Anyone else due in August 2005 yet?

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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.

Hi Bonkerz. Wish I could say something helpful. I had spotting before I got a positive, but have no idea what yours means. It doesn't sound like a whole lot, though.

Hi, Kate. Sounds like your two will have about the exact same age gap as mine. Congratulations, and welcome.

Bonkerz, I have had bleeding with every single one of my 4 pregs and they have resulted in healthy babies.I have also had misscarriages and the bleding is completely different, i had really heavy bright red bleeding and awful cramps, like mini labour pains,it could be your scar, cos mine intermittently bleeds now and again, or it could be a cervical erosion, however if you are really worried the only way to be sure is to go back to the epu( sorry!) but if it means you can enjoy your new year its prob worth it.I was foever taking myself off to hospital with bleeding with my last preg and couldnt relax till I saw that little heartbeat.

hi i am new to mn i am due on 10th august i am eight weeks pg this week
i have been really ill over the x mas period today has been the worst i have been feeling sick all day but on been sick twice i have to go back to work tomorrow and dreding it i hope i dont feel this ill tomorrow help anyone what can i do ? this my first pg i feel very much in the dark my hubby is trying to be nice to me but he is starting to lose his temper with me for feeling so ill what can i do

Its not your fault you feel so ill nic, with my last 2 . the pampers website has a good section written for dads to be.I can understand that he doesnt know what to expect but you need sympathy, understanding and plenty of rest in the early stages, could he prepare the evening meals while you are feeling this bad?.If its any consolation it usually starts to wear off by about 12 weeks, hang on in there!

hi all, thanks for tips twiga and blossum2. seems i'm due on 28th August so only just qualify for this thread!
have finished antibiotics for UTI and now have mild case of thrush, not had this for years. other threads said pessaries are fine to use, it this true?
still not quite comfortable with pregnancy but better than i was. Is it normal to have a feeling of 'something being there' a kind of 'pressure' without pain, just a 'full womb' ..struggling for descriptive terms here, but i have these sensations not sure if not just due to being more aware of my body or not?

by the way nic; my husband was being the same, i think its the feeling of helplessness that gets to them. I just sat him down last night and made him see how important his concern, support etc is and now he is all over me....i think he just wanted to have a role during these important times!

meant to say nic, with 2 of my pregs had such bad sicness that I ended up in hospital on a drip hospital consoled my by saying that it meant the preg was healthy!

Hi everyone - can't believe i'm joining a due thread after 2.5 years ttc no 2 but got BFP on Xmas eve - due 31 August but ds was five weeks early so who knows?? Got sore boobs and do feel a bit queasy at times. Had no ms at all with ds1.

Hello all - just checking in after seeing Christmas visitors (my mum, sister and aunt) off yesterday and WOW! 7 more on the thread - Big Congrats to Bloatella, Twiga, Forevermore, Colinsawmommy, Kate100, Nic2004dave and Morgan. Sounds like you were trying about as long as we were Morgan - I keep 'waking up' to the fact that the dream has come true and then trying not to be too excited 'just in case'.

Although I saw nearly all my family over Christmas I only told mum who instantly forbade me to tell anyone else till MARCH! (One of the old school) Her main comment was 'Full marks for bravery'! I don't feel 'brave' as such, just SOO lucky to get this chance.

Had quite a 'moment' over Christmas though - one of my nieces gave me Lavender Oil and my younger sister (who uses oils etc.more than me) was extolling its virtues - use it in bath, can use on facial spots etc. when my older sister chimed in and said 'except in pregnancy'. Tried not to look too interested and asked why not and she said 'It can trigger miscarriage - it did me' I hadn't known about this and so gently prompted her for the story - she was desperate for another baby after having Helen (now 15) but found it really hard to conceive and the few times she did resulted in m/c. She gave up in the end and is reconciled to just having a dd (who is planning early marriage and a big family so she's got lots to look forward to!)

