Due March 2007 No2

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I thought I would start a new thread as I came to this thread late and am not sure who is and isn't around.

I'll start

2dd's
due 30 Mar
living in Australia

Thanks fatfox

It's an unbelievable feeling. It's our first and was a surprise. Seeing the scan was so surreal yet makes the whole thing seem real if you know what I mean.

I cried as the nurse took my blood as it took them ages to find a vein. Blaming the hormones thought goodness knows how I will manage in labour if I can't manage a needle!

re. the homebirth issue, it is encouraged in our area (Sheffield) and we have the midwifes coming to us to visit. I have to say, I've been very impressed at how much I have been put at ease with all of the support available at such a scary time. I have also been referred to physio due to back problems caused by the pregnancy. Not good that the problems are there but good that the support is in place.

Congrats on the happy scan Emmalinc!
Our area is dead supportive of homebirths too (I am in Lincolnshire - hence why I asked!)
I've had a not so great day, nausea, think it is related to not napping yesterday and not eating properly and having a bad nights sleep.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Got my mum here and my 12 yr old ds, still being a star.

I really feel for you with the Nausea. I pretty much had it 24/7 for the first 3 months and it is only just starting to go. Felt terrible with it last week as wasn't sleeping properly and very stressed with work.

Had a weekend away just visiting family but feel so much more relaxed for it which is helping me sleep which is relieving the nausea. A change (of scenery) is as good as a rest!

Emmalinc

The first baby is always really magical

A the risk of sounding sentimental (or just mental) when I was PG with our first I kept feeling my bump and thinking WOW I'm growing a baby inside.

hello,i just briefly scanned through this post,ive only just found it,can i join? im 12+1 now,due around march 14th,though ill find this out for sure hopefully on thursday at my dating scan.
im 29,
dp is 23,
ds1 is 8
dd1 is 7
ds2 is 3 and dd2 is nearly 9 months.
its nice to see other ppl with babies a similar age to mine who are pg again,everybody ive told has assumed it was an 'accident',but this is my first planned pg(i know that must sound terrible).
i also enjoyed hearing about how other ppl have reacted to ur news...i remember last time i got lovely comments such as 'ru going to keep it?'(grrrrrrrr) and 'when ru going to buy a telly?' nice.

Divastrop - Hi and welcome back to Planet Pregnant

How have you been feeling with this pregnancy?

I'm 13+2 and MS is starting to fade

people keep saying to me 'have you not found out whats causing it yet?' to which i say yes hubby looks at me sideways and I get pregnant. And I've had 'no tv?' and 'enjoying yourself too much?' though that was from some one with 9 kids. Takes one to know one I say!

This one was a bit of a shock though and at first I didn't want to be pregnant and I've been so guilty and screwed up about that cuz I have been achingly broody in the past for a long time and now I have close friends in that stage and it seems so unjust to them that i am pregnant with no.4 so easily.

But the scan is pretty magical and now I am bonded and focused on this cherub. I still don't know how I'm going to cope with them all, My stud lives and works 500 miles away and when he is with us he makes more mess than the kids. oh well. Being on here puts things into perspective. Its great.

Rosylily - IKWYM - I have friends and also a sister who are desperate for kids and haven't managed it. Have two friends who have been trying for about 4 years. I'm very lucky that at my age (43!!!) I can't still conceive a healthy baby. No point in feeling guilty though - I count my blessings everytime I look at DS and DD. Unless they are really being annoying that is

Oooops - I meant "at my age still can conceive" not "can't"

Good morning all,
how are you all feeling? I woke up this morning only to find that ms is still around and considering i had to be at work at 6:30am i was not happy, feeling a bit better now just cant bear the sight of food, im quite worried that im not eating enough these days, just dont have an appitite at all

I am pushing 40 fatfox and really fertile! I think I'll have to get my tubes tied after this so I can relax and look forward to being a grandmother. Then I can have all the fun without the responsibility. And boy I am going to have fun! I wont be one of those babysitting grannies will be too drunk ar covered in paint to babysit. am going to be mad, irresponsible and unreliable as soon as I can be. Only about 20 years to go then!

Newmum I think you need to eat, eat, eat cuz thats the only thing that helps me when sick. make sure you drink loads. Try ginger cordial, or ginger tea and ginger bickies. eating really helps.

Hi, I'm back (hope someone can remember me!) we've been on holiday for a week, have skimmed this thread but not read it all properly.

Interesting to hear about home births, I don't want one (had a cs last time so am worried about scar rupture and also the neighbours!) but my mw still chewed my ear about it being a really bad idea. I said I'm quite happy to go to hospital' and she said 'well it's a good job because blah blah blah ...' Made me feel like asking for a home birth just to annoy her. Grrr.

I'm a relative newbie. Due approx 18 March but i was very lax about keeping dates of period etc (useless & busy) so I'm waiting for the dating scan 15 Sept for accurate dates. I'm 34 with a 18month VERY active DS.

Are there any second or third time moms on this thread with any tips on how to cope with a toddler and a newborn?? More terrified how I'll cope this time than the first!!! I breastfed DS for 4 months and I'd like to do so with new baby but how on earth do i keep DS occupied??? Sorry if everyones a first timer. Just ignore me if so!!! And Congratulations to everyone here!!!!

