Due May 2005?

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OK I know it's VERY early days folks but someone's got to start this thread sometime. Due date between May 4 and May 9. Any other takers?

I have an appointment with my GP on Tuesday Logic, but that is just to get refered to the midwife. Will discuss the sickness with him then though, hopefully he will be able to give me something.

Thanks for your suggestions but I think I've tried just about everything, peppermints, giner biscuits, flat coke, flat lucozade, dry toast, cream crackers, ice cubes, ice pops.... the list goes on and on. Nothing seems to be working Just keep reminding myself it will all be worth it in the long run.

At least I'm not as sick as my sister was on her first pg. She was so ill she was hospitalised for 2 months and hydrated through a drip. Luckly she hasn't had the same problems with her second pg (she's is due to have a C-Section on the 28th of October, really excited)

Sorry to barge in but I could do with some advice if anyone has any? Second pregnancy, couldn't be more different from first. No m/s, no sore boobs etc. Due by my calculations about May 14 2005. Worked right up to end of first pregnancy, then went back to work when Ben 8 months only to be made redundant 4 months later (May 2004). So now not working, full time Mum. Felt so excited first time around, this time having difficulty getting my head around it, almost in denial. Am I mad or does anyone else feel the same? As I have none of the same symptoms as before almost feel there is no baby in there! But two pregnancy tests say different. Really want to be enthusiastic and excited as I was with Ben but struggling at the mo. Several good friends have suffered miscarriages very recently, perhaps this has something to do with my feelings. Please help me feel that I'm not going mad!

Torih,

Thank goodness I'm not the only one! Your message made me feel 100% better.I am pg with No2 & if it wasn't for the lack of AF & 2 positive pregnancy tests,I wouldn't have known.

I am due 2nd June (Dr says 4th June but not by my reckoning) so it is early days yet,but I'd still expect to feel 'different'.I am waiting for an early scan & I'm terrified that when
I go,they'll not be able to find anything.

With dd ,who is 13 months,I just had sore boobs after 7 weeks or so,with the baby I lost I had sore boobs a long while before AF was due,so perhaps I have a high tolerance of HcG.Someone did tell me that your boobs hurt less with each succesive pregnancy,so that could be it.

I never used to believe those stories about people who didn't realise that they were pg until they gave birth,but can see how it happens now.

ToriH, I am on my second pregnancy too and I must admit, I was discussing this very same feeling with dh last night. We are nowhere as obsessed and excited this time despite having a very much wanted second child. I think that time and exhaustion are the real problems. When you have a toddler to care for, you can't sit and stare at pictures of what the baby should look like at this stage or that stage because you have so much to do. You are not alone or going mad

Sorry, forgot to say, Congratulations ToriH and welcome to the thread!

Hi Tori, congratulations and welcome. Hope you (and the rest of you in the same boat)start feeling better about the pg soon. In the meantime we are all here to support you

Hi Brighteyes, have you got Miriam Stoppard's Conception, Pregnancy and Birth book? I used to love reading the 4-weekly sections on what the baby looks like now. Are you feeling any better today?

Hi Logic, still feeling awful works becoming a real struggle.

The only book I have bought so far is the MN pg book which is really good. I have looked at a couple of books my sister has been given which had pictures in it. Totally freaked me out, still can't get my head round the fact that I have someone growing inside me!!!

How's everyone feeling today?

Thanks everyone, it's good to know I'm not alone. First Doctors appointment this Friday 3.30pm. Can't remember from first pg if the baby's heartbeat can be heard this early on (8 weeks), hope so as hearing this might make things seem a little more real. Have booked a nuchal fold scan for 2 Nov, have to pay for this as not offered on NHS. Had this with first pg and although it's not 100% accurate made us feel reassured. Have poorly toddler today teething and bad chest, it's all good fun isn't it!

Brighteyes - it does get better - my m/s was replaced by a real burst of energy around 16 weeks and I ended up working up until 10 days before the birth, swollen ankles and feet were the only thing that made life difficult in the end.

Thanks Tori, good to know that there is an end to feeling this awful.

Had to tell my boss in work today that I'm pg. Spent more time in the loos than at my desk so felt she deserved an explanation. She was really good and told me to go home and have a rest (almost fainted today). She told my male team leader what was wrong so he could keep an eye on me while I was waiting to be picked up. He was so sweet, he flapped round me like a mother hen.

Just feeling guilty now about people knowing while our parents are still in the dark

Well, according to my book: at 10 weeks pregnant, the baby looks like a little prawn with a heartbeat and little fingers and toes and a little face. Awww! All organs are now present and it can respond to touch. It will be 2.5 cm long and approx. 3g!

