January 2018 babies!

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Just me?

Due 30th Dec/1st Jan

1st baby

@imbreakingbad thank you! I totally understand that feeling! I've just been on holiday for a week and it's felt like the longest bloody week ever...hate wishing time away!

Thanks @WLMcl, I'll be 7+3 tomo. Am under care for previous miscarriages so will be scanned every two weeks from now, eek. Am veering between excited and thinking it has every reason to go right this time and also trying to prepare myself for the worst. Fun.

@ALH the recommendation to avoid underwire is because it can block developing milk ducts. If you are wearing very well fitted ones though it shouldn't be a problem as they wouldn't block them. Just make sure you're getting fitted by an expert (Not M&S!). I wore mine for as long as they were comfortable last time and it was only when the bump got massive that they started to rub and I switched. They recommend not to wear them when breastfeeding too but I wore feeding bras for a few months but then wanted decent support and I've never had problems (currently feeding my 2 year old).

Sorry to hear bad news for a few

Suddenly feeling quite nauseous today as well as light headed. Also getting some palpitations (weird fluttering feeling in my chest) - anyone else experienced this?

Thank you, PolkaDotFlamingo. My nipple are so sensitive and boobs so tender I don't want to feel constricted in any way, but I still want to be comfy and supported. I think I might look at those vests with the built-in support. I feel like walking around with my arms wrapped protectively around my breasts just now. A nice, soft maternity bra with no stiff bits sounds appealing, but I'm wary of wasting money buying them so early and then growing out of them, you know? It's a bit of adjustment not knowing what's coming and not being in control.

ALHCTPS my boobs are also feeling very heavy just now. I am still wearing my underwired bras though. In fact, I continued to wear underwired bras throughout my last pregnancy as I hated the 'uni-boob' effect that maternity bras give!

That said, I have started wearing a crop top/sports bra to bed. Don't like the sensations of having these massive things swinging about!

On a separate issue - I have started looking into the Harmony test. Given my age (36), I am thinking of having one done. Is anyone else looking into it?

walk day after me - congrats and welcome - so exciting!
ALH I was thinking that too about all the stretching, lentil size!
pickled hope all goes well with the scan

I had no idea about this underwire thing - I'm 34F so can't exactly let them swing free I will have to invest in a few good non underwire ones, any recommendations for where to get them from? Mothercare? M&S?

That should have said wapp not wall.

ndo do they do the harmony test on the NHS or private? Is it just a blood test or prodding around?

It's a private test Eva. I think that the NHS offer it if the risk is very high following the nuchal scan and blood test screening.

I'm hoping for some help on the bra situation too! I'm only 5ft and my bloody back is breaking due to these melons on my chest. Taking off my bra feels like two bricks are falling down.

Hi all, can I join in?
I got my bfp on two digital tests yesterday and am 4+2, due 21 Jan if all goes well.

I'm only a B cup normally, so, I suppose I could easily go braless, but my boobs feel so sensitive that that's not necessarily better. And I feels so shit that I think something cheapo might make me feel even crappier. Is it a totally flagrant waste of money to 'invest' in a couple of nice maternity bras to cheer me up a bit and make me feels bit more pulled together?

On the plus side, I've actually got some energy back and managed to do some bulk soup making, using up the back log from the veg box, which should help me have something nutritious and easy to eat when I get home from work and collapse and saves wasting food, which I hate (meant to cancel this week's delivery, but forgot thanks to baby brain). Cooking is something I find rewarding and therapeutic (I know not everyone feels like that!), so not having the energy to do anything but make toast has been getting me down. Also caught up on washing the huge pile of clothes in the basket and planting the plants I ordered just before I took the test and which have been sitting about slowly dying ever since. Small victories, but I've been feeling so pathetic and overwhelmed and useless. God, I've missed my get-up-and-go, so it's glorious having a little bit of it back. And I've not sobbed once today. Boobs feel ultra sensitive, but today is the first day I've felt remotely like myself for about a month, which has made me panicky about how I'm going to cope with the months ahead. So hard to just accept the limitations and take it one step at a time. I'm a first-time mum at 37 and used to being in total control of my life... I can say goodbye to all that now, I'm guessing. Yikes.

Ndo I'm going to do the harmony test. I'm 33, was thinking of doing an early scan but I guess that might be a bit ott if I'll be doing the harmony scan at 10 weeks

@ALHCTPS glad you've got your mojo back 😊
It absolutely would not be a waste of money to invest in some pretty maternity bras, the range is much better now than when I had my first dc 12 years ago. I have some really plain ugly ones at the moment, but compared to my standard ones are so much more comfy. Boobs hurt like hell when I take it off though 🙁
I emphasise with what you say about cooking. I love to cook too, but this past week all I've wanted to do when I get back from work is collapse. We had chips and a pizza, which is highly unusual for us but the kids have loved it! Great idea to make lots of soup, I may copy you

Bravissimo and figleaves are great for the big booby ladies out there.....

Another vote for bravissimo.

Ndo I am going to have the harmony test, it's £400 near us so I am going to book for around 24th/26th June when I'll be 11 weeks. I'm 35 so really need the peace of mind that all is ok and healthy. Plus really exciting that they can also tell you the sex

I highly recommended Carriwell nursing bras! They have gel underwires and are really great for offering support and comfort.

Got my bfp today. Three tests done all positive. Due 23rd Jan with baby number 2!

Floss & rose how much are have you found it for? I have found it at Fetal Medicine Centre for £400. It includes a viability scan, the test, and the 12 will scan.....

Is one of those Harmony tests worth the expense of you're under forty? Yes, it can be harder to conceive after 35 and your fertility begins to drop away, but I thought over forty was the danger zone re Down's Syndrome etc?

I'm considering using thisismy its 400 with the scan. Not found it under 400 and seen it as high as £650. I suppose really you should wait to hear what the NHS scan says and then do it if needed? i think at 35 the risk is 1 in 400 and over 40 its 1 in 100

@Neavesa I'm so sorry when I commented about ms yesterday I was referring to morning sickness not the condition. I picked up the abbreviation when reading through various other threads so (perhaps wrongly?) assumed it was commonly used.
Hope you are doing ok and that the pregnancy doesn't affect you too badly x

alh I really fancy some homemade soup now!

I think the reality of pregnancy started to sink in today. Noticed the first signs of my body changing (swollen boobs) and had a bit of a meltdown (my first of many no doubt) about how I'm not myself anymore. I'm usually a very active person and I'm finding the extreme tiredness really hard to get used to. The naive pre-pregnant me thought I'd be able to push through it and carry on mostly as normal for a bit - Ha! I hope all these symptoms means things are going as they should for now so I'll take that as a positive . Just not easy all the time when so worn out and full of hormones is it? I have a personal training session tomorrow. Fingers crossed the exercise does me some good and I don't fall asleep mid press-up in a field!