Due in October -part 3

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The third instalment as we're a talkative bunch!

Good luck on scan Ffordmor keep thinking positive x x x

FjordMor, good luck with scan :)

Shoulder pain is not a sign of ectopic. It is very specific and unusual and it is in the tip of your shoulder. It is a sign of internal bleeding aggravating your diaphragm. I am no doctor but i have had an EP and it doesn't sound like anything to worry about. My diet pre pregnancy was so good, already verging to the not so good. Must try harder. Hope you are on your way now FJord, got everything crossed for you x

Hello all Good luck to all with scans and squid please don't worry - it does all feel a bit unreal until you see the actual bean there, then it's like "Bloody hell, there's a bean in there raving at me!!!" :o

Fjordmor good luck with your scan too. Funnily enough I have shoulder pain today too, quite sore and sharp but having seen scan I know bean is where it is meant to be so don't worry.

Lovely BIL /SIL/N and N are away. It was so lovely seeing them but have to say I was a bit overwhelmed by the kids, esp the 2 yr old who goes from sunshine to showers in mere seconds. Felt decidely pissed off and unmaternal at times. I'm always a bit worried that I'm not esp maternal - I like teens and older kids, babies leave me cold.

Anyhoo, still shattered, thank God off work today for St Pat's hurrah! I feel like crying at the thought of going into work I am SO TIRED!

Fjordmor I hope your scan went well - have been thinking of you.

Angelico I think it's normal to feel overwhelmed by over-exuberant 2 year olds when feeling delicate and sickly. I'm generally much more of a fan of babies over 6 months so not sure how it'll be with a teeny tiny person - hopefully some hormones will take over and I'll be delighted.

Now have dates for booking in appt AND scan, which is great, though it's a month away which feels like an eternity so I shall have to find some more patience (never my forte!).

36, 7+6, #1

Struggling at work today - spent most of weekend feeling sick and being curled up on the sofa. Really want to have a snooze, fighting off a cold, banging head - want to be anywhere but work

Hi :)

midgetm, tennerlady, milk, Angelico, londonlivvy etc thank you for thinking of me & for your reassurance re my ectopic worry 'moment' .

Scan has been had. Not wildly comfortable (internal) due to fibroids but fine. Saw the bean :) :) :) - big head - looked like a tiny baby (not sure what I was expecting! ). Sonographer/midwife lady said it looked lovely, just perfect - just the right size for my dates...nice heartbeat :)...saw it and the umbilical cord sitting in the right place. Feel happier knowing there's something in there . Feeling more looked after: bloods next week and NT scan April 2nd when I'll be just 12 weeks (had to make decision to stay here in London an extra week) and DP will be here for that. Can one get pics from NT scans? No-one's sure whether my fibroids will get in the way or not yet but hey...first hurdle etc. :) that's worth a celebratory...sparkling water/root beer!

Kyyria - poor you. Colds aren't fun on top of all the other symptoms. Sorry you're stuck in work.

Angelico - I hear you re. other people's kids . Everyone says it's different when they're your own. Cliche but I'm sure true. I don't bill and coo at babies, find young kids and toddlers 'interesting' - depends on the kid. However, I 'mothered' a big anxious dog for 13 years AND my own father (after 3 strokes) so I know I have the instinct (and probably 'need') in me in spades when it comes to those I love and I'm quite sure you do too! :)

Afternoon all, fjord hurrah for your scan. Very happy you also get your NTbefore you head back.

Angelico your own baby is a whole different ball game. In hindsight babies are a bit boring but I didn't think that when DD was small.

Kyrria feel your pain. Slept all weekend and no idea how I will see it through this week.

I'm off to the gym to get a pregnant lady workout programme. Get me. Waves to everyone else. X

FjordMor, with DS at our 12 week scan they let us buy photos, at £2 each.

I have such scan envy Mine is not until Wednesday but I want it right now!!!

So glad your scan went well Fjordmor was it v strange seeing it 'live' as it were??!! Only ask as my first scan with first child will be thurs before easter when I'll be 12+2 & not sure what to expect with it all :)

Not been on really over weekend as I find mothers day quite difficult as my dear mom is no longer with us.But not one to dwell also she would give mea boot up the backside & tell me to get on with things!! lol

Sorry to those that are suffering,I for one will be glad when the retching & exhaustion will disappear & normal (!) life can once again resume!!

Have managed to cook dinner tonight which I've not done for a while & will have to summon the energy to do it again tomorrow as my surrogate mum (as I call her) is coming over tomorrow night & I cant wait it will be so nice to have a mummy/daughter type conversation while I have the house to myself :)

Sorry for the essay on me! Hope you all have a lovely evening :)

Guccigirl79, I also managed to cook dinner this evening (which wasn't a ready meal) which I've not done since DH knocked me up :) It even included a salad which I ate

Well I'm welling up today for a great reason!!!

One of the faculty members sent me flowers at work today for my help coordinating two events over the last two weeks. Totally made my day, they are gorgeous! It's nice to feel appreciated :)

I'm feeling horrendously useless - I'm finding that by the evenings my nausea is worse. DH isn't enjoying work at the moment (he's had notice he will be redundant at the end of May) and yet he's put the bins out, sorted our the recycling, moved the bits of cot we got yesterday upstairs and made a meal whilst I'm sitting on the sofa unsafe a blanket feeling nauseous

I'm feeling horrendously useless - I'm finding that by the evenings my nausea is worse. DH isn't enjoying work at the moment (he's had notice he will be redundant at the end of May) and yet he's put the bins out, sorted our the recycling, moved the bits of cot we got yesterday upstairs and made a meal whilst I'm sitting on the sofa under a blanket feeling nauseous and totally pathetic.

