Due August 2009! Bring on the BFP's!

[gemdangracie]

Had a +ve pg test this afternoon so thought i would start a thread for august!

Add yourself as and when needed. x

gemdangracie LMP 29th Oct, Due 5th Aug.

Welcome ladies and let the BFP's come rolling in!

Oh kitkatqueen ((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) to you my lovely. Are you taking your Omega 3? I'm struggling to take it because it makes me feel more sick. It's not surprising you're feeling down and sorry for yourself - ouch ouch. x x x x x

Heinzsight, Thanks for the hug -

Omega 3 probably part of the prob to be fair, ran out couple of days ago and waiting for delivery, also after stupid accident on sunday my ds had a suspected febrile convulsion on monday ( which thank god turned out to be a breath holding incident they are positive) He went blue in my arms. Then my car broke down ad I had to sit in garage for 2 hrs to get it fixed and today dd2's keyworker told me that although dd is very forward academically she is suddenly having problems with her social skills and misbehaving at nursery. When I pressed her she said dd doesn't do as she is told straight away by all members of staff, is distracted sometimes at story time and doesn't share her toys with the other children. She is 3yrs and 3 months. Is this really a sign of backward social behaviour? Isn't that fairly normal? I had to leave to collect dd1 and keyworker now wants to see me about her misdemeaners 2morrow. great.

I just give up "H" am I going nuts? or is my world just going crazy?

DP starts new job working away on monday and I can hardley pick ds up.

Advice please anyone

hi again, i've just woken up and your all probably off to bed.

Kitcat-, you sound like your having a rough time, try not to worry so much. I have a ds who is 3 and 7 months and he hasn't been listening to us at all, he only shares toys when and with with who he feels like it,
honestly until they are 4 i'd say this is normal, after that you'd expect them to be consistent. we have had 7 weeks holiday from pre school here and i think he will like going back now, but a couple of weeks before the end he really didn't want to go and got a bit withdrawn, i think he was quite bored there to be honest, this year he will start a new more structured pre school, which should be better coz mostly he seems pretty smart, loves a challenge, etc, likes to play physics games on the computer.

I think maybe they told you that just to backtemselves up, so you can encouarge sharing and listening at home, sounds like they said it all a bit wrong.

i bet your dd does a lot of other things well?

gotta go ds2 nappy change

kitkat bad luck with your back accident, sounds like you're having a rough time of it. Must have ben scary when ds went blue. FWIW your dd sounds perfectly normal to me, just like all the other 3 year olds I've ever come across, I'd just nod sagely and then ignore the keyworker especially with all the other stuff you've got going on.

I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions for how you can manage with a poorly back and picking up your ds but I hope there's a RL friend around who could help you out a bit. How come things always go to pot when dp's start a new job? Whenever my dh is just at that point where he absolutely cannot take time off that's when I seem to need him most!

littlefairysmile that is exactly what i was dealing with last time. Consultant was a complete arrogant tosspot who treated me as a walking scar and kept saying he would "let me" have what they revoltingly call a 'trial of scar'. To which I argued 'no, I'm going to have a baby and I'm going to do it at home'. His delightful response was 'well your baby will probably die'. I complained about him afterwards! Thing is, I had done hours of research, knew exactly what the risks were and was prepared to take them, and my midwives were backing me up. What makes me a bit is that they seem to be trying to treat me the same way this time. Anyway, best of luck with arranging yours.

Hello all. With great sadness I'll be leaving you here - had another scan at the EPU today and have had a MMC.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancies xxx

Pinky, So sorry to hear.

Uki & Nelly, Have just spent an hour talking to dd2's keyworker and they have told me that her behaviour is normal for her age. Apparantly because her academic abilities are so much higher they kind of expected her social skills to be too ?? Lets face it you can't have everything - she doesn't even start school til sept. 2010 and has been reciting the alphabet backwards since she was 2 I think she will be ready by 2010!! LOL . Too much expectation on their part I think. Thanks for your comments Makes me think she is normal after all.!!

Heinzsight. Have you tried taking the omega 3 b4 bed? Your stomach can concerntrate on digesting it while u sleep - It helps me.

