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mammyjo · 23/07/2006 16:19

Hi everyone. Its been a very long time since I have posted on mumsnet, but today I have found out that I am expecting baby number 2. My ds1 is just over three years old. Bit shocked to be having another baby but very pleased too.
It would be great to get a thread going as people join me with their April 2007 due dates!!
Very nervous as ds1 had group b strep and birth and was v poorly but forewarned is forearmed as they say!
Look forward to chatting with anyone who feels like posting!

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CaptainDippy · 09/09/2006 18:04

Exactly the same as me Bugmum - we can be together honey!

zazas · 09/09/2006 20:04

Me too, due 15/04 and no scan until 02/10 - 12 weeks.....! It is such a long time to wait isn't it for reassurance? Also my thoughts go out to all with MS mine is still dreadful and you have all my sympathy if you are not getting enough from those around you! Saw a pregancy magazine today with a headline - "Best Time of Your Life" hmmmmm!

CaptainDippy · 09/09/2006 20:07

Mmmmmmmm indeed - grrr @ smug pregnancy magazines full of gorgeous, glowing women with perfect skin, no stretchmarks and no sak line under their eyes!!

CaptainDippy · 09/09/2006 20:07

I meant sag lines - bet they don't have PG brain either!!

CornflakeKid · 09/09/2006 21:33

I agree about the magazines - it's quite depressing! I read Junior P&G - which is a lovely magazine and loads of ideas and non-patronising articles! Also good for retail therapy...

I have had a horrible day - felt rough this morning so went back to bed and have been having kind of tightening feelings in lower abdomen which has completely freaked me out - rang hosp and they said wouldn't see me unless bleeding - so have stayed in bed all day with odd crying outbursts. May just be stretching of ligaments etc but feeling very unsettled and think may stay in bed again tomorrow if they haven't gone.

DH has been brilliant - very positive and supportive - bless him.

Cross your fingers for bean. xx

CornflakeKid · 09/09/2006 21:34

I have to confess that I have no stretch marks (yet!) and am on my third - there is a god!

AngeG · 09/09/2006 21:49

Fingers crossed for you and the bean cornflakekid. Thinking of you x

WantAbabyNOW · 10/09/2006 04:03

For those wanting scans.. could you not just ask your gp?

Thats what I did. I will be asking for another at 12 wks I think.

bubbaloo · 10/09/2006 08:01

Cornflakekid-How are you this morning? I've also had lots of niggly pains lower down which have worried me,but like you say,hopefully it's just stretching pains and they'll soon subside,with lots of rest.

We're off on our hols tomorrow morning and haven't even packed yet-probably end up doing it half hour beore we leave in the morning...I hate packing!!!

CornflakeKid · 10/09/2006 09:22

Had more pains in the night - don't know what to think really - don't feel sick this morning either which is worrying me too. But tend to have less sickness when have lots of sleep. I thought maybe I could have a urine infection or something - thinking about going to EPU monday morning to get checked out if not feeling happier. Have kind of resigned myself to worst case scenario - so would be ecstatic if all turns out okay.

mammyjo · 10/09/2006 10:33

Thinking of you today Cornflakekid. Maybe its worth going to the unit if only to put your mind at rest. Without getting too personal you are not constipated are you? The reason I ask is because I am suffering at the mo and getting horrible crampy pains too which have been going on for weeks. Am not concerned now as I am assuming its just down to my bowels!! Take care, hope it eases up for you today xx

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mammyjo · 10/09/2006 10:37

Have a fab holiday bubbaloo!

I am very jealous of everyone going away as I am going nowhere. Bit strained on the financial front due to my husband trying to get his business off the ground and its been a long struggle which is nowhere near paying off. We are both reasonably well paid so I am not used to being skint. Very miserable about it right now. Sorry for my miserable post, think my hormones make everything seem 100 times worse too.

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bubbaloo · 10/09/2006 11:33

Thanks Mammyjo-we're not off on an exotic holiday...we're going to Romney Sands for the week and I bet it's going to be freezing at night.I've got a few fleecey sleepsuits and grobags set aside for Ds to sleep in and he'll probably end up with socks on his hands at night too.Seems crazy when he's in short pj's here.

Sorry to hear you're still feeling rough.Perhaps it is best to go to the EPU in the morning as it will hopefully put your mind at rest.Sendng you a big hug-take care.x

CornflakeKid · 10/09/2006 12:04

Went to A&E to get checked - did urine & felt tummy - referred to EPU tomorrow. Doesn't seem to think anything is makorly wrong - will post tomorrow and let you know how it went

Lelee · 10/09/2006 12:15

HI,

All I am Lelee and new. Would just like some advice I went for a scan at 6wks and they just seen a yolk sac which has made me worried. I going back on the 18th which will make me 8wks and I should then see I heart beat fingers crossed.

Does anyone know if thats normal?

