December 2014 thread #2

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Due in December? Welcome to the never-ending 1st trimester of the Xmas baby club.
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Hey minion have you tried fybogel? A powdery mix instead of tablet for constipation. My gp gave me it when I was constipated earlier in the year and it was so much better than senokat. I got bad cramps with it actually, on top of those I already had! Takes a wee while to work but helped me get nice amd regular again. :)

Engels I wad planning on asking my parents what their plans were for Christmas as a way of telling them as my EDD is 24th. They'll tell me they have no plans, too far away etc etc, hehe.

I'm another who didn't want a Christmas baby, thought it would be rubbish. I'd much rather be pregnant now than wait another few months! Partly our doing anyway as we only started ttc in Jan as we'd held off as I'd been seeing physio and doc at the end of the year.

I do know someone actually whose EDD was 24th and baby came on 25th...eek!

Tired and even more quiet than my normal self, I feel really rude and antisocial sitting away from everyone. Can't wait to go back home. Also, salivating a lot, not pleasant.
My birthday is beginning of July and it wasn't much better as all my friends were already gone on holiday. Wasn't planning December baby but if it works I'll start believing in Santa

Eek espa same day as me :)

poly, just realised you don't live too far from me!!

My sils birthday is mid December and she always goes out/has a party etc. people are always up for going out at Christmas when your older (ie. festive beverages). The only thing she hates is the joint present thing so she always gets separate presents. I'm due late November/early dec so it shouldn't be a problem but I think if I had a Christmas Eve/day baby is be tempted to have a birthday a couple of weeks early for it.

DH has put a deposit on a pram. I think he might be excited hahaha

Anyone else? I'm not even booked with the midwife yet. Oh but he's sorted that too. I finish work at 2am and we will just go in the morning ;)

I've just found something sweet I can stomach! Un toasted, fruited trees cakes, dipped in hummus.mmmmm
Not the healthiest, but need sugar in my life!

Yes, I think it would be the calcium in the milk that stops you absorbing the iron in your meals CallingAllEngels. I'm really conscious about having enough of both in separate meals as I'm a really fussy eater as well as being vegetarian and don't really like anything much in the way of dairy products.

That's a good way to announce it Espa. We'll be visiting my family around the time we want to tell everyone, so might bring the subject up in the same way.

Haha Treacle another Yam-yam! (We're from West Brom originally)

I wasn't really too keen on a Christmas baby either but now I'm just happy to be pregnant. DH's b'day is 14/12 and he doesn't mind it. I think a summer party is a good idea though.

I'm dreading telling my family "the news" I was very ill having DS and I know that is going to be the first thing my parents think about before they even contemplate that it's happy news.

I'm planning on getting DS to make the announcement. I've seen some T-shirts that's say "I've got a little secret" on the front and "I'm going to be a big brother!" On the back. I thought it was a good way of a, breaking the news in a way no one could go mad about and b, a great way of making DS feel involved and important.

Oohgoodness I've been AWOL for a couple of days and we have a brand new shiny thread!!

I got as far as buggy chat... We got an Icandy strawberry. Such an extravagance but I just bloody wanted it. Everything else we got was kindly donated from friends and family so this was MY purchase for the baby. Yes it's expensive but it's a wonderful travel system. So easy to push, easy to fold, bit heavy but I don't tend to carry it around (!) , my mum uses it a lot and really likes it. I've not regretted the purchase once. The carry cot was a bit redundant for us as DD hated laying flat. So she went in the car seat or sling from birth and then the buggy seat when she was old enough. Forward and parent facing which for me was a must. I can't fault it really.

My symptoms have relaxed a bit which is nice. Didn't fancy feeling so nauseous over the Easter weekend.

Congratulations to all the new joiners, I hope we all stay here together happy and supporting eachother til our Christmas presents arrive!

8+1 today. A month and 1 day til my scan. Not that I'm counting!

