Due In Jan 2007 Part 3 -where we do stop worrying & start complaining!

[elliepippamummy]

Thought I'd try an set up the new thread up this works!!

cool, good idea
feeling ok today ish
definitely going to buy a sling, quite like the look of the coorie fleece
hope everyone else is ok

trinity
14+5

Thank for doing the link TR I couldnt work it out but had DD putting PC Polly book in my face to read!!

We've got a sling this time as DH still cant out double pushchair up ad down so he'll use normal buggy & sling!!!

Michelle
17+2 !!! (aargh thats nearly half way!)

As a chat room virgin I think it's time I asked... who or what does DH stand for??

I'm off for my results and check up. After this I'm definitely going to make a big effort to stop worrying and focus all that energy on complaining. Until then, worry is me.

Hello everyone,

Welcome Luckysmile. DH stands for Darling Husband, at the top of the screen is an acronym list! Good luck with the check up.

Just thought I would add a happy post...

I have not had any morning sickness in 3 whole days!!!

cool...new thread.

and I promise to not post anything about being worried.

I'm over 18 weeks so the chances of something bad happening are very slim. I'm going to force myslef to enjoy the rest of the PG becuase if time goes any quicker before I/we know it it'll be xmas and I'll still be in faff.

heh....i was never worried, honest!! we bought a sling for £3.50 from a car boot, as i felt this was the one thing i couldn't live without...it's a nice one, but second hand, obviously. but we stuck it through the wash and it came up fine! btw ELm, congrats on the no-morning-sickness.....i haven't been sick yet at all (except for the time i massively binged on red wine before i found out i was pregnant and then pebble-dashed the toilet with vomit...nice...) but still experience some quite severe nausea......got my 20 week scan in a few weeks...i'm so excited, i'm counting down the days, i'm so sad, aren't i?? well, i don't care. i love being pregnant...lalalala! xxx

Hello everyone - do you mind if I join you? I've posted on mumsnet before but haven't been around for ages. I was due in April last year, but my dd managed to hang on in for 10 days so she ended up a May baby.

I'm now pregnant again (accidentally ) which came as a bit of a shock - should have read those leaflets they give you in hospital! I'm due 25 January so I'm 16 wks today. Dd will be 21 months when the next arrives...

My first pregnancy was so easy that I'm horrified this time round I'm having a few problems. It's why I haven't posted before. I had my 12 week scan (all lovely) and then a few days later I got rushed to A&E on a saturday with a threatened miscarriage. There was so much blood that I really feared the worst, but I then had to wait until monday for a scan which was agony. Luckily everything was fine - no explanation for the bleeding. Since then I've been bleeding on and off - not much at a time and very dark, but have no pains or anything. Then this morning, after I thought morning sickness had disappeared, I was really sick again.

I didn't realise that bleeding was so common (or seems to be) but I'd really like to know why it happens. I'm seeing my midwife on tuesday but each time I've spoken to the doctor they've been really vague as if it is just 'one of those things'. My theory is that because I've had bleeding my placenta has decided to flood me with extra hormones so I now feel more sick and rubbish than before. It's not scientific but it is as good an explanation as any. Anyone else had anything similar?

Anyway, sorry to post this in the worry-free zone! I'll try and be much more positive in future.

Oh, and I'm 29 (v nearly 30), married and live in SE London.

welcome raindog! i had some bleeding early on as well which really panicked me as i had a miscarriage early this year. my gp's blase attitude really upset and annoyed me, but i phoned the midiwfe (this was before my booking-in appointment) and she reassured me no end! i think gp's and hospital staff are so over pressured these days that they find it very difficult to give genuine sympathy to each and every patient! on a different note....ARRRGH! WHY ISN'T IT 5 O' CLOCK YET!!? i'm working in an office today and i've struggled without my usual 3 o' clock nap.......!

