*** March Mummies *** 29 Boys, 34 Girls, 8 Team Yellow! 46 babies born!!

[rottpaw]

PS Am I the only one here whose plannig on keeping pregnancy secret from 99% of people until after dating scan? Do tell xx

Man, I am terrible with secrets. I have told a few people and the way I see it is that worst case scenario if this pregnancy does not work, I won't feel bad about telling those people. I don't keep things internally very well.

Hi all! I'm just getting started participating here, but look forward to getting to know everyone!

A bit about me - I'm 35 and 4w3d pregnant with our first! Morning (or rather, all-night-long sickness) has already hit me with a vengeance, but this is not a huge surprise. I've never been able to take BC pills because the hormones (even at that low dose) make me so ill. So, I kind of knew I could be in for it with pregnancy. But will make it all worth it!!! I just need to take one day at a time.

So meanwhile, I saw the comment above and had to laugh! I, too am terrible with secrets, especially one this big. And the issues the MS has already caused me are bound to cause questions at work, so I have a feeling our little secret will be well and truly out of the bag here very soon, the way word travels among my friends, family and coworkers. I've only actually told my mom, BFF and two other friends (one who asked outright, and I am too tired to fib, LOL!). For me I think what will probably happen is that the MS is going to make the issue kind of unavoidable, so I might as well explain the truth and enjoy the sympathy LOL! At least people will know what's really going on, and in my case, in any social setting, friends will know quickly because I normally enjoy a glass of wine or two LOL!

I just realized I have written a novel. Look forward to getting to know everyone and celebrating!

Hugs to all!

 

[siobhan87]

I'm a March mummy edd 11th march 2011 xxx

 

[squat18_02]

my friend is a student midwife so if I catch her online I'll ask her

Ooh if u can catch her, can u tell her about my early scan and see how normal this is please? still need reassurance! lol xxx

Hi africa! I'm a sonographer, do you mind me asking what your numbers where at when you had your scan? Did you have a vaginal scan?

 

[squat18_02]

Can anyone else see the line?? xx

I think I can see a real faint line Becci! Congrats and welcome! How many dpo are you?

 

[blessedmomma]

hi newbies! there is gonna b a ton of march babies!

shrimpy i like your new avatar. you are so cute! and you too squat! i might have to change my avatar to a wedding pic some day, there are so many sweet ones on here.

 

[CuriousCat]

Lynda S - March 2nd, 2011

 

[Nixilix]

Morning. Will catch up later just getting ready for work

 

[MumtoJ]

Morning all - Hello and welcome to all the new March Mummies that have appeared overnight (teach me for going to bed at 10).

I am so tired - DS woke up at 5:30 so we have all been up since then - not a happy gal here! He is now covered in spots and getting worse - so much for the mild dose, coping well but starting to get itchy now bless him.

Hope you all have a lovely day - will pop back on a bit later take care

 

[Twinminator]

Nix / Mum2J, morning to you too, and morning to anyone reading!

I had the wiiiieeeerdest dreams last night. They're getting more and more like Grimms fairytales all the time, not quite nightmares but not quite pleasant either!

With keeping it secret, don't get me wrong I desperately want some people to know ASAP, but the few (sadly, key) individuals who will inevitably make me feel like sh*t, and will continue to do throughout the nine months, well they're my reason for such good willpower!!!!

Anyone doing anything exciting / scary / different today? I'm just going to visit my (adult) niece, who happens to be 20wks pregnant and is having her scan tomorrow. So I can get all excited about pregnancy and talk babies, but for her, lol!

 

[Whitbit22]

Morning ladies! Hope you're all feeling ok! Its after 3 am and I cant sleep at all!

 

[Shrimpy]

morning all!!

Blessed - I wish I still looked like that. My 2 babies have ruined my body. That pic was taken 4 years ago (well it will be 4 years on 22nd July) *sniff sniff* I WILL get my bod back .... 1 day ... maybe LOL!!

As for telling people, my whole family know and my inlaws know, my 4 best friends know and most of the toddler group I go to know as I had a wee funny turn when I was there. Actually there's not a huge amount of people left to tell LOL. The mum's at my eldests nursery will probably guess when we go back after the Summer holidays as I had a bump by 12 weeks last time round. After (if! please God) we hear the heartbeat we'll probably let the cat out of the bag to others. I am crap at keeping secrets and get really stressed about having to tell porkies etc.

