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March Mummies 2015 - ever hopeful for the return of sanity and departure of sickness as we approach second tri!

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lotsoftoast · 20/08/2014 12:06

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kittenmamma · 01/09/2014 04:06

I've missed so much! So I shall wish happiness and health to everyone! (I feel like father Christmas)
I love the idea someone had of sharing bump photos, I felt absolutely huge today. Said to DH 'I think I'm starting to look pregnant' and he rightly pointed out that he said that I did before we even knew!
Nearly everyone at work now knows, I feel I have more people on my side this way and that the bosses are less likely to mistreat me.
Still!!! no news on even a booking appointment, let alone a scan and that's me 11 weeks.
I have everything to buy except from a few bits and bobs from friends. Best friend has offered me her crib which I think I'll use as a Moses basket in the living room.
Is anyone else struggling to go more than a few hours without eating? I'm only eating a little at a time but I get so sick if I haven't eaten in a few hours.
Also very much struggling with work for the first few hours at the moment with feeling very sick, but I think that having more normal working hours as I do this week will help, rather than being up until 4am all the time!
I've worked an 11.5 and a 12.5 hour shift this weekend, and I am exhausted. I intend to wear baggy clothes for the next three days and do as little as possible!
Very long post I know, sorry!!

Rainbow555 · 01/09/2014 07:43

Wow kitten I don know how you are working those hours! Enjoy the the rest! Yes, I struggle with work first thing and I can go just over an hour before I need to eat agin!! It's ridiculous to be honest!

Perhaps I will find my pics and get the bump pics rolling.....

Yay surf, it's great to have the first day of spring isn't it! Can't wait for warmer weather :)

fish I know exactly how you feel. Up till today all I could think was why would anyone get pregnant and I don't think I will ever do it again! I have felt so rubbish and so unlike myself and so down that I just didn't know what to do with myself. I too have not kissed DH for ages, or cuddled or anything tbh! Poor guy! I am 11+5 today and I can say that today is the first day since I found out I was pregnant that I have had motivation at work! I think there might just might be light at the end of the tunnel! Don't get me wrong, I am still exhausted with a headache and ridiculous hunger and I still had ms this morning, but something is different. I have a glimmer of me returning - I don't want to get too excited in case it is a one off!

So I really hope that you start to feel better soon, less depressed and more like you! And to anyone else that feels the same! Until then, you are not along feel free to have a moan any time!

ToAvoidConversation · 01/09/2014 08:04

Fishfinger have a look at the hyperemesis support thread and see if it rings any bells. The ladies over there are fabulous support and can offer help.

eatscakefornoreasonwhatsoever · 01/09/2014 08:04

fishfingers - I hear you. I was just having a little rant over on FB because I've just thrown up and for the last few weeks any vomiting has been restrained to the evenings, so I feel like things are getting worse, not better, and I had all my hopes riding on things improving at 12 weeks (12 weeks today)

M27J5M · 01/09/2014 09:54

Sorry you feel so bad fishfingers, hopefully it all calms down soon and you can start getting excited Smile

Hope the rest of you that are feeling crappy start to pick up soon! My symptoms have more or less vanished, feel yucky every few days but other than the mood swings, the huge boobs and growing bump I actually feel pretty human!

Butterpuff · 01/09/2014 09:58

Morning everyone,

So sorry so many of you are still sick. Mine is almost completely gone now, I've put 2lb back on over the last couple of weeks. 13 weeks was probably the turning point for me if that helps at all.

I went clothes shopping yesterday as my old pre diet jeans are now too tight, I think their is a conspiracy against short people reproducing fashionably. No petite jeans anywhere, and as I'm not quite 5ft even the petite ones would need taking up. Regular ones end up with the knee part at my ankles. Bah.

For the mum's with past experience, when did you first start to feel baby move. I cant wait for it to happen. I know at 15 weeks I could be getting excited early, but hopefully its only a few weeks off now.

eatscakefornoreasonwhatsoever · 01/09/2014 10:12

Butterpuff - yes, H&M do the nicest maternity trousers imho, but I did have to take them up by about a foot!

I think I started feeling movement from about 16 weeks, but it depends on position of womb, placenta, baby etc

MGFM · 01/09/2014 12:08

It feels like forever since I have posted! Just back from hols a few days ago which were amazing....I will be able to tell the little one one day that he/she swam with whale sharks when still in my tummy!!

I have tried to keep up to date with the threat, every now and then when we had internet I did a quick scan of what has been going on. SO sad to see that some people have left us. SO happy to see so many great scan pictures!

My scan is on Friday so very excited about that! I also had another letter through for an appointment which happened while I was away. Just called the Maternity Unit and it was an appointment with the consultant. Anyway, I have re-booked for a few weeks time. The only thing I can think of as to why he wants to see me is that my sister has a genetic condition called 22Q11 Deletion syndrome. Basically she has a chromosome missing. It can be hereditary but not always. My mum always told me I wasn't a carrier. It probably isn't something he/she comes across every day so maybe he is also a bit curious. I do remember a conversation on here a few days ago about disabled siblings.....I have had 26 years experience of having a sister with pretty severe autism amongst a hole host of other issues and I can tell you that she is really hard work. She lives with my parents and just getting her to brush her teeth and keep herself clean is a daily battle. The situation is so bad that I half expect a phone call saying my mum has had a heart attack. My sister has no awareness of other peoples feelings/health or anything really. My mum is getting into her 60s and is a special needs teacher as well. She is a strict catholic and so would never in a million years have had an abortion but she has grown up into an incredibly difficult adult who has a pretty high IQ, knows she is different and is angry about it, which I think makes it harder. Anyway, I wouldn't abort over downs syndrome which I think the conversation was revolved around.

