Due in May 07

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i can't believe that i am the first one due in may to post on mumsnet. i looked for a thread but i couldn't find it. am i missing something?

Hoorah a friend! Sorry that may sound a bit desperate

Am eating vast bag of minstrels, yum. Eating them quick as the Jamie school diners thing on in a mo, dont want him ruining the feeling. Must console myself at least im not putting them in their lunchboxes. Actually am great mom and am saving them from a life of obesity

OOh im jealous, i love minstrels but dont have any

I cant wait to see what cravings i have with this one, i hope its something nice and sweet. With ds1 it was pork pies and ds2 was curry sauce so i think i deserve a nice sweet one (nothing too fattening though im going on holiday 4 months after giving birth and dont want to still look pregnant)

Pebblemum - thanks for the reassurance about the age gap - I really think it's the right one for us, hadn't even thought about when they are 9 and 3, but how lovely! I'm sure all will be okay with your ds2 and the third one.

I feel great at the moment, just some abdominal "strechiness" and generally quite tired. I had horrendous sickness last time that kicked in at about 8 weeks, so I'm waiting for that to happen...

I had the abdomial stretchyness last week but its gone now, have just got very very very tender nipples (ouch) and feeling a bit tired. I didnt have any sickness with my other pregnancies and as i have a phobia of being sick i really hope it doesnt kick in this time. I did have sciatica with ds2 though and it was horrendous, do hope i dont get it like that again, i couldnt move some days for the pain but luckily it went as soon as he was born

Hello. I'm fairly new to mumsnet and I am happy to announce that I just got a bfp about an hour ago. DH is a little surprised and worried but excitement will come. Congratulations to everyone else. I was looking at this thread the other day wondering if I might be on it, and here I am. Here are our stats

Me: 27
DH:29
DS: 13 months

Estimated due date: May 29, 2007

Congratulations MKG, im sure dh will soon get over the shock.

I already had an idea i was pg as i had a few symptons ie sore boobs etc but it was still a bit of a shock as i had only stopped taking the pill 2 days before my last AF, wasnt expecting it to happen that quickly I soon got used to the idea though

thanks pebblemum,

You have no idea of how shocked he is. DH works a ton of hours so I can stay home with DS well The one time we were intimate in 2 1/2 months and here we are. He's doesn't know how this happened. I knew two weeks ago, but the tests kept coming negative. Today morning sickness set it. I've been tired for a week or so, but now tired and sick. With DS I never threw up just nausa all day. I think this one will be the same.

LargeG&T-ive been thinking if ever you want to have a moan/chat whatever you are welcome to email me on [email protected], im also on msn. i know how horrible it is when you move to a new area and dont know anyone.

Hello again. Welcome to the new joiners. I haven't had a moment to get on mn in the last week. Have been: finding a house to buy, found one, had offer accepted, found out we can't move in til after Christmas, (booooo), think we might have to get some short term let over Christmas as the house we're renting is being sold. Also having fight with estate agent of previous house we were gazumpt on about getting our £8K deposit back , swines, I don't need the stress - not with working 10 hour days at the moment as well. Took a sickie today. I'd had enough. Have come out in an allergic rash and psoriasis, which I've never had before I think could only be caused by stress. Never had anything like it before. So at least I got to see a GP and get referred to UCLH. Anyone else going there? Of the three I was offered, I read pretty good stuff on MN about it. It was there, The Whittington or the Royal Free... I didn't realise you get free prescriptions on the NHS. That's cool. (Had DD in Ireland where you pay for your GP, your medicine but thankfully not your hospital bed, although you do share a ward with about 9 others.)

That said, I am trying to talk DH around about a homebirth. I know he can't stop me, but I'd rather involve him in the decision. Of course this is his first and my second and he's a real doubter of alternative therapies and "hocus pocus" and I reckon he lumps home births into that too. He's willing to think about it now, so that's progress.

Jeepers. I went on a bit there didn't I?

Large G&T. I've moved house 5 times in the last 4 years (albeit around North London) but I feel your pain about not knowing anyone in the area or in your children's school. (Working helps the former, although not the latter.) Can't wait to give up work and have coffee mornings and what have you. Roll on walks in the park. Am so grateful I can give up work. 11 years of being a struggling student/ working mum is enough.

