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WIITs take things to the third thread, hoping the Gruffalo stays in his bed.

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100years · 27/05/2011 11:21

Old thread in here

Welcome to the third WIIT thread. Are you all ready for more action?

Recent stats as follows :)

JBells PG#2 arrived! Luca John born 16th May at 3.10pm
mrswantstobeamum PG#1 EDD 17th June
Squirrel007 PG#1 EDD 13 July
WYorksLass PG#1 (boy) EDD 25th August
100years PG#1 EDD 1st Sept. Last working day 29th July
Nannyl PG#1 EDD 13 Sept
Strawberrypie PG#1 EDD 8th October
WhyWait PG#1 EDD 22st November
MrsSatsuma TTC#1 since Nov 2010
ShaggingWithIntent TTC since April 2011
AmandaCooper TTC #1 June 2011
AstroZola (hopefully) TTC#1 September 2011
BebeJones It's really complicated, TTC#2 at some point soon
Quodbilet TTC#1 sometime in the future

Settle in for more action and adventure.

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100years · 20/07/2011 15:00

Hello Ladies.

Feeling bit grotty the last few days. Think LO has had a growth spurt and it's wiped me out. Plus I've also lost a little bit of weight, so I'm not sure if I'm actually eating enough now, I think I could eat more, but I'd be eating when I wasn't hungry, or rather not feeling hunger. I tend to just be having my main meals a day and the occasional extra of fruit. When it's meal time I'm proper hunger then, but nothing much other than that. Seeing midwife this afternoon so will speak to her about it. LO is a proper mover and shaker so I'm not worried about that. Was at work Monday and had to finish early, continued sick yesterday, and am on annual leave today and tomorrow, then back in on Tues next week for my last few shifts, so I've been resting, but keep feeling light headed - this leads me to the whole am I eating enough question, maybe I need to be snacking on sweets Wink which is something so far I've managed to avoid doing. 6 weeks to go tomorrow! O M G, OH keeps going on about my bag, I keep saying I'll do it, I've not got round to sorting much out the last few days. Ah well. I think I'll make a start later or tomorrow. :) He is going to do the actual packing of it, but I need to make the list re what is needed. How can that be that difficult?!?!?!

bebe, how is the gum now? Are you still in love with your iPhone, I got the iPhone4 last week upgraded from the first i3(not even the 3gs) and it's so amazing. :) Having had counselling in the past, I know how good it can be, hope it helps for your DH. And hope the appointment at the hops is OK for you.

AC, hugs

mini, yeah a jug is this one thing I know needs to go in the bag, that and some food! Sorry you are getting the 'you next' comments. I must admit I found it hard in the pre TTC stages to even talk about it with people, as it's quite a personal thing, and much as I wanted to say we wanted to try but were waiting and then when we were actually trying you never know how long it will take and don't want to discuss everything or rather don't want everyone knowing the business.

Squirrel, I'll add straws to the list :) Thanks. Or sports bottles, of which we have LOADS us both being active sorts (until I got diffed!) Glad things are peaceful for you :)

WYorks, the stork walk sounds fab :) We saw the delivery suite and birthing centre when we had our labour day and it was great.

SPR, you have my total sympathies and empathy, it's horrible the constant feeling of nausea, for me that never went, even after I had been sick, and nothing worked for me, or rather stuff that worked for a few days then stopped, and so it went on, fortunately mine did pass at 16 weeks. Sorry I know it's probably not what you want to hear that I didn't get relief from the nausea, various things work for different people, it's hard, but if you can find something that makes it pass for a short while then that's great. I hope you do. For what it's worth, although I had a horrid start and haven't exactly had it plain sailing since then, and LO isn't here yet, I still am thinking I would do it again, it will be worth it.

Hiya Strawbs :) Glad you had a good HB meeting :) I'd not even thought about HB for this one, I really don't think OH would like it, but having said that I didn't even ask him about it, I just kind of went along with going into hosp!

Quod, I know it's up to you, but re the MAP it kind of sounds like you don't want to take it.

Anyway I'm off to my appointment in 15 mins so I'll check in later and let you know what happened.

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Quodlibet · 20/07/2011 15:36

Lunch has come and gone. DP has gone to work. MAP still in its packet. He suggested it might be a good idea not to take it and just to see what happens and how it makes us feel. I definitely didn't want to take it and would only take it if that's what he wanted, so totally fine with that idea! Doubt very much it'll lead to a pg, but I do feel like it's good for us to at least peer over the edge of the precipice even if we're not quite leaping.

100 ooh you're getting so close! Sorry you're feeling so wiped out. Could the baby be squashing your stomach and making you not hungry? Hope the midwife has some answers for you. At least you are very nearly into your 'put your feet up' time.

AC come back and let us know you're OK. And where is Nannyl?

ShaggingProducesResults · 20/07/2011 16:11

Sounds positive Quod - are you now going to carry on UPSing this month? I really think that you should!!!!

100 hope that the appointment goes well. I can only imagine how tired you are feeling!! Thanks also for the advice on the nausea. I'm prepared for another 10 weeks of it but may have to tell my boss so I can do a bit of working form home if it gets any worse!!! I'm just a bit worried about the impact of not being able to eat much because of it as I have a relatively low BMI at the moment and probably should avoid it getting too much lower!

100years · 20/07/2011 16:31

Heading to the hospital. Bp raised, headaches, few spots in eyes occ and some protein in urine. Can't say I'm not worried coz I am but at least I'll be checked over. If u hear nothing don't worry not sure how long I'll be there but I'll update as I can.

