Due in June! [Archive] - Bub Hub Pregnancy & Parenting Forum

summerly

03-10-2005, 12:56 PM

Hi Katie, glad someone will be joining me in June. Congratulations! :) First baby is always more exciting, I think. Second time around you kind of know what you're in for, and for me anyway it takes a bit of the glow out of it. I am hoping that this pregnancy will be easier than the last one, which was really hard work.

I just went to the doctors today to get referred to a good OB and when they weighed me I am 2 kg heavier on their scales than on our home ones. I know I shouldn't be but I am really upset about it. Back to the salads I guess. I put on a heap of weight with my DD so I am really wary of doing it again because before I had her I was really skinny and now ever since I have been struggling to lose it and then keep it off. But I really like my food! Oh well, the joys of having kids I suppose. I am also supposed to be going for a scan to tell the exact due date in 2 weeks also, so fingers are crossed that everything goes well. Chat to you soon.

mummy2marshy

05-10-2005, 05:02 PM

Another june mummy here.I just got the official yes off the doctor over the phone that my blood tests came back positive so ive looked it up and im due june 12th.

HoopDeeDoo

06-10-2005, 09:27 AM

Hi there I'm gonna be a June mum too!
I got the official positive yesterday, but I gave the doctor the wrong dates - OOPS pregnancy brain already! So I've just looked it up and I think I'll be due around the 6th of June.
My first was a month early so I'm really hoping that doesn't happen this time,

Emma

summerly

06-10-2005, 10:46 AM

Hi mum of noah and jade & haydens mum,

Glad you'll be joining me in June. :) I am 5 weeks now and I have placenta brain really badly already. It's completely foggy. I'm like the dory fish from nemo - nothing in my noggin! All I want to do is sleep as well.

What other pregnancy symptoms do you have? I can't quite remember when morning sickness is supposed to kick in. I had it really badly with DD and I want to get all my stuff organised before it gets too bad, and I can't go anywhere - but fingers crossed, maybe I'll miss out on it this time. ;)

HoopDeeDoo

06-10-2005, 03:19 PM

I too have the worsed pregnancy brain or no brain :)
I've lost the keys to garage, I've left things in the drier without putting it on for several days (yuk!), and I half do everything because I forget the rest and all I want to do is sleep!
Last time I didn't get sick, I felt queasy but not much more than that, so hopefully it will be the same with this one! :eek:

Just keep swimming.....

alicesmum

08-10-2005, 12:04 PM

hi everyone
i just tested and i will be joining you!!! the internet due date calculator says i am due June 14.

aggggggghhhhhhh. I am still shaking!!! I cried for 10 mins after the positive result.

I did not want to be pregnant, but that how it goes I suppose. :rolleyes: Alice is only 13 months old, which means they will be **only 21 months apart**.

aggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh again!

i never wanted two that close together. i will need to talk to mums who have had two close together and get some tips!!!! Have any???

Summerly, I really would like it to be another girl too. really really really really!!

i have a strong feeling though that it will be a boy, as alice was conceived when we had unptotected sex 6 or 7 days b4 i ovulated. but this time unprotected sex was 12 hours before I ovulated. and I have heard that boys are conceived when the sperm arrive closer to ovulation time.

yes, we weren't being too careful i know. BUT I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT I HAD ALREADY OVULATED!!! however, 12 hours later i got that suspicious ovulation pain. I ovulated later than usual this month.

Anyway, am looking forward to sharing the journey with you all....

Please reply with words of reassurance. I NEED 'EM!

thanks......rachel :p

summerly

10-10-2005, 01:19 PM

Hi Rachel, glad you are joining us. :) I wouldn't worry too much about them being so close in age, I know a mum who got pregnant again 4 weeks after giving birth so her boys have about 10 months difference. She said it was hard at first but soon got them into a sort of conveyor belt routine and now they are older they are starting to play together well. So at least your daughter will not have to wait too long to have company and won't feel lonely.

My daughter will be 51/2 by the time this bub's born so I think that is quite an age gap. There is a 5 year gap between me and my brother and I can remember getting quite lonely. I am not looking forward to doing all the baby stuff again as we have kind of just passed that stage, and school was looming and I could go and do other things. My freedom was in sight! And I had to go and shoot myself in the foot!

Oh well, I am heading into the nasty morning sickness territory and I am so tired all the time. I think being pregnant is giving me wicked nightmares too, I seem to be having more and more. :( I really wish that I were one of those people who just sail through pregnancy without all the classic symptoms. Would be so nice. But well, those are the breaks. Have a good week everyone!

HoopDeeDoo

10-10-2005, 01:53 PM

I'm a bit worried about mine being so close together too, but I figure the sooner I have them the sooner I can go back to work, (because I want to wait until they are in school).
And they will have each other to play with and keep each other company. It will be hard having two at home sleeping at different times etc. But we'll just have to wait and see....
I'm soooo tired I just want to sleep all day which is really bad because we have a bbq coming up on sunday for my DS's 1st birthday. Which is supposed to be really exciting but I'm finding it a bit hard to get enthused and get the engery to bake his cake. This site is a a really great way to put off other things :p
And I'm starting to feel queasy and yucky, but hopefully I'll be lucky like last time and not get sick! I'm getting the strange dream thing happening too, I think it's because we're always in stage of sleep where it's not a really deep sleep. I find I wake constantly through the night and it takes me a while to get back to sleep and usually my son wakes up just after and I have to get up and put his dummy back in, and he'll go straight back to sleep. I'll lye awake wondering wether I should wake up my husband for a chat :rolleyes: I don't think he'd like that very much though :eek:

Em

Funkychicken

11-10-2005, 10:45 AM

Hi Rachel,
I know how you feel. I am actually 7 mths pregnant with no.3 who was never planned. I also was positive that I had ovulated at least a week before I conceived, so I was rudely shocked to find out we were having another babe. In fact I did ovulate a week earlier but having looked in to lunar cycles etc... I'm now pretty sure I ovulated twice. Our first two are twenty-six months apart and at the time it felt perfect. Becoming a mother of two was soooo much more fulfilling as a woman than having only one. I was also fortunate that our son absolutely adored his little sister and doted on her endlessly. I was a bit anal in preparing him for her arrival-we read books on siblings arriving and spoke about what a lucky little baby this one would be to have such a great brother etc.. I left out things like "You'll have a new playmate etc.. as this can often give them a sense that they are about to receive a ready made playmate when in fact they get a blob who just stares at them! Being so young, it is hard for them to comprehend what is going on, so I found that keeping it really simple and not actually sharing the news with DS until I was about 5-6 mths pregnant helped also. But having them close was great in the sense that they now tend to have the same routine-bedtimes, stories etc.. and they move along at a similar pace.
Onto this babe though-wow I can't believe I'm going to be mum to three! I still have moments of frustration as I was 'getting my life back' next year with DD starting school, plus my small business was beginning to take off and needed lots of work. I was so torn between my head (build the business now so it runs well next year) and slow down so as to appreciate the new babe. My heart won out. Another mum said to me "Our time will come later. Right now it is time for our children." This comment affected me profoundly and I realised I want to give this babe my everything as my other two got.
Good luck Rachel. I'm sure Alice will be a wonderful big sister.
Sal.

Zeta

11-10-2005, 07:47 PM

Hi everyone

I'm a new member so, like Katie, a bit slow at this whole posting thing! I am 5 weeks and 1 day today (so hard to get your head round the dating thing) and this is my first pregnancy. My partner and I planned this, but it was still such a shock - spent the first few days in a bit of a panic. It was weird, but suddenly I felt that I wanted to do anything but have a baby - when would I find time to ride camels across the desert at moonlight and abseil off the Eiffel Tower and fly Concorde whilst sipping Dom Perignon - all these fantasies became urgent somehow, like I was saying goodbye to a certain kind of life. We got pregnant first time trying and I guess I assumed it would take longer! We sort of ran around the house flapping our arms and squawking 'we're not ready! we're not ready!'. My partner Steve then watched the cricket for four hours straight without blinking once - a catatonic state I think they call it. I'm supposed to teach a University course in July next year and I'm sad to have to let go of that.

Anyway, the anxiety has abated and I'm very excited now and more at peace with it all and feeling a bit of joy as well. It's a special thing, isn't it?

Anyway, as you can tell, I'm a terrible bletherer, so I'll sign off now. I'm due June 12th and so glad I found this forum, as I've been feeling a bit mystified and alone.

Cheers and hallo
Zeta

jaydensmum

11-10-2005, 08:11 PM

Hi Zeta and welcome to Bub Hub and CONGRATULATIONS. Im not actually due at all but i was reading your thread and i thought that i would welcome you. This is a great site and it has some lovely girls on here. I was actually due in June but i had a chemical pg. Anyway my DP and i are trying again this month, so hopefully we will be in the next months thread. Well welcome again and im sure these girls will make you feel at home. ;)

jaydensmum.

alicesmum

12-10-2005, 07:45 PM

hi Zeta
welcome and congrats. :D
yes, as jaydensmum said, everyone on here is supportive and helpful!!

i am due June 14 so very close to you!

it's my 2nd but the last one was so recent (she is 14 months) that it only feels like yesterday i was pregnant!

i teach at university as well. am hoping to maintain some sessional work once this bub is born. where/what do you teach?? (i am teaching org behaviour at the moment at qut. btw, don't you hate marking!!??? :-)).

when we fell pregnant the first time, we were sad at first because we had planned a trip to China where i was going to present a paper at a conference (all expenses paid by the uni too!!!). this time when we found out, we were in the midst of planning to leave alice with my mum for a week and go to cambodia next january. so that won't be happening either!! my dh Robert said "next time we plan an Asian holiday rachel, we use condoms for a year prior okay!!". but the other night he said, having another baby is so much better than an overseas holiday, which is true, so that was nice!!! It's much more fun....

so are you feeling ok? i am so far, but not looking forward to the preg sickness. i had it bad from week 7-16 last time. no chucking but nauseous all day :(

are you planning to find out the sex?

are the others due in june planning to find out the sex???

I think I will, coz i just can't stand the thought of the stonographer knowing and I don't. (Always was too much of a sticky-beek!)

ok. hope to keep the thread going over the next 9 months!!!

bye for now...
rachel :p

DustyPeach

12-10-2005, 08:51 PM

Hi Ladies,

Happy to join the pregnancy rollercoaster again. Found out today due on 14 June 06. :D

Have enjoyed reading your posts and will keep you posted on our progress.

