Due March 2008 - we'd give in to our cravings, but we're probably asleep

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Welcome!

He told me Southern General was the option for all South Siders. I've heard really good things about it. I'm liking this whole idea of a birthing pool. Girl, I hope your doctor was more forthcoming than mine. He said the midwife could tell me everything I wanted to know. I got the feeling he couldn't be bothered with me. I think he got the feeling that I wasn't a happy bunny. This was two weeks ago. I've called back since having heard nothing and receptionist told me that if I didn't get a card in the mail my weds to call her and she would chase up an appointment for me. We should definately keep in touch.

My friend gave birth in the Southern General and had a really good experience (she even wanted to stay an extra night instead of going home I like the sound of birthing pools too, but although the RAH has a 'pool room' it's apparently just your luck if available or not at the time...

Hope you get your appt soon!

Hi everyone! what a day yesterday, bloomin miserable! Today seems better for now . Had a good chat with a freind last night, still haven't told her or anyone yet, but it was good to hear a real life person talk about the joys and miseries of babies and relationships . I feel quite sober about it all,( yes can identify with having to make up excuses for not drinking at a party I went to last week!) but definatley gonna have the baby as have invested in a life times worth of vitamins . Still not really sure whats happening with my DP, would be tempting to think we can try to make it work for the sake of baby but think not in reality. Anyway feeling quite positive and just gona try a nd work out what my plan of actions gona be about getting an income ASAP!. Will keep you posted.
Minnow, thoughts are with you.
Hope things gona be o.k for you too belgo.
Hi to the newbies.
Have good day everyone,
xxx

Hey Spugs and MumofSlytherinsmonsters dont forget me!! My LMP was 13 June and I am a graduate of the mc mothership thread!! (What a conincidence)

Not feeling massively pg yet but looking at my diary I see that I didnt really get big symptoms until 6 weeks with my previous pregnancies.

Am so looking forward to (hopefully) being 14 weeks pg when we get back from holiday in September and really beginning to plan.

piekin glad to hear that you are feeling positive!

good luck belgo

Hi everyone else!!

hello all and welcome to the newbies i cant believe how long the list is.

i have been having a few quiet days, sleeping loads whilst dp looks after the boys as from tonight he is away for three days, cant say i am looking forward to it at all, but i have a trick up my sleeve, a new ps2 star wars game for the elder two which should keep them entertained for a bit

looking forward to getting to wk twelve, only 4 wks to go

Keeping my fingers crossed for minnow and belgo.

Sitting here wondering if all the gps go on holiday to a special gp resort, where no sick or pregnant people are allowed to ask for anything. A place with no NHS furniture and no informative posters, where the water coolers always have water AND cups (or maybe g&t and cups) and there is a 24 hour rota of vicious receptionists keeping anyone from getting at them in their all-inclusive retreat.

Or maybe they all avoid each other on holiday like the plague.

Sometimes when I'm at mine being demanding, I am thinking, mate, I wouldn't do your job...mind you my SIL is a Hackney GP and she LOVES it.

winkie--yay! My cycles aren't very regular so i dunno when i am due and idon't want to officially join the list just yet.

I am SUPER tired today. Stayed up till the small hous reading Harry Potter last night then it was my race for life this morning which i walked instead of jogging. I am doing everything i can to make this one "stick". I am sooooo worried though! STill not been to the DR as not had chance!

Having briefly joined this thread yesterday, I am leaving it today. I've had a miscarriage at 7 weeks. It was all very clear, and I've buried her/him. Couldn't bare to flush the toilet.

I'm quite relieved it's all over.

Wishing all of you good pregnancies and lovely babies

oh belgo i am so sorry. Please lean on people close to you and take care x

thank you mumofmonsters.

Hello - I'm another newbie.

Belgo - so sorry to hear your news. I am preparing myself for same thing, as had a 6+5 scan last Thurs and no sign of a heartbeat. Sonographer said should be visible by now, but to come back in another week. She gave impression chances are not good, but I've since read other threads where mners have had similar thing and it's turned out ok - so fingers crossed

It's so lovely to find mn as dh is working in US until 10 Aug!! I talk to him on the phone of course, but it does feel kinda lonely going through this alone. It's my first pg after years of trying. It seems so improbably that I'm pg at all, can't bear the thought that my hopes may well soon be dashed.

hopefulstork - wishing you all the best. It's hard waiting isn't it?

hopeful stork - hello and welcome to the gang. can your DH come home early at all? fingers crossed everything is ok for you thou.

belgo - I am so sorry honney. hopefully when ready you'll feel able to start again.

mos - ooh yay I finished my HPO book today - was a bit upset by that v final epilouge bit. but anyhow, how are you getting on with it?

3mb - sorry you're having a rough time of it and i'm assuming the kids are off shcool now?

hiya winky, hope all goes well for you

pie - glad to hear you sounding more positive.

