Due in August Thread Part 2

[Angel786]

So we've hit the limit on the previous thread so continuing here...

Welcome capecath if you send your stats, needles has kindly been perparing a list of all due dates, dd1/2/3 etc age

geekette hope you're feeling better? if it makes you laugh - (i chuckled) i saw a girl texting walk into a lapost this am (oops)!

Only 2.5 hours til my scan argh so nervous!

oh my goodness needles that sounds absolutely horrific. Hope you are feeling better now and epic work with the list keeping btw.

alison I barely had/have any symptoms- sometimes tired but not ridiculously so and boobs sore (but very on and off). 12+1 today and scan was normal- although I was convinced they were going to say there were nothing in there!

lovemarmite, yes insist on the scan being brought forward. I thought the NT scan and blood test had to be done 13weeks +6 very latest .

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! And also for helping to put my mind at rest, it's amazing how quickly things can worry me these days, the scan will hopefully put my mind at rest!

Needle's hope you don't have to go through that again!

needles poor you. how awful. Hope there are things you can do to help stop this happening again.

more later/tomorrow .

Thanks blackcats will call on Monday and try to sort.
Just wishing DH was around in the UK on all days up until then... pesky work!

aww needles that sounds terrible, really hope thats the worst over for you.

I've just been lurking the past couple of says, starting to get nervous about the scan on Monday, I have no real reason to be worried, but I guess I just can't help it.
On the plus side DH can definitely come with me, was a chance he wouldn't be able to get out of work.
Gaah just want to get to Monday and hopefully be reassured and calmer!

Has anyone else been getting itchy legs? Its been driving me crazy especially at night, have actually got bruises on my legs from scratching!

needles sounds awful, hope you're resting up and taking it easy.
Went to get measured for a new bra today and have gone up 2 cup sizes already! Spent a amount on 2 bras but at least I have something that fits now and doesn't give me horrendous pain when I get undressed at night. Plus they look v glam and make me feel better

Oh no needles that sounds just awful. Poor poor you. Guess I'm lucky just to feel sick not to actually be sick. I just keep eating at the moment, then as soon as I hit bed I'm hungry again!! Sat night take away tonight anyway whilst I sew a Tudor outfit for DD1 for Monday!

Also Mcbaby where abouts are you as we're both having at Barnet. I'm in Edgware.

feel better needles

Loupee, I am feeling the same as you, been lurking as soooo nervous about scan on Tuesday. I had a mmc in Sept last year so I'm just a bit scared it will happen again but trying to be positive and I saw a heartbeat at 7 weeks which is a good sign! I have also been suffering with itchy legs at night but I wondered whether it was because the hair on my legs seems to be growing quicker and I'm not so quick to shave it off ?!
Needles, your sickness sounds horrendous, hope you don't get that sick again.
Happy Saturday night ladies!
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Yes to itchy legs, just below my knees, feels like dry skin...

needles that sounds horrendous but glad all is well and you got to see baby is fine. Hope you can just take it easy and feel well soon.

loupe good luck for Monday!

Hello everyone

I've been really quiet for a while cos i find time goes more slowly if i am on this thread every night, I reached 12 weeks yesterday but dont have my scan util wednesday and I literally cannot wait, hence not coming on here and trying to make time pass as quickly as possible!

I was just reading needles' problems, I really feel for you, I had similar experiences in week 6 and 7 and in the end my doctor gave me some anti emetics to take, dimenhydrinate, (I am in germany though so you may have to ask your DH about uk equivalent). They work a miracle and while you still feel constantly sickish, you dont actually vomit and there are times where you feel almost normal! I am still taking them now but trying to only take 2 a day instead of 3. 3 seperate doctors (2 german and one english) told me they are fine so I am just going with that, I hated reading the nightmare you are having, I just hope you find some way to control it better.

I went back to work after new year which was huge challenge, was so wobbly and weak until last week, feeling much better now although morning sickness still around. Am being spoilt rotten by DH who has become quite the cook/washerwoman/cleaner since I got pregnant and in some ways i feel like i should milk this as much as possible and not say too much if/when i do start feeling better!

Had v emotional week as parents in law came into town, they are v imposing and my m.i.l. is already intefering telling me i shouldnt be taking my supplements and vitamins, that i shouldnt have my dog on my lap, bla bla. They want to buy us a house to live in, which is of course incredibly generous, but I just get the heebies when she says things like "it wont be YOUR house, it will be our family house" they only live 2 hours away, what if they are there all the time? Seriously compromising situation, but what can I do? DH of course is totally blind to his Mothers controlling ways so it can be quite an issue of contention.

