Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! 2

sexymouse

Twinklie Ive not had palpitations but I seem to remember my Mum reading something in my pregnancy book about it being a sign of anaemia. I would speak to your midwife though.

RebekahR

Yea I had palp's around that stage up to about 13-14 weeks I think. Rang the gp and he said my blood results were fine on the iron front and that its all part of your body getting used to sending through a higher rate of blood.

twinklie

I thought it was something to do with increased blood flow. But if it gets worse I will ring GP just to be on the safe side.

mishkanorman

It can also be a sign of stress/anxiety which of course you will be feeling in pregnancy ! worth popping to the GP though !

lisa26_2

Sexymouse, wherever you live it sounds very much like my local town! Our mothercare only stocks bras and the only other shop in the town centre that stocks any maternity wear is New look, we have most of the usual suspects...top shop, dorothy perkins etc but none have maternity. I have a few bits from Debenhams in their red herring range, my jeans I got from ASOS as they were the only place that I could find skinny jeans with an over bump band. I've had a few bits from H&M but by far the best place has been matalan!! their stuff is pretty cheap (2 long sleeved tops for £12, 2 vest tops for £10) and its by far the best quality.

fluffnutter

moneypuddle wrote: »

Still feeling very hurt by my best friend who since I told her 2 weeks ago hasn't even acknowledged my pregnancy or asked how I am feeling. When I told her I was feeling really tired, she just scoffed and said 'already?!' and that was it. I don't know why she can't be more excited. Another friend thinks she might be jealous, but I can honestly say even if I was totally jealous, I would at leats pretend to be happy for her. I feel gutted really. I always thought she would be by my side. Never mind

I'm sure she is, moneypuddle. Perhaps she's struggling with something to do with babies? Does she have any? Sometimes we don't even know our own friends that well - I hid my fertility problems from everyone for years; no one would have guessed that everytime someone told me they were pregnant it made me really sad. Can you be sure the same thing's not happening with your mate? It's a really difficult one.

Plus sometimes people just don't know what to say, or they worry that their friendship will be irrevocably damaged. If she hasn't got kids herself she might feel that you're going to be 'all about the baby' now and have no room in your life for her. That's difficult too.

Don't challenge her on it. If you value the friendship (and it sounds like you really do) just make her feel in subtle way that you're still her mate, and you've still got time for her.

fluffnutter

twinklie wrote: »

I've started with heart palpitations today....anyone else had those? I'm 11+1 today.

Yep. Get them a fair bit. The heart's working extra hard (up to 50% more). Provided your blood pressure's OK, you should be fine. You'll be well checked by the midwife. Try not to worry

sexymouse

Well I took my new phone babysitting with me last night so that the 12-year-old could show me how to use it! It's a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and it didn't come with any instructions - I've downloaded the manual online, but thought that as the daughter has a Samsung, she'd be the best person to ask. I'm still not used to touch-screen yet, and keep on hitting things that I don't mean to, but I managed to post on here last night (twinklie's palpitations), and today, I've learnt how to edit my contacts and add more than one number to each person (eg. work, mobile, home etc). I also found a pregnancy app last night, so I've downloaded that too. It's Indian, so some of the foods that they talk about I've never heard of before, but it gives you a really cute 3D image each week, and tells you a bit about the baby. It also has loads of yoga positions for each trimester, but not sure if I'll give them a go or not - some of them look a bit energetic. lol.

Just been to Sainsbugs and was feeling quite sick by the time I got home - it's saving me a lot on the food shop though, as I couldn't face buying much, and a bag of ready-salted crisps when I got in seem to have sorted me out for a bit - will go and put the kettle on now for my hard-boiled egg and salad cream sandwich.

Thanks to lisa for the suggestion of Matalan - it's a bit of a way out of my way, but I could get to one fairly easily, so maybe I'll visit on Sunday when Moon is out shooting. I know they do really cute baby stuff there too, so will have to try to resist the urge to buy any of that until we've had the 12-week scan.

Hugs to all who need or want them.

sexymouse xx

emsbet

fluffnutter wrote: »

I'm sure she is, moneypuddle. Perhaps she's struggling with something to do with babies? Does she have any? Sometimes we don't even know our own friends that well - I hid my fertility problems from everyone for years; no one would have guessed that everytime someone told me they were pregnant it made me really sad. Can you be sure the same thing's not happening with your mate? It's a really difficult one.

Plus sometimes people just don't know what to say, or they worry that their friendship will be irrevocably damaged. If she hasn't got kids herself she might feel that you're going to be 'all about the baby' now and have no room in your life for her. That's difficult too.

Don't challenge her on it. If you value the friendship (and it sounds like you really do) just make her feel in subtle way that you're still her mate, and you've still got time for her.

This is exactly what I was going to say.
We only started TTC end March/beginning April last year but in that time we have lost two babies and three close friends and two work collegues have announced their pregnancies and had babies. It has been incredibley hard dealing with so many people who have had trouble free pregnancies when mine went wrong. Even though in public I would be all smiles and ask questions, inside it killed me to hear their news and see their growing bumps. It wasn't that I wasn't pleased for them, because I was but I was more sad for DH and I IYSWIM. Even now I still feel a tad jealous when people announce their pregnant because I'm convinced mine will go wrong a gain

I agree with fluffnutter, don't confront her about it but just be aware that there maybe reasons why she doesn't seem as excited as you'd expect. Maybe when you next meet up let her broach the subject of your pregnancy and let her do the asking. Sometimes it's easier to ask yourself then have the pregnant person bombard you with updates (which I know isn't what you would be doing but it might feel that way to her)

xx

Kitten_Pie

I second what the other guys have said. Sometimes you don't know what other people have been through. I have a friend who is obviously jealous and she is not in a relationship at the moment so although not trying I know that she just feels so far away from what she wants.

AFM, had my booking in appointment today. They gave me a really quick scan too (which I wasn't expecting) so saw the heartbeat to put my mind at rest before going through the book. I am now 10+3 and not 11+4 which I knew but liked being closer to 12 weeks. So now EDD 22.09.2012 however did discuss the option of being induced at 36 weeks which my mw and councillor have both said they will support when the time comes.