September 2012 anyone?

[ViolaCrayola]

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 :)

missuswife - hope everythings ok.

quitcomplaining - hmmm, no itchy nipples here!! Is it your first baby? Last time I was dying to tell everyone too, but this time I'm quite content with our little secret

My MS didn't kick in until 6 weeks (7+1 now) and it's just nausea, haven't actually been sick. My appetite is all over the place though. Have gone off food I usually really like- olives, houmous, feta, in fact the foods that I always use for work packed lunches which is annoying- and also get hungry really regularly but when it comes to eating I lose my appetite.

I intend to keep it quiet (including parents and parents in law) until 12 weeks and have even discussed with DH waiting until 16 week check. MC last summer though, hence the caution. Ended up telling everyone last time and MCing the following week at 10 weeks...

Hello again ladies,

I've posted once or twice but have remained in the shadows. As I've read some of you are also head butting your desks with all this waiting. After my mc in November, I am on edge. Wait I lie, I'm on the edge of edges! I'm doing my own head in. I keep feeling my boobs, to make sure they are still sore. Every trip to the loo I wipe myself raw (think I may need to invest in triple ply)

When I saw the midwife I asked if I could get a reassurance scan and I got a No only if you have any bleeding. Touch wood, I've had nothing. But still the wait is awful, so I found this private place in St Helen's. They do an early scan for £50....not to bad for peace of mind is it??? SO I've booked in for Saturday. I pray to God I see something. Should be 7 weeks on saturday!

I also did way to much in last pregnancy, so this time round I'm doing the basics, and that is it.

Also, what are all your views on getting healthy and actually loosing weight?
Over the past few months I've gained a stone. Now with my first pregnancy (Now have a 6 year old daughter) I was the size of a bus. So I re-joined slimming world. Have been doing it for about 4 years to maintain my weight. Trust me i am no slender bird, just a size 14/16. I went up to a size 24, so you can understand why I do it. When my friend was pregnant, her midwife referred her to the dietitian. She said to her straight, you are to fat. And being morbidly obese can cause big problems for baby and labour. So I thought, I best be looking after myself, cause I can easily scoff pizza every night. And wonderfully I lost 3lb this week. Do you know midwives actually encourage people to do slimming world, because its not a diet, its just a healthy way of eating. They also up certain foods for pregnant women. So all round I'm happy I'm sorting this early. Also means, my bump will show quicker than if I had a huge jelly belly.

Oh well, I hope you are all embracing your symptoms, the lack of mine are most disconcerting, but before I get sent to ward 11, I shall back off on the craziness!

Love to all and your beans

Madmonkeys - no it's not my first. It's my second! It was much easier to keep it quiet last time for some reason.

Quitcomplaining - Oh! That's the opposite to me then!

I told my parents on Monday as they were about to book a holiday in September, and I knew they would cancel it once they knew, so I thought I'd save them their deposit! But we're not intending to tell anyone else until at least after the 12 week scan, and hopefully later unless I'm starting to show much by then.

I'm ridiculously tired in the evenings. In fact, I could easily drop off now...

Ohh we will all keep pur fingers crossed for you missus

That's lovely ponyclub. Kinda makes it all real and I'm sure it's a relief.

That's sounds really painful Jackey. I thought I was bad with whiplash all down my neck, shoulder and arm. Was at docs yeaterday and all I can take is co-codemol. What I wouldn't give for some ibuprofen, valium and a couple of glasses of wine for the pain - or even some sleep. I'm not ashamed to admit I've been in tears a couple of times the last week.

Not itchy quitcomplaining but I was getting very weird pains through my left nipple last night. It's pierced though (part of my mid-life crisis a few months ago) so it might have something to do with pregnancy and that. Gonna have to go and get the piercing out next week cos I want to breastfeed again.

Yes holls it does go thicker first. I'm raging I didn't keep any of my maternity clothes now. Excuse to go clothes shopping however :)

Also moved to the decaf tea now. Gonna do my shop tomorrow and get lots of different juices so I don't get bored of drinking the same things. Forcing myself to eat breakfast too. Something I don't normally do.

It's can be really scary down there jakeys I tries to change at oxford circus with a pushchair the other month during the sales and literally had to miss about trains to stay alive!

Agree with baby boom quitcomplaining! I really struggled to buy my usual cheapie tests at the start of Jan. Do we think it is anything to do with the 'friendly' Christmas period or was tv just crap this year??

Hi all,

Update on what's happening here, as last post stated bleeding and thought it was all over, anyway went to the gp yesterday and she sent me for a early scan today.

I said to the lady I don't expect anything to be there, well we got the shock of our life's when she said would you like to see your baby and it's heart beating.

We had already convinced ourselves that we had mc, so this was a very big surprise, she said it was about 5mm which would be about 6 weeks (spot on).

Now we have to get our heads around it all again and what goes with it.

Thinking of those who are still having problems.

Great news, Plumsie.

Started vomiting today at 6+5.

my poor ds2 has had so much screen time today because I feel so ill.

