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March 2020

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troodonandon · 22/06/2019 19:39

Tentatively starting this as got a surprise bfp today, due date will be 29 Feb-2 March I think. Currently in shock and not even sure if we can go ahead but I hope we can as the news has made me happy, if scared!

Anyone else?

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threegreensheep · 10/07/2019 15:24

@mangobutter home visits? Lucky you, you must be in a quiet area of the country, we only do home visits if people keep forgetting to turn up!

sam2012 · 10/07/2019 18:38

So my DH unfortunately had to work but did buy me flowers and chocs. We all went out for tea yesterday as it was our wedding anniversary x

mangobutter · 10/07/2019 20:46

@threegreensheep I'm in inner city London!!! Not my experience the first time around, but apparently they're trying to change things to have better continuity of care, and this team seem quite old school (they still use pagers) so maybe the home visits is related...

threegreensheep · 10/07/2019 20:58

@mangobutter oh wow. Yes everyone has to move towards doing more continuity of care now, it's the new big push. Pagers though 😂

satsumasaturday · 10/07/2019 21:59

@Abi58 @MunchyMunchkin I have it on the cute animals setting - it's a dot snail 🐌 for me!!

@sam2012 happy birthday!! Hope you're having a lovely evening

Hope everyone is doing ok, I haven't had time to read through all the chat properly but will catch up tomorrow x

anotherexhaustedpigeon · 10/07/2019 22:20

@Abi58 nope I just hit the deck when it hits, last time was my booking in appt for my DD, I thought i was talking normally but just jerked over 🥴 not passed out yet this time though! Just take pulse and time for a minute, not the most reliable method!

Just been catching up on all the chat and I'm not on the list, but have now forgotten who was keeping it! I'm 31, due 5th March and based near Edinburgh!

Hope everyone is feeling ok! I'm starting to get excited now having seen a little blob at the scan 🥰

Abi58 · 10/07/2019 22:30

@Pikachu1 aw bless you! As long as you're comfy and it helps you get through the day that's all that matters!
Did you find out what the smell was? Most likely your supersonic nose picking something up
How do you feel in the evenings?

@mangobutter yay and that's great! Home visits sounds good!

@sam2012 that's annoying but that's so cute and glad you had a lovely meal out ☺️ also happy belated wedding anniversary!

@satsumasaturday @MunchyMunchkin OMG that's amazing I'm going to look how to change it now! I'm living the daily updates the other day it told me the ears were forming 😍

Hope you're doing ok?

@anotherexhaustedpigeon aw blimey! I hope it eases for you! Awww when did you have your scan? Have you got a pic?

NCforthebaby · 11/07/2019 00:23

Hiya! Can I join? I feel like I'm a tad late to the party. I got my surprise BFP today with DC2 x

sam2012 · 11/07/2019 07:01

Morning how is everyone? I'm feeling a bit bloated today x

Abi58 · 11/07/2019 07:34

@NCforthebaby congratulations and welcome

@sam2012 I've been up several times in the night with a bad stomach...again. And felt a few time and now like I'm about to be sick but I haven't and had to get my husband up in the night to go down and get me a glass of water as I felt like I was going to pass out when I stood up 🙈

How are you feeling?

sam2012 · 11/07/2019 07:40

@Abi58 oh no poor you, it was really warm last night too. Hope you feel better today. Yeah I'm ok no sickness just feel bloated at the moment, we not telling anyone until first scan so getting hard to not let it slip x

satsumasaturday · 11/07/2019 08:35

@Abi58 sorry to hear you're not feeling well and had a rough night. How are you feeling this morning? (Knackered I guess, but still upset tummy?) Have you figured out how to change your picture on Ovia? When you click on your peppercorn in the bottom right there a button "choose theme" and you click in there and can switch between.

I've lost my appetite this past few days which is VERY unlike me. I always have to watch what I eat because I will constantly be thinking of food - usually as soon as I get to work I count down to when I can eat lunch, then I'm starving when I get home until dinner. I think I'm going to have to get my husband to start cooking because I've lost the will to care what we eat. I am usually happily in charge of food, I love cooking so he just plays sous chef after work and gets what he's given. I'm also hot all the time which I think is probably not helping the appetite- again, unlike me. I have a blanket at work I have on standby for when the ac gets too much - this week I've been hot in a thin t shirt. No nausea though, but very constipated 🤨

I also found bought some cb digitals on Monday . I did the first and it got 2-3 weeks Monday afternoon, but this morning I got 3+. I really will stop finding tests now...

