March Mummies 2015 - to second tri and beyond we go, bumps appearing and sickness (hopefully) disappearing

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New thread for the March Mums :)

Thanks [pinksun] I'm showing a little but as they don't know me I'm hoping to be able to cover it! It's a job in a college so my contract is a rolling contract just for one academic year at a time. I'm prepared for the fact that I probably won't get any mat pay. The cut off is 15 weeks before DD so that would be sometime in December for me but I'd like to tell them sooner, it's just knowing when & how to do it.

Congratulations Whohasnickedmyvodka! It is wonderful to hear you being positive. Don't be worried about asking for extra support if you need it. My cousin has Down Syndrome and is the most wonderful, loving boy I have met. He has a wonderful determination and a cheekiness that rivals anyone.

Coastergirl, lovely scan picture! We're EDD twins too! I'm going to post my scan picture as soon as I get organised. How's your anxiety etc atm? I realised I was actually quite low for the first 12 weeks but now feeling much better ~touch wood~

Durham, lots of love to you. Feel for you so much with the HG. I really hope it eases up soon, how very difficult it must be for you.

I was struggling with fatigue and dizziness for the first 12 weeks with only very little sickness, but at 13 weeks nausea and sickness seemed to hit with avengence and coupled with dizziness it's really dehabilitating. Had to take time off work and spend time in bed and everything - strange that it has started so late on? Anyone else experienced/ing this before/now?

Also wondered what people thought about adding whereabouts they are to the stats list? Might mean some us could meet up if we felt like it at any point?

im a sahm but i look after a friends dd for her untill late at night every weekend and during school hols. i know im not going to be able to keep it up for much longer a few months and i think im done. trouble is my friend is a single mum and im worried about telling her when its time to stop. obviously i will carry on for as long as i can. any advice?

Hi all I've been lurking as have been on the pregnant after Mc thread, now nearly 14 weeks and had scan last week, all great and nuchal etc was good, so feel much more relaxed! Edd was brought forward to 23.3, three weeks before dd's birthday, love spring babies!
So sorry to hear so many of you have bad sickness and hg, I've been really lucky and haven't really had any symptoms since 10 week's, which panicked me a lot. Everyone at work knows now, plus close friends and family knew a while back, just posted a photo of a felt bun in dds toy oven to Facebook so everyone else knows now!

Durham I'm hoping your gonna be like my friend (she's in the same position as you) once she got to 18 weeks docs managed to control it with meds right up till last week and she's now 33 weeks, she's having a bad spell now but only cos she got a tummy big from her dd and obv struggled to keep her meds down but she's getting back in track, hope the docs can do something similar for you so that most days are good

Welcome missmakes

Hi smoke thanks for your kind words of support. I'm from the Slough/Windsor area if anyone is close by (not from Durham contrary to my nickname).

M27 I'm currently on strong anti sickness meds at the moment and if this combination doesn't work then I may be put on steroid treatment. Dr told me yesterday that this may last throughout my pg and that I mat be admitted for rehydration treatment on further occasions as and when my sickness gets bad. I'm desperately hoping that this will not be the case and that hg will ease off soon!

I'm having a really tough time at the minute with work - teaching is so demanding on a 'normal' day but when you're going into an OFSTED year, your HT becomes a little obsessed and crazy and starts acting like Stalin telling us exactly what we can and can't do and rejecting all ideas that are not her own and then uping the workload. So the tears have fallen A LOT, the feeling of despair and uselessness have moved in and it got to the point where I wanted to end everything for a split moment - just walk away from my job, marriage, child, friends - everything. Thinking I am a total and utter failure for not being able to keep up with the workload. So today, i had a day of rest and it did me some good. Yes, I have numeracy, literacy, phonics, guided reading, big read, big write, topic and RE to plan for and 30x big writes to mark, 30 x literacy to mark, 30 x RE to mark and 31 x numeracy to mark but to hell with it. HT and Chair of governors were doing a walk through on Firday evening checking classrooms and displays. She wants our targets on the wall and in their books and we're only three weeks in. With 6 & 7 year olds, it takes time for them to settle and really get to know where their weaknesses are before launching targets on them.

On other news, i got my blood and scan results back and I have a 1 in 6,000 chance of a chromosome abnormality. I knew things were okay after 5 days and I heard nothing. Not as great as with DS three years ago (1 in 25,000) but I am guessing it's because I am older (35).

Junk I'm feeling exactly the same. The workload has gone through the roof and I'm completely fed up of it. I'm planning a post maternity leave exit from teaching. I've worked out that I only have 85 working days to go so you must have similar. When you put it like that it seems like nothing.

And now I'm off to do maths planing/resources and writing assessments...!

