Tiptoeing into the Second Trimester... Due April 2015

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Ooh just seen there is a June 2015 thread now. Makes us seem like old hands

mswibble I've had my hair dyed - went to hairdresser and had a long lasting semi perm with no ammonia (Davines is a good make).

Glad your symptoms at least left for your trip mswibble!

I only get up once at the moment, it usually gets better BananaToast as baby moves up but then gets worse again.

That's a shame daholster, I think i may have said I really wanted to call ds2 Oscar, it really suits him! Dh chose his name and it took me 18months to get used to his name, I even asked him if we could change it legally!

Glad your midwife is supportive of your choice BonjourMinou, that helps a lot.

Sorry to hear about your bad night Lauren82000.

I've been having a slice of toast as soon as I get up but today I didn't feel like I'd need it. I ate it because I didn't want to feel terrible later but maybe I'm starting to feel better?!!

14w

Morning all, the weather is rubbish here today I am freezing. I'd love to crawl back in bed but I best go and earn some money!

Good to know about the hair dye because I have got grey hairs sprouting, I'm going to try and get an appointment on Saturday.

I'm telling work today I feel very nervous

My Mum and Dad are back off holiday later so will be going to tell them they are going to be grandparents again, my nephew is 9 so a while since there was a baby in the family.

12 + 6

Morning all.

I have been a regular on the April 15 after RMC thread, but have had a 12w scan so feel brave enough to venture here!

Hello!!

I am 41, from London an have a 2y8m DD
Had 3 mcs before her and 2 after...

By dates I am 12+4 by a scan I had on friday I am 13+2 (if I am counting correctly)

Have the NHS scan tomorrow as the private one was to get the Harmony results too (all normal, phew)

Hope to get to know you all soon, and it's not too late to join

Hi TinyTear, definitely not too late to join us! Glad everything is going so well for you this time around.

Good luck telling work today Wine, I'm dreading it. Not entirely sure why as I'm sure they will be fine about it.

Scan on Friday! Had my bloods done yesterday and they said I'll have the combined screening results on my scan day which was much better than I expected, I thought I'd be waiting into next week for them. Just keeping my fingers tightly crossed that everything's ok. Wishing the week away.

Thanks!

I told my boss the day I got my BFP... As I was under treatment from Coventry implantation clinic, i wanted him to know as I had extra scans and appointments

Told his boss on Thursday, and now I am working from home today and tomorrow (today have a consultant appointment and tomorrow the NHS 12 scan) I might tell my team on wednesday...

Just read back a bit and I am sticking with disposables... was also a Huggies person so need to research what will be better, but after potty training my DD I definitely do not want to deal with poo more than I really have to! bleurgh!

Hi all,
Finally allowed myself to get excited after watching the little thing jiggling about all over the place during scan! I was a total woos over blood test as it was my first, but was fine and now waiting for results (don't get until next MW appt in a fortnight.. seems ages). Was hoping now 13w I'd be feeling more energetic but...! Still feel pretty grossly nauseous despite not yet ever being sick. Told work and friends over the weekend so that was really exciting, now just hoping all is OK and to feel better.

mswibble I am gong to dye my hair this weekend. I'll be 11+5 by then. It's normally red, but now is a washed out red-brown with brown roots and an alarming amount of greys.

Welcome TinyTear, hope the scan goes well.

At work, I've only told my manager and the person that I manage. I'm undecided when I'll tell everyone else. Not for another month probably, as it will take us that long to tell the families, (grrrr at DP's shift work).

I feel horrible today. Broke down in tears yesterday when trying to renew my travelpass, for no tangible reason. Poor chap behind the counter looked truly baffled. Was weepy all night and this morning. I'm feeling completely overwhelmed with work and every time I try to gently say to my manager that I'm struggling, she just says "oh it'll be fine...." I'm at quite a high risk for antenatal depression due to pre-existing (but well managed) mental health problems, so I'm pretty scared of how I'm feeling. I should be able to cope with the stuff at work....I don't know why I'm not able to at the moment. Sorry for the mini-rant.

Hello tinytears ! < waves > Welcome!

My sicky symptoms seem to largely have gone though they occasionally rear their head. I have still been struggling with feeling faint at work which is awkward when with a client [embarrassed]...

Getting more stretchy pains (well I assume that's what they are). I don't remember them as much last time but then my anatomy has been rather rearranged since last time so imagine it might feel different. And I'm a bit worried it might hurt more this time... [Confused] So far so good though so I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Consultant appt on Thursday so maybe she'll know.

Hope everyone isn't too dragged down by the weather today!

12+6

Hmm it would have looked nicer with the and the !!!! Making up my own emoticons!

Oh dear a mixed morning all round for us ladies.

The girl I work with is also pregnant but she text me this morning saying she was bleeding so she is a bit in limbo till she can get scanned at 4pm. Lovely girl that she is let me ring our boss and explain that she's pregnant and why she is off work. She was too chicken to do it. Good job I'm her very understanding manager isn't it. I am worried about her though in case anything has gone wrong it will be horrible having me getting a bump when she lost hers. Lets just hope it's not the worst.

Hi TinyTear, I think I remember you posting here once or twice in the early days. Glad your scan and harmony were good.

Good luck WineandChoccy! Bet your work will be fine and yor parents overjoyed I'm sure! Dh is putting of telling his as his mum told him he should pickle 'them' after we had ds2!

Congrats on your scan peppercorn28!

