January 2011 - New year, new baby!

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Thread for all of us due in early 2011.

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33, first baby, feel sick as a badger.

I must STEP AWAY FROM GOOGLE!!!

I am absolutely paranoid about there being no heart beat. I'm seeing the midwife for my booking in next week (8+4) and am hoping to convice her to let me have an early scan because of my age (38). I didn't have any of these worries with the first one - but I didn't have a laptop then!!!

I asked DH today "do you think I'm beginning to show or am I just getting fat"

He looked at me and said "there is no way I can answer that!!"

CLB2 sorry about your sickness, sounds terrible, quite glad I only occasionally feel queasy

It is so hard not to google every thing! I think I'm driving my mum mad with my constant googling and questions!

Does anybody have any tips for relieving that sick feeling? I haven't been sick but constantly feel nauseous with an awful headache!

It's so exciting with all the scans and booking in appointments coming up!!

What happens at the booking in appointment? x

Well I never, I went this morning for my "early scan" expecting to be 8wks max and absolutely terrified it had gone wrong again only to find my 8wk baby is a 12week baby! The scan went very well and all looks great but what a fab suprise! And a relief! So it looks like I'm leaving you lovely ladies for the Dec thread as my due date is 8th December!!!!

nickisue congratulations!!!!, glad everything went well for you!

agree with the GOOGLE thing,
that tells you if you got thyroide problem during pregnancy you more likely to have an autistic child, lower IQ ,learning difficulties, etc...
almost had a nervous breakdown because of it!

littlehuman, i have thyroid problems as well and have been on thyroxine for about a year now. Nothing has been said to me about complications during pregnancy or even retesting me to find out if the dosage is correct. Maybe I should check with the GP?

Hmmmm!

Anyway, stay away from Google and think positive! x

hi verycherry82
the gp just mentionned it(then that when i started google it)as my underactive thyroid been detected after about 8 weeks pg.

i am much better now though

nickisue that is fantastic news!

verycherry ask your midwife about it, I think they are supposed to monitor your levels more often and just generally keep a close eye on it. My RL has it and they didn't mention it until her 12 weeks scan.

macmomo - Welcome and congrats
hopingcat+3 - definately a bit of a tummy here, esp at the end of the day...but it's all wind for me
ladybuzz - congrats on your new great nephew
CLB1 - don't stress about taking days off sick, it's what you obviously need right now, it's v important to take care of yourself I hope you don't suffer for much longer though you poor thing. And your Dh ...we're on no3 and my dh is never great with understanding what i'm going through during pg, and can be an arse about it!
mummychicken - try not to worry, although i know how you feel...I don't want to tell anyone this time until I've seen a hb!
verycherry82 - booking-in, mainly paperwork, taking blood and blood pressure. Midwife will ask you about how you plan to feed your baby !!! I was shocked they had expected me to know by then!
nickisue - Woweeeeee!!! Congrats! You're jumping the queue massively What a fab surprise! Makesure you pop in and let us know how you're getting on

Well that catch up has nearly finished me off...very tired and very sick. Work was hard this am, and I was a bit snappy at my boss! Off to curl up on the sofa and watch desperate housewives

evening to all, nickisue how exciting very pleased for you!
CLB1 I completly understand your DH rant. Mine pointed out that we had to do some house work this weekend as the place looks a right state. I don't think he had realised quiet how much I used to do around the house. When your feeling sick and tired you just want to rest.

Can't stop eating, have put on alotof weight, I look at my new 'bump' and know its not baby,just all the food I've been eating

Hope everyone is getting on okay with the sickness, I'm off to eat a second dinner (or is it a third!)

This is such a good thread, keeping thinking - that is exactly what I am thinking! Battling nausea is no picnic, you poor thing CLB1 as you sound significantly worse than me. I am aiming for endless sympathy but my DS seems to think constant retching is pretty comical...
Also guilty of googling too much mummychicken, is like an addiction though there is nothing helpful about it at all! Now have a strict rule to limit myself to mumsnet...
My scan is a week tomorrow littlehuman, think I should be 8 weeks then. Fab news for NickieSue

Thank you all so much for the congrats etc!! It was a huge suprise and a very welcome one, I feel so much more relaxed. Will hop over to DiD but will be keeping an ete on you girls and thinking of you all xx

Hi Ladies just popped in here from my late-Jan thread to see how everyone was getting on - CLB1 just read your post out to my DH and his words were "ooh, dear, I wouldn't try that one if I were him!" (he's been through two pgs with me, so he knows that looks can actually kill during pregnancy!). Big sympathy with you - I was physically sick for the first 4 months with 1st DD and nauseous with the 2nd for the same length of time. Not fun (but worth it?!)

Hi there all,

I'm 28, mc Feb 09 with blighted ovum(nice phrase) at 9 weeks.

My EDD this time is 10 Jan going from last period.

