July 2016 (3)

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Trying to start a new thread before we run out of space, haven't done it before so hopefully it works

kaytee and loki sorry to hear your other halves are being rather idiot-like. Maybe have a calm chat with them, perhaps they are anxious about what changes are coming etc.

I've been an irritable hormonal cow this weekend, such unreasonable behaviour. Feeling guilty as we actually had a nice weekend- we went and chose our Xmas tree, and had a big family dinner when we actually told PiLs about the baby. We figured 10 weeks today and a very healthy looking scan picture we felt safe enough to do it.

missclark embrace the lack of symptoms! And I'm sure everything is absolutely fine given by what you've said. Do keep up posted though.

I'm joining the sore boobs crew woodsy and youandme absolutely agony!! Swelling out of all my bras and hugs are horrendous. Especially as I have quite large boobs anyway. They are the biggest give away of my pregnancy

Feel really sick this morning. I keep thinking the sickness is going, but it always comes back! I had to get out of bed night to throw up - lovely.

I had a really weird pain in the middle of the night: a kind of sharp ache at the left of my tummy, really low down. It went away on its own quite quickly but was a bit worrying. Maybe stretching pains?

10+5

Morning all sorry for all those with the agony breasts ! And congratulations for those starting to spread their wonderful news ! Is does make it feel more real and is nice to have ppl know what's going on so they can help or back off (whatever u feel like ! ) lol X
My sickness has hit full force will b 8 weeks tomorrow X
Been a very tough and tiresome wkend , DD is going to stay at MIL tonight becoz the lack of sleep is making me delusional , feel like I nd to recharge X
You and me - hope ur managing to get thru ur day ok , the nausea really is the worst , probably could b stretching pains for u , your uterus will b about the size of a large orange trying to make space for that ever growing baby ! Also could b gas or constipation , there's so many things that hurt and twinge down their at the moment , it's hard to pin point where it's coming from !
Hope everyone's ok today and have a nice day xxx

Hello all, and happy Monday. I too have been smothered with a cold for the past week or two, am so tired of it. Our whole flat smells of olbas oil & menthol.

Had some friends to stay this weekend with their 1yo. Thankfully they wanted early nights as she is teething. Think my obvious cold helped to partly explain my exhaustion - but not my crankiness, which was commented on . Would have loved to tell them our news, but feel it's just too early yet.

Met some mutual friends on Sat, it was exhausting pretending to drink! Had a couple of sips of prosecco the first night to keep them off the scent. It was OK at home, as we bought alcohol-free red wine in Tesco, and DH poured it sneakily when he did everyone else's drinks. The fact that I accidentally spilled half of it on the carpet will have helped fool people I'm sure! (The stain is still there, was too tired to do anything about it...)

Thankfully only another few weeks of this cover-up lark. Fingers crossed after scan on 20th we will have good news to share.

Welcome to the newbies! Sending good vibes to everyone with aches & pains & nausea & niggling worries. Mine come and go as yours seem to.

Ellizardo, great news that things are looking good for you!

Wanting, hope you feel more cheery soon. Definitely shouldn't feel guilty though. It's a lot to go through at the moment. I don't know how I would cope with a toddler 24/7.

9+4

Hi lovely ladies! I'm so tired today, worked a night shift last night and only had 3 hours sleep before DH had to go to work. Roll on 7pm and DD's bedtime. I don't think I'll be far behind her tonight.

I'm really hoping this sickness and exhaustion start to lift soon. I feel like I'm not living my life in so tired. I've got my work Christmas party on Friday and an hoping to make it past 10pm.

For those of you feeling sick I hope it improves quickly.

Good luck for those with scans coming up soon.(1week 1 day for us)

11+1 here today.

Jackchi hope your scan goes well today.

Loki DH and I had separate accounts for years. Then when we married last year we opened a joint account. He is the main wage earner. I had to tell him it's our money and that he can't see himself as a single person now that we have a family. He is pretty good now.

