anyone due jan 2004?

[kirby]

i am and im gettin married may 9th 2004! x

Hooray my first smiley worked (I cheated and cut and pasted it from somewhere else - I'm not very technical - but very pleased this has worked)- )

SOrry I meant M2T - does that mean mum to toby?

NNN - yes it is. I got fed-up typing it!
DEFINITELY DON'T drink loads of tea and coffee! The caffeine is dangerous during early pregnancy! How far on are you now?

7 weeks now - what about you??

I'm not pregnant..... waiting to get our wedding out of the way first! It's in October.

I just love hearing pregnancy stories.

I would definitely avoid any caffeine just now. I think it's ok after perhaps 12-16 wks?

You can be rest assured I have gone off coffee and tea - three days now which is good for me, drinking gallons of water - thank god we have now got a water filter, also drinking cranberry juice and also orange juice and yes I am constantly on the toilet as my pelvic floor muscles packed in completely when dd was born, but i always had bad ones anyway. I am going to start a new board and advise on mums to be on how important these exercises are, don't want everybody to be incontinent like me - god I sound like a 90 year old!!! M2T are you having a massive do in October - tell us allabout it - have to go now dd has woken up and I should have gone and had a lie down with her - I shall be back tonight!

I am due in Feb - only 5 weeks + 2 days. Haven't gone off coffee yet, although only having one or two decaff cappucinos a day - presume thats ok...
Sorry - gatecrashing the Jan thread. We are also talking about early symptoms on the Feb thread!!!

Just back from our scan but we've got to go back again next week as the baby was to small to do the measurements. The baby looked so different to ds I was shocked, I guess I thought it would look pretty much the same. The hospital seems nice but we are already disagreeing with the consultant regarding the dreaded continuous monitoring!

I'm just coming out of the sleeping for Britain faze and can sometimes even make it though the day without a nap now! I've found that as I have stopped drinking coffee should I need a pick me up I only need to drink 1/2 a cup and I'm buzzing Not sure what to make of these predicting a girl or boy theories. It looks like you can't attribute the particular things to either a girl or boy but if those things are very different to your last pregnancy then it tends to be that you are carying the oposite sex. The only exception maybe being the speed of the heart beat, as midwives tend to predict correctly. I'm looking forward to meeting my midwife so I can quizz her on it!

...let us know what you find out!!!

I've booked in for CVS next Tuesday morning. They are still insisting on me going in half an hour early so that they can "talk through the options", as "things may have moved on since I was last there three years ago" - even though I've told them I've already exlored the options, know the difference between screening and proper diagnositc testing and that time is against me (given that I am now 11 weeks), so give me CVS NOW! Still, if they want to waste half an hour....!

Dh and I are seeing a counsellor on Saturday morning. We are at least talking to each other, which is progress from a week or so ago, and we have had a couple of attempts to talk things through a bit - although we didn't get very far, just going round in the usual circles. Hopefully, the counsellor will help us get beyond the same old arguments!

Not that I want to make you sick - those of you that have been - but I have had such an absence of symptoms that I actually did another test last weekend. Still positive. I suppose my inability to argue coherently, even greater susceptability to tears (which dh HATES when we argue), the extra trips to the loo plus the increased tiredness (but then , I am always tired!) are all also pregnancy symptoms!

JanZ- On sickness, consider yourself one of the lucky ones who doesn't get sick! Doesn't mean you're not preggers.

Willum, Is the speed of heartbeat theory that is: slower for boy, faster for girl? Please advise.

I can't remember sorry!!!!!!!!

JanZ - sounds like you've got more than enough on your plate with out being sick as well.

Tinyfeet a midwife/friend once told me that some believed that if the heartbeat was around 20/40(more likely to be a boy)and around 40/60 a (girl).Not sure how true this is though.

End of week 12 so I guess I'm out of the main danger zone now! Has anyone else not yet told their boss? I'm wondering how people are going to react and rather dreading it. ...time to start putting on weight, too, according to my book (I've lost weight so far). Is there supposed to be a dramatic shift after week 12, when you suddenly start stocking some of those nutrients? I don't see how I can possibly eat more than I am at the moment - I'm eating almost constantly already! (does this mean it will be a boy, and hyperactive? - grumble sigh).

Hello All yes I'm still here too. Although thought it was all pear-shaped last week. Had some bleeding and was referred for early scan (at nine weeks). By the time I got to the appointment had convinced myself the little thing had turned up its toes, as my sickness had disappeared and boobs appeared to have shrunk back! But all was fine. Saw tiny thing on screen with flashing heartbeat, it's 23 mm long which they said was about right. Ten weeks now but haven't told anyone at work yet - will wait until I've seen the midwife for first appointment at 12 weeks. Have only puked once so far which judging from these posts is a great result!

Here comes the weight - 5 pounds since I last checked a couple of weeks ago - I'm going to be huge.

Well, I'm going to have to bow out from this thread.

Went for CVS yesterday - but discovered that the pregnancy hadn't progressed beyond 6 weeks, so am now awaiting the miscarriage.

Dh had reluctantly gone with me, but proved to be a star throughout the (very) long morning and afterwards at home. He is now totally confused about his own feelings - upset for me, because he knew that this was sometihng that I wanted, yet it was something that he most definitely didn't want.

I have the choise now of letting nature take its course or getting a D&C. Having talked to my best friend who's a GP, I'm going to go back in on Friday for a second scan (there is an extremely slim chance that it is genuinely a 6 week pregnancy, but with all the other info I've provided, everyone is convinced that it is a non viable pregnancy, but the "size" is just outwith their protocols, hence the need for the double check) and then arrange to go on Monday for the D&C. That gives my body a chance to "do its stuff naturally", but at least I know that there is an end date.

At the moment I'm OK. I know I'm going to need to grieve at some point, but at the moment I don't know what I feel. Part relief, part sadness and a lot of numbness.

Maybe it's for the best as well - this may give dh and I a chance to talk things through and decide TOGETHER if/when we want another one.

JanZ, in case you are still taking a look at the list - that is terrible news and I am really sorry for you. I am relieved I had my own first scan yesterday before I read your message, as I was terrified of just the same thing happening to me. Good luck for next time.

JanZ - don't really know what to say except please know that we are all thinking of you at what must be a really difficult and upsetting time for you.

Sorry Jan Z, in case you're still looking at this thread. My friend had the same experience just last month, but at 12 weeks - she opted for the D&C at that point because she said she wanted to get it over and done with. I know nothing we can say will make you feel better - just know we are hear with open ears and hearts.

As to all the rest of you, hi everyone. My official due date is December 25, not the 30th, so I should probably just stay in the Nov/Dec thread, but I think I like you folks better I am still dry wretching (?), but don't feel nearly as nauseous and am not vomiting any more. Thank God!! The congestion got so bad though that I asked the doctor what I could take - she said to take Sudafed - which I've been taking. It's fabulous - opens up the nasal passages and also appears to have caffeine in it - so I'm a bit more perky lately.

terribly sorry to hear your news, janz.

tinyfeet
Its going to be an 'interesting' christmas for you then! Great due date!!!
JanZ - to reiterate, we are all thinking of you.