Due May 2009. Bring On The Second Trimester!!! Woo!! Hoo!!

[divedaisy]

Here you go gals! Over to you all now!

Oh and just looked into vinegar- apparently its an iron thing- so looks like we all need to boost our iron intake!

spangle they give you the wee sample back so you can re-use the bottle. Keeps dwn NHS costs so my last midwife told me!

llareggub my tiredness seems to have gone into reverse (sorry that probably doesn't make sense!). I'm now much less tired in the afternoon/evening, but where I wasn't sleeping well at all and was waking up early, I'm now out like a light and having to drag myself out of bed in the mornings no matter how much sleep I've had. Guess I should enjoy the sleep while I still can.

EmmalinaC I'm of your lazy day!
I've put on about 3lb I think but I expect I'll quickly pile it on over the coming weeks as I get a proper bump and the mince pies are calling me

detsy I'm free the weekend after this one - how about Sat 29th?

agooboo thanks, wish the midwife had told me that & I hadn't chucked it in the bin!

Hi all

Just updating due date, changed after scan yesterday (saw Billie Bean waving, magical!!)

Yawningmonster due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 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)
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)
MissyK due 1 May (Now 30th April, but what's a day, bet I'm late grin )(DS age 4) 20wk scan 15th December
bantam73 1 May (dd age 2.11 + dd 16.10) from Leeds
JosieC due 1 May (27, 1st child, North London)
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
EmmalinaC due 3 May (DD age 2.4)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Jael due 6th may (DD age nearly 3yrs at mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Jennster due 9 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
sebandelliotsmum due May 9th ds1 5 and ds2 20 months
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
llareggub due 12 May (DS age 2)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Minimenace due 12 May (DS age 13 months)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Zuka due 14 May (first child)
1stMrsF due 14 May with non-identical twins (first pregnancy, Surrey)
chocolatefrog due 14 May (DD 19mnths)
FiKelly due May 15 (DS age just over 2yrs)
Bekkaboo due 16 May (DS aged 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 19, then 17th, then 12th now 7th May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Grumpyoldcaaaaaaaa due 20 May (DD age 10, DD age 4)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
Moonlit due 22 May (DD age 2.8)Nuchal Scan 07/11/2008)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Agooboo due 23 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
DandyLioness due 25 May (DD age 3yrs9mths)-nuchal & dating scan 10/11/08
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
pulapula due 25 May (DD nearly 4, DS 1.5, Sheffield, nuchal 13 Nov, 20 week scan 6 Jan, elective cs)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 26 May (DD age 2)
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 23m)
Imnotok due 27 May
Runningmonkey due 23 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
SweetBROODY due 29 May (First Child) Dating scan put me at 8.5weeks! Bit confused about how to calculate! Another scan 7th November!
MsG due 29 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
Fryn due 31 May (first child, Hackney)

Am pmsl at wee pot talk. I keep asking for mine back as it's a short fat one so easier to wee in, unlike the usual tall thin ones where I end up weeing all over my hand .

I put on 2 stones with dd. So far, have still 2lbs to put on to bring me back up to pre morning sickness weight . Am almost 17 weeks but just looks like I have excess flab below belly button.

Spangle I soooo want a mince pie now

Carol good luck tomorrow

Emmalina I put on about 2st with both DSs. It does bother me so I try to be careful and not eat too much/more than I actually need. Its just hard when cravings get me and I am giving in at the moment! I think 1st trimester is always worst for eating. By third trimester I normally can't face food esp on evening as I get bad heartburn.

Spangle ooh, mince pies. Glad I don't have any!

Stop it with the mince pie thing - i have 15 mins to get to waitrose...!!

Spangle have put 29th in diary - will be lovely to put a face to a name on here, really looking forward to it

So I see there is a bloody football match on - what happened to Corrie??!

Re tiredness - I still get bouts of it but also get bouts of energy as well so its better. I've always been a snoozer so can sleep at any time really if I get the chance. Think am getting the dreaded virus - banging head and really sore throat - good thing is DD is much better, played and giggled a lot this afternoon - its so lovely to have her back

I had s & V crisps for breakfast, followed by runny poached eggs on toast - thank goodness no one was around to see the combination.

I know runny eggs are a no no but can't resist - did no harm last time. Have so far resisted the advocaat (with a struggle tho)

hmmm you are all watching the football I guess....??

I'm not! Glad your DD is better detsy.

lol at the wee pot chat - My midwife said 'guard this with your life, its the only one you'll get' when she handed it to me at booking in meeting!

And there was me being so un-environmentally-friendlily outraged at having mine given back! Sample is now submerged under stuff DH has put in bin and don't think I can face going in there to get it back.

Apparently our Leeds office are currently having (voluntary) medical assessments. Wonder if I could get someone to get me a sample pot out the loos and put it in the internal post??

