Lu's Pregnancy Journal

Hi Ladies

Seeing as I have finally made the move over to First Tri I thought I'd start up my pregnancy journal (how weird is that?!!!) seeing as I loved my TTC one so much!

I'm 28 and DH is 30. We've been married 3 1/2 years and have been TTC number 1 since October 2007. I got a faint IC positive 4 days ago at 10dpo, confirmed by a FR and digi so I guess that's that!

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, not having been here before, don't know who to contact, doctor or hospital etc so lots to learn.

I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all over the next few months and hopefully still hear from the girls in TTC - I'll still be stalking your journals!!

Nuala :hug:

Yay :happydance: u made it. So happy for you hun, been hoping u'll make it over here with me. It's so nice seeing my old ttc buddies getting their bfp. Happy and healthy nine months :hugs:

Lu! Your actually Nuala, how lovely!
I'm so thrilled you have been promoted to first tri and I am hoping you have a really Happy and Healthy 8 months!
:hug:

yay - congrats again!! Hope to join u soon. Hope you have a H&H 8 months!!!:baby::baby::hug:

Thanks girls!!!

Munch - I couldn't pronounce my name when I was a kid and called myself Lula instead - my sister caught on and she and a few of our friends still call me Lu so that's where that came from!!

I booked my first doctors appointment!!!:happydance: Scary and exciting all at the same time! I have no idea how things work in Ireland, you can go public, private, semi-private, not sure what my insurance covers etc. I know they don't do free scans routinely until 18-22 weeks!!! That seems like forever away so I guess I'll ask about getting one done earlier.

So very excited, seems like it's all more real now!!:happydance::happydance:

Thanks girls!!!

Munch - I couldn't pronounce my name when I was a kid and called myself Lula instead - my sister caught on and she and a few of our friends still call me Lu so that's where that came from!!

I booked my first doctors appointment!!!:happydance: Scary and exciting all at the same time! I have no idea how things work in Ireland, you can go public, private, semi-private, not sure what my insurance covers etc. I know they don't do free scans routinely until 18-22 weeks!!! That seems like forever away so I guess I'll ask about getting one done earlier.

So very excited, seems like it's all more real now!!:happydance::happydance:

Oh, that's so sweet!

So when's the appointment? Yeah, 18-22 weeks is an eternity away. In the UK it's routinely at 12, 20 and then only really if required I think (can't remember).

Appointment's tonight at 7pm - am assuming they'll just want a urine sample and a chat....

Yay - you started your preggo journal! :happydance: I shall want regular updates on symptoms and progress please.
Good luck at the docs. :hugs:

:baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby::baby:

Hey darling, good to see you here :hugs:
If I can just teach a pig to fly I shall be joining you ASAP :rofl:

Good luck at the Dr tonight, hope they are lovely and helpful
I am so happy you got your :bfp: I really am

:dust::dust::dust:

Thank you so much girls, I'm dying for you to join me:hugs:

good luck for your doc appt tonight!!!:hug:

Oh I've only just been able to log in! You must be on your way to the docs. Hope it all goes well. Looking forward to the update later!
Mx

Came by to check on you and your little bean:)
keep me posted of everything!!!

Thanks girls. The doctor was really nice, just did a urine sample to double check and asked which test I had used - he looked a little shocked as I rattled off my list!!:rofl: DH was in the background muttering "What test didn't she use..."! I had to explain 3 times that I had short cycles and AF really was late and he asked what possessed me to test when I did - cue more bemused looks when I told him about temping etc!!

Anyway, he puts my EDD at about 11 April which is what I thought. I had thought the first scan would be 18-22 weeks but you can have joint care betwee your GP and the hospital and he has his own scanner so he'll just do it there at about 10 weeks if I want, all included, happy days!:happydance: They can't do the heartbeat or dating there which is a shame but the most important thing will be just to see everything's ok.

He's not one for wrapping pg ladies in cotton wool which is great, told me not to worry about all the stuff with nuts and caffeine and stuff and just to generally be sensible. Also said the only sport I should avoid is contact sports and even sit ups are ok as I'm fit anyway which is brilliant because I really wanted to keep going to the gym and stuff:happydance:

I went down to the gym straight after and spoke to the lady who deals with all the pg ladies and she changed my programme slightly to take out the treadmill and increase the x-trainer but leaving in everything else including all my situps and stuff so that's great. Just a case of not allowing myself get too hot and stay hydrated. She does pilates and says that'd be good and there's also pg yoga!! Now I can't even touch my toes but it'd be interesting!!

So all I have to do now is pick a hospital and decide if I want to go public, private or semi-private. With public you're on a ward and won't see the same person the whole time, semi-private you'll be on a smaller ward if there's capacity and appt waiting times are shorter and with private you see the same doctor all the way through and you should get a private room to yourself. I'm tempted with public because even though I have health insurance, there'll still be a good bit you have to pay yourself (my friend paid £3000!!!!). It's not as though i was brought up with money or anything but DH would like me to have my own room (which I'd love to but don't think we can justify the cost). Guess I'd better start researching!

Anyway, really sorry for the essay but it's the most information I've had since finding out!!

God, you've probably all fallen asleep by now!!:blush:

I love it when we go the docs and baffle them with all the stuff we know! Can't believe he's got his own scanner! Great that you can have it done at week 10 though!
It's all exciting stuff! :happydance: xx

Wow Lu! That's great! So you've got plenty of things to start working on and researching now.
I'm so excited for you!
Yeah, I'm glad the doc isn't wrapping you in cotton wool - because some tend to get completely obsessive about what you can and can't eat and drink etc. etc. Moderation and common sense is the way forward!

Mx

That all sounds great!!! Welcome to the pregnancy journals :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: xxxx

How are you doing symptom wise? Sit ups? :happydance:!!! The most I managed was sitting up in bed!!! (after a long, long sleep of course :rofl:).

xxx

:hug:

glad all went well.. so so happy for u!!! So what did you different this month to last month as I know you have been trying for a while... any advice would be helpful as I am doubtful this month...:hug:

Symptom wise, I still don't really have any!! Apart from a consistently stronger BFP that is! If that means I'll get an easy ride of it then great but if I'm not even 4 weeks gone yet, I'm expecting it all to kick in soon!!

I forgot to say, the doctor also said if at all possible I should try not to gain any weight during the first 4 1/2 months!!! Is that even going to be possible? I'm 5'10" and just over 10 stone so it's not as though I'm overweight to start with! Ah well I'll give it a shot.

One of my best friends from England is coming over to stay with us this weekend and I was going to tell them then because they're trying too and we've been keeping track of each other. I got an email today to say that they'd finally made up their minds to book their wedding for some time in May and they were going to book today. Now I'm due on 11 April and I'm meant to be maid of honour!! They've had an aboslute nightmare of a time trying to arrange the date and suit everyone else in their lives and now I've had to email her to tell her my news and just beg her to do whatever is right for them and leave me out of it but I didn't think it was fair not to tell her seeing as she's planning it with me taking an important part. I sent the email 30 minutes ago and haven't heard from her since, I feel awful....

Here, these things happen Lu and at least you are giving plenty of notice. It's not like you have even waited to the 12 week mark before telling your friend.
She might be disappointed, but I certainly don't think she would hold it against you.

I really wouldn't worry about weight. Have a look at the bump pics in the first tri - water retention and bloating might cause you to put weight on even if you don't overeat or become less active (or both!!!).

Think it's far more important that you keep eating as healthily as possible and just not worry about it x

I've put about 6lbs on so far I think and I was a bit overweight in the first place (but not hugely) - I've been weighed at the hospital and no one there / at my drs has mentioned it being a problem.

I'm sure your friend will understand - she'll probably be really happy for you! xxxx

:hug:

I've just spoken to her there so I feel much better, phew!! She is really happy for me, I think it's just that combined thing of she's ttc too and also it's her big day. But she did keep saying that my news was much more important than hers so I put her straight on that - as far as I'm concerned getting married and having a baby are just as important. Anyway, she's coming over to spend the weekend with us tomorrow so we'll have a good natter then!

Tanya, I totally forgot to say what we did differently this time! One thing was we bded less simply because my cbfm only gave me one high and then we were straight on to peaks! We bded 2 days before and 1 day before ov and then the day of and that was it. The other things I did differently was take a break from BnB so that I was slightly more relaxed about the cycle because I was getting more than a little obsessed! The last thing was we used preseed for the first time so you never know! xxx

I've just spoken to her there so I feel much better, phew!! She is really happy for me, I think it's just that combined thing of she's ttc too and also it's her big day. But she did keep saying that my news was much more important than hers so I put her straight on that - as far as I'm concerned getting married and having a baby are just as important. Anyway, she's coming over to spend the weekend with us tomorrow so we'll have a good natter then!

