Due Jan 06 - 1st Trimester Down, 2 to go

[Chuffed]

Here's our new thread.

bump - who is around today?

I'm here!!! feeling terrible long story

oh no what's happened?

I'm here, still with morning retching (diff to ms) and soooo tired. Thankfully have the next two weeks off - although I have work to finish over the weekend first Just feel like a pile of poo at the moment and looking forward to some kiddie frivolity. Now paranoid about not feeling baby move! Early days I know.

SPD is symphis-pubis dysfunction (? or something like that) where the bones at the front bottom of your pelvis separate agonisingly!

What's wrong Sweetkitty?

The rest of you, get on over here!

Rachey does you early morning retching come on suddenly - mine is like oh no I feel sick can normally stop it if I have something sugary but as I wasn't sick with morning sickness just felt grim it seems really different.
I haven't really had a lot of mvt yet, started feeling dd about now so expect it'll be anytime soon really although if it is a boy I've heard they don't move as much as girls.

Housebuying nightmare check it out under feeling depressed - So fed up - my life right now!

Midwife thinks it's not SPD as it's at the back not the front

do a search for SPD on mumsnet theres loads on there.

Hello ladies! Wow, a chance I'll be able to keep up with the thread! For a week or so at least!

Am still having all day retching, which is lovely Have actually been sick twice since I was 13 weeks, which just seems v unfair! I feel sick if I get too empty, or if I've just eaten...so the answer is to keep eating, which has limited usefulness!

SK Hope things are brighter very soon - don't know the full story, but lots of hugs headed your way xxxxxx

Re movements - get lots if I lean forward. This baby doesn't like being squashed (well, who does?!). Felt DS relatively early, at 15 weeks, and felt this one at 12.5 weeks so think it's just something about how I'm built. Or something.

DS not been well - temps of over 40 which is scary. Been to the doc and ears, throat and chest all clear, had urine test and that was clear too, so they think it's a virus and to keep giving nurofen and paracetamol. He's very good, despite obviously feeling rotten - really cuddly and sweet. Cannot believe that in less than six months I'll have another baby to love!

Booking in appointment on Tue - when I will request a homebirth... Should be interesting!

My retching is like a gag reflex triggered by coughing, yawning even deep breathing! Actual vomiting is a reality esp just after a meal. Really yucky. On the bright side though my nails are long and strong talons and my tits can stop the traffic!

Feeling very tired and emotional at the moment, looking forward to 2 weeks off (shame I didn't finish that report which is still hanging over me).

Older kids (and dog) are driving me mad - totally out of patience, although their dad has them for the last 3 weeks when I will miss them like crazy!

Hunkermunker hope your ds feeling better.

Think me not feeling movement (only tiny maybes) due to layer of flab that was'nt there last time! Also midwife found the heartbeat way down so maybe baby facing inward and down.

PS both Madagascar (bit like Shrek) and Charlie and the Chocolate factory (Johnny D swoon...) are fab

Hi everyone

Not posted for ages as computer on the blink. Am in library now - see how much you all mean to me!
Dog wuffing audibly outside and just had a message that I'll be logged out in 5 mins so didn't quite manage to catch up with everyone.

Rachey, thinking of u and your friend's bad news. Will pray for her.

Loomer

I had fab experience of home birth 10 years ago with dd, and am going for it again in Jan. Wondering about a birthing pool, had that in hosp with ds, but think it may be too much of a faff at home. But the warm water seems very attractive in January. I'm used to hot sweaty labours for my other 2.

I'm looking pretty preg now. 20 wk scan due on Aug 24th, just like you Rachey.

Getting logged out now, so bye

Sorry loomer

misread hynobirth for homebirth. hypnobirthing sounds interesting. I'm pretty sure there's a thread elsewhere on mumsnet if you have a look.

heading off on hol to mil's in spain on thurs aug 4th. really looking forward to some r and r. Dh has had a bit of a relapse of his bipolar mood disorder in the past 2 weeks, which has been a worry, hopefully it's under control now and we'll be able to enjoy the hol. we're leaving ds and dd with grandma for 3 nights, so especially looking forward to that, and dh and me are heading to an apartment in the hills, in a place called Sedella, if anyone's heard of that? it's East of Marbella, hoping it's no more that 2 hours' drive.