Cookies if it makes you feel any better I've been a grumpy hormonal cow this weekend. It was such a lovely weekend on Friday we went to the town Christmas fayre, on Saturday we put the decorations up and on Sunday santas sleigh came to our street and I made a yummy roast. I couldn't be bothered with the decorations and just snapped at DH the whole weekend.

Gnat hope your cold is better soon. Ds3 has a cough and cold and last night I was up pretty much all night with him. I'm tired anyway so this has just made me feel even worse. To top it all I'm getting his cough.

Sorry to all of those suffering from sickness. If it's particularly bad you can ask the gp for anti sickness meds. I'm just occasionally nauseous, it's eased a lot.

My main symptom is the constant peeing (it seems to be getting worse ) and the constant trumping. I'm so embarrassed DH must think I'm disgusting. I never had such bad wind
With the first 3.

My scan feels like forever away. I just want to know everything is ok. It's not until 30th December.

9+4

Thanks for all your kind and reassuring words about my lost debit card meltdown. Been taking it more easily on myself and feeling better on the emotional side now. Hope you're all doing well today

Sat waiting for my first midwife appointment. It is starting to feel real! I might cry. I seem to spend every waking hour worrying about this baby, getting here feels like a milestone. Next stop - the first scan.

I know how you feel, Loki! Hope appointment goes well.

Beautician, I hope you get a better night's sleep tonight, and look after that cough! As for the peeing, I was worried yesterday as I was out for a few hours and didn't go once. Worried it was a bad sign... But then I went 4 times in the night...

Insufficiently, glad to hear you're feeling better. Seems like we are all having the odd meltdown atm!

My appointment went well and my midwife seems lovely. I'm so relieved as my midwife last time repeatedly missed my hypertension and it could have been disastrous were it not for an awesome sister on the ward who diagnosed me within seconds. I'm going to be under the care of two consultant teams - hypertension and haematology. My starting weight is also about half a stone less than I thought it would be, putting my bmi at 21, so I'm celebrating with crisps .

Glad it well Loki enjoy the crisps!

Booking in appointment at the weekend. Loki I know what you mean about these mini milestones, I'm yet to stop worrying constantly! I know I'll have this scan next week and then I'll be anxious for the 12 week one. Symptomless here too, feel great

My symptoms are inconsistent. I throw up a couple of times a week in the evening. Bring up bile most mornings unless I've had a great nights sleep in which case I'm ok. My boobs ache at times. The problem is, sometimes I worry the nausea and being sick are just in my head and aren't 'real'. With my dd I was symptomless and she was absolutely fine. I have no 'normal' to refer to!

Quick check in and so glad all went well today Loki, Great that you feel in safe hands. My booking in isn't until 29th Dec which is an age away. I'm hoping they fit me in sharpish after that, I'll be over 12 wks by then all being well. Thank goodness we could afford private scan on 19th!

Happy monday other lovely ladies, hope all the sick girls feel a bit better now. I'm still full of stinky cold and getting over blunt god mother telling me how round my face was, and how she could see my bra was too tight as it was clearly digging in (not actually too tight, only bought last week) now I'm pregnant. Fat and snotty, brilliant! Won't care as long as all ok with the bean though - just not great being told how crap you look!

9+0

Aw cheery, it's strange how people think they can comment on your body when you're pregnant isn't it? That's a shame about the cold, I had a headache yesterday and usually the only thing that gets rid is nurofen which I obviously can't take so felt a bit miserable about it but thankfully not caught a cold or anything like that yet xx

Glad your appointment went well Loki, I'm jealous of your BMI.

So I'm pretty cross. I've finally got my scan date through. It's on the 4th of Jan where I'll be 14!!! weeks?! Surely that's too late for nuchal testing or whatever it's called? And it's on a day where both my DDs have a teacher training day so it would be a nightmare. I feel so disappointed I could cry. Sorry for the moan :(

10+0

Ah kaytee - it is weird right?! Really hope you avoid a cold! xx

Gosh cookies that's harsh! I'm guessing there is a reduced service nearer xmas?! Maybe call your midwife and express your concern!

