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September 2012 anyone?

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ViolaCrayola · 29/12/2011 08:28

Is there anyone around who has just found out that they are pregnant and are due in Sept?
I know it's very early days but I thought maybe I could get the ball rolling...
I'm due around Sept 4th I think, with DC2, feeling very happy if a bit nervous :)

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ViolaCrayola · 08/01/2012 10:34

Hi all. Welcome and congrats to newbies, and crossed fingers and hugs for all those who are having problems/worried about the future.

MsEltoeNWhine - so sorry to hear of your losses. I really hope this time everything will be ok - I imagine you're being very closely monitored?

mentalasylum - wow, six - very impressive - you'll have lots of wisdom to share with us I'm sure :)

Rusulka My must have list (from DS):

Parent facing pram/that converts to pushchair facing away
Pregnancy pillow - yes, amazing!
Sling/carrier
Moses basket - agree with MsEltoeNWhine - great buy IMO
Millions of muslins
Play mat with hanging things
Bouncy chair (babybjorn one is amazing)
Baby bath
Breastfeeding pillow (one shaped like horseshoe - used mine SO much)
Lots of blankets
Changing mat X2 - good to have one downstairs with a basket full of nappies etc
Lasinoh nipple cream
Weleda nappy cream

Um.. think that's it for now. Things I never used much include: swaddling wrap, breast pump - but that's just because DS didn't like being swaddled and wouldn't take a bottle. Also no need for highchair for ages.

It seems quite early for all this but very fun anyway! Wink

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rightontime · 08/01/2012 11:04

Detective- So sorry to hear you are having a stressful time, I really hope things work out for you.

Welcome to the new ladies, MsEltoeNwhine sorry to hear of your losses. Hopefully this one will make it through for you.

6+1 today and woke up this morning having to run for the loo to throw up. :( Really hoping it is not as bad as my last pregnancy. I was unable to eat for several days. I don't think it will be that bad this time, it just feel different and my first 2 pregnancies were not awful for MS.

I will not be buying anything this time around. I have most things already TBH but will be doing as little preparing as possible. I quite liked having a moses basket for daytime naps although DS1 napped in it a lot more than DS2 ever did. It depends on the individual baby as to how well they will be used.

YIKES! While typing that I had a phone call from my mum to say that my sister is pregnant and due august/sept time!

rightontime · 08/01/2012 11:10

AmandinePoulain EDD 01/09/12
TalithaG EDD 01/09/12
Suzet79 EDD 01/09/12
Bakeroo EDD 01/09/12
Rightontime 25 DC3 EDD 01/09/12 Oxfordshire
Caitycat EDD 01/09/12
Kellzi EDD 01/09/12
Pearshaped EDD 01/09/12
Loup23 32 DC1 EDD 01/09/12 Hampshire
Rusulka 30 DC1 EDD 02/09/12 Dartford?
Trillian79 EDD 02/09/12
Spuddybean EDD 02/09/12
Malymoo EDD 02/09/12
Signet2012 EDD 02/09/12
Ninamu EDD 02/09/12
Davidsmom EDD 03/09/12?
Hotcupofteaplease EDD 03/09/12
Loooopy EDD 03/09/12
Poppyjen EDD 03/09/12
Saxony EDD 03-04/09/12
ViolaCrayola EDD 04/09/12
MillontheFloss EDD 04/09/2012
Slartibartfast0 EDD 04/09/12
Dorita75 36 (37 next month) EDD 04/09/12
Iph EDD 06/09/12
Ponyclubmum EDD 06/09/12
Whatevertheweather EDD 06/09/12
PGreen 35 EDD 06-07/09/12
Mummyfirsttime EDD 05-07/09/12
SweetBabyJebus 31 DC3 EDD 07/09/2012 possibly Darent Valley
MrsHerculePoirot EDD 07/09/12
Sketti EDD 07/09/12
EthelredOnAGoodDay 33 DC2 EDD 08/09/12 York
Choedron EDD 08/09/12
Plumsieinaonesie 34 DC4 EDD 08/09/12 Wiltshire
Winkywinkola EDD 09/09/12
Wintermymble DC1 EDD 09/09/12 Scotland
Alienontheisland EDD 09/09/12
Loopyhasanotherbean 35 DC2 EDD 3/9/12 poss (10/9/12) Hinchingbrook
Cosykins EDD 10/09/12
CustardL EDD 10/09/12
EastBeast EDD 10/09/12
AhsokaTano EDD 12/09/12
Macaroons 31 DC1 EDD 5-13/9 somewhere in London
Waitingforstork EDD 13/09/12
TheDetective 27 DC2 EDD 17/09/12 Home birth, Wigan

