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 :)

Oh bugger watching my weight! It's the one time I don't have to and it comes off anyway. With DD I put on 6.5 stone, almost doubling my weight and it all came off without any effort afterwards as soon as I stopped eating like that when she was born but I figured if that's what my body had to do to make a happy healthy 10lb 2oz DD then that's what it needed to do. If I was hungry then as far as I was concerned it told me baby needed something. I'll be damned if I'm going to restrict what my body is telling me it needs and actually I was never weighed last time at all and I will be refusing to be weighed this time if I think my mw is going to try to nag me about how much or little I've gained. This one doesn't so far seem as hungry as DD but it's only 7+5 so that could well change!

Very well thanks sleeping, tired most of the time but I guess that comes with pregnancy lol. When are you due? I'm so pleased to see you on antenatal thread x

Am actually disgusted now I've weighed myself. I know I can only blame my only behaviour too. Have just cried all over dh.

Hi just checking in with you all- haven't been online much in past few days as we're away staying with DHs family. I'm sure there must be some suspicions as I keep declining alcohol, tea, coffee, etc. My lent excuse only goes so far....

Had a few days with not much symptoms which was worrying me, but nausea is back with a vengeance and have actually been sick this morning for the first time! Feel absolutely rubbish but it's also reassuring in a way.

Congratulations and welcome to all the newbies

Also glad to hear those who were having problems with pain/bleeding at the beginning of the week are doing ok.

Polkadot I hope it's Ok... maybe you'll get a scan. I hope it's reassuring to know that the couple us who had spotting have completely healthy viable pregnancies as far as they could tell.

Utopian these dreams are odd! I dreamt DP worked in a massive high ceilinged hall with foot on sewage on the floor and I fell over in it :(

I dreamt last night that I was driving a big van. And that we had asked one of DPs employees to come and sleep on our couch on a semi permanent basis!!!

Lol at the weird dreams. Dreamt DH and I went to New York and we couldn't bear to stay away, so we went back again the following weekend. Even in the dream I was shocked at my profligacy, flying back and forth across the Atlantic!

Sleepingstar Welcome. As Ness says, plenty of battle scars here, but you have been through so much – fingers tightly crossed that this is your time now. Welcome to Just and Catnap too.

Random - 10lb 2 , and you must be tiny if 6.5 stone is nearly twice your weight. I thought I did well with DD at 8lb 4 and I’m nearly 8 stone. No idea what I weight now, though, but my tummy’s given up already and we don't have scales in the house, so I only ever weigh myself at my parents' house. God knows what I’ll be like by 12 weeks.

Finally getting used to the idea of another baby; since the scan yesterday it’s beginning to sink in. I’m really not a baby person at all – fortunately DH is, he just loves them and really throws himself into it. He SO wanted another one! I love it once they get to about 18 months and then I think it just keeps getting better (well, so far, anyway – DD is 5 in a couple of weeks).

Anyone else a bit nervous about having a baby in the house (again)?

Books I'm a bit nervous about having my first, I was desperate to have a baby and couldn't wait but now I'm so hormonal I'm fluctuating between excited and feeling inexplicably down about everything :/ my dsd lives with us and we share parenting of her as if she's both of ours so I feel fairly confident with the sort of school age + age group, just think a baby will be very different :p

alita I think that's really normal. Tbh anyone who isn't a bit fearful is probably delusional . And feeling down is definitely normal too - obviously keep and eye on that, but some ups and downs are to be expected, particularly in the first few weeks with the anxiety that brings and the hormones going crazy. Great that you have experience with an older child though - do you think she'll be excited? Are you thinking about how you're going to tell her?

Books she will definitely be excited, I've been hinting, she knows me and daddy want to have a baby soon and she says she's looking forward to that but I said I don't know when yet so she's not confused. She wants a brother as DP has twin girls from another relationship and her mum has two girls as well so 4 sisters! We want to tell the 3 of them together so I hope my 12 week scan lines up with the weekends we have the twins :p how about you with your little one?

