August 2015! Come join me :-)

[LoopyLa]

Just got my bfp today & due 3rd August (or thereabouts!).

Anyone else fancy coming aboard?

Loopyla, 37 yrs old, due 3 Aug, dc#2

Evening all thank you for the welcomes

waves I was alone throughout my first pregnancy and never got back with the dad (was only 18!) but loved every second of it! I think it's easier to go it alone rather than with an unsupportive partner. Glad your appointment went well!

Got a question - I'm taking a higher dose of folic acid prescribed by my consultant - am I allowed to take pregnancy vitamins as well? I don't think you can take too much folic acid can you?

How is everyone feeling today?
Bloated, nauseas, heightened sense of smell - yay for first trimester symptoms :)
Bit nervous about my early scan next week, but cant wait to see our little blob!

Mrsb, same here! I'm struggling, all day nausea, heaving and struggling to eat :( can the already mummies give me some hope and tell me this eases and the subsequent trimesters are a breeze in comparison!!! Or lie to me!

Hi cinnamon no there's nothing scary about taking high doses of folic acid. I'm on a higher dose of folic acid too and I'm taking a off-the-shelf pregnancy vitamin with it in too.

I am feeling rough as. Bleurgh. Burped up some sick earlier, gross. And I can't go in my fridge as something in there smells.

DH actually wants an early scan after what happened before, so my indecision didn't matter. Will look into booking one tomorrow though with Christmas so close will have to see what's available!

Hi everyone,

I have not had time to catch up, but can I join you all.

I have one dd aged 20 months who is quite simply amazing Had a faint positive which makes me due baby number two August 20th.

Very exciting, well it should be but I have a huge pang of guilt over my pfb. Anyone else with other little ones feel like this, or known others who have? It may be the hormones starting to kick in.

I did not think I would fall so quick as I'm still breastfeeding her day and night. I think I'm in a state of shock Which I remember quite well from the first time round.

Anyways, looking forward to charting with you all.

Oh and glitter this trimester is the worst hold on in there.

no it's not, wait till you're 30 weeks pregnant or more, it's no fun

Hi rainbow tortoise, welcome! I love reading lovely words that others have to say about their babas, gives me the kick up the bum I need when I'm feeling sorry for myself!

Just going to take on board the first sentence stuffed owl ;-)

Anyone else get.odd reactions when telling people you thought would be thrilled? Considering we've decided to tell a select few very close family/friends. I don't expect a huge fanfare and marching band (wait, maybe I do lol)...but 'aw' just doesn't seem to cut it.
The mind just boggles sometimes, and although its a special time in life for myself and hubby, it would be nice for people to help us embrace that.
Meh, I'll just go eat some more salt and vinegar crisps and be happy :)

Having already 2 mcs this year the innocence and joy of saying "we are having a baby" has gone. Now I just get "ok we"ll keep our fingers crossed" or "oh god here we go again"

That's been hard, but then even I can't get excited at the moment so can't expect anyone else too.

I plan to jump for joy when I have my 12 week scan.

Sorry brummie, didn't meant to sound like I expected a massive big celebration - I understand how rocky the first 12 weeks are. Just seems the ones who have been pestering about us getting pregnant are now the ones with no comment.
I'm just going to enjoy the special time, and focus on getting to 12 weeks and a healthy little sticky bean, at the end of the day, its about my little family.

glitter this is the worst bit! I actually loved being really heavily pregnant, I think from 28 weeks on absolutely flew by! I'm hoping this preganancy will fly by too now I have DS to keep me entertained!

So jealous that some of you have got the ball rolling already! I thought I would be less impatient second time round but I'm not

rainbow I feel horribly guilty like I'll be missing out on time with DS and that it won't just be me and him anymore it makes me a bit sad so you're not alone. He's only 7 months though and was also BFing so yes a complete shock for me!

Oh god don't worry I know exactly what you mean. I'm sad we don't get any kind of "oh my god that's amazing!"

You do feel bit like no one cares.

My moods are worse than pms moods at the moment. Must be the hormones taking all my frustrations out on dp. Only so far i can push him though till he snaps himself and then i get upset that ive caused that.

Ive had 4 days off so dreading going back to work tomorrow. must keep it a secret!!! not done a very good job so far at not mentioning it to everybody i see. How ppl keep it a secret till 12 weeks is beyond me even though i have had mmc in the past. Even after i'd lost the baby i couldnt help telling ppl i'd nearly had a baby!

