Due in October 2009-Part One. Let us hold hands as we look for symptoms.

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Here goes-I got a BFP on DPO 11 which makes me due 1st October. Was going to avoid the antenatal thread until I was completely sure but have already done 3 tests and am still not convinced. Come on and join in the worry fun.

Hi everyone,
hello and welcome to all the newbies.

Sorry to hear about those with bad news lots of hugs and best of luck for the future.

Been feeling awful in the mornings and finding it really hard to get up will try and go bed really early tonight.
Had really bad pains underneath my ribcage on monday felt as if they were completly bruised.Fortunatly got better after a while and haven`t had it again.
Another mum said it was just stretching to make space but never had this before.Every pregnancy seems to bring new symptoms and pains.

Finally told my future sil and shes overjoyed and thought we were ttc,hopefully she will get a baby soon.My parents were completely shocked and not expecting it at all but wil be happy once the shocks wears down.FIL didnt seem to be too bothered.
It annoys me a bit bloody families.My friends,the few who already know,showed much more happines to our news than our families.

Sorry to have a moan.Hope everyone`s feeling better soon.Roll on 2nd trimester when ms should go and we get our energy back for a while.It seems to go on forever though.

Bella - you made the wrong choice by the way - Jacob every time

I'm starting to get rib flare too I remember it being much later with the last ones. I'm also not entirely sure if I am getting a bump, or just where I was a bit overweight to begin with .

Families tend to be more than friends because they are the ones that think about the hard bits more iyswim, rather than that they don't care as much.

So far we have told 2 rl friends and my mum, and 2 online friends. I hate it and am all up for telling the world as in my view anyone I tell I would turn to for support if things go wrong anyway. DH doesn't want to until after the first scan though (12 weeks round here - not sure about other areas). I hate that I have had to lie to some friends (know we are/were trying). Plus I know my sister will be offended not being told earlier, but at the same time I know her life is chaos right now so it would be better to wait.

Those of you with older children - when do you tell them? I am thinking after the first scan as otherwise if we tell friends and not them, it will get back to them without us having told.

Sorry for rambling - what with the whole thing of very few people knowing, I think coming on here is going to be a big help (again, was waiting til the scan so I can use my normal name).

Evening ladies,
Sorry dont get to post much, busy with 3 dc's so all I can usually manage is 'lurking'.DH is working away again this week but that's a great excuse to be in bed by 9pm every night.

MustGetSleep - I think you are right about families. They tend to think of the practicalities and therefore sometimes appear to a little less than exuberant about the news (I for one am dreading telling my mum).

Went to see gp today. She puts me at 10 weeks which I had expected her to say. However that's good news because hopefully I'll get my scan sooner rather than later and then I can get an accurate date. Am slightly worried as I feel relatively good compared to all previous pregnancies (sadly this is my 6th - I have enormous sympathy and empathy for all those ladies who have had mc in past couple of weeks. It's incredibly tough but it doesn't mean to say that you cant go on to have lots of successful pregnancies in the future) so am worried something isn't right.
Luckily the dc's dont give me much time to worry!

Roll on the 2nd trimester!

So sorry altagloria - give yourself some time and keep positive...

Worried sick about scan tomorrow - will let you know how we go ... please keep things crossed for me!

altagloria - really sorry to hear your news. It must be awful to have to sit and wait.

And it made me feel as we have been told we have a too small sac as well. The upside I guess is that the bub has a strong heartbeat.

I was all bit 'oh I will cope if I lose this baby' but now I have seen the heartbeat I know I will be bereft if I lose it. It is as if the baby has become real.

Still, only 13 days of knicker checking to go!

Hi all - first timer here - pretty scary stuff but some useful advice- have my docs appointment tomorrow and don't have a clue what to expect! Due 29th October so you'll (hopefully) all be happy mums by the time I get there

PS where do i find out what all the abbreviations mean?!

Evening all,

I am a regular lurker but haven't been posting much. Just thought I would say that I'm so sorry for those who have bad news and have fingers crossed for those playing a waiting game.

This is my first pregnancy after two years of TTC, so I'm just terrified that something will go wrong and we'll be back to square one. This feeling isn't being helped by the fact that I have no sickness at all - the only symptoms I have are sore boobs, weeing rather a lot more than usual and a real need for an afternoon nap. I'm also not a whole lot hungrier than I was before, don't have any aversions or cravings and generally feel absolutely fine! I know I REALLY shouldn't be complaining about this, but in some ways it just makes me feel a bit like a fraud - I went to the doctors today for my first appointment, at which she gave me all the forms and bumf, and I felt like saying to her "don't you want to check that I'm not fibbing and there really is something in there"?! I have about four or so weeks to go until I get a scan (I guess, it's not booked yet) and it just doesn't seem real at all. Time is just plodding past so slowly - I just want some evidence that this is really happening!

Sorry to rant - just needed to get that off my (sore) chest !

altagloria so sorry to hear your news, and as other say it does not mean that you are not going to have a little one soon.

bella I told my mother last week, she was not exactly excited, the first thing she ask, is if I was going to stop after that one and could not help telling me that if it was her, she would only have one child (she had two), since the life for future generations is going to be so difficult etc... and she kept the same theme when I spoke to her yesterday. She kinds of ask how I am but has not mentionned if she will come for the birth or soon after which would be nice.
I am trying to keep positive and hope that she will be more excited once he/she is born, which is kind of what happened with Ds1

Otherwise, extremely tired, went to Play group today, and everyone seems to be PG, there was one due every month from june to september, can't wait to tell my news.

