First Time Frolicker Graduates...

[WhiteRoses]

...now the "Crazy Baby Ladies"!

Had the idea to start this thread because, after getting my BFP on Monday, it suddenly dawned on me that I was going to lose contact with a lot of lovely people. I feel sad every time anyone leaves (though obviously happy for you that you've got your BFP) and thought this might be a nice idea, so that we can continue to keep in touch. After all, we've been through a lot together, haven't we?!

Also, I felt a bit out of my depth on the other threads, where it seemed like most of the members had already had children. There didn't seem to be a "first-timers" thread on here. (Unless I missed it!)

So here goes!

CURRENT GRADUATES:

Trying4Baby1 - BFP 21Aug - EDD?
Kaystar - BFP 27Aug - EDD?
Pepperonipizza - BFP 12Sep - EDD?
Fulhamgirl - BFP 18Sep - EDD?
Ladyemmalou83 - BFP 13Oct - EDD?
bluesnowfalcon - BFP 14 Oct - EDD?
Spirael - BFP 7 Nov - EDD?
Curlycasper - BFP 11 Nov - EDD?
TishTosh21 - BFP ??? - EDD?
EmsieRo - BFP 16 Nov - EDD?
vix206 - BFP 8 Dec - EDD?
HypotheticalMummy - BFP 9 Dec - EDD?
Ozziegirly - BFP 16 Dec - EDD?
NovemberAli - BFP 24 Dec - EDD?
Eleanora - BFP 28 Dec - EDD?
whiteroses - BFP 11 Jan - EDD 25th Sept
hamsterlover - BFP 11 Jan - EDD?

FUTURE GRADUATES:

addie81
aly323
blueberry noo
Bunnygirl
Calyx
Capricorn76
ceebs05
chalky3
chancewouldbeafinething
chico193
CJ2007
cla ireinthecommunity
DrewsGirl
evilgiraffe
fudgecat
Hobnob
Homebound
Honeymoo
Kaloki
kkas
Mada meG
mrscinco
mumnerves
Muser
Pidgin
pixiestix
Sevans
Sky27
sparklyrainbow
Stellybelly
Worr isomHeart
YorkshireTeaDrinker
Zippys

Hello sneaking on her to say huge CONGRATULATIONS to Bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was desperate to congratulate you and say how pleased I was for you but the Frolickers thread has run out and seeing as I am not technically ttc at the min I would feel bad stating a new thread what with it appearing to secure a BFP and all! Let me know you've seen this bunny as I'd hate for you to think I'd not congratulated you!

Special waves to all you graduates- pop ad say hi to us on our new thread. We miss you! xxxx

Right, I have read back over the last few pages of the thread so I can chat to everybody properly now!

Thanks for all of the congrats-I feel a little bit bad that I haven't actually told DH yet, but he's at work and don't want to tell him over the phone. And he's going out tonight so not sure when I'll see him!

I have just discovered that the average age of first time mothers in Oz is 29-30 (like me) and that they take an average of 5 cycles to conceive (like me) - I feel like I am a real life government statistic!!!

fudge and pidgin I'm glad that your scans went ok and that everything looks healthy

ozzie thanks for the reassurance about the lack of symptoms - am sure I will develop some soon and then be longing for the days when I felt normal!! And I'm only 4+2 so there's a whole 35 weeks and 5 days for me to develop all sorts of weird and wonderful problems.

chance I can't believe you were followed into the loo! I take it it was a female that followed you - being followed into the ladies by a boy would be even more

Are you still thinking of moving back to Sydney before you have the baby?

November your manager sounds like she wants you to take her to an employment tribunal I think my work are likely to do similar to me - I'm only on a temporary contract so I have a feeling they won't renew it. I'm won't be too upset if they don't as I'm working a flight away from Sydeny so I have to stay overnight when I'm working, which I doubt I'll want to do if it means leaving a baby behind

Hermya like you and roses I think DH and I will definitely leave the baby in the pub supermarket

I know what you mean about your faith helping you through - I pray for everyone on here's beans very regularly. I just hope the big guy knows all our MN names as otherwise he won't have a clue what I mean when I mention you lot.

Yorkshire I'm glad your friend's baby arrived safely. He'll be home with her before she knows it. My old nurse went into labour 8 weeks early - her baby spent a couple of weeks in SCBU but he's fine now. She was completely unprepared for his early arrival and had no clothes small enough to fit him - he spent the first week of his life dressed in clothes knitted for prem babies at the hospital by little old ladies who must have got the knitting patterns in 1978. He is most definitely not looking fashionable in his early photos!

curly/grumpy I'm glad you're getting your arthritis back under control. DH has to see his rheumatologist next month so I'm glad we managed to get a BFP before the appointment as we were under strict instructions to come back with good news.

Cross posts flick Thanks for the congrats.

I wonder who will actually start the new thread - we need to keep testing the theory!

Looks like kaloki has got in there and started the new thread.

bunny I forgot you're in Oz too. Based in Sydney, lovely!

