The Continuing Adventures of the First Time Frolicker Graduates....

[Hermya321]

Right (plonks self down and breaks out the biscuit tin and tea bags), I've stuck the kettle on. Whose joining me?

ARRIVALS:

Fulhamgirl - EDD 30th May - DOB 9th Apr - Girl - Lily Ann - 4lb

CURRENT__GRADUATES:

Trying4Baby1 - BFP 21st Aug - 25th Apr - Girl
Kaystar - BFP 27th Aug - EDD?
Pepperonipizza - BFP 12th Sep - 24th May - Boy
Ladyemmalou83 - BFP 13th Oct - 23rd Jun - Girl - Erin Elizabeth
bluesnowfalcon - BFP 14th Oct - EDD?
DesperateHousewife21 - BFP 3rd Nov - EDD 18th Jul - Boy - Dylan
Spirael - BFP 7th Nov - EDD 25th Jul - Secret
Curlycasper - BFP 11th Nov - EDD 21st Jul - Girl
EmsieRo - BFP 16th Nov - EDD 20th Jul
vix206 - BFP 8th Dec - EDD 22nd Aug
HypotheticalMummy - BFP 9th Dec - EDD?
Ozziegirly - BFP 16th Dec - EDD 24th Aug
NovemberAli - BFP 24th Dec - EDD 2nd Sep
Eleanora - BFP 28th Dec - EDD 4th Sep
WhiteRoses - BFP 11th Jan - EDD 15th Sep - Boy
hamsterlover - BFP 11th Jan - EDD?
Hobnob - BFP 17th Jan - EDD 26th Sep
MadameG - BFP 17th Jan - EDD 16th Sep
pixiestix - BFP 18th Jan - EDD 24th Sep
ceebs05 - BFP 22nd Jan - EDD 29th Sep
addie81 - BFP 28th Jan - EDD 8th Oct
chancewouldbeafinething - BFP 1st Feb - EDD 11th Oct
WorrisomeHeart - BFP 29th Jan - EDD 12th Oct
Hermya321 - BFP 12th Feb - EDD 24th Oct
fudgecat - BFP 19th Feb ? EDD 28th Oct
Pidgin - BFP 27th Feb - EDD?
Honeymoo - BFP ? - EDD 1st Nov
YorkshireTeaDrinker - BFP 1st Mar - EDD 6th Nov
DrewsGirl - BFP 4th Mar - EDD?
bunnygirl80 - BFP 12th Mar - EDD 19th Nov
Mumnerves - BFP 1st Apr - EDD 8th Dec
Spanishlady - BFP 3rd Apr - EDD?
luckyseven - BFP 8th Apr - EDD 17th Dec
Capricorn76 - BFP 12th Apr - EDD 1st Jan
Homebound - BFP 30th Apr - EDD 8th Jan

FUTURE_GRADUATES:

aly323
Ariesgirl
Bellaby
calligraphy82
Calyx
CaveMum
chalky3
cher rycobbler
claireinthecommunity
Dinkytinky
evilgiraffe
FelicityFlick
haloflo
Kaloki
kkas
kurl yvoice
misshoohaa
MrsWajs
Muser
Papertiger
pinkiePoo
pipsicles
seablue
Sevans
Stiffybyn g
Wannamummy
Zippys

Morning

Seablue regarding pee-pots at the 1st MW appointment she gave me a pot, and binned it after the dip test, so assume I get a new one each time. Must depend on your area/practice.

Another thing from the appointment, due to family history, I will get a consultant reviewing my scans and check my notes (assume this means I will not need to meet with them ) which can only be a good thing?

Roses for my sins I work in HR, and it is dependant on your leave date (date of termination of employment) what you are legally entitled to. Find out what the package is, and what the expected finish date would be. From here visit the direct.gov website and it will have about SMP entitlements and the timings on there (or let me know and I will look at it for you if preferred?) Without knowing particulars, sorry cant help more, but after you have checked the statutory, which is the minimum, do check the maternity leave policy in case it is more generous!

Marathons?!? oh my Addie! If you want it, then go for it ? but I?ll be cheering you on from a chair!

