Well the good news is that all bleeding has stopped, seems to have only that incident on Wednesday Evening.

We're looking at this as a good sign for our Baby's intelligence because we had a scan booked for Thursday anyway at Clane Hospital - like a few here, we wanted the early scan just to put our minds at ease. The Clane scan was going to cost €170 and obviously our little Yoke said 'Shag that, I'll save them some money by getting them to go to the Coombe!'. Frugal little bugger but next time I hope he/she'll do it in a less dramatic way. A text would be good.

We also have another 'routine' scan due in the Coombe in 2 weeks.

So thanks for all the good wishes and letting you know it's all settled down. Hopefully it'll be plain sailing from now for all of us. However at the moment we're having a little row over when to tell people, even if just family. Originally it was to be after the scan but now my wife wants to wait til 12ish weeks, til things are really settled. I, however, am like a kid before Christmas waiting to shout it out from the rooftops!

[irishrose1981]

my morning sickness is on n off every week or two,does anyone else feel like they just wonna cry for no reason at all just out of the blue you start crying at least twice a week,maybe im just stressd out abit n scared n want the scan here,all tho i only have around 2-3 weeks left till the scan as mine is the 28th of may,im 11 weeks tomorrow so baby be out of danger then i hope,myself n my daughter n hubbie will be going on the day of the scan,my daughter cant wait to see her sister or brother on the scan we all cant wait. cangrats everyone n hope everyone is feeling better soon.

Hi haven't posted in a while, got early scan in HS last Friday due to previous miscarriages. My last m/c was in March. Scan dated me a week later that my dates so looking like due 18 Dec! Going back for another scan next Friday to confirm dates.

I will prob be sectioned at 39 weeks as I already had 2 emergency sections with my two boys, so hoping this time to avoid the labour bit! (if I make it that far) (fingers crossed)

[scrgirl]

Hi There,congrats everyone, I am due December 19th, another christmas baby I too had a bleeding scare the day after I took my pregnancy test, (5 weeks) my doc recommended I go get a private scan, which we did, and there was a little bean and a heartbeat, such a relief. so I understand the fear you must have felt hidden for a while. All going calmly since here, no morning sickness, just tired, cravings for fruit and veg which is great, and yops too!! or strawberrry milk! My baby wants its iron and calcium obviously ) Also sore boobs, a bit of swelling around my belly and still crampy. Anyone else crampy?
I have started to tell people, my immediate family and very close friends, it feels weird being the centre of attention like that! People are so excited, its lovely though
this is our first baby and i am 38 so at a higher risk of problems and I seem to be worrying a lot about possible horrors, Need to stop!!
Already we are worrying about cost of child care etc!! anyone else thinking about that?
and baby names seems to be our number one conversation, no arguments but plenty of vetoing!!

[scrgirl]

Originally Posted by irishrose1981

my morning sickness is on n off every week or two,does anyone else feel like they just wonna cry for no reason at all just out of the blue you start crying at least twice a week,maybe im just stressd out abit n scared n want the scan here,all tho i only have around 2-3 weeks left till the scan as mine is the 28th of may,im 11 weeks tomorrow so baby be out of danger then i hope,myself n my daughter n hubbie will be going on the day of the scan,my daughter cant wait to see her sister or brother on the scan we all cant wait. cangrats everyone n hope everyone is feeling better soon.

Hope you are feeling better soon, the irrational worry is a head wreck isnt it
I guess the crying is the hormones, which is a good sign that your pregnancy is progressing, take comfort from that if you need reassurance you can get a private scan for 95€.

[irishrose1981]

Originally Posted by scrgirl

Hope you are feeling better soon, the irrational worry is a head wreck isnt it
I guess the crying is the hormones, which is a good sign that your pregnancy is progressing, take comfort from that if you need reassurance you can get a private scan for 95€.

never knew i could get a private scan i only knew bout the 3d scan,ah sure i only have 2 weeks left my scan is the 28th of may,my tummy feels like im showing n still have all the pains that come with ur tummy stretching when pregnant,as this is my secend baby since 5 years ago n all went well with her she the best ever,just secend time round feels scary abit,but sure il be fine when i get the scan its the waiting for it thats doing my head in,not long now tho

[jeni]

Irishrose, I hear ya, I've only a week to go (21st) and It can't come soon enough,

[Rachineire]

I havnt had the crying yet really (besides an emotional episode of Oprah lol!) But I have had some mood swings- I got irrationally angry at work the other day and shouted at someone (ugh!) I'm mostly just tired and feel very apathetic for anything that doesnt involve my couch lol. I get pretty crampy as well (im assuming thats the scretching) my pants are also getting a little tighter. Can't really see a big difference in my stomach though. No bleeding either thank god! I'll be 10 weeks monday....getting impatient for the scan! anyone else read the what to expect when your expecting book?

