The October Baby Bus

[arabella36]

Will anyone join a new baby bus with me?

I just got a BFP this morning so its very early days for me, but I'm so excited I thought what the hell, I'll head straight for the pregnancy thread anyway

If all goes according to plan this will be DC2 and due on 2nd October. Ive enjoyed being on the October TTC bus so I thought it would be fun to continue over here.

Well those crop tops that mpops recommended are great. I'm 38E to begin with, and they're lovely and comfy, even with expanding chest. I bought the XL.

I'm hoping I'll get away without needing to buy any new bras. I lost 3 stone early last year, I dropped from size 20 to size 12. Most of the normal clothes are gone but I've not sorted through my undies drawer properly yet so I've got loads that are far too big. Hopefully I'll get by with them.
I spent a fortune on maternity/feeding bras last time, they were a terrible fit and useless as soon as I'd given birth. I had to go and buy new again. I won't be buying anything if I can avoid it till baby is born... and then I'll go to Bravissimo not Mothercare.
I suspect the materniy clothes I've saved will be useless too.

I'm off to my slimming group tomorrow to see what they recommend about trying to keep my weight under control... Although I suspect the big packet of minstrels I made a start on last night won't be on their list of recommendations :)

I've told the rest of the people in the office today. Normal worries about jinxing it, but if anything did happen I'd want them to know anyway.

monkeybubbles hope everything goes well today.

knittymum I agree the days are just dragging. I hate wishing time away but just want these next few weeks to be over. For the moment I'm finding the mild nausea comforting that everything is going well. On the plus side it's 36 deg here today so I'm thankful I'm only at the beginning of my pg and not the end, that would be unbearable I would think.

DH is away this week which is bad timing as all I want to do from about the middle of the afternoon is sleep, but I have DD and DS to deal with. Luckily they have both been well behaved, DD was happy to get on with her homework and DS played in the garden while I watered the veggies and plants.

bilblio - well done on your massive weight loss - that is amazing! I have got a couple of stone to lose at the moment, so i am hoping not to put on too much and then I will miraculously lose some weight when baby is born!

I am usually (well since 2005!) a 36F, so bigger boobs are quite an annoyance for me - I will have to look into those crop tops as feeling very uncomfortable at the mo.

Does anyone want my toddler? Free to a good home.

I am into week 7 now and feel sick, tired and fed up. DD (21 months) has spent the entire morning whining and screaming the instant she can't accomplish something the second she sets out to do it.

Poor thing I don't think she is very well and she is v tired - has just conked out. But god it is hard work! Right I am going to sit down in front of the TV while she sleeps for an hour - sod the ironing!

And breathe .. this too shall pass.

Hello everyone,

Haven't been on for a few days so just caught up with the latest posts.

Great to hear about all the new BFPs - congratulations everyone! (save for later!)

Freelance I think we're due on the same day - 2nd Oct ish.

I'm trying to put off getting new bras as long as I can coz I don't want to be forking out for new bras every month (I'm 30GG normally and it's hard enough already to find comfy bras) but my normal ones are really hurting atm!

lovemylittlebean Love your nickname. Even writing it made me feel a bit teary - especially since I've just been posting all my fears on the ongoing Non-maternal topic. Hormones! I think it's Oct 2 but it might be up to the 6th. Waiting for scan next month for accurate date. Gosh, this waiting goes on so long...

I am uncomfortable in my size 10 clothes now - luckily I still have a few size 12s left over from before I too lost weight but mainly I have chucked them all out! Bras are def uncomfortable.

Hi all just popped to my GPs surgery for my 'pregnancy pack' (leaflets about screening and folic acid etc) and got myself booked for a swine flu jab, receptionist checked with GP as it's towards the end of flu season and he 'highly recommended it', apparently I've got the last one.

I know there's been bit of media about this but thought it might be worth thinking about for others.

