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lizzie9442 · 21/08/2009 16:21

Thought I would start a new thread for may. Just got bfp and I am really excited. I think I'm due 30th April/1st May but there are so many people on April already. Heres hoping for a healthy pregnancy. I will just wait for lots more of you to join me. xxxx

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JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 22/09/2009 20:57

ForcesSweetheart I am your before picture!! Congratulations on your weightloss, I hope to do the same one day.

I'm still feeling rotten, I'll be glad to see the doctor tomorrow and get some fears allayed.

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 22/09/2009 21:17

ForcesSweetheart - wow! you look amazing! I've been trying to lose weight on and off for ages, and just got started on Weight Watchers a week before I found out I was pregnant. So, I'm still trying to be careful but obviously I can't 'diet' as such anymore. I wanted to be slimmer before another baby but this one took us by surprise a bit!

JamesandtheGiantBanana - hope you manage to see a doctor soon and feel better.

Still thinking of you Kaylo and Memorylapse, hope you guys are OK.

HeadInAWhirl · 22/09/2009 21:26

I cannot believe I got my BFP yesterday and have only just caught the end of this thread!

According to GP my due date is 22nd
It will be our third, DS is 2.5 and DD only 10mo atm
Mostly excited but quite scared too!

This isn't my usual name, but there are some people I need to tell in RL first, and they know who I normally am on here!

Feeling fine so far, but wasn't sick with either of the other two so fingers crossed. Am taking ABx though as was found to be GBS+ with DD

Has anyone thought about the birth yet, I love home water births, two down and hoping for another!

Fingers crossed for those waiting to see Drs and have scans, wishing you all the best

sweetkitty · 22/09/2009 22:21

Kaylo and Memorylapse - so thinking of you both tonight xxx

Headinawhirl - welcome and congrats

Hobnob - I think we all have days like that where you think OMG what have we done? How will we cope? But as you know it's another little person and the minute they are born and even before you love them more than life and despite everything else which is just mere details that's what matters, hope that doesn't sound too twee.

Right am feeling sick so off to bed night all x

ForcesSweetheart · 22/09/2009 23:30

Welcome headinawhirl

Thanks for the comments on the pics girls but I can't take the credit for the weight-loss, I had a good surgeon! I developed type 2 diabetes at the age of 30 and because of that I got NHS funding for a Gastric Bypass about 18 months ago, I would never have had the willpower to lose it on my own and I knew I couldn't go through another pregnancy at that weight. My weight had only just stopped dropping, 2 months at the same weight for the first time, when I finally got this BFP after a year of trying. I guess my body was just waiting til the weight-loss stopped to be ready to conceive. Only problem now is that so far out from my bypass my pouch has stretched so much I can pretty much eat what any normal person can and I'm terrified I'll pile it all back on. It doesn't help that the only time I don't feel nauseous is when I'm eating!

ForcesSweetheart · 22/09/2009 23:33

Can I also just point out the scary dolls etc in my pictures aren't mine! Most of those pics were taken at my gran's house!

DorotheaPlenticlew · 23/09/2009 08:10

Once again, so much to catch up on Kaylo, memorylapse, keeping everything crossed for both of you and hoping you get good news. This thread is great but also serves as a reminder to take nothing for granted at this early stage all we can do is be strong for each other, I guess. Best positive vibes to you both. xxxx

Minniemummy, I am in the same boat as you with redundancy looming -- in my case it's our whole company probably being closed down by larger parent company. I don't mind my colleagues knowing, as we're all in same boat and I know they won't say anything, but the HR bods from down south must be kept in the dark when they visit to do the necessary "consultation". I am therefore doing lots of layering and hoping that my general plumpness will act as a cunning disguise. Only concern is that I may uexpectedly retch at the wrong moment ...

As far as the notion that it may be worth coming clean about pregnancy, I took some legal advice about this and basically it's a judgement call, but they advised not revealing too much too soon because at this early stage of pg, we have no automatic rights to maternity benefit or preferential treatment. Is this what you have also been told? ACAS is good as a source of advice and I also spoke to an employment lawyer. I decided therefore to wait and see what sort of outcome I can negotiate without revealing pregnancy -- and then if it looks like it is worth telling them later, I can consider doing so. about the whole situation, it's nasty for all of us at work. But at least if this pregnancy is a strong one, I will have something to take my mind off being jobless!

I had horrendous sickness yesterday and only managed to keep down two cream crackers and some water. Today feel much better and starving -- but I'll be damned if I can think of what I want to eat.

