The March-ers (2019) #3

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We're a chatty bunch 😄

Thread 3 for the March-ers!!

Everyone check in please 👍🏼
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Also @sarahandduckarehigh I've PM'd you about joining the facebook group. :)

toastfiend you made me laugh out loud. Poor you though, it's horrible isn't it? I'm 9+2 today and the sickness is easing a bit - I even managed a cup of coffee and I actually wanted to eat fruit for the first time since about 4 weeks. I have everything crossed that this is the beginning of it going away... I'm off to try a body balance class today in the hope that my theory about exercise helping was right!

On mortgages, we didn't declare pregnancy last time as I was quite early on. Unless specifically asked I don't think we'll declare this time either.

Our house is also on the market, but no one seems to care! Think it's a bit overpriced, and I suppose it is the summer holidays. We should really have got organised sooner, but didn't want to make any decisions until I actually got pregnant. Am very much hoping that the house we want hangs around a bit longer as like you Bas24 have got rather attached...

We have just brought a house and moving in in 2 weeks hopefully ! If it takes any longer I'm gonna cry haha so stressful and living between parents houses does not help.

congrats @Newbie2703! FX you get out of the parents' houses really soon.

Thankyou, I'm really looking forward to planning the nursery even though it's very early

We put our house on the market in December and it has fallen through 4 times!!!! It's been a nightmare. I think it's the current market. The sale is back on now and we've got a house to move into but who knows how long until we finally complete?! House buying is so stressful! I empathise with anyone in this position - fingers crossed everyone's runs smoothly before babies are here...

toastfiend your post really made me laugh so much. It reminded me of that movie where an author becomes pregnant (this is what she always wanted) and it turns out her pregnancy isn't as easy as some people make it look and she has this amazing breakdown at a reading of one of her books. Does anyone know what movie I'm talking about

Also we are moving as well but we are moving abroad because I got a promotion and I'm opening a new office. Excited and nervous at the same time. In just 8 weeks we need to rent out our house that we got 2 years ago, find a new flat and move

I had to leave work just now because I am feeling horrible today. Really nauseous and dizzy. I almost fainted today as well. That's me 10+1 and this morning I was feeling amazing. My body tricked me into thinking I was over the worst haha

Good grief @Olivia2019 that's a lot in 2 weeks! Well done on the promotion though 😁

It seems like there are quite a few of us in the same position house-wise. I hope everybody gets what they need 🤞before it's time.

*2 months

Hi all,

Is anyone considering paying for a harmony test?

@cas90 yes we are planning to get the harmony test - mostly because we had medical issues with a previous pregnancy and what to make sure everything is ok this time.

@Cas90 I think we will do if the blood test comes back high risk. Although I've been told 'harmony' isn't necessarily the best brand. Haven't looked into though and hope we don't have to xx

@Olivia2019 What to expect when you're expecting! I love that film!

I had to sort out a mortgage with a newborn DS and did not enjoy it. It took up so much time whilst I was on mat leave I didn't get to truly enjoy it. Happily settled in the house this time though. I don't envy those of you having to move at this point.

Can I recommend using mortgage broker those of you new to the system. Ours was so helpful, did most of the paperwork and suggested the lenders most likely to accept us so we didn't waste lots of time. We will be moving with a baby and toddler as our fix runs out next summer, we've vowed to use movers this time to make life easier!

Got my scan appointment through today. Not until the 4th September. Feels agggges away.
Turned up for my bloods today at the hospital and turns out the midwife never ordered them properly so had to wait ages more for them to sort paperwork out etc and it was boiling hot in the room. So nearly puked on them after as felt so woozy and faint too.
Just a waiting game now.

Dates/size and heartbeat still absolutely as they should be. Going to stop being a wally now!

@hamandpease great news!

All you guys who are moving / thinking of moving - we did it with DS when he was 17 months old and it was frankly awful! We hired movers but not packers so we were living among boxes for weeks, and the day before we moved I booked DS into nursery so that I could give everywhere a thorough clean-down - but nursery sent him home with suspected impetigo! I was absolutely gutted! It turned out not to be impetigo and they did take him back for the rest of the day, but I lost vital hours. I then had to ask a friend to come and babysit him while we cleaned and directed the movers on the actual moving day and OH MY GOD he was so ill and snotty and grumpy and tearful. My poor friend. She was a saint! But yes, would have been a lot easier to move had he still been inside my tummy :)

@ladycarlotta I went swimming today and it was amazing for sorting the nausea. The heat in the changing rooms whilst battling to get a toddler dressed wasn't so great (MIL had kindly taken him into the baby pool while I swam in the big pool) but overall I reckon it was worth it.

@toastfiend oh dear, but you did make me laugh! I think you should get a sticky label for your flavoured water bottle that says 'FLAVOURED WATER: NOT ACTUALLY METH'. First trimester is a bugger isn't it? I'm so grateful that the one that I miscarried I felt really well throughout, because doing this twice in a row would be awful. I do actually have a friend who had three miscarriages in a row, then a successful pregnancy, effectively having a year-long first trimester. I cannot believe her grit. What a legend.

So my boobs have started to feel a bit tender and heavy now, and I think they've grown. I'm at 6.5 weeks and reallllllly looking forward to 12 weeks, but it feels miles away.

@Cas90 we're going to pay for a Harmony. Actually I was going to book it yesterday and then wavered because DH said 'Do we really need to do this?' But I know from last time it's unlikely I'll be happy with the odds the NHS gives me, so I think I would prefer to just pay, even if though it will work out at a truly painful percentage of my income this year. Honestly, it'll be such a pleasant shock to my bank balance when I have children in school and enough time to actually work properly again!

@hamandpease yay!! so pleased!

@badbadbeans That's very heartening! I'll give it a go. My other reservation is that I get SO tired, just walking around town on errands for an hour or two exhausts me to the point of malfunction. But I really hate being so physically inactive, and I particularly miss swimming, so I'm going to try to pull my finger out.

In other news, I think we're going to put an offer in on a house! It's a nice 3-bed with a TWO HUNDRED FOOT garden. omg. I've wanted a lot of outside space for years but I didn't think we'd achieve it anytime soon. The house is just OK (not gorgeous, not horrible), and to be honest wouldn't be either of our first choice without the land, but... oooooh...

Wow that garden is massive

You can work on the house over time but you probably won't get that garden! Good luck!

Exciting times @ladycarlotta, hope it all goes well for you!

crazy big, huh? and about ten minutes' walk from the trendy part of town we're priced out of. I will keep chickens! @HidCat exactly! It's a brilliant opportunity.

@BadBadBeans my sickness was better yesterday too (7 weeks today) so I started worrying but it was back with a vengeance when I went to bed and this morning.