anyone due in sept 2005 yet?

[yingers74]

Have just found out that I am pregnant although am still at a very early stage! Fingers crossed. this will be my second one and am very excited, don't mind what I get!

Thanks for the good vibes. Am feeling a bit better and managed to meet up with DS & his babysitter today in a cafe and walk home with him (exhausted me!) I don't think running harms the baby if you're already used to it; it's only dangerous if you suddenly throw yourself into a new and vigorous exercise routine. Surely got to be better to exercise in some way than sit on the sofa getting your muscles and joints all flabby. Once I am better I am going to be back on my bike and swimming 3 or 4 times a week; I am also going to power-walk at the gym and lift some weights. Nothing drastic but I really don't want to just sit and stuff myself like last time.

Hi everyone.

I can't really poston Thursdays and Fridays. I'm at work and my screen faces the whole office. Far too paranoid to bring up a thread called 'due in september'.

I'd agree with the breasts thing - I always seem to be posting about breasts. Mine stayed bigger until about five minutes after I stopped breastfeeding and then shrunk to smaller than ever and a bit worse for wear. I think the fat comes back again, eventually after a few years. Hopefully will be breastfeeding again though.

Hi everyone, goodness it's busy here - it's taken me ages to read all the new posts!

Yingers, thanks for keeping in touch - it's good to hear from you - best of luck.

Welcome nably, and many congratulations Let me know where you're planning to give birth and I'll add you to our list.

Still feeling utterly gruesome - can't keep much down so zero energy and non-stop nausea - have lost count of how many times a day I'm vomiting. I'm estimating I'm probably about halfway through the really bad phase though - last time it began to ease off around 10 weeks and was more or less gone by 12. Horrible to wish your life away like that but at the moment I really am counting the days.

Have had a lot of help with DD but DH is back at work all day tomorrow and no one else around - pretty worried about how I'll cope

hi all

my antenatal care is slightly strange as i am going to a hospital outwith my local area (but closer than the one in my area) so i have shared care between the 2. my scan is on the 22nd feb wich should make me 12 weeks.

we havnt told anyone yet but due to the huge belly i have developed its becoming inceasinly obvious im pregnant or ate all my dd's christmas chocolate!! Is there anyone else in this situation, my dh keeps saying it must be twins!!

Oh - re. work: I work freelance, via an agent. Have only done a couple of jobs since DD was born a year ago. Am in a bit of trouble at the mo because agent has come up with a number of meetings for me and I've had to cancel the last 2 due to sickness - really don't want to tell her I'm pg yet, but she's just emailed me about another one and I've run out of excuses ....

diane, I'm very reassured to hear about your growing tummy! A close friend remarked that I was showing already the other day - I was convinced it was just a belly but maybe it is the bean after all

Re work, I went part-time after dd was born, and now work 2 days a week. I love it, and if there is a downside to having number 2, it's that I think it's unlikely that I'll go back after a year this time. At the moment my mother has my dd, but I think that it would be too much for her to have 2 to look after. Couldn't really bring myself to get a childminder/nursery last time and financially would not be worth it with 2.
I get the nuchal scan on the NHS via the Harris Birthright Centre at Kings. Was excellent last time - far better in terms of WOW factor than the 20 week scan.
In terms of wishing time away, I feel like I'm treading water at the moment - can't wait for it to be 22nd Feb, to have had the scan, and to (fingers crossed) be able to relax a smidgen.
I'm terrified of twins - keep thinking that as feel nauseous this time, whereas last time I didn't, and as I feel more developed tummywise, it must be. And then I panic! Of course, if it is it would be wonderful in a way, but can't imagine having much time for dd, and worry about the logistics of breastfeeding which I loved last time and was such a "boost" when I was feeling low. Also dd didn't sleep though the night till she was 10 months!
Apologies for the long post - this thread seems to have been very active today!

Lady Lazarus, I understand where you're coming from about telling your employer. I work in a hospital too and do six month rotations in different posts, so you don't build up the same relationship with your colleagues as with a more permanent post. Whilst I am sure they will do everything by the book as regards time off/ allowances made, it also affects their attitude to your career aswell and the options they then offer you when you return. I've seen it happen to others.

