Due in July 2005 (No. 1)

[AussieSim]

I am so tickled to start this thread! I have just found out today that I am pregnant with no. 2 after 8mths of trying. My DH doesn't want me to tell anyone yet but you guys are alright I reckon!

DS is 21mths. I am in Sydney and while v excited having a baby in Australia will be a new experience for me as I had the last one in Germany. This time I am over 35, so there are all the questions about tests etc. Also DS was 5 weeks early, but was trying to get out from about 25 weeks, so I spent three weeks in hospital and the rest of the pregnancy on medication. I hope I can avoid any complications during pregnancy this time.

So who else is out there expecting a July baby?

Oh OzJo, I don't miss my times psych nursing at all when you remind me of joys like that:-)

Is everyone stills moking everywhere on our psych wards? I was a smoker when I nursed, so didn't mind then, but I cannot abide the faintest waft of ciggie now I'm pg. How are you coping?

I am picking up lots of smells very quickly, and some are really stomach churning. Going thru Waterloo is a bete noir of mine recently...the Bakerloo line entrance always smells of sick, and the greasy fastfoods and pastries on the mainline concourse....EW

Hi guys!

Just found out I am five weeks pregnant!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo . Been trying for a while but periods went all up the creek, not had one since August but was told prob won't fall ha ha!

Anyone else had the same problem? But nice to meet you girls my very approx due date is 22nd July! Seems like an age away.

Also bit worried as no sigh of morning sickness yet? Are you girls all suffering?

Congratulations and welcome everyone who has joined since I last posted.

I haven't posted for a while. I had a weeks spent with terrible cramps, convinced I was miscarrying. Had to walk out of work early yesterday, crying all the way to get ds on bus etc...

Anyway, I went to the doctor, blurted out all my fears, and her exact word were "Yes, you've got a kidney infection". Then I peed in a cup and she did her magic test and all was confirmed.

On the up side, she did her maths differently from me and came out with a slightly earlier date (27 June) so I MAY be gatecrashing this thread!

I do have to go for a scan, however, as kidney infections can cause miscarriage but I'm not going to consider that as yet (head in sand head in sand head in sand...la la la)

Merryberry...I'm actually in Australia, so all the patients smoke outside, thank fuck...I used to smoke when I worked in London so didn't really notice how foul the air was. One of the places I work now actually doesn't let the patients smoke at all...it's a locked ward, so they can't go outside for one, so they dose all the smokers up with nicotene patches, lozengers and pretend puffer things. It actually works really well, takes the whole bullying/nagging aspect away, plus all the annoying tossers that don't really need to be there, suddenly find they are feeling so much better, so they can get back to the upstairs ward, and smoke.
Welcome babydot..I'm a lucky sod that had no morning sickness last time, or this so far. I think if you're going to get it it usually kicks in around 7 weeks, though I know people that have been horribly sick pretty much from the moment of conception...Fingers crossed Merglemergle that a good dose of antibiotics will sort it all out...better go, we're house hunting, I'm so sick of places that look fantastic on the internet, and turn out to be stinking hovels in the flesh..........

Aw Merglemergle, get better soon! And do tell me how you came by your screen name?

Welcome Dot...and Jo, you made me bark with laughter at the effect of non-smoking on the secure ward. I can just see it tension in the attention-seekers faces: 'I wanna puff...no I want everyone on eggshells around me...no i wanna puff....'. ANd also at the hovel v. virtual palace thing.

DP and me have our place on the market and hope++ to be in a newplace by spring. I keep fantasising over the places i see online...i wonder how high my reality cheque is going to be on these.

I'm going to lurk around south london looking for a walk-in haircut, not taking it seriously enough to book one doesn't endear me to some of the artistic divas in the hi-end salons tho'...

have a good day all. xx

Thanks merryberry.

Well.

"mer" apparently is something people say to each other in comix (says dh). So we started saying that to each other quite soon after we had started going out because we were young and thought such things funny. I started off as "mer" a while ago ago. Unfortuntely, I am completely inept with computers and so keep getting locked out of sucessive screen names. So I have been also "mergirl" and hence "mergle", then I broke that one too and so had to be "merglemergle". I'm running out of inspiration though.

