February 2011 babies

[suzym1984]

Hi everyone!

Well, I got my BFP on Friday morning and it is only just starting to sink in! According to my dates I am due 2nd Feb and I thought it would be nice to have a Feb babies thread, where we can all share our news/worries/excitement!

Cant wait to hear from you

Hello everyone! The last week or so I've felt really tired, very windy with a peculiar feeling in my tummy.

Today - suddenly energetic - I hope this lasts!

My little oriental cat is due for her kittens in a week and a bit, so she is showing me a masterclas in how to relax in the last stages of pregnancy. I wish! I think I'm going to have to work most of the way through to the end...

Pipsicles, Peawee is sweet!

Don't worry xkat, it's not just us 40s pregnant ladies who are termed geriatric, it's anyone of these lovely ladies over 35! Funny that all three of us ladies in our 40s are having our first. I'm scared too. Been reading Vivky Iovine's Best Friend's Guide to Pregnancy - very reassuring.

hello all,

Please can I join in? I did a preg test and got a bfp this morning according to date calendar online my due date is 21st feb, but still 3 days away from af due date, so playing it cautiously (after having mc at 8 weeks last year).

very excited - it hasn't sunk in yet. have been feeling 'off' all week but had put it down to ghost preg symptoms in the hope of being pregnant - turns out I was! So it wasn't me being mad when I couldn't string a sentence together/got short with the students I teach this week without a reason why!

People say different pregnancies are different - how true is this? Before I had a mc when i was pg before, and I was really really down with every symptom - I didn't go out for about a month as I was so tired, sick and generally terrible feeling...so far, I haven't felt as bad as last time...they are the same symptoms, but not quite as bad as they were at this time last time...so I live in hope that this one will be easier - am I just trying to put a happy light on this?

anyway, it's great to meet you all, and we have some months ahead of baby planing excitement ;)

Hi everyone,

I am 5+5 now and think the morning sickness has kicked in today.
The smell of toast cooking this am made me gag and have the dry heaves.
The smell of my nice fragrance diffuser suddenly seems really overpowering so I have had to put the cap on it.

Oh the joys! I dont remember it starting this early or the smell thing happening before. Am I imagining it do you think?

PE x

PS Got my first midwife appt on 29 June, ie at 8 weeks. Was given a Bounty pack including set of (blank) patient held notes by doctors receptionist. I had to smuggle the pack with foot high letters saying PREGNANCY INFORMATION out of the surgery in case I saw someone I knew!

I had to laugh when I looked at it, the medical notes folder is titled "Hand held notes" as opposed to "foot held notes" or "elbow held notes" presumably?

Hi angels1 - that's great! I'm told they are all different, but can't tell you from personal experience - there are ladies on here with more than one baby who can advise.

Glad to see the stats, newdad!

Ooooh - another letter from the hospital booking me in for blood tests on the 20th of July (my birthday) and scan on the 26th of July.

It's good to know I'm in the system - hurrah. I think that means I'll be having my scan at 13 weeks and 4 days - late but not too late...!

Welcome fatheadsgirl I've added you to the stats...

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Kez84 #? (??) 11th Feb
Canoe #1 (27) 11th Feb
clareanna #2 (34) 12th Feb
Diamondback #1 (33) 12th Feb
Honeywitch #1 (40) 13/14 Feb
xkatyx #? (?) 13/14th Feb
Bellaby #1 (30) 15th Feb
juwi #3 (34) 15th Feb
JustOneMorePlease #4 (33) 17th Feb
nicb79 #3 (??) ?? Feb
kateh1978 #2 (??) ?? Feb

Gah - angels1 sorry I missed you... added now

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Kez84 #? (??) 11th Feb
Canoe #1 (27) 11th Feb
clareanna #2 (34) 12th Feb
Diamondback #1 (33) 12th Feb
Honeywitch #1 (40) 13/14 Feb
xkatyx #? (?) 13/14th Feb
Bellaby #1 (30) 15th Feb
juwi #3 (34) 15th Feb
JustOneMorePlease #4 (33) 17th Feb
angels1 #1 (??) 21st Feb
nicb79 #3 (??) ?? Feb
kateh1978 #2 (??) ?? Feb

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Oh my god. It has well and truly kicked in. I feel soooo rubbish. Trying to lay still on the sofa because I know if I dont I will be sick. DD going to be home any minute and really do not know how I am going to do dinner, bath, and bed tonight.

