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Due in October -part 3

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HaggisNeepsTatties · 04/03/2012 18:00

The third instalment as we're a talkative bunch!

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squidkid · 06/03/2012 20:54

Hey,

I think I've caught up but apologises if I missed anything significant.

lisbethsopposite I'm so glad you got good news. I spend most of my day wondering if my womb is actually empty, so I understand the paranoia... have been lucky enough to not have any bleeding or cramping though so we shall see what the 12w scan brings.

Heeheeheebum I'm so sorry to read about all your symptoms and stress and the fact you're just playing the waiting game now. Referrals to EPU do vary so much... thinking of you with all my heart and hoping all is well.

Midgetm Well done on getting through your interview!! I did one at 6w and it was like swimming through quicksand. And good luck with your appointment tomorrow. I'm sorry you've had bad news in the past and I've got fingers and toes crossed for you.

I've been feeling a bit better last couple of days, though I'm still so exhausted and my boobs are sore enough that I've been hugging them during sex which is confusing boyfriend hugely... The senior doctor at work came and asked how I was managing today, which was just... so nice. I said I was tired but ok. I had told him I was pregnant last week, I had a bit of a pathetic breakdown after dealing with 3 miscarriages in one afternoon.

I'm excited to have my scan date.

I am eating at least 500 calories a day more than before and exercising 2-3 times a week instead of 5 or whatever it was before. I'm still fitting in all my clothes though... either my body needs a lot of food to make a baby or I was undereating before, I dunno... Immediately after I've eaten (or if I need a poo) I have what looks a bit like a bump, but it goes down in a couple of hours.

I told one of my best friends, she's 20w pregnant. We have been emailing loads, just about symptoms and baby brain and ridiculous hormones and whether we are going to enjoy having a bump or wail about getting fat, it's been such a weight off having people to talk to. She's started sending gloating hilarious emails to my boyfriend about how her and me are going to "sunbathe while he works" for the next year - I keep pointing out mine's not due till September.

I told my older brother I was pregnant about an hour ago, I've mostly been telling people face to face but he lives a way away and I won't be seeing him for months. He's a quiet reserved man (nothing like me!) but he was really happy.

squidkid · 06/03/2012 21:10

Sorry keep forgetting my stats:

32 years old, 10+2, first kid.

YompingJo · 06/03/2012 21:36

A colleague who knows told me I'm starting to show today...

I'm not, it's too soon... it's just that I've been eating too much and doing too little (as I've felt shattered/ill for 2 weeks). I've made myself look pregnant by the sheer consumption of too much food [insert howling-with-self-pity emoticon]. Back to the gym for me on Friday - after 2 consecutive parents evenings Hmm - and I can't even drink any Wine afterwards!

That's all I wanted to share today :(

Oh, and I haven't had a scan yet. Or seen, or heard from, a midwife. I have seen my doctor... who asked me some questions and filled in a form. I was underwhelmed with that experience. Confused

Oh, and Midgetm, impressed at your good behaviour during interview, you deserve the job just for staying sane!

And HeeHee, grrr, why can people not be compassionate? You would have thought that was a prerequisite of a job as a doctor, nurse, member of staff in GPs surgery etc. Hope you're OK. Thanks

Beeblebear · 07/03/2012 02:05

Well I had a good chat and a bit of a cry with the boss at work today. I'll be jeeping my same pay at work and come review time we will re-review my job profile and add some more leadership roles, as my current boss' role is changing too and i'll be taking over sime of that. I also got some really good feedback on a couple things I have done lately.

However, must be going through a hormonal shift this week. There was an add about dimentia on the radio which reminded me of my grandpa who passed last year. He was always biggin us about having kids soon, and he will never get to meet them now. :(

Thanks everyone for your kind words, will catch up on thread later

30/7+4/#1 (and I think I can just feel the top of my uterous at the edge of.my pubic bone. Anyone else?)

