Jan 2016 #3 - booking in for ginger tea vs frankfurters + rapidly expanding boobs

[Blackandwhitecat3]

New thread for the January babies

I'm 9 weeks tomorrow and the sickness has been getting worse and worse. Urgh.

Joey just read your pickle post, and I normally hate this acronym but LOL!

o yeahh mee definitely! tesco online here i come. . did my first online shop last week! soo much easier.. tbh i dont really like leaving the house that much at the moment id rather stay in and watch tv

Hello. Total (almost) newbie to everything. Due 23 January, or so they say. No morning sickness but faint wooziness, insomnia and very sore boobs. Fingers crossed. And everyone knows thanks to an over excited and drunk aunt whom I mistakenly told to cheer her up after a heart attack. Ah well.... Trying not to get stressed out and anxious as priority .

hello billi Congratulations! im due the day before you .. or so they say

I'm so ill this morning! Tmi -im always sick just bile no matter what i eat or what time of the day, so im taking the day off work! it's great having a supportive bunch of people behind me.. i had to let my manager and section manager know im pg and they treat us pregnant ladies like royalty lol but i suppose that's because there is hundreds of us and im not needed as much as at smaller companies! How is everyone else feeling today?

Welcome Billi.

I don't feel good today. I have a really bloated, crampy feeling, like I'm about to start a heavy period. I hate it, it's terrifying and I keep expecting blood. I'd definitely prefer sickness.
Had anyone else been super thirsty?

Hi Teenie, please could u add my stats? Edd 11/1/16 first scan 24th June, 1dc, I'm 37, West Sussex
Can't think what else? Thank u xxx

Congrats on twin news! V exciting! Although if I was having twins I would freak out. Took a long time to convince hubby to go for no 2 and he is pretty scared about coping, let alone adding another into the mix. Honestly I really really want a girl and so I'm going to find out at the scan if I can. Wish I didn't care but I do xxx

Hello. Can I join you January people? Due 23rd... Or so the GP says

Woops. Have joined already! Thanks for welcomes.

Having curry last night was NOT a good idea...

Morning ladies,

well... i caved in this morning and bought a sausage McMuffin on the way to work.

Thoroughly enjoyed it mind you.... and have now drunk a full 500ml bottle of water since 7.30am (its 8am). that's probably good for me though as the GP has always told me off for not drinking enough.

my sicky feelings only seem to be when i have to get up early, if i can sleep in i feel much better.... had a dull tummy ache last night though and a very sore right boob this morning lol!

Oyster - yes, I get super thirsty too.

Unlike lots of people here though I seem to get nausea worse when I've eaten, rather than when I'm hungry. Being hungry seems to feel generally fine

Welcome, Billi! What a lot of us there are now

Saw the local midwife yesterday. She's referred me for consultant led care because of this huge fibroid, and my booking in appt is tomorrow! It's all starting to feel a bit more 'official' now

oyster - i was feeling like that yesterday at work and had to keep running off to the toilet in a knicker checking panic mode!

Morning everyone welcome to newbies :) x

Welcome billi
I am 8 weeks today and baby is the size of a kidney bean with arms and legs
Still feeling sick, Yuck!

I've lsot track, but has anyone had their booking appointment yet?

I have mine on Friday and eveywhere i've researched says it should take 1 - 2 hours with a midwife yet mine is with my GP and he has only scheduled 20min!!

Sleepy - are you sure it's booking in? I saw the midwife yesterday and all she did was fill in the referral form for my chosen hospital, sign the free prescriptions form for me and make me a booking in appointment. If this is your first appointment it might be the same.

TMI question but does anyone else have a dodgy tummy? Nicest way I can think of putting it!! Haha.

Don't know whether it's pregnancy related or something else! Trying to drink loads of water though!!

I'm going to a personal friend for my midwifery care- she is a nhs midwife- and she said my booking in will be 1 hour, I tagged along to my friends booking in 2 years ago and it really was about an hour xx

Moonshine25 - I did around week 5/6. Now 8 weeks and it's gone thankfully.

I've not had my booking in yet (8+3) so I'm going to ring my go later and find out when they do it here. Not easy to phone though, working in an open plan office! There's only one small private room and it's always full! Will try again today.

I seem to have found my holy grail of food to keen my nausea at bay. A ham sandwich and diet coke nice and healthy! But I've had it 2 days in a row and so far it's worked at making me feel better. Still no actual sickness here, so I'm hoping it's just good luck and everything is ok. I keep having visions of going for my 12 weeks scan and there not being anything there, like I dreamed it all.

Hi manatee

When i phoned the GP when i got my BFP i was told my first appointment would be to book me in at around 7/8 weeks (i will be 8+1 on Friday)

They then text me and wrote to me confirming it as a 'booking' appointment which is why i'm so confused at the time etc lol!

the receptionist also told me that when i get there i have to ask them for the paperwork to take in with me.....

It's weird how u don't really believe there is a baby there till u see it on the scan! No idea how they coped before scans. Booking apps should consist of bloods drawn and loads of questions about your family medical history. I think 20 mins wouldn't give u time for all that???
Anyone else got a constant runny nose? Not sure if I have a proper cold or nasal drip? X

In that case Sleepy I don't know. 20min seems short.

Maybe your GP writes really fast?

I think my booking appointment will only be about half hour. I had to fill in loads of forms before and send them off, I think we'll just quickly run through them and she'll take some blood. It says I should take a urine sample though?! I'm not going to as I don't have a suitable pot, they can have one when I get there.