October 2010 babies?

[FutureMum]

Hi, I am a first-timer Mum to Be and Baby has been given a due date of 1 October. Very early dates still, so nervous and excited I cannot think about anything else! Planning not to tell family and friends till the first three months are over, but it's going to be tough!
Anyone else expecting an October baby out there?

p.s. Jazzie your boss isn't really giving me the best impression of himself... there's a word to describe men who say things like that!

Dilly Your day sounds manic, I really feel for you. On the sympton front it's plain toast for me this morning, anything else makes me feel like being sick. Oh well, I'm off to visit my shrine.

Hi all, can i join in? I just got BFP last night and using due date calculator, was given date of 31st October - so I just about squeeze in!

Tanmu Welcome to the thread and congratulations!!!!

Tanmu congratulations my due date is around about 20th october so not far ahead of you is this your first baby? nice to speak to other mums due around about the same time.

Everyone else i need some advice. When my new baby arrives my youngest son will only be 20 months and therefore still in need of a buggy for at least 6 months after newbie arrives anyone got any double buggy suggestions~? is there such a thing as a double buggy that turns into a single once no longer needed as double or is this something i am just wishing to be invented???

Dilly That sounds insane. May I recommend a hearty bowl of porridge first thing followed by intermittent bananas? I find bananas very helpful on the energy front.

Congratulations Tanmu!

Hope you've managed some more food since, Hermya.

clpsmum I have seen double buggies with board things on the back so your toddler could "ride" it when they felt too big for the pushchair bit. They're double decker, too, so you don't have to worry about clogging up aisles in supermarkets. May be worth asking on Freecycle, though, before you go spending lots of money!

Equally you could try a baby carrier for the little one and not worry too much about a buggy until they're too big for you to carry like that. You may then find that you don't have to have a double buggy.

Hello everyone

Not much to report on the symptom front here. I'm 7.4 weeks now. I am getting the odd wave of queasiness through the day. The only thing that makes me feel properly nauseous is food smells i.e. cafes, restaurants and supermarkets are now out of bounds! I seem of be getting off lightly.

I'm also getting achey hips ?Hermya.

Redbush tea is definitely the way to go.

Don't know about anyone else but my trousers are definitely getting tighter . I'm now only comfortable in my 'baggier' jeans and work trousers. Possibly bloating and having to eat more carbs than normal to stave off the hunger pangs and queasiness

I am so looking forward to having a real bump. That will make me very happy

Ellabella I'm glad someone else is, it's a mite uncomfortable at times as well.

Clpsmum The phil and ted ones that come as a single and can be easily converted to a double and back again might be the way to go for yourself. Look on ebay, I'm sure you'll be able to pick one up cheaper than you would in the shops. Plus once your DS gets bigger you'll be able to attach a buggy board on the back for when he's more confident in walking.

Allie I had cheese and crackers today for lunch so it's getting better at least.

Does anyone else wonder why when we had biology lessons at school that they didn't tell the girls what pregnancy could be like? It was all 'yeah you get pregnant and nine months later you have a baby, isn't that interesting'.

Hermya Bet you ten to one it's because most syllabuses were written by men!!

Awright Lovelies! Just checking in before a quick restie before German class - I taught my lecture at double speed

Saw the gp this morning - lovely! But he reckons no prescription wotsit certificate until 12 weeks! Anyway, I'll check with the midwife. He gave me a due date of October 21st which I contest as I have a short cycle (23/24 days) but we'll see. He was a real sweetheart and did remind me that there's little I can do at this stage to persuade Bean to be a sticky baby, just hang on in till 12 weeks (o, and don't take crack, obviously...glue sniffing is out too I think). Due to my advanced age I get loads of extra tests, not just nuchal fold and bloods so...nice! Or something. Nah, seriously it's better to know I think, for a worrywort like me. Now, if we're interested in books he recommends The Rough Guide to Pregnancy (not so-called because we feel rough...) or for the more hardcore among us 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'... Also he loves Mumsnet - aw! AND important - ms is simply dependent on how each woman's body responds to the hormones so nothing to worry about if you don't have it, it's just one of those things, like all the symptoms are which is why you have ok days, or virtually no symptoms at all. Amazing that he knows all these things and he's only about 15.

Welcome and congrats tanmu! cplsmum we're on for almost the same day!

xx

Allie Yeah I'd go with that one.

Dilly Awww bless your GP, my GP handed me the exemption form as soon as I said 'I'm pregnant'. He sounds like he's a bit more on the ball than my GP who kept saying 'it's very early isn't it, but never mind'. I think she meant that I was there at 4 + 5, oh well. On another note, had your GP's ance cleared up and had his voice broken?

Hi I am from the other thread but have been lurking and thought I'd say HI!

dilly where are you? I have just been told the sane thing re prescriptions and you are the first person I have seen saying the same thing. I'm in Cumbria

Hi nymph I actually pop over to the other thread so I saw you there having hassles - is the dishwasher fixed yet?!. It's funny about the prescriptions isn't it? I was quite surprised. I am in North London. I really will take it up with the midwives. I even saw someone on here say they were getting a scrip for folic acid...!

