First-timers Due last quarter 2007

[geekInPigtails]

After hearing a couple of people complain about the lack of it, and then experiencing it myself, I thought I'd follow nomoremagnolia's suggestion and create an ante-natal thread just for us poor scared naive first-timers

Of course I'm not saying we shouldn't also be on the normal ante-natal club threads so we can learn from people with a bit more experience, but a little newbie club might be friendly and reassuring too?

So if this is your first baby and you're due Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 07, please join me!

Please?!

I cant wait to feel lo kick.
Not feeling pg yet.just feel like i'm putting weight on without getting heavier.
Got my next scan on 15th August now.
DH is coming to that one.

Got my scan tomorrow, can't wait. DH is coming with me. My mum came with me to the first one so DH hasn't seen one yet. Hope I can find out what the sex is. Am sure its a boy.

Imawurzel, I'm sure you'll get kicks soon. I remember my first one, its hard to distinguish them from wind at first. I felt a very tiny movement like a little flip but then didn't feel anything again for days. Then at 16 weeks they started coming thick and fast. Lovely.

Quick tip for you tomorrow Mrswizz - my last scan, as soon as the machine was switched on I totally forgot there was anyone else in the room, and fixated on watching the screen until the scan was over... Afterwards DH sort of hinted he would have liked to hold my hand, but I totally forgot he was there, and I think he was a teeny bit upset! I'm making him sound like a complete wuss aren't I?! He's not generally emotional at all, but he's quite getting into this baby thing Anyway, the tip is, don't forget your DH exists!

Good tip Geekinpigtails. He keeps a lot of emotion inside, and has historically been really anti babies so I think he's trying not to be a hypocrite about getting excited. I think your tip will help quite a lot. My mother was threatening to come with us as she was at the first one. I have managed to discourage her as I really want a special bonding moment with DH.

Other blokes I've spoken too have said it only feels real after the 2nd scan when you know the gender. Before then it seems all women's stuff.

Just adding myself, have been lurking on and off but not posting a lot (finding it hard to keep up!).

sophus, 38, due sept 5th
geekinpigtails, age 28, due Nov 4th
Kittiwake, due Oct 15th
Laksa, due Sept 26
Mandler, 33 too! and due 19th Oct
PolarMummy, 29 due Oct 4th
FCH, 29(30 in May), due Nov 1st
nh101, 29, due Sept 25
Holly29, 33, due Sept 19
MrsMar 36 due sept 19th
honey2theb, 22 due 6th sept
imawurzel, 28, due 31st December
revelyell, 26, due 15 November
silkcushion, 31, due 7th November
Littleoldme - due Nov 28th
MrsWizz, due 2nd December
thelady - 31, due 4th December
AnnainNZ - 36 due November 4th
Caz10 - 31, due December 12th or 11th we are not sure!
fleacircus - 31, due Dec 25th

I am going to be totally sad now and put our dates in order.

Sophus,38,Due Sept 5th
honey2theb,22,Due Sept 6th
MrsMar,36,Due Sept 19th
Holly29,33,Due Sept 19th
nh101,29,Due Sept 25th
Laska,?,Due Sept 26th
fch,29(30 in may),Due Nov 1st
geekinpigtails,28,Due Nov 4th
AnnainNZ,36,Due Nov 4th
Silkcushion,31,Due Nov 7th
revelyell,26,Due Nov 15th
Littleoldme,?,Due Nov 28th
Polarmummy,29,Due Oct 4th
Kittiwake,?,Due Oct 15th
Mandler,33,Due Oct 19th
Mrswizz,?,Due Dec 2nd
thelady,?,Due Dec 4th
Caz10,31,Due Dec 11th or 12th (we are not sure)
fleacircus,31,Due Dec 25th
Imawurzel,28(29 Dec 11th)Due Dec 31st

Gosh.
I'm last
How is everyone today??
I had a few bubbles last night in my tummy, but i think that was my tea digesting and wind.

Thought I'd update that one - just to prove I'm still alive...

Sophus,38,Due Sept 5th
honey2theb,22,Due Sept 6th
MrsMar,36,Due Sept 19th
Holly29,33,Due Sept 19th
nh101,29,Due Sept 25th
Laska,?,Due Sept 26th
Polarmummy,29,Due Oct 4th
Kittiwake,?,Due Oct 15th
Mandler,33,Due Oct 19th
fch,30,Due Nov 1st
geekinpigtails,28,Due Nov 4th
AnnainNZ,36,Due Nov 4th
Silkcushion,31,Due Nov 7th
revelyell,26,Due Nov 15th
Littleoldme,?,Due Nov 28th
Mrswizz,?,Due Dec 2nd
thelady,?,Due Dec 4th
Caz10,31,Due Dec 11th or 12th (we are not sure)
fleacircus,31,Due Dec 25th
Imawurzel,28(29 Dec 11th)Due Dec 31st

Funnily enough I had a bit of a row with DH over the weekend about him not showing any interest in the baby (as I recall he was pretty interested before I got pregnant) but as a result of this he has now started reading the books I put by the bed for him, and keeps phoning me to read me bits and tell me what he thinks we should be doing. I think I may have created a monster and slightly wish I hadn't said anything. On the other hand he did say that he thinks about it all the time and was surprised I didn't realise how caught up in it he is - perhaps he thinks pregnancy comes with the ability to mindread!

