February 2015 #2: Is the first trimester over yet?

[freneticfox]

Shiny new thread for us all!

Stats are here

Bangles, yes usually get on ok with family. Although I just don't understand them sometimes. But that's family I suppose!
Frenetic sorry work is being so difficult. Hope the nausea eases up for you soon.

Not doing much today apart from some cleaning. I need to sort out the DCs clothes and have a clear out.
Memphis, I haven't bought anything yet but need to make some space for baby! It seems real when you start buying baby things! Very excited!
Hope you all have a good day.

Morning ladies! Welcome newbies!

So sorry some of you are feeling awful still touchwood you won't have much longer of it!

Had a BBQ this weekend and was so lovely that everyone knew and all we spoke about were babies as all the girls there has one or more! Although why do people insist on telling me their labour stories only one was remotely comforting so I'm holding onto hope mine is like hers! She used hypnobirthing (which before I thought was a kind of hippy thing) but looking into it it sounds amazing think I will definitely look more into it! I know it's early to start thinking of it but has anyone else heard of it?

Littlemiss yes I got cd's for it last time, helped me stay calm in the early stages. This time I am going as far away from earth mother as I possibly can I reckon, pethadine, gas and epidural if I need it!
I know what you mean about horror stories we went for a meal the day after I found out I was pg, couple didn't know and her birth was awful, I was shaking hearing about it, when we told them I was pg she said sorry I was shocked as mine was pretty bad (mainly due to my health problems so not the norm by a long shot)
People keep asking me about names which is annoying me as no one likes any of my choices, so the ones I love that we wouldn't use I just tell people and watch their faces and keep the names that are possibilities quiet

After two not-great days on Thurs and Fri last week, Sat and Sun were good days and I even got all the housework and gardening done! I'm off to meet a new client this morning and I feel fine so far, so fingers crossed...

I hope you all had a lovely weekend - it's not much fun in all the heat though is it? :(

Memphis being my first I'm still in the mind set of "it can't be that bad if people have 2nd 3rd 4th babies etc" so wanting the natural birth in water but I'm sure once that first contraction hits I will be screaming for anything and everything!
What are you names we won't judge! My OH and I are both making a list of 10 boys and 10 girls then swapping and are allow to Vito 5 off of each boys and girls list so between our two lists we will then have a short list! Haha too much time on our hands I know!

Right you lot, who's sent me their morning sickness huh? (Stares round grumpily)

Only joking, after weeks of no symptoms the last couple of days of being home I've def been feeling queasy in the mornings

Only eight more days till I get my scan

I'll also hold my hand up I can't seem to help myself when it comes to telling birth stories, although ds's birth was fairly medicalised it did end ins crash c section

littlemiss I am not going to lie, my birth was scary BUT within 5 mins I said I would do it again. I also didn't try to worry about the birth as the baby has to come out so whats the point in worrying

and names I like that I am not telling people are G- Wren, Willow, Iris, Jean and only Boys name so far is Amos but even dh hates it so I tell people Amos and they all pull a face! love Astrid too but dh says no

morning all
Sending anyone that's still suffering wafts of calm- sure you'll all be out of the woods soon :)

We've picked a few names we like, but will be taking the approach of not telling anyone what they are until it's basically too late for anyone to disagree or say they don't like it! I'm far too easily swayed by family members saying 'ooh... im not sure about that'!

Our major problem with names is our surname, 12 letters long starting with a Q! And then where we live people say 'Ell-eh' instead of 'Ellie' so names ending in ie or ey are out.
I like Hebrew names but dh isn't keen on a lot of them, last time we had one girls name (Eden Freya) but about 40 boys names, they day we found we were having a boy we scrapped all of the names, we went into hospital with 3 names and picked one once he popped out.

I have quite a few girls names that I like, however hardly any boys name and DP only likes Raphael, which I am not sure about at all...

They are nice Memphis I like more traditional names (or what my SIL calls basic) my favourites are Scarlett, Amelia, Jacob and Oliver but we will see what OH says first!!

Oh dear Jack on the morning sickness! Touchwood it doesn't last!

Littlemiss I like all of those but I have friends with children with those names. I forgot I like Sidney for a boy. I also love Ronnie for boy or girl.

But those have the ey ie ending I was on about

Jack - hope I didn't jinx things for you! Wishing you a nausea free afternoon.

Frenetic - completely normal to stress about scan, but you may find it gives you the strength to carry on battling the sickness. Get a photo and look at it every time you vomit/your boss is a twat/a wave of nausea has you doubled over. That has definitely helped me a bit in the last week.

Omg, LittleMiss that is hilarious, Amelia and Oliver were both on my short list too, although now we know it's a boy and my sister shot down Oliver (no idea why?? I think it's such a lovely name) so we're back to drawing board. Also I have been checking out hypnobirthing too! A friend recommended it so I bought the book and really liked it, plus it comes with a CD of relaxation exercises to do every night. I'm converted. At the very least it's nice to have set time every day to totally unwind. Would love to try water birthing but apparently it's not on offer in Ireland where I'll be having the baby

Little miss Jacob is a fab name, it's our sons name so come highly recommended from me

Yawning away here...should have stayed on holiday!

Afternoon all, stonking headache today, haven't been able to do a lot! Signed off this week again, my GP was really understanding about work not really 'getting' how tough it is so she wrote 'hyperemesis of pregnancy' on the note. I think at the very least giving it a name should get them off my back.

I very much hope trimester two is a lot kinder to me.

I can't stop eating today! I had two lunches and now I've given my self awful heartburn!

YAY! I'm so happy!! I've been freaking out over my total lack of symptoms for the past 2 wks. I rang my friend for a chinwag...she always says the right thing! As I was on the phone, my nose started to bleed! I've never been happier to see blood in my life! That's a good sign that I'm still preggers I reckon!
Jack, I poor you with your awful symptoms..I'd love to meet you somewhere in the middle! We have our scan on the same day...8 days and counting!!

memphis I love astrid! Too many 'a's for us and our surname though :(

blank andJack 8 days to go for me too!

frenetic good to know your doc's on your side- must make a difference knowing someone's for your back

Got your back, even!

Burmama please don't let someone saying they don't like a name put you off, I will tell you now every single name you pick before the baby arrives someone will slag it off or pull a face. But if you kept it quiet until baby has a name no one will say anything.

In the end we told no one our final 3 names for ds (Cole, Lyndon or Reuben) then as my mum was at birth with us i didn't care if no one else knew I had had him I wouldn't let dh call anyone until he had a name

I'm sure my local ante-natal dept / hospital are trying to kill me by driving my blood pressure up! Met my actual midwife this morning, she's lovely. Sent me trotting off to ultrasound with a referral, they insisted that couldn't make the appointment then and that they'd be in touch - I've heard that a few times the last few weeks :-( My midwife did txt to see how I got on getting scan and sympathised when I explained. Got home from work to find an appointment card posted on Friday, by ante-natal, to say I have a scan appointment on Wednesday. Aagh!

Now why had that not been fed back to the notes so that the midwife knew that this morning?! Does no-one communicate? I defend our NHS to the hilt with my US family but there are times when I wonder.

OK, rant over. Sounds like most of you are having good days with lots of general excitement. Not sure why I've not yet embraced this whole expecting thing, hoping it's just the first trimester anxiety / tiredness and that the blooming stage will kick in soon, please! Haven't even been able to start thinking about names. Hey ho.