August 2017: the one in which we'll get midwife appointment

[Fattycowagain]

Shiny new thread!

Due dates:

29th July
sparklyuggs

30th July
letmehaveabloodyname
chicken86

31st July
hrfvenia
sandsandwiches

1st August
claralane
holz657

2nd August
blink1982
mochachocachino
FlaminFlamingo99
kezmarie
drewob0

3rd August
sociallyacceptablecookie
thisismee
loubella11

4th August
yolorolo
intothewoods84
goingtoinfinity

6th August
bryonie2017
fuzzinmybrain
bellybean

7th August
timefor2

8th August
largemelons
fieldsandgrasses (twins)
mulderitsmex
oatybiscuits

9th August
thenorthernluce
alexnorthernireland1
icelemongin
scatterbrainedlass
wantingbaby

10th August
whoateallthejaffacakes
firsttimer12345
sockgnome
dryice
heatherbaby

11th August
mrsg280516
airyfairy1991
lixon
pollycazaletwannabe
loulabelle1990

12th August
cocochops
watchingitallagain

13th August
Lizzielicious

15th August
fattycowagain

16th August
writerwannabe83

17th August
justmumr
lynseyc83
user1480930113

18th August
glasgowgeorgie
sara237

19th August
itsalwayssunny
firsttimer144

20th August
oggy88

21st August
thirdthoughts
onlymrsmac

22nd August
spacecats3

23rd August
zigazigahh

24th August
tirednick
flashaaaah
fudgecrackers

25th August
nicky883
putputput
butterybollocks

27th August
kirstyinnorway
denna81
mmmmalbec
trenzalor

28th August
okydoke

29th August
brainfried1986
bluesdetoi
herewegoagain31

30th August
dizzydaisylou
thatsalovelybush
hellsbellsk

edd tbc
alpacarabbit
zelda91
gemgems2214
lunalovepud
superc3228
choccyteapot
tmi26
scottishlady7
heatherxo
alphon5e
stormcloud10
loobylou0226
misst2095
jasperpotato
swimchick1980
catherinebee85

Oh no Polly, sending hugs to you. I'm so sorry.

pancakes, claire and swimchick - sending hugs and love to you all too.

Clara and pancakes - very sorry to hear, what an awful week xx

Thanks everyone. to polly, pancakes and claire and anyone else having a rough time. Hope for everyone else that your midwife appointments and scans go well and you go onto have amazing healthy babies. Hopefully I'll see the ones who weren't so lucky on another and ante natal thread soon xx

Oh god polly and pancakes - what sad news. What an awful time for our little group at the moment . and my best thoughts to all.

Sorry to everyone who has suffered a loss polly pancakes swimchick and claire.

I hope you all look after yourselves you sound like incredibly brave women. Thinking of you all xxx

Had my 12 week scan and all looks good, so we've started to tell people which is nice unfortunately my morning sickness came back last night so having a sofa day as not really up for doing much else. Official due date is 28.7.17

Hope you are all ok and taking care of yourselves.

Sparkly that's exciting! Working from home myself today just feelngreally rough, I'm thinking of telling work as I have a super long commute and last week was just too much, it's before I would have liked to, my scan is in two weeks...so want to get the all clear before we share with everyone-so nervous I hope it will all be okay :(

On other news I found out last week my sister is also pregnant, 3/4 weeks behind me, so a lot of hormones around the family!

UPDATE!! so am back at home and in bed with a still wriggly baby inside me! Ive had what is called a subchoroinic(sp?) Haemmorage. Its large and my cervix is slightly open. But if we can get to 22weeks then it looks positive although they wernt sure on if ill get there.

So sorry Polly Take good care Pancakes - but that sounds positive!! Stay well rested and keeping fingers crossed for you!!

to everyone who has had sad news.

Sparkly Congratulations!
Pancakes Wow! Sending lots of positive thought your way.
TMI I had to tell my manager at about 9 weeks with my first pregnancy purely because of their sickness/medical policies, I wouldn't have been able to go to my appointments! They have to keep it confidential so if you do tell your manager no one else needs to know. Sorry you're struggling with the commute, is it public transport?

