Due March 2010 - do my boobs look big in this?

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Hello everyone,

I can't find a March 2010 thread so thought I'd start with.

This is my first and i think my EDD is 2 March 2010.

Come and join me!

Hi Ladies,
Do you mind if I join you? My expected due date is 13/03/2010.

I've got my first midwife appointment in about 3 weeks I don't know why I thought it would be sooner, and my scan booked for the 1st September.

So far I haven't been sick, just feeling queezy, and very exhausted.

Has it sunk into everyone yet?

Can I join you as well? Have namechanged as RL friends on MN don't know I'm pg yet! My edd is 18th. Was a bit of a surprise as was using Persona for contraception and there was about a week between the deed and ovulation! So this baby is quite a determined one already.

Feeling so nauseous - haven't been sick yet but it's becoming constant and not stopped by eating. I'm so tired - not helped by 19 MO DS waking in the night for hours and/or waking early - and I'm meaning 4am early. Argh.

Anyone else quite intimidated by having number 2? I shouldn't be already trying to work out how to do bath/bed with 2 by myself but it's hard not to anticipate these kind of issues!

hello ladies! just to say I'm still here though still being tentative about posting lots and getting too involved atm incase i have to leave, though lots of PMA so hopefully I wont be going anywhere! I had a scan today and baby measured 9+3 so a day ahead of my calculations, so really pleased but still unable to completely relax (what IS my problem???). Hope everyone is well, and think I will become an 'official' member after I've reached the landmark 12 weeks...! not too long to go thank goodness!!

Welcome sleepwhenimdead and great news - bellasyummymummy.

I too had early scan today. Saw the 'splodge' on the screen (really can't make out much more!) and confirmed spot on for 12th March. Heartbeat of 179 seemed strong and noisy when played by the sonographer! And much to my DH's relief there is only one in there!
Just 3 weeks to go!

Hi blueydragon love your funny story about visiting the hospital and all the goings on. One question though, is it a bit early to be doing this?

Still waiting on scan letter and don't want to be one of those women who hassles the mw for a date, sure it will turn up....

Welcome MrsSnow and SleepWhenImDead and congratulations on your BFP's

I meant to put that my scan is on 19th aug not the 10th! That would be early!

Sleepwhenimdead - Are you a bon jovi fan? Just wondered from your name...

Bellas - Great news

$th day of my ms being a little better, hope the trend carries on... Still a lot of foods I can't stomach but getting more of a break from the nausea and it's not quite as intense. 10 wks tomorrow, the past week has flown by!

I keep noticing that pain on the right now i've mentioned it, it hurts if I blow my nose whilst standing up today... You ladies think thats ok? I'm guessing if it was ectopic I would know by now anyway being this far along?

Actually I do think it's worth a phone call to check your scan date TigressWoods. I wouldn't worry about being 'one of those women' too much. I was actually told to call the antenatal clinic if I hadn't heard anything by now, so I did only to be told that they didn't have me on the system and that they'd never received the fax from my GP surgery which they needed...

Obviously I've spoken to the GP surgery who claim they did send the fax through etc but are now sending it again. So good job I checked really.

Urgh. MS has fully kicked in now.

I always felt a bit out-of-sorts, but for the past few days I've been boking my ring up I'm always sick at night though! Only been sick once in the morning. Don't know what the craic is with that.

Feel sick now, but most likely my body will hold on till bedtime when I'll be bent over the toilet

The joys.

Hi everyone - did you get your scan date when you went to your booking appointment with mw? Or did you have to book in at hosp? Guess it varies by area. x

Hi all, sorry not to have posted for a while, but was on holiday, and now have come down with bronchitis so feeling pretty rubbish, what with that, MS and total exhaustion.

So sorry to see that so many have had to leave the thread, it's just horrible, and quite sobering for the rest of us.

I haven't really wanted to post much, as, for some reason, I'm not feeling so confident about things. I think it has something to do with all the trauma surrounding our 12 week scan with DD. The prospect of having our scan on the 14th is filling me with dread rather than excitement - I'm convinced something will be wrong even though I've no reason to.