Tanya, I totally forgot to say what we did differently this time! One thing was we bded less simply because my cbfm only gave me one high and then we were straight on to peaks! We bded 2 days before and 1 day before ov and then the day of and that was it. The other things I did differently was take a break from BnB so that I was slightly more relaxed about the cycle because I was getting more than a little obsessed! The last thing was we used preseed for the first time so you never know! xxx


Thanks for the tips hun!! I think I will TRY and take a break from B&B as I am addicted.... might do temps again tho as it is good to have a record of temps if I go to doc in 6 months but no more OPKs and no more testing....:hug: Maybe I should get a CBFM.....mmmm

Maybe I should get a CBFM.....mmmm

I LOVE my cbfm! It just took the mystery out of it all, no worrying about whether the line is darker or not or the time of day you do it or the difference it makes if you get a positive in the morning or afternoon - it just spits out the answer at you which was all I wanted! :hug:

Aww Lu all sound great and so eventful! I'll be keeping a close eye on this on, although I don't think our cycles are the same, but we tested within days of one another.

Yay! I'm so pleased that you finally got to start yr very own pregnancy journal Lu! Very chuffed for you hun! :hugs:

:hug:

Yaya xx

Just found out today that one of the girls at my work is 5 months pregnant and she's only just announced it! At least it'll be a bit of a precedent for me in a couple of months time - I'm nervous about it just because I haven't been here long so I was thinking of saying it was unplanned but welcome surprise - not that anyone who knows what ttc is like would believe me!

Off to see Batman tonight, can't wait!:happydance:

On a completely pregnancy unrelated note, I'm steaming mad because I met with a candidate today (I'm a legal recruitment consultant and worked as a solicitor until 2 months ago) and he asked why a qualified solicitor was doing such a lowly job and was I not good enough to cut it in law??!!!!! Cheeky b@stard!!!! Felt like saying to him that I'd trained with one of the top firms in England and I simply don't enjoy it, that doesn't make him any better than me or anyone else for that matter. Instead I smiled sweetly, took all his details and promptly put his CV in my shredding file - evil I know but I don't care!!

On a completely pregnancy unrelated note, I'm steaming mad because I met with a candidate today (I'm a legal recruitment consultant and worked as a solicitor until 2 months ago) and he asked why a qualified solicitor was doing such a lowly job and was I not good enough to cut it in law??!!!!! Cheeky b@stard!!!! Felt like saying to him that I'd trained with one of the top firms in England and I simply don't enjoy it, that doesn't make him any better than me or anyone else for that matter. Instead I smiled sweetly, took all his details and promptly put his CV in my shredding file - evil I know but I don't care!!

Stupid p%$£k! That'll teach him! People like that really infuriate me!

just wanted to :hugs: you

I think the nausea is starting to him me a bit now, not that I've actually been ill. We had our dinner last night and went straight to the cinema. By the time we got there I was starting to feel pretty ill and didn't bother getting any ice-cream - now everyone knows how much I LOVE ice-cream, especially at the cinema, I get it every single time and nearly enjoy the ice-cream more than the film! I got halfway over to the queue and realised there was no way I was going to be able to eat it, bizarre for me! Also drew some very strange looks from my sister and BIL......

Took another internet cheapie hpt this morning, line came up straight away and definitely darker so finally starting to relax. I guess I should stop testing and temping at some point?!:blush:

Yay 4 weeks today! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey sweetie, big :hugs: with the lovely darker line! 4 weeks! :happydance:
Sorry the nausea is starting to get you :hugs: lack of ice cream is definitely a pg symptom!
:hug:
So excited for you honey ... I do hope the queasiness :sick: doesn't get to bad :flower:

4 weeks today Lu! Wow!!
:hug: for you!

congratulations and heres to a happy 9 months x

So happy it's 4 weeks now, sort of feels it means I'm properly pregnant as silly as that sounds! It's a bank holiday over here and I've got that friend of mine who's getting married coming over tonight with her fiance so I might not be on too much over the weekend.

I've been buying things for nice cooked breakfasts and realised that I can't have my friend egg with a runny yolk, I love that!:cry:

Have a lovely weekend x

We can celebrate our weeks together :happydance:!!! Think you have to eat a cake or something at every week anniversary - it's a new rule coming in :rofl:

xxx

congrats on your 4 weeks hun!! Big :hug::hugs:

I've been buying things for nice cooked breakfasts and realised that I can't have my friend egg with a runny yolk, I love that!:cry:

Ok - I'm guilty. I admit I ate 2 runny eggs when I was preggers! :blush:

And before I knew I was preggers, I ate sushi for lunch every day - looked a little suspect at work when I suddenly stopped!

Hey Lu,

Glad things all going well! I've gone off chocolate lol similr thing to you and ice cream by the sound of it, and I did a test again too! LOL internet cheapie came up straight away.
catch ya soon, hugs xxx

I think a weekly cake anniversary is a brilliant idea Elm!!!

Ooh, do you think that means I can have a couple of runny eggs Munchy??? I'm looking for any excuse here!!

Shining Star, I'm really hoping the icre-cream thing was just me feeling queusy generally yesterday and not specifically the ice-cream, I'll be so upset!! Glad to see you're still doing the hpts too though!!

My friends flight has been delayed til midnight now, I'll be half asleep picking her up!!

I love runny eggs to

hope u are well today... have a good weekend!!:hug:

Oooh! I can't really tell you to eat runny eggs! Someone will shoot me! Well, I know that British eggs are safe enough (lion marked), which is why I thought it would be ok! But the risk is really from imported eggs where salmonella injections may not have been administered!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend with your friend! She must be so chuffed for you!

i've just seen this congrats hun :D
SO pleased for you

Hope u have a nice weekend xxxxxx

Hope your weekend is going well and those runny yolks aren't tempting you too much!!! How are you doing symptom wise? x

You're pregnant!!!! :happydance: :dance: :happydance: (still really happy for you!!! x)

:hug:

Just checking in on you Lu! Hope you are well hun.

:hug: :hugs:

Yaya xx

hi Lu!

I thought I'd stop by your place seeing as you got your :bfp: shortly before I did and we'll practically be pregnacy buddies! Congratulations!! :happydance:
It's great you got to see your doctor and sort out a scan at around 10 weeks. Keep us posted on everything!

:hug:

just popping by to say hi honey xxx

just wanted to give u some :hug::hugs:

Hope you've had a lovely weekend! xx

Hi girls!

I managed to stay away from the runny eggs but it was a big big effort!!! My dad lives and works in America now so he's introduced us to american pancakes with maple syrup and a runny fried egg and top and it's GORGEOUS! So DH, my friend and her DF were digging into their lovely brekkie today and I just had the pancakes, nowhere near as nice!!

Symptom-wise, I'm still getting a bit of nausea every now and the but nothing too bad. I'm also absolutely exhausted but I'm not sure if that's because I'm pg or just because we've had a couple of late nights. Had a good 8 hours sleep last night though and I'm about ready to drop again!!

The other 3 were spending the weekend trying to come up with names for my little bean and unfortunately they've settled on "picnic" - don't ask me why! So regardless of what the final name is, I get the feeling they're going to call it Picnic!!!

Also found out that DH doesn't want to know the sex of the baby! I was really surprised by that, I always assumed we'd know.

Curiosa, always happy to have a pg buddy!!! Congrats to you too!!!

:hug:

Does that mean your bean is officially 'Picnic' now?

I'm not sure about those pancakes... I'm sure they taste much nicer than they sound!!!

Hope you're just tired because you've had a busy weekend.

:hug:

My bean will not be called picnic if I have anything to do with it! they're just going to call it that to annoy me!!

Believe me, the pancakes sound disgusting but everyone who's tried them has loved them! Watching the hunt for red october now and trying not to fall asleep!!

Think you'd better name your bean before Picnic sticks :rofl: x

Maybe I could try it without the egg whites, I don't like them, horrible white things... When I can have them runny of course.

x

yeah I'm not too sure on whole maple syrup + eggs? strange!

RARRR just bitten my tongue whilst eating a bacon sarnie don't you hate that! (biting tongue that is! )

I think picnic's kinda cute for a name for baby whilst in tummy, hehe.

arrr, little Picnic :rofl: x

STOP IT BOTH OF YOU!!!!:rofl:

DH and I have tried naming the bean but we haven't managed to agree on anything. I'm happy with bean or bubs or something similar, he thinks that's silly and is going for shim cos obviously we don't know the sex. How did you and OH decide Elm??

Think I just started calling him Chicken - haven't got a clue why!! Might have been influenced by your old ticker!!! OH didn't really get a say in it :rofl:

Chicken's a 'he' because I was leaning towards wanting a girl (have such a lovely girls name lined up!) so didn't want to get settled on 'she'! It does make sense honest!

x

I can understand that! Maybe something will develop for us over time, I hope so!