Midgetm · 07/03/2012 07:12

Beeblebear Glad things at work are looking a bit more positive. It is so hard to keep emotional things at bay at this stage. Everytime someone was nice to me yesterday I welled up.

Squid I also have a pooh baby. Feel like I have a bump but as it comes and goes it sure as hell aint baby or lard!

milk · 07/03/2012 07:19

Hello all :) Long time no post :P

I am on holiday at the moment in a hot country so I have not been around lately. I return on Saturday. I am now 10 weeks and happy the MS is getting slightly better, but there is still that horrid metal taste in my mouth :(

I hope the weather is better in the UK and you ladies are all well!!!

Angelico · 07/03/2012 07:33

Morning all. Up early today as had a bit of cramping O/N, mostly when I tried to roll over in bed. Still getting twinges this morning and trying to assume it's nothing more than ligaments stretching. I am starting to get a bit of a shape at the bottom of my abdomen - not noticeably pregnant but noticeably different to me. Just slightly rounder right down above my pubic bone. I'm 9+5 now so I guess it's that time.

Have a good day all xo

Angelico · 07/03/2012 07:34

ps: beeblebear glad you are feeling better and milk consider me deeply jealous of your hot sunny weather! :-)

bella2012 · 07/03/2012 08:05

had another awful night of pains and runnning to the loo. Feel absolutely shattered now mentally and physically. I am so sick of being so self-obsessed and analysing every symptom and terrified of what my scan might show up. I feel like every bit of energy I have is going to ds so my poor husband is just having to get on with it. i haven't beeen cooking, or asking him about his day. Last night I didn't even sleep in the bed with him as I felt so bad and wanted to toss and turn alone. All he keeps saying is that I am not bleeding so it will be ok like it was ok when we were at this point last time. I hope he is right. Roll on 9.15 and then i will know.

Sorry for the mememe post. Just feel so down and lonely.

Velo · 07/03/2012 08:46

bella2012 good luck with the scan this morning - fingers crossed that everything is OK.

Is anyone else suffering from insomnia? It's driving me crazy. I fall asleep OK but then wake up and that's it for hours (although usually manage to drop off again before the alarm goes). Then by about 11am all I want to do is to crawl into bed... not an option!

Are there any cyclists out there? I can feel a bit of a pressure/pain when I sit on normal seats but getting onto my bike first thing in the morning.... have had to pedal standing up for a bit before I'm able to sit down!

OK ladies - have a good day and any worries are eased by the end of the day.

Velo xx
39, 10+3 with No1

londonlivvy · 07/03/2012 09:16

bella2012 - good luck. fingers will be tightly crossed for you!

Velo - yes, absolutely - fast asleep by 1030pm but then awake at 5am staring at the ceiling. Most frustrating. I am a cyclist too and haven't found the saddle painful at all - could that be due to ligaments moving things around a bit?

Oh and could someone explain how the stats at the end of the post work? Some folk have written 10+2 which I thought meant 10 weeks since conception plus two since last period, but then there's a 3 on yours, velo? Am confused. Sorry if am being dim.

HeeHeeHeeBum · 07/03/2012 09:24

Hi again. Once again, thanks for all your kind messages. I feel a bit better today - no more cramps but did have some brown bleeding last night. Hopefully that was just left over from earlier.
lisbethsopposite It's so nice you have been googling. I don't know the name of the MW I spoke to unfortunately. What upset me most was the bluntness really, I called when I was feeling more positive and came of the phone crying. Guess I'll just have to see how it goes today but I will be more insistent on being seen if I bleed more.
YompingJo I hope you hear about your scan too. I was underwhelmed by my visit to the doctor but the midwife was much better.
bella hope your scan gives you some reassurance.

HeeHeeHeeBum · 07/03/2012 09:25

Oh yes, my stats:
30, 10+1, #1

HeeHeeHeeBum · 07/03/2012 10:02

I spoke too soon - more bleeding :( I called the EPU again but they still won't see me until it gets worse or continues all day. Much more helpful MW though, told me it is very common at this stage. Also, the one I spoke to yesterday should have details and put it in my records, which she didn't.

