Hi... I seem to have been missing for a while. Reason being, I've been back at work this week and have been so knackered that I've been coming in and crashing every night, barely staying conscious long enough to eat! It's ridiculous. I've also been in firm denial of morning sickness since I first started feeling queasy on Saturday (6+1, Spireal!). Hoewever, after spending this morning draped over the toilet, throwing up, I think I need to come out of my denial... Not fair! Gran and Mum had fifteen pregnancies between them and not even a hint of sickness for either of them - why couldn't I have inherited those genes?! On the plus-side, I did read something about morning sickness = lower risk of miscarriage... So here's hoping. Otherwise, so far, so good. Slight twingey cramps - nothing too bad, no bleeding. Still very paranoid, expecting blood every time I go to the toilet, but every day that passes makes things that little bit safer, right?
Anyway, me, me, me!
November - I've not had cravings either - . But have had aversions to pretty much all food! Not fair, is it?! Maybe they'll come!
Pixie - I've been wandering around with my belly hanging out at night too! My DH just laughs! Actually, I measured my waist the other day {blush] and it seems that, at night, I'm 3.5" bigger than I am in the morning! How's that even possible?!
Sparkly - yay! Congratulations! Do you know, though, that when the test says 2-3 weeks, it doesn't mean you're 2-3 weeks pregnant? It means 2-3 weeks since conception. HERE is a link to a table that tells you how to actually read your results. It confused me too - seems a daft way to do it!
Trying - nice to see you here. A little girl - how lovely! Have you got a name picked out yet? (Understand you keeping it quiet but just wondering if you have.) Gosh - the bikini line/swimming dilemma hadn't actually occurred to me! Just need to keep telling ourselves it'll all be worth it in the end!
Curly - what did the midwives give you to read? I got a book called "Ready Steady Beby" and loads of leaflets, and a DVD about breastfeeding.
ceebs - congratulations! GREAT to see you here! Completely know what you mean about the shock! I think for us, it was just that we were so used to getting BFNs that the BFP didn't seem real! Thought the test (okay, tests!) must have been faulty! Only believed it when the doctor confirmed it!
Hobnob - normally when I hear of people getting a BFP in their first month, I'm a bit , but you SO deserved it, after all the waiting you did!
I'm finding that time's dragging too. I worked out I should be due my first scan at the beginning of March - MARCH?!!! It's still only January! Lol! Still, it'll all be worth it! (That's going to become my catchphrase! )
Pepperoni - I just said a girl was lovely to Trying but now I'm thinking how nice a boy is! I suppose I won't really care - the fact that it's a baby is enough! Congratulations!
Oooh! How exciting about the kicking! When did you first feel movement? (Just caught with your most recent post, which says 18wks! ) I've been reading up and apparently round about now, my baby will start to move - jerking about a bit. Will obviously be ages before I feel that, mind you! I can't wait!
Spireal - it's funny - we start off obsessing about EWCM and achey boobs, then it's obsessing over cramps/potential bleeding. Then whether the baby's moving or not... What, after that?! Do you think our obsessing is just part and parcel of being a parent and will continue forever more?! Worrying thought! I used to be normal! Lol!
Aww! Your mum sounds so lovely! Sounds like something my mum would do! I keep looking at my mum and dad and wondering how DH and I will ever measure up... Anyway! Enough of that - too big and scary a responsibilty to think about! Keep passing by rails of baby clothes and wanting to buy them! They're SOOO cute! (Now, wasn't that a happier thought?! )
TishTosh - like the new name! Sorry to hear about the stuffy nose. Poor Spireal too - not fair that DH's able to drug himself up like that and you're not! Great that you've got a bump now too! I can't wait till I stop looking fat and start looking pregnant!
Ugh! I've just been sick again! After sipping water! Ridiculous! Due in work in a couple of hours so just had to phone in sick (I've NEVER called in sick to work before) and seemingly I'm the third person to have been vomiting in the last 24hrs. So I may just enter back into my denial phase over the morning sickness!
Curly - sorry to hear about the pelvic pain. Hope you're feeling better now?
Desperate - when I got my BFP, I'd just bought two new pairs of jeans. Hadn't removed the tags, so returned them for a size bigger. They were far too big but are now perfect in the morning, too tight in the evening... Can't imagine I'll last another 14wks in them! (Oh, and the bum and thighs are still baggy so it's not just that I'm getting fat - they're only tight in the waist!)
ceebs - 8th of Feb does seems ages away but it'll be here before you know it. And at least you won't get any nasty comments like I did about not really having the right to be there before 6wks!
Vix - just Googled "Bump Band" - certainly seems a genius invention, right enough!
Desperate - how lovely that you heard the heartbeat! See, I'm a bit worried that DH will miss all these appointments, cause he works Monday-Friday, whereas I do shifts. I'm also not sure how it works for scan dates... Does he have to pull a sicky or will he be entitled to time off?
Madame - I'm glad you're getting another early scan and don't have to wait till 12wks. I read your post on another thread - you were treated dreafully before. Anyway, I'm sure all will be well. Less than a week to go now. x
Tricky one about the job too... Suppose you will just have to be honest though...
Ozzie - wonderful news that the scan went so well and everyone was so happy for you!