Christmas babies 2

[djmbaker]

I think our old chat got closed?? So thought I'd try and create a new thread?? I can't live without my daily chats with you all xx

@Katbaby
@Rnic1x
@december2020
@Marshmallow1102
@Nic2908
@notalwaysalondoner

I can't remember anyone else 😂 add away!! Hope this works!

Morning girls ❤️ so my Friday seems to have started how it's going to end my systems at work are not working so a 6am start was needed for nothing 🤦🏻‍♀️ thank god it's the weekend soon. Hope everyone is ok x

Happy Friday everyone!!!
I did my last clearblue weeks indicator test and got the 3+ so hopefully that means everything is on the right track!

@Rnic1x oh god what a nightmare! I've got so many work calls today so I'm looking forward to "home time" and the weekend. Totally need to get Thai this weekend too hehehe!

@PocoyoandEllie I know what you mean! I'm trying to ease my worries with as long as nothing is actually painful, sharp or debilitating then it should be normal. Hope you're feeling better

@Nic2908 oh no!! Hope you got a good nights sleep and are feeling a little better this am

@djmbaker pregnancy is definitely not always attractive! When does the glow stage start? I could use that!! Hope you're feeling better

Mind if I join you wonderful ladies?
Only found out Wednesday after nipple pain coming back and being totally off drink.
Retook test Wednesday afternoon then yesterday morning. 6 weeks today. Rough calculated DD is 25th December!! 😳🙈

29 from the Wirral, married, first pregnancy, trying since December, really awful nausea, fatigue... not sure if I'm nauseous or starving. toilet situation is all over can't seem to keep certain things in. Fizzy stuff to drink definitely eases sick feeling. Ordered some pregnicare Max last night. Exhausted 😩

@december2020 ohh the thought of food is making me feel sick now 😭 I've got my shopping coming any minute now and I don't even know how I'm going to put it away I actually feel sick thinking of any food 😷

@Elmlee congratulations ❤️ I'm feeling pretty rough atm too I'm due Christmas Eve 🤦🏻‍♀️ first baby and the way I'm feeling so soon maybe my last 😂 hope you feel better soon. Ohh god my go to drink is pepsi max I drink so much but since finding out Ive stayed clear of it, I have some tango in though and I want it now 😂 7.23 isn't too early for fizzy pop is it 🤦🏻‍♀️ x

Oh god @Rnic1x !! I hope you're feeling better soon!! There is an old wives tale that people with more heightened morning sickness or constant morning sickness are more likely to have girls. It'll be fun to see how "true" the myth is! I've got a protein order arriving on Monday 😅

@Elmlee welcome and congrats on your BFP!

@december2020 oh really? Yeah it will be nice to know won't it. I honestly don't mind what I have, I'm a proper girly girl and would absolutely love a girl, but if we have a boy I'm naming them after my grandad who I'm so close too so I think that would be lovely for him. Are you finding out what your having? Xx

Welcome @Elmlee , congratulations on your BFP! It's looking like I'm due on the 25th at the moment 😂 of all the days to be due hey.
Fizzy drinks are my fave, I adore Diet Coke but I've avoided it since finding out for some reason? I think the caffeine aspect. But I'm on decaf coffee so should be fine I think.

@Rnic1x bless you.. it's crap isnt it?? The only time I don't feel sick is when I eat.. but immediately before and after I feel sick again. So weird!!

@december2020 I've heard that about the sickness thing! Will be interesting to see if any of our symptoms link up.

I've got a rubbish day , my partner left for work at 7 and he won't be home until about 8/9 tonight.. so I've got a long day ahead of me!
Just me and Betsy (my dog)

I'm a bit crampy today.. all bubbly and feel like I've been to the gym which is a weird feeling!
Hope your all ok x

@Rnic1x well they're just old wives' tales so I think more for entertainment than based on fact but still fun to read about and see the "accuracy". I'm hoping for a little boy as our first but like you I'll be super happy either way. I think we will find out what we're having but still debating if and when we'd tell the family. I've got a grandma in law who will go nuts buying everything pink or blue, so trying to avoid that side. (She has the purest heart and best intentions but I mean sacks of pink or blue will start arriving, no matter what the item is or if it's needed as long as it's pink or blue) 😂

How about you? xx

@djmbaker I was thinking the same, it'll be fun to see how our symptoms link up and how wrong or right they are! Oh gosh I hope you'll be feeling better as they day progresses. I've got a similar day ahead of me. Husband will leave for work in the next hour, back around 8/9 so it's just me and pooch working from home today.