Pikachu1 · 11/07/2019 08:52

@Abi58
Sorry to hear you haven't been feeling great. I generally feel sick in the evenings after eating dinner and often quite tearful too. Hope it passes soon and I can relax a bit!

Pikachu1 · 11/07/2019 08:53

@Abi58
As for the smell... no I didn't figure it out, though I think it may have been someone's deodorant that they'd gone a bit over the top with!

MunchyMunchkin · 11/07/2019 09:06

@Abi58 hope you feel better later.
My nausea is still mild and mostly in the evenings.

My stepmother visited a medium earlier this year (which I think is complete nonsense). She got told there would be two pregnancies close to her this year and one would be twin girls.
My sister is 24 weeks with a boy.
Despite knowing its nonsense I spent the evening worrying I’m having twins!
She doesn’t even know I’m pregnant!

Kimberlily · 11/07/2019 09:43

Hi ladies,

It's so comforting to read all your messages. This will be my first pregnancy. Had 2 previous mc and a molar.

Has anyone had an early scan at 6 weeks and not seen a heartbeat? MW says it could be I am earlier in pregnancy than I think but it's worrying! Booked in again I'm 2 weeks time which feels like an eternity.

Does anyone else have period like cramping?

Frillyfarmer - 29 DC2 (DS (darling son) nearly 2)
mangobutter - 35, London, DC2 (DS (darling son) age 3.5), due 29th Feb
PeachesandPie - 28, DC2, (DD (darling daughter) 20 months)
Munchymunchkin - 33, DC2 (DD (darling daughter) nearly 4)
Pikachu1 - 32, Norwich, DC1
AuroraMJ - 27, Birmingham, DC1
Abi58 - 28, midlands, 1st
Rightnow1245- 28, London, DC2 (DS (darling son) nearly 2)
TimeIhadaNameChange - 38, Highlands, DC1
MumApr18 - 28, Aberdeen, DC2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
SweetChillis 36, Norfolk, DC1
Ginandgingers - 27, East Sussex, DC (darling child) 2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
Blondie87 31 DC3
Satsumasaturday - 32, Cotswolds, DC1
GingerRodgers84 - 35, North Wales, DC2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
RoRosmama - 33, West Sussex, DC2 (DD (darling daughter) 2.5)
Mommato3 - 39, North Yorkshire, DC4 (dd18, ds8, dd6)
Kimberlily - 34 Glasgow 1st

Looking forward to chatting x

Ginandgingers92 · 11/07/2019 10:25

I had a scan at 6 weeks last time (NHS, vaginal rather than on stomach) and there was a heartbeat. I think they say to be safe wait until 7 weeks or so.

I've got really mild period type cramps but other than that, no symptoms! 😩😩

I know it's still very early, but the more symptoms I have, the more reassured I'll be!

Abi58 · 11/07/2019 11:02

@sam2012 aw thank you. I felt sorry for myself earlier and still feel really sick but still not been sick.
Bloating is hard to hide I have it too🙈
We're telling parents over the next few weeks and brothers and sister but everyone else after the 12 week scan

AuroraMJ · 11/07/2019 11:06

@Abi58 Sorry to hear you've had a rough night! Hope the sickness eases soon! 🤞🏻❤️

@Kimberlily I had one one Tuesday at 5w+4 and they struggled to see yolk sac and heartbeat so have booked me in for another scan when I'll be 6w+4 so hoping we'll see something then. I don't think my retroverted womb helps though as they struggle to see anything in there!

How are all your symptoms going ladies? I've been peeing nonstop! Must have went about 5 times last night which is so unlike me! I think the food aversions have also kicked in as I'm being put off by so many foods right now. It seems that all I want is enchiladas! 🙈

Abi58 · 11/07/2019 11:12

@Pikachu1 aw bless you! Hopefully it does pass soon for you!
Hopefully the smell doesn't reappear today!

