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Due December 2013

  • 20-04-2013 3:47pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭


    I've looked and cant find a December 2013 thread...hopefully its ok to start one. I know its early days yet but I am fit to burst with excitement and cant really talk to anyone else... I'm due on the 2nd dec :)

    Anyone else out there?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Hi Fima,

    I looked earlier today and yesterday and couldn't find one either! Thought then too early for one.... I am due in december too... so excited!

    Just afraid now as havn't any symptoms yet, bar tiredness and waking up really early!

    You are a few weeks ahead of me. Had you any very early symptoms?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    I just posted in nov group thinking there wasn't a dec one yet :-)
    I thought I was due nov but had an early scan and they've pushed me forward a week so now due dec 6th I believe!

    Congratulations to both of u. Hope it's a happy healthy 9 months ahead!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Yay! Congrats! :)

    I've had a few, cant really sleep and waking up at 5 every morning even if i only got to sleep at 3. Cant go in my kitchen when the heating is on as the radiator smells like blue cheese to me. Its a new radiator so maybe that's it but no one else gets the smell. Also getting the metal taste in my mouth and waking up getting the gawks some mornings but no sickness yet.

    Had a lot of pain last week and was worried so had a scan and got to see the little heartbeat on the screen which was an emotional moment. I'm reassured that the pain is normal, just my body readjusting itself. The scan was a total ordeal as this is my first and didnt know what to expect, was sent in by my GP who told me to go in straight away, got there and they wouldn't scan me and told me to come back the next day after drinking a litre and a half of water. So I diligently drank all the water about two hours before I was due to go in, got there fit to burst and in agony from a full bladder. Looked about 6 months pregnant and the scanner lady laughed at me and told me to go and relieve myself or she wouldn't be able to see anything! Went and let some out, came back and she couldn't find anything so she sent me off again to let it all out for an internal where she found it straight away. Scary moment but I was able to laugh afterwards ...

    Got the date for my 3 month scan in may, cant wait until after to tell people! When do you plan on telling people? I'm just waiting because my partner wants to wait for a photo to show his parents!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    kandr10 wrote: »
    I just posted in nov group thinking there wasn't a dec one yet :-)
    I thought I was due nov but had an early scan and they've pushed me forward a week so now due dec 6th I believe!

    Congratulations to both of u. Hope it's a happy healthy 9 months ahead!

    Congratulations and healthy hopes for you too :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    Oh that's funny about the scan. Nothing worse than a full bladder that you can't relieve! I had a similar situation on last pregnancy (an ectopic). They needed to scan me, put a drip on me to get fluids in and I held my pee all day only to be told they couldn't fit me in!
    Great that everything was ok for u.
    Symptoms wise, I'm more tired than ever. I had a bit if nausea but its settled now. I don't know if I'm just managing it better by eating more and not allowing myself to get hungry or if it naturally would've subsided. I've gone off a lot of foods that I used to love and the thoughts of them makes me gag. I had sore boobs but that's gotten a good bit better too. Kinda don't know what to make of it cos most of my symptoms have lessened in past week. Hope that's not a bad sign! But then I've no reason to think any things wrong either so I'm going to try to relax and take one day at a time :-)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    I have the sore boobs as well, they're getting bigger at an almighty rate which is very new to me as I'm very small and skinny. I keep looking down getting a fright!

    The whole first experience with the maternity hospital I'm going to be attending has frightened me a bit, they were very cross. Cant believe they kept you on a drip all day and didn't scan you. That's just mean at such a frightening time.

    I have been feeling more myself in the last few days which slightly worried me as well but I think its just the natural flow of it all and we should be grateful for the calm before the storm!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Huge Congrats Fima and apologies for launching in with my post before congratulating you!!! Congrats also Kandro10.

    This will be our first also all going well. Going for a private scan mid May. All fun and games by the sounds of it...!! Fingers crossed all will be ok. Bit nervous as no symptoms but I'm just 4.5 weeks gone so very early days. My only symptoms are tiredness and waking up really early 5.30 am or 6am. The first night I couldn't sleep at all. Got just 3 hours sleep I was so excited. I'm not sure if waking early in the morning is a symptom or not as it's coinciding with the bright mornings atm so it could be just that! Have new curtains that are lighter. I hope it's the pregnancy though. Woke up this morning at 6 am..starving .... so much for the morning sickness ...!- was in bed last night at 10 pm though - very early for me. When should I get nausea? It's a good sign to get nausea I think as it means something is happening your body etc. Bit worried as I havn't got it yet nor do I have sore boobs. I hope it will be ok. Re: telling people, I'm going to leave it as long as possible just to be on the safe side unless I begin to show really really obviously..! I'd love to leave it to the 20 week mark but prob won't get away with it as I'm not the really really skinny type (not fat but could do with losing a few lbs!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Hi guys, How are you feeling today? I woke really early againt this am stayed in bed till 7am and then got up. Woke up very warm and kind of sweaty but feel more normal now. Just wondering how many weeks approx you were when you got sore boobs and nausea?

