5 weeks today! Sep 23 Thread

[RosyCheeks93]

Hi all, I found out I am expecting my second baby on Wednesday, and I'm 5 weeks today. Early days, but wanted to start a thread for those with similar due dates so we can go through the motions together. ☺️
I'm due 10th September. My little boy will be 2 and 3 quarters by then, so a good little age gap.

Any anxieties? For me, less so about the pregnancy this time around, far more chill. My anxiety is surrounding timing. Baby 2 wasn't planned for just now, but a happy surprise and very much wanted. However, the most instrumental career opportunity for me is coming up in the next 2-4 months or so, and I was hoping to get this role. It may or may not have come off anyway, but I don't want my pregnancy to be the determining factor (I don't think my company would outwardly discriminate, but they might find a 'business reason' I wasn't successful), so I ideally need to keep my pregnancy hidden from work for as long as possible. If I get the role, I will have no worries in taking Mat leave around August and return next year, as I know I'll do a damn good job for them once I'm back, and for the foreseeable future. Anyway... that's my one thing at the mo! ☺️

Looking forward to hearing from you all.

@PCOSunfortunately hope all goes well tomorrow! Xx

@PCOSunfortunately good luck and let us know how it goes! That'll be me next week eeeee

@PCOSunfortunately good luck for today 🥰

Woops. Realised I tagged the wrong person here! Sorry!

Good luck today @PCOSunfortunately ❤ hope all goes well for you!

@Maraudingmarauders 😂😂

@PCOSunfortunately good luck today! ❤️

Hi Guys, they tried external but couldn't see much so did an internal. All was perfect. We saw the heart beat flickering away he said it's a perfect heart beat ( just hoping it stays like that) im measuring 8w exactly so I'm two days in front on my app! Expected due date is 24/9/2023. There is just one 🥰 he said both my ovaries are large which will be down to the clomid no wonder I've been in pain! Hope you all have a lovely day, here's to the next few weeks worrying again 🙈 xxx

@PCOSunfortunately Amazing news 😍 so pleased for you! X

@PCOSunfortunately awww so so pleased for you! Xx

@PCOSunfortunately thats wonderful news you must be so chuffed xx

@northernmam is your scan today too? Xx

@WilllowStar no not until Friday. Feeling nervous and excited about it now xx

@PCOSunfortunately such good news! ❤️

I've had a rough fortnight, tonsillitis, sinusitis, blocked ear and yesterday a stomach bug. Felt a huge wave of nausea and ended actually being sick, then the stomach started and was so worried I was miscarrying but I've had a lot of diarrhoea since so I think it was just that. I am tempted to keep toddler away from other kids next week so I can recover from all these bugs.

My appetite is in the toilet. I don't have cravings, I just have aversions. I have eat two crumpets, two dairy Lea dunkers and some peaches out a jar today. I can't handle actual meals. Does anyone have any inspo on what they can eat without feelings sick at the thought?

Xx

@PCOSunfortunately Awww so so happy to hear that baby is well and you got to see the heartbeat 💓

@winningeasy so sorry to hear of the sickness and how you have been feeling! I can’t even suggest much but to say when I don’t feel like eating I tend to make soups with all the healthy foods and eat throughout the day!

so I can get some type of vitamins, I have been having meat aversion I can’t stand the look of meat and I made some chicken soup and shredded the chicken to small bits and I was able to eat some.

But it depends on how you are feeling because with pregnancy it’s so hard to give advise especially when you are having food issues xx

@PCOSunfortunately congratulations I'm so pleased for you!

@PCOSunfortunately so pleased for you! Here's to hoping you can relax a little more now x

@PCOSunfortunately glad all was ok on the scan! Mine is next sat and is 8 weeks, external only I think so I hope they can see something 🤞🤞

@winningeasy what a rough time you're having! Illness sucks! I'm not really having aversions so much but I really don't know what I want to eat now, nothing sounds that good, everything tastes weird! Drinks are easier for me, I made a smoothie the other morning, It's totally fine to just eat what you fancy for a while, don't worry too much about what it is

I'm so bloated today, feel so puffy and huge 🙈 my lower belly is really sticking out more than it was before and I feel like it's super obvious! Prob just looks like I ate too much but eugh! Not making me feel good 😂 esp when I'm already not feeling my best! I am so tired!

@suz2285 smoothies are a great idea thank you! Actually been craving milkshakes so maybe I can trick my body.
Going to get some of those Charlie Bighams ready meals in, and some stuff pre-prepared stuff for my little one since finding meal prep really challenging 🤢- normally cook everything from scratch but needs must x

@PCOSunfortunately fab news glad everything is ok!

@winningeasy I've felt the same with food aversions and really struggled, feel like mine has curbed a little bit now.. I made a homemade batch of soup that I could stomach the idea of and had that 3 or 4 nights in a row. I also had jacket potatoes a lot.. with salad or sometimes plain dependant on how I felt!

Thanks everyone 🥰

@suz2285 I would call them and ask. Mine did abdominal first but just said no and asked me to change to internal you get a much better picture. Just think if you're paying you want to see the best you can xxx

@PCOSunfortunately it def says they do external, and that you have to be 8 weeks - which is why I assume because they're only doing external... I thought 8 would be fine to see externally but it does say you may have to come back if they can't see well enough, but I really don't want to have to do that 😂 which is why I was waiting till 8 weeks!

See how @northernmam gets on with her scan Friday as her dates are the same as mine 😂😂

@suz2285 I think most places can do both external or internal. So if there's any issue seeing baby they will just switch to internal x

I will definitely keep you updated but I'm also hoping for external @suz2285

I've had nausea for the last 2 weeks or so but tonight have vomited for the first time. My pregnancy with my little girl was non stop sickness for 18 weeks and I lost 2 and a half stone, so I really hope I'm not headed for another stint like that. But counting my blessings that it's a good sign 😂🤢

@northernmam from what I can see from friends - if you're carrying a girl the sickness seems to be a lot worse than if you're carrying a boy.

More oestrogen with girls I believe x

My first is a girl and it was non-stop for sickness for 13 weeks

@winningeasy yeah this place only does external I checked yesterday, I just wanted to avoid being confused if they can't see anything but it does say 8 weeks so they must be kinda sure at that stage they'll see something 😂 I know my dates are correct so hopefully be ok, I just don't want the worry of waiting and having to go back I'd rather just wait till 9 weeks or something

@northernmam oh no I'm sorry you're feeling rough too. I'm dreading feeling worse tbh, I feel like I've been quite lucky so far but I def have noticed a few times recently where I could def feel like it could get worse 🙈