Second, third, fourth or more timers due in December

[sevendwarves]

is anyone else feeling a little left out by the first-timers due in December thread? This will be my second DC (DS will be 3.5). I think I'm due on 15th December.

its my second too. due on dec 2nd..

i feel 100 times more sick than my first....so tired at the moment. and sick of vomiting..
and people keep telling me they hope its a girl or they hope its a boy...as if i have any control and as if i will disappoint them if its not!

on the plus side my husband is being so lovely and we are so like newlyweds again its great.

Hi mamaesi.

My symptoms are also completely different to last time. I've had no sickness at all (thankfully) but my boobs are really tender and I've had backache that comes and goes pretty much since I conceived (neither of which I had last time). I've also increased by 2 cup sizes already!

My MIL has no reservations in telling me she wants a grand-daughter, although she has 4 grandsons so I understand where she's coming from but can't help thinking she'd be disappointed if I had another boy.

Hi i'm on my third pregnancy 2nd baby. My DD is 6yrs old. exactly 6wks today due boxing day.

Don't remember the first 16wks off DD's pregnancy as didn't find out till then. All I know is this time will be alot longer of a wait.

I feel completely wiped everyday. Feel nauseous but not actually vomited yet and feel the need to pee every 5 mins. My boobs are sore one day and not the next but not actually grown much yet.

Hi darcies, that must have been a shock finding out at 16 weeks!

How did your other pregnancies go both of you? I had pre-eclampsia and was hospitalised at 35+2 and delivered 3 days later. I've lost 2.5 stone and am trying to eat healthily to reduce my risk of having it again.

Seven Shock was an understatement. When I found out I only thought I was 8wks, dr booked me in for dating scan as I was unsure, which I went for 4wks later, and the sonographer said i was 21+2wks pregnant

My pregnancy went without hitch, apart from a couple of really bad UTIs which ended up in hospitalisation. delivered at 39wks after going into spontaneous labour. Put on loads of weight looked like a big beached whale but lost it all practically straight away so hoping this one goes the same way.

Pre-eclampsia is there anyway you can try and prevent it from happening again?

From what google has told me one main cause is being overweight so I'm hoping the weight loss will help. Also plenty of fresh fruit and veg and foods containing vitamin E may help to prevent it re-occurring. I also plan to take a pregnancy supplement all the way through pregnancy this time, last time I only took folic acid until 12 weeks. I've got my first MW appointment in a couple of weeks so I'll ask her as well.

Hi girls I am 6 weeks and 2 days pg, baby due xmas eve but will be having planned section as two previous emergencies, have DS age 6 and DD age 4 but am 44 and this pregnancy a shock and lost a baby at 12 weeks 18 months ago (no heartbeat at dating scan) so am anxious and can't get excited yet, feel totally exhausted just want to sleep all time, can't concentrate on anything for long, dreadful nausea and sore sore boobs. am looking forward to Dec baby as my DS born 3/12 and was a lovely christmas with him being there! I don't want to put on much weight with this baby, recently lost 3 stone, any advice??

Welcome Dolly I think just remember to eat healthy, you don't need to eat for 2 and try exercising.

I got really big with DD but I carried alot of water and baby at the front, will eat what I did last time and exercise and hopefully I'll be fine :)

Hi dolly, were you on the December conception bus thread? I also don't want to put on too much weight as I've lost a lot since having DS. I'm not going to get obsessed though and have decided not to worry about how much I gain but just try to focus on eating healthily. Thankfully I've only been craving fruit so far and not KFC like last time! :o

KFC craving lol. Thats a new one.

I craved cake & Choc last time and normally I can't stand the stuff.

The only craving I have at the moment is All things Apple. other than that everything else makes me feel sick although I know i've got to eat.

Yes, Apple is amazing. I remember that from last time.

Also on no2, due 27th december, but I suspect when I finally get a scan (at 20 weeks!!) it might shift to very early january, because I ovulate late and DD's due date was shifted later... and then she was 4 days late too!

This time I can eat chocolate and am not too fussed about obsessively wanting maccy d's I still love meat, and going anywhere near the kitchen makes me want to vomit. Which is a major problem because we're in a different house, and you have to go through the kitchen to go anywhere!

Hi sevendwarves no I wasn't on the december conception bus thread. With my DS all I craved was ice, ice pops ice pops and crushed iced with every drink or not and when we went to Hawaii at six months pg where their speciality is shaved ice I was eating up to ten a day! only put on 21 pounds though!! the only thing is the local offy were ordering more ice pops by the truck load to keep me in supply (30 a day) and my DH forgot to tell them when I had had the baby oops!! with my DD all I wanted to eat was chips chips and more chips, the local chippy saw me every night and consequently I put on almost 4 stone! oops! this time no cravings yet to speak of but it's still early days!