    Thanks in advance


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Hey Cynthia, feeling wrecked today as well, so very tired! I think I must have been around 4 weeks when my boobs started feeling sore and heavy, that was my first sign and I had that for two weeks before I did a test. I was also not sleeping and waking up roasting and sweaty. Everyone is different though so you might not feel anything for a while yet, I wouldn't worry. My mam never had any morning sickness or symptoms on five of us, only on the last baby.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Hi Fima,

    Thanks a mill for the reply! When you say you were 4 weeks before your boobs felt sore and heavy do you mean 4 weeks since date of your last period or 4 weeks since conception. I am counting since day of my last period - is this correct do you know?

    Is the first 12 weeks the 12 weeks from date of last period or from date of ovulation (estimated 14 days after day 1 of period)

    Sorry - this is all new to me!

    Thanks for the reassurance Fima. Fingers crossed. All ok today so far:)

    I hope you get a super refreshing sleep tonight

    Do you think we could be waking up really early due to the weather getting warmer and brighter mornings?? Hasn't happened me before but new curtains light comes in so just wondering.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    Hi Cynthia!
    You're dead on counting from first day of last period. That's the date your gp/hospital will ask you for. Now it might happen later that they adjust your dates after having a scan.
    I'd second what fima said about symptoms. Everyone's different and everyone seems to get different ones.
    Enjoy feeling good while you do - that's what I'm telling myself :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭carlows


    Hi All,

    I did a test yesterday and it showed up positive :D. I reckon i'm just about 5 weeks pregnant on my 3rd child. Gonna do another test in a few days to be sure. Symptoms at the moment are sore breasts, craving onions (i never liked onions!) and hit with severe tiredness. I had severe vomitting for the full 9 months with my other 2 pregnancies but no nausea or anything yet so fingers crossed!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Good Morning!

    Yes I'm counting from the date of my last period but I'm a bit sketchy on that date to be honest although I could be right because when I had the scan they told me I was 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I assumed that was because she measured the little bean on the screen but I wasn't very good at asking questions which I regret. Next time I'll wreck their heads with questions :)

    As far as I know, all doctors and hospitals estimate from date of last period. I don't know why but that's how it's done so is probably best to go with that.

    I would say the no sleep and waking up early is a combination of everything, baby + brighter mornings + new curtains :) I got camomile tea and a good book for when I wake up really early. Also I'm keeping a banana and a cereal bar and water next to the bed as I was told that the gawks can be from hunger. I hate eating in the mornings, I never could before but now I'm starving when I wake up!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    fima wrote: »
    Good Morning!

    Yes I'm counting from the date of my last period but I'm a bit sketchy on that date to be honest although I could be right because when I had the scan they told me I was 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I assumed that was because she measured the little bean on the screen but I wasn't very good at asking questions which I regret. Next time I'll wreck their heads with questions :)

    As far as I know, all doctors and hospitals estimate from date of last period. I don't know why but that's how it's done so is probably best to go with that.

    Sorry to butt in - I'm due in June! I had an early scan at 9 weeks (I was counting from the first day of my last period) but the scan place told me I was actually a week earlier than I thought - so 8 weeks pregnant. When I gave this information to the maternity hospital at my 12 week appointment they said that early scans are the most accurate with dating and took the early scan's word that I was a week earlier (as my 20 week scan also showed I was a little bit earlier). So if you're not sure, your early scan is meant to be fairly accurate in showing your due date.

    I was annoyed at the time - who wants to be a week earlier?! For ages I still thought of my original dates but the hospital told me not to or I'd be really annoyed with them if I went over and they wouldn't induce me until 2 weeks after the later due date!