How are we all today?

Hi- took me ages to read all these messages!

I only just found this board. Am nearly 8 weeks pg, due 5 May. Mt dp is 39 and I'm 33. Its our first- we had been trying for years, finsally had laparoscopy in June when they told me I had 5% change of pg naturally- so we booked a big holiday in carribean. I was pg a month later!

Nice to meet you all!

That sounds like a lot of un neeeded stress to me! Buying/selling houses is rubbish. We put our house on the 'market' (our house is part owned by English Rural Housing Trust) in April. It has taken forever! To be elegiable to buy our house you have to have family connections to the village, and the scheme is aimed at young families. The process of finding a buyer is supposed to take 6weeks, but in our case took 8. Then they decided that the person who had been allocated the house could move quick enough due to family problems so then set about contacting the 2nd person in line. She is a doddery old bag who got allocated our house in June and as yet still hasnt had her mortgage valuation done !!! We have found a house and the chain is ticking along nicely but this old woman doesnt seem to be in any hurry and i have spent the last 6 weeks on the phone to my solicitor and the housing lot to see if we can move any faster, as i would like to have moved in before this baby is born!!

I got asked yesterday if i would like a home birth or hospital birth. I opted for hospital as i dont think dh would be able to cope!

Sorry for my rant!!

Hi Glitterkitty. I'm thrilled for you. Congratulations.

AM - How frustrating for you! Arrggh! I think that's the kind of thing Chelsea residents are trying to do to keep out the big businessmen pushing the prices up. I never thought of the ramifications of trying to actually sell you place. Eeek.

We are renting, so although we are not in a "chain" which is good, our lease is up on Oct 12th! Not good. Looks like we can extend by a month at least as the owners are selling and have not yet found a buyer. However, if they do find one we have had to understand that we'll be turfed out as soon as the buyer wants us gone.

V boring. I am soo tired. I get up at 6 and am ready for bed again before midday. Is anyone else like that? I don't remember this happening the last time, but then I was only 16. I probably had twice as much energy to begin with. Not sick, thankfully, but my mother is claiming that means I am having a girl again. Where do they get this stuff from?

I went to a huge Mammas and Papas store with my friend when I was in Dublin at the weekend. Is it just me or are other people so excited about having a baby, that they want to go and buy stuff? Perhaps it's just withdrawal symptoms as I feel I shouldn't be buying new clothes that I won't fit into in another few weeks.

I don't think I'll be able to hide this pregnancy after 8 or 9 weeks. I already have muffin-top and where I can usually hold in the tum and look ok, I can't even do that any more! I think I'd rather tell my work colleagues than have them speculate. (Which they are already doing since seeing me on the Mothercare website buying a car seat for my friend's baby as a present. Doh.)

Hey. When DH came home from work he was very excited, nervous because it's still early, but happy. I'm reading a lot about home births and am considering it. I'm American, and here it isn't that common. Has anyone had one and can you tell me what you think? I had a midwife with my first but ds was born in a hospital. I'm open to any and all opinions.

Welcome glitterkitty.

Congratulations Glitterkitty, must be fab after a long wait.

Twelveyeargap - I had a home birth with my DS and it was great, so I'm a big fan. All very relaxed, lovely midwife and easy birth. It was really nice for my DP too because he was able to just be himself in his own home, and best of all, after DS was born we could all just stay where we were.

I think I should be able to talk the DH round. When he saw how upset I was at the prospect of being bossed around in hospital again; he relented a bit. I know some people transfer to hospital, but I've yet to read a thread on here about "how awful my home birth/ labour was". Plenty of stuff about having a miserable time in hospital though.

I think I might have frightened him a bit with talk of water birth and poo net. Serve me right. Thanks BenSonBluebird.

Afternoon all!!! feeling a bit guilty cus i havent posted since 8th sept, and im so pleased there are so many of us here now.
quick recap for the new ladies. baby due 17th may #5, but DH first child, thinking im sooo lucky as now Dh seems to have my morning sickness for me!!!pmsl, i just got the big boobies and a bit of tiredness and weeing all the time. ANY TWINS DUE YET OR NO ONE HAD THERE SCANS YET.