It's great so many people are joining, more advice, more people to reassure you you're normal (well, ish!). Anway, if you're interested there's a stats thread here

Oh good a new thread

Well I have had a crap few days. Got awful pains in my upper tummy and it was so bad I cried Put up with it for 3 days and then went to doctors.
Turns out its severe heartburn/indigestion and have got prescribed painkillers and tons of gaviscon URGH!!!!

Feel better today though so its working.

21 weeks tomorrow Going quicker than i thought and my scan is on Monsay so will hopefully find out if it's a 5th Girl or a 1st boy!!!

Hi All

Im 15+2 and started to get back ache already! I don't have a bump yet, just a slight swelling I suppose (this is my first baby and lost weight in first trimester). So I can't work out the whole back ache thing if I am carrying no real extra weight, also getting really bad headaches!

Other than that feeling fine albeit a little tired. TBH I'm so glad to be over the morning sickness that plagued me so badly that I feel that my new complaints are just me moaning about the slightest inconvenience!

Take care all

Yaaay, tests came back all fine and baby is looks normal. I am feeling very happy, also feeling I wish I didn't eat that celebratory cheese cake.

Raindog: I had some bleeding also, at about 11 weeks. It started at 10.30pm on a Saturday night when DH was away for the weekend - I called the hospital who said to come in for a scan on Monday. I went to bed alone thinking I was having a miscarriage, it is such a scarey feeling. I'm over 17 weeks and have no more bleeding so all is ok. The cause of the bleeding was never really explained, but I was told to take it easy.

Magnolia, are you going to find out whether it's a boy or girl?

we siad we're not going to but as the date gets nearer I can feel my mind changing ever so slowly

I do want the surprise at the end but also hate waiting.

UrbanDryad: Heartburn tipes from my friend (she is one of those "super" healthy gals who researches this kind of thing). Rennies are supposedly safe and she found them the best. Milk also helped, and also recommend was yogurt with slippery elm mixed in....

slippery elm?? sounds like it should be a laxative!!? how's everyone doing today? i'm doing the second day of my lovely temping job, working in the same office as DP...what a treat! how bout those terrorists though eh? who reckons it's real and who reckons scotland yard have messed up again, like when they shot that poor dude in the shoulder for no reason at all (and then said "oops, sorry, it was an accident! we didn't mean to shoot you!") will we ever trust them again?

actually, just had a look at the website where they released the (alleged) bombers' names and the police have found martyr tapes (similiar to suicide notes, but for suicide bombers, i guess)...mad eh? they put all the dates of birth on there too, and the oldest one was born in 1970. some of them were as young as 17. what a waste...

Hi guys hope you are all ok im fine better than yeaterday I am a travel agent so you can guess the type of day I had at work I only work 2 days a week trust it all to kick of when im there . Well im starting to feel better my sickness has gone and im not as tired however sex is still of the agenda....... I am a little worried as I hardly feel this baby move iv felt the odd flutter and im 18 weeks + 1 day my midwife told me not to panic but I cant help it. I have my scan on the 29th and I cant wait to find out what im having im swaying more to a girl now as im carrying different to how I did with ds but maybe that is because I would like a little girl.

sorry - just crashing in from the august thread to say thank you to laughalot for the itching advice.slowly going crazy so will ask for piriton. thanks!

LTH: Yep I will be finding out, I am just too damn nosey

sex??! what's that!! i'm getting kicked loads which is really weird cause when i when for my 11 week scan the radiographer said it was sluggish! i'd just gotten used to the idea of having a lazy baby as well.....oh well. i think we will find out the sex at the scan (mine's on the 22nd) but then keep it a secret from everyone. just cause we can....mwahahahaha!!!

ok coming on to moan...havent felt baby move since I did the other day and couldnt find heartbeat last night with doppler...arghhh feel like I am going insane...am going to try doppler again in a little while but at what point do I go to see someone?????????????/

have you got a phone number for the midwife? as in, not the surgery or hospital, but a mobile or an email or something? if you have i would phone her and see what she says, otherwise see your local surgery or go straight to hospital if you're that worried. i would say: have you felt movement before, and are you worried about a drop in movement? at the end of the day, being labeled as neurotic or whatever is better than the alternative. hope you're both ok though mate, let us know how it goes.....virtual hugs xxx

