August 2015 Babies Club

Dobbit

Got my bfp 10 days ago, due August 3rd.

Already trying to make excuses for not drinking over Christmas is hard!

bibiche

Congratulations Dobbit! I'm due August 6th, and hoping that hyperemesis doesn't rear its ugly head around the holidays. Here's to a healthy 9 months ahead

Dobbit

Congrats bibiche!

This is my first so I've no idea what to expect re morning sickness. Had a few days with mild nausea but nothing too bad yet.

Booked my first scan for mid January today too and then we can start telling the wider world!

cowlove

Hi guys,

I got my BFP on Tuesday.

This is my first so I have no clue what to expect.

I am the same re: thinking up excuses for not drinking over xmas.

I have been feeling a little sick too but nothing too bad yet. I am worried the worst is yet to come.

I am feeling very tired though!!

It is killing me not telling anyone though!! How do people wait 12 weeks ha

Dobbit

Welcome cowlove! (deadly username, haha!)

I'm the same re feeling sick, I'm so worried I'm going to wake up one day and just be puking for 6 weeks solid!!

We told my parents two days after we found out because I had a zillion questions for my mam! His family and my sister we are telling on Christmas Eve (will be around 9 weeks by then so bit safer).

cowlove

I haven't even been to the doctor yet. I plan to go next week.

I will tell my parents soon enough (i think my mum will not be able to keep it quiet -1st grandchild!).

And I'd say we will tell our families over xmas too

bibiche

Congratulations cowlove, great to see more people joining in

This is my 2nd pregnancy, but to be honest i'm not feeling the wisdom of "been there done that" yet! I did tell my parents and my in-laws the news already, I remember waiting for 9 weeks to pass last time. Looks like there'll be lots of good news announced around Christmas time with you both I've been a long-term floater on the boards' parenting forums, and this place is a wealth of information & good advice!

Have my GP appointment booked for Monday & will probably register with the hospital soon after that. No nausea yet, thank God!

Dobbit

bibiche wrote: »

Have my GP appointment booked for Monday & will probably register with the hospital soon after that. No nausea yet, thank God!

How did the GP go? I have crazy nausea this week. I'm eating so much cheese and crackers to stave it off. I'll be the size of a house before I even begin to show at this rate.

I registered with Holles Street a few weeks ago online but I got nothing in the post, not sure if that's normal..? I tried to call them to check and nothing but voicemail

Snookercues

Hi all

New to this. Got by BFP on Sunday - by the internet, I am due 8 August.... have to get it confirmed by GP on Thursday!

I've had a bit of a rollercoaster TTC ride, so praying this will go ok... Had fertility issues with my DH (had a miscarriage in 2009, only time I got preg ...)... we ended up separating... have been with my partner for a year, and boom - BFP!

Now am in total shock! Just praying its going to be ok.

Dobbit

Congrats Snookercues! Sorry to hear about your previous troubles, touch wood all will go smoothly for you.

random10

Hey everyone so happy to join got my bfp last Thursday. Went to doctor this morning to confirm. He's sending me for an early scan due to previous miscarriage. I am so excited and nervous at the same time.

chakademus

Hi Everyone,

Huge congratulations on the BFPs!! I got mine today (well I got about 7 today lol). Its very early days though so fingers crossed. We have been ttc for 6 months. So excited to be part of this thread.:)

Dobbit

Welcome random10 and chakademus, quite a group of us August mums to be already!

bibiche

Dobbit wrote: »

How did the GP go? I have crazy nausea this week. I'm eating so much cheese and crackers to stave it off. I'll be the size of a house before I even begin to show at this rate.

I registered with Holles Street a few weeks ago online but I got nothing in the post, not sure if that's normal..? I tried to call them to check and nothing but voicemail

GP visit went well Dobbit. Just got asked the standard questions about the first date of my last period and when did I take a pregnancy test. Looks like I'm 5 weeks along. I also signed the Combined Care form, as I'd like to be put on the Domino Scheme again this time around. Booked an appointment for the flu vaccination in 2 weeks time, and left 60 euro poorer!

I'm sure you've probably already done this, but if you registered online with Holles Street, maybe check your spam folder in case they sent you correspondence via email. Alternatively, you could try calling another department in the hospital & ask if they could put you through to the section that deals with appointments. I've no experience myself with Holles Street, I'm with the Coombe, and with my last pregnancy it took approx. 2 weeks for my first appointment letter to come through the post.

