Babies due in AUGUST 2010....

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I got my BFP yesterday, AF not due til Sunday Tested again this morning just to make sure I didn't dream it.

Have been very sick already which is what prompted me to test, also very very tired.

Looking forward to seeing other people on this exciting journey

Edgar - i phoned for antenatal app this week 4-5 weeks to be told they won't see me til i'm 8-10weeks i got seen at 6 weeks last time. Looks like it depends where you are.

I keep getting the shakes which is driving me mad! I can't get anything done without wanting to sit down every 10 mins. I think i probably overdone things at the weekend, but ggrrrr at feeling so weak and feeble.

just put in a self-referral on-line - hopefully will cut 5 weeks off the time!

Just emptying the loft, we're due to move on the 18th Dec, was lovely to see playmat, swing from god, bumbo and all the little clothes again! There were also lots of little clothes all zipped away and waiting. Really looking fwds to new baby. I'm due to see Doc on Friday and will ask for referral to NorthwickPark where Ds1 was born Dec 2007 as I was very pleased with care received there from start to finish. Well staffed and quick appts. Fingers crossed they're still as good!

Bleurgh.

Exhausted.

Feel sick.

Bleurgh.

Only 1 more week of work to go until I'm on holiday - don't know if I can last that long!

...and we're only in the first trimester! dh still super attentive though

Have a good day ladies.

I am feeling particularly bad today too Blueberry and i have the last day of a course i am doing which means sitting in a classroom all day, might have to get a seat by the door

I have to keep reminding DH that i am pg but tbh, i have to keep reminding myself too

Hope everyone gets through the day without feeling too bad/throwing up at their desk/crying in front of their boss

Sorry for those ladies feeling rough today. I felt so normal last night I did another CBD and its gone from 1-2 to 2-3 so I'm relieved. I'm 5 weeks today so maybe the tiredness and nausea are yet to hit. Is anyone else feeling pretty much normal??

Well might start to believe i am PG even after 2 BFP with all the cramps that i was having i was convinced that AF was going to arrive.Now worried that felt a bit queasy last week but that has gone just a bit sensitive to smells boobs quite tender still.Think untill i have a scan and see a little heartbeat i can relax a little bit more and enjoy my pregnancy

Hello everyone!

DS still sick today but I only work Mon & Wed so just at home letting him sleep sleep sleep! I am going to work for the morning tomo and he will go to nursery. Think he's over the worst of it, no fever anymore, just a cough and sniffle so once he's immersed in activity he'll be fine [convinces self].

Feeling pretty normal today actually :-) Had a lie in thanks to DS so not even tired!

Bunny are you moving far? I mentioned to DH that we probably should look for a bigger house now we have another one on the way but he's not convinced!

Hello PDR, we're moving around 20 mile so not too far. New house same size but extra bedroom (4) and very pretty village. This gives us extra room for study as I work from home 1 day and Dh runs his own business.

Hope ur DS feeling better. Mine has been battling throat and cough for 3 weeks and seems to be getting better now.

Feeling yukky today though pret avocado and cheese wrap has sorted me out. Anyone else eating and finding their tummy loudly rumbling wiring 2 hrs??

Hello all!
I am due 27/7/10 but bound to be late as its my first so please can i join your gang? Am v. apprehensive and trying not to get too carried away with excitement as i too had a m/c in June. Have only told dh and my mum but struggling to keep it a secret as I'm not drinking and going to xmas dos.... Bit worried as just started week 8 have no major symptoms other than soo tired and hungry?! Dare not take another blue test ..

I've got a doctor's appointment for Friday when I'll be 6 +5 - do you think that's too early? Would it be better to leave it for a couple of weeks?

I assumed the doctor would refer me on to a midwife and it could take a couple of weeks to get that appointment.

Hi all - can I join your thread please? I'm just over 5 weeks and due on 9 August and I really need to talk.

I went to my GP last week who did a blood test and confirmed I am pregnant and that my HCG level was very good. But I am completely and utterly shit scared. I am paranoid that it will all end in tears and go wrong. I know it is slightly irrational but I am sat at my desk (in work) in tears .

My first scan is on 19th Jan. That means that I have to get through xmas with family offering me congratulations (will have to tell them as they will see immediately that I'm not drinking) when we don't even know if there is a heartbeat or if the embryo is in the correct place.

I have such a nagging feeling that it will all go wrong. I have very few symptoms apart from achy boobs and slight tiredness. No other sign that I am pregnant.

I am not used to showing my feelings or vulnerability to people (even to family) and I don't like the feeling of not being sure what is happening inside my own body.

I feel so helpless and worried. I didn't even want to really join this thread in case I jinxed things (!) but really need to talk to people as no-one in RL knows yet apart from DH and he is so laid back ("miscariages happen and we will get over it and start trying again if it happens to us") that I don't think he understands.

Aw NichyNoo, I really feel for you! I'm also quite anxious about this pregnancy, as I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks in september. I have very few symptoms too, and am checking for bleeding at every twinge!

