due march 2005

[misdee]

is anyone gonna join me?

due 3rd march.

[munchkinsusie]

milkybarkid, i'm so sorry you're having a hard time. i'm afraid i've not got any information of use for you - i hope it all turns out ok. it sounds like the doctor was fairly positive though? let us know how it goes.

[Pidge]

milkybarkid - really hoping you get some good positive news soon.

[Girly]

Fingers crossed for you munchkinsusie

[Girly]

bloody hell pregnancy brain has kicked in already, I meant that last post for milkybarkid, am so sorry! Don't feel like you can't post, as we are here to support through the good and the bad bits.

[munchkinsusie]

well, i'm afraid to say i spoke too soon - i've been feeling quite off today. took me ages to get out of bed because i was feeling dizzy and sick. i'm in at work though and not feeling as bad. problem at the moment is that i don't seem to want to eat or drink anything which can't be good. just about to try a baked potato with cottage cheese on the basis that it's pretty plain and i like it.

hope everyone else is keeping well.

[Pidge]

Hi munchkinsusie - join the club - it's not fun is it? . I'm feeling mighty sick round the clock now and also finding it very difficult to eat or drink anything. Though I know I've got to try. In my last pregnancy I only threw up once and that was when I hadn't eaten any breakfast.

Baked potatoes are great - about the only thing I can eat at the moment!

Ginger is supposed to be good - so I bought some lemon and ginger tea, but frankly the mere smell of it is enough to make me sick. I can't bear the stuff!

Work is the hardest thing - trying to concentrate whilst feeling terrible. Plus trying not to let anyone notice that anything is up. Personally I'm counting the weeks till 12-14 weeks when things got much easier for me last time. In fact the rest of pregnancy was a doddle - just this bit that is utterly grim.

[fruitful]

Hello everyone! Can I join you?

I have just wrapped up my BFP ClearBlue test in pretty paper with a big bow around it, to give to DH this evening...

I got a faint line on a cheapy internet test on Monday, but I feel like I can believe the ClearBlue one. I think I'm due the 24th March.

Not too sure how DH is going to take it - this is our first month of ttc, and it took 9 months with dd (who is 2 now). I think he's hoping for a few more months of me wanting to bd every other night. Oh well...

Feeling strangely unexcited. Quitely happy and all that, but, not totally over the moon, can't-get-the-grin-off-my-face happy. Maybe I'm shocked that it happened so easily. Maybe its because I know what I've let myself in for this time?

[CantBelieveItYet]

Symptoms haven't kicked in properly yet, but I'm not quite 6 weeks gone yet so I'm sure that will come. I felt quite "off" from 6-12 weeks in my first pregnancy so I'm fully expecting that again, although at least I haven't been wiped out at 4 weeks like I was in my second pregnancy. Luckily that only lasted a few days, where I was confined to bed with the lights off.
Normally I survive on beans on toast and tomato soup at this stage, but yesterday I couldn't finish the soup so I guess I've got to find another staple instead.

[munchkinsusie]

welcome fruitful! aren't you lucky managing the first month! i'm sure your DH will be very happy - and why do you have to stop BDing every second night?!! i'm sure it'll sink in soon and you'll be very happy.

the baked potato went down well but i had one of those chewee bars afterwards which are my 'healthy but sweet' snack and it didn't make me feel good at all. i've got this sinking feeling that i can't stomach sweet stuff - i don't know how long i can cope with that for!

i'm 7 weeks on friday and time is dragging by. why is it that i know this bit is going to go too slowly (the bit before you can tell everyone) then the middle bit where you're feeling great and everyone is excited will go too fast, and then the end bit will go too slowly again while you're waiting to pop!

[misdee]

well i mamanged my morning cuppa, for all of 30mins. guess the tiolet bowl has become a good friend of mine again.
I am cravging salty snacks, especially real chips covered in salt. not too salty mind u, just so i can taste it. not that i can stomache them for long as everything seems to be reappearing. lets see if i weigh less after giving birth than i did to start with, as i did with both my dd's.

[Pidge]

Welcome fruitful - and CONGRATULATIONS!

I am popping with excitement because we have just exchanged contracts on our house after an agonising 3 weeks of will we, won't we. So we move to our new place on Friday! We haven't even started packing yet - fortunately we have someone coming in tomorrow to do it for us! Plus my parents to help out.

Misdee - hula hoops rule in my book on the salty front! I was eating them at 10am today - good job I work with blokes who haven't twigged that I'm behaving weirdly - I'm normally a very healthy eater! And munchkinsusie - I can't do sweet stuff either, isn't it sad. I would never have believed I could go off chocolate! Annoyingly I'm also off bread, which happened for the entire duration of my first pregnancy and is very inconvenient. I can just about manage a piece of toast but anthing more than that is a no go.

[PreggieMum]

Congratulations Fruitful!

Every meal that I've had for the last couple of days has come back up again within an hour.... Yugh!

Misdee, I'm having cravings for salty snacks too and also anything vinegary. Bizarrely the only thing that I seem to be able to keep down at the moment is horseradish sauce on toast (usually I absolutely hate horseradish & it's a pretty odd combination)

Am I the only one that has been told to call doctor back when I'm 10 weeks pregnant as they will not give out appointments until after then?

I'm beginning to worry that I may not get a 12 week scan as I can't see that the hospital will be organised enough to get me an appointment within a week of seeing the midwife.

