February 2016 babies - let the chundering commence

[jellypi3]

Stats sheet here :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dWmvdD9SkvPQqKn7rpFHazgufmda2FOTMtL093cZFj8/htmlview

Good morning ladies! I haven't posted much, but really been enjoying keeping up with everyone, and hope to get better contributing :-) Really early on for me (4+1) with my second and so far only minimal nausea, however the fatigue is already setting in! But that could be my almost 2 year old keeping me busy!

I spent my first pregnancy feeling very anxious about every little thing/ stage, but I'm determined to try and relax and enjoy things more this time around! Hope everyone is managing ok today!

I can't seem to get the spreadsheet link to work either, but on mobile now so perhaps will work on laptop at home!

I have my first appointment tomorrow at 11. The bloat has definitely got me too. I've worn a uniform for the last 7 years and i only have one pair of smart trousers that fit

I must say how brave i think those of you with very small DCs are. DS will be four, nearly five when this one arrives and even that terrifies me!

It's great that there's so many of us on here, and that lots are trying to relax and enjoy. It's so hard though.

What's everyone having for lunch today? most boring question in the world I've gone off my normal sarnie

Well afternoon just! Raffertys....did you decide on a sandwich?!

It all feels very real following my trip to the doctors this morning. Doctor was lovely, need to monitor toilet trips for 24 hours....no other concerns so liquids only and fingers crossed that'll be the end of it.

He booked me in for my first midwife appointment and gave me a bounty pack! I tried to say it was too early but he said not! First available appointment was 6th July which make me (counts on hands) 8/9 weeks. Now say on my sofa reading 'bump to birth'!

Lynnie glad to hear the Dr appointment went well. I remember the Bounty packs!

Yep, I went for my usual Pret cheddar and pickle sandwich with crisps in the end.

Hello. I'm too early to test, but v sick on morning (and the rest) so can I join? Would be brilliant to chat now while I can't tell anyone in RL! If I'm right in suspicions this will be our second, DS is 2. Excited/apprehensive/little bit tired being a toddler climbing frame

rally I have an early scan on Thursday, only way of knowing my dates too!!

Hi salted. If you have enough HCG in your system to make you sick then it will show up on a pregnancy test.

I like food questions Raffertys! I have just put my little one down for nap after making him cheese quesadillas for lunch- had some cold bits of his leftovers and now I'm laying on the bed! ?? I feel hungry but nothing sounds good....

I miss the days when my DS napped!

I'm wondering if I can sneak in a cheeky post-lunch nap at my desk...

Oh I love food talk, does anyone else find themselves googling 'can you eat xxx while pregnant' at every foodie opportunity?

God knows how we got on before smart phones!

I could really do with some really strong stilton, Bath Oliver crackers and a bottle of port in front of the telly right now.

Glad I'm not the only one to have had issues with cb digi indicator. I do think it can mean there's a problem but not always obviously. Gut feeling is still not hopeful. With ds I could see myself with a baby but I can only see us as a family of three. We are grateful we have ds but would so love another baby.

People that have appointment how far on are you? I haven't phoned the gp / diabetes team yet. I didn't feel there was any point.

Charlotte, I am 4 weeks, 3 Days. I feel so much more positive after booking my booking in appointment today! I was at the doctors for another reason (slightly tmi up thread!) and he told me to get myself booked in. The way I see it, whatever happens I'm going to need medical support. Good job I did book in, they had nothing available until early July at which point I'll be nearly 9 weeks which doesn't leave much time to get a scan before 12!

charlotte and of course the flip side of that is that digis can still give a 3+ result when things are in the process of going wrong. They really tell you nothing of value about the progress or viability of a pregnancy. So please, please stop dwelling on it.

Hmmm Stilton Raff! I trying to be so well behaved at the mo ....veggies, protein etc yet what I really want is a crisp sandwich!

Is anyone taking vitamin d as well as folic acid?

Charlotte, once again, Rally is right. My CBDs progressed nicely when I was pregnant with DS and he was born happy and healthy. They also progressed perfectly with the pregnancy I lost earlier this year. I also got positive pregnancy tests for two weeks after miscarrying. I promise, those fucking tests tell you nothing. Only a dating scan can enlighten you as to how far you are even they are useless sometimes

lynnie I'm taking the Pregnacare Max things. They're huge. Like horse tablets. I think they have vit D...

I'm taking pregnacare too, I think they have everything in them

Do they make you feel sick, carlton?

Also on pregnacare as well as veggie omega :)

God yes those Pregacare Max are massive, and make me retch every time. Only vommed them up once so far tho!

Not so far raffertys

Just come to say good luck and goodbye to everyone.

I haven't started to miscarry yet but I'm absolutely certain I will (still 2-3 at 5+1 and I know that other women have had problems with them not clicking over when they should but maybe they were out with dates by a couple of days. I am certain of my dates).

I know it in the same way that I knew for certain the ivf wouldn't work. The drs kept quoting me a 33% chance and I knew it was actually 0%.
I know, I just know deep down in the place where your worst thoughts live, that this isn't going to work. I can't explain it. I sort of want to get it over with now. I rang the epu who said 6 and a half weeks was the earliest I should have a scan (privately) and they didn't think there was any point having a blood test.
So now I've just got to wait, it's so hard. Dh is so cheerful and excited. It's going to be awful.

I appreciate you will all think I am quite quite mad - and I'm not woo in the least - but I do think sometimes you just know these things and I just know this.

Good luck everyone. Hoping you'll all be holding newborns come January / February time.

All the best, charlotte.