    Congrats to all December mums anyway :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭paperclipgrad


    That happened to me too- went in for what I thought was a 12- week scan, only to be told to come back 2 weeks later for a 12 week scan! At least I have 2 early scan photos, one of the baby looking like a kidney bean and another one with it looking like a proper mini human! It's incredible how fast babies develop at that early stage, I couldn't believe the difference.

    Best of luck to ye all- the time will fly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    carlows wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I did a test yesterday and it showed up positive :D. I reckon i'm just about 5 weeks pregnant on my 3rd child. Gonna do another test in a few days to be sure. Symptoms at the moment are sore breasts, craving onions (i never liked onions!) and hit with severe tiredness. I had severe vomitting for the full 9 months with my other 2 pregnancies but no nausea or anything yet so fingers crossed!!!

    Congratulations Carlows!
    Think you're the first that's not a first time mummy? Correct me if i'm wrong but It'll be nice to have someone that's been through it all before :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    MurdyWurdy wrote: »
    Sorry to butt in - I'm due in June! I had an early scan at 9 weeks (I was counting from the first day of my last period) but the scan place told me I was actually a week earlier than I thought - so 8 weeks pregnant. When I gave this information to the maternity hospital at my 12 week appointment they said that early scans are the most accurate with dating and took the early scan's word that I was a week earlier (as my 20 week scan also showed I was a little bit earlier). So if you're not sure, your early scan is meant to be fairly accurate in showing your due date.

    I was annoyed at the time - who wants to be a week earlier?! For ages I still thought of my original dates but the hospital told me not to or I'd be really annoyed with them if I went over and they wouldn't induce me until 2 weeks after the later due date!

    Congrats to all December mums anyway :)

    Thanks MurdyWurdy, you're not butting in, its good to get it cleared up by someone who knows, I for one am totally clueless at this stage! Congratulations, hope you have a lovely water sign Cancer baby like me :) we love our mammies and stay close to home :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    That happened to me too- went in for what I thought was a 12- week scan, only to be told to come back 2 weeks later for a 12 week scan! At least I have 2 early scan photos, one of the baby looking like a kidney bean and another one with it looking like a proper mini human! It's incredible how fast babies develop at that early stage, I couldn't believe the difference.

    Best of luck to ye all- the time will fly!

    I couldn't believe what I was seeing on the screen was actually inside me, just like a tiny tiny smudge you'd barely see it but its heart was beating! Made me cry like a girl! Ok so at least we know now that its fairly normal to be a bit confused on dates, makes me feel better anyway, thanks!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭carlows


    fima wrote: »
    Congratulations Carlows!
    Think you're the first that's not a first time mummy? Correct me if i'm wrong but It'll be nice to have someone that's been through it all before :)

    It's all so exciting :) It def helps to have someone who's been through it before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 foxydel


    due dec 6 so excited its my first time has a bit of a scared last week had a light show of blood goin in on scan on fri hope all is well i heard its pretty normal just a cleaning or the cervix


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Thanks a mill for the replies Fima and Kandr10.

    Congrats and welcome to the thread Carlows, Murdywurdy and foxydel. Thanks everyone else for the informative posts.

    Well, I'm still here....:)

    Fima, that's interesting that you get the "gawks" from perhaps being hungry or not eating. I'm being really healthy since I found out last week and eating lots of fruit and yogurts as snacks. I do find myself being hungrier but I'm not sure if it's because of the pregnancy or because I'm not eating rubbish. Who knows..

    Was up at 7am this morning bright as a lark! Very unusual for me! (it's either the pregnancy, bright weather/light curtains OR my new healthy diet which could be giving me more energy to get up in the mornings!). All going well so far....

    Heading to bed now, hope you all had a good day today :) Goodnight!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭closifer


    Hello everybody and congrats on all you're news! I was so excited when I saw a December 2013 thread! I am due December 8th according to my doctor! Im going for an early scan next week though so my dates might be adjusted a little bit.

    Its my first baby and Im the first of my group of friends to get pregnant so i will be glad of guidance and advice and general chit chat!!

    So far im feeling SO exhausted. I honestly dont know how Ill get through the next while in work. By lunchtime, Im fit for nothing except bed and I'm a complete write off when I get home in the evenings.

    Also, my belly is ridiculously bloated. I look as though im about 6 months gone already :) My doctor said it was normal and good but it feels so bizzare. Anyone else having the big bloated belly?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Congratulations Clofier,

    You're further along that me so cannot compare. I was feeling tired up to yesterday. Ok yesterday. Still waking up really early in the mornings between 5amand 6am dozed off until 6.45 this am but was as bright as a lark then so had to get up.
    Don't notice any difference in my belly yet but I'm very early stages.