Only tiredness and hunger until last Fri when I started feeling sick. Have now been in bed since Saturday!
Feel awful and guilty about not going to work or fulfilling my other responsabilities.
Have only told mother in law who is very supportive.
Worried to tell anyone else.
Using sea bands and surviving on lucozade, ice lollies and chicken cuppa soup.
Really nice to see so many people on here going through same hopes and fears.

xx

Hi all,

I am 29 and EDD is 12 Jan, first baby. I am feeling very overwhelmed but excited! We did plan for it but now that is really happening I can't quite believe it. I suppose it will feel more real when we go for our first scan.

I dont have any MS and feel completely normal.

Is anyone else nervous and feeling overwhelmed?

Morning Ladies,

So I have typed this message 3 times now and for some reason I keep pressing the wrong button and it disappears .. 4th time lucky

Thanks for all your sympathy, it?s well needed, at least I can talk to people who understand.

Welcome Katetta I too MC in Feb and am now due 31/12. I?ve been in bed since Tuesday so I know how you feel about not going to work or doing much of anything else, believe it or not fish seems to help me, either fish fingers or battered fish, don?t know why?

Welcome to you too Kitty30 It still doesn?t seem real to me, I?ve an early scan and have terrible all day sickness but still can?t get my head around it. Maybe once I feel it move or start to grow I might, who knows.

Thanks Berrycravings, mammasunshine and BubbaAndBump I Might get DH to read the thread and see what he says He?s the kind of person that if it doesn?t make sense to him then it doesn?t mean anything to him, But that?s who I married and love him with all my heart. I think to fully understand him you would have to see the state of his mums house and meet his mum.

Well I have hired an ironing lady today. Picks up and drops off and charges £3 per kilo. I have 3 weeks worth of ironing for her to do. I just cannot be bothered to stand there for hours ironing right now. Also looking in to a cleaning lady once every 2 or 3 weeks, just to give everywhere a good once over. I?m managing light dusting but not hovering and getting DH to do it would be just a nightmare lol.

Hello everybody,

First, I want to send some hugs to Bootle.

I have been lurking via my iPhone, but have been so ill and grumpy to post anything, but I have been enjoying your posts and youse make me laugh a lot.
At week 6, I was immediately sick all day, every day. "morning" sickness - LOL - I couldn't keep any food down before 7pm. Sickness bands help reduce the feeling of nausea when I'm trying to concentrate at work. But generally I was vomiting a lot, felt really shivery "inside" my body and was really tired cos of no food and an absolute moody psycho with my boyf. He's been a dreamboat with all this and it's made me love him even more now.

I'm week 9 now and I am feeling a lot better, but I only eat very dry and plain food. There are positives; my boobs are HUGE and I feel quite sexy with regards to my body. I feel a deep happiness inside and such a lovely new feeling of excitement and anticipation for what is to come. I've become really close to my sister who texts and phones loads more to find out every little detail.

I was in Portugal last week and the sunshine really helped me feel better and their food is dry and plain, and I looked great in my new bikini - yay!

Housework has taken a back seat and I've been asking Boyf to pick up his stuff more. agree with youse berrycravings and CLB1 about him not realising how much I do around the house. It's not that the house is dirty, it's just that it takes ages to put away the stuff before I dust and hoover. I feel like I'm trying to "nest" and get the place in order and get Boyf in order for when our baby comes cos I'm sure there's no time for housework then!

I've got a appt to see Midwife on Thursday. Can't wait.

Keep up with the updates. I love 'em

hi everyone to get DH to do housework

1- puppy eyes
2- in my "condition" you know... , might not be good for the baby...(even though you probably could well do it yourself)
3- in extreme case, play it like you gonna crack up(or u might actually feel like you gonna crack up anyway), tears in your eyes(with puppy eyes on top too to push it a bit further)
LOL good luck!

Hi everyone,

mummychicken step away from the laptop! I know what you mean about googling everything, I'm trying not to do it this time as I always find a) the answer I'm looking for and b) straight after it the answer I'm hoping to avoid. Just leads to mass confusion.

Hi katetta, so sorry to hear about your mc . Don't you be feeling guilty about anything, I reckon pregnancy is the one time we can feel guilt-free about ignoring other responsibilities.

And hi kitty30 - I think pretty much everyone else is feeling nervous and overwhelmed! So don't worry - hopefully after 12 weeks we'll all start feeling a bit calmer about things.

So, I went for my first scan yesterday. I was absolutely terrified beforehand, and I had an hour to hang about waiting, which did not help the nerves one little bit. By the time we got in there I had convinced myself that something was wrong or that I wasn't even pg at all. It was also really weird as it was the first time I'd been back to the hospital where we lost our son in March, and I kept getting flashbacks of those terrible 6 days lying in the hospital bed, hoping he'd recover his amniotic fluid and then finding out he hadn't and having to accept losing him.

