Anyone due July 2009 ? Bring on the BFPs for a summer bubba !!!

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Hi, I'm also on the June thread but officially my due date would be 4th July 2009 so thought I'd better set up a thread for all these summer babies.

Got 3 BFP's yesterday although technically I am only 3+2 weeks. Would love to symptom spot with fellow early testers. Surely there must be more of us out there !! I can't be the first

Morning Mickeylou I thought i was the only one up at this hour on a Sunday. Ds has been up since 6.30am. Dh is still in bed. Not sure about c-section but it's worth asking and going through the pros and cons if you're that worried. Ds was 9 days over, i had around a 14 hour labour which ended in an emrerg c-section. Ds weighed 9lb 2oz. I've no idea what to do this time round re the birth

morning phoenix. i was a half six start for me too! dh had said he would get up with him but ds insisted "no mummy!" oh well at least i wont miss the long lie ins when i have a new born!!

i will raise the c section thing with mw next week. dont want her to hate me from the get go but think i will feel so much better knowing i wont have to go through it again. friends say its easier the second time but tbh none of them had the experience i had with their first and all had tiddly little baby's who stayed in fist size clothes for months! my ds was 11lb by the time he was a fornight old!! very good for cuddling but i spent first few weeks with post traumatic stress!

hope you have a nice sunday.

sorry for awful grammer! not had my coffee yet!

I've had no coffee either. We've got no milk left and it's far too cold for me to go out so i'll send dh to the shop when he decides to surface .

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i understand how you feel, mickeylou - ds was 9 lb 5.5 oz (and over 3 weeks early - my waters broke in the middle of the night, I was in Belfast, dh was in Egypt and he leapt in the car at 4am, drove to Cairo and begged BA to let him on the flight, got to London, another flight to Belfast and he made it in time)

i struggled for 18 hours and they were talking about forceps etc but then decided on an emergency c-section. i was so exhausted i don't even remember the first few days (and then bloomin' in-laws landed in and i cried between hospital visits thinking of them all crowding round the bed again when i just wanted dh and my mum and i got all stressed about trying to feed ds before they arrived for the evening visit)

i would be shocked if they didn't understand your worries and weren't sympathetic. A chat with the midwife might even make you feel better aout the whole thing.

i don't know if i could have a natural labour after the c-section but i know what you mean about dreading it

(sorry, didn't mean to waffle on about myself so much!)

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lol, i remember feeling all embarrassed when i went down for the baby bath demonstration on the labour ward - there was a beautiful petite little baby girl having the bath and i was standing with ds on my shoulder like a fat little slug (a beautiful fat little slug but a slug nonetheless in fact, my mother laughed and said he looked like Phil Mitchell when she first saw him

dd was a bit of a slug too, at least until she lost all her birthweight, but that's another story.

I can understand feeling traumatic about birth, but I defo wouldn't recommend an unnecessary c-section either. It may just be my experience, but not being able to roll over in bed for weeks, being in agony when picking up, feeding and putting dd down, and not being able to wear jeans that pressed on my scar for months did my head in.

I was sick a grand total of 7 times last night. Phoned mw this morning and she reckons I have a bug. I really hope so. I can't face 2-3 more moths of that. I boked with every gurgle in my gut. I'm pretty fragile today. I've managed half a glass of milk, a bite of banana and a square of chocolate so far. Just taken paracetamol to see if that gets rid of my chilled/sore skin feeling, and desperately trying to drink water so they don't threaten me with a drip

Please, someone knock me out and wake me up in January!

Afternoon everyone.
Thanks for the welcome!

Sorry for everyone suffering with Morning Sickness. Yuck

I am feeling sorry for myself as I've caught horrible cold from DH and DD, so we are not a very happy little household! Have been drinking lots of honey and lemon, which I usually hate, but have actually been enjoying! Wondering whether to take the day off tomorrow....

Too much to catch up on but I hope all ok. am pretty tired and feeling a bit sick. have ended up telling quite a few people (long story but someone guessed and then it spread like wild fire). getting mixed reactions especially form family. I was quite ill last time and my age keeps being thrown at me mentioned (am 42). DD2 being quite difficult, keeps saying that it's disgusting ('cos this will be number 4). Feeling a bit sad about it all.

Kookykid I am with you - totally feeling sorry for myself too. I am sick of being sick or feeling sick. This has far been the worst 1st trimester I have ever experienced (this is my 3rd pg.

Hobnob 7 times being sick really sounds excessive. Are you ok?

OHhhhhhhhhhh all this talk about birth is making me nervous. DS (my 1st) was AWFUL (long painful and then we both got an infection and had to stay in hospital for 4 days). DD on the other hand was short but excruciating. Shame the whole stork concept wasn't real.

