Anyone due in April 2004?!

[dot1]

Hello!

I found out last week I was pregnant, and although I've not been to my GP yet, various websites and Miriam Stoppard have told me I'm due on March 31st/April 1st! (poor little april fools baby - let's hope it's late...).

I know it's early days, but wanted to start this thread as I've already got lots of questions - like, is anyone else having quite bad pains? I've been getting bad period-type pains, which have been worrying me, but I understand people do get (this is my first pregnancy by the way!).

Right, that's it - hope I get some company soon..!

thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. Had a really nice Amnio this week, all over in 2 minutes and no pain at all, not like last week's nightmare. and results are back, baby's fine. I've been feeling so down lately, reading and relating to the ante-natal depression threads but hoping things will get better now, only 24 weeks to go til then next trauma with any luck....

brilliant news Fennel - I'm really pleased for you!

I'm feeling good at the moment (touch wood) - no sickness, at last - hurrah - and I seem to have more energy at the moment, which is a good job considering everything that's been going on in the last week or so. I feel a bit out of touch with the baby though - haven't seen a midwife/anyone for nearly 7 weeks, because of moving, and I'm not due to see the midwife for another 2 weeks. Also haven't had an appointment for St. Mary's in Manchester yet. I'm dying to hear the heartbeat but trying to be patient.

Meanwhile I'm assuming everything's OK because I have started to feel some kind of movements - or what I think are movements - like bubbles/things shifting around! Mainly in the evening but also today in a meeting at work, which completely put me off! This is great- the bit I've been looking forward to...! I'm not sure when Jo will be able to feel them through my tummy - I can't feel anything on my skin yet - I suppose another few weeks?

Hi Dot
yeah movements are nice and reassuring aren't they?

I can feel my baby kicking through my skin but I really don't understand why you feel it sooner in second and subsequent pregnancies. With my first I couldn't feel at all before 26 weeks, this one I've felt since 13 weeks.

WHERE HAS PREGGERS GONE!

She hasn't posted since 15th September - i wondered if she had revealed herself - Does anyone know??????

don't know about preggers - not sure who she is either!

Help!! What can I do about heartburn - other than chew on chalky sweets for the next 5 months?! It kicked in over the weekend and hasn't left.... Can't believe I'm going straight from sickness to heartburn - it's not fair!!

Still not used to feeling baby move - I'm disappointed in myself that it's not making me feel all earth-mothery and maternal - it's just freaking me out...!

Ho hum - how's everyone else doing?

Dot1 - that's what happened to me with my first pregnancy - as soon as the sickness subsided (at 26 weeks!) the heartburn kicked in. Gaviscon and fruit Rennies got me through.

This baby is being a lot kinder to me though - the sickness started to subside at week 12 (I'm 16 weeks now) so most days I don't feel too bad (oh, except for the heartburn now!).

My little boy was one on Friday and I spent the whole day feeling quite emotional with remembering his birth and all that - of course, he sailed the day unmoved by a hormonal mother getting all blubby!

I started feeling both my babies at week 13. It's not strong but the movements are sort of fluttery and unlike anything else.

Dot1, there was a GP in my antenatal group (when I was pregnant with ds) who swore by Gaviscon.

And obviously you can get your Gaviscon free at the moment. I've got Gaviscon Advance (thicker than the normal one) and it is brilliant (and safe).

Flipping heck - just after writing my posting yesterday I was horribly sick - so that's not stopped then...! I think sickness and heartburn is a bit much..! Then this morning I fell downstairs - ow! I think the move/new job/etc. are beginning to get to me - I think I'm probably not concentrating as well on anything at the moment - must be more careful.

Anyway, I fell on my back/bum, so baby's OK. My 2 year old ds was a bit freaked out though - bless him. My dp just phoned me to say he's been saying "bump bump T" all morning (he calls me T and dp J - refuses to use the word Mummy!).

