MSE pregnancy club II

candygirl

Aww congrats SKINTCHICK.There's tons of info on bounty, emmas diary and baby centre websites:j :j

Sarahsaver

4 weeks pg actually means you conceived 2 weeks ago, its 4 wks since your period.
Montgomery's tubercules - nothing to worry about. i take it this is your first. Welcome to the world of PROPER big nipples
Constipation - hormone changes. Peeing - same reason.
doc will just refer you to the midwife, may do BP, ask if u r taking folic acid.
first scan is usually at 12 weeks.
HTH I am on baby no.4 due any day now. :eek:

skintchick

Thanks everyone! My period's first day was August 11 (I have a long and irregular cycle) which would make me six weeks then. But I'm sure I'm only about two 'real' weeks on.

Glad all my symptoms are normal - I've gone from being delighted to being petrified! I have no idea about any of this at all! When I tell work, when I tell friends, it's all a big mystery!

Can anyone recommend any good books to read?

Sarahsaver

If i were you I would go to the library, very MSE and it will save you getting obsessed about one book. No one book has all the answers;)
One of the funniest i read was one my Mum had which was first published in the 1950s!
Dont worry about dates they check that at the first scan.
IMHO dont tell work yet unless there are health and safety issues, and I didnt tell anyone til 12 weeks.
BTW if you can eat avocados or dried prunes (these are my weapons of choice!) to keep your bowel moving if it needs a little help, you don't want to be constipated too much later on :eek:

shellsuit

OMG Skinty!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!

Awwww I'm sooooo thrilled for you and hubby! :j :j :j :j

That didn't take you both long did it! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Awww I hope you have a lovely pregnancy! xxxx

shellsuit

Skinty, this will explain why they work out the dates as they do...

Why is there a difference between my official week of pregnancy and the length of time my baby has been developing?

You may notice that there is a difference of about 2 weeks between the length of time your baby has been developing and your 'official' week of pregnancy. We haven't gone crazy; there is a method to our madness!

We actually calculate weeks of pregnancy by counting from the first day of your last menstrual period, which we assume was exactly 40 weeks before your due date. As you don't ovulate (and therefore can't conceive) until approximately two weeks after the start of your menstrual cycle, the length of time that your baby has actually been developing is two weeks less than the number of weeks you have been officially pregnant. To put it in a more straight forward way - when you reach your 40th week of pregnancy your baby will only have been developing for 38 weeks.

This is a method commonly used to calculate EDDs by those in the medical profession, as for most it is usually much easier to recall the first day of your last menstrual period than to know exactly when you ovulated. So, it’s much simpler for everyone to count forward from their last period, although this does mean that technically for the first two official weeks of your pregnancy you weren't actually pregnant - bizarre, but that's why there is a difference.

skintchick

shellsuit wrote: »

OMG Skinty!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!

Awwww I'm sooooo thrilled for you and hubby! :j :j :j :j

That didn't take you both long did it! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Awww I hope you have a lovely pregnancy! xxxx

It was well quick! DH is swaggering around talking about his 'superswimmers' and congratulating his penis :rolleyes: but I'm sure it's down to my super-fertile eggs :rotfl:

My parents are sooo chuffed! My dad never says anything nice and when we told him today he said 'oh that is good' which is amazing for him!

Just hope it all goes well now.:A

shellsuit

skintchick wrote: »

It was well quick! DH is swaggering around talking about his 'superswimmers' and congratulating his penis :rolleyes: but I'm sure it's down to my super-fertile eggs :rotfl:

My parents are sooo chuffed! My dad never says anything nice and when we told him today he said 'oh that is good' which is amazing for him!

Just hope it all goes well now.:A

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Steve said "whose the daddy!!" and 'suck my fully functioning balls!' , but he did pinch that last quote from 2 pints of lager :rolleyes: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm soooo pleased for you and I'm glad your parents are so happy for you both!

I've got my first scan on the 10th October, the first day of my last period was the 1st August, so it looks like we will be blooming together!

skintchick

shellsuit wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Steve said "whose the daddy!!" and 'suck my fully functioning balls!' , but he did pinch that last quote from 2 pints of lager :rolleyes: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm soooo pleased for you and I'm glad your parents are so happy for you both!

I've got my first scan on the 10th October, the first day of my last period was the 1st August, so it looks like we will be blooming together!

Yay! I have an MSE pregnancy buddy! And I need ALL the help I can get lol.

Can;t wait to see the doctor tomorrow - I'm so excited!

Sami_Bee

Hi Skint glad to see you've moved over here with me!
I can recommend "First Time Parents" by Miriam Stoppard Link here I found it helpful when pg with DS as you can tell from the title its aimed at 1st timers