DH is driving me bonkers - gosh I hope all of this is normal for pg - I don't know why they say people "glow" in pg - I have never felt less glowy in my life!

My get up and go has got up and left and it is a struggle to do very much except worry about the pg! I was so laid back and easy going before and this pg has turned me into a neurotic stress case!

Hoping everyone is ok - I will read back the thread - welcome to all the newbies and congrats on your BFP - I was so excited to get mine :)

I'm hoping that I'm not the only one with these weird symptoms - I long to have my normal healthy appetite back and to be able to enjoy all my food again - even white toast and butter is becoming unappealing now :(

Forgot to answer this earlier. You can't be got rid of because of pregnancy. She'd have a claim for sex discrimination if they did.

Your firm completes a form to extend the TC and you carry on when you get back.

I'm not going to finish mine, or not where I am, anyway. It's not a family friendly firm I'm at and I'm not prepared to work 12 hour days 7 days a week and sell my soul for shit money.
/rant

Lissbug not repeated mc like you but since my dd I've had an ectopic and a mmc. After only losing 2 I feel so scared at times that this one will go wrong as well. I think it's natural. Is your next scan at 12 weeks?

Hi Lissbug
Congrats!
I'm 8+4 with my 3rd pregnancy in 7 months. First was mmc at 11 weeks and second was mc at 5. I've opted out of an early scan after witnessing the worry it has caused other mums on here, but so glad yours was fine!

Thanks nametobedecided and Ruggle. Nice to know I'm not the only one here! I have my next scan at 9 weeks and because of my previous problems am on a pharmacy full of medication! This week I have to go back to the clinic for an intralipids infusion and am on steroids until 12w which are disgusting. Trying to just take each day as it comes ie 'today I am still pregnant' which does seem to help as does experiencing the delights of feeling sick, back ache, headache and extreme tiredness!! Am 7+5 today which is the furthest I have got. Good news so far....

ruggle I think it's a very personal choice with early scans. Because I had an ectopic I was scared of it happening again so I accepted the first early scan when they offered it. I've requested another one at 9 weeks after the mmc because I don't think I can last till 12 weeks, I'm too much if a worrier. If on Wednesday it has all gone wrong again I can just deal with it, I'd prefer not to wait to find out. I can completely understand why other people would prefer not to have early scans tho.

Lissburg I think your way of approaching it is very healthy. I wish I could stop worrying and just take one day at a time.

Back to work today. In answer to someones question further upthread. I had my son in December 2012, went back to work in July 2013 and then my Mum died in September so I had another 6 weeks off then.

So, I am back to work today after the normal Christmas/NY break.

Went to see the doctor this morning as she wanted to come back to me after my scan. Also needed to discuss me coming off Citalopram - she advised me to reduce the dosage by having one every other day and then one every three days and then she would see if I wanted to switch on to another more pregnancy friendly one (Lustral, I think?) I was really nervous about coming off it but to be honest it was fine. Maybe the pregnancy hormones helped?! Have stopped taking it completely now mostly because I forgot She told me that my booking in appointment and my scan would all be done at the same time so I'll hopefully get an appointment through in a few weeks. Got my flu jab too.

How's everyone's Monday going so far? Hope all the teachers haven't had too yucky a morning and the little brats angels (I mean pupils by the way!) have behaved themselves! Was anyone having a scan today?

I can't imagine how you feel Liss. Do you find you yoyo between excited and petrified? I admire you for keeping going.

What kind of medication are you on? Is it things like progesterone and aspirin, or lots of other stuff?

What's an intralipids infusion?

Sorry for my ignorance.

Most of all, welcome to our group! :-)

I'm thinking that not having to drag myself out of bed is definitely helping the sickness. I feel ill when I initially wake up, but it wears off quite quickly, thankfully. Though it also worries me a bit because I feel quite different to last time.

Welcome liss this is a good place to get support and advice...or just to rant lol!! I had an early loss in October and it was quite hard to get my head around at first so I cant imagine what you have been through onwards and upwards, today we are pregnant!!!

Ive felt okay today (touch wood)! My lovely neighbour did the school run for me as it was pouring down while I looked after her little boy and just spent the morning doing housework! Why is it so dusty after xmas lol?!?

Four days to my scan

hungry thanks you for that xxx

Heck. Wasn't expecting going back to work to be this hard...

My first day back today and I am very queasy. I share an office with 4 people, one of whom knows...but tempted to tell them all, in case I throw up on my desk!
Had a huge bowl of porridge this morning and it stayed down, surprisingly, but the mid-morning vanilla smoothie has other plans!

Please can I vent? This morning I was absolutely fuming and quite upset actually. After building myself up for this mornings booking appointment (feeling anxious after MC)
Rocked up nice and early sat in medial practice from 8.40 for my 9am appointment, it got to 9.15 so I showed reception my letter to check I'm in the right place, "yes take a seat" they said. Got to 9.30 I ring the number on the letter "are you at xxx surgery" they said. "No I'm not! The letter says yyy surgery!" FFS!

I'd not slept a wink feeling anxious about the appointment so annoyed. Re booked in for Friday morning at 9am I'll be nearly 11 weeks by then, it's a joke. God knows when my scan will be now because surely scans will be getting booked up by now.

Hormones got the better of me and I absolutely blubbed down the phone, they apologised for the admin error but it doesn't help. There was nothing they could do and Friday is the soonest they can fit me in. To top it off I took the day off for the appointment, on Friday I'm going to have to make excuses which I didn't want to have to do.

Rant over, thanks for listening. Sob.