Curly When did you move? We still have things in boxes and due to the reshuffle with decorating they will prob live there for a while longer! ? All I needed the first few weeks was a bed, kettle, teabags and mug! I was sorted? now I only need a bed?

Lucky A Christmas baby, how exciting! Having a date after scan must make it feel so much more real ? at present I am debating what to do as expect to go over due date and want as much time after birth at home, whilst having to worry about coming back to work ASAP as am the main earner? very stressy, but will worry about that nearer the time.

Bunny Is it wrong I have been looking (eyes not hands as v early) at prams/travel systems, and grading them on look, and whether they appear ?real? or ?Toy town? I then made a shortlist of ones for OH to give opinion on nearer the time of purchase? He was with me and made noises just looking at them! ?that one looks like a ship? (then did take off noise in middle of BabiesRUs) ? incidentally this was one that went onto the ?toy? list?

hermya hope today is better x Yay for anniversary gifts!

And an update on the situation at home? just so you have a full background, we told my parents only as I wanted my mum to be with me as has a little (x8) experience in the area, and my dad is decorating our house, and I didn?t want him to either find out by seeing something lying around (has his own key as fits it in around his work) or worse in my opinion, didn?t want him to decorate what would be the nursery as the office (original plan) just to need to change it again. They can also be trusted to not tell anyone ? which is proven. We discussed this at the time, and agreed they needed to know out of respect, but his parents could wait till we had the ?all good? appointment at scan? this may change your opinion if I was fair, but in my defence we discussed and agreed on this.

Got home from work last night, and OH said he?d been thinking about it and realised I was ?only trying to do what?s right to avoid upsetting his family as they are more sensitive than mine?? Well ? I exploded, and degraded myself in coming down to a childish level by telling him my family are not less sensitive, they are just all round better ?including better at supporting me, and if his selfish little brain could not comprehend this to f*ck off to his mums and tell them what a bitch I am, because we know she loves to rip me up as don?t smile like XXX (BIL partner) when MIL is acting the (very rude word that should not leave a ladies mouth).

I told him as they have a habit of taking over and he?d seen it himself on more than one occasion, BUT I still wanted to get to grips with anything and everything before as it will become all about them. I then said I have nothing else to say to him, and sat in silence till around 10pm, when I went to bed. He tried to talk to me, but I ignored him like a 5yr old at school.

This morning he did apologise, and said he is just excited and wants the world to know. I responded I am too, but I am also worried and given it will be any time in the next few weeks for a scan, is it really that hard to just give me that time? I went through all the scenarios (nightmares) of situations I know his family will take over in and said for something?s it should only be us and baby ? and this was one of them.

We?ve agreed, and also agreed unless I change my mind at the time, no visitors after the birth till I feel ready? Major victory as was dreading his family turning up moments after! Obviously this had the compromise (mum would be with me) all siblings were to wait till after all parents had met the baby ? which is fair enough.

The situation with the In Laws is always delicate ? but the punch line would be I don?t really have it that bad, and know people who have it worse

Sorry to anyone missed, think this was long enough today?

Hi - just another quick one from me regarding SMP.

When discussing SMP with my mum, she mentioned she did not think I could get it from both employers. I have now gotten round to checking this and think I saw someone else appears to have a second job, so may benefit:

If the Class 1 national insurance contributions on the employee's earnings are worked out separately (so 2 different employers), the employee's average weekly earnings must also be worked out separately. As a result, the employee can receive more than one lot of SMP, assuming of course that she fulfils the other qualifying conditions for SMP (mainly earning an average of £97 per week during the qualifying period). If the employee has two or more jobs with different employers, then the general rule is that each employer must work out national insurance contributions on the earnings that it pays the employee and should ignore the payments made to the employee in her other job. This means that if the employee works for two different employers that are not carrying on business in association with each other, she will be eligible to receive SMP from each employer, subject to fulfilment in each case of the SMP qualifying conditions. (source is a HR website)

Long and short, if you do more than one role with the same company then they only have to do one lot. If it is 2 different companies then provided you meet the criteria, you will be eligable to pay from both employers.

