Due at New Year....anyone else?!

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Have just found out that I am pregnant. Blimey! A bit nervous/scared! DH says scared is too strong a word. Might be from his side of things but I think that I'm scared!
Due 31st Dec or 1st Jan, can't quite work out whether cycle is 29 or 30 days.
First time, so not too sure what to expect!
Anyone else due at new year?

Hi skibump - i work in a bloomin university but normally on the engineering side. I just happened to speak to the medical team people forgetting they know about things like that. My midwife mentioned the other day when she saw them on my wrists that it really was like having "I'm pregnant" tatooed on my head.

im the same bettymamma! although I work with 300 men, so none of them have noticed yet!

same here (re the men!). You'd think I'd be safe. oh dear

apparently you can Bettymamma. I have my Doreen on today and am looking very conical Colleagues are a pest aren?t they, I have seen people giving my belly sidelong glances, I am not even 8 weeks but I know that physically I have changes already!

Beller - welcome. Sorry to hear about the ex situation hope it gets sorted tonight.

Good luck sorting cvs test Calgary - no knowledge of it either unfortunately. You could put thread on pregnancy topic about it?

Skibump ? I had a lovely Elle Macpherson bra last year, wore it once, it snapped, swoped it for another and it snapped too clearly they don?t agree with me!

Beller, welcome and congratualations. Sorry about the circumstances, hope you get everything sorted out with you ex

Lisa111 ? I am so sorry hon, I hope you are ok. Take great care of yourself and keep talking on MN, I found it really helped in what was a really lonely time. Sending hugs x

Mummy2tolittleprincesses ? 2 days before me trust all went well at the Drs?

Mum2sam ? glad I am not the only one not having issues with eating it seems to make me feel better. Wireless is best sounds like your boobs feel like mine (I didn?t mean literally )

Birdseed glad you are having fun telling people! I must have missed your scan post. How did it go? Are you measuring behind or ahead of dates?

Welcome Mum2sons congratulations! Good luck for Friday, fingers crossed!

Thanks Wilkie, that was nice of you

Yeah Plummy that?s the spirit! Everything crossed for next week, isn?t your scan Tuesday like mine?

Awen ? I know what you mean about the MW appointment, they haven?t improved on their track record since my last pg! We don?t get a nuchal fold here but like you, I want an eye kept on the cyst. Read about a massive one in Prima Baby last week that got me scared ? basically, it was so big that it was obstructing the baby?s head from the cervix! Hope mine goes away as most do!

28 of us ? wow! no other Scottish ladies likely to meet me in St Johns on NYE then?

Calgarry99 ? you are brave wanting to go for a CVS. As I?ve had a MC, I couldn?t bear the risk, even a small one and I am also too scared to have one Its not that I am blind to the risks and I would want to know if there was something wrong, I guess I just haven?t got to the stage where I can bear to think about it yet.

Katyt1 ? hello

Beller ? welcome lucky number 29! I am sorry BF has done a runner you sound very upbeat though congratulations!

lisa111 are you ok?

mum2sons & beller - welcome!

bettymamma - is the cat out then?

skibump - has the bleeding calmed down?

We told our family at the weekend. My parents were spectacularly unexcited, my dad said precisely nothing. Mum told me to have a girl as she likes shopping for girls clothes and has 3 grandsons already. I was polite and didn't throttle them, can I have a medal? Fortunately dh's parents, sister and BIL were all thoroughly excited so that made up for mine!

Still feeling sick and exhausted, I've got to tell everybody so they can start cossetting me!

MrsMacjr - very impressed with your long posts as always! Re scan I got dated 4 days later than for my dates, which is a little bit frustrating as am desperate to get to 12 weeks and relax a bit, hopfully feel better and enjoy telling my friends. It was 2 cm at 8+2 weeks, which felt quite exciting!
And fortunately it was a bit more hygeinic than last time I went (came away wonderign what I might have caught - doh!).

They were also very good about me having gone - I got worried about ms and breast tenderness having gone and I also got lower tummy pains, not awful, but he whole picture made me worry. I rang another EPU (ours only open for 3 hours a day) and they said could be miscarriage, but that they wouldn't scan me, so got up extraordinarily early on sat and went to queue outside our one! Phew...all ok.

Very much enjoyed telling PIL and BIL. Good response. Nice that someone knows now and has given me a bit of a boost (was feeling down in the dumps).

MS back and now totally knackered (much worse last 2 days) but know that most people are feeling the same on and off - very reassuring!

Hope that you are all having an ok day to day.

Poor you bettymamma - probably not what you needed today! I know what you mean about the wrist bands...I am wearing long shirts and keep pulling the sleeves down in the hope that people won't notice!

