Due Feb 2010

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Afternoon,

I can't find a due in Feb thread, but I suppose it's very early still!

Got my BFP on tuesday, with a due date of Feb 3. It's still not quite sunk in - I've had to take another three tests since then just to check

I'm spending far too much time already planning for this baby when I should be working, please tell me I'm not the only one who is completely obsessed. And that I will calm down eventually!

Anyway, would love to chat with some other newly upduffed types.

I forgot to say, I got my booking appointment through for 25th July and my 12 week scan for 14th Aug, which is good as I go on holiday on 17th Aug. Hopefully I can start to relax a little after I have my scan next week.

Hello everyone

Lovely to hear about your scans although that negative sonographer needs a kick up the butt.

They should realised how us mothers hang onto every word they say. To me and everyone else a heartbeat is a FANTASTIC sign and surely all babies measure up all shapes and sizes. Its not like yours is drastically small, its only by 0.2mm did someone say.

I hope you can relax and not worry too much until your next scan. I'm sure all is fine.

Came home from my last day at college yesterday and dh shouted out "Bloody hell" when he saw me come in. It was about 9pm and that time my bump seems to grow out of nowhere. I mean it looked like a bump of about 5 months at least! Mad, I am only 10 weeks.

Today it has shrunk back down nicely to a pop!

My scan is on 21st, two weeks and I am SO excited. Can not wait to see this little person who is causing me to feel like this 24 hours!!!

I just hope he or she are moving around and entertain me. DD2 was lying face down and after lots of shuffling and prodding she lifted her arm - once. The sonograhper just said, "I think thats all we are going to get today". With DD1 she was doing somersaults, waving her arms etc.

So exciting!!!

Glad to say I am getting lots of breaks in the day with no ms! Si I hope everyone is starting to feel it a little less?

Take care x

Jeez, apples, what a nightmare! I think that's bollocks about sperm only surviving for 72 hours... In fact, I have just done a google search (here's hoping no-one ever checks my search history!!) and various sites give it between 5 and 7 days. And 0.2mm seems and awfully small amount on a scan. Let's hope you get a nicer sonographer next week!!

Glad your scan went well, scoobyDoo.

Becks - how incredibly insensitive! Hope you're feeling proper sick today (in the nicest possible way )

Told my sister yesterday, so no longer have to worry about her stumbling upon the news randomly on MN! I may even revert to my normal name in due course... (not that it'll mean anything to anyone!)

I'm in shock... I just had a call from the EPU who has said that they have booked me in for a scan tomorrow as I HAVE to be checked out and the Dr was wrong!! They have said that I am to have the scan tomorrow and they are going to move my scan next Friday to the Friday after, so that I am 9 weeks. I am happy that they have finally pulled there finger out but I'm nervous as it seems a little odd to call me like that.

hello everyone, i got a very big surprise BFP yesterday, somewhere between 6 and 8 weeks!!!!!

may i please join your thread,

a bit about me,

i have a DS aged 4y6m, DD aged 17 months, married to Mike and just found out we have got a surprise third pregnancy!!!!!!

still in shock buit getting there,

Off to school now so will be back later!!!!!!

welcome!

becks it's good that you are getting checked out and let's hope all ok.

it's hard but try to get above worrying about how they fix their appointments. Thank goodness they did call you. Hopefully you will see someone courteous and competent today.

Welcome and congratulations sarah

Last night I had some bloody discharge so was happy that I had a scan booked for today. Baby is fine and I have been dated at 7w5d but they found a bleed outside the sac, Dr said that I may have some more bleeding but it usually corrects itself and it should be ok because the blood is not coming from the sac. I am booked in for another scan next Friday to check all is ok. I was suprised how much little bean has grown, my scan 12 days ago it was 2.1mm and today it was 14mm!!

I hope everyone is good today x

Congrats Sarah.

Becks that is brilliant news so pleased for u, sounds like Dr not too concerned about the bleed. Cannot believe these stories of epu's being insensitive, it's so outrageous.

Time is my enemy at the moment, it just seems to be crawling along and all I want is to reach next weeks midwife appt on Tues. Does she listen to the heartbeat? Is that possible, as some assurance all is ok until the 12 weeks scan, which is really where i am desperate to be of course.

