December 2014 thread #2

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Hello all

Back at work, normal nausea now rather than full blown infection. I know what you mean Stetsons re feeling overwhelmed and bleurgh. I have been going over job objectives and have a really busy year coming up, exhausted just thinking about it. In June I will have to work two full weekends and although we get TOIL it will be difficult to take around then as so busy.

somerset - sorry to hear about your break outs, I am ok so far, fingers crossed. Don't think they will last though!

I really feel for you Sasseh, hope it eases soon!

Meant also to say hey and congrats to kelsuprise yesterday!

You are right martie about letting nature take its course... just breathe....

Any knitters/crafters out there? I blow hot and cold but pregnancy definitely a crafty time for me, especially once nausea lifts. Can't wait to start a blanket for this little one. Anyone who has any crochet advice shout, have knitted for years but would love to try crochet.

Thanks for all the poo chat, very funny indeed! Not the best time for me sipping my curried lentil soup but enjoyed it all the same.

Right couple more hours of work....

6+6

I'm finding it so hard to eat and eating is one of my favourite things managed some mash potato for lunch, starting urging before swallowing nearing the end. I feel so much better after eating, but whilst I'm eating I feel so rubbish and like it's going to come straight back up!

Went to bed last night at about 11.30 after spending half an hour over the toilet being sick... I want to kill whoever suggested calling this morning sickness, it gets worse as the day goes on I find but then I wake up still feeling sick, please someone tell me this will end!? I'm not sure what I'll do if I'm one of the unlucky ones that gets it throughout!

8+1

Haha Calling sorry!! It's funny because when I was on the conception boards I was always one of the last left waiting for either af or bfp to show and now it's the other way round!

I've got my 2nd midwife in 18 days away and my first scan should be between 3 and 5 weeks away so even though i am a wee bit further along it still feels like forever for things to come!

Somerset I'm also hoping I'm not one of the unlucky ones!!

and littleSarah (I'm also a Sarah, and rather short at 5ft) yes, Im into my crochet. Started a knitted blanket the day we found out but have had to put it down as I can't concentrate with the nausea. Hoping to pick it up again soon! Youtube granny squares or simple crochet, and have a browse until you find a video that you find easy to follow :)

Whoever mentioned about the pregnacare making them feel ill I had exactly the same I had been taking the vita biotics conception for about a month and then switched to pregnacare max and was completely wiped out and felt sick stopped taking them and rapidly felt an improvement! Now I am just taking folic acid from boots. Interesting to read about the vitamins v corn flakes! I started eating cornflakes about 2 weeks ago so funny to think that they were a craving of some sort!

8+5

Sasseh, I take my vits just before bed, have you tried that?

Stetsons, my brain is jumping from 'how awesome, 3 dc', to 'you stupid twat your life is going to awful for the next few years'. Esp atm as DS1 is ill and at least now DH & I look after one child each at night. Hopefully feeling the kicks or getting further along might help? It's hard to feel great when the 1st trimester is such utter crap.

at any newbies, we seem to get more everyday, think it's January Due date time now? So should be just a few more stragglers

Sasseh I'm 5 ft 1 and think when I'm 8/9 months I will just look like a ball! Lol

Another crafty type here! Definitely pick up the crochet LittleSarah. I always thought it looked so difficult but now I think of it as cheating knitting because it grows quicker, looks fancy for a lot less effort, is less likely to unravel when you put it down for a while and seems to get lots more compliments than my knitting. I can't start any baby stuff yet though as I need to make myself some clothes that fit first.

Is anyone taking omega 3 supplements as well as the vitamins? We have a few relatives with dyslexia and I seem to remember reading about omega 3 perhaps being useful preventing it during brain development (I think it something about insulating the neurons so the sound and visual information could be transmitted effectively when reading). I don't eat fish but found an algae based one that has DHA & EPA, which most plant ones don't, so I've been taking that.

Congratulations to new joiners. Happy healthy journeys to you all!

Sasseh - you are really suffering arent you. Poor thing. Hopefully this will be it for your pregnancy and you'll sail through the rest of it and labour. I had an amazing pregnancy with DD but my labour sucked. Need a better experience this time.

LittleSarah - i love to crochet. Granny squares are easy and quick. i'm going to try and make a rainbow ripple blanket for this one. DD got a zigzag blanket and an increasing square blanket.

