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.

nausea and headaches still bad for me! am just off to colapse in bed while dh is tidying the house!!

Didnt eat very well yesterday and still havent eaten yet today but have drank lots of water.

Is it better to eat even though you dont want to? eat and be sick or not eat that is the question??

Hello everyone, good to hear from you Teatime. I feel really deflated at having had spotting today and at my erratic symptoms. My last preg seemed much more obvious (3 months of feeling car sick!). This is so odd, sometimes I feel textbook pregnant and an hour later nothing. Is this uncommon? Feel like I should have tempered my enthusiasm about this. Dramaqueen72, have felt like a whale since xmas eve but now wonder whether that's just piggery on my part. Good luck all and fingers crossed .

Hi all, I smiled at your tummy description Dramaqueen as I HAVE got a cannon ball in mine!! I'm so used to it now it's called 'Fibey' and I can feel it sticking up every morning (then it disappears). But it is worrying that it's so big at the start of this pregnancy unlike last time where it started as a tennis ball and grew with ds. They co-existed happily and he came out none the worse.

Hit a real down after a good day yesterday - I thought I'd stopped bleeding then found more spotting... Just wanted to lie quietly but ds insisted on jumping all over me and dh was watching football unawares so I felt quite sorry for myself. OK again today and quite cheerful considering I've had more bleeding - 'STOP' I shout in the loo!! Overnight there's nothing so I can see the reasoning behind 'complete bed rest' which old manuals prescribe. However my midwife said it has not been proved to make any difference. I know how you're feeling Bloatella, bleeding is so scary no matter how many people tell you that it's probably not a problem.
Milestones to get to - Thursday (13th) will see midwife, following Weds (19th) another scan and 5th Feb when I'll be 12 weeks and start to relax - one day at a time still.

Colinsmommy - hope your bleeding has stopped - I think / hope you're right that brown is better than red - my spotting has been mostly brown so not so worrying, but I'd still like to know what it is and why it's happening! Good luck with the scan tomorrow!

hi all.
feeling rathe down and sorry for myself. no great reason, aside from impending scan (wed) i am questioning every sign and feeling i get asking my self if the are gen. pg signs or 'all in my head'. the reason being it was just before this time that my missed m/c died, but another week or so before i found out. so killing myself here with the 'what ifs' i hope this one is okay, and i'm not imagining the sickness and heavy tummy bloating.....gosh hurry up wed!!!!!! its at 3pm as well which means a looooooooong day before hand!
colinsmommy, hope youre feeling better? and all bleeding has stoppped.
bonkerz, its definately better to eat, infact you will most likey find you will feel LESS sick if you manage something. remember the pg is still taking all it needs from you, and will totally drain you if you dont replenish your stock of vitamins etc!!! i find i need carbs alot to 'settle' my sickness. crackers/croissants/toast/rice pudding (!) whatever helps.
bloatella, i think we are all alittle wiser second (or more time) round, and tend to compare too much, and over 'think' about our symptoms. i'm sure youre fine
bluestar, i dont know anyone whos pg! infact in our family/friends i was the last to be pg too! how envious i am of your pg friends!
well roll on everyones scan, and hope we all feel good tomorrow

well i cooked my fave pasta dish then ate till i felt really bloated!!!!!!!

Havent been sick and feel better now!

dramaqueen - can understand what you say about overanalysis, in my previouspgs I would have enjoyed the periods of respite from nausea, now just feel anxious.
Blotella - def eat regularly - it helps. im feeling rather sick after a mcdonalds today - took ds1 and ds2 to their rugby match today and stopped on way back - seemed a good idea at time!
colins mummy and teatime - hope all is going well
I have told a few people - but very random ones as it has come up - various friends and only one relative - my sil who is also pg at a similar stage - her last pg ended in a mc too.
havent told the obvious people like parents - partly coz we are going skiing next week and I dont want anyone to tell me off! I booked it when feeling down after mc as thought I shouldnt put everything on hold because of ttc and it might happen. Leaving dd aged 3 with my mum so will takes it easy teaching ds1 and2

Thanks everyone, I feel better for reading your posts and huge empathy to others with spotting of any kind.
I'd appreciate some advice on this: my dh wants to book flights for the 20thish of May for a week to Spain. Does anyone else have qualms about flying in 6th month (if my condition continues!)? Last time I didn't fly anywhere. I know there are some increased risks for blood clots etc would that bother any aug2005ers?
Thinking of you dramaqn72, it is so hard trying not to think about it all the time isn't it? all the best....