Twobuttonsaway · 07/03/2012 10:09

bella2012 fx for the scan.
londonlivvy numbers work as follows [age], [weeks]+[days], # of child, so I am 38 years old, 7 weeks and 4 days with dear child 2.
38, 7+4, DC2.

Hope you are all feeling better than me today - spent the night with vomitting and bad stomach, this morning I can't tell the difference between the bug and MS!! Oh well, hopefully the bug T least will be short lived! Good day all

Twobuttonsaway · 07/03/2012 10:11

Heehee thinking of you, rest and put your feet up if you can.

FjordMor · 07/03/2012 12:54

Thanks for your advice all re. my DSDs from hell situation. marvellousmarie if Supernanny does have a book on teens I would pay any amount of money for it!! Dame - unfortunately he is still deep in 'Disneyland Dad Syndrome' (we don't have them all the time) and can only see as far as being desperate not to be seen as 'the bad guy' himself. lisbethopposite - old Dr Phil can be very wise and in fact, I don't give them instruction - that's the problem. I realise I can't and it's not my place. I tell him I don't think we should put up with stuff but it has to come from him but he is extremely reluctant to give them any rules (other than bedtime and 'put laptop down if Dad says' - usually has to ask 15 times though) so they will want to keep coming and being with him. I've tried the 'kids need boundaries' and 'they won't stop loving you just because you're strict'. I know for a fact it's at least 5 x stricter in their mother's house but their split was so acrimonious that he refuses to put heads together with their mother on consistent rules (which I recommended) sigh. Anyway, it's all great advice and I will continue to try to talk to him - or get a book for him to read Wink. He loves books Wink. Lovely MIL thinks it will go one of 2 ways once the baby is here; either they will soften & want to pull together as a family more, or we might see some terrible attention-seeking behaviour, at least from DSD2 who is very immature for 10 & only just got over tantrums in shops. Anyway, I may take all this to the step-parenting thread as I realise few if any of you are in the same boat. But thanks for hearing me out :-)

In other news, I'm feeling less tired, still sick on and off and having crazy crazy dreams! Also DP reports I'm like a radiator; always warm. He seems always ice cold. I guess it's the extra blood etc. I just feel 'normal' or nicely warm but am needing to turn the shower up a bit more I did notice. I was often cold in the first few weeks. Anyone else doing the 'human radiator' thing?

FjordMor · 07/03/2012 13:12

Heeheebum - you poor thing. I really hope you can get some reassurance one way or the other soon.

Mickey - hope you have a much better day today - what a nightmare! Shock.

lisbethopposite - so glad you have the reassuring evidence on scan now :). As for pregnancy tests, I was so worried that I would lose sleep over whether something was a strong or faint line that I just spent the money on a Clearblue one that says 'pregnant' or 'not pregnant' (or 'gravid' or 'ikke gravid' in Norwegian). I was 'gravid' (once 10 days late) and am far too superstitious to ever take another one :) but I totally understand the worry even if I'm mostly repressing mine...

bella2012 good luck with the scan today - really hoping for some reassurance for you.

midgetm stay stoic about tomorrow. Hoping all is fine & as it should be.

beeblebear - glad things are looking better at work :)

41/8+4/#1

Kyyria · 07/03/2012 13:43

Squid I haven't had a scan/booking appointment or seen my GP yet. Have an appointment with my GP on 23rd March and will see what happens from there.

31, 6+2, #1

Beans1977 · 07/03/2012 13:57

Hi everyone - so much news! Thinking of those who are anxious, sending love to those who are upset, and laughing at those who (like myself) are fat and farty!