Bella - welcome! And congratulations. Are you going to tell someone you know eg mum/sister/friend so that you have some support early on? Or maybe see how things go. Glad you have come here and hope you find it helpful.

all went well at doctors thanks
i just cant wait until im 12 weeks gone

birdseed docs say your havin a miscarriage because of tummy pains thats rubbish they said that to me when i was expecting dd1 and they were wrong

Fruitful ? sorry your parents were less than excited, that is so unfair! with us, my Mum was so gung ho she scared me, sent a card immediately and everything which was sweet but also scary. DH?s parents didn?t say a thing I think after my MC they are too scared to get excited as they are so desperate for a grandchild ? FIL is 74 and this will be 1st grandchild ? it kind of made me sad, our announcement shouldn?t have been that way

It was midwife on call, not doc and I think she meant the whole package with symptoms having totally disappeared and then some pain. so sounds vaguely reasonable. Just wish that I had enjoyed the nausea free break more!

I agree mrsmc - poor you fruitful. After all of the first trimester rubbish you need family to get excited when you tell them.
We're excited for you. Know it's not much of a consolation. Hopefully your friends will be too when it's time to tell them

to go or not to go - meant to be going to bridesmaids dinner with my sister (bride) and the 2 other bridesmaids tomorrow....but have been feeling really nauseous most evenings. Should I try and go (we are meant to be giving her a present) or give it up as a bad job? Have already resigned myself to driving into central london if I do go, so that I don't have to explain the not drinking!

Birdseed I cannot imagine having the energy to go out and party in the evenings! I'd be phoning with a mystery stomach bug.

I think my parents aren't sure what to make of me wanting a 3rd - they didn't and they don't really like me choosing a different life to the one they chose IYSWIM.

Right, have to go and feed the monsters (and me, before evening sickness hits).

Good thinking Birdseed on the driving into London thing to avoid saying why drinking. See how you're feeling tomorrow before deciding. Sip on lemonade - do you find nibbling all day long helps avoid the evening sickness thing as well? It helps me so I thought I'd share the tip. (I only get sick when I'm hungry which is just bizarre).

Re parents/in laws reactions - Mum cried, MIL just went silent, which I was expecting. She was like that with dd. Very strange. And then once I had dd she was over the moon but didn't get excited and was not interested throughout entire pg. People are funny!

Birdseed ? sorry, crossed with you. You are the same as I was last scan, 4 days behind ? do you know when you ovulate? I think mine?s around cd17/18 so that makes sense. I know what you mean about being desperate to get further on! 2cm is really exciting though That?s horrible about the hygiene! my hospital is clean enough but the equipment looks like the scanning machine in Life on Mars ? tad old I reckon! I?m tempted to pay for a private scan after the next one (fingers crossed) to see just how much more we can see! Poor you getting scared its horrible. I really don?t feel like going out anywhere at the moment so I do sympathise!

Fruitful ? sod em!! I am one of 3 and it?s fab

Hello! I'm pregnant with 1st baby & due 15th January, or there abouts. I was advised to join this thread with other mums to be in the same boat! Got midwife appointment next week so we can keep each other posted! Love Gem.xXx

Birdseed - Yikes > driving in central London!! I've only driven about 3 blocks since arriving at the beginning of March - the left side still scares the daylights out of me - hopefully it'll get better I agree with BettyMamma to maybe wait until closer to the time to decide as you too are having on and off symptoms - maybe it'll be good tomorrow night > sounds like fun too.

MrsMcJnr - crazy detailed posts - awesome - just like a friend catching up on things. Hope all goes well with the cyst - at least you're keeping an eye on it so that would mean giant ones are out of the question ;) I know too what you mean about M/c. I had one last October at 11weeks and it took me 4 months to get my AF back after that. So disappointing, never realized until after I did some research just how common it really is. I'm worried too but know that I really do want a test and at 11-13 weeks sounds much better than 16-20 for amnio.

Thanks everyone for the CVS ideas! Good news, I found a place called the Portland Hospital and they quoted me 1 in 100 to 1 in 200 risk. That's much better than the 2% elsewhere so I will go with them. They also suggested getting a dating scan and it made me so excited. For some silly reason I thought I could only get one if the doctor said I had to so I've been enviously reading about everyone's on this thread. I found a place online (babypremier.co.uk) that does them for half of what Portland quoted me and as a bonus they do them on the weekend. Wish me luck for mine this Sunday - so excited!!! (And nervous of course as I've been waking up feeling decidedly unpregnant and with the m/s coming and going am not quite sure what to expect.)

Fruitful, sad that you didn't get the ecstatic reaction most of us expect. I'd give you a medal as I'd have been tempted to throttle and blame it on the hormones ;)

Bella, welcome to the group. We're getting bigger by the day and it's a great group of ladies so you'll definitely find support if you want it!

