Due in October 2012

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Just had a BFP and wondered if anyone wanted to join me in the rollercoaster ride over the next few months

Zoeplankton, I'm so with you - no symptoms is worrying, even though MS, when it finally hits, will be awful.

marvellousmarie, I'm so with you on the childrens' vomit, I teach 9 year olds and I nearly hurl if one of them is sick - can't imagine how I will react if it happens and I am suffering from MS.

Hi newbies, welcome to the madhouse. turnwest, when you say "the shock of being a mum", you mean like good shock, right? panics

shemacin, so sorry to hear that. Be well. Will look out for you on your return, which I'm sure won't be too long x

missbone, £6.99 for a pregnancy mag ? Are they having a laugh? Do you get a free carseat with it or something?

I'm feeling good today, but very hungry, and was planning on going to gym but can't be bothered, going to have a working evening instead and go tomorrow.

Hillariously, a pregnancy rumour has started to circulate about me at work, totally coincidentally as I was off sick for most of the week last week and one of the girls in my class decided I must have gone to have a baby... (despite having had no bump at all and I'm a size 12 so it's not like she might have got the wrong idea - she's not the brightest, bless her...). Her mum works at the school as a lunchtime supervisor and came up to me saying "So, is it true? Are you?" OMG!!! I froze!!! Her mum has helpfully told most of the Teaching Assistants, and I am now in frantic damage limitation mode, trying to make sure that the 3 people who DO know don't assume that I have now told other people, and inadvertantly give the game away. This is more stressful than actually being pregnant! I need a bloody big glass of and can't even have that!

Hello everyone! I'm due on the 16th Oct and have actually just had my GP appointment today. I came on here looking for advice and see some of you are discussing it already... My GP has sad that I need to decide where I want to have my baby..l thought it was too soon surely?? I had my heart set on a midwife led unit and a private room... (I have a somewhat irrational fear of hospitals). I live I East London - probably not far from you Campbelly! Am right on the doorstep of whipps cross hospital but I know plaistow has a midwife led unit and I have seen the barkentine which looks amazing but might be a bit far... Is anyone able to advise when I need to make a decision? Has anyone any experience of the hospitals I have mentioned? Thanks in advance guys and looking forward to getting to know you all!!!! :-)

Hello all!

I'm due on October 13th (according to an online calculator). It's my first and I still can't quite believe it's happening! Told parents yesterday and that's made it feel more real. Symptoms so far are random period pains that last a couple of minutes, bloated, occassional waves of nausea (although I haven't had one for the past few days and am starting to worry) and my boobs are really, really hurting.

Vcarroll I've got my GP appointment on Friday - did they tell you when you can have your first scan?

Looking forward to obem tonight!

Dame, are you the lady on here who has been on antidepressants? I've been on mine for a few months now and they have been a life-saver. I do hope the doctor confirms they will not be harmful to my baby.

Yomping, i laughed at your crack about the car seat! What the hell are you doing going to the gym???! I know it's perfectly safe to continue with any exercise you were doing before you got pregnant, but, here's the thing...when i left rehab 7 months ago i joined the gym and, right up until my BFP, i was working out 5 times a week: spinning; kettle bell classes; weight training; pilates; and abs classes. I hated every minute of it. I lost 2 stones in the process and look great, but you know what? This is just the best excuse for me to stop doing it. I even cancelled my gym membership the day after my BFP! I've decided to put the monthly £30 gym fee into my 'baby fund', along with my tobacco money now that I've given up smoking. I do feel a bit guilty about giving up exercising though - i know it's so beneficial for easing labour etc. But...I genuinely don't believe I'll have time for gym visits when baby arrives (so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it)!

Hello, Vcarroll and congratulations! Sorry i can't advise you on hospitals...i'm planning on squatting in front of the telly at home so i don't miss any soaps

Angelico where are you, darling? Hope all is well.

Well, i must dash. Got to shower and pluck my nipple hair before DP gets home...I don't want the poor man thinking he's got into bed with Burt Reynolds!

Welcome vcarroll and mathsy!

Glad you've joined the thread! X

mathsy, congrats and welcome. Phew! I'm running out of for all you newcomers!

P.s. are you some kind of sicko who likes maths or something?!

sorry, mathsy*...supposed to be

missbone I'm a maths teacher so I suppose you could say I'm pretty mathsy

Ooooh, mathsy! How posh! Perhaps you can calculate evrybody's due dates on here, then!

*everybody's

What's wrong with my damned italics key thingy???!