Back 18th Aug, but may be able to post whilst we're away, as mil has internet.

Sweetkitty, sorry to hear things are so bad at the moment, hugs coming your way.

still unsure about movement - is it or isn't it - and am 19 wks this week. someone told me it can depend on the position of the placenta, if it's at the front it can act like a cushion and you don't feel much movement.

starving hungry now, so will have to go and eat.

Have a good trip Lyra. We have been so busy trying to get things organised for our trip it has been exhausting and a little stressful as we need visa's for Romania and Bulgaria and they say the Romanian one can take up to a month and we leave on the 28th August and also need the Bulgarian which can take about 10days as well so dh is visiting the Romanian embassy today to try to kick things off a little.
Feeling very infrequent mvts but as I think this is a boy don't expect as much mvt as with dd - don't boys tend to be lazier?

Have a great holiday Lyra - is everyone else on hols? Good luck Chuffed with the visas. Having had 2 boys and a girl, I have to say I have never been able to ascertain any difference whilst pregnant with them. I can feel the odd flutter I think - the flab is insulating me!

Feeling very tearful today - friend had another scan today and cysts had tripled in size in a week. The initial results from the Amnio cawme back negative but it seems likely to be a rarer chromosonal problem. Still fluid on the lungs too so the heart is struggling. Fetal hytrops seems to have a near 100% mortality and even if baby did make it - surgery may be impossible as the cysts are invading the muscle of the chest and arms She has decided to terminate on Friday, so awful after all she's been through and I think I'm taking it worse than she is. Baby would have been due on her birthday and a termination at 17 weeks with a bump seems so heartbreaking.

Oh Rachey, that is just terrible news... how tragic. It seems so ridiculous that chromosomal problems can even exist in this day and age - after all they can do palying around with genes and so on. I can't begin to imagine how heartbroken your friend must be feeling.

Yet another reminder of how lucky we are to be carrying healthy babs...

Hope you get your visas sorted Chuffed. In my experience they rarely take as long as anticipated, but still a good move with dh visiting embassy.

I haven't got any holiday planned yet, but will try to take a week off in October (be ready for it by then), and chill out in a nice cottage somewhere pretty. Dh and I try to avoid the school hols whilst we are still able to!

I told everybody at work our big news yesterday, and have to say it is a big relief not having to be careful what I say - especially since my brain now seems to be turning into mush, and I was bound to trip up and let something slip pretty soon!! According to my friend the brain-mushing process doesn't improve after the babs is born either?!

Oh Rachey hugs for you and your friend. I can't imagine how you both must be feeling.
dh never made it to the embassy yesterday so I got the morning off work and am off in a bit in the hope that we have everything we need. Luckily the embassy isn't too far from home.
loomer if you are going on hols at the end of Oct out of UK think about Lloyds for insurance they are the only ones I can find that will cover me till 32wks all the others stop at 26wks or don't cover you which doesn't do me any good as I'll probably be in Croatia or Albania when I hit 27/28wks. (Haven't got that part of the itinerary sussed yet.)
Felt some good little kicks last night in bed which was exciting unfortunately bubs had stopped by the time dh got his hand on my stomach.
Have a good day everybody.

Rachey - very sorry to hear about your friend. xx

Rachey - thats awful news about your friend, I@m nearly 17 weeks and can feel peanut move and he/she already feels part of the family, to choose to terminate is a horrendous decision, your poor poor friend. Makes you realise you should never take having a healthy baby as a given, nature can be so cruel sometimes.

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))) to you and your friend

Rachey, that's heartbreaking I'm so sorry

Have updates here, but seems wrong to put in same post as happy ones and leaving work in a mo, so will post again later, I hope.