    Didn't get to bed until 11pm last night after all. Wasn't as tired as the previous nights.

    Have a good day all :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭carlows


    Hi Closifer,

    Congrats on your news. I'm a bit behind you aswell not due until 21/12/2013 (Might be a xmas baby!) Your stomach could be bloated for a number of reasons-have you changed your diet eating more healthily, or perhaps your drinking more fluids? Everybody's body reacts differently but as your doctor said its normal so i wouldn't worry. Embrace all the little changes :-)
    I am so exhausted aswell. Was in bed at 8 last night! Hopefully it'll pass soon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Fairie


    Hi all and congratulations to everyone! I've been very sick the last week so doctor said she'd do a test just incase turns out I'm pregnant with 2nd baby big shock / surprise as our dd is only 3 and a half months!!! Think I'm about 6 / 7 weeks not 100% on dates as I'm bf my dd but have scan booked for Friday :) looking forward to chatting to everyone over the next few months :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    closifer wrote: »

    Also, my belly is ridiculously bloated. I look as though im about 6 months gone already :) My doctor said it was normal and good but it feels so bizzare. Anyone else having the big bloated belly?

    Hello, Welcome & Congrats :)
    My belly is quite big, hard and round in the last 2 days. I'm only 8 weeks so it is a very weird feeling! I had a doctors appointment and she never mentioned it even though she had a good poke at my belly!

    Has anyone else been told to get the flu shot? I've never had it in my life and rarely get sick so am wondering is worth it?

    Welcome to all the new December Mammies Closifer, Foxydel & Fairie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭closifer


    fima wrote: »
    Hello, Welcome & Congrats :)
    My belly is quite big, hard and round in the last 2 days. I'm only 8 weeks so it is a very weird feeling! I had a doctors appointment and she never mentioned it even though she had a good poke at my belly!

    Has anyone else been told to get the flu shot? I've never had it in my life and rarely get sick so am wondering is worth it?

    Welcome to all the new December Mammies Closifer, Foxydel & Fairie


    Good to know Im not the only one with swelling belly! Im only 8 weeks gone and Ive had to order my first pair of maternity trousers because I literally cant do up the top button on my regular ones. Its like the type of bloating I would usually get before a period except times three or four. Apparently its just gas and fluid retention. It will be so much nicer when its a real bump :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Hello Everyone!
    Im so glad this thread is here!! My husband found it actually!!

    Congratulations to you all :)
    Im due on 12/13th December so im about 6 weeks at this stage. Only found out a week ago and i am so excited. Going for an early scan at 10 weeks and i cant wait!

    Its so great to be able to read about all the symptoms....extreme tiredness is the most common one that i have at the min. Im loving being pregnant but there's times im so tired i wonder how im going to manage work!! Yesterday i felt quite nauseous most of the day from when i woke up, but wasnt actually sick. But im fine today and yesterday was the first day i felt that way.

    Really looking forward to chatting to you all here between now and december :)

    p.s this is also my first time :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Excited! wrote: »
    Hello Everyone!
    Im so glad this thread is here!! My husband found it actually!!

    Congratulations Excited :)

    Lots of first timers here, we'll need lots of advice from the more experienced mums out there! Is anyone taking pregnacare? I started the day I found out. Also taking extra folic acid as my doctor prescribed it due my cousin having spina bifida, Omega 3 fish oils and odorless garlic capsules. Wondering f anyone thinks there's a point?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Yeah im taking pregnacare too,

    I read a leaflet in a dr's surgery that said you souldnt take cod liver oil capsules, but those are different to your fish oils i presume. My Dr said the pregnacare or whatever is all Ineed to be taking but that if I want to take the garlic etc it dosnt do any harm so I think i probably will take those too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭beltzar


    Hey all.
    Congrats to everyone. Its great reading peoples thoughts. Its so exciting and nauseating at the same time. :D

    Another newbie here. This will be our first.

    I am due Dec 6th I think. I am 7 weeks now.

    A few people have mentioned taking pregnacare. My family GP (and my work GP) have told me to take folic aid for the first trimester and then start taking pregnacare.

    I was flattened from week 4-6 and feeling nauseous and then this weekend I spent it looking into a toilet bowl. Toast was the highlight all weekend. But the past few days I feel better than I have done since I found out.

