December 2016 babies... 2nd trimester in sight

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Not sure how to post the link but having a go guys

SteffiMuse hope your scan goes OK.

My eating has improved a lot as well.

Starting Friday I have to have multiple fillings, apparently I've got loads of holes that weren't there at my last check up

nojo call back and ask to be seen straight away. Especially as it's not your first so you know what's normal. I hope it's ok x

steffi I bled all through the first trimester, it sucked. I hope your scan goes well.

I'm definitely getting less nausea now I'm at 15 weeks, thankfully. I still gave to eat ALL THE TIME!

Thinking of you nojo and steffi. Let us know how you go xx

Steffi, I missed your post about your scan. I hope it goes ok.

Thanks everyone. I went back to bed for a few hours and pain is a lot better thank God. Just hope it stays that way.

Good news Nojo82 xx

That's good, Nojo, but make sure you get yourself checked out if it comes back.

I've been googling cribs and have been considering buying one. Have had a word with myself and stopped looking as its too soon at 14 weeks!

Licking out the mixing bowl is my favourite part of baking. Done so much baking recently for birthdays and had to stop myself!

Agreeing with everyone else. Your body and if you feel pain then ring them back.

Good luck with scan steffi

Well girls - I'm a bit of a mess to be honest. I can't seem to cope with life in general and am falling behind at work and at home. I'm just so exhausted and fatigued and have a general can't be bothered feeling all the time. I'm not eating properly as I can't seem to get up the energy to buy and make food and I'm just generally being useless. I've had toast for tea the last few nights as I'm disorganised and once the kids are fed and in bed I'm exhausted. I can't seem to stomach a full meal so can't eat with them. I'm taking my vitamins and f/a still but just can't seem to snap out of this weird feeling.

It's a very busy time of year here with kids/school stuff but I am dropping balls all over the place and am so aware it's a mountain to climb to get back on top.of everything. I was working from home today as my son was in a school play and I've done no work, just watched crap tv and napped (and went to watch the play).

I'm 14+5 today and actually feel worse than I did in the early weeks. I'm wondering if I'm a bit deprested as financially we have so many worries and can't really afford a baby/to move etc.

Anyway, I know no-one can really help - but it felt good to write it down and acknowledge that I'm not feeling myself. I wonder if it'll get better once we start telling people and they get excited for us. Only 2w to go until we break the news.

*depressed

nojo hope that's the end of it, but if it comes back I'd be demanding to be seen x.

Steffi hope all goes/went well with the scan.

Lily I feel very similar, dh is literally doing everything at the moment, feel like I'm not pulling my weight at all. I get home from work and collapse. I haven't walked the dog or cooked dinner for weeks, I just wait for dh to get home from work and do both. I leave him to to all the driving, shopping, hoovering etc etc. I'm finding the headaches really debilitating and I'm exhausted all the time.

Anyone else had migraines with aura before?
I had my last assignment hand in today. Tomorrow (my birthday) I get told which of my 4 pervious assignments my exam will be on, I have 24 hours to prepare then I have to go into uni on Friday and present/defend my assignment. Last night I started getting visual auras so I went to bed and I woke up this morning in so much pain. I managed to hand my assignment in but I'm so worried thathat I will still be in pain for the exam. I don't think there is anything that I could take that will make any difference.

At least all of this is keeping me from getting too anxious about my scan on Monday.

lily I'm sorry you are feeling down, i hope you feel better soon. Pregnancy is exhausting and I can only imagine what it's like to do it all, look after children and work. Try not to beat yourself up about falling behind. It might be a good idea to talk to your midwife or doctor if you feel like you could be depressed. Like with telling us it might help just to be able to talk to someone about how you are feeling.

steffi i hope your scan goes well

Scan went well. Can't find cause of bleeding but both babies are good.

Nojo get lots of rest. Glad it's better.

Lily sounds awful. Maybe you sound have a chat with you're midwife. Do you know if you're booking bloods are all ok? Maybe you need extra iron? Hopefully she'll be able to help you

Mejsa never had that before no. Sounds horrible though. Migraines are bad enough.

lily I feel like I'm more tired than the early days too, and am also getting nothing done. I work from home all the time, but lately I'm watching way more tv and napping than actual working! It's annoying because I just keep getting more and more behind, but I'm just going with it for now, hoping the energy levels pick up in a couple of weeks! Hope you feel better soon too

Hope everyone's doing ok! I'm 15 weeks and two days and not even a tiny bump to show yet and no signs of movement whatsoever! It's my first so not sure what to expect...how's everyone else going with bumps?