Gingermumi it is a real blessing you're pg and once the little one is here in the summer DD2 will be besotted.

ah, gingermumi - when your munchkin actually arrives i bet everyone will be overwhelmed with love for him/her

i'm guessing dd2 is a teenager? probably just horrified at the thought of you engaging in the baby making process i like to think my own parents only did it twice to produce myself and my brother (and I'll allow them once on honeymoon)

for some reason so many people seem to think it's ok to shoot their mouths off when you're pregnant, whether it's "o, you're huge, it must be twins", "you must be hoping for a girl this time", "O, that's a terrible name"

ignore the buggers and send serene thoughts to your bump!

my grandmother had my mum when she was 45 (mum was number 5) and she was just grand

i forgot to say ds doesn't resemble phil mitchell any longer - he unfurled into a lovely little thing!

whwere's mij?

with all this sickness and sadness we need someone starry to flounce in to add a bit of glamour and showbiz pizazz and razzle tazzle!

gingermumi, my mum had #4 when she was 42 and I (the eldest) was 14. It's been truly lovely to have a stretched out family. The wee one was doted over by all. My only gripe was that as the eldest my needs (in my perception) came very much last when it came to going places in my teen years since the car was being used for so many school runs and brownies, etc!

It meant that Santa came at Christmas for decades and life was so much more fun having very wee siblings. Go for it!

Thanks for the concern misspaella. I think I'm ok. It took me a very long while to feel human this afternoon, but we went out to another birthday party and I felt suddenly much better and managed lots of nibbles. Beginning to feel a bit rough again and balking at the thought of dinner.

I really don't deal with being sick very well. I hate it and it takes over my life. Some of you ladies on here seem to deal with it so seemingly effortlessly. I've no idea what I should do when I don't want to eat - just not have any or try and force something down? Or just live on apple juice and dried apricots?! I so hope I get some sleep tonight....

Sorry about the self-indulgence.

hobnob57 mispaella kookykid i'm feeling very sorry for you right now. being sick is horrible and it does take over your life. i have everything crossed for you and really hope it gets better.

gingermumi i was the youngest of 3 and loved being the baby of the family. your LO has a lot of love coming his or her way.

mavornia know what you mean about having the huge baby boy in a ward of petite little girls. ps your in laws sound very heavy going!!!just when are you runningmoving back to Belfast? xxx

take care everyone - i hope you all feel better tomorrow.

Evening all,

DH on bath-time duty tonight so I am allowing myself some MN time before doing my work for this week.

gingermumi ignore all negative comments and focus on the nice ones! My sister had her third at 41 and is the best mum I know. Sounds like your DD is having mixed feelings which is understandable, hopefully she'll come round to the idea soon.

Cold still horrid, but compared to all the morning sickness flying arond on here (not literally!) I haven't got it so bad! I was very lucky not to really have suffered from MS with my DD and hoping this one is the same.

Prob getting ahead of myself here, but m worried my 12 weeks scan will be late as have worked out it should be about 10th Jan - will there be a back-log after Xmas do you think?!

hobnob, u may well find u are feeling sick because u are not eating enough, crazy i know but everyone ive spoken too, and also same for me in last 2 preg.
eat little and often, thats what works for me

kookykid I dont know about Jan but my scan is booked for 23 dec and my bro is convinced it will be cancelled
mickeylou I know how you feel I had a horrible long first birth but my second although long was better I felt so much more in control - I felt they treated me with more respect second time round. (either that or I got pushier!)Talk to the MW though I think it will help. I am also debating a CS after 2 3rd degree tears.
hobnob Is your SPD holding up? My MW didn't believe me it had started already
My DD was 8lb 10oz and looked huge compared to all the other babies on the ward. I hoped for a cute little baby next time but it wasn't to be at 8 6!
3rd time lucky maybe?

Is anyone else paranoid it might be twins?

Hiya everyone - big welcome to all the new BFP's

I have had the worse few days feeling sick, I'm not being sick but feeling yuk!

My fella is very good and has been plonking meals infront of me and I can somehow eat them, someone said about not eating enough makes you feel sick and I think thats true too. I usually have such a good appetite but feeling sick all the time has put me off but if I make myself eat a rich tea biccy then I start to feel hungry instead of sick.

Got my booking appoint through for 10th Dec have a scan first then the big appoint. I'll only be 9 and half weeks though.

Pleased to report no more blood or cramps! Yey. I'm so constipated though and doc has given me Fybogel sachets to take

I hope everyone is okay and not feeling too bad

Anyone getting excited for Xmas?? I'm so excited for my little girl this yr as she's 2yrs 10 mths now!

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christiana The big midwife appoint is the booking one, it's usually after your first scan and it used to be done at 12 weeks but where I live it's now betweeen 10 - 14wks

You have your scan and then hve an hour long appoint with MW, they take blood and weigh you and check your bloodpressure - you need to take a urine sample. The bloods are for all the screaning tests they do.

They ask about if the PG was planned, family history and any prevuois PG's.

If it's 2nd PG this is where they discuss last ine and then they can refer you to see the Obstatrician if needed

Thats it really. Hoe PG are you?

Hi all !!
hobnob57 I am with you and don't do sick and being sick well at all not sure what to eat as well , been living on Lemonade and toast , my tummy has been gurgling away as well just hope it stops soon

gingermumi having our fourth baby was the best thing to happen to our family she is adored by everyone in the house a real delight and I know it will be the same for you
as for your age you are not old forties are the new thirties people who have the energy to make negative comments are just jealous , my eldest DS wasn't impressed when we told him we took him to the twenty week scan and he was blown away really made him very excited he was 12 at the time

Hope I get good reactions when I announce my news but I am quite prepared for the negative ones