January 2017 babies - Thread #2

[MagpieCursedTea]

Onto the second thread!
Here's a list of the stats that Signorita kindly put together for us. I hope the formatting is okay!

Cottagecosy 01 January 2017
sapphireflame 01 January 2017
Parney 01 January 2017
Palimpsester 02 January 2017
SincerelyRosie 03 January 2017
ZylaB 03 January 2017
swancourt 03 January 2017
mayago 04 January 2017
Yoyogini 04 January 2017
blondel 05 January 2017
saffronkit 05 January 2017
Haresonthemountain 05 January 2017
BabyLime2017 05 January 2017
TwistyBraStrap 05 January 2017
RosieposiePuddingandPi 06 January 2017
kathrynemm 06 January 2017
Bozley47 06 January 2017
daisysunshine2 07 January 2017
Criceta 07 January 2017
Becky22761 07 January 2017
1sttimemum2014 07 January 2017
Astro86 07 January 2017
LucySB123 07 January 2017
MagpieCursedTea 08 January 2017
duckyneedsaclean 08 January 2017
cuckoowithtwo 09 January 2017
Belfastgirl90 09 January 2017
minniem0use 10 January 2017
thisisbloodyridiculous 10 January 2017
broodymamma 10 January 2017
brandnewmummy2B 11 January 2017
Myheartisbeating 12 January 2017
Wannabealittlegirlagain 12 January 2017
Turnertime14 12 January 2017
twinkydink 13 January 2017
flossy101 13 January 2017
Lura7115 13 January 2017
Ni4444 13 January 2017
Whatabanana 13 January 2017
indecisivedoctor 13 January 2017
politics31 14 January 2017
closetoyou 14 January 2017
Pipparose 14 January 2017
BabiWills 14 January 2017
Andanzadora 15 January 2017
jellyspoons 15 January 2017
LittleL88 15 January 2017
CharminglyGawky 17 January 2017
Texasbamma 17 January 2017
EvanAndThePrince 17 January 2017
hels18 17 January 2017
honeyice 18 January 2017
Boadiccea 18 January 2017
heybaby1 18 January 2017
WinterLover 19 January 2017
Extrapepperoni 19 January 2017
Hellington 19 January 2017
Mumchatting 19 January 2017
KimmyElousie 19 January 2017
QueenKnickerChecker 20 January 2017
Summer9 20 January 2017
Minotaurus 20 January 2017
Bettycakes80 20 January 2017
micapainter 20 January 2017
Walikingdeadfan 20 January 2017
soundsystem 20 January 2017
cupcakequeen 21 January 2017
CarrotVan 22 January 2017
littlepooch 22 January 2017
foresttrees2 22 January 2017
GingerIdiot 23 January 2017
Signoritawhocansway 24 January 2017
ginabena8686 24 January 2017
MrsMumma 24 January 2017
broodykg 24 January 2017
Wintersummerwintersummer 24 January 2017
LovePotion9 25 January 2017
gingerlou84 25 January 2017
hopingandwaiting 25 January 2017
Jeanniejampots80 25 January 2017
Glitterball86 26 January 2017
Workinzzz 26 January 2017
Tabitha78 28 January 2017
GwendolineLacey 28 January 2017
littlek86 28 January 2017
vicknort 28 January 2017
clementineclouds 29 January 2017
dippypanda 30 January 2017
gumbootsandjandals 30 January 2017
Perkins1 ???
goldensunlight ???
ChickadeeChick ???
TinyHumanJan17 ???
fortheloveofvintage ???
Porcupinetree ???
sunnypeony ???
Blondie87 ???
bluebunnyblue ???
HopefulKate1980 ???
MilkyMamma ???
Kittykitty05 ???
celeste83 ???
Jodie1982 ???
spottytable ???
Serg ???
BuffaloCustardbath ???
flyawayblue ???
releashi ???
Jodygreen88 ???
Littlejenfer End Dec/Beg Jan
Admarks End Dec/Beg Jan
CinderellaFant End Jan
SunCrusHH End Jan
NJ81 End Jan

How many cycles did you try for?
I did 3 cycles and it did absolutely nothing except made me feel low!

