due march 2005

[misdee]

is anyone gonna join me?

due 3rd march.

[babster]

Can I join in? Am due 19 March, my third child. It hasn't really sunk in yet, especially as I haven't felt sick yet - the last two times I felt grim from the start. Anyway, congratulations to everyone else

[lydialemon]

Anyone mind if I 'lurk' on this thread?

SIL is pregnant with her first, and I'm very excited! Going to be a 'real' auntie for the first time. She lives a couple of hours from me, so I don't get to see them as much as I'd like but can I soak up the pregnancy vibes from you lot in between visits???

She's due 11/3 BTW.

[popsycal]

Hi folks!
Just checking in to see how everyone is. I feel constantly queasy and actually wish i could be sick as it made me feel lots better with my first. The smell of mint makes me want to puke!

Midwife is doing a house visit on Tuesday morning.

Are 12 week scans still standard? Think they are in my area.....

How is everyone??

[Angeliz]

Just nosing on this thread. i'm due in February (end of).
Congratulations everyone+++++

Popsy, i just got a scan date and i'll be 13 weeks so i guess it'll be the same there. I also get all my blood rsults shortly after which i'm a little nervous about as can't remember doing that last time!!!

Hope you don't mind if i join in from time to time, we are all very close!

I am 8 weeks and my belly is ENORMOUS!!! DP can't beleive it as last time didn't show till month4-5!!

[Pidge]

Hope everyone is doing ok. We moved house on Friday, and are very excited to be in our new pad. Dd seems thrilled with it too and has coped brilliantly with all the upheaval. Dp is a teacher and now on school hols, so have left him in charge of the boxes whilst I come in to work!

Spent yesterday at Glyndebourne - so all in all an action packed weekend.

Feeling very very very sick all the time and struggling to find things that I can eat, but just counting the weeks till the end of the first trimester when all should improve. Had a booking in appointment with the nurse who said I'd got low blood pressure. That explains why everything goes black when I stand up! Not sure what I can do about it though.

Popsycal - I'll be offered a 12 week scan, though inconveniently I'm on holiday for a fortnight from 12 weeks.

Welcome to babster, and congrats to your sis lydialemon! Angeliz, I might lurk over in February too - as my due date is March 3rd, so you never know. Though dd was 8 days late, so am anticipating something similar this time round.

[munchkinsusie]

hi girls,

welcome to all the new names to the thread! Angeliz, most of us have due dates in early march at the moment so as you say, we're all very close.

i went out on friday night with a few friends and it was just too obvious that i wasn't drinking and that i was tired so told them that i was pg. they were very pleased and excited which was lovely! i wasn't sure how they'd take it cause one of the couples has suffered a couple of m/cs so thought it must be hard to hear - then again, i guess i'm not out of the woods yet on that score. by the way - they are certain that their m/cs were caused by taking anadin the first time and hayfever pills the second - so stay away from them!

went to an airshow all day yesterday and instead of taking pictures of me, my DH took pictures of my belly with different planes! he was very excited to be showing his son/daughter around their first airshow! i know, very sad but also very sweet!!

i'm still not feeling too bad, but am finding that i have to eat little and often. if i go for too long without food then i feel ill and if i eat too much at one sitting (ie, what would normally be a usual portion) then i feel ill as well.

i'm now 7 +3, another three and a half weeks till i break the news to the masses!

[Girly]

HI all!

Have been away for a week to Spain which was lovely, the sunshine seemed to ease the nausea a bit and spent the whle week lying on a beach or by the pool, just what the doctor ordered

Back home to all the usual rubbish and feeling quite hormonal and tired, have to keep eating regularly or else feel sick, still being sick in the morning so all is well (I hope).

Got my scan date, booking appointment with m/w and hospital appointment so am now official!

Hope everyone is well! Am starting to show, not sure if its wind or bump, maybe a bit of both!

Before you know it we will all be feeling some movement

[Staceyk]

Hello all, please can I join in?
I have been ttc for 18 months, (PCOS sufferer) I done 3 tests last thursday all showed positive, I went to see my ferility doctor at the hospital on Friday, who done an early scan and says I'm 7-8 weeks pregnant(not too sure it's 12mm long any ideas?), can't begin to tell you how happy I am. I have a small area of bleed!! so I am due another scan 30th July (10wks) and 12 wks scan on 18th August.
Both Hubby and I are over the moon, would love to tell everyone, but know we must keep quiet. struggling at the moment very very tired, lack of nicotine hitting me hard, gone from 30 a day to 0 as soon as I saw my baby on the scan!
Oh and this is first time ever being pregnant, so I'm a complete novice.

[Pidge]

Welcome StaceyK and many many congratulations - you must be so excited after trying for so long. And what a star on the cigarettes front! The first 12 weeks feel like an excruciating wait for me - just because I want that scan and the reassurance that everything is ok. We've chosen to tell close friends, but am keeping schtum at work, which is kind of hard given my regular trips to the loo to try (and fail) to throw up. Grim.

Good luck for the next scan, and for coping with the nicotine withdrawal.

[bumpsy]

Hi just found out I am pregnant due 23rd March with my third child Have to admit bit of a shock as we have ds age 8mth and this was rather unplanned but a nice suprise although very scary.
No symptoms yet hope they hold out for a little while as off to Menorca next month and don't fancy passing the sick bag around the plane!!
Congrats to everyone else out there.

