Due November 08 - We're STILL a bunch of worrying fusspots who don't know what we want to eat, but pass us the cheese (and rice if you must ) purlease, while we wait for 12 weeks

[Heartmum2Jamie]

Here's our shiney, new and slightly ameneded thread to reflect our main topic of conversation recently! Really didn't want to mention the cheese and rice in the same sentence, but as it is a favourite with so many of you, I had to add it in, sorry to Hanaflower!

Hi guys. Thanks for all your nice posts. I have my fighting hat on, and will see what happens , when I step into the ring, on Monday.
I can't keep track of whats going on. Atleast it is all godd news. Apart from Pinkali's sonograpaher; lackaDAISy's DD;
Atleast Dozy had some decent counselling.

I love how all yoof you have managed to get your scans onto yuor profiles. And all babies look so well formed, don't they. Looking good ladies.
Gosh many of us are at the end of the first trimester. Some of us thought we wouldn't make it this far. This is good.

serendipity - i know exactly whay ypu mean about being ravenous and then full after a fewmouthfuls - i have been suffering with this over the last few weeks, its so annoying! im having to eat my dinner in 2 stinits at the moment!
Oblomov - what a disgrace! glad uve got ur fighting hat on for Monday - cant believe it!

Hi ladies. I've had the worst mood swings today. Started this morning when DH woke me up with very very loud sniffing and I lost my temper. Then started feeling dizzy, crap and sorry for myself.

Went shopping as I discovered yesterday that NONE of my trousers fit anymore and got very upset....anyway, went to Topshop and got some great black maternity jeans half price, then in HoF some Elle Macpherson maternity bras which were half price too and absolutely lovely...why do they make non wired bras so bloody ugly? I was ready to cry with frustration in M&S who I felt betrayed by for their ugly bras!

DH, having stopped sniffing, is being lovely...went shopping with me, made loads of sandwiches for us both to take which I ate all of, and made roast chicken this pm while I had a lovely long sleep. I feel good , wonder how long that will last? Anybody else having massive mood swings?

I am still starving all the time but yes, do get full quickly. It's all about the grazing! My head hurts on work days with all the planning I have to do to bring enough snacks with me!

ooh and I rejoined the gym today. Now I have to go! Looking forward to doing a bit of exercise again now I'm starting to feel a bit more energetic.

Hope you're all having nice weekends!

Oh suiledon, you poor thing. I can really feel for you. I was so scared that I would get hyperemisis this time round and would not be able to cope with DD. My plan was exactly what you have done, to escape to mums! So glad you feel rested and hope that it does ware off soon.
Thinking of you.

Suiledon I was thinking we hadn't heard from you, I was a bit worried you might have had to go to hospital. Glad you have family to give you some respite, and hope you feel better soon. I have escaped HG this time, but having bad MS. DH is getting a bit concerned that I'm going downhill a bit, but I'm trying to stay positive.

I really hope your symptoms ease off soonx

sorry to hear about the hyperemesis suiledon . I was pretty bad with DD, but just nausea, not actual vomitting. It didn't go till after 20 weeks either.

Are you taking anything for it?

Hello all. What a quiet Sunday it is on here today!

Does anyone have scans this week? It's 44 hours til mine, can't wait!

What is hyperemesis please? Severe nausea?

It is quiet isn't it Lois
Yes hyperemisis is severe nausea. I ended up in hospital on a drip with my DD because I became so dehydrated and lost so much weight.
I blame lack of support from my GP though. She told me I was doing fine and sent me away. I felt like a whiner if I went back to her, so didn't. 2 weeks later I had lost a total of 2.5 stone and was bringing up even a glass of water.
I was sooo frightened this time round and worried about how I would cope with DD.
Suieldon, how far along are you?
Mine eased after my hospital stay, at 12 weeks ( I think it was partly physicosematic sp..) and was gone entirely by 15 weeks. I had a great pregnancy after that. I think it gave me a great appreciation of what I was acheiving.
How about you, how long did it last, last time? Did you have an ok time after that?

That sounds absolutely awful twinkling. It must be impossible to conceal your pregnancy in that situation - or did you pretend you had some terrible stomach bug?!

I've felt pretty sorry for myself the last few weeks, but have been so lucky with only mild to moderate nausea - respect to all you who suffer much worse.

Okay another question to all you knowledgeable Mums: why do I have to drink 2 pints of water before my scan? i'm dreading it!

PS - not that I have a problem with drinking water, I just hate that full bladder feeling! Wimpish isn't it

No there was no way I could conceal it. I just had to be honest. I even had to change my working hours a little so that I could get a 2 hour lunch (enough time to eat, be sick, sleep, eat and be sick again before going back times)

As for drinking water, it is cos bean is so small they need you to fill your bladder so that it presses against your uterus making the scan easier to pick out the details. Less in you bladder, makes a fuzzier picture.
Would that be an ok way of saying it. I am open to corrections, but I think that's pretty much it.
You also have to drink it about an hour before, so that it can fill your bladder. I was desperatlay throwing water back before one of my scans. When the lady asked if that was for the scans benefit, she promptly told me (in the nicest way) that it would make no odds at that stage and I might as well stop. oops.
Must be nearly 43hours now!!

Oh, no, 42! Where has the time gone!?

Thanks - I was planning to sneakily be sipping as I waited in the hospital, but will have to give up on that idea! Well it's worth it for a better picture.

