July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

[Issy42]

Please don't be offended if you're not named, you're still welcome, I just have a rubbish memory. I can see a couple of you on November thread but there's a whole load of people not there. Just wondering if you wanted a little thread to keep in touch?

Headfairy - just replied to you on grapefruit thread. So sorry about your sad news. Was hoping a new thread might provide you with support from old friends.

And Sunnydale, I know you're wary of new threads, so though you might also like the company of old friends.

Wishing and Bubble having your weird long cycles and missing whole month's threads, thought this might be one for you too.

So what do you say? I'll start a list just in case:

Issy, ttc#1, cycle 14, ucl 28ish, cd 23/10dpo, mc Mar08, cp Sep08, IVF in April.

Aw thanks everyone for your kind words. It's still sinking in really. One minute I feel really positive and I talk to my little peanut and practise lots of positive visualisations.

Please accept my apologies for the therapy speak. This is what hypnotherapy does to you - Blue you have been warned.

Then I panic that I'm not sick yet and I wasn't sick last time and we all know how that one ended.

Then I remind myself I am only 4+2 and I hadn't even tested at that point with DS let alone be having ms.

It's going to be a long few weeks.

Ahh wasabs welcome to my world!I still feel like crap but not to the extent i did at the end of last week. So obviously now I am worrying that it's a bad sign.

It's a no wine situation at this stage.

I had a very hormonal day yesterday. Cried about 3 times including at the GP.She offered to sign me off work but considering I'm only 6 +5 today and there is still, potentially, a long wait and the HCG may not have hit it's peak, I declined. Instead I'm doing 10am - 4pm this week and I'll see how I go.

Was sick at Waterloo station this morning. By the bus stop. Thankfully I had a sick bag with me. And thankfully (thanks to Blue's unfortunate mishap) I had packed an air-vent free one. Chunder your way around london - wel it's one way to take in the sights...

Anyway, as I say, not feeling on my death bed and very much hoping that that is a good thing. End of.

irish at you for being so young!

jumping wishing you all the luck in the world with the CVS. It looks like London is going to be your place.

blue are you still off chilling? Hope you are ok. Get a bit worried if you don't post but am thinking no news is good news.

Has anyone heard anything from Wishing? issy how are you doing? My first scan is a week on Monday. I.e. 20 centuries away...

Hi, just popping on to say congratulations sif... this is proving a very lucky thread!

girl i have missed you!! Are you ok?

Sif you do make me laugh. "Chunder your way round London." I expect from your perspective though it is somewhat less amusing.

At the moment although I am more tired and sometimes feel as if my boobs are being squeezed by an invisible hand (NOT a pleasant sensation) I don't feel much different bar the odd dizzy spell. I have never wanted to feel sick as much as I do now. I'm sure I felt a couple of little surges of nausea this morning before breakfast but I might be tryng to convince myself. I am only 4+3 so need to calm down but still. It's difficult.

Hi ladies,

Working away at coalface all day so felt I deserved some mnet time .

Firstly Happy birthday irish - you are indeed a bairn - enjoy!

Oh sif - hats off to your preparedness and vent free sick bags - its just horrible isn't it.. I was at playgroup committee last night (don't mock me your time will come!!) and kept it in for 2 hours then home, do not pass go and VOM into loo.

sif and wasabi - the early weeks are - frankly - mitigated hell in a physical, emotional and psychological way. Just find the dunkirk spirit and soilder on.

Had my practical session with my hypnotherapist yesterday so thought I'd pass some tips on:

1. Relax, deep breath and visualise your new baby, how you will feel when you hold him/her for the first time, walking him/her around in the pram.

1. If your anxiety gets acute hold a pen very very tightly until it is sore and then release it and say "I am releasing my stress"

1. Remember what fun things you like in life (for me it is having a good belly laugh - something I've not done in ages), listening to music, spending quality time with DH

Hell, anything that might help .

I'm getting a bit worried about Head - she's not been on since last Monday... Head - please let us know you're OK...

jumping - really hope your long wait is soon over

girl - how are you?

