November/December babies

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Hell, I've just found out I'm expecting No. 3 mid November, and am very excited. A bit scared too - I can't remember a thing! How can I possibly have done this twice already??? Hope more of you can join me soon!

I am a bit taken aback, period was 1 week late, but that's not unusual. Boobs felt sore but that could be my period being due, however I had a pregnancy test at home and took it at lunchtime. it was positive!!! I don't feel anything yet, but know once I get over the shock I'll be delighted. So can I join you ladies? I think from my LMP I'll be due at the end of November.

Now how do I tell DP............

eefs, congratulations....poor dp finding out after mumsnet
Is this no 2 for you, or more?

whellid, chanelno5, I feel like this all the time. Not helped by the fact that I really have very few symptoms (didn't last time either) so I'm constantly wondering to myself whether I still feel pg.

Chanelno5, I know what you mean about not having thought it through - we knew we'd have lots of difficult decisions if I got pregnant again, but didn't want to think about it when it was still a question of 'if' - now I'm suddenly thinking that 8 months is not very long to get my life organised (i.e. decide whether to move house, sell house, find house, buy house, buy car, save up for maternity leave....arrrggggh! and I can't even start to DO anything for another couple of months in case it all goes pear shaped)

Sorry, I'm butting in here. WWW, in London nuchal fold scans can be done privately for between £100 - £150. I wanted one on the basis that if our child did have Downs, I wanted DH and I to be able to prepare for it. Was very pleased with my 1:950 result given that I'm now 38.

Bells, thanks for that. Don't know where I got the £400 figure from - maybe my sister was exaggerating even more than usual! If they don't offer it here I will just pay then. Good news on your result. Congrats eefs too, welcome to the thread!

Congratulations Eefs!!!

Ha Elliot I felt sufficiently guilty so I couldn't post again until I'd told DP. We are both shocked, I don't feel pregnant yet (although I did want to throw up when I rushed my teeth this morning). It will be my second (I have a 2.5 yr old DS). Part of me is glad that there will not be too large of an age gap between them, and part of me is cursing my timing for ending up with a winter maternity leave and not summer
I'm hoping I don't show for a few weeks yet but from what I gather that will be wishful thinking for a second pregnancy.
congratulations everyone

I feel like I'm having to hold my stomach in all the time eefs! I have a family 'gathering' to attend this weekend. It's dh's family and we haven't told them yet as it's only 9 weeks. I've been trying on all my suitable outfits to see which hides my stomach the best! Luckily they haven't seen me for a while, so may be too polite to ask if I've put on weight!

Thanks all for yoour helpful comments, especially elliott - I hadn't really looked at it from the 'preparing yourelf' point-of-view, so I think I will go ahead with the nuchal scan & take it from there.

Chanelno5 - I felt exactly as you did yesterday - sudden burst of energy which left me wondering and worrying. Luckily I feel sufficiently s*ty today to put my mind at rest.

Just checking in - how are you all doing now time is ticking (slowly) on?
Despite an ealry scare ( slight bleed), and trip to the hospital for an emergency scan (went ok, heart beat present, confirmed dates, slight patch of bleeding adjacent to the sac which worried me - mind put at rest thanks to other thread I posted on..) I am coping ok. Am trying not to let my natural instinct for complete paranoia get the better of me and dh is taking me away for a week to relax.
I feel sick on and off all day long but haven?t actually been sick yet...problem is that when I have a better day and boobs aren?t so sore and don?t feel sick, I start to sorry about not feeling pregnant enough!!! Crazy.
I have told immediate family - will need the support if it does all go wrong and am rubbish at keeping secrets. Have any of you told people or are you managing to keep quiet??

JayTree - you could be describing me! All day on-and-off sickness, but haven't actually vomited (yet). Seem to remember similar pattern last time round, with the feeling of sickness calming down by about 11 wks... at which point I started being sick every evening for another 3 weeks or so. What fun! Also non-stop terrible headaches are driving me mad. And, like you said, if I do get a good day, or a few hours of feeling OK, I start to worry something's gone wrong.
I've told a few friends - the same ones I'd tell for moral support if I have another mc. I'll tell my sister next week when she comes to visit, and then my parents Easter week as they're also coming to stay. But I'm still really paranoid about something going wrong. I guess it's "normal" at this stage.

