due in jan 2009

[charmed24]

anyone here yet?

Actually i noticed today i am getting abit snug around the waist! I'm only about 5 weeks gone, i think as this is my second my tummy mussles aren't as tight as they once were.

I am so tired and moody. It's frustrating no one knowing yet. I just wanna tell people but i can't yet.

I eat plenty of greens. I think I?m just adapting plus stress of trying to get 2 sculptures done and moving from London to Vancouver Island in 3 weeks. What I really want to do is climb into bed and read and read and read?

Triggles, you saying "bloodwork" sends me all funny! The big downside for me about pregnancy is blood tests as i HATE needles. I remember last time going to get one done and they mixed my sample up so i had to go again! Oh the traumer!

I hate blood work too. They knew me well at the clinic at home? (hyperthyroid?lots of blood work) and they always got the best nurse for me. The first time, the intern nurse stuck me three times before she got it right. I vomited and then fainted.

That sounds awful chefswife! I think i would vomit and faint too.

Isn't it exciting that half the people who will join us on this thread don't know at the moment that they are going to get a BFP soon!

MsSparkle In a way, it kind of is - or some of them are looking at the tests this morning going "no way! is that a second line?" - or even "I don't believe it yet, so I'm just going to lurk a bit and not post!"

Come on - if it's positive, jump right in, say hello and join us!

I'm not fond of blood work - who is, really? But chefswife it makes me nuts when they stick you multiple times. On my left arm, there is a vein that looks easy, but rolls when they try to take blood from me. So I always say "here, use my right arm, this vein right here" - usually they do, but occasionally you get a numpty who says "oh no, i'll decide - this one on your left looks better". So I tell them absolutely not - it's MY arm - use this one or don't take it. I do explain why, but it's aggravating when they don't listen. You'd think they would understand I'm just trying to avoid problems! I mainly know this about my arms from years of blood tests, but also because in nursing training years ago, we actually had to practice on each other - not on dummy arms like they do now. ouch!

Triggles - that is one way to make sure you get good at it quickly

I fainted as well at bloodwork in first pg. Poor student thought she had finished me off...

Anyway, we have another recruit heading this way!!! I'll just let her kow we are here!

hi ladies
i got a bfp this morning due 17th of jan
4 weeks

Triggles are you serious? You had to practice on each other? Oh god. I wouldn?t have made it far in nursing school. I began an Arts Conservation degree out of highschool and one project I was conserving required me to use a syringe and my mouth watered like mad and I didn?t feel to good. I had to change projects.

MsSparkle I feel great today. Maybe the folic has kicked in? I don?t know. Still no morning sickness? crossing fingers. But I did notice agitation setting in yesterday after I watched a glass roll off my table and break on the carpet. Going shopping at Knightsbridge today with a friend to find her a dress for a wedding she?s going to.

Hullo Tink!!

I think we have a list somewhere...

scare85 - ?
charmed24 - 02/01/09
TheSlightestTeuch - 02/01/09
kidsfromfame - 02/01/09
okaythen - 02/01/09
HeathersMummy - 04/01/09
MsSparkle - ?/01/09
moosemama - 04/01/09 or 06/01/09
Triggles - 06/01/09
1973magpie - 06/01/09
MissHairspray - 08/01/09
mermaid31 - 10/01/09
Chefswife - ?
Shanster - ?
Tink - 17/01/09

Okay...who'd I miss?

Congratulations and welcome 1973magpie and tinkishothothot!

I have been feeling much better. Mood swings cleared up once I managed to calm down a bit and my anxiety reduced. We have finally got our heads around things and are really looking forwards to no3 now.

I get the hungover feeling as well and can't even look at breakfast until I've been awake at least half an hour - an hour sometimes and then I have to be quite picky about what I can actually stomach.

Luckily DH has been fantastic and has been getting up and feeding the boys then bringing me a drink in bed so I get an extra half an hour to get myself together before facing the world.

I haven't been having much nausea, more food aversions, but luckily am not off coffee so far this time. I only drink decaff anyway but I really miss it if I can't drink it and couldn't face it for 6 months either time before.

I am just coming up to 6 wks, my bbs are agony and seem to have decided to grow overnight. Not good, as I was a 34GG to start with (ended up a K cup last time ) I have also lost weight so far, so what with my waist reducing and my bbs expanding I have noticed one or two double takes from other Mums on the school run! Have already had to sort my wardrobe out and pack away anything that doesn't fit over my chest - guess I won't be seeing those tops again for a very long time!

I've also started to get 'melasma' (spelling) around my eyes again despite using spf tinted moisturiser and factor 30 suncream! I am sure someone is going to put 2 and 2 together and work it out soon. I had such dreadful melasma with both the boys I ended up looking like a panda and I was really hoping to avoid it this time round.