I tried 50 mg for three cycles with no luck. Then got my first ever BFP with 100mg 1st cycle.

Clomid welcome! My DS is a Clomid baby, brilliant drug, I struggled with the side effects (mostly on my mental health) but it was so worth it! It's completely understandable to be nervous. I'm having my second and I'm a nervous wreck this time too.

Thanks
OMG my side effects due to these I have stepped down from being a manager to a normal post woman. As I used to be very emotional and take every thing personal. But I am happy now that I got pregnant. Very worth though.

Double congratulations to you both!

Clomid I also stepped down from a secondment as a manager when I was taking Clomid! I couldn't handle the stress and ended up crying in front of two senior managers and had to explain the whole Clomid thing to them. Not the best moment of my career! There should be a warning on the box about how it effects your management abilities at work!

So it's not me alone who put career under stake for baby. I am 10+1 now. Still I get so tensed when ever I don't get nausea for 1 day. Hope all goes well.

I could use a bit of a pep talk and advice...

1st issue is they have been lowering my antidepressants since finding out i went from 150mg to 100mg then 2 wks later they lowered it to 50mg per day. I think they may have lowered it too quickly cos now im really really struggling with feeling down and have got really bad anxiety again to a point of im not sleeping for more than 3 hours at a time, when i do i have nightmares and i feel like i cant be on my own.

This leads me to my 2nd issue... 2 people at work have discovered theyre having babies too, both around 2-3 weeks further on. They have only just told people after their 12 week scans, i had to tell people at work at 6 weeks as i was struggling with morning sickness really badly, iv also felt fairly rubbish up to now anyways. But now i cant help but feel like im being judged and stuff by people for telling people so early, and that whatever i do is gonna be judged by them even though i know from an employers perspective that wouldnt happen. But from a personal point of view I feel like since theyre both higher than me in awork since so work more hours and inevitably earn more i feel like whenever i cant do something cos of not being well or buy something for the baby its gonna be kind of looked down on.

I know that its stupid of me but i cant shake my worries. It doesnt help that i thought i was a fairly good friend to one of them and they didnt tell me until posting on fb then when i msged them and congratulated them they totally ignored me :-/

Tiny it sounds like the drop in your medication is having a big impact on you. I had my medication lowered very quickly in my last pregnancy and it made me quite physically ill as well as increasing my anxiety to the point of paranoia (DH had to call one of my friends and get him to tell me he wasn't cross with me, I was so worried for no good reason). Speak to your GP about it, there are some medications that are better than others for pregnancy, so it might be that there's something more suitable you can take. I understand the worry of taking medication in pregnancy but plenty of women do because it can be better than dealing with the actual illness on its own. Have you had a referral to the perinatal mental health team? They're the experts and can really help.
I'm sure no one at work is judging you. I imagine your friend has had a lot of messages and (like a lot of us when pregnant) is just struggling to keep up with everyday life including remembering to reply to people. Maybe ask her to meet for a cup of tea at work and chat to her about how you're feeling. I'm sure she'll understand!
Everyone handles pregnancy differently. Some people sail through it (no idea how!) and some of us (me!) just stop being able to function at all. Don't compare yourself with others (especially if they're in their second trimesters now), they probably struggled more than you think but felt the need to hide it (which is okay too). You did the right thing to tell work how hard it was on you, I imagine you'd be feeling a lot more stressed and anxious if you hadn't.
Phew, I've rambled on a bit there! My point is, be kind to yourself

thankyou magpie

Hi again everybody - thanks so much for your positive feedback on the stats list! I've added the newbies - welcome vixxface, wilfrhodes, Ellie06 and Clomidworries - good to have you with us!

