Anyone else with a November 2018 baby yet?

[MeredithShepherd]

This is my 2nd dc. We weren’t trying so unexpected but I’ve had a feeling something was going on for the last week. Tested this morning and got a BFP.

So it’s DC2 (already have a 4 year old DS)
Due date 5/11/18 I think

My feb 2014 group is fab and I’ve made some lovely friends on there so hoping to do the same this time all being well!

@WazFlimFlam, the Panache non-wired bras I used last time were quite supportive. Think the style was called Sophie and they do them as a normal bra and as a nursing bra. They were kind of like a crop top with a thick band of elastic under the cups so they held me in place quite well. I was a 32F and went up to a 32G with my first pregnancy. They never shrunk back after that so will be interested to see what happens this time!

@SlowTango, we've told our parents and our brothers (BIL's partner is pregnant too). I also told a close friend who I often work with, although that was just so we can plan projects based around when I'll be finishing work. I prefer some people knowing early as there's every chance I'll need their support at some point.

We are telling the parents this weekend and I think I'm going to find it hard to wait to tell my friends! I rang the dr surgery the other day and they advised me to fill out a midwife referral form, how long do they take to get in touch?

Thanks @sarahh that's really helpful

@AJ89 so sorry for your loss and congratulations on the BFP.

Thanks everyone, feel better knowing that others are sharing their news with a select few as well. It’s an exciting but nerve wracking time!

We actually haven't told anyone yet, I'm feeling a bit embarrassed because it's so soon after DS and also I'm due to start a new job when I'm 12 weeks - dreading telling them too. We weren't actively trying but really weren't being careful either so I suppose I should have remembered social health lessons from school Delighted but also dreading telling work/some people!

@SkyLucy I had two under two with my first two. It was hard for the first year but it's amazing now ... hence number three I guess!

@SkyLucy also, for what it's worth, I didn't get a double for my two with a 19m gap. I suppose DS was a confident and early walker but I used a scooter attached to the pram when DD got too big (*heavy) for the sling. The sling I'd say is the most important thing with two close together.

@Potkettleblack2 did you ever look at underwired Anita bras? Super expensive but they were the. Only thing I could wear as I have knockers larger than my own head at the best of times and the moob look was not a comfortable one for me 🍉🍉😂

@Alissa2018 I'm telling all and sundry really. I can't be bothered pretending otherwise. If something terrible happened, I'd want support and to be able to talk about it. Having said that, I'm ho,I gotta off from family. They have a habit of being a bit judgey and I just am not in the mood for it.

Thanks @bangwhistle, I was thinking exactly the same this afternoon...I love babywearing and still carry DD - I think I'd be much more comfortable with new bubs in a wrap and DD in the buggy. I really don't fancy a double buggy and I live in the world's smallest house with no porch/ hallway/garage etc....in fact I don't think a double would even fit through the door!

I don't drive so I cover a lot of miles on foot. I quite like babywearing and probably would do that for shorter walks either with DD walking or in buggy and new baba in the Caboo. But for longer trips I'd need a double because my back wouldn't be able to take it. Looking at the Phil & Teds Dot as it's quite compact so would still get through the door and hall of my pokey house!

Told my parents last night and planning to tell PIL on mother’s day (they live far away so will have to be by call) - parents are cautiously excited! Will also tell my two best friends as they will probs guess anyway.

Have a pretty tricky situation - anyone have any advice? I have a close friends hen do start of Oct and they want to go abroad. Obvs won’t be able to do it but they are confirming numbers for accommodation etc this week. Any ideas how to get out of it??

Also glad there are a few for who this will be no 2/3 - you’ll be able to give us first timers good advice !

@Aussi, if it were me, I'd just say I couldn't afford it (perhaps some unexpected work on house, car etc. if I needed to fib about why). Or you've found out from work you won't be able to take any time off then due to it being busy/someone else being off. You can then just explain properly when you tell everyone.

Alternatively, if you're particularly close with the bride and you can trust her to keep a secret, perhaps confide in her so she won't take offence/be upset and then just tell the organisers that you unfortunately can't make it due to unforeseen circumstances.

It's a tricky one!