My trousers are permanently unbuttoned. I have to do the hairband trick with them. This weekend I am going on a hen do and we're are dressing in 1920s style. i've borrowed a dress from a friend and tried it on last night. Blatent belly! I'm fairly slim so it's so friggin obvious. I can just hear the questions already....

Monkey - well done on your British soil poo! Such a relief. I had real trouble a few weeks ago, then a terrible bug last week had me in the loo 15 times a day. Now normal service has resumed and my arse is much happier!

I do have some super preggo vits in the cupboard but for now am sticking with simple folic acid. I'll get on the others once i find out if baby is ok at the scan.

MW booking in app is a week today and then the scan is 2 weeks later. Count down well and truly happening!

9+2

Oooh getting excited about crochet now! I found this sunburst granny squares pattern which I would love to try... is it doable for a newbie?!

Off home now, woo!

I'm a crafter too. But entirely different from you guys. I'm a card maker. I love stamps and inks.

I think I'm going to make a gp appointment and get checked over. I'm just over the top tired

cineraria I'm taking the pregnacare max with Omega 3, as I also heard that it is good for brain development. I've always said I'm going to have a super intelligent baby (DH is extremely intelligent so hoping my bean takes after him in that respect) or the baby is going to be as thick as two short planks! Therefore hopefully the Omega 3 will give it the boost it needs to be super intelligent. To be fair, I couldn't care less whether its intelligent or thick, as long as it is healthy.

Nausea is driving me mad today, am feeling quite headachey and going to see my personal trainer tonight - really not sure how I am going to cope with that!

Sasseh we must be date buddies - EDD 15 Dec?

7+1

As of today I fear my button may well truly undone from now on!
I've lost my waist, I've gone dead square, anyone else?
Jealous of the poos! Never thought I'd say that like.
Thought I was losing my boobs yesterday, cue lots of panicking, shouldn't have bothered though as I made the mistake of lying on my front asleep last night and waking to go for a wee...
OWWWWWWW indeed, so their back with a vengeance. I put it down to the support from those primani bras I got the other day, however they now feel tight around my ribs.
Just. Can't. Win!

6+6

That pattern should be ok for a beginner LittleSarah. It has quite a few different stitches but the good thing about squares is that if the first few don't go as well as the ones you make when you've had a bit of practice, you can easily make a few more to replace them. Just bear in mind that it's an American pattern and they use the same terms for crochet stitches as in the UK but they mean different stitches, so you need to learn the stitches from an American source rather than asking a British friend to show you.

LisaC wishing you luck with the brainy baby. DH told me just after we'd met that he wants clever children and that he thinks I'd be good for that. I'm not sure if he thinks my family have good brain genes or that I would bring them up to be clever. Let's hope the omega 3 grants him his wish because I'm not sure that he's assessed me correctly!

I know the feeling Minion. A good bra makes so much difference. I'm just off to try to get one to sleep in as mine are so sore in bed and the only soft bra I have won't even hold half of what I've got now!

calling my birthday is 3rd Jan, should have been born myself on boxing day... wonder if lateness will be hereditry :S

Emily I am also 5ft1! I try not to focus on BMI, it's not entirely accurate and makes you panic for no reason. I got really fit, lost about 4 stone and managed to tippy touch the norm. I've since put on about a stone and half since :( put on 2.2kg this month alone. Dreading the weight gain. Need to reel in my sweet tooth as it is. I have a feeling I am going to look like an apple on legs in no time!

Also taking pregnacare, i find if i don't take it straight away i feel ok but i know i need to take it, got about 4 days left so might as well use it before ditching it, doc prescribed me folic acid (free with exemption card) but felt i needed something a bit more manly in the first few months.

Cant stand the smell of cooked meet at the mo, mainly chilli or curries, but happily eat poultry plain, not a big red meat eater. Also getting to that point where I feel violently ill or hungry and the thought of eating doesn't appeal but I know I have too!

Have managed to pop a blood vessel in my eye with the retching/throwing up.

Anyone got any good tips for energy? Feeling totally drained and I have things to do!!!

ooo MW called me back at Lunch today, basically reassured me that by the sounds of my spotting all normal, where the uterus is changing shape and what not. only to be worried if it severely painful, hurts to breath in kinda thing.

ladylel that's also my birthday but I was due on the 14th so was early.

lisa yes date buddy! Bring on the 15th!

littleSarah that has done nice stitches in it, and i like that they all have descriptions beforehand.