I've a scan date now, 6th Feb, so another 3 weeks to go.

I've got a scan date as well - 7th Feb!

I've had to tell some people at work because I can't hide feeling so ill.

I wish I could stop worrying about everything baby related, which is out of my control.

MustBe - we're scan date twins! Still seems like years away...

Pancakes - wow, what a roller coaster!! A very positive development and sending you all my best wishes.

So sorry to hear about all the bad news over the weekend. Sending you all lots of

I've had to tell quite a few people now. I'm self employed/freelance and was really struggling to come up with answers as to why I wouldn't be available July/August time for work...

Pancakes - best of luck, do take good care of yourself, my scan date is the 27th...does anyone else feel as though they just stopped caring about work? I have a huge project to deliver and a team to run but to honest, my care levels are nonexistent 😵😵😵😵😵😵

Actually, saying I told work at 9 weeks with my first pregnancy, I actually told my manager about this one on Friday - my counterpart who does the other 3 days to my 2 is retiring later this year and she wanted to know if I wanted to pick up any extra days. She was really nice about it, especially as I only started there in September and she's now going to have to find someone to replace me for a bit too...

Zig high five scan date twin! 3 weeks away though - yes, seems an absolute age doesn't it. I could have had one on the 30th but DH wants to come too and he has an important meeting that day

Cadihaf sorry to hear that worries are taking over a bit. I know it's no help to say try not to worry, but if it's really starting to get you down maybe you could try some anti-anxiety techniques?

So sorry for everybody's sad news, hopefully you have lots of support around you all including everybody here ❤️

I asked this in the fb group but other than belli skincare, can anyone offer advice on what skincare for really bad skin that's safe to use during pregnancy? I'm going to try simple as there's no sulphites or pthlalates (or however you spell that) but I have a feeling it won't make half a difference in the bloody mountain ranges that have appeared overnight. The annoying thing is it's not real spots with a head, it's angry red bumps that last for days or small bumps under the skin that last for weeks. I'm getting so frustrated!!

Fuck fuck fuck - may need a bit of a handhold.

I've just realised that for the last 1-2 weeks I've been taking double doses of my pregnancy vitamin (Pregnacare). I have been having the breastfeeding ones for months and months and months (two pink, one yellow) and then switched to Pregnacare Plus and idiot me didn't read the packet and assumed it was the same in terms of doses (two pink, one yellow) when in fact it should be one pink, one yellow. I am now of course convinced that I have horrendously harmed the baby and am feeling like the shittest mother in the world as a result. I can't even do anything about it (other than take the correct bloody dose!) as any damage will already be done. Fuck.

I missed a couple of nights this week due to being busy and distracted with friends but doubt that's enough to cancel anything out.

Zig I know it's easy for me to say but I'd try not to worry. The main vitamin linked to birth defects is vitamin a. There is no vitamin a in pregnacare or any other pregnancy multivitamin, for this exact reason. It's very unlikely that the tablets you've taken will cause any problem at all.

If you're really worried you can talk to your midwife or OB (if you have one) but please don't worry too much. Just take the right dose from now on and try to relax.

Please don't stress zig your body tends only to absorb what it needs so anything extra will probably just have passed straight through. The main damage will most likely be to your purse- these vitamins ain't cheap!!

Hey Zig - as Scottish said - I've been told the same by Dr in the past - your body just passes out any extra vits that it doesn't need! I wouldn't worry at all as everything in pregnacare will be safe to take!

Thank you so much for your reassuring words Socially, Scottish and Blue - I'm feeling a lot better about things this morning (although definitely still feel like an idiot!)

I also feel a bit silly about the drama queen nature of my post when others are going through such worrying times so my apologies for that.

Dumb question - but t what if is the yellow pill?

I'm so tired...being on trimester 2!

TMI - the yellow pill is the omega 3 one (more like a clear yellow capsule). I don't know if they are in all the (many!) types of prenatal vitamins (which I'm sure all do exactly the same thing). It's all a bit Matrix-like

Scan day. Shitting bricks.

Good luck, Blink!