November 2014 - anybody yet?

[Squeakybeaky]

Hi all, I have my BFP and due 30th October. It's my third baby and was 2 weeks late with the last two so bound to be November.

Anybody else for November yet? I know it's very very early :)

Hello, all. Can I join in too please? Due 30th October (so nearly November!)

Hi all,

Can i join the stats aswell, DC3 due 7th Nov.

I'll join everyone with the early rise at 6am this morning but due to DS waking up, was really lazy and put him in the bouncer with Baby TV on and closed my eyes on the sofa for an extra 30mins.

Hope everyone is enjoying this gorgeous sun, took kids out to the park for a runaround before lunch & nap time.

Will hopefully get a couple of hours to myself, yay !

Thank you. It's lovely to see so many people expecting Nov babies .

Posy, your DP sounds like she is making the most of you being up early! My DH gave me a very funny look this morn when I got up early again. But that prompted me to test this morning after a few days of that, so he will soon know why as he's on his way home now so I can tell him .

MammySam DC2 due 31st Oct
RandomInternetStranger DC2 due 1st Nov
Canweseethebunnies DC2 due early Nov
booksshoescats DC2 due 2nd Nov
BatCave DC3 due 2nd Nov
Hopeful83 DC1 due 2nd Nov
Annarose2014 due 2nd Nov
WinterLover DC2 due 4th Nov
Wilheminanevillesdottir due 4th Nov
weeonion DC2 due 6th Nov
alita7 due 6th Nov
Littleyewtree DC2 due 7th Nov
Greenstone DC2 due 7th Nov
flipflopsonfifthavenue DC2 due 7th Nov
AussieGoingHomeSoon DC3 due 7th Nov
Nessalina DC1 due 8th Nov
AveryJessup DC2 due 8th Nov
MabelMay DC3 due 8th Nov
Polkadotscarf due 9th Nov
ladydolly due 10th Nov
PosyFossilsShoes due 10th Nov
Giraffeski DC3 due 11th Nov
Starfish99 due 11th Nov
BJZebra DC2 due 11th Nov
HRMumness DC2 due 12th Nov
FurryScoob DC1 due 13th Nov
Tigsy DC1 due 13th Nov
Lauraparsons233 due 13th Nov
Laura1410 DC2 due mid Nov
Barmybunting DC1 due 17th Nov
pinkgirlythoughts DC2 due 17th Nov
daisydalrymple DC3 due 18th Nov

I am also having the sleeping issues :( Not looking forward to being back to 7am starts at work this week. I must have woken up at least 10 times during the night last night. I am usually well able to sleep until midday if left uninterrupted so it is very unusual for me. I hope for all our sakes that this is just a phase and doesn't last the whole pregnancy!

Yes, what is this sleeping, or lack of, nonsense! I thought pregnancy was meant to make you unbelievably tired? No doubt that will kick in soon enough! Work isn't going to be fun with this aspect.

Is anyone else feeling slightly scared about this whole baby thing? Despite trying for a while, and very much wanting a little one, I am feeling slightly panicked today! DH, on the other hand, is grinning like a loon and seems most delighted! I am also delighted, just petrified too!

Barmy bunting I think that's normal... I'm scared of mc, I'm scared they'll be something wrong with bubba , I'm a tiny bit scared of birth but haven't done it before so don't know what I'm in for, I'm scared of telling my family for silly reasons as I'm an adult etc (cos I was a teen last time so I'm stuck with the idea of telling them being scary). I'm scared I'll hurt or drop etc my newborn but I think that's all natural worries and I'm thinking positive as that's best for bubba.

I'm also struggling to sleep past about 5.30 am, but had put it down to stress at work. At least I'm actually getting up early most mornings and getting stuff done!

I'm either sleeping for England or wide awake at silly o'clock.