Anyway, there I was yesterday in the legs akimbo position, my DH trying desperately to calm me down, when who should walk in but the doctor who did the amnio last time and who then had to induce the birth when our son didn't recover his fluid. She said that she'd asked especially to come and do our scan, and I was so damn pleased to see her. That may sound weird, as she's intimately connected to the most tragic moment in our lives, but what happened to our son really affected her as well. I remember her crying on the morning we did the last scan of Eric (our son) and she saw he hadn't recovered and we'd have to terminate the pregnancy. She delivered him as well. Anyway, yesterday there were more tears as well, but of the good sort, because the scan looked great, strong heartbeat, and all as it should be. Talk about relief. Big hugs all around and I think both me and the DH now have a slight crush on the doc.

Anyway, this is long and rambling, but I haven't really allowed myself to feel fully happy or positive about this pregnancy yet, but now I've seen that it's real I'm feeling so much better. So am sending you all good vibes for your first scans, and may the countdown go quickly.

Happy bank holiday weekend to those in the UK.

Margie, so glad to hear that. I'm trying to stay off the thread until after the 12 week scan after learning of the loss of our little DS2 at tha same scan in Jan. He made it to 11+2 and I'm 9 exactly at the moment.

If someone can add me to the list:

bunnybaby expecting #3 edd 31/12/10

I'm on the jan thread as DS1 was a monster 17 days late, so I'm not expecting this little one to be on time.

I'm feeling nauseous and tired! long may it continue as it's a sign all is well!

Waves hello to everyone and is likely to be quiet until I get past the scan

Margie that is lovely, I'm so pleased it all went well for you - fab news!

Welcome bunnybaby my DS1 was 17 days late too - Lazy lazy boys

hi all and welcome & congratulations to new people. I've got dates for booking in, blood tests and first scan now - hooray! - all in my 11th week so looking forward to all that. (i am 7 and a half weeks at the mo) It still doesn't really feel real yet although the nausea is kicking in now and my boobs are sooo sore - permanently in the old sports bra at the mo! any recommendations of good places to get comfy, non-wired maternity bras? i tried on some M&S ones but they were pretty grim...

hello,
Just checking in. Week 8 has been a long one for me, with sickness most mornings. I'm hoping that week 9 (today!) brings a better week. I had a sick day this week, was just so tired and exhausted from being sick and the feeling sick all day.
I'm counting down till my fisrt scan, only 3 and a bit weeks to go!

margie so pleased for you that the scan went well, must be such a relief.

stenogirl would love to still be looking good in a bikini, I think I would scare people away! I'm on the plain food too. yesterday felt really guilty as not been eating enough fruit, but just came back up, so back to the toast and potatoes.

Enjoy the bankholiday weekend

Hi everyone I would love to join in - think due date will be between 27-31 Jan (not sure of cycle length so will have to confirm at scan).

I recognise a few people from the January bus - congrats! AF got me for early Jan but we made it next cycle!

I have one DS age 2.3 so he will be almost 3 assuming all goes well. Only symptom at the moment is awful tiredness, not helped by looking after toddler full time, I am keeping everything crossed I don't get MS too(didn't last time but probably jinxed myself now).

Congratulations to those having scans already - I loved the scans! We haven't told anyone yet and hoping to hold out until after scan.

Hello everyone,

I'd love to join you too. I am due on the 13th of January, and it will be my second.

I have been feeling great, so much so that I am scared something may go wrong, and desperately hoping that it wont. With my first child (now 20 months) I had pretty bad morning sickness, so I was really surprised to not have it this time round.

I have started feeling really tired this week, I have a few cramps and slightly sore boobs (but I only stopped breastfeeding DS two months ago. I have my first appointment with the GP this coming Friday, so I hope she books me in time for the nuchal fold scan and tests.

Margie32 your story made me cry. I hope all is plain sailing for all of us.

Hi All,

So just checking in, Weather was craooy today but I've felt the best I have in days. I don't want to jinz it.(whispers - Hopefully the worst is behind me, fingers crossed)

Margie32 your experience brought a tear to my eye and then a smile
stenogirl Great that you had a good holiday, I know what you mean about the cleaning, its not the cleaning its the putting away. I'm 9 weeks now and just hope my sickness starts to get better soon.
littlehuman I love it, tried the puppy eyes, kinda worked he washed up
BunnyBaby, I have the same EDD. Kinda hoping I'm alittle late, how cool would it be to have a birthday of 01/01/11
splodge77 I got mine from asda for £3 they come in black and white, the straps are a little wide but they are really comfortable
berrycravings It certainly has been a long week, I haven't had the energy to do anything this week, I've been asking around to people I know, and almost everyone had atleast a week off work due to sickness, one had 5 weeks off.
Welcome crumblequeen and Pacita and congrats to you both

So I found a service that is absolutly amazing on thursday... I found someone to come to my door and collect my ironing and the bring it back on friday all ironed and stuff for a small fee. I mean amazing, ironing is the bain of my life. Amazing!!!