OMG!!!!
Tesco have just delivered and there on top of my first basket were TWO BOXES OF MINCE PIES

Aw thanks Reggiee (where do you live??!! close enough fo rme to bob over and steal one...)

Detsy so relieved to read your post. Cooked kedgeree for supper (salty carbs - mmmmmm!)which I usually serve with a poached egg on top - sooooo much nicer than hard boiled. Been deliberating all afternoon about the runny poached egg and in the end I thought 'sod it!' and had a runny egg. Am avoiding pretty much everything else I should be though. Except the odd glass of wine. And peanuts. Oh dear...

Emmalina, i think peanuts are ok if you dont have any history of allergies in the family. I've never avoided them mmmm fancy some now... must be the salt

Mince pies!! Send me one here. I might have to make mince meat from scratch in desesperation - but they probabbly don't sell currents in madrid..

So had the detailed scan this evening. All of the 'markers' for Downs were fine, although the nuchal fold went up (but bean is bigger). The doc said that he was reassured but that it didn' mean a thing and that there can be no markers whatesover even when there is a problem. And that given the blood results the only sure thing was an amnio. Really don't know what to do. At all. Wish I was home, wouldnt know where do even do it here. What d'ya all reckon?

I find I cant stop eating polos anyone else similar. I have been eating peanuts and minestrone cup a soup not got on to mince pies yet though.
Hows everyone sleeping I am finding I have to get up around three times a night to visit the bathroom kind of ruins the sleep pattern.

alapala I am booked in tomoz for an amnio after getting 1/111 blood test result hard decision but I am 42 so decided to go foe amnio bit scared about miscarriage though fingers crossed. Good luck with what ever you decide to do!

Alapala good news on the normal scan. If you want a definitive yes or no then you have to go for the amnio. Have you any history of abnormality in your families? Do you know what you would do if you got a positive Downs result? Do they do the triple test for AFP in Spain and if so have you thought about getting one of those done as a comparison - supposedly not as accurate as the combined nt bloods but may be worth considering.
How many weeks are you now and what was your nuchal fold? Bit of an off the wall suggestion but what about mailing the fetal medicine centre in UK (Harley St) and seeing if they have any pointers for you? He was the guy who pioneered the test.

Alapala, really feel for you. I agree that there might be no markers but there is still a chance of a problem, but this must be very unlikely.

I think it depends on whether you would continue with the pregnancy whatever the outcome, and how stressed you might be through worrying for the next 6 months and whether you'd rather have a yes/no now.

If you think you can take the fact there are no markers, and think positively about this pg, then don't do the amnio. If it will play on your mind, then you have to go for it.

Good luck tomo Carol.

Sleeping fine except for disturbances from DD. Have been putting her in with us in the early hours as she has been distressed due to being poorly but now need to break that habit and get back to good habits - quite a few restless nights ahead I think!

I've just updated the list as my due date was changed at the scan. Could've sworn I'd already done it, but who knows with this baby brain?!

Yawningmonster due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 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)
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)
MissyK due 1 May (Now 30th April, but what's a day, bet I'm late grin )(DS age 4) 20wk scan 15th December
bantam73 1 May (dd age 2.11 + dd 16.10) from Leeds
JosieC due 1 May (27, 1st child, North London)
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
EmmalinaC due 3 May (DD age 2.4)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Jael due 6th may (DD age nearly 3yrs at mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Flippineck due 8 May (DD will be 2yr1m then)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Jennster due 9 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
sebandelliotsmum due May 9th ds1 5 and ds2 20 months
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
llareggub due 12 May (DS age 2)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Minimenace due 12 May (DS age 13 months)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Zuka due 14 May (first child)
1stMrsF due 14 May with non-identical twins (first pregnancy, Surrey)
chocolatefrog due 14 May (DD 19mnths)
FiKelly due May 15 (DS age just over 2yrs)
Bekkaboo due 16 May (DS aged 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 19, then 17th, then 12th now 7th May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Grumpyoldcaaaaaaaa due 20 May (DD age 10, DD age 4)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
Moonlit due 22 May (DD age 2.8)Nuchal Scan 07/11/2008)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Agooboo due 23 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
DandyLioness due 25 May (DD age 3yrs9mths)-nuchal & dating scan 10/11/08
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
pulapula due 25 May (DD nearly 4, DS 1.5, Sheffield, nuchal 13 Nov, 20 week scan 6 Jan, elective cs)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 26 May (DD age 2)
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 23m)
Imnotok due 27 May
Runningmonkey due 23 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
SweetBROODY due 29 May (First Child) Dating scan put me at 8.5weeks! Bit confused about how to calculate! Another scan 7th November!
MsG due 29 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
Fryn due 31 May (first child, Hackney)