Cakeismysaviour EDD?
Wineandcheese EDD?

margaritafiend · 08/01/2012 11:24

Hi all,

I am also due around 3rd Sept. This will be my second. I have a DS who is 4.8, so it's been a while. Am more nervous this time around as I know what to expect I guess even though I had a good pregnancy and labour with DS1. Not feeling too bad at the moment, just a little tired.

MsEltoeNWhine · 08/01/2012 11:44

I don't know yet ViolaCrayola I guess I'll call the MW in a few weeks for a chat. There won't be anything to do this early.

Congrats auntie rightontime !

flipflopper · 08/01/2012 12:25

Hi everyonee can I join too? I've done a test this morning, and it's my first strong +! I was due on on the 4th, and did some tests around that time but they were so faint.

I've been feeling a lot of stretching pains and cramping, not painful but just discomfort, boobs are also sensitive. Not feeling sick yet, just not much of an appetite.

I have 2 dc's already aged 11 and 7, so i have left it quite a long time! I had a mc about 4yrs ago and we decided after that we wouldnt have any more, as that one wasn't planned, but we changed our minds, and got a bfp quite quick this time! (ds took a year to conceive)

So i am worrying a bit about mc, and cant get too excited yet, and have no desire to tell anyone for as long as possible!

I think I am due on 13th september.

flipflopper · 08/01/2012 12:35

Have added myself!

AmandinePoulain EDD 01/09/12
TalithaG EDD 01/09/12
Suzet79 EDD 01/09/12
Bakeroo EDD 01/09/12
Rightontime 25 DC3 EDD 01/09/12 Oxfordshire
Caitycat EDD 01/09/12
Kellzi EDD 01/09/12
Pearshaped EDD 01/09/12
Loup23 32 DC1 EDD 01/09/12 Hampshire
Rusulka 30 DC1 EDD 02/09/12 Dartford?
Trillian79 EDD 02/09/12
Spuddybean EDD 02/09/12
Malymoo EDD 02/09/12
Signet2012 EDD 02/09/12
Ninamu EDD 02/09/12
Davidsmom EDD 03/09/12?
Hotcupofteaplease EDD 03/09/12
Loooopy EDD 03/09/12
Poppyjen EDD 03/09/12
Saxony EDD 03-04/09/12
ViolaCrayola EDD 04/09/12
MillontheFloss EDD 04/09/2012
Slartibartfast0 EDD 04/09/12
Dorita75 36 (37 next month) EDD 04/09/12
Iph EDD 06/09/12
Ponyclubmum EDD 06/09/12
Whatevertheweather EDD 06/09/12
PGreen 35 EDD 06-07/09/12
Mummyfirsttime EDD 05-07/09/12
SweetBabyJebus 31 DC3 EDD 07/09/2012 possibly Darent Valley
MrsHerculePoirot EDD 07/09/12
Sketti EDD 07/09/12
EthelredOnAGoodDay 33 DC2 EDD 08/09/12 York
Choedron EDD 08/09/12
Plumsieinaonesie 34 DC4 EDD 08/09/12 Wiltshire
Winkywinkola EDD 09/09/12
Wintermymble DC1 EDD 09/09/12 Scotland
Alienontheisland EDD 09/09/12
Loopyhasanotherbean 35 DC2 EDD 3/9/12 poss (10/9/12) Hinchingbrook
Cosykins EDD 10/09/12
CustardL EDD 10/09/12
EastBeast EDD 10/09/12
AhsokaTano EDD 12/09/12
Macaroons 31 DC1 EDD 5-13/9 somewhere in London
Waitingforstork EDD 13/09/12
flipflopper EDD 13/09/12
TheDetective 27 DC2 EDD 17/09/12 Home birth, Wigan

Cakeismysaviour EDD?
Wineandcheese EDD?

fastscooter · 08/01/2012 13:22

On the sleep problems, have you thought about taking calcium in the evening? (Big glass milk or supplement) In pregnancy you need c700-1000mg of calcium a day.

www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/nutrition/nutrientsyouneed/

Normal pregnancy multivits don't contain this much, so you could top up in the evening?