Welcome and congrats to everyone new, and *sleepingstar, I'm just so sorry to hear about your difficult time

books I'm definitely feeling a bit daunted! For the baby stage, I've sort of decided in my head that I will cope best by just keeping the baby plugged into me or in a sling for the first few months. If he or she shows more of an inclination to nap in a carrycot than DD, then hurray, but I wasted way too much time and energy last time trying to force DD to sleep anywhere but on me and ended up knackered. Also seriously considering ordering one of those sidecar co-sleeping cots...they look like silly money but might just be the perfect solution.

I'm slightly nervous about having 2 children! I'm from a big family and my parents never got a minute's peace. I really value my own quiet time (am quite introverted) but I guess it will be a noisy messy few years for a while -- that's OK though :)

Random I can't believe you had a 10lb baby at your size! I'm 5'2 and was about 7stone when I got preg with DD; I think I put on about 3 stone by the end of the pregnancy. She was only about 6lb 8oz which was right for me. TBH I think a lot of that weight was water weight towards the end. I remember coming home from hospital about 18 hours after having DD and marvelling at how thin my legs suddenly looked.

I think I will be way fatter this time though. Just polished off my second breakfast of a fruit scone...

Bex It's nice to see a familiar name and I am so glad to be here. I'm due 27th November. Glad I caught this month and not next as I would have been due Xmas day.

Low grade nausea and a headache this morning but no sickness yet. That joy will be with me in a couple of weeks Im sure.

Morning ladies. I just discovered I'm 5+1 so due around 19th November, so can I join? This pg is VERY unplanned, DD is nearly 13mo and we definitely thought she was going to be an only - I'm 41 in a couple of weeks! At my age I thought one split johnnie wouldn't have such massive consequences (DP waiting for a vasectomy!!!)...

It's all a bit of a blur tbh at the moment. I have no idea how we will cope, no idea how we will afford it and am having quite a panic about it all. Hoping for some virtual handholding from people who may be a bit more positive than me!!!

Hi
Finally plucked up the courage to join, have to admit have been stalking this thread for over a week.
Baby number 4, have dd 20 and ds 13 from first marriage and a dd 5 with OH. Had a miscarriage just before Xmas at 8 weeks baby stopped growing at 6 weeks and no find myself die nov 17th, have a scan tomorrow as have had a lot of very painful cramping.
Hi to everyone

Hi everyone can I join please I am 6+2 today, due around Nov 12th I think. Very worried about complications this early on, first pregnancy and still can't quite believe it. Such a strange feeling. I've had mild on-off cramping since BFP few weeks ago but everyone says that's just the uterus stretching etc so trying not to imagine the worst! Just wish I could hibernate until the 12 week scan! Work seems so mundane and pointless now, people try and talk to me about day to day things and all I wanna do is scream I DONT CARE ANYMORE just wake me up in 6 weeks hahahaha

Anyone else got that fevery cold in the bones feeling or am I coming down with something?

Hi ladies - can I join the November crew please?! I'm 6+1 with my first and a mixture of terrified, excited and sleepy lol! It was only our 2nd cycle of TTC so can't believe it's all happening so soon! Only symptoms so far are extra tiredness and slightly tender heavy boobs, which is great but also makes me worried that it's all in my head! Did my sixth pregnancy test last night just to check it was still there! X

alita I'm normally a cold person but at the moment I can't seem to warm up at all, most evenings are spent underneath a blanket! Annoyingly tho I'm getting really warm at night

Am now a fully paid up member of the constantly eating or otherwise feeling sick club. Can't remember it being this bad with ds so maybe this one is going to be a girl

Ok, new roll call, but there's been loads of new folks lately, so be kind if I've cocked up!