I like SHIM - or lengthen it to shimmy, as it will be shimmying around in your belly!
My nephew was 4 when his mum told him he would be having a sibling and he called it soapa (don't know why?) and we were all so used to it that when Rory was born it was hard to rename him! xx

Hi Lu

Great to hear that everything is going so well! Hope the ms stays well away!! Those pancakes sound gross!! Sorry! I hate runny eggs!!

:hug: :hugs:

Yaya xxx

hee hee :rofl: love the fact that other people have weird nicknames for their little bump! we have started calling it "Tempura-chan"! That's cause we both alrady have food-related nicknames for each other and I'm half Japanese so thought some Japanese food would be fitting! ("-chan" is a Japanese ending they use for little kids). :happydance:

so it is Picnic, then? :rofl:

just wanted to say hi :hug:

No I think we're going to stay away from Picnic!!:rofl: I can't even remember how they came up with that one!!

Still haven't really settled on calling the bean anything yet, we'll get there though i'm sure.

Had a lovely day, it's a bank holiday over here so we lazed around in the morning (I can't sleep late despite how tired I am), decided we'd go to the gym but it was closed for renovations (shame!), went for a walk on the beach where I grew up because it always makes me feel closer to my mum, came home and took the dogs for a walk on our beach, had a nap and about to have dinner! So lovely day really. Nothing desperately exciting to report, no more pg symptoms except that I think my tiredness might now be pg fatigue because it's not even really helped by a nap. Doing well so far though so I'm not complaining!

Glad to see you started your journal curiosa!!!! So happy to have more pg buddies!:hugs:

That sounds like a very lovely day Lu, Picnic seems to sticking!!!

Thought you might like this site -

http://www.askbaby.com/baby-development-pictures.htm

it shows you what your LO looks like and keeps changing and moving and things, I've been watching mine for ages.

:hugs:
x

That webpage is great, thanks Elm!! Just showed it to DH and his response was - so it's kind of like on facebook when someone sends you one of those eggs but we know what it's going to turn into - oh to have a brain like a man!!!

I can't believe there's already a heartbeat though, that's amazing!

Hey preggers chick :hugs:
Just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you and hoping your feeling ok :hugs:

Hey preggers chick :hugs:
Just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you and hoping your feeling ok :hugs:

Thank you dear! I still really miss you guys over in TTC even though I'm still visiting. Hopefully you'll all be over here soon:hugs:

oh so you had a bank holiday over there! cool! :)

I also love that website you posted, elm, I'm going to have to register for that! :happydance:

Glad you're doing ok! Thanks for the lovely post in my journal! xx :hugs:

Hi Lu, Good to hear you had a good weekend! Although, I'm not sure about pancakes and eggs.
Hope you aren't feeling to sick at the moment.
:hug:
Mx

Just checking in on you hun. Hope all is going beautifully!

:hug: :hugs:

Yaya xx

I'm not sure anyone will believe me but honestly, american pancakes, maple syrup and fried eggs are just the nicest thing in the world!!!

I'm fine today, very tired though! Had a nap yesterday at about 6pm, went to sleep at 11pm, woke at 7am and still exhausted! Think I may just have to get used to it!

I still haven't booked in with the hospital yet, stupid private health insurance still hasn't been set up through work despite me being here nearly 3 months now! It's not as though I can tell them why I want it sorted out urgently now but I don't think I can book things without specifying if I'll be public or private, grrr! Ah well, I guess at just over 4 weeks it's early days anyway.

Off to the gym tonight, actually feel in the mood to be a bit healthier all of a sudden!

:hug:

Thanks for checking up on me in my journal hun. :hugs:

Have a good work-out tonight!

:hug:

Yaya xx

you sound so pregnant!! Absolutely fabulous!!:hug:

The tiredness is just exhausting isn't it, apparently it gets better but man I don't know how I worked with my ds, cos I can't live without my afternoon naps! Mind I'm alot less sick than I was with ds and think it's all down to more sleep!

Hope your tired phase is brief. How did the gym go?

Has Picnic been renamed yet?

xxx

eta. another website for you - http://community.thenestbaby.com/cs/ks/blogs/nb_checklists/pages/how-big-is-baby.aspx?MsdVisit=1
I've got an avocado this week!!! x

It looks like we're settling on spud now!!!! So my spud is the size of a poppyseed! God I'm so impatient, I want to be further along, just can't keep me happy!

Well I did my first gym workout since finding out I was pg!!!:happydance: It's strange trying to balance actually doing a workout with not pushing myself too hard and getting too hot. I might have been a bit easy on myself tonight but I figured better to be safe than sorry really and I'm sure I'll build up stamina over time. I'm just used to pushing myself hard and it's quite difficult to not tell myself I'm being a wimp! I do feel really good now though although I think I'll probably suffer for it tomorrow - hopefully it'll help with the tiredness though.

I was asking about pregnancy yoga which they do at the gym but it's extra on top of my monthly fee which is a bit of an extravegance at the moment. They do pilates as well and the lady who redid my programme for me runs the class so maybe I'll give that a go. She said she had one pg lady last year who did the class right until the birth and was back a couple of weeks later. I'm just not flexible at all, I don't bend (or straighten!!) the way you're meant to in these classes and the last time I did pilates I was asked to stay behind because she didn't think I was trying hard enough - she just didn't seem to believe me that my body just doesn't do what other people do naturally - I can't touch my toes, if I'm sitting with my legs straight in front of me, I can't bend over, couldn't even when I was a kid! This lady did promise to be nice to me though......

Arrr, L'il Spud!!!!! Building up your stamina sounds good. I'm sure pilates will be ok - just hide at the back til you've got a bit of confidence and feign morning sickness if you want to escape!

xxx

Spud! I like it!
Glad to hear you are getting on rightly in the gym... as long as you take it easy. Actually that was one of my first pg symptoms - I was suddenly out of breath one day, which was very surprising as I could easily go for an hour or two in the gym before that.

woohoo! love the name SPUD! :happydance:

Spud -- what a cute name!! Loving it!

The pilates sounds great -- I'm sure it will be wonderful preparation for the birth -- it sounds as though you will have a nice instructor as well.

:hug:

Yaya xx

hee hee spud... so cute!!! Big :hug:

Ahhh, spud is cute! xx

Oh my god, I'm so tired!! I'm sitting here at my desk just ready to fall asleep!!!

I went over to the hospital today to get a bit of information about options for private v semi-private v public care and was met with such an unfriendly lady! She kept looking at me and talking to me like I was totally stupid even though I explained to her that I didn't know the procedure and was just looking for a bit of information - silly cow! Ended up getting more help from a little old lady sitting behind the main reception desk than I did from the main person if you can believe it. That lady was lovely though, gave me a name and number to call and said to say she sent me, they'd look after me then, so sweet!

Looks like my health insurance finally came through so I'll need to give them a call tonight to see what if anything I'm covered for. The lady at the hospital said you usually had to be insured for at least 6 months before maternity care kicked in, here's hoping she's wrong!

what is it today World Bitch Day or something? :rofl: I got one heck of a bitchy scan-lady as well!

I hope your insurance covers you and that the insurance people are more helpful than that lady you saw!! Let us know how you get on, ok? :hugs:

I've just looked at your journal curiosa, what a coincidence!!! Just remembered, the other thing the nasty lady said was that they're currently booking first appointments for October, no earlier!!! I'll be about 12 weeks by then seems so far away - I always thought I'd be seen before then for some reason. I guess my GP has said he'll give me a scan earlier than that if I want which is something even if I won't be able to hear a heartbeat so think I'll be doing that - i'll definitely need to convince myself everything is ok by then!

hope everything goes well for your insurance.
Women in the maternity industry seem to have their good days and bad days and they sometimes do not realize that the little things to them are huge things to us.

take care and keep us posted on the insurance.
:hugs:

I agree, Lu! 12 weeks does seem like so far away. I have also heard that the first scan in the UK is usually around 10-12 weeks. But I so wish I could see our little one before then - especially cause I'm flying to Australia in September and would really appreciate knowing that things are looking ok before I leave . :shy:

I think it's safe to say I'm a bit hormonal at the moment, just started crying for no reason at all except that I'm really really tired! DH was lovely (just as well, I'd have killed him otherwise!) but is now insisting that I don't go to work tomorrow and take it easy - all very nice but I'm pregnant, not sick so can't exactly start taking days off because I'm tired!

:hugs: xxx

Hope your insurance does cover it - maybe they put the time thing on it to stop people signing up because they're pregnant with some companies? Hope you get it all covered.

I didn't hear Chickens heartbeat til we got our own doppler, when I had my scan could see it beating away so didn't mind not hearing it (and it was so lovely seeing Chicken that I wasn't thinking about hearing it) and my doppler seems to be better than the one at my drs so don't worry about that bit - you can get your own :happydance:! x

Glad your DH is being lovely :hugs:

xxx

I honestly didn't think it was possible to be this tired! I've just had a great night's sleep where I don't think I stirred once and I've woken up with the feeling like I haven't slept in days. The thought of getting through another day of work is killing me right now but hey ho, it's got to be done!