Calcium is thought to help deep sleep (reading about it in natural nutrition book). It makes sense that when pregnant, as your calcium stores are depleting, our sleep gets troubled.

Will confirm with midwife/ gp, but research on babycentre and also on pack of my pregnancy multivitamins (pregnacare) says they can/ should be supplemented. You can apparently only absorb c200mg calcium in one sitting, and no more than 1000mg in a day.

Loopyhasanotherbean · 08/01/2012 14:34

eastbeast you might want to make the most of sleeping on your left, as you need to sleep on your right side for a lot of pregnancy. Something about not putting pressure on something vital that supplies the baby, was something in the bumph from the midwives last time round.

re sleeping pillows, i have a dream genie and a long body pillow which is to all intents/purposes like having 2 pillows stitched together. I found the dream genie more use in early ish pregnancy, as it kept me lying on my right hand side, and was comfy to have it tucked between my legs, again i am not at all comfy is there is any pressure on my boobs (and in later pregnancy i ended up leaking over the sheets if there was any pressure on them!!) As the bump got bigger, i used the body pillow as it supported under bump, and went nicely between my legs and helped ease my achey bones (i was unlucky and suffered spd and carpel tunnel syndrome so anything to get remotely comfy in bed was worth it in my eyes!) but i still had a lot of rib pain despite my many pillows and suffered discomfort and insommnia! (and i was drinking a pint of milk in the morning alone never mind with cereal and anything else during the day lol!!

Re moses baskets, if you have a baby who will let you transfer them into one to sleep then they are great and portable. However DS has reflux and whilst was very happy to sleep on me, would wake the second i tried to put him into the basket. And he outgrew it by 10-11 weeks so for us was a waste of money. To keep him in our room, we then had to buy a crib (we got a glider crib from mothercare) and this lasted till he was almost 6 months old, so much better value despite being more expensive!

One of the other wastes of money for us was baby- carriers ie the type you wear. Felt fine on in the shops, but the reality of adding the weight of a baby to them didn't work for me. I am top heavy at the best of times, never mind when got milk/pregnancy inflated boobs, and suffer with a bad back, so found the two we bought very uncomfortable indeed, even when DS was newborn, never mind when he put on weight! Stuck to using the pram or car seat attached to our buggy frame (which is a baby jogger city select which i highly recommend - it's particularly good if you have or plan on having not much of an age gap like we did, and it's very flexible in what you can put on the frame and the directions they can face)

Also for those who have lots to buy, we set up an account with kidstart, you earn cashback and sometimes special discounts, and can then transfer the cashback (which mounts up scarily fast!) into a savings account for your little one(s)

rightontime · 08/01/2012 16:08

Loopy, baby slings are great but only if you get one that supports their weight correctly. Too low and it will hurt you. Sling-guide is a good resource as it explains the difference between a good carrier and a bad one. I know many people online who still use slings for their 4 or 5 year lods. Think the link is sling-guide.co.uk but not 100% on the web address. Google would find it though:-)

MsEltoeNWhine · 08/01/2012 16:16

Yeah I only used slings with DD, didn't have a pushchair. if baby/toddler carrying is something you want to do there's lots of info out there. Unfortunately your high street won't give you the carriers or info you need for that.

Hotcupofteaplease · 08/01/2012 18:15

Welcome and congratulations to the new ladies!

Rusulka I have to agree with the ladies who said a moses basket was a great buy; we couldn't have done without it for the first few months.

Detective I hope you're doing okay; I have my fingers firmly crossed for you.

iph and Dorito I am also in Liverpool; I had DS in the Women's Hospital and they were amazing. Will be doing it again this time around providing all goes well.