Can I join you?? Congratulations to everyone and I hope all's well with you all. We had our postitive test only Wednesday and have worked out we'll be due 16th Feb (I used to be a midwife) so we're dead excited, it'll be our first. We've been trying since end of last year and were beginning to think it wouldn't happen! But, I must admit, I do feel a bit cheated, I don't feel any different at all! Still early days tho I guess and like many of you, I keep expecting my period to come. Very anxious times! So happy for you all and look forward to chatting more!

Am I worrying too much....I don't really feel very different apart from tiredness and an upset stomach on a morning. I am 5 weeks and I have been getting stomach pain (like period pain) but more towards my right side which is the same sort of pains I had last year when I miscarried (at a 10 week scan it only measured 5 weeks and had no heartbeat).

I don't want to stress myself out but cant help thinking that because I dont have sickness or bigger boobs yet there might be something wrong again

linz17xxx 5 weeks is still very early to be having symptoms. I am 6 weeks tomorrow and mine are only just starting. Wednesday I felt completely normal, yesterday and today I have felt rough. Try not to worry. Also, the pains may just be stretching. If you are really worried (I was) go to your GP for reassurance and maybe a referral to EPU.

The sickness has come on all of a sudden today for me too. Spent most of the day on the sofa. I don't even want to drink water, which I normally love. With me, it's more the smell and the prep of food that gets to me, if dp cooks, I can eat - what a shame!

I'm now slowly sipping milk.

I also don't remember it happening this early before.

This is all so exciting, I wonder who will give birth first. It certainly won't be me. I am always very late. Might as well change my due date to 16th Feb!

Will there be any multiples on this thread?!

Hi everyone. I'm due on the 15th Feb but am really worried - I have had back ache and cramps on and off since yesterday and today I seem to have increasing amounts of mucus which is what usually happens just before my period starts.

I've had 2 successful pregnancies and remember the cramps but not the backache. Is the mucus thing normal at 5 weeks??

No bleeding yet but have just had 2 back to back MCs so am very anxious. one was a MMC at 10 weeks and one spontaneous one at 5 weeks.

Linz I'm only 5 weeks and hardly have any symptoms - just feel tired. Pains and twinges are common especially if you stand up quickly, it can feel like you've pulled something - all normal. I had an MMC at 12 weeks too and it's very very hard not to be worried. With that pg like angel I had awful Pg symptoms straight away, was ERPC so I don't think there's any correlation between symptoms and MC. Get your booking in appt sorted and then get an early scan, Where I live the MW will let you have as many reassurance scans as necessary, beause reducing anxiety in early pregnancy has been proven to help prevent MCs (especially for women who've had one before)
take care x

This thread is getting so busy! Welcome all newbies! I've been the only one due on 8 Feb but suddenly there are lots of others! However DD was due 8 March and arrived on 23rd March! So the EDD is pretty meaningless IMO.

Seem to have lost the ability to sleep... up till 1 last night then awake at 5. Sooo tired now. Anyone else got this?

Banana87, MisTFied sorry to hear you are suffering too with the morning sickness.
Anything connecting with food is making me gag today, even online tesco shopping - ridiculous!
Managed to have some dinner though and am sipping ginger ale (the non-alcoholic drink of course) which is my mums fave anti-sickness remedy.
Cant believe only 2 weeks ago I was happily knocking back the wine without a thought!

Suzy1984 bit of a late reply re bras.
I had to buy a new one this week and found M&S not that great. I was very annoyed that the only non-wired Tshirt bras they have are their value range which are carp and the largest size (38D) was too small. as they are cheap and nasty they are obv cut small. there was not a single nice non-wired bra, I got a fairly plain one 38D one in the end but the miserable staff offered no help.

John Lewis bra dept have much better service so will be going there next time.

I am also constantly worrying that I am going to have a MC. Every twinge makes me think....

I have asked my GP to inform the midwife team of my pregnancy so I wonder if I will be offered an early scan too...