Ooouch Dot - sounds painful. Are you OK ? Any bruises??

I haven't posted for a while as I was away on holiday for the last two weeks. My teeth unfortunately were giving me so much trouble that I ended up seeing an emergency dentist before I went and then had to see another dentist whilst I was abroad as the pain was unbearable. I had to have tooth extracted and a root canal done - and then to cap it all the extraction site didn't heal too well and got infected I had to have antibiotics which thankfully cleared it up.

Good news for me as I had my first scan done last Thursday and the baby was fine Unfortunately I was too far gone to have a nuchal done and I found out I am now almost 15 wks. Apparently as my cycle is shorter it means that I am further along. It took a great weight off my mind as I was so worried about the health of the baby due to all the trouble I was having with my teeth and the amount of paracetemol and antibiotics I was taking I was convinced the baby was going to have 2 heads or something!

Yesterday on the train to work I was sure that I the baby move too. Although i haven't felt anything since so I'm now not sure if I imagined it as it is quite early ..

Oh yes and before I forget I can reveal myself as preggers now

Just in case if anyone is interested in a bit of lighthearted fun in guessing your baby's sex I found this link - www.parentsplace.com/pregnancy/getready/pages/0,13341,239161_438396,00.html

According to this I am having another girl! It actually worked out as correct for my DD and some of my friends!

Dot1 - you been on the wobbly juice?
Glad you're okay though.

Aha - Metrobaby. So we know at last. I'm gonna try that quiz now!

Hm. So now I'm confused. Metrobaby's chart says I'm having a boy but other gender predictor charts say I'm having a girl...!

I think I may be having a girl because my symptoms are so different to those when I was pg with my son last year.

We'll know in December when we have the 20 week scan as dh keen to know, though I'm not that bothered this time round. But it'll be nice to give the baby its name rather than call it 'it' all the time!

ooh - it says I'm going to have a girl!!!! Would be absolutely thrilled! (although obviously also thrilled if it was a boy... is it very bad of me to want to buy lots of pink girly things though?!!).

I don't think we're going to find out at the 20 week scan, although I'm itching to - dp definitely doesn't want to know and I couldn't know on my own - would drive me mad..! Also, I think I'd still quite like the "it's a ...." surprise at the end of it all!

Dot1 - yes I'd quite like the novelty of buying pink clothes for a change but I feel in an odd way cos I'm so used to having a son I wouldn't know what to do with a girl. Daft eh?!

DH would like a girl but I'm not bothered.

Either way the new baby will have to wear a lot of ds's cast offs (I'm so mean).

I know - we've kept all of ds's clothes so far - although they're all in storage in a warehouse somewhere, so if we haven't moved into our own house by the time the baby comes along, we'll be stuck...(although I wouldn't mind an excuse to buy new stuff!).

Has anyone with a ds/dd already started telling them about the baby? We've been talking to ds about it - he's just coming up to 2, and I really don't know how much he can possibly understand. The only thing he's sure of is that he's going to help put the baby's nappies in the bin (he loves putting things in the bin..!) and that the baby's going to be a Hoob! (he's in for quite a big shock then unless it comes out purple with green hair...).

Our ds knows - he's 4 and we wanted to be able to talk about it around him. Also I wanted to explain why I'd been feeling tired and "poorly". When we first told him (one morning after breakfast) he said "can I have the telly back on now?". He has obviously been thinking about since then, though. So far he has asked whether babies in tummies wear clothes ("not even nappies?!" and also what colour eyes s/he will have.

how did that winky face get there?

I told my dds (age 3.5 and just 2) this week. They took it quite calmly as they know lots of babies. I only told them because everyone else has started asking them how they feel about having a baby sibling (without checking with us whether we've told them). Also so they would stop jumping so hard on my tummy. They've decided they want a sister, and will call it by both their middle names.