@MunchyMunchkin Thank you and🤞🏻 it stays like that for you ☺️
Oh wow, can you imagine?! 🙈🙈🙈

@Kimberlily welcome, sorry for your losses
congratulations!
Have you had a scan then? I haven't no I have one on weds when ill be 6+4 but I know they like to wait til 7 to see hb
And yes to cramping and sharp twinges in my area 🙈

@Ginandgingers92 plenty of time for them to kick in 🙈

@AuroraMJ thank you lovely ☺️
Oooo enchiladas!
I'm getting full quicker and feeling very sick. Had a bad stomach now 🙈tmi sorry for 2 weeks (could this be a version of morning sickness maybe?)
My skin seems to be still oily but spots not getting worse anymore
And still very bloated

AwkwardPaws27 · 11/07/2019 13:47

I've cracked and booked an early scan for tomorrow evening. I'm hoping it will make this seem more real and calm my nerves as I keep worrying that it will go wrong.

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Yesterday 14:54 mangobutter

Booking appointment done! All routine but it's a nice small midwifery team this time so I'll have some continuity of care, very different to last time when I must have seen more than 20 midwives in total. I get home visits this time!!


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Yesterday 15:24 threegreensheep

@mangobutter home visits? Lucky you, you must be in a quiet area of the country, we only do home visits if people keep forgetting to turn up!

Yesterday 18:38 sam2012

So my DH unfortunately had to work but did buy me flowers and chocs. We all went out for tea yesterday as it was our wedding anniversary x

Yesterday 20:46 mangobutter

@threegreensheep I'm in inner city London!!! Not my experience the first time around, but apparently they're trying to change things to have better continuity of care, and this team seem quite old school (they still use pagers) so maybe the home visits is related...

Yesterday 20:58 threegreensheep

@mangobutter oh wow. Yes everyone has to move towards doing more continuity of care now, it's the new big push. Pagers though 😂

Yesterday 21:59 satsumasaturday

@Abi58 @MunchyMunchkin I have it on the cute animals setting - it's a dot snail 🐌 for me!!

@sam2012 happy birthday!! Hope you're having a lovely evening

Hope everyone is doing ok, I haven't had time to read through all the chat properly but will catch up tomorrow x

What you should know about morning sickness

Yesterday 22:20 anotherexhaustedpigeon

@Abi58 nope I just hit the deck when it hits, last time was my booking in appt for my DD, I thought i was talking normally but just jerked over 🥴 not passed out yet this time though! Just take pulse and time for a minute, not the most reliable method!

Just been catching up on all the chat and I'm not on the list, but have now forgotten who was keeping it! I'm 31, due 5th March and based near Edinburgh!

Hope everyone is feeling ok! I'm starting to get excited now having seen a little blob at the scan 🥰

Yesterday 22:30 Abi58

@Pikachu1 aw bless you! As long as you're comfy and it helps you get through the day that's all that matters!
Did you find out what the smell was? Most likely your supersonic nose picking something up
How do you feel in the evenings?

@mangobutter yay and that's great! Home visits sounds good!

@sam2012 that's annoying but that's so cute and glad you had a lovely meal out ☺️ also happy belated wedding anniversary!

@satsumasaturday @MunchyMunchkin OMG that's amazing I'm going to look how to change it now! I'm living the daily updates the other day it told me the ears were forming 😍

Hope you're doing ok?

@anotherexhaustedpigeon aw blimey! I hope it eases for you! Awww when did you have your scan? Have you got a pic?

Today 00:23 NCforthebaby

Hiya! Can I join? I feel like I'm a tad late to the party. I got my surprise BFP today with DC2 x

Today 07:01 sam2012

Morning how is everyone? I'm feeling a bit bloated today x

Today 07:34 Abi58

@NCforthebaby congratulations and welcome

@sam2012 I've been up several times in the night with a bad stomach...again. And felt a few time and now like I'm about to be sick but I haven't and had to get my husband up in the night to go down and get me a glass of water as I felt like I was going to pass out when I stood up 🙈

How are you feeling?

Today 07:40 sam2012

@Abi58 oh no poor you, it was really warm last night too. Hope you feel better today. Yeah I'm ok no sickness just feel bloated at the moment, we not telling anyone until first scan so getting hard to not let it slip x

After an unusual baby name?

