September 2015 Ante-Natal thread.

[DastardlyDachshund]

Hello ladies. I got my BFP (bloody faint positive in my case) on Monday and am due on 3rd September. I couldn't see any other threads for next September so thought I would go ahead and create a little home for us over the coming months. Merry Christmas to all of you finding out about your extra Christmas Present over the next few days .

Hello again!
Lovely to see so many new joiners - have to admit it's taken me a couple days to catch up though, so I'm sure I've missed some things.

I've not got many symptoms (boobs are bigger, bit of nausea, bloating) but have somehow switched to being confident this bean is sticky. DP has been reading the PG book I bought when we found out (hurray for Kindle, didn't even have to get out of bed) and is now doing the worrying instead.

I'm in the don't find out the sex camp but DP wants to know. Good think we've got weeks to sort this out!

On the subject of planning way ahead - has anyone thought about NCT classes and whatnot? I've heard that courses in my area can get really booked up (it's rural, so being in Town Two Over or Nearest City rather than Close Town would be a PITA and might mean DP can't make the classes) but am a bit superstitious about booking before I've even seen a doctor.

Spam I think most places don't scan until at least 7 weeks because you don't see a heartbeat until around then, so there's not much to report and still an element of worry. Such an ongoing worry isn't it

Midnight I have to say, we won't be doing NCT again this time. My group was such a bust last time - no one particularly got on, we all had to travel from quite far away so meeting wasn't easy, and I learned nothing that I hadn't already heard from MN.

But I met some lovely folk in my NHS post-natal class, post natal yoga, playgroup, bumps and babies classes, who were obviously in my area anyway.

Most people do like NCT classes though but I would definitely aim for a very local class. Just don't expect to hear anything that MN doesn't know!

I'm also in a fb group from my first MN antenatal thread - it's brilliant and I love those girls. In fact some of us are meeting up tomorrow!

Shoot, I'm the same as you, I won't be attending NCT classes but that's only because I know quite a few people locally with babies and bumps. My mum still goes out with the 'antenatal mums' she met when she had my brother and they all came to his 21st birthday a few months ago

I am in an fb group with all the mums from when I had my 13 month old and a few of those girls have turned into real life friends who I meet up with on a regular basis, that started from the mn antenatal thread

Spam, I think the company that have the clinic are called ultrasound direct but they do say minimum 7 weeks (I will be just 7 on weds).
Another company I was looking at are called 'my ultra baby' who said they do an early scan between 5 and 8 weeks. No idea if they have clinics in your part of the world and no experience of either as to whether they're any good...

Yeah shoot I don't think even an early scan would put my mind at ease tbh anyway :( pregnancy is blooming hard work!
I wish I could take my anxiety meds to relax me a bit but there's risk of defects and stuff so it's not worth it. Hopefully my body will get used to not having them soon enough!

Anyone had any differences in their pregnancies from previously?
My first was a boy and I had hypremesis throughout, my second was a girl and had 'normal' morning sickness.
I guessed I was having a boy with my first and was right, and because I felt different with my second I guessed a girl, and was right :-)

Those chart things were the opposite for me, said girl but was boy and vice versa.

Okayyy i'm quietly joining the thread! Got a very faint positive last Sunday and a stronger line on Tuesday but after TTC our 1st for 2 years and having 2 miscarriages, both around 11 weeks, in 2013 we're trying not to get too excited yet!

Looking at a due date of 11th Sept and i'm 5 weeks :-)

Do "we" have a Facebook group set up?

Hope everyone's doing okay :-)
x

Congratulations mrsmlb :)

No no facebook group as yet that I know of anyway :D

Hey sorry have been missing for a few days- being back at work, a teething 14 month old and a husband working away alongside this pregnancy has meant I've been in bed at 8 most nights!!! Not sure I'll cope with the exhaustion further along the pregnancy! I don't think we are planning to find out- we didn't with dd although it's more tempting this time! We didn't do nct classes but made some fab friends at baby massage and other baby classes!

I think we would like a surprise. I like the idea of dh telling me what it is when it's born. Although I am quite controlling and am not sure how long I'm going to go before cracking and deciding that we must find out lol! Also dh really likes the idea of a 3d scan later on and I'm guessing that depending on position that may give it away?

Sent an email to the midwife today as in the country I'm in you choose and just contact them yourself - all seems very real now!

I've also emailed a scan place today to try and book a scan for about 8 weeks (2 and a half long weeks away!)

Seems very exciting but also very scary!!

Sesame I really feel for you! I've been feeling so tired with only myself to look after so no idea how you must be feeling!

