Due October 2014.

April_80 wrote: »

Hi all,

We just did our test today and it was positive. Used an online calculator and I'm just over 5 weeks and think we're due around the 17th of October. We've been trying since October 2013 and this is our first. Still feels a bit surreal, I'm excited but extremely nervous! When should I make a doctors appointment do you think? Would anyone recommend a pregnancy book to buy?

I tested on the first day I missed my period and got a 1-2 weeks positive on the digital tests.
We'd been TTC for a year and so I got a little carried away and did another 3 tests that same day. All were positive.
I had to go away that weekend (boo hiss as it wasn't with my husband) and so made an appointment to see my GP on the Monday.
I told him I'd done 4 tests and all were positive - he laughed and said that was fine and didn't do one himself. He did take a list of my symptoms etc and did the usual - weight, blood pressure, public or private and what hospital did I want to go to....
I took a couple of days to weigh up the private/semi private and public options and by the end of that week decided on semi private at the Coombe. Sent off my letter and appointment form and got an appointment for April 1st the following week. When I get my first hospital appointment I'll be 12 +6 pregnant. Given that I'm glad I made the GP appointment so quickly and got booked in to the hospital I wanted at what seems to be just the right time.

Re: books to read- I bought the What to Expect When You're Expecting book.
I've read through a fair bit of it at this stage and its interesting - my one gripe would be that it is based on the UK / NHS system and things are rather different here. Obviously having a baby and how that happens is the same the world over but the hospital end of things is different.

April_80 wrote: »

Unfortunately I suffered a miscarriage on Sunday. We only found out Saturday that we were pregnant and then ended up having bad back pains that night and following morning. The bleeding started about lunchtime. Went straight to Holles Street, they were very good to us us and the midwife was very understanding. Still seems all a bit surreal.

I'm really really sorry to hear that news. Big hugs and comforting thoughts being sent your way. xx

Nikki2510 wrote: »

Thats so great Fittle, i'd say your over the moon, how exciting!!

how are you girls getting on with symptoms? i was thinking i was lucky as i had no morning sickness, but the last few days i have been so quesy! it's awful but it's supposed to be a good sign so i'm holding on to that.

also has anyone noticed their clothes getting a bit snugger in the tummy area? i know its way to early but i swear some days i feel like i have a bigger tummy !!

I thought I was getting away without any nausea or anything too but over the last few days I've found that 10am-2pm are a killer for me - I feel nauseated and so so tired that its a massive struggle to stay awake. Then bam, 2pm comes and I feel much better. Its peculair.
I've also noticed a lot more cramping or just general things going on in my abdomen over this week too. In the evening time I feel really bloated and sensitve in that area.
Like you, it is too early to have any kind of bump or that but I am noticing that clothes are feeling different than they used to all right.

Nikki2510 wrote: »

ah penny am gald you've noticed that too, i was sort of looking wondering what is going on as if anything i am eating better now so was thinking it was odd!!

you poor mite with the nausea, i'm the same as in its bad on bus in and out to work and about 11.00am and 7-8pm , i could nearly set my clock by it! still it's not so bad as it come in waves and goes again as quick.

yeah i had lopads of cramps and pressure in my tummy but that also comes and goes - the whole thing it mental!

another thing ive noticed is my skin is getting very bad - dry and little breakouts! i thought i was supoosed to glow!![/QUOTE]

Yes!!! I'm feeling cheated on that front.
I have always had really good skin - when I was a teenage if I got a single spot I thought it was bad, I was really lucky.
Now I have acne on my upper back (at least its there rather than all over my face I suppose) and more break outs on my face than I've ever had. Then other spots of my face are really dry. Its odd.
One other thing I've noticed is how quickly my hair gets greasy.

I'm 7+6 today and have been feeling a bit rough over the last little while. I'm not getting morning sickness but certainly am feeling quite nauseated for a lot of the day - late morning to early evening.
I am also sleeping badly i.e. I seem to wake a 4:00am-5:30am every morning and getting back to sleep is not happening for me. Then I'm exhausted at work and doing SFA. Also finding it difficult to eat during the day. At least I'm getting a good breakfast (porridge with nuts and seeds and some fruit) and then dinner in without hassle so thats something.

Since I found out I'm pregnant I've weighed myself every Monday morning first thing. This was something I did anyway - not as an extreme thing but it was always a great way to see the pounds sneak up and know that you had to pull back with the treats and go for a little walk or two.
Anyway my point with this is that I've put on no weight at all. Not that I'm complaining, I'm in no way ready to tell work or even have people gossiping about me in that way!. Should I have put any on by now? How has that been for the rest of you?
I've been continuing to exercise and eat normally (which was always quite healthy anyway) so maybe the fact that I'm down a meal during the day due to feeling nauseated has kept the pounds off?

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Penny it's very early, the baby is absolutely tiny, it's completely normal not to have put on weight yet. My friend is due any day now and didn't put on any weight until she was 16 weeks and then it was only a few pounds, she didn't even look pregnant until she was about 28-30 weeks. She's 40 weeks now and has put on about one and a half stone, mostly bump and boobs.

Thanks:) Its odd to be wondering if you should be weighing more isn't it:rolleyes: Usually its all about keeping the weight down or at a nice level.
I'm fine with not putting any or much on at all during the pregnancy - its just that you start to wonder about the strangest things I find.

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Well if it helps even more I was 7lbs when I was born and my mum put on under a stone altogether, so she only put on about 6-7lbs of weight from fluid, extra fat, boobs, etc. She didn't have any bump at all, even at 9 months. So there isn't any "normal", each pregnancy is different.

I'd be perfectly happy to stay on the small side- just so long as everything is ok. I suppose if I'm eating well (and I think two good meals a day is good) then the baby will get all the nutrients it needs regardless of whether I get a big,medium or small sized bump.

On a different note- when do you all intend to tell where you work? I'm in the midst of changing jobs (within the same organisation) and do not want them to know until all of the paper work is signed and sealed. That should take place in the next week or so though so I'm happy enough with that.
My first appointment with the Coombe is April 1st and I'll have my scan then too. I'll tell my family the following week (if I can wait that long) as we'll all be together for a family celebration but feel odd about telling work. People gossip so much and I can really do without the "do you know what you need to/ should do" conversations and the "are you really going to eat that??" looks.
I'm away on holidays at the start of June and I'll be almost 25 weeks when I come back. Would it be dreadful to leave it that long if I could hide it?