Also a bit nervous as I have to go in for a long-standing dermatology appt to get a (very normal-looking but apparently slightly dodgy) mole removed, using local anaesthetic. It is this evening around 7:40, prime sickness & exhaustion time for me -- but the appt took months to come around, and I haven't been able to rearrange. Don't really fancy having bits sliced off me but it's better than leaving a potentially worrying mole in situ, I guess.

Kaylo · 23/09/2009 08:11

Morning Girls, how are we all today?

Welcome HeadInaWhirl Wishing a happy 8months hun, I too would like a water birth but in a birth centre. Just hoping I get that far...

Memorylapse Hope your scan goes well today honey, will be thinking of you xx

Forces Your pics are fab! My mum and sister have both had the bypass for type 2 diabetes.

My bleeding has definitely dropped since yesterday, last night was red/brown. This morning theres even less of it and it's orange/brown . I'm hoping it's just a blip and its totally unexplainable, I'm not foolish enough to convince myself yet - Like I've said before, I won't settle until the baby is here in my arms safe and well. The EPU is gonna hate me I'll be there every week!! And the ANDU if I get a good result on Friday. I've warned the EPU already on the phone yesterday, they just laughed at me.

Right I'm off to do the school run, then dropping ds off at sisters and coming home to bed. Apparently I'm not to move except for food and loo visits. So basically I'm on bedrest until Friday at least. We'll see from there.

Happy Wednesday Girls xxx

DorotheaPlenticlew · 23/09/2009 08:16

Oh and by the way, ForcesSweetheart -- you look awesome, well done! Nonsense about not taking credit, I imagine it takes loads of discipline and effort to manage the whole process of surgery and re-learning eating habits etc. I am no less impressed

I did WW for about 6 weeks before getting pg and lost about a stone (really needed to lose about 3 stone in total), but have put a fair bit of it back on, I think. Still, glad to have done it because it has made me more confident that I'll be able to do it again properly after this pg is over.

DorotheaPlenticlew · 23/09/2009 08:17

x-post Kaylo, happy Wednesday to you.

HeadInAWhirl · 23/09/2009 08:40

Happy Wednesday all, thanks for the welcomes

Shattered this morning, DD had a horrible night. bedtime was a bit of a mare but they were both asleep by 830, then she had her last feed at 1030 as usual, but then woke at 0010 and didn't go back to sleep. DH took her downstairs to let me sleep at 230 he didn't get back to bed till 4, then she woke again at 505 and I fed her cos I can do that in bed with my eyes closed!

Why exactly do we want another one?

Don't mean to sound ungrateful, am very pleased but tiredness is usually my main symptom, even without a non-sleeping DD.

Kaylo - thats exactly what EPUs are there for, bug them to your hearts content, enjoy bed rest, hoping everything is OK

pigleychez · 23/09/2009 09:03

Wow... So much to catch up on!

Welcome to all our new guests Theres quite a few of us now!

Kaylo and Memorylapse - so thinking of you both! Fingers crossed for good news

Forces- Well done on the weight lose!!

Not much to report here. Still feeling knackered constantly with Backache.

Just booked my Dr's appointment for Monday evening.
Im 6+2 today but look about 6mths!

Been really busy lately so planning a lazy relaxing day but DD appears to have got out of the wrong side of the cot this morning so guessing its not going to be very relaxing!

suey2 · 23/09/2009 09:09

Hi and congrats headinawhirl

Glad the bleeding has stopped, kaylo.

Re the early scans: although we are paying, they wouldn't arrange a scan until I am 7 weeks by lmp: so maybe the reason why the nhs delayed yours? Also, can they detect size and heartrate accurately before then?

The days at least seem to be going a little faster now. I hate to wish my life away, but I can't wait to know. Then I can really think about that lovely icandy peach double buggy!

I wouldn't worry about having fewer symtpoms: I am the same, but when I think about it it may be because I have started to pace myself a bit. The nausea is definitely worse when I'm tired: and i have discovered certain foods that make it worse. It also feels like my body is 'settling in' to the pregnancy if that makes sense.

Kaylo · 23/09/2009 09:31

oooh, the icandy peach is a lovely choice suey

I think you're right about the early scans, I think I was just so down about the whole thing yesterday that I wanted a scan there and then! Very irrational of me but I'm so worried. Same as memorylapse said yesterday - if they'd agreed to scan me and found nothing because the early-ness of it - I would have been devastated anyway.

