Anybody else due in NOVEMBER 2009 :-) PART 2

[Koumak]

Ladies, it seems that we do not know when to stop!
Here is another thread. Let?s hope it?s just not the tread that moves that fast - let the weeks fly!
I jsut have to work out how to link the old one now!

Has anyone found any good cures for MS yet? I've been massively sick today and have a 5 hour train journey to make this evening with DD in tow. Just trying peppermint tea.

If there was a hint of a cure I've tried it..acupuncture, strange chinese herbal pills, buccastem, vit b6, itenerol b6, teas, chocs, crackers, ginger..nothing works so this time i'm keeping expectations low and praying for a miracle stop.
Love the dying swan picture Beckybendy, feel like doing that ALL the time..

another 100g of green and blacks down today..

Hi all,

Pavlov hope your scan was good and you are feeling ok.

Laugs - 5 hr train journey sounds horrendous! Only thing I find helps (a bit) is nibbling toast constantly, and sipping fizzy water. In fact am loving fizzy water, it's my new best thing.

BeckyBendyLegs hope the hol in Wales is going well and you've not been too laid up with ms.

I am also petrified of MMC. It's awful. Also have MC dreams, and wake up crying. So scary. My 12 week scan not for 3 weeks and 1 day!! Am off tomorrow and am sorely tempted to go for another reassurance scan, but it's 100 quid and I have already had a good scan at 7 weeks so part of me thinks I should just try and develop some patience instead!

My Mum has just gone back on the train and I felt all tearful at the station! My Dad was on a conference in London so she came down - had 2 whole days just me and my Mum and it was lovely. Made me all sad when she left!

katster- don't go for another scan! I wish I'd never had my early scans now.

I feel so sick this evening again. It's making me feel pretty low, considering it may be for nothing, IYSWIM. Wednesday feels a very long way away.

Struggling along with my last assignment at the moment, but keep being distracted by MN!

For the sicknes, has everyone tried ice pops? Any kind of ice pole helps settle my tummy- maybe it is the cold, or the liquid, I'm not sure but it's worth a try

cupoftea MMMM I really fancy an icepop!! Good idea! Can I ask, what PGCE are you doing? I did KS1/KS2 with MFL back in 2005. Actually, despite it being hard work I did really enjoy it. Although the assignments are a pain aren't they? Not looking forward to going back to work on Monday tbh!

I'm doing the same PGCE as you katster! Found out I as pregnant the day I got back from the month's teaching practice in Italy. Which language did you specialise in? I'm dreading uni on Monday. My mind is all over the place at the moment, waiting to find out what is happening with this little bean...

The assignments are okay (now I've nearly finished them!), it's just a pain having to repeatedly state the obvious and find quotes for it!

Ha cupoftea yes, stating the obvious and finding a quote for it is exactly what those assignments are about!! I did French and did a teaching practice in Paris. Wow, Italy! That's exciting! Actually a friend who I was on placement in Paris with found out she was pregnant just after getting back from France as well - her little boy is now nearly 3! Will you start your NQT year next September (2010) then? I bet you can't concentrate at min. It's bad enough without all the upset and madness you've been through. When's your next scan?

Next scan is Wednesday. Basically I decided not to look for jobs for this September as I am meant to be due in November (as you know!), but now it's looking like I may not be due in November anymore Consequently, there is nothing stopping me from applying for jobs after Wednesday, but in all honesty, my heart's not in it. I've not really enjoyed the PGCE, I've missed my irls terribly, so I was really looking forward to having a year off with them. I'm considering still taking a year off, whatever the outcome of the scan on Wednesday... Gosh, I bet I sound like an awful excuse for a trainee teacher, hey! Can't even be bothered to look for a job!

Not at all. You could always do a few days supply in the summer term of next year if you felt up to it but there's nothing to stop you having a year out and family is waaaaay more important than anything work-y. TBH (I sound awful!) I am really looking forward to mat leave and having 9 months off work, aside from the baby thing!! I will have to go back for a bit to avoid paying back the mat leave money but I intend to only do a term and then stay at home for a while, or only go back part time. I think once you have plans in your head as well, it's hard to change them - feels like not only you could be losing your little one but all the plans you have made alongside that are being demolished as well. If that makes sense? Anyway, you could always apply for a xmas-start post if you fancied it then. SOrry - hope that makes sense.

Thans Katster- that is exactly how I feel. It's not just the baby (obviously the most important thing!), but the future we were mapping out for us.

Anyway, fingers crossed, it will still have a happy ending

Now, I may just go and eat an ice pop to take my mind off things!

Hello! It is tipping it down in Wales now and my MS has been ok until this afternoon and I've felt sick, sick, sick. I thought I was going to throw up outside the chip shop where we were going to go for our tea (as is traditional when we go on holiday: last night is always fish and chips). Then I managed to eat a whole load of DS2's chips and ketchup. MS is so strange. I feel better now.

Ice pops sound nice .

The DSs are watching Captain Pugwash on DVD and soon they are going to be off to their little beds and I can be a dying swan for a couple of hours and watch TV. If I hadn't been preggers I'd be having a large glass of wine tonight - a large glass of milk perhaps! Last time I was pregnant I took to ordering pints of milk in pubs - got funny looks but it was all I wanted! Anyone else got any strange foibles like that?

About early scans: I am too scared to do it. DH wanted to but I didn't. So we're just waiting for the 12-week scan in just under 3 weeks from now. I'm still terrified about it.