Sorry dolly, I was thinking of someone else with a similar name.

Hi laweasel

seven dwarves am now on the ante natal thread due dec think you are too??

Yes I am and so is darcies.

I just thought it would be good to have a place for those of us who've done it all before.

Hi Ladies!!

I'm 5wks + 5 and due on the 29th December. I have a DS who's almost 4 so there will be a large age gap between the two.

I had sore & tender breasts but that now gone and currently I have no symptoms at all. I'm beginning to doubt that I'm pregnant! I wonder when will I start showing with this one? With my DS I only had a bump at 18 weeks +.

I also had pre-eclampsia with my first.

Really hoping that I will NOT get any cravings this time round. With DS i put on 3 stones most of which I've still got!

hi ladies, i am tentatively joining in. I'm 6w3d so due around xmas eve. I've had three miscarriages (two before my son, now nearly 3 and one just at the end of last year), so I'm a bit wary of thinking this pregnancy will work out. Plus, I'm 41. i do have a good feeling though and so far have had the most nausea from any of my pregnancies- yay! Also have sore and big boobs, another rarity for me in pregnancy.

I'm having a scan Thursday, so fingers crossed.

Hi to both of you.

Sorry to hear about your mc's goodnight, hope all goes well for your scan.

Hey Ladies,

Welcome to LST & GNM

GNM Sorry to hear about your mc's.

Shattered today. Started my picture bump journal today, a friend is a photographer and will be taking a picture once a month of my growing bump, he done a good job today he made me look pregnant and not just fat

My DP is on his way home tonight yay. Roll on 2pm tomorrow when I can have a really big cuddle :)

Hi can I just quickly pop in and introduce myself? I am due on December 29th. Expecting DC2. Currently have a 3 year old ds who has no idea we are expecting a baby but keeps saying how he never wants a brother or sister . We are hoping this will change over the next 8 months!

I feel very different to how I did last time. With ds I felt VERY sick and my sense of smell was all over the place, the weirdest smells would make me feel queasy. This time I've had no sickness but boobs are quite sore and also my tummy feels a bit tight like I've been doing sit ups which obviously I haven't!!! Last time I only put on 10lbs in the whole pregnancy and carried very neatly even though ds was over 8lbs, this time I already feel like I'm showing!

Unvbelievable how excited I feel. Feeling a lot more relaxed about having a baby this time but also worrying about the impact on ds.

That's about it! Looking forward to meeting u all and sharing our stories.

Hi GNM, I am 44 with 3rd pregnancy and also 6 +3 and due xmas eve!! I had a m/c 18 months ago, no heartbeat at dating scan, is that why you're having an earlier one? did they recommend that? I'd love that as don't know how gonna get through next 6 weeks waiting to see if all ok!!

Hi bigcook.

darcies glad your dp is on his way home.

hi dollyshouse - well I've had early scans in all of my pregnancies, for better and worse. the first time because I was worried about having lost my symptoms and sure enough there was no heartbeat. So that started a sort of vicious cycle of me going for "reassurance scans" and usually ending up far from reassured! My typical history is to make it through the first scan and it's either inconclusive or there's a heartbeat. Then the second scan shows heartbeat stopped or I start to miscarry before it. (not that it's been so many times - just three in all).

You might think by now I wouldn't want to get on that rollercoaster, but after miscarrying naturally last time (not by choice, it just happened over a weekend, and then I had to have an ERPC six weeks later anyway), I would really prefer to take the medical option if I find out the embryo is not going to make it.

I self-referred to an emergency gynae unit that does early scans and that handled my previous miscarriages. I've also gone private in the past. (I don't even want to think of how many scans I've had in my life - I had three failed rounds of IVF too over the years, plus IUI, clomid, etc.! All my conceptions have been natural though.)

Enough of this negative talk though - our babies are all going to make it, fingers crossed!!!

bigcook - I'm having the opposite experience of having had very few symptoms with my son but this time feeling very nauseous (no retching though) and smells driving me crazy. I had the ridiculous idea of baking Brie into a quiche last night because I sort of craved it - then when i tasted it I thought i really would retch. Disgusting!

My son is nearly 3 and knows about brothers and sisters but it hasn't seemed to occur to him that he could end up with one (or not).

hi to everyone else and i'll keep you posted on my scan tomorrow! I'm not too worried, I'm pretty sure we will see what we're supposed to see, it's just a matter of getting past what for me has been the danger period of 8-9 weeks.

My DP landed at gatwick 10:16am so not long now till hes home and I can have my much needed cuddle. Hopefully i'll stop upchucking by then.

Hello. Hello, I am due first week of Jan but hopping onto this one as this is number 3... Must be mad!!!