Yay Yay Yay Plumsie!!! :) :) :)

alien that sounds really great, will prob be some extra support there too. A few of my friends just doing slimmers world with great results, and you'll feel loads better too. Have you thought about swim classes or prey yoga pilates that sort of thing also?

Count me in too. Due date 5 th September! So excited! Found out 2nd Jan after doing 2 other pees on sticks late December which gave negative result so bought expensive test which showed pregnant! DH and in we're in shock but v happy. Have first meet up with midwife tomorrow. Sooner than I thought.

I'm stating to feel a bit queesy today too, i'm 5+2 I think. I suffer terribly from MS and i'm not really looking forward to it kicking in proper.

You first timers should try these . They work wonders :)

Hi All, Hope you are coping better than me.

I went for my app at the stroke clinic and was reassured i was okay (still need neuro tests for optic neuritis tho). However, i now have a cold and a chesty cough (as does dp). So went to boots at lunch and was told i couldn't take anything as i am pregnant. I tried to buy lemsip for dp (who is NOT pregnant) and they wouldn't sell them to me as they didn't believe i was buying them for someone else - Thanks Phyllis!

Feeling rough so got a taxi home from work and got this; 'you look tired
...no really, you look reeeeaaalllly tired, your eyes are so red...and tired...but not just your eyes, your whole face looks tired...the skin and everything...like it's sagging...and flushed. Just all of you just looks really really tired'

er thanks taxi driver, no really cheers for that, cos it's not like i feel like absolute shite already is it?!

Yesterday I told my direct line manager confidentially that i was pregnant (as i had to give her my doctors notes from the tia). Then today i was standing in the kitchen and someone from a different team on the other side of the office came over and said in front of people 'ooh congratulations about the pregnancy'

I am so angry with everyone today :(

Hey ho, got a call back from the nurse at the hospital and she says my progesterone levels were quite low, which means I'm definitely MCing. I'm very disappointed but these things happen. We'll just have to keep trying. Good luck to the rest of you and I hope everything continues positively for you.

Sorry about the MC missuswife. Give yourself time to recover and you can hopefully try again in a few months. I got pg again 3 months after my MC last year so there is hope (though I'm only 7 weeks so not out of the woods yet...)

Oh no missus - i am so sorry.

I'm so sorry missus love to you while you're going through this xx

spuddy that's terrible, your line manager is way out of order, totally unprofessoinal, can you do anything about it to land them in a big pile of shit for spilling the beans?

alienontheisland Where's the place in St Helens? I've got mw app next Weds at Liverpool womens and if scan date isn't set for soon after, might go where you're going

macaroons (love that name) I started off being good, 5 a day etc..I don't eat meat so even started eating lentils but this week I've been terrible. Can't plan ahead what to eat, no chance at the mo as I don't know what I'll feel like. Yesterday had prawns (cooked to almost black!) and today I've eaten 2 choc eclairs for tea and might have a potato cake with feta in a bit. So hard trying to be good.

alienontheisland I thought about dieting a bit too but feel thick around the waist already (7+3 today) so reckon there's no chance! I was doing zumba but haven't gone back after christmas yet, it's in work so I keep making excuses like I've forgotten my kit...feel too knackered! Not got back into cycling to work yet either,though I'm blaming the ice for that...it's my only keep fit thing and I like it, plus outdoors time helps with sick feeling so maybe back on the bike tomorrow...

dorita it turns out it was her line manager - the manager of our dept, who has been blabbing. When i asked the person who had told them, she said oh x did. i am really but i can't do anything as i have only been there 2 weeks and apparently that's just 'what they are like'.

yesterday i fainted when i got home from work so we had emergency fish n chips, i am too tired to cook but i know i must :(

Hi & congratulations to all. I had my pregnancy confirmed yesterday - third time testing having been sure I was. My EDD is 26/09/12. This will be baby 3 for us - so both DH & I are having moments of panic! Bring on the chaos!

Sorry that was totally out of sync with the conversation ... realised I posted after reading pg 1 rather that pg 26

Oh missus I'm so so sorry :( I hope the physical part is over for you quickly, take time to heal and to take care of yourself. x

So sorry missus . Best wishes.

Have definitely felt ver queasy today. Not all day but worst it's been so far... funnily enough, seems worse when I am out and about, particularly walking around outside. Grim.

And is anyone totally mad for junk food? I am normally a relatively healthy person food wise, but wanted a curry last night and have asked DH to get a burger king on his way home tonight! So bad. Need to get some veg in me!!!! luckily now finished work til next Monday as only work PT so hopefully can have a lie in tomorrow DD permitting .

Sorry to hear your news missus take care and good luck.

Hi to newbies!

After having a scan yesterday I have booked another one for 10+4, haven't told DH!

Still not really feeling symptoms except tired in the afternoon and a general queasiness/off food in the evening. Roll on the next few weeks so we can start "blooming"!

Oh and congrats plumise great news x