Best Christmas present ever - September 2016

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Hi ladies,

I've been TTC2 for 1.5 years and I've just found out I'm pregnant 1 day before Xmas eve! Best present ever! Anyone else celebrating a bfp this Christmas? I've already had to dodge chocolate mousse, champagne and Stilton...all worth it though!!

Is anyone else getting headaches? I'm taking paracetamol every day for mine which I never do!

Hey Nails I'm taking more paracetamol than I ever have! My cyst on my overt is causing me a lot of pain so have to take it for that but usually don't take any painkillers!!

Butterflies was your scan private or for medical reasons? Having seen the heart beat is hopefully a good sign but talk to your midwife. My breasts felt a bit deflated yesterday and I was worried but still early days for me.

Going to see my parents today with my DD. Any tips for not spilling the beans. Think my mum may guess if I turn down coffee!

I'm so glad there are others taking paracetamol! Had to take some everyday as it's the only thing I could take for my back and now getting a daily headache.

I think I'm just getting myself into a paranoid state. If I feel a bit better I start to panic and also any pain sends me into meltdown. Just trying to relax today. Plan on telling my best friend tonight so she can slap me when I'm having a moment!!

Hiya. Moonrise- scan was to try to determine dates, it was private, but needed cos I didn't have a period between having implant out and conceiving over the following 3 weeks. I haven't met my midwife as appt not til a week on weds and no idea who to call. Having said all this, I've just cleaned my car out and feel exhausted!! I get headaches too but this was the norm before I got pregnant, I was on medication for them for a year or so and had to stop when ttc so I've kind of got used to them again.

Gonna try to keep calm and think positive thoughts, it's so hard though as I suffer with anxiety anyway and pregnancy is definitely making it worse!

genome and kitkat Christmas has to be the worst time weight wise to get pregnant! My bmi was under 25 at the start of December but over 25 now - normally I'd just hit the gym or eat a lot less but not this January obviously, and the only food that doesn't make me feel sick at the moment is about 90% carbs which doesn't help. The weight bit's actually been keeping me up at night. I lost weight before ttc so that I wouldnt be overweight Seriously thinking about refusing getting on the scales.

While I was out this morning dd seems to have emptied every toy from every container and spread them around every corner of the house. I know what I'm going to be doing this afternoon... Sigh.

But on the positive side, I was out on a mission to get new carpets sorted (one of the more pleasant parts of building work!) and the one I wanted had a third off, so it's been a good morning.

Sorry, posted too soon, meant to say as well that hope everything is OK butterflies , fingers crossed that it's just one of those pregnancy things (though I know that's not very helpful when you're feeling anxious). My symptoms fluctuate too - feeling fine today and managed a swim without getting too knackered, but yesterday I was exhausted (then couldn't sleep until 1...)

Nothing to report here. No symptoms, 1st midwife appointment not for another 3.5 weeks.
Glad I took a photo of the positive test or I might have thought it was all a dream

Evening all,

Yep my symptoms are fluctuating. Boobs are no longer swollen and sore which worried me, but then I get a reminder that my tatse buds and sense of smell have gone mental. My colleague ate a phad tai at his desk next to me yesterday and I felt like I was actually eating it myself. The spice went right down my throat. Also, I treated the boys to Macdonalds last night after the Suede thing and the chips tatsed like they had been fried in mouldy arse. They said they tasted the same as usual.

Also, I'm not coping with DS1's pre-teen strops and I felt like having a meltdown today on the tube but I manged to ho,d it together. He's a real bugger at the moment. Pregnancy hormones are not helping the way I deal with him either.

I was going to tell my sister last night but she was so wrapped up in the band that I gave up. Need to find a better time to tell her she's going to be an auntie again... No rush, eh!

Hope youre all well, sorry, not had much chnace to catch up today and DP is on his way over to look after me thank god!

Two more sleeps until Scan Day....

Good grief! I really need to start proof reading my posts beforehand. I hope I make sense...

So desperate to tell my mum today but I held off.

Starting to feel nausea on and off but relieved by eating. Hope it doesn't get much worse but guess it will. Don't think anything will feel real until I have a scan - will book a private scan in a few weeks.

Hope you had a good day Butterflies and are feeling more positive

Hope everyone has had a good day.

For you butterflies, I hope you are able to feel better soon; anxiety is horrible.

Have bought some travel sickness bands today as midwife suggested they might help with nausea. I've had them on about 15mins and they seem to be working, although it could be that I've just scoffed half a packet of fruitella to stop feeling hungry! I managed to open the fridge without heaving though. Fingers crossed they help, it will make getting through the day at work a bit easier if they do.

Had a lazy morning here which was bliss, then DS had a party this afternoon. DH and I are going to watch a DVD this evening once DS is in bed, so a nice chilled evening too.

I feel totally shite today. Exhausted, low blood pressure, dizzy, nauseated and not really here.

All the worse because the builders were in today so no chance to relax. And they're back tomorrow.

