Due April 2010????.....

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Anyone else due April 2010?

I just found out yesterday I'm 4 weeks preggers after trying for our 2nd baby for a year and half, at last!! It seemed as though it was never going to happen!

Here's to the next 8-9 months!

Interview went ok I think... no vomit or other bodily fluids thankfully. Will not know the result for another week at least, so trying to chill...

Has anyone got anything exciting planned for the weekend??? We have a season ticket for a local safari park - I like to get my moneys worth... DD hasn't complained yet.

Oh yes, was an hour early collecting DD tonight

I went to a safari park as well on wednesday... it was great...altho I did feeel a bit guilty about getting fidgety in the car lol. My dd loved it, and we took my mum as well, very funny to see her freak out at feeding the giraffes!!!! We went all around the safari, looking at lions, and tigers, and giraffes ....and then when we passed the park area, dd was really really excited to see big barn farm, aka GOATS!!!!!!!!! We just had a play slide thing built in the garden, so she's feeling very spoilt right now, but with these sunny days, I can just set up a load of stuff in the garden for her, and she can come and go as she pleases, while I lay dying on the sofa haha...makes me feel a lot less guilty!! I'm still waiting for my scan date to come through the post, but it should be here very soon...can't wait!

Glad the interview went well Stinkypinky....I am nearly 8 weeks and have also convinced myself I can feel movements, so I'm glad I'm not the only one! Though I am one big bloated ball at the mo so it's probably just some rumblings going on . I like to think it's the little one doing some somersaults though!!

Hi All.

Hope everyone is feeling ok and ms and headaches aren't spoiling all of your weekends too much. Still not feeling all that sick myself, just knackered and very emotional! My mam said she wasn't sick at all with either myself or my brother so that's reassuring. The only thing that's ruining my weekend is the fact that the sun is shining and I'm at work!

Probably sounds silly, not to mention very self indulgent, but I feel a bit isolated this week. DH is brilliant and listens to me yabber on endlessly - he's excited too, naturally, but my best friend is still far more wrapped up in the date she's going on this weekend than she is interested in the fact that I'm pregnant. I know the whole world doesn't change because I'm having a baby - but my life is about to! I've listened to her relationship crises non stop for the last year and a bit and just feel a bit put out that she doesn't seem to give a crap.

Even just typing that I can't believe how petty I'm being. I feel better for the rant though.

Really enjoying reading everyone's news. Take care all.

Hi everyone

I haven't posted for ages as I've been feeling so awful and didn't want to come on here and moan - terrible sickness and headaches and to top it all off have had a horrible cold and been in bed since Wednesday- at last I think it is getting better though. Anyway, sickness, headache and blocked up nose plus the fact you can't take any medication - not a good combination and been feeling very sorry for myself. I am so bored of being at home and have been feeling very guilty for neglecting my DD.

ANYWAY.....I think fingers crossed my ms is starting to get a little bit better, plus I have my scan date (25th Sept) so feeling a bit more positive today!

JPL81 rant away, I think I know how you feel, in my first pregnancy I was the first one of my close friends to have a baby, and everyone else stayed wrapped up in the 'old' life, not really interested in me. Felt very isolated. I think it is difficult for people who have not been through it to understand - also you say your friend is having men crises - I got the feeling one or two of my single friends thought lucky her she has a DH and a baby on the way, so there could be an element of that. Anyway, whatever the reason friendship is a two way thing and she should put her issues aside and be excited for you!

Thanks wellieboot. All of that is true - not tto mention the fact that she's lost her drinking partner for the time being - I think that p*ssed her off too Also, I reckon I feel worse because we still haven't told many people. I'll get over it, I'm just feeling particularly sensitive at the minute!

Hope you're feeling better and good look with the scan.

My DW has headaches all the time, but her MS seems to have gone. We're 9+5, so looking forward to the scan. We're sort of holding our breaths until then, I think.

Hi ladies,

I've changed my name, my previous one was too obviously me if anyone from RL is reading (possible as quite a few of my friends are preg atm).

I've got my 1st scan on Wed, so I'll wait to update the list with my new name when my date is confirmed.