Hi Annaspanna. I think there are plenty of mums on here with quite a few babies already. I'm expecting no.4

My dd was 22 mnths when ds2 came along. It took her 3 months to recover! She had been all sorted at night but started getting up with the baby. I got so little sleep at that stage! At first I felt so cross about that but was advised by an old lady to go with the flow.

I did manage to breast feed and felt at the time that i didn't have the energy to sterilise bottles anyway! Its not too bad, at first the baby just needs fed and changed and sleeps loads so its easy enough to chat, play with and cuddle the bigger one. Now these two are fantastic company for each other, they are devoted to each other.

When the baby was 3 or 4 months dd was vey helpfull and carried him into the kitchen to me! the sight of one baby carrying the other baby will never leave me. My husband had been in the room with them and hadn't noticed her lifting him! aaahhhh. Amazingly she didn't drop him!

Oh thanx for the advice Roselily. I have read most of the posts on this thread and i can see there are loads of 2nd 3rd 4th even 5th timers!! Such a world of knowledge & experience i can tap into!! I really take my hat of to you. Such hard work bringing up kids but the best thing in the world eh?!

DS1 has never slept thro for more than 3 nights in a row anyway. Have been to sleep clinic but came to the end of the road with them. i just have a child who isn't skilled in sleeping. Anyway thats another thread!!

I'm already showing pg this time. was nearly 5 months last time before i needed maternity clothes. Did you show earlier second time roselily ? And had very bad cramps too this time. I know the rest of you will want to scratch my eyes out but no morning sickness at all !! But the SPD i'm already getting more than makes up for that.

Sorry Rosylily not Roselily. Pregnancy makes my eyesight problems get worse!!!

Afternoon everyone.

Nice to see new peeps are still joining us: we're going to have an impressive list of babies next March. Wonder how many name duplicates we'll have?

Finally had my midwife booking appointment yesterday afternoon. She's great! We yacked for ages (I was her last appointment).

We were talking about baby names, and how Old Testament names are getting really popular. She said that last year she was taking details from a girl who'd just had her baby, and had decided to call it Simeon. So the midwife typed it into the computer, and the girl looked and said:

'you've spelt it wrong. It's S-I-M-I-A-N'.

The midwife had to make an excuse and run out of the room to have a cackle. She did go back in and try to explain things to the girl, but she insisted, and it went onto the poor kid's birth certificate.

Poor little monkey.

ive been really sick with this one,i had a bit of ms with my 2 boys and just extreme nausea with the girls but this time i was throwing up 3 times a day from week 6-10.im sill getting a bit of sickness every few days.i had a scan at 6 weeks so i know im not expecting twins.
lol @ have u found out whats causing it yet?,i got that from a friend last time i was pg,my reply was somthing about too much alcohol.
btw i just wanted to point out that dp is not the father of ds and dd1,i realised i put our ages and it may have looked like i'd broken the law...

Booboo - hilarious monkey reference...that poor kid. Maybe he will take solace in planet of the apes. I saw a birth announcement last time I was in the uk - a baby boy called 'Branston' - I'm sure he's a little pickle .

I am all for unusual names , but I draw the line at names that actually mean something else or names that are not spelt correctly !!

Welcome all the new women . Was sad to hear Mia84's news on another thread - Good luck Mia.

I am starting to pack for my return 'holiday' to the UK in 10 days time. What's the weather like in the south at the moment ? Am so looking forward to not having to get my water from a well, having a hot bath and not having to deal with spiders/snakes and scorpions on a daily basis. Moan over. Also looking forward to having a scan and checking out how 'mungo', as we are calling this bean during pregnancy, is growing !!

11+5

Hello - just popping in from the April thread - due 12 April and am 8 weeks tomorrow - but have just found out there are two and will be joining us around mid March (ds was born at 34 wks).

I am signed off from work with low blood pressure and sickness.

Dazed at the moment and excited.

Take Care x

more twins, how exciting

Hi Everyone
Glad to hear m/s is fading for some, For those who asked I am 10+5 and still sick and very tired! Can't keep up with all the chat, hope everyone is well, Am I one of the later ones? most people seem to be early March. Not even had my dating scan yet, so it could still be wind or my crazed imagination.

newmum21 My m/s foods are Walkers French fries (Crisps s+v) and hard liquorice. Also friut seems to be good for an instant lift from the sick feeling, try not to have an empty stomach even if this means eating every 30 mins, its the only thing that works for me

Pennygaff, there are a few of us at the end of March. I'm the 26th I think. My MS is still awful - toast, tictacs and apples are the only things I can stomach at the moment. I know that food helps but some of the time I really can't face it.

Hope the other sick ladies are feeling better and the other ladies are starting to bloom .

XXXX

Well, I'm due on March 3rd, and still no sign of blooming. I've got a nasty suspicion that this 'surge of energy' all the books go on about is just going to mean 'won't feel crap all the time' for me.

Was sick again this morning - boo.

Sorry to all the ladies who's MS is still terrible. You have my total sympathy.

Oh, and welcome oooggs, and congrats on the twins! It's you and leogaela on this thread now - how exciting.

EDD 3rd March 2007
13+3