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ShaggingProducesResults · 20/07/2011 17:04
  1. Hope everything is ok. You'll be in the best possible place though if you do have any problems.
Quodlibet · 20/07/2011 17:05

Sending thoughts your way 100 - glad that you're in the best place and getting checked over.

minipie · 20/07/2011 17:28

hope all is ok for you 100 all our best wishes.

bebejones · 20/07/2011 18:33

100 - You are going to the best place. Hope that everything is ok x

100years · 20/07/2011 19:11

Thanks everyone. LO is wriggly as ever. So happy about that. Just me that's off. Waiting to see doc for verdict.

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100years · 20/07/2011 21:10

Hey. I'm home. Bp was better apparently. No protein in urine at hosp. They've done blood tests and will let me no if there is anything wrong on them. But have sent me home. Got to see mw on Friday to get bp etc checked again and go back if I feel worse.

Knackered. Just had tea, so will be an hour before bed to let tea go down. And I'm prob being signed off work now so I may have finished work now!

Thanks for all the good thoughts. SmileGrin

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Quodlibet · 21/07/2011 09:40

Great to hear you're back home 100. Good to hear your signs were good, and that they're so swift in checking you out. Hurrah for you if you've finished work!

Well the drama is most likely over here too, my temp is not up this morning which means no OV yet so probs all the little rogue swimmers will be dead by the time I do. (DP tried cupping his hands to my stomach and shouting 'Retreat! Retreat! The mission has been cancelled! Return to base!' as an alternative to the MAP, not sure of the medical effectiveness of that). Relieved and disappointed in equal measures I reckon. But it has made me realise that when we do actively TTC, it is going to be terrifying for me (and him) and there's not really a way round that, just through it! So a good thing to learn.

SPR I don't reckon there's going to be any more UPS this month, that would be one mind-bending step too far for DP I reckon. One step at a time!

AC are you OK out there?

minipie · 21/07/2011 10:14

Glad to hear that all is well 100. Finished work - now that sounds good! But does that mean your ML will start earlier than you'd planned?

Quod LOL at your DP cancelling the mission! Why do you think it'll be terrifying when you do TTC?

Quodlibet · 21/07/2011 10:32

Minipie I do tend to over-think things, but I think that any big transition like that has the power to be scary! For me it's about allowing that you're letting go of your old life with its control and ability to focus on your own happiness, and welcoming in the possibility of a new one with a whole new set of priorities, which will be totally different. I reckon I'd probably come to terms with being pg fairly quickly once I was, but the possibility-being-there-but-not-knowing stage I will find really hard. And terrifying, at least at first.

Maybe I'm just a weirdo! Did any of you pg ladies feel like that at all?

100years · 21/07/2011 10:34

Thanks Quod :) I had a little chuckle re the 'retreat! retreat!'shouting! That's kind of cute.

Thanks mini.

Yeah if I am signed off and signed off passed next Sunday then my ML will be started then, but that's fine, it's still not as early as some people take ML, not as late as I would have liked, but even if LO is late I'd still be off work till LO is about 10 months, so not like I'm going back to work so early and will still have plenty of time off.

It's bed or settee for me today unless I need to go to the docs for a note. MW is visiting me at home tomorrow to do BP etc check.

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ShaggingProducesResults · 21/07/2011 10:35

Not really. I think that because I had been waiting to TTC for quite a long time I had thought through everything ahead of time and was just super excited when I got the BFP. It still doesn't seem real (despite the BFP and horrible nausea) but I guess that once I have the scan I will feel like it's happening!!

100years · 21/07/2011 10:38

Quod, sorry xpost there. The whole big transition is a slightly scary process, but for me, it was like I was getting everything I wanted and I was just looking forward to hopefully the new future. I must admit the first ups we had I was a little O M G it was kind of weird as I knew there was a possibility of getting pg (although minute given when it happened in my cycle) but once I got passed the OMG stage I was just really happy. Then getting pg seemed to just settle me even more.

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100years · 21/07/2011 10:39

SPR, another x-post. Yep until I had the scan I was always wondering if anything was OK, even though I felt so ill, and had done (ahem) 11 pg tests all BFP!

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minipie · 21/07/2011 13:12

Oh I see Quod you mean that the idea of being pg and having an actual baby would be terrifying! Well I'm totally with you on that one.

I thought you meant just the TTC process itself would be terrifying - I am finding TTC is nerve racking, frustrating, and all a bit weird, but not terrifying...

Quodlibet · 21/07/2011 13:36

No I think the actual not-knowing bit of TTC is terrifying me too! Is life normal still? Or is it all totally changed? What's going on in there? Nothing at all or little cells subdividing furiously? How many days til I find out?
The actual DTD bit of TTC I don't find terrifying, just fun! But it's all the swirling emotions around it that make me go aggghHHHHH!

Think I've overthought it all, obviously

minipie · 21/07/2011 14:50

Oh ok!

see, I don't think I'll find it terrifying till I'm actually pg. Till then it's not real, just some game we're playing at...

AmandaCooper · 21/07/2011 15:10

sorry to be absent, it's work madness here x

WYorksLass · 21/07/2011 15:53

I think i'm just reaching the terrified stage now! 5 weeks to go today, eek!

bebejones · 21/07/2011 16:30

Aaarrgghh!! FFS wish our friends would stop having babies & stealing my names!!!! Wink The list is getting shorter!! DH better hurry up & get his head sorted out!

I didn't get to terrified stage until about 8months. When we were TTC/UPS it was just a game, and we weren't 'serious' about trying! Then I was just too sick to think about actually being pregnant! Think it'll be different next tie. More at stake!

Quodlibet · 21/07/2011 16:44

I think I'm generally quite good at not being scared when things are happening to me (have been hijacked and held at gunpoint and was absolutely calm about it) but I am terrible at worrying about things that may or may not happen in the future.

WYorks, 5 weeks! Where has the time gone?!

bebejones · 21/07/2011 17:04

OMG Quod you were held at gunpoint??!?! Shock

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