December 2010 any one? Come keep me company

[OnlyWantsOne]

well... this is scary

DuelingFanjo I'm so glad you posted. I was quite reluctant to post anything as I also feel guilty about not having morning sickness. It makes me feel I'm not properly pregnant.

Does bloating and indigestion count?

PJen I'm so glad all is all right.

Also, if anyone has any advice about the following, I'd love to hear it. DHTB and I haven't told my parents yet. We'll tell them when we go to the States next week but I'm worried about their reaction. I'm the same age my mum was when she had me but I have this feeling she'll be terribly disapproving.

What complicates it is that when I found out about the impending Small One, I was doing a research degree which was making me miserable (migraines and panic attacks). I've stopped now and feel so much better for it, but I'm worried Mum will blame the Small One or rather DHTB for my stopping the degree. Of course, the truth is that the small one did cause me to re-evaluate my priorities but it only sped up something that would happen anyway. I'm just not sure how to make my mum listen and believe me about this.

Also, if I posted this difficulty in the wrong place, please let me know.

evening everyone, not been up to posting much lately. very tired and sicky here.

lovely to hear about the scans.

have my booking in appointment with mw on thurs. only 6+2 but need to get the ball rolling for a 9 week scan. already spoke to gp, she told me to ask mw. if past experience is anything to go by, she will tell me to ask gp. i will go back to gp and she will tell me to ask cons, then wont be able to see him for 3 months! gah!

no sickness? very at that. i have been pg 7 times in total and have been sick with 6 of them

LLKH Sorry if this sounds a bit fluffy but I think you should just keep saying how excited and how happy you are. Hopefully tour mum will just be so happy that you are happy and will focus on this. Don't let anything/one get you down. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but no one esp family are entitled to put a damper on your happiest moment. Good luck

kiwi Amazing that someone guessed so early on! I need to arrange my booking in appt actually, not sure how busy they are so I will today I think.

Reshappe I agree re underwired bras, always avoided in previous pregnancies and whilst breastfeeding as your breasts grow and it's invariably going to end up digging in at some point.

Re: oils, I used cocoa butter (but not religiously) in my previous 3 pregnanices and didn't get stretchmarks, no doubt I will this time but I'll be using in just in case it did actually work!

LLKH I'd say that it's really not their place to be disaproving, it's your life and you can choose to do whatever you want. Tell them in a positive way and say how happy you are about it. Hopefully they'll be happy for you too. No offense, but it sounds like you're really looking for her approval when you don't need it, remember you're an adult with your own life and what you and your partner want together is the most important thing. The choices you make are completely your decision Feel happy because you want to and because you and dp are happy about it, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

mumatron hope you get a scan at 9 weeks and hope you feel better soon.

Morning all, stressed here this morning, up since 6.30am and the little one is messing about, older two behaving though, thankfully. My daughter has a school play this morning and then I'm off to lunch with a friend so that should be nice. Think I'll be telling her about the baby as well!

LLKH - it's so interesting to hear your perspective on telling your parents. I was in a similar situation. I left work in March due to an extremely stressful situation - bullying, unreasonable work load, calls at all hours from boss - to set up my own business. I hadn't planned it long term - it was desperate measures. I was so positive about it - and I have had quite a bit of work (though I'm earning nothing like I was before).
However, then I found out it was pregnant, and although DH was delighted, I was worried parents would almost think I'd done it on purpose to kind of get out of working, IYKWIM.
Anyway, my fears were completely unfounded. Parents are divorced, but both were completely over the moon.
Good luck for when you tell them - but I'm sure it will be fine

Hey all just quickly checking in PJen glad things are ok - must have been rubbish and scary

JodieO how are you doing?

can't beleive im 9+5 today, see my MW for booking in tomorrow.

Have so much work and deadlines though I am so stressed

oh, btw I used biooil religiously throughout my first pregnancy, and am covered in stretch marks - this time will save my pennies and use cocoabutter (bodyshop do a lovely one)

re bras look here

ive bought one, came yesterday - will be perfect for sleeping in

oh, and im an emotional crying mess pretty much 24 / 7

OnlyWantsOne I'm still crampy but feeling a lot better now, had a scan yesterday (think I said further up) and saw the heartbeat so I'm really relieved! Thanks for asking Try and relax as much as you can

I'm off to see my daughter in her school play, catch you all later.

PJen, what good news!

is there a reason for sleeping in a bra?
Am I supposed to

DuelingFango you may find it helps support your boobs more - so they're not lolling about and letting the ligaments stretch even more now they are under more strain etc

Im sleeping in one as mine have doubled in size and are hurting and wake me yp if i lay on them!!!

Hey fellow MS sufferers, I have three words for you Jamaican Ginger Cake!

Hello everyone,

Great to hear about the good news, PJen and all the others having positive scans.

I've been off the internet the last few days and have felt completely different each day. One day I barely feel nauseas, the next (like today) I'm in the loo heaving and throwing up.

I have been sleeping in vests with built in bras. The last place I found some were at Uniqlo in Westfield. But I know they sell them plenty of places. Probably even Primark?

Has anyone already had a feeling about what they might be having? My Mum and two closest friends say they feel I'm having a girl - and I can't believe they are already making those assumptions? Is this happening to anyone else?

Bum. I've got brownish mucus-y spotting. I'm trying to be chilled about it - it might be nothing, it might be the start of an early MC. I'm 6 wks 3 days, so not that far off my 6 wk MC the first time I was pregnant.

