Any first-timers due December and want to come on and chat?

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I just found out, am due December. First baby. No clue about anything! But pretty excited!

Is definitely not something I can change anyway! So might as well not worry about it :) Plus I got ID-ed the other week (before I knew was UTD!) buying wine in the supermarket so I defs can't look my age!

Embrace it :)

My left boob is really tingly and sore which is weird asmy right seems fine and they don't seem to of grown yet.

First touch of MS this morning, Ryvita dry seemed to help. Helps knowing my one colleague was on with me this morning so understood why I looked green lol.

Mine have already got really big - my bras are digging in - I hope I don't have to buy new ones every month! Need to find cheap ones. Maybe TKMaxx. The left one is also way firmer than the right, which is really weird! I was feeling really sick until today, I feel okay today. I hope that everything is still ok though now! Even though it sucks it is kind of reassuring!!!

Mopsy its prob giving you a day break and it'll hit you again in a couple of days lol.

I don't really have sickness per se, woke up feeling bleurgh this morning but feel fine now just really tired.

I have felt tired for first time today but still no sickness sore boobs occasionally. Lots of tummy twinges still but spoke to midwife today for reassurance and she did help.

Not sleeping well at all though part worry part excited. Going to be a complete mess by first appt anyway know how long between 1st appt and scan? I'll be day short of 11 weeks at 1st appt want a scan soon again for reassurance

I am sleeping like a log bizarrely! Normally I sleep really badly and have stressful dreams and wake up a lot, but since last week have been sleeping so well. And can't remember any dreams which is really unusual for me.

I hope that this is just the end of morning sickness for me! haha I would be a bit lucky for that to happen! Glad the midwife reassured you figgygal - if it helps I have been having loads of twinges/period pains and quite a sharp pain for about 5 minutes in lower left side earlier but it passed luckily as was getting a bit worried. Probably normally would take no notice of these things though.

In my 'bounty pack' (sounds a bit fab but isn't really very fab at all, just loads of leaflets and an NHS pregnancy book that looks a bit like a phone book!) they say that the first scan is between 10-14 weeks so I am sure you can have it shortly after 1st appointment. I will only be 7 weeks at first appointment so will have a lot longer to wait!

Can i join too? Just found out i'm pregnant and due Dec 26th! A proper christmas baby. We've been trying for ages so i'm just so thrilled. Really early but my boobs seem massive already - worried about how big they're going to get!

Lizzyinlondon congratulations! I'm due the same day as you according to mumsnet, though according to my netmums book it's 30th Dec - who knows!

figgygal great news you've got a scan at 11 weeks, hope mine is that early too :)

LizzyinLondon welcome & congrats I'm due boxing day too :)

Got the booking in appt at the GPs today. Tired but I can't get back to sleep :(

Hey girls! Congrats to lizzyinlondon! Anyone else having bra issues? I only own undersides, cleavage boosting bras which was not helping with my soreness. I also read that wearing a bra that squished you can damage your developing breasts- So yesterday bought an awful lacy Nan bra.. :( it supports really well though. Think I will invest in a nice sporty one. Any recommendations anyone? Hope you're all well :)

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congrats lizzy

wiwa I'm just about managing in my underwide t-hirt bras at the moment as thankfully boobs did shrink a little when I came off the pill (even if everywhere else grew!!) but think it won't be long before I'm heading to M&S for a remeasure! Debenhams also have some really pretty maternity bras that are designed especially to look after our sensitive boobs during the growth and transition! Unfortunately all the mat bras I've seen are pretty pricey!

Cool- I will check out debenhams. My bra is so old-lady looking :0(. Got it from a shop in the small town where I live and it was 25 quid! Still, I was needing to go without because all of my bras are so uncomfortable, so it's better than nothing and will stop me getting unwanted attention or needing to wear 5 layers in this heat!

My husband actually said I looked like jordan yesterday...! Not really the look I want to be rockin'!

Congrats LizzyInLondon! I am due around then too - sometime between 22 and 25. So also potentially a Christmas baby!

My boobs have got bigger too wiwa and BlueCrane - any ideas on where to get cheap bras? Apparently they keep growing and I don't want to have to buy new ones every few weeks if they are expensive! My problem also is that I wear a lot of cotton shirts there is no give in them and they are already straining at the boob area - eek! I don't want to have to go and buy a load of new ones. Also wear lots of cardies over shirts and can't really button them up as straining too. I usually have pretty small boobs, A-B cup and I'd say I've gone up at least a cup size already if not more. I suppose I'll just have to pay a visit to Primark and take the cheapie option. Anyone else having similar clothes issues? I am only week 5! Sigh.

Hello lovely December first-timers!

I'm expecting my first and due on 22nd Dec, so odds on for a Christmas baby! It'll be such a magical time

I had an appt with the GP yesterday, he gave me the pg booklet 'Emma's Diary' which basically seems crammed full of adverts, but the diary bit is lovely. Anyone else get it? I was surprised I wasn't given dates there and then for further appointments and scans, it was just a load of paperwork really and then sit tight until 12 weeks in.