Just1moretime DC3 due Oct/Nov
devoncreamtea due late Oct
MammySam DC2 due 31st Oct
RandomInternetStranger DC2 due 1st Nov
Canweseethebunnies DC2 due early Nov
booksshoescats DC2 due 3rd Nov
BatCave DC3 due 2nd Nov
Hopeful83 DC1 due 2nd Nov
Annarose2014 due 2nd Nov
CraziesTogether DC1 due 3rd Nov
WinterLover DC2 due 4th Nov
weeonion DC2 due 6th Nov
alita7 due 6th Nov
caravela due 5th Nov
Littleyewtree DC2 due 7th Nov
Greenstone DC2 due 7th Nov
flipflopsonfifthavenue DC2 due 7th Nov
AussieGoingHomeSoon DC3 due 7th Nov
SazHoopz DC2 due 7th Nov
Fergie11 due 7th Nov
Snook99 due 7th Nov
Nessalina DC1 due 8th Nov
AveryJessup DC2 due 8th Nov
MabelMay DC3 due 8th Nov
edwardcullensotherwoman DC3 due 8th Nov
Catnap1 DC1 due 8th Nov
Polkadotscarf due 9th Nov
RecklessLadybird DC1 due 9th Nov
ladydolly due 10th Nov
PosyFossilsShoes due 10th Nov
LittleRedDinosaur DC2 due 10th Nov
Giraffeski lo DC3 due 11th Nov
BJZebra DC2 due 11th Nov
MrsCuppa DC1 due 11th Nov
nickiswiss due 11th Nov
Mathssssteacher123 DC2 due 11th Nov
HRMumness DC2 due 12th Nov
Misslaughalot due 12th Nov
LadyMillion DC1 due 12th Nov
Amyrose82 DC1 due 12th Nov
FurryScoob DC1 due 13th Nov
Tigsy DC1 due 13th Nov
Lauraparsons233 due 13th Nov
WutheringTights DC2 due 13th Nov
docpeppa DC2 due 14th Nov
movingmovingmoving DC2 due 14th Nov
MrsWombat DC2 due 14th Nov
Petal26 DC2 due 14th Nov
Misslaughalot DC2 due 14th Nov
Laura1410 DC2 due mid Nov
happyjessie due mid Nov
BeetleBeetle due mid Nov
33goingon64 DC2 due 15th Nov
SeaSaltMill DC1 due 15th Nov
theduchesse DC2 due 15th Nov
Barmybunting DC1 due 16th Nov
selsigfach DC1 due 16th Nov
Getyourflipflopson DC3 due 16th Nov
pinkgirlythoughts DC2 due 17th Nov
StudyFullTime DC2 due 17th Nov
Snooky17 DC4 due 17th Nov
daisydalrymple DC3 due 18th Nov
DilysMoon DC3 due 18th Nov
stowsettler DC2 due 19th Nov
utopian99 DC2 due 20th Nov
robynarmstrong92 DC1 due 21st Nov
Sleepingstarsmommy DC1 due 27th Nov

saz with ds I had no sickness. This one from week 4 has been awful

Oh I hate this waiting! How are we all meant to be patient for another 33+ weeks :( had doctors yesterday and I'm due 5th ( my calculations weren't very good!) but doctor said I was 6+2 but I'm sure that's not right when I count down it's 7 weeks and on the nhs calculator is says I'm 7 :-/ what do you ladies think? Every day closer counts lol!! X

I had hardly any sickness with ds, just a bit of nauseousness if I was hungry or laughing...and it was after 6 weeks. This one, I've been feeling really sick, really sick twice a day since 4 weeks! Dd? Or just different with second pregnancy?

It depends on when you ovulated! If you take my LMP my due date is 23rd October but if you use the one and only day I could have possibly conceived my due date is 1st Nov. According to LMP I'm now 9 weeks but with my conception date I'm 7+5. It's all only a rough guess anyway! Only 5% of babies are born on time, even a dating scan is only a guess and doesn't account for bigger or smaller babies. There's no way a perfectly healthy full term 6lb baby and a perfectly healthy full term 11lb baby will measure the same in utero so I think it's all pretty pointless. And once they're born - these charts are bunkum! I'm 6' tall, the father of this one is 6'6", no way will we have a child the same size as a couple a foot shorter than us. It's all silly really and I largely ignore it all.

I never really thought about that but gosh your going to have a baby giant! Lol on nhs is says estimated conception date is 12th which according I my calendar that was the date that bedtime was later so realistically I'm prob only about 5 weeks x

Snook if it helps my conception date was definitely 14th, valentines day :p and I'm about 7 weeks.