Anyway, sorry, rant over, I would love to hear how everyones scans are going, what do you see? is it amazing? we have decided against NT which also makes me nervous, so much to worry about!

Hope everyones having a nice saturday night x

littlelamb hopefully by the end of day on Tuesday we are both more reassured. Sorry to hear about your MMC, I think thats my biggest fear. I have a list as long as my arm of people to phone on Monday night (as long as its good news!) cos my wee sister is desperate to tell people she's going to be an Auntie! Almost feel like I would letting people down if its not good news, even though only close family and my best friend knows. Also this is the first child on my side of the family.
Glad to hear I'm not alone with the itchy legs, been keeping them well moisturised as the midwife recommended, and trying to keep them cool, but still I wake up scratching. I also suspected it might be because of shaving my legs, so I stopped shaving them between that, and covering them in calamine lotion I'm surprised my DH actually gets into bed beside me!
tubtoes that does sound difficult regarding your PILs, I don't know what I would do in that situation, I imagine it would be a very difficult offer to turn down. My In-laws live in Ireland, and sometimes I find that too close for comfort!
I hope in the next couple of weeks this thread fills up with lots of good news from all the scans.

Anyone else scratching not just their legs but everywhere else it seems? my sides and arms and legs and stomach are so so itchy especially morning/evening and in bed. I keep waking myself up sleep scratching! Trying the E45 in case it is eczema.

Gingerelle my midwife works from my Gp's surgery once a week which is less than 10 minutes wallk from my home so i'm keen to see her there. The other option is to see one of the community midwife team at Hollingdean children's centre. I don't have a car so not so keen on going there plus i may not get to see her, however i'll have to see how work are going to be as her surgery day is a working day for me. I've got the programme for hollingbury and patcham children's centre and see they have things like Breast feeding drop-ins and post natal depression group so looks like there is good support out there! yes i'd be up for meeting in a few weeks time. i guess we all want to get through the scan first before relaxing a bit!

also feeling less nauseous past 2 days, not completely gone but better and as those hormones don't surge again after 9-12 weeks i'm hoping that's the end of it!

10+6

tub toes the in laws sound over bearing. Are they Asian by any chance?! The whole house thing is v ott. Sounds like your dh is being v supportive, unfortunately they rarely see the controlling / manipulative side of their mothers but hopefully the mil will get the message soon. Re unwanted advice I'd just say thanks that's interesting, times have moved on sonic you had babies 30/40 years ago...

Good luck!

Due31st august woodford Essex, am going mad after mc in October, every pain, every wipe you name it I am stressing over it, please say I am not alone

Yeay Kellzi and welcome! You are not alone.... See our wonderful long list of fellow stressers and anxious mums to be.

P.s. we are marmite lovers here so be warned.

P.p.s. tried the marmite spaghetti last night with DH. Yum yum yum. Thumbs up!

Needles, how are you today? Sounds like you've had it rough...

Thanks Loupee, yes fingers and toes crossed that by the end of Tuesday we will both be reassured! I feel exactly the same about being worried about letting people down as only my close family and best friends know and they really want to get excited and tell people but they are holding off till Tuesday on my strict instructions! My in laws are also in Ireland and we haven't told them yet as can't trust MIL not to blab and I'm not ready to answer the inevitable thousand questions that will follow! Good luck for tomorrow I will be thinking about you and any other ladies who are getting their 12 week scans.

Littlelamb and loupee, mine is tomorrow too, at 4.30pm. Eek it's a bit scary but can't wait till its done. We are all prepared with pound coins (midwife said to) and we will be taking a camera to take a video of the screen.

Mostly though I can't wait to tell people and for our families to be able to get excited too. Sometimes it feels like they are walking on eggshells around us just in case. It's very odd and actually adds to our worrying iyswim.

Good luck for tomorrow and Tuesday and everyone else waiting for their scans.

Best of luck for all the scans tomorrow.
Totally got the itchy shins- very annoying!
Dim sum fest to celebrate chinese new year today- yummy :)

God Needles how horrendous and scary. Really hope you're on the mend now and manage to have a nice Sunday. Get well soon and take things super-easy. Am sending a for you.

Had a nice day yesterday and even managed a trip to a pram centre. Think have narrowed the choices down to two: ICandy Apple or Silver Cross classic sleepover body in navy on a light Linear chassis. Will see, as there's a price difference of about £300. Both were nice. Hmm, choices choices.

We've had crazy changeable weather recently, but today is really sunny, so going on a nice dog walk in a bit.

Bye for now!

Hope you're feeling better needles - has the sickness eased up any since you were admitted to hospital?

Makes me feel ridiculous for worrying about my lack of proper nausea and wishing I had it!