Am feeling a bit better today on ms front which is so nice. Had some ginger and honey tea which seems to have really helped so might be worth trying for others. Have a nice day everybody x

Hi again ladies and congrats to those who've had positive scan experiences - I'm so jealous - mine isn't until 17th July. I'm actually slightly freaking out about potential twins as I had my midwife appointment. I asked her to listen for the heartbeat (keep a full bladder if you're going to - she couldn't hear it for me but that's okay) and she thought I was measuring 12 weeks despite dating at about 9. AAArghhh couldn't cope with twins plus 18 month old.... Really think my dates are right as I had 3 BFNs before a positive test.

I know I should chill out until I know for sure but difficult to forget about it. I also worry that if it's not twins but I'm further on thatn I thought then I'll miss the opportunity to have a nuchal (private).

Oh dear, small man sad upstairs, better go. Other than that I'm overwhelmingly tired and quite ridiculously weepy. Cried at the concpet of having to empty and then reload the dishwasher yesterday!! Only mild MS but will be chuffed when it goes...

Squarah I'm so glad you said you're emotional and weepy. By which I mean, I'm not pleased for you, but it just makes my weepiness seem a bit more normal. Yesterday I cried because I was too tired to go to bed. How ridiculous!

Congrats to all on good scans. I won't get one until 13 weeks so am quite jealous (and crossing my fingers for there actually being a baby and not just wind, while at the same time bricking it at the thought of twins or more).

And welcome Sarah. Hope the shock is giving way to excitement (and hopefully not too much MS)!

congrats sarah - i have DC abou the same age as yours (my DD is a bit younger than your DS) but I was also in shock when I first found out - a few weeks later and I am properly excited though and I'm sure you will follow suit!

squarah - yes I am also ridiculously weepy. Cried because DH said he would drop me to the hospital for my scan which I thought meant he wouldn't come with me (he didn't mean that) - and my scan is 19th August or something so it's not as if it was an immediate problem! I am not as psychotic as I was when pg with DD though - i called him a 'f**king bastard' and burst into tears because he wouldn't walk me home at 2pm

I am also bricking it that I'm having twins! I am just sooo sick this time round and I just do not know how I would cope with 4 under 5, but I'm sure it isn't. I think that measuring for dates thing is a load of rubbish anyway - I was sent for a growth scan because they though DS was tiny - he was 8lb9!

great news becks - thank goodness all is well

caractus potty - well done for telling your sis - now come on and reveal yourself!

re nuchal scan - we get them here (oxford) on the NHS but I have said I don't want one - don't know if I'm being foolish but I wouldn't terminate the pg no matter what so I thought there was no point - but then again it would prepare us for the possibility that there was something wrong... oh gosh it's all so difficult - I hate choices!

thanks for the warm welcome ladies!!!!! no ms here yet, feelin pretty good tbh!!!!!! watch this space though!!!!!!lol

Doctorskidaddle - you dont want the scan? I could not wait until 20 weeks to see the baby. Its just so lovely seeing them on the screen and with all this yucky ms we get its so nice to see teh little person causing it.

Did you have this scan with your other pregnancies?

sarahmikeharryandrosi... - welome and congrats.

becks130 - so glad all is ok, great timing too especially with the unexpected bleed. sounds like you baby is growing well - mad how fast they grow. no wonder we feel so sick.

i am so sick of feeling sick and just hanging onto 21st we i have my scan. can not wait for that. i also hope only one is in there due to feeling SO sick and showing big time.

take care

sarah - congrats and welcome
becks - great news on the scan
drskidaddle & squarah - another one trying to not convince myself it's twins! Roll on the scan (not that I even have a date yet )

Evening ladies glad everyone is doing well and getting good scans.

Geek - thanks very much for the info about the nasal spray, will make an appointment with the gp tomorrow when I am at the surgery for my booking appointment.

I am so ridiculously tired this evening I feel quite pathetic. I took dd to a soft play this morning and did some hoovering this afternoon and I feel wiped out. I can't believe that at this stage with my first pregnancy I was going to the gym 4 times a week and doing spinning classes. I don't even have the excuse of working at the moment. I have one of the few jobs which you cannot do when you are pregnant so I am waiting for my company to find me a suitable alternative. The longer they take the better!