Meanwhile my pregnancy brain is fully engaged, I'm usually really purposeful, focussed and rush about everywhere, circled round town twice today daydreaming kept forgetting what I had to do. Also I keep saying the wrong words a lot. Combination of excited distraction and hormones methinks. DP is most amused.

tummytickler it is possible to lose weight when pregnant. I'm pretty sure I did last time. I was wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans 2 weeks after DD was born, and they were too big for me.
One of the reasons I lost weight I think was because I was craving fruit the whole time which sounds like a fantastically healthy craving.... except I'm allergic to loads of fruits so had to be really careful.
Unfortunatly the essential packet of bourbons which kept me company when breastfeeding meant the weight went back on again. :)

Seeing a photo of myself with DD when she was 2 wearing maternity shorts on holiday gave me the kick I needed to lose weight. Okay the shorts were too small when i was pregnant, but even so...

Bumpsadaisie Much sympathy. My DD is currently with my Mum, and she'll be with MIL for the end of the week. Both sets of parents were fighting for her over half term. I'm missing her like mad, but grateful to be able to finish work and spend the evening dozing on the settee.

Hello everyone!

I have sympathy with Bumpsadaisie and everyone looking after an older baby; I am too and I feel bad for her as its difficult to summon the usual energy for entertaining her when I feel nauseous or just tired.

I'm 8+3 now. The sickness is tedious isn't it? I have to eat sugary things constantly to get through work, I'm sure my teeth will suffer! Fat coke, hard boiled sweets, nairns ginger oat biscuits, ginger ale, lucozade sport, penguins etc etc Then I have to go to bed at 7 because its the best way to manage the nausea. Can't manage dinner these days. Have lost a few pounds. Feel sorry for fluffy, whose sickness sounds terrible.

First scan will be 14th march. I finally booked it on Friday after putting it off for ages.

We'll need to create a new thread soon as its nearly at 1000

Hey

sorry i've not been on here much. Just wanted to let you all know that I had my early scan this morning to check that my bean wasn't ectopic. the good news is that not only is it nicely in my womb but we also got to see the heartbeat :)

I thought I was 6+1 but the scan put the bean at 5+4 which shifts my due date to 21/10/2011... long way to go yet but nice to know that it's all good so far

Hope everyone else is ok...

Bumps sorry to hear your toddler is more wibbler today. My DS is a bit older but went through a grumpy patch recently which we discovered was because he was getting his molars - could yours be doing the same?

Just to say I got a BFP (my first) this morning, which is a medical miracle for me as DH and I had been told there was little to no chance of us conceiving. Think I am around 6 weeks so puts me at end of Oct :D Am thrilled to join the October baby bus

well ms started today thought id got away with it :(

Hello all

Am so impressed at all of you already with DC. Do not know how I would cope if I had to look after anyone except myself!

Feeling a bit better today. I left work at lunchtime today and slept almost all afternoon.

After 6pm I can keep down water and a bit of bread. Before then everything comes back up . However, every evening I've managed to eat dinner, although I've also thrown half of it up a couple of hours later. But hey ho, its only half so better than nothing

Congrats to all the newbies. It really is a rollercoaster of emotions at first isn't it? Excitement, followed by the realisation that you still have to wait ages before anything else happens (scan, bump, baby moves etc.).

Have lost weight since becoming pregnant (hardly surprising) but I suddenly realised yesterday that I am sooo not prepared to put on weight! I hate shopping and the idea of having to buy maternity clothes and new bras is awful. I'm hoping I can stay in current clothes as long as possible (boobs haven't grown at all so bras aren't a problem).

thank you everyone for all of your support, it's been so nice to be able to come on here where everyone knows and understands, so i have someone to talk to.

went for my scan today, and it's good news :) we saw the little bean and the little fluttering heartbeat. it was incredible. i truly believe that everyone should be given an early scan.

so it's not ectopic but there are signs of bruising (subchorionic hemorrhage) but it is quite small so hopefully it won't be anything to worry about.

just makes you realise that the worrying never stops, so just like everyone i'm now looking forward to the booking appt and the 12 week scan, but now i'm very much doubting that i'll stop worrying even after that!

monkey how lovely to see the heartbeat! We're not having a scan until 12 weeks so another 4 long weeks to go.