For me, this means saving my overtime sheets, and putting a couple through at the same time - but have very carefully checked this - as it is pay during the qualifying period, they have to honour my SMP

This loophole works in my situation based on contract etc, so will work in others also - however not all.

Hope everyone is enjoying the sun! Just had an extended lunch sitting with a friend in the sun for lunch, so glad it's nearly the weekend - hope the weather keeps up this weekend!

Hello everyone,

Much better day today, spent most of it sat around waiting for other people to make their minds up as to what they were going to be doing with themselves.

Oh well I got caught up on my hobby of ceiling gazing. Next week I might be lucky enough to be able to look around the ceilings of some new places. How fun is that!!

I also got attacked by a creepy green catapiller. It was horrible, I had to buy chocolate to get over the shock. I was just sat there minding my own business when suddenly I looked down on my trousers and there is was just milling around, looking for all intents and purposes like it was waiting for a bus. I squealed like a little girl and batted it away with a stapler and it crawled away under one of the photocopiers. I had half a mind to read it the riot act. Luckily for me, I was on my own so my shame was minimized.

Oneof8 I do not blame you in the slightest for blowing up at your OH. I think I would have done as well, it isn't all about your in laws at the end of the day is it. They're not the ones who have to give birth and care for the LO are they. Good for you standing your ground.

White I'm sure you'll be fine with the nappies, if you're worried maybe practice on a doll. But I'm sure the hospital staff will help you with that sort of thing. Well done on reaching 25 weeks!! Thats fab news.

Bunny LOL at your DH, that sounds like something mine would say.

oneof8 i dont think it is unreasonable to wait until you are ready to tell anyone - its nice to keep it to yourselves for a while. When my inlaws came over and saw our pics from 12 week scan (that no one else had seen) while we were elsewhere my FIL took a photo and emailed it out to the world! when we told them about the sex, i asked them not to put it on facebook...a little tongue in cheek, and they were like no its not our place...too damn right was all i could think, but god knows who they have told by now.
oh and wtf about your dress? that is just weird! glad all ok with the MW.

roses that was exactly what i wanted to know and the Han Solo thing is genius! how many more scans have you got to go? i think about how different things will be for our kids, we have dvds of them still inside us - our parents never even had a scan!
do you know what the last time i totally forgot about the pot - i just went and pee'd on the little card for them....no pot needed!

hermya hope you had a better day today

lucky fantastic news about your scan! what a great xmas you will have this year!!

bunny funny about the clothes - i have been doing a bit of shopping over the past week, and DH told me that what i bought was too small, and i said in what way? well he will just grow out of it...i asked what he would like to do just leave him naked until he stops growing? he soon realised what he had said. (i did get the cutest organic cotton suit from gap, so so soft). oh and 12 pound baby! what are they trying to do to the poor women?

i hope the weather stays like this for the weekend

worrisome I've decided on a Bugaboo Cameleon. I'd pretty much made my mind up anyway as I've had a few goes at test driving ones belonging to friends, but I wanted to make sure DH would be happy with it to. Now I just need to find a good deal on ebay as they retail at $1700 for a brand new one

Oneof8 I've been researching prams since the second line started appearing on the pg test Now when we walk down the street DH tests me every time we see a pram to see if I can identify the make and model and discuss the pros and cons of each one

Sorry you and DH had another row. You're right over standing your ground with your in laws though.

I went to my first antenatal yoga class last night. It was alot more intense than I thought it would be - I think I'd expected to just lie on the floor and do some breathing, but it was just like my normal yoga classes minus the positions that involve lying on your front. We did an excercise that involved holding a squat for a minute so that our legs were really feeling the strain and then breathing through the pain. The idea was to get an idea of breathing in labour, but at least after the baby's born labour pains stop.....my legs are still really sore today

I'm interested (well, interested may be the wrong word) by all of your discussions over wee sample pots.

How often are you giving wee samples? I am now 28 weeks and apart from the one I gave at about 5 weeks I haven't had to give a single other sample since.

What do you get tested for that I don't???