Imbrian sorry your DH was so insensitive. I'd be livid too but I guess you just have to accept it was a poorly thought out joke and he will love DC whatever it may be. DH said something the other week about the only reason he likes me being preggo is my (beestings) boobs get bigger. I know what he was trying to say but I told him to F off and stop being such a knob. They are such dicks sometimes

DH had forgotten that if we got pg this m8nth it would be a Christmas baby and I didn't remind him

I wouldn't have wanted to wait. We had to wait 3 months after mc for hcg to hit 0, then we waited 1 month so we would definitely ba able to travel to UK for my best friend's wedding (I'm a BM, she lives abroad as well so we don't see each other much)....I couldn't have held of nay oonger with ttc - DS took 18 months to conceive!

TBH DH means about his birthday (July - everyone's away on holiday), my ex as well (May -exams, so everyone was studying, hayfever).

We take turns spending Christmas in UK and NL- this year's supposed to be NL anyway, but my parents were thinking of coming over for New Year...not sure how the timing will work out (last time they had booked to come over 1 week past due date and ds was a few days early so meant they got to see him before the hordes descended and we could hold off most of the visitors in the first week as we were waiting for my parents.

Hi OneMore I actually think that most people presume I can't have another one. I was just thinking about it the other day. My SIL was talking about ttc, we were pg at the same time before and she never once asked about if we were planning on another. I'm just trying to be really realistic about it. I know I'm bound to have some problems so I just have to face them head on. I am worried how I'll cope with other peoples' reactions though. I'm very hormonal so I doubt I'll be able to hold anything in. I've decided not to tell anyone until after the 12 wk scan and seeing the consultant so I'm ready and armed with all the information. I hope things go well for you, I'm sure family only say such hurtful things because they are so concerned about us. It must be hard for them too.

Hi all,

Just marking my place, I've been awol for a good few weeks as I was feeling bit paranoid with no symptoms after mmc in December but I'm well and truly feeling the ms and extreme tiredness now! Don't remember it being this bad with DD!!

Just determined to take each day as it comes.

Is anyone else ready for maternity wear already? I'm 8+2 today and already feeling the need for a stretchy waistband!!

afternoon all, can't believe a shiny new thread already! No signs of morning sickness here yet (not quite 6wks, i think that's when the fun starts...) but the crippling tiredness has set in already. I've been in bed by 9:30 every night which is unheard of, I usually have to be dragged up by DH at quarter to midnight even on a work night.

polythene i love the idea of DS announcing the news with an 'I'm going to be a big brother' tshirt - i have to start thinking of how to get him involved, he's 18 months old and is going to have tons of questions. I think there are some books about becoming a big brother too that would help - i'll get googling.

littlepickly i have looked out all my 'forgiving' tops already, it's only a matter of time before the whole maternity box makes it down from the top of the wardrobe! Mind you i never fully lost the little paunch from last time round so i don't think it will be too obvious yet...

Hi all on the new thread... ??

Thinking about announcing to my parents with a babygrow with "Due Dec 2014" or something on, might even get some of that print out and iron on stuff and put the scan pic on it as well! That should get the point across...!

I'm only 8weeks. We had a hand count of how many people know that weren't the important people in our lives aka parents, siblings and our closest bestie best friends but since then this number has grown dramatically. So much for secrecy. There is probably only a handful who don't know now like aunties, uncles, grandparents etc. Still got 4ww until the golden 12weeks but our first mw appt is next Thursday.
Interesting fact have found out bubz is size of raspberry or grape (conflicting fruit sizes) but interesting all the same.
I've also come down with what I think is a virus on top of my already lethargic ms backside! Bleurgh!

I have to go to work. I am sooooo utterly drained I just want to sleep.

I'm working until midnight. Hope it will be a very quiet shift and fly in so I can crawl into bed. Just spent two hours asleep on the sofa.

Goodness, this thread moved fast! Not telling our families until 12 week scan is clear.