I am now officially 5 weeks (just been to the doc). I felt sick all last weekend, had horrible stomach cramps early this week and i am now feeling fine. I don't even feel pregant. Jaytree - like you I now worry that I am not anymore! Thought I'd be less paranoid as this is number 2! Oh well - only 35 weeks to go (fingers crossed). Just about to book my Nucal fold scan for 10-11 weeks - it is around £120. Hope everyone else is doing OK

grommit, does that mean your due date is the same as mine (3 Dec I reckon)?
Unfortunately rather a lot of people know I'm pregnant as I had to ask for help with childcare while doing the IVF. I hate that aspect of it - I feel a bit cheated of being able to tell people in a celebratory manner, as I don't feel I can really feel excited until I get through the first three months. so I find myself telling people in a really downbeat manner hoping they won't start congratulating me! ('very early days, lets just wait and see...'
And for the last few days I haven't really felt pregnant at all - it maybe that I'm getting used to the rather subtle signs I noticed before I tested - just a bit of a funny taste and occasional slight nausea; feeling really tired (nothing much new there then) and needing to wee a bit more often. Oh, and I already seem to have a bit of a belly - I'm sure people will guess before 12 weeks. No boob tenderness - they're still looking pathetic and shrunken post bf!!

oopps that's the first time I've put a winky face in by accident!!

Elliott - 5th December is my due date. I have also a bit of a tummy - jeans feel uncomfortable but i don't want to invest in any bigger sizes or looser clothese just yet. Early days as you say. Luckily i work from home so I am not visible to colleagues!

Lament for my lost figure coming up: I seem to have grown all over already, I tried on ALL my trousers this morning so I know I wasn't imagining it. They were all too tight around the thighs and bum. I'm only barely 7 weeks pregnant and I hoped it would just be a full stomach I'd have to hide, now I just look fat! aaggghhh.

On the plus side i was informed this morning that the "titty fairy" had arrived by my very impressed DP
How are the rest of you growing?

eefs what is your due date? I know what you mean about winter maternity leave....when was your first born?
I'm afraid the titty fairy rather passed me by last time, so not expecting much in that department!!

Elliot I'm due about 28th Nov, to be honest though that's an approximation as I can't remember when my last LMP was, some time mid/late feb I think (Ha maybe I'm not 7 wks but 11 weeks as I know I definitely had a period in January). Hopefully my first scan can date the baby properly.
My DS was born in September so I had from mid August until December off last time. I'm hoping to take longer this time, 6 months, and I've been thinking about the timing and have concluded it's not so bad. I get to be off for christmas (always a hectic time at work and at home), I will be off for spring which I always find to be an uplifting time AND when I'll be feeling at my most unattractive the weather will be cold so I will be justified in covering up all the wobbly bits. Imagine trying to hide a very saggy belly and leaking boobs during the height of summer, I'm feeling better about it now

In manys ways, its good being on maternity leave when the days shorten and the mornings and evenings are dark. Going back to work mid-spring is great as its getting warmer, sunnier and the days are longer - makes it easier to get up in the morning for work at least!

I'm another one that just looks fat. My jeans are starting to feel tight, esp round thighs and all my tops just seem to cling to my growing belly - unfortunately it doesn't look like a nice pg belly, just a fat wobbly thing with a huge circle round my belly button - dykwim? Ds1 keeps patting my belly and saying big fat belly etc. We haven't told him yet, but I wonder if he's suspecting something. Dh says we should wait, but I can't decide if/when it'll be best to say anything.

My boobs also have not miraculously grown, just my belly.

My brain has gone to pot though - I can't find my car keys - panick - and I bought a couple of t-shirts for ds1 & left them at the till - never got them back I am so dopey - even worse than usual - any one else finding this?

ds was born end of Nov and last time I went back to work at the beginning of June. It wasn't too bad, as the weather is worst when they are small and boring (!) (though I can imagine this time will be harder as I will need to get ds out of the house whatever the weather), and by the time it is spring/summer they are more able to enjoy being outside. And it is much nicer going back to work when the weather is better - a bit of a compensation at least.

Plus at least it won't be really hot when we're really big

wow, what a big club already. Also a little anxious Whellid, dd1 is nearly 14 months. Sprog2 is due end Nov/Beg Dec. We've not told anyone and won't do so until after early scan etc. (Mothers did not cope well with possibilty of complications with pg1). Our families live 100 miles away so we can avoid them. With pg1 I wanted to see mw etc straight away, but this time I think I'll wait until 12 weeks.

I have a persistent dull ache on one side of my lower abdomen. Now I am panicing about an ectopic pregancy. Anyone else had these symptoms?

If i am pg our baby will be due mid December - Never done this before so a bit aprehensive! Would've preferred to keep a secret from everyone until first scan but working for parents company doesn't help - would have to tell then straight away from work purposes!