Gingeridiot - you were asking at the end of the last thread about being added to the fb group. Evansandtheprince is the admin - I've popped a note on the fb page to get her to pop back here to add others. I think what you need to do is send her a private message on here and then she'll email (to your email) a link to the group.

Cottagecosy 01 Jan
sapphireflame 01 Jan
Parney 01 Jan
Palimpsester 02 Jan
SincerelyRosie 03 Jan
ZylaB 03 Jan
swancourt 03 Jan
mayago 04 Jan
Yoyogini 04 Jan
blondel 05 Jan
saffronkit 05 Jan
Haresonthemountain 05 Jan
BabyLime2017 05 Jan
TwistyBraStrap 05 Jan
RosieposiePuddingandPi06 Jan
kathrynemm 06 Jan
Bozley47 06 Jan
daisysunshine2 07 Jan
Criceta 07 Jan
Becky22761 07 Jan
1sttimemum2014 07 Jan
Astro86 07 Jan
LucySB123 07 Jan
MagpieCursedTea 08 Jan
duckyneedsaclean 08 Jan
cuckoowithtwo 09 Jan
Belfastgirl90 09 Jan
minniem0use 10 Jan
thisisbloodyridiculous 10 Jan
broodymamma 10 Jan
brandnewmummy2B 11 Jan
Myheartisbeating 12 Jan
Wannabealittlegirlagain12 Jan
Turnertime14 12 Jan
twinkydink 13 Jan
flossy101 13 Jan
Lura7115 13 Jan
Ni4444 13 Jan
Whatabanana 13 Jan
indecisivedoctor 13 Jan
politics31 14 Jan
closetoyou 14 Jan
Pipparose 14 Jan
BabiWills 14 Jan
ChickadeeChick 15 Jan
Andanzadora 15 Jan
jellyspoons 15 Jan
LittleL88 15 Jan
Jodie1982 15 Jan
CharminglyGawky 17 Jan
Texasbamma 17 Jan
EvanAndThePrince 17 Jan
hels18 17 Jan
honeyice 18 Jan
Boadiccea 18 Jan
heybaby1 18 Jan
sunnypeony 18 Jan
WinterLover 19 Jan
Extrapepperoni 19 Jan
Hellington 19 Jan
Mumchatting 19 Jan
KimmyElousie 19 Jan
QueenKnickerChecker 20 Jan
Summer9 20 Jan
Minotaurus 20 Jan
Bettycakes80 20 Jan
micapainter 20 Jan
Walikingdeadfan 20 Jan
soundsystem 20 Jan
cupcakequeen 21 Jan
CarrotVan 22 Jan
littlepooch 22 Jan
foresttrees2 22 Jan
GingerIdiot 23 Jan
Signoritawhocansway 24 Jan
ginabena8686 24 Jan
MrsMumma 24 Jan
broodykg 24 Jan
Wintersummerwintersummer 24 Jan
LovePotion9 25 Jan
gingerlou84 25 Jan
hopingandwaiting 25 Jan
Jeanniejampots80 25 Jan
Glitterball86 26 Jan
Workinzzz 26 Jan
Tabitha78 28 Jan
GwendolineLacey 28 Jan
littlek86 28 Jan
vicknort 28 Jan
clementineclouds 29 Jan
dippypanda 30 Jan
gumbootsandjandals 30 Jan
Perkins1 ???
goldensunlight ???
TinyHumanJan17 ???
fortheloveofvintage ???
Porcupinetree ???
Blondie87 ???
bluebunnyblue ???
HopefulKate1980 ???
MilkyMamma ???
Kittykitty05 ???
celeste83 ???
spottytable ???
Serg ???
BuffaloCustardbath ???
flyawayblue ???
releashi ???
Jodygreen88 ???
Littlejenfer End Dec/Beg Jan
Admarks End Dec/Beg Jan
CinderellaFant End Jan
SunCrusHH End Jan
NJ81 End Jan

I actually dropped off the other thread life is hard at the moment, sorry folks.