What about at 8 weeks Logic?
Is my baby looking like a prawn yet ?

I'm feeling a bit down today. Does anyone else here feel like they have been pg for ages and still not getting anywhere? Still not in the so-called "safer" trimester, still not showing or hearing hearbeats, or anything other than sick and tired as hell. I wish i could better articulate what i'm trying to say, I am definately not complaining, or looking for sympathy. I'm really looking forward to being properly pg .Probably won't even post this......

Brighteyes, don't feel guilty about work knowing about your pregnancy. They have to know so that they can do a risk assessment for you.

The book only goes up in 4 week increments so I think the info more or less stays the same between 6 and 10 weeks...we have prawns!
I think it gets weirder when you can feel and see the baby move - it's a lot like the alien films I think. I remember seeing whole hand and feet shapes sticking out of my stomach late on!

northstar, I think we are all feeling a bit down, it's probably the weather! Anyway after 10 weeks we are all supposed to feel much better - so I am hoping anyway. I am looking forward to my scan. When I hear the heartbeat and see the baby, it feels much more real.

Welcome to the group Tori.
Wow, I have a little prawn inside me! I'm 8 weeks too Brighteyes. I'm feeling pretty awful although I've only actually been sick once, which was on a work trip - we had to pull over for me to throw up in a bush! I had only told my manager but thought I'd better tell the other members of my team having been sick in front of them. I've told immediate family, but I can't wait until 12 weeks when its a safer period and I'll have a scan and I can tell everyone. I'm also looking forward to feeling better, my ms is much worse when I'm driving, or being driven, is anyone else like this? Also have no energy, sore boobs, indigestion etc. Can't wait until I feel better. I still can't quite belive I'm pregnant, it hasn't properly sunk in yet.

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Northstar, think we are all in the same boat. Its really difficult to stay positive when all we are dealing with is sickness, soreness and tiredness.

Just come back from seeing the GP and he was concerned about my level of sickness. I have been prescribed Promethazine and told to take the rest of the week off work. Fingers crossed this will help. If the sickness and weight loss continues and I have any trouble keeping down fluids he wants me to go straight back and see him. Yeah great advice, only took me 2 and half weeks to get an appointment this time round (he had the nerve to question why I hadn't been over to see him sooner )

Hope everyone is feeling better soon, I'll let you know how I get on with the tablets.

Oh brighteyes you sound as if you're really going through it, I hope it is a symptom of an extremely healthy pregnancy and is soon making way for a huge appetite

I'm treating myself to an early night, and am planning to put make up on tomorrow and force myself to be my old happy energetic cheerful self, I'll let you know how successful I am. Goodnight all x

Hi all, 2nd trimester is not far off ...

I prefer jelly bean to prawn. Mind you, the size of my bump, it must be a king prawn. I must be as big as I was at about 18 weeks last time. DP and I know that I am showing - it is really clear to us. Thankfully I have a little bit of extra me around the middle, so I reckon I can disguise it for the next 2 weeks! The moment I go public I am going to be in comfy elasticated waist maternity trousers - none of this suit malarchy anymore!

Hi fisil, good to hear you sounding so well. How are you coping with work?

Hi northstar. I had a couple of days off last week which seems to have done me a world of good - feeling re-energised. Plus I have started leaving really early (c. 4pm) and racing home for an hour in bed before I pick ds up. That way I get a life in the evening! I have a job interview on Friday - really excited.

hello - i'd really like to join you're thread as I'm haveing a bit of a lonely pregnancy and could do with a bit of communication with other mums to be. I think I'm due around the beginning of may but not really sure til I've had a scan (not til end of october). I've had rotten morning sickness and have been off work for 5 weeks as I feel too awful to do anything useful. Is this very unusual? my work is suspicious and despite dr's notes my boss is coming to see me at home tomorrow to check that i'm really ill. It's all so stressful that I can't find any joy in being pregnant at all. Anyone know any good jokes to help me cheer up?!

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Hi Raggybaggy welcome to the thread. I can really sympathise with how ill your feeling at the moment. I am now off work myself for the next couple of days.

I would strongly advice you see your GP and as for some medication for the morning sickness. My GP was very reluctant to give me anything but I insisted and glad I did. Only started taking the tablets yesterday and I'm feeling so much better today. The only disadvantage of the tablets I've been give are they are also used as a sedative so been sleeping alot today.

Your employer can only visit your home legally for an assisted welfare visit. Therefore make the most of them, tell them how ill you feel, ask them to do some shopping for you, go to the post office, pick up dry cleaning... anything really they can't really refuse because that is the pretence of their visit. They will certainly think twice before popping around again.

Please keep posting on this thread, its amazing how much support you are given and it really helps to know that people are in the same suitation