I just keep thinking that there's really nothing I can do. What will be will be...

debka my sleeping has been pretty bad too, can't seem to drop off for ages, with loads of silly thoughts whirling around my head, and then waking up if a pin drops. Am completely shattered at the moment.

Re symptoms, I am 5+3 and have only been feeling mildly sick occasionally, and brownpaper have also had a fair bit of mucus in the last couple of days. Have checked my cervix and it is tightly closed though. Don't know if this means anything in particular! Have also been stressing a bit about lack of symptoms, but guessing that it is still just too early, and they'll kick in in the next week or so.

I have booked a reassurance scan for a week on Wednesday, when I'll be 7+2, paying £85 for it, and will tell family afterwards if all is well.

Thank-you KnitterNotTwitter for your encouragement.

My due date is 16th Feb and I'm 31 no.3

Just enjoyed a chinese takeaway...really trying to make the most of feeling o.k, won't be long before the sickness sets in...

Is it too early to buy maternity clothes? gutted as I recently sold mine on ebay! still a good excuse for some new ones.

Has anyone been telling friends/family their news yet? want to start telling people but its a bit early for me.
x

HI everyone...this is great, so lovely to hear about all the different little new lives!

Didn't do this with my previous pregnances.

For what it is worth each one of my early preg symptoms have been totally different.
First one: no sickness at all! Big boobies! Very hot (was summer 2003 which was a hotty).
Second: Tingly boobs and very stroppy (according to DH), later on the odd nauseous day at work with wiffy armpits (am a physio and was working with shoulder replacement patients).
Third: Very tired (wonder why!) really quite nauseous from about week 8-14.

So far with this preg i felt nauseous before i did the test (doesn't bode well does it?) and feel quite bloated.

Same mummy same daddy just different preg therefore different symptoms!

As far as the bra issue the key is to be comfortable, I visited Bravissimo to be measured as I'm a well-endowed mama.
They told me that they had consulted the Royal College of Midwives and their advice re bras during preg was that if you prefer underwires that this was fine as long as it was well fitted and the wire laid flat on the chest wall not on the breast tissue itself. I wore properly fitted underwired bras throughout each preg (coz I hate not having a underwire) and have gone on to breastfeed with no problems.

Hope it hopes.. Take care all xx

Pinkelephant thanks for the sympathy! We just have to grin and bear it, don't we? I do wonder though if I'm walking around with a strange expression on my face - like one of disgust!

We are holding out for as long as possible before telling anyone. I think it makes the pregnancy go quicker if no one knows!

Hello everyone! wecome SemperEadem from the other thread! Honeywitch great to have another geri amongst us! JustOneMorePlease congrats! what a lovely family! Tadjennyp I hope you're feeling better and the bleeding has stopped, how are you? xkat love it! i wasn't prepared in the least with my first, refused to buy hardly anything for fear of jinxing it, I got home with baby DD and sent various people out with shopping lists! Congrats all and welcome everyone else! Look forward to getting to know you all!

applecharlotte hee hee! me as virtual mentor huh?! well ok - me and the rest of mumsnet!!! I would love for orange pip to be born ON the due date of 11th as it was my dads birthday but what are the chances of that?! Probably about 2% or thereabouts!

MissTfied wondered about multiples, it'll be fun hearing when we're all at scan stage! By the law of averages there'd have to be at least one wouldn't there?!

banana87 happy to hear your relief at having rescheduled your scan for Monday, good luck, hope you're feeling less sick too. i'm only 5+1 so too early to tell yet which way it will go with me...

Debka I too am sleeping badly and dreaming vividly when I do which is unheard of for me, soooo tired...

SuzyM and Pinkelephant I too went shopping for decent fitting bra today and bought 2 in John Lewis, I agree pe, good service there with accurate measuring (I never find M&S know how to measure properly). I got one JL own brand ugly big bra (equivalent to Bridget Jones' big knickers) but only £10 and IS comfy! Plus a Sloggi cropped top type bra which is uber comfy too, ahh relief!

