August Due Date Crew (Thread 4)

[AnnieApple123]

Here’s a new thread for the upcoming new year.

I think we’ve got all due dates covered now but newbies are still of course most welcome. We’re a friendly, chatty bunch so do feel free to join in.

@froglou very hope that's the case for me, I can deal with sweating as long as it's not the precursor to throwing up that it seems to be just now 😂

@BCxx We'd always planned for 2 but I've said unless this gets better pronto I'm one and done, can barely look after my cats in this state never mind a child!

10w+1 today according to LMP but was measuring a week behind at scan at 8 weeks, which sort of fits with my long cycles, so I'm worried I'm actually only 9 and have more of this rubbish to go 😭😂

I had COVID just before/over Christmas which definitely made it worse for a couple of weeks but I'm still not feeling right at all!

@DesertSnow Totally agree! And interesting sour haribos have been my only sweet (?😂) craving too!

I was out for a few hours last night, and just like the time I had with my mum over Christmas I'm completely wiped today, any social interaction seems to do me in the next day!

I've not bothered hiding the pregnancy at all, so everyone around us knows about it which has been much easier to excuse my absence from everywhere/miserable mood/total lack of communication 😂

24 days till my scan as they're leaving it till over 13 weeks, feels a lifetime away 🙃

Potentially a daft question.. but since being pregnant my boobs have of course grown in size and are painful most of the time which is normal I know. However, this morning I noticed an area of redness on one of them, about 5cm x 5cm I’d say and it’s quite hot to touch. If still there Tuesday I will of course phone the GP, just wondering if this could be anything related to pregnancy 🤔.

I have to say, I'm finding a lot of solace in knowing that others are not really enjoying early pregnancy too.

I was definitely rough with my first, but I don't remember being this miserable if I'm very honest. I just feel like I'm dropping balls all over the place! It's incredibly tough, but worth it. We just have to hang on in there for a few weeks.

Anyone else finding parenting their other kids tough whilst pregnant? My 2 year old has suddenly become really hard work. Xmas and lack of routine hasn't helped, but I've just cooked him pasta and veg for his tea and he's outright refused to eat it. I genuinely sat at the dining table and cried with him 🙄 not my finest parenting moment 🤣

Also, congrats to everyone who's had scans! I think I'm between 7 and 8 weeks and only actually referred myself to midwife 2 days ago 🙈 I've had early losses before so was hesitant, but I did eventually give in and refer 🤣

@Createcomet im the same I put off referring too and then they moaned that I’d left it a bit late🙉

Hahaha whoops. How far were you when you referred? I've probably got a telling off coming too 🤣 I also haven't told my GP. Sure it will be fine 🤣🙈🤦‍♀️

@BoodifulGoose hopefully that’s you reached/passed the peak now then 🤞🏼 It’s awful but I think when it gets better you do very quickly forget. It’s so bad at the time though and it’s only now it’s all coming back to me as I can see it all coming again 😭 so jealous of anyone who doesn’t get sick at all

@Createcomet I think I referred at about 7 weeks but they didn’t ring till 8, I can’t actually remember, might of been 6 and 7 weeks🤣 I think it’s because of Christmas maybe? They said it was meant to be 2 appts but they’ve got to cram it all in one day now because they don’t have time😂

Happy new year!

Congrats to everyone who has had scans!

I am really trying to keep up with this thread but feel really rubbish today. I have to have liquid folic acid and it makes me heave, I’m really struggling to take it but know I have to have it.

@Createcomet if it wasn’t for my wife I’m honestly not sure how I would even parent my daughter. I barely feel human let alone a parent, I can’t cook her tea because raw food makes me heave, food smells in general set me off gagging and I’ve no energy to chase her around. The tiredness in this pregnancy is beyond anything I’ve felt before and I really hate it because I constantly feel like I’m not giving my daughter enough. She is being so good, really behaving and always asks if mummy is feeling better before trying to scramble on my knee for a cuddle. It’s definitely a lot harder than I thought it would be when me and my wife thought of having a second 😂

@Sjw30 is it maybe where your bra is rubbing now it's getting tight? I'd try a sports bra or no bra if you can and see if it goes? Otherwise call GP, you never know!
I got a blocked milk duct last time under my armpit before I even had DS 🫠🤣

Hey all, I'm pregnant with baby number 3 looking to join a supportive group. My Sept 2015 group has been amazing. Still chat and help each other through.
We moved onto a private FB group, was easier to keep track of conversations/threads etc.

Hey everyone. I've been peeping at these messages since thread 1 and wasn't going to join till after my 12 week scan! But here I am looking for peace and guidance I suppose. I'm currently 9+4

To give a bit of back ground this is the 3rd time I've found out I've been pregnant in 2022 (although it is the 1st now) however my second miscarriage was a missed miscarriage which I think is causing my anxiety to go through the roof!

