Mums to be due in May 2011

[emmywoo]

Hi everyone,
Thought I would start a thread for all us mums to be who are due in May 2011 so that we can support each other. xx

Thanks Teasie reassuring to know a real doctor says it's OK and not just Dr Internet which I have been consulting!! :)

TrinityCalling, I was planning to go to Prague when I found out I was pregnant (I was about 4 weeks at that time). I went to a private obstetritian who recommended that I cancel my trip because 1) this was my first pregnancy and 2)I fell in the "older mom" category at my 35 years of age, and 3) had a higher risk of miscarriage because of 1) and 2) and because I had never miscarried before... I was extremely worried about everything, and cancelled my trip. I used to do about 30-50 flights per year in my professional career, and wasn't afraid of the flight per se... What worried me most as to what I would do in Prague (where I did not know anyone and planned to travel by myself) if I were to miscarry there, or if I were to get morning sickness during the trip. I know this sounds totally crazy and one cannot live a life like this, but I decided that better safe than sorry... Looking back, I think I could have been fine going there (btw, morning sickness never came anyway ), but I would have still been a worrying disaster and probably not have enjoyed the trip... I'd say trust your gut instinct on this one!

Hello all,

Had my scan this afternoon - very exciting! Like a little wriggling worm on the screen and we've been told that it's just over 7cm long.

All feels so real, just amazing. Had a tummy bug all weekend so was quite worried, but yes, phew. All OK.

Dating has put me on 25th April. I was quite set on a May baby, but it looks like i'll need to leave you :(

Best wishes and lots of luck to everyone!

xx

LittleMilla That's very exciting about scan and dating but please don't think you have to leave the group!!! Only 5% of births are on predicted due date so chances are you'll still be May. Plus, being selfish, it means you can report back to the rest of us in advance when April comes round so us first timers in May know what to expect x

hi ladies
i said i'd come back today and fill you in on my scan! all went really well. i was super-nervous. hardly slept last night, and spent much of the morning (at work) panicking abut all the things the rest of you have talked about - there being nothing going on in there etc.

actually all was lovely. sonographer found it straightaway - saw lots of movement, and a lovely little heartbeat. they've pushed my date back a week - now due on 15 may. next scan due on christmas day! i've managed to push it into the new year, so should have lots to see at the next one.

so relieved that we've seen the baby swimming about in there. went out and treated myself to some maternity jeans. don't need them yet, but they're so comfortable, i might be wearing them after a big meal or something!

good luck for the rest of you with your scans coming up. cowboylover, isn't it yours tomorrow?

Hi all,
your scan stories sound amazing, still not had a date through for mine yet, but am sure it can't be much longer as am nearly 11 weeks now.

In reply to the flying debate i am due to go and do some teaching in Aberdeen at the begining of Nov and am flying up. I spoke to my MW about it and she assured me that a short haul flight like that would be no problem. Hope that helps for people.
Keep up the scan stories, they make me smile!!
Ps feel a bit sick again now, but that may be something to do with the fact that i was so happy to not be feeling sick, that i have slightly overdosed on fruit pastilles!!
L.xx

Hey all, how lovely to find this thread. I have been going out of my mind.
I did a test a week ago, positive. Over the moon but very worried as 2 years ago had miscarriage.
I have the very sore breasts, niggly pains in my tummy have mostly gone now and having lots of dizzy spells. ive been to see my gp, filled in forms and told her my concerns. She told me my due date and said midwife will contact me soon. I am wanting midwife to call me now lol. I need to know everything is ok, I know i need to relax and chill about it but it is hard when i am expecting the worse to happen again.

Anyway its great to seek advice on here and hopefully we can all go thru it together.