HoopDeeDoo

13-10-2005, 09:28 AM

Felt a bit quesy on Saturday, maybe cause I was at work :) But so far so good. I'm feeling better about the weekend it should be good, I've baked Noah's birthday cake and will decorate on Saturday. We are having a Whinnie the Pooh theme :p

I'm still in two minds about finding out the sex. We really wanted a girl the first time as my husband has two sisters and both have boys (six grandchildren all boys).
So we were hoping to have the first girl on his side. We found out and I was in denial and told everyone the tech wasn't sure. What she said was "congrats you're having a boy! Of course there is a chance I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure"

But now I'm not so sure I want a girl, I love my little boy he is gorgeous and sweet. If we had a girl she would be so spoilt I think we'd end up with a little princess, or a tomboy with all those boy cousins! :)

Either way I'm sure I will fall in love and it really won't matter :D So the answer is I probably won't be able to help myself when the time comes

Em

Zeta

13-10-2005, 12:17 PM

Thanks for the supportive words everyone! Great to find this site.

Special hi to Rachel - I teach a unit in Victorian art history at UWA, just contract work, but very rewarding and fulfilling, so it's a real wrench to give it up. I think part of me is still thinking I'll be able to juggle the two after the baby arrives (only a one day a week contract) - but I'm away from family support so doubt it. Have also just withdrawn from a PhD after lots of supervision and time-management issues. Was planning to go back to it next year, but think that will have to wait too! Oh yes, I also REALLY hate marking! Despite teaching at 2nd/3rd year tertiary level, half my students can't spell to save themselves!

I only have a few symptoms at the moment (only in week 5) - VERY sore boobs, weeing a lot and funny pains in the pubic area from time to time. Also get very tired in the evening, but it's a nice, peaceful, slipping-away kind of tired, so I don't mind so much. Have had blood test after blood test as my PT blue line was faint and HCG levels were very low, but I think that's all OK now.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Look forward to lots of chats as things progress.

Love Zeta

StormAngel

13-10-2005, 01:42 PM

Hi

Just wanted to pop in and say huge congratulations to you all!!

Hopefully i will be joining you in the next few weeks :rolleyes:

Mala

16-10-2005, 02:22 PM

Hi Everyone,
I'm due on the 20th of June!!
This will be number three, after only a couple of months of trying. :D

My signs and symptoms so far-
about 3 dpo, my boobs were HUGE.
I'm talking 3 or 4 cup sizes bigger. And so sore, I took a few panadol over the course of the week.
That sore.
And now, on my recent trip to the Dr for an infected finger, I had to tell him I was preggers (due to the anitibiotics). He had a feel around, and he thinks I'm further along. :eek:
Like only a man could, he asked me if I was 'sure' I'd missed only 1 period.
Had to giggle to myself over that one! :rolleyes:

So, I'm rapt to be joining you girls. I hope you're all staying well.

Also, a couple of Q's, are many of you finding out the sex?
(We've got a D and a S, so whatever we have will change the family 'dynamics' if you get what I mean, and I just want to try and be prepared for that. But, then I think - 'What's left? - That's the whole surprise!')
And, violent dreams :( - should I be seeing a shrink!?!? These are frightening me!

Thanks, Mala

alicesmum

16-10-2005, 07:50 PM

hi mala
congrats! do you plan to find out sex?
violent dreams so soon!! you poor thing. that only happened to me about half way thru my last pregnancy!!

i'll be 6 weeks on Wed and haven't got a single pregnancy symptom yet. no sore boobs, no size increase, no nausea, nothing. should i be worried?

is everyone else due in June having symptoms already?
rachel :)

amy=)

16-10-2005, 09:51 PM

hello everyone!!!

it's so lovely to hear all the good news and positive thoughts from everyone contributing!... big congratulations to you all!!!! :) it makes me feel much more confident about what's ahead of me....

i found out last week that i'm pregnant... i think i'm due on june 13th... but i'm sure this little one will come when it's ready! it's my first baby and has definatly come as a surprise!

i must admit i was quite shocked when i got those two little blue lines... i can relate to how you felt zeta... it is such overwhelming news!....

it's not that i don't want to have a baby... but i also felt like i had all these other 'things' to 'do'. i'm getting married in 34 days and we were going to spend the uni break travelling around australia and i'm 6 mths off finishing my nursing degree and how could i be pregnant? it didn't seem to fit the picture i had in my head...

but then it sunk in- i'm not just 'pregnant'- i'm having a baby....... and i'm really looking forward to it... actually, i can't seem to stop thinking about it- it's so exciting!
i don't know nearly enough about pregnancy so i'm trying to read everything i can get my hands on.... i have a few questions that i hope you girls can help me with...

-do i have to go to a GP to get a blood test and refferal to an obstetrician?
-how quickly do i have to book into the hospital (private)?
-what's your opinion on planned homebirth?
-is it normal to feel nauseous all the time? (i feel like i've got permanent travel sickness from the moment i wake up through to when i go to bed at night)
-is there any way of easing it? (because i have my final exams coming up & i don't want to do them feeling like this)

any feedback would be fantastic... i'm looking forward to keeping up-to-date on how all of you are going!!! what amazing bodies we all have and what a journey we each have ahead of us!!! love amy!

alicesmum

17-10-2005, 09:32 AM

Hi Amy
Congrats!!!! :)

the answers to some of your questions you'll find in great detail if you do a search using key words on this site.

here's my brief response............

-do i have to go to a GP to get a blood test and refferal to an obstetrician? YES. Organise this quickly as last time I ended up ringin 10 Obs until I could get into one. The good ones always book up quickly. I got into one, but pulled out as I decided on going public - despite having top private health cover! - because i figured out how much out-of-pocket expenses there are (private health doesn't cover any antenatal care) and we would have been $2000-3000 out of pocket with the insurance levy. Went public and had a great experience. You use the same birting suites as private patients and have all the same facilities and amenities available to you. You just have to share a room after you have your baby (yuk!). But I am trying to get into the Birthing Centre (RWH) this time, where you get a room to yourself (for one night only). so plan to go public again.

-how quickly do i have to book into the hospital (private)?
Once you find an ob I think that will be decided for you. You might want to call them and ask, and while you're at it, book into the antenatal classes.

-what's your opinion on planned homebirth?
I would love a home birth this time but DH won't hear of it. I think for your first one, you might want to be in hospy as you never know. Second births are prob better for home births if your first was smooth and uncomplicated. Although I would *love* a home birth (I think it would be very special, and I HATE hospitals), I wouldn't like to clean up all that mess (it's a messy business giving birth!). Also, it would cost as much as a priovate OB by the time you pay for your midwife. Birthing Centres (pref within a hospy) are a good comprimise between home births and very clinical hospital births, but someone else cleans up after you!!!!!

-is it normal to feel nauseous all the time? (i feel like i've got permanent travel sickness from the moment i wake up through to when i go to bed at night)

YES> I had this for 10 weeks with #1. You will prob start feeling better at about 13 weeks,

-is there any way of easing it? (because i have my final exams coming up & i don't want to do them feeling like this). Do some searches on bubhub for remedies. Generally, not much I'm afraid!! Ginger is pretty good for some people. In drinks, in cooking, crystalised etc. You can buy morning sickness remedies from Healthly Life and other Health food stores. They usually are just vitamins with ginger. Lots of water, small portions of food often throughout the day, Vitamin B, these are generally the things ppl recommend. Remind yourself this it is temporary. Oh yeah, and gets lots of rest. Your body is doing an amazing thing!!

rachel :p

Zeta

18-10-2005, 12:30 PM

Hi Amy

Firstly, congratulations! It is such a huge thing, but SO exciting. I have got over my initial 'dazed and confused' stage and am now thrilled and looking forward to it all. It's there in my head all the time like a lovely secret.

I am just 6 weeks pregnant and have had some nausea mornings and evenings. I find ginger really helps - ginger tea and dry ginger beer are both good and also these soft gummy lollies I found at the supermarket called Ginger Bears, with real ginger in them. I found I get my worst nausea when I get too hungry, so try to make sure you have regular small meals or snacks throughout the day. As far as books go, I think Kaz Cooke's 'Up the Duff' is the least patronising and most accessible.

Once again, congrats on your great news. Isn't it funny how life chucks us stuff that wasn't in our big plan? I've had to really revise my vision of myself in the next year and just relax into a new place. I fought it for about a week, but now I'm happy to just go with it!

Take it easy and enjoy the ride. I'm finding that this is a great site for communication and companionship at what can be a confusing time.

Zeta xx

summerly

18-10-2005, 01:18 PM

Hi everyone, I had my first scan today and all looks well. The doctor thinks I may be just a bit more than 7 weeks though so the EDD is somewhere between 31 may and 6 june. Fingers crossed all goes well.

Isn't morning sickness the worst thing in the world? I hate feeling this revolting and keep telling myself that I only have another 8 weeks of it to go, based on my previous pregnancy. Yuck!

Just a quick question for everyone. In singapore they scan at 7 weeks to get the EDD. Then at 11-12 weeks they scan again for the nuchal translucency and do bloods - for downs syndrome I think, though it has a 5% false positive rate. Then again at about 20 weeks they scan again. I can only remember having 2 scans when pregnant with my daughter. Are they doing 3 scans now in Australia or is it still 2?

kassa

18-10-2005, 01:30 PM

Hi,

Can I join u, I am new to this forum.

I am just over the moon, on our first IVF attempt we got a BFP.

We had two embryos transferred on the 26th September, I was been getting cramping since the 9/10 and really sore back. I woke up on the 10/10 at 5.30 and I thought AF had arrived, I went to the toilet and nothing, so I did a pregnancy test and got those lovely two pink lines and to top it off it was my birthday. This was the best birthday present ever.

My poor DH, I woke him up at 5.30 jumping on the bed saying “look two pink lines, two pink lines”.

Now I just have to wait, our scan on the 1st November to find out how many are in my tummy . The IVF clinic said my due date is the 17th June 06. I am 5w 3 days today.

I have no MS, just back pain and big boobs. I had blood test done on 16DPO (212) and 18DPO (574). I hope this is normal to get no MS, I am now counting down the days until our first scan.

Cheers

Kerri

alicesmum

18-10-2005, 03:12 PM

Hi Summerly
only the 2 scans in Oz still. 12 weeks and 18-20 weeks. You don't have to have the 12 week one if you are low risk. I gues you don't have to have any if you don't want. I'm tossing up about the 12 week one (though i have made an appt) as i know some ppl avoid scans altogether, just in the case the x-rays are bad for bub.

Hi Kerri
Welcome and congrats. How exciting. :D Could be twins in there hey!!!???