I'm 11 weeks on Tuesday according to my dates, with my first DC. I'm sure I'm starting to show though. I've put about 4-5 pounds on (is this normal or have I been overindulging!?), and my belly is sticking out far more than it usually would with that kind of weight gain, it feels huge!! I don't think I can get away with my normal non-stretchy clothes for another week. Is this normal, or should I still really be in my jeans/work trousers for a few more weeks yet?

Hope u get better soon wellieboot
I've just put dd to bed after a long day for her at my mum's house, I was just about to put her for her afternoon nap when my sister turned up with my nephew, and my dd was too distraught to go to bed , bless her...I let her stay up haha. Good job really, cuz I'm going for my blood tests tomoz morning...yay!! Finally I'm at a medical stage in this pregnancy lol...and my scan date came through he post and it's on Wednesday...double yay!!! Last few days of jokes about me having twins, then I can prove to people it's just a singleton in there...be it quite a big one lol...I've been in maternity clothes a couple of weeks now toffeaddict, for the comfort around the bum and the thighs, as well as the bump lol, and I feel much better now I'm not walking like a robot haha. Hope you all had a good weekend x

Dwayne - you already had your 12 weeks scan? when are you due?

so tomorrow is my first day back at work after 10 months of mat leave and im pregnant again. i went to buy some clothes over the weekend but it was a disaster as the maternity ones are too big for me and the normal size 12 clothes are too tight... the plan is to squeeze myself in some old outfit and hold my breathe until friday when i have my scan.

Hi All. Post has arrived and no letter for scan date

I have told my parents but that is all. Will be telling the in-laws soon, I may be needing my MIL to adapt some of my holiday clothes as we are away in October, so better let her know soon .

I'm also looking forward to telling the kids. My dd will be so excited, she's 6 and will be a right mother hen!

Hi all
Just checking in while procrastinating wildly about some work I should be doing...! Lovely to hear so many of us getting over the worst of the MS. I've had a shocker of a cold and stomach bug for a week which has been horrible as not able to take medication etc - I feel your pain, wellieboot!!

JPL81, I agree with DwayneDibbley, my first pregnancy was just like that, I was the first of most of my friends to get pregnant and no-one was interested at all, while I was freaking out about how my life was going to change. Ironically enough though, now I'm pregnant the 2nd time, no-one's that interested because I've been there and done it before, so much as I hate to say it, the chances are none of us will ever get the attention we want in pregnancy!!
Sometimes I want to shout at the top of my lungs "has anyone noticed that I'm pregnant, and knackered, with chronic back pain, and carrying on manfully with normal life while actually growing another person inside me? NO? Well you should, and you should also give me lots of attention and lots of pats on the back and presents and chocolate and admiration too, please."
But perhaps that's just me - a little self-absorbed at times, it must be said!!

BTW re maternity clothes, I'm 10+1 and have been in mat clothes for 10 days or so, have a considerable bump and an even more considerable fear of it meaning I'm having twins or something! Getting increasingly hard (ie impossible) to hide the fact that I'm pregnant and still got 2 weeks to go until scan. Roll on Monday 28th!!

DH is on his way home from a long weekend (stag do) at Bestival where he'll have been drinking like a monster and will now be feeling very sorry for himself. Meanwhile I've got DS to look after, and Muffin (bump) and house, and work to do, and am recovering from sickness, and already I can tell that he'll be the one expecting tea and sympathy. Sigh (poor me emoticon). Better put the hot water on for him to have a bath, and then get back to scrubbing the floor. Sob. Just call me Cinders...

Thanks so much guys - I feel a bit less like a petulant toddler now! To be fair on my friend I'm usually THE most pig-headedly independent person I know and I can't stand fuss, especially not fuss about me, so you could say I'm guilty of shifting the goal posts a bit - she probably thinks I'll lose my rag if she makes too big a deal of me being pregnant, and I might! The poor lass couldn't win either way

Still no word about scan yet but (I think) I'm only 9 weeks tomorrow so there's time yet.

I've got a bit of a belly too, but I think that's down to the horrendous sweet tooth I seem to have developed! Seriously, if I'm not sleeping I'm eating something I shouldn't be! I fell asleep with my head in the fridge the other day, which just about sums up my life at the moment .

Hope everyone is feeling ok today and thanks again for all your supportive comments, much appreciated.