How did everyone else get their names?

I have a wee bear sitting beside me that you can put in the microwave (and he doesn't mind ) and he is for cuddling when he is cosy when you are feeling ill.!!!

Hi all, can I join you too? I'm nearly 5 weeks PG with my 1st DH & I are still in a state of disbelief coz we didn't expect it to happen so quickly (1st month ttc). We know we've been very lucky & are very excited We're keeping our fingers crossed & trying desperately not to tell anyone just yet til we're a bit further on! It's really hard!!! I'm due around 26th July or thereabouts.

I felt a little lightheaded & odd last week & needing to pee more than usual aswell as persistent backache. Same symptoms this week but not feeling faint anymore but have been feeling really tired over the past few days. No nausea or sore boobs as yet.

How is everyone else feeling? Any of you got morning sickness yet?

how is everyone feeling? i'm 7 weeks today, don't feel too bad, though the exhaustion is kicing in. still got the sore boobs & too much saliva in my mouth (ick) & just a general feeling of being brain-dead. but no sickness...

i've just ordered some maternity clothes. am still currently in jeans but it won't be long, & there's no point buying normal clothes now.

Morning Girls,

Hope all your weekends went well, well morning sickness has kicked in! YUK.

So what is happening this week anyone got any scans or trips to the docs?

I am off for my scan in under an hour now, I am 8 weeks 4days and the last 2 weeks have been the longest of my life. Today I find out if I will be having both babies that I saw in my 6 week scan, or just the one. I am desperate that both are OK and know that I will be devastated if I get bad news today. Healthwise I have felt a lot better, but still haven't put weight back on after 2/3 weeks of gastro.

My normally fab DH has been absolutely useless, insensitive and unsupportive these last 2 weeks. He doesn't want twins and does not consider that the baby I may be about to find out that I have lost is a baby anyway. I am not sure what to do about him. When I made the appointment for todays scan he complained that it was not at a convenient time for him. I naturally felt quite emotional about his lack of interest and after a couple of days he said he will make the time and come along. Then last night he was a complete prick about it and I told him not to come. This morning he apologised for losing his cool after I reiterated that I didn't want him to come, he didn't object and has now gone off to work without a peep.

I am sad that I will be going on my own, but feel that it is better than having DH cheering at the news that I have lost a baby while I am devastated - hopefully it will be the other way around i.e., me cheering that I am going to have twins and he having several months to get used to the idea.

Cross your fingers for me. I will probably post again in a few hours with the results.

Back. So it looks like I'll be having just the one bub. I have his/her first photo and my dates appear to be right on. The other is 'vanishing' although a little more slowly than my doctor expected, he said though he is now 99% sure it is not viable. He is also very confident that it will have no impact on the remaining baby.It is a relief to know and while I got a bit teary when I found out I am coping better than I expected. Now I can start looking forward again.

My DH surprised me by being at the doctors office when I turned up and he took me to lunch afterwards and we had a good chat.

How is everyone else doing? Welcome to our new members!

so sorry for your news aussiesim. i'm glad you made up with your dh. i hope you can look forward to a happy healthy pregnancy. xxx

Oh such a shame Aussie, I am very sorry to hear your news. I hope that you don't suffer overly with this. It must be so hard to know about two and go through the loss of one and the worry of the remaining B being affected. Your doctor sounds clear about things though, so I hope with her support and DH being kinder you are OK...

A big hug to you, xxx

Aussiesim,

Can understand completely how you must feel, I went for a scan to detect how far I was gone and only showed yolk sack so 5 weeks but I still wanted the photo. Madness I know.

Thankfully though you have a little strong one! he he. I think pregnancy can make the men act strange, insecurity that we won't have enough love for them is the reason I think.

Got another scan next week should be 7 weeks can't wait to see the heartbeat.

Anyone's waistline changed already?