Yes pm me your email if you want to be on the Fb page, I've just added 2 recentish requests, anyone who's having bother just shoot me another pm.

Sorry life is hard at the moment Evans - thanks for adding me to the Facebook group!

Thanks for the fb add evans. I'm going to leave it pending atm if that's ok. I've had some bleeding and am due a scan on Tues. I think I'll join the fb group after 12 weeks, should I hopefully make it that far.

Had proper baby brain today.
Cant string a sentence together. Forgetting things.

I got a pizza out of the freezer, got some other bits out....and then moaned at DP about forgetting to buy a Pizza! 😁 forgot I'd put it aside, he's raiding the freezer adamant he'd bought it, i'm moaning "well where the feck is it then?!" DD says "oh there's a pizza there!" Pointing to where I put it lmfao 😂 I apologised to DP 😁 my brain is terrible

My edd is the 24th.
I'm sorry to hear how you're suffering Tiny I've been depressed before and a few days it has felt like I was getting that way again especially with the nightmares every night.

I hope the scan goes well gumboots!

Jodie I'm with you on the baby brain, the simplest tasks have become a massive challenge.

Hope your scan goes well gumboots.

I'm still completely shattered. We're away on holiday and it won't stop raining so I'm taking the opportunity to sleep sleep and sleep. DP has bought me the Unmumsy Mum book and I'm starting to worry what I've got myself into!

MY EDD is 23rd Jan according to my midwife at booking. :)

Sorry, I also haven't been back much since joining the FB group - struggling with tiredness, which leads to sickness, and non-sleeping 20mo DD. :(

Good luck with the scan gumboots. I'm also putting off joining the FB group until this pregnancy feels more secure.

Sorry you're having a tough time evans

Tabitha in return you could buy him {{https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00852S49E/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Commando Dad]]

I have another Gynae antenatal appointment and scan today. And I'm seeing the community midwife tomorrow to arrange a referral to my preferred hospital for ongoing antenatal care.

I'm also having CBT for my pregnancy anxiety (and other anxiety) which involves trying to fix my insomnia by not trying to sleep until I'm passing out with exhaustion. So running on 4.5 hours sleep today...

Tiny might a CBT referral help you out? You get priority when pregnant in my area and I got an appointment within a couple of weeks. I'm also on ADs (Sertraline) and am just about coping on alternate doses of 100mg and 50mg. I told my boss at 5 weeks because I was going to be having so much monitoring in the first trimester that I would be out of the office quite a lot. It is what it is - every pregnancy is different and our individual needs are more important than other people and their need to judge

Can I join too? I wanted to join the first thread but was unable to read it all thanks to this lovely dizzy wave of puke I've been riding. Salt and vinegar crisps and Lucozade here. MIL (who we're temporarily living with) loves to feed people and her failure to tempt me with anything is driving her to distraction! She's been a godsend with DS.

Anyway, just under 10 weeks, due on 17th January

Slightly alarmed by the possible correlation between excessive morning sickness (much worse than with DS) and the prevalence of twins in both sides of the family...

Hello! Sorry I have been quiet. It's be a ropey few weeks. Exhaustion took over and nausea. Feel like I have turned a corner though. 9 weeks. Booking in appt this week so hopefully get a due date idea. My calculations is Jan 23rd

I've caved today and had to stay home from work. I couldn't shake the sickness and constant nausea. I've also thrown my back out somehow so feeling very sorry for myself!! Have still not got much of an appetite, all food makes me feel ill.

Had my midwife booking in last week and my bloods taken. Quite exciting and lots to learn and think about, but am now currently sporting a horrific bruise all down my arm!

Hopefully only 2 more weeks of this until I hit the magic 12 weeks.. I hope it's the magic 12 weeks as I've been hearing about!!

I have finally got my booking for both my booking in appointment and my 12 week scan....on the same day (15 July) and one after the other. Feels like it will be a bit of a marathon session!