Not everyone gets MS. Also, you might still get it yet, so don't jinx yourself. last pregnancy I didn't start until week 7 or 8 and then had it BAD until week 14-15. Hopefully u won't though! ((((((touch wood))))))

Glad you are joinging us. Do keep us updated with your progress!

rachel :p

HoopDeeDoo

19-10-2005, 08:10 AM

Reading all your posts has made me so excited! Being my second, and feeling like it wasn't that long ago that i was pregnent it all seems a bit yeah yeah. I'm starting to remember how I felt last time at all the possibilities. I guess the good thing this time round is that I'm not stressing about things going wrong as much. Although I'll still be feeling much better once I get to the safer 12 week period. Congrats to all of you and look forward to chatting with you guys over the next few months :D

kassa

19-10-2005, 02:27 PM

Hi Ladies,

I had an interest 24 hrs, I started to get some bleeding late yesterday afternoon, I tried to contact my fertility specialist and he was unavailable.

I went to my GP yesterday to talk to him about the blood and brown discharge. He had a look and thought that I may have a vaginal infection and took a swab. He said he hasn't seen discharge like this before; I was getting really worried. He sent me for HCG & progesterone blood test and I booked in for a scan today at 10.30 to see if the baby/babies are still there.

My blood test came back HCG 3654 and progesterone 39.8, I am really happy with this as it shows that I am UTD.

My scan showed one baby, or as she called it a" sack". I asked her what
happen to the other embryo; she couldn't give me a straight answer. I
asked if she could see what is causing the bleeding and she said there
is no tear or anything.

This is my opinion; Kerri the doctor. I think the other embryo must
have attached and with the cramping over the weekend and the red
blood, I think it must have detached and it is now causing all the brown blood.

I am glad that we still have one baby. Very happy now I am going to
go and relax.

Cheers
Kerri

Zeta

19-10-2005, 07:47 PM

Hi all and welcome Kerri - congratulations!

Well, I had my first ultrasound today thinking I was 6 weeks and 3 days. Only a tiny pulsating dot on the screen which is baby's heartbeat - starting to feel real now. Apparently I am a week ahead of myself and am actually only 5 weeks and 3 days - new due date is June 18. I feel weirdly disappointed. I'm very impatient for things to develop and change and thought I was further along. My partner Steve came along and bought me a huge raspberry and white choc muffine afterwards, so I guess I'm OK now.

Anyway, good news is, baby is due on my mum's birthday, which she is rapt about. And it's my 34th birthday on Sunday! Yay!

Love and good wishes to everyone

Zeta x

Kylie33

20-10-2005, 10:23 AM

Hi everyone!

I am due 6th June with my 3rd. I have 2 boys (6 and almost 4), so hopefully this one is a girl (but my hubby does not want to find out - he doesn't care what it is).
It has been really interesting to read all your posts, especially the ones about morning sickness, as I did not get it in either of my pregnancies before, but am started to feel it now.

The other thing which has hit me hard is the tiredness. I don't know whether that is the pregnancy, or the fact that I work full-time, am pregnant and chase 2 kids around! I am really nervous about looking after 3 kids.

Does anyone else have any experience with 3 or more kids?

emtez

20-10-2005, 11:53 AM

Hi all,
Well i tested for the 2nd time this morning and got a BFP. DH is very excited, i still need some convincing it's a good thing.
We have 3 children and were tossing around the idea of a 4th. I thought i had decided that 3 was enough but aparently did not decide quick enough. Our youngest will only be 22 months when this one is due. It will be hard work as we have moved away from our family and i'll have to do it on my own.
I really hate being pregnant but know that when Bub arrives it will all get better.
Looking forward to the journey with you all.

angeltoes

22-10-2005, 02:28 PM

Hello everyone!

Congratulations to all June Mummies!

I'm very excited about joining to in here. I'm due 30th June, and am SOOOO excited. I have wanted this for a long time, but this was only our second month of trying, so we are very lucky. But early days, only just 5 weeks.

Question, when is the earliest I could go for an ultrasound? When is the heart beat audible? So much to learn. Obviously this is my first!!

Congrats again, and thanks!

Raquel (28)
Brendan (29)
Baby #1 edd 30/6/06

shereejoy

23-10-2005, 10:31 AM

Congrats to all the June mummies, it is so exciting isn't it. I am due the 26th May, but my last scan showed it may possibly be 28th May, but either way I am still in May, but could be June, aren't you nearly always late with your first? I have hit the 9 wks 2 days today, and only 1 and a bit weeks to confirm viability (at 11 weeks) of this pregnancy, due to the bleeding I have had.

Angeltoes - My first pregnancy they could see a hb at 5 wk 4 days, but then then time round they told me they would see nothing until at least 6 weeks. So I wouldn't risk it by going in any earlier than 6 weeks

Goodluck to all, sounds like you are all having a whale of a time. he he.

Mala

23-10-2005, 03:38 PM

Hi Everyone,

Angeltoes - the earliest you can go for an ultrasound is around the 8/9 week mark. The heartbeat can't be seen or heard very long before that.
Check with your Dr though. With my first and second pregnancies, the only u/s's I had were at week 18. This time though, with #3, the Dr would like to do a 'dating' u/s at wk 8/9 :D - apparently this is more and more common now.
I hope for your sake that your Dr does this too - it's a much shorter countdown! ;)
Otherwise, there is still the routine 18wk u/s - where all of the organs are checked over, and this is when you can find out the sex of your little bundle - if you wanted to!

To everyone else - I hope that the m/s is bearable, and to those of you who don't have it - enjoy that too!

I can just start to feel my baby lump when I'm lying on my back - it's so exciting!
We've told a few more close friends - but the kids don't know just yet, as then it will be public knowledge!!
I also have 2 exams in the week that I could go and have the 8/9wk scan, so looks like it will be more like around the 10wk mark :mad: .... I just want to have it done!!!

Keep well everyone,

Mala

emtez

23-10-2005, 05:47 PM

Welcome Raquel,
Congrats on you BFP. Its nice to see someone due after me now. You might be lucky and if you have your baby late as most first timers do. You could earn another $1000 baby payment. My huddy told me to wait out but he is so kidding. I have big babbies and had them a bit early so definatley not waiting.
Hope all is well with everybody. Thought i might make a little list so we can see how many of us there is.

Summerly EDD 5/6/06
Mumofnoah 6/6/06
Kylie33 6/6/06
jade*and*haydens*mummy 12/6/06
Zeta 12/6/06
Amy=) 13/6/06
alicesmum 14/6/06
dustypeach 14/6/06
Kassa 17/6/06
Mala 20/6/06
Emtez 25/6/06
angeltoes 30/6/06
Katie ??/6/06

Hope this is everybody!! There is quite a few of us when you see it like this.
Well i am 5 weeks today so everybody must be getting excited about that 12 week mark.
Hope you all had a great weekend.

kassa

24-10-2005, 11:04 AM

Hi Ladies,

It is good to see soo many June mummies to be.

Nothing really to report. I have no morning sickness, all I want to do is sleep.

I am 6w2d today, just one more week until I see my OB yeah, counting down the days.

Hope everyone is feeling OK.

Kerri

HoopDeeDoo

24-10-2005, 12:08 PM

With my first pregancy I had some spotting so I had an US at 6 weeks 4 days and there was a heart beat and noah looked like a little jelly bean. I'm gonna do the 12 week ultrasound it's to test for down sydrome (spelling sorry) I'm doing it just to see bubba though :p so only four weeks till then yay! :D and then the 18 week US to measure the organs and check the vessels in the heart etc. and to find out the sex if you want

Rita11

24-10-2005, 12:09 PM

Hello Girls, Could I please be added to the list? I am pg w my first and due on 24 June (soooo far away :) ). Am very excited!

Have had morning, noon and night sickness but this has waned in the past couple of days- which is more worrying than good, everyone (friends w kids) keeps telling me that morning sickness is a sign of a sticky pregnancy and that everything is humming along and now it has stopped, I feel a little anxious. Silly I know! :)

Have first appt w Ob on 21st Nov- cannot wait. Am hanging out for the 12 week mark, but have to say, have told A LOT of people- LOL!

Am also booked into St Vincents Private in Fitzroy - anyone had any experience there?

Well I hope you are all well and thanks in advance for adding me.

summerly

24-10-2005, 03:35 PM

Hi everyone,

I just have to say that you guys are my lifeline over here. I am soooo homesick at the moment. All of us have the flu and I have horrible morning sickness as well. I just want my mummy to look after me!!! Trying to be healthy but I am finding it very difficult to eat vegies. All I can cope with are carbs and protein at the moment. Even chocolate tastes like ****. :(

I had my ultrasound done at 7 weeks to get the dates and the doctor thought I was a week more advanced than I thought I was but we still weren't able to hear a heart beat. I've had some bleeding so hearing the heartbeat would have been more reassuring. Just have to wait I guess.

Can someone please explain the baby payment to me please? Kind of out of the loop over here. Oh well, have to go. Looks like there will be quite a few june babies around.

kiara

24-10-2005, 05:16 PM

Hi everyone,

I am due in June too. My EDD is the 20/06/2006. I've very excited. I have 2 pregnant friends also due in June one on the 06/06/2006 and the other on the 12/06/2006. The 12/06 excites me as this is my birthday too. Good luck to everyone.

Kiara

*Mala looks like I'll be joining you :)

Zeta

24-10-2005, 08:43 PM

Hey Girls

It's so great that there are more of us now! Starting to feel like a little community. After an ultrasound last week, my due date has changed from the 12/6 to 18/6 - I was a bit ahead of myself.

My morning sickness has just kicked in - constantly feel like I am on the verge of throwing up, but never do. Can't wait for it to be over. If I eat little snacks all day I feel much better, but it's the pits. I've been having some weird pains in the last couple of days, a bit like period cramps, but no bleeding, very sore. Anyone experienced something similar?

Glad everyone's doing well and look forward to more chats soon.

Love Zeta xx

Mala

25-10-2005, 10:53 AM

Hi Girls,

Zeta - I've been having some period pain type of... 'aching'. Not painful, as such, but just... uncomfortable. I keep looking at the tp everytime I wipe, expecting to see something - I think this is normal when you're pregnant anyway!??! Tell me I'm normal! ;)

Kiara - I've moved over on the couch labelled '20/6', and now there's room for you to grow an enormous belly with me! Congratulations! Is this your first?

Summerly - you asked about the baby payment? Don't quote me on this - but when you send off the paperwork that the hospital fills in for you, it magically appears in your bank a/c. Voila! It's currently about $3120.?.. thereabouts. Your location says Singapore - does that affect the payment??

(On 1/7/06 it increases to $4000 - I've already had the 'You should have waited another month' speech :mad: - I tell them, it's free money. Some just see the dollar signs and figure that's a good enough reason to have a child :mad: )

All's quiet on the homefront here. Work has called me in a few extra days here and there.
I work casual, with permanent hours. When should I be telling work that I'm PG?
I know I'm not entitled to anything... but I know that it will take them awhile to replace me. (I'm not arrogant, the job is a logistical nightmare).
I kind of feel quilty as I've only been in the job for 6/7mths. But, they did come to me - and they knew I was studying and another baby may be on the cards...
Damn Conscience!