@Aussi that’s a tricky one. Could you plead poverty? Or invent something that else for that date....Maybe a wedding on your partnes side that you “can’t get out of”?

@Aussi I would either tell them the truth or claim you have a large family holiday/ weekend away for a milestone birthday. Or if you wanted to say can't afford it that's also a great suggestion. Even if they're annoyed - it'll only be for 6 or so weeks until you can tell them!

I was also invited to a hen in October told my friend we were thinking about DC number 2 and just couldn't afford it. There wasn't a drama about it, but I'm looking forward to telling her the truth anyway!

Hi all, completely new to Mumsnet and being pregnant!

Congrats to you all! X

Got a BFP last weekend! So happy and excited!! I tried to make a doctors app this week but receptionist told me I need to wait till I'm 8-9 weeks. I'll be 6 weeks on Monday and looking through some of the messages on this post, it seems as if some of you have made app's already but not sure why I can't make a drs app? It's my first so I'd really like to go and just get some things checked out as I'm a bit scared that things may go wrong! I've been suffering with feeling sick after eating, tiredness, sore boobs and cramps! I feel like these are normal but just looking forward to the 12 week scan if I'm honest to put my mind at rest!

Hi @tinybump18 we sound like the same person! Hehe. It's also my first and I am also 6 weeks on Monday.

If you go onto your local or chosen hospitals website, you'll be able to self refer to the maternity department and they will contact you - this seems to me quicker than the timeline my own doctor gave me.

Where abouts are you based?

@tinybump18 - congratulations and welcome! I think it is just variation locally - for example I can register with a midwife from 6 weeks but won't be contacted until 10-11 weeks I think! Whereas a few people have had their first appointment much earlier.

@Aussi - I think if you are a close friend to the bride just tell her. She can tell her maid of honour?

I got asked yesterday if I wanted to go to Rio in October with work and am still working out my refusal!

Also feeling mega guilty as a very close colleague is 18 wks and the plan is for me to cover some of her work while she's away. I went to my first covering meeting for that yesterday. It's so difficult to know when is good to tell!

Morning all! Tentatively joining because I got a BFP yesterday morning, which would mean I'm due roughly 15th November.

I've got a DS who is nearly 20 months, and my group on here was (and still is!) the most incredible source of support and friendship - so I'm keen to join in again!

I'm 33 and this was our first try at conceiving number two, so I'm just getting my head round it! DS was a first try conception too, so we have been incredibly lucky. Hoping the luck holds out!

Right will go and RTFT now to get to know you all!

Just had booking appointment confirmation, it's now at the maternity department at the hospital not at my doctors like last time. So that's going to be a pain and make appointments more awkward as parking there is awful and last time I was able to get early appointments at the midwife at drs and not worry about cover etc at least booking appointment is in Easter holidays so can keep it quite from work for a little bit.

Finally managed to get my booking in appointment sorted so feeling more relaxed and it's actually starting to sink in! I have also booked an early private scan for 8 weeks. I'm just too nervous to wait until 12 weeks to see if there is a heartbeat. I know anything can happen after 8 weeks but for some reason I want to hear a heartbeat before I even tell close family.

Right, I've read through!

Symptom wise I felt pretty normal until today, when I started feeling pretty dizzy. I almost feel like I'm making it up just because I know I'm pregnant!

Regarding bras, I never went back into wired ones after DS. I stopped breastfeeding when he was 17 months old, but I still wear the soft multi-size nursing bra I got from Jojo - will buy more of those this time round. Other than that I wear soft bralettes of the kind that gap and urban outfitters sell.

Regarding telling people, it's going to be interesting for us as we are living with our in-laws this time round! Last time we told them at 7 weeks. I reckon they're going to guess this time. We are away with friends this weekend and one has already asked me why I'm not drinking! I did a terrible job of lying but she didn't press further.

I don't mind telling people early - I have already told one of my best friends - but I am mindful that if I tell people who I don't see that often then it's more people that I will have to remember to let know if anything goes wrong. If i miscarried i would tell them at some point because i think it is important to discuss such things, but i wouldn't want to have to notify loads of people right away. And I think my husband would prefer to keep it quiet.

I can’t wait till we get our Facebook group up and started it’s so hard to keep up on here