MissTfied we too are (hoping) to hold off telling most people till as late as possible (it was as early as possible with my last one!!) but i say "hoping" as I suspect DD aged 3.5 is going to blow it! I was muttering aloud (more to myself) ugh I feel bloated! she says "why do you feel bloated mummy?" i say, i don't know, do you think there's a baby in there? She said "is there?" i say maybe there is! So now daily she is stating "mummy's growing a baby in her tummy!" I've tried to remain non committal but she's having none of it and doesn't do secrets! Ah well... I feel like 5 months gone already I'm so bloated, so was prob overly optimistic!....

I was at a conference today and watched a presentation by some Primary 5 pupils which only went and made me feel reeeeally emotional! I found myself welling up with pride (I didn't even know them) / joy / happiness.. goodness knows! Really had to control myself! Anyone else had any random emotional outpourings for no good reason (well ok, they WERE cute and their parents would have been so proud..)

earlgreyismynectar aw your dd sounds sweet! I have been very careful not to mention it in front of mine. No way could they keep it secret!

Re sleeping, I keep waking up suddenly and feeling I have to go somewhere, like I must get out of the room I'm in.

And emotions - I don't cry much but I have been in tears a few times this week. Once when reading a sad relationship thread on here.

Oooh - two more lovely new people... I seem to have taken on the role of stats updater... don't know how that happened!

CheeseChomper DC#1 (26) 1st Feb
Lulabel27 #1 (27) 1st Feb
KnitterNotTwitter #2 (33) 1st Feb
xkat #1 (40) 1st Feb
Mrs Teapot207 #1 (42) 2nd Feb
SuzyM1984 #1 (25) 2nd Feb
tadjennyp #3 (36) 2nd Feb
Carabee #2 (38) 3rd Feb
CluckyKate #2 (36) 3rd Feb
Dee36 #1 (36) 4th Feb
Diddygirl #2 (35) 4th Feb
Girlafraid #2 (35) 4th Feb
Banana87 #2 (30) 5th Feb
Gina FB #1 (31) 5th Feb
HazB2010 #1 (32) 5th Feb
MissTfied #4 (32) 5th Feb
LalZee83 #1 (26) 6th Feb
newdad75 #1 (??) 6th Feb
PinkELephant73 #3 (36)6th Feb
AnaYorks #1 (29) 7th Feb
Personmaker #2 (32) 7th Feb
smallblackflowers #2 (34)7th Feb
Debka #2 (30) 8th Feb
fatheadsgirl #2 (??) 8th Feb
Pink10 #1 (33) 8th Feb
SemperEadem #2 (30) 8th Feb
Detectivepotato #2 (28) 9th Feb
RachelPross #3 (30) 9th Feb
Grumpling #1 (30) 10th Feb
linz17xxx #? (??) 10th Feb
pipsicles #1 (26) 10th Feb
Applecharlotte #1 (30) 11th Feb
Earlgreyismynectar #2 (39) 11th Feb
Kez84 #? (??) 11th Feb
Canoe #1 (27) 11th Feb
clareanna #2 (34) 12th Feb
Diamondback #1 (33) 12th Feb
Honeywitch #1 (40) 13/14 Feb
xkatyx #? (?) 13/14th Feb
Bellaby #1 (30) 15th Feb
BrownPaperandString #? (??) 15th Feb
juwi #3 (34) 15th Feb
nicb79 #3 (31) 16th Feb
tabbycat76 #1 (??) 16th Feb
JustOneMorePlease #4 (33) 17th Feb
angels1 #1 (??) 21st Feb
kateh1978 #2 (??) ?? Feb

RE: Symptoms. I had definite morning sickness on Wednesday but have been fine since although it's probably saving itself for the weekend when DH is away and I've got masses of commitments... I was also a bit mucus-y on Tuesday I think. Was slightly nervous about that but nothing awful has happened yet...

re: Clothes. Apart from bras is anyone else wearing any maternity clothes yet? I went out to dinner yesterday evening and had to walk home with the button and fly undone on my trousers - and I hadn't eaten THAT much!! I can't remember at what point I started with DS1 - definitely not this early... Might get the box of maternity stuff out over the weekend... but my sister lives with me and I don't want her to get suspicious so I'll have to be VERY subtle!

re: sleeping - i'm definitely sleeping hotter and shallower. Hectic dreams but I keep waking to turn over etc. Also I lay awake for a while last night which isn't like me at all...