Hope you're all well. And those spongey tummies are starting to get harder!

Mala

kiara

25-10-2005, 01:58 PM

Hi Mala,

Not sure when you should tell work. I already have as the boss is also a personal friend, also because I work in childcare.

This is my second pregnancy and hopefully my first child. Went to the dr's last Tuesday and he wasn't too convienced that this would be a progressive pregnancy because of my urine sample. I cried but spoke to many people and since have eased my mind. I go back this afternoon to see how everything is going. Hopefully all is well.

Thanks for moving over for me too ;)

All the best

Kiara

emtez

25-10-2005, 04:52 PM

Hi all, Hope everybody is well. Welcome and Congratulations to Rita and Kiara.
Here is the new updated list. Please let me know if your date changes or your new and need adding.

JUNE 2006 BABIES

Summerly EDD 5/6/06
Mumofnoah 6/6/06
Kylie33 6/6/06
jade*and*haydens*mummy 12/6/06
Amy=) 13/6/06
alicesmum 14/6/06
dustypeach 14/6/06
Kassa 17/6/06
Zeta 18/6/06
Mala 20/6/06
Kiara 20/6/06
Rita 24/6/06
Emtez 25/6/06
angeltoes 30/6/06
Katie ??/6/06

I have found a few friends who are also pg due around the same time but we haven't told anyone yet so have said nothing to then. I am quite pleased with my self as i have nearly made a whole week without spilling the beans. That's a first for me.

Hope everybody is feeling well,
Summerly i hope everybody is feeling better there and hetting over being sick.
Chat soon :)

angeltoes

25-10-2005, 08:02 PM

Hello June Mummies!

Thanks for all the info on U/S's. I guess this being my first pregnancy I'm a little anxious. An u/s to see even a pulsating spot might make me feel more confident.

Zeta - I can relate to having cramps too, kinda like period pain only not as intense, mine usually stirs my tummy so I feel sick too. Like Mala, I am constantly checking the tp! Yes, I hope we are normal Mala!!

Rita11 - I have heard good things about St V at Fitzroy. I'm going to Mercy for Women, have my first app on 25th nov, and tour of hospital on 10th nov. Nice to know of another Melburnian! I work in North Carlton, not far from Fitzroy. Hi! I don't know anyone local to me that is pregnant, let alone due around the same time!

Kiara - Good luck sweetie. Emotional me nearly cried when I read your message. I hope it is a sticky baby, try not to worry too much, you know, stress being bad for us and all. Easier said than done. *hugs*

Emtez - I don't know how to keep my mouth shut! I'm so excited! It's weird though, you'd think with there still being so much anxiety surrounding me with this being my first that it'd nbe easy to not tell people. Not so!

Cheers, Raquel.

kiara

25-10-2005, 09:38 PM

Thank you Raquel,

I went back to the dr's today and the test was a very good sign. Have to go back on Friday where we will talk more about bub. Hopefully he'll give me a referral for an early u/s to ease my mind. Oh and I must be normal too as I too check the toilet paper.

Kiara

MilkOnTap

25-10-2005, 09:59 PM

Kiara - I'm not due (and dont plan on it any time soon) but I read your message - i am not familiar with how you lost your first child - but keep postive! I have read in sooo many articles everywhere that optimism really does help! I really do hope this pregnancy sticks for you!

Good Luck!

Cheers,

kiara

26-10-2005, 10:29 AM

Ally,

I'm not sure what the actually cause of my miscarriage was myself. I've just put it down to one of those things that just happens for a reason. I am trying to keep myself as stress-free and optimistic as possible. I also read that you have had 2 ectopic pregnancy's, I'm sorry to hear. I think I also saw in another thread that you have set a date to get married?? Congratulations!! Good luck with all the plans you must be so excite.

Kiara

HoopDeeDoo

26-10-2005, 11:14 AM

I've had a few crampy feelings. When I stand up too quickly I get some sharp pains, but remember these from my first pregnancy, so tell myself it will be ok. I check the TP everytime, so it must be normal :D I can't wait till that 12 week mark :rolleyes:

summerly

26-10-2005, 04:30 PM

Hi all, still have the flu so I still feel like ****. Hate being sick like this.

Mala, thanks for the baby payment info, we may be having the baby in Perth, just not sure yet as Hubby's contracts aren't settled yet. $3000 would come in awfully handy though. Our insurance just for me alone with a maternity package costs us that a year. So much cheaper in Australia. $4000 would be even better but I don't think I can keep my legs crossed for a whole month. ;)

I'll be back in Australia in two weeks. Yay!! Can't wait. I've been told that flying in the first trimester is not a great idea but I don't care, I just want to be back. Oh well, have to go eat something again, before I start chucking. Bye!

angeltoes

26-10-2005, 07:57 PM

Hi girls :)

Kiara- glad things are sounding positive for you, good on you! STICK BABY, STICK!

I must be so naive. I didn't even know about the baby payment until very recently! But I have to say, $4000 will be great. Paying for our wedding this new years eve will drain us financially, so we'll only be able to save for 6 months.

How long are you girls taking for maternity leave and how long into your pregnancies will you work?

I'm a nanny with two children, 11years and 2 1/2 years. I plan to work as far into my pregnany as I can, I'm pretty lucky in that my 2yo still sleeps, which allows me to rest too. After bub is born I might have 2-4 months off but then go back to work part time with the baby. Well, that's the plan, we shall see how it all goes!!

Raquel.

juenmel

26-10-2005, 08:39 PM

HI all

I am nearly 7 weeks and hink i am due 16 june, although i hope to be a month wrong and be due on my mums birthday in May.

Starting to doubt I am pregnant as I have no symptoms, except weight gain and no AF. The blue line wasnt a figmentof my imagination I am sure!

Any way, time will tell , plus the trip to the midwife.

Congratulations to you all

Jue
DD 28 3 03

kiara

26-10-2005, 09:06 PM

Raquel,

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm hoping it sticks.

I plan to work until the start of June which gives me about 2 weeks off before bub is born. I work in childcare so I don't know how much help I'll be anyway especially if I'm with the younger ones.

I hope to take a year off but I don't think this will happen. At the lest I will be taking 5 months off though.

Good Luck all

Kiara

tyler's mum

26-10-2005, 11:23 PM

congrats on the news jaden's mum, will be good the kids are close in age

jaydensmum

27-10-2005, 12:29 AM

Hi tylers mum, unfortunately i had a chemical pg a month ago. Im no longer pg and we are still trying to conceive. Thanks for your congratulations though. Hopefully they will be in order this month! Cheers! :D

jaydensmum

kassa

27-10-2005, 11:39 AM

Hi June Mummies,

I have had slight MS, I vomited for the first time last night. yuk. I am finding that I am really bloated, Is anyone else getting the bloated feeling.

I am planning to leave for maternity leave about a month before due date. Still haven't decided if i will go back to work. Our plan was to have two children pretty close together, so we may start trying before the 12 months is up.

Today I have ordered the CHOICE Guide to Baby Products, has any purchased this mag. I have no idea on where to start with any purchases and how much it is going to cost. We don't want to start buying anything until I am at least 3 months .

Thanks for the chat ladies, hope everyone is going well.

Cheers
Kerri
6w6d

Rita11

27-10-2005, 04:01 PM

Hi All - hope everyone is feeling well :)

Emtez- thanks v.much for adding me to the list :)

Rita11 - I have heard good things about St V at Fitzroy. I'm going to Mercy for Women, have my first app on 25th nov, and tour of hospital on 10th nov. Nice to know of another Melburnian! I work in North Carlton, not far from Fitzroy. Hi! I don't know anyone local to me that is pregnant, let alone due around the same time! Cheers, Raquel.

I don't know anyone who is pg either! I only moved to Melb a year ago from Sydney (hubby is from Melb originally) - hopefully SIL w be pg soon to keep me company :) Thanks for leeting me know about the good reports on St V's.

I live in Brunswick West/Coonans Hill but work in too-far-for-me Blackburn. I am booked in at St V's but I am going to do a tour of the RWH next Wednesday night and see what the BC is like there. Just want to keep options open and have a look before 1st Ob Appt.

Ob that I have booked in w is Tom Eggers who was my gyno before this- pretty handy :)

Am hoping to take full year off and will work as close to date as possible, need to save that cash (another reason for looking at RWH). MS is back but in the afternoon, had a nice little episode walking to my car last night after work, quite embarassing!

Well I best go for the moment, work beckons!

Take Care,
R

DustyPeach

28-10-2005, 03:03 PM

Does anyone have conflicting bloodwork to ultrasound due dates? My ultrasound on the 12th of oct indicated 5-6 weeks along which gives me a due date of 140606 however bloodwork inicates 10-12 weeks which would make me due the 140406. Due to go back for another scann on the 12th November. I had a similar thing with my DD and she was definatley over cooked. She pealed badly and we had to moisturise and add baby oil to her baths daily.

Asside of this confusion and the morning sickness we apear to be doing well. How is everyone elce feeling? Am starting to settle down with throwing up hence I feel like I am closer to the 14 week stage as this happend around this time with DD 1. I am also convinced this bubby is another girl as things are so similar. Ie appitite, moods and tiredness.

Zeta

28-10-2005, 10:01 PM

Hi Everyone

I'm having some boob problems and wondering if anyone can offer advice. I'm nearly 7 weeks along and my breasts are really heavy and VERY painful. I've grown out of existing bras very quickly. Can anyone suggest a kind of bra that will offer support but not look horrible and frumpy? Still like to think I am mildly sexy, despite having my head in a bucket every day and feeling very bloated!

emtez

29-10-2005, 05:15 PM

Hi all. Hope you are having a good weekend.
Zeta, You may want to try and find a bra that doesn't have underwire in it. Sometime you breast tissue goes right up under the arm and the underwire can dig in and cause pain as the boobs are expanding. You might find a nice sorts bra that isn't too bad and comfortable. See how you go, i hope this helps. :)

Mother Duck

31-10-2005, 12:09 AM

Hi there all - I am a bit of a late runner but just thought I say Hi anyway. I think my DD is 27th June but I am manifesting a July baby! (who cares really- any baby is good!!) and so I have posted in July.

Meanwhile congrats to all!

