Anyone else due in August 2005 yet?

[wilbur]

Well, I can't believe I'm starting this thread, but very happy to be. I'm due August 1st (according to one of those online due date calculators) and ds and dd were both over a week late, so I reckon it will be an August babe. Here's hoping. Still very early days for me, and I have an early scan to get done as I had an ectopic pregnancy in March this year.

Looking forward to someone joining me.

been to the doctors today he signed me off with hypermemisis something or other im off till tuesday anyway so i will see how i feel if i take the full week i bought some sea bands today they have been quite good i look stupid but who cares thanks for all the sympathy and support i was starting to feel very low as i already suffer from depression and anxiety i have found it hard being pregnant because i had to stop taking all my medication in case it harmed the baby i am finding life very difficult at the moment and it really meant something to me that someone else could see my point of view and i had someone on my side at least now i know it wasnt me who was being unreasonable i was beginging to think that i was maning for nothing and that other women must be stonger than me to feel that bad and still carry on with thier lives , my husband is taking me for a meal tonight i am really looking forward to it even though i feel like crying alls i have to do now is get myself ready thats a task in its self when you fell low but i have to keep high spirits for him i dont want to spoil it

i nearly forgot happy new year ewveryone we all have a lot to look forward to in 2005 xx

Sneaking in to be the first message of 2005 - the Big Year!! We had a lovely local show of fireworks (pub and neighbours) which we could just watch from the back door. Otherwise just dh and me watching Jools... Happy New Year everyone!!

Happy New Year to you too! Just back from a dinner party with 2 child-free couples - god they got on my nerves, we announced our news and it went down like a lead balloon - all talking about their boring jobs and not asking one question about DD - one of them even referred to her as 'he' - very dismissive of my SAHM status - grrr.

nic - so glad you got a proper diagnosis - hyperemesis gravidarum is not to be taken lightly. Blooming Awful is a HG awareness support group website which I found quite useful. Your boss needs to be better informed. Hugs to you - sounds like you have a supportive GP so make use of him.

Happy New Year! x

happy new year! have been ordered to stay in my room till lunch time! i love being pregnant dh has been so attentive! We are telling ds and dd today about the baby!

Happy New Year - another one to join your thread! Found out I was pregnant a week before Christmas and am due around 21st Aug. It's been a struggle to get to this point. Have a ds who will be 4 shortly, took 8 months to conceive which then resulted in mc last summer and then more than a year to get pg again. Was on the verge of giving up but I guess perserverance pays! Was on the TTC threads for ages but then gave up for a while as I was getting abit obsessed with it all. Anyway I am here! Very sore boobs, feeling sick (but not actually managed to throw up yet - didn't actually get ms with ds) and tired. Already feel I'm getting fatter! Her's to the next 7/8 months!

Hi all and Happy New Year. I had some time on my hands as DH is at work and DS is napping so I looked through to see how many of us there are - loads!! Here we all are
eulalia - 30/7
wilbur - 1/8
blossom 2 - 1/8
kate100 - 2/8
opps - 3/8
misschief - 3/8
miaou - 4/8
KMS - 7/8
nic2004dave - 10/8
bonkerz - 11/8
nome - 11/8
leahbump - 12/8
bloatella - 16/8
colinsaw.... - 17/8
dramaqueen72 - 17/8
clareren - 20/8
teatime - 21/8
bluestar - 21/8
spacecadet - 24/8
azure - 25/8
rouge - 25/8
forevermore - 28/8
twiga - 31/8
morgan - 31/8
bella23 - ?
moschops - ?
Wow!!! 26 bumps in total

Well done Kate100 - what a bumper month August is!!

welldone kate isn't this fantastic!

i myself went to a party last night and ended up sitting down after 2 hours since had stich like pains and back pain and leg cramps...... most bizzare. Body telling me to slow down do you think?

has anyone else has this rude awakening to pregnancy? my SIL says you get all kind of niggles and pains; has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks Kate100 - glad someone did the looking through and listing as it's really useful! BUMP-er - I like it Azure! Congrats and welcome Bluestar = same day as me!

Found out that my mum had nausea but no actual sickness for all 6 of her pregnancies - had assumed that she wouldn't have since I don't. Almost wishing I did feel it, to feel more 'normally' pregnant. It's so hard trying not to be too hopeful at the same time as trying not to be too distant from it all.

