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

[donttrythisathome]

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!

Hello girls, just adding myself in:

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
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
BYM EDD 8 March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2

I have a dd who is 15 months and was pretty convinced I was pg last week but as af was only due tomorrow I made myself wait until today to test! And it was positive- hurray!

Morning ladies

ilgb - Congratulations!

How's everyone feeling today? I'm feeling conpletely normal as usual, I long to feel sick and I know i'll regret saying that when I do!

Morning ladies

Welcome ILGB and Dalrymps

DrS have a good time up in Durham! Well done you (and your DH!) for getting your PhDs while having such a young family too . Caffeine withdrawal is horrible, with the headaches and narkiness, so glad you're over the worst now.

Know what you mean about finding work a chore 369 and BYM - I'm just too preoccupied to care . The work is piling up though so better get my act together soon .

I'm 5 weeks today and am so glad (I'm already learning that other people's pregnancies fly by but your own drags ). Two weeks today I'll be having my first scan [nervous emoticon]. I thought I had another CB conception indicator test left so I peed on it at 5am this morning only for it to be a regular digital one so was staring at the "pregnant" result all bleary-eyed going "d'oh". Going to pop to Boots at lunch time to buy a conception indicator one as want to see what it says now.

I saw my doctor yesterday and I just have to pick which hospital I want to be referred to. It was quite surreal (he shook my hand at the end and said, very solemnly, "congratulations mrs caitni") so just have to go off and do some research on which hospital I'd like. I had to ask him for a list as I didn't even know the local hospitals in North London .

Feeling quite rough today - am coming down with a head cold/sore throat and am feeling just so hot and tired.

This is my first pregnancy. I am so excited I want to tell everyone I see in the street and just be happy!

But, I've been reading and hearing from other people that it's best to wait until 12 weeks to tell cuz that's when risk of miscarriage decreases a lot. Can anyone tell me what the % risk is now in the early stage, and to what % does it drop at 12 weeks?

I've told a few people who need to know early (such as uni teacher) and I feel a bit crap that I've told a few of these people, yet I don't feel like I can tell my close friends and family yet. Just feels a bit unfair to them.

Advice please.

TakeLovingChances - All I have been able to find so far is that during the first 12 weeks chance of mc can be 1 in 8 but a lot of those happen before people even know they're pg ie; AF arrives and they didn't know. By 12 weeks it drops to 1%

I can't find any week by week stats yet...

FFS just back from the GP and she loved loads of advertising rubbish at me (as well as some useful booklets to be fair). Also told me in excited tones about the "freebies" I could get (i.e. more advertising crapola).

I says to her "listen missus, no thanks, my pregnancy is not a marketing opportunity like"!!!

Might complain, really pisses me off....how about the rest of you...?

Do I really need an Argos catalogue from my GP?

shoved, not loved.

DontTry total at your GP - that's outrageous! I had heard of freebies in the hospital but on your first visit to your GP - annoys me as pregnancy is daunting enough without feeling like you must buy, buy, buy. God to hate that sort of thing like (my fellow rebel)

TLC I know what you mean about wanting to tell everyone . The risk of miscarriage is highest in the first 10 weeks, which is why most people wait until after they've had a good 12 week scan to share their news. But it's a personal decision for you and your DH to make. I personally wouldn't want people at work and those not so close to us to want to know about a miscarriage so we've only told close friends and family (the ones who knew about the IVF in our case) and will tell others (like parents in law) after our first scan. We'll then tell "the world" in dribs and drabs after the 12 week scan. It's up to you though!

Thanks for the advice. I have also been looking online for % week by week, but can't find any.... I suppose there are so many risk factors and individual differences between women that it's impossible to quantify.

I was out with my mum this morning shopping for holiday clothes and she just kept on showing me cute baby clothes and telling me to get a move on. I just wanted to jump up and down and tell her, but I couldn't.

I'm going on this 2 week mission trip soon (I leave Thursday next week), when I come home I'll be almost 8 weeks. Think I'll tell people then; at least getting away for 2 weeks will prevent me from telling people!

I have my first visit to my GP on Monday, hope he doesn't tell me all about sale bargains and stuff. He's a bit of a rude man to be honest, hope he's nice to me now I'm pregnant.

I dunno TLC - why not tell people? At least those who you wouldn't mind knowing if you have a mc (which you WON'T).

The only reason I'm waiting is to keep the pressure off SIL.

I'd say when I tell my Mam she'll just say "what do you want one of those for"?! I have never been put under pressure to sprog up.

Caitni can't believe you have to choose hospitals already. My GP was very blase when I asked..."ahh you can decide whenever, its up to you".

We've told our parents and will probably tell siblings and some close friends in the next couple of weeks, but they're the people we'd want to know if we did miscarry, so that's our reasoning.

Am quietly enjoying this phase of feeling normal before ms kicks in!

Ah sorry, you mean for the antenatal visits, not the birth I presume.

Donttry it's for the birth as the antenatal visits depend on which hospital I choose iykwim. So here I am checking out the websites and checking MN for what women say about them when I barely feel pregnant...very surreal!

ilgb I like that phase of feeling normal before MS kicks in . Sums it up!

Wow so many people already !

