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 :)

edwardcullen thats exactly my morning (ds is 21 mo as well!) Did manage to go back to sleep for 30 minutes but had such strange dreams it wasn't really worth it!

Got my BFP 10 days ago, first time for me!! is it normal for clear blue digital to say you are 2 - 3 weeks, when actually I'm 7 weeks? Have done three tests in the last days to keep confirming its real!

Hi everyone. Sorry, been sooo crap at keeping up. DD not been well, work manic. Too much!

Congratulations to all those with good news at early scans.

Beetle, hi, so sorry for your losses - that must have been very traumatic. I know what the GP says is usually correct, but I am very surprised with your history that they are not monitoring you closely - I thought it was standard to have early scans to see how things were progressing in your kind of circs. Can you refer direct to your local EPU, or call the midwives - or what about the place where you had your IVF, can they help?

Having said I wasn't going to, I've found a place that sounds great near me that does viability scans for £80 and that my local hospital, Lewisham, refers people to as they no longer carry out private scans. I have the appt this morning and have been fine till now, but am suddenly very nervous. My breasts have stopped hurting in the last couple of days, although I do still feel a bit queasy a lot of the time, and particularly when hungry. I'm trying to tell myself what will be will be, and that we were happy with one, but it's still nerve-wracking, particularly since I'm 41 and we haven't had even a whisper of a conception over the past 4 years till now, so it does feel like a miracle preganancy!

happyjessie - well if your dates are a just a little out then I would think that's completely fine - and honestly even if you're not then I'm sure it's nothing to be concerned about. At four weeks it said I was 1-2 and at 5 weeks 2-3. I'm not sure how accurate it is beyond that, so I wouldn't worry. 3+ is the highest it goes and I'm sure there's a tolerance either way. Grrr, all these things that are supposed to help/reassure us so often do the opposite, don't they? Too much science!

Sorry, that was a bit epic! Will report back this afternoon.

x

Full on nausea has arrived! (6+2) Nothing is working, eating, not eating, ginger biscuits, water, squash.... I've no idea how I'm going to get through long meetings at work feeling like this!!!

ladydolly Weird how a switch seems to go on at 6 weeks, isn't it? I'm not as bad as you, but strangely I've just found myself getting used to feeling queasy a lot of the time. Have you tried/considered acupuncture? It can be really effective for some people. Or those wrist bands you can get for nausea?

I'm due 21st November! Only just found out and it's our first baby! Scary stuff!

Beetle we got our scans due to bleeding or severe pain, I'm sorry for your previous loss and in the best way possible I hope you don't get an early scan as I hope you don't need one! :)

Today I feel awful, very sick, bad wind pain and exhausted but I'm sure we're all in the same boat. Still I'm glad I feel like this as it means things should all still be ok :)

Saz I was lucky, I managed to get back to sleep by about 7.30, DH got DS up for school and DD slept in til 9.30, so I got a decent couple of hours without too much interruption Sorry to hear about your dreams, I've been having some odd ones too! Hope yours weren't too disturbing!
I second the 6 week thing! This week is definitely the worst. I'd like to apologise now for my self indulgent moaning (past and future!)

Congrats Beetle , happyjessie and robyn - hope you're in it for the long haul

alita the only way I'm managing through feeling crap is thinking it's got to be a strong pregnancy to make me feel this bad! As long as we're ill, we're pregnant!

I'm definitely going to look into these anti nausea bands! thanks books It's eased up since this morning but still there. At least I'm managing to get some work done. I feel like this is the place for indulgent moaning :)

I emailed DP to tell I felt round and he asked if he could do anything, sweet, but no. He'll just have to listen to me whine and receive hourly updates on how I'm feeling from sick to windy and everything inbetween!

You're right edward, must find away to think of the sick as a good thing. (please god let the nausea only last the first trimester!)

Welcome Beetle, happyjessie and robyn btw!

Morning all!

Beetle - I'm astonished that with an IVF pregnancy you're not being regularly scanned. I thought it was standard practise to scan at 6 weeks to check your proper upduffed, then again at 8 weeks to check viability? What part of the country are you in?

Having said I was determined not to have an early scan, I've decided to guilt trip the midwife at booking in to see if I can get an early EPU scan. Might not work, but worth a go!

I am so ill. I have the worst cold and sore throat Called in sick which I very rarely do! Symptoms-wise I have absolutely nothing at the moment... Boobs are fine, no nausea... Making me a bit nervous!! I'm assuming my boobs aren't hurting because I only stopped being pregnant in November, and they didn't go down size-wise, so maybe they did all their growing already?!

As usual, any updates, or if you're missing altogether, let me know!