[CantBelieveItYet]

Congratulations Fruitful! It was our first month of trying and I think dh is probably quite disappointed. However, it was to be expected as he only has to look at me and I seem to get pg!
I haven't had any cravings yet - in both my previous pregnancies I went off coffee and chocolate totally and wanted to eat really sweet things like Chewits and Opal Fruits as well as salt and vinegar crisps. Am attempting feebly not to put on quite so much weight this time so the lack of cravings is quite a good thing really.

[munchkinsusie]

preggiemum, i'm surprised you've not got an appointment. i was told to make one with the midwife for week 10 (but she was busy so i'm going in week 9). i guess every practice is different. and i'm sure you'll get a scan eventually, it just might be week 13 not 12?

funnily enough i've been craving crisps today - had two packets already. since i'm trying so hard to not put on too much weight (since i'm already overweight) i've bought something from lakeland which you use in the microwave to make your own crips. i'm going to give it a try tonight - it would be much healthier than eating endless bags of crisps!

[Beetlebug]

Salt, salt and more salt. That's all I can seem to stomache at the moment. Chicken crisp's in a soft buttered roll is my main staple. Although I am totally off chocolate I keep on trying a little bit here and there only to feel yukky afterwards . Congrats to you fruitful .
munchkinsusie although my midwife and hospital appointment were made very quickly I wont actually see the midwife till I'm 10 weeks so don't feel bad. If your anything like me you ave this overwhelming feeling to have an appointment asap to make it feel real.

[Beetlebug]

Is it just me or does anyone seem to have a bloated belly? I'm only 6 weeks and 5 days but already I'm having some problems with too tight clothing. I'm feeling so fat at the moment, please reasure me!

[Pidge]

Beetlebug - apparently this is quite common in the first trimester, bloating due to water retention or something I think. I have the reverse problem - I'm shrinking due to the fact that I'm struggling to eat anything, my trousers keep falling down today! I know this sounds great, but frankly I'm rather fond of food and I remember how depressing it was last time round not being able to eat for 2 months.

Hey ho - it's a price worth paying.

How is everyone else doing?

We move house tomorrow so have left parents and removals man packing today whilst I go to work! I definitely got the good deal. Dd (age 2) is already quite excited, yesterday evening she said to me at bedtime "When [her name] wake up - going in the new house" then she was too excited to sleep for an hour, even though I told her we weren't actually moving for another day!

[CantBelieveItYet]

Beetlebug - me too. Don't know how I'm going to survive much longer without maternity clothes, yet I don't want to tell work for at least another 7 weeks. I was so determined this time not to totally bloat out on food straight away but even though I'm not pigging out, I still feel huge.
Good luck with the move, Pidge. We're going to try and move before this baby is born. I must be mad

[CantBelieveItYet]

Beetlebug - me too. Don't know how I'm going to survive much longer without maternity clothes, yet I don't want to tell work for at least another 7 weeks. I was so determined this time not to totally bloat out on food straight away but even though I'm not pigging out, I still feel huge.
Good luck with the move, Pidge. We're going to try and move before this baby is born. I must be mad

[CantBelieveItYet]

Oops!

[misdee]

sickness has started fully yesterday. as long as its not the rest of pregnancy i'll be fine. think i may invest in a teasmaid and a stash of bickies by my bed so i dont have to get out till the waves of sickness have passed. not that i can stay there all day mind.

hows everyone else?

[munchkinsusie]

i've been fine - in fact i wish i had some more symptoms because it kind of makes me wonder if i'm imagining it!

competed in a swimming gala yesterday (my first since gettting pregnant) and did really well - do you think it's against the rules to have two people swim one race? (a bit like a consecutive relay!) i am definately getting more clumsy though (didn't think it was possible!) - i walked into something when at the gala - really embarrassing!

[misdee]

i'll swop with u!! u can have the sickness! still feeling lousey. not too bad this am so far but not brilliant.

ooooooooo i cant wait for my scan, that will make it real, so far i think i've just got a tummy bug lol.

[Pidge]

Wow munchkinsusie - very impressed at your swimming exploits. I know someone who didn't get any symptoms at all in the first 3 months of pregnancy - she's on her 2nd and just says, oh maybe I do feel a bit tired! Am very jealous, morning sickness has definitely kicked in with me - feeling sick around the clock now. Though if it's like last time I won't actually be sick at all, just be incapable of eating anything. Oh well. Biggest challenge at the moment is that I cycle half an hour each way to the station to come to work, and it's definitely getting harder work because my energy levels are down.

It was my dd's 2nd birthday party at the weekend - though she's not actually 2 for another 10 days. For the first time in my life I made a load of cakes and didn't want to eat any of them!

Finally have an appointment to see the nurse this Friday - which also happens to be the day we're supposed to be moving house! Anyway - need to get myself in the system and booked in for the 12 week scan and stuff.

[Beetlebug]

Hi ladies! Have'nt been around for a while cos my computer is dying! It's so old all it does is crash on me. To answer your question munchkinsusie I'm 29, due 6th March and this is my 3rd baby. I had no major symptoms till this morning when I had my first vomiting experience brought on by brushing my teeth...nice! Other than that I've just been feeling a little tired and I'm completely off chocolate ! Went to see my doctor a couple of weeks ago and I'm booked in for my first antenatel appointment on 4th August and first scan 24th August. Cant resist sneakily peering into other peoples buggies at the mo.