Due May 2009. Woo hoo! Summer babies!

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Hello

I have just found out that I am pregnant and calculate that the baby is due on 1 May. It's a bit early for me to be getting excited but I can't help it!

Is anyone else due in May?

Thanks for your supportive comments ladies. I wish I could avoid them for the whole pregnancy but they only live 2 streets awayand we end up being forced into going for dinner every Sunday!
The worst thing is that my mil is a radiographer at my local hospital and I'm fairly sure that although she won't be able to scan me herself she'll still manage to find out the sex of the baby through her workmates (I think she probably did with ds although she would never admit it!). There is another hospital I could go to but I know how much grief she would give me if I did that. I know I'm getting ahead of myself here, I'm only 5 1/2 weeks after all.

chubbymummy- my mil is an absolute bitch- I didn't want to tell her but dh felt it was the 'right' thing to do as I had told my mom. The reason I didn't want to tell was because I suffered from mild postnatal depression and she told everyone she possibly could including random strangers in the street.,. I know this because she would say 'I was talking to this lady in the butchers yesterday about the problems you are having with coping....' I hate her, she has been an absolute nightmare since I have had my dd to the point when we told her yesterday she didn't say congratulations instead she bent down to dd who is 7 months and said don't worry sweetie you can come and live with me and gramps when mommy isn't coping!! And then went on to tell me how much I would struggle- COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My dh was warming my lovingly prepared cheese pie for my dd in his mother kitchen and gave me a lamb stew instead because apparently his mother thought my meal was not substantial enough!!!!! She is a cow and if I am honest my dh needs to grow a back bone

Rant over- I have very sore boobs! I am going to docs tmrw and will most likely be referred to EPU for scan due to history so will hopefully see the bean tmrw xx

chubbymummy- jesus I thought my mil was coniving! She had a friend who did 'admin' in the maternity department and actually rang this woman when she was on holiday in America to ask whether she could come into the delivery room after I had given birth because I had said no under no uncertain terms... somehow she managed to get in just as they were pulling out the placenta.. nice as you can imagine I felt violated.

Hi everyone, sorry not been around for a while, started bleeding yesterday ( at dds 2nd birthday party so sad), trip to A+E bad cramps and worse bleeding today at gynae assess unit they think it's either ectopic or a miscarriage so

Having another blood test tomorrow to check hormone levels but still in pain, said there was no point doing a scan, bit terrified cos don't know aht might happen next does anyone know???

looks like it's over for us this time round so take me off the list.

lots of empathy to others on here who've experienced this and hugs and best of luck to everyone else

Peacelily - sorry to hear your news. Take care. Hope there are good things ahead for you and your family. x

Have updated list to add newbies. Hope I haven't missed anyone. Some of you may want to fill in the gaps...

JustgotBFP due 1 May (DS age 3.11)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
SlippersAndPipe due 1 May (DD age 19 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
Heverhoney due 2 May
Jaamy due 2 May (DD1 age 4.7 and DD2 age 2.11)
Fluffer due 2/5 May (other DCs?)
Sarah76 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
SpangleMaker due 4 May (first child)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
MissEdith due 6 May (DD age 3)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (DD 9 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Gateau due 14 May (DS 16 months)
GordonTheGopher due 14 May (DS 2.4)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Chubbymummy due 15 May (DS age 3)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 17 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Frazzledoldbag34 due ? (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 23m)

peacelily so sorry to hear that, and what awful timing, you poor thing I don't know the answer to your question I'm afraid, but I'm sure someone will be along soon who knows some more. Take care x

Gordon fingers crossed for your blood test result, I hope it's not as bad as you fear.

chubbymummy bluebell I don't know how you cope with such painful in-laws - just reading your posts I've been mentally rehearsing what I'd like to say to them if they were mine!!! Fortunately mine are nice people - only problem is FIL is round here all the time, as he owns our house and the 2 either side, and is very very nosy. I'm getting worried about if he comes up when the midwife is round next week, he will probably want to introduce himself to her and have a chat!

daizydoo welcome!

detsy yes, I'm not so far away from you - village called Biddulph Moor, near Congleton. I've got a choice between North Staffs and Macclesfield, both about 25mins away. Macclesfield gets a better rating but N Staffs has more facilities, including a midwife led unit. My GP said he & his wife went for N Staffs due to the medical facilities, but said the care might be more personal at Macclesfield. Can't decide! Which hospital will you be using?