@djmbaker morning lovely. Yes it is I've had my ginger nuts but even they make me feel sick now 😂 hopefully it's just a few hours and I feel better later. Ive got a whole weeks worth of shopping coming so it will all be wasted if I don't eat 🙈. Have lots of dog cuddles and put a film on x

@december2020 yes I wish I could know now, my mam will buy loads but she has the same taste as me so I know that will be lovely, dp mam on the other hand 🤦🏻‍♀️ god knows what we'll get. I'm going to find out at 15 weeks then go on a shopping spree.... Lockdown depending ofc.

Did anybody see Boris last night? Seems to think we're over the peak (I think it's debatable) but by the way he's talking I think he's thinking of stopping lockdown in the next few weeks or so xx

Thank you for the welcome.
How are you ladies ensuring you get a varied diet? I don't really know where to start.
I've ordered to pregnicare Max to start taking. I have regular folic atm. I feel bad I'm this far and only just started taking it again. (I stopped which TTC as thought it was going to take ages).

I feel tired today but can't get back to sleep.

How did you all go about early scans?

Feeling pretty nervous 😬

@Rnic1x yes I watched him, he wants to get the industries back working who he didn't want to close really but had to as they had no way of social distancing.
Social distancing is going to stay until next year they say don't they?? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
I think my industry has got a wait on before we can start.. I still say June before any form of (new) normality can start.. it's going to be a strange world for a long time I think.
I hope by September we can at least start shopping and organising properly 🤞🏼

My friend went for a private scan yesterday and they let her husband come in so that's a relief as it's the same clinic I'm going to. 🤩

Morning lovely ladies😊,
Sorry to hear about your nausea. When I went to bed last night I had a funny feeling in my belly like how it feels when you have a little bit too much to drink and you don't know whether it's best to sleep or make yourself sick 🤔 anyway I chose sleep and I'm feeling better today!

I was really full of energy yesterday morning and then about 2 ish it hit me like a ton of bricks and I felt like I was getting the flu under a blanket with my new pillow wrapped round me!

We did a video chat with our friends last night who we ALWAYS drink with and they would have definitely clocked. So hubby had some cans of cider and I poured some fizzy water into a gin glass with ice and a lemon and she said oooo you on the gin? I was like yes 👀 so looks like we fooled them. They can read me like a book as well so fingers crossed they don't suspect haha.

I'm starting to consider not finding out gender which I never thought I would do now part of me wants the surprise. Might change my mind by 20 weeks though 🤔🤔

How is everyone today?😁😁

@Elmlee I've booked a private one with "window to the womb" I think a few of us have? You say your on the Wirral? Well, theres one in Ellesmere Port. They have an offer on at the moment where early scans are £59.

My diet was doing well until I started feeling so sick, I'm trying to have 3 portions of fruit and 2 veg a day though and drink loads of water.
That's as good as it gets right now.

@Katbaby how was the pregnancy pillow?? Did you sleep with it?
That's funny about your friends!! It's funny what people notice isn't it??
Last year my best friend said she thought I was pregnant as I was eating so well 😂

@Elmlee I've got a early scan with window to the womb too as at the moment they're still letting you take one person with you, so thought it would be nice for the husband as he's not allowed to come to the hospital for the 12 weeks scan. So depending we may do another private scan later in the pregnancy as well so he can attend.

Welcome @Elmlee 🙂

@djmbaker no I didn't sleep with it, I'm enjoying sleeping on my stomach while I can 😩 I have a set sleeping position flat on my belly dunno how I'm gonna cope once my bump starts to come in. Aww how bad is your sickness coming on? Yes and because she's my best mate who knows me inside and out I just feel like she suspects me

My midwife appt is now only 6 days away!! Will be booking with my local window to the womb for when I'm approx 9 weeks I think but won't book til after I've seen midwife. I'm glad the dad's are allowed in still.