But hey, maybe I'm just ill and grumpy...

On the upside my wind problems seem to have abated, which makes me far more pleasant to be around!

My boobs are enormous and painful, which strangely, gives me comfort and confidence!? Aren't pregnant women perverse?

But goodness me, SOOOOOOOOO tired. Not helped by waking up coughing, and then having to go to the loo, get a drink, blah blah... I'd forgotten about the pregnancy nocturnal shenanigans.

Anyone else generally very hot and thirsty? I've just downed 2 pints of water and I'm still gasping.

Mumbot, I got my scan date abd booking appointment through at the same time - and my booking appointment is 4 days AFTER my scan, weirdly.

If you've not heard anything I reckon there's no harm in calling up to chase. Things often fall through the cracks IME. No-one will be annoyed at you for it, I've generallt found the people manning the phones at the antenatal clinics (and I've used 3 different ones) to be very helpful and accommodating. And they're used to dealing with anxious pregnant women!

HTH

db
xx

Thanks designerbaby and sorry to hear you're unwell - that sucks esp with ms

I'm also very hot and thirsty - taking off layers, then putting them back on again - also if I have hot food it makes me feel like I'm having hot flushes! Not that I can eat much at the minute tho

Good luck for your scan - stay positive x

Daly sounds like stretching pain to me. Mines when I cough sneeze etc.

I have had an ectpic the pain was intense (i.e. screaming); intermittent but hours rather thatn on movement. The area was extremely tender and very low down. I must have been about 8-10 weeks.

I was quite a mess

I have added myself to what I think is the most up to date list. Wasnt sure what the protocol was on adding others... Had a scan yesterday at the same time as my first scan when I miscarried (7 weeks 2 days)and this time it was a whole huge 4 mm bigger than last time so that was good.However i am now worrying about the fact that the constant pain in my abdomen has gone (previously i was worrying about it being there)and that not as tired as before. Is there anyone else who is as ancient as me(37) and going through this for the first time?

Shyla - really glad to hear your news!

Becky7000 EDD 15th February #4
Tigresswoods EDD 1 March #1
DrSkid EDD 1 Mar #3
Potpourri EDD 1 March #4
onlyanauntie EDD 1 March #1
369thegoosedrankwine 1 March #2
MissieMoosMummy EDD 1 March #2
Caitni EDD 2 March #1
Horsiemummy EDD 2 March #2
Oscarsmumm EDD 2 March #2
pureeandpearls EDD 2 March #2
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
designerbaby EDD 3 March #2
Smac EDD 4 March #2
BlueyDragon EDD 4 March #2
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
Dophus EDD 07March #3
Twofalls EDD 7 March #2
Carrie2010 EDD 7 March #1
BYM EDD 8 March #2
CAFW EDD 9th March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2
Sariska 9 March #2
rebeccacad 9 March #1
wilkos EDD 11 March #2
Lemonadegirl EDD 11 March #2
Josie22 EDD 12 March #1
Scooby26 13 March #1
Vixie123 13 March #1
Minicooper 14 March #2
slackrunner 14th March #2
Meita 15th March #1
Poppyjen 15th March #1
Childofthe80s 16 March #1
mmtwgr 16 march #2
Scootergrrrl 17 March (??) #3
Arcadie 17 March #3
Kay1980 19 March #2
Luckysalem EDD 22 march #2
Veryworriedme 22 March
Rindercella EDD 27 March #2
Fleximum EDD 28 March #3

think i might have just worked out what the #2 and #3's are all about! looks like i am the only beginner!

old, childless and dim

thanks veryworriedme still a little shocked at seeing the lo on the scan

just hoping this bleeding/spotting rubbish stops soon. i wont might finally relax a bit then!

still keeping off the list. i will add myself if i ever get past 9 weeks.

does anyone else has this constant horrid metal taste in their mouth? its driving me nuts!! cant enjoy any food.