Sorry to hear abt your nausea. You're doing the right thing by eating anything that you feel will keep that horrible feeling at bay. I've been having a weird couple of days in the sense that I'm always starving. Today I had dinner at 5.30pm, and then again at 8pm :-/ I don't want to think about what my weight gain will be over the next 9 months

bibiche

Also, hello and congratulations to the newcomers!!

Dobbit

bibiche wrote: »

Sorry to hear abt your nausea. You're doing the right thing by eating anything that you feel will keep that horrible feeling at bay. I've been having a weird couple of days in the sense that I'm always starving. Today I had dinner at 5.30pm, and then again at 8pm :-/ I don't want to think about what my weight gain will be over the next 9 months

I am eating so much as well! Surprisingly I've only gained 1/2 lbs so far but I'm eating everything in sight. I've completely gone off chocolate though. My husband seems to think it's ok for him to also eat everything, because I am, and is gaining weight too. I've tried to tell him that's not how it works but he is a bit tone deaf on it.

I bought some of those travel sickness bands yesterday and they made a huge difference today. They didn't quell it completely but much more manageable.

llambert

Hi ladies, just jumping over from the 'Due August 2014' thread.

Exciting times ahead. Hoping you all have safe, healthy and easy pregnancies. I was so excited to find out last year. I just hibernated at Christmas for the most part. I had a really easy pregnancy so hoping the same for yee. My boys snuck in July 31st though at 36 wks. Much different Christmas so this year with 2 small babies, I'll be begging for babysitters!!

cowlove

Hi everyone,

Welcome to all the new ppl on the thread and thanks for the lovely message llambert. I hope you have a great christmas.

I just had my doctors appointment this morning. I am 6 weeks pregnant. I thought I was 4 weeks so I am further along then I thought.

My due date is 7/08/2015.

I have been feeling a bit sick the last few days but I feel fine today.

Hope everyone else is doing ok

Macha

Hi all,

I was getting quite a few symptoms (sore breasts, a bit of nausea, metallic taste in my mouth, dry lips??) so I did an early test (AF not due for 3 more days) and got a BFP this morning! I'm due near the end of August, so about 3 1/2 weeks along.

Christmas is going to be a bit of a pain this year. Who to tell?

chakademus

Congrats Macha and everyone. I had my Doctors appointment and my test came up negative. She told me to drop a sample in to her the following morning and she rang about an hour later to say that three tests had come up positive. I wasn't disappointed when the negative came up because I just know I am. So bloated its atrocious.

Told my sister during the weekend, too scared to tell anyone else at this early stage though. Nervous about the excuses I'll be making up to get out of the drinking oer the Nollag.. I just know someone will ask. EEkkk!!

Dobbit

Congrats Macha!

I'm so glad I've only this week to make it through in work before the holidays, the train into work is becoming an endurance test each day and there's never any seats which would help enormously!

Feeling so tired at the moment, the house hasn't been cleaned properly in weeks because I just can't move. I got home from town yesterday at around half 3 and had to lie down til 7. Also have a bad flare up of gingivitis which I'm told can happen a lot in pregnancy.

When is the glowing earth mother bit again??

cowlove

Dobbit wrote: »

Congrats Macha!

I'm so glad I've only this week to make it through in work before the holidays, the train into work is becoming an endurance test each day and there's never any seats which would help enormously!

Feeling so tired at the moment, the house hasn't been cleaned properly in weeks because I just can't move. I got home from town yesterday at around half 3 and had to lie down til 7. Also have a bad flare up of gingivitis which I'm told can happen a lot in pregnancy.

When is the glowing earth mother bit again??

Oh God I am glad I am not the only one. I am so tired!

I am sitting here willing it to be Friday! I am so happy to have the xmas holidays coming up!

My doctor discovered a kidney infection too so I am on antibiotics for that.

I just want to stay under the duvet lol

Dobbit

Finally got my first appointment date from Holles Street, end of January, just shy of 14 weeks gone at that point.

We have a private scan in mid January so if all looks well from that I think I will tell work then. I don't think I'm going to be able to hide it by 14 weeks...

cowlove

Hi girls,

I got my date for my scan. 18/02/2015. I will be 17 weeks by then :eek:

I rang the doctor and she said some hospitals dont do the 1st scan till 22 weeks.

How much do private scans cost? I think I will have to try and book in for one. I don't really want to wait until im 17weeks.

Dobbit

It depends on what you're looking for, there's different types. We are getting a Nuchal Fold scan to test for any abnormalities and it's 250 euro (luckily I have good cover through work so I can claim it back later) but there are more basic early pregnancy ones for around 100.

We are going with Merrion Fetal Health but I also heard good things about the Irish Fetal Foundation, both have prices and scan descriptions on their websites.

cowlove

Thanks Dobbit.

