February '16 approaching and conquering the 12 week mark!

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Boobear thanks for the heads up about the Next maternity sale, I've just ordered 5 pairs of maternity jeans to be delivered to my local store. I figure I'll go there a week on Friday (after my scan - provided everything is OK) and try them all on, pick 2 or 3 pairs to keep and return the other ones!

Ratty that sounds awful. I'm so glad it turned out to be OK.

Rufus good luck for your scan! (Also good luck to anyone else having a scan today.)

Stocking I have IBS too, but my tummy seems to have decided to just make my normal symptoms several times worse during pregnancy... and I can't even take the meds which make it calm down!

Haquoi I've been having the most bonkers dreams in the last few weeks. Some of which have been really horrible. I had one where my Mum was trying to tell me over the phone that she had inoperable cancer, but she couldn't tell me because she was crying so much. It was so damn vivid that I burst into tears with relief when I woke up and scared the crap out of DH!

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Mumsnet. I'm pregnant for the first time due 15/02/2016 and really happy and excited.
A bit about me; I'm 29, just bought a house with my wonderful husband (room for a baby, phew!) in West Bromwich, Birmingham.
I'm feeling much better this week, I had been feeling contantly nauseous, especially when hungry. I've completely lost my appetite since being pregnant, which belive me is out of character!! Also gone off chocolate (what!!!) and can't stomach yoghurts.
My dating scan is next tuesday, 4th August.
I am auntie to 2 nieces, 4 and 1 yo so I have plenty of 'stuff' heading my way for free. My sister is obviously hoping for team pink. I'm really not bothered about the sex, just want a healthy baby!

banana, clara & mayo, those are some harrowing and bizarre dreams! I was so surprised when I woke up that I hadn't shrieked the house down. Got a splitting headache now though, must have been really tense.

stocking we don't want to screen for downs. Wouldn't have the amnio and wouldn't abort so there's no point. I'm going to check with my doctor though as they're looking for any signs of possible impending miscarriage - the likelihood is that ds' death was because of my body and not him, as he was alive until the day he was born, and looked perfect, but I refused a post mortem so we don't know for certain. DH and I have agreed that we'd have the baby regardless (we've worked with a number of wonderful sen kids), as long as its life isn't painful and miserable.

Best of luck with your scan today rufus, I really hope you have good news :)

Welcome mama and congratulations! :)

Welcome to the thread mamaberg, your user name made me laugh I think we'll all feel like icebergs in the third trimester!

We're not having any downs tests either stocking for the same reasons as you

banana I also can't take my ibs meds or use a hot water bottle both of which I rely on when having an attack I was so ill last night spent most of rhe evening on the toilet and still don't feel great today. My fault though I couldn't resist some quiche yesterday and I know a lot of dairy is a trigger!

Good luck for scans today and tomorrow ladies

stocking I didn't have the ds test this time. I wouldn't abort anyway, and I'm only 23. I know every pregnancy is different risks but when I had my dd 2 years ago I was so low risk so decided that as I have a bit of a needle phobia the extra blood tests weren't worth it. I hope everything is okay but we would be keeping it anyway so have chosen to not test this time.

I'm another with vivid dreams! Since I got pregnant I've had two dreams where I woke up crying - actual sobs - not something that ever happens usually

I'm another IBS sufferer that relies on buscopan for an attack but it is a big no no now. I'm having lots of abdominal pain from my constipation, I'm normally the opposite and I'm used to going to the toilet several times a day. I've had one proper attack since being pregnant and not being able to take anything for it was horrible. My attacks only finish when my intestines are completely empty.

Sending my sympathies to all the ibs sufferers mine has been flaring as well. Does anyone know if stress makes morning sickness worse? Can't keep anything down today

I also have the stupid constipation and in general I feel like absolute rubbish today. Have a cold, headache, sore throat and nausea.

