July 2016 Babies

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I don't think there is a thread for the July moms yet!
I'm due on July 2nd, just 4.5wks at the mo, but feel like I've known for ages as got a positive 5 days early on an early response! No real symptoms so far just a bit of cramping and some instant extra weight.
This is dc3 for us. Haven't made any appointments yet. Looking forward to the next 8 months!

It really does suck. I have a 2 year old too, and she is watching a LOT of TV, way too much just to keep her occupied while I feel sick. I had quite a lot of time off sick last time, not sure how that works this time round! We told my mother in law yesterday even though it's so early as she can come to help out

Thats exactly what I'm finding youandme ! Was just thinking how nice it was to not feel too sick during the afternoon and looking forward to lying on the sofa, when I got another wave just before leaving school! However, I scoffed some crisps in the car which kept me going long enough to make dinner. I find a little snack isn't enough to stop the sickness, it needs to be several snacks!

What are we finding works? Funny someone said they are really enjoying cheese - I can eat cheese but find the idea of it turns my stomach. Couldn't eat my usual cereal and milk this morning as it was too sweet and, well, milky. Oranges and apples strangely work well for me as well as the usual crisps and crackers.

Loci, and anyone else worrying, and I think you have to try your best to enjoy the pregnancy. If the worst happens, at least you'll have enjoyed this time. I was lucky enough to see a heartbeat and 12 hours later find myself worrying about the fact the Sonographer said it was really small -what if its not growing properly?! But I gave myself a talking to because there is really no point in worrying. You have to trust your body.

I'm off milk too! and anything sugary or sweet.

kate the last two weeks I had all sorts of stretching pains (which changed to trapped wind) and now they seem to have gone. Totally normal. Now the agonising boobs have kicked in.. I feel like I'm engorging with milk already.
Hope you ladies with sickness get a break soon! . I normally eat every 3 hours and I found that's really helped this time round. If I don't eat I feel nauseous.
Haha queenham !! Made me laugh.
woodsy you can't control where they go, it's out of your control so I wouldn't worry too much if it were me. But I'm quite laid back.
Eeekk for the private scan indians ! How exciting. I wish I had booked mine for sooner, sooo impatient!

hamsolo love the name by the way, 2 year olds are full of beans. My Dh is home with her after preschool but then I'm a lump on the sofa. We have watched a lot of Ben and Holly curled up in duvets. It's sweet but yeah full of guilt.

Has anyone else noticed that their attitude to driving has changed since being pregnant? It's very wet weather where I am today and found myself driving extra carefully and getting quite annoyed with the tailgaters crowding me thinking "you're tailgating a pregnant woman here!".

Also how are other people's food aversions going? I've gone off tea, which as my mum pointed out may well be a give away sign as normally I'm a 5+ cups a day kinda girl.

Positively I discovered today that it's perfectly possible to get by comfortably on 4 hours sleep and no caffeine, a first for me.

Now have my booking appt for 2nd Dec and scan for 31st Dec with midwives which has made it feel more real! :-)

I wrote a post but it vanished basically I can't stop eating cheese, I love cheese but I really want it, I find myself feeling hungry but only want to snack on cheese or bean salad, oh man I want hummous now, may have to go make a garlicky hummous. I don't finish plates of dinner tho

Yeah I've gone off tea as well, and sweet things, for the most part. I find when I'm feeling sick that something salty helps, like some nuts.

Oh and 5 wks today.

I need to ring a book booking in appt

All about the cheese. Garlicky, saltiness, processed meat eg sausages and Ryvita and hummus! Gone off coffee but all about cups of tea. Really struggling to find something I can stomach at breakfast though ..

Snacking on cheese after reading this

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On the way home this evening I bought a bottle of salad cream. It made the most lovely canapé on a square of mature cheddar. Am I in 1986?