As regards nuchal scans, Leeds does not do them routinely so I think I shall go private. Its £90 which isn't too obscene and it means that if it all goes well I get an extra peek at the sproglet with the NHS dating scan after this.

Went out for the first time with friends tonight and feel as if I have drunk my body weight in fizzy pop. Felt like i had aged 30 years as i tutted under my breath at the loud drunken happy people around me!

hey there

im a nurse too, i work in endoscopy so had to tell straight away due to the chemicals we use and we work in x ray for ercp's. Everyones been great though.

Hi all - it has been busy since I last checked! Interesting to hear of the expanding bellies, I'm sure mine's bigger than last time and also had the twins panic.... then had to remind myself that lots of people say you expand quicker second time around as you've been "pre-stretched"! Hope that's all it is. Surprised at how different this pg is than last, I didn't have any nausea before but did have endless migraines, now I've got the nausea. Much sympathy for m/s sufferers out there. I've been working 4 days per week since dd was 1 year old, which is only 6 months ago so feeling guilty about more maternity leave already, particularly impact on one colleague. Don't expect I'll return this time as I don't think I'd have the energy for baby, toddler, life and work.

Thank you Franch, congratulations to you too!

The hospital is Darent Valley in Dartford, Kent. Its only about 4 years old and I dont know anyone who has been to the maternity unit there so if anyone knows it, id be glad to get feedback.

I got a bit worried this morning as I saw a slight dark discharge but ive been advised it can be ok and normal. Ive requested an early scan so want to set my mind at rest (as much as it could be). Patience has never been one of my strongest virtues and its certainly being tested now!

Id be interested to know how others feel right now...you all seem quite calm but excited but I just feel apprehensive.

I'm a bit apprehensive. But that's because of all the negative stuff you hear about pregnancy over 40. And also because I have had 2 friends go for scans and discover to their horror that they'd had missed mcs. And also because I am still suffering with the bronchitis and keep panicking that all that coughing must be affecting the baby.

And another thing...I have gone off coffee! The smell is making me feel ill! My whole online personality is now one big fake. You are supposed to imagine me an Audrey Hepburn lookalike sipping expresso in a Parisian cafe. Now I'm drinking decaf Earl f*** Grey.

I'm feeling very apprehensive too. I had a miscarriage in November and I've had some abdominal pain, although no bleeding, and although everyone on here seems to say it's quite normal my GP wasn't very reassuring. Can't wait for the scan. I saw the doctor last week but she told me to come back after 6 weeks 'if everything is still OK' then she'll refer me for antenatal care.

Jeepers ana Diane - nice to see some other "NHS workers" here, although I feel a bit of a fraudluent nurse, as I know absolutely nothing about childbirth hehe

As for feeling "calm", I'm not sure i do really... I am definitely more anxious about things generally than I am normally (can you tell from my blabbing on about telling my boss!!).

And as for the boobs thing, mine are definitely expanding! No growing around the tummy region just yet tho hehe

That doesn't sound very supportive of your GP, Piccalilli!

Hi ladies - I'm feeling nervous too - keep thinking I am going to loose the baby - don't really feel pg as all the sickness etc.. early on seems to have gone. Still feel crampy thought - think I am about 5 weeks. Might even have to go and buy another pg testing kit !! Did any one else here feel like that early on !!

I took a test a couple of days after my P was due which was positive and then I was quite worried after a week that I wasnt getting any pg symptoms, not feeling tired or anything so I used the other stick in the twin pack just to make sure I was still was pregnant and I felt rather silly but relived that the lines appeared quicker than before.

May parents are amusing me at the moment with their tips on conceiving..little do they know!

My DH says that I shouldnt use the internet as it just makes me paranoid but I actually think it helps us to know that there are plenty of us feeling exactly the same, but maybe at different stages.

I went back to my GP today as she had said to go back after I got the results of my u/s. She's still telling me to wait a few weeks until I book in with the midwife even though I have seen a beating heart and my risk of loss goes down to 5%.

I don't mind too much. If I make the appt. for when I am 11 weeks then I will be past the point of my second miscarriage plus there's a high chance we'll be able to hear the heartbeat. I love that sound. It's almost more special than seeing your baby's image move about on a computer screen.

DH is still obviously very anxious as he dreamt last night that I had another miscarriage. For this reason I am still not telling people unless I totally HAVE to.

