March 2015 mummies

[M27J5M]

Thread number 3

no scan date yet. Booking in appt not til Sept so all seems ages away.
Can't even hide it at work now as people are starting to guess

Evening all. So glad you are feeling a bit better Durham

I'm 8 weeks tomorrow bit just gone to loo and I'm spotting. Some light brown stained discharge.

Am praying its nothing as its brown, not red. I remember the red all too clearly.

But I'm scared though. Anyone else had spotting?

brummie I had spotting a few days ago, shocked me when I first saw it! But it stopped later that day, I think it's ok if it's brown as it's old blood. Hope your ok xxx

brummie keep an eye on it but light brown spotting at 4,8 and 12 weeks can happen as your body expects to have a period then.

I had what I thought was my actual period at 4 weeks, that's why I didn't even find out I was pregnant till last week! And then spotting just before 8 weeks xx

brummie I've been spotting and bleeding every single day since the implementation bleed. From brown discharge to bright red blood. (Had scans at 6 and 8 weeks, baby is fine so far) Today is actually the first day where I only have very little brown discharge (it's my birthday too so nice present from my uterus). But every little drop of blood is so worrying I know. Try putting your feet up, no intercourse and go in for a scan if it's getting more. Fingers crossed!

Hey girls, I had some spotting it was brown so I didn't worry... Ok I worried but it was nothing and stopped after a few days hope that's the same for you all too.

Brummie I'm with Pink here. I've had spotting, not quite every day, but almost every day since I found out I was pregnant (still sounds mad saying that!) Mainly brown, but also frequently red, albeit fairly watery red. I keep wondering where on earth it can all be coming from/what it can mean! I had a scan 2 weeks ago today at 5+4 and saw a tiny heartbeat, and I have another one a week today. It is really scary. I agree about going for a scan if you're worried. The EPU where I am immediately offered me a scan when I rang and said I'd had spotting.

Pink happy birthday!

Thanks all. I'm trying to reassure myself that it's brown and I'm at 8 weeks so this is normal.

Have put an panty liner on so I can keep an eye on it. Rest tonight for me.

So many people have had rough days today. Does anybody mind if I ask a couple of more lighthearted questions?

This is for the first timers I guess. Does anyone have that feeling that they're a naughty 12 year-old who has done something wrong? Lol I know it's stupid. I'm 30, I'm married and my hubby and I own our house. It's almost expected that we start a family, but I feel naughty!

Also, are others finding out the sex of their baby? I know we are a while off that yet. But trying to think positively. I really don't want to know. I want my hubby to tell me the sex of the baby after he/she is born :-)

Hi coaster

I'm a first timer, and I know exactly what you mean. I'll be 38 in October and I feel like I should be a bit embarrassed!!! My family are pleased but my mum has been a bit funny about it. I think it's because she's always been my Mum, now she's going to be a granny.

And no, we aren't finding out either, I really want my DP to tell me. It's a very personal decision and neither is right or wrong but I feel there are very few genuine surprises in life.

I had brown discharge at about 7 and a half weeks. For a few days. I was worried and rang my EPU and spoke to my midwife but they weren't at all worried as long as it doesn't get worse, or red and clotty and heavy.

coaster I am not finding out the sex. I want my dh to tell me when it pops out too. And I don't necessarily feel naughty, but I feel sort of - well I can't explain it. But kind of like we shouldn't be having children as that's what grown ups do. And so, yes, I suppose naughty is sort of the right word. And I don't mean that I think we shouldn't be having a baby, as we definitely want one, but more that we aren't grown ups yet so yes, I suppose more that we are being naughty. And again, I'm 33 and we are married and home owners and so on. But it's just funny as grown ups have children and we just don't seem like grown ups. But we clearly are.

brummie yes to the slight embarrassed feeling. I can't explain it but it's both a bit embarrassing and naughty. I feel like people will be all 'they're having a baby! What! They can't have children'. Both my older and younger sister have children. But it's like, I'm not serious or grown up enough. And I'm going to be the mum. But really I am grown up. Much prefer to do the gardening then go out to the pub.

coaster my Gyn told me one possible reason for my spotting could be that the yolk sac whose job it is to stop the bleeding until the placenta is taking over is not working properly. He put me on utrogest to increase the hormone level. (I'm not in the uk btw)

We're not finding out the sex either, I loved having the surprise with the other two and had dh announce the sex. And especially now since I already have 2 ds, I can't be bothered with the comments because people obviously expect us wanting a girl now (not true btw!)