Unfortunately, there really is nothing else to do at the moment. I do feel more confident with every day and week that passes, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up yet. Also telling as few people as possible.

NichyNoo is this your first pregnancy? I am 5 weeks today (my first pregnancy) - no symptoms at all other than several BFPs. I am completely paranoid too and was assuming I should feel exhausted, have massive jugs and morning vom by now. Its hard reading about everybody's symptoms but from little I know, pregnancy affects people differently. It doesn't make me (or you) any less pregnant or any more likely to mc. DH said I should be grateful that I feel fine as there are going to be plenty of times when I feel grim over the next nine months! I am struggling with the not-drinking-but-not-telling-conundrum. My parents know but DH is adamant that we wont tell friends till 12 weeks which is going to be hard (one night off the sauce will raise eyebrowns with my savvy ladypals).

Anyway, I only joined MN recently, after having lurked a lot, and whatever you worry I'm sure you will find advice and support from people on here

Sorry, I wrote that quickly and it's littered with typos, sorry

NichyNoo - Don't worry! All you are feeling is normal! With my first pregnancy, I hardly got any smyptoms until the heartburn kicked in at around 20 weeks.

Achey boobs, tiredness and hunger are all classic symptoms though

Is this your first pregnancy or have you had a previous miscarriage?

Try not to worry yourself too much! There really is nothing you can do...

Missus84 I went to docs yday and I'm about 6 weeks. He did say it was very early days but referred me to the midwife all the same. I don't see the harm really esp if they are busy, it can't hurt to get in the queue so to speak!

Gosh I can't wait for my scan! I think mine will be in the middle of January so quite a while to wait!!!

ps. "I'm on antibiotics" is always a good non-drinking excuse as is "detox before New Year" to those asking questions at Xmas parties!

Thanks girls! I've managed to calm myself down a bit now - sorry for the outburst

Yes, this is my first pregnancy. I have had a few friends who have suffered miscarriagesand stillbirths in the past couple of years who I have provided support to. I think that as I have seen the 'bad side' of pregnancy quite a lot recently it might be squewing my judgement.

I just can't bear the thought of telling family over xmas then potentially having to pick the phone up (we live in Belgium) on 19th Jan to tell them bad news about the scan. I'm also a natural pessimist in case you haven't already guessed

I know I need to pull myself together and try to enjoy xmas. I keep sitting here pumelling my boobs in a desperate bid to see if they are still sore (the discomfort comes and goes). I am officially mad

at you pummelling your boobs!

I have had some very looks from my boss who has caught me giving mine a good honk-honk!
Not suitable open plan office behaviour

NichyNoo - you're not mad, honest, just in good company on this thread

Today I am feeling exceptionally grim but if you scroll back through the thread and see the posts I posted even a week ago, you'll see that I was also worrying about my lack of symptoms.

I know it's easier said than done, but do try to relax. And if you can't bear the madness any longer go and buy some clearblue digital tests and space them out over a couple of days to see the display increase in number of weeks pregnant . Insane behavior, I know, but it worked for me

Thank you for your messages! Official verdict is that boobs don't hurt as much as they did last week...cue more worrying!

Not sure if I can buy clear blue digital over here - will investigate after work. DH will think I am insane as I did 3 tests the week before my doctors appointment "just in case".

NichyNoo you sound so normal! I was exactly like you when pregnant with DD (boob pummelling and all), and this time round I'm not much better!

Last time I didn't have Christmas to contend with, and that is going to be tricky if you don't want to tell before your scan. I think I'm going to play it by ear, but when preg with DD I got through a fair few weddings in the first 12 weeks by just being seen to be holding a champagne glass at all times, in varying degrees of fullness. Either I'd do a crafty swap with DH, take the glass to the loo with me, plonk it on a table somewhere. And a lot of "G&T" drinking (sparkling water with lemon)

It was easier than doing the antibiotics line then have people quiz me about it...

Crazycatlady the phoney "G&T" is such a good idea! I am totally going to steal it

We have friends coming round on Friday and I have some Cobra 0% to stick in a glass but I don't much fancy beer, even if it is fake, so sparkling water is going to be a god send!

ROFL bouncingblueberries So, you're feeling grim... so am I so really, I don't find it funny at all, but you did give me permission!
NichyNoo I've had one LO already but I'm still paranoid about this one. I didn't get any symptoms til about 10 days ago, since then I've got progressively worse and now I feel like crap. My boobs however, you will all be pleased to hear, are still saggy sacks from stopping bfing 2 months ago. Where are those big kahunas everyone promises you with pg? I need something to balance out the permanent nausea...my body even wakes me up at night so I can feel sick
Anyone with another LO find them intensely irritating at the mo? I'm usually so patient with DD (12mths) but at the minute she's just getting on my nerves so much...not her fault, she just swings off my trouser legs all the time and it really pees me off! Poor little mite

Laugh on chulita, laugh on I DID give you full permission

Secretly glad I feel so rough - can stop buying CB Digital tests now!

Although, a bit more sleep would be nice. Roll on next week - I only have to get through 2 days of work and one Christmas party before we fly home for some serious pampering!