I agree with you becky, I'm dying to know that my baby is ok but I don't want the midwife to try and listen for the heartbeat in case it isn't there, does that sound mad? I suppose I will let her when I finally get an appointment though. On one hand I really want an early scan, on the other I'm petrified that it will be bad news. Although I'm full of symptoms and there is no indication to say anything has gone wrong-this baby just feels more "fragile" than my first. Maybe it's because I know how much I love my fist now and don't want to miss out on that with this one.

Evening everyone and welcome newbies!

I feel really sick today, can't believe I've got this far with no ms and now I feel dreadful. Im 10 weeks and 4 days so spose I should count myself lucky that I got away with it for this long. Does anyone know if because I've got it late it means I will feel sick for longer? Hope not

I feel really emotional too and flicker between getting really impatient and angry about the smallest things to feeling really tired and tearful. Dh is out tonight and god knows what time he will roll in. Even that is making me feel tearful as I never sleep well when he goes out (pathetic I know!) and I'm so tired.

Sorry this post is very me me me, hope everyone else is doing ok...

I'm fed up! My bleeding is back It seems to coincide with when my periods are due, could that be?

Hey all, just a quick post to say the scan went well! She saw heartbeat almost immediately and said straight away 'well there is a healthy baby right in front of me' . I was surprised she called it a baby as they are usually so clinical in their terminology! She said she could find no reason for the bleeding, but that she was happy with the bean. She dated us around 8.5, we had it at 9.1, she said that is within range for dates so all is well.

Saw the heart beating really strong and the form of a baby there! DH was more amazed than I was! 'looooook the heartbeat! there are arms there!!!' he said in excitement. He is not normally an exciteable type man.

I felt terribly sick afterwards though, almost all day, the only thing that helped at work was m&m and ready salted french fries crisps!!! Most drink is vile right now, apart from fizz, in particular, like Katster, fizzy water. That is fine. I used to love a nice cup of coffee, now I can't even smell it. Blurgh!

Laugs - I hope your train journey went ok with MS and a terrible 2 toddler, thinking of you as I listen to DD saying how she is not tired in her bedroom.

OK, when I said quick, I lied

Pavlov, that's great news.

CupOfTea, I don't know what to say! so will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Great news pavlov- congrats!

Ninjacat- what will you do about your bleeding? Ring MW? It could well be due to your periods I guess.

Oh i don't know. I bled when my first period would have been due and it seems odd to have started again now when my second would be due.
I've not seen a mw yet so think I may have to go to the doctor tomorrow? Had a scan last week, 12mm with heartbeat so just hoping all is still well.

Hi everyone,
Pavlov that's good news about the scan, bless your DH getting excited.
I woke up last night with shooting pains across the bottom of my stomach it stayed for a bit and then went, I called the midwife this morning and she thinks this sounds normal, said it's probably the placenta bedding in more deeply, anyone else had this. MS hadn't been to bad until about 5.30 and I've now got acid indigestion. I hope everyone is doing ok. I've got toddler group tomorrow, I've only told two of my friends that I'm pregnant and now my belly is sticking out so far I think everyone is going to guess and I've got 11 days until my scan.

pavlov glad your scan went well, you must be so relieved!

ninjacat I have heard that some women continue to have light periods when they are pregnant but why not have an early scan to reassure yourself? I'd speak to your doctor tomorrow and see what they say...

Pavlov I am so pleased for you!!! I was wondering how it had gone, that's fab news!! I'm 8+5 today too.

Ninja I read that often people have a light bleed around the time their period would have been due because your body still works in cycles and 'knows' that would be when it would bleed. In fact, last weekend my period would have been due and I even said to myself 'don't be shocked if you bleed a bit this weekend, it's normal' - hope that helps. Obv see MW if gets worse but honestly I have heard that can be quite normal.

Have discovered a new food I can eat - sultana bran!!! Hopefully it will help with other issues as well....

cupoftea I cried when I read your post - I'm so pleased that your bean is still there with it's little heart beating away. You just rest up lots and take lots of care.

I've been feeling sick, sick, sick and have had a dodgy tummy for weeks - I was supposed to be going away on a hen wkend this wkend but I've had to pull out - just can't face it, not really even in the mood to chat too much, and that's saying something!

I've managed to get my scan moved forward by a week to next Thursday, so I'm so happy. I've got kidney issues (only have one now) so the hosp where I get it checked pulled my checkup f/w by a month when they were told I was pg. I didn't want to go to talk to them about a care plan before I'd had my scan and knew everything was OK - thought I might jinx everything (silly I know...) but the midwife was really understanding and they'd just had a cancellation.

Was at the docs this morning and she said it's a good sign that I'm feeling so rubbish, so that put a smile on my face!

Here's hoping we all get past the MS stage v. soon!

Oh, and BTW - I'm 37 and very happy that I'm not the only older one on here!! XX

pavlov great news on your scan.

Been for another acupuncture session tonight, it's really helping with my nausea - pretty much takes it away, and has also really helped with my energy levels. I was much more tired at this stage in my last pg. Am 11 weeks tomorrow and have my scan in 10 days. Am hoping I can then relax a bit more and enjoy things.

Hope everyone is doing well.

ninjacat spotting when your period is due is normal. I've had spotting on and off from weeks 7-11 but more so when my period was due. I also had period type pains at that time which sent me into a right panic. They can't find anything wrong and apparently 'it just happens' which is the most rubbish explanation for anything. I spoke to my midwife this week and she said she bled everyday from week 7-14! If you talk to your doc they'll probably refer you to EPU for an early scan.

Pavlov great news about your scan.

I'm 11 weeks today, which according to the NHS thingy means I'm in week 12. Finally feel like I'm getting somewhere.