Ok, onto food - in hindsight it does not seem to have been a good day to work from home as I've been tempted only by beige food whereas at work I take what I can get which seems better balanced > intake today: mini wheats, bread and butter, potatoes with butter, mashed potatoes with butter, Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream, big chunk of white cheddar...very odd...I did try some HagenDaas coffee toffee ice cream but couldn't eat more than a bite -whereas normally I love it. Weird. Oh well, maybe tonight I'll have some 'real' food.

Hope everyone is well!

Hello!

I have just found this site through googling and I hope you don't mind if I join your thread. I am a first timer, due 2 Jan. Very excited to have found this especially because it is something to play on while I am at work - Keeping it a secret is killing me, but not too long to go now.

I think I am a bit behind you girls. I went to see the GP at about 5 weeks - god what a disappointment was that - I am booked in to see an obsetrician (sp?) on Monday. So I haven't had scans or anything exciting like that yet.

You all seem really nice and positive unlike some other sites I have come across which to be frank have just scared me senseless. I seem to get worried about everything at the moment.

Anyway, look forward to chatting with you girls.

PBirdy x

Hey all - missed you while I was away and it's taken AGES to catch up with all the news. We are all so chatty!

Fruitful - don't let them get you down, which I know is easier said than done but if they even lower your mood thay have succeeded in controlling you a little and your life is now your own and the family's you are creating.

Victorvictoria - fan-bloody-tastic to have you back - quick work girl! we are all crossing fingers like mad here and praying for stickers!

Welcome to all the nwecomers - we are such a crowd now!

Lisa 111 - so so sorry hon' - I can only imagine how you are feeling from the dread I feel at every cramp or trickle and I deeply truly send hugs, sympathy and best wishes for a bright future.

skibump - am so glad beanie is hanging on in there - brave determined little beannie.

Bellar - what a b***d! Sounds like you'll be better off without him unless he starts some pretty serious apologising and more appropriate behaviour - hope he's worth pursuing for CS!

Jenswish - self-doubt and depression is an entirely appropriate respoonse to the huge life changes and hormonal surges pg brings - have some faith in yourself sugar and don't give yourself a hard time - do what you need to do to feel better - whatever treats/cosseting/duvet-hiding-under helps.

I had a lovely time in Rheims over the weekend not being able to taste all the champagne my dh and parents were consuming around me and watching whilst dh sampled as much mould grown fabulous french cheese he could find In fact we did a tour of veuve cliquot and I had 1 SIP of the vintage grande dame on the basis beannie should learn asap to sample the finer things in life! we told my folks and they were fabulous - Dad got all choked and protective, getting me on my own and telling me to take care of myself NOW. Then he went and bought ferociously expensive vintage champers for when beannie comes out. Mum is riffing on names/when she can tell people/patting my tummy the whole works. It was quite a relief to have an outlet but I feel even more frightened of losing beannie as I'm enjoying this glimpse of the future so so much.

As for symptoms - had sudden boob tenderness so bad over dinner one night, literally had to clutch them! DH looked appalled and father looked away!

Mrs McJnr - love your posts and your sunny-ness. Lawyers needn't be devious but the best ones often are !

oooh calgary - great tip on the dating scan place - I may try myself for this weekend so maybe we should have a secret MN signal. Or maybe I should just calm down.

Pbirdy - welcome and we so sympathise on the nreves - I read far too much too early on and was really paranoid - am trying to learn to go with the flow but as you can see from my response to calgary, the smallest chance of further confirmation gets me all excited!

Hope I've got everyone. We're at 31!!! :O

Beller - 28 Dec
Imawurzel - 29th Dec First timer too.
Housemum - 29 Dec approx, 2 DDs (14 and 4)
Macdoodle - 30 Dec 1DD 5 years
Bettymamma - 31Dec-3Jan approx as well!, DD 20 months
Toomanyshoes - 2nd Jan, DD 2 years
PBirdy - Jan 2nd, First Timer
birdseed - 3rd jan, first timer
Awen - 5th Jan - 1 ds7
KMT - 5th Jan, 1st timer
ScotsgirlinOz - 7th Jan - 1 dd
lilyloo - 8th Jan ds 5, dd 2
Mum2sons - 9th Jan 2DSs ages??
Goingfor3 - 8 - 12 Jan 2 DDs 3 and 5
Calgary99 - 10-Jan, - First Timer
Angelcake99 - 11th Jan 1 DS 2
Jenswish - 11th Jan (I think) - First timer
Pinkelephant -11th jan (ish) also first timer
Skibump - 12th Jan (tbc) 1 DS 14 mths
Mummyto2littleprincess- 13th Jan- 2dd 4,2
Gingeme - 14th Jan 4ds 13,11,3 and 6mths
Barristermum - 15th Jan 1st timer!
BeckyAu - 15th Jan - first timer
GemTubbs - 15th Jan, First Timer
mum2sam-16th jan, ds 2.5years
Letsgo - 16 Jan, first timer!
MrsMcJnr - 17 Jan first timer
Plummymummy - 25 Jan approx - 1 ds nearly 3
Katyt - 27th Jan (approx) DS 1yr
Fruitful - 28th Jan dd 5, ds 2.3
VictorVictoria - 1st Feb, ds 2

hello gem tubb - we are due date buddies with the splendid scot mrsmcjnr!