Better get back to work - last day until Monday -

Hi everyone

Thanks a million Blue, I think that Bubble is younger than me. {grin] Glad to hear your hypnotherapy tips - might try that pen one for work

Sif LOL ar chundering around London - my workmates were very interested in what was so funny so had to find a random pic and send it on to them.

Hello to everyone else - have no time due to mad work stress so sorry for no personals - will catch up later.

AF has arrived so boo but have figured that BD will occur before we go to Korea (if we get there with the nuclear testing going on)so we could have good news after teh hols.

Oh and DH got me shoes for my birthday - he's so good!

Hello everyone, sorry I've been a bit incommunicado for the past few days, been to a wedding in Jersey and had a few extra days over there to chill out. Sorry if I scared you blue.... we got back last night I've had to wade through a ton of washing today! Thanks for worrying though, it's lovely to know you care

Lots of catching up so here goes...

first of all, tons and tons of congratulations to wasabi and Sif!!! That's fantastic news, I hope everything's going well and you're not feeling too rough. You're absolutely right sif, I reckon I could get away with not working christmas this year seeing as I'm due 27th Dec You never know though, the bastards might just try and push it

I would definitely recommend waiting til 8 weeks for a scan... it was really nice seeing a heartbeat and little limb buds on my bean...

jumping - I've been thinking of you and your cvs. I'm so sorry you're having so many problems getting it done. I hope you manage to find somewhere to do a TV CVS. It must be agonising having to wait so long before you can really attach yourself to this pregnancy. I'm still very much detatched, but desperately want to start getting attached.

Blue I'm glad to hear the hypnotherapy session went well... I'm so sorry to hear you had such a shocking scare.

irish so sorry about the bfn... and your poor cat. Poor wee thing. I hope the sunburn has recovered. I did have a slight chuckle at your description of it, made me think of Adam Ant! I'm glad you're being so positive about ttc... keep it up girl

Issy so glad you've got your three weeks thingy on the clearblue... I've been tempted to do the same but my inner miser won't part with the cash Plus I'm at 9w3d now, and having seen a decent sized bean at 8 weeks, I'm feeling a bit happier about the whole thing.

I'm sorry to hear about all you ladies with rotten ms. I didn't have it that bad with ds and it seems the same this time. I get nauseas but not to the point of throwing up. I do have a bottomless pit in my stomach now though so I'm trying to make sure my constant snacking is of the healthy variety. I've just eaten an entire packet of cherry tomatoes. I do really crave tangy or citrussy things, oranges are going down well as well. I would say I'm pretty knackered but that's my normal state so I can't really tell how much is down to being pregnant.

Had a nightmare of a time trying to pretent I wasn't pg at the wedding we went to. I have had to have a diversionary glass of wine, I had about two fingers of white wine topped up with loads of fizzy water at the dinner, then teeeny sips of champers during the toasts. I also had half a beer at our friends house because I was convinced the girl we were staying with had sussed me. She kept looking at my tummy, which looks like I'm 6 months gone (I've had to resort to wearing a bump band with jeans and she caught sight of it). I think I may have got away with it, but I'm sure they won't be surprised when we tell them in three weeks time.

I've decided against going for another scan for the moment. They did tell me at the EPU I could go in at any time and get scanned for reassurance, but I'm feeling pretty positive, still got tingly nips and every time I think "I'm not feeling sick, am I miscarrying?" I start to feel really sick and start gagging Me and my paranoia! If of course I get anything that freaks me out I will go along. The only pain I've had in the past week or so was more like the stretching pain I had last time, miscarriages feel very different I think. Well that's me trying to reassure myself

Anyway, better dash as dh is home from his MRI scan on his knee (marathon injury) and he wants to tell me all the gorey details

Hope everyone else is well. xxxxxxx

Phew Head - your safe and sound . Glad to have you back! How did the green coast dress go down? Was it a bit ticht round the middle ?

Had my first non-emergency midwfie appointment today or 'booking in' as they call it here. Was in for ages, lots of bloods taken the usual stuff. She filled in my case notes folder and I just hope, hope and pray I will get them in my sweaty hands in a couple of weeks emotion.

Nothing else to report, still wobbling, still trying to chill, still throwiing up but its my b'day tomorrow and I'll be (whisper) 10 weeks .

