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.

I think I need constant supervision! Finally managed to find the energy to go shopping at this afternoon & just as I was beginning to feel tired & a little dizzy wandering round Tesco I saw a couple with a v tiny baby & it stopped me in my tracks! Just stood there for a second staring at this tiny little bundle & all I could think was how much I wanted to cuddle him! He started crying & I could hear him half way round the shop & found myself completely distracted by it!! Saw them again on the way out & practically had to run past them before I started crying!!
When I got home I forgot to put the shopping away until the frozen stuff was nearly defrosted then forgot to time the rice while cooking dinner & would have forgotten I'd put it on at all if DH hadn't asked me how long until it was ready!! I'm pretty sure I'm losing my marbles!!!

I'm so glad about your early scan news, Monkey and knitternottwitter! Hopefully the wait til the next one will go nice and fast!

This is great - seems to be lots of good news today!! Apart from the toddler-battling - I can sympathise I'm afraid as my 20 month old ds had the king of all tantrums at dinner time tonight. A full half an hour of howling and all the rest of it because he wanted to wathc Cbeebies instead of eating his tea...

Can i just have a quick meltdown before i try and go to sleep? I'm once again OBSESSING over the swine flu vaccine. Will we still be offered flu vaccine now it's end of flu season or will they be trying to giv us old stock eg pandmrx or whatever? I really don't want to hav a vaccination but i've got another cold just now and i feel dreadful. Hate to imagine what flu would b like. I've been googling too much again and can't get to sleep for worrying about it.

Count me in, after a rollercoaster of an evening I can announce (online at least) that DC3 is due on or around 19th October... In the same week DC2 will be celebrating her first birthday! Hope this bus is a bit less of a hair-raising ride then my real life right now, I could do with a sit-down!

Please could I join the October bus too - due around 19th to 21st October with DC2! Still 3 and a half weeks until I can even see a midwife and even longer to the first scan - these days are going SO slowly.....just want to know that everything is alright and have a strange feeling it may be twins this time!!

BTW - a big congratulations to everyone else on the bus!!

Welcome mumtobe I am due on 26th, and I have no midwife appointment until 24th March, and then the scan will be after that as the mw will arrange it. It does take forever, I just want to be 13 weeks (and i am sounding like a broken record about this at the moment )

Twins - that would be exciting - what makes you think its twins, do you have some in your family?

Yes tummytickler, and I have had a lot of dealings with twins over the last couple of months - so just have this feeling that it may be!!

morning guys:) great news for monkeybubbles .definitly deserves a small hurrah!

Got my mw appointment in an hour. Still can't let myself believe this is really happening. Really hoping i can convince her to get me in for an early scan so i can stop worrying about another mmc or my fear of all fears the dreaded ectopic! anyone else fancY a fortunes telling midwife? ?

Hello again everyone! Thanks for all the responses. Went out with my best friend last night and told her - felt SO good to have someone to talk to. She has a one year old and works full time. Had a glass of wine and a pizza!!! Feeling a bit bad about the wine but it's my first and it made me feel like a normal person again. 8 weeks today.

Hi and congrats to newbies. I thought I would offer some hope, My stomach cramps seem to be subsiding now, so hopefully everyone else will to. I had to lie to my family last night they kept telling me how thin and pale I look was there anything wrong they didnt beleve me when I said no so now they are all worried.

crawling at least they said you were looking thin - I am never going to look thin again at the rate I am eating
Don't worrytoo much - at least when you tell them you are pg they will understand and stop worrying.
Great that the cramps are starting to disappear - how far along are you (sorry - i should probably know )

freelance I shouldn't think 1 glass of wine is a big deal - I will be having one soon as we have a big 'do' when I am 9 weeks. I will have wine as I am not ready to tell people, so I will have one, with soda water and just keep getting it topped up with soda water all night so everyone thinks I am quaffing back the wine, but I will actually jsut have had one small one (and be just as pissed as I would normally be on a bottle probably!)

Thanks tummytickler I usually lose weight in the first tri and then crave fatty food in the scond tri and soon catch up, I dont know my dates by LMP but my scan gave me two dates one I would 9 weeks today and the other 7+4 today so unsure sorry.

tamashii has your trapped wind thingy gone away now? (if you don't mind me asking?)

I only ask as I have something similar I think - since Friday I have this thing periodically where I get really intense periody-type pain around my bikini line, coupled with back ache and feeling sick. It seems to be triggered by going to the loo or needing to go to the loo. It was so bad at the weekend that I went to the walk in centre, but was told it was 'just things knitting'.