Best wishes to all

chinook - how lovely - are they still paying you even you're not working? - bliss! I also did loads of exercise when pg with DD (my first) but looking after young children is sooo much more knackering than exercise and I couldn't even contemplate a trip to the gym now...

devotion - I'm having a dating scan - completely agree I would never be able to wait until 20 weeks - but I have said I don't want the nuchal fold scan (I assume it's just done at the same time as the dating scan usually) - don't know if I've made the right decision, feeling a bit stressed about it

chinook - how lovely - are they still paying you even you're not working? - bliss! I also did loads of exercise when pg with DD (my first) but looking after young children is sooo much more knackering than exercise and I couldn't even contemplate a trip to the gym now...

devotion - I'm having a dating scan - completely agree I would never be able to wait until 20 weeks - but I have said I don't want the nuchal fold scan (I assume it's just done at the same time as the dating scan usually) - don't know if I've made the right decision, feeling a bit stressed about it

oops sorry

The sperm thing is nonsense. The length of time it lives depends on the conditions in the female.

If conditions are not favourable then it will die off in a matter of hours. However, if conditions are favourable (plenty cervical fluid, good PH etc) then it can survive up to a week. So as always, there's no one answer to the question!!

I have just had a slight bleed which is annoying. I just have to wait and see what happens I guess, nothing I do will make any odds....

I did feel a bit sick yesterday which was a good sign.

Hello everyone.

I've been lurking for a little while now and was too scared to join you all, but had a scan today and feel more ready now! According to GP based on LMP I was 8 weeks, but I thought less than that, and scan suggests 7+2.

Was amazing to hear the heartbeat! Should be due 22nd Feb -will be our first.

Very exciting! Good luck to everyone

Congratulations Sarah and Skibelle!

Becks - that sounds great news about your scan. Hope you are feeling a bit more relaxed about it and hope the bleeding goes away - it doesn't sound like the doctor is too worried which is good.

Have a nice day everyone.

Congratulations skibelle

I have had a really bad day, we had to bring our 3yr old son with us yesterday as we couldn't find childcare at such short notice and he heard the Dr talk about the baby so he now knows. I really didn't want to tell him until 4 months and I didn't think that he would understand, but he did. Yesterday he was very excited but today he has been a total monster, I am meant to be resting but it's impossible. Today I have had balls thrown at me and a drink he is usually such a sweet little boy.

becks130 - sorry to hear you are having a bad day. i swear they always sense when you really need to rest because that is when they usually play up

dont worry about him finding out because everything is going to be fine and if for any reason something happened then he would be fine because until they actually see them they dont really build feelings towards the baby like you and dh would.

i told my children age 3 and 6 near the beginning and also them that sometimes the baby does not always stay (my sister lost a baby recently quite far in and they understood this). Well my 3 year old probably didnt. She is very excited about the baby and always talks about it but if I lost this baby I woukd just tell her the baby is not there now but will come back another time.

today my ms has come on so strong, i wish I never mentioned it getting less. i was supposed to do some voluntary work but had to cancel and lie down with a mouth full of saliva. i had organised a friend to collect my oldest, my parents had come over to look after my youngest - its always a mission. then when they arrived they could see how green i looked and could not keep my eyes open.

i am just praying i dont have sickness for too much longer. my dh will leave me with the amount of moaning and sighing i do right now. i must be such a bore to listen to. i try hard not to mention it but not much distracts me from it.

ah well!

scan date - hurry up. as soon as i see my little baby i will feel like any ms is worth it her or him.

Hi, can I join in? I believe I am 7+4 or thereabouts giving me a due date of 23/02/10 and expecting dc5 have bad ms and the needs of ds1 age9, ds2 age7, dd1 age3 and ds3 age19months to deal with so feeling very shattered, though with luck this will ease soon.

Congratulatio9ns to all those joining and a big HELLO
Wow insanity DC5, I am wodering how I will be with 4!
Dontknow what the weather is like in the UK but it is horrible and rainy here.. poor DS2 wants to play out..
Just hope the weekend pickes up or will have to think of ways to entertain them and my grandparents..

Hope everyone is well, seems like the scans are all llooking good, have we got any twins yet!!!