Hello to everyone else I haven't had time to mention

Well my spotting is still there but seemed to be a bit less over the weekend. Today I feel a bit crampy. Going to do some yoga now to try to chill out a bit!

peacelilly- I am so sorry for you

I can answer you questions .. I suffered an ectopic but i didn't know I was pregnant I ended up having a ruptured tube and needing a transfusion as I was about 10 weeks, I had an op to remove the tube. If caught early you can have a drug which can dissolve

I suffered a miscarriage at 7 weeks and usually you are offered a choice in the early days of how you would like to deal with the outcome.. I decided to go home take as many evening primrose tablets as I could (this was advised by the doc) and cuddle my dh. Physical pain doesn't compare to what you are going through but seek supoort in the people that love you.

I buried my baby under a rose bush and she flowered this year.

I hope what have written hasn't upset you but in a strange way people telling me about their experiences almost helped me as I was able to see you can come out the other side.

By the way I went on to have a dd called Big Hugs x

I meant to say dd called Ruby!!!!!!! Bet you all thought I'd gone out!

JustgotBFP due 1 May (DS age 3.11)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
SlippersAndPipe due 1 May (DD age 19 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
Heverhoney due 2 May
Jaamy due 2 May (DD1 age 4.7 and DD2 age 2.11)
Fluffer due 2/5 May (other DCs?)
Sarah76 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
SpangleMaker due 4 May (first child)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
MissEdith due 6 May (DD age 3)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (DD 9 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Gateau due 14 May (DS 16 months)
GordonTheGopher due 14 May (DS 2.4)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Chubbymummy due 15 May (DS age 3)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 DUE 16 May (dd age 7 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 17 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Frazzledoldbag34 due ? (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 23m)

Thankyou bluebell, I have a lovely dd who's just 2 she's an angel.

Feel so sad but we wil be ok, v intersted in the evening primrose oil, what does this do?

xx

So sorry to hear that some of you are leaving the list, my thoughts are with you ladies.

Bluebell, it sounds like your mil and my mil would be great friends!
Thankfully I haven't heard from the witch today (ah, peace and quiet) but I did come home from work to find my own mum on the doorstep with a huge box of nappies!!!!!!! What the....... I'm only bloody 5 1/2 weeks pregnant for god's sake! I sent her away with a flea in her ear. Now all my neighbours probably know I'm pregnant too. I might as well just take out a full page ad in the paper! Jesus, this is going to be a long pregnancy!!!!!!!

Peacelilly- I am not sure what the evening primoseoil does but i think it loosens things up, the event happened within 10 hrs x

it's so hard to keep up with everyone since I don't come on here every day.
Peacelilly, I'm very sorry and wish you all the best.

all newbies, hello and welcome, hope you're all feeling ok.

Sarah76 are you american? I'm from Ohio but have been living in York for 11 years. really miss my family (they're scattered around the states). where are you from?

otherwise, ok here. the cravings I had in early pregnancy have been replaced with nausea and nothing sounds good to me so I force myself to eat at mealtimes. blech. have lost my energy as well so finding it difficult to do anything round the house let alone take care of two young children. i'm sure i'll feel better soon (!).

hope all are well this eve. xxx

oooooh just wait Chubbymummy.... in the last 2 weeks of my pregnany I was like a beached whale as my dd was sitting on a nerve.. mil rang every hour on the hour to check whether I had gone into labour- by day 4 I told her to f off- didn't feel guilty at all she only called 5 times the following day!!!!!!! My dh told her not to call anymore and to text instead that way I could turn my mobile off!

I havea whole catalogue of amazing turths that have come out of my mil mouth... here are a couple...

when I stopped breastfeeding my dd she said she was 'glad I'd given up all that hippy dippy stuff! and when I said over dinner that I thought my dd was left handed she snorted... 'don't force her hand she's not retarded..' I mean ffsake!

Utterly toxic

Hi ladies,

So sorry to hear that some of you are leaving the list. Hope you are OK.

Apologies in advance for length of message...

I have had a bit of a mad weekend myself. Didn't go to Houston with work as planned thankfully as it looks totally trashed. You might remember that DH has had hip resurface op so DS and I were visiting him at his parents (as they live near hospital and have downstairs loo and shower). To be honest I have been running around like mad packing and carting DS about like a mad woman.

On sat eve I started to have trouble breathing on right hand side so rang NHS direct. Told them I was up duff and I was so breathless they sent ambulance immediately.

Went to A&E for about 5 hours and was eventually admitted to a ward at about 4.30am after about 1 million blood tests (by about 4 different nurses and doctors of varying incompetence) with suspected 1) Gallstones 2) Gallbladder infection 3)Pulmonary Embolism or 4) Ectopic Pregnancy. I thought I had pulled a muscle or trapped a nerve.

