Due June 2007... the new thread!

[NattyandThomasandBump]

got sick of how long it took my poor computer to load that mammouth page so i have started a new one!

oh and can i stay?

oooh - now I really want crisps...

I'm so bored, it's incredible. I don't feel well enough to go out so my day has been - wake at 11, feel sick lying in bed for another hour. Get up, no attempt at make up. Nag dh. Spew into nappy sack. Lie down. Eat a yoghurt. Eat fishcakes. Back to bed for a rest. Get up. Watch crap telly. Moan here as haven't told any friends so can't moan at them.

I am normally an avid reader, and I can shop for England but I just don't feel like it.

I am pleased to read that this seems normal.

what saves me is Xfactor and America's Next Top Model. Just to shut the mind off and forget how miserable I feel...though I know it's such trash and one day I'll have to go back to reading/doing something useful so my kids don't think I'm lying when I say I've actually got a good uni degree!!

lots of hugs to all of you & hoping the good bit comes soon when we can start telling people and pulling out scan photos of little wee babies and dreaming about their delicious new baby smell... x

bean wants fish & chips for tea.... DH away so it's just me and bean, thing is I can only eat toddler size portions so most of said fish & chips would go to waste. Do I give in to the bean's demands- he hasn't had any meat or fish for days now?

LOL likkel, ditto with the degree and addiction to X Factor and ANTM. I had some idea that when I conceived I would lie on the couch listening to Mozart and eating peeled grapes - fat chance!

twinkle5 - just go with the fish and chips. Today it houmous and pitta bread or nowt for me!

Got my scan date but wish time would hurry up a bit. Could do with some reassurance, since this pregnancy's so different from my last one.

Hello to everyone.

Twinkle - i think you should just go with what you fancy, especially if the morning sickness is stopping you from eating how you would normally.

I have eaten pretty much what i wanted in both of my previous pregnancies, but unfortunately for me i have a sweet tooth so my figure has suffered A LOT!

I'm sure it's better to eat something, whatever it is than not to eat anything at all.

Still not booked my booking appt must find the time!

Hi all,

Nice to see that everyone feels just as dreadful as i do! I can't eat much at all that the moment. And it's random as to what i can face eating from day to day. I too haven't had a booking appointment yet. living in a different area to when i had my two ds's, so not sure what the proceedure is. Houmous wraps! yummy! now can i be bothered to go to the shops tho....?

Hi Everyone,

Just laughing at the description of your weekends! I have spent the last 3 Saturday nights on the couch glued to Strictly Come Dancing. Have to say have quite relished being so lazy - if only could have enjoyed a bottle of red and jumbo pack of Doritos too.

Gave the folks the news on Sunday, it feels great to have told someone and they are delighted. Know it will be some time before I say to anyone else but at least now I can call my mum and moan about feeling sick all the time.And she can come to my scan with me since DH is overseas atm.So all in all feeling pretty chuffed .

Just wondering, anyone had previous c-section/s and likely to have one this time? Think i will end up with an elective section this time although it isn't what i want. I know its way too soon to be thinking about it but i just can't help it!

10 weeks and still horribly ill. But somehow I feel better making it into double digits. Still can't bring myself to tell family or friends - I don't feel pregnant, just sick!

I wasn't going to tell anyone either but I've just dropped dd off at pre-school and been congratulated by the staff. Apparently she has been telling everyone there - so much for keeping it a secret!

Is any one actually starting to feel better? I'm 9+1 and my boobs aren't as sore and not feeling sick...only slightly nauseous when I'm hungry. There has been a slow improvement since late last week but I'm still dog tired though and can't get off the sofa of an evening...DH practically has to carry me to bed. A bit worried about reduction in ms symptoms as I've already had 2 m/c. Any advice? I thought I'd be stuck feeling ill till about 12-14 weeks.

No, don't worry, Daisybump! Just enjoy feeling better - the only thing it's a sign of is that your little one has taken pity on you. You are giving me hope that mine might go away earlier. Think of yourself as an inspiration to those still vomiting!

Daisybump - don't worry. My symptoms are similar to yours (i.e. blink and you'd miss them!) - very different to last time when I was very sick.

I did a search and found this thread a comfort.

I would second (or third!) what Cocobear and Magicgenie say, last time round my ms had gone by 7-8 weeks, and this time I'm now at 8 and I can feel it tailing off (I hope, I am such a wimp), now I'm having days feeling almost normal.

Hi all - Overjoyed to report slight tailing off in the ms as well. Sooo happy, as last time it lasted literally the whole preganancy! I generally still feel rubbish and am riding on hormonal waves so huge I'm never sure if I will laugh, cry, or remain inert for hours. Hmm. I'm very curious if this means I'll have a girl this time round as it all feels a bit different than last time.