Hi everyone, can I dash in at the last moment! Found out this morning I am due around 29 July! Third baby. DD is 6.5 and dd is 2.5. Been ttc for 3 months. Nervous as I lost one between dd and ds and am always prone to bleeding. Hadn't discovered mn with other pg's so looking forward to having people to obsess with, also don't want to tell anyone at the moment so nice to have people to share it with!

Sorry about your news aussiesim, glad you coping.

Hi all, sorry I haven't been around for a while. DH has bought a new computer and it has really thrown me, I can't find anything on it which is annoying. AussieSim, (((((((hugs))))))) and I hope you are ok, it must have been a bit of a shock for you. Pamina, wow, I can't believe you have had a scan already , I'll bet it was reassuring to see that heartbeat. Babydot, yes my waistline is much thicker and so I'm down to about one pair of jeans which are comfy, the rest I have to undo the top button which is very attractive (not). Pinkmama, welcome, I'm also pg with no 3 and have had bleeding at week 7 which was scary. I have a 4 year old ds and a 2 year old dd.

Whilst I'm here I better update you on the bleeding. GP sent me for a visit to EPU at 7 weeks. DH and I went along only to be told they wanted to perform a scan, which we declined (long story and probably not appropriate here) and so I had a blood test to check HGC levels. The test was good and they felt no need to repeat it 48 hours later as they had planned and told me just to come back for my dating scan at 12 weeks . I had a little more bleeding that night but nothing since (touch wood) and am generally feeling quite sick and tired so i suppose all signs are good. Still I can't wait to get the dating scan over with. GP won't refer me to a midwife until I am 10 weeks and I'm only 9 this Friday.

Hello to all the newcomers by the way, and Congratulations!

Hello, just peeping my nose in... think I must be the last surely. I had a pregnancy test done yesterday but it only came up as a faint positive. I am only 4.5 weeks (if pregnant) and my due datewould be/will be 30th July.

I went to the doctor as I had some bleeding starting on Friday but it was only heavyish for a day and then gradually stopped. I had the same with my 2nd pregnancy. Go back to the doctor next Friday so should have some more news and look forward to joining the club hopefully In the meantime I am actually enjoying not knowing (I must be weird) but don't feel like thinking about a baby till I have to! Not said anything to anyone else yet.

After 14 mths, a house move, I have just tested BFP too!
We've all been ill so I never noticed AF overdue..
Due 26 July
Am still slightly shocked and after horrendous hyperemesis with dd (none with 1st pg ds)I am slightly nervous and worrying not about being pg but about hosting xmas dinner for the inlaws...
Eeekss

wow, so many congratulations to so many people.

didn't take you long to get over here pinkmama

Hello Piffle, I wondered why I hadn't seen you for a while. Congratulations and welcome to the July club , oh, and nice to have you back.

Aussiesim - so sorry to hear about your twin (I am a twin) but glad that your other baby is OK.

I know I shouldn't be reading this thread really just in case...

Feel I can't speak to anyone as dh wanted us to leave it till Christmas before we tried (he completes the probation period for his job on Dec 20th)

I've started light pink spotting. not had this with prev two pgs. have read a little about it on mn and google.
I assume if it gets heavier it's curtains and if it stays light try not to panic, rest up and ring the doc to get checked out?
Not sure what to do really. Am not prone to panicking so stay frightfully calm in such dilemmas... Should I worry?

Piffle, I had this (except it was sort of brownish) and just booked an appointment with the gp who referred me to the EPU at the hospital. I was offered a scan but declined (dh is very anti early scans) and so we were offered a blood test to check hgc levels. My levels were good so the midwife said they would bother with a re-test (which they usually do to check the hormone levels are doubling every 48 hours) and told me to go home and rest which I did and have been fine ever since (touch wood). I had this in my first pg too (although I had scans instead), and was told no to overdo it etc. If you have no pain I would think it's fine but do mention it to your doctor, as they all seem to have different policies on these things. Hope it's all OK (((((hugs))))))