Prisci - you poor thing, your mum sounds difficult. Just like dh's mother who said if she did the whole thing again, she wouldn't have bothered to have any children!

My mum is gradually getting her head round #3. She has always gone on about having 2 hands etc, so 2 children being right (coming from a woman who told me that she originally wanted 3 but dad said no ). We gave her plenty of warning before we started trying for a third, so that now it had actually come she is starting to think more in terms of "ooh a baby". She is worried about me coping as I "don't cope with the ones I have" (), but my point is that I may as well not cope with 3 as with 2

Right now I am exhausted, but know that as soon as I lay down my heart will start pounding, my head will start aching and I will feel horrendously sick

I am very of anyone who sails through pregnancies. I just want one where I get to glow and be happy, but then I feel guilty for whinging about glowing and being happy when I know that there are those who want just one to stay put

Ive just started getting emails from loads of people back home....about my good news! My sister has been telling everyone she has seen! I feel like shouting at her, but its not going to help now. Sometimes i think families should be the last to be told. My mum isnt very excited, but she has been through the mc before & takes it one day at a time, she was a real help when i lost my last one.

Sickness was really bad yesterday, and i had a really sore headache too. Hope today will be a better one

altagloria So sorry it hasn't worked out this time around, lots of luck for the next one X

Almost everyone seems to be having a really tough time of pregnancy and real life - bad timing .

I spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening at the hospital having had increasingly intense stabbing pains on my left abdomen, to the point where I had tears in my eyes and doubled over yesterday morning at work.

Went for bloods and eventually a scan and seems that everything is ok. As there was no bleeding, I was wondering about an ectopic, but the scan showed the embryo was in the right place (with actual little arms and legs that waved about!) and a good heartbeat, so final prognosis was a cyst has formed but should dissapate in the next few weeks.

I did ask about why I seemed to have lost almost all of my pregnancy symptoms (I'm 9+1 today) and the nurse said that the sickness is related to surge of hormones in the first 6-7 weeks which then start to plateau out so it may be nothing to be alarmed about if you're getting to 8+4 and finding that you're not sick anymore...

You'd think I'm be reassured now I've seen the scan, but it's so strange, it's my first pregnancy and seems totally abstract to see it on the screen but feel nothing physically!

Take care of yourselves X

I meant "sickness is related to surge of hormones in the first 4-7 weeks"

MustGetSleep-you must be me as my mum thinks I can't cope with the 2 I've got so why want 3. She is excited now though. DH told his parents on Tuesday so when FIL came round to do the hedge cutting he already knew and never said a word to me-how strange. So don't know or care really if he approves or not. I should think MIL has told half her village by now. SIL had already guessed as DD1 had told her that mummy had a poorly tummy and was sick every morning. Just my Bro and his wife to tell but they are very against me having No3 and especially at my age-charming!

Sickness seems more bearable so either it is getting better or my body is adapting to it. Hope it doesn't disappear or I will freak.

Attempting some potty training with DD2 so she is sat on a towel in just a pair of pants but I know she will just wet herself and not sit on the potty.

altagloria-hope things are bearable today.

Big wave to all.

HC
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9w

Ah x-posts-that would explain my easier MS then as I'm now 9 weeks. Phew!

HC
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Doh Calypso-fab news about your scan. You must be so relieved.

HC
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tracyea good luck today, everything crossed for you.

I'm trying to decide when to tell parents, DH wants to tell his asap, but I want to wait a bit longer, I'd tell my parents now, but my mum was so excited about dd that she found it really hard to keep quiet till 12wks, so I think I'll wait till 8 wks. On the other hand I'd quite happily wait til scan to tell the in-laws coz if anything goes wrong, I don't want to be having to think about their feelings, DH's mum is a bit over the top.

Ideas for a new thread title anyone?

Due in October 2009-waiting patiently for our scans

Please feel free to add ideas.

HC
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Good luck with the potty training HC, just done my dd, she took to it really quickly but occasionally has a week where she just has accident after accident. Just to keep me on my toes I reckon

Due October 2009 - waiting impatiently for our scans

smallone-she has just done a wee in her pants. What else can I do? Shall I sit her on the potty every half hour?

Like your thread title lots. Think it could be that one.

HC
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Morning All!

Calypso that has put my mind at rest about the symptoms I am feeling kind of normal now and it was beginning to worry me. Thanks for that.

Due October 2009 - waiting impatiently for our scans is definitely us lot!

Sparkly hope scan goes ok today.

Oh dear, Humphreys i just read your post, but i read it wrong! I read....smallone just did a pee in her pants! Oh i cant stop laughing!!!!! Sorry Smallone

yup me too that was funny

Now seriously talking about lack of symptoms I am only 5 weeks but no nausea at all (sick once only so far) painful boobs syndrome gone and that?s about it. I had really easy pregnancy with ds so hoping this is my second one but can?t stop worrying
Although now I am thinking about it do you think that loooooving the smell of cigarettes could be a symptom? a weird one especially as I never smoked but true any thoughts?