I also watched Boris last night I'm feeling pretty confident that by the time we get half way through this pregnancy we might be able to start going shopping 🤞🤞🤞

Morning all!! Took me a good while to catch up! Great to see a few newbies joining too! Getting bigger everyday!

@katbaby I also had a video chat with our friends last night, I got some 0.0 red wine at home but started with a Diet Coke. When I said I was going to get a glass of wine they said they'd started to get suspicious as i never sit there with just a soft drink! I like this deceiving your friends bit, makes the not telling a bit more fun!

Don't remember who it was that mentioned pregnancy vitamins, are they needed or is it just enough with folic acid?

@Katbaby it's so hard lying isn't it!! I'm avoiding all my friends as they know me inside out and I can't bloody lie!!
One of them rang me the week before I found out and was asking how much sex we are having and if we are focusing on baby making so I'm 💯 avoiding her until I've at least had my scan 😂😂😂

5 days until your midwife appointment that's great! Is it face to face? Will all feel real once it's registered and you get your little welcome pack 😍😍

@SwedishAnna the NHS say you only need folic acid with vitamin D.. I am on a pregnancy vitamin though that has all sorts in plus I take two omega 3 capsules a day. But that's just from my own research. Folic acid and vit D is the most important x

Anybody else constantly overthinking.... I feel like after my scan next week I will feel fine for a few days then worry until 12 week scan 😂 I wish I could buy a scan machine for home 🙈

Yes to the overthinking. I feel stressed !
I wish I could sleep I'm knackered. I think maybe I'll get outside today and go for a walk or bike ride and hopefully I'll get to sleep tonight better.
I feel a bit sicky again so panic over.

Is anyone else getting lower back ache like AF cramps ? X

Good morning ladies 🥰

Didn't want to leave my bed this morning I feel like I haven't slept, going to have a cuppa and hopefully it gives me an energy boost to get some house work done, the usual jobs.

Oo the pregnancy pillow the V shape one?, we all need one of those! I used one in the past one part in between your legs/knees while hugging the other end is sooo comfortable!

On the topic of vitamins and folic acid , I am vitamin D deficient however haven't been able to have my levels checked again , I'm wondering if they check them when we have bloods taken?

I haven't self referred yet, I was going to wait until 8/9 weeks. My OH is worried about me going to the hospital for bloods and being at risk of the virus, I haven't left the house in 7weeks or more so going out there in the middle of it is making me feel very anxious at the moment.

@dixiedo yes I have the last few days I've had a hot water bottle on it which has helped x

@SwedishAnna haha is the 0.0 red wine nice at all? I will miss red wine the most!

@djmbaker yes too hard to lie I'm a terrible liar people can read me like a book I feel like everyone knows. Yes my appt is face to face! I know it will really feel real when I have that 🤞🤞 ALSO my nipples are sore! Hurrayy hahah never thought I'd be so happy to have sore nips 🤣🤣🤣

Who else has seen their midwife yet??

@Rnic1x yep I'm with you on the overthinking! Every symptom or lack of symptom I over think!

@dixiedo yep I've been plagued with mild backache for over a week now. If I stay in the same position for too long it aches like mad and have to get a back rub off hubby 🤣

I've got a private scan when I'll be 8+1, two weeks from today at Peek a Baby, they are allowing partners. Wish I could click my fingers and fast forward two weeks.

I'm so glad we're WFH at the moment, the thought of commuting when I feel this exhausted is awful. I could sleep all day long!

That's so reassuring about the cramp!
My midwife called me she sounded so lovely I'm excited to meet her. My appt will be the 13th on the phone then drive to the clinic for the weigh in etc.

I reads further down about UTI I had three day course antibiotics about two weeks ago just before we found out as I had one that wouldn't budge. It's not fully cleared up though, (could be the back cramp) I'm having to jump in the bath to ease the pain after peeing so I called the dr yesterday and I have to go with a sample today before 11!

Now here is the issue - I have no sample pots. And I'm sure you all know what magic Tupperware lids hold.
My mini tuppaware kids have vanished. I can't go the surgery with a big Tupperware full of pee 😂😂😂
I'm currently thinking freeze bag for the car and run in get the sample pot and transfer.
Do I really want to wee in a sandwich bag. 😂😂😂