Anyone due in April 2024? #2

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@Bluesky85 I think it is really lovely that you have considered her feelings on how to tell her.
I’ve had two early losses and also have two kids so I can imagine the mixed emotions!
Do you know if she is TTC again?
I think as someone else has said if you say you are mindful of her previous experience but she’s a good friend and you wanted to share it with her.
She will absolutely be delighted for you even if it just takes a minute for it all to sink in 💜

6+5 and the nausea has really hit today. All I want to eat is refined carbs but I'm getting so gassy and uncomfortable (and constipated) and I know I need to eat something vaguely healthy but just not feeling it.

@sugarplum33 this is me. I just want potato in any form, baked beans, cheese, eggs and bread. Although I am still eating fruit but can only stomach it in the evening.

@CinderRosie Sounds like my diet the past few days 🤣 Weirdly last night I felt really good and ate a kale salad (?!) but today it's back to potatoes, bread and cheese and I don't think I can face anything tonight. Maybe the kale was my last supper haha. Considering these babies need all the vitamins we can get, they don't make it easy for us.

@Babyrabbit1 Ive had no cramping today it seems to be more during the night! I did ring EPU and have a scan booked for next Sunday when I'll be 7+5, I'm going on holiday this Sunday until next Saturday so will have it as soon as I'm back 🤞 I have thought about booking a private scan before I go, there are slots for tomorrow but im also worried about it not going well or not seeing anything so not sure whether to wait until im back, what do you think?

@Poppins2016 how did your scan go? I hope it went well💞

@Bexxy28 i say wait until
you are back. I went for an early private scan at what I should have been 6+6 and they didn’t see the baby. Had myself worried sick. Went the next day to EPU, they saw the baby and said it was measuring 8 days behind. I’m booked for another follow up scan this Sunday when I should be 8+2 and I’m so nervous the baby will not have grown or something has happened that I’m not aware of. I just really would advise against a scan that may be too early as it will just induce a lot of unnecessary anxiety. If you were 8w+ I’d say go for it but maybe just too early at the min.

@Bexxy28 the scan went well, thanks!

There's one little bean, in the right place, with a tiny little heartbeat.
Apparently I'm measuring 8 weeks, however measurements aren't as accurate at this stage as they are at 12 weeks, so I'm taking it with a pinch of salt because I don't think I had ovulated by the point I'd have needed to for the embryo to be 8 weeks (based on combination of OPK peak, CM and BBT)! Anyhow, the main think is that all looks OK and it's a viable healthy looking pregnancy 🙂

@Rosieposie0301 okay I won't book a private one! Thats exactly what I'm worried about and I'll just be sick with stress the whole week. Just praying it goes okay next week when I have the scan at EPU🤞🥺 thanks for replying x

@Poppins2016 aww this is great news!! I bet you are relieved💞very happy for you!! X

@Bexxy28 and esp if you’re going away on holiday, the last thing you want is the anxiety that could end up being for no reason!! Hopefully you enjoy your holiday and you have your scan to look forward to straight after!! X

@bexxy28 i think you should enjoy your holiday come back and go for your scan, especially as you dont need to wait too long for it, i rang the local midwife and she told me your too early to be calling at 6+2 and to call back next week so il be booking a private one next friday hopefully. Just enjoy your holiday and i hope your scan goes well xxx

Hello I’m a chief lurker currently 6w5d due 22/04 first baby but christ do I feel rough already I haven’t thrown up but constantly feel like I’m about to!
And the bloat gosh I did not expect it as bad as it is😂
Refered to midwife on Tuesday hopefully can put my mind at ease when the ball starts rolling🖤

@Emma1822 Heyyyy!! Im due 23rd April 🥰 I was gonna say about bloating, mine is exxxtreme this morning 😮‍💨 I really need to refer to midwife havent done that yet! X

@Babyrabbit1 @Rosieposie0301 thank you I'm going to just do the scan when I'm back! You are both right I'll just worry and means I've something to look forward to when I get back 🤞🥹

@Poppins2016 such good news! Bet you feel so relieved having had that scan now 😊 I’m so jealous!

@Emma1822 Hey! I am 6w6days today, due April 21st. I have gone off food but forcing myself to eat and the tiredness is crazy!

I feel like we all need our minds putting to ease.. this wait for the first scan is almost as bad as the two week wait 😅 xxx

How is everyone dealing and coping with pregnancy anxiety? I'm struggling, I constantly feel like things are going to go wrong 😔 I have a scan booked on Wednesday when I'll be 7+2 but I'm stressing so bad, the next few days are going to be hell. It doesn't help that I've woke up this morning and the few symptoms I have had have totally gone

i’m 6+4 and also struggling with anxiety! Main symptom so far had been sore nipples really but my god the last few days and especially today the nausea has very much arrived 🤣 I literally feel hungover, today’s breakfast was yoghurt and quavers 🥲 but all worth it for a healthy babe growing in there 🤞🏻🤍

@Belle26 today is the first day my boobs have not hurt in weeks!!! But seeing everyone saying symptoms come and go I'm trying not to over think it xx

@Belle26 the short answer is I am not coping at all 😂😂 I am just telling myself I have no reason to worry about this pregnancy and I will soon have confirmation everything is as it should be 🫶🏻 I try and picture later months of my pregnancy, such as buying furniture and decorating the nursery just to manifest that it will happen haha xxx

You have all made me feel so much better, knowing its not just me being psychotic 🙈
It's really difficult to enjoy pregnancy when all I do is worry, over think and Google absolutely everything!

I'm feeling slightly nauseous but I can't decide if it's just anxiety nausea or pregnancy nausea. I just need to chill lol buts it's easy said than done

Hope everyone is doing okay today, sounds like maybe there are a few more symptoms floating around right now...! I've had a couple of evenings this week where I've looked at whatever I'd planned to eat for dinner and just gone "nope, don't fancy that". Lots of craving carbs, but then I would have been happy to live on bread and pasta even before I was pregnant so not sure it's actually a pregnancy craving. 😅

I've got a private scan booked tomorrow - feeling both nervous and excited about it at the same time.

Is anyone having a problem with smells? As well as the thought of food turning my stomach, I am finding the smell of everything gross- I’m convinced my flat smells awful but can’t put my finger on what it is. I keep changing my bedding/ clothes as can’t stand it smelling of anything other than washing powder. Any smells of body (including my own) is gross. The only smells I don’t mind are synthetic smells. I smelled a bonfire last night and found it soothing 😂 it’s so annoying as there’s no escape as everywhere smells 😂😂

Mentally I’m feeling a bit numb tbh! I am really trying to picture everything working out. I hope a positive scan next week will help.

Physically I’m a bit of a wreck! I am just about functioning but am so so nauseous, have a bad headache that won’t go and am shattered. I am worried about feeling this bad this early on and about how much worse it will get 🥴

@Bluesky85 i also have this issue. I want everything clean, washed and bins emptied constantly but have zero energy to do it, which makes me want to cry 🙈

I needed to lose weight, but I didnt expect pregnancy would be the time that would happen!

My food aversions have been terrible, and Ive now gone off the things I was able to eat before. So thats fun!

Made a nice pasta salad last night, which went down well, and Im hoping it continues to go down well, as I made extra!

The only things I can really stomach are fries, which isnt really ideal!
And Im really hungry as well, so it shouldnt be so hard to find somethig I fancy! but if I eat something I dont want, I will feel sick.