Caved and told the kids. Well DH did, they didn't believe us. It was ridiculous, having to say 'no, we are bring serious' over and over! So 11yo barely a reaction, an oh, OK then, that's why you went to the doctors, back to Xbox type reaction. 9yo is very, very excited. We have explained it's still quite early and there's a chance things may not work out. I tried to do an analogy of planting seeds - sometimes they grow, sometimes they don't, which she understood. But did say tonight, she really hopes it definitely is born. I could have cried. The only downside is she seems to want to name it after one of the 'popular' you tubers. That won't be happening...

Good analogy kitkat glad your DC are pleased.

Is there any chance of going out nails? Take a book and go for decaf coffee or visit a chilled friend who knows and crash there? Hope your feeling better.

Sorry I have been reading that last few days but little chance to post! This is the longest few weeks of my life!

So many posts since I last posted! Sorry to hear a lot of you are feeling rubbish. I've just got home from a week's (gentle) skiing holiday. The mountain air removed all symptoms except boobs and exhaustion! We're planning to tell our parents today which is very exciting and then I have my midwife appointment on Friday when I'll be just over 9 weeks. Dreading going back to work tomorrow!

Low point: up all night with a baby who wouldn't sleep and having to dramatically dash to loo to puke at 4am. Baby freaked out and was hysterical as I was retching into the pan.

Not my finest hour........

6 weeks tomorrow - I was really hoping the nausea would be less this time but guess not!

kitkatMy midwife seems insistent that I will be weighed at every appointment and if my bmi then goes above 35 I will be banned from the birth centre. I just can't see how they can continue to re-calculate the bmi while im pregnant?! Obviously I am going to be making a serious effort with my weight post-pregnancy as it has just steadly crept up. The midwife was telling me to lose weight while pregnant, which is against the advice of the NHS etc as far as I can see.
The birth centre already seems like a compromise to me as I would have preferred a home birth, but after a large bleed after dd1 it plays on my mind. I feel the bleed was the result of a very long labour augmented with the drip and ending with an episiotomy and forceps, none of which would be risk factors at home.

Ooo....that was long sorry!

Kitkat your kids sound lovely. My DD is 16 months, will be 2 by due date. She is my parents only grandchild and so is always the centre of attention. Not sure she will be impressed by a new baby.

for everyone feeling rubbish.

hallo hallo! I've gone completely AWOL the last 2 1/2 weeks on here mainly because (on a certain level) I am more of a nervous wreck when I think too much about being pregnant and what can all go wrong and also because I still haven't seen my MW or have an appointment with them. I am 8+4 today (oh yeah change of EDD to 31/8)- went to see GP about a week and a half ago who was nice but basically there was nothing to do other than to refer me to MF. Patiently waited to hear from them- tumbleweed. Called- they haven't received a referral. So I self-referred and am now waiting. It just doesn't feel that real without someone telling you it is and most of my symptoms have disappeared about 2 weeks ago and I am freaking out! Massively! The rational bit of my brain tells me that you can't miscarry without bleeding and that I should count my blessings regarding not feeling sick all the time anymore but rationality seems to have taken a bit of an extended XMAS break right now....

I'll take those flowers Moonrise!!. Feeling rough again today (and last night) so not worrying quite as much. My too-big jeans are now slightly tight so hopefully things are all ok. I lost over a stone last year for my wedding in October so most of my clothes are size 8 and too tight already. Think Ill be doing some ebaying soon, some of the clothes have barely been worn but can't see me being a size 8 again for a very long time!!

Kitkat- seems ridiculous to keep taking ur bmi. I would ask to see an alternative midwife or ask GP.

Have a good day all xx

annarose oh dear - I hope your day improves from there!

genome really? Mine didn't really say anything about ongoing weighings etc, but when I've looked online the recommendation is that if your BMI is higher at the start you try and minimise the overall gain. I'm not going to try and lose weight but am trying to stick to 3 balanced meals, reduce snacks and eat more fruit, milk, yogurt etc if I really want a snack. I would not be happy with the approach of your mw at all - what happens if you decline weighing? After all, you can decline anything you don't want. They'll have a fight on their hands if they try and ban me from the birth centre... My first was artificially sped up and ended in episiotomy and forceps too. My 2nd was a calm water birth in birth centre. I want a repeat of the 2nd, not the 1st. I would go for home too, but trying to persuade DH - it's a work in progress.

moonshine thank you, I think they are fab but I'm biased - 9yo and I have had lovely chats this morning about everything she wants to help with (not nappies though). I'm sure your 16 month old will be OK - once she's got used to it...!

moonrise DS is 14 months. But he's incredibly sociable so I think he'd like a little brother or sister.

This one will be my last as I'm almost 41. Which is fine as two is manageable. But dont know if I want a girl or a 2nd boy.

The saying "girls wreck your head, boys wreck your house" has me really worried cos its 1000% true with DS - the house is destroyed from his busy investigations but his temperament is delightful.

I was in a restaraunt the other day and there was a 7/8 yr old girl and she was going through a deeply annoying phase of development. The Prancing Pony stage. She put on a fake accent and kept calling her Dad "Pa-pa!" like she was a boarder at the Chalet School. He was NOT posh! He kept grumbling at her to sit down and eat her food. She was just twirling around with this posh accent all v v LOUD lookatmelookatme! I was thinking dear God, that would drive me apeshit. Do I have the fortitude to have a daughter???