Over been so I'll this morning think I have food poisoning :-(

I had a work Christmas lunch yesterday, only joined sept, probationary isn't up til beginning of march but pregnancy fits in well with project end and new project start dates. Director asked me whether I was thinking about having any more children, I ended up fudging around and saying it very much depends on money cos nursery fees are so expensive blahblahblah. I can't tell work til 2nd week in march and even then it depends on boss pulling his finger out and getting review done, going to be cutting it fine for inform dates. Plus I don't know whether inform date stays with EDD as I will prolly be induced 2 weeks early like last time, argh!

Morning everyone!
I hadn't doctors appt...what an anticlimax! No baby pack, not even so much as a bloody leaflet!!
Despite me telling him I don't have a regular cycle after coming off implant, he still insisted on recording my last period. Why don't they believe me that I know when I ovulated/conceived??!! Anyway, he is going to fax my details over to the mw and I also have their number and he said to call them so will do that later today (not wait 24 hrs like he said as I'm too impatient). Hope everyone's ok! Roll on Christmas, work days crawl by.

Feel ok this morning I think, can't tell of the nausea is baby tates or the fact an event on organising for work today seems to be not going so well!

I hate being sick! Argh. GP has me on promethazine as a first try to stop the sickness. Glitterrascal for the majority of people, morning sickness stops by 12 weeks. I won't lie, mine carried on but I was super unlucky. If things get awful for anyone there is a fabulous hyperemesis support thread somewhere.

RainbowTortoise I am still breastfeeding too - my DS2 is 17.5 months now. I'm a bit PTB (precious third born) with him as there is a big age gap between him and my next youngest (8 years difference).

CinammonSummer (spelling rubbish today haha) thanks for the reassurance about going it alone - I am really looking forward to it actually, just worried about how I am eventually going to bring the subject up with exDH. So very complicated - we go out on "dates" a couple of times a week and at some stage he will twig. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. He is marvelous with DS2 and takes him a few times a week so I can't even cut contact to conceal it.

I'm quite enjoying the fact that I don't need to tell anyone. In fact I am planning to keep quiet as long as possible for obvious reasons. But everything does seem like such a long way away. In my pack it said I get a dating scan at between 10 and 11 weeks. I think I am 6 + 1 (going from date of last period which was 28 October). Is that right? If so, it's only 4 or 5 weeks, which in my head switches from really soon to a lifetime away.

waves I'm not even getting a midwife appt till 11 weeks. And my friend reckons u don't get a scan till 14 weeks so it feels like a lifetime away. I wasn't sure whether to use the bleeding I'd had around implantation as an excuse to request an early scan but as I've had no further bleeding I'm sure it'll be fine. The paranoia doesn't half set in though doesn't it! It did last three days in total and was bright red but wwasn't a full flow. A larger amount came out if I squeezed it out iyswim.

I'll just sit it out I think. Any mums out there been on holiday whilst in the world stages of pregnancy? Also worried about being away at this stage but really want to go as it'll be last holiday before baby comes.

Definitely get in a holiday if you can dozy
I really wish I would of done but we couldn't afford it at the time. You should have a scan at around 12 weeks, theres only a small window (if I remember rightly) for the nuchal translucency scan if that's what they do in your area - 14 weeks is cutting it a bit fine, especially if your dates are out slightly.

Ooh yes a holiday sounds good. DH and I got married in May so I think that would be perfect timing for an anniversary holiday and baby moon! Who else is going to go on holiday? Will you go abroad or stay in UK? I think we'll probably stay in the UK and just go somewhere lovely for a long weekend. Although we probably should make the most of it and go somewhere sunny, who knows when we'll get the opportunity after August?!

Argh man I couldnt stop retching this morning and I really cant shift this cold its been over a week now.

Wish we could afford to go on holiday dp is already worried about how were going to afford it when I go on maternity leave.

I booked holiday awhile ago obv having it in the back of my mind that I may be pregnant as we were trying but also doubting that I would be by the time we went away lol. I always go skiing every year because I have a best mate who lives in Switzerland so was gonna visit her anyway and in march and see how I felt in regards to skiing. Read a mums net discussion it and I reckon as I'm a competent skier and if I took it easy I'd be OK. Obv u have to worry about the other ppl who aren't safe on the slopes. Even if I didn't ski at least dp could and he would be be feeling like his life is over now a baby's on the way

And you could eat loads of melted cheese dozy, winner!!