I've only given two blood tests too, one for a full screen, also at 5 weeks, and then one to go with the nuchal fold measurement test.

Hi,

Just a very quick post and a promise to come back later and answer all questions. As usual, I'm having a quick catch up (reading only) in the time between DH leaving for work and me having to get in the shower (10/15mins!) so I can't post properly. Will try later, providing I don't just come home from work and go unconscious, as I seem to be doing a lot lately! OneOf8 - thank you very much for your offer of help re. SMP & VR. (Now very late - bad girl that I am, giving into MN temptation!)

ozzie I've only done one wee sample too! I think the samples are generally checked for glucose (gestational diabetes), protein (pre-eclampsia) and white cells (UTIs). Maybe Aussie doctors aren't as obsessed with pee as British ones

I had bloods at 5 weeks, with the nuchal scan, and will get another lot at my 28 weeks appointment.

I wouldn't worry too much about the lack of wee samples - I'm pretty certain if we showed any symptoms of the conditions they're testing for we'd be asked to produce a sample. Part of me thinks the NHS is obsessed with analysing people's pee - my old hospital asked for a sample routinely on all appointment letters so my patients would all turn up for their first appointment with a pot of wee. Not one of them ever questioned the need for it when all they were referred for was their teeth

ozzie I've only had to do the wee thing at my booking in appt (was about 10 weeks I think) and then at my 18 week M/W appt. Basically, over here at least, it's every time you see the M/W - and I think it's the same as bunny, def glucose and protein and I guess they might check for infections too?

Am very excited this morning - my sis had a great first scan yesterday and I can't wait to see her when we get to NZ! She sent me the scan photo and it's eerily similar to Mr Teeny - although I guess at 12 weeks they all look the same! It did make me wonder though, as we are twins, does it follow that our babies will look similar? Will be interesting to see if they take after us or our DH's. My LO could have a doppelganger on the other side of the world!

bunny The Cam is great, a good friend of mine had one and loved it - she paid full retail for it though (£800ish) which is just - thats more than our car was!! Hope you find a good deal!

Enjoy the sun folks - I have to figure out how to dress for a 27 degree day that leads onto an airconditioned flight and then to a freezing cold NZ winter!!!! (people keep telling me to bring a warm coat, it's like oh really?? I thought I'd just bring my flip flops and a few nice summer dresses....)

bunny that's good to know that I shouldn't be producing more wee samples.

I"ve got my 28 week appt next week (I am constantly a week behind as I went on holiday) where I have my GD test which I understand is blood.

Worrisome interesting that you have to have a wee test every time, clearly the NHS is obsessed with wee!

Have a great flight over to this side of the world Worrisome - it is chilly here at the mo! Even here in Adelaide it's getting down to 6 at night, and only being about 18 in the day - brrrrr. Hope you have a fab time catching up with family xx

Gosh this thread has busied up hasn't it recently.

Theres only a few more days left till my twenty week scan, I'm so excited. I really hope that the boy vibes I've been getting are right, I did let them influence my purchases the other day slightly. Oh well, girls can wear car print nappies cloth nappies can't they. I mean they're nappies, who'll see them apart from me and DH. Also I'm a girl and I like fast cars, so it can be argued can't it.

Oooo on the upside, I get to do another driving course after my ML next year. I can't wait.

Chance I know a 12lb baby is enough to make anyone wince. Poor thing! I'm praying for one of those small 6lb babies that just kind of appear as if from nowhere. I know it may be delusional, but you never know. Your DH sounds funny as well, I think men don't seem to realise how much stuff babies need. Mine did look very bewilllered as we wondered round Boots the other day. Although he did get very excited at the thought of having a gliding nursing chair.

Worrisome Oh cool that sounds so exciting, it'll be nice for your LO's to be close together in age won't it. At least you and your sis can compare notes.

Bunny Seriously they asked for pee at a teeth appointment??? Maybe the NHS is mass collecting urine for some odd reason. I wouldn't be surprised if theres a study published in a few years about the nations peeing habits and what it can tell is about the state of the nation.

Lucky great news about your scan.

Hi All - after a scare today, I have the following information which may help some of those still quite early.