[Rachineire]

Originally Posted by scrgirl

Hi There,congrats everyone, I am due December 19th, another christmas baby I too had a bleeding scare the day after I took my pregnancy test, (5 weeks) my doc recommended I go get a private scan, which we did, and there was a little bean and a heartbeat, such a relief. so I understand the fear you must have felt hidden for a while. All going calmly since here, no morning sickness, just tired, cravings for fruit and veg which is great, and yops too!! or strawberrry milk! My baby wants its iron and calcium obviously ) Also sore boobs, a bit of swelling around my belly and still crampy. Anyone else crampy?
I have started to tell people, my immediate family and very close friends, it feels weird being the centre of attention like that! People are so excited, its lovely though
this is our first baby and i am 38 so at a higher risk of problems and I seem to be worrying a lot about possible horrors, Need to stop!!
Already we are worrying about cost of child care etc!! anyone else thinking about that?
and baby names seems to be our number one conversation, no arguments but plenty of vetoing!!

Congrats on the baby!! No morning sickness- lucky you! that was an unpleasent couple of weeks for me! Yes we are worried about the cost of child care as well- My husband was a mature student and has just finished his degree this week....hes on the job hunt now and its fingers crossed he finds something before december! If not then we will have our fingers crossed that his mother feels the sudden urge to go into child care...lol!
We talk alot about names as well- Hubby set up a spreadsheet for them and all! so far the one thing we can agree on is to not tell anyone the name until after the baby is born!

[Piper101]

hey all!

had an early scan (7 weeks and 1 day) in mount carmel on friday. only got it done because the oh is off working abroad for the next 6 months and i didnt feel happy telling family until i at least saw a heartbeat...well having seen the heartbeat (which was lovely by the way) and very little else, the vomiting which has plagued me for a week stopped yesterday!!! needless to say i am now freaked out about that!!! I was always a worrier anyway but this pregnancy is gonna give me an ulcer

[Rachineire]

Originally Posted by Piper101

hey all!

had an early scan (7 weeks and 1 day) in mount carmel on friday. only got it done because the oh is off working abroad for the next 6 months and i didnt feel happy telling family until i at least saw a heartbeat...well having seen the heartbeat (which was lovely by the way) and very little else, the vomiting which has plagued me for a week stopped yesterday!!! needless to say i am now freaked out about that!!! I was always a worrier anyway but this pregnancy is gonna give me an ulcer

Congrats! Thats great you got the early scan as well! I wouldnt worry too much about the puking stopping- my morning sickness stopped as well- I heard that was fine, its normal for some women to be sick for just a small time and normal for some to be sick the entire time!

[xiwang]

hope all the scares and worries have eased off and hope everybody is doing well!

We had another fairly symptome-free week, but just there when I did a bit of stupid pregancy research (can I eat vinegar and kimchi, lol) I found a forum where someone suggested to give a pot of kimchi to the mother after birth and other birth gifts were discussed.

I only read two of the posts and started weeping like an extra sad willow because the gift ideas were so cute, then realised it's the hormones making me cry and started laughing like a mad one while the tears were still flowing out of me like there was no tomorrow. This lasted at least 15 minutes and am slowly calming down now.

This was just so ridiculous I thought I'd share it with you, maybe it's good to give someone a little laugh

[jeni]

Lol I hear ya, really didn't think I was emotional this time ( last time even the weather made me cry) but the other night my other half was watching the football highlights, I don't care foe or understand football but still found myself crying tears of happiness when man city won the league even the hubby was laughing at me

[scrgirl]

I know its a cold May, but is anyone else feeling the cold more than usual? I heard somewhere Its another pregnancy symptom? I had to get up in middle of night to put extra layers on and am sitting here with big woolly scarf and the heat on full blast!

[xiwang]

Originally Posted by jeni

Lol I hear ya, really didn't think I was emotional this time ( last time even the weather made me cry) but the other night my other half was watching the football highlights, I don't care foe or understand football but still found myself crying tears of happiness when man city won the league even the hubby was laughing at me

Haha great, that must have been so funny for the husband! Wouldn't be surprised if that was replicated on our couch for the Saturday match, lol.

Originally Posted by scrgirl

I know its a cold May, but is anyone else feeling the cold more than usual? I heard somewhere Its another pregnancy symptom? I had to get up in middle of night to put extra layers on and am sitting here with big woolly scarf and the heat on full blast!

I am cold most of the time and this is a cold May, even the hubby is cold in the evenings. Not getting it much once I am in bed, but if I stay up a little for some reason I get very very cold.

A friend of mine had a baby three weeks ago and she said the bump was the best radiator over the winter months, she wasn't cold once and didn't need to heat at all. I'd say if we get so much as a summer this year we girls are in for some trouble if the bellys really are such a heat source