I'm nervous too - have done a number of tests (you can gets ones for £1.80 for 2 on ebay which arrive the next day) but still convinced things will go wrong. I was like that with DS as well - I think whatever expereinces you have had that you feel nervous.

Also feel really sick - couldn't face anything but cereal last night.

Am meeting with DS's friends this afternoon - (and their mums and possibly one dad) - and can't decide whether to tell them or not. Think I will probably wait for a couple of weeks although I might not.

nably - lol at your dh's comments! When I was pregnant with ds1 I only had to read on the internet about the symptons I could have at the stage I was at to suddenly develop them! I had to stop looking after a couple of months!
Hope you are all feeling OK, and I hope that after you all have your scans then the anxiety will disappear a bit.

Sounds like we're all as paranoid as each other . I didn't even consider m/c with my first. Just merrily went and told everyone the day I missed my period and tested positive. This time however, I'm holding back.

Arabica, did your friends have no idea that they had miscarried. Always thought it was accompanied by bleeding. It's doing my head in thinking that I'm pregnant when actually I might not be. Haven't taken any extra tests. Might to just to put my mind a ease. 12 week scan not until start of March .

Hi all. I'm feeling pretty wretched all day now. Trying ginger tea and dd's cow and gate savoury biscuits. Have also just managed to put my back out minorly while cleaning the loo - that'll teach me to do any cleaning! Walking like a robot and look like death warmed up. This is SOOOO unlike last time it's hard to believe
Still, holding out for a miraculous week 12 recovery, fingers and everything else crossed

Know what you all mean about the worrying !
I have just booked a nuchal scan for 23rd Feb (which still seems like an awfully long way off). Have decided to go to the Fetal Medicine Centre - and apparently because of previous history, we may actually get to see the eminent Prof. Nicolaides himself.
Have told most of my close friends already - from my experience, it's harder to tell people that you have lost a pregnancy when they didn't even know you were pregnant in the first place - plus it's more moral support - which I feel most in need of !
Feeling loads better today - perhaps having a bit of exerise has helped even though it was the last thing I felt like doing at the time.

Hi all, just dropping by to see how you all are. Sorry to hear m/s is beginning to strike more of you - pooka you are beginning to sound like me Altho I've only been sick once so far today which is something!

Name EDD (position of baby in family - age of sibs on EDD) - planned birthplace:

Rubyring 3/9 (no1)
Pooka 3/9 or 10/9 (no. 2 - dd 26m) - home (Princess Royal, Farnborough)
Diane77 4/9 (no. 2 - dd 25m) - St John's, Livingston, Scotland
Franch 5/9 (no.2 - dd 19m) - home (UCH, London WC1)
Tallbird 5/9 (no. 2 - dd almost 4) - Royal Surrey, Guildford
Mummyhill 6/9 (no.2 - dd almost 3)
Jeepers 6/9 (no. 1) - Leeds General
Zubb 8/9 (no.3 - ds1 3y8m, ds2 1y10m) - home (SDH, Salisbury)
Beatie 9/9 (no. 2 - dd 2y10m)
Decafarabica 10/9 or 16/9 (no. 2 - ds 4y 4m) - Homerton, London E9
LadyLazarus 12/9 (no. 1) - St Mary's, London W2
Kiwicath 14/9 (no.2 - ds 19m) - Cairo/NZ?
andif 15/9 (no. 3 - ds1 8, ds2 6) - Kingston
Sallie 16/9 (no.3 - ds 3y, dd 19m) - Chelsea & Westminster
Maretta 16/9 (no.2 - ds 27m) - home (Trafford General, Manchester)
nably 16/9 (no. 1) - Darent Valley, Dartford
SarahBee 19/9 (no. 2 - dd 25m)- Princess Royal, Farnborough
PicadillyCircus 22/9 (no. 2 - ds 22m) - Lister Hospital, Stevenage (Herts) or Bedford Hospital
Piccalilli 22/9 (no. 1) - St George's, London SW17
Jaxpax 23/9 (no. 2 - ds 12y) - Princess Alexandra, Harlow
Yokefleet 27/9 (no. 1) - Pinderfields
marinda 29/9 (no. 2 - ds 4y 4m) - Stafford