I'm so terrified of something going wrong, I dreamt I had red blood last night. I just can't wait to tell people! We're going away for a couple of nights just the two if us tomorrow, so going to tell our families on Easter Sunday and everyone else in June.

Mopsy we are due date twins I have been having weirdly vivid dreams, and super tired in the evenings. I've been eating and drinking constantly to stave off nausea so will be the size of a house by the end of the first trimester! Boobs also huge, can't really be arsed buying new bras just yet.

Yay congrats goodegg. It's nice there are so many of us due around same time, so we can compare symptoms, reach milestones at same time etc. Particularly as it's my first time it is very reassuring to have you all here!

I don't want to buy new stuff either AT ALL. It would be such a waste of money. The prob for me is I had put on a bit of weight (mainly by being a bit of a piggy but also because I injured my leg and was on crutches and couldn't do any excercise for ages) so all my clothes were already at the very tight end, so now my boobs have expanded I am stuffed! They are just too tight. If I had been at my normal happy weight there would have been room for a bit of expansion.

Oh! Also I hardly had any nausea yesterday and was feeling hopeful it might be going away. Just now been eating brekkie at work (yoghurt and banana) and feeling really ill, having to really slow down and make myself just eat it really slowly and try and ignore nausea. But in a way it is reassuring as it makes me feel everything is going on okay!

Those who are suffering nausea try dry jacobs crackers or ryvitas works for me :)

Congrats GoodEgg

Can I join, I have just graduated from the 6+ months thread and I'm due December 27th. I have to have a c-section though, so they will probably have me in on the 16th or 19th depending on how things go.

I'm due to be a bridesmaid at the end of October - dreading telling the bride, even though she knows I was TTC, but I had reached the point where I didn't think it would happen. I'm going to sneakily go round the dress shops asking about extra material and adaptations before I break it to her.

I'm struggling a little bit with nausea, just certain smells setting me off, there are so many disgusting smells I don't normally notice. I had my in-laws staying (who don't know) and we were on a nice country walk, I couldn't think past the manure, it was awful. I'm also so hot that I feel I should have known a week sooner, I'm so glad I didn't go as far as complaining to the gym because I thought they must still have the winter heating on or something!

I've told one or two friends who have been lovely to me when I was having difficulties, but not telling family until 12 weeks. It seems a little disloyal, but I can't help feeling that if something goes wrong they will be affected too by losing a GC, whereas my friends will just be sad for me IYSWIM.

Hi RunnerHasbeen congratulations! I wouldn't worry too much about the wedding, by that stage your bump will be really showing so you will look like a lovely glowing pregnant bridesmaid - and I am sure your friend will be thrilled for you anyway!

I think when you tell people and who you tell is an entirely personal thing. I wouldn't say it was disloyal at all! My sister didn't tell me until she was 4 months pregnant and I didn't think a thing of it.

The manure thing made me laugh! The worst thing for me so far has been steel wool bizarrely - I used it to clean the barbeque at the weekend and I had to go out in the garden to retch - ugh feel sick at the thought!

Gorgeous gorgeous day here. Want to go and wander round in the sun, not be stuck in this boiling, greenhouse like office!

mopsy am with you on the greenhouse office thing! Our office is usually bad in any form of warm weather but I am definetly warmer generally at the moment - DH keeps commenting on how warm I am...am usually cold most of the time!! I'm also totally with you on the clothes front! I had also put some weight on so my careful plan re. moving into my 'fat' clothes from my slim ones when they got tight has been a disaster as I started out with my 'fat' clothes being too tight! Am in my summer linen trousers today which i'd never normally wear to work but have more give around the waist than my normal work trousers - good job the weather's warm as it measn I have an excuse to wear them! Thankfully my work tops are mostly stretchy but most of them are clinging too much around my tum so make me look v fat...so I caved in yesterday and bought 3 normal (ie not mat) tops from next £10 each so not too bad...they have an elasticated bottom and I figure will last me through most of the summer even when bump starts to appear...and if anyone asks me about them (as I normally wear fitted tops) I can still legitimately say that I've just been updating my summer wardrobe with the nice weather and they can get themselves one from Next if they want! Not sure what to do on the bra front yet though as it could cost a fortune

goodegg having the same dreams but have to say I am sleeping well.

runnerhasbeen strong smells drive me mad DH emptied the bins yesterday and I couldn't believe his nose didn't detect a thing!

As for heat, thank heavens for air con in the car I have chill on constantly (sorry planet) and my office is an oven I've made a fuss about fans and joked with colleagues I am going through the change probably. I don't think anyone suspects the truth yet. Phew.

Is it very very wrong to look at maternity clothes on ebay when only just 4 weeks?!?

Not having a good day. Feel Very emotional and keep getting little pains really low down. Panicking. My heart is racing.

DH thinks I am over reacting and its just hormones making me worry

Teacup I've heard "growing pains" are really really normal. Could you maybe phone NHS direct if you're very worried even if only to put your mind at rest?

I've had little stabbing pains too but no blood at all.