Had nice quiet, restful day with lots of nice cups of tea from lovely nurses. Symptoms died down. No one knew what it was and the specialists eventually decided it wasn't any of the above and let me go home at 6pm Sunday with lots of arm/hand puncture wounds (honestly I look like a druggy!).

MIL and FIL aged about 70 nearly had coronaries all round cos I was in hospital on top of their son having hip op. Lots of major flapping about. Got back home now and managed to have a bit of a rest. My mum is here to help with DS. Cannot move left arm very well today (backing up my muscle theory).

Am supposed to check in with Early Pregnancy unit but frankly cannot be bothered with anything at the moment. Apparently my HGT test was so faint that I must only be about 1 week pg. Will book in with osteopath though to sort out arm/shoulder.

In fact brain is just numb. I am sure you can sympathise with this feeling of just wanting everyone (including pets) to just leave you alone.

I tried to stay away from the ante-natal threads but couldn't help sneaking a peak!

Just got a feint positive test so due date is something like 24 May 2009!

I have a DD 3.9 and DS 15mo. This is definitely the last (but I said that after DD and again after DS!).

And by the way, if you are in the UK, then don't get too excited about months of sitting out in the garden with your little one or long walks in the sunshine next summer. DD was a December baby so when DS was due in July I was really looking forward to it... his birth was the day after the floods in Sheffield and the whole summer was a washout! Maybe next year will be better...

HMHB Hope you get plenty of rest and breathlessness does indeed turn out to be nothing more sinister than a trapped nerve. Bless your PILs for their faffing!

Welcome pulapula

Thanks Jaamy. Feeling like my own soap opera at the moment.

whatastory halfmum, hope you're feeling better.
congratulations pulapula.

i'm supposed to be working (home-working job) but don't feel like it. would rather 1) sleep, 2) be on mumsnet.

Bit late for working? or is it the only time you can get.

hi halfmum. i'm supposed to work 24 hours max a week and have girls two days at nursery which is great but then I have to make up the rest of the time in the evenings/weekends.

if I'm lucky and both are taking a nap at lunch (toddler is starting to skip her after lunch nap), i can fit in an hour or two of work then - that is, if I'm not taking a nap myself!

ironically, i book people on antenatal courses! it's been so busy lately...

JustgotBFP due 1 May (DS age 3.11)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
SlippersAndPipe due 1 May (DD age 19 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
Heverhoney due 2 May
Jaamy due 2 May (DD1 age 4.7 and DD2 age 2.11)
Fluffer due 2/5 May (other DCs?)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
SpangleMaker due 4 May (first child)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
MissEdith due 6 May (DD age 3)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (DD 9 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Gateau due 14 May (DS 16 months)
GordonTheGopher due 14 May (DS 2.4)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Chubbymummy due 15 May (DS age 3)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 DUE 16 May (dd age 7 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 17 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Frazzledoldbag34 due ? (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 23m)

I'm out. Started with cramps and brown discharge yesterday late afternoon and by 9pm I was in the EPU passing tissue out in one awful fanjo belch. Since I was there and they caught it in a bedpan, it will be examined for abnormalities, and we get an appointment with a consultant in about a month to discuss. I was handling it okay until I had to sign a form and they'd put 'Mother's signature' ----point being I'm NOT a mother, which I wailed at DP. He was wonderful BTW, stayed with me for everything, even a fairly bloody exam. I can't wait to marry him in January. We will go ahead with it because we really do just want to be married, even though we set the date due to being pregnant.

So ladies, it's been lovely, good luck to all of you, and maybe I'll see some of you around MN when we try again.

ohh Sarah, I am so very sorry. Both of my miscarriages were missed until scan so I had a d and c for them so I can't imagine how scary that was for you and so sad you lost your bub. Good luck with your wedding when it happens, we will keep you in our thoughts.

Sarah - I am so sorry to read your news. It all sounds quite overwhelming, I'm not surprised you broke down. Its no consolation of course but I'm glad they can at least do some tests to see what happened. Enjoy planning the wedding with your DH - he sounds wonderful btw.

I'm out too folks. Levels dropped significantly so just a waiting game now.

Good luck to you all.

JustgotBFP due 1 May (DS age 3.11)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
SlippersAndPipe due 1 May (DD age 19 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
Heverhoney due 2 May
Jaamy due 2 May (DD1 age 4.7 and DD2 age 2.11)
Fluffer due 2/5 May (other DCs?)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
SpangleMaker due 4 May (first child)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
MissEdith due 6 May (DD age 3)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (DD 9 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Gateau due 14 May (DS 16 months)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Chubbymummy due 15 May (DS age 3)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 DUE 16 May (dd age 7 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 17 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Frazzledoldbag34 due ? (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 23m)