Congrates everyone!!
xx

Thanks Suedehead! Nice to hear your story as well, mine is today at 11am and so nervous I have been awake all night!
So glad DH has got the day off to come with me or I don't think I could manage it.
Will report in later x

Went to the hospital today and was very confused by the 1st question from the Midwife was "why are you here?"! I thought it was just a normal scan appointment but it turns out due to my liver condition I am going straight under consultant care and they want to see me every 3 weeks!
Was a suprise but reasuring to see that they are taking my condition into account and keeping an extra eye on me.

Had a scan and showing 9 weeks 3 days so a new date of 19th of May. Was amazing to see with a heartbeat and little arms and legs swimming about like crazy! They gave us 3 pictures and I cant wait to see the next one at 12 weeks to see how my baby grape has grown!

Hi all,

Just joining this thread - hope you don't mind. I am new to all of this! So I am sure I will have a lot of questions over the coming months.

This is my first pregnancy and I am 8 weeks now. I am yet to tell anyone, although going out for dinner with my 2 best friends tomorrow so I think I might spill the beans then. (It is too difficult to try and come up with an excuse why I'm not having a glass of wine!!) So really exited about that. Can I ask when most have started telling their friends and family as I was really set to wait until the 12 week scan, but its just not that practical trying to keep if from people who know you so well!!!

Got my first midwife appointment next Thurs as well which I am really looking forward to. It will make it more real I think! Anyway - I am looking forward to speaking to you all over the coming months.

Hi. I'm due on 2 May and have been mostly lurking on here owing to lack of posting time.

I'm having my scan on Thursday but had my first midwife's appointment today - utterly lovely woman - and because I was nervous about finding out I'd had a missed miscarriage at the scan, she listened for the heartbeat and we heard it - it was so exciting.

I've been dreadful at not telling people. Most people don't know yet but close family, a few friends and three colleagues all know. It was made harder because I've had my hen night and wedding in the first trimester, and people notice no drinking on those occasions!

Oh, and I found out I was pregnant on the last day of a holiday in New York, so the first thing I did (literally four hours after doing the test) was get on a long haul flight!

Wow - your hen weekend must have been virtually impossible!!! Dead giveaway!

Can I be really silly and ask what you mean by a 'missed miscarriage'? Does that mean you can lose the baby even if you haven't had any bleeding?? As I say - I have absolutely no idea what I am doing here!!!

Hey all me again, just wondering how long did it take you guys to hear from the midwife and get ur dating scan? I am 8 weeks and terrified. Guess cos it doesnt feel real at the mo and worried when I have scan that they are gona say 'what baby'.....as u can see im nervous.
Any advice gratefully appreciated.
x

Hi ladies, scan tomorrow at 9am. Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Am so worried about the whole nothing in there, no heartbeat thing etc etc. Can't wait to have the reassurance of the heartbeat then can tell the whole chuffing world! Phewy. Anyway, am really glad to hear that everyone else's scan has gone well. Btw HollyHocks, a missed miscarriage is where your baby very sadly dies in the womb but you have no bleeding or cramping or symptoms at all. It can have died at an early stage and you'd have no idea until you go for the scan. Hence why we're all papping ourselves that all is ok at the first scan. Keep your fingers crossed for me in the morning my lovelies xxx

hi ladies
good luck for the rest of you with your scans. cowboylover - glad it went well! sounds like you had similar experiences to me - so good just to see a bit of swimming and waving!

birchykel - i called to arrange an appointment with the midwife as soon as i found out (about 4 weeks, according to my new date). appointment was then at about 9 weeks. got a letter about the scan around a week later - when i went for the scan, i was dated at 10+2, which is 6 days behind what the midwife initially thought. still plenty to see though, so i was happy!

good luck everyone x

morning ladies
finally got my letter from the hospital when i got home from work last night (am 10 weeks today by my calculations and went to the doctors 5 weeks ago!)
Not a very helpful letter to be honest, all it says is that i have an appointment on the 9th November and to expect it it to take a minimum of two hours. no indications of what i'm going for, i.e. a scan or a booking appointment, or who it's with, midwife, consultant?
To be honest it hasn't put my mind at ease in the way i thought it would and by the time i actually have the appointment i reckon i'll be 13 weeks.

sorry another moan from me! think i'll give them a ring and find out what it's all about.

