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Anyone due October 2004?

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fisil · 11/02/2004 16:22

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?

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eyelash · 17/02/2004 18:34

fisil - great news re bloods.

hello to everybody. I am working in London for the next 2 days so will catch up with everybody at the weekend.

fisil · 18/02/2004 09:20

GP was fine this time. She gave me the date of 18th October & will book me into my hospital of choice.

Anyone else developed teenage acne (not that I had it as a teenager!)?

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M2T · 18/02/2004 09:39

Hello all,
August thread is quite quiet so I thought I'd pop in here and see how all you lot are getting on.

Just to cheer you all up.... I complained bitterly about my lack of symptoms until I hit the 6wk mark and was as sick as a dog for 5 wks. All nice and healthy though!

Fisil - I developed a very spotty chin for the past 2 weeks and they are now starting to go. Although they were horrible..... I did have a good time squeeeeeeeezing them.

Congrats and good luck to y'all.

M2T · 18/02/2004 09:40

... forgot to say Fisil - Thats the day after my 1st wedding anninversary. If my wedding day is anything to go by then the weather was fabulous, sunny and warm.

harman · 19/02/2004 08:00

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debra64 · 19/02/2004 09:40

I haven't posted here before, despite being a mumsnet member for quite a while, so I hope it works! I'm due on 20th October - I think! I worked that out from my book which says add 7 days to the last period start day and then go back 3 months and add a year! My last period started 13th Jan. My hubby counted 40 weeks from then and came up with some time in November, so I'm not sure who is right! I tried to make an appointment with the doctor to get his view but was surprised when they said there was no need and just gave me an appointment with the midwife for 'booking in' on 11th March - seems odd to go so long without seeing a doctor at all and I'm sure I remember going sooner the other times!

There again, it has been a while - I have three children aged nearly 7, 6 and 4 (the first being my step daughter if you think thats a bit close!) - so maybe I've forgotten. However, I am quickly remembering all the symptoms as I'm experiencing them! Including queaziness (never actually been sick), stitch type pains around the ovaries and fallopian tubes, cramps around the womb area and a general achy awareness that something is happening (can't quite get into a position where I'm not aware of it) and tiredness - I'm so, soooo tired all the time! And yet - when I go to bed I lay awake and can't seem to get into a deep sleep! Oh, and lets not forget the sore boobs - definitely need to look into new bras already!

The worst thing is, all the books I have (still have a library!) say none of these symptoms should be here yet! I reckon each pregnancy, the symptoms all happen so much quicker. Its like your body had been there and done it and everything kicks into action more quickly each time. This is actually my fourth pregnancy (the first one I lost at 22 weeks), but there is much more of a gap this time. Anyone else heard the statement that if its five years since the last time you gave birth its just like the first time again? (aaaagh - hope not!)

debra64 · 19/02/2004 09:58

Forgot another bit I meant to add to that essay! Harman - I also look about 4 months! I think thats something to do with the hormones making your muscles go slack. If I really pull in my tummy it goes flat, but I seem to naturally just let it go!

I have told people already. With my first pregnancy I waited until 12 weeks just in case I miscarried and then as I said before, lost the baby at 22 weeks. The next time I thought whats the point of not telling anyone? Do I wait until 26 weeks until I feel safe? Would be a bit obvious by then!

Incidentally, once I felt safe the second time around it wasn't long between stopping worrying about the baby dying and starting worrying about labour instead! So I've told everyone and resolved not to worry about anything. I won't have the reassurance of constant scans to check progress like I did before because now I've carried two babies successfully I won't be considered a high risk, so I'll have to concentrate on putting worry out of my mind and just think, what will be will be.

This attitude will be hard to keep up if I have noone to talk to. So my thoughts on this now are you might as well tell people because even if something did go wrong, they might as well know why you are not yourself. If you don't tell people and then something goes wrong, do you tell them you were pregnant at that point? Even if everything is fine, if you haven't told anyone can you air any worries you might have and get rid of them? I wouldn't be able to keep quiet either way and would want to be able to discuss it with my close friends and family, so there is no point in my case in keeping anything a secret.

fisil · 19/02/2004 17:32

Hello Debra! Congratulation. My LMP was 12th January and GP gave me 18th October as my date - so I guess yours is about right. On past form I'll be early November anyway.

I'm so glad you've all got bumps. I am still (out of laziness) wearing clothes I bought this time last year - just after ds was born. They were beginning to be very baggy, but in the last week they have begun to fit snuggly again. I thought it was probably chocolate cake. Surely it can't be making a difference already? It's only the size of a grain of rice - what will I look like when it's the size of a grapefruit ... melon ... small cat ... baby? Aaaggh.

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Toots · 19/02/2004 18:31

Hi all. I've decided I look so blobby because I'm slouching because I'm so cream crackered. Posture - that's my thought for the day. Might try it for a minute or two. Sure the hormones do affect the muscles though.

eyelash · 20/02/2004 07:39

Debra64 - welcome to the thread.

We have told most of our close friends and family since we had last weeks scan on the basis that we would tell everybody if we had a miscarriage so better to at least share some good news. But October seems so far away.