    I spoke to my family GP re the flu jab and she says that there doesnt appear to be any issues with this years flu jab. She too is pregnant and has gotten the jab. Dunno if that helps people make their mind up. I'll get it over the next few weeks.

    Good luck everyone. I look forward to hatting with eyerone over the coming months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    beltzar wrote: »
    Hey all.

    I was flattened from week 4-6 and feeling nauseous and then this weekend I spent it looking into a toilet bowl. QUOTE][/I]

    Thanks for tip re the pregnacare ill def look into that,

    Dont know about the rest of you but regarding the morning sickness (or all day sickness!) Its not the idea of being sick that makes me nervous at the moment but if i am sick im worried about not being able to hide it from my work mates or family......Of course id love to tell them but im only 6 weeks so would feel alot better telling people at a minimum of 14 weeks or longer if i could get away with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭beltzar


    Dont know about the rest of you but regarding the morning sickness (or all day sickness!) Its not the idea of being sick that makes me nervous at the moment but if i am sick im worried about not being able to hide it from my work mates or family......Of course id love to tell them but im only 6 weeks so would feel alot better telling people at a minimum of 14 weeks or longer if i could get away with it.[/QUOTE]

    Two people at my work place guessed when I was 4 weeks! I have been told that I am glowing and keep rubbing my tummy. I hadnt noticed and now carry a pen in my hands all the time to stop me rubbing my tummy and smiling. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Fairie


    I'd the big bloated belly on dd (making a reappearance again this time!) but once I got to about 11 / 12 weeks it was more like a baby bump. Can't wait for the bump to start showing I've really missed it since I had dd! @fima get use to the doctor poking your belly they seem to love it!
    I got the flu vaccine last year I'm not sure how long it lasts but will probably get it again.
    The tiredness does disappear for the 2nd trimester but unfortunately comes back for the 3rd but all these lovely pregnancy symptoms are worth it (and completely forgotten about) when baby arrives :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Two people at my work place guessed when I was 4 weeks! I have been told that I am glowing and keep rubbing my tummy. I hadnt noticed and now carry a pen in my hands all the time to stop me rubbing my tummy and smiling. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

    My goodness they guessed at 4 weeks thats amazing!
    one of my work mates guessed yesterday and although i would rather no one knew until we were much further along she wouldve been the first person in work i would've told anyway...i hope the others dont know until much later though,

    although i found that when i was sitting down in work i was also rubbing my tummy without realising, good thing i rarely sit down in work lol!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Congrats Fairie,

    This is your 2nd, when are you due? Did you have much sickness on your first?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭closifer


    Learning so much from this thread! I had been taking folic acid (since i found out about 3 weeks ago and Im taking a multivitamin. Does pregnacare alleviate the need for folic acid or anything else?

    So exciting that everyone here is in the same boat :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Fairie


    Excited! wrote: »
    Congrats Fairie,

    This is your 2nd, when are you due? Did you have much sickness on your first?


    Thanks excited :) congrats to you too!! Yes this is my 2nd. Not sure of exact date as I'm breastfeeding dd but going by my calculations I think due date is around 14th Dec scan on Friday so I'll know then!
    No morning sickness on first but very bad with this one so thinking maybe a boy?! How have you been?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Fairie wrote: »
    Thanks excited :) congrats to you too!! Yes this is my 2nd. Not sure of exact date as I'm breastfeeding dd but going by my calculations I think due date is around 14th Dec scan on Friday so I'll know then!
    No morning sickness on first but very bad with this one so thinking maybe a boy?! How have you been?



    Fantastic, you must be so excited about your scan on friday! Mine is not for another 3 weeks and i can hardly contain myself :) Its going to be lovely for your first to have a little brother or sister so close in age, (my sis has 3 kids under 3years! busy house but its lovely seeing them together, they are the best of friends!!)

    If you dates are right then we have a very close due date, im due the 12th or 13th of dec.

    Only in the last couple of days ive been feeling a bit sick, not actually getting sick just feeling it!! and i just cant take the smell of cornflakes in the morning i have to leave the room!! crazy things happening my body im wondering is half it my imagination! I guess its not as weird for you since its your 2nd time around.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    closifer wrote: »
    Learning so much from this thread! I had been taking folic acid (since i found out about 3 weeks ago and Im taking a multivitamin. Does pregnacare alleviate the need for folic acid or anything else?