I'm feeling worried today because I'm 11+3 and I feel normal! I'm still bloated and tired but the "pregnancy" feeling has gone..... it's still 10 days until my scan...... please reassure me that symptoms come and go?! I've had really bad nausea and food aversions..... is this just a sign that I'm leaving the first trimester??

calypso please try not to worry, my symptoms eased then too!

thanks ratty this is my first pregnancy so no idea how things should pan out! I even managed to eat a vegetable on Monday for the first time since the BFP.

Hi Calypso I'm 12w and for the past week or so have noticed an improvement across all symptoms. Enjoy feeling normal!

I have a friend who didn't realise she was pregnant until she was 6 months. She had no obvious symptoms throughout the period up to then (it was feeling the baby kick that made her think 'perhaps I should take a pregnancy test' ).

thanks Clara I never thought I would feel normal again :) still need the reassurance of the scan tho to see the HB. Have you had a scan yet?

I had an early scan that put me at 8w2, but proper scan is tomorrow morning. Trying not to wish away the hours but can't help it! Off for a swim now to distract myself!

I'm feeing very low! My scan was very painful due to my constipation and baby wouldn't cooperate with measurements so I kept on having to be prodded to make it move. My downs risk is 1 in 640 which I am not happy with, I was expecting a much lower risk result but apparently all my results were the top end of normal. They secretly did my blood test on Friday in with my Panorama without telling me. Now I have to hope the panorama worked this time. Also I thought spina bifida would be ruled out but apparently the neural tube doesn't close till 16 weeks so can't see until the 20 week scan!

Just been catching up - welcome mama.

Good luck rufus and anyone else off for scans today.

Am also having weird dreams - last night I dreamed DP wrote me a letter on ice lolly sticks (?) and made me read it while he was on the toilet. The letter explained how all his exes had lost babies in horrible ways, how he loved them more than me and he was only with me for a baby. He's away at the moment so when I woke myself up crying it was pretty miserable...except for being able to swap my wet snotty pillow for his!

I much preferred the dream about having to complete The Cube with Philip Schofield to get my baby....

My brain is weird

Great to hear all the lovely scan news

For May/Mary & all others who were on the ttc & bf-ing thread, pear has started a graduate thread in the antenatal clubs section:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2435891-TTC-and-still-breastfeeding-Graduate-Thread-1

I've been having weird dreams too, though not any detailed ones as I'm barely sleeping. Thank god I'm off work now.

Sickness has returned with a vengeance today, symptoms had eased quite a bit last week but the past few days have been bad.

Ordered some second hand maternity jeans from eBay. I know it's early but I'm feeling quite positive about this one sticking and nothing bloody fits so it was that or live in pyjamas. That does sound tempting actually.

Feel bad for the DC having a very boring summer hols so far, I have zero energy and feel too sick to do much.

Re downs test I always said it wouldn't make a difference to me, after all a baby can become disabled at birth or at any point in life and I wouldn't get rid of it then, however dp feels quite strongly that you shouldn't bring a child into the world knowing that they are disabled. He also feels it would be unfair on my existing DC. So I have agreed to the test but who knows what I would do if high risk, there'd certainly be strong discussions ahead.

Rufus sorry you are feeling low. I had painful scans with both DC and it's no fun

Can anyone that has already had their nuchal scan tell me what their downs risk was? My friend who is 2 years older then me has just told me hers was 1 in 10,000 which has made me feel even worse! I need to know if I'm overreacting or not. DH doesn't want me having an amniocentesis but he also doesn't want to have a disabled child.

I'm new to this. I'm 14+3 pregnant and have to take heparin daily for factor V lieden blood disorder. Is anyone else on this also is it normal to have cramps stretching pains I also have endometriosis inside the womb I'm 22 so still young does the pain ease as it goes on or will it get worse

Mine was 1in 2037 which is good I felt like it wasn't though have you had your results back yet?

Rusty mine was 1 in 640, I'm 34 and I thought my risk would be much lower so I'm not happy with it.