I'm getting a fair bit of morning sickness and managed to hurl whilst changing the cat tray. Mowed the lawn, planted some flowers for the summer, went for a wander by the river, and I felt really really lonely. I absolutely do not want a partner, my parents live 250 miles away and frankly we'd kill each other if we lived any closer to each other, my friends are all busy with their OH's and kids, and when DD is at her father's I am totally alone. Made me panic that maybe I'm not as hard arse independent as I like to think. I know I can parent alone, I've done it before, but pregnancy without someone to gush over it with is harder than I thought it would be.

alita thank you, I'm glad to hear it's not just me who is worrying. Your last sentence is very true - positive thinking is the way forward. No amount of worrying will change what happens, what will be will be, so thank you for that thought to focus on the joy of this! I hope telling your family goes well. I too am slightly scared scared stiff more like of that even thought both sets of our parents have been on about becoming grandparents for a age, we have been married for 3 years, and are both in our late 20s, it still feels slightly naughty!

randominternetstranger I just wanted to say I hope you are doing ok. I think it will be normal to have up and down days in this. I can't say I understand how it would feel to do this alone, but I empathise and can understand the swings and roundabouts you must be feeling. Do you have any friends near by who you have told?

I'm not scared about having a baby (only because I have a 1 year old so it's fresh in my head) but I am fearful of the pregnancy. Something just doesn't feel right. Hopefully it's only random paranoia. I'm not even going to start dealing with my birthing issues until it looks likely that it'll happen and then that'll be a whole other can of worms.

Sorry you were feeling crap Random. The good thing is that you're doing what you want and you know you can do it. Your friends may not be as busy as you think, maybe give one of them a call?

The birth doesn't worry me as hopefully I'll have the option of a c-section again like last time and that is easy peasy and absolutely no problem, I'd happily do that again. The only thing that worries me is if they say I have to have a natural birth or I get caught by surprise - that scares the crap out of me!

Sorry, this is going to sound like a stupid question I imagine, but I've just changed drs surgery after moving to England from a very rural area in Scotland, so the GP set up here seems to be slightly different.

I'm clueless - I will phone the Dr later this week but do you just tell the receptionist on the phone that you are pregnant, and then only see a midwife for booking in appointment at around 8-10weeks? Or do you make a GP appointment for now to then sort out the follow up bit? I keep reading varying answers as to whether they want to see you at such an early stage.

Checking in - DC2 due November 14th 2014! DD is 13 months.

I'm a little bit as it was only our second month not-even-properly-TTC (we are very lucky I know). I'm nervous about breaking the news to work as another maternity leave will seriously fuck up my training requirements as I'm still in postgrad training, due to maternity leave and now working part-time. But hey ho along we go!

I'm definitely going to try to keep up with this thread and hopefully the postnatal boards too as I didn't with DD, and wished I had when I had no online sympathy during 4am breastfeeds!

Congratulations everyone new :)

Anyone else finding there emotions are EVERYWHERE? Luckily oh is being lovely about it but I am crying at stupid things getting really irritable and angry so easily, and holding grudges which is unlike me. I can't cope with more than one thing at a time and usually I multitask fine.

Hi there just checking in, got a faint bfp today 2 days before af due .

This is dc3 and we've been trying for 17 months so was delighted and shocked when i saw the line! DC1&2 and the 3mc I had before them were all conceived v quickly so I was beginning to give up hope.

Stats are DilysMoon DC#3 EDD 18 November

Congratulations to you all, fingers crossed for healthy happy pregnancies

Barmy can you search your local NHS website in the women and children section? It might tell you there what to do. Here we can self-refer to midwife so don't have to bother with GP. I didn't know this last time and waited for GP app which was all a bit pointless.

Hi moving and dilys' congratulations.

I don't feel particularly emotional Alita. I wonder if first pregnancies are very different to subsequent ones. Anyone with 1 or more children notice any difference?

Barmy, I also did a self referral to my chosen hospital. Filled out for online, emailed & got an email back to confirm will be contacted within 14days. First 2 babies went to GP and they filled out form while I was there asking questions and emailed so by passed them this time.

Wilhelmina, I'm also a little more relaxed this time, I think I'll get that excited feel after 1st scan, when I see baby and we can tell people.

Congratulations Dilys, DC3 for me too, how old are your 1st 2 ?