Thanks for the welcomes! Am starting to feel really excited although still a secret (apart from all of you )

Beller: I did it alone with DS1, now aged 12. Tough but sooooo worth it. Time goes so quickly and if you do stay apart from your ex, you will meet someone so much better sometime down the line. I met my DH when DS1 was 2.5 and he is fab. The time on my own with my boy bonded us and in some funny ways my life was easier and simpler!

Hi Ladies - Hope you've all had a good day?
Bettymamma - you made me laugh as I've been at work today (had short sleeved top on with long sleeved zippy over the top) got hot, automatically took zippy off, tied it round my growing waist then was suddenly aware of my sea sick wrist bands so got in a panic and tried to put the zippy back on too fast putting my arms in the wrong sleeves and getting in a right muddle. I had to be a bit warm the rest of the day to avoid the bands being seen. The bands are great (I felt blooming awful all day yesterday without them but much better today with them) but they might as well be a tattoo with an alarm shouting "I'm PREGNNNNAAAAAAANTTTT!"

Barristermum - Am so glad you got such a lovely reaction - fantastic. I'm also glad Beanie is learning the finer points of champagne at this young age - I plan to do the same!! I feel exactly the same about telling people, then worrying about not being able to hold on to Beanie. I know we're all doing everything we can to keep them safe but it is a niggle at the back of my mind. But positive thinking - we will all be fine

Big Helloo to PBirdy, Gemtubbs (we're due date buddies!) and Mums2Sons

Calgary99 - Hope you have a good time on Sunday - fingers crossed for you - you must et us know how it goes!

Beller - Grrrrrrr... sorry to hear of your situation - I hope you're ok but you'll get amazing advice and support from everyone here

Birdseed - Maybe you could go tomorrow just to show your face but tell everyone you've had a rough day and may have to leave early? If you drive then you can leave whenever you need to?

Fruitful - sorry you didn't get a fantastic carnival reaction to your news... It probably doesn't help much but I'm expecting my MIL to say something like "Oh Right" when we tell her so you're not alone. We're all excited for you though....

So sorry everyone else... DH has just walked in - I didn't realise how much time I'd spent on here - I'd love to chat more.... so all ladies... HAVE A GREAT EVENING!!

Hello ladies, blimey you lot can talk!! has taken me ages to read all the posts!
Welcome to all the new additions, wonder how many we'll end up with?!

beller - 2 of my best friends have gone it alone in the last 2 years and both of them are doing brilliantly and really happy with their gorgeous babies! Sure things will work out

Barristermum - glad you had a good trip and that parents were excited. I told my mum weeks ago but she was sworn to secrecy. However went to see her at the weekend and several people we bumped into in her village congratulated me or asked me how i was feeling!! i was bloody furious! i know its just coz she is excited but havn't even told DH's parents yet!

Calgary - good luck with the scan - it will be fab to see that little heartbeat flashing away!

MrsMcJnr - I had forgotten about Doreen bras!! Had one last time I was pg and felt like a madonna impersonator every time i put it on.

I still have a bit of spotting but have almost got used to it now so don't feel so anxious. ms is very off and on but still nowhere near as bad as with DD. boobs still agony and definitely getting a bump which seems ridiculously early. Have actually lost 3lbs (most unlike me!) but can't do up jeans. Am ticking off the days til my 12 week scan - 3 weeks to go!

Hello everyone,

I've been "lurking" on here for some weeks but thought I would join now if that's ok.
I am just over 8 weeks pregnant for the first time, very exciting .

We have had two scans already - because my cycle is all over the place so the doctor wasn't sure how old the beanie was. The scan on Friday was magic, could see a little head, body, arms and legs and the heart beating. DH told me he could also see eyes and eyebrows but I think that was just proud dad wishful thinking!
The midwife doing the scan told me that with everything being in the right place and "stuck" we have a 97% chance of making it through - am hoping she's right! She also told us beanie was 8 weeks old, so due on 4 January. We told our family over the weekend (although my mom knew already), don't think I could manage if we had a MC and no one knew. So now just have to wait until 12 weeks to really relax!

Completely agree with PBirdy about other sites scaring you senseless, have had to limit my internet usage just to keep myself from panicking!

Anyway, look forward to chatting to you all

BWMum
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