I'm really, really reluctant to go to the EPU today. I know there's nothing they can do about early miscarriage and I hate that place with a passion, having spent some time there with my 2 previous MCs. I'll go if my symptoms look remotely ectopic (they don't) or if the brown stuff turns red. SOrry, I know it's horrible to read about this stuff when you're pregnant! Luckily my parents are here, looking after DS, so I think I'm going to lie down for a bit.

Well I've bitten the bullet and made a choice on which hospital to attempt to register with. I sent my self referral letter off to C & W about 10 minutes ago. I don't know if I made the right choice. I just coudn't decide but was aware I'd better get moving on it. So, off it went via e-mail. So, fingers crossed they accept me!

I think I am already outgrowing my work trousers. Yikes. At 7 weeks this sugests I'm going to have to reveal my secret before I'd like to (July). There's just no way I'm going to make it that far. Bugger!

And I injured my knee at the gym last week so looks like my running career has ended as well. I had joped to keep it up through the first trimester. I may have to take up swimming, which I hate because you just know all those small children are peeing in the pool. eeeeeewwwww.... Maybe the stair climber thingy...

Now, I'm no expert on miscarriages, but from what I hear brown is good because it is old blood. It's fresh bright red blood that is a worry. Go lie down. Take it easy and avoid anything that stresses you out.

Ps I still can't believe I'm having a baby for Christmas. The funniest part is I am an obsessive freaky planner type. I can't believe I've done this... Oh well, glad to be having a third... just don't like the schedule.

reshapewhiledamp - Crossing fingers for you.

persnickety - took QC two weeks to respond via telephone and I thought they had forgotten about me. I bet it feels nice to have made that decision ... one more out of the way.

ReshapeWhileDamp hope that it's just your bean getting snuggly, keeping fingers crossed for you too.

Hi ladies - been lurking and reading your posts but not said much! Am getting MS in the afternoons now as standard. Not as bad as some of you, just nausea and no vomiting. I'm 6 weeks yesterday and went for a 20 mile walk at the weekend in preparation for the Moonwalk marathon in 2 weeks. I was terrified that I'd get pains or bleeding but apart from being knackered after, I was fine.

Good tip on the cocoa butter, my boobs have gone ballistic in the past few days. Feel behind all the rest of you ladies though, just want to meet my midwife and get my scan but it's weeks away!

Persnickety I've been referred to C&W as well. And know what you mean about not fitting in your clothes, have no idea how I'm going to hide it from everyone for another 6 weeks, am convinced I look about 20 weeks!! xx

Afternoon all, not been on much past few days as feel like a complete zombie! I am so tired I could cry (and if I wasnt in work I would be!!).

Not helped by DH telling DSD who questioned why I was sleeping all the time that Im getting good at play acting and that I slept lots before i was pg so nothing really to do with being pg!! I was resting but could hear him - I swear if I'd had the energy to get off the sofa he'd have been wondering how to remove my boots from his backside!!

I dontknow how to make him realise how exhausted I am - does anyone know any good books/websites I can make him read?

RWD - fingers crossed for you, get plenty of rest.

xx

LLKH, each time I have bee pregnant I have worried about my parents reactions,
first time round I was only 18 and still living at home with no job, just about to start uni, they were fantastic, really supportive.
Second time round I was only just off anti-depressants after over two years of being a freakishly over-protective of my dd, house-bound and a zombie, they were fantastic, really supportive.
This time I had just got back into work, finished one course and looking at doing a degree again, they were so excited as they thought we wouldn't have another dc.
At the end of the day even though parents worry, it's their job. It's taken me ten years to realise that I'm a grown up just like them and Dh and I have made a grown up decision, even if my parents hadn't liked it, we don't actually need them too.

reshapeWhileDamp have a rest and try not to worry, hope everything is ok.

Hopeful I was quite proud of my 6 mile walk until I read your post! Well done, I would love to do the Moonwalk.

LittleSnoo I haven't had Ginger Cake for years.

Persnickety my b'day is in Dec and it's my 30th this year, my Mums is the day before mine and my Wedding anniversary is in Dec, I can't believe I am actually going to have a baby in Dec too! Although I'd rather it came in Dec than in Jan.

I'm off work again, think I'm going to be really skint on payday! Glad though as the sickness is getting me down a bit now, Ds is poorly though so I've got him snuggled on the sofa. I'm 7 weeks today, only 33 left!

Reshape Rest. Brown blood is good as it's old. I had that brown bleeding for 10 days at around 6 weeks with dd and she's now 8. Take things easy but if you get pains or it gets worse/continues you should call the epau, the reassurance would be good for you.

blimey im achey, not cramps, just ache.... stretching?

Does any one know / remember whether at booking in appt they take bloods, infact, what is standard for the booking in appt at MW?

9+5

Thank you everyone for your encouragement.

chloesbaby, it's exactly what you state that I'm worried they will think; that I got pregnant to get out of the degree which of course I didn't. I'm glad to know other people have had similar difficulties.

mumatron I'm not very far along only just about 5 weeks (I'm still not as good at the counting as I'd like to be yet) so I just may not be there yet.

ebrookm No feelings about what but DHTB has a theory about how many. He thinks it might be twins. He bases this on me being quite round. I'd be skeptical if he hadn't been right about my having a small one in the first place when I wasn't sure I was.