I have had really stretchy pains for the past 3 days and tons of mucus. I had very slight bloody mucus on Tuesday night and was a bit stressed as I was away from home Wednesday and Thursday. But put it down to cervical erosion and doing too much running around. And yipee nothing since.

Gorgeous weather here today so we are all wrapping up warm and taking a picnic to the beach - heaven.

Thinking of you all.

Toots · 20/02/2004 10:56

I have been ranting on the pregnant and angry women thread - join us, it's fun!

Debra64, I should have said hello and welcome. Also so sorry about your loss. Pregancy must be very hard for you. Completely see all your reasons for telling people early. I do too, but that's because I just can't keep it in, bit like my tummy.

Eyelash, picnic sounds lovely, hope you have a triffic time.

I'm going to Barcelona with mum and sis this w/e -booked before I knew. I've decided to stop worrying about feeling sick and tired, and just go for it. I'll be a free agent without dd, and can always go back to the hotel for a kip if it all gets too much. Very excited.

harman · 20/02/2004 20:06

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eyelash · 20/02/2004 22:51

Harman - no I am in the north west but we had the most glorious crisp frosty day today so packed picnic, kids and visitors off for brisk walk. Although freezing with a strong costal breeze, it was absolutely fantastic on the beech and we then took shelter to have our picnic in the nearby woods. My dss love picnics whatever the weather.

I love the picture of your bump - clever you. I have the most fantastic stretchy growing pains at the moment. Is it me or do they get worse with each pregnancy? My bump at the moment is still chocolate rather than baby induced!

Debra64 - apologies I didn't acknowledge the baby you lost in your first pregnancy. It must have been a very difficult time. Thank you for sharing your experiences as it puts lifes little problems into perspective.

Hello to everybody else as well.

harman · 22/02/2004 12:40

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Diddums · 22/02/2004 18:05

This is my first message on this site so I hope I get it right. I am now 6weeks pregnant having had a miscarriage last November at 5 1/2weeks so still feeling a bit nervous this time. Actually I am petrified. I have been having pains and a lot of creamy coloured discharge which I have been told is normal but every twing etc I have to go and check. Anyone got any ideas on whether this is normal or not I would be very grateful. I have found some comfort in what I have read in other threads. Bye for now.

twiglett · 22/02/2004 18:26

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fisil · 22/02/2004 18:43

Hi Diddums - welcome to the thread. Well done on getting to 6 weeks. When are you due? I'm 18th Oct - you must be very close. I'm having pains and discharge too, and am very glad I'm not the only one. I too worry about it all the time. I think this is the most anxious time. Tell us more about yourself.

Harman, that sounds awful. You were joking with them, so you obviously thought they would be as happy as you. Did they really pass no comment? I am shocked. You poor poor thing, I would be falling apart! Can you think of any reason why she was like that? We plan to tell mine on the day before Mother's Day. I hope they will be positive, I am also worried, because I have "2nd child" hang ups and have always been convinced that my mother's 2nd pregnancy (ie me) didn't mean as much to her as her first. So we'll see what a 2nd grandchild means to her.

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fisil · 22/02/2004 18:58

Harman, I've just seen your other thread. I'm sorry I wasn't around earlier for you - I was having a mamouth 3 hour pg daytime nap!

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harman · 22/02/2004 19:07

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littlerach · 22/02/2004 19:23

hi everyone, just popped over from July.
I am still having some achy pains, and pelvic pain, at 17.2 wks. Not sure when it shoul;d stop.
I have a DD aged 3, this is my 2nd pregnancy and I am so much more aware of what could go wrong. I have more concerns that the 1st time round, I think this is normal!!!!
I am also suffering from absolutely appalling wind, so much so that Dh and DD keep leaving the room!!!!

fisil · 22/02/2004 19:46

pains are in the area of my ovaries. I had lots of pains on my left yesterday, and devoted a lot of time to "this is ectopic" thoughts ... until I finally remembered that I know for a fact that I ovulated from my right ovary, and therefore this was impossible!

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eyelash · 22/02/2004 20:36

Hello all

Harman - I would be fuming as well. Hope you manage to resolve it. I think the ovaries are positioned on the right and left of the midway line between your naval and vagina - but I am sure I will be corrected.

Diddums - congratulations on your pregnancy. Are you crossfingers as well? The discharge is completely normal and is a result of the increased blood flow in the lower regions. I also seem to remember reading somewhere that it also acts as a barrier to infection but that could be my imagination. Pains are completely normal as well. But it is a worry though. Can you have an early scan at your early pregnancy unit for reassurance especially in light of your earlier miscarriage. I have also suffered miscarriages and any reassurance is welcome. Do you have other children?

Fisil - I have had pains in the ovaries I ovulated in for every pregnancy. I think it is just the corpus luthum doing its stuff.

eyelash · 22/02/2004 20:41

Harman - btw I am finding there is little reaction to this pregnancy as well but at least my in laws haven't been rude. I wonder after just reading your other thread if you have already hit the nail on the head re your sil. Can you be assertive, ring your mil and explain calmly how their reactions made you feel and leave the way open for her to comment? I understand it is difficult but it would be a shame to have an unnecessary cloud ( caused by in laws) hanging over the pregnancy.

Good luck.

harman · 22/02/2004 20:53

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