Yes Poly a Christmas baby will mean very expensive flights to visit us, although I don't think our UK family/friends will come out straight away, and as my folks have already booked for Feb, they'll meet the new bub then. It does scare me a tad being so far away from support at home to have it, although am sure it will all be fine and I won't know any different really as this is our first. How are you feeling now? Have the stomach pains stayed at bay? I was woken up by severe cramps the other night, so bad I was convinced it was game over, laid down in the bathroom and they slowly subsided and then I went back to bed, I've been fine since then, so hoping it was normal. All I feel at the moment is queasy in the afternoons and evenings and my boobs are huge and sore, to the point where it's a bit uncomfortable to sleep on my front.
We went on a boat trip yesterday to the Great Barrier Reef, once we got out onto the shipping channel it was like being on a roller coaster, we were banging up and down and violently rocking from side to side, passengers all around us were crying and throwing up, thankfully we were prepared, I was wearing those travel sickness wrist bands and had taken some ginger anti nausea tablets and managed not to be sick. It was an experience!
Treacle how are you feeling now? Are you still testing on the digis? Your SIL sounds like a bit of a know it all, very annoying! I've booked a doctors appointment for Tuesday next week, I should be 6 weeks then, I'm not sure what the system is out here, whether the doctor will bother testing me to confirm or just refer me to an antenatal clinic or what.
Less than 2 weeks now Barmy until your scan! I am sure it will all be fine and on the flip side could be one of your DH's best ever birthdays. When I told my DH about the 12 week scan and that he will need to come he asked "do I have to?" The man drives me mad sometimes.
knottyknitter and Littlebear I've tried Becks Blue and quite liked it, it's good to take away the craving for a beer, would be good to have with a curry :) I haven't given up caffeine but I have cut back to no more than 3 cups of tea per day, and no coffee. So that's about 150 mg a day, so under the 200mg that they say should be the limit. I've given up artificial sweetner though as am sure that's full of crap. Only decaf coffee I've tried is Nescafé Gold Blend, I like it but I'm not a coffee connoisseur so not a good judge.
Sorry for the long post!