Found out the sex today! (via the amnio results). Bit of a shock, a third girl. I love having girls and really wanted girls the last two times, but had convinced myself this one was a boy. I feel a sort of loss cos now we'll never know what it's like to have a boy (this is definitely our last).

Metrobaby's chart is wrong for two of mine then (if the amnio is right, I'm still not convinced til we see it for real).

I've told my dd too and she keeps changing her mind as to whether she'd prefer to have a boy or a girl. We told her pretty early on for the same reason as Fennel - to avoid any surprises for her if anyone asked her about the new baby. I've not told many people yet though just a few close friends. I'm not planning to tell anyone at work for as long as I can though for the moment.

I was really annoyed with my MIL this evening as she decided to tell everyone in DH's family about the baby. I was disapointed as I wanted to tell them myself We then were talking about xmas plans. I have decided that whilst I am pg that I dpn't want to stay over at my MIL as I suffer from asthma and they are heavy smokers which tends to aggravate my asthma. MIL knows my reason but she was saying she doesn't know why we can't stay over as she had read in the paper that apparently a day in London is equivalent to smoking 20 a day (I work in London). Grrrrrrrr.

Fennel - congratulations on having a girl! I know what you mean though - I think I really want a girl at the moment because we've got a ds and this may be our last one (although we're still talking about having no. 3 - not me though!!). Silly though 'cos come the day it pops out we'll all be happy with whatever we get - am only 18 1/2 weeks and already longing for the end of March...

Metrobaby - is there a reason you're not telling people at work yet? Hope they're OK and supportive - are you worried they won't be?

My new work have been fab - I told them I was up the duff when they offered me the job - I was 9 weeks pregnant then, so they pretty much all knew the day I joined! But it's going OK so far and I'm letting them know I'll be here for 4 -5 months, then off for 5 months and then back in September 04 (these are the plans so far...). Can't imagine having that long off work - My Mum's convinced I'll want to have longer off, but I think I'll be happy to return - especially if I can negotiate 4 days a week.

Glad to hear your new job is fine with it Dot. I told my work last week as am beginning to show and was getting very hot in large jumpers to hide it. They were fine though it'll be my third maternity leave in quite a short time. I think they wonder if I'll ever stop.

I'll be fine with 3 girls it's what I wanted last week. I think the mistake was thinking this was a boy and giving it a boy's name as a "working title". With the others we gave them unisex names til we knew. So we got to thinking of it as a boy which was a bit silly.
We are a bit tearful anyway this week in our house, our favourite cat got run over and killed. So really all DP and I want this week is a large fluffy black and white (male) cat.

oh Fennel that's so sad - I'm so sorry... would you get another cat or is it too hard to think about at the moment?

baby's nickname at the moment is either Jelly (the state of my stomach!), or Hoob - because of ds...! I've just had to hassle St. Mary's because I still haven't got an appointment and am starting to get anxious. Hopefully I'll have both an appointment and my scan date by next Wednesday - but I bet I'll be phoning and hassling again - they don't seem very well organised, although it's supposed to be a brilliant place to have your baby...

We have two other cats but have to say they are not the same as the one we just lost, there are ordinary cats and beloved closer-than-family cats. he was one of the latter. Tempted to get another but I KNOW I'll regret this when the baby comes, cats and newborns don't mix. DP wants to call the baby after the lost cat (Ashley). In fact DP would rather we'd lost the baby, I don't go quite that far but know what he means. (pathetic aren't we?) DDs today want a baby brother and to call it Barcelona.

Got some maternity clothes through the post, I can't see how the under-the-bump jeans will ever stay up, any ideas anyone?

under the bump jeans?! Never seen those - but my ordinary knickers are now almost under the bump ones and they're proving very tricky to keep up..!!

Baby seems to be sticking out a lot more - right at the front - feels sooooooo strange I can't get used to it. I'm also a bit squeamish about touching my tummy - I kind of want to prod it to see if I can get the baby to move, but I'm too scared! I think a bit of me thinks I might hurt it or something. Very silly...