AmandinePoulain EDD 01/09/12
TalithaG EDD 01/09/12
Suzet79 EDD 01/09/12
Bakeroo EDD 01/09/12
Rightontime 25 DC3 EDD 01/09/12 Oxfordshire
Caitycat EDD 01/09/12
Kellzi EDD 01/09/12
Pearshaped EDD 01/09/12
Loup23 32 DC1 EDD 01/09/12 Hampshire
Rusulka 30 DC1 EDD 02/09/12 Dartford?
Trillian79 EDD 02/09/12
Spuddybean EDD 02/09/12
Malymoo EDD 02/09/12
Signet2012 EDD 02/09/12
Ninamu EDD 02/09/12
Davidsmom EDD 03/09/12?
Hotcupofteaplease 30 DC2 EDD 03/09/12 Liverpool Womens Hospital
Loooopy EDD 03/09/12
Poppyjen EDD 03/09/12
Saxony EDD 03-04/09/12
ViolaCrayola EDD 04/09/12
MillontheFloss EDD 04/09/2012
Slartibartfast0 EDD 04/09/12
Dorita75 36 (37 next month) EDD 04/09/12
Iph EDD 06/09/12
Ponyclubmum EDD 06/09/12
Whatevertheweather EDD 06/09/12
PGreen 35 EDD 06-07/09/12
Mummyfirsttime EDD 05-07/09/12
SweetBabyJebus 31 DC3 EDD 07/09/2012 possibly Darent Valley
MrsHerculePoirot EDD 07/09/12
Sketti EDD 07/09/12
EthelredOnAGoodDay 33 DC2 EDD 08/09/12 York
Choedron EDD 08/09/12
Plumsieinaonesie 34 DC4 EDD 08/09/12 Wiltshire
Winkywinkola EDD 09/09/12
Wintermymble DC1 EDD 09/09/12 Scotland
Alienontheisland EDD 09/09/12
Loopyhasanotherbean 35 DC2 EDD 3/9/12 poss (10/9/12) Hinchingbrook
Cosykins EDD 10/09/12
CustardL EDD 10/09/12
EastBeast EDD 10/09/12
AhsokaTano EDD 12/09/12
Macaroons 31 DC1 EDD 5-13/9 somewhere in London
Waitingforstork EDD 13/09/12
flipflopper EDD 13/09/12
TheDetective 27 DC2 EDD 17/09/12 Home birth, Wigan

Cakeismysaviour EDD?
Wineandcheese EDD?

Spuddybean · 08/01/2012 18:40

Hello ladies

I feel terrible today. the only thing i've managed to eat is a whole family pack of maryland hazelnut chic chip cookies Blush

i feel like a bad mother already :(

Littlecherublegs · 08/01/2012 19:23

Hi all!

Please can I join in? Smile

Just found out today that Im pregnant with DC1 !!

EDD would be 15th September so VERY early days I know - plus, trying not to get my hopes up too much (though Im rubbish at this!) as have had previous recent MC's. (The last time I had a BFP, 2 days later I was bleeding and that was the end of that!)
HOWEVER, I am feeling very hopeful and very positive and with the new year and all that, I think this time could be it!!

So I'm coming along with you for the ride if thats ok....???!!! Smile

Trillian79 · 08/01/2012 19:52

Hello everyone
Welcome & congratulations to all newcomers!

I'm six weeks today. It's just dawning on me how long you're actually pregnant for - it seems like I've known for ages, yet it's still early days!

I had my first doc's appointment last week, was just as underwhelmed by the experience as others. I do however have a midwife appt booked now on the 19th so hopefully things will feel more 'real' then. Can't wait for 12 week scan!

I'm having very few symptoms at the mo (touch wood!). No morning sickness yet...hope I'm one of the lucky ones and it holds off, especially when I'm at work! I am suffering from insomnia like some others have mentioned, although I think this could be due in part to the emotional shock/surprise of falling pregnant after trying for so long.

Hope everyone else is feeling well :)

Ponyclubmum · 08/01/2012 20:02

Had some bleeding and period type pain today. :( Got Midwife appointment on Tues so I'll tell her and hope and pray everything is ok. I was really hoping I wouldn't get any bleeding this time - it was so worrying every time it happened with DS, and even though everything was fine, I'm still worrying now. :(

Rusulka · 08/01/2012 20:09

Welcome to newbies!

Thanks ladies, all that info will be really useful. I'll look into all the different sorts of products, including moses baskets.

Spuddy if it makes you feel any better, I've not really had much fresh fruit & veg this week, and if I feel a bit sicky, cadbury's eclairs have been working a treat, so I'm feeling just as guilty as you are, lol.