CaptainDippy · 10/09/2006 17:30

We've got no money and no chance of going on nice hols either mammyjo - it is a bit , but I guess we'll have opportunities in a few years or something - so someone does know how you feel honey!! Do enjoy your hols though - all those going away!!

Awwww, Cornflakekid - hoping everything is ok - do let us know [[hugs]] I've been getting a few crampy pains in abdomen etc - just stretching, I think.

Welcome LeeLee and congratulations!! I didn't have an AF between DD's 1 and 2 so went for a veeery early scan, which showed me to be about 5/6 weeks - there was just a weeny little embryo in a sac and no heartbeat or anything yet - went back 5 weeks later and "proper" little beany was wibbling at me with a nice strong heartbeat - try not to worry - experiencing any symptoms yet?? [hugs]

Feeling a bit tired and sicky, but ok - going go, DH and DD's calling ......

mammyjo · 10/09/2006 19:51

Thanks CaptainDippy! Didnt mean to be miserable earlier, I think my hormones have got a lot to do with it and also the fact that my parents have flown out to Canada today

Bubbaloo have a lovely time, it may not be exotic but at least it will be a nice break away.

Hi Lelee and welcome. Hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy.

Good Luck for tomorrow Cornflakekid, fingers crossed for you that everything is ok. Let us know how you get on xx

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CaptainDippy · 10/09/2006 20:14

Mammyjo - You can be as miserable as you want on here honey - cos we are all in the same hormonal boat and I for one, completely understand the way you are feeling. [hugs] If we can't be miserable on moan on here, then where can we be miserable and moan!!!?

Sexonlegs · 10/09/2006 21:21

Hiya ladies, thinking of you cornflake kid, and hoping all is well. How is everyone else?
7 weeks now (so due quite near a few of you). Feeling nauseous all the time still, and my boobs are unbearably painful. I have to keep asking poor dd not to hug me so tightly, as it is agony. Poor love, she is only 3 and doesn't understand.
I feel quite heavy "down there" already, esp by the end of the day, and have had a few niggly pains. It's all so unsettling isn't it. I guess what will be will be and all that. Hi Wantababynow, really glad you got your scan.
HTH. Love to all. Sleep tight. PS, anyone else having dirty dreams? I keep dreaming about Pete (BB7) and his big willy. Isn't that dreadful!!

EllieK · 10/09/2006 23:58

not dreadful sexonlegs, just very funny!
having major rows with dp at mo
so bad i walked out of the house yesterday
ds was at his daddys house so i just thought, i don't have to take this, i'm off.
not far off it now but ds is back so i'm stuck with the grump from hell.
sorry to whinge
hope all are as well as we can expect, what with being sick all the time! x

Lelee · 11/09/2006 07:21

Thank all CaptainDippy! for making me feel a little better.

I do have tender boobs and also find at night time i am tossing and turning all night with tightening feelings in lower abdomen.

Some time I feel sick but havent been sick.

Also should I have notice my abdomen or stomach growing

EllieMayW · 11/09/2006 07:50

Morning everyone. Welcome Lelee - don't worry about the scan, I had one at what they thought was 7 weeks and I was 5.5 which showed very little, I had a week of panic before everything was fine.

Cornflake, loads of luck today. Have everything crossed and thinking of you.

Although I know that I am lucky having seeen a heartbeat at 6 1/2 weks, I now have to wait until 26th Oct for my 12 (ish) week scan which is just too far away - particularly as we do not want to tell anyone until then. I cannot see how it will not be obvious before then though.

I think that I am now 7 1/2 weeks, due about 26th of April, i think I need to wait for next scan for more dating though. This first 12 weeks is a killer, I keep reminding myself of how desparate I was to get pg and that I should be enjoying it but it is hard, I just feel so sick all day. I wonder if I would feel better if I actually was sick? I am also terrified of things going wrong, it is very reassuring to read that so many of us are having cramps.

Boobs still ginormous, I feel like I have been inflated. Bravissimo were wonderful last week when I went for a new bra (and left in it), can thoroughly recommend them.

liath · 11/09/2006 08:01

Hi everyone, hope you had an OK weekend. Sorry to hear about all these useless DP/DHs! Hope they get their acts together. We had a BBQ yesterday - figured it might be the last nice day of summer so make the most of it!

Lelee - don't worry about your tummy this early, I'm over 9 weeks and apart from being a bit on the bloaty side haven't noticed any change there yet.

Good luck at EPU today, Cornflakekid.

Think this MS might be getting slightly better - still feel sick all the time but it's a bit less intense.

doobydoo · 11/09/2006 08:17

Welcome Lelee[some good advice on here]
Good luck cornflakekid.
Hope we all feel ok today.

sallycinnamon · 11/09/2006 09:18

Hello everyone. I've been on holiday, hope everyone's ok. Don't recommend a driving holiday with morning sickness!