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Here we are - pull up a beanbag and help yourselves to mini eggs!

My 12 week scan is tomorrow at 12 weeks exacly. So scared! Hoping all is well, I think all is well if that makes sense.

Any twins on here yet?I only have one (at 6 week scan). Surely we have Oct twins somewhere?

Thanks guys, you're right that email was the last straw. He's back in tomorrow so am hoping he's in a better mood as otherwise he'll have a crying pregnant woman in his office ranting about being tired and making irrational promises to try and stave off anymore emails.

We've got friends up this weekend, we'll be hiding all our pregnancy related bits as they're in the dark and we would prefer it to stay that way.

Hermya nothing sensible to say (especially as you have people coming over at the w/e and so can't sit about watching chick flicks and eating...ice cream? pringles?) but just wanted to send a big lovely hug and say sorry about a'hole boss. I know it sounds daft but you'll feel different again tomorrow and you can think about it all then. Just for today, all you have to do is get through today - and it's only 2.5 hrs till hometime!!!
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Hermya, sorry to hear about your boss. Grrr. Take it easy, and just know that you are normal and it's just this pregnancy lark. I am a little emotional too at the moment.

SilverSky, they should send you a letter to tell you your scan date, but there's no harm in chasing them up - I called mine a few weeks ago as I had yet to hear about my mw booking in appointment, and time was ticking on.

Had my bloods taken today. Told the mw of my concerns that I had no symptoms, she chuckled sweetly at me, and told me not to worry!
Eight days to go til my scan - can't wait!

Hi - yes, silversky should have said, I phoned too and they were fine about it.

AbFabT I'm really glad the mw was nice! That's lovely and only 8 days to go!
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thanks! This is a silly question, but who do I call?

Well, I just called the hospital switchboard and asked for midwives - then we all got v confused and the very exasperated receptionist said 'Listen, are you pregnant?!' and I said yes and she knew who to put me through to! I think they called it Antenatal but you just know it will be different in every hospital. I would call the switchboard of the relevant place and explain.
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dilly I assume that my gp will allocate me to my nearest hospital?

Just cos I have scan there doesnt mean I have to give birth there?

Thanks for taking time to reply. Much appreciated for sure!

Well, I think normally the gp would have asked you which hospital you wanted - they have to, patient choice, innit? But anyway, you can always check with your GP surgery what he or she has done. No one will mind if you chase it up - after all you have to schedule things in don't you? Ring the GP if you're really stuck.
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Hello Everyone,

I can really sympathise with the threads at the moment...I thought that I would be able to cope with working and early pregnancy but actually (I am finally admitting) it is much more difficult than I thought. I am usually terribly hardworking and it is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I cannot do as much work as I used to. I am plagued by constant nausea - I know that it's a good sign of a healthy pregnancy but coupled with the exhaustion it is so demoralising. I have started to feel really tearful - at school today I cried when I spilled some smoothie juice. I was carted away and someone tidied up after me.

I feel so guilty complaining about the side effects of being pregnant - this is exactly what I wanted and having miscarried recently too I am so lucky. My dh has been fabulous and is looking after me brilliantly. Even my children are looking after me. Yet I can't escape the fact that I am only nine weeks and I have a way to go before I should expect to feel any better.

In the end today I decided to come home from school 'sick'. I had something important to do first thing but I just wanted to go to bed. Giving in is hard for me...I slept for three hours though and really needed the rest. The trouble is I could just have every day off...today isn't really any different from any other day. I just feel sick all of the time. I also look bloody awful which hardly adds to my feeling of well-being!

I have the date for my first scan - I will be 13 weeks so it's a long way off still...not 'til 13th April. Four weeks to go.

Sorry, moan over...SB

dilly thanks. Chances are they booked me in for my local hospital without even asking me as they made am assumption. I can call to find out.

I am not sure where I want to have the baby, my pal had her baby at the local one and she was left on a trolley for 3 hours with placenta still in, had to have emergency transfusion, nearly died! Put me off a bit! Decisions !

Samantha - I know what you mean, It's been five weeks now of feeling like a mild case of the flu, exhausted, nauseous etc and I'm fed up. I thought it was getting better but the stress of DH away and the move next week seems to be making it worse

At least I have tomorrow and three days next week off (using up all my holiday before end of March) so atleast am getting some rest days, although at the mo they are 'organising moving house' days really!

Also, I still don't have date for scan (11 weeks tomorrow) and called midwife to chase yesterday but nothing yet. Am now stressing about this as it is bound to come through as dead on 12 weeks, which is of course move day!!!

Thanks, Dilly.

Yeah, Silver, should be antenatal, I think. When I went on to the hospital website for the hospital we have chosen, they had a number I could call directly. I also emailed when I had some initial questions when I was looking into where I wanted to deliver. And yes, as Dilly said, you are able to choose your hospital. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere and don't really have much of a choice. My GP told me the three that were nearest, plus gave me her personal recommendation, and we researched it, and decided ourselves.

Have a little look here:
www.drfosterhealth.co.uk/birth-guide/
They don't list all the hospitals though - the one we've opted for isn't on there, but hopefully it is still helpful for you.