Today 08:35 satsumasaturday

@Abi58 sorry to hear you're not feeling well and had a rough night. How are you feeling this morning? (Knackered I guess, but still upset tummy?) Have you figured out how to change your picture on Ovia? When you click on your peppercorn in the bottom right there a button "choose theme" and you click in there and can switch between.

I've lost my appetite this past few days which is VERY unlike me. I always have to watch what I eat because I will constantly be thinking of food - usually as soon as I get to work I count down to when I can eat lunch, then I'm starving when I get home until dinner. I think I'm going to have to get my husband to start cooking because I've lost the will to care what we eat. I am usually happily in charge of food, I love cooking so he just plays sous chef after work and gets what he's given. I'm also hot all the time which I think is probably not helping the appetite- again, unlike me. I have a blanket at work I have on standby for when the ac gets too much - this week I've been hot in a thin t shirt. No nausea though, but very constipated 🤨

I also found bought some cb digitals on Monday . I did the first and it got 2-3 weeks Monday afternoon, but this morning I got 3+. I really will stop finding tests now...

Today 08:52 Pikachu1

@Abi58
Sorry to hear you haven't been feeling great. I generally feel sick in the evenings after eating dinner and often quite tearful too. Hope it passes soon and I can relax a bit!

Today 08:53 Pikachu1

@Abi58
As for the smell... no I didn't figure it out, though I think it may have been someone's deodorant that they'd gone a bit over the top with!

Today 09:06 MunchyMunchkin

@Abi58 hope you feel better later.
My nausea is still mild and mostly in the evenings.

My stepmother visited a medium earlier this year (which I think is complete nonsense). She got told there would be two pregnancies close to her this year and one would be twin girls.
My sister is 24 weeks with a boy.
Despite knowing its nonsense I spent the evening worrying I’m having twins!
She doesn’t even know I’m pregnant!

Today 09:43 Kimberlily

Hi ladies,

It's so comforting to read all your messages. This will be my first pregnancy. Had 2 previous mc and a molar.

Has anyone had an early scan at 6 weeks and not seen a heartbeat? MW says it could be I am earlier in pregnancy than I think but it's worrying! Booked in again I'm 2 weeks time which feels like an eternity.

Does anyone else have period like cramping?

Frillyfarmer - 29 DC2 (DS (darling son) nearly 2)
mangobutter - 35, London, DC2 (DS (darling son) age 3.5), due 29th Feb
PeachesandPie - 28, DC2, (DD (darling daughter) 20 months)
Munchymunchkin - 33, DC2 (DD (darling daughter) nearly 4)
Pikachu1 - 32, Norwich, DC1
AuroraMJ - 27, Birmingham, DC1
Abi58 - 28, midlands, 1st
Rightnow1245- 28, London, DC2 (DS (darling son) nearly 2)
TimeIhadaNameChange - 38, Highlands, DC1
MumApr18 - 28, Aberdeen, DC2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
SweetChillis 36, Norfolk, DC1
Ginandgingers - 27, East Sussex, DC (darling child) 2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
Blondie87 31 DC3
Satsumasaturday - 32, Cotswolds, DC1
GingerRodgers84 - 35, North Wales, DC2 (DS (darling son) 15 months)
RoRosmama - 33, West Sussex, DC2 (DD (darling daughter) 2.5)
Mommato3 - 39, North Yorkshire, DC4 (dd18, ds8, dd6)
Kimberlily - 34 Glasgow 1st
AwkwardPaws27 - 30, East London, DC1

AwkwardPaws27 · 11/07/2019 13:48

Oh FFS. Copying and pasting on my phone - total fail!!!

Abi58 · 11/07/2019 14:13

@AwkwardPaws27 aw yay! How far will you be and where did you book it with?

AwkwardPaws27 · 11/07/2019 14:17

Ultrasound Direct, near Mansion House station in London, so we can go after work.

My brain has really failed to engage today. Anyone else feeling brain-foggy?

Abi58 · 11/07/2019 14:18

@AwkwardPaws27 so exciting!
How many weeks will you be?

Haha yes! Mines more sleepyness 🙈