Have an appointment with GP on Friday evening to confirm pg and get referred to mw so I will be just coming up to 7 wks then.

Anyway, sorry to ramble on, its just nice to have someone to tell all this stuff to when you can't tell anyone in rl.

Hope everyone's feeling ok this morning.

tinkishothothot welcome and congrats

chefswife glad your feeling better today!

moosemama You ended up a K cup last time That must have been one giant bra! Bummer about the 'melasma'

I am feeling moody again this morning

hi ladies. so i think i am due 6/1!
have my four best friends from school coming from all over to my house today for a p*ss up. what the hell am i going to say that doesnt make them guess immediately?! We are 32 so most of the excuses are loooong used!

My excuse for the next p*ss up (this week) is that I am on a serious diet, therefore no wine or lager...g&t's are so much easier to mispour...

It is your house as well, so you can make sure to play Hostess and don't let them help...say you want to spoil them!!

Have a few then plead headache.

(and by 'mispour' I mean no gin!!!)

i am the opposite mm had a b cup size before dd1 now they are done to an aa i will have some of your cup size if you like
scare85 - ?
charmed24 - 02/01/09
TheSlightestTeuch - 02/01/09
kidsfromfame - 02/01/09
okaythen - 02/01/09
HeathersMummy - 04/01/09
MsSparkle - ?/01/09
moosemama - 04/01/09 or 06/01/09
Triggles - 06/01/09
1973magpie - 06/01/09
MissHairspray - 08/01/09
mermaid31 - 10/01/09
Chefswife - ?
Shanster - ?
Tink - 17/01/09 - 4 weeks

Yup MsSparkle not so much a bra as a feat of modern engineering!

scared1976 last time I was pg and had a night out I used the excuse of having had too much wine the night before and still felt too hung over to drink! Helped me explain away the slightly green look and nausea too. They did try the 'hair of the dog' line of tack but I stood my ground and noone guessed.

Another useful one is to say you are antibiotics for a water infection - that one's good if you are having to run to the loo every five minutes.

Like Teuch's idea of pouring your own though - that could work.

I'm going away for the weekend early in June with 3 of our closest friends from Uni. We went through all the excuses we could use, but in the end decided we will probably just tell them. I will be about 10 1/2 wks by then and being really good friends we would most likely tell them should anything go wrong anyway. They'll be so shocked, they were with both my other 2 (I wasn't having children - we were going to stick with dogs!)

Tink would gladly donate a couple of cups! Ahh if only 'twere possible!

Despite being ridiculously large in previous pgs I'm still surprised when I find that most maternity bra ranges don't even go up to my pre pg size! There are some really pretty mat bras out there these days, but I will still have to make do with 'over the shoulder boulder holders' lol !

I can't believe how tired i am feeling! I don't remember being this tired with the first.

I'm the same MsSparkle - really, really tired. Didn't feel this bad with DD, but I wasnt chasing after a 3 year old that time .

Got a night out tonight, so I'm playing the role of the dutiful driver. Hope my pals fall for it .

Well my body seems to know what its doing - DH and the boys came back from the shops with my v favourite cake from the local bakers - haven't had one in months as I was trying to be good. I took one bite and nearly threw up on the spot. It's the first bit of refined sugar I've eaten since I can't remember when and just couldn't stomach it

Still I know its a good thing really - I just have a real aversion to eating anything that's bad for me - only tried because the boys were so proud of themselves and I didn't want to hurt their feelings!

This pg is so different from my other 2 - I couldn't get enough Ben & Jerries (sp) or Hagen Daz with DS2 and with DS1 it was chocolate custard doughnuts (all of which just the thought of now makes me want to hurl!)

Hi, I still don't really have any ms yet, but despite being hungry most of the time there seems to be nothing I fancy eating which is most unlike me. My 32Bs are also sore and swelling up - you think I would be pleased but I am quite happy with my small bust. Sorry you are all feeling so tired, I am a bit but it is probably just the heat

moosemama I'm outgrowing my bras too right now! And very sore as well.

I just adjusted the due date list - mine's 9 January so I just changed that.

scare85 - ?
charmed24 - 02/01/09
TheSlightestTeuch - 02/01/09
kidsfromfame - 02/01/09
okaythen - 02/01/09
HeathersMummy - 04/01/09
MsSparkle - ?/01/09
moosemama - 04/01/09 or 06/01/09
1973magpie - 06/01/09
MissHairspray - 08/01/09
Triggles - 09/01/09
mermaid31 - 10/01/09
Chefswife - ?
Shanster - ?
Tink - 17/01/09 - 4 weeks