Congratulations moving, my DS is 11months and we also were on 2nd attempt ! My other 2 both took 6months so we were happily surprised ! I don't think my boss is gonna be thrilled as I only will return from maternity leave in mid-May !!

Random, I think we all go thought phases of how will I do this but some how we just do & surprise ourselves of how strong we are. Ill be using this group for company as dont seem to get enough adult conversation these days !

About to eat McDonalds, (i dont even normally like Macca's) tomorrow I try and start eating healthier, I'm sure ill say the same tomorrow !

Hey I think I can join I did two tests on Saturday and had very faint lines in both. I'm late on my period too and boobs are starting to feel a bit different.
According to the due date calculator I'm due on 13th November.
I'm going to test again in a few days, but all the signs look good so far!

Woah, it's been crazy here today, lots of lovely new folks!

devoncreamtea due late Oct
MammySam DC2 due 31st Oct
RandomInternetStranger DC2 due 1st Nov
Canweseethebunnies DC2 due early Nov
booksshoescats DC2 due 2nd Nov
BatCave DC3 due 2nd Nov
Hopeful83 DC1 due 2nd Nov
Annarose2014 due 2nd Nov
WinterLover DC2 due 4th Nov
Wilheminanevillesdottir due 4th Nov
weeonion DC2 due 6th Nov
alita7 due 6th Nov
Littleyewtree DC2 due 7th Nov
Greenstone DC2 due 7th Nov
flipflopsonfifthavenue DC2 due 7th Nov
AussieGoingHomeSoon DC3 due 7th Nov
Nessalina DC1 due 8th Nov
AveryJessup DC2 due 8th Nov
MabelMay DC3 due 8th Nov
Polkadotscarf due 9th Nov
ladydolly due 10th Nov
PosyFossilsShoes due 10th Nov
Giraffeski DC3 due 11th Nov
Starfish99 due 11th Nov
BJZebra DC2 due 11th Nov
HRMumness DC2 due 12th Nov
FurryScoob DC1 due 13th Nov
Tigsy DC1 due 13th Nov
Lauraparsons233 due 13th Nov
docpeppa due 14th Nov
Laura1410 DC2 due mid Nov
movingmovingmoving DC2 due 14th Nov
Barmybunting DC1 due 17th Nov
pinkgirlythoughts DC2 due 17th Nov
daisydalrymple DC3 due 18th Nov
DilysMoon DC3 due 18th Nov

I've been a little more emotional, definitely more easily upset and quick to tear up than usual, and I was just the same last time. It's all very familiar so far tbh, I'm feeling quite zen just because I know how it felt last time and it was very recent. Once I'm lucky enough to get past 16 weeks it'll all be new and I'll be a symptom spotting nightmare!!!

I am very emotional. I'd almost say it's like short bursts of proper depression, like today I've been so lonely and tonight ended up sobbing my heart out on the sofa ruminating of every bad thing that has ever happened ever, and playing through countless possible scenarios in my head till I looked like Alice Cooper with snot dripping down my chin - lovely. Not done that in a long time. I'm hoping it's just hormones but I didn't have this with DD, the opposite in fact, with DD I was so stupidly, giddily, ridiculously happy and chilled and would burst into big proper roaring belly laughing fits at the slightest thing. This whole thing is very different to with DD. I felt fantastic with her, I feel pretty crap this time round. Could be a lot to do with the dramatic difference in circumstances but it's early days so we'll see.

That's rotten Random I'm sending a big un-Mumsnetty hug your way! I think that's what pregnancy does, it accentuates the highs and the lows, so you're feeling more down than you usually would I guess. It's going to be ok xx

Hi everyone, can I join? I did a test a few days ago but only just joined mumsnet. This is my first pregnancy and we've been ttc for 2 years, so I'm finding it hard to believe it's real. According to the online calculators my due date is 6th Nov.

Thanks Nessalina. I'm sure I'll snap out of it soon enough. I think when I've had the scan and it becomes more real and I can tell people. I've got a lot on this week but next week I'm all free so I will probably try and get a few days up north with my parents for a bit of r&r. Think I need a snuggle with my dog too. That always sorts me out.