New thread for TTC graduates - PinkB, MrsmcJ, Bodkin, Fettle, Chooster etc!

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Hello! Thought we should leave those lovely TTCers in peace!!

I?m really struggling to concentrate this afternoon. I have a very technical piece of work to do and I just cannot summon up the brain power to do it, plus I have a work function tonight so effectively still have hours to go before I can relax. To top it off, MN seems to be very quiet this afternoon, just when I need the stimulation!

sorry mrsmcj - have spent the afternoon closing old files cause think my bosses were starting to wonder whether i was going to be able to still get in and out soon, so not the most stimulating of days. our due in august thread has been really quiet today too - strange.

hope the works do isnt too dull/tiring.

Looks like he takes after you then Chooster (that is, liking Creme Eggs, not eating them naked......although, maybe that IS what you get up to when you're not on MN....)

Conker - one of my DD's favourite snacks is a little plate of frozen peas!!! Reminds me of the old "Viz" top tip - "Mums, frozen Brussels sprouts make great alternatives to sweets, and they don't rot kids teeth either"

I don't even know HOW MrsMcJ got that accent over the e like that anyway.... I can do it in Word, but how the heck have you done it on Mumsnet.... have you got some poncy French keyboard....? That has been puzzling me for the last 2 days. God i'm sad.

Spent the last 3 days slaving tirelessly over 4 windows that I was repairing, to be collected by one of the builders from the site at 6pm last night. I finished them at 5.59 (no joke) after farming DD out to all and sundry. Only to find that, surprise surprise, the guy didn't come to collect, and is now fitting them next week instead.... Dooooohhhhhh - why I oughta...

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Them pesky builders Bodders!!! As Firststar says its one job done and out the way. I am as sad as you as I've been wondering how she did that too with the accent. I tried to figure it out on my keyboard but no joy.

Firststar, I am also HUGE!!! I was just in a meeting with a guy I see pretty much 2 or 3 times a week. I finally told him I was pregnant and he said he had started wondering and then worried that I would be going off on maternity leave in the next few weeks because he thought I was about 7 or 8 months gone... Talk about cheeky!!! . He also said "Gosh you've become big very quickly!" - He doesnt have kids so I dont think he quite realises the etiquette of a man's reaction to a pregnant woman's size

Anyway, I'be better stop eating chocolate, put some clothes back on and go to my next meeting...

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I think it's a lot to do with position, as my bump has popped out all of a sudden, much to the relief of my bladder! Baby was sitting very low down - I asked DP the other night if he could think of any way of pushing it up a bit higher [filthy grin emoticon] Seemed to do the trick though!

Chooster you do make me laugh - I'd love to see you with your sensible "I am very important and work for a big bank" hat on! (it is a bank you work for isn't it?)

Yes it was annoying about the windows the other night, but like you say, another job out the way.

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Why do people always think that you are interested in their opinion regarding your bump size and baby size?!! When I was PG with DD a women in my office kept saying how small I was, and what a small baby I would have... (BTW she had no kids)- anyway, I ended up popping out a 7.6 lber- so NO not a tiny baby.

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Thats a massive assumption Firststar that I can leap to being professional! But, yes you are right Bodders, I do work for a big bank in Scotland (the clue is in the message).

My DH has just phoned to say he's going to cook a nice lamb dinner tonight!!! Mmmm, its got me feeling hungry. Although your Indian sounds good too Firstar

Hello. DH and I have had an exhausting and scary 24 hours. I started to bleed and get cramps last night just before I went to a work function. It was probably a good thing that I went as it took my mind off things but by the time I got home, there was a lot and DH and I really thought things were over and we cried and cried and neither of us could sleep The bleeding seemed to lessen in the night but I still felt lousy and we both felt resigned to the worst fate. I called the EPU and they booked me in for a scan at 3pm. Both DH and I spent the day under a blanket on the couch, just waiting. The bleeding started again around lunchtime which made us even more anxious. When we got to the EPU, I had drunk so much water that I was in agony and could hardly move. The sonographer actually said she was surprised I could walk and to drink half as much next time. Anyway, the sac was still there, unaffected by the bleed and quite a bit bigger than last week 14mm instead of 11.4mm. We still couldn?t see the yolk, fetal pole or HB but it wasn?t really a good time for an internal scan so we are to go back next Friday to see if anything has changed. She couldn?t work out where the bleeding was coming from; there was no fluid or masses seen. I guess these things can happen. Anyway, safely home and feeling much better about things. I know our chances are still only 50/50 and that the bleed could be related to the pregnancy and that the sac could be growing regardless of a baby but if there?s still hope, I?ll grab it and use it to get me through the next week

Now going to catch up on how you all are?.

Hi All

Just popping in, so you remember me!!!

Been away with work and just not feeling like posting this week . Got my booking in appointment next Tuesday - had some very tiny amount of spotting mixed in with some CM earlier this week, so I'll talk to MW about that. TMI alert, but you'll all talking about snot anyway! My CM is looking distinctly snot-like. Should I worry? I know it is mucous, but I didn't really think it should be coloured like snot! No other symptoms of thrush or anything like that. lovely, eh?!

PMSL about the idea of toast soldiers and creme eggs!! They're not as runny as they were in the old days Have to say I forgot about not eating runny eggs last weekend and it was yummy dipping my soldiers in! Also had homemade ice-cream today, which was a bit silly - hope it is all ok.

anyway, just go - have a great weekend everyone!

take care
xx

How can we forget you Fettle?!
Hope the booking in goes well, very haven't heard a peep about mine but reluctant to chase at the mo in case it's bad luck. snot like CM? can't help there - mine's thick and white (when there's not blood everywhere instead!)