Sorry JPL81 but I'm ROFLing at the thought of you falling asleep with your head in the fridge!

Glad to be a source of amusement Bettymum - I thought it was pretty funny myself, once I'd thawed out that is!

i was the opposite with my first. the 1st lot of our friends to have a baby was years before and they got loads of attention because they were the first and everyone fussed and wanted to babysit all the time and bought lots of presents. by the time we decided to have a baby we were the last of our friends to do so, so it was like old news then and they were all too busy with their own families for any fuss to be made over ours. i guess you cant win either way.

im still feeling really tired and cant motivate myself to make tea for dh and ds still which then makes me feel really guilty that im not making sure they get proper meals.
i hope im able to get enthusiastic about tea again soon, but at the moment im just into eating bits and bobs all through the day rather than set meals.

Hi
I've not been on here for ages but have been reading regularly. I am 10 weeks today and I get a scan on Thursday. Yipee, then it will feel real (all being well)and I'm going to start telling people after that. I saw midwife for booking appmt last week and it did start to feel more real but not quite until I am sure there is something in there!

I ordered a dress online today for a wedding (well 4 weddings actually) that I have to go to while pregnant. The first 2 are in a couple weeks time and I may fit into another dress I bought in monsoon but the later ones are in Nov/ Dec so no way I will by then. I'm feeling big around the tummy. This is baby2.

My latest cravings are fruit corner yoghurts. So far it's been haribo type gummy sweets (never liked before, seemed to help teh nausea), cheese and biscuits, hot chocolate and yoghurts.

Anyone going to find out sex of baby? I'd rather not, like the surprise.

Well hope all well, good luck with scans coming up and I like reading all the news of everyone around the same stage.

Off to make macaroni cheese for DS tea (and mine, more creamy cheesy yummyness)

JPL81 that is hilarious!

I hadn't put on any weight atall due to ms however in the last few days I have suddenly ballooned around my middle! Don't really want to buy any maternity clothes until after my scan and all the clothes that fit and are comfortable are summer clothes and its getting a bit cold to wear them.

Also my boobs are MASSIVE and I am wearing my maternity bras already - don't remember them getting this big last time!? Stretch marks here we come...already

I think we are going to find out the sex of the baby this time, didn't last time and when dd was born everyone was ignoring me while I was shouting is it a boy or girl....IS IT A BOY OR GIRL about 10 times before I got an answer (my DH was ignoring me too and jumping around shouting omg it's a baby!!?!) So I never had the big 'it's a girl' moment and so I quite fancy knowing this time and getting used to the idea of a boy or a girl, it almost makes it more real before it is even here!

I'm going to find out the sex just so we can get prepared. I know its not strictly necessary but if I feel in control of that then it might be make me feel in control of the rest of my life, iyswim. Also this pregnancy is really dragging so far not sure I can wait another 7 months before finding out the sex!

I have my scan on 28th September but no appointment letter yet, I need the letter otherwise I will have to take the time off work unpaid. Hospital said as I phoned in they don't want to send out any unecessary paperwork.

I have my 12 wks scan on Wed, am going to find out the sex as soon as possible, perhaps through a 3D scan at around 16 weeks, although I did read recently that they may be able to tell (to a lesser degree of certainty) at my 12 weeks, so I will ask!

I'm still laughinh at Snowtiger....I feel what you feel lol
I think we are going to both find out this time...with dd, dp didn't want to know, so I had to keep it a secret...I did very well,!! We had already started calling the bump Edweena, and the day before I found out she was definitely a girl, we agreed we would carry on using that name reguardless of what I knew...I just had to remember whether I had looked at boys or girls clothes first in each shop, and tried to alternate it, and hiding the baby clothes was easy as well, as he only goes in places he really needs to go in...sometimes I think if he had no clean socks or pants folded and paired up in his drawers, he'd rather go without then rummage through the ironing basket himself!!
I had my first bloods done today, and the nurse was v.nice to me...I never even bruised!! And I know I've already said this, but I'm rather excited hehe, scan on Wednesday!! Yay!!! Hope evry1s doin ok xx

Ooh lovely, thanks DwayneDibbley, magic chablis my favourite! (takes enormous slurp)
That's better!