On a lighter note, I still have two weeks off work and my boobs are now massive! :)
Oh and I have put on so much weight this past 6-8 weeks that I look about 4-5 months pregnant and people noticed on holiday that I was pregnant! I was always a size 10-12 so the weight gain is upsetting but it is so funny that it has all gone on my tummy at the front haha...

sleepingflower · 01/09/2014 12:27

Hi all, since signing in a few weeks ago I've just been lurking as I've been v superstitious and petrified of something going wrong. Sadly my fears have been confirmed. I went to the FMC today for the harmony test but didn't get passed the viability scan, it seems my little bean stopped growing at about 7 weeks and I should be 10+3. I'm not sure how I'm going to get over this. I had a very early miscarriage in May and it seemed too good to be true to get pregnant again so quickly especially as I'm 40.

I hope you all go on and have healthy little ones, I hope my time will come again and I've got. DS who is 8 thank god.

Xx

M27J5M · 01/09/2014 12:33

Hope you had a good holiday MGFM Smile

My friend just offered me her tommee tippee bottle maker! It's probs something I wouldn't have bought but it's defo great, it makes the perfect temp bottle every time for baby! Think it would be great for my bf as it's his 1st and he's clueless with these things so all he'd have to do is add the powder and let machine do the rest

eatscakefornoreasonwhatsoever · 01/09/2014 12:35

SO sorry to hear that sleepingflower - I hope you have support and that you can take it easy the next few weeks. x

M27J5M · 01/09/2014 12:36

So sorry to hear that sleeping flower, big hugs to you! Hope you've got lots of support around you xx

HollyBen · 01/09/2014 13:58

I am so sorry sleepingflower 2 mcs in a row is just awful. I was lucky to have DD between my first and second. Take care of yourself xx
When you feel ready you should seek out the lovely ttc after mc ladies. I was there for 8 months and they are a really supportive bunch

Butterpuff · 01/09/2014 14:01

Sorry to hear that sleepingflower thinking of you and wishing you well.

ZebraZeebra · 01/09/2014 14:09

fishfinger feeling very much the same here so can relate. And feeling grumpy with poor old DS because I feel so sick, so can add a good dose of guilt for that too!

twittwoo how are you feeling now - have you managed to find any reassuring research that all is fine? Hope you're feeling better.

panda glad the pain has eased off - how's things?

I'm so sick of feeling so sick. Why is it so awful this time around? I feel so grumpy about everything. Some of it is fair and things me and DH need to address like his useless/selfish step mother always booking his Dad's time so they barely see DS, never mind help me out in any kind of way...despite telling me constantly how lucky they were to have their parents/brothers/sisters/aunts/uncles/cousins on hand to help during their child rearing years Hmm Other things I'm feeling incredibly unreasonable about.

Second timers, with toddlers, I need advice! DS is 22 months and not to sound like a twat, extremely physically proficient. A combination of me and DH having done Parkour and gymnastics along, so we have a "try it and we'll catch you if you fall" attitude with DS having a tendency to be cautiously adventurous means he's very capable on the playground equipment meant for much older children. Most people comment/marvel at what he does - swings off monkey bars, climbs high cargo nets, uses the very highest slide, climbs the climbing walls, balances along rails etc. But I dunno if it's pregnancy anxiety of DS suddenly becoming reckless but I'm suddenly finding it very hard to allow him on the more complicated apparatus. We go to family parkour - where he's actively encouraged to climb high, swing, pull himself up onto bars, balance on inside scaffolding obstacles, hold himself on gymnastic rings - but suddenly my heart is pounding when he does these things - things he's been doing for months - now.

ZebraZeebra · 01/09/2014 14:11

Oh sleepingflower completely cross posted - I'm so sorry to hear this. It's just so bloody unfair and cruel. I hope you're OK. You will be OK but it will take him. Big hugs :(

ZebraZeebra · 01/09/2014 14:13

*pregnancy anxiety OR DS suddenly becoming reckless.

eatscakefornoreasonwhatsoever · 01/09/2014 14:18

Zebra No. My DS is very active and a climber and got horribly uncautious just before he turned two. At about 2 and a half he developed fear - just generally as an emotion - which calmed him down a bit (caused nightmares and made him clingy as hell though. Sigh). He does still climb, but will take his time and go slowly if reminded and we haven't had any very catastrophic incidents. They do seem to be made of rubber at this age!

theonewiththenoisychild · 01/09/2014 14:43

so sorry sleepingflower Sad

MyPandaisasecretmonster · 01/09/2014 15:13

Sleepingflower So sorry Thanks

The pain has eased off slightly, My Dm reckons it's just the baby getting where it should be iyswim .

Constantly exhausted though not to sure wether it's due to Ds5 been constantly on the go (Aspergers) or the pregnancy Hmm

I should be having my scan at the end of next week at the latest as I'm 13 weeks tomorrow

kittenmamma · 01/09/2014 15:35

Got my scan appointment through the door today...still no word of a booking appointment though :S

Lifeisabeach · 01/09/2014 16:16

Really sorry Sleepingflower

muchostinky · 01/09/2014 16:32

So sorry to hear your news sleepingflower

MGFM · 01/09/2014 16:33

So sorry sleepingflower :(

FoscarC · 01/09/2014 16:45

Sorry sleepingflower what awful news for you. Hope you have all the support you need.