I'm happy to wait til Friday, each day gives a better chance of seeing something even if it isn't a something I want to see.

I'm very much hoping [but not expecting] to see a fluttering dot on screen - if I look at all! I might just wait for the sonographer to say yay or nay...

please please please be yay...

All symptoms that I had appear to have vacated me, I'm clinging to the hope that they were all in my head anyway and will come back.

dorothea Hope the appointment is ok - not a nice thing to go thru but better safe than sorry like you said!

headinawhirl Sleepless nights do make you think 'why oh why are we doing this again?' I'm with you! My kids are 3 and 4 and they still get up in the night sometimes - usually for the toilet but it still wakes us.

pigley Hope the relaxing day happens for you, can you bribe your dd with crayons and paper? Used to work a treat for my kids - still does in fact sometimes.

sweetkitty · 23/09/2009 09:34

Feeling like I had 2 bottles of wine last night, very rough and tired.

I don't have my scan until next Friday when I will be 8+6 weeks and haven't thought about the doctor yet for the congratulations I will pass your details on to the MWs, I am sure the MWs don't see you to 12-16 weeks here and then you get your one and only scan at the same time it's a bit rubbish, then it's every 6 weeks after that, I think they are very stretched.

Right I MUST get off of her and go and do soem housework before the nursery and school pick ups.

Prinpo · 23/09/2009 09:47

Morning everyone,

I joined a while ago but haven't really kept up with the thread. I'm 4+4 with DC3 and started having bleeding on Monday evening. It was only a bit but was bright red. It's since pretty much stopped, just a bit of brown when I wiped for a few hours afterwards (sorry if tmi!, a tiny clot last night (pinhead sized) and a bit of brown this morning. I saw the GP and she's referred me for a 6 week scan so, like others on this thread, I'm waiting and waiting and trying not to get my hopes up...

I seem to have some symptoms, although it's early days. I had that unmistakable pregnancy exhaustion this morning and I've been totally incoherent over recent days so I take some encouragement from that.

Hope everyone's well this morning (although with lots of reassuring symptoms too!). Forcessweetheart, your pics are amazing. You look fabulous. Kaylo and memorylapse, my thoughts are with you. I'll be keeping everything crossed.

LittleOneMum · 23/09/2009 09:54

Kaylo and memorylapse I am crossing my fingers for you both.

Kaylo, you asked how long after MC people have tried to get pg again, and in my case I had a MC in August and then went on to conceive again straight away without an AF at all - am now 6+1 I think. Mind you, it is very early days still...

Kaylo · 23/09/2009 09:56

Prinpo Thoughts are with you also! The waiting and not knowing is terrible. Come and hand-hold with us. We'll help you thru it all

xx

Sweetkitty Every 6 weeks? Wow that does seem like a long time, it's every 4 here. And I haven't heard about my booking in appointment either, prob better actually - I wouldn't know what to say to her

xxx

Kaylo · 23/09/2009 10:01

x-post littleone

Thats very reassuring - thank you!! Was talking to dh's mum last night and she said the same - and she conceived twins but sadly miscarried one so she was devastated and thrilled at the same time!

My mums coming back from her holiday today - I haven't told her yet, only that I'm not at work so I'll go and see her. She had a mc before conceiving me - I guess I should be thankful in a weird way cos I wouldn't be here!!

I'm feeling a little more hopeful today. The bleeding has all but stopped and it apparently wasn't enough to be a mc [according to the EPU] We'll see about that.

xxx

glastochick · 23/09/2009 10:30

Morning Ladies

Feeling very tired this morning, and a little sickie. Haven't actually been sick but maybe it's a bit early (am exactly 5 weeks today).

Took longer cycling to the station this morning as my body just really didn't want to go!

Glad to hear things are calming down a bit Kaylo.

Hope everything goes ok today Memorylapse.

Pamelat, that's really considerate of you not to tell your friend your news just yet. keeping stress free is one of the best things she can do, but she should also keep herself occupied to prevent herself from obsessing over every little twinge and niggle (easier said than done, I know). I remember bawling my eyes out when I was told my friend was pregnant earlier in the year after a course of Clomid, but I put a brave face on as I didn't want to make her feel guilty. She's having twins at the end of October, and I don't know how I'd have handled seeing them if I wasn't expecting one of my own to be honest. It's a tough call, but your friend will be genuinely pleased for you deep down.