I do feel for you teachers, my mum's a teacher and I've seen how bloody ridiculous all the marking, planning, assessment crap is, Chin up half term before we know it (counting down as then my mums coming to stay) then not long untill Christmas and before you know it you'll be on mat leave.
I'm feeling ok these day, have had 2 days in a row where I've felt ok as long as I eat a banana in between my 6 meals a day. Happy to be at the stage where food makes me feel better, which was what ms was like for me first time round.

went for a birthday meal today, birthday was a month ago but was too ill to get out off bed. Dh home for the weekend which is lovely, though he will be off again on Monday untill end of November. it's hard on my own with a 2 yo and a fucking mental gorgeous puppy. I've managed to talk to him about how depressed I feel about the pregnancy and having another baby, feel a bit better about it now he knows, not sure he understands though.

Crossing fingers things manage to calm down a bit for you Durham. (and everyone else still being sick)

How are people doing with names? I remember stressing out about it so much last pregnancy but am quite enjoying name hunting this time.

I'm enjoying name hunting this time too - for girls more than boys at the minute

We'll be here to get you through fishfingers x

Hi, another teacher here but part time so probably not as stressful for me. Sorry to hear you've been feeling so crap Junk. Pickled do you plan to move into a different career? I sometimes weigh up the options and look around but haven't made any moves yet. We got our nuchal results today - 1 in 100000 so very pleased with that, especially as I'm the grand old age of 36! Still sick - twice today which seems to be the daily average.

I'm also a teacher, but adult in a prison. Am currently off though (heading for 6th week off) as docs at hospital we're happy with baby but worried my sugar levels were too low for me to be safe, I'm type 1 diabetic. I'm back to see them again on wed.

So the last few days I have really had an increase I the need to pee. With that I am more aware of perhaps my bladder or whatever other organs are in that area, or perhaps even my uterus. It's weird it's like I can feel them and my abdomen hurst and aches, almost like when you are bursting for e loo but I'm not (not always)

Anyone else had anything similar - I don't even really know how to articulate it, I just know it didn't feel like this a week ago. My belly has also got bigger is it perhaps just growth? Weird!

I know exactly what you mean rainbow, but it is very hard to describe!

Have we all had our 12(ish) week scans now?

have you had your urine tested rainbow could be a water infection if you feel you need the toilet but dont

I just feel SO sorry for our MN sufferers! Do we have an unusual number on this thread? I will have to go back and check my previous ante-natal threads, but I just don't recall seeing such a high number of M2B suffering so badly and for so long!
Goodness - I actually feel guilty for not feeling sick - I'd happily take a week or so of nausea for you guys if I could!
Hugs and buckets to Durham and co.

Can't do up the skinny jeans any more. That's the extent of my complaints. Biggest problem was that I only discovered this when I got out of the water at the beach and tried to get changed.

Honestly, some of you guys are going to be owed the most fabulous babies who sleep through from birth! I hope you get them!

Theone, good suggestion but have suffered those before and it's not like that either....I can defo pee whenever I need to go! Which in itself is insane! It's more the heavy achy feelings in my stomach.

Surfs, that is very true some of the mums on here are due some easy happy babies! We do seem to have a fair number suffering but don't feel guilty! It's good to know that some do have an ok time! My ms keeps coming in the middle of the night when I wake to pee!

THIS could really be worth watching for all of us!!??
Sounds pretty fascinating!

I am so miserable, weepy, angry (wanting to punch people for no reason or for stupid reasons - don't worry, not acting upon it!!!). Never felt like this with DS. Also having no food aversions like I did with DS. Beginning to suspect that maybe we're having a girl ... Only 6 more weeks to go before I find out!

has anyone started buying things? I want to be organised but dont want to jinx anything. with Christmas and my ds' s birthday in january I dont want to leave things til the last minute.

Morning all. Feeling a little better this morning. Still feeling very queasy but have managed to venture out of bed and join my OH on the sofa...I'm sitting up yay!!

I've started to buy some baby things online. So far I have bought baby blankets, slumbersacs, and a baby sleep box (very much by like every Finnish mothers are given with accessories). I was initially loathe to starts buying baby things but as I have been feeling so poorly I wanted to cheer myself up and try to get more excited about being pregnant.

babyboxco.com such a good idea, especially as a travel cot.

mario i have started buying things. altho i already have a lot of things and my friend has given me a cot in excellent condition. i have brought a lot in supermarket baby events online and instore

I need to get pretty much everything! we weren't going have more dc and about 2 years ago got rid of all our baby stuff (apart from baby bath.. still have that). then we decided to ttc last year! I know with ds we didnt buy a single thing until after 20 weeks scan.
the reason I ask is because I've seen a moses basket really cheap and im debating weather or not to go into town and grab it before it goes out of stock or goes up in price!