Thanks Spamanderson :-)

Hello! Can I tentatively join you all please? Got a faint bfp on weds evening after randomly doing a test and now have a pregnancy test museum in my bathroom filled with progressively less faint lines. Finally got a clear blue digi today with the word "pregnant" spelled out on it, dating at 1-2 weeks. Very early days still but thinking sticky thoughts.

I need to catch up on the full thread! Stats wise in misskatamari, have dd already who will be 1 this week, due mid September, not sure exactly when yet :)

Hey all,

I'm a big fan of NCT groups, the women I met are now some of my closest friends and could not have got through those first months without them. Found it so useful that we were all going throught things at the same time!

I'm undecided about finding out. Didn't with DS, we did with DD but kept it a secret. I had guessed at girl as was so different to pregnancies with DS. I had very savoury cravings with DS, sweet with DD. So far all I fancy is savoury food so leaning to a boy.

My symptoms still come and go! If all turns out ok, I'll be very grateful!

Xx(7+1)

I think I would have to know, I am far to much of a control freak to not know lol! Perhaps a nurse thing

Made a proper dinner for the first time in a week and my nausea does not agree with it I seem to have a slow symptom day then a horrific day every other day. Strange! Wonder if it's because of the HCG doubling?

Getting my tummy twinges again this evening which has reassured me a bit, that and my lunch and cup of tea have made an attempt to escape :)

We have found out with both of ours, dd1 we had a private scan at 16+3, everyone was saying 'it's a boy' I just knew she was a she. With dd2 we couldn't afford the private scan so found out at the 20 week scan. Again I knew she was a she (but we were hoping we might get our 'perfect' one of each). We kept the sex a secret from everyone except my mum, so we could announce her birth :)

This time, we will book a private scan again at 16+3 (or +5 if DH can't get the day off) as there's now a place near us who only charge £55 :) massively cheaper that the one we had to go to for dd1! This one has felt like a boy to me but I had a 'it's a girl' moment earlier so who knows. Although, my friend (who I've never known to be wrong about pregnancies including the sex), has told me its twins though.....) ! DH would love a boy this time (as he knows we'll end up having a 4th if we have another dd!) but I would be over the moon with either :) I love the idea of finding out at the birth but Im far too impatient! We'll probably keep the sex a secret again this time ??

Congrats miss! Sticky sticky thoughts :)

Oh that's good nutella and natalie this all feels so new to me as my youngest is coming up for 6, feels like I'm doing it the first time again! Can't remember anything about symptoms with dd2 at all and only that I had very little with dd2. Mine have been mostly absent for the last 2 days so was panicking, knowing my luck I'll wake up vomiting everywhere!

Spam some people really don't have any symptoms, my mum keeps telling me with us 5 she had nothing. Cheers mum . I seem to get them all but in different strengths daily! This is my first so I have zero to base it on, with my MC I never felt like this tho!

I had a early scan with a HB and I'm still panicking

Ooh that's good spam!

We were told with DD at 20 weeks, but couldn't be completely certain because of the cord being between her legs. Didn't tell anyone and it was nice to have a big reveal at birth. But this time I think we will find out and will own up if asked. Expecting another girl as DH is in the aviation industry and the radar does something funny to boy sperm - so his colleagues mostly have girls!

Had an amazing run around at my match today - felt full of energy. But paying for it now as I can hardly get off the sofa as I'm so shattered!

Thanks for the thoughts on the NCT classes. I'm going to see if DP can fit it in around work. There doesn't seem to be much on in the way of post-baby stuff where I am, and I don't know a soul for 30 miles (and that one is firmly no-kids) so it might be worth a go. It's a wodge of money though - £235, apparently, although it's for over 19h of class time so that's maybe not so unreasonable.

Not sure I'm ready for a FB group yet, although I like the idea - I would totally miss-post and out myself. We've only told my mum yet as DP's family are likely to react badly.

Things are not great in Tara Tinypawz. I was alerted that dp has recently set up an online dating profile. All sorts of excuses and lies spewed forth. Look like Ill be doing this alone.

I'm so sorry to hear that tiny

I'm sorry tiny

Tiny I'm so sorry to hear that. What happened?

I had my early scan today. My dates show I'm 6+4, but the scan showed a yolk sac and fetal pole which only measured 5+6. No heartbeat.

The sonographer was lovely. She said it was likely that I'd got my dates a few days out, and that if I did fall pregnant five or six days later than I thought then the pregnancy is progressing well. However, she did also say that there is of course a chance that our baby has stopped growing and that it's a MMC. I have to go back next week for another scan. Not sure how I can wait another week...

I was a mess this afternoon but have now calmed down and realised that if I have lost it, there is nothing I can do. I'm reassured by my nausea and the fact that my cycles were all over the place before I fell pregnant so I'm hopeful it just implanted late.

I'm sorry for the long post.