Anyway the story is that she hurt her back in early pregnancy and was given a deep massage with oils (don't know who by). However soon after, she miscarried and on researching essential oils found out that lavender oil is contra-indicated in pregnancy. The person who did the massage denied there being a possibility of a connection but for my sister it was clearly that which had struck the terrible blow - apparently it took her ages to forgive this person. Anyway whether there was any connection or not I'm leaving the lavender oil on the shelf until after August!!

Now to get the house ready for an 'at home' with neighbours tomorrow (mulled wine and mince pies)... one of the few times of the year we get together to chat! Happy New Year all - here's to a Very Happy 2005!!

Hello there!!! Can I join you? Did my test last night, after a week of "knowing" - had got a negative last Thu but was convinced enough by yesterday to try again. Hooraaaay!

Not sure of exact EDD because I haven't had a period (was breastfeeding till end Nov), but I'm estimating 25 Aug.

DD will only be 19 months!!!

VERY excited and looking at names already ....

Many congratulations to everyone on this thread. We should do a round-up of due dates at some point?

Congratulations and welcome to Kate100, Nic2004dave, Morgan and rouge

Morgan, I'm due on the 31st too, I wander if we'll have Aug or Sept babies?!

Nic2004Dave, have you tried eating little ammounts but regularly. Have read that as you need more energy when pg low blood sugar can increase feeling of sickness so snacking can help. Also ginger biscuits are meant to be good - think it's the ginger rather than the biscuit that helps. Hope that the whole feeling sick thing passes for you soon.

Anyone else having trouble sleeping? I'm finding I often wake up coz I'm too hot and thirsty, also hard to get comfy with chest so sore. Was in bed and asleep by 7.30pm last night, then wide awake at just after 12am. Dh was awake too so we got up and watched the end of Elf on dvd and ate cheesy pizza with big mugs of tea (decaf). Asleep again by 1.30am until now.

Oh, forgot to say: Saw my GP yesterday, he was really good about things and has agreed to put in a referal for an early scan, so I should know in the next week when etc. I am due to have my first antenatal appt on 7th with the dr who puts all your antenatal notes and stuff together. It's been so nice for things to go easy, thought I might have to argue for the scan.

HI everyone, thank you for the welcome. I'm feeling properly sorry for myself today, as well as horrid MS, I now have flu and an allergy rash, so I ache and I itch!! Am going mad with all three and to top things off DS has turned into a terror this morning, who shrieks at full volume everytime the word no is mentioned, will this end soon, feel rubbish

{{{hugs}}} Kate, hope the flu and stuff clears up soon, lol x

Get well soon kate DD has turned horribly whingey and demanding the last couple of days so I sympathise about your DS! I'm sure it'll pass (I'm counting on it!)

Thank you for your kindness. Feeling a bit better now, especially as my wonderful parentshave taken darling son to see his great grandma, so a little bit of peace, so DH ( who is also poorly) and I can get some lovely sleep.

Oh, Kate my DS is acting up so much too. It sounds like our DSs are very close in age. Wonder what has gotten into them? Sorry to hear you are feeling so bad. Hope things get better.

Twiga-I know what you mean about trouble sleeping. I keep throwing off all the blankets and then wake up an hour later because I'm freezing. I just can't get comfortable, either.

I have no MS whatsoever, but am really worried because I eat so much. I'll be roughly the size of a large ocean freighter if I keep this up.

Really excited because I have my 1st Dr. appointment this afternoon. (Am 8 hours behind site time)

i was really ill at work today and my boss wouldnt let me go home she told me to ring my doctor so i did when he rang back i told him i had severe morning sickness and diaohria and he said it sounded like infection after my doctor said he would talk to my boss to tell her to send me home she refused to talk to him and sent me home in the end i got home they then rang me 3 hours latere to see if i was going in tomorrow i said no so they could cover me instead ,
i feel a bit upset that my boss was so insensitive she has had 3 children herself and she said when she had her children she was woring in an office she used to just throw up in the bin and carry on working it's all very well but i dont work in an office i work in a childrens nursery and im a supervisor there is no waY i could sit down still i have things to do , i spent my whole morning in the bathroom being sick i dont think she cares she says im pregnant not ILL so it doesnt matter im going to get sick anyway i mazell get sick at work , surely there must be something i can do ?

nic that's awful and really surprising from another mother - although some mums can be horribly 'macho' about the whole thing, can't they? I was nearly hospitalised last time round with MS, so I really sympathise - it's not to be taken lightly and if you haven't experienced really bad MS you have no idea how bad it can get.