Hi mathsy- at my GP appt all they did was get me to fill out a couple of forms and said they would refer me to midwives... At whips cross but I must let them know if I change my mind as to where I want to go. The midwife will contact me between 9 & 12 weeks and I we get our first scan at around 12 weeks apparently. Interestingly she DID NOT give me a pragnancy test... Just took my word for it! Lol

Missbone - just had to say your comments cracked me up.

Btw all I am just going to phone ups the barkentine tomorrow and see if I can refer myself this early be used I REALLY want to go there as it sounds amazing plus I really havent heard good things about whipps cross - I will let you know how I got on!!!

Evening all,

Sorry for stopping chatting I have been busy as hell. Still busy but have no energy to do anything tonight, I'm already in bed and plan to watch OBEM.

I still feel very rough, never actually sick but constantly nauseous. I eat but don't feel right. I seem to mostly want protein and have a thing for grapes and oranges. I really wish it could stop, it's soooo awful! I also feel exhausted, I keep having naps, which is not helping my work.

I don't get it, why am i so sick?? I'm so much healthier than I was when first pregnant. Still think it could be twins although DH think I'm being melodramatic...

PS: debating whether or not to brush my teeth.... the thought of it makes me gag but I don't want DH to come back to find a donkey with a seal's breath in his bed...

welcome newbies... :)

missbone sorry for wine comment hon x x x x :(

Evening all, whistle stop visit - midwife was v nice and a bit scatty, she converted my weight wrong (from lbs to kilos) so will have to ring tomorrow to get them to correct chart otherwise they will think I've put on half a stone overnight rolls eyes. Basically they will send a letter within next fortnight giving me scan date which is prob a good 6 weeks away. They didn't give me much stuff - keep reading about people getting free changing mats and things but maybe that is later. Got that Emma's diary thing which has vouchers in it. Oh and they take blood to test you for HIV etc and ask if you get beaten by your man, which happily I don't.

Hope all are well, will check in tomorrow xoxo

Delpine, smashing to have you back again! You sound worn out, you poor thing; here, have these...

Sumsey, don't you DARE apologise! If i was sensitive about my past addiction, would be silent on the subject. No standing on ceremony here, darling

Oh dear. I do hope Angelico is o.k....

Yomping- I was one off those people who never planned children, but with DD1 took a risk one night with DH and that was all it took! I was depressed throughout the pregnancy, but was overwhelmed with love when she was born, tried to breastfeed and failed miserably. Midwives made me feel bad about bottle feeding and I ened up with PND for a little while. It put me off having anymore kids for a while!

Anyway, I got though and love DD so much, I decided to actually plan another baby over christmas, and here I am. Shocked it was so fast again but this time I could nt be happier

Missbone - I was doing Zumba a couple of times a week and it was fun but hard work and now I m using BFP as an excuse to quit doing it, being pregnant is hard enough..!

I've just eaten a rather large meal and now I feel like I have ballooned! Oh my! Bad idea! I was a bit greedy! I'm sure I will be feeling sick later too!

It's really early for maternity clothes isn't it but I feel like my clothes are just so uncomfortable! When is every going to go non-underwired?? I'm dreading it?!

Oh, Angelico, our posts crossed! Was a tad worried there for a minute...glad you're upbeat x

marie I have just eaten a fishfinger butty with mayonnaise, on shite delicious white bread; a Wispa; 2 x Tunnocks teacakes; and a pear. DP is making us sticky toffee pudding and custard as I type. How I wish I had MS (morning sickness, not multiple sclerosis).

Oh ok I will go and open that bag of maltesers that are calling me from the pantry! Hee hee! Yeah I was so hoping I was actually sick instead of just feeling it this time! Coincidently I was just reading what I might expect for a second PG and it said if I had mild nausea before then I may get away with it this time! Whereas woman who suffered will definately suffer again!

Evening everyone, just a quick hello before OBEM and a wee stop (almost wetting myself as I type...)

I got my BFP on Sunday and after continuosly peeing on sticks I have started to actaully believe I might be having another baby. Not sure of due date as I have irregular cycles but a CB digi said 1-2 weeks on Monday, so it'll be mid Octoberish.

Missbone you made me chuckle with your MS comment!

Marie I don't buy this, this is what I always thought but with DS was nauseous for a whole 4 days whereas this time round, I'm bee queasy since the week before my BFP. Arrrgh! Still haven't brushed my teeth :o

No cant be implantation bleeding as got BFP 7 days ago, then had brownish discharge since, even though still getting BFP till Sunday when it was still there but fainter. So pretty sure now I was loosing it almost straight after finding out I was preggers