Right, I MUST get out of bed, I MUST get out of bed......

Aww, you poor thing!

:hug: :hugs: :hug: :hugs: :hug: :hugs:

Yaya xx

Hey hun, I know exactly how u feel - in the first couple of weeks I was waking up with what felt like the monster of all hangovers :rofl: Eased up now and getting my energy back in bundle loads, so I know it seems a long way off at the mo, but hang on in there and it will get better :hugs:

One of the girls at work has just come back from hols and found out that another of the girls is 5 months pg. Another girl who I don't know had a baby about a month ago so she was looking around asking who'd be next because these things always come in 3s!!!! I'd be quite good friends with her at work and am so tempted to tell her but then I'm tempted to tell everyone so better keep quiet for a bit longer!

I was just talking to the insurance people and it looks as though I'll be covered from the end of August on because that's when the group scheme is up for renewal which is great. It doesn't sound as though the out-patient stuff is great though so I might go public for the outpatient care (scans etc) and then I can book in as semi-private when the time comes for the birth. The only difference is I won't see the same doctor all the way through but apparently I can opt for the midwife's clinic instead which would probably be nice. With semi-private for the birth, there's only be 3 other people in the room instead of a full-on ward for public. If you go fully private, you get your own room and they'll give you 3.5k towards the costs but I think you'd still have to pick up more than 1k which we don't have. Ah well, it's not as though I was born with money so I'll be fine! I'll have to chat to DH tonight and get it all booked up!:happydance:

wow this private, semi-private, public stuff is really complicated! I'm glad you've figured it out and know what you'd like. :)

I hope Spud doesn't tire you out too much, the little rascal!
My tempura-chan is behaving and letting mummy sleep at night - thank god! although I would have loved to stay in bed just a couple extra hours this morning. :rofl:

Lu, you now sound properly pregnant! The tiredness sucks, doesn't it? Well, at least it will pass in the next several weeks!
:hug:

Yeah, Munchkin's right -- You are sounding sooo pregnant girl!!! It's fabulous actually!! http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj211/Rachellejoychadwick/cheer.gif

:hug:

Yaya xxx

Ahh, hope you're ok hun! Hope you get a better sleep tonight! Look after yourself. xx

:hugs: xxx

That's great about your insurance! Are you definately going for a hospital birth?

How was it at work? Did you get distracted from your tiredness?

x

Thanks girls! Yeah, I think I'll probably go for a hospital birth. I had talked to DH about a scheme they have here were you give birth at hospital and as long as everything's ok they send you and baby home 6 hours later. He doesn't like the idea though, he'd prefer me to be in hospital where there's someone there straight away if something happens to me or spud after the birth.

Work was LONG!!! The problem is that it's really quiet at the moment at work so there's nothing to distract me from the tiredness!!!

The lady I was speaking to at the hospital was saying I wouldn't get an appointment until I'm 14-16 weeks - seems like forever away! I guess at least I can get the early scan with my GP...

I am having the same problems as you with work.... *yawn*.

When is your early scan with your GP?

All we have is hospital births here unless you pay a huge lumps sum of money for a midwife and have a home birth. Hospitals have eveything you need to give birth and if (god forbid) something goes wrong.

:hugs:

wow Lu, you'v already started thinking about where you want to deliver and stuff?
I still have no idea what my options are so haven't thought about it much. There's still a long way to go as well.

hi there mommy - how r u?? Hope you are well and all these plans sound so exciting... I am still so so happy for u!!! Hope u r well and enjoy your Friday... nearly weekend!!!:hug::hugs:

Curiosa, I'm only thinking about things like birth because you have to make decisions on the basis of public, private and semi-private so there's decisions you need to make very early on depending on your funding options. I'm too scared to think any further than that. I'm not buying any pregnancy magazines because they talk about the birth and I'm too scared to read about it!!!:rofl:

Jaylene, no date for the early scan yet, it's just with my local doctor and he said to just book in whenever I felt like it after 10 weeks, just like making a normal doctor's appointment!:happydance: He's really great. I was thinking of waiting til 12 weeks so we have more of a chance of seeing something and because that's about when we wanted to tell the family.

Feeling quite good today actually. It's funny, yesterday I felt awful and then last night and this morning I'm nowhere near as tired, just feeling like the usual Friday don't want to go to work feeling! I'm guessing the tiredness comes and goes a bit?

Anyway, I guess I'd better get off and get ready or I won't make the train to work!

:hug:

I've just noticed I'm 5 weeks today!!!:yipee:

woohoo!! :dance:

I understand about not buying pregnancy mags :rofl: you know, it didn't even occur to me to buy them, I was almost oblivious to the fact that they exist!! But I think I'll wait a bit to buy them too.

HAPPY 5 WEEKS LU!!!!

Glad to hear you're feeling better today hunnie! Hope you have a fab weekend.

:hug: :hugs:

Yaya xx

Yay for 5 weeks! xx

Happy 5 weeks Lu and little bean!!:happydance:It's crazy how time flies eh!!I'm going to be 7 weeks on Monday.The next thing you know we will have our feet in stirrups cursing our DH saying "you did this to me!!" lol...just kidding..I hope:rofl:I hear you on being tired Lu. Little bean wants me to sleep alot. I even missed Big Brother last night and I NEVER miss BB...but being tired got the best of me. I'm pretty lucky at work though. They let me go home and nap and come back when I'm done.:sleep:Hope all is well with you love:hugs:

Ooh, I'd love to be able to go home for a nap! I live an hour's commute from work though so I can't see that happening!!

Can't believe spud has a heartbeat already, that's amazing!!!:happydance:

I've just realised that I shouldn't even be having milkshakes now! I knew about the soft icrecream but didn't think of the milkshakes and had 2 over the weekend. I can't believe I have to stay off them now. They have this place in Ireland called Eddie Rockets (think it's Johnny Rockets in the US) and they do the most beautiful chocolate malts in the world - not having them bothers me more than not having a glass of wine on a Friday night!:rofl: Think this may be the one thing I'll insist DH isn't allowed have too or I'd cry all the way through my dinner!

eh?
wait what is this about not being able to drink milkshakes? icecream?
is this just fresh ones?

I think it's anything where soft icecream is used so that they're not kept particularly warm, allowing the icecream stay runny. Thinking about it, I think those milkshakes I love are made fresh from hard icecream so I might be ok!:happydance:

Just had a chicken caeser bagel at lunchtime and now feel :sick: - so annoying, I had one on Tuesday and I was fine!

Hey Lu!!!

Hope you feel better!! Funny how one day you can like something and the next you can;t stand it and are at the toilet waiting to...you know.

As for the tiredness, I think it is complete myth that after the first trimester you feel coompletely revitaliized because I have good days and bad days still. Today and yesterday, dog tired. Tuesday Wednesday....so much energy! :shrug: who knows though!

You should just ask you boss if you can have a cot at work and take naps whenever you like :rofl: I am sure he/she would really go for that!!

Hope you have a good rest of your day!!
xoxoxoxo

:rofl: a bed at work would be nice!! :rofl:

hope you don't start feeling nausea my dear :hugs:

Hey Lu how ya doing, wow baby plans etc already, although I have to confess, I'm having to refrain from looking in the local mothercare world, besides, I have my heart set on an old silver cross coach pram! No compromises! hehe!

I nearly brought a pregnacy magazine but changed my mind!

Hope your feeling fine and the ice cream thing is ones like mr whippy etc softie ice cream cos of the bacteria in the milk. But I'm pretty sure milkshakes would be fine cold they prob wouldn't put mr whippie ice cream in milkshakes!

Love & Hugs xxx

Ummm, think this might be a day for a bit of nausea, only managed a tiny bit of dinner. I'm still hungry but every time I eat it I just feel worse! We've got some ginger nut biscuits so I'll nibble on them and maybe have a yoghurt later. At least I'm not tired too!

got to love the pregnancy ups and downs!!
hope you feel better!!

:hugs:

Yay for 5 weeks Lu! It's really starting to fly now isn't it?

I never did buy a single pg magazine, but i did have a pg book and every night DH had to read me a story about how big monkey was and what he had achieved that week. Really nice way to end the day - especially when I was feeling sick or excessively tired.

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

:hug:

hope you dont feel to sickies for too long my friend...but its worth it!! :hug::hug:

Hi Lu,

glad you're having energy days! I bought one pregnancy magazine at about 13 weeks (the one that told me about the icecream - soft icecream has unpasturized egg white in apparently which is bad, you could check if the milkshakes have egg in though, there's probably only a really low risk involved anyway) and OHs mum bought me one on Wednesday which I thought was really sweet! Don't think much of them though, one had Katie from the Apprentice saying how she didn't think it was too bad eating brie or something (not sure who'd be interested in that) - didn't find them of much use.

