Anyone due October 2004?

[fisil]

Feel very nervous writing this. But I'm in my bold "sod the doctor" mood. Anyone joining me?

Eyelash? (after all, I consider it to be you who got me here in the first place )

Anyone else?

[Aero]

Anyone on here remember harman? Please see other thread? (what has happened to harman?) She would appreciate your support at the moment. Thanks and good luck to all you lot due in October.

[Diddums]

Thanks everyone for all your thoughts etc and all your advice especially bunny2. I am okay apart from this week someone at work told everyone that she is six weeks pregnant, I know she is excited but that didn't help. I am getting my bloods tested by the doctor who has been extremely supportive as she always is. I will keep in touch and let you all know how it's going.
Love to everyone Diddums

[eyelash]

Beansprout - the funeral must have been tough.

Turtle35 - I have had piles but only in the last few months. Poor you to get them so soon. Any tips would be great.

Right - I will start the new thread now.

[beansprout]

Turtle 35 - you have my full sympathy, that's always a miserable one. Good luck at the docs with that.

Sorry about your in laws too. Now we are all getting to the telling people stage it seems that one thing for sure is that we are going to have a bunch of mixed reactions between us but I would have thought that grandparents to be would be reliably pleased - I mean, we are all old enough to be making this decision!

Dp's family is going to be difficult as the funeral for his sil's baby was only on Monday, but that is not people, that's circumstances, and very difficult ones at that.

Good luck to all of us and hey, you can always rely on us lot to be chuffed to bits for you

[Turtle35]

I think it's a good idea to start a new thread also. Well it finally happened, sorry to go into grim detail but my constipation was so bad that I now have......yep you guessed it hemorrhoids! bloody awful things, have had before after an op but this is really alarming when a lot of blood appears and it took a second to realise where it was coming from. I have tried doing everything to avoid constipation but it's impossible. Have decided enough is enough and am going to see GP tomorrow, will report back with any useful
information but am not holding my breath.

Both my mil and fil didn't sound very happy for us when we told them the good news, you'd think for the first grandchild they would be jumping for joy - my mother and sister both burst into tears of joy when I told them, in-laws can be wierd.

[harman]

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[eyelash]

How is everybody.

Harman - glad you are back but sorry you are having a rough time. Is there any way you can get a bit of a break from it all - like go on retreat or something? I am not joking - maybe if you went off for a few days everybody would realise how much they missed you!

Beansprout and piglet - enjoy telling people and yes you will get some odd reactions and comments but also plenty of really positive ones as well.

Toots/Turtle35/Harman - I am 13 weeks tomorrow and have just bought a pair of stretchy maternity trousers from next. Only £15 and I think these will be one of my staples. They feel nice on and I feel very slim although I am far from it. Highly recommended!

I wonder if it is worth a new thread as this one is getting very long and starting it with a recky of those of us on here. What do you think?

[piglit]

Thanks motherinferior. You are one of the first people to say that to me.

[motherinferior]

Piglit, some people can be very odd. I had a friend who didn't want kids whom I did tell quite early but who got really iffy with me as my pregnancy progressed and eventually I just dropped. I am so sorry about your friend. Congratulations from me, anyway.

[beansprout]

Congratulations on your 12 weeks Piglit!! Totally agree with Harman on telling someone else who will be thrilled and balance out the other reaction for you. I have given myself a very hard time about telling dp's family (and we haven't told them yet) and so have just needed to accept that some people will be happy and others will not. It's no reflection on me, just how things are.

Harman, could it really be twins?! We need to get you that scan!!

Hope everyone else is ok too xxx

[piglit]

Thanks harman. We're telling my mil next week. I'm not looking forward to that either. I'm glad mine isn't the only awful mil around!

[harman]

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[piglit]

I told one of my best friends about my pg last night as I had finally made it to 12 weeks. I got a really odd reaction. No congratulations or anything. She doesn't want children and never has but I thought she might be pleased. My dh thinks it might be because I hadn't told her earlier (she asked me how long I'd known). I felt really upset by her reaction and it's really dragged me down. Any advice?

[Turtle35]

Bean sorry to hear about the funeral that must of been really tough.

Lucky ladies almost 12 weeks!! I am still only 9 but feel the next three weeks should go pretty quickly - to be honest the last 3 weeks has flown by. All of my work trousers are getting to tight around the waist and I am getting looks from colleagues in the tummy region, it's almost impossible to hide what looks like a 4 - 5 month bump - not 9 weeks. Maybe it's twins!!?? Would I know by now? A very good friend is now 19 weeks and I am jealous but she said the sickness was gone after 13 - 14 weeks so hang in there!

[beansprout]

Harman, totally understand about tempting fate, am sure I would actually be the same, despite any advice I might give to the contrary! Hope the appointment goes well, sorry to hear you are feeling so rough. How many weeks are you now?

And welcome to FlorenceUK!! Congratulations (sorry, I meant to say that earlier!)

[piglit]

Thanks for that beansprout!

My sickness seems to be getting better gradually - I hope that those long dark days of 24/7 nausea, retching and heartburn will soon be a distant memory. I do find it gets worse again if I get too tired. Any excuse to be in bed by 9 pm!

[harman]

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[beansprout]

Piglit - hope that bit of cake was good, am polishing off some Maltesers myself and am chuffed to bits as my sickness just seems to be getting that bit better - the worst is over!!!

I started the other strand with both of us in mind. I increasingly feel I don't know what I am letting myself in for - eek!

[piglit]

Couldn't agree more beansprout. 12 weeks seems like such a milestone. I think I'll have some cake to celebrate...

[beansprout]

Am not going to go to the "how it would be if men were pg" place!! Hope he is supportive when you tell him, sounds like you work in close proximity.

Am 12 weeks on Friday, with booking appt on Thurs. After all this waiting, I'm not sure if I will be shouting from any roof tops, as am feeling wary of the pg police and the "public property" bit. May actually start a newby strand on this one! That said, I am feeling very, very relieved and happy to have (finally) got to this stage.

[piglit]

I am 12 weeks tomorrow(!) and I think I'll start telling people next week after my nuchal scan on Friday. I've been yawning like mad for what seems like ages. The guy I share an office with started yawning yesterday and he said "I think I've got what you've got". I could barely keep a straight face!

[beansprout]

Piglit - Same here - early to bed and then awake for hours in the night! Is this a common pg thing? Sorry to hear you are having this too. Will be glad when I can announce myself and give some sort of explanation as to why I am constantly yawning in the faces of my work colleagues!!

[piglit]

beansprout - I fall asleep at 9pm (no matter what I'm doing!) and then lie awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night/early morning. Of course, when it's time to get up I'm like a zombie.

[beansprout]

I would echo piglit on that one, have to say, those few weeks (while we are not at the kicking, or other obvious sigs stage) can feel very long. 17 weeks does seem an incredibly long time to have to wait.

Diddums, I too am so sorry, please take care of yourself.

Have been feeling pretty hormonal myself, but also we had the funeral yesterday for my sil's baby daughter, so we have all been a bit tearful lately, has to be said. Am also not sleeping very well at all - is anyone else having this? If I ask anyone they just seem to say "ha, well, that's mother nature preparing you for the lack of sleep to come", which really helps.... (sorry, obviously a bit grumpy in my tiredness!)

[piglit]

Harman - a friend of mine who is a midwife said that many women in your situation (ie who don't have a booking scan at 12 weeks) go to their local EPU saying that they have had a bleed and are given a scan for reassurance. I know it's not exactly the most ethical thing to do but if it gets you a scan and reassurance perhaps it's worth considering.