LOL

HoopDeeDoo

31-10-2005, 02:30 PM

I feel tired bloated and my boobs are bigger and sore and I'm only 9 weeks. I had someone tell me I look further along than that. Which I'm sure they meant in a nice way but it doesn't make a pregnant women feel any better when people say that. I had a lot of people say that with my son aswell, and lots of "Are you sure it's not twins?" :eek:
I had a nightmare the other night that I found out I was having twins and my husband left me for another women because he couldn't afford to have twins :( My DH just smiled when I told him about it and said he definately would never do that, which I knew deep down:p I'm sure I would learn to cope as many do but I really hope I'm not having twins :)

emtez

01-11-2005, 03:39 PM

Hi all, hope everybody is well. I am feeling really tired today. I can bearly keep my eyes open, which makes it a bit hard to watch 3 others running around.
My Dh couldn't wait any longer and had to tell his parents so i've had to ring all my family. Most of them were excited which is good. I told one of my friends today and she told me she is 11 weeks pg which is really exciting too. our little girls are 1 month apart and our new babies will only be 5 weeks apart which will be great.
I have updated the list i hope this has everybody on it.

JUNE 2006 BABIES

Summerly EDD 5/6/06
Mumofnoah 6/6/06
Kylie33 6/6/06
jade*and*haydens*mummy 12/6/06
Amy=) 13/6/06
alicesmum 14/6/06
dustypeach 14/6/06
Juenmel 16/6/06
Kassa 17/6/06
Zeta 18/6/06
Mala 20/6/06
Kiara 20/6/06
Rita 24/6/06
Emtez 25/6/06
Jessi 27/6/06
angeltoes 30/6/06
Katie ??/6/06

Have a great night! :)

Mother Duck

01-11-2005, 03:59 PM

Hi there Emtez - You are so organised - I aspire!

Just when the list was updated! - Congrats to a new mum to be and new hub bub member - Peanutsmum_2006 (Angela) is due on the 27th like me - Also like me she has come into July forum.

Although I am doing the best of both worlds thing in both June and July's pages naughty but I love hearing how you guys are too!

I so know what you mean, today I have been on another planet - had a friend over for Melbourne cup - lucky she loves me coz man, I was distant!

Just got a second wind - Still, great to be 'feeling' pregnant!

kassa

01-11-2005, 05:14 PM

Hi All,

Just got home and had the my scan with my OB. It was very exciting; the little heart was beating on the screen. He said I am due on the 12 June and the IVF nurse said I was due on the 16th. You would think that they would get it right especial with IVF when they know everything. He said everything looks good, and I can expect more bleeding and not to be too concerned if it is “old blood”. I have also now booked into the Wesley for delivery and my 12 week scan on 1st December.

We also got pricing for delivery, I don’t know if this is expensive or reasonable.
Antenatal visits $90.00, should get back $72.00.

Obstetrics Levy $2100 (payable by 28 weeks) we can’t pay this until 20 weeks, which is next year. This is a real bummer as if we paid this year we would be back 80%, but I think we are going to be out of pocket $2100.

Delivery is covered by health insurance. ($2,000) – We should of married doctors

He is also pushing me along the lines of a c section delivery, I always thought I would have a natural (with heaps of drugs, I can’t handle pain). Don’t know how I feel yet, both my sisters had emergency c sections because the baby couldn’t fit through the pelvis and they where very sore after delivery. He gave me pros and cons for both delivery and he said at the end of the day you want a health baby. He also said about 95% of OB have their babies delivered by c sections, because they think it is best for mother and baby. I just think he wants it planned out and I said this to him and he said it doesn’t matter either way and he can always induce.

I don’t know how I feel, I need to have a think about this, I know that I don’t handle pain very well.

I see my Ob in 4 weeks – 29 November, so here we go again, counting down the days.

Hope everyone is feeling OK,

Zeta, Good luck finding a bra, I had to buy some last week and I must stay sexiness has gone. My hubby had a good laugh when he say my new bra and I told him the size (16E, usually to be a 14 D)

Cheers
Kerri
7w4d

*Tan*

01-11-2005, 08:52 PM

Hello everyone, Just thought i would introduce myself as i am new to the forum!
I am 25 years old and just discovered my husband and i are pregnant with our first baby due 29th June 2006 :D I look forward to sharing the journey with you all!

Minks

02-11-2005, 10:10 AM

Hi Everyone,

I'm a newbie to the forum so thought I should pop my head in say hi! I've just had confirmation from my bloods that I am 6 weeks today and due 26/6/06!

Look forward to sharing the ride with you all!

:)

emtez

02-11-2005, 03:36 PM

Hi all, hope that everybody is feeling well. I am starting to feel a bit crappy. Just feeling off and bloated and really tired.
Got the info back from the hospital today. They had the appt date wrong and when i rang said they don't normally see you to 16 weeks which i thought was terrible as i was hoping to do Midwife car but whats the point if you only start halfway thru the pg. Have found a female GP that does antenatal care so i am going to see her next week to get some blood tests done and see if i can get an ultra sound. The hospital appt isn't till next year which seems ages away.

I think i'd better update the list as we have a few newbies. Welcome girls!!

JUNE 2006 BABIES

Summerly EDD 5/6/06
Mumofnoah 6/6/06
Kylie33 6/6/06
jade*and*haydens*mummy 12/6/06
Amy=) 13/6/06
alicesmum 14/6/06
dustypeach 14/6/06
Juenmel 16/6/06
Kassa 17/6/06
Zeta 18/6/06
Mala 20/6/06
Kiara 20/6/06
Rita 24/6/06
Emtez 25/6/06
Minks 26/6/06
Jessi 27/6/06
Peanutsmum_2006 27/6/07
Tulip 29/6/06
angeltoes 30/6/06
Katie ??/6/06

Glad to see so many new mums to be. Hope you are all feeling well today. :)

DustyPeach

04-11-2005, 08:08 PM

First timer

05-11-2005, 01:29 PM

Hi June Mums

I have just found out that I am 7 weeks pregnant....its all very exciting. This will be our first baby (we did have a miscarriage at 10 1/2 weeks in January). So as you can imagine we are excited but a bit cautious too. I have my fingers crossed. I have had just general queziness since six weeks and have been relatively symptom free yesterday and today (apart from the sore boobs!) which is making me a bit worried. Has anyone else had this happen?. I think I will be really worried until we see that first utlrasound on 9/12 :confused: . Our EDD is 22/6/06. I look forward to hearing everyones stories. It is so great to have something like this to talk about what is going on.

:)

emtez

05-11-2005, 04:23 PM

Dear dusty peach,
Hi sorry about not responding to your previous question. I am lead to believe that the best way to date a pregnancy is by using ultra sound to measure the baby's size. I think the theory is that most babies grown uniformly up to about 12 weeks so a dating scan under 12 weeks is the most reliable to within a few days. I guess our hormones are all different so maybe you just had an increased which put your dates ahead. Check with your dr next time you go but i'm sure the next ultra sound will let you know as their will be a deffinate size difference between a 4-6 week difference in your dates. i hope that this helps and you don'r have to wait long for the ultra sound.

Welcome first timer.
Glad that you could share the journey with us all.
Hope that you are keeping well and bubs is growing!!!!
Here is an updated list.

JUNE 2006 BABIES

Summerly EDD 5/6/06
Mumofnoah 6/6/06
Kylie33 6/6/06
jade*and*haydens*mummy 12/6/06
Amy=) 13/6/06
alicesmum 14/6/06
dustypeach 14/6/06
Juenmel 16/6/06
Kassa 17/6/06
Zeta 18/6/06
Mala 20/6/06
Kiara 20/6/06
First timer 22/6/06
Rita 24/6/06
Emtez 25/6/06
Minks 26/6/06
Jessi 27/6/06
Peanutsmum_2006 27/6/07
Tulip 29/6/06
angeltoes 30/6/06
Katie ??/6/06

The list is certaninly growing!
Have a great weekend everybody :)

HoopDeeDoo

07-11-2005, 08:50 AM

Dustypeach- I have never had blood tests for my levels, so I'm not sure but i would think that the ultrasound reading would be more accurate as it's going on the actual baby rather than your hormones. Some people have higher levels than others which is why some people's syptoms are more severe than others. Talk to your doctor though to get an educated answer.

summerly

07-11-2005, 10:43 AM

Hi all,

congratulations to all who have joined since I last posted. I am over the flu now and 10 weeks today so hopefully there are only a few more weeks of morning sickness to get through. It sucks! I've lost 3 1/2 kg so far and my breast size has deflated again, but at least I don't need to buy a new bra just yet. It is going to be expensive enough for christmas this year, as we'll be seeing all the family, without having to buy new clothes and underwear just yet. It is starting to get uncomfortable sleeping on my stomach, and the tiredness hasn't lifted at all yet. Can't wait until the first trimester is over. I'm starving!

I asked my doc about the ultrasound dating and he said that during the first few weeks all babies have the same developemental milestones and are growing at about the same size so ultrasound dating is more acurate than blood work. And according to my ultrasound I am actually due on the 31 may instead of 5 june. But I am not sure, so I'm just going by the june dates and if my morning sickness ends sooner than I expect then I shall be pleasantly surprised.

Coming back home this week and won't have computer access until next jan, so everyone have a merry christmas and a good new year, and I'll catch up with you then. :)

alicesmum

07-11-2005, 12:21 PM

hi all
haven't been on this thread lately. haven't much to report really.

feeling just fine (unlike last pregnancy when by week 8 was feeling really bad). I will be 9 weeks on Wednesday. have my first scan on December 5. have put my name on the ballot for the birth centre at the RBWH. Will find out after Nov 15 if I get in ((((fingers crossed)))))

i have hardly any symptoms. no sore boobs. just a tiny bit of nausea on and off throughout the day and really tired by 7.30 at night.

i had forgotten about the tiredness. :rolleyes: ick!

i feel convinced I am having a boy. my spiritual teacher (a zen buddhist nun) who is very psychic (she was very clear i was having a girl by week 8 last time and told me her name would start with A - I already had Alice picked out btw and hadn't told anyone) said she thinks it is a boy this time and since I am not sick at all, and i was last time, I am sure I am having a boy!!! i found some websites saying some studies show you get sicker with girls than boys, though many ppl have told me that that is not their experience ! :D

I will have to get some good stories about boys, as I am so turned off boys growing up with the 'brother from hell' LOL! However, though I would LOVE another girl, a boy might be just what I need to overcome my fears! :p

congratualtions to the June newcomers, especially the first timers. so exciting first time round!! (second time is exciting too but i remember the novelty factor first time around and how much there was to learn!).

take care everyone :p
rachel

First timer

07-11-2005, 03:33 PM

Hi June Mums

I thought I would check in to. Safe travels home Summerly and sounds like there might be a boy on the way for Alice's Mum!.

Well I continue to feel average (not really good, not really bad!) so I think I have been pretty lucky with the nausea but pretty unlucky with the integestion!. I seem to get intermittant integestion from after lunch until I go to bed. Boobs are still pretty sore and as big as a house!. I am not really that tried in fact I am having some trouble getting to sleep. I was really worried over the weekend as I had about three days will very few symptoms and the danger of miscarrisge is always in the back of my mind :( . But the hormones seems to have kicked in a bit more today which I have found pretty reasurring. Well I be 8 weeks on Thursday and I tell you what I reckon this will be the longest month of my life waiting for the ultrasound. I am thinking about asking my Dr for an early ultrasound (ultrasound 9/12), but I think I am just freaking a bit given my last preganancy experience ended in a miscarriage.