What are you doing this weekend (apart from sleeping whenever you want to :happydance:!)? xxx

eta. looks like it's not unpasturized egg white unless it's home made icecream. it's all too confusing. will just stay away from it! x

Hey chick, how's you feeling? Havign a nice quiet chilled weekend?
fingers crossed I'll be joining you soon, you never know .. a pig just flew past the window .. and I work on the 3rd floor!

How are you today hun?

Hope you are having a lovely relaxing weekend. :hugs:

Yaya xx

Hi hun, hope you are feeling alright for the weekend!
:hug:

Hi girls!

Farie, I think I saw the very same pig today so you never know!!!:happydance:

Having a relaxing weekend, off to a 30th birthday tonight so I'll be the designated driver so I don't have to drink at all. DH has to leave early because he's in work at 7am tomorrow morning and my sister keeps saying they'll take me home so I can drink and stay late. Now she'll be out til 3am or so which I know I won't have the energy for and it takes away my not drinking excuse..... Think I'm just going to have to look like a party pooper and explain why in a couple of months!

I've been feeling pretty nauseaus today, couldn't eat my weetabix this morning so I've had a tiny bit of weetabix, a gingerbread man (ginger seems to work well), a satsuma and a yoghurt! I'm guessing that's contributing to me being tired!

Hope you're having a nice weekend! xx

aww, enjoy your party out, lol make oh look like the party pooper he's the one that has to go to work and how else would he got hme, if not for you driving, hehe! well something like that haha, it'll all fall into place in time!

love and hugs

:dance: hope you enjoy the party :dance:

How's it going not telling people? Do you get tempted to or are you happy waiting? Have you started thinking of names for Spud? I've got my girls name sorted but I'm really not sure on my boys name, they're so hard!!!

:hug: x

Well it ended up being quite easy in the end! The party was in the village I grew up in right beside the sea and there's 4 roads in, all of which were badly flooded because of all the rain so basically the village and therefore his birthday party was stranded!!!! Felt so sorry for him, we spent an hour and a half trying to get in but it was impossible so no-one made the party:cry: Felt awful but nothing we could do, especially in the mini. My sister was in a skoda though and they couldn't get through either......

It's definitely hard not telling people! I think what I'm finding most difficult at the moment is excusing me not difficult and at the moment not eating because I feel ill. My sister and BIL came back to ours after we all failed to get to the party and we got food which I couldn't eat. BIL got DH on his own and asked "what's up with Lu, did you get her up the duff of something?!!!" He was obviously messing so DH just said yeah something like that! So at least when we do announce we can say we never lied to them!!!:rofl:

We've decided that if it's a girl, we'll call her Aisling (pronounced Ashling) - its an Irish name that means dream. We can't really agree on boys names because for every name we can remember a horrible boy from school!!!!! We're discussing Ciaran at the moment but DH wants it to be spelled Kieran - you can't have an Irish name in Ireland and not spell it the Irish way!!! So what's your names Elm or are you keeping them to yourself for a little while?

:hug:

They're lovely names!

Sorry you didn't make it to the party.

I'm keeping my names quiet for now because they're so lovely everyone will want them :rofl: :rofl: !!!

One was Luke, but think that's been rejected now - poor Luke, it's like he was a person who will never exsist... that's too sad... may have to come back to Luke... think I need sleep :rofl: xxx

:rofl:you're so funny Elm!!!:rofl:

Feeling really tired today. DH left for work at 6.15am and I couldn't get back to sleep after. Really should go down to the gym but I can't seem to get off the sofa! Also the morning sickness seems to have calmed down today and I ate a HUGE bar of chocolate - so feeling sick again but just because I was a pig!!!

Well, if you can't be a pig every now and again when your pregnant what's the point?? Haha!

yay for choccie - just take it easy today love... :hug:

Hope you're ok and thank you for all your support! xx

LOL at choosing, names we too have our girls name sorted no idea on a boys name whihc just points more in the direction that we're having a girl. besides you know most of us will prob have the same sex being due at the same time, don't you find that whe you know a few people due around the same time they all have the same sex, or is that just me!

Anyway I'm not divulgin our names yet, cos fear they'll get nicked haha, Don't want a common one after all esp when my ds is called kaya! (yes it is a boys name.long b4 it was a girls. ) LOL

What a shame abt the party poor chap bless him, will he have another one! oh the laughter your bil will do when he finds out he was right. see they say women just know but i think men are quite gd too!

Anyway glad to hear your not too tired, and doing well. Love and Hugs

You definitely need to eat lots of chocolate when you can - you could be throwing up next week so it's best to stock up on the energy while you can, it's important, you need something for Spud to eat when you can't!!! Think it's getting a bit far along for me to use that excuse so you can have it now x

How are you feeling now?

:hug:

Really tired now! I'll probably head up to bed soon I think. We went over to visit the birthday boy this afternoon and we'd bought him 6 bottles of English ale which my BIL insisted on picking up and carrying for me?! I think he may suspect!!

Maybe he was just being nice? You'll have to pretend to be really drunk next time you see him to put them off the scent....

xxx

Really tired now! I'll probably head up to bed soon I think. We went over to visit the birthday boy this afternoon and we'd bought him 6 bottles of English ale which my BIL insisted on picking up and carrying for me?! I think he may suspect!!

He just might suspect! Or is he just a sweetie? Hope you are feeling better this morning.
Mx

No he's not usually that sweet!!!:rofl: They came into our sitting room yesterday when they picked me up and this morning I just noticed a book that was under the coffee table in plain sight - The Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide(my friend just got it for me!):dohh:!!! Here's hoping they thought it was just a novel or something!

Not feeling great this morning to be honest, felt quite weak and faint on the train on the way in to work and just exhausted now. I look awful too, huge black bags under my eyes, how attractive! All I want to do is sleep at the moment but hey ho, I wouldn't swap this for anything and I just need to get through these few months I guess. I just need some energy!!

Oops! I think they are onto you!!
Sorry you feel rubbish hun! Just have to grin and bear it for another couple of weeks - but its all so worth it!
:hug: for you this Monday morning!

No he's not usually that sweet!!!:rofl: They came into our sitting room yesterday when they picked me up and this morning I just noticed a book that was under the coffee table in plain sight - The Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide(my friend just got it for me!):doh:!!! Here's hoping they thought it was just a novel or something!

Not feeling great this morning to be honest, felt quite weak and faint on the train on the way in to work and just exhausted now. I look awful too, huge black bags under my eyes, how attractive! All I want to do is sleep at the moment but hey ho, I wouldn't sway this for anything and I just need to get through these few months I guess. I just need some energy!!

Try and carry around cereal bars or something in your bag. You'll maybe need to get a blood test done to check your iron if you suffer for too long, hope you feel better soon xx

Almost 6 weeks already hun!

Sorry to hear yr feeling rubbish -- I hope you get a pick up in energy soon ... It is all so worth it though hun!!

:hug: :hugs:

Yaya xx

Hey Lu!!

Sorry to hear you have not been feeling all that well. It will al be worth it in the end, even though right now when you look in the mirror you are seeing something you do not like. I am sure you look gorgeous!

Nice to hear that your BIL might be taking the positive approach to having possibly found out that you are Prego.

Hope your day is getting better!
Lots of love!!
Jaylene

Hi Hun... hope you feel better soon.. but like everyone says - it is worth it!! Take care hun and get lots of rest!!:hugs:

Lu, so spud's been really hard on you. eh?
I do hope the little one eases up on you a bit so you can get a bit of your old energy back. :hugs:

Hey Lu hmmm think they seem to have cottoned oh well, LOL. Sorry to hear things been a bit tough, i really know what you mean abt no energy, hope it passes soon for you and we can enjoy the rest of our pregnancies, 'blooming!'

I got my first hospital appointment date!!!:happydance: It's 15 October, I'll be nearly 15 weeks by then! Really glad I can have my scan with my GP before then. It's hard to believe that they're quite happy to leave you to your own devices until then but there you are.

Need to take the dogs for a walk and am determined to go to the gym after but all I want to do is curl up on the sofa and go for a snooze!! I do think it's important to keep up the exercise though. Going with DH when he gets in so if he's really not in the mood I'll give it a skip, otherwise I'll drag myself down and see what I manage to do!

I got my first hospital appointment date!!!:happydance: It's 15 October, I'll be nearly 15 weeks by then! Really glad I can have my scan with my GP before then. It's hard to believe that they're quite happy to leave you to your own devices until then but there you are.

Need to take the dogs for a walk and am determined to go to the gym after but all I want to do is curl up on the sofa and go for a snooze!! I do think it's important to keep up the exercise though. Going with DH when he gets in so if he's really not in the mood I'll give it a skip, otherwise I'll drag myself down and see what I manage to do!