Has anyone else had anything similar?

TIA

Hi kateepie2 well I'm almost 9 weeks PG now and they actually do seemed to have eased off a bit. I definitely think it's "things knitting" as you were told because they're not painful as much as really uncomfortable and it's def worse if you need to TMI poop!!! I have been so sick lately that I have been feeling so ill I've kind of been in a bit of a daze for the last couple of weeks. I do get sort of overstretchy muscles just now like if I have to get up during the night to get DS it seems really easy to kind of pull an abdominal muscle.

I am being such a mega bitch just now it's unbelievable. It's out of control. I'm also feeling a bit low and unworthy just now too - I do suffer from mild depression at times though so I guess it's to be expected :( then I feel so guilty because I am lucky to have got this far along this time and should be happy but I can't help but worry about every little thing and I feel so shit it's taking me all my time to keep my head up.

Anyone else with not so supportive "D"H at the moment? Mine seems to be getting a bit fed up of me being ill all the time just now. I don't think he really understands how ill you can feel even when you're not actually being sick. He really helped at the weekend when I was over the toilet being sick ALL weekend because he just took over with DS and left me to it. Now though, he seems to be a bit eye-rolly about it all as if I am putting it on a bit.

Sorry - just realised I have ranted on. Just feeling it a bit today. Thanks for listening :)

Hello! Can I join you? I got my BFP on Saturday - so due on 23 October. VERY early days - just 5+3.

I am also hoping for an early scan as I had two miscarriages last year - one at 6 weeks, and one at 10 weeks 2 days - just heartbreaking. Am now under a specialist and on Metformin (for my PCOS), and just keeping everything crossed, but it's soooooooo hard not to worry or feel anxious. He said that I will be able to have a scan at 7-8 weeks.

Am feeling a lot sicker than last time. I haven't actually been sick, but am really nauseous. My boobs are big and very sore, I feel quite emotional, and I am exhausted, but I'm just so thankful to be pregnant again. I guess if it's meant to be it will be - I just pray to God that our prayers will be answered.

Lots and Lots of Love to you all

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Hello to all the newbies.
Underachieving I read your thread last night so thought you might be along soon. I had a friend at school whose big brother was in the same school year. I think there were 8 or 9 months between them because she was prem. They turned out good well rounded individuals so though their Mum must have been knackered she did cope. I'm sure you will too. :)

I'm feeling tired, dizzy and queazy today. I keep having snacks but it's not helping.

katepie2 yes I have the same. Sometimes it's really bad, most of the time it doesn't hurt it's just a sort of awareness that something's different if that makes any sense. I had it last time though so I find it quite reasurring. It's convincing me that this is real. :o

Welcome to the new people and congratulations!

underachieving I saw your thread too. I had a 19mo gap so much larger but still fairly small and there were lots of advantages. DD still napped in the day so I got DS napping at the same time and had a bit of time to myself, DD quickly forgot what life was like without a baby in the house etc They're now 4 and nearly 3 and get on brilliantly.

I'm sure it will be full-on but also rather wonderful to see them grow up close.

Thanks for the reassurance tamashii and bilblio - glad its not just me - when it kicks in it really feels as though someone is clenching their fist around my intestines or something, and I just want to pass out... so hoping it won't get any worse. bilblio did it go away at a certain point or did you have it all the way through last time?

I did feel like saying to the nurse when she said 'come back if you get any intense pain or anything'... what the hell do you think I'm here for then?, having explained how it felt grrr

Welcome to the new ladies. I've not been on since last week - been feeling so tired and sick. Was in bed at 8:30 last night - a late night is now 9:45 - can't wait to get past the 12 weeks.

Quick question though - I am 7 weeks this week and have got my appt. through for my first appt. - its 4th April and will also include dating scan ! Sounds a bit too far in the future to me - any thoughts...? just wondering when you are getting your appointments for.

I will be 8+3 when I have my booking in appointment on 8 March, but won't get a scan til 12 weeks I guess. By my reckoning you will be about 12 weeks, is that right?

monkey I have my dating scan for 3rd March and I will only be 9+1 so end of March I will be looking at getting another because of doing nuchal and other screening. I have my first MW appointment Monday. I am 8 weeks today.

I have my mw appointment on 24th March, so I will be about 9 weeks, then she will arrange my scan, which I guess will be mid April when I am 12 weeks. Seems like forever away at the moment though.
I am 5 weeks today so not as far along as most.

Oh God - I will be so jealous when you all start having babies at the end of September, October. I will probably be late again and have to wait 'til November.