Hi everyone. Got on the train this morning then got off the at the next stop and went to my mum's. Such a wooss! but just so pukey I knew there was no point in going into the office. Will be stronger tomorrow. [embarrassed feeble weakling emoticon]

blue thanks so much for the tips. Unfortunately I keep thinking that if I picture having a baby in my arms then it will make me more upset if it goes wrong again, so number 1 is a bit tricky for me. Agree about the belly laugh bit though. Wholeheartedly. I can tell DP really misses the old me. We barely even chat these days because mostly all I can muster by the evening is a dribbly groan. He seemed a bit down last night so I offered him a feel of my boobs (well their ripeness is the only thing that's cheering me up at the moment) but that didn't work - he turned me down actually! so, in short, some cheeriness and QT are both MUCH needed round at Casa Sifuentes.

I think if I have a good scan at 8 + 3, which is a week on monday, then I'll dare to cheer up, but for now I somehow just feel the need for victorian like reserve. I am also acutely aware that I am treating the pregnancy as an illness so far, again so as to fend off potential disappointment. All totally irrational i understand, but I'm sort of locked in that zone for now.

Anyway. Jeez louise. I promised I would stop posting such belly gazing waffle. So I will.

blue playgroup committee
Happy double birthday for tomorrow. I hope you have a lovely day. In your photo you look about 28. Good genes in the satinsash family!

head HELLLOOOOO lovely to see you again and big congrats for getting 3/4 of the way throught the first trimester. Have you been to Italy already? Confused about prior posts which I had to skim through to catch up...Well done for note fessing up. I have had to tell a few people due to not being able to persuade people that i've had swine flu for 3 weeks now.

irish holiday in korea? that sounds pretty rock n roll! Happy Birthday xxx

wasabs don't worry at all about no sickness at the beginning. I think it's quite rare for it to hit as early as it hit me. I had no boob soreness til a week ago. everyone is just different.

I'm off to grab a calippo from the freezer. I heart my mum!!!

Happy Birthday Blue Lovely day for it too (I think it's nice and sunny and warm up north of the border too )

the dress looked ok, but I did have to spend all evening sucking my stomach in. I was wearing a pale blue linen coat over the top which I didn't take off all evening to hide my tummy. I think everyone just thinks I'm fat! One of the bridesmaids had to own up to being 10 weeks gone as everyone would have been suspicious if she wasn't drinking so it did take the heat off me a bit.

I've got my booking in appt on Saturday, got to take ds as dh will be watching the FA cup final in the pub with his mates, so that should be interesting. I hope your appt goes well and it helps you feel more positive. I'm hoping I might be able to persuade the mw to have a listen to the baby's heartbeat. I'm not sure if you can at 10 weeks but I'm going to ask as it might just be one more reassurance to help me.

Sif I have been to Italy yes, we went at the end of April so I was really only just pg and expecting bleeding to start at any minute. I even took an emergency miscarriage kit with me. Luckily it was uneventful on that front, though my FIL thinks I'm really dull as I didnt' drink anything and went to bed really early every night

It sounds like you've really got a duff hand with so much morning sickness, I hope it improves soon. I think it's a good idea to wait to 8 weeks for a scan.... it's hard work waiting, but worth it. Hope the time flies by.

I'm off to enjoy the sunshine with ds... have a lovely day everyone. xxxx

Hey Ladies

Just a quick one to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY Blue - hope you have a lovely day and get spoiled rotten!

Talk to you all later -

Gah! That's what you get trying to post when you have a 20 month old vying for your attention... sorry Blue you have of course had your booking in appt. Ignore my uselessness!

You know what I forgot to say? I forgot to say we've offered on a new house and it's been accepted, plus we've accepted an offer on our house, we're all chain free so we should be moving in the next two months!!!!! How blonde am I to forget that??? Pregnancy brain starting already?

I'm very excited, gives me something to focus on. We're off to Reigage in Surrey, a really lovely Victorian house, with giant conservatory and huge garden. DS will be absolutely made up. Just hope we can be in before the end of the summer!

