***May Blossoms Due Dates Join Here**47 Babies Born!***

[meow951]

Congratulations to all the new mummys! I've added you all to the list

Steph63- You think it's not many but then you write them down and it's quite a few!

Lisaf- I know what you mean about cramps. I had some shocking ones yesterday, as in couldn't move and thinking ouch this really hurts! No bleeding or anything so must just be making a lot of room in there!

 

[Rmar]

It's cool to think that those who will be joining us at the end of the month will either be only just pregnant or not even pregnant yet. All of those little eggs and sperms waiting to meet each other very soon.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Yay! Speck is a sweetpea now!

 

[Chaos]

Mornin' Girls!

Well today I have my biometrics appointment for my green card renewal. It will renew it for 10 years. It was supposed to be on the 27th July, but of course I was on an operation table lol. Hopefully it goes well!

Lisa ~ Re cribs, we got one from Target that starts off as a crib, then turns in to a toddler bed, then the next stage for a kid, then a double bed. So even tho it was a couple hundred dollars, its gonna last her a long while.

Well I was going to try and reply to others, but the thread won't load for me properly (been trying for 5 minutes!) Strange computers.

Anyone else over in NC and Hurricane Earl? I've over that way, pretty far inland from the coast tho, bright sunshine today!

 

[Tonnilou]

YAY grats and welcome new may mums and big hugs to exisiting ones. I,ve had a scare this morning (early hours) but just wanted you all to know I am ok so far, trying to stay positive and have an emergency scan booked for Monday. Hope you are all having less scary days than me sweeties. Power of positive thinking and all that.

BIG hugs all round

XX

 

[Chaos]

YAY grats and welcome new may mums and big hugs to exisiting ones. I,ve had a scare this morning (early hours) but just wanted you all to know I am ok so far, trying to stay positive and have an emergency scan booked for Monday. Hope you are all having less scary days than me sweeties. Power of positive thinking and all that.

BIG hugs all round

XX

Monday?? They should get you in today! Hope everything is ok ..

 

[new_to_ttc]

Tonni... thinking of you hun.. Im sure everything is ok

Welcome and congratulatons to all the new May mummies

Lisa - Ive been experiencing some cramping last 3 days, and sound quite like yours. My MW told me today its all the stretching taking place and although it may feel scary it is all very normal!!

Had my booking in appt with midway today, its all official yay!!!! She said Im doing really well. Urine test came back clear for infection, she still concerned about the volume so said if it doesnt improve or gets worse I may have to be catheterised but its ok for now! Re sickness, she said that I just need to keep eating. Be sick is far better on a full tummy than an empty one, but if it gets so bad its is effecting my daily living to ring her and she'll sort out a prescription. She has also recommended I stop taking the Pregnacare, apparently the iron in the suppliment is not good for early pregnancy and shouldn't be taken, so she has told me to just taken folic acid. Ive got my first blood screen on 5th October, a consultant appointment on 22nd October and my dating scan will be inbetween those dates. She is also checking on the early scan, but we discussed it today and we know that a molar pregnancy is hard to detect so it may just cause unnecessary questions if I have it too soon, so Im thinking it may be best waiting until my 12 weeks scan, then they will know, but she said she'll speak with the sonographers and see when will be best. Oh and she has given me an April EDD.... but I will remain a May mummy unless the scan says different, I know I conceived late in my cycle lol

How is everyone today? I got my car bill back, £230 ouch!!!!!!!!!!!! Not what I need when I have a baby to plan and save for xxxxxx

 

[lisaf]

Steph - I know what you mean... I don't feel very pregnant even though I guess I have a lot of symptoms when you list them out. For me, its more like these symptoms aren't enough to convince me I'm pregnant. They're even milder than the ones I imagined during all my BFN 2wws!!

Chaos - I love the ones that turn into toddler beds, but the room we have isn't big enough for a full-sized bed (and they only seem to convert to full, not twin sized?). I hate seeing them for $600 then you have to pay an extra $75 for the toddler rail etc...
So I found GREAT ones at JC Penny with great reviews... they COME with the toddler rails (though you do have to buy the full-size rails if you want to convert to that eventually). On sale right now, there are some nice ones for $239... Just hoping they have another good sale like that before I need to buy one! Thats cheap enough to afford the dresser/changer too! The reviews are good too.
I've seen those $600 cribs in person and they are NOT high quality!

I love the idea of the cots that you guys get in the UK... (here we call them mini-cribs) but they're not very popular so finding bedding is a huge pain.

ttc - interesting that there is no infection, glad you and your MW have a plan for the MS if it gets bad etc. Funny about the pregnacare - I was taking prenatals while TTC but they made me sick (wonder if it was iron too in my case?). I tried all different brands and then the pharmacist/chemist showed my husband how women's daily vitamins have almost all the same ingredients but with less folic acid... a LOT cheaper to just take that and they don't make me sick! I just take my B-complex and get the extra folic acid from there.