Dh has suggested a great idea for when I can concentrate enough, I'm going to start a baby blanket that I can add to year on year, on birthdays, so that by the time child is a teenager, the blanket has grown with them to double bed size. Love it - just don't know what colour to start as we aren't going to find out baby's sex! Sticking to bright and colourful ideas to begin with, like the picture of a blanket I made the mil a few years ago.

This thread moves so fast!!!!! Nice to see lots of new bfps
I've finally got my results back and had my pregnancy confirmed by the doctor so I've been allowed the midwifes phone number. Now I just need time to ring!

Today I have not been sick or wretched and actually felt the best I have so far, hopefully for good reasons. Only other symptom is a huge belly! So huge my parents at school are staring, I'm not sure how long I can keep it quiet.

9+3

I'm trying to get appointment with doc. Am terrified he's going to call me morbidly obese as rant at the health risks or being older. I'm 37. Five foot 2 1/2 and 13 st. 11lb. I was 13-7 last week but have bloated.

I'm utterly exhausted. But at work just now. Here until midnight.

Dont worry DrewsWife. I'm 37, Five two and a bit heavier than you, but the way I figure it is I exersise regularly, eat well ( no processed food) and cant be the fattest woman ever to get pregnant. At least I am not smoking fags swilled down with lager whilst off my face on crack!

Saw MW this morning, she was lovely and filled in all my notes. Am under consultant care as am old, fat and mad (history of depression but been ok for ages.) and I was impressed with how thorough she was.

Scan this afternoon, am ealier than I thought at 8 weeks which doesnt make a lot of sense as 8 weeks ago I was complaining to Dr about feeling tired, nauseous with abdo pain. Another scan in 4 weeks. On one hand I am happy that I get a chance to enjoy these weeks with peace of mind that I have seen a tiny heartbeat, on the other I have the wait till 12 weeks (again). Was hoping I was out of the woods.

8+0 (although not convinced!)

Bighairyspider I am anticipating being under consultant care as although I'm only 28, I have got fat and mad well and truly covered. Not gonna lie, I am enormous, but I AM fairly fit and exercise frequently and eat healthily (I know, it's a conundrum), I don't have diabetes or high blood pressure, don't drink or smoke, and my menstrual cycles are normal, and I simply cannot be the most obese woman to ever get pregnant. So I hope I'll be fine. Still, it's nice to know someone else on the thread is also under a consultant (does that sound weird? Sorry)! My GP didn't mention my weight at all, but I'm getting my thick skin on ready for the midwife...

Oh and my week off didn't last long :P I'm retching and have sore boobs again so I'm happy.

somersetgirl tis a total bugger, the m/s. I get through it by telling myself I will be lucky and it will shift by 12 weeks.?it doesn't though for me - not till 18 weeks but its how I get through each day. And chewing gum. Literally all day. which gives me awful wind but anything is better than m/s

minion I have lost my waist too. I have gone up a dress size!

drfunkes this is DC3 for us too and I also swing between elation and terror. And guilt for the impact on my younger child. Glad I'm not alone....

Collapsed into bed already. I have no tips for energy other than that!

Doesnt sound weird. I am glad for the company. I didnt see consultant today as its too early but I hope I get a nice one. Midwife didnt say anything about my weight apart from the types of exercise I should be doing, which I already am doing. She'll see worse I'm sure. :) In any case, I cant put pregnancy on hold whilst I drop 4 stone (at least)!

I am worried about the mad though.... will be keeping a very close eye on my mental health.

Might run a book on how big my boobs will get. 38f at present....!

Bighairy mine have gone from an F to an H already MH wise I have personality disorders and PTSD which I completed treatment for last year, and was discharged from MH services completely (after 15 years! Amazing) so I feel stable enough at the moment but think keeping a close eye is a good idea. Are you taking anything? I'm on sertraline which I've had the go ahead from three doctors to stay on, so I'm feeling fairly confident, though don't want to get too cocky :P

Cheese, I take it you're on the SW side of London? Is Dartford/West Mailling too far? £60 at KMI
I can recommend them!
If Godalming is near you, £60 for an early scan at sonogray no personal experience of them.