👶 Due November 2022 - part II 🎆

[Cheetocat]

The first thread got to 40 pages. 😊 If anyone can find the list of due dates please post it.

@LS1983 Im so sorry. There are no words. My thoughts are with you at this hard time. Sending hugs.
@RhiRhi1988 i hope this week goes by fast for you. Fingers crossed all will be well. I hope ur ok

@LS1983 So so sorry, huge hugs and hope you’re as okay as you can be, thinking of you ❤️

@RhiRhi1988 everything crossed for you, hope you’re feeling okay ❤️

@LS1983 so sorry to hear what has happened, hope you have lots of support around you

@RhiRhi1988 sorry to hear your scan did not go to plan, fingers crossed for a good result next week

Thank you @RhiRhi1988 and @Feb85 - it did go well ❤️ saw the little wriggler in there & all looks good.

I’m 7+2 today, still spotting and keep being reassured by EPU that brown is old blood and not to worry. My symptoms have lessened, I’ve managed to eat more today, felt less nauseous and my breasts are less sore and it’s making me panic. I’ve got a scan on Thursday and time is going very slowly waiting for it

Thinking of everyone going through a tough time 💕

Second half of my booking in appt tomorrow, I’ll be coming home with my notes 😍 and will soon have a scan date!! 11 wks today

Really stressing over family stuff going on at the mo so really need this as a way to look forward…

I'm 8+1 today and this is the first day since about a week after conception that my boobs aren't sore - I know I should be happy but I can't help but worry - also woke up last night with horrific cramping but I think it's constipation rather than baby 😅

Aw lovely that's wonderful news @xreadytoglow

I had my booking appointment on Monday and because I'd mention pretty frequent cramps and a tiny bit of spotting, she sent me for an early scan which I had yesterday morning. Quite a nervous wait thinking there might be something wrong and then also to be told it would be internal - was not expecting that. But everything checked out well and she put me a couple of days ahead at 8+3. I got such a relief being told the cramps are just my body making space and a secondary relief of finding just the one baby cooking. It feels like it's a long wait until the 12 week scan.

TMI but I am usually a sufferer of stress related IBS which means I go to the loo at least 3 times a day, normally. Since getting my BFP my IBS has cleared up and I am now going about once every 2 days. I know it is normal but it is very odd!

@xreadytoglow so happy for you 💐💐💐

Exciting news - I have my appointment times through for my 2 us scans. Dating one will be in may nearly 14 weeks and the first scan I will have. It was the same with my first.

I have found my food preferences are very different than with my daughter. With her I loved porridge and chips, so carbs. Now I love fish, meat and tofu(so protein). Yesterday we had KFC. And I just wanted the chicken, nothing else. So according to old wives tale, it's a boy this time. Also, I have more facial hair.

Booking in appt done, I know the midwife, she gave me a good sweep 2 pregnancies ago 🤣

She’s sent a fax for the scan, I’ll know the date soon 🥰 have ketones in my urine so got to keep an eye. Previously had to have IV fluids because of them last time, hoping to not have to be in over Easter weekend

Having tests and a scan tomorrow, so excited! 10w1d today.

So we had our early scan today, I'm 7+2 and the scan shows as 6+2... trying not to over think it as we saw a lovely little heartbeat 🥰

Aw, that's great chellooo, that doesn't sound miles off to me....

@Chellooo

So we had our early scan today, I'm 7+2 and the scan shows as 6+2... trying not to over think it as we saw a lovely little heartbeat 🥰

At my scan on Monday I asked the technician if everything was measuring normal and she said they expect to see anything up to a week either way as measuring is tricky and not always very accurate at this stage. She said they generally recheck at your next scan (circa 12 weeks) as things are much more accurate then.

I am the worst possible person to give this advice as I don't practice what I preach, but definitely try not to worry. Very normal for measurements to not be bang on at this point.

I had another scan this week! It was lovely to see the bean again but it was at the fertility clinic (basically they scan you to check that you’re pregnant and discharge you back to the NHS) and I had some really weird feelings in there. As I was waiting, there were other ladies leaving their appointments crying, who must have gotten bad news, and I felt SO guilty being there. I have imposter syndrome but for pregnancy, I feel like someone deserves this more than I do. Is that weird? Does anyone have anything like that?

@tigger2022 I think that is a completely normal way to feel. I actually feel similar but in a different way - I was on the pill and got pregnant and it makes me feel guilty as hell when I know there are women out there who struggle or have been trying for so long, makes me feel like I don't deserve it as much if that makes sense?
I think these are probably all normal emotions to feel, pregnancy is such an exciting but terrifying time and our minds just like to play tricks on us a lot.

Side note I know this is TMI but I have no one else to share the excitement with that after 3.5 weeks I have finally had a decent poo 🤣🤣

@Casper94 I can relate though sadly haven't reached the same milestone yet hahahaha

@tigger2022 my friend got me onto kiwis which I never knew helped and they have worked wonders!! Also I've stopped taking my pregnacare cause I think the iron is blocking me up so gonna get some separate vit D and folic acid to take today!

I've just about come to terms with the fact my body has picked a favourite and it isn't me! 9 weeks today and SO excited for the 2nd trimester... it feels within touching distance! According to the app, bean is officially a foetus and no longer an embryo. Well done in there kid 😂

@Casper94 it's so weird how different bodies react to pregnancy. I've gone from going twice a week at best (and often with the use of a senakot) to needing to go the moment I wake up every single day.

Is anyone else getting what I'm referring to as anti-cravings? There's no foods I'm especially wanting, I think mostly due to feeling nauseous 90% of the time but there are things that I was basically addicted to that I no longer want at all such as tea and chocolate. I have no desire to eat my daily kinder bars and there are two Creme eggs that have been sat on the side for a week. These would normally last 2 minutes.

@Cocobeau I have exactly this nausea and sickness all day the only time it’s better is when I’m asleep, but as soon as I wake up I feel awful again. Have suffered with binge eating for many many years, but since being pregnant there is nothing I fancy/ can keep down. Just feel awful.

Feeling really anxious today too, as I am being sick so much and with my first pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage I had HG for the first 6 weeks (lost baby at 10.5). So I’m scared because I know from my own experience symptoms don’t really mean anything… I was doing well and quite relax but today feeling overly anxious 😥

@Cheetocat hope it goes well for you today.

I agree on just taking vit D and folic acid, it's all you really need. Seems to be so many negative side effects to the full pregnancy supplements.

I've got my NHS scan next week, had all my booking, bloods, urine test etc. on Tuesday. Having a scan what may be early because they don't know how many weeks I am so would rather do it early then leave it and find I'm gone 12 weeks. Just ensures I can have the full tests. I will be shocked if I am 12 weeks, I am expecting to be less and have to go back for another scan.

Also counting down those days til second trimester. Although last time I felt better at 12 weeks but then rough again 14 to 16 weeks. This time I don't feel as sick but I still do and just fed up of how constant it is.