It's great counting in hours...if I go to bed early it will make the time go even quicker! (like when you're a kid at Christmas)

hello all. I have been trying to catch up on some much needed sleep this weekend and yesterday I actually felt awake for most of the day! Have had a conference on that I was organising so not been able to chill out until no - bliss......

My house is an absolute tip though - the sort that will take hours to tidy before I even start to clean. DH was gonna put a load of bits in the loft but then found his old photos so now our room is 10 times worse than when started! Hey ho, that's the cycle of life I guess.

I have 9 days to go to scan - I should be 11 weeks tomorrow - yippee.

Oh my God there is a Jan 09 thread!! We are slowly moving up the line ladies

Hope everybody is having a good weekend x

Hey that's a good feeling - we're no longer the newbies! Roll on 2nd trimester with proper bumps!

Roca, I've just been doing some half-hearted tidying as my house is a tip too, but just had a massive energy dip and had to give up! My mum's coming on wed and I know I'm going to stress myself out trying to clean beforehand. Hate the mess but just get tired so quickly.

Anyone thinking about Christmas yet? I know it sounds crazily early, but this year we'll have a new baby and I'm trying to work out ways I can stay at home and get someone else to come and cook a fabulous Christmas lunch - without having too many guests getting in the way! Any of you that have more experience than me, how have you hit the right balance between enjoying showing off your baby and avoiding too many visitors?

Lolis - no such thing as the right balance with a newborn! I think you just have to go with it - some people do the whole 'no visitors for 2 weeks please' - but I think people want to come and see the baby and you can always nip upstairs for a sleep. It is a had time as you are trying to get to know yout baby and work out a routine but I also think that's all part of it.

Defo try to get others to do the cooking at Xmas - I'm really gonna try to get as much sorted before-hand as possible. In fact, I found that having meals cooked for you were the MOST helpful thing after having a baby.

Hi Lolis, Don't worry too much about the water. You just have to drink what you can and hope you don't have too long a wait!
And...good luck with the scan tomorrow- it's so lovely seeing your little baby..

Twinkling, glad you are not feeling too bad this time, either. Hyperemesis is not psychosomatic, by the way.If only!

It's a bit strange having to actually watch what I eat this time,instead of losing loads of weight.Not complaining.

Re visitors- when I was in hospital after DS was born, I told him I didn't want loads of people coming in to see me ( I had to stay a few days), and he took it to mean for a few weeks. I was really upset no-one was coming to see my beautiful new baby, and rang everyone up. Make the most of it, after the first it's old news and number two doesn't get half as much attention! I'd also recommend going out in the evening with your baby,(whe you feel ready) it means you can socialise and feed your baby. DS used to sleep in his pram and we'd come home without him even knowing he'd been out. You won't be able to do it when they get bigger, without a babysitter.
Second the dinner- go to someone else's, or get others to cook for you at home. We all make a course each in our family- when I had DD (born october)DH and I opted for the cheese course and just got my food delivery place to send me a cheese board!

A good trick to deal with overstaying visitors is to agree a secret sign between you an Dh, a look, or a phrase, and you can slope off upstairs whilst DH makes the excuses. My MIL (bless her) stayed so long one time, I went up to bed and she followed me, talking away, and FIL fell asleep in his chair! DH and I agreed a signaling system after that, and we were fine. Most people have the tact to not stay too long.

I have been sleeping for England, Roca.
And someone said that they were hungry, but could only manage 2 mouthfuls - was that you, ceebee and serendipity ?
I am not having that problem. I am eating for england.
I may not be able to be on this thread for much longer. I could become so fat from so much sleep, and so much food, that I won't be able to sit at the computer to type.

Oh no Pinky, I know it isn't really. But it was mad, the minute I went to the doctor and told him how bad I was, I wasn't sick anymore.
I went into hospital that afternoon and felt such a fraud
I also really really didn't want to have to be sick into one of those cardboard top hats (thats what they look like to me) I was sure it would be too small and the splash back would be awful euch. OOps waaay TMI

I dunno what happened, probably I was reaching a turning point anyway, but it was a bit weird.

As for visiting. I tried to tell my SIL that I did not want any visitors until DD's baptism at 6 weeks (apart from grannies and Granddads, of course) but it fell on deaf ears and she came up about a week later anyway. I was still in hospital when they arrived but saw them the next day when I left.
They did the same thing for her first birthday and descended without first checking if it was ok. I was stressed to the eyeballs
She just winds me up the wrong way though. They came all the way up here and had an itinerary for each day but omitted to include my DD in any of it except for her party 1.5hours (not a minute longer than that, mind!). Now where is the blinking point in that??? Strange girl.
Not sure how I am going to handle the situation this year.
But Pinky you are prob right, they won't be so bothered with a second child.

Oops wasn't you that said that pinky, can't find who did now. But I am sure it is right

Oh god don't remind me about the cardborad hats. You know this poor porter had to push me all the way from A&E to obs and gynae with me being sick (nothing much in my tummy though at that point). He was so sympathetic about it. I'll never forget. Also the lovely ladies on the ward. They were all pensioners and had mastectomies- I didn't feel sorry for myself at all in their company, but they were very caring and kind towards me.
GP's have that effect on me sometimes- symptoms completely disappear in their presence.

Your SIL sounds a hoot!

I said number two doesn't get half as much attention in regards of visitors- and that's true in some ways, but you also change some friends for others when you have children, don't you? It's not a deliberate thing, I think it's just because having children is such a life changing event, your priorities shift.