Anyway I have heard acting and being positive can assist with a successful pregnancy...so thats what I have decided I will do.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. Just think not long now until the end of the first trimester!. I am just looking forward to being able to tell everyone our secret!
:D

Mother Duck

07-11-2005, 03:34 PM

It is such a weird feeling coming home after being os - good luck with the move Summerly - where will you be living?

Don't forget the good old net at the local library - would be awful if we had to wait to January for your beautiful self and news of bub!

Alicesmum - I have my fingers crossed for the same ballot at RWBH - I hope we both get in.

Good Luck ! :)

Mother Duck

07-11-2005, 03:39 PM

Hi First timer - I am 8 weeks on Friday - it is funny reading your post as we are going through such similar things. I am also feeling not too bad - not too good depending on the day.

We lost the last two and I am finding it a big struggle to think positively.

I so understand how you feel.

Still I find if you mentally 'frame' the experience of the m/c and hang it on an imaginary wall - then you can mentally imagine the birth of bub and a cozy winter together - 'frame' that image too and put it on that mental wall.

Look at them both but linger on the winter baby picture!

Hope this makes sense - Helps me anyway!

Thinking of you X O X

First timer

07-11-2005, 03:55 PM

Thanks so much Jessie

It is just so nice to know that you are not the only one who has ever felt like this....sometimes you can feel a bit isolated. You knwo first time around...last time was not a fantastic outcome...not feeling as sick as I thought etc....

Thanks for your thoughts! :)

*~alegna~*

07-11-2005, 05:54 PM

Oh my Goodness Me!...

Some one please shoot me now! :eek: .I have been sick non-stop for the past few days. I want the "not too good not too bad" feeling. In stead of I think I will die!

I thought I would be fine, with just tender boobs & lathargy!...Oh no! says Mother Nature, not you! Have it all!!!!!. And then to top it all off I work in a Medical Centre where every single Mother/patient tells me there "morning sickness" horror stories. I cry now for ABSOLUTLEY no reason & can't control it. :(

Will it be like this for the whole time...I am 7 weeks tomorrow & these last few days have felts like the whole 9 months!.....Sorry to winge & moan ladies, I know we're all in the same boat. This is my number one bub, Lord I want it to stop!.LOL

My mum is telling me it is worth it, and I know she is right but it just hit me all @ once.

I am looking forward to a week off starting Wednesday though, may be that will be the worst of it over :confused: . Also havig U/S on Monday to check for viability, I think maybe I won;t mind sooo much when I see my little peanut! :) .

Thanks for listening to me ramble...I will go now & cry uncontrolably for no reason!!...Just kidding. My poor husband is about to throttle me!...He is a saint for putting up with this mess if a wife!. LOL

Bye girls xxx

Me , 21
Hubbie, 22
Peanut due 27/06/06.....making mummy a nut case!

amy=)

07-11-2005, 06:53 PM

hello all... so many mums-to-be in June!!! yay for us!!!! =)

i'm still feeling terrible... i'm trying to get excited but the m/s is draining me completely... i've tried all the ginger one person can stand and melissa tea and chamomile (?spelling?) tea and nothing makes a difference!... i've lost 8kg and KNOW how important it is to eat well but nothing will stay down! my boobs are quite sore and getting bigger but i can't say i see a difference in my tummy? i wish i could though because i'm so looking forward to a growing tummy!... oh well, only a little bit longer and it'll pass.....

kerri, i feel v. strongly that if you always thought you'd have a natural birth then your ob shouldn't try to pursuade you otherwise.... the idea that c sections are safer than natural births is absolutely ludicrous! i can understand that in some cases, c sections are appropriate... but nowhere near as often as they are practiced! and there is no way he/she could know this early in the game that it would be benificial for you and your bub...

i'm currently studying nursing and during that time specified in midwifery whenever i could. current literature shows that the benifits of a natural birth for both baby and mum far outweigh those of c sections.... the nerve of an ob to suggest that a c section isn't because he wants it planned out because 'either way he can always induce' disturbs me greatly! this is not HIS BIRTH nor is it his body or baby to make decisions for!!! inductions are the cause of many emergancy c sections in the first place!

i had a woman say to me "thank heavens" she was in hospital because if she wasn't she never would've survived... let me paint you the picture... she went 2 days over her 'due date' and her ob pursuaded her to be induced. well, her body and her bub were not ready yet... the labour went on and on and on with no real progress, after hours the baby went into distress and they rushed her off for an emergancy c section..... the recovery period was long and painful but the baby was fine.... now, i find the irony of this scenario puzzling. she says "thank heavens i was in hospital" when, if she hadn't been there and been pursuaded into the induction she never would have needed to be 'saved' in the first place!.... her body and baby would have initiated the labour on their own when they were ready and she quite likely never would have ended up with a c section....

my mother, the fantastic woman that she is, has 10 children (yes same father, no we're not catholic) and is a walking encyclopedea on birthing. she strongly feels that a large part of what has allowed her to have so many children is that she didn't allow any intervention unless the baby was in trouble...

our bodies and our babies grow and function together in the most amazing way... our bodies have provided everything our little ones need up until the day they are born... if a baby does not come on our ob's expected date of delivery then maybe it's just not ready yet.... an ob has no right to imply that he can simply induce.

noone has a right to make us feel like we are inept at 'doing' this ourselves yet sadly i feel that too often we are made to feel like we can't do it without them.... look at your body and the way it changes and adapts and be confident that you CAN do this and you WILL do this as perfectly without someone poking and prodding us along... now, i'm not advocating to stay at home and do it alone... but be aware that YOU are in control and be confident that you will be fine! their role is to support and help you when and if you need it.

we are doing something very special when we grow and give birth to our babies and i don't feel that some ob's respect that... this is not a medical 'procedure' that needs to be monitored and set to the clock. i feel it very important that my ob understands that although i appreciate his knowledge and his help if necessary, he is still an observer and supporter of my birth- which will come when it's ready in whatever time it needs.

now, i'm sorry to have gone on a tangent- it just makes me angry sometimes when i see how powerless women feel during their pregnancy and birth when really, they should be confident to have the birth they choose... whatever that be.... not one they are bullied or pursuaded into....

we are godesses in the flesh!!!!!

i must get something to eat!!! best wishes to you all!

amy! xx

alicesmum

07-11-2005, 07:51 PM

go amy!! you should check out the birth and labour threads on this forum. sure you could contribute there!!!

peanutsmum - i am afraid to say that you will weep at the drop of a hat for most of your pregnancy if you are anything like me. i didn't start getting all emotional until about week 14 or 16 last time i think, and then it was pretty eratic until about week 35 or 36. anything my hubby would do that made me the tiniest bit upset and i was a mess!! yes, it's so much fun when the hormones go haywire!!!!

this will also continue for the first few weeks of your baby's life. yay!! :p but be assured: your mental well-being returns to normal eventually. you won't be a basket-case forever!!!! :D

DustyPeach

07-11-2005, 08:58 PM

Thanks mumofnoah, emtec and anyone elce that commented on my question ubove. This thread moves so fast with posts it has become hard to keep up in between throwing up :) I have been in regular contact with my dr as we all are during our preg's. Just wanted other peoples experiences with same/similar situations not only from a med view.

Doing well here also... Starving and unable to keep anything down :mad:

Hope everone is doing well...

Kylie33

08-11-2005, 10:07 AM

Hi everyone!

I had been feeling quite sick (though not as sick as others!). No vomiting, but constant nausea all day and night. Then someone told me about Blackmores Morning Sickness tablets - they have really helped. Gives you a big Ginger and vitamin B kick, so you don't have to keep eating ginger all day. I have felt so much better since I started taking them. Nausea is not completely gone, but only coming sometimes, and not as bad as it was.

I was not sick at all in either of my other Pregnancies, so this has been a real shock to me.

I have an u/s this afternoon to have a look. I think I am 10 weeks, but 8kg wieght gain in 4 weeks, and showing like a 16 weeker means the dr wants to check that there is only one baby in there.

Wish me luck! I will let you all know how I go.

kassa

08-11-2005, 10:26 AM

Hi Everyone,

Kylie, good luck for your U/S.

Ladies with M/S I hope you all feel better really soon.

Thanks Amy, for your advice.

As I will be a first time mother and really don't have the knowledge yet on the whole process of child birth. Your comments are greatly appreciated.

I have written a list of questions to ask my OB at my next appointment about both natural and c section births. I have been with this doctor for some time with the whole IVF process and I think if he still pushes c section I might be better off going to see another OB. I just don’t think my OB has the time to do both IVF and natural births. It is a real shame as I feel so comfortable with him

Has anyone any recommendation for an OB in Brisbane.

Cheers
Kerri
8w4d

alicesmum

08-11-2005, 10:30 AM

hi kerri
you aren't too late to put your name down at the Birthing Centre at the Royal Women's. The ballot closes Nov 15 so you have a few days yet! DO you know about the birth centre? It's like having an OB only you have a midwife who is on call and you are in hospital to birth, only it's less clinical and you are less likely to have the "cascade of interventions". You have a private room with King bed and can have a water birth if you want. Also it costs you nothing! yay!!!! It's very popular though, because it is such a great service. They only take fairly low risk pregnancies however.

If you want to go private though, I have heard Douglas Keeping does not charge the $2000 insurance levy, which would be a nice bonus.

The other OB i have heard is very very good is Nicki Whelan. Very popular though.

Her side-kick is David Hill who I have also heard good things about.

good luck!

Kylie33

08-11-2005, 10:37 AM

Who do you have to contact to put your name down for the birthing centre?

alicesmum

08-11-2005, 10:43 AM

just call the RBH and ask to be put through to the Birth Centre.

3636 8247 is a number I have here. But if it's the wrong one, just asked to be put through.

I should have mentioned too that the BC is only for people who want to go 'a la naturale'. they don't give epidurals in the BC. It's all about active birthing etc. And you can only stay one night (which is fine by me thanks very much....hate hospitals :))

rachel :p

Kylie33

08-11-2005, 10:52 AM

Thanks Alicesmum. I might try to find out some more information.

The one day doesn't worry me, and my last 2 labours were so fast (4.5hrs & 45min) I barely had time for pain relief (gas only)!

This might be another option I have not yet looked at.

shereejoy

08-11-2005, 11:26 AM

Hi Jessie, I think you are in this thread, I just tried to post a reply to your pm, but I will post it here for you. Thanks for your PM by the way, it was so sweet!

