March Mama's! 2012 :) - 33 pink , 24 blue and 17 yellow bumps! 33 Babies!!

[loolindley]

freaking me out more lol! Keep goin toilet and buying more sticks!! Got another scan Thursday as they couldn't detect baby or heart beat at 6 weeks hope it will be ok !!! Baby dust to u xxx

I was going to go to hospital tomorrow and be a bit of a drama queen, but there is not much point if they can't detect anything at 6 weeks. I'm only 6+1 now. Don't bother with sticks, you will still have the hgc in you to give a positive (although I do realise they make you feel better). My stomach is killing me. I have spent most of today crying, I am so worried. Keeping everything crossed for us both. xxx

 

[BlessingBaby3]

Ladies, I just had to refrain from knocking my husband out!! Lol I asked him did he think I should have a epidural this time (I didn't have one with my girls...I had them natural) and his response was.. "You didn't have it last time...all you gotta do is push...how hard could it be!!!!"All I could do was just look at him with my mouth wide open cause I didn't know what to say...Some men have no idea what's going on!! I started to be the next episode of snapped!! LOL

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

I haven't started any yet Just trying to eat healthily and am taking folic acid which I have been on since TTC - I can't afford to buy any until DH gets paid on the 29th cos Pregnacare round here are a tenner!!! :O

Try Tesco - I picked up some the other day. £4.50 a pack of 30 plus they are doing buy 2 get one free so you get 3 packs (90 tablets) for £9. Make sure you get the pregnacare original - they are much cheaper than the conception ones. I've been taking the conception ones for the last 6 months and they are so expensive compared to the original ones.

Thanks very much - haven't been around for a couple of days so sorry for the delay in my reply. I managed to get some from the chemist round the corner from my Dr's on a Buy One Get one Half price. I got the Original Pregnacare for £4.69 and another for 1/2 price.

me luuurrrve a bargain xx

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

Ladies, I just had to refrain from knocking my husband out!! Lol I asked him did he think I should have a epidural this time (I didn't have one with my girls...I had them natural) and his response was.. "You didn't have it last time...all you gotta do is push...how hard could it be!!!!"All I could do was just look at him with my mouth wide open cause I didn't know what to say...Some men have no idea what's going on!! I started to be the next episode of snapped!! LOL

Oh my goodness!

I'm surprised you didn't bop him one, lol!!

Well ladies I had my first dr's appointment on Friday morning and she was really good and thorough with me which I was grateful after having suffered a miscarriage. She didn't feel my abdomen though?? Which I had last time I was pregnant?

She also calculated my Due Date which was 2 days after what I'd thought but she put me at 5+. Confused.com!! My first day of LMP was June 20th 2011 - which to my reckoning makes me 4 weeks and 6 days? 5 tomorrow? She had one of those wheel things which she counted it on and I think she'd maybe skipped a week cos surely if I was 5+ now my period would have staretd a week earlier? Plus she also had my Due Date around the same time and surely that would have been brought forward a week if I was a week further along?

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

Welcome to all you new ladies and congratulations on your BFP's

Happy and healthy 9 months xx

 

[Woochild]

Hi Guys,
Reading all U're posts trying to re-assure myself that all these pains are normal & nothing to worry about?! Got my BFP on Mon, a clear blue saying 2-3wks. Since then had virtually constant AF type cramps & generally feel rough. I'm 37 & this is my 1st time (being TTC for 12mnths) so all advice will be appreciated!

 

[firsttimer1]

Congrats and welcome to all the newbies, I will add u all to the list tomo morn yay!

Cramps - I've had cramps through week 4 & 5 and this seems normal as long as no blood. So try not to worry xxx

Luv my bichon - I wouldn't be too concerned about dates at mo. Until 12 weeks ish the due date estimations are never clear quite often women are put forward - and then put bk to original date at 12 week scan lol. X

as for me - I'm now a pea! That rhymed 6 weeks finally. I have a scan a week tomorrow when I'm 7 weeks. Really wanted to wake up today to MS... But no. Just excess gas lol!!! Sorry tmi. And left boob is finally getting tender. Right is fine tho. Weird!!

 

[firsttimer1]

PS for poster above- I've felt rough with a cold and general worn out since week 3. Week 6 now and runny nose still going. Sucks! Definately not glowing!

 

[looley]

Hi all, hope everyone is well.

The last few nights I haven't slept at all because of this cramping.
It's so so so uncomfortable. It doesn't really 'hurt' as such I suppose it does a bit but it's more of an achey, crampy, stretchy and sore feeling. My whole abdomen feels like it's on a rack being stretched. It's horrid! I'm whinging to my hubby so much I don't know how the hell I am gonna cope with childbirth. I'm trying not to think about it and keep busy but I just want to lie in bed with a pillow against my belly. This this how you would all described the feelings your getting? Hope it doen't last too long. XXX Looley XX

 

[victorial8]

[/QUOTE]She also calculated my Due Date which was 2 days after what I'd thought but she put me at 5+. Confused.com!! My first day of LMP was June 20th 2011 - which to my reckoning makes me 4 weeks and 6 days? 5 tomorrow? She had one of those wheel things which she counted it on and I think she'd maybe skipped a week cos surely if I was 5+ now my period would have staretd a week earlier? Plus she also had my Due Date around the same time and surely that would have been brought forward a week if I was a week further along?[/QUOTE]

hey Hun, like others said, don't worry too much about dates as they are likely to change at your 12 week scan. Also, did the doctor take into account that it is a leap year next year? That would take a day off your due date according to that wheel they use, my midwife made this mistake at first x

 

[Woochild]

Hi all, hope everyone is well.