Listen to your body hun...if you're tired have a little siesta.:sleep: Wish you were feeling better. But remember, the worse we feel, the better, just lets us kno w things are on the up and up :hugs:

Exercise is really, really good but if you're tired don't make yourself do things :hugs:

Maybe once you get to they gym you'll find you've got lots of energy but it not don't feel guilty for putting your feet up. Work must be really taking it out of you and you're making a baby so it's not like you're being lazy if you don't make it to the gym.

:hug:

That makes me feel a bit better girls because I didn't make it to the gym! DH wasn't feeling great when he got home so we got the food shopping instead, had to do that today or tomorrow anyway. So maybe I'll do the gym tomorrow instead.

Yay for the hospital app! Now you have something to look forward to in a few weeks! And your ms should hopefully be gone or on it's way out by then!
Don't feel bad about not going to the gym, I really think walking the dogs is good exercise in itself and the last thing you want to do is overdo it!
:hug:

Food shopping is a work out in itself. It is round here anyway, dodging people who are trying to attack your stomach with their trolleys and all that...

xxx

I hate doing the food shopping so that and the gym are nearly as bad as each other as far as I'm concerned!

I know I probably shouldn't be bothering at this stage but I did another internet cheapie hpt this morning and for the first time, the result line was darker than the control line!!!:yipee:

How are you feeling today Lu? Hope you aren't too bad!

how are you feeling today little lady?
I am happy that your test came out darker this time. Is it all sinking in?

:hug:

Hi ladies! Apart from being ridiculously bored at work (things are still very slow!) I'm not too bad today! Tiredness isn't anywhere near as bad as yesterday which is great. I'm finding that I don't ever feel really bady nauseaus except sometimes after eating but instead I feel slightly nauseaus constantly which is quite annoying! But not too bad a day today anyway.

So I'll try and get to the gym tonight if I can and see how I do. I have noticed I"m more out of breath these days - not sure if that's just not being as fit as I was or due to the pg so I'll just take it easy I think.

I've also noticed that I've lost 4-5lbs in weight since getting my :bfp:! I always thought it'd be the other way around but there you are. The girls in First Tri have all said it's normal so I'm not worrying about it but I'll just keep an eye on it because I think if I lose another 1/2 stone I'll slide into the underweight category which wouldn't be great.....

Anyway, hope all you ladies are doing well today!

:hug:

I'm pretty sure that being out of breath is a pg thing! It was one of the first things I noticed before my :bfp:!

hey Lu, congrats for getting the scan date!! too bad it's so far away still, but at least you have a fab doctor who will give you an earlier one :happydance:

and you lost weight? that's great :happydance:

Wow, that's great about the weight loss hun! I'm impressed. Although of course you definitely don't want to slide into the underweight category! I'm sure yr appetite will kick in big time soon though!

Enjoy yr workout if you get to the gym hun.

:hugs:

Yaya xx

God knows what's going to happen with my weight, I'm RAVENOUS today! Already had 6 ginger nut biscuits, weetabix, chicken roll, 2 packets or crisps and a yoghurt and I'm STILL hungry!!!

Hee hee! See I told you that yr appetite was gonna kick in soon!! Baba is hungry!!!:baby:

:hug:

Yaya xx

Great about the scan date hunni, i'll add to due in april prob tomoz, had a bit of a manic day. Glad your feeling better and yay to he weight loss, I'm no sure about me, i feel really fat and huge but there's no way i'm eating more than usual definately eating less.

love and hugs

Get some cake in you!!! Spud needs food xxx

How was the gym? Have you started the pilates class? It says in my 'Labour Pain' (10p form the bookshop bargain bin) book that if you do pilates it can make labour easier because you can move around better or something, it definitely said it's a good thing to do! But that's ages away so you've got months and months to get going with it.

:hug: x

Didn't go to the gym in the end (again!). It took DH ages to get home in the weather and he wasn't in the mood so we'll definitely definitely go tomorrow! I haven't had the courage to start pilates yet in case they laugh at me!!:rofl: Think I'll get into a routine at the gym first and then do pilates.

Just had my dinner and I'm still hungry! This really is ridiculous but at least I've been eating this evening without feeling sick!!:happydance:

No scan date yet, that's just the first hospital appointment! The first hospital scan isn't until sometime at 18-22 weeks but I'll get my GP to do one at about 12 weeks.

:hug:

Have a good night! I am in the same boat as you with the appetite. I do not seem to get full....ever!

:hug:

ohhhhhh, maybe you're eating for three, or four... or five :rofl: xxx

sorry, couldn't resist!

I think your body must need cake if you're still hungry. Or chocolate maybe? Or chocolate cake?

:hug: xxx

Elm you're evil!!! I'm not sure I could cope if there was more than one in there!!!

I have to send my registration forms back to the hospital today, just can't wait until I'm going for scans and more appointments, I"m so impatient!

Feeling quite good with the energy today, not bouncing around by any means but also not about to nap under my desk! Fingers crossed it keeps up because I'm DEFINITELY going to the gym tonight, honest!!

:hug:

You're sounding so bright hun -- it's wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to check up on me in my journal -- it means a lot! So, so hope to be joining you in this forum soon!

:hugs:

Yaya xxx

I'm so glad you are feeling good today - I hope it lasts!!
:hug:

Hi hun - things are looking good, even if a bit up and down. Don't punish yourself over the gym, it's important to rest a lot if you need it. So glad your doc wil do the scan earlier for you - i'd hate to have to wait that long!. Take care xx

hehe I hope you start feeling less tired soon! So you're going to the gym tonight? good luck with that! don't be too harsh on yourself if you don't feel up to it, even just walking is good for you :)

Still thinking I'll make it to the gym tonight but we'll see!

My nausea just isn't going and it's driving me nuts now. It seems to get mie mainly from lunchtime on and the ginger biscuits, eating regularly etc doesn't work. So I've just bought my first pair of highly attractive blue stretchy travel sickness bands! Not really sure how I'll hide them at work, even when I wear long sleeves, my wrists stick out the end but it's worth a shot. They have little pressure buttons which you have to put in a very specific place so here's hoping I have it right or I'll be wearing these awful things for nothing!!

:hug: to all xxx

I'll stop being evil and not mention that you might be having triplets again... mwah ha haaaaa. :muaha: :muaha: :muaha:

You're offline so does that mean you made it to the gym? Hope you enjoyed it if you did make it.

Your travel bands sound great - hope they work. If you get them in the wrong place do you think they could make other strange things happen?

:hug:
xxx

I was offline because I was eating a dirty big lasagne!!!!! From now on, I'm not saying I'm going down to the gym cos I'm just going to end up looking silly!! So if I make it then I'll brag!:rofl: I do have a day off on Friday so should be all refreshed so you never know!

I'm not sure the bands are helping yet, it's probably a bit early to know. We'll see though, fingers crossed. DH was very sweet, he came home from work and banned me from the kitchen so he could cook dinner for me:happydance:

HAHAHA!
Hope you enjoyed the Lasagne! How sweet of DH to insist on cooking dinner.
Sorry about the bands - never used them so I haven't a clue about how long they take to work.
:hug:

Lasagne sounds lovely.. I may be having a craving.... x

Hmm, lasangne!! Yum -- I think I might also have a craving -- whoo hoo -- maybe it is an early pregnancy symptom!! :rofl:

How great of yr DH to insist on making supper! :cloud9: He sounds great!!

Hope the sickness bands help soon hun.

:hugs:

Yaya xx

I forgot to put on the travel sickness bands before I left for work!!!:hissy: The nausea was pretty bad this morning for some reason, it'd be interesting to know how it would have been if I'd had the stupid bands! There's also reports over here that some packaged sandwiches and sandwich fillers have been infected by salmonella, oh joy! I had that sandwich filler yesterday or the day before but I imagine if I had salmonella, I'd konw all about it and not just be feeling a bit dodgy sitting at my desk!!

Not much else to report really, I have a day off tomorrow and I'm sooooo looking forward to it! Also booked a week off in September which I think should be week 12 for me so we're hoping to go away if we can find anything cheap enough. I might try and book my scan for the week before:happydance:

Oh LU,

I was just reading your last post and i must say i didn t try the sickness bands but my sickness was also vey bad till around week 13-14, especially in the morning.

So i m feeling ya...... sending you a :hugs: and hope the afternoon is lighter for you.

Thanks Carmen! I'm just hoping it goes soon!

