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ljay
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Me and my husband had only been trying for 2 months when I found out that I was 3 and a half weeks pregnant. I was diagnosed with Endometriosis when I was 15 and had battled problems ever since. I was always told that I may have trouble concieving and I knew that one of my tubes was completely ruined so I didn't imagine for a second that it would happen at all let alone so quickly.

I'm still in shock, but so so happy, this was obviously meant to be, I never thought that I'd feel so much love for something that I'd never even seen. But I do and I love it, its a wonderful feeling. Ayway I'm now in week 6 and have been having those dreaded feelings of worry. I'm just counting down the days until i'm 12 weeks, I'm not so bad now, but I was beside myself a couple of weeks ago. It took me by complete suprise too as I didn't give the worrying a second thought..... always thought I'd get pregnant, enjoy it then have a baby. Naive I know, but the worry just shows what a bond we already have with our little ones. I think i'm over the worst of it now and have calmed down big time, but am still marking the days off until 21st November, when I'll be 12 weeks exactly.

I've started to get the beginings of MS too now, its not been too bad, I just feel like I'm coming down with the flu each time, I haven't actually been sick yet though. My breasts have already gone up a cup size, this resulted in a number of people at work asking me if I'd had implants, and wanting to know which bra had given me that lifted look ha ha ha, they're not too sore yet either, they just feel a bit bruised. Anyone else only get mild symptoms at this stage?

Anyway good luck to everyone who's pregnant and especially to those of you who are TTC.



Thursday, 11 Oct
Ok the morning sickness has really kicked off now, Its happening about 8 times a day, and woke me up twice last night. I still haven't actually been sick, but the feeling of being sick seems to be so much worse right now. Going to go to the doctors to see if there's anything they can do (sign me off work maybe) as all the crackers, ginger biscuits, small meals etc aren't working. Yuk

Monday, 22 Oct
Yay, went to see my consultant at the hospital today (this appointment was booked way before I was pregnant) and he asked me if i'd had my scan yet? As I hadn't he did one there and then for me. God I was shaking so much, but luckily all is well, the baby's growing well and it has a strong heartbeat so I am sooooo relieved. Had a bit of scare when I got home as I had some brown spotting. I phoned the hospital and they said that it was absolutely nothing to worry about and brown spotting is really common around 7 to 9 weeks. The said that as I'd had a scan this morning and all was well that I dodn't need to worry. I'm trying not to. Has anyone else had this?

Sunday, 4 Nov
Hey, I'm feeling really down at the moment, obviously I'm over the moon about being pregnant and am extremely thankful, but I'm so ill at the moment and its really getting me down. I cant go out and haven't been able to go to work for about 3 weeks and am feeling really really lonely. I havent had a single call from any of my friends seeing how I am, even though they know i'm not well and I'm sick of being stuck in the house the whole time...It just feels like my friends have forgotten about me now that I'm pregnant and cant go out. Sorry for the little rant, but is anyone else feeling like this.

Tuesday, 26 Feb

I am feeling really scared. I `ve had a great pregnancy so far and compared to some people I have been very lucky. I just went to my routine midwife appointment and was told that my fundal height is measuring at 30 weeks, when I `m only 26 weeks. She told me that there `s every chance that I `m just going to have a big baby, but also warned that I could have an excessive amount of amnotic fluid which can be serious for both me and the baby. I know that this is pretty rare, but it doesn `t stop me from worrying. I have to go into hospital tomorrow afternoon for a scan and to have some blook tests to check to see if theres any reason for it. Unfortuanmtly I `ve also been suffering from really bad puffy feet and ankles and crushing pains in my chest which is indicating a problem, so I `m keeping my fingers crossed that my little boy is OK. I `ll keep you posted.

Sunday, 2 Mar

Well everythings fine with the baby. I had my scan and it just looks like I `m having a very big baby. They `re going to keep an eye on me and test for diabetes but other than that everythings looking fine with my little boy. Had a bit of a nightmare yesterday though, as I woke up with a purple finger, because the babys so big I `m started to swell up like a balloon and my wedding ring was completely stuck. I luckily managed to get my engagement ring off, but had to go to A&E and have my wedding ring cut off. I was so upset yesterday but I went into a jewllers today and have sent it off to be repaired, so I `ll have it back soon....its just a shame, I feel so naked without my rings




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JoshuasMummy130608 - Friday, 6 June
Hey chicka just checking on how u r not heard from u in a while. Hope the induction went well for u cant wait to hear the birth story and see the piccies. I'm still very much pregnant lol, I've got my sweep today hoepfully that will help. xx


mommy2bejune6-8-08 - Wednesday, 28 May
hi yes I am very scared and nervous about being induced sunday nite.. I cant believe I have to be induced like you said I rather go natural but its for the safety of our babies.. I am excited cant wait to meet our baby Evelynn... on monday.... I hope the labor goes fast I am getting a epideral.. My hubby is the best he says everything well be better when our baby girl gets here obvisiously he is very excited to see his daughter on monday... I wish you the best on monday nite on having ur son.. Hope all goes well... good luck.. keep in touch...