Feeling very sorry for myself. Have picked up a stomach bug, which really doesn't help with the horrible morning sickness I'm still getting. Am 11 weeks today so feel just about due a break! Dh doesn't understand weakness, so just can't get why am feeling so horrible and the fact the I need him to step in and do something to help with kids or the house.

Thanks suedehead must be different where I live then. My GP told me I had to wait to hear from the midwife. I know I am just anxious and that I need to be patient but I need to know there is a little heartbeat there....it does not feel real at all....apart from very sore breasts!!!

Hope everyone else is getting on ok. Am I the only one who feels that this isnt real yet?

xx

All great today at the scan. Baby wriggling about loads and showing 2 arms, 2 legs all the stuff he/she should have! Am so relieved and over the moon. Dates have stayed the same so am still 1st May, only just in with you guys! Was so amazing to see it, it makes it seem so real. Told everyone at work they were so pleased, now to tell the rest of the world!! Got some blood tests back from the doctors, just waiting to get the rest back, hoping all's well there too.
Hope you are all doing ok, when you get to the end of the 12 weeks I'm sure you'll pick up. Not long to go now!

funnylittlekaty congrates hun, so pleased it went well. U must have been so so relieved.

I had afew pains last night and was so worried but they have gone this morning so fingers crossed. Just want my scan!!!! lol

Hi all, it's good to read that everyone has some anxiety about their preganany - not just me!!

I'm due 27th May, so just sneaking into the backdoor of this group...

My main worry is my 18 month old little boy, I'm not quite sure how he will cope with the changes that will come with a new baby. I'm constantly thinking about how we won't leave him out come next May. Plus - how the hell will I be able to look after them both?!

Anyone who has already been in my situation??? I could do with some friendly advice.

Well I'm 12 weeks tomorrow and I finally feel that what seemed like podge is more of a bump. It's still squidgy but not in a fat wobbly way. My stomach muscles are definitely doing something cos I really did feel them after a run last weekend which is unusual.

We've got the scan on Monday and the closer it gets the more paranoid I am that this might not be real (DH reckons the 9 weeks of throwing up and exhaustion are definitely real).

Still on the up side I've only been sick once today :o

tiredandgrumpy - I had a bug over the weekend and was SOOO ill. I was just in tears. Tell your DH to pull his finger out. Thankfully my illness has finally sparked some action in my DH and he's been great...and also let me get a cleaner for a couple of hours every two weeks. Hurrah. It's really not feasible for you to carry on as normal and deal with pg. It's taken me all week to feel something close to normal, and even now I feel shattered. You need the support.

Not sure who was asking about flying, but I went to US a few weeks ago. Everyone told me it's fine and I was OK. Felt a bit more sick on plane and paid a little extra for a slightly bigger seat so I could sleep. But all fine, no need to panic ladies.

After scan on Monday I have literally 'popped'. I love it. Feeling proper grown up and ladylike pregnant!

x

judgemum I am due 28th May!!! woo hoo.
I had a letter through today saying that my midwife will be in contact soon to do a home visit and to book everything, scan, blood tests etc. So i feel better now. But like everyone on here I just want it to feel real...im not having morning sickness yet which is great but i almost want it so it feels more real. crazy i know.

Hugs to u all.
x

Oooh my early scan moved my date from 25th to 22nd May so I feel even more like I belong here now

12 week scan date in post today and MW appointment on Friday so it is finally feeling REAL!!

For all those worriers, my bad news from my memories of DD1 is that it never stops - once it got past the stage of "is there actually a baby in there?!", then it was Down Syndrome worries, then I was terrified of a late mc, then I was convinced she would be stillborn . Even after she had popped out I kept asking the MW "is she ok, is she ok?!" Aaargh!