Due April 2005

[Seabird]

Hello!

Have tested very early so not surprised to have to start this one off! Due 8 April I think.

Anyone joining me?

Good to have you on board Lucy99

Strawberry, I'm interested to hear you're thinking of a home birth. I was going to have one with dd but then my waters broke early and I ended up being induced etc etc. Apparently 60% of the births my midwife practice do are at home though so maybe I will have one this time.

Mother Peculiar - really glad to hear things went ok with your sister and glad to hear your scan went well and you're feeling a bit better about things. Glad you're staying on this thread too!

Really don't envy those of you trying to squeeze into non-maternity work clothes! As a SAHM it doesn't matter what I slob about in but it is that really tricky stage right now of being drowned in maternity clothes and feeling sick in too tight normal ones (mostly I just resort to unbuttoned/unzipped (depending how late in the day!) combats ).

aprilmeadow the yoya sounds intriguing - I must look into it

sorry having a dim,i cant spell day!!! i meant yoga

Thanks Seabird
welcome Lucy99

gotta get some maternity clothes soon too, my tummy is starting to pop out bigtime now

really must tell them at work....

have a good w/e everyone

No blooming here yet . Am 12 weeks & 1 day now so waiting to spring into blossom any day though (?!)

It's been poor DH's birthday today and I've had a really hormonal day, bless him. Our friends came round for a pre-pub drink, which was very nice of them, but I've just heaved a big sigh of relief as they all left so I could have the bowl of chocolate icecream I've been dreaming about for the last 2 hours and go to bed! 2 of them are about to go travelling for 6 months - was v weird as they wished me a good pregnancy and I thought about all they're going to be doing while this baby finishes growing inside me. [Whistful sigh...]

Hi all .
Glad it's not only me with a taste for ice-cream. I don't like it that much normall but have got through tub of choc and mint in just over a week .

Good to hear that your scan went well Seabird. I hope Azure's was ok too. Assume she's still on her hols. NellyK, hope your Nuchal scan was good too. Oh and good luck with yours this week Bronnie . Oh and 9lbs isn't bad. I think i've put on 6/7 but I think half of that is on my chest!! .

Mother Peculiar, you sound so excited which is lovely. I've had a couple of times this week when i've been beaming but tbh, i'm still nervous really and it still hasn't totally sunk in. Maybe when I get to see more than a bean on my next scan, it will become more real. I saw some lovely nursery stuff in Marks the other day and it did make me feel all gooey inside. Can't wait.

Congratulations Lucy and welcome to the this thread.

Well, you'll be pleased to hear that the m/s seems to be slowly and I mean slowly dying off thank gawd. Not a day too soon. Lets hope we all start to bloom very soon. I know my waist is and I have bought some new jeans but i'm trying to hold off buying anymore until after week 12 which is about another week and a half. I was going to look this weekend for some work stuff but felt to grotty so might try the elastic band on my work stuff this week. How attractive

do you think i'm obsessed with emoticons

emotions are good!!

scan was fine tbh can't remember how I felt when p/g with dd1, it all seems so long ago all I can remember was it seemed to take ages to reach 12 weeks and I was counting every day - this time around seems to have gone more quickly. I decided not to pay for a nuchal in the end but will have the triple blood test, not that I've thought through yet what I would do with the result. Might have it but not tell dh.

Am enjoying looking at maternity clothes in catalogues but can't quite look at nursery stuff just yet.

Everyone else okay today?

I told work as wanted time off for scan. It's not 'general knowledge' though. I mean how do you make an announcement like that? Last time my line manager just blabbed so everyone knew at the same time which was better really. Hope your scan went ok lucy 99.

Hi everyone

sounds like MS might be halting for us soon. I still can't eat after 6pm (apart from large bowls of cornflakes - I've always HATED cornflakes) but feel like the end must be in sight now.

Bronnie, funny you should ask that about telling work. About 90 minutes ago I was in the mulling position, now I'm out and proud and can't understand why I was so worried about it. I think it's because it's all a bit personal and I've never been a great one for spilling my guts about my private life in work, plus I'm the only woman here. I did wait until after I'd had my scan though. Everyone has been very congratulatory but I'm pretty sure the management are gritting their teeth a bit about having to cover me in March, first question was "how long are you planning to take off?" - to which I replied "depends on what the maternity policy is" - hope I haven't shot myself in the foot there, as the policy here has yet to be drawn up!

anyway, tell them and let us know how you get on

have a good day all

MP

You've inspired me MP! Still not sure whether to leave it till I've had the scan on Thurs but am getting fed up with all the secrecy. Just can't find the right moment. Don't really want to stand up and announce to the whole office that I'm officially up the duff. Just thinking about it gives me stagefright!! Think I'll tell my line manager and hope that she spreads the word - (like you nellyk more than likely....).