Anyway, I'll take my old forgetful brain off, perhaps some sunshine will help.

Happy Birthday Blue !!!

Have just looked at your pic. You are gorgeous (and I am with Sif in that you look about 28*) and your ds is beautifAm so glad that you have made it to 10 weeks with your sanity (just!) intact!

Head Great to hear from you. I was starting to get a little concerned. Congrats on the house! We are starting to look now and are in for the long haul. We have a little Victorian terrace at the mo which is fine with one child but 2 will be a bit of a squeeze.

I am so envious of you and Blue getting to your booking in appt milestone! I just hope I make it there too.

I am very tired this morning and am starting to feel a weeny bit queasy which is reassuring.

Sif Enjpy those Calippos. Strangely the things I most want to eat at the moment are tomatos.

Odd.

I've just logged on and am welling up here with all your good b'day wishes - you guys!!!

I'm breaking in my 'fit flops' as we speak - toned arse and legs here I come - not.

Head - congratulations on the new house and getting your's sold - fantastic . A conservatory too - lovely! Enjoy your booking in tomorrow, hope they can let you listen to baby's heart too.

sif and wasabi - one day closer to first scan. Keep sucking the calypso's and maintaining your positive attitude . sif - really hope your hormones/blood/suger whatever the hell it is that causes us to throw up is settling down.

wasabi - interesting re: tomatoes...In my book of old wives tales craving fruit/veg etc = girl whereas craving salt, bread, carbs = boy. About the only thing I can stomach is brown bread and chips (tho' not together ) - another boy for blue ?

Off to have a lovely day with DH, the sun is breaking through and I'm hoping to buy a 'maxi' dress in Glasgow to go out to dinner tomorrow. Empire line to hide pot belly and long to hide chunky legs .

Love to all xxx

Hi - just popping in to say hi and catch up. It's taken ages to read through even the most recent messages.

Happy belated birthday for yesterday blue, wasn't the weather gorgeous?

I'm afraid to say I selfishly hid the conception and pregnancy heads for a bit and even stayed away from MN (!) because I was so paranoid all was going wrong. Pleased to say that after some bleeding and two EPU scans, we just had our dating scan and all is good.

Am so pleased that so many have found this thread lucky too. I was beginning to get quite down about the whole situ after our MC last year. Found this thread very supportive. Long may the BFPs continue for those who're still waiting (and going on very exotic hoidays? Korea!)

Fingers crossed for everyone still waiting to get to that magical 12/13 week bit..

Rip x

Hi girls!

just back from our holiday in devon. It was beautiful but the drive was horrendus!

so much has been going on since i last posted. i will read it thru again just to make sure i havnt missed too much.

Happy belated birthday blue

Congratulations wasab im so pleased for you.

this thread has been so lucky for the majority of us. just a few straglers left to get theirs.

jumping good luck for your cvs and Good luck to all of you with scans coming up.

well its day 48 and still no sign of af. Im feeling quite down about the whole ttc situation.

hi to everyone else. xxxxxx

sorry typing v quickly...
The CVS did indeed happen on Friday- 3rd time lucky- thank god! Was so relieved that all nervousness left me, which was a good thing as the consultant had to go in twice to get enough tissue, and it was pretty sore the second time!

So now on the wait. Been very lucky with no spotting etc., and did indeed take it easy on Sat and feel pretty much back to normal now. Should get results hopefully on or before Friday. In a way I am a little lost now, just in limbo, nothing more to do but wish time away. Am so lucky to have my DCs, taking great comfort in them at the moment.

Head- great news on the house moving front! We too are currently in a small victorian mid terrace with mini garden and can't wait to move in the farm house we've bought, but it's still at the painting and flooring stage of renovation so a couple of weeks away yet!

Issy- when is your scan? Thinking of you lots

Bubble- welcome back! Have you been tempted to do an HPT just in case? Really hope your cycle sorts itself soon, it's so hard being in limbo

Gotta run sorry and hello to all I haven't mentioned xxx

Jumping I'm so glad you finally got your cvs out of the way and you're feeling fine, suffering no after effects. I truely hope you can find something to keep your mind occupied this week and that the results are good on Friday. Here's to a week that zips by in a flash!