Hi everyone - hope you're all bearing up. Sorry to hear about the spotting - I hope it's all stopped. I've been feeling so tired (DS has been waking up really early, which doesn't help), and sick at certain times. I was physically sick for the first time in any pregnancy on Saturday. I have my private scan tomorrow, so fingers crossed. Bloatella, I'm definitely planning on going on holiday in April / May time. When pregnant with DS (also an August birthday) we went to South Africa in May and had a fabulous time, even went on safari. We flew business class (using miles), which made the flight bearable. The normal advice about walking around and drinking water applies. I did get slightly uncomfortable driving around in a car for the longer trips, so would avoid too much driving.

well I went to epu on Friday to see my dot and it was there and in the right place apparently, so I passed 7 weeks on Saturday. Am feeling Sooooo sick and tired - had to go to bed for two hours yesterday. Still I will be very glad to get to 12 weeks. I am going back for another scan at 9 weeks, if it is still there. I really really want this one to work - not that I didn't want the last two, but somehow this is much more important. So fingers and legs crossed and I am just trying to stay calm and serene to give it the best chance (and feed it lots of toast!) I am refusing to fly for work which is raising a few eyebrows, but I am planning all my trips I need to do between weeks 14 and 20 (which will be about the best weeks of all I reckon!!!_). Hope if you are at work, you are struggling through and if at home, hope you are in bed with the TV on!!! ha ha

aw, i'm getting kinda fond of all you guys
morning and happy monday everyone! hope everyone doing okay? today gavbe in and got jeans size larger, so can do them up now!!!! i refused to be tempted by the maternity sale clothes, stupidly, in case i 'jinx' it....i am so torn between wanting wednesdays scan to arrive and being terrified at its approach. eek! congrats beachyhead on a sucessful 7wk scan i will be exactly nine wks this wednesday so know we need to see a heartbeat by now. scary scary...
bloatella, go ahead and have your break, gosh you'll need a break! and it sounds like a great time to fly. i am already 'in the doghouse' for messing up flights in august so april is our getaway too. altho with schools etc we might just go to cornwall or similar (any fabulous reccomendations? have herd of children and fussy dh so need beach, and top quality accomodation.......)
beachyhead, altho i am 'lady of leisure' since last baby i dont get ot stay in bed, much as i wish! youngest dd sees to that!!! (as she sleeps now i get to check my emails!) but i do get it easier than at work i admit. hope your work day is an easy one....
i am going to tell a friend of mine today at some point,she thinks i'm hiding something terrible from her, boy its getting hard not to say something related to it, its sort of all i have on my mind right now!
azure, um...congrats on being sick (!) its a good sign. how did you organise a private scan? sounds like something i should also do! (one scan is never enough.....)
anyhow girlies, have a very good day

Beachyhead, so pleased your dot was there. Roll on 12 weeks. Dramaqueen72 lol at the congrats on being sick . I'm torn between feeling delighted - I had no symptoms at all before last m/c - and fed up with feeling grotty. My scan is arranged at the Fetal Medicine Centre in London - website here . My GP can't arrange a scan unless there is bleeding and I've heard nothing from a midwife yet, so it's been my only option for having some peace of mind. I feel the same way as you about getting maternity clothes - I would love to get some in the sales but will not "tempt fate". Another really annoying thing about maternity clothes is that - at least for Blooming Marvellous - the new season's range is for Spring / Summer. So, almost impossible to get a jumper or warm clothing for January - March, but possible to get summer dresses. How ridiculous is that? It's not as if you investment dress in these clothes or buy them ahead of when you actually need to wear them.

Afternoon everyone hope you are all well. I bit the bullet last night and booked the flights at the end of May - phew, at least I'll have a week with my ILs and dh grappling with ds while I lie in a darkened room reading novels with a cool cloth on my head.... Feel better for the encouragement from your posts. But I forgot, I'm trying not to count my chicken! Am about to go swimming with friends I haven't told, hope they don't notice what a porker I'm becoming! Oh dear, better go shave my legs or I'll clear the pool.....

Hope you are OK colinsmommy, bloatella and Teatime with the bleeding. We'll all be glad when this first trimester has passed.

Only another 6 days for me. Scan on Friday.