Hmmm....
x

My dr offered me a script for folic acid but I already had some. I remember last time having lots of thrush & that costs a fortune so it was good to get that on prescription. Someone pointed out on a thread I started it probably cos majority of miscarriages are before 12 weeks way to save NHS money

Dilly; Tell me about it with my boss what a loser; he's quite young though so sraight out of Uni with a glam degree he may be; but they definately missed out the module on tact I think. And his eyes are really close together. Insanely close, I was fascinated, it was like a lava lamp...
Hermya; I'm qualifying as a supervisor in aeronaightical engineering. Less exciting than it sounds; believe me
AllieW; Think you're right about the syllabus thing! 'A lady and a man have a special cuddle and nine months later, a lovely shiny baby pops out. And it's not painful at all...'
Oh; question. I didn't know I got offered a nuchal fold test (the Down's one) but I do.
I thought you only got offered that if you were in the right age group/had a familiy history of the condition... Is it quite common?
For any people struggling on breakfast; I would totally recomment rye bread. Toast it and either eat it blank or put a little butter on it. DH did some for me this morning and I smelt it toasting and thought 'oh God, this is going to end badly' but it was lush and I didn't get a sicky feeling again until about ten o clock (you know, when you're first a little bit hungry and then a nano second later that feeling flashes forward into feeling sick) when I ate a granola bar. It's got to be worth a try for all those ladies who are starting to suffer with the nutrition in the mornings...

Jazzie Hmmm it may be less exciting, but it does sound good. I think I'll be trying the rye bread as well.

Nymph Hello!!

I think I also get offered the nuchal fold test, at least thats what my shiney piece of paper from the Docs says anyway.

Oh, and sorry hello Nymph; wasn't being rude xxx

Dilly - thanks for congrats hopefully we will both have happy healthy babies at the end of this. Try not to worry too much i am sure you will be fine but i also need to practice what i preach as i am very worried i have had two previous miscarriages and am convinced it will happen again this time. I m/c'd had a baby m/c'd had a baby so am convinced this is my cycle and its my turn to m/c but am hoping that it is just me being silly and i will have a gorgeous baby in october.

Thanks everyone for all the advice about double buggy once i am passed the crucial 12 week mark i will look into it a bit further but Phil and Ted seems like a good option and good idea to look on freecycle or ebay i will do this before paying full whack. Also been told about an icandy which is supposed to be quite good anyone tried one? Regarding using a baby ling for new baby i am afraid i am too much of a lightweight my last baby weighed nearly 10lb so if this one is the same there is no chance of me carrying him or her about in a sling!!! Also walk the dog a lot so not really ractical to have baby in sling.

Am feeling really sick already and strange as it may sound am feeling fluttering butterfly sensations in my tummy already and this seems ridiculously early my other two babies hardly moved the entire pregnancies! is this normal???

Morning all, must be quick as a full teaching day ahead.

Jazzie you make me laugh....lava lamp indeed! Hey listen, the gp told me yesterday that everyone gets offered the nuchal fold test regardless of age (risk goes up with age but it's not a condition exclusive to babies born to older women) so don't worry, it's standard.

clpsmum hang on in there - I can see why you feel worried but there's no medical reason for it to go that way is there? (she says...knowing nothing). All very well for me to talk, I'm a right worrywort.

Nymph I think you're 100% right about the 12 week thing - morbid isn't it?

So, the GP has referred me to the midwives and I wait to hear from them...feels a bit funny but hey.

A friend emailed me this morning telling me to slow down...she may have a point. I had another meeting yesterday looking at starting another joint project (over and above my job)....what is wrong with me?! I feel rubbish and I already have enough to do. It's baby guilt! I swear! Or the fear of losing my job and having no money for this sproggle must stop!

So, off I go, wishing you all a lovely, vomit free, relaxed day.
xxx

Nymph Wow the NHS is so supportive.

Dilly Don't stress yourself out too much, I hope your day isn't too manic.

I'm back in work today, I really don't want to go. I still feel rubbish but needs must eh.

I hope you all are having a good day!

I haven't seen a doctor at all yet. Couldn't remember if you were meant to, or if you just wait for the midwife appointment. I remember seeing a doctor when first pregnant with DS1 & he didn't really do much.

Fed up of being off most food & drink. Really don't know what to cook myself because nothing appeals, yet I feel hungry.
Last night I made a nice chicken stir fry (which I would normally enjoy) & as I was making it, I was thinking "I really don't want this"
I then really struggled to eat it & gave up half way through. Not good!

Hello,

Does anybody know how early do you need to book in the ParentCraft sessions? Can't remember!!! Next week is week 9 (I think), not sure how much notice I need to give them.
Having an OK day, had a really nice day on Wednesday when didn't feel sick for most of the day, then it went down the hill again... At least the weekend is here.

Don't think you need to worry for a while yet. I only went to them with my first & from what I remember, my midwife informed me of them quite a few months into my pregnancy.

FutureMum The NHS ones you can get away with being quite late booking (your midwife should tell you when). I found some bits of them helpful but was surprised there were only three sessions and that I was one of very few who brought their fellas along!

NCT ones get booked up very quickly and you need to sort it by about 12 weeks.