Due March 2009? Grab your duvet & sick bucket!!

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Brand new thread ladies!

congrats Becko and Lizziemum

is everyone else still in their normal clothes? I don't really seem to be changing shape, can't remember if I had at this stage with dd and ds.... (nearly 10 weeks)

I know I wasn't in mat clothes with ds until about 5 months

Barbie - hugs to you and your dp. Hope that you are being looked after by those close to you and hope to see you on another AN thread when you feel ready.

Hedge - right, get the playdough /jigsaws /crayons out and try to put your feet up as much as possible (not easy I know with a two year old). Better still, is there anyone who can give you a break for a few hours? Fingers crossed for you.

Scan yesterday went well. Saw a very active lo who kept doing back flips....so that's where all my energy is going My edd has been changed to 23 Feb. Have decided to hang around here and the Feb threads though.

Hope everyone has a good day. Am off out to enjoy the sunshine - yes, sunshine, in Manchester!!

Hi Lizzymun and becko, and welcome. And everything crossed for you, Hedgewitch - how on earth did you manage to put up such a huge tent by yourself?

Oh, welcome and congratulations to the newbies too

Good news about the scan, wmmc, I'm very of all those of you who have seen their lo's already.

I don't think my midwife will even get the message that I exist from our GPs until next Wednesday - apparently they just write in her diary at the surgery, and she is only in once every 2 weeks. So I knew I was pg at 4 weeks, phoned the GP at 6 weeks, got an appointment with the GP at 7 weeks and won't see a midwife till I am 9 weeks pg, and that's if she can pop straight round! Goodness knows when I will get a scan at this rate..

Dinny I think I put on 2" around the waist as soon as the egg fertilised, but apart from that am the same as ever. So its a size bigger in skirts and trousers but the same old tops for me.

HedgeWitch I only got to see the Midwife on Monday, when according to the medical profession I was 11 weeks...and that was only because I chased them on the Monday! They must have panicked as the midwife rung me straight back and asked if she could see me the next day!!

I am actually seriously fed up with being pregnant now!!! DP has fallen out with me, I have spent allmornign in work wanting to cry and/or punch something, and to top it all off I am absolutely shattered! I really urgently need to get to that nice, blooming 2nd trimester!

Hello all - back from business trip to Dublin and in need of at least 2 days off to recover and sleeeeeeep. I am usually the biggest drinker in the evening dinners at these conferences, and what with not having a drop, I reckon a few people clocked on to me being pregnant. As long as they keep their mouth shut as I don't want to jeapordise my bonus!

Still ages until my scan (week on Monday) and although I've had no bleeds and my boobs ache like mad, I still just want to see the blimmin thing to check I really am still pregnant!

Everyone did a little biog whilst I was away, so here's mine: 29 yo first time pregnant, living in London and working in marketing (from home). Married for 3 years to other half (anniversary yesterday!) who is 30. Favourite names so far: Gabriel and Dashiell for a boy, Claudia for a girl. Homebirthing if I can.

Well after seeing my GP!
I did think i was a wee bit bigger than i have been in my previous pregnancies but put it down to the fact that it is my 4th!
Well GP seems to think that either my last period wasn't a period or.....its twins!
Well i'm kinda freaked now cos my last period was just as heavy so convinced it was one! I do have a bump though esp at night it is really obvious!
Good news though she is going to try and get me a scan for monday!
Hedge- U take it easy!
L xx

Morning all. This medication I'm taking for a bladder infection is throwing me for a loop. I don't if it's being pregnant, sick with a cold, or the medication, but I am off food. Nothing tastes good (except for boxed mac and cheese) and I have no desire or energy to eat anything.

Only 3 weeks until my scan. I'm so excited, I can't wait.

lolli--I was wondering who was going to have the twins on this thread ( that it isn't me!)

Hedge--take it easy. Lot's of things can cause bleeds so try to relax for now, and take care of yourself.

Twins! Wow.

Anyone else just waking up to the fact that they won't be drinking alcohol for a year? I'm not a wino or anything, but I do like a glass of wine in the evening, and do like to enjoy myself at parties, and now I have been alcohol free for 4 weeks, and it's not been that hard... but I'm starting to have the realisation that this is for a loooooooong time. Not sure I am up to it.

Anyway one else having a couple of units a week, a couple of times a week, as per the old guidelines? Or has everyone gone cold turkey?

Giving up the fags hasn't helped either. Moan moan.

I don't drink anyway (or smoke for that matter). I Think the last drink I had was a sip of rum two years ago. I never really got the taste for alcohol (wine is gross to me) and I only like really fruity drinks, so I figure if I like drinks that taste like juice, I might as well just drink juice.

hello! I was (briefly) on the last thread but wasn't sure if I was going to stay pregnant or not. But I have just had a scan and my wee 8mm bean has a strong heartbeat - whoo hoo! So I've come to say hello as I should be due at the end of March 09!

But it's not nine months though - it's more like a year or longer if you are breast feeding, no?