Thanks for all messages. Am pulling myself together a bit now and have to organise apt with chiropractor. Hopefully this way can get back sorted quicker.

And hopefully omega 3 will arrive soon....

pinky, so sorry to hear that. take care of yourself.

kitkat - you sound a bit more chirpy today. Your dd's behaviour sounds totally normal to me, can't believe they worried you like that.

heinz, i agree with taking suupplements at night. it's the only way that i can take pregnacare or omega wothout throwing them back up.

I am starting to feel a bit better now - not quite ten weeks but vomiting seems to have stopped (touch wood!) ,and not nauseous all day, just sometimes. have booked in and am waiting for a scan date. am so terrified about mmc, it's starting to take over my mind all the time. i tried to get an early scan for reassurance but gp wasn't playing!

UKI, sorry to hear about your burglary. I was burgled as a student and found it terrifying. hope you are ok.

Some awful things happening to people!

kitkatqueen Who was running the kids party? Legs falling off a chair is pretty serious. Was it at someone?s home? If it was a hired hall or a leisure centre or something, you need to put in an accident report and find out about damages! If you can get damages you can get help (and you might need it with DH away and 3 under 5!). I really hope you feel better soon. What a horrid thing to happen.

Uki It?s just awful the things people do. I?m sorry to hear you were burgled.

Oh Pinky sorry to hear that!

kitkatqueen Pah - problems with social skills, delayed compliance, distraction and difficulty in sharing ? she?s three - totally normal IMO! Either that or my DS also has very backward social behaviour! My DS knows his P&Qs, will share, can talk to adults and children alike but will often ignore my requests, espically if he doesn?t like them, won?t share his favourite toys and if he has loads of energy will not sit quietly just because it?s story time?. Pah, and pah again! It does sound like you world is going crazy though! Chin up and off-load here HEAPS! Glad you had that reassuring talk with social worker ? nothing like unreasonable expectations, are there!?

nellyup Worse thing is, all the midwives want me in hospital too, ?in case of problems?. I HATE, LOATHE, DESPISE hospital, and know I will not labour well there. I?ll not do the required 1cm per hour, and so will face pressure because of FTP and blah, blah, blah, blah. Just want to stay at home, wear my own clothes, eat when I want, cuddle my DS if I feel up to it, relax when I can and do it on MY terms. Is that so wrong?

littlefairysmile no, no no, not wrong at all, in my opinion. So sorry to hear your midwives are not supporting you either. Are you a long way from the hospital? I think one of the things in my favour was that we live literally 5 minutes from the hospital and I agreed to leap in the car without protest if the midwife said so (and I would have done, I'm not daft!). So you're looking at having to assert your right to a homebirth even against the midwives are you? I don't envy you that, but I do still have the research I did last time if you think it might help your case and you would like a copy?

hi all

sorry to hear your sad news pinky xxxx

I have finally had my booking appointment with midwife. Have got my scan on friday can't wait. Im feeling so exhausted all the time should be packing cause were moving the end of the month but finding it hard to do especially with a dd running around.

So sorry to hear your news pinky.

Havent been on for a while.I am feeling alot better but still have the odd vomit or wretching attack. I am definately not as tired.

I take my vitamins at night this helps me otherwise I feel really sick.

Went swimming for the first time in ages, it was lovely and felt so good afterwards. Have been doing yoga nearly every day which is just so good.

Fingers crossed for all of the scans x

Thanks everybody!! Birthday party was at a play centre and I was talking to a solicitor, my daughters friend when the chair broke. She insisted that the manager fill in an accident report and they have asked me to call them about the baby after my scan on thursday. I have 5 witnesses - 2 of them solicitors and they all want me to sue the venue. I've never been the sort of person to do that sort of thing and i don't really know what I should do. My friends keep saying if I take them to court I would be able to pay for chiropractor and help.

dilemma...

Oh and for anyone taking pregnacare / the other off the shelf vitamins from asda / boots type shops- I know i've said it before but maybe not on this thread. It's estimated that over half of the population are alergic to synthetic folic acid and if you are it will mke you very very sick.

Switch to a natural formulation like solgar folic acid / solgar prenatal nutrients and you might just find that the sickness goes away completley.