Sorry to hear you're still waiting for af bubble. Are you planning to go back to the docs for further tests?

Lovely to see you back Rip and congratulations on your successful scan. Glad to hear everything's well with you.

I took myself off to the EPU again this morning. I'm thinking of printing off a dozen copies of their forms I have to fill in each time, as I'm such a regular there. Last night I had some pink spotting and despite being what I thought was rather chilled about this pregnancy I freaked out and didn't sleep a wink all night. I love the NHS, after about 45 mins I got to see my little chappie bouncing around, arms and legs flapping around. Mind you, he's been bathed in adrenaline for 24 hours so I'm not surprised he's pinging off the walls. Everything's looking good, heartbeat good, measurements are bang on, so I'm happy again. I've even gone and booked my nuchal. It's probably tempting fate, but it's only two weeks to wait, so fingers crossed for then.

I hope all you lovely ladies are enjoying the sunshine. Have a lovely day xxxx

Head early pregnancy is psychological torture - of that there is no doubt. YOu have a gerat sounding EPU though. I'm so glad you got to see your little fella biuncing around.

Has anyone seen Sif anywhere? She posted on another thread I'm on saying she had some cramping and was really upset. She wanted to go into EPU today but hasn't posted an update?

Rip so glad as is well for you too.

Bubble Sorry to hear you are so down. It must be unbelievably frustrating. TTC just sucks at times. I am happy now but have had some very dark moments.

Jumping glad you finally got your CVS. Must be so painful, you are so brave! I hope the wait for the results goes at least reasonably quickly, although you will probably be stuck in "Groundhog Week" with me!

I am worrying myself silly at the moment. Still no really significant nausea - just the odd moment where I feel a bit strange. My inconsistent symptoms worry me. Got a GP appt tomorrow to hopefully get referred for a scan.

Tell me about it wasabi. Last time I didn't even consider miscarriage, it wasn't in my vocabulary. Ridiculous really, I was more paranoid about the pregnancy being ectopic. Next up is the worry of the nuchal. Dh would not cope if we got bad odds. Not sure what I'd do, implode I think.

Sorry your vascillating symptoms seem to be worrying you, it freaks me out too. I didn't really have very strong symptoms with ds, the odd bout of nausea, tingly nips and knawing exhaustion. Of course every time I panic and think my symptoms have gone I get a huge surge of nausea (probably psychosomatic) and tell myself not to be so stupid, but it's hard not to. I'm sure my boobs hurt more last time, but I guess I've used 'em before so this time I don't need to grow so many new milk ducts. This is of course totally unscientific, I have no idea if this is how it works

Hope you get a puking and falling asleep soon (well not really, but you know what I mean ) Being totally selfish I just want the good skin and shiney hair to start, rather than just looking live I've eaten too many pies.

BTW, haven't heard from Sif, that's very worrying. Hope you're ok Sif if you're out there, and you managed to get in for a scan.

Hi guys, wasabi - you hit the nail on the head with your "psychological torture" statement. My God it is so true, its horrendous. Try not to fret too much re: symptoms, its still early and vary SO much women to women and pregnancy to pregnancy. We have the added stress of mc and trying to compare symptoms then too - god its amazing we're not all in the loony bin.

Head - thrilled your scan went OK, you must have been going out of your mind last night. We don't get nuchal scans up here in Scotland, just the triple bloods and amnio if required...

Jumping - glad to hear your CVS went well, it must be such a relief having it done at last.

Lovely to hear from you RipMac and all's well with you and your baby - lovely .

I am chewing my nails thinking about sif - really hope she's had her scan by now and all's well. Sif - we're all rooting for you.

bubble - so sorry to hear your feeling scunnered with the whole ttc circus. Its hard not to especially when your cycle is so long.. Are you going back to the docs any time soon?

My nerves are still hanging on by a thread but I do have a definite bump now which DH said was quite noticable at dinner last night (we were out with his parents) even though I was wearing a floaty dress. I'm still throwing up every night but also still having brown discharge so my sanity is being tested to the max. Its DS's b'day party on Saturday and I'm praying that everything is OK for it as my last mmc was confirmed 3 days before xmas and the thought of me being heartbroken again around a time of celebration is just too much to bear.