I've completely gone off all sugary food, and my portion sizes have reduced considerably as I get full really quickly. My weight goes up a pound or two then drops back down again, so I guess it's remaining pretty stable. I have noticed a slight hairiness though! DH was in hysterics this morning pointing out my new hairy belly! Going to have to deal with that quicksmart I think!

AnAngelWithin · 23/09/2009 10:38

Hello ladies! Wow so much to read!

I think this may be the last time I post on this thread. Even though I hardly had any bleeding and despite still feeling pregnant, I had an early scan yesterday which showed just a cloudy sac (blood/fluid) so for being 6+3.... Anyway, they took blood for FBC and hormone levels, got to go back for another blood test tomorrow, then ring for the results on friday. Its horrid, cos I still feel pregnant, yet theres nothing there. They said there is a tiny tiny chance it might be ok, but it doesn't look hopeful to be honest. Devastated doesn't even come close. I am sat here on my own at the moment, just crying. DH had to go to work. If I had been for a scan and there was nothing there at all, then fair enough, but this being in limbo is just torture. I'm not bleeding, in pain or anything.

I hope you have good news memorylapse and Kaylo

memorylapse · 23/09/2009 11:17

anagelwithin..dont give up hope yet..your dates could be out and you could be less pregnant..

Ive been for my scan..bean is fine and measuring 7+5..which is bang on what I thought I was..however the sonographer could clearly see where Id been bleeding from..as there was an area of seperation near the gestational sac..she said thats the site I would have been bleeding from, it forms a clot apparently..I was very alarmed and asked if this was bad..but she said..it was quite common and yes in some cases the seperation would continue and miscarriage would occur but in most cases it just heals..
DH and I walked out of the scan feeling less than reassured and wondering if it means Im going to bleed more and ultimately lose my baby Got home and there was an ante natal appt in the consultants clinic in 3 weeks..fingers crossed I make it that far

memorylapse · 23/09/2009 11:39

have just been googling and it seems that subchorionic heamatoma which is what I have..is not good as it can cause miscarriage and even if it doesnt..can cause complications in later pregnancy...apparently the advice given is to rest..but sometimes the clot shears away and causes the futus and placenta to dislodge..now I just feel like Im in limbo..waiting for the inevitable miscarriage

sweetkitty · 23/09/2009 11:51

memorylapse - don't give up hope yet I know a few people who had clots near the placenta and baby and everything went on to be fine, at 7+5 you have a good heartbeat, it could just heal

anangelwithin - so sorry about your news, IF it is the worst however devastating it seems now you will get over it and go on and have more DC, think of all the stories on here of women who have mcs then go on to have healthy babies, I know it seems hard just now but it will be OK.

kaylo - fingers and everything crossed for you too

Such a worrying time for us all especially if you have had previous mc's, I remember the carefree days when I thought BFP meant baby, I am thinking I am going to be scanned next Friday and nothing is going to be there.

Bessie123 · 23/09/2009 12:04

Just changed my due date, stoopid mumsnet calculator got the date wrong.

lizzie9442 - 23 EDD 30 April #4
ChalkeyB - 31, EDD 01 May, #1
FarahS - 25, EDD 01 May #1
brightredballoon - 32, EDD 03 May, #3
ForcesSweetheart - 36, EDD 03 May, #2
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littleowls - 31 EDD 05 May #1
newmomma - 31, EDD 05/06 May, #2
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kaystar - 33, EDD 07 May, #1
sweetkitty - 34, EDD 08 May, #4
memorylapse -37 EDD 08 May #5
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mich5lle - 31 EDD 14 May, #1
Carbie - ??, EDD 15th May, #1
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LittleOneMum - 36 - EDD 15 May, #2
minniemummy - EDD 15 May, #3
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Mumabee - 33, EDD 16th May, #1
TwentiethCentureHeffa - 25, EDD 17th May #2
JamesAndTheGiantBanana - 27, EDD 17th May #2
Divvy - 38, EDD 18th May, #6
HarryJoesMummy 31, EDD 18th May, #2
pigleychez - 28, EDD 19th May, #2
Kaylo - 24, EDD 20th May, #3
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babytum1 - 25, EDD 22nd May, #1
Bessie123 - 31, 22nd May, #2
Sweetpeasmum - 38, EDD 22 May, #2
Hollyoaks - 27, EDD 26th May #2
Glasto - 34, EDD 26th May #1
Prinpo - ??, EDD 27th May #3
MamaKaty - 24, EDD 28th May, #1

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