SB, awww. Hope you feel better soon. You never know - the sicky feeling may lift sooner than you think. Take it easy.

sb you are not alone. I am sat here wanting to be at home in bed. Yet I have to go and see to my horse, should really exercise it, but its last thing I feel like doing, then home to everything else that is going on there.

When I used to hear people say pregnancy is not an illness i'd be there agreeing, now i am not so sure!

dilly thanks. Chances are they booked me in for my local hospital without even asking me as they made am assumption. I can call to find out.

I am not sure where I want to have the baby, my pal had her baby at the local one and she was left on a trolley for 3 hours with placenta still in, had to have emergency transfusion, nearly died! Put me off a bit! Decisions !

AbFAB thanks! Will look on that link tonight!

Thanks for the messages...I know I'm not alone and I really sympathise for everyone else in the same boat.

Jennimoo I can't even imagine what I would be doing if I were about to move house. I am in awe of you!

The worst thing is that if the symptoms lift too soon it may indicate miscarriage so I need them to continue for three more weeks even though that is an awful prospect...I am going to havce to think about developing coping strategies for the next few weeks, maybe altering the way that I am working and the responsibilities that I have for a short time. I feel that I need to re-group a bit and think about what is actually important to me. I love my job, abolutely love it but I am a workaholic. Is that really how I want to spend my pregnancy? Can I afford to or will I just become ill? Recently I have coped at school and then been utterly miserable at home with dh and dd's, all who have been so understanding. They are getting a really raw end of the deal at the moment. Hmmm...loads to think about, SB

Samantha Jenimoo Gosh, you know what it's so nice to hear that people are going through the same thing you are. I really can't be bothered with work at the moment. I feel like I want to go and take the next several months off and hibernate.

Samantha I think you and I are quite similar, I love my job and it's a wrench as I've had to take it a lot easier at work (some health and safety stuff) and I hate it. The thought of spending the next several months like this makes me cringe. At the end of the day, pregnancy is a temporary thing and at some point things will get back to a state of semi normalness. Though saying that I don't quite know when that point will be.

Dilly Thank you, yeah tomorrow is a different day and I expect I'll be full of the joys of spring tomorrow (either that or I'll be on the local news as I cling to the railings of the nearest bridge waving print outs of the latest snotty emails and hysterically crying).

Hi everyone.
Will try to read back a few pages to catch up with what's going on, things move fast on here.
Just thought I'd let you know that I think I'm going to be the one having twins. I feel so awful, there's no way just one baby can be doing this to me!
I was fine last time but this time my head is spinning constantly, I'm so tired I can barely move (not good in my job) and I just feel ill all the time. If it's not twins I must be going soft.

Room for another one?
Thought I'd better add myself to this group. Due no3 on 19/10... 2dds, 4.5 and 2... thought I was an old hand at this lark but have crazy anxious feeling never had before. Convinced somethings going to go wrong... but utterly knackered and spewing for Britain so that's all good right?!
Currently surviving on yoghurt and the occasional hula hoop. Now posting on here coz can't even watch Gordon Ramsay! Manage to make myself car sick driving to work most mornings and can't have a bath coz I know I'd feel sea sick!
But on the bright side have great midwife team - was welcomed back in to the gang with a hug that reduced me to tears.. as most things do.
Just can't shift the nerves, and I didn't fret much last two times. What's got in to me??!
Anyway, I'm here, hopefully to stay if you know what I mean!

Hi everyone, been hectic at work this week so not had chance to pop in. Had my scan on Monday and had a dating shock - 4th Oct has now become 25th Sept! Baby was lying down waving at us so may be as lazy as me and stay in until Oct at this rate.

Felt pretty robust today, hoping this is the beginning of the end of the vom factor, all crossed for us all.

Have we got any twins yet??? I will catch up on the news properly soon, must crash now. Hope all is well for everyone!

Hi All. On bed rest as had a bit of spotting yesterday. Saw doc and she did scan, baby still there, measuring 7 weeks (am 7+4) and saw heartbeat. Also, a small subchorionic hemmorage which explains the spotting. She gave me a shot of progesterone in the bum, which hurts, and glared when I told her I hadn't been taking the baby aspirin. I am now, of course. Am also analysing every second of the day to see if I feel as sick as I have been (most of the time, yes, but boobs not as sore)

Am thinking what a good thing it is to have private healthcare when living abroad so I can just go to doc whenever I feel I need to. When I had spotting with DS3, my GP in Essex said do a pg test at the end of the week and come back if it's negative. How charming. Having said that, with DS1, my GP in Greenwich was lovely and sent me straight to the EPU. It's luck of the draw really.

Welcome thirdtimer, Gordon Ramsey sent me into labout with DS3 (well, the F Word) and sorry you're feeling so rubbish S123

Oh, and no twins here.

Sorry, long post and a bit me me me. Clearly have nothing better to do! Will bore you all with more later.

Hi thirdtimer I am making myself carsick too! Though am ok if others drive

ILGH good that you are being monitored & a scan helps the worry too! Would like to say I'm shocked at the gp reaction but

ooooooo can i join EDD 11th oct DC2