[munchkinsusie]

hi girls,
finding it hard to function today as i'm feeling so depressed. i know there's no reason to be but i am. i'm really, really tired as well, even though i got a good amount of sleep last night. all i want to do is go home to bed but i've got a meeting later which i have to go to. i've not actually managed to do any work yet today so goodness knows what i'll put on my timesheet. how is everyone else?

[Staceyk]

Hi I'm embarrassed to say I'm feeling really down too.
I think the fact I'm so tired is a big part of it. And the fact that I am on day 6 cold turkey coming off ciggies, which I think is a very strong factor.
And the feeling life is on hold til 18th August, (12 wk scan) Feel I can't get excited or make plans until it's really real.
Feel ashamed as I have been trying for so long (18 mth) and was so happy, how can I be down now? I'm getting (hopefully) all I've ever wanted. Especially as I have left so many friends on the TTC board still desperately trying, I couldn't bring myself to let them know I'm feeling like this.
I'm hoping this feeling doesn't last til end of August, I know I should be happy but....

[aku]

Hi all! Can I join in, just found out I am due 19 March. I can't allow myself to get excited - I had a missed miscarriage in may.

I am not feeling sick, just feel a bit ill when I get hungry. I will try and see if I can get an early scan as I won't beleive I am pregnant till I have seen not an empty sac this time but a baby alive and well.

Hope everybody esle is doing well and looking forward to their scan. i can't wait!

[Pidge]

Congratulations aku, and welcome out from your alterego pamina3!

Staceyk - I think it is really hard to get your head round what's happening in the early months of pregnancy, particularly if you've waited so long for it to happen. You want to be excited but at the same time you don't dare for fear of disappointment. The time just seems to drag.

For me the first 3 months last time round were by far the most physically gruelling. I wasn't ever sick but felt on the point of throwing up 24 hours a day and was exhausted on a level I'd never experienced. By about 9 weeks I was crawling home and just crying on dp at the end of every day.

This time round I'm still feeling sick, and doing lots of trying to throw up but actually surviving it pretty well. I felt absolutely awful last week, but this week I'm eating little and often and hanging in there better.

Wish I could concentrate on work though - I'm really drifting at the moment. Hence posting on here!

[Pidge]

My last day with computer access for a while, as I'm off on my hols to Scotland for 10 days tomorrow.

Have got my scan booked for 20th August, which is very exciting, but seems like an age away.

Speak to you all soon.

[Pidge]

The reason I have the scan date is that I am going on holiday again for 2 weeks at the end of August and I was worried about missing the critical period for doing stuff like the nuchal fold test. So I raised it with my midwife, who I haven't even seen yet, and she agreed to put in a scan request for me already.

In fact I had a hilarious conversation where she phoned me on my mobile at work and I had to dash from my desk, down four floors and out of the building in order to discuss it with her, because of course none of my colleagues know yet!

[munchkinsusie]

i didn't realise it was this difficult to get a scan date. my DH is going to be away for a week at the end of august so i need to make sure the scan isn't then - maybe i should speak to the midwife (who i haven't met yet!) about that? this is the only problem with having your first - you don't have the first clue about what problems could be occuring.

[popsycal]

Hi
Midwife came on Tuesday and official date is 2nd march - though my cycle is about 33 days so the dating scan at 12 weeks will probably put it back around 5 days.

I am being referred to an obstetrician as i had pre-eclampsia with ds and my blood pressure was sky high from about 34 weeks - midwife also wants to see me more regularly from about 26 weeks onwards and has advised that I start my maternity earlier than last time (which was 33-34 weeks).

i have told close family members now and the reaction is weird. Not the same as with DS. Funnily enough, i am being very guarded about discussing it all with people. My sister recently had a missed miscarriage which was only picked up at her 12 weeks scan (early may) so I am sure that this is colouring things.

Anyway - queasiness is still there although I am no where near as bad as I was first time round. Mint and petrol make me want to puke!!

How is everyone!?

[Staceyk]

Morning All

Now I did warn you all I am a complete novice, so first daft question coming up. What's nuchal fold test??
I'm getting nervous, as not having any symptoms at all no sickness etc!
Also you all mention Midwives, I haven't got one yet? see the thing is instead of going to GP I went to my fertility specialist, who has arranged my scans. I have also found out she is leaving in 2 weeks!!! I now don't know if the hospital will arrange midwife, or if I go to my GP? Still trying to hang on in there til next Friday (30th) for a 10 weeks dating scan. then the all important 18th Aug scan. Still not told a soul. Still not had a ciggie (over a week now)

[misdee]

well i'm not a novice and dont really know what a nuchal fold scan is, sorry.

i went to my gp who did all the paperwork and have now got my scan date thro. (16th august i think, i didnt really register what is on the letter as was on the phone, will check again later).

I am feeling rough as anything, i cant eat rice as its makes me vomit violently, actually most things do, but rice is the worst, same as two previous pregnancies. i dont think i'll belive i'm pregnant till i see the scan.

[Staceyk]

Thanks pamina3, I'm 26 so maybe they won't do it for me! As I say still in the dark really no midwife etc, hoping to find out more next Friday, if not maybe at the 12 wk scan in Aug, just everyone else seems to have had appointments galore!