Boy do I have a story for you.

As you know I started discharging again straight after scan on Thursday AGAIN!, bit concerning but it wasn't bad. We had always planned to go to Warrick for the weekend to visit Wade's sister who is 19 weeks pregnant, and seeing as it had eased by Friday afternoon, off we went at 6am on Saturday morning. Wade's parents were there for the weekend also.

At 3am Sunday morning I woke up feeling all wet down there, sometimes I sweat alot during night, and I was inclined to ignore and rollover and go back to sleep, then I felt a gush, I bellowed to Wade, he turned on the light and there was red blood everywhere! I was crying, screaming and shaking. I woke the whole house. I went to the toilet and felt something fall out of me, I salvaged it from the bottom of the toilet. It was a clot about the size of my palm with no fetus in it! I was terrified, as I didn't know whether I had got it all from the toilet or not. Then I started cramping and had tail bone pain. Wade's sisters' husband is an ambo, and he raced me to the hospital. He has connections which was great, but they couldn't do a scan until 9am (when the obsterician came in). That was the longest wait, they gave me a sleeping tablet and I still couldn't sleep. I had given up hope as everyone knows red blood (and lots of it), clots and cramps are not a good sign. You could see on the doctor and nurses face they were not convinced all was ok. But sure enough there was bubbles still alive and well. Bubbles was active, but hb had declined somewhat. Thursday it was 167, and it was now 120, which I was worried, but the doctor wasn't. That afternoon he did another scan and hb had increased a little. They kept me over night for observation, the bleeding was subsiding, as was the cramps. Finally went to sleep at 10:30pm Sunday night and then woke at 4am (hard to sleep in those hospitals). I had made an appointment with the gyno for Monday about a month ago and was eager to get back for it. The doctor released me and we made it back for my appointment right on the dot of my apppointment time of 2:20pm. That was such a long 5 1/2 hour drive, and it appeared that the bumpy ride, shook up my discharge again.

Anyway the gyno was very happy, he said for me to make it this far with all my discharge throughout the pregnancy was such a good sign. He said if I was going to m/c it would have happened on Sunday as with all that blood, it would have come away with it (normally)! He said at 12 weeks I now have a 95% chance of keeping the baby, and not m/c'ing, and at 16 weeks it become 98%. He did a scan and there bubbles was, very active, and the doctor said that was such a good sign. He could see nothing but good signs as the fetus and placenta looked healthy. But he ordered me to bed rest for the next couple of weeks as it is now so crucial. He truely believes if I do the right things there would be no reason for bubbles to leave. He told me my baby is a little fighter. He did an internal on me and confirmed that my current discharge is old blood and is reasonably confident it was my placenta coming away from the uterus in a section and blood got caught up behind it and clotted. He said I would have done something that day to dislodge it and it needed to be dislodged in order for the placenta to heal.

The doctor has given me so much hope, I just have to do the right things now. I am so relieved and can't believe the miracle that has just happened. Even the nurse told me that she didn't think bubbles was still alive. Wade and I are so exhausted and are glad we did not become a statistic. Now I can give hope to anyone that has a bleed, as mine was so extreme and here we are!

I can't explain my happiness!!!!!!!

Oh and also the scan on Thursday dated me at 12 weeks today, and my dates are 11 weeks 4 days today, and the gyno's dates from scan yesterday is 12 weeks 3 days today. So bubba is really growing well. I think I will go with the 12 weeks today (the one in the middle), just so I feel a little more at ease with reaching a milestone!

Hope you are well. Oh and Murgon, you live there hey, I think we went via that way on the weekend to Warrick on the weekend!

Cya chat soon.

Mother Duck

08-11-2005, 12:43 PM

You poor love - how stressfull, I reckon you will be meeting bubbles!!

I will keep reading your diary - lots of love and warm thoughts from this end to you :)

HoopDeeDoo

08-11-2005, 01:57 PM

Hi Jessie,

I tried PMing you but you have reached your max you popular girl. just wanted to say thanks for your PM it's so nice knowing someone else is going through the same sorts of issues at the same time as you. Your DD is so cute are you worried at all about the age gap between your two? The only things i'm thinking about are things like: Will i need double pram? and should i try moving noah to a bed so i don't have to have two cots?

HoopDeeDoo

08-11-2005, 02:02 PM

Kylie33 was that 45min for your second labour?
Cause thats one of the things I'm worried about, first going early as DS was a month early and second not getting to the hospital on time as my first labour was only 4 hrs brought on naturally. (V birth with one shot pethadine). I've had nightmares where i give birth at home with Noah looking on :eek: not that theres anything wrong with home births i just wouldn't want to clean up after one that wasn't planned, and it would be good to have someone else there to give you a hand :p

Mother Duck

08-11-2005, 03:22 PM

Hi there Em

Its not that I am popular - just haven't kept on top of my filing tis all!

I personally really wanted to have my babies as close as possible, I now feel the gap is bigger than I had wanted.

Sure the logistics might be a bit tricky but so delightful to have them so close - besides my teeth are getting long!

As for the cots etc - I personally plan to have new bubba in bassinet next to our bed for the first few months - by then a bed should be fine for Mikki-Moo

By the way - I have sorted out my pm stuff now!

Zeta

08-11-2005, 11:08 PM

Hi Everyone

Always so great to read everyone's posts, all the different stories and experiences. I actually find myself really crying sometimes about the things women go through in pregnancy and pregnancy loss and just think we are all so strong!
I am 8 weeks now and due to see my OB this Thursday. I'm a first-timer so have no idea what I should be asking. My partner Steve and I tried to draw up a list of questions the other day but just ended up chewing the ends of our biros and giggling nervously. Can anyone suggest some useful questions that will keep me informed? I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing....

Zetaxx

Kylie33

09-11-2005, 08:38 AM

Hi everyone,

yes Mumofnoah, 45 minutes for the 2nd labour. I was induced after the baby was turned as he had been laying foot first breech and I spent 2 weeks in hospital as a precaution because they were worried about a prolapsed cord if my waters broke naturally again. From the time they started the induction to having him was 45 minutes. They turned the drugs off because I reacted so quickly. They warned me that I should not leave it too long to get to the hospital if I had a third, just in case this one is quick too.

Well, I had my u/s yesterday and everything is normal. New EDD of 14/6/05 - makes me 9 weeks today. Little heart bit was going along nicely - but there is not much else to see this early. Still, I think it made it sink in a little bit more that we are doing this again......

HoopDeeDoo

09-11-2005, 08:59 AM

Well I don't think i'll be induced but if i am I'll already be at the hospital so thats ok :)
I just booked in my 12 week scan in two weeks time I'm so excited these two weeks are going to drag i can see it now. I'll just have to spend more time on bub hub to make the time pass quicker.

I'm going to have the new bub in a cradle beside our bed for the first couple of months, I just found with Noah, he grew to big for it within about 3 months, and he started out at 5 p 4 so if i have a full term baby this time they may not be in it for long enough. :(

Oh well maybe I'll be able to borrow my SILs cot once she's finished with it.

I'm looking forward to having them close together. It's funny when I was pregnant with Noah my plan was to have at least a two year gap between them and I was going to go back to work after he was 6 months old. I'm still at home and I'm having another one and Noah is 12 months old :eek:

I love being a mum and a SAHM, couldn't imagine going back to work full time and leaving him with someone else. Pathetic I know but it's working for us so far...

kassa

09-11-2005, 10:16 AM

Hi Girls,

Thanks for the info on another Ob I will give him a call today.

I am so glad that I come across this forum, it is great to be in contact with others in simular situations.

Shereejoy, I feel for you, how stressful. I wish you all the best and I think you are right, your baby is a real fighter.

Cheers
Kerri

Mother Duck

09-11-2005, 09:06 PM

I'm going to have the new bub in a cradle beside our bed for the first couple of months, I just found with Noah, he grew to big for it within about 3 months, and he started out at 5 p 4 so if i have a full term baby this time they may not be in it for long enough. :(

I love being a mum and a SAHM, couldn't imagine going back to work full time and leaving him with someone else. Pathetic I know but it's working for us so far...

Hi there - I found that a cradle was fine for in our room when Mickayla outgrew the bassinet - just make sure it is one that you can lock so that bubba won't roll over.

As for your SAHM description - not pathetic at all - BEAUTIFUL! and perfectly natural - I was working up until a couple of months ago - basically after my 2nd MC I just couldn't stand leaving Mickayla with someone else.

Just felt so bad that in the end I decided to take leave without pay until the new year - will rethink it all then.

It is just great in this day and age for us that are circumstantially able to be SAHM's!

First timer

10-11-2005, 08:38 PM

Hi All

Just a quick update with a very funny pregnancy story. I was at the airport the other day on my way to Brissy for work. I was just watching what was happening around the place. I spotted an elderly couple saying goodbye to what I think was their elderly daughter. Not an unfamiliar sight at the airport. Suddenly the daughter was crying, the mum started crying and I just started bawling my eyes out in the middle of the airport. I was howling so badly I had to go outside.

I had discovered this week that morning sickness, hot weather and flying are not a good trifecta!.

It looks like this bambino has decided to step up the morning sickness abit now that he/she is a whole eight weeks old!. It looks like I have avoided the nausea for the moment and just have some hard core integestion. IT does come and go and I am still having some days feeling OK. I count myself very lucky at this stage given some of your stories.

Another question what sort of exercize are all you doing?. I am still playing netball once a week (there is only about 3 weeks left) and going to the gym doing extremely low impact. My doctor has said as long as I don't do too heavy weights and don't get to hot I should be OK. Is this what others have heard?

Hope you are all doing OK. :)

Mother Duck

10-11-2005, 11:36 PM

Swimming for me - my friend comes with us - Mickayla LOVES the water, we all swim together for a bit and then I do laps.

Oh - and I find laughing to be a fairly good sport too!

emtez

15-11-2005, 04:16 PM

Hi all,
Hope everybody is feeling well and the m/s is subsiding. into the 8th week for me. We are finally having an ultrasound next tuesday so looking forward to finally seeing some evidence of bub.
Have been really busy lately and Dh is away for the week so a friend is staying. I am really tired and love to crawl into bed for a couple of days!!!
Hope everybody is having a good week :)

kiara

15-11-2005, 05:04 PM

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know that my dates have changed. My doctor has set me back a week so now in stead of being due on the 20/06/2006 I will be due on the 27/06/2006. If he keep this up I'll end up being a July mummy!! :)

Kiara

Mother Duck

15-11-2005, 09:40 PM

H'ya Emtez - no wonder you are tired with all those kidlets! - How on Earth do you balance it?