The last few nights I haven't slept at all because of this cramping.
It's so so so uncomfortable. It doesn't really 'hurt' as such I suppose it does a bit but it's more of an achey, crampy, stretchy and sore feeling. My whole abdomen feels like it's on a rack being stretched. It's horrid! I'm whinging to my hubby so much I don't know how the hell I am gonna cope with childbirth. I'm trying not to think about it and keep busy but I just want to lie in bed with a pillow against my belly. This this how you would all described the feelings your getting? Hope it doen't last too long. XXX Looley XX

That's Exactly how I'm feeling, relived I'm not alone!

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

Luv my bichon - I wouldn't be too concerned about dates at mo. Until 12 weeks ish the due date estimations are never clear quite often women are put forward - and then put bk to original date at 12 week scan lol. X

Thanks

I'm following the progress and development as if I am not yet 5 weeks.

Looking forward to my first scan and then I know everything is ok - just so nervous after last time but not allowing myself to stress over it. Not good for me or our little one.

I've got my first midwife appointment on 4th Aug too...apparently they're doing them earlier now between 6-8 weeks unlike last time I was pregnant and they didn't want to know until I was 12 weeks - only I didnt get that far and if you ask me that's ridiculous anyway because the first trimester is the most important time!! GRRR - rant over, lol!!

Have switched over to decaff Yorkshire tea but I am still having a big mug of normal tea for my first cup.

Have found that Becks Blue Alcohol Free Beer really does taste like the real thing and at the minute Sainsbury's are doing 6 bottles for £3.49!! Bargain.
It feels dead weird though cos you know you're drinking beer but you're not getting any of the funny feeling - great last night when I decided at gone 9pm I needed chocolate and drove to the local Co-Op lol!

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

Hi all, hope everyone is well.

The last few nights I haven't slept at all because of this cramping.
It's so so so uncomfortable. It doesn't really 'hurt' as such I suppose it does a bit but it's more of an achey, crampy, stretchy and sore feeling. My whole abdomen feels like it's on a rack being stretched. It's horrid! I'm whinging to my hubby so much I don't know how the hell I am gonna cope with childbirth. I'm trying not to think about it and keep busy but I just want to lie in bed with a pillow against my belly. This this how you would all described the feelings your getting? Hope it doen't last too long. XXX Looley XX

That's Exactly how I'm feeling, relived I'm not alone!

I feel the same way too and am also glad it seems to be a normal symptom. I've had tightness and soreness since last Saturday (then 3+5 now 4+6)

 

[newfielady]

I had slight cramping and stretching but only off and on for a couple of days back in week 4. It wasn't constant and it wasn't intense. It was a little uncomfortable but it didn't last long enough to bother me. I have another dr's appointment on the 28th and I get to go for an u/s at 8 weeks.

 

[Joannaxoxo]

So I finally got to tell my mom and sister about the baby since they just got back from holiday. They were excited but my mom said something that I just cant get out of my head. She said 'I don't want to burst your bubble but why are you telling so many people already?' I realize that things can happen and I do regret telling people at work but I was just so happy and excited when I first found out. Now I'm nervous and scared and I'm trying not to let it get to me but I just want my first dr. appointment to come soon so I can check on things... first appointment will be Aug 3rd and I'll be 6 weeks along by then.

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

So I finally got to tell my mom and sister about the baby since they just got back from holiday. They were excited but my mom said something that I just cant get out of my head. She said 'I don't want to burst your bubble but why are you telling so many people already?' I realize that things can happen and I do regret telling people at work but I was just so happy and excited when I first found out. Now I'm nervous and scared and I'm trying not to let it get to me but I just want my first dr. appointment to come soon so I can check on things... first appointment will be Aug 3rd and I'll be 6 weeks along by then.

Don't worry too much - I can see where your Mum is coming from but to be honest it's a totally personal experience and you should do what YOU feel comfortable with and if that's telling everyone then go and shout it from the rooftops!

The last time I was pg I told everyone and when I lost it I was glad I had because people understood what was up with me and why I was so down.

I am being quieter about it this time BUT! that's only because that is what I am comfortable with doing and I feel more prepared this pregnancy for what could happen (although I don't think you can ever fully prepare but you know what I mean)

Don't worry hun and enjoy it

 

[newfielady]

Ouch, that's kinda a mean thing to say to you. Of course you're excited so you wanted to tell your mom and sister. Like LUV said, if you want to tell everyone then do so. I told our close family and friends. And of course, my boss so she would know why I wasn't lugging around the heavy stuff anymore.

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Thanks girls... I guess I know where my mom is coming from, she herself had a miscarriage on her first pregnancy and I guess is just looking out for me. I think she will adjust more to the idea once we go to our first doctors appointment in a week or so.

I've decided not to tell anyone else (Dh's family don't live in our town)... I think I might try and hold off until 10 or 12 weeks to tell the rest of our family (grandparents, cousins, etc). So I guess its probably good that just people we are with everyday know so they understand why I am acting/feeling the way I do, its better than having to pretend I feel normal, which is why I'm glad people at work know.

 

[Mrs Cupcake]

We told my hubbys parents today and although they were pleased and excited they kept going on about my sister-in-laws miscarriage which i thought was a bit insensitive. I think a positive attitude is what is required!

 

[Luv_My_Bichon]

We told my hubbys parents today and although they were pleased and excited they kept going on about my sister-in-laws miscarriage which i thought was a bit insensitive. I think a positive attitude is what is required!

There aren't words...!?!

Enjoy it, it's a totally different pregnancy.