I am in Galway and I see there is a place near me that does early scans for €100.

spottybananas

cowlove I see you're in Galway County, if you're in the East-ish side of it I would highly recommend going to scanme.ie Mullingar. It's €100 for an early reassurance scan (before 12 weeks), we've just had a second anomaly scan with her (she's completely lovely) and you get a discounted rate for second/third scans with her. My friend who also got her first appointment scheduled for 16/17 weeks went to her in the interim.

Have you called the hospital though to see if you can reschedule the appointment? My gp told me that the hospital I'm attending are very flexible with moving appointments, I got mine changed from 16 weeks to 12 weeks exactly. I know of at least 5 people who have chosen to go to Mullingar to her rather than the nearer Galway option...she's really, really nice.

Edit: posted at the same time as you

cowlove

Thanks sb!

Mullingar could be an option to me.

I suppose I should try the hospital first and see can they move the date.

Dobbit

cowlove wrote: »

Thanks Dobbit.

I am in Galway and I see there is a place near me that does early scans for €100.

oops, I need to stop thinking the whole world revolves around Dublin...

Ms Tootsie

hi everyone

I got my positive on Wednesday and had it confirmed by the GP on Friday. Due on August 26 so I scrape into the August group by the skin of my teeth, I'm about 4 1/2 weeks along. This is my and hubbys first little bundle so we've no clue what to expect. Really happy to be joining the group. Excited and nervous at the same time!! No real symptoms yet apart from needing to pee a lot and sore boobs. Here's to a healthy 9 months ahead for us all

VandC

firstly Congrats all, found out myself last week and have doc appointment on Tues. this might be a stupid question but what do people look for when choosing hospital? anywhere in Dublin really isn't a problem, but does it really matter where you go?

Dolbert

There isn't much difference between the Dublin hospitals really. I'd go with wherever is closest to your home or workplace. I work up the road from the Rotunda so it was a no-brainer, especially towards the end when you're a lot heavier on your feet and the appointments become very frequent!

Allirog

I factored in a few things, both my sister had their babies in the coombe. And I've been attending there for smear tests and colposcopies. But the main reason for me was I knew my oh would find it no problem and my mam can drive there whereas if I was to go to the rotunda or holles St she wouldn't know how to get there so that's where my decision came from. Best of luck

Ms Tootsie

I am going with the Coombe. It is handy to get to from work and home and a few of my friends have had babies in there and had no complaints. These are the only things that put it above other hospitals in Dublin when it came to making my choice.

Just on that, do we submit the forms to the Coombe or is it done by a GP? I posted them myself but I was on the website this morning and reading about their Maternity and Infant Care Scheme and it said to fill out these forms with your GP. At my GP app last week she didn't mention these forms at all, just told me to get my registration forms into the Coombe asap. Are they different things?

mylittlebean

Hi Ladies. I've just joined I'm 6 weeks pregnant and due the 16th of August. How are ye all feeling? The only symptoms I have is sore boobs and can be a bit moody somedays that's it so far. I've been to gp and got my bloods done and had a retest of hcg done Friday so hopefully should have results of that tomorrow. So fingers crossed all is going ok x

Ms Tootsie

Good luck with the blood results today MLB

Dobbit

Morning ladies! I'm finally finished in the office for this year! Two weeks of getting slowly fatter!

Tomorrow we tell my sister and in-laws. Both excited and dreading it at the same time.. Sis will be grand, excited but down to earth. In-Laws however... This is a long awaited first grandchild so I wouldn't be surprised if there are tears and I am very bad at that, I'll probably do something inappropriate like laugh or roll my eyes. Getting them to keep the secret for 3.5 more weeks will also be tough, sly winks if someone asks why I'm not drinking also count so that will have to be made clear..

Ms Tootsie

Dobbit wrote: »

Tomorrow we tell my sister and in-laws. Both excited and dreading it at the same time.. Sis will be grand, excited but down to earth. In-Laws however... This is a long awaited first grandchild so I wouldn't be surprised if there are tears and I am very bad at that, I'll probably do something inappropriate like laugh or roll my eyes. Getting them to keep the secret for 3.5 more weeks will also be tough, sly winks if someone asks why I'm not drinking also count so that will have to be made clear..

We are going to tell our parents over Christmas even though it is really early. If something happened we would tell them anyway. Thankfully all four are excellent at keeping secrets. Phew!

Haha it will be hard not roll your eyes or laugh! I am the same I never know what to do when people start crying around me. It's like I suddenly become socially inept. I hope they manage to keep it a secret for you guys though, sly winks are never really as sly as people think they are

Dobbit

Ms Tootsie wrote: »

We are going to tell our parents over Christmas even though it is really early. If something happened we would tell them anyway. Thankfully all four are excellent at keeping secrets. Phew!

