Babies due in November 2016 #2

[FuzzyOwl]

If anyone wants to join the secret Facebook group, just send me a PM with the email address that you use and I will send you a link.

That's great Morecake! (love the name)

I think I'm 6 weeks today (I have some apps and they all give me different dates!) thought I was pretty symptom free then it all kicked in about 5 weeks- insomnia(!) nausea, dry mouth, vivid dreams, indigestion, stomach muscle stretchy aches, tender boobs. I kind of like all the symptoms because I fell like they're a positive thing although The novelty may well wear off soon!

I've been trying to read back through the posts (there are so many!)

Hello and welcome Twinkle

So glad you're feeling better Rae, sorry you've had such an ordeal.

Welcome to the new people!

I've come down with a horrible cold and feel dreadful. Nausea mixed with cold symptoms, argh! I've been taking paracetamol but if any of you have tips for other things to do to relieve symptoms please do share them - my local pharmacist was very apologetic about there not being much available for pregnant women to take for colds! Didn't sleep much last night as my sinuses are so blocked making it difficult to breathe. Glands all up in my throat too. Trying to drink loads and rest.

Hello and welcome Twinkle. Sorry I missed you joining when I last posted. Like you, I like symptoms because they reassure me but unlike you, I don't seem to have many although I have had some great dreams recently.

Sorry to hear you are suffering Flamingo and it feels like I have spent most of this pregnancy with a variety of colds and sinus problems. I don't think there is much that you can do - I just have paracetamol, hot squash (to pretend is Lemsip) and hot steamy bathrooms.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I feel crampy and slightly blurgh but otherwise fine.

Welcome Tilly and Twinkle.

Rae hope you are feeling a bit better this morning.

I've just cried because DH went out to get lunch and forgot the soup I asked for. It was the only thing I thought I could stomach. Roll on second trimester when hopefully we'll all start to feel a bit better!

We've just come back from our 8 week early scan and all looks good so far so I'm feeling a bit more reassured! They did find a small ovarian cyst however, but apparently that's normal and can go away?

Hi everyone. Happy Saturday.
Glad the scan looked good Jade. I'm quite jealous!!
Currently lying on the sofa with DD asleep on me trying not to throw up at the sound of the food on the tv cookery programs DH is watching. Bleugh...

Glad all looked good at your scan Jade.

Hope he went back out and got you the soup Cake.

And I hope your sickness passes soon Little.

Wow, lots of activity on here.

Rae I hope you're feeling better. What an ordeal you've had.

Welcome to newcomers.

In relation to unsympathetic partners, my dh has downloaded a pregnancy app that has loads of info for partners. It's really helped him understand what it's like for me. Maybe something like this could help?

Welcome newcomers!

I slept for about 14 hours last night, I am so so tired. And I'll probably have a nap soon . Tea has started making me feel like puking, just the smell of it and I'm running to the bathroom. I feel sorry for DP because he drinks about 593726 cups of tea a day and has said that he's going to stop.

Rae I hope you're feeling better today! Going into hosp is scary but it sounds like it was the best thing for you.

Jade So glad the scan went well! Not sure about the cyst but from a quick Google it seems quite common.

Cysts are definitely common - congrats on the good scan :)

That's very good of your DH, Metro. I can still drink it, but only while it's scalding hot. And cold drinks have to be icy cold.

Hope the IV fluids have you feeling better Rae.

My sleep pattern is all over the place. I'm falling asleep about 9pm then waking up about midnight, sleeping again from 2-6am! Then I'm knackered by the afternoon because I've been awake for hours!

I've been helping DH decorate our hallway today. Feeling absolutely shattered but good that I've done something productive!

Hello! I'm quite new here so apologies if I'm going about this the wrong way...

I'm pregnant with my first baby, due 25th Nov so I'm 6+1 today. Very exciting! At the moment I've got absolutely gigantic boobs, a bit of cramping and vague nausea but nothing too bad. The hardest bit for me right now is the absolute bone-shattering tiredness. I'm usually pretty active and alert but I just feel knackered all the time! Hard to adjust but trying to take it easy.

I'm also a bit terrified of eating the wrong thing. I said to my husband yesterday, for the next 9 months I'll just be googling 'eating when pregnant'!

Just caught up with the whole thread - sending lots of love to all who have experienced loss, are currently having a tough time or are just not feeling great

One thing I'm really anxious about at the moment (it's a very silly, small thing but I'd love your opinions on it) - in two weeks I'm going away with girlfriends to celebrate a 30th birthday and I'm worried about how to explain my not-drinking. Before I was pregnant (but while we were trying), I went away with the same group and drank very little and it was a big THING with them. I got lots of comments and requests to 'catch up' which I found very frustrating!