Bunny Well at least it's a nice way to feel like a government statistic in any event. I think that leaving your child in a supermarket might be a right of passage for some Mums. So when are you due??

oh goddd, ive got the norovirus been up all night throwing up I got no sleep whatsoever.
Cant hold anything down its really not nice.
Poor baby doesnt know whats hit it. Ive read that if i stay hydrated baby should be fine.

Not caught up but just wanted to send a virtual hug to desp. I had noro in December, very early in pregnancy, and it was not fun.

My poor husband is also currently laid up at home with a bad stomach bug, but thankfully his is more likely to be related to canoeing in dirty water than anything I might catch.

get well soon - and remember to quarantine yourself for two days after the physical symptoms stop.

Thanks bunny And massive congratulations! great that you have good news for the doc! well chuffed for you. I saw my rheumy on Friday and will go again in three weeks as he tries to wean me back off steroids and see how my body reacts. Fingers crossed!

white Thanks for your good wishes too.

I'm going to make a concerted effort to catch up with you all properly this weeked.

at the mo, I should not be here - so much work to complete before maternity leave! (two and a half months to go!)

Thanks for the support everyone, was a bit upset as up till then she has been very supportive and as she is a mum herself thought I might get a bit more empathy but no, it appears we are still expected make a superhuman rush straight back to work. Pfft, think I will just ignore her ? am seeing HR next week so may just drop it into the conversation!

Hope you?re feeling better soon Desperate, what a bugger to have noro when pregnant

Big whoop for Bunny - welcome to the grads!

Congratulations to your friend Yorkshire, hope the LO is doing well.

Glad to hear that your scans went well Fudge and Pidgin - it must be such a relief

Exciting news about your scan Chance, it?s great when you have the actual date to focus on

Think I might actually have a bit of a baby bump now, not just a bloating bump! Time for more maternity clothes shopping

My husband has lost his job, this is the second time in six months. He's been on a temporary contract and they've told him that as from next week he's no longer needed. At least this is what he told me, I personally think he's been caught stealing post it notes. I'm not too worried at the moment, we've been through this process enough over the last eighteen months that it feels like old stomping ground to us now. He's got an interview on Monday, I've told him to plead the 'I've got a family to support' line.

He's just gone out and his parting line was 'I feel like a real man now, my pregnant wife is slaving away to support me while I sit at home changing channels.'

Poor thing.

On the sympton side of things, my boobs seemm to be trying to escape from my bra. I spent the majority of the day jiggling my bra around to make them comfy. I'm still getting the shooting pains in them, which are quite 'Ow' but there you go.

Desperate Oh dear, I hope you feel better soon.

November Awwww you have a bump!!!

My car is also sporting the plastic bags look again as the bonnet catch broke. I'm looking well lush I am. LOL!!

hermya im so sorry to hear about your DP and his job im sure everything will work itself tho

I remembered something else about yesterdays scan that i thought i would share... When i checked in at the reception i was given a form to fill out, fair enough. The header at the top of the form was Gynae Outpatients, fair enough, thats when it got interesting... it had the normal Name, Address, DOB, GP name etc type of questions but then there was a Male\Female check box??? Hang on this is a Gynae Outpatients clinic!! Do they get many men here

Fudge Thanks for that, I have a feeling that it will. I'm not panicking at all and just feel quite calm about the entire thing.

With the gynae thing, I'm going to go with the fact that maybe when people change sex they need someone to check everythings ok down there. I could be wrong though, but thats the first thing I came up with. Either that or it's something they put on every form.

Thanks for the welcome everybody

hermya sorry about your DH's job, hopefully he'll be successful at his interview next week.

desperate norovirus is not fun - I've had it more times than I care to remember, that's what comes from working in a hospital full of sick people! Hope you feel better soon - make sure you try and keep your fluids up

fudge my MIL had a hysterectomy at the end of last year and when she went for a scan at the gynae clinic post op to check everything had healed they put her down as male. Apparantly they need to programme for a different intensity of ultrasound when there's no uterus. So maybe that's what the male box is for! Or more likely it's just the hospital's standard form with gynae printed across the top

Finally got to tell DH about my BFP when he got in very late last night. I thought he was going to need medical attention he was hyperventilating so much!! Turns out he really didn't think his swimmers were much good so it came as a complete shock. He asked me if I was sure it was his about three times He is pleased but also completely terrified (as am I!)

Hi All,

Just popping in so you remember who I am!! Sounds like you're all doing really well, and congrats to Bunny for the BFP!!

Fulham, I hope you're okay?

Curly - I have 8 weeks of work left, I am soooooo ready to finish. How many weeks will you be when you stop? It's such a tricky desicion to know when - I finish at the very end of 37 weeks, hope I'm going to be okay!?! Still, feeling good now and keeping a positive attitude so hoping my body doesn't decide of it's own accord to flop before early May!