Excitedmunmytobe I hardly have a bump at all and can hold it in and I sort of feel half worried after seeing everyone else looking so bumpy!! I'm 14+4 and this was a couple of days ago ....

lily be kind to yourself

It's the same here, I haven't done any proactive work for ages and can't be arsed answering emails. I suffer with pre natal anxiety so not working is setting that off that I'll be fired, but in the same moment I cba to do anything. There's a charity called PANDAs which specialise in antenatal depression if you're down.

DH has been picking up the slack at home with dog / house & DD. I was rhe same at this point last time, and it does pass.

Have a very unMNetty hug from me.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Lily I'm the same. I feel like a lazy so n so.. Can't get the energy to do anything, cooking makes me nauseous. Hopefully it will pass.

I got a letter from hospital today to say I'm non-immune to Rubella. Never got told that with my other 3. So I'll b offered the MMR when baby is born. I've been told to stay away from people who have measles. Strange coz I had German measles as a baby..

Relieved to hear other people have been slacking too. I've been "working from home" a lot too and generally napping, but starting to get a bit worried now we're coming up to half year review time and I've got nothing to show for my time!

Re bumps, I think I've got a bit of one, but it doesn't really look like it to an outsider. I had a muffin top to begin with so it looks like podge, but I can feel the muscles behind it getting pushed out. If I try to hold my stomach in, the bottom bit definitely doesnt pull in as much as it should. The main thing I've noticed is my waist thickening!

I work from home too, but because I'm self-employed I have to get the work done on time. I've had loads on the last couple of weeks and I've been having to set myself little targets, like if I get X done by lunchtime I can have a half hour nap! I've got the big deadline out of the way and I'm looking forward to a lot more naps over the next few weeks.

Lily im the same my anxiety has been terrible. Mention this to your midwife there should be a specialist midwife or mental health team in your area that can offer support these team exist because anxiety and low mood are very common so you are not alone and be kind to your self do not beat your self up more for feeling this way. I treated myself to a pregnancy massage to lift my mood which was relaxing. They also say that reflexology can be helpful in pregnancy aparantly they can target certain areas of your feet to help with mood- no idea how successful it is but it sounds relaxing x

Oh lilly you are not alone. I'm a long time sahm- so most of the Household chores fall down to me ( but I'm so good at delegating thanks to past management role lol)
I haven't done any house work for over two weeks now- just about get the washing machine running - dh is ironing his own stuff aswell as the kids.
Today I stayed in my pjs and stayed in bed most of the day- dinner was kindly sent in by dsisinlaw and dh did the laundry.
Really could sleep the day away. Bloods came back fine so can't blame it on that.
Feeling I might aswell get the sleep I can get as will be dealing with a babe soon...
Be kind to yourself am glad my dc are able to help out and support my lazy phase-

Thanks so much guys, you've definitely made me not feel so alone.

I have this enormous list of things to do, some of which really can't wait and it's just so daunting. I am going to try and get back on track today as I can't go on like this. I was considering taking today off sick from work but as I haven't announced pregnancy yet, what do I say? I'm a bit tired? I wish I hadn't bought a wee business recently as it's just another huge cause of stress, but it might help financially when I'm on maternity leave, so I need to try and keep it going.

I wish I had some spare money as I really want to pay someone £££ to come and clean my house - it's really getting me down and I just don't have the energy to tackle it and it's making me feel sick! DH does bits and pieces but not to any great standard - it really needs a good clean! I was sick (watery, nothing in my stomach) this morning on my bedroom carpet - have cleaned this up, don't worry!

I will consider talking to my midwife about my low mood (I would describe it as low mood, fatigue and lethargy rather than anxiety), I'm seeing her a week on Monday, but am anxious about being labelled with anything as I pride myself on being a coper (I hope that doesn't offend anyone). I can't afford pregnancy massage or reflexology but they sound absolutely lovely and I do appreciate the suggestion, thank you.

Steffi so pleased all was ok at the scan.

Hannah and excited no discernable bump here yet but difficult to tell as I'm overweight.

Mejse Happy Birthday and good luck for your assignment on Friday - bet you can't wait til it's all over!! I have no experience with migraines but really hope you feel better soon.