Thanks for all the reassurances on the stretching/cramps. I KNEW it was probably fine, but you can't help but be a little anxious!!!

I said this on my heartburn thread, but I found a cure for me! Salt & Vinegar Potato chips got rid of my heartburn! Thought I'd share that here for any girls who are suffering. I'll have to repeat the experiment of course to truly prove it... but after bad heartburn every half hour or so yesterday, a few chips and within a half hour it was gone and hasn't come back yet!

Tonnilou - hope everything is ok

Sorry if I forgot anyone, this thread is getting big!!

 

[mummy3]

new_to_ttc is that all prenatal vitamins? I've been taking mine with extra folic acid
Ouch for the car bill though!!

Whats everyone up to at the weekend?

 

[new_to_ttc]

The MW said preconception and antenatal suppliments contained too much iron for early pregnancy and really shouldnt be taken - scary given they advertise them for preconception and ALL stages of pregnancy! It may just be her opinion on them,. although my doctor told me something similar last week, but he didnt say it was potentially harmful or I would have stopped taking them last week. Im just going to take folic acid from today onwards!

Car bill was really ouch had an MOT test on top of that, amounted to nearly £300 arghhhhhhh i was going to my parents this weekend, but I think I will save the money and have a quiet weekend here lol What are your plans?

 

[Tonnilou]

Awww Chaos thankyou and they should but apparently they dont see anyone under 6 weeks and I should be 6 weeks on Monday (I didnt correct her that I would be only 5 wks n 6 days by then) My Doc was lovely tho n told me that its pretty common and can be caused by lots of reasons so to try and stay positive.

New to ttc - BIG hugs back hunnie, thankyou sweety its much appreciated and OMFG at the car cost /me shakes fist at nasty mechanics for you

Lisa thankyou and huge hugs back. I am doing okies, helps loads having you lot here.

I posted a bigger report on the main board but I didn't post here cos its kinda scary and didnt wanna make anyone feel worried.

HUGE GRATS to all the new girls again and like Lisa said, threads big so sorry too if I miss posts n things.

This weekend am gonna chill, try n be positive and hopes I dont get any more 4.30 am shocks (or at any other time for that matter le grrrrrrrrrrrr)

OOO Brandi YAY on a sweetpea speck thats super cute


XXXXXX to all

 

[mummy3]

Tonnilou, I posted on your other thread I also can believe they won't see you until monday either, I have had scans at the epu before 6 weeks. Can they give you blood tests?

 

[lisaf]

Tonnilou - I'll go follow you on the other thread you have, I want to know how you get on etc..

This weekend, I'm going to take my car in for service ($360! just for routine maintenance though its my first 'major' service on this car and I've had it for 6.5 years). I plan on tackling my husband's 'office' (aka video game room, lol) so we can start consolidating and making it the guest room so the nursery can get cleared out for baby stuff!! YAY!!!
Also plan on working out a little (just some walking) with my SIL... hope nothing gives away the pregnancy!

 

[Tonnilou]

Mummy3 TY so much I just read it hugs n hugs. I know it seems a bit tight, specially for a big city like mine but I felt reassured that my Doc seemed to think Monday was just fine and wasn't unduely worried. I have to say that he has been my doc for many years and I do trust his instincs well yanno as much as we feel we can trust doctors anyhoo.

Lisa you are so sweet, thankyou, hopefully I will be able to post some big fat positives soon.

Cor, I tell you, I was NOT expecting these shenanegans today at all.

 

[meow951]

I'm getting married!!!!

OH's parents said they had some money saved for us to use on a wedding or towards a house etc and they've given us £5500!!!

We've been engaged for a year now and we can get married. We always said the 21st January as it's our anniversary and we will have been together 5 years then.

I'm so excited to start planning!

 

[lisaf]

Yay!!!! I LOVED planning my wedding. Congrats!!

 

[lisaf]

ooh.. and for all the newbies or girls who didn't see before, we have a poll going to vote on a name for our May group.
https://www.babyandbump.com/pregnancy/404384-please-vote-may-due-date-group-name.html

 

[mummy3]

I'm getting married!!!!

OH's parents said they had some money saved for us to use on a wedding or towards a house etc and they've given us £5500!!!

We've been engaged for a year now and we can get married. We always said the 21st January as it's our anniversary and we will have been together 5 years then.

I'm so excited to start planning!

Congratulations!!!!

 

[Tonnilou]

I'm getting married!!!!

OH's parents said they had some money saved for us to use on a wedding or towards a house etc and they've given us £5500!!!

We've been engaged for a year now and we can get married. We always said the 21st January as it's our anniversary and we will have been together 5 years then.

I'm so excited to start planning!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY awwww sweety, loads of congratulations to you both, what lovely news.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Awww, Congratulations!!