Nemo I don't think it's unusual. I'm almost 18 weeks and I've never felt even a tiny flutter. I had a scan yesterday and all is fine and baby is jumping around - I've just never felt it. I heard that dopplers are not recommended before 21 weeks as before then it can be tricky to hear the heartbeat. Try not to be too worried

Gosh, only posted yesterday and come back to find a new thread and loads of messages! Love it when wwe all have so much to say.

Thanks Urbandryad about info on the squint prob. Actually not too worried asthey said they could not really see it thisa time and only want to see him in 6 months. Something I would love to know is what they would do if when we go back in Jan (great timing, I know! Will prob have just had new baby, although knowing the NHS, perhaps wont get seen til feb!! ) they can see it. It is not that noticable, only really at tea time when he is tired which the said was normal for an intermitant squint. Just wondered how bad it had to be say for surgery or would they just use patches or glasses if it wasn't too bad? They said he was less long sighted that they would expect but said that as short sightedness runs in both sides of the family then that is not surprising.
By the way, lol at the thought of everyone in your training with the eye drops in!! .

Glad the news from the scan was good Ellipippa. Must have been quite worrying for you.

Welcome luckiesmile and raindog!!

Had a terrible 'oh my god I am a terrible mother' moment today. Walked round to the post office this afternoon and put ds in his buggie. Takes about 5 mins to walk there and went straight to the counter to pay for a parcel I was sending. Just as I was paying, ds reached out for the counter and fell out of his buggie and banged his head on the floor. I had forgoten to strap him in!!! [bush] Felt like a really crap mum and ds was screaming nearly all the way home. Ofcourse I started to cry and could not stop for ages. Poor ds had just recovered from him bump then kept coming up to me and touching my leg to see if I was alright.

Nemo, sure everything is ok, but if you are worried about it it is always worth ringing the midwife. If they have gone away for the weekend NHS direct are good to ring too. I have not felt any movements yet and am 18+ weeks. I have also heard that where your placenta is lying can affect how much you feel the baby move and readings on the doppler (ie if it is on the front or 'anterior' then less feelings than if it is on the 'posterior'). Prob says on your scan notes if you have them.

Hope everyone else is ok. xxx

Evening all! Glad to find that we are all trying to be more positive and most are beginning to enjoy their pregnancy.

For those of you worried about bleeding, all I can offer is that a friend of mine started bleeding at 10weeks and never stoppped till she gave birth. It changed frequently, light, heavy, red, brown. It was never really found out why it happened, but regular scans and a doppler kept her mind at rest...hope this helps.

Sex is completely off the agenda for me because i really do not fancy it or have the energy to do it! and dh is mixed in his mind about it to, so not a major issue. I have had a few horny dreams though..!!! lol!

Well, I am feeling loads of movement! I love it! Although it does seem to be a new worry, I hadn't felt bubba move all day today and started to get quite stressed, but now it is going crazy and i can even feel it kicking out with my hand on my tummy! Dh is convinced it's a boy! It has a good strong kick and apparantly I am alot 'fatter' and 'hairyer'!!!?!!?! I just think that he's convincing himself in his mind...really don't want him to get his hopes up just in case....although I do feel extremeley different to the first time round...

Boobs are leaking good and proper and my midwife is so excited and keeps going on about breast feeding....I didn't enjoy it at all...and hate the pressure you get put under....don't intend to do longer than a month unless it is alot lot better than last time....i'd really like to do what i want to do without intense nagging and guilt trips...sorry! thats my moan today!!

catch up soon, gonna get me dinner and get dd in bed early so i can settle for big brother and my recorded bad girls and love island! (dh at pub) Ah, the smallest things get me so excited at the mo!!

17 weeks tommorow!!