I barely have any symptoms (quite jealous of those with nausea for some reason) I think it would make me feel 'more pregnant' in a way! I just have extremely painful boobs!!!!!!

I had to have a scan at 5 weeks to which no baby was present, although completely normal it still worried me! And another at 7 which showed everything to be as it should etc! However now I am in that grey area waiting for my 12 weeks scan on 16th Jan!

I don't know what I'm expecting from writing this! I think the fact I have pretty much no symptoms is causing me immense anxiety is anyone else feeling like this!?

Ps Congratulations to you all 💕💕💕 and sorry for the long post xxx

@kookyelephant Im 9+3 and also had a mmc last pregnancy, it’s really hard when your constantly waiting for a scan to tell you it’s all okay! My first one is next weekend and I’m so anxious so trying not to think about it if I can!

@sally16 possibly! I did put a normal bra on after wearing sports bra for a while. But I noticed it this morning and don’t wear one overnight! I’ll keep an eye on it

@Createcomet I've been finding it really hard with my 2.5 year old. He's normally really easy going and fun to be around, but my being unwell (tired and nauseous) is clearly freaking him out a lot. He asks me a lot what's wrong with me, and has started biting, turning things off (washing machine mid cycle is the worst), and testing every kind of boundary. Really not very fun for him or us. He's also stopped napping the last four days, which is definitely not helping. Just have to remember that this too shall pass.

Hi everyone. I’m tagging along! I’ve had my first private scan today as I’m impatient and this is my first baby so all very new to me. I thought I was 10+3 but scan today shows 9+1 which gives me a due date of August 5th! Saw a strong heartbeat and told baby looking exactly as they should which is good news. I feel like I’m a bit of a rabbit in the headlights as I fell pregnant the first month we decided to tentatively start TTC so everything feels a bit overwhelming so will be nice to have some support from you all!

@Claire080809 a few of us seem to have similar experiences with past support groups! There is a fb group too but not everyone uses fb or feels comfortable joining just yet with it being so early! I can’t figure out how to share the link, but if you search August Buns on fb it’s there, or scroll through the threads - I think there’s a link on each thread!

@Recoba my 3.5 year old is very similar but with now well formed sentences of smart ass responses 🙃 I think it’s a combo of routine upset with Christmas, me being out of action a lot and so dad picking more up, and general age boundary pushing. It’s exhausting though then he goes to sleep and I just feel so guilty for having had no patience with him all day 🥺

Welcome newbiessss and congratulations to you alll! @LiquidGlee @kookyelephant @Claire080809

god i feel dog sick tonight 😭😭😭😭😭😭. Woah today has been a lot more nauseous than normal but less vomit so swings and roundabouts eh 🤣….

@LiquidGlee @kookyelephant @Claire080809 welcome to the gang 😊

Sorry to hear about the mmcs 😔 must be just added anxiety at an already anxious time. Can I ask, did you have an early scan before? Was everything normal then a mmc happened between then and 12 weeks? Please don’t talk about it if you don’t feel you want to share

I find talking about it ok - but I do hope no one gets added anxiety from my experience, I had a private scan at 8 weeks which showed everything was showing as normal, heartbeat, dates etc. I then miscarried at 10 weeks or so I thought, but the scan at the hospital showed I mc'd at 8+4 😔

@BCxx I went to my first scan at 8+3 and baby had stopped growing at 7 weeks. I honestly knew that something was wrong though I had an awful feeling about the pregnancy. I even woke up one morning with a gut feeling that I wasn’t pregnant anymore and now I look back it was right when it passed xx

just awful girls so sorry. it’s crazy how these happen - I’d never even heard of an mmc really! So sorry for what you went through praying all ok for all for us❤️

Also, anyone with gagging/sickness do you feel like some of it’s all in your head?🤣 I picked up my dogs dinner bowl that had food in and I just had a feeling it’d make me gag and be sick and then it did, am I giving myself sickness?😂 I literally gagged as soon as I picked it up even though it had no smell just looked gross

@LMM91x I hadn’t either until probably a week or 2 before it happened to me, I started seeing it on tiktok! I feel like it was a bit of a sign and prepared me if not I’d of been in for a right shock, you never really hear people talk of missed ones!

@ChloeN BLOODY TIKTOK - i swear it’s inside my brain…. Way too many TTC stuff comes up and mc etcccc.

yes re the sick one million triollion percent I now associate things with sick so am basically making myself sick i reckon 🤣🤣 especially showers i’m like well after shower I vom after a glimpse at the toilet bowl and thats now my routine!

i picked up my dogs chew earlier and omg the texture was VILE i gagged immediately and felt like that was a more ‘real’ one 🤣🤣