Babies April 2015

Hi mommies.

Good to hear from you starreyed! So glad your talk went well.
And happy for you that you are aaaaalmost comi g home

From my side - had the most intense nausea and fatigue and stretching/ligament pains this week. But started feeling better last night. Hoping that this is turning around now

With my first I has the worst week at 8 weeks and then it stopped.. I am 9 weeks tmorrow... although I still have a few weeks progesterone so we will have to see

You ladies have ligament pain? I cant remember having it with my lb, and have read that sometimes its worse the 2nd or 3rd time.
Atleast its a good positive pain so bring it on!!

Starry - Yes, we are then only 3 days apart, I'm 7w6d today. It sounds very interesting what you are doing and learning at the moment there. So you are from PE? Do you work for the university?

I'm busy with something a bit out of my field, but not entirely - rapid detection of pathogens in potable water. So I'm responsible for the biological side of the project, but we use a lot of nanotechnology as well as other material science in the project.

I think it is just that we are not used to the idea of being preggies yet - the absolute awe and amazement that there is actually something going on inside. I also get my panic stages, but obviously feel a lot better after yesterday's scan and hearing the hearbeat.

I got a lot of meds for the nausea yesterday and it seems to be working!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hey ladies

So happy to read all your positive messages and scan news... so excited for my scan now!

Ilse - thanks so much for sharing your pic... we must be very close together coz I am 8 weeks and 2 days today. I leave here on the 8th Oct and land back in PE on the 9th Oct in the afternoon. My scan is at 0930 10th Oct... cannot wait! I am mainly a field biologist so I work with the whole animal and this happens back home. I measure metabolic rate and take blood, feather, faecal and organ samples and then those samples are divided up and sent to relevant collaborators. I came over here to learn how the blood and feather samples are analysed and to talk about the next step in the genetic work... since the lab rats here need me to send them samples What are you working on at the moment?

NewbieMom - Thank so much for the encouragement... the talk went well (shame they were sweet and gave me a chair so I did not have to stand) and I not only managed to finish my talk but I survived talking science from 9am until 11pm... I am so pooped today but at least I know I can do it if I have to I don't have any feeling on gender... no instinctual guess?? My cycle is so variable that I cannot even guess based on ovulation. However, I have been warned that my husband was extremely naughty as a child and my mom always used to tell me to be good otherwise one day when I have children... my children will be 20 times naughtier... so the thought of having a boy gives me a panicked feeling inside... hahahaha. I guess as long as he or she is healthy and happy then it does not matter I will be finding out gender as soon as it is possible... cannot wait 9 months to find out

Gloei - congrats on your lovely appointment for your scan, so exciting. I have been using the acupressure bands for a few days now and they seem to be helping... I still feel nauseous but it is not as intense and I can tell when I take them off that the nausea is worse... so I think they are helping. I am however constantly nibbling... I am going to be soooo fat

Nels_n - I hope your nausea is a bit better and that you are surviving the building work. I feel for you... type us an update when you can.

I just found out that yet another friend is expecting in April... so April is going to be a super busy month for our group of friends... 3 babies and counting so exciting.

Are any of you still feeling panicky at all... I saw my baby's heart beat just over a week ago and keep staring at the dot on the picture I have... and hoping everything is ok in there. Still wake up in the morning feeling anxious until I see there is no blood. I really hope it is just a first time mom thing and not an instinctual feeling that something is wrong... Just trying to focus on my work and count down to being home and having my next scan. So hard to shake that feeling though.

Ilse - So glad to hear all is well and you had an amazing experience! It is such a relief to do that first scan. Thank you for the pic! It never stops to be amazing to see such a miracle.

Ag wow ilse!, thanks for sharing the photo with us. So special. So happy that you had a beautiful experience today! Ladies I feel so blessed tonight. To be carrying this miracle. Im just so in awe.

Hi ladies

Thought I'll just quickly pop in to update on my 1st scan we had today.

It was absolutely amazing! The little one measures 1.43cm already and is perfectly on track for 7w5d. And hearing that heartbeat - OH WOW!!!!!! My husband wants to make it his ringtone

Attached a picture of our little one

Thats awesome gloei!!! Yay! Soooooo happy and excited for you!
Gynae sounds amazing, and just hearing about the midwives made me excited about contacting mine again.

Awesome that you could see baba moving. So amazing xx