An average of 7/10 women experience a bleed during early pregnancy, whilst the miscarrage rate is only 20%

Haven't seen anyone else concerned here, but given the state of fear/shock I felt when I found I was bleeding thought if anyone else did find the same, this may help till they have seen GP/Midwife x

Enjoy the weekend!

oneof8,actually, the info is much appreciated. Just had a scare of my own (at just a few days earlier than my mc last time). Small amount of spotting but bright red. Went to emergency room. Scan looked ok, but it's too early for heartbeat. My betas were high (the dr made a comment about twins) and we're testing again today. We're scheduled for another scan on thur. Hopefully that one will be good.

The numbers I keep finding online for bleeding/spotting tend to be lower. However, when I talk to friends, it seems most of them had some sort of bleeding or spotting. I think 7/10 seems about right from what I hear from friends. The doctor I saw at the ER said it was not "normal", but very "common."

I hope all goes smoothly for both of us from here on out...

Hi everyone! Don't know if you remember me from the First Time Frolickers TTC thread but I'd like to join this one too. Got a BFP last Sunday, then one on Wed too (for DHs benefit as he wasn't there for the first one, oh OK, and the thrill of seeing the result again too!)

It's been an exciting ride so far. Tested in the first place because of several days of light, brown spotting, v. unusual for me. Was surprised at the result as I thought I'd had a period 2 weeks before, though it was v. light and short, turns out that was implantation, what kind of timing is that?! So it seems I was 8 weeks on Thursday
Still having brown spotting, have spoken to the midwife (not v. helpful, grrr) and the GP (lovely) and I'm to call again during the week if it's still happening. Good that no one seems really worried about it but awful not knowing why. Been suffering a lot from trapped wind too (I think that's what it is anyway) which I convinced myself was a mc yesterday (no change to bleeding) then realised it wasn't

I'm swinging from overjoyed one day to terrified and convinced it's all going wrong the next! Can anyone tell me if they gave experienced similar problems?

Congratulations chalky that's really wonderful news! I think there are a number of people on here who had various levels of bleedings which didn't mean anything sinister - and I reckon we pretty much all went through the fluctuating emotions of fear one moment and happiness the next - I know I did.

The way I got through it was by thinking " what will be will be" and also the knowledge that if a baby is meant to make it, it's very difficult to dislodge it, and if it isn't, then it's incredibly difficult to stop it. But I know this is easier said than done!

Chance is it you who is moving to Sydney at 30 weeks or so? If so, can I ask what you have done in terms of sorting out a hospital etc?

Welcome chalky If you let us know your EDD we can add you to the list.

I think I was one of the lucky few who experienced no spotting/bleeding at all. I still convinced myself that it was all going wrong a few times though - I made the mistake of POASing to check for a darker line after drinking lots of water. Of course the line was really faint, and that coupled with all of the cramps I was getting from general stretching and trapped wind led to a bit of a melt down for a few hours.

aly sorry to hear you've had another scare. I hope your levels stay high and the scan goes ok on Thurs

hermya I'm sure a baby girl would look great in car print nappies It's never too early to start the fight against gender stereotyping! Good luck for your scan

The letter asking for the pee was the standard new patient letter regardless of what department you were going to. Our receptionist was less than happy at having to dispose of all the unneeded samples though

worrisome have a great trip to NZ. It must be so nice for you and your sister to be pg at the same time.

ozzie I never thought the day would come when I would think 18degrees was cold - that would have been t shirt weather back home! It's only dropping to 12-13 at night here but the house gets sooooo cold. Luckily for me DH has to get up first in the mornings, so I can get him to turn the heat on ready for me

I was in a bad mood yesterday morning as I had to get up at 6:30 on a Saturday to go on a course. But then when I was sat at the bus stop I felt my first proper kicks from LO I've felt flutters for a few weeks, but these were proper strong prods. It actually felt like LO was hammering on the front of my uterus trying to get out!

That made me feel much happier, although it still would have been nice to be at home on the first sunny day we've had in weeks

Bunny it's down to about 7 here at night! brrrr - and we don't have any proper heating, only a log fire, so the house is really chilly.