DH rather insensitively wanted to discuss the financial problems another baby would bring last night - NOT THE POINT. I don't think he realises how scared I am of losing him/her so discussing the situation in terms of being a problem was rather tactless. Didn't tell him that but just changed topic, but it rankles a bit.

Forevermore-I get lots of pains in places that I wouldn't even think of. Its one of the "joys" of pregnancy.

Teatime-I'm just like you. I never had any nausea or sickness with Colin(who was a big healthy baby), and am so far doing the same with this one. I think we are just very lucky is all, especially when you look at how bad nic2004 is getting MS.

Thanks colinsmommy thats reassuring to know.

Teatime; trust the men to want to do a financial MOT when you're out of your wits with worry. Don't be too harsh with him though, they just don't know!

happy new year everyone, gosh so many of us!
teatime, trust your dh to be soooo tactless, never mind him, you hang in there!
nic, really wanted to say hello to you esp. i also suffer from depression and self doubt- mostly postnatal depression, so this unexpected preg has really stretched me. i am delighted and terrifed and happy and so sad all at once. so i hear you, and wanted to say how alike you are to me, and lots of others here too.
i am about to start seeing a specialist therapist for cbt (cognative behavioural therapy) designed just for pregnant/postnatal women. i'm kinda hoping they will 'fix' me and everything i worry about!!! its beena tough long road getting to admit i need help coping and actually getting some help, but now some of its starting to happen i am glad I did!
has anyone else gota demanding clingy 18mth old? my dd is very very much 'mummys girl' and i wonder how the heck i'm going to ease her off me -just alittle- so i actually get time for this baby at all........?
forevermore, i am on my fifth pregnancy, (four baby, fingers crossed) and i too ache and twinge all over the place. so i think its more than normal. just wait for wks 30-40 and that backache from hell!!!LOL
heres to our rather busy 2005
dramaqueen...........x

hello Dramaqueen

i to am on the waiting list for CBT; I was refered June 2004 and still waiting to hear when i will be seen, hopefully it'll start in January. I am hoping to get over, what i call, my 'the glass is always half empty' syndrome. Hopefully this treatment will coincide with my first baby, because i will drive myself potty with worry otherwise. I have an overactive imagination where evrything goes horribly wrong, and i get sooo worked up my heartrate/BP goes through the roof etc. Good luck to you with your treatment, keep us posted with the progress. I have heard its very effective so cannot wait for the 'new me' to appear...i hope i haven't set my expectations to high!

drama queen I too had PND and had the behaviour therapy. It was great and totally changed my outlook on life, essentially the message that I took from it was to be kinder to myself and only to worry about the things I can do anything about. I hope that's it's a positive experience for you too. Also my DS has been the opposite of clingy today and tried to push me off the sofa when I tried to get in the hug between him and DH, it's so nice to be loved and appreciated

forevermore I have very funny feelings in my hips, it feels as if they're expanding by the minute!! As if they need to grow anymore.

thanks Colinsmommy - must keep remembering to count my blessings! (Which I do as many years of being desperately afraid that I'd never have a child are now over!).
Thanks for the support forevermore and Dramaqueen - I know if I said anything dh would be really sorry and it wasn't meant to be unsupportive - just the things that were foremost on HIS mind. Still, it's hard to find the words to let dh know how I feel about things which won't make him feel guilty (any suggestions?) so I'll just keep quiet.
I had fairly bad PND but can't say I was impressed with the counselling I was given on the NHS. I think I got over it myself with time. CBT sounds useful - is it on the NHS Kate100 and Forevermore? How about yours Dramaqueen?

Hi everyone and happy new year. had a rather streeful time as had really babd pains on T hursday and ended up at hospital. Had some spotting Thjurs and Friday. Thye cdn't see anything on a scan but only 5 weeks so did blood test and then another on sat - so not able to relax at all and had to cancel all new year plans to stay near the hospital. Got results this morning and hormone levels have doubled in two days as they wanted and no bleeding or pain (ot only twinges) so i'm now left to have an early scan at 8 weeks. Feel happy but still really apprehensive. We ended up telling my parents in law as they had to take me to the hosdpital and look afger ds1 while we were there. Also had to tell friends who we were visiting and those that were coming to stay. Told no-one until 12 weeks last time. Anyway all fingers crossed here. Do have an enormous chest and slept for 12 hurs last night and still feel tired so that's a good sign. Had no ms with ds1. Hope everyone else is doing well.