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Any cravings to report yet folks? I have been hankering after Fanta which is most unlike me (I don't drink fizzy drinks ever). Apparently this means I'm having a girl. I think I was big into fruit with my last pg too.

Re. scannage: in Ireland, in the part of the country I'm in, you only get ONE bloody scan at 19/20 weeks. Unbelievable eh? Of course you can pay to get as many private scans done as you like -- but I think it's crazy that the local hospital doesn't even do a 12-week one. Serious understaffing issues. I'm feeling quite pissed off about that today actually. I guess because scans and appointments are a practical way of breaking up the endless first twelve weeks. Sigh.

Sorry to hear you're so sick Nessalina! It must be lowered immune system.

Well, scan was good, showing exactly the dates it should (7+2), right size, good heartbeat. Big relief, although it still doesn't feel real.

Ness, when I got pg soon after mc my boobs hardly hurt at all - I think your body's just more used to the hormones. And for your updatesmy dd has moved to 3 Nov.

x

Yes it is ridiculous isn't it beetle. I mean if you had pain or bleeding you could get a referral from a GP and get an early scan on the public system, and if you had a history of mc you could self-refer to the EPU. But even in the normal course of things it seems crazy that if you couldn't afford to pay 80-100 quid for a private scan, you might have no comfort until you get one at 19/20 weeks on the public system.

Rar rar rar. Anyway. Made a GP appointment for next week to get myself booked in, and once that's done I think I'll book my private scan for when I'm 12 weeks.

beetle I'm sure that a private scan will give you great peace of mind too, hope it's not hugely expensive.

books delightful news! All sounds great!

Is anyone else really hungry? It's getting slightly ridiculous. This morning I had a normal breakfast but by 11.30 my stomach was rumbling so much that it was quite embarrassing in meetings. And then I had a massive jacket potato for lunch, which would normally keep me full all day, but it's only 2.30 and I'm already hungry again. It's actually starting to get really inconvenient! I think I'm going to have to start carrying around emergency fruit with me all the time. And it seems kind of disproportionate seeing that the baby is only the size of a jelly bean...

I went to see the GP for my pre-booking in initial appointment, which I thought would be a waste of time but she was actually lovely and really helpful. She worked out my due date as 5th Nov, which is a day earlier than the online calculators say.

Also I had an appraisal with my boss today, where he was talking about all the projects our team has on at the moment, and how the period between next October and Christmas is going to be really busy. It was quite weird knowing that (touch wood) I won't be around then, but not being able to say anything yet.

That's reassuring that others have had the lack of boob pain. It was such a big symptom for me last time that it's been odd to have it missing!

That makes more sense that you've not had follow-up Beetle if your clinic was abroad, but it's not great is it! Having been browsing for early scans prices seem to be in the £70-£100 range, you just have to shop about!

Updates to dates made on my master roll call We're going to need a new Fred soon - do you reckon we can get all the November ladies on board first?!

My sickness has sort of changed today.... I was feeling so sick I had to force myself to eat knowing it would make me feel better even if it didn't feel like it. Now I seem to have to keep eating and eating to keep the sickness aat bay and if I don't eat I feel super sick!

Also I'm really off sweet things like fruit and chocolate except fizzy drinks and juice and seem to want savoury all the time :p

I'm so tired and have to go back to work to teach adults this evening :(
I can't wait till we all get our 12 week scans I'm so impatient as I don't even have a proper date to go by yet :(

alita they say savoury is a boy, sweet is a girl. No idea, but I was definitely addicted to sugar last time and had DD.

Caravela - I'm a bit like that anyway, but now I'm pg it goes along with feeling quite ill if I don't eat and yes, the hunger pangs are really intense. But I'm feeling much more picky than usual, which does make things quite awkward!

Maths Sympathy: I can't imagine having to work in the evening at the moment. It will get better though, I'm sure. Second trimester last time I went to bed really late (usually I'm asleep by 10.00), got up the same time and had loads of energy - have never had so much so consistently before or since (unfortunately!).

I have got a feeling books shoes cats, that it's a boy. As soon as I can ill get some bicarbonate of soda and see what they says :p

Anyone else feeling super emotional? It's my birthday today, which is always abit emotional (because I used to share my birthday with my mum and she died 10 years ago next wk)...my ds is still ill and am still worried about him, stupidly high temp and had to cancel bday meal out, and just burst into tears...so unlike me!
hoping it's flumpy's fault!!

Feeling very nauseous today but the boobs have been more bearable! I am so scared about the size they are getting too and hope they don't get any bigger! I already had trouble finding tops to fit so things were a little snug any way! I am now finding it harder and harder to fit clothes over them without it all looking very ridiculously, scarves are the way forward!