Damn, poasted too soon - meant to say - YAY for proper kicks!

Morning! So sorry to hear about your scares oneof8 and aly. Must be really worrying. All the books do try to be reassuring about bleeding in early pregnancy, but that's hard to remember when you have that shock in the bathroom! Am 9 weeks and had some last weekend. My heart sank but then I realised (tmi alert) that it was from elsewhere, if you get my drift. Wtf! All fine since so clearly all part of the rich and frankly disturbing tapestry of early pregnancy. Eek. Really good luck with the scan on Thursday aly, and hope you have no more alarms oneof8.

Welcome chalky! Congrats on the bfp! I hope they explain that bleeding soon. It must be doing your head in. Brown better than red at least?

Bunny- yay for the kicking! So exciting!

Sorry to leave everyone else out, but have to go now as our alarm has just gone off. Enjoy your sundays everyone!

chalky great to see you here! sorry to hear about the spotting. As Ozzie said lots of people on here have had that and everything is still ok - stay positive!

Aly I hope that this was a one off, interesting that even the doc mentioned twins!!

hermya so have you joined the parents club at boots now? I cant remember who's idea it was but i think you definitely should so you can keep the make-up stocked up. I had a voucher for debenhams and splurged on a YSL mascara this week - it is fab! but for £20 it had want to be.

ozzie Yes I can confirm the Brits are obsessed with Pee! I have had to give it when visiting the doc & MW, and they usually wash the pot and give it back.
Yes it is me who is moving, I looked into booking in with an obs but as i am not there i couldnt do that. I have spoken with my GP and she will refer me to the local hospital as soon as i am back, so i will be going into the public hospital to have LO. I have to bring my notes back with me,and I think they will try and contact the hospital here to get more info they need. But I can not do anything until i am there, which means i cant even book in for antenatal classes...i am hoping it will all work out. I am preparing myself to have to go through all of the blood tests etc again.
Good luck for your check up this week!

bunny wooohoo for kicking! boohoo for getting up at 6.30 on saturday.

worrisome hope you are off enjoying yourself in NZ

Speaking of kicking LO has been kicking for england this week! Anterior placenta or not I can really feel him moving now, the past few evenings have been quite hot so i had my top pulled up and i have been watching my tummy move as he kicks

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, we had a great picnic in the sun yesterday

Hello all,
Sorry to hear about all the bleeding scares that have been happening, Oneof8, Aly and Chalky. I had some bleeding over two days at about 8 weeks, and I just sat on the toilet crying and crying But it was all fine, as it hopefully will be for all of you guys!

Roses - tennis rackets!!!! WTF?!?!
What have you decided to do with your redundancy/ maternity leave? I would find that very, very tempting!

Lucky - great news about the scan. I have a feeling you could have a very interesting Chirstmas this year!

Aly - I can't believe that even the doctor mentionted twins!! The chance of our first Frolicker twins is very exciting!

Hermya - I can't wait to find out if your boy vibes are right. I geniunely have no idea what flavour I am carrying - some days I am convinced it is a boy, and then on others I find myself naming a girl or picking up girls clothes because its definitely going to be a girl! Completely useless! I greatly approve of car nappies on girls though - no princessification of girls on the Frolickers thread!

Ozzie - I feel a bit about the wee and blood samples now. I have been duly handing over my bodily fluids all these weeks and I actually have no idea at all what they are testing for!

Chance - it was me who mentioned the Boots club. I already have £4.50's worth of points even though I only joined up about two weeks ago. I'm going to hoard them all and then spend them on lovely Sanctuary body souffles. Mmmmm!

Chalky - Wow that you are 8 weeks already! Congratulations! It will be so much better to only have to wait 4 weeks for your first scan rather than the 8 week agony that most of us had. Don't worry about trapped wind and general terror about the pregnancy - that sounds absolutely right and normal (unfortunately!).

Bunny - yay for proper kicks! What are the online gender prediction tests giving you so far? I did a Chinese one, out of accute boredom at work the other day, and it said i was having a girl - absolutely the opposite to what all my RL friends have said. Will be interesting to see who is right.