Sorry to hear you're struggling JaneyTea! May be worth talking to someone about how you're feeling and being a bit more firm with your boss. You know how you feel better than anyone so don't be pushed around. Havin said that bear in mind that pregnancy does make you feel very emotional and I cry at lot at nothing at the moment.

The weather sucks daholster but we'd better get used to it! Pain wise, and I know everyone is different, I can't say it was less painful but I was better able to cope with the pain and labour was certainly more positive second time around. I was pretty healthy through pregnancy both times so was comfortable both times once I stopped being sick.

I had a bit of a wobble yesterday. Because dh changed his mind so rapidly about wanting this one I can't help but worry that if things get tough he'll resent me. I also haven't had a baby for quite a few years! I'm older, my boys are very settled and have a good relationship together and financially we do really struggle! I just kept thinking this was a really bad idea!!!! I feel content for the first time in a long time which makes me realise that it's the right decision but I'm nervous about how it's all going to work! Also lots of people want a girl and I feel as though everyone expects me to to want one when I'm really happy either way, feel a lot of pressure on 20th nov and feeling quite sad for my baby if it's a boy (I'm already calling it him!!) but I know he'll be loved by everyone if it is a boy but they'll be that little bit of sadness I think. Also worrying about how I'll cope with ds2 who's can be a handful at times when I'm tired and he's not getting as much attention from me. He's improving all the time but we still have a couple of tantrums and strops every day :(

Phew, all was well on her scan no obvious cause of bleeding. Shame she got outed before she was ready. But least she got a sneaky peek before her dating scan. I don't feel so mean now having had my 2 sneak peeks and she had to wait.

Good luck telling work, wine! I'm still putting it off until after the nuchal scan results... we did tell my and DH's siblings at the weekend, though, as I was 12 weeks on Saturday.

On the nappy issue, I quite want to experiment with reusables at home, just to see how we get on. But that's a vague feeling atm and I may well bottle it ;)

Sorry you're having a blue spell, Janey - I hope there are professionals who know your situation who can give you good advice about how to handle it.

Hang in there, cinnamon

janey I can certainly sympathise with you having weepy episodes. Even the smallest thing can set me off and can turn into full blown blubbing! Hoping my emotions calm down soon!

Thanks for the tips on hair dye too ladies, double checked with mw and she said its perfectly fine. Its an old wives tale apparently! And she's given me the go ahead to join SW again so I'll be registering at my old group on Saturday. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and sharing my happy news!

Well I have to go to the hospital this afternoon as my midwife couldnt find my veins! Nurses have always struggled and im just grateful she didnt keep trying and poke me to bits!
Very excited that my 12week scan is on Friday afternoon. I'll be bang on 12wks. Yay!

Morning all.

I've felt a lot less nauseous yesterday and today, so really hoping I am coming out the other side and entering the 'glowing' second trimester although the only thing currently glowing is the ma-hoo-sive spot on my chin!!

cinnamon, I'm sure your family will love baby whether it's a boy or a girl. And DS2 has another 6 months to grow out of his tantrums, as much as possible anyway.

daholster it's pretty miserable to be brushing my teeth looking out of a dark window, but what cheers me up is that this way, the nights will be getting lighter when we have babies, and that will hopefully make the night feeds easier

Lauren, glad to hear your colleague's good news. It's a shame she had to tell early, but at least she's reassured and can get on with things now.

15+4

anniafausta I have visions of me being all green and 'earth mother' - breastfeeding and using cloth nappies. Id love this to be the case but we'll just have too see what happens. Apparently there are nappy 'libraries' you can hire trial packs from so will have a google and see what is in my area. I know lots of councils push reusables and some have pretty good incentives.

Im getting ridiculously excited looking at all the halloween stuff in the shops. Keep chuckling to myself that this time next year I'll have a little pumpkin of my own!

mswibble mine's also Friday afternoon at 11+6! Very impatient today, Friday feels so long to wait.

cinnamon try not to worry too much, you will make things work with another and I'm sure before long you'll wonder what you ever did without him/her. And I'm sure friends and family will be more than happy with another lovely little boy.

Yes a pumpkin outfit is a must for a little baby they look so darn cute in them. My friend dressed her little girl in a spider and she looked stupid (not that I told her that) could tell she was a girl looked more like a boy. I have some very cheeky pictures of DD in her pumpkin outfit. I think I still have it somewhere I'll have to dig it out next year!

On a different topic... what paperwork have you been sent by your GP surgery? Due to the muck-up with my old address I think I've lost anything that would have been posted there before I corrected the details, but I want to know what I'm missing before I phone them up and chase it.

I haven't had anything from my GP, everything I've had so far has been from the midwives at the hospital.

Good news Lauren82000! Be nice for you to have a rl pregnant lady to share everything with :)

Ds1 had a pumpkin babygro that said my 1st Halloween and ds2 had a stripey one with a little hairy spider on it as he was only 6 weeks old so didn't want loads of extra bits on it.

Thank you all, I know you're right but I can't help but worry. No longer worrying about scan, now worrying about not feeling movements and what will happen in the future!

I've had nothing AnniaFausta, but I did have to contact them to make my 16 week midwife appointment as it's a clinic at the GP surgery. I also need to call them when I need my whooping cough vaccine (which I'm still not sure I'm having) and a flu jab during their alloted times. Everything has come from the hospital otherwise.

You're better off that way mswibble! Everyone always struggles to get blood from dh, he was sent to the hospital after several failures lasy time and the phlebotaomists there got it straight away and pain free!

Cinnamon!!! I'll post later since I'm out but... Jabs!!!! Have it!!! Will explain later why am being so rudely forward!