Morning, can I have a moan? I?m feeling really lost and it?s making me grumpy. [scan] After the first scan and the news at that, I put all my books and info about pregnancy away vowing just to take each day as it came but after this second scan, I?m feeling really fed up and deprived of the joy of reading up on what is happening in my body and to my baby. As it?s my first pregnancy, I?m so interested in all that but just don?t feel I can relate it all to me at the moment. I haven?t got a clue what is going on/meant to be going on due to my dates and measurements not matching. I am 8+6 today based on my probable OV and 9+2 based on LMP and have known about the pregnancy for over 5 weeks, which feels like an age. Has anyone else felt like this? Thanks for listening

Oh Mrs, you really are going through it. How are you today? Any bleeding? Friday must have been very scary- but the scan seems to have been positive. I dont know what to say really, is it possible for the sac to grow without a baby? What did they expect to see with an external scan at this stage?
Lots of love and thinking of you. xx

I'm still feeling ropey. Getting more and more nervous about this PG- I think reading these PG threads is not helping. There was another lady on the October thread who just had a m/c- it's awfully sad.

Just realised that I was too self absorbed to read what I?d missed last night ..

Thanks for your post the other day Conkertree No wonder I was feeling a bit distracted, the blood waterfall started not long after that?!

I?m very amused that you all liked my accent on the e! My secret is that I always type my response up in word before I post them on MN, main reason is because my spelling is so bad and I need to use the spell check I know, dyslexic lawyer is a bit like a doctor with the shakes ? manage to hide it most of the time though

Chooster ? you are a lovely size I?d say, I can?t wait to have a bump but doubt it?ll be as nice and streamlined as yours (loved that top you were wearing the other day, meant to say but was too busy rabbiting on about me ) PMSL at everyone teasing you for your naked, crème egg scoffing persona v highly motivated and competent project manager self and ?.. I?m not sure if they remember the stories from the good ole days when we were all able to drink?..

Bodkin PMSL at your baby moving antics!

Firststar ? sorry that people are bugging you about your size, I?d give anything to look pregnant, I just look porky at the moment and don?t fit into any of my clothes really (sorry, won?t have that tantrum again!)

Sorry Honeyapple, crossed with you. I?m ok. A bit grumpy but that?s better than yesterday?s despair and misery for sure. I?m sorry that the threads are making you nervous hon, there is no reason to feel that way, and I feel bad now for posting so much, I don?t want to worry you all or bring you down.

MrsM Just reading your messages about the bleeding. Thought that it might help to share with you that I had bleeding too at about 8 weeks. It is horrible i know. They found no explanation for my bleeding. Please try and relax and you carry on reading your books there is nothing wrong about being excited about the baby and everyone craves information anyway so you read away.

Sorry should have said that I am now 20 weeks and i've had no more bleeding.

Thanks Faby it's always good to hear stories like that. I guess I am also concerned because other than doing a urine pregnancy test on me the GP and community midwife have not checked me at all. I haven't even had my blood pressure taken or had a booking in appointment. I know that they are aware of me seeing the EPU but I do feel a bit abandoned.

I appreciate that it is really easy to feel a bit abandoned you do have to wait a bit for the booking in appointment. But i wouldn't worry about the midwife not checking you, even when you have regular appointments they don't really do that much. Perhaps if you are getting really worried, why don't you see if the mid/w will see you or your GP to talk about your concerns. Although very alarming bleeding is reasonably common. We know a womamn who bled for seven months and perfect bouncing baby.

Let me know how you get on

Thanks Faby. I?m not feeling so angry today . I?m trying to stay positive and I know you do hear of people bleeding an awful lot and everything being fine

I can honestly say thought that this weekend has been the worst of my life (I?ve had a very good life to date ) I have never seen so much blood or felt as much pain as I have in the last 24 hours and I have to say that I?m now beginning to wonder if I?m ok as well as the fear for the baby of course. Sounds dramatic but I?ve never had heavy periods and soaking through a super pad an hour is a massive shock in itself.

DH got drunk last night and a bit nasty and when he got up this morning he got ready and went to the football without any regard to how I might be feeling or how I might like to be cared for. I really do feel very alone. I know it must be upsetting for him too but he?s just not grasping that I feel physically wretched as well as emotionally.

I?ve phoned the hospital to check on the volume of blood I have and they say that if I get through a pad every half hour I should go in as I may be haemorrhaging, scary prospect. Look and feel awful . I really hope that for better or worse this all stops soon.

Sorry to bring such misery to what should be a happy and exciting board.

mrsmcjnr,

You really are having a terrible time.I honestly dont know what to say to you other than I would love to give you a hug.

Your DH may just be feeling a bit unsure of what to do for the best. Men do tend to have an ability to ignore situations and carry on as normal as then things dont seem to be happening. My dh does it if he ignores it its not going on.
Everyone has different ways.
Do you have anyone else you can share your feelings with ? you really do need someone to be there as this must be very frightening for you.
If you ever wish to contact me you can on [email protected] I wont be able to solve anything for you though I really wish I could but what I can promise is that I shall always listen.
you were always so supportive of everyone else and showed great empathy and came across as a caring warm good natured person.
It really does make me sad to read your posts and see all that you are dealing with.

Take care xxx

MrsMc, poor you, don't you dare apologise for not being all happy on this board, that is why mumsnet is here. Please at the very least speak to mid wife tomorrow, it is terrible when you are this worried you just cannot function, and if I were you dont go to work tomorrow!

I wish i could do/say more xxxxxxxxx