    So exciting that everyone here is in the same boat :)

    I think it will depend on your family history and if you had been taking it before you conceived ... I am taking pregnacare and folic acid due to one instance of spina bifida in my family thirty years ago. Maybe my doctor was just being cautious but I see no harm in taking both if possible.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Hi All,

    No one has mentioned this yet but im just wondering has anyone noticed their moods change abit?

    I suppose Im wondering is it normal due to hormones or is it too early yet and am I just being b**ch every now and then?

    Its not a regular thing but over the last few days Im finding there have been one or two minor annoyances that are upsetting me more than I would have thought.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭closifer


    Excited! wrote: »
    Hi All,

    No one has mentioned this yet but im just wondering has anyone noticed their moods change abit?

    I suppose Im wondering is it normal due to hormones or is it too early yet and am I just being b**ch every now and then?

    Its not a regular thing but over the last few days Im finding there have been one or two minor annoyances that are upsetting me more than I would have thought.

    Excited! - Yes, I am quite weepy and needy actually. I think thats partly because I am tired and nauseous all the time though!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 cynthia12


    Hi all,

    I havn't noticed my moods changing yet but I am just over 5 weeks so perhaps too soon.

    No sign of nausea yet for me either!

    This eve I got a few darts of pain on my right hand side (where my rib cage is)has anyone experienced this? just wondering if is pregnancy related...

    it could be totally unrelated

    Are any of you exercising e.g. walking.

    I hadn't walked in ages so decided not to start these few weeks in case anything happened (if had been walking and fit would but don't want to risk anything) Think will start when or if I reach the 12/13 week mark

    Any opinions on this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    closifer wrote: »
    Excited! - Yes, I am quite weepy and needy actually. I think thats partly because I am tired and nauseous all the time though!!


    Thank god its not just me!! Its only actually happened to me twice that ive been close to tears and i have to tell myself to get a grip and it is only when im really tired usually at work, i work 24hr shifts and im really feeling it!

    Cynthia : I have started exercising, when i say exercising i actually mean going for gentle walks so im not at all exerting myself :o. I hope to introduce swimming a couple of times a week. I wouldnt be fit so like you i want to take my time getting into it.

    Ive looked into pregnancy yoga and spoke to the instructor who said its fine to do from 12-14 weeks onwards. I have a pregnant workmate who is doing it and says it been great, they do physical exercise and also breathing techniques etc so im actually really looking forward to starting it.

    hope thats of some help


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭carlows


    Hi All,

    I've noticed a big change it my moods, the littlest things are bothering me. My husband said he knew i was pregnant before we did a test because of my mood swings (I didn't realise i was that bad!)
    Anyway i hope ye are all well. I'll be 6 weeks tomorrow. Still have to make my GP appointment and book in for a scan. Feeling nausea this morning for the first time. If i can remember correctly the morning sickness on my other 2 pregnancies started bang on 6 weeks-wohoo.........not!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Good Morning :)

    My moods are all over the place, I feel happy then sad then worried then excited then cross at everyone ... I'm in a glass case of emotion! I'm under pressure with college and I've been diagnosed with alopecia so it's all connected I assume. Hopefully it'll settle down soon...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭justaskin likeyakno


    Hi,
    I just found out i'm pregnant and in total shock as it hasn't been easy....SIX YEARS:eek:
    Last period date was 21 March and according to an online calculator i'm five weeks gone and due December 28th..ish:D

    I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭fima


    Hi,
    I just found out i'm pregnant and in total shock as it hasn't been easy....SIX YEARS:eek:

    That's amazing news :), Congratulations & Welcome!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Hi,
    I just found out i'm pregnant and in total shock as it hasn't been easy....SIX YEARS:eek:
    Last period date was 21 March and according to an online calculator i'm five weeks gone and due December 28th..ish:D

    I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT

    Congratulations!!!:D Thats wonderful news! Welcome to the group !! :)



    Carlows & Filma: thanks so much for sharing about the moods, you've no idea how much better it feels to know that im not the only one! I was starting to think i was going crazy because of the little things that almost have me in tears or fit to kill someone!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Excited!


    Fairie wrote: »
    Thanks excited :) congrats to you too!! Yes this is my 2nd. Not sure of exact date as I'm breastfeeding dd but going by my calculations I think due date is around 14th Dec scan on Friday so I'll know then!


    Hi Fairie,

    How did your scan go? was you due date adjusted?:)


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