Think I need to do some of my deep breathing again when I get home from work.

love to all x

Hi everyone! First things first I AM OK
Sorry I couldn't get on yesterday - looks like we've all been in a similar boat.

I felt really well this weekend and started to cramp to a bit too so by the time I was on the platform ready for work yesterday morning I was convinced it was all over because last time my sickness all but went (although then I thought that I was lucky). Anyway I called the EPU direct at Chelsea and Westminster and they were lovely and gave me an appointment at midday. I went straight home and lay on the bed feeling incredibly sorry for myself all morning. DP drove me there and I started bawling almost immediately. The nurse was lovely - DP says that I was shaking like a little mouse - and no sooner had she shoved the camera up me she turned the screen around and showed me the little jumping been with a flickery heartbeat! I couldn't believe it I was so convinced it was all over. I was still shaking and bawling - i think he had a tear too. Anyway I measured nearly 8 weeks so even gained a couple of days. Still can't even believe it as I type.
Sorry to have you all worried. I should have borrowed DP's pooter but in fact afterwards we went for lunch and I was a bit ambitious with my choices and spent the rest of the day throwing up - inlcluding loads of blood! lovely! needless to say am back to feeling ropey again. The nurse declined to give me odds but I am frankly happy with having reached nearly 8 weeks with a heartbeat (nearly 2 cms long!) It's the most pregnant I have ever been - with a live one I mean. DP immediately decided that he is a boy and has his nose, and is called Alfie. Bit random but whatever. It was lovely to see him excited too. Gosh. What a rollercoaster. I still can't get my head around it all.

Anway back to you lot. Head i am so relieved you're both ok. Have you been having nookie? apparently pink blood can be cervical erosion?! It seems so mean that the nuchal is placed there like a final obstacle when you just want to be able to stop worrying. Major congrats on the house front too that sounds perfect. I really hope you get in there before the end of the summer. It will be heavenly. Lucky DS

blue How lovely that you have a bump but how terrifying to that aspirin gives you the worst side effect imaginable in this situation. I am much more nauseous and vommy in the evening too. So yukky isn't it. I hope you and DH had a lovely time on Friday and that you managed to take you mind off all this malarkey.

wasabs I totally echo what the others say about symptoms. What can we do? There is no reason why this pregnancy should't be totally fine. The odds are hugely stacked in our favour and yet it feels like the opposite is true. These are slow weeks but they do pass. Just about!

Rip brilliant news that you are nicely safe and sound in the holy grail that is the second trimester!

bubble lovely to 'see' you again. Pleased your holiday was fab but sorry that you're feeling blue about that TTC sitch. Have you had your test results back? I can't remember...

jumping Excellent news about the CVS. What a relief. I am sure that time has completely stood still for you - all fingers crossed for positive results.

hi Issy and Irish - hope you are well. I think Issy has her scan this week...

Here's to a drama free week [raises tumbler of fizzy water]

xxx

ps apologies for the lack of punctuation but had to type very fast

Hi Sif that's such great news, really lovely to hear!! I hope it can help ease a few worries now. Of course you're never really happy until you've got a healthy baby in your arms (and then the worries start all over again aarrrggghhhhh!!!) but it's a great milestone to reach.

I haven't been having any nookie really, pathetic aren't I? I'm too tired more than anything but also a bit nervous about anything too physical. I know sex isn't going to cause a miscarriage, but somehow.... anyway, I couldn't feel less randy if I tried. If my last pregnancy is anything to go by second trimester is the time for a nookie fest. I was randier than a teenager and had bags of energy

I don't know what the spotting was all about, probably best not to think about it if it's causing no problems with the baby.

Sorry to hear the nausea and puking is back... it's always the way with me, I panic and think it's all gone and then it's back with a vengeance minutes later. I'm also worse in the evening... rotten when I'm working as I am tonight, to 10.30pm. I'm heaving my way through the 10 o clock news

Anyway, I'm wittering on... I'm off to eat my body weight in polos. Have a lovey day everyone, enjoy the last of the sunshine