Jealous of your holiday Bloatella. It is difficult for us to book anything with ds at school now but we may just be naughty and take him out of school.

we're off to cornwall over half term, and I should be just 12 weeks then, so I can relax and enjoy (and if I don't get to 12 weeks, then I can drink, relax and enjoy)!!!!!I've got a work dinner tonight with only 6 of us, so I am going to play the detox for january - no alcohol story!!!! I REALLY don't need them to guess as they are pretty anti-maternity leave types anyway and as we are just doing 2005 planning, all I can keep thinking is ' I'll be off - ha ha'

Hi all. Been to midwife today who gave me date of 1 Sept so looks like i will be moving boards! although as i said before ds was 5 weeks early so who knows?? Got an early scan on weds after my pain two weeks ago and i am terrified after 2.5 years of ttc - I was ok until i got the date! do have symptoms certainly at the mo - tired and very heavy boobs and can hardly string two words together.

Hope all those with bleeding are doing well (I'm too tired to remember the names!)

Bloatella, I have also booked a holiday to Spain for May and since it will be with my parents too, I am looking forward to having a rest while they entertain ds!
Got a cold today and feel lousy knowing that I have to just grin & bear the headaches/sniffles. Almost threw up today and I actually think I would feel better if I could rather than just retching and feeling naueaus.

Thank you all for your thoughts. I really appreciate them. Went to the doctor, and everything is fine. I have an alien peanut looking baby right now with a good heartbeat. The dr. said she can't see any reason why I bled, or any reason that I will do it again, of course there are no guarantees. She said I am measuring small, and moved my due date back to the 31st of August, which I thought was more accurate anyway. Off to take a nap now. (8 hours behind you all)

thanks for concern morgan, slight spotting just the same today but making me feel more and more reserved in my enthusiasm. my dh inadvertently told his best and least discreet friend today which really p*ed me off! Of all people. I'd at least like no one to know til 12 weeks and more sense of the wind behind me and a thriving pg. Morgan, maybe see you back on this board later on!
beachyhead - great respect to your acting abilities hope it goes well....
bluestar - it was the right decision to book it I'm so relieved whatever happens with my condition - help with ds is a must or I get no break at all. I am v lucky to adore my ILs and have good working relationship.
eulalia- actually we are taking him out of 4 days of nursery but it's the last time we can do it and not feel guilty (flights were almost 200 quid cheaper!). all the best to all and hoping new series of ER doesn't have too many intolerably obstetric storylines, I think it's tonight.

great news colinsmummy all the best to your mystery guest!

Great news on your bean Colinsmummy. (8hrs? are you in USA?)

I am so fed up with feeling sick. and when it does lift a little I get horrid acid indidestion! Great! am now 10wks so i hope it will start to fade soon!

Hugs and best wishes to those with spotting and hope pending scans are all good.

Moring everyone, i'm up nice and early as DS woke at 6:30 and as DH has an interview today I'm on early morning duty, Why can't he go back to waking at his usual 8:00? Why so early when I'm pregnant? Hope eveyone's bleeding/spotting has stopped and congrats to everyone who has seen their little ones on a scan. I can't wait for mine, a week today when I shall be 12 weeks and all being well will be able to tell whoever I like. I thought that the nausea was getting better, but it came back yesterday with a vengance(sp), I've also got really achey legs, but that might be the running around at tumble tots with DS!!
Hope everyone is OK, got to go now, DS has filled his nappy, hope I don't throw up on him!!

DS woke up at 6.15 this morning, and it's the latest he's woken up for ages!! I have to get off to work, though, so have to be up anyway. Beachyhead, why didn't I think of the detox line? I went to a do last night with people from work there and had a glass of champagne (well, a Bellini, so mixed with peach juice and sipped very slowly) so as not arouse suspicion. Feel very guilty about it now. On a bad note this morning DH asked me if I had anything special on today - I said the scan at 11am. His reply - I thought you had already had that. What? No I bl**dy well haven't. I was really upset - I thought after one birth and two miscarriages he would understand and appreciate what this means to me. Also, I was expecting him to come along (which he will do). How can he be so clueless and unthinking? I'm getting upset again just thinking about it. I'm going to be in a right state for this scan.

Men!!

Good Luck with the scan Azure and let us know how it goes.

Mine is on thursday - can't wait. I seem to be getting headaches now although most of the nausea has gone. And i can drink tea & coffee again, although sweet stuff/sugar still leaves a bad taste in my mouth (baby is no doubt telling me something)!!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Sad to hear about all the spotting and hope it stops soon for you all.
xx

Azure - one or two drinks is OK. The guidlines say 1-2 units twice a week. Also it makes a big difference if you drink slowly, so no worries. I had a bottle of beer at NewYear but it took me the whole evening to drink it.
colinsmommy - glad to scan went OK.

Morgan - I am posting on two boards, this and July. I expect it will be Aug as my previous two were late but this one could be different. At least then I will know people from both boards. Makes it more work posting though!