oh, and joy of joys the only food that can settle my stomache at the mo? mince beef and onion pies. i am going to be massive. have has 4 in the last 2 days

hope everyone else is enjoying thing abit more than me, lol.
xx

veryworriedme I was 37 when I had DD and I am now 39, so you're not so very old (or maybe I am actually really, really old and just not feel it!)

shyla brilliant news about the scan. Am really pleased for you.

shyla, good news on the scan! And the metallic taste thing is not unusual - it was how I knew I was pg both times, although for me it's gone away now. I sympathise on the eating front, too, as I'm troughing for England here!

tigresswoods the only reason we were looking at hospitals now is because where we are your booking in takes place at the hospital where you want to give birth. I wouldn't go anywhere near our "local" hospital i.e. the one the community midwives and GP are attached to as a) it's further away than the other two "out of area" options and b) when we looked round it last time it was filthy. So we just went to check out that there weren't festoons of cobwebs hanging from the ceiling at this place. I should add that it's only the maternity unit I won't go near at the local hospital and their paediatric A&E is marvellous!

Can't wait for the 12 week scan as my symptoms are coming in waves rather than being constant, so I just want to know everything's OK. And I want to know if there's more than one in there - it can't be right to have a bump NOW!

Has anyone else put on weight yet? I have put on half a stone in 4 weeks and I need to go into maternity trousers asap! I managed to hardly put anything on last pregnancy so I hope I can do it again this time. Perhaps it's a second-timer thing.

Updating the list with myself:

Becky7000 15 February #4
Tigresswoods 1 March #1
DrSkid 1 Mar #3
Potpourri 1 March #4
onlyanauntie 1 March #1
369thegoosedrankwine 1 March #2
MissieMoosMummy 1 March #2
Caitni EDD 2 March #1
Horsiemummy EDD 2 March #2
Oscarsmumm EDD 2 March #2
pureeandpearls EDD 2 March #2
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
designerbaby EDD 3 March #2
Smac EDD 4 March #2
BlueyDragon EDD 4 March #2
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
Dophus EDD 07March #3
Twofalls EDD 7 March #2
Carrie2010 EDD 7 March #1
BYM EDD 8 March #2
CAFW EDD 9th March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2
Sariska 9 March #2
rebeccacad 9 March #1
wilkos EDD 11 March #2
Lemonadegirl EDD 11 March #2
Josie22 EDD 12 March #1
Scooby26 13 March #1
Vixie123 13 March #1
Minicooper 14 March #2
slackrunner 14th March #2
Meita 15th March #1
Poppyjen 15th March #1
Childofthe80s 16 March #1
mmtwgr 16 march #2
Scootergrrrl 17 March (??) #3
Arcadie 17 March #3
SleepWhenImDead 18 March #2
Kay1980 19 March #2
Luckysalem EDD 22 March #2
Veryworriedme 22 March #1
Rindercella EDD 27 March #2
Fleximum EDD 28 March #3

Rindercella - thanks you for that! it is difficult because all my friends have had their children and when i went for my scan and said it would be my first they looked at me in surprise as if i should really have got round to this earlier. "i was trying!" i wanted to say!
I am most annoyed that 5 weeks of not eating half a pound of brie and drinking my usual bottle of merlot a night has not resulted in the weight dropping off me. anyone got any ideas on how i can safely lose that flabby belly so it may be replace with a compact bump? sit ups are a no no apparantly and i can do anything that involves jumping up and down because my boobs feel like they might detach they are so heavy.

Well girls, I did call my midwife who checked about my scandate only to be told in no uncertain terms by the helpful hospital people, "She's in the system"

Great. At least I know.

Have to sam MN is great for making you feel totally normal, I too am getting the weird pain if I cough or sneeze suddenly. Also have only told one friend about pregnancy and so haven't got a lot of people to talk to about aches and pains. love it on here! Now you all mention it, I am REALLY thirsty, especially when I wake up which is, 2pm and 5am generally.

One thing I have not got is the insesant need to visit the loo, I don't think I am going any more than usual and am quite pleased for it to stay that way.

Am a bit obsessed about reading how big the baby is now in all the books. Weirdly they all tell you slightly different sizes but I do love reading it all the same.