Sorry to hear about your DH's job Hermya, hope the interview goes well on Monday. I'm finding money a bit of a stressful subject at the moment too, my DP has had a lot of trouble finding work for the past year and a bit and it's a scary thought that very soon we may well have to rely on savings alone. I'm sure we'll get by, but wouldn't it be lovely not to have to think about that at all?

We had our first antenatal class this week and it was quite surreal. Learnt a few new things but mostly knew a lot of what was being said (all the MNing has obviously paid off!!). Good to go over it anyway and be with people due around the same time. We all had similar sized bumps (mine was a little small if anything), which was quite reassuring!! Quite difficult getting comfy now, and will have to stop lying on my back as it's getting difficult to breathe. My lungs must be all squashed up, weird thought.

Peppori Thanks for that, yeah I think we would all like to not have to worry about money. But these things are sent to try us aren't they.

Bunny I laughed at your DH's reaction, 'Are you sure it's mine?'. I mean wasn't he kind of involved in the whole process??

Hi folks

Another really quick post - I feel more like a lurker now than when I was still TTCing! But, I'm still soooo tired in the evenings and trying to spend some quality time with DH before I flake out at 8.30 so feel guilty if I'm always on MN!! So apologies again for the silence!

But couldn't read and run this time without saying a HUGE congrats to bunny fab fab fab news, am really pleased for you and welcome to the grads thread!

Hope everyone else has a fab weekend!

Super quick post for Bunny - hooray!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all, thanks for everyones support, I feel better than I did yesterday, have been sleeping alot trying to make up for getting no sleep at all on Thurs night, I havent been sick since yesterday morning so think that bit has passed. Hoping Im well enough to go to my mums 2mo, she only lives 10 mins away but the plan was for my sister and I to spend the day there and all eat a Sunday lunch, would be better than being couped up in here again.

hermya your post made me laugh saying "im looking well lush I am" made me think of Gavin and Stacey lol.

I've got a question for people, are you going to find out the sex? and are you going to tell people?

Now I really want to know what I'm having and so does Dh, but I kind of don't want to tell anyone once I find out. Part of me wants to have that one little secret between me and DH.

I've been speaking to MIL and she keeps saying that she can't wait to find out the sex so that they know what sort of stuff to buy. I sort of feel a bit guilty but I haven't said either way tbh.

I must admit it's a bit of a control thing with me, I feel that so much of my pregnancy has become public property that I kind of want one bit that hasn't been shared with the entire world. I know that once we've told one person though that everyone will then know and there'll be no surprise.

Am I being a bit mean by finding out and not telling people?

Desperate I'm glad I made you giggle, I love Gavin and Stacy as well. I'm also glad you're feeling better.

Thanks for the congrats pepperoni, worrisome and pixie hermya Poor DH was slightly tipsy when I told him, and then in complete and utter shock. I think I have been telling him off a bit too much for not looking after his swimmers properly, he was convinced that they wouldn't work. I did accuse him of being a sperm murderer earlier this month, so I can see where he might have got that sort of idea from

I think it's fine to find out the sex and not tell people, but it might be better to fib a little and tell them you don't know. I reckon if people know that you know and aren't telling they'll probably drive you crazy by trying to get it out of you.

desperate glad you're feeling better.

We went out for dinner last night, DH had a great time being able to drink as much as he liked and then have me drive him home! I might start keeping a record of all my designated driver duties and demand payback once I can drink again

Bunny A sperm murderer? What was he doing? Was this to do with the laptops, biking and running conversation we all had a while back on the ttc thread?

I think you're right, we would have to tell people we didn't want to know because they would all ultimately drive us batty. Plus if you said to family, 'oh we found out, but we're not telling you' could be deemed to be a bit hurtful and selfish.

Arghhh!!! It's my kid, why do I feel guilty over this??

Hermya I can't even remember what he was doing - I was 90% only joking with him - he was probably having a beer when I had asked him not to.

As for your guilty feelings - my MIL has always said that from the moment your children are conceived parenthood is one long guilt trip! I think she's very right

I think I may be getting a teensy weensy bit hormonal - I just went to make my lunch only to discover that DH has eaten the last of the ham. I was really looking forwards to that ham, I'd been planning on what I was going to eat it with for about an hour.....so I had a little cry when I discovered it was gone

I was already feeling upset as I had eaten a Tim Tam earlier (they are my favourite biscuits in the whole wide world) and it made me feel a bit queasy The devastation of realising that I may be going off Tim Tams coupled with the lack of ham for my lunch seems to have driven me over the edge

bunny bless you for crying over the ham! Us pregnant ladies do cry over the smallest of things lol. Think I would be the same if DP had eaten the last of the ham, I really do love ham atm.

hermya DP and I have found out the sex and told everyone we know lol I think cos its our first we are all so excited about it and everyone wanted to know, including us, so we couldnt not. Its completely up to you if you find out and who you tell though. I know many people who found out themselves but then just told people that the sonographer couldnt tell or something.