Well, I am now 24+2 so I have passed the point of viability!! Hooray!! Just have to keep LO in for a little while longer and the chances of survival become really encouraging. Its so miserable thinking that I have been pg for so long yet if anything happened right now the baby is still too little to survive. It doesn't seem right!
Sorry for the sad thoughts, my mind seems to continually wander to worst case scenarios - I drive my husband and my mum mad. But LO is wiriggling away, and the other boob has started leaking now , so I've nothing to complain about!!

Hooray for viability pixie!

I'm about to tell my father and stepmother. I wanted to wait till the 12 week scan but stepmother keeps texting me asking whether I'm ok as she perceives "a shadow" over me. Not sure why she doesn't just presume I'm pregnant and let me tell them in my own time. But given that she's obviously convinced herself I'm keeping a life threatening illness from them I'm going to tell the truth as my stomach bug lie clearly didn't cut the mustard. Hmm other people are tricky aren't they! But I know she's only concerned. I don't even think she's being nosy. Here goes!

Btw, am totally convinced hermya's right about the pee stockpiling conspiracy. Rebel! Refuse before we're all cloned!

Thankyou for your reassuring words everyone. All is ok just now, I'm adopting the 'what will be, will be' approach. I'll phone the midwife again during the week as she suggested if I'm still spotting. I meant to say I was 7 weeks last Thursday, not 8.
Started having waves of nausea (pukey face!) but no actual sickness thankfully! It really is weird to be fine one minute, convinced you're going to throw up the next, then fine again, isn't it?

Thanks for the well-wishes everyone. Yesterday's testing looked good. Went from 15100 to 28400 in about 40 hours. Everything looks good. I'm feeling more secure, but will obviously feel better after we see a heartbeat (or two) on Thursday. DH is totally freaked out at the prospect of twins .

I'm sorry to hear that you had a scare too, Chalky. I hope all is deemed well soon.

Seablue, I hope the telling went well. It's so fun to tell people! I can't wait till we're clear to spread the news even more.

Another Frolicker baby makes it to viability- That's great news Pixie!!!

I'm off to wallow on the couch. I'm not too sick, but I just feel off and tired most of the time. In the mornings, my blood sugars are all over the place and I tend to get dizzy a lot from low blood pressure. DH has been great, but I really wish he was a better house keeper since I'm not doing a bit of cleaning right now.

Afternoon everybody!!

Pipsicles got her BFP on the other thread!! So congrats to her!!

I've also been away for the weekend as well to visit some friends, it was so nice to see everyone. Me and DH went out for a lovely meal to celebrate our anniversery and when we told what we assumsed was one of the waiters our news, he went away and got us two glasses of Champagne. How cool was that!! It just really made my night, so yeah back to work tomorrow and then Tuesday is scan day (so excited). I've been having words with LO and telling them that they have to co-operate and show the nice sonographer if they're a little boy or girl.

If the baby has inherited any of my extrovertive traits, they'll be very 'show and tell'. If they're anything like DH, they'll probably be hiding themselves away into the placenta like Whites LO.

I saw my friends little boy over the weekend, he's three months old and he is just adorable!!! He was asleep in his car seat with his blanket over his face (apparently he can't sleep unless he has his face covered, go figure) and he kept making these little sleepy baby noises. I nearly melted into a puddle on the floor. It made me wonder what little quirks our lot will develop. My niece used to hate her hands being covered and would scream blue murder if anyone even went near her with scratch mitts.

Pixie Thanks for that one!! I'm going to make sure any girl of mine has the stock phrase 'that is a looser car isn't it Mummy' when we see boy racer types on the road. I mean seriously who they think they're kidding, it's like a 'C' reg car that should have been on the skip months ago. But no add a big plastic spoiler, a load exhaust, strangly coloured alloys and some window tints and you've got yourself a babe magnet .

Chalky I had bleeding and cramps at 7 weeks, I went for a scan and everything was fine. I think a heck of a lot of people get bleeding around that point and more often than not it all turns out ok. Oh and welcome over to these parts!!

Chance Yay for kicking!!!