Just realised I have my dates completely out, I'll only be at 12 weeks after I have that week off so guess I'd better hold off on the scan! Not sure why I keep getting so confused with my dates, it's as though counting is becoming a massive problem for me!!:rofl:

Oh Lu! Was that a Subway? I heard all the affected meat was pulled a couple of days ago!

m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \,,,,,. \nnnb \,punklmmn;,.\.\\mmm\,/m.;.////////////////;nb vvvvvv
That message above is from Ryan! He says 'Hope you feel better soon!' :rofl:

:hug:

Hi hun...hope you are feeling better soon. MS and nausea are no fun. Let us know how those bracelets work.:hugs:

ugh the nausea don't sound very nice at all.

but yay for the holiday! it will be nice for you to go on holiday :)

:rofl:Thank you for Ryan's message Munchy!!!

I've found that savoury food is working much better for me at the moment than sweet so I've managed to eat 2 packets of popcorn today as snacks! Definitely finding that I feel worse when I get hungry so just trying to keep on top of it now.

DH has just been talking to one of his mates in England and has now told him we're expecting! The guy just can't seem to keep his mouth shut, I'm not sure who else he's going to tell at this stage! They're so funny though, DH's friend works on chemical spill sites so is wearing a big yellow rubber suit and surrounded by lots of burly men so had to excuse himself because he started crying he was so happy for us!! Bless!

hi there - hope u r well.... and bubbie well too!!:hug::hug:

How cute - a big burly man crying with happiness.
As for you forgetting/getting confused, it must be your preggo brain all confudled with hormones! xx

Hello darling, sorry your still feeling queasy and horrid :hugs:
How sweet of your friend to be so happy he cried!

A friend at work has just hit 12 weeks and is feeling 100% better so hopefully you wont have to long till the queasy-ness abates.

Very much hoping I can join you in 11 days or so :hugs:

I'm saving a little spot beside me for you Farie!:hugs:

Hi Lu,

It's our weekly ticker change tomorrow :happydance:!!! Little Spuds growing up :)

Have you got any ideas where you'd like to go away?


xxxxx

:yipee: 6 weeks today!!!! :yipee:

To be honest, we're not really picky on where we'd go, just a cheap deal somewhere that's still warm! We'd love to go to Alvor in Portugal, we've been there before and loved it and seeing as we only have a week, we wouldn't spend the first couple of days getting to know the area. In some ways it seems really frivolous to spend money now on things like holidays but we've had such a stressful few months that we could do with getting away. We'll see what the cost looks like anyway.

And you're 17 weeks today Elm, can't believe how quickly the time has gone, seems like yesterday that you announced your BFP!

Yay for 6 weeks!:yipee::yipee: Definitely take a break while you can Lu! Because you may not be able to later in PG or for a while after baby is born. I do not see it as frivilous, more as a well-deserved break!

Hope you are feeling alright today?

:hug:

HAPPY 6 WEEKS!!!

The holiday sounds fab hun -- not frivolous at all -- take the opportunity while you can, before little Spud arrives!

:hug:

Yaya xx

Happy six weeks LU,

LOL seems only yesterday we were both a bit in denial! Sounds lovely about a holiday, would be lovely and defo not frivolous! Enjoy well deserved!

Hiya fellow Irish girl! :wave:

I've been catching up on BnB this morning - it's Friday and I can't get into the work mode. :coffee:

Anyway, I wanted to drop by and wish you a big congrats on your BFP and let you know how much I've enjoyed reading your journal this morning. I think it's because of the fact you're Irish and I think I'll learn lots form your journal about the way the whole pregnancy thing works over here - puplic, semi-privte etc.

You sound like you're doing great Mrs and your Hubby sounds like a really sweet guy and it's clear you're being well looked after.

I'm an Eddie Rocket's fan too (you could tell if you saw my gut!) and I hope I have some happy news for you! I was laughing when I was reading about their milkshakes and just want to say that they're not made from soft icecream (not like the one that comes out of machine into a cone). They use scoops of icecream from big tubs - like oversized HB tubs and they blend it on the mixer with milk to soften it.

Hope this comes as a suprise to you and you can go treat yourself at the weekend.:thumpup:

Please God I'll get to join you in 1st trimester soon one day and I'll be getting all the goss and tips on an Irish pregnancy off you.

God bless,
Little Miss Broody

p.s Aisling is a beautiful name xxx

:hug::hug::hug:

:happydance:I can have Eddie Rocket's chocolate malts!!!:happydance: Thank you Little Miss Broody, that's made my day!!!!

I have today off so I don't have to worry about pretending to work while having a bad case of the Friday Feeling! We've just had a relaxing one this morning (after I woke at 6.15am because I was so hungry!:blush:), had breakfast in a local cafe and then went for a walk around a stately home nearby. We're going to make a start on cleaning the house soon (it's a state!) and then head to the gym. At some point over the weekend we're going for an Indian because I've finally had one recommended to me - they don't have as many over here as in England!(I've just moved back to Ireland after 7 years in England Little Miss)

I might have a look at booking a holiday today, just have a look at prices and stuff maybe....

:hug:

Happy 6 weeks -YAY!!!
Enjoy your day off! xx

ohh sounds like you're having a very good start to the weekend with a Friday off work! :)
enjoy it and hope you find somewhere nice to go on holiday :)

I finally went to the gym!!!!!:happydance: I took it easy though and didn't do the full programme but I plan on going back over the weekend anyway. I'm almost in shock that I finally did it!

:hug:

you what???
good for you!! you see, it's not as difficult as it looked... it's jsut a matter of getting yourself there... once you're there it's not so bad
hope you ahve a lovely weekend :hugs:

good for you Lu!! So proud of you and envious! I cannot seem to get the energy to do much! Except eat. haha.

:hug:

Good girl Lu! You are such a good example!

well done for going to gym.... just wanted to stop by and say hi!!:hug:

A holiday in the sun sounds amazing, hope you manage to get a cheap Portugal deal. Six weeks and you've been to the gym - hope you're celebrating appropriately xxx

It feels like years since I got my bfp to me and ages since you got yours! Spud's growing a nose :happydance:. Haven't seen my new one yet.... it's exciting!!! :hugs:

xxx

Just dropping by, the gym! well done you! Hope ya having a grand ole weekend!

Hope you are feeling well today Lu? The weather's so much better now that the day is almost over. Sod's law!
:hug:

Hope you're ok Lu and having a nice battery recharging weekend x

:hug:

Hey chick, hope you having a nice weekend, well done for going to the gym!
Did I hear mention of a holiday? You lucky thing!

Can't believe it, I managed to go to the gym again today!!!:happydance:

Had a lovely weekend, relaxed yesterday and watched lots of the Olympics and then went and got a lovely Indian for dinner. Gym this morning, had family over for a roast and now relaxing for the rest of the night. Have felt quite good all weekend which is great in a way................

..................and here comes the paranoia!!!!! I haven't been anywhere near as tired, in fact no exhaustion at all this weekend. I'm also not feeling nauseaus particularly and that's been all weekend too. Boobs aren't particularly sore either today. So now I'm worried it's a bad sign, it's all gone horribly wrong and something's happened to spud. I'm sure it's fine and just hormones balancing themselves and stuff but as horrible as the ms is, at least it means I can be happy that it's all as it should be.

Just can't keep me happy I guess!

Lu, glad to hear you had a lovely weekend! And you made it too the gym too!:happydance:
Don't worry the ms will probably kick in again tomorrow! I remember freaking out because I didn't have it one morning.
:hugs:

sure all is fine hun!!! Big :hug:

:hug: I'm sure its just your hormones settling down :hug:

Sounds like a lovely weekend. Maybe you've got less symptoms because you're relaxing and eating lovely food? Don't worry about it anyway - symptoms come and go all the time - Spuds busy growing a nose and eyes :hugs:

xxx

Thanks girls but I'm not convinced at the moment. Still no symptoms, I just don't feel pg anymore. I did another cheapie hpt and it's still positive but I swear it's lighter than the last few.....:cry:

Lu, please don't worry! You probably feel more relaxed and your body is getting used to being pregnant so you feel less tired. I think lots of people say symptoms come and go sometimes.
:hugs:

Lu please don't worry - you might make yourself sick and that's not good for either of you. Don't forget that your hormone levels are changing all the time and this could be the calm before the storm. Also you shouldn't go by the darkness on the htp test. You will and spud will be fine! :hugs:

Hiya honey!
Wanted to pop in and say thanks so much for posting in my pg journal! I'm also looking forward to getting to know everyone in first tri (before I move onto 2nd I hope I hope I hope I hope!!!).
I so know how you feel about symptoms... I feel like crap and want the m/s to go away, and then sometimes it does for a couple of days (or even 1/2 a day!) and I flip out... :shy: You're not alone hon! Do you have an early scan booked? If you're really worrying, maybe try to get one? The only reason I didn't is 'cause I found out I was pg (AM pg!!) a few days b/f our 3 week holiday! Otherwise I'da had them scanning me at 5 weeks!!! :rofl:
...:shy: Anyway, GOOD FOR YOU for getting to the gym. I got out for a couple of runs in my 6th week, but now I just CANT! Might try after work today... although prolly not.. :shy: :sick:

Sending you loads of :hugs: honey!
xxx

Lu,
If you are really worried, give the doctors a ring. It is quite normal for ms etc to disappear for a couple of days and come back. I remember freaking out and then being relieved when the ms came back.
Let us know how it goes.
Thinking of you.
:hugs:

Hi girls, thanks for all your lovely messages. I think I'm more worried now than I was because of the hpt on top of everything else. I know I shouldn't place too much weight on it but at this stage it can't be a good thing for it to be lighter. I called the doc and they usually only do blood tests in the mornings for some reason so they're going to check whether they can do it in the evening for me when I'm home from work and then send it off the next day.