You guys explained it a lot better than I have. That kind of embarrassed feeling and that it's something that grown ups do. S and I have a lot of growing up to do between now and March!

I'm glad we aren't the only ones not finding out. I agree about it being such a personal choice. Most people I know seem to find out for decorating purposes. I'll just be so excited to find out at the birth though!

So sorry for the rough days everyone and I hope ppl get some relief soon, life hope u had good news today

The dry retching is really ramping up.

Someone asked about b6 -I was taking it for nausea but it also had ginger and I just found it gave me indigestion so I gave up but maybe I should have tried for longer!

I have had horrid nausea so I picked some of those anti sickness bands up while out today & they have helped immensely still have a little bit of nausea but it's hardly noticeable now

Coast I don't have the patience not to find out the sex , I actually think it would drive me insane

I get what you mean about feeling 'naughty' as I've been with my Dp 9 years and this is our first & my 'D'm has not been the most supportive at all , she just said well of course it's going to be ugly and you won't have a clue what your doing

Oh and don't expect me to help you & make sure you lose some weight so we can tell when your pregnant and not just fat
I'm not that fat btw I had a bit of a belly but now I have a huge round belly so Fuck knows what she is on about

Grrr sorry for the rant

panda that is awful. What nasty comments. I am always surprised how unkind some people can be. Surely having a baby when you are clearly in a stable position in life (and by stable to don't mean married, or even necessarily in a couple, I just mean ready and able to have children, stable is different for each individual), is something to be celebrated and a joyful thing. Why do some people have to be so nasty.

And to be honest what first time parents ever have a clue?!

Anyone else getting stabby pains in their nipples? It's really sore. Comes and goes but feels like I have a needle poking right into my nipple.

Panda I'm so sorry you've had to be on the receiving end of those comments! And I agree with Foscar, I certainly haven't got a clue! I'll be useless!

Foscar I haven't got stabby pains exactly, but my nipples are killing. They stand to attention (sorry TMI) at the slightest thing and that really hurts.

I have a pain in my right calf muscle which I'm working myself up over. It feels like the muscle is seizing up. I had a friend who had a blood clot in her leg during pregnancy so of course I'm convinced it's that.

Foscar Its not my first time though as I have a fostered Ds that I have raised since he was born (he is almost six) so god knows what she is on about

On the nipple front , I was out the other night and it was bloody freezing and my God they hurt more than ever

Thanks for all the thoughts. It was good news for my mum, the tablets she's on are controlling things and the oncologist doesn't want to see her for 6 months. Such a relief!!

Brummie, hope the spotting stops soon.

Blimey Panda, that's so nasty :-(

Well I'm on DC3 and still have the naughty/embarrassed feeling. I think it's because people tend to expect you to stop at 2 DCs. I know most people are going to be very surprised when we tell them, just hope they're pleased as well.

I didn't find out the sex with DC1 or 2, and I loved having a surprise, so I don't think we'll find out this time either. I did have a very strong feeling about the gender both times, and was right. I don't have that this time though.

Well I've made it to the end of Tuesday, phew. Just played netball, I think that will be the last game I play though. I was worried about getting knocked over the whole time - it's very physical despite being a non contact sport.

MW is coming round tomorrow, so hopefully that will get the ball rolling and I'll get a scan appointment etc soon.

Well I've been to the loo twice now and had nothing more so hoping just stained discharge (tmi alert!!!!) rather than actually bleeding

That's great news Lifesabeach - really pleased for you!

Also glad the spotting's stopped Brummie - I had a week of it from 6-7wks, had an early scan and everything was fine, none since. Fingers crossed it'll all settle down for you!

I don't think we are going to find out the gender - I want the surprise! Although I can easily see why - I wonder if I'll hold out against temptation when it comes to it! It's about 50-50 in the people I've known who've found out/not found out.