Haha try not to roll your eyes, although I am the same I never know what to do when people start crying around me. It's like I suddenly become socially inept. I hope they manage to keep it a secret for you guys though, sly winks are never really as sly as people think they are

Yeah we told my parents straight away for the same reason and because they can keep a secret!

I'm glad it's not just me, I never know what to do. My in-laws are much more emotional then my family so I'm still just not used to it.

Ms Tootsie

So glad to hear other people told parents early. We were really debating about it and then we figured it would be amazing to tell them at Christmas and the reality is I would want their support if something did happen. So we picked up little chocolates to give each of them that spell out Granny and Granda and we will have them wrapped. It is the first grandchild on my parents side so I know they will be really excited.

It's funny how some families can be totally different, as you say the in-laws are a bit OTT with the whole emotion thing. Try and do it before the effects of the mulled wine set it - I can imagine that would only make it even worse

autumnbelle

Just brilliant news to have at Christmas time

bibiche

Morning sickness has just set in this week, and i just hope i can make it through dinner later today without making it too obvious that i can't eat much - otherwise the cat will be out of the bag..

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Ms Tootsie

Happy Christmas everyone! Hope you all are happy a lovely day.

bibiche wrote: »

Morning sickness has just set in this week, and i just hope i can make it through dinner later today without making it too obvious that i can't eat much - otherwise the cat will be out of the bag..

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Oh you poor thing! I hope you were able to manage something. I haven't has any sickness yet so I made sure to enjoy everything today while I can. Probably a bit too much if I am honest! eep!

Dobbit

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! I think my granny saw right through me when I told her I wasn't drinking because I'm on antibiotics, oh well.

cowlove

I have dinner with friends Monday night. I dont know how I am going to get around the no drinking thing. I feel like they are going to see right through me. I'm thinking of telling them I drank too much over xmas and am on a detox ðŸ˜

Macha

cowlove wrote: »

I have dinner with friends Monday night. I dont know how I am going to get around the no drinking thing. I feel like they are going to see right through me. I'm thinking of telling them I drank too much over xmas and am on a detox ðŸ˜

Anyone else had any worrying symptoms like spotting? I'm going to see my gynaecologist about it tomorrow. Fingers crossed everything is OK.

greenorchard

Macha wrote: »

Anyone else had any worrying symptoms like spotting? I'm going to see my gynaecologist about it tomorrow. Fingers crossed everything is OK.

Popping in from the July thread. I had spotting pretty much every day for around 2 weeks between about weeks 6 & 8. I got it checked out & everything was fine. What colour is your spotting? Mine was always brown, they told me to come in again if it was ever bright red but brown spotting can sometimes just happen & doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong unless it's accompanied by bad cramps.

Macha

greenorchard wrote: »

Popping in from the July thread. I had spotting pretty much every day for around 2 weeks between about weeks 6 & 8. I got it checked out & everything was fine. What colour is your spotting? Mine was always brown, they told me to come in again if it was ever bright red but brown spotting can sometimes just happen & doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong unless it's accompanied by bad cramps.

Oh thank you so much for that info. It's a light brown, sometimes pink. Never bright red. I do get a few mild cramps and twinges but I'm also aware I'm a bit of a worrier so I'm trying not to go running to Google time I feel something. The stress though is getting to me.

greenorchard

Macha wrote: »

Oh thank you so much for that info. It's a light brown, sometimes pink. Never bright red. I do get a few mild cramps and twinges but I'm also aware I'm a bit of a worrier so I'm trying not to go running to Google time I feel something. The stress though is getting to me.

Sounds exactly like what I had. It's hard not to worry when it happens, I feared the worst when it started but the doctor told me it's very common & not to worry unless it became bright red. I'd still get checked out tomorrow if only for peace of mind but hopefully everything's just fine

Ms Tootsie

Macha I had some very light spotting at the start of week 5. It was also brown rather than red and I would have described it as brown tinged discharge (sorry for the tmi) that main appeared when I wiped. I was reassured by my doc that it is much more common that people think and to not worry unless it is bright red. It disappeared after 2 days. I haven't had any since.

Macha

Thanks greenorchard Ms Tootsie, that's a great help. I'll be more relaxed this fine tomorrow after my appointment but I think I'll be on edge until I get to the 12 week mark!

Best to stay away from the Internet apart from this reassuring forum as I'll be a nervous wreck if I don't stop googling symptoms.