Can't believe am 10 and a half weeks, 12 weeks is just aound the corner

Hi Everyone,
I got my scan date through pretty much straight away (2 weeks after I saw the nurse at the GP). My scan date is in the 12th week. I was quite worried as the nurse did mention it could be 15 weeks !!!

My midwife rang and booked me in for when I'm 11 weeks, seems I'm on my own until then. As this is number 1 its a bit scary as there is so much food we shouldn't be eating etc...

My maternity exemption also finally came through last week but now trying to get a refund on a pre paid prescription card so no doubt that will take ages.

SleepwhenI'mdead - yeah I've been putting on weight, I haven't been eating much as initially I found it really hard to eat breakfast or dinner, although I am eating now. My boobs have grown so am assuming that some weight but be there! I also put on about 6 inches on belly, which means I can't wear anything slightly higher. Low cut jeans are a god send. Any top too long and I look very pregnant and I don't want random people to know at the moment.

Hope everyone with ms starts to feel better soon. Big hugs to the people who've lost their bean.

Love

MrsSnow

Hello all

Feeling a bit fed up today. Still have terribe all day sickness. Bad in mornings, worse in evenings. Still tired and going to bed at 9pm. Still waking up in the night to pee (around 2am and 5am too Tigresswood!). Still feel like boobs have been in a twenty round boxing fight. Ouch!

Really cross at doctors as phoned in my hospital choices 2 weeks ago. Called yesterday as thought I should have heard by now but apparently my doctor hadn't faxed them and to top it all off he's on holiday . So goodness knows when my scan will be. Had a bit of a cry to my sis about it (hormone related I hope) as am actually on holiday at 12 week point so was really hoping to get scan in before I go, that way, if it's bad then I can use holiday to work through it all rather than come back to the news. I may end up going private which would be so annoying as as not much money at the moment (holiday is visiting family in spain so not costing us more than flights really). Grrr so annoyed.

Hope everyone else is well.

I've updated the list with myself too.

VeryworriedMe - don't worry about the MW looking at you funny - mine looked at me funny when I asked if I was a bit past it at 34 last time round. She assured me that it was absolutely not an issue - I'm sure it's not that different at 37. I have a friend who had her first at 40 so you're not too old at all!

I am feeling a bit sad as my (small anyway) boobs haven't grown yet AT ALL. My regular bras are starting to dig in, so my chest size is expanding but when I tried to get a maternity bra i couldn't find one to fit as they have all got much bigger cup sizes. The nice woman in M&S advised me to come back in a week or two when I might have had a 'spurt'. Not literally I hope - could be embarrassing.

Becky7000 15 February #4
Tigresswoods 1 March #1
DrSkid 1 Mar #3
Potpourri 1 March #4
onlyanauntie 1 March #1
369thegoosedrankwine 1 March #2
MissieMoosMummy 1 March #2
Caitni EDD 2 March #1
Horsiemummy EDD 2 March #2
Oscarsmumm EDD 2 March #2
pureeandpearls EDD 2 March #2
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
designerbaby EDD 3 March #2
Smac EDD 4 March #2
BlueyDragon EDD 4 March #2
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
Dophus EDD 07March #3
Twofalls EDD 7 March #2
Carrie2010 EDD 7 March #1
BYM EDD 8 March #2
CAFW EDD 9th March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2
Sariska 9 March #2
rebeccacad 9 March #1
wilkos EDD 11 March #2
Lemonadegirl EDD 11 March #2
Josie22 EDD 12 March #1
Swingsofglory EDD 12 March #2
Scooby26 13 March #1
Vixie123 13 March #1
Minicooper 14 March #2
slackrunner 14th March #2
Meita 15th March #1
Poppyjen 15th March #1
Childofthe80s 16 March #1
mmtwgr 16 march #2
Scootergrrrl 17 March (??) #3
Arcadie 17 March #3
SleepWhenImDead 18 March #2
Kay1980 19 March #2
Luckysalem EDD 22 March #2
Veryworriedme 22 March #1
Rindercella EDD 27 March #2
Fleximum EDD 28 March #3