BTW MP they have to give you at least 6 months maternity leave don't they? Don't you get statutory maternity pay for the first six months by law? Think you are then allowed another 6 months (26 wks) off unpaid so it's now a total of a year you can take. Not completely sure of all the ins and outs plus it seems to keep changing - very confusing and I may have this wrong - sure somebody else will know. Did you know that DH's now get paid paternity leave too? Just found that out today - think it's only for 2 weeks and something duff like £100 a week but better than nothing.

OK, I've just done it! Line manager was very supportive and said "come in late if you're feeling unwell" - grrrr, could have used that in the last few weeks. Anyway felt better to have finally said it although when I said "I'm surprised you haven't noticed by the ton of food on my desk and my big tummy" she said, "no of course not" but then added "I wasn't in maternity clothes until 6 months with my two". Even bigger grrrrrrr. Think she was trying to be jolly and nice but oh my god, don't tell somebody who is longing to get into those comfy elastic waistbands asap that sort to thing!!!!

Hi everyone - just got back from holiday yesterday (cottage in the French Alps). We all had a really good time apart from the fact that the crossing included in the package was via the Hoverspeed SeaCat - really choppy and sick making (for us all!) on the way out. We really couldn't face it again on the way back so turned up at Eurotunnel and bought a single trip back on the spot (not cheap but worth every penny).
I went to see the doctor the week before I left to 'sign on' as pregnant and she said the midwife would contact me at around 10-12 weeks. I am now in week 12 and she still hasn't been in touch which is really annoying as our area now offer a 12-week scan (when I had dh it was at 20 weeks only) and I want to get the appointment arranged asap. Somehow I can't face telling anyone (particularly work) until I've had the scan and as time marches on I feel more and more deceitful!
Hope you are all coping with the ms and receiving good news from your scans (Azure, hope your privately arranged one has put your mind at rest, let us know).

well done Bronnie!!

glad your boss was supportive, although I agree you could have done without the maternity clothes comment (like you, I can't wait to get into elastics - ooh, attractive!!)

thanks for the info about maternity pay etc. The problem is that if they just give me SMT I'll need to be back at work within 6 weeks (massive London mortgage ) so I am hoping they'll be a bit more generous so I can relax a bit. I was on SMT with DD1 and am still trying to get out of the financial mess (as I took 8 months off then). I can't afford to do that again.

Good luck with your scan on Thursday. And good luck to anyone else having scans this week too.

MP

Roobie

forgot to say in my last message - you should call your GP, get the midwife number and give them a ring to find out what is happening. You should be having your booking in appointment etc about now as well as the scan. I understand where you are coming from not wanting to tell work until you've had scan etc. and it is so nice to be able to tell people finally. Know what you mean about feeling deceitful, it's horrible.

Good luck.

MP

Well it's obviously the day for fessing up at work! I just told everyone in my office and they were all delighted. Relieved that I can now stop squashing into too tight clothes!
Had scan last night and everything was fine. Was so relieved to see its little heartbeat that i burst into tears which was all a bit unexpected. I still havn't had anything through from midwife or hospital either - we went private for yesterdays scan as we couldn't wait any longer. When I checked with GP last week they had delayed referring me for 4 weeks after I told them I was pg - no good reason - just hadn't got round to writing letter!!! Was furious. Think it will be another couple of weeks but so glad we went ahead with scan. Hope everyone is feeling less sick this week!

hope all are well and any m/s fading.

I can't seem to collect my Emma's diary pack from Boots - went to several in town only to be met by blank looks and when they went off to check the answer was no. Wonder if they're clearing space for Christmas stock??

Hello - hope everyone's m/s is improving.

I had my nuchal scan this morning and all is well. Very low risk for my age etc. All a big relief. Baby is slightly big for dates but only a few days so sticking with due date of 14th April. Amazing to see the development in the 3 weeks since last scan. Was just a blob with limb buds then but now has fingers and toes and face and everything!

We asked if they could tell if it is a boy or girl. She said it wasn't very accurate etc but would look. And.....