Hey GucciGirl,

I guess it was. Didn't see anything moving, just a baby-shaped bean. I was split between an 'oh my god that thing's inside me' awe-struck tearful moment & and a kind of 'wow! How weird! Is that really inside me?' moment. However, I'm only 10+2 so there wasn't that much to see. And I guess I expected to hear a heartbeat but I just took the sonographer's word for it. It was EPU so it was all about quick & matter of fact - "yep - there's baby, lovely, all fine, there's the heart, it's beating. Ok?" and we were done. No pic offered but I guess that's not standard EPU 'form'. I'm sure it's rather different at 12 weeks . Hoping I'll get pics from the Nuchal Translucency scan in a fortnight .

Fjordmor I think I may feel a bit like that with mine,a mixture of omg & is that really there?! Sometimes I think I'm missing some of the maternal gene! I really struggle to coo over new babies that dont belong to those I hold dearest to me!!

Yay to those of us that have managed to cook tonight,though I think I'm paying for it now as I feel like a bag of shit!! Will maybe try for an early night as didnt really have much of a restful weekend

Hi everyone been off for a while see I have missed lots! Seems most of us are holding out for our scans now... Mine is 2 weeks tomorrow my symptoms have calmed down a bit and so now have the thoughts of is there really a baby in there.....?

ah kyria i feel your pain! Feeling very badly done to having awful cough and cold as well as bloody sickness and stinky work! But keep reminding myself what it is all for! Do you know if you can take anything for it? I asked this the other day but noone answered me. (i know-cry me a river!) but I would kill for a lemsip!

fjord so happy for you that your scan was good. Brilliant news! And well done for being so chilled and zen-like! Best way to be!

bella don't think you can have lemsip but you can have honey, lemon and parecetomol which is pretty much the same. Feel better soon.

Ladies I have my scan tomorrow!! I'm so excited but totally nervous. Hoping for a happy healthy baby. Can't wait to meet it! And hear the heart beat. Also slightly apprehensive there's going to be two in there being a twin from a big family of twins. Will have to let you tomorrow.
fjord thanks for your posts it's interesting to hear about your scan to see what it feels like and your experience

kyyria I'm the same - I have to try desperately to keep my eyes open long enough for a conversation with my DH when I get home, and just made him swap the vegetable curry I bought for dinner with his pasta salad cos I didn't like mine. He's cooking dinner and hoovering and putting up with all my mood swings/moaning/gagging/food fussiness like a trooper. Here's to amazing men in our lives
bella I think ony paracetamol is allowed, but sure someone was told strepsils are ok - squidkid or Angelico maybe?
I've had a strange day - found out OFSTED are off our cases until July 2013 and made a banana cake for the first time which was edible - YAY!
But then had parents evening which has totally wiped me out and have to go and see the GP because I've lost weight, and midwife told me at booking in appointment that my BMI was on borderline for being to low. Bit rubbish, but it's definitely swings and roundabouts...

And agree with midgetm hot honey and lemon all the way - with some ginger or cinnamon - gets the circulation going. And manuka honey is brilliant too - natural antiseptic...
Good luck tomorrow Chrissie!

chrissie good luck tomorrow. Would have twin envy, I know they are a handful but I've always had a hankering for them. My mum is a twin but identical so not a lot of chance for me.

Night night all x

VCarroll - I think lots of us have felt like that when their symptoms become vague. I was thinking it since my boobs have stopped hurting & I don't have much MS anymore. It is good to see there's something there .

Bella - sorry about the cold Hope you feel better soon. The zen-like attitude is (seemingly) a symptom of my pregnancy (but it does come in handy). Believe it or not, just before conception I was trying to get over Post Traumatic Stress & suffering from high anxiety & hyper-vigilance. After conception (& pre-missed period) an unexplainable calm came over me, anxiety evaporated & I have stayed that way! Quite weird (but I'm so thankful for it even though I'm a bit TOO zen sometimes & would prefer the giddy excitement! :))

ChrissieJA - enjoy your scan!! :) mine was not a 12 week, just a 'reassurance' one do probably not the same as a 12 week one. It is exciting to see what's there & until the sonographer found the bean, I WAS very nervous - there's that moment when you don't know what they will say. I think it's all a bit of a mind-blowing shock still is all. By the time I had digested all was ok it was over. I would have liked to look for longer but will have another chance in 2 weeks. Good luck & tell us about it!

fjordmor glad your scan went well today :)

chrissie Good luck for your scan, I've got my first scan tomorrow too, also contemplating the fact it may be twins, i'm a twin, my cousins are twins and my mums cousins are all twins too.

I'm starting to feel a bit apprehensive given the fact the scan has been scheduled due to me catching 'slapped cheek'. I went for blood tests today to confirm this and rule out rubella but they'll take 10 days or so. Have felt like crap all day , fluey with a red blotchy angry face and neck that feels like a cross between measles and nettle stings. Also my right eye is very swollen and i can barely see out of it :( oh well at least i've just had a reassuring bout of nausea after my dinner