There must be some employment legislation re. pregnancy and MS, surely??

Nic, it might be worth starting a new thread on the legal board asking for wigandrobe, she's really on the ball with legal stuff.

Hi all - sorry about insensitive boss, nic, sounds like she doesn't know you very well and so isn't taking your m/s seriously. It's all too easy to project onto other women one's own experience of pregnancy (eg I've never had m/s so don't know how it feels) - which is why this thread is useful - learning about all the spectrum of physical and emotional states that are possible!

'At home' went well although instead of dribs and drabs everyone came and went at about the same time so we were packed and all 48 mince pies and several litres of mulled wine got scoffed! A nice surprise was a visit from old uni friends who tried for a baby for about 10 years (got together at uni), had given up trying and were given last resort pills by doctor to be taken after AF started and it never did! Nine months later their dd1 was born. That was 13 years ago and they now have five girls, latest (and last!) born a year ago! They came with all the girls who are all lovely and named after wild flowers. It was lovely for ds who behaved beautifully even letting baby Rowan play on his car and sharing his toys - proud . Also nice for some of the neighbours' children who don't usually have many other children to play with at these dos. The left over crackers went down well!

Was very tempted to tell the neighbour who used to be our childminder that I was pg but held off. Next visit to clinic is 14th Jan and I suppose I'll get a 12 week scan date then - can't wait!

Hello again and welcome to all the new people on the thread - especially Twiga and Morgan. I had a nice, if not very relaxing Christmas. I was very busy and stressed at work and hadn't been able to have a single day off for shopping - thank goodness for the internet. I have also been paranoid about m/c again and convinced myself on Christmas Eve that all was over. Thankfully, it doesn't appear so yet and I have been having symptoms of tiredness all the time, and periodic nausea, although haven't actually been sick. I've got an appointment with my GP on Tuesday to set everything in motion - I'm going to ask for an early scan. If I don't get one on the NHS, I'm going private. 6 weeks 1 day - what a long drag until the magical 12 weeks. I know I'm very lucky to be here, though. Have a wonderful New Year everyone.

Hi all, feel much better today, especially as when I got up after my lie in (very rare things) this morning, DH had tidied the lounge and cleaned the kitchen! What a star, lucky me, for the lie in and the tidying. DS seems to have cheered up as well, so hopefully we shall all enjoy seeing in the new year, if I manage to stay awake, lol. Happy New Year everyone, we're all lucky that it will be extra special for us (fingers and everything else crossed that it will be - still very paranoid)

Sorry, I forgot this in my last message, nic your boss sounds horrid, even worse than mine. I'm a teacher and know it is impossible to give the children the attention they deserve when you don't feel great. My advice is be selfish and stay at home, nothing is more important than you and your baby.

Hello again - need to catch up but have done a skim. congrats to all the newcomers. We need a new list.

Twiga - its a small world There is a small hospital near us where I can get my scans but they don't 'do' births so will have to travel the 25 miles to ARI. I don't think I'll see you in there though as I am actually due 30 July so we are quite far apart.

nic - I am so annoyed on your behalf - as if m/s isn't real illness! Grr!

WEll my Christmas was fairly quiet - felt fairly crap with the cold and nausea etc but didn't tell my parents after all. Feeling better now - 10 weeks tomorrow yeah! Am off to a Hogmanay party later on.

One other person knows though - my friend guessed - not because of anything I was doing - she just had a feeling. I think she must be psychic!

Happy New Year and see you all in 2005