Cookies - I would call them and say you can't make it and it's too late anyway and see if they can do an earlier one. Appts aren't always set in stone. However, I am assuming Xmas holidays means that's the first day back for them (mine's on the 4th too) but there must be sufficiently large numbers of people for whom the 'nuchal window' (Dr Ellizardo just made that up) is over xmas and need to be seen earlier. Good luck!

Cheery - love the blunt "fairy" godmother. Jeez, always nice to have your new clothing purchase criticized within 5 mins. Not to mention your face. I went to a 40th birthday on Saturday and as I politely told a guest I was driving hence being on the elderflower, her partner stood to one side of me, pointed at my stomach and mouthed 'she's obviously pregnant!' thinking i couldn't see...

Hi everyone,

I feel so flat and exhausted right now. Just caught up on the posts and it's nice to hear from you all.

I have my booking appt tomorrow afternoon. Had such a stressful day at work and I made a little mistake which my manager instantly picked up on because I sit across from her and another colleague came to tell me it. She listens into every conversation and butts into everything it's just so annoying. I'm mostly annoyed with myself though - I think I have baby brain and I'm good at my job but feel like I'm carrying most of my team at the moment. I am planning to delegate some tasks tomorrow!

Going to have a shower and get into bed for the night.

Melvali I just logged on to write a very similar post to yours!

Today I am mostly feeling irritated and shattered. Everybody at work has done my head in, everything on the TV has irked me, and all I want to do is go to bed. I teach and have a student teacher training with me at the moment who is lovely and eager but my brain just cannot cope with the constant questions and commentary - I just want to lock myself in a cupboard for some peace. My brain seems unable to cope with the multitasking that it normally can. I left at 4 because I just wanted to be somewhere quiet!!

I actually am going to bed now as well, even though it's not even 8.30!

Missclarke I feel strangely comforted by your post! I feel sick as well now. Going to sip on some 7up and watch a bit of tv to relax me as I feel too wired to switch off. Can totally relate to the questions / commentary. Just wanna scream let me do my job!!

I just logged on to see if anyone else is feeling unbelievably cross today - am positively ferocious

Just want to lie down, but first I have a bowl of porridge with sultanas, cream and golden syrup to look forward to.

I too have a scan on the 4th Jan. Will be 13 weeks according to early scan (7 weeks, dated me as 6) or a bit ahead of that if it were a bit out. I did try to book a private one for just before Christmas this afternoon, but was barked at that it should be on the 29th. I said I'd call back later and had a bit of a cry... Sticking with the 4th!

Hi all

Sorry I haven't been back to this thread much - I'm trying to keep up with everyone's stories but it is all going so fast.

I'm 7+3 today. Still very few symptoms. I have gone up a bra size but only to the size I was before I lost nearly a stone in weight about 18 months ago, so my old bras now fit me perfectly again! I have been suffering from a dry mouth, which is not great but a lot easier to deal with than nausea, for which I'm grateful. I have been completely wiped out with tiredness a few evenings recently as well, but managed a good session of exercise yesterday (hour long swim) for which I feel a lot better.

We told the parents last weekend. They were delighted, especially MIL who we practically had to scrape off the ceiling from excitement. Poor woman only has my DM to speak to about this until Jan when we have the 12 week scan- I fear she may burst by then!

Posted a bit soon -

I wanted to ask what exercise people are doing? I normally do quite a lot - swim for an hour once or twice a week, run for half an hour once or twice a week, go for a long cycle ride (3 hrs or so) at the weekend and commute a couple of times by bike as well (hour each way).

Since I had the bleeding in week 5 I have been a bit scared to do anything and have felt the need to take it easy. I'm now feeling a bit more confident and as I said in my last post did feel really good for going for a decent swim yesterday, but I don't think I can go back to my normal regime.

The advice regarding exercising in pregnancy is so contradictory - everything from 'do what you are used to doing for as long as you feel comfortable', to 'no more than moderate exercise and don't let your heart rate go over 140 bpm' (which for me is barely breaking a sweat).

What are you all doing/planning to do when the tiredness lifts?