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Hi,

Tentative post here - got 2 faint BFPs on Sun/Mon (period only due yesterday.
EDD seems to be between Feb 28 - March 1st depending on whether I use standard 28 day cycle or adjust to my 30 day one.
DC2 for me - DS was 8 days late so think I'm more likely to belong in the March club than Feb.

Will do another test in a couple of days to get the elusive dark line so I don't think I'm making it up

Hope someone else joins me soon.

Haha yeah it's not such a great place to be

Can I please join?? First timer here and freaking out! Due around 6th march I think but waiting for scan to be sure :)

Off to catch up with the thread, but just a bit of a self indulgent moan
sitting at my desk feeling really shaky - spent the 10 minute walk from the car park to my desk retching in public - lovely!

got to work and making a list of all the projects I'm involved with and it all just seems so overwhelming.
on top of that feeling so out of the loop with my friends, they are all going to a stag & hen in Edinburgh in a few weeks (I couldn't go as going to another family one at same time), but have now found out there is another one in London which I could make but haven't been invited.
Haven't told them I'm pregnant yet and I am feeling hormonal and teary
sorry!

Welcome Aimee86 - this is my fourth pregnancy and still freaking out lol it doesn't go away!

Felt a bit sick earlier this morning and has been frantically prodding my boobs to see if they hurt! After feeling more positive yesterday afternoon I'm back to negativity today, feeling tos one isn't going to stick and then we will be trying for at least another year..

Welcome Aimee don't worry, we are all freaking out!

Morning all, welcome newbies :) freaking out is part of the deal I thought?? ;)

What I said about everyone being here on the other side, was in response to a pp saying (massively paraphrasing!) that they would have to get used to the idea that their likely birth was a cs and not the natural vb that they wanted. The ultimate aim of any birth plan is surely for everyone to be safe and well, if you need intervention then that is in no way a failure. I don't for one minute think that we should just be grateful to be alive after giving birth!! I'll shut up now, as I'm still not sure I'm making myself clear :(

I'd forgotten how much difference eating properly makes to me when pregnant! Sat night we went to the chippy, Sunday was a write off for me, spent huge chucks of it sleeping. Last 2 days eaten meat and veg and fish and salad - loads more energy! Took me ages to work out why I felt so horrible last time.

Sending anti puking remedies to all suffering x

Apple I'm sure you're fine symptoms come and go. Do not google anything!

Got a lot of emotions today

Zebra you're in London aren't you? I think we were on a freelancing thread together before, about 20 name changes ago. So much for freelancing, I'm spending all my time trying to keep my breakfast down. Saw my dream job advertised yesterday though, 3 days a week and 20 min walk away . There's no point applying but at least it shows jobs for me are out there right? Even though my skills will be outdated by the time I get back to work.

Zebra - yup yup to the skills exchange - no way can we afford an IM, but I work in PR & Press and have been representing her. Got her two mentions in local press already and generally spreading the word, so she's going to look after me for free (minus the insurance cost, because I'm not happy with her having to meet that cost out of her own pocket.)

It's £500, but since I actually earn a bit more on MA than I manage being self employed we can meet that cost and it's worth it to be able to relax and enjoy this pregnancy, not dreading that same loss of control I had last time. Happy to chat via PM if you want as I agree that birth stories are not helpful to first timers.

I'm also a bit fed up as I was hoping to wear a lovely dress to my friend's wedding, but just realised it probably won't fit. I've the Style & Beauty girls if they have a solutions here

Trondheim - always apply! If you're ace then they might keep your details on file for the future, plus you don't know what will happen, how flexible they could be on start dates etc etc. You're pg, not dying ;)

eatscake if i'm not dying then why does it feel like i am :) I don't know if i can do that to them, i'd be there 6 months then off for a year. Not that they'd have to pay me any maternity, but still.

Just apply. You may not even get the interview :p

notoast I want to massively thank you for suggesting a mentored doula because I never would have thought of looking. But I'm currently in talks with a mentored doula who offers a very affordable package and I'm so happy because I already feel somewhat relieved.

trondheim definitely go for the job! I got a short term project at 8 months pregnant last time through people per hour - social media planning and implementation for a Facebook game. I was upfront about being pregnant but he didn't care - just loved my pitch and ultimately the work I did. Just go for it!

eatscake that's a brilliant deal, well done! Maybe we could swap advice as my husband's business could do with some press exposure!

pinkstripey sorry if my post seemed at odds with what you were trying to say :( I do agree with you about intervention if it's necessary. I think in my case I feel so strongly it was forced unnecessarily and was treated so shabbily, I feel quite strongly about working harder to make the experience better. But I don't think we're disagreeing :) It's a very emotive thing, isn't it?

Zebra - I hear you. Also experienced a lot of what (after discussing it with my IM) was very unnecessary intervention just because of hospital 'protocol' with no reference to my specific case. I also wasn't fully informed of the risks of following their treatment plan, only the risks of not following it.

V happy to discuss work with you :) PM me so we don't massively threadjack

That's fab zebra let us know how you get on! I'm planning an elcs this time round but will still be having a doula, worth their weight in gold!

zebra I'm definitely not disagreeing with you either :)

I cried at Jeremy Kyle today . It WAS his son... Blub...

First post on here think I am due sometime at the beginning of March but had implant out on 2/6 so no real idea as to dates. Doctor said midwives likely to use that as last day of last period.
Will be baby #1 and it doesnt feel real yet I am working at being around 6 weeks and so far feel just about human. DP has been banned from going near boobs - they are sore and am pretty tired at night and a few feeling ewky moments but nothing too bad so far

glad I'm not the only one in tears constantly
after posting on here I had a proper sob at my desk - don't know where it came from
feeling a bit better now.

Am off to google mentored doulas, my labour and birth last time was so far beyond what I was prepared for in terms of length/intervention and complications that I want a more positive experience this time. I also expected I wouldn't be able to afford one so excited to see this might not be the case.

Welcome all the newbies

Hope everyone doesn't mind me joining? Got my BFP today and my EDD is 24th March, so I am only just on here with you all.

My only symptom I have noticed so far is having to get up to go to the loo 6 times during the night last night!

Hope you are all well

I'm another one who is tearful. Although I have good reason. Dh has had a complete wobbler and decided that we shouldn't have got pregnant bit late now dickhead we've been TTC for almost a year and I think he'd decided that it wasn't going to happen so its taken him by surprise. I've gone from being very excited to completely down in the dumps

Hi all newbies - and hello muchostinky. My EDD is 25th March so pretty much same as you. I'm peeing during night too, very tired and v sensitive boobs!!!

Oh flip sorry your dh has taken your excitement away. Hopefully it's just a little panic wobble and he'll snap out of it soon x

Welcome brummie and mucho, congratulations and glad you're feeling well so far.

Flippers, so sorry your DH is putting you through this. Perhaps he is experiencing sympathy hormones?? It's the only inconceivable explanation I can think of for such an inconceivable insensitive thing to say at a time when you are feeling so fragile. No pun intended.

The only thing for now is for me to send you a very un mn ((hug)) and say give it some time, during which look after yourself and you little bean.

Gosh I had the most awful nights sleep! General wide awareness and then when I did get back to sleep I got woken but insanely painful stomach cramps! Like af pain all down my legs and stuff. I was quite worried but decided to be rational and think indigestion not what I was really thinking
They eased off eventually and not seen anything but still not 100%.
Just had breakfast so fx it settles down.

Otherwise I wasn't feeling too bad!

Sorry about DH response flip probably just a minor wobble (hugs)