Sarahsausage, I'm similar in that I'm already thinking of the birth and to be honest I'm going to ask for a c-section because my last birth experience was dreadful...my wee son nearly died - well actually he did, for a minute or two, straight after he was born. And the contractions, well don't get me started.... Anyway I found this thread c-sections to be quite interesting & reassuring. I hope you get lots of support from family and doctors no matter what you decide to do.

It's good to know I'm not the only one feeling better and I'm feeling a little bit more re-assured. I've still left a message for my midwife to call me tomorrow though as having had ms quite bad, the reduction in symptoms seems strange. Also, I didn't have any ms with DS five years ago (other than sore boobs) so don't have any frame of reference. I'm trying to think positive happy thoughts.

I've also been thinking about the birth as I had a horrible time with DS and had an emergency C-section. They said at the time that they couldn't gaurantee that the problem wouldn't happen again, but that they wouldn't let things go on as long next time (reassuring....not....as I had been pushing for nearly five hours before they took me in to theatre ). So, the elective C-section is very tempting, but on the other hand, it would be nice to be able to deliver naturally as recovery times are much quicker. Still, lots of time to decide....and hopefully my midwife will be able to help me decide.
Glad we're all starting to feel a bit better and I'll try to stop worrying. Got my scan in three weeks so not long to worry anyway!

I'm the opposite at the moment. I actually seem to be totally in denial about the implications of being pregnant. Just trying to get through a day at a time and figure out every hour what I can possibly eat (and then I have a 10 minute window in which to make/buy it and it before I start feeling sick again).

I have thought about birth, babies, buying anything. Maybe it's because it's my first so I actually haven't a clue about it all and can't even cope with trying to fathom what I need to plan. Or maybe as it is still early days I am subconsciously worried about anything going wrong, but seriously, I feel like I'm being a bit of a freak. It's like I know in theory that I am pg but all it means to me is that I feel like crap and want to curl up into a ball for the next 7 months (or 18 years if I was thinking that far ahead).
Is it just me???

hi everyone.

I haven't posted for a while, but glad to hear other people's ms has started to ease off, so I'm not the only one. Luckily I have an early 8 week scan booked for Friday so I'm really hoping they can see a heatbeat to reassure me after my mc in august.

I have also been giving childbirth a lot of thought and have decided to ask for a c-section because of my last birth experience and recovery, including 6 months seeing a physio to get my pelvic floor back to normal. My midwife and physio said they would support me if i wanted a section, but nearly 2 years have passed so we'll see...

Bumperlicious - glad to read your post. All this talk of the birth making me quite nervous as seems sooooo far off and am just trying to make it through the first few months. Should I be making those BIG decisions already? Don't think I even know what those decisions are yet. Am just happy if I can keep down my tea, and get off the couch every now and again.

Lucky those whose ms tailing off - I was up puking in the middle of the night last nightRoll on 2nd trimester!!!

Haven't thought about the birth really yet, apart from flicking very quickly past the gory pics in the Miriam Stoppard book (the woman is pushing, and the dh is standing behind TWIDDLING her nipples like he's tuning in the radio). I can't imaging my dh leaving the delivery room alive if he tried that caper.

At my early scan, I asked if it was possible to go part private part NHS. The obstetrician immediately launched into a spiel about he wanted me to give birth if possible like the good Lord intended, and he did not consider elective Caesarians?! Which put me off him a bit, given I wasn't asking for one!

Bumperlicious and Tullulahbelle - I'm still sick as a dog, too, and to be honest the baby doesn't much cross my mind except as an occasional, "I hope the little thing is okay in there." Last time I didn't start getting into the happy, shoppy baby-planning phase until after the scan at 13 or 14 weeks, which was also when I stopped feeling sick. Nasty ms just overwhelms everything else for a while, I guess.

And Doggus - get a new OB NOW, long before it matters. You do not want this judgemental git in charge when you've been pushing for four hours and he's still refusing to give you an "elective" c-section because you're not trying hard enough. You should give birth as YOU intend, thank you very much.

Hopefully in a couple of weeks we'll be in fully yummy mummy mode cooing at the baby clothes and baby furniture (actually, I just had a look at some moses baskets online and they made me want to gag! Do they all come with those wretched frilly covers?).

And I purposely bought a book without any pictures in it because I couldn't cope with turning the page and seeing a babby coming out of someone's fanjo (god I've been gagging to use that word - it's great!). I just don't need to see it thank you very much!

Having a bit of a freak out on the pregancy page about how we are going to get a baby and all it's stuff in our already crowded flat (well, we are probably going to have to sell all our possesions to be able to afford it so that might be a moot point soon!). I can't see me being someone who goes into labour having not bought a single baby thing as I just can't cope with enormity of even thinking about it! [Exhausted face!]

First time DH and I went baby shopping for DS at about 10 wks, we walked into a baby superstore, stood staring at the aisles upon aisles of stuff for a good couple minutes, then turned around and walked out in terror! Took us another three months before we were ready to try again.