Just checked my pregnacare and there's no calcium in there! I'm outraged! I thought I'd been taking it the whole sodding time! Grump. Especially as I can't have cow milk, so am on goat milk.

Everything tastes funny at the mo. Even my cheese doesn't taste right, which is frustrating, given the need for calcium, lol!

signet2012 · 08/01/2012 20:09

Hello ladies more congratulations to all the new people since I last posted and sympathies to those who it hasnt worked out for this time.

Im over the moon as i just found out my best friend is pregnant too!!!! So thats me, my sister in law and best friend all pregnant all due around the same time!

Sis in Law bought a pram today in the sale but I just darent until I see it on the scan, (not til feb time)

I keep having really vivid dreams that there are 2 heart beats.... and in the other dream its just empty and freaking me out!

I feel sick at 5pm until 5.15 every day - how odd is it that its the same time!

Weeing lots! Apparently it only gets worse!

Constipation was horrid last week but I think Ive mastered it now by having fresh orange glass morning and night.

Im taking pregnacare and drinking a pint of milk each day.

Drinking decaf tea and coffee.

And absolutely loving salt and vinegar crisps - have to be crunchy ones like Walkers - is this a craving or just in my head?

Hope everyone is well!

Rusulka · 08/01/2012 20:10

Sorry, cross-posted.

Trillian I know what you mean, can't believe we've only known for 2 weeks.

Pony FX everything is OK.

Spuddybean · 08/01/2012 20:50

Some advice to you all - DON'T make an enormous macaroni cheese (3 decent portions) with the mind that you will have some for your dinner tomo and freeze some. Then eat the entire lot out of the dish slumped on the sofa while watching a repeat of poirot that you have seen loads of times. You will find you feel sick, bloated, guilty and have nothing for your dinner tomo!

So now i have done that control test for you all you can start thanking me!

God i'm pathetic!

Dorita75 · 08/01/2012 20:51

signet that's lovely you must be so happy to be sharing this with such close friends

Love that so many new people are joinning, so exciting!

I know that sense of smell is supposed to heighten, but my tastebuds seem to have stopped working unless I eat really strongly flavoured food like extra mature cheddar. I love avocado but can hardly taste it, also just had bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes but may as well have been eating cardboard, anyone else the same?
Am also opposite of constipated! Maybe because I normally drink tonnes of water and have been having a spoonful of linseeds in water each morning-something a nutritionist friend told me about months ago to aid digestion, have read linseeds are good in pregnancy so hoping my body is set up to cope with potential effects like constipation!

Hotcupofteaplease · 08/01/2012 21:27

I am going to add a disclaimer to my last post about Liverpool Womens Hospital being amazing: the sonographer got the sex of DC1 WRONG at the 20 week scan. So, excellent hospital for the labour / birth, not so good at reading ultrasound Grin

CustardL · 08/01/2012 21:33

The sleep advise is really useful. Since I found out I have been sleeping badly (combination of anxieties, thinking too much, needing wees and my 4 year old waking me up and me not being able to go back to sleep).

I didn't really look at Mumsnet last time until after I had my DD, so good to know that so many people have the same feelings that I do. I am so hormonal. Cried in the car today to Firework by Katy Perry. Uncontrollable crying!!!! I don't remember being this emotional last time.

Let's see what the next week brings as to how I will feel.

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 08/01/2012 21:33

That's great news signet it's so good to have people around you who are going through the same things as you.
Hope you're ok ponyclub.

I cannot believe how fast this thread is moving, I can only just keep up!!

Nothing much to report here, no symptoms really today apart from crushing tiredness this morning. Didnt really suffer at all last time, but maybe it was because I could have a lie in when I wanted, rather than having to be up with DD! really praying thought that I am lucky with the MS again as really am useless when I'm ill.

MediumOrchid · 08/01/2012 21:35

May I join you? I found out on Saturday that I was pregnant - bit of a surprise as we weren't actually trying, but we weren't being all that careful so it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise really! But we we've wanted a baby for so long and we were planning to start trying in few months anyway, so we're absolutely delighted.

Does anyone else find it hard to believe that it's real? I keep having to look at the pictures of my pg tests on my phone to remind myself that it's actually true!

I seem to be due on the 16th September. I'll add myself to the list!

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