((belgo)) xxx so sorry.

yep the boys broke up for the summer on thursday, so now i have the whole of the holiday to contend with, am planning lots of trips to the park, library etc to keep them entertained, along with some days out to the beach if the weather is good

i actually feel less sick at the mo, which i think is because i have had a few days where i have been able to rest, dp is at work lots not tho but i have the new harry potter book to read in the evenings

Belgo - im really sorry hun, i lost my baby 2 mths ago at 6.5 weeks and it was bloody awful. there is loads of support on this site though and it does help you get through it.

winky - sorry chick didnt mean to miss you out theres a fair few of us here from ttc after mc i think. hopefully there will be more coming over soon. my lmp was the 13th but my cycles are fairly irregular so i just took the average to work out eed. feels about right iykwim

mumofmonsters - im doing everyhting to make this one stick as well, no caffine, wine, fags or sex still worrying loads though. if i cramp i panic,if i dont i still do. same with everything else as well, want to hurry up and start to feel sick

Hi to everyone else, hope your all feeling well.

pip, i finished it last night at about 12:30 ish! Am SHATTERED!

Hopeful and belgo i am truely sorry for what you are going trhough.After my m/c last year i had tremendous support from MN and even from my ante natal thread.

I don't feel as sick today and am less crampy so i am worrying now that doing race for life was a bad idea. i already don't drink, i don't smoke, i have stopped all avoidable lifting even of the light things, i am slightly off caffeine so thats handy! and sex is the big NO. thats the on ething we did differently last time i was pg and there is that thought in my mind that that could have contributed.

hopeful stork, i was told at my scan that although you should be able to detect a heartbeat at 6-7 weeks it doesn't follow that you always can. fingers crossed for you xx

stork - i was told it depended on the size of the fetal pole. if thry have called yo back then it may still be fine, have heard many times that there has been no heartbeat at 6.5.

Hello everyone had a mad day today, we had a BBQ for family today for DD1's birthday. Luckily the weather was good, I'm shattered now though ran about mad doing all the prep work, ferrying food to DP, doing the drinks etc. Feeling a bit about being pregnant hard to explain I'm delighted to be having another baby but I don't do pregnancy well and wish it would be all over and I would have a baby or to be honest a year old toddler. Does that sound weird? I just don't like the whole getting big and sore with the SPD and how that will affect the way I can look after the DDs. Anyway I suppose I've got to think I'm so blessed to be having a baby and stop moaning about it

welcome and congratulations to all the newbies, just copy the last stats thread then add yourself in and post

belgo - so sorry to hear of your loss life can be far too cruel sometimes, hope you get loads of support and love

mcchesers - I'm about 20 minutes from Glasgow , I'm having a homebirth but would be at Wishaw General if I aren't able to. I've heard some horrid things about it which out me off a bit but I think NHS hospitals are pretty much the same wherever you go some people have good experiences some don't.

piekin - glad to hear you are feeling a bit more positive

big hello to everyone else too it's getting so hard to reply to everyone with there being so many of us now so apologies if I don't reply to you.

Pipsqueake - lol at your description of ds as a GREMLIN - best description of my dd at the moment is a little MADAM!
Good to hear the postnatal thread from Mar 06 is still going - I will pop on and try to catch up
Can't beleive how fast these threads get long - very hard to keep up with working full time
Welcome to all the other newbies and good luck to all of you waiting for early scans

Hey Sweetkitty - don't worry, I feel just the same way. Very happy at the prospect of another DC but wish it would be delivered by the stork at least 6 months old! I hated being pg last time even though I had no problems, and frankly found dd to be very boring at first. It was shattering to put all the love and effort into looking after her and getting nothing back. Now she's amazing and worth everything, but the first bit ain't fun!

Belgo - so sorry to hear your news. Thinking of you xxx

hopeful stork - thinking of you too. make sure you take plenty of time to take good care of yourself and pamper yourself over the next few days.

I've had a slight weird weekend - for the last 4 nights I have woken up at between 4am and 6am after nightmares - some involving me and the baby, some just really random. I usually wake up at the scariest point (when I'm being chased or being operated on or something) and have a huge adrenalin surge so I then can't get back to sleep so end up getting up and eating breakfast at about 5.30. Still at least the early starts mean I've nearly finished Harry Potter :-)

Anyone got any ideas if nightmares/adrenalin are a pregnancy symptom and/or have any suggestions as to how to calm myself down and get back to sleep? I've been getting into bed early (9.30-10) and reading for maybe an hour to wind down before switching the lights out, and usually falling asleep straight away. I never have sleep problems, so this is really unusual for me.

Still, I'm happy today despite my 4.30am start... 5 weeks today, 1 week since we got a BFP. Feel like that is the first small milestone on the way to week 12 (and then eventually week 40!) complete

hi guys- thought i ougt to come and find you lot- BFP yesterday, not sure sbout dates etc but thinking middle march time (anything from 5-8 weeks atm!) Not planned but certainly not a disaster!

I am a reg but don't want to announce yet so if you work it out keep shtumm!!

I have two ds's, one nearly 4, one just gone 2, self employed and working all the hours that god sends! I'm 26, DH is a sahd but is disabled- thats it really!

Feeling poo atm, sicky, queasy, lightheaded, knackered and the boobs are a no-go area!!!

Hello all - havent been on for a while because feeling pretty low. I have had a brown discharge since week 5 (now week 7). It has got a bit heavier this weekend - still not enough to need a pad - but i just feel that everything is not ok. I have my antenatal appt this afternoon - but dont know if there is much point - but hope they will refer me for a scan. I still feel really tired and have tender boobs but no nausea. Kind of resigning myself to the fact that i have or am about to miscarry .

Lcy - im sorry to hear your feeling crap hun, brown blood is old blood though so it may not be as bad as you think. Have you got an EPAU near you where you can get reffered to? they should definitly scan you if this is happening. let us know how it goes xx