I don't mind the fags really, as it's nasty habit anyway, but stopping all drinking for that long is just phasing me a bit. I know I won't drink, and I know there is an end to it, and I know I won't put my baby at any risk etc etc, I just don't think I had really realised how much I was going to miss it, and how annoying it is to not be able to unwind at the end of the day with a glass of chianti. I will get used to it am sure, was just wondering if anyone else was going through the same thing.

Boobz I can half sympathise with you!! I never really drank before but I did smoke, about 20 a day! So as soon as I got my BFP it was cold turkey! I was actually quite impressed with myself! Although from time to time I do think I could really do with one and that the shop is just around the corner all of a sudden the thought of doing that to little gertrude puts me right off the idea!

I have turned into a complete crazy Banshee!! Its actually quite funny sometimes!

I have only just realised that i am moving on 23rd and I only have 2 weeks now to pack the WHOLE house...it is a 3 bed semi...with lots of stuff can hardly wait!

I stopped smoking when I got my BFP with dd - and never started again - my HV put the fear of god in me that I should never let anyone who had been smoking touch my baby for fear of SIDS - and that fear never really went away!

I sympathise with the wine thoug - I had just got myself into a nice routine of having a large glass of chilled white wine at night when dd has gone to sleep. The bottle is now down the plug hole

At around 37weeks pregnant last time I had huge cravings for bottles of cold lager - it went away as soon as dd came out !

my first sober christmas was interesting - at least I didn't burn anything !

Hi everyone.

After a couple of weeks of feeling great, I got in the car this morning and I thought I was gonna be sick.I had to get Dh to drive me to a chemist for some sea bands which have helped.

I don't smoke so that one is easy but as didn't know I was pregnant and was graduating and doing all that moving and new house drinks etc when early pregnant definately drank a lot. (oops)

But actually have decided even though I don't drink that much usually I'm not going to deny myself the odd one. I read in Kate Mosse's baby book that as far as alcohol goes it's a u-shaped curve so if you drink a little it's better than drinking none at all. Having said it's okay if I have a few, I haven't really felt like having any at all, so I s'pose it's all a non-issue.

Just spent two hours sitting at a railway station because I missed my train by 1 minute 11 seconds and the next train was canceled and no alternative provided!! V Annoying.

how is it better to drink a little than none at all? don't understand...

Hey all!
Fingers crossed for you Hedge.
Barbie, so sorry for your news (if you're still lurking)
Lolli - ooh twins, how do you feel about that? It often think about as my Mum double-ovulates and I think I do too, and think it would be lovely, but hard work too...

Okay, advice anyone... We have a family party on Sunday, which my Aunt is really looking forward to, last weekend I felt soooo sick I thought I wouldn't be able to go (DH is working, so I have to drive 1 hour each way - bleurgh). I'm starting to feel better during the day, so think I can manage it without anyone realising I'm pg (only being 7.5 weeks and all).
Now my other aunt has told me she's got shingles - she's worried about DS getting chicken pox - doesn't know I'm pg.
If I've had Chicken pox as a child, is it safe for me to be near her with shingles? Anyone know? Not so worried about DS, as he will get chicken pox at some point anyway. Thanks in advance for advice!

Shingles is chickenpox reactivated, but is apparently less contagious than chickenpox and if you're had it as a child I'd guess you're probably safe. Erm, and this website agrees with me www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068942/ but there's probably other one's that differ! I'm not sure, could you ring an on call doctor/midwife and ask?

I have no idea why it's safer to drink a little... I'm not sure that there is an available unanimous scientific opinion anyway.

Found this though:
Wine and Pregnancy

More than this, not even one study carried out since the mid-1980s has shown a direct correlation between moderate alcohol consumption and birth defects. One study, of 33,300 California women showed that even though 47% drank moderately during their pregnancies that none of their babies met the criteria for Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome. The authors of this study concluded "that alcohol at moderate levels is not a significant cause of malformation in our society and that the position that moderate consumption is dangerous, is completely unjustified."

Some studies go as far as to indicate that light to moderate drinking may actually improve the chance of successful pregnancies. A 1993 study published in the "American Journal of Epidemiology" by Ruth Little and Clarence Weinberg concluded, for example, that there were fewer stillbirths and fewer losses of fetus due to early labor among women who consumed a moderate level of alcohol. That some alcohol can be protective against preterm birth is also supported by Dr. Martha Direnfeld of Haifa University who points out that when used properly, alcohol is known to stop unwanted uterine contractions, and thus has "saved many pregnancies that might otherwise have spontaneously aborted." More than this, Dr. Robert Sokol of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse in Detroit has shown that it is light drinkers and not abstainers who have the best chance of having a baby of optimal birth weight and in their book "Alcohol and the Fetus" and Doctors Henry Rosset and Lynn Wiener have presented data that shows that children of moderate drinkers tend to score highest on developmental tests at the age of 18 months.

erm... I threw up blood this morning... it was just a tiny bit, but feel rubbish and am due at a job interview in an hour. I'm not sure whether to ring and try and delay it or not...

Help! Is this normal? Have I just scratched my throat or something?