I found myself walking to greggs for lunch today on a carb mission. Never go there normally

Hey can I jump on I'm only 4 weeks due some time round the middle of July this will be number 2 trying to stay posative as not had much luck in the past I'm already worrying x

I'm so relieved you guys are eating lots too... Reading all the information about not needing to eat extra during the first trimester has been alarming me, as I feel the need to eat quite often! I'm trying to keep it healthy - rice cakes, and fancy pumpkin seed crackers. To be fair, I have a large appetite normally and I think I have a high metabolism (I must do, to eat the amount I do and stay the size I am!) so I guess it would make sense that I'm even more hungry now!

Wanting, good luck... Remember, you've already had one child, so it's all possible :)

Hi everyone been lurking for a while and decided to join in. I'm 32 and this will be my first DC. According to Ovia I'm due 17th July. I'm 4+2 at the moment although it feels a lot longer because I tested positive at 9dpo. We've been trying for 6 months and have had two chemical pregnancies so naturally I'm "cautiously happy" This one feels very different though - a lot stronger so I'm feeling very positive about it at the mo. Still peeing on a stick like a crazy person everyday to check I'm still pregnant and how dark the line is (obsessive I know) but seeing the slowly disappearing lines the last couple of times has made me super paranoid. Symptoms at the moment it's mainly just nausea and insomnia (waking up at 2:30am everyday bleurgh!) crap night time tv has become my friend! One random thing that happened yesterday was all day my food - literally everything I ate tasted of soap (yuck!) I can't tell you the disappointment of sitting down to a nice breakfast fry up and only being able to taste soap I was in a rank mood for the whole day I've got a stonking cold at the moment though so not sure whether the whole soap thing is pregnancy related or cold related. Has anyone else had any weird taste sensations? Thinking of booking tickets for the baby show in February. Has anyone ever been to one before? Is it worth going? Are there any decent discounts to be had? Looking forward to sharing this pregnancy journey with you all

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I'm quite the opposite with food to most of you. I don't have much of an appetite at all. I think it's because all I want to do is sleep. However, my tummy gurgles and rumbles loads so I've been eating when it does that.

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So, all I can stomach today is ice... Was awake most of the night feeling sick, and have already retched a few times had to call in sick to work as I can't go longer than an hour between sickness.

Anyone else suffering this badly?!

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Hi Allgood fx for a nice sticky bean for you this time. Sorry to hear about your previous losses. I have a strange taste in my mouth all the time too but I can't think of anything to compare it to. I've never been to the Baby Show. I should imagine there are big discounts. I'm going to have a nosy online

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Hello ladies, welcome new ladies and congratulations!!! Hope everyone is feeling better today X

Well it was my birthday yesterday, and on the whole a wonderful day! Was spoilt rotten by DP and looked after at every tiny wobble or insecure moment (having so many, as I am growing so damm quickly)

But I cried constantly, happy tears but I cried when I woke up, I cried at my cards, I cried at my presents, I cried in the car on my way to see my "surprise" I then had a burger where you could pick your own toppings they had gerkins well... I ate a plate full and they were heaven! And cried at how good they tasted then was fine for a while thought it had past

I was then surprised with a lovely stay in a hotel and has non alcoholic cocktails followed by fancy dinner :) I cried at the amuse bouche as it was crab (I hate crab normally) and the smell made me almost vomit on the waiter and then felt like the world was going to end - settled down when the chef made me a very special something because I couldn't eat the little complimentary dishes - by desert it was like I was drunk!(over tired I think) and giggle before collapsing in heap on bed

My discovery of yesterday is that anything I loved before (except melon), I now love with great passion anything I hated before makes me want to kill anyone who brings it near me, followed by pain in cheeks and vomit... Also I am incredibly sensitive to body odour, went past two people yesterday who didn't smell shower fresh (DP couldn't smell anything) and nearly vommitted - apart from that I'm just tired still :) and thankfully not cried yet today! The crying is really bugging me as im usually a tough cookie :)

Off to catch up on posts now

allthegoodnamesalreadytaken welcome!

BeauticianNotMagician81 all I want to do is sleep as well. Averaging 11 hours a night.

KateBeckett sorry you are feeling so poorly, I went home ill yesterday. Today I am clutching a ginger tea and trying to keep my mouth closed. No fun at all.

EllieJayJay happy belated birthday, sounds like a great day aside from the crying :)

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Happy birthday for yesterday ellie