Anybody got a good weekend planned?

Thinking of you today Rachey...hope you are doing OK !!!

Thanks very much for all your thoughts it's really kind.

I've driven 5hrs with 3 kids (and puppy...) to my mum's for a break - nice to laze around here and wallow in her spa (which she keeps too cold in my opinion!) dp coming down on Sunday.

Thinking about my friend M today - we had lunch on Wednesday after she had taken the first tablet which was pretty grim for her. She kept saying should she have just let it die on its own which would have been so much more awful for her especially the bigger it grew. The doctors are amazed she didn't miscarry before now. She went in at 7am this morning to be induced which must be such an awful thing to go through. She may have to stay overnight depending on how quickly things happen. I feel bad I'm not there to support her but she says she'd rather be on her own - she doesn't even want her dp to be there because she would worry too much about how he's feeling. Too be honest I find it hard not to cry (especially when I can feel my baby move inside me) when we talk about it which doesn't really help her. She's hoping to recuperate at her mum's in France for a week. The most positive thing is that she is thinking about trying again once she's got a job with better maternity benefits.

Hunkermunker - is something wrong?

Hi gals

Here I am in sunny spain and still wanting to know how you all are.

Rachey, that drive sounds foul, glad its over now. Will you get proper r and r at your mum's, what with your dad being ill and all? Or does he not live at your mum's house? And how is your puppy doing? What's his/her name, how old, house trained yet? Mil has a new dog here, a feral one from the mountainside, called Dinky, almost 1 year old, and very skitty and frightened, greets us with a growl, but is gradually getting used to us and sometimes lets us pat him.

It's very hot here, yesterday we overdid it in the pool, so trying to keep out of the sun today. Had a swim earlier when it was still fairly misty, but will try to keep out until 4 or 5, the prickly heat is not something to be cultivated!

We are getting proper r and r here, early nights, lie ins and mil preparing most meals, we're very lucky.

Hve to come off as my 13 year old ds is moaning endlessly that "it's not fair" that he's not allowed to go on msn and talk to his friends.

Kids eh!

Look after yourselves, Lyra.

Hi ladies. Taken me a while to catch up on all the news.

Rachey - so sorry to hear about your friend. Must be hell on earth to go thru for her and traumatic for you to go thru as her friend.

Hi to all the newbies.

Just got back from hols. Week in the Isle of Wight in huge rented house with 4 g'friends, husbands and assorted kids. V lovely but v knackering. Then week in Sicily with Club Med..... what a bunch of arse that turned ut to be! Never, ever, ever go to Club Med in Sicily. We'd booked a 'triple room bungalow'..... which turned out to be a hovel of a room that was 12 x 12 with a bathroom that smelt of sulphur when you turned shower on. We lasted about 16 hours there and went to another hotel. Am furious at being duped by them.

New hotel lovely, but not really kid friendly. Whole week spent trying to keep DD amused, out of trouble and cool (temp was 40 - 42 most days). DP and I shattered when we got back, but DD thought it best thing ever!!!!!

It's lovely to be home and have a proper cup of tea (god I'm rally turning into my mother) and get rid of smashing prickly heat that I developed all over my chest and neck.

Hey ho, only another year until we can go on hols again!!!

How's everyone feeling? Have def felt kicks (18 weeks on Tues)and even seen my stomach move when Beany's kicked. Am getting rather gooey about baby clothes and have ear marked everything in Jo Jo Maman Bebe catalogue!

Right, will love you and leave you as hunger pangs kicking in again.

G xx

Hiya

Just a quickie. Off to Sedella today for some couples time i.e. have dumped the kids with Grandma for 3 nights. Hope our accommodation is good, only seen it on a web site so far. Hope dh is feeling better - so far he's been zonked this holiday, taking more naps than me, and that's saying something.

Sorry to hear your hols were such hard work Georgie, somehow holidays are always tiring aren't they, however much you enjoy them.

Hope to catch up again in a few days, look after yourselves ladies. xxx