It's a boy. A little brother for DS.

BUT to be confirmed at 20 week scan.

Hello all, its been ages since I've posted (hardly get the time at work, but quiet today). Just wanted to update you - had my scan on 20th Sept, was 11 weeks, and due date still 11 April. Seems like aaaaaaages away. Baby was a little shrimp, but great to see - I was worried there wouldn't be anything there! So, now we are past the 12-week mark, which is great. Am feeling quite blobby, but not in maternity clothes yet. I really hope that everyone's m/s is finished/almost finished. We can start on other symptoms! Constipation anyone?!

Hi Everybody! Great to hear scans have been going well and well done those who've told work - must be a big relief.

I'm 13wks today and feeling a whole lot better though still getting mildly nauseous in the evenings. Also finally got the Dr to recommend something for the IBS I've been suffering - so hopefully should be able to enjoy my week in Portugal starting tomorrow (yippee). It's been such a stressful week, dd was really ill yesterday with a fever of 104.5 . Thankfully the fever's now gone and she's just a bit grizzly now so fingers crossed for us all to be fit and well and able to get some sleep and rest when we're away!

Azure - really hope you're scan went ok and you had a lovely holiday.

Strawberry - v cool that you found out the sex! I asked too but the chap I saw at the Fetal Medicine Centre (Orlando) insisted it was too early to tell. When I said "oh well I know it's a boy anyway" he had a look and grudgingly gave me 60% odds for a boy. Oh well I guess I'll find out in a few weeks anyway...

Have a good week everyone - hope m/s is easing, scans go well, and bosses are supportive!

Big time Sunday night blues here!! I work on Mon-Weds so after a 4 day gap it is a real struggle going to work on Mondays. Still haven't heard from the midwife - I am inclined to wait and see just how long the lazy moo leaves it out of interest. After all it's not as though anything changes physically after the magical booking in appointment.... I bit the bullet and told my family last week. I also told one of the partners at work as he was planning a project with me and there was constant talk of June 2005 deadlines/meetings etc - I felt obliged to say something. He was fine about it (not that he had any right to be anything but!) and merely offered his congratulations and pooh-poohed my apologies over the forthcoming work schedule saying that it was no big deal.
Anyway, glad everyone seems to be having good news over the scans etc. My m/s is still ever present in the background, I've forgotten how it feels to be bright eyed and bushy tailed and feeling well. I seem to recall that last time it lasted up to about 17 weeks (oh gawd!!). I am just fed up with feeling as though I have a constant bad hangover! Dh is losing patience as well and I get the distinct impression that he thinks my constant tiredness and moping around is down to laziness and general lethargy.
Enough moaning for now..... hope everyone is well.

My Sunday eve check in too Roobie. m/s still present here too along with heartburn now as well. A large script for gaviscon is on order except I detest the stuff, ne'er mind eh!

Saw the midwife again on Friday all is well I think. She said when I see her again in 3 weeks we should be able to hear the heart beat which is very exciting. I have a blood test this week to test for all the usual but I decided to cancel the Nuchal but am hoping they'll give me an ordinary scan sometime over the next 2 weeks. It still hasn't sunk in, ( or I haven't let it). I shall hit the 12 week mark this Thursday and once i've had another scan i'm going to buy 1 little thing, maybe a babygro or a teddy, on 2nd thoughts maybe 2 things.

Good luck to everyone with scans this week and hope we all start to feel better very soon, I for one cannot wait

Back from my holidays. Everything was as I feared, and I have had a miscarriage (my second). I never did have my private scan because the first signs of the m/c happened that morning (two weeks ago today). I went to A&E, who were not terribly useful, but was unable to get a scan until the next morning. My scan was at 9am and the taxi for the airport was booked for 11.30am. The scan indicated that the foetus size was 5 weeks maximum - which is too early to detect a heartbeat - but I was very certain of my dates of 9 weeks +. We then had to decide whether to go on holiday or not. DS was so looking forward to his holiday that I couldn't let him down, so we went, knowing that the full blown m/c would happen when I was away (I just prayed it didn't happen on the plane - which it didn't). It was the best decision, because I was able to rest and be sufficiently distracted so as to not wallow in grief. I don't know how I will be when I get back to work tomorrow. Emotions are running high for me, but I'll sign out of this thread now. Best of luck to everyone here for a healthy and successful pregnancy.