 

[natty1985]

Shrimpy i am the same lol more or less everyone knows about baby family wise. i told everyone about Finley very early im not superstitious really xxxx

 

[africaqueen]

Morning ladies and beanies

Welcome to all the new ladies an beanies

Well i had yet another restless night. Woke up twice to go for a wee and then was up early this morning. I feel shattered, but just cnt manage a full nights sleep. GRRRRRR.
I am sooo (tmi) constipated aswell! have not been for 3 days and usually im every day! have just had some bran flakes for brekky and im gonna eat lots of fruit today.
Feel mega bloated now! Well i am off for a walk around the shops now and then later im meeting my friend for lunch so that's today taken care of. Just tryin to keep busy so next wk's scan comes around quick! lol.
Natty- How is the waiting going for u?

Hope everyone else doing ok xxx

 

[Nixilix]

The constipation is the worst! I ate so much fruit and it didn't work!

I'm feeling rough today, sleeping enough but still unbelievably tired it's crazy.

 

[MumtoJ]

I know what you mean I must have eaten my bodyweight in fruit / veg / salad yesterday and nothing. If I every speak to a MW I will be asking about the soluble fibre and whether its safe to use during pregnancy.

 

[lilo]

Morning ladies xxx

had a restless night myself (kids had 12hrs) but hubby was working night shift so that problie didnt help. so tired now, but i'm going to pull myself together and bring them off to the park for a while.

for constipation i have to swear by "tropican" orange Juice, it really is the only thing that worked for me, i get really constipated in pregnancy and had tried everything but for some reason that orange juice really worked for me. no harm giving it a try x

 

[Beckster30]

Morning ladies! Hope you're all feeling well today?

Congratulations to all the newbies!!

I can feel a headache creeping up on me this morning, I've been dreading this happening, I suffer from migraines and have always had horrible headaches in first trimester which paracetamol doesn't touch! Hey ho, shouldn't complain though!

How's everyone managing eating? I seem to be hungry all the time but nothing appeals! Very annoying. Mind you yesterday I had such a craving for a cheese and tomato roll with salad cream, it really hit the spot! Have had craving for tomatoes in all my pregnancies.

I have been following slimming world since my DS was 6 months old, got to target and have been maintaining for over 20 months. I'm intending to stick to the plan as much as I can this pregnancy as I really don't want to gain as much as I have in all my other pregnancies.

The insomnia is wearing off now thank goodness! Still exhausted most of the day but usually manage to get a kip on the sofa in the afternoon while DS watches cbeebies!!

 

[Shrimpy]

For those suffering with constipation, you can take fibogel (the orange fibre drinks) but you cannot have anything that contains senna in it as it can cause miscarriages. I have IBS and suffer from awful condtipation, I pass out due to the pain of the cramps I get and then have the most lovely poop explosion when I finally come too (sorry WAY TMI) so I need to watch the old #2 issues Another thing you can ask for is lactulose, it's a stool softner. It tastes absolutely rancid (too me anyway, very thick, gloopy and MEGA sweet) but is very effective.

Fresh brewed coffee can help too as caffeine is a natural laxative. A large latte and halfway through drinking it I'm normally good to go.

OK you all now know WAY too much info about my toilet habbits, so I shall leave it there

 

[MumtoJ]

lol @ Shrimpy but that may explain it - been off the coffee for the last week so would coincide with the problems ...

 

[Shrimpy]

give it a bash MumtoJ and see if it helps. 1 or 2 coffees a week aren't going to harm anything. Infact I think you're allowed 1 or 2 mugs per day .... hmmm I shall go in search ....

t's important not to have too much caffeine. This is because high levels of caffeine can result in babies having a low birth weight, which can increase the risk of health problems in later life. High levels of caffeine might also cause miscarriage. It's best not to have more than 200mg of caffeine a day when you're pregnant.

The amount of caffeine in food and drink will vary, but as a guide each of these contain roughly 200mg or less of caffeine:

•2 mugs of instant coffee (100mg each)
•1 mug of filter coffee (140mg each)
•2 mugs of tea (75mg each)
•5 cans of cola (up to 40mg each)
•2 cans of 'energy' drink (up to 80mg each)
•4 (50g) bars of plain chocolate (up to 50 mg each). Caffeine in milk chocolate is about half that of plain chocolate

tra da taken from the pregnancy guidelines on the Food standards agency's website

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