Helloooo everyone even more new people, its just great to come on here, feels like i have adult conversation.Glitterkity you must be so chuffed Thankyou so much pebble for your email it means alot. Am quite lonely here.
Am feeling ok tho, sore boobies (that regularly get squished by other children) only waves of nausea. The worst thing is the tiredness, i go to bed with the kids, in fact the twins7 are up later than me!
House stress sounds like a nitemare for you twelveyeargap and aprilmeadow, i dont envy you. I moved back in july and it was stressful enough with the kids let alone being pregnant.

I have had homebirths of varying success, dd was supposed to be at home but she got stuck, i had to transfer in to hosp but by the time i got there she had righted her position and came out fine. I wont lie it hurt, but was still a million times better than being in hosp for labour. DS 3 and 4 were born at home with no comlications, i loved it and will be doing the same with #6. Clearly i did not love the pain just the surroundings. It was so calm and i could get in to my own bed after it all.

I keep thinking about having a home birth but then i think about the hassle, making sure everything is ok, cleaning up afterwards etc so i think i may go with another maternity unit birth. With ds2 i stayed in overnight even though he was born at 8.55am and i was given the option to go home at 12pm. My dh thought it would give me a bit of rest but to be honest i hated it, i couldnt wait to get back home so this time i want to be out as soon as possible.

Is anyone going to find out the sex of their baby? I think i will as i would desperatly like a girl and feel that if it is another boy i would like the chance to get used to the idea but then again if it is a girl i may wish i had waited to find out. Oh well i still have a while to go yet before i have to decide.

evening all. Nice to see new people join - congratulations all!

I tried to book to see my GP today but because I don't want an urgent appointment, and want one outside of work time, I have to ring back on Friday. Grrr.... Still getting the abdominal stretchiness, and couldn't face my porridge this morning, but not really any nausea as such. Feel a bit unreal, and almost feeling a bit scared, which seems wierd when it's something I really want. Is that only me??

Ive got to wait until monday to see my gp as shes been away and so is now fully booked. When i made the appointment i was ok about the wait but now i just want to get it over and done with, maybe then it will all seem more real.

I also feel scared now and again, not sure why though. I just suddenly seem to get an attack of nerves over nothing

May seems such a long way off at the moment, im sure it will soon fly by but i hate waiting. I cant wait to get fat to feel the baby moving etc. with ds1 i only found out i was pg when i was 5months gone so i only had 4months left, it was great. With ds2 as with this one i found out straight away and it dragged!! At least this time i have you lot on here to stop me going insane with all the waiting

I definately get scared at times, its so overwhelming i think. I keep thinking it will get better with each baby but it never does. The fact we are all hormonal crazies puts us at a disadvantage too!
I would love to find out what my baby is but im not sure they tell you here. Ive got 4 boys and one very stroppy 6 year old girl, she is desperate for a sister. We got rabbits this summer 2 females (or so we thought) Mabel turned out to be a boy and my dd is still refusing to accept it, there are 2 many boys in this house she shouts!! I just think if it is a boy im going to need to get her used to it. I would be thrilled with another boy, im just running out of names!

mummymelling do you think you are having twins? Have you had a scan already, am desperate to know its not more than one in there!

When pg with ds2 it wasnt an option but then again i wasnt interested in finding out. Since then i know of lots of people who have found out the sex beforehand so im definatly going to ask this time. I love my two boys and wouldnt change them for the world and if this one is another boy i know i will love him the same too but for as long as i can remember i have wanted a daughter. At least if i find out early that its a boy then i will have a chance to get used to the idea.

Pebble when we meet up i may bring my dd and leave her with you for a little while.......
Dont get me wrong she is gorgeous but make no mistake i am building her a hut at the bottom of the garden when she reaches 13. She came out with PMT

My neighbour has 3 girls and she says the same thing. Her youngest (2yrs) is always round mine playing with ds2 but she is always on her best behaviour and makes her mum look a liar. Im sure any girl of mine will turn out just like me-a little angel