Good luck everyone!

sorry should have read "daughters friends mum"!!

Doh!

Uki - They have actually been actively discouraging me from teaching dd2 stuff at home because they say she is too far ahead. dd1's teacher at the school wanted dd2 to start this year instead of next and I think this is the nursery's way of keeping her for another year by saying she is not emotionally ready.

The other parents who know dd2 can't believe keyworker said that about dd2 either - never mind it's hopefully sorted now. Worst case I will move her somewhere more structured.

Kitkatqueen,
you are having such a rough time at the moment I really hope things settle. I would take them to court, its totally negligent to have faulty seats.I really dont trust these play centre at all,where I live they let far to many people in and the food is rubbish.I could go on.

Hi ladies...

Wow so many horrible things going on!

Pinky - so sorry to hear your sad news.

Kitkatqueen - poor you! So much to deal with!

I'm ok - think I'm getting a cold and am incredibly grumpy. I'm hoping its hormones but I am seriously one tired grump troll!

Hope everyone's week gets better!

Can I join too please, 11 weeks on Friday due 21st August! Can't wait for scan on 9th it still doesn't feel really real cos have had no real symptoms so scan will just confirm things in my mind! Already have DS 10mo anyone got any advice on how to deal with clingy DS who will be 17mo and a newborn? I'm so worried bout how he will deal with it!

Chezzab Don't worry about it, dd1 was 20mnths when I had dd2, we read loads of books about babies etc but i think the one think that sunk in was her friend had a sister and we were able to tell her that she was going to have a sister just like her friend had. Not being averse to bribery we also bought her a present from the baby it was a second hand little tikes kitchen ( £10.00 ebay like new!!!) and told her it was from the baby. She was gobsmacked 1st words out of her mouth were ""tankoo tankoo, love you baby "" never looked back...

did the same thing when ds was born dd2 was 26 mnths and we introduced the baby and told both the girls that these special presents are from your new brother. dd2 just stared at him in absolute awe and whispered, "love you baby, you're gorgeous". dd1 just said "I need my brother on my lap now"!

There is a lot of difference between a 10mnth old and a 17mnth old. It will be fine.

hello again

Pinky- so to hear that, take care

Thanks for all the coments about the burglery. I am pretty upset by it, mainly because we are in the process of moving out of a very small town, and i feel it must have been someone who knows of us maybe through a friend or something. i kept telling friend to not talk of us moving and was very alarmed when the pharmacy lady knew we were moving, i don't know her at all, but she knows where i live an d that i was moving. (this woman also hangs out at the pub)i kept telling a friend how upset i was she knows all this about me and she denied 3 times it was her saying i never tell anyone things, etc, etc
Anyway she came round after the robbery crying saying it was me that told the woman, she said she was sorry and she did have good intentions for telling her, but I have also told her much i hate how gossipy the pharmacy and how i don't like anyone talking to them about me.

am i over reacting coz i just can't really be bothered with her now, she is crying to another friend saying how bad she feels even though i said i didn't blame her and hasn't rung me at all to see how things are.

i guess if she was an old friend, i would feel like i knew her better IYKWIM, Does anyone else fing it hard to not be judgemental and trust new people, think i need to take up stronger christian values or something.

sorry for the boring ramble, i did get a good result back on my nuchal blood test-phew

kikat- if you did sue, it would be through their insurance anyway, so i guess that's why they have it. i think you have a legitimate reason with the chair, not like you droped a banana and slid on it or anything.

chezza- welcome ds will be fine, echo present is a great idea, I also got ds to buy one for the baby and he remembered he gave it to him. there's heaps of other tips too, the book 'there's a house inside my mummy' is great.

Sorry to hear so many of you are having a hard time of it!

I'm off work at the moment with a horrible cold/flu thing, which is a bit grim.

I'm nearly 14 weeks now and don't have any symptoms really and i'm not showing at all. If it hadn't been for the scan the other week i wouldn't believe i'm pregnant at all.

Anybody else like this?

Uki - congrats on your Nuchal test result

I just came back from the Fetal Medicine Centre an hour ago. Very impressed with the facilities and the thoroughness of the testing. I am 41 and so risk rate for my age is 1:50 but was lucky to get 1:1660.