I can't believe there are so many people in their last trimester already; does anyone else have moments when they feel like this is going to last for ever, and then moments of panic as you realise that in quite a short time life is going to be completely different for ever?

It is so odd!

I remember not so long ago telling parents we were 8 weeks pg.
Seems ages ago now.
It seems further along if i say i'm 4 months rather than 16 weeks.
What sounds more to you? weeks or months??

Weeks sounds more to me. I count in weeks as it seems to progress quicker. Am now 21 weeks!

I count in weeks - I get confused about the months. Am 17wks now, just beginning to feel the occasional wriggle or squirm - very excited as I'd sort of stopped believing I was really pregnant (just fat!).

20 weeks and not a single wiggle yet! Humph

Had 'bubbles' last night but i had just had tea so i think it was my tea digesting.

Apparently it's often later for the first baby; thelady, it probably means you have fabulously firm stomach muscles and will be one of those women who looks amazing two weeks after giving birth!

Scan yesterday. Its a boy!

Fleacircus - that bodes badly for me then. Have been feeling wiggles for weeks. Wobbly tummy for me

Congratulations!

Me too - friend was telling me recently about amazement in shower after birth at sheer quantity of newly loose flesh. That will be me. Also had not realised it was possible to have pregnant arms, ffs. Have to be a bridesmaid in a strapless dress this weekend, am going to look an absolute fright.

Fleacircus, am telling myself it is in a good cause. It is beginning to scare me though. I tell myself that there are mothers out there who still look great.

Bet you i end up one of the mothers that loses NO baby weight whatsoever.
I am wierd with weight at the moment, up down,up and back down again.

obviously you haven't seen me recently

Firm tummy I aint! Mum's theory is that I'm relatively long-waisted, and until tadpole starts feeling squashed, there's no reason for it to hoof me....

Congrats Mrswhizz!

just going to add myself in. I've only posted a couple of times as I'm usually found on the dec thread. Do keep up by reading your posts though.

Sophus,38,Due Sept 5th
honey2theb,22,Due Sept 6th
MrsMar,36,Due Sept 19th
Holly29,33,Due Sept 19th
nh101,29,Due Sept 25th
Laska,?,Due Sept 26th
Polarmummy,29,Due Oct 4th
Kittiwake,?,Due Oct 15th
Mandler,33,Due Oct 19th
fch,30,Due Nov 1st
geekinpigtails,28,Due Nov 4th
AnnainNZ,36,Due Nov 4th
Silkcushion,31,Due Nov 7th
revelyell,26,Due Nov 15th
Littleoldme,?,Due Nov 28th
Beachbunni,28,Due 1st Dec
Mrswizz,?,Due Dec 2nd
thelady,?,Due Dec 4th
Caz10,31,Due Dec 11th or 12th (we are not sure)
fleacircus,31,Due Dec 25th
Imawurzel,28(29 Dec 11th)Due Dec 31st

Hey peeps I am a newbie mum to be as well. I am due Oct 14th! First 19 weeks were awful, the sickness is gone now thankfully but now I have back ache and indigestion! I am still very excited (and scared!) though.

Hi Beachbunni and Stefka, thought I'd put another update on to add you Stefka.

Am in a good mood today. My SIL is being absolutely brilliant and has almost got me everything I'll need for the little one. Lots of stuff left over from niece's baby days and lots of stuff from her friends. It is going to save a small fortune.

Sophus,38,Due Sept 5th
honey2theb,22,Due Sept 6th
MrsMar,36,Due Sept 19th
Holly29,33,Due Sept 19th
nh101,29,Due Sept 25th
Laska,?,Due Sept 26th
Polarmummy,29,Due Oct 4th
Stefka, ?, Oct 14th
Kittiwake,?,Due Oct 15th
Mandler,33,Due Oct 19th
fch,30,Due Nov 1st
geekinpigtails,28,Due Nov 4th
AnnainNZ,36,Due Nov 4th
Silkcushion,31,Due Nov 7th
revelyell,26,Due Nov 15th
Littleoldme,?,Due Nov 28th
Beachbunni,28,Due 1st Dec
Mrswizz,33,Due Dec 2nd
thelady,?,Due Dec 4th
Caz10,31,Due Dec 11th or 12th (we are not sure)
fleacircus,31,Due Dec 25th
Imawurzel,28(29 Dec 11th)Due Dec 31st

I havent got anything yet.
The only thnigs i do have are what my freind bought round on wednesday, 0-3 body suit + 3-6 body suit, in neutral colours and a baby wrap thingy.
thats made it more real than seeing the scan. Odd.
How is everyone??

Thank you for adding me!

I am doing well although I feel a bit grumpy today. I really wanted to do some pregnancy yoga and do one of those hypnotherapy courses for births but I just looked up the prices and it is way beyond what we can afford. Not fair

Have people bought their cots yet? I am wondering when I should do that.

Hey Stefka we're thinking of buying a cotbed rather than a cot because it will last a bit longer. Dp's brother has bought us a crib which can do for the first wee while.