I got my BFP yesterday - due aroud 10th March. It feels totally unreal, my 3 best friends are pregnant with DC3 at the moment and I was getting a bit down about it ! This will be our 3rd already have DS1 aged 4 and DS2 aged 2

donttrythisathome I'm not telling people cuz I hear so many people saying not to tell anyone till 12 weeks. I know I'm following the crowd by not telling people yet, but I am just worried.

I don't even know why I'm worried! I don't have any of the high risk factors for miscarriage, but just being pregnant seems like such a dream to me, that I keep thinking it'll end. I know I'm prob being irrational, but I'm also sure I'm not the only one.

My mum CANNOT keep her mouth shut! I know that if I told her she wouldn't hesitate to get on the phone and ring everyone who she she knows, even if I told her not to. Because I can't trust her to be quiet I'm not going to say anything till I get back from this trip. I'll be 8 weeks when I get back, so think I'll start telling family then.

TLC I'm bricking it as well. So far have imagined mc and ectopic. Wonder where my mind will wander tomorrow...?

Congrats thatsnotmyrobot

DrSkid EDD 1 Mar #3
Potpourri EDD 1 March #4
onlyanauntie EDD 1 March #1
369thegoosedrankwine 1 March #2
MissieMoosMummy EDD 1 March #2
chubbymummy 1 March #2
Caitni EDD 2 March #1
Horsiemummy EDD 2 March #2
Oscarsmumm EDD 2 March #2
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
BYM EDD 8 March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2

Hi ladies and a huge congratulations to everybody! After a huge debate with myself I've added my name to the list and have my fingers crossed I'll stay on it. I got my bfp on Saturday after 18 long months of ttc, I had a missed miscarriage in October at 9 weeeks so I'm really nervous about how this pregnancy will turn out. I'm trying to stay positive but it's at night time when I find myself lying awake worrying. After my mmc I was told I'd be offered an early scan at 7 weeks if I became pregnant again so I'm trying to patiently wait out the next couple of weeks and not get my hopes up too much (although I find myself mentally re-decorating the nursery and have already come up with an un-written list of potential names).
Dh and I have decided to keep it to ourselves for now (although I had to let my boss know as my job will involve lots of lifting in the next few weeks and I'm not lifting anything heavier than my handbag from now on!).
We have 2 family party's to attend in the next couple of weeks and I have a works night out so I'm trying to get around the whole not drinking thing without people twigging, which is easier said than done since people know we've been ttc for ages!

wow!!! welcome to all the new bFPS`!! fabby news!!

chubbymummy- its very hard having a pregnancy following a mc, even more so for a mmc. I had one with my first pregnancy, thought we were 12 weeks only to find we lost the baby at 8weeks, after seeing a heartbeat at 7 weeks. i had another mc this year in april, again after we saw a heartbeat at 7 weeks, so we have decided not to have any early scans. I hope i havent scared anyone, i just want you to be aware that sometimes a heartbeat on the screen doesnt necessarily mean things will be OK, though probably 90% of the time it means everything will be just jammy! im sure everything will go perfectly well this time, and wish you a very uneventful 9 months!!

Thanks Bella's. I'm sorry to hear that you've been through it too, once was awful but twice must really knock your feet from under you! I know I won't relax even if the early scan shows a heartbeat and even if I get past the magical 12 week point I won't be satisfied until I feel kicking. To be honest it's going to be a very long 9 months and I'm going to be a wreck until I'm holding my baby in my arms. Having said that I've struggled to even fall pregnant so I'm thanking my lucky stars it's happened as I was beginning to think ds would never have the brother or sister he's been asking for since he was 2!
Hope everything goes well for you too this time round!

im sure we will all be holding our new arrivals in 9 months! i totally agree with you, even after the first 12 weeks, you still worry! i didnt stop worrying until i had DD in my arms!! well no thats not true, i still worry about her all the time!

i am a ZOMBIE today. DD has an ear infection so we have been up ALL night. i think i had some ms at about 1am- i felt sooo horrid, thought i was going to be sick, it was wretched. then it went away after 45 mins??? it could also possibly be a slight tummy bug as DD was a little bit sick last night (though think because of all the meds we gave her), so am thinking maybe it was from that.

i finish work today and have the rest of next week off, looking forward to it. just hope i can survive the day!!

hope you all have a good day xx

OK so I'm going to have to face up to facts and (a) do a test and (b) tell my husband.

this will be number 3 and my husband is adamant he doesn't want a third. hey ho...

DrSkid EDD 1 Mar #3
Potpourri EDD 1 March #4
onlyanauntie EDD 1 March #1
369thegoosedrankwine 1 March #2
MissieMoosMummy EDD 1 March #2
chubbymummy 1 March #2
Caitni EDD 2 March #1
Horsiemummy EDD 2 March #2
Oscarsmumm EDD 2 March #2
Donttrythisathome EDD 3 March #1
TakeLovingChances EDD 5 March #1
Dalrymps EDD 5 March #2
Dophus EDD 07March #3
BYM EDD 8 March #2
ilgb EDD 9 March #2

Dophus - You not done a test at all yet? How late are you? Let us know how it goes with your dh, sure he'll come round to the idea, good luck

Four days late and normally regular as clockwork. I know I am - just in denial!

He'll have to ofr someone concerned about contraception the warning 'DH - this is a risky time of the month' made him pause for all of one min.

Natural methods don't combine well with alcohol!

Lol at the contaception concern , he can't be that bothered then. When you going to test?