Twiga - ds1 was five weeks early so who knows??

hello again everyone.
how are we all feeling? i'm getting that sick feeling and that 'omg that smells awful' feeling too!! great joy.
morgan so sorry about the stress....glad the spotting has stopped now tho. take it easy and -easily said- chill out.
teatime, i sincerly doubt my 'help' will be thro the NHS, what i suspect is going to happen is they refer me and i say the word private and actually get seen before this baby is about three!!!!!! i dont think i EVER got over it last time (pnd)left to myself, so thats why this time with cbt mentioned i got excited. i have seen it work on several people, i had no idea they do it esp for pg ladies. i certainly wasnt impressed with the advice and so called help i have recieved before. kate, thanks its your kinda statement that keeps me going. i'm so glad it worked well for you
forevermore, hang in there, i have major issues about being just perfect and no letting anyone down, and what everyone thinks, to the extreme. but i do feel admitting i need a hand coping, and that i dont want to think like this always is a huge first step and we deserve pats on the backs for doing that.
where abouts are you? i wonder if the waiting lists vary alot around the country?
take care
hope everyones not feeling tooooo sick and tired.

Drama queen I could have written thise words about being perfect and not letting anyone down mtself, I know exactly where you are coming from.I'm glad I can give you some help, CBD really did work for me. Don't be afraid to ask for help, I've already raised my concerns for after the birth with the GP who treated me after DS was born and she has promised to visit me at home within a week of the next one being born. I know I am very lucky to have such a good GP.
TeaTime I did get my CBD on the NHS, but I think that I was very lucky that the person I saw was excellent and very experienced at dealing with my exact problem. I didn't have to wait that long as the service was attached to my GP's practise and they really pushed my referal. I'm in the Midlands by the way.

Morgan, sorry to hear you've had a scare and very glad that everything seems to be ok {{{hugs}}}, lol x

OMG...Morgan thats exactly the same scenario as me, i have had the bad pain, suspected ectopic, blood tests too, then scan at 5 weeks showed that i has a sac in right place so not ectopic, but not necessarily a viable prgnancy either since cannot see heartbeat at this stage,now awaiting scan on wednesday to confirm viability...fingers crossed. It turns out that the pains where due to a urinary tract infection (UTI), this was cleared with antibiotics, but still get twinges in back and abdomen, so not sure really whats going on...its so frustrating, however other pregnant women say twinges are normal???
the most bizzare sensation is a pressure/discomfort/painful cervix...has anyone experienced this???
i have pg symptoms so am hopeful, although i have read that this doesn't guarentee anything...there i go again with the half empty glass thing!
somedays i feel doom/gloom, other i feel fine, so nerve racking, my scan will be on wednesday (6.5 weeks)...fingers crossed, feeling hopeful at the moment, ask me tommorow!!!

Kate and Colinsmommy, the CBT I will be getting is via the NHS; hence why i have had to wait so long, but i have been assured that it will start anyday now!

i live in South London by the way.

Morning all , despite a really sore throat am feeling a bit more relaxed than have done over the last ten days - it was at this point with my last pg that I woke up to find I was bleeding and subsequently mcd - it is such a relief to have got to today.

Is there anyone else on here who is having their first?

Hello everyone

I'm so sorry to hear about all the downs over the last few weeks. i hope everything turns out okay.

I'm finally beginning to feel a little better (at 11 weeks today). MS not so bad and actually managing to keep some food down. i just hate not knowing what i can eat that i won't throw up later - IFYWIM.

i've got my 12 week scan next week and i can't wait. I've been having back pain and period-like pains since 4 weeks. Got shark pains in lower abdominal last night in bed when i tried to turn. No bleeding and still very strong pg symptons so hopefully things are okay. its amazing, i should be relieved that i have such strong pg symptons but i'm still worried until everything is confirmed next week. Does anyone else feel the same ??

yes i'm having my first twiga so you're not alone

oh blossom2 you're so lucky to be 11 weeks, its seems a lifetime away for me, i am sure other feel the same, soon you can just start enjoying it all, choosing names, going to mothercare...i'm sooo sad!

i think the pains you've experienced are quite natural, its not seeing blood simultaneously thats the key it seem! good luck next week