I'm not comfortable with telling anyone the actual reason I'm not drinking, so have been thinking of how to get around it. I think I'll probably just make my own drinks all night and have tonic without the gin (which is actually making me feel sick just thinking about it, typical) but if anyone has been in this situation and has any thoughts/advice, I'd love to hear it!

Mostly I think I'm just annoyed that my friends wouldn't respect my privacy and not question why I'm avoiding alcohol. I would never hassle someone who wasn't drinking, no matter how unusual it was. It just seems rude and intrusive to me!

Hi Copper! Congratulations! I'm 6+2 complete with the exhaustion and vague nausea too :)

I told a few friends we were trying a few months ago so it's been hit and miss whether I've drank in public. I drank during AF but generally just told friends I was going sober during the weeks around FW just in case. I'm just going to keep saying that for a little while until I tell people at 12 weeks. They'll just quite happily assume we're still trying and will avoid asking too many questions in case it's a touchy subject. My best friend did the same tactic and I literally had no idea she was pregnant, just thought she was still trying so I didn't pry!

Thank you Jamjar! Congratulations to you too, glad I'm not alone in the exhaustion! I'm planning on getting into bed at 6pm with Scandal on the laptop and a pizza to keep me company!

Thanks as well for your thoughts on the not-drinking thing... I didn't really tell anyone we were trying as it was all very casual, we didn't think it would happen for a while due to some health issues so it was quite a shock! To be fair, in the group I'm going away with two already have children so I know they won't pester me but my two single friends will wonder what's happened to their party pal! Ah well. Maybe a firm 'I'm just NOT drinking tonight' will set them straight

Copper, in my experience a happily married woman in her twenties or thirties suddenly saying that she's not drinking one night is either met by squealing or knowing looks. I hope they'll let you get away with it.

Rae, hoping you're feeling a bit better today?

Jamjar, my sleep is screwed too! I desperately want a sleep in the afternoon but that seems to kick my sickness off so I've been avoiding it. In bed by 9.30 most nights, which should see over nine hours sleep before I need to wake, but I keep waking to pee about 4 and then taking hours to fall asleep again.

9+4 today. Trying to remind myself that this is the dreaded 9 weeks and so the exhaustion won't last for long.

Hi Copper and congratulations. If I am honest, anyone who said to me that they weren't drinking, then pregnancy would be my immediate thought regardless of how good their excuse was. Then again, unless it was the kind of friend who I knew wouldn't mind me raising an eyebrow in question, I would accept the excuse at face value and not say anything. In general I think women who haven't tried to conceive or been pregnant tend to be far more tactless and those who have far more knowing! If you can make your own drinks and pretend they are alcoholic, then I would do so. Otherwise pretending you have a raging hangover could work for one evening or you could say you are training for some event like a marathon or something. Good luck.

Nine weeks today and I am pregnant! The power of PMA!

Thank you Thurlow and FuzzyOwl - I absolutely don't mind them guessing the reason, I just don't want to be pushed into telling them to shut them all up! It'll all be fine I'm sure, I'm just very anxious about people finding out for some reason. I'm a massive control freak and like to do things in my own time so that's probably why I'll guard this secret with my life until the time is right!

FuzzyOwl, happy nine weeks to you!

Copper I'm currently at home rather than in Brighton on a hen do purely for the reason that there's no way I'd have hidden it from everyone and it seemed too early for the world to know!
Loving the pma fuzzy.

Copper, I went out the night after I found out I was pregnant and I was dreading it but no one said anything - the excuse I had ready was that I was going to visit my in laws the next morning and didn't want a hangover, maybe you could say something similar if anyone asks. I really thought someone would say something to me about why I wasn't drinking but they were all more interested in what they were drinking!

LittleGrey hope you don't feel like you're missing out? Tbh I think a hen do would wipe me out at the moment with the level of energy they require! It does seem easier to avoid social situations where the alcohol question may come up!

metro that's really good to know, thank you! I'm hoping I can get away with making my own drinks and then playing the 'I'm just not really drinking at the moment' card as it's a whole weekend away. And yes, once the nights reach a certain point everyone will be too merry to be bothered!

Thanks everyone for your input. It's so good to chat openly about this stuff with other people who are experiencing the same things!

Hi all, I've been lurking for weeks but was afraid to post in case I jinxed it. Ridiculous! I think I am due sometime around the 3rd November although I'm sure the dating scan will alter it slightly. And then I'll probably be late anyway. It's my fourth so we will have a full house! Hope those with bad morning sickness are doing better. It is so miserable to feel ill all the time. You have my sympathies.

Thurlow I am feeling much better thank you. They've just taken my drip away to see if I can keep myself hydrated without help. Then I can hopefully go home tomorrow. Just waiting for the anti sickness meds to turn up! I hated being on a drip but I am quite nervous now it's gone. The cannula is still in incase they need to intervene.

Hi ByAndBy, welcome!