I'm really trying not to worry needlessly and so don't want to be one of those people who completely panics at every little twinge but it's just the loss of symptoms along with the hpt has really gotton to me.....

Aww, so sorry yr going through this hun. :hugs: It's good to get the blood test I think -- if that is going to help to put yr mind at ease. I'm sure you & Spud are going to be fine though -- there has been no spotting or cramping right?

I am thinking of you hun.

:hug:

Yaya xx

Hi Sweet Pea!

Please do not worry. I was in the same boat as you and probably took 5 HPT's and saw the doctor and still did not think that I was PG until I went to my first scan at 12 weeks.

You will have good days and bad days, but if there is no sign of major cramping or bleeding then you are definitely still prego, it is just those prego hormones getting the best of you and making you think that you are not when you really are! Maybe you are one of the lucky ones who will have a rather mild first tri. :hugs: Please keep positive and keep us posted! With all this excersize maybe it is just doing you justice and making you feel better and that is the key to a good first tri and the rest of us have yet to figure it out!! :winkwink:

Keep us posted though and stay positive! I was very worried that the lighter the line on the HPT the less PG I was but everytime I called the 1-800 number on the box the aldies always responded the same way......it doesn;t matter how light it is, if there is a line you are prego!

:hugs: :hugs:
We are here for you!
Lots of love,
Jaylene

Glad you called the docs Lu. The last thing you want is to be stressed. I'm hoping that your symptoms return sometime soon though to put your mind at ease.

I'm not sure about the HPT, but it is always best to get it checked out if you are worried. I went to A&E twice - once at 7 weeks and once at 16 or 17 weeks because of spotting.

Try not to worry too much, as it is perfectly normal for symptoms to come and go.

Thinking of you.
:hug:

I have an appointment tonight to have my bloods taken but it'll just be with the nurse so I'm not sure how much advice she'll be able to give me or how long it'll take for the results to come back as they have to send the blood away to be tested.....

oh Lu! :hugs: Hope the tests come back quickly and that they confirm everything is absolutely fine!

:hug:

hi hun.... I am sure all is fine... good luck with docs and hope they will make you feel better.... Big :hug:

Well the doctor was great, asked what I was worried about and then gave me a scan! I couldn't really see anything and certainly couldn't hear anything but he said he could detect a heartbeat which is the best you can hope for at this stage. He said it wasn't any guarantee on what would happen from now on and we'd need to keep an eye on things but he's not doing bloods or setting any follow ups so I assume he thinks all is ok. He said they are always concerned if pg symptoms disappear so wanted to check things over with the scan.

He also told me to step away from the hpts!!!!! I'm not sure I'll manage that to be honest and I'll prob keep worrying but hopefully not as much.

thanks for all the support girls:hug:

Just posted in your thread but just to reiterate - glad the doc is so nice and found the heartbeat! xx

Lu, that is the best thing! I'm so glad you got a scan and that Spud and you are ok! I'm sure you are relieved. I'm relieved for you!
Big Hugs,
Mx

Lu,

That's fantastic news!!! :happydance: Lovely little spud is doing well!!

You know you definitely don't have a blighted ovum :happydance: (I was worried I had one of them).

Keep away from those hpts - if you've got any left give them away!!! Hope you're feeling worse soon (i.e. sick and tired!) just to give you a bit more reassurance!!! xxx

:hug:

:happydance: so happy it turned out well. :hugs:

Oh Lu, that's GREAT!!! Really happy for you, you must feel better eh?? :hugs:
My turn for a little reassurance (I HOPE!!!!!!!) this morning... :sick: I'm terrified... Send me some of them good luck vibes honey! :D
Keep well, been to the gym again? I'm totally jealous... :)
xxx

what a relief! :happydance:

but I agree with the doc, step away from the HPTs!! there's no point doing them now, cause even if something were to happen (but it won't!), they will still show positive. Just go to your doctor whenever you're concerned. He seems like a nice guy! :)

Oh so glad all is well! And how wonderful that you got a scan & that little Spud's heart is already beating! So happy for you!

Yaya xxx

Thanks girls! Yeah, the doctor is amazing, really understanding and didn't treat me like an idiot. I couldnt believe my luck when he suggested the scan!!!

On the plus side, my (.)(.) do feel tender again today!!!:happydance: I also felt :sick: eating a yoghurt just now but I think that's just because it tasted horrible!!

Told DH about it all last night and was playing down the scan, feel a bit guilty that he missed the first one but it's not as though I really saw or heard anything anyway.....

Didn't make it to the gym last night, I was just so relieved by the time I got home that you wouldn't have got me anywhere near the gym. I might go tonight but I sort of want to watch the secret millionaire at 9 and then Grey's Anatomy is on at 10 so I'm not sure where I'll get the time! I should just make the effort though I guess.

Anyway,a much happier and less stressed Lu today!!:happydance:

Yay! :happydance:
So glad you are feeling better (or not!)
You are so good for going to the gym at all! Not surprised you didn't go last night.
:hug:

Glad your doctor was such a sweetie and your LO is doing well! :hugs: I would say step away from the HPT tests as well but I know that if I had any tests in the house I would be doing one every day just to make sure I am actually pregnant! :blush:

:hug:

P.S. I wouldn't go to the gym tonight, secret millionaire and greys anatomy are much better for you!!! :happydance:

thats fantastic news!!! Yay for happy spud!!!:hug:

Glad you're feeling better (and a bit worse!) today :hugs:

Hope you feel even better and worse tomorrow.

Yay for Spud!

:hug: xxx

so happy you are feeling better and that your tatas are tender....yay!!! (sort of...lol)

I envy the fact you even think of going to the gym....I think of going to.....the couch and eating chips :rofl: I like your idea of a good night, can i come?!!! You did say it is cooler there anyway!

regardless of what you do, have a great night!!!

Love and hugs,
J

How are you feeling today? Ok I hope! xx

Heya Lu!

So happy for you!! Bring on the :sick: - and if you do get it bad, ask for motion sickness pills. They are my new miracle pill!!! I took my first last night to avoid the night nausea (well... a bit late, since I had it already when I took the pill :shy:) and WOAH. What a difference!!! Its still working this morning, I just shoved some milk chocy down my throat at 7.30am!??!!? STARVING! What a change! Would only take 'em later in the day tho, they make ya drowsy!!!

Anyway, hope the (.)(.) are still tender today :D and that you're otherwise well!
:hugs:

Hi ladies!

Jaylene, you're more than welcome over to my place fora lazy night in! No gym in the end, watched all my programmes and got a chinese takeaway so we were very bad. I was still starving when I got home despite having eaten all afternoon and I didn't want to wait while we cooked something!

I have a little confession to make - I have done HPTs the last 2 mornings! Ok, most of you aren't going to be surprised by that! Well yesterday's was darker than the scary one but still lighter than some of the others I've done and today's result line was way darker than the control line so all is good! Just a shame the lighter test coincided with the disappearing symptoms but there you are. What it definitely has shown me though is that I can't tell anything by the HPTs anymore so what's the point in doing them - I have officially finished!!!

:hug: to you all and I hope you all have a lovely day xxx

Yay to the end of poas for you! Now just sit back, relax and enjoy yr pregnancy hun.

Yaya xxx

yay I'm glad you're over with POAS because it's really not helpful at this stage. :)
I'm glad you are feeling more serene now. :hugs:

DH just told me that he's started a dad to be journal, so sweet!!! He says he might let me read it at some point as long as I accept the fact that there's going to be things along the line of "Boobs are getting bigger, yay" in there!!! I wouldn't expect anything less from him...... I also caught him the other night googling hpts getting lighter and I didn't think it had really worried him - just goes to show that he's putting on the calm face for me and panicking on the inside instead! Bless him.

aww that is sooo sweet!!! I think daddies to be should write journals more often cause it's nice to see things from their perspective too.

Oh dear god, I've already eaten a banana and two weetaix today and my stomach just grumbled so loud that people across the room heard!! This is ridiculous, I've just never been this hungry in my life! The really frustrating thing is when I go to eat actual meals like lunch and dinner, I can't eat much and I get full really quickly....... Ah well, no complaining, it's just very embarrassing!