Glad your bean isn't ectopic

annapops CONGRATULATIONS!

How exciting for you both

monkeybubbles and knitternottwitter great news about your early scans. :-o

Does anyone else feel a little possessed? I can't seem to keep control of myself sometimes the tone that I say things in is horrible....poor DP I do feel for him

Hi all

Have not been on MN much as have been feeling rather horrible and have had to deal with DS at the same time. Bren really tired and my nipples have been excruciatingly painful. I seem to have had a burst of energy today though and nips are as sore tonight so I hope e erything is still ok. Has anyone else experienced a loss of symptoms and everything has been fine? I'm a bit paranoid I suppose but it is early days still.

Am seeing GP tomorrow but am totally unsure as to how far along I am by dates I should be approaching 9 weeks but going by tests it's probably more like 5.

Told in-laws today as we see them very regularly and wouldn't be able to hide it for long anyway as they would soon wonder why I am always turning down the

MIlL reacted pretty much how I expected with a 'Oooh poor DS, he won't be loved anymore. He'll be wanting to move in with me. It's so unfair on him' She's a bit nuts. But I suppose in a way it wasn't meant to be offensive.

Really pleased for you Monkeybubbles you must be so relieved!

I have really struggled today. I do not do pregnancy very well, and today I have not felt sick, just moody and exhausted. It's half term too, and as this is dc5 for us, I have 4dc at home! I couldn't face going out - BIG mistake. They fought all day and were absolutely foul. I was bitch mother from hell too. Just a horrible day.
Luckily dh came home from work early, brill surprise as I was really struggling - although he has now gone to hte pub

Yesterday dh broke some earth shattering news - at the end of feb 2012 he hopes to go to work in Denmark for 3 months - leaving me with 5 dc, youngest 3/4 months! I want him to go as it is a great opportunity for him, but terrified for myself

Sorry for the moany post . . .

So pleased for you, monkeybubbles! Thank God for scans, eh? My mum was telling me just now how she was bleeding all the way through her first trimester when she was pg with me, but everything turned out ok.

Monkey fantastic news - so pleased for you.

Fluffy - glad to hear you are keeping a bit down after 6pm. Keep an eye on it. Yes, it is a bit grim having older ones to look after, but on the other hand it takes your mind off it and stops you ruminating too much about the pregnancy - after all there is a bloody long way to go and best not to think about it too much, esp for impatient people like me!

DD now fast asleep in bed, poor sausage, bit of a temp. As soon as DH came in from work, he said the "wrong thing" and I bit his head off like a madwoman (I think it is all the displaced annoyance which I can't take out on ill DD, so he gets it instead! However I am sure he will forgive me when he comes down from his bath tho' !)

What lovely news monkeybubbles you must be so relieved. It is impossible to relax at this stage though and then once you get to the next milestone you just start worrying about the next one! Sigh.

My morning sickness had eased off a lot. I have managed to eat and drink for the last couple of days - it has all stayed down too although there are only a few hours each day that I seem to be able to eat anything. I am totally craving Lucozade so I might have to get my hands on some. Today is the first day I have actually left the house this week but I felt so weak and dizzy I wasn't out with DS for too long. I really feel bad for him although he is quite happy in himself I just don't have the energy to give him all the attention he deserves just now.

Congrats to all the new BFPs! I can't believe how busy this bus is!!!!

tummytickler at your DHs news, obviously great for you all in the sense of his career, but blimey, four DCs and a newborn?! My mind boggles. I am already quaking at the thought of how I will manage no.2! How old are your older four?

Hi all,

welcome to all the newbies.

Not been on all week as i've felt so so sick. 8+2 today and its so draining.

I too have a toddler for sale! He's stroppy and had swime flu jab part 2 today so grumpy too, he screamed all the way there, I got a little tearful (not like me and not very helpful to DS) but i was exhausted. Poor nurse! She nodded knowingly when i explained i was 8 weeks pregnant!