So, I have my NHS scan on Friday. An early scan showed I was further on than I thought and I will be 11+4 on Friday. I am incredibly nervous as this is the stage things went wrong for us last time. We had a HB and normal measurements but the blood tests were bad news as they showed worrying hormone levels, and our baby only lasted a few more weeks. Trying the good old avoidance method - as soon as I think about the scan, I put it out of my mind and try and distract myself. Hopefully lightning doesn't strike twice...

Hope you all have as good a days as you can - it's tipping down in London and we have an outside event (I work in PR) that starts at 5pm, so I am lamenting not bringing my wellies into work today...

Beans1977 · 07/03/2012 13:58

Sorry - 34, 11+2, #1

squidkid · 07/03/2012 14:10

Hey all,

Am at work so probably shouldn't be on here but have pretty much ground to a halt and just staring at my list of jobs having done all the urgent ones and completely lost motivation to do the trivia. Nausea (I wouldn't call it morning sickness, not actually been throwing up) back full force today, sipping water between patients. It's finally gone now I've eaten something. On the up side - two giant and satisfying poos today already! Boyfriend says he thinks he's beginning to see a bump but I think he's just being kind. All clothes fit the same. Except bras - I cracked and bought myself a new bra this morning (at 5am, dangerous time to be sleepily shopping!) It's only one size up so maybe it was a bit of a stupid purchase, but it was half price on bravissimo and looked comfy AND pretty. It will probably be too big or small or something. And yes, I too am plagued with the insomnia - go to sleep at 10ish fine, but awake by 3 or 4 usually that's it. It's a bit tiring.

Despite no scans or anything, I'm finally beginning to feel reasonably confident that nothing terrible is going to happen. I'm 10+3 today and no bad symptoms so far. I'm probably going to start worrying about Down syndrome or something now. Blah, this worrying thing is not like me. I keep thinking "what if my womb is EMPTY? what if the baby is ALREADY dead?" even though both things seem quite unlikely.

Yomping I totally feel your pain on the gym front. I am managing to go swimming about once or twice a week and maybe 5-6 miles walking at the weekend. I haven't done running, or weights, or circuit training for weeks now. I really want to start some yoga but I'm rarely home before 7pm and I'm just so ... tired. I can't remember how I used to do it? Partly it's that I used to work on my feet (in a GP surgery currently so sat down all day). I used to walk to and from work when I worked in a nearer hospital (1.5 hrs walking a day, up hill) and then be on my feet for 8-12 hours. And I still did weights in the evenings and hiking all my days off. God, the old me sounds so cool, I miss her!

Beeblebear I'm glad the work talk went reasonably ok and that you got some good feedback. My hormones seem to be manifesting themselves as paranoia that I'm shit at my job at the moment, so the value of nice feedback is immeasureable!

bella and midgetm thinking of you with your scans, and Heeheeheebum wish I could give you big hugs, take care of yourself, thinking of you.

Fjordmor the stepdaughter situation sounds like a nightmare. Wish I had some advice or comforting words, but it seems like so much of it is up to your partner to sort out! I mean your hands are sort of tied here aren't they... Thinking of you. Also: I'm always cold! even more so than usual. No idea what that means.

I'm sorry if I've missed anyone!

32, 10+3, #1

Zoeplankton · 07/03/2012 14:20

Today's new body event: constipation.

Yay pregnancy!

(Yay prune juice, too!)

Guccigirl79 · 07/03/2012 14:32

Afternoon all!

Doing this off my phone & cant remember all names (baby brain!!) but hope those that are worried/unwell have minds put to rest/feel better v soon :-)

Found it really hard to get going today (still in pj's!) spent most of morning snoozing in the chair while watching crap on tv.not felt overly nauseous today just crippling tiredness.

Has anyone watched 'one born USA'? They seem to have an epidural as soon as they enter delivery ward without really experiencing established labour,does this mean us brits are hardcore??!!!!

Guccigirl79 · 07/03/2012 14:33

Forgot my stats!!

32 8 + 1 #1