We still don't have a result from the NHS but have decided not to pursue the CVS. Incidently the FMC miscarriage rate is less than 1% for the CVS test, as I was told today. We were fully prepared to do this if we had a risk rate above 1:1000, because of this low rate.

If anybody is considering private screenings, I think FMC is worth every penny. It is actually £100 cheaper than private testing at my hospital/PCT.

Hi All,

I would like to join if I may. About 13 weeks in and EDD is 3rd August. Already have one DD aged 2.4

I had my first scan 2 weeks ago and everything ok. Seeing the baby on the screen made if finally feel real, I haven't had any real pregnany symptons to date (thankfully!).

I am an Aussie living in London so all my family is a long way away. Trying to convince my Mum to come and visit for the birth!

I have added myself to the list:

Clare1234 EDD?
Skydancer EDD 27th July
2HotCrossBunsAnd1InTheOven 28th July (DS 3.7 DS 1.9)
pussface EDD 29th July (DSS 14, DD 6mo)
Uki EDD 29th July (DS3,DS1)
MarxAndSparks EDD 31st July (DS 2.6)
Nandos EDD 31st July
Hope88 EDD 1st Aug
BumpVLump EDD 1st Aug (first)
Cheekymonkey EDD 1st August (DS
Specialoffer EDD 2nd Aug (DS16m)
nellyup EDD 2nd aug (DD3, DS4)
trixymalixy EDD 2nd Aug (DS 2)
faerieprincess EDD 3rd Aug (DS20m)
gemdangracie EDD 3rd Aug (DD2)
itsamiracle EDD 3rd Aug (DS2)
babylanguagelearner EDD 3rd Aug (DS 12m)
Rachel1963 EDD 3rd Aug (DS 3.1)
Oonaghbhuna EDD 3rd August (DD1 3.6,DD2,2)
Mellin EDD 3rd August (DD 2.4)
Cairns EDD 4th Aug (DS 18m)
moosecat1 EDD 4thAug
hippyme EDD 4th Aug
Zorra EDD 4th Aug
TaleofTwoCities EDD 6th Aug (DS4,DD2.1)
nuttygirl EDD 6th Aug
noodle12 EDD 6th Aug (DD 2.5)
PPorgy EDD 6th Aug
fairylights EDD 7th Aug (DS2)
Mayl EDD 7th Aug (DD DS)
cakesandchocolate EDD 8th Aug
MammaDani EDD 8th Aug
lifesaboxofchoccies EDD 8th Aug (1DC)
BabyBump2B EDD 9th Aug
sweetiewrapper EDD 10th Aug
LittleFairySmile EDD 11th Aug (DS age 2)
Lyra75 EDD 11th Aug (DS 16 months)
hencath EDD 12th Aug (first)
fairygirl3 EDD 12th Aug (DS, DS, DD)a
Kanuck EDD 12th Aug
Rozebud EDD 12th Aug
Cazinski EDD 13th Aug
MichaelaS EDD 13 Aug
suwoodolf EDD 13th Aug (DD 7, DS 2)
Heinzsight EDD 14th Aug (DS1 12, DS2 9, DD 15 months)
babycat EDD 14th Aug (DD)
Picante EDD 15th Aug (DD 2.7)
loopylou25 EDD 15th Aug (DD1 5 DD2 1)
Hawkmoth EDD 15th Aug (DD3)
chocolatine EDD 17th Aug
InspectorGadget EDD 17th Aug
mamamila EDD 17th Aug (DD)
KitKatqueen EDD 18th Aug (3 DC)
ThePippy EDD 19th Aug
WeAreStardust 19th Aug
Beetlesbugsandbutterflies (DS3) 19th August
Beccylt EDD 20th Aug (1 DC)
Cwtchy EDD 21st Aug (DD 15 mos)
Lea1980 EDD 21st August (DS 15 mos)
thoughtforms EDD 22nd Aug
Sushipaws EDD 22nd Aug (DD 21mo)
olivo EDD 27th Aug (DD 2.4)
fustilarian 27th Aug (DD 14mnths)
readyfornumber2 30th Aug (DS)