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

fatty sad news. Sorry to hear this xx

Can I join?! Ovia due date 22nd August (not entirely sure that's correct but got a doctors appt on Saturday!)

Found out I'm expecting two days ago and in shock!

Hello claire according to ovia I'm due 25th
Congratulations! I'm still in shock and I found out day after Boxing Day!

I think I will be in shock until D-day to be honest

Thanks DixieChick

I would have known sooner if it wasn't for the stupid cheapie pregnancy tests! Did a clearblue when I was massively late (day 49 but my cycles are dodgy) and it was blaringly obvious. The cheapies still said negative 😂

I think I might even be a September due date but we shall see 😊

Congratulations everyone! I'm still trying to process it!

So sorry put and fatty 😔

I'm an evening nausea sufferer. Finding it really difficult as it's just draining feeling sick all the time but nothing coming up!

I've just come back from NYE in Dublin which was booked way before we found out about baby! The worst thing was that I was drinking ginger ale and I must have drank so much it came me such weird dreams! Woke up sweating at one point because of them!

I'm also suffering from (sorry TMI) swollen lady garden syndrome. Tried a bit of morning fun today and honestly felt like a sausage maker it was so swollen. hoping very much this is a temporary symptom!

Scan date is 20th of Jan 😊😊

Hi 88claire looks like if you had a long cycle and are getting 1-2 weeks on a digi then you'll have only ovulated about 12-14 days ago so will most likely have a September due date

Thanks Mrs G

That's a bit of a relief as we've got a once in a lifetime holiday booked to Mexico in June and the airline are funny if you're too far along!

Will see what the doctor says but I probably need a scan to get an actual due date :)

Oh fatty be kind to yourself. Lots of rest.

I have sickness as well as nausea. The nausea is the worst though. Hoping to get a gp appointment tomorrow because from about 12 I'm terrible. DP said I'm like a gremlin but backwards!

Hi claire if it helps I'm yet to have a positive on an Internet cheap. Stupid things. I got mine BFP on a first response. It was the best test I've ever seen, I hadn't even finished peeing and it was positive. I was shouting DP like a mad women! Oddly I've not done one since but with the extra scans I haven't needed too really.

hrf I hope you had a nice break. Isn't weird dreams a symptom anyway?

Hoping to be able to contact the midwife tomorrow. With my history I haven't wanted to book appointments so it'll be quite a big step really

Hello. Can I tentatively join? I can't talk about it with anyone in RL yet. I don't have an actual due date yet - Think I'm between 6 and 9 weeks based on symptoms/test date, so would be due in August. I got my first positive test on 12th Dec but I still haven't got my head round it - a bit of a surprise second baby!

I've been feeling rotten, much worse than I remember feeling with my first, my boobs hurt, I'm dizzy, nauseous all the time, although I'm not actually being sick which is something at least.

I hope it's OK for me to join.

Welcome MustBe!

Sorry to hear you haven't been feeling great - I am with you on the second time round seeming tougher already (I'm also having a sort of surprise second baby - not entirely unforeseen but we definitely weren't "trying"! We haven't told anyone in RL yet either...)

Welcome mustbe I think all our due dates are a bit vague because we've not had our dating scans. Sorry to hear you have been unwell, I was bed bound from 5w-9w with hyperemesis but slowly starting to feel better now and get more excited about the whole thing

Going to chase the scan unit today as I'm 10+4 now so I need to get the date sorted ASAP (I don't live in the UK and they're very slow here, they genuinely would call me up next week and say hey do you want your scan today).

Welcome Mustbe!

Hello mustbe!

Well that's me finally feeling pregnant now! From waking up to bedtime it's like I've got a medium-strength hangover (headache, nausea, dizziness). It's not too bad for me because I work from home and can nap when I feel most awful, but how some of you ladies are getting up, going to an office and stating at a computer screen is beyond me!

I run a small arty business and answer to no one except clients (who I always give long lead times to anyway!) ... And the worst bit is that I've gone off tea!

*staring

I'm off tea too kirsty :( at 10 wks I can manage maybe one a week.

It's mad blink! I'm normally a 5-6 cups per day girl (don't drink coffee!)

I bought tons of decaf bags too

Snap with the tea!

Leaving for work in 10 mins and not dressed as have been pucking. How do other people manage!?

Hello people

Sparkly Mine's a bit of an educated guess because I don't have a proper LMP date to work from, beyond a small withdrawal bleed some time in October, which they're apparently not counting . I have PCOS so have some pretty long cycles (my last actual period was in June...). Poor you being bed bound, glad to hear it's improving.

Zig We weren't exactly trying either - we were planning to ask for a referral back to the consultant for clomid in the new year (which has now started!) as we'd been told that would be pretty much the only way I'd conceive again as I'm not ovulating, although that's clearly not entirely true!

Welcome Claire and MustBe. Sounds like you defied medical convention MustBe, that's amazing and hopefully a relief to avoid Clomid and that stress..

Sorry you're feeling rubbish Kirsty, make the most of those naps! And I hope you made it into work ok first, that sounds rubbish :(

I had got so used to waking for a few hours and then sleeping in until 9 or 10 during the holidays and feeling human again that getting up at 7 not having made it back to sleep from around 5 is horrid. Am hoping it's just back to work stress and might disappear but not convinced..

Just to say to any newbies or anyone who has missed it but there is a Facebook group (completely secret etc) if anyone wants to join send sociallyacceptablecookie a PM or if you send me one I can attempt it.

So not in the mood to be back at work today. Luckily I've only got 3 days before I'm off again as we're going to New York for 4 nights on Friday. Keeping my fingers crossed that the sickness stays away. If the nausea stays at the same level it has been recently then I can easily cope with that.

Welcome newbies!

So I have a work dilemma. I work for a huge company on a fixed term contract. A permanent job came up and my boss encouraged me to apply. I did. Then I found out I was pregnant. I've now been offered an interview. Is it OK to go to the interview, hiding my pregnant status and fully in the knowledge that I'll then be off from July on maternity leave, possibly for a year? Or is that just not ethical? It's a huge company employing thousands of people so not a start up or anything of that nature. I'm 9 weeks now and haven't told work yet.

wanting I think it's fine, as you have no obligation to tell them at this stage, and if you are the right person then a large company like that should be able to work around it. That said, I don't know if you are entitled to maternity leave in that situation so it may be something you need to negotiate?

I'd definitely apply though, it's always good to show a keenness to progress and legally they can't discriminate against you. Also, I think 'life' has to continue during pregnancy, just in case the worst were to happen (keeping everything crossed for you that it doesn't of course but it's always a small possibility for any of us). Good luck with it!

Thanks sparkley. I would be eligible for the maternity package, which is pretty good, as I've been working for the company for a year already and this would be a change in role rather than a "new" job as such. Bit wary that some people will think I shouldnt apply in the circumstances.