May all your sleeping hours be deep ones! LOL

Kiara - feel free to drop in to the July mummies post too - anytime! X O X

*Tan*

15-11-2005, 10:46 PM

hi everyone, hope you are all doing well :)

I havent been around much lately as ive been feeling really awful, ive been so tired that everything takes so much effort and also my morning sickness has been really bad, not so much vomitting but just constant waves of nausea that last in to the night, im hoping it passes really soon.

Ive also gone off almost all foods, everything tastes and smells weird to me! My sense of smell has become so extreme that people at work are starting to think i am crazy because im always asking what the strange smells are that no one else can smell :confused: Also with the weather heating up i am constantly hot!! Anyone else found this?

HoopDeeDoo

16-11-2005, 09:47 AM

i'm sooo jealous of you lucky ducks who have had early ultrasounds. With Noah i had to have one at six weeks because of spotting, but with this one (thank goodness) I haven't had to have one yet. Only a week to go though ;)
It doesn't even feel like I'm pregnant this time apart from being really tired all the time. I haven't had any nausea really apart from a few smells making me gag - some really stinky nappies have been deadly. It's a great excuse to get DH to change them though when he's home :)
I have felt a few fluttery movements though which is exciting I can't wait until I can feel it from the outside and share the experience with DH and friends
I'm losing my mind again though, forgetting what I'm talking about half way through a sentance and forgetting normal everyday words

First timer

16-11-2005, 08:06 PM

Hi All

I am with Noah's Mum I am finding it really difficult waiting for my ultrasound which is on 9/12. It is great to hear that everyone else's are going well. Well once again the integestion seems to have subsided...but the tiredness and sore boobs are still about which for me I am seeing as a good sign. I just want the ultrasound to be over with so we can really get into telling people. Also at the stage I have been pretty well so I just want to see a little bubba with a heartbeat....as you can tell I really can't wait. DH is finding it very difficult not to tell people.

Another else having good and bad days with their ms?.

Glad to hear everyone is going well.

:D

*Tan*

16-11-2005, 10:18 PM

Hello everyone!

My morning sickness wasnt so bad today, i think ive found having a big glass of choc milk before work seems to help!

Im still extremely tired, i only worked 3 hours today and i still needed to have a long sleep afterwards. At my next gp appointment im going to ask her to test my iron levels, i think it might have something to do with that as im not eating any red meat.

I can relate to wanting to see your baby on the ultrasound, because im going public i dont even have one booked in yet, my gp says the hospital will not even see you until you are 12 weeks, so only 4 more to go!! I cant wait to see its little heart beating :)

Zeta

17-11-2005, 10:19 AM

Hi everyone

Well, just when I thought my MS had levelled off or even gone away, it's back worse than ever! Had a blissful 3 days nausea-free, then last week has been horrible. Have had some excruciating headaches, which have been worse than nausea. I'm a big reader and headaches have stopped me doing that, which is making me so miserable. My OB said they are sort of hormone-related migraines and that I can take Panadeine Forte as strongest medication - no medication is working, just does nothing.

Has anyone had the same problem and can anyone help with solutions? I am so fed up!

Good things about the last week: had an ultrasound at 9 weeks and could actually see a baby shape - was amazing! Have also chosen my hospital and booked first trimester screening for Down's. It's all feeling very real now!

Good to hear how everyone is getting along.

Zeta xx

HoopDeeDoo

17-11-2005, 10:27 AM

I've had a few headaches and just waited till they passed. I thought the only safe thing to take during pregnancy was regular paracitamol (sorry spelling)? :confused: I'm not a doctor though so I'm probably wrong.

I had a migraine with my last pregancy where I couldn't see, it wasn't very painful but all I could see was bright lights - very scary. It only happened once though, and I had never had one before that either.

I've found that drinking lots of water helps with the headaches and dizzyness.

*~alegna~*

17-11-2005, 04:00 PM

I feel like a different person. My MS has subsided for the time beig, thank goodness, but I'm just takin it one day at a time.

Still very tired & every now & then even a little dilerious (spelling). Laughing or crying @ silly things! - The mind boggles hah!.

My smelling is also on high alert, Actually if feels like everything is really!...funny that i could be pregnant! HAH

Had 1st u/s on Monday~! - How wonderful.....looked like a little baked bean!, my little baked bean though. Hubbie was over the moon, & it really hit it home for both of us. Have new EDD - 29/6/06 , Have 1st Antenatel 6/12. Every thing is looking up.

Hope everyone is feeling rosy. Hugs x

PS Has anyone been having bizarre dreams????

Angela
Peanut 29/06/2006

emtez

17-11-2005, 04:46 PM

Hi all,
Like the rest of you i'm waiting for the u/s to see the bub. i too am yet too really believe that i'm really preggas. Only waves of nausea and totally off bananas as they seem to make me sick. Apart from the constant tiredness i have been too tired to even dream at night.
Hope everybody is feeling well.

kiara

17-11-2005, 06:44 PM

I asked for an early ultrasound to put my mind at ease due to my last pregnancy ending in a miscarriage at 12 wks, but my dr said unless there is a medical reason why then I'll have to wait until 18 wks. So I don't get to have mine until nearly the end of January.

A girl at my work just had her 2nd ultrasound. The 1st one she was 6wks and 6days and she had it done so she could tell how far along she was. The 2nd one was today at 10wks 2days to see if the baby was ok because she contracted parvovirus. The poor thing she is scared somethings wrong, and I don't blame her.

HoopDeeDoo

18-11-2005, 09:32 AM

The ultrasound at 12 weeks is testing for Down Syndrome so if you want to see your bub before then ask your doctor to reffer you to do that. It's called a Nucal Scan.
But surely if it will make you feel more at ease then thats medical reason enough. Also if you previously had a M/C wouldn't your doctor want to make sure all is well this time?
I would definately push for an U/S if thats what you want to do. You're the one who has to pay for it so if you've got the extra $145 to spend go for it :)

HoopDeeDoo

18-11-2005, 09:34 AM

I don't really recommend this but my SIL when she was pregnant and bored she rang her doctor and said she had some spotting so she could have an U/S :rolleyes:

*Tan*

19-11-2005, 12:47 AM

Hi everyone :)

i am feeling alot better today, the m/s has eased off a bit but im still feeling really tired. Im seeing my gp on monday and im going to ask when/how i can book in for my first ultrasound... as im 8 weeks now and really itching to see the baby!! Also just wondering how everyone is going with their food? ive become extremely fussy (mostly due to the smells) and theres hardly anything i want to eat, in fact all my favourite foods have been repulsing me!! Strange :o

saskia

21-11-2005, 03:22 PM

I will be joining the june mums as well. Due on the 20th. It's my first one and don't really know what to expect. Going to the ob for first time this thursday. Am lucky :) not much morning sickness just nausea after a bad night sleep.

~Chick79~

21-11-2005, 04:44 PM

Hi all June mummies to be!!!

I am 8.5weeks pregnant with my second and couldn't be happier!!! A scan two weeks ago says my edd is 2nd July but going by my LMP i am due the 28th June so I am between threads! Had to have a caesarean with ryan so I am tipping if i have another one it will definitely by a june baby anyway!

I had a scare earlier on with some heavy brown discharge so i have put off posting my big news but now i figure hey if the worsed happen I will welcome the support from my friends!

My best friend is pregnant to (she is due in May) so it is great to share this with her! Now just have to wait for my other best friend to get succesful with her IVF attempts!

As for coping I am struggling with the extreme tiredness... I am heading to bed as soon as I have given Ryan his bedtime bottle at 7:30pm!!! M/S hasn't been as bad as what is was with Ryan but still awful... we are trying to get me to stay off the zofran this time around or atleast for the first trimester! Will keep fingers crossed that Macca (short for macadamia nut) is kinda to me this time!

Have you second time mums popped out already?? My sister was over on the weekend and she said I looked huge for only 8 weeks...she thinks i might be having twins (is a possiblity since i conceived on clomid again and it runs in my family!) :eek:

Well i am looking forward to sharing this journey with you all!

Stay Well! :D

emtez

22-11-2005, 11:06 AM

Hi all.
Well we had our first u/s 2day. Bubs was a few days behind my dates but not going to change them. It was good to see the heart beating. 176 bpm so doing great. They didn't have any paper for the machine so we didn't get any pictures which was a shame.
I am finding it really difficult to tell people that we are expecting again. Everybody seems to judge us and we constently get comments like are we mad! even the girl who did the u/s called us mad which i didn't think was very professional.

I hope every body is feeling well and the m/s is gone for those heading into the 2nd trimester. :)

Mother Duck

22-11-2005, 11:23 AM

Emtez - No you are not mad, dopey sods - good for you that you are expecting again

I think you are quite sane AND I hope I get to have the same number! :)

Ryan's mum - nice to see another between threads chick! Congrats!

HoopDeeDoo

24-11-2005, 07:57 AM

I'm between threads too cause my first was a month early so I'm expecting to go early this time too. I was only half expecting till yesterday when my doctor told me I will most likely go early again. Bummer I really didn't want to hear that I was hoping to hear
"Every pregnancy is different and it doesn't mean you will go early this time". I'm not giving up all hope though my goal is making it to 37 weeks, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see. My husband said he's going to make me stay in bed from 32 weeks onwards. :eek: Yeah right, my DS will have to just fend for himself ;)
Anyway apart from that my 12 week scan went well and my chances of bubs having down syndrome are 1:6188. So thats pretty good. Had my bloods done and won't get the results till later in the week.
Bubs was not playing ball and wouldn't move to the right position so I had to cough, tell the bub to move, turn onto both sides you name it. When it finally moved, it moved back when I laughed :p
It's much more active than my first so I could be in for some trouble!

Oh and yes I have popped out already!!

kassa

29-11-2005, 11:00 AM

Hi Ladies,

I had my 12 week appointment with my OB this morning.

Got to see my beautiful baby and the heart beat today. It was the most exciting thing that I have every seen. We saw the bubs head, arms, heart beat, and it was just the most amazing experience. Bub was waving his hand, and then it looked like he was picking his nose. My doc had a laugh and said "looks like he is picking his nose"; I said well he must get that one from Trevor. I started to laugh then I saw bub bouncing around every time I moved. I didn't get any photos today, but I am having my NT scan Thursday and he said that I should get a lot clearer ones on Thursday. He did a quick measure of the NT and said everything looks good.

I am going to go shopping today and buy my first purchase; I would like to get a nice outfit for both a boy and girl. We are not going to find out what we are having, but every time I talk about bub I am always calling him a boy. It is so weird; I know Trevor would be over the moon with a son, I am happy either way as long as it is healthy.

I took a list of questions a mile long to the doctor; I asked heaps of questions regarding birth, food, my pelvis and a million others. We spoke in great length regarding the birth and I think at this stage I will be having a c section. I am happy with the decision.

I hope everyone is going well and all the MS has eased.

cheers
Kerri
12w1d