MommyJewels - Wednesday, 28 May
So excited that you are being induced! Congrats. I bet you can't wait. Are you ready?


JordansMama - Saturday, 24 May
Thanks for the comment, i eased my pain, I only wish he would get here before I get induced on Wednesday


AngiS - Saturday, 24 May
Hey -
I'm glad they at least gave you a date in case he's not here by then...not too much longer for either one of us, huh? At my appointment yesterday, my MW told me that my OB would do my section today (Friday), but I declined. I told them I was mentally prepared for Tuesday and my parents are coming into town on Sunday so I'll just wait until then. I still have some stuff to take care of anyway. I really would have put down good money that he would've been here already - especially after last week's 15 hour contraction-a-thon! God must have other plans though. I've felt pretty cruddy the last couple of days...crampy, on-and-off contractions, a little crabby, and very tired. I guess I'm saying that I'm not really a joy to be around at the moment! At least my OB is on-call this weekend in case something does happen, but I've resigned myself to Tuesday so hopefully now nothing will happen. Hope all is well with you - do you have any special plans for the weekend? Let me know how you're doing if you have time...
Take care,
Angi


amandajlane - Friday, 23 May
effaced means your cervix is thining out. .the thinner you are the faster you dialate. So if you are 50% effaced that means your half way thinned out.


JoshuasMummy130608 - Friday, 23 May
No problem chick. Yeah i have days where i'm fine and can walk loads then i have others where im in that much pain with my back i cant so i really just take every day as it comes. I feel so sorry that u've had a rough pregnancy it will al be worth it in the end though. for about a week now i've had contractions on n off but never anything regular. they've mainly been in my back aswell. grrr. they start off tightenings n then get a bit painful but then go :-( so i've decided not to get excited about them now lol


JoshuasMummy130608 - Friday, 23 May
Awww chick thats gd news then. least u know the latest date now when u will have ur baby and that u dont have to worry about being over due. I'm hoping i go into labour before my next midwife appt which is on the 2nd of june. U never know we both might go the same day. That would be scarey haha! I seen that msg it was a bit harsh but then thats some ppl for ya. If nothings happend over the weekend i'm going to the zoo on monday for a bit just to get out knowing my luck i'll end up going into labour there. now that would be funny haha! how are u feeling today?? xx


JoshuasMummy130608 - Thursday, 22 May
Aww well i hope they give u gd news tomorrow when u go back keep me updated. I've sorta given up trying to induce myself. I'm mainly taking things such as evening primrose oil and drinkin raspberry leaf tea just to try and soften things up for birth cos they supposed to be good for that. Plus i'm kinda addicted to raspberyr leaf tea haha. I go for a walk as often as i can aswell just to try and sorta get baby in posistion and make most of the ncie weather aswell. Can they not give u or recommend anything to ease ur SPD? xx


AngiS - Tuesday, 20 May
What's a "stretch and sweep"? I'm sure we have it over here, but maybe we call it something different in the US? I'm in the same boat - I thought more would happen with me last week as well. You'd think after 15 HOURS of regular contractions that had gone down to 3.5min apart that something would've happened so I know exactly how you feel. It's like some weird cosmic force plotting against us! I remember when I had my bloody show with my first and I had to keep wiping and wiping and wiping - not a pleasant memory. I hope you get good news on Friday and that you'll have a better idea of what's happening. Are you dialated at all? Last Wednesday I was 2cm and they didn't check me yesterday (thank God!) so I'm assuming I'm still 2 or maybe 3cm at this point, but who knows? They moved my pre-op from Thursday to tomorrow AM so even if he comes earlier than next Tuesday at least I'll have all that taken care of. We are sooooo close - yea!!


AngiS - Tuesday, 20 May
Hey - just wanted to check in to see how you are doing. I read a couple of your posts and it sounds like you need to deliver this baby already! Why in the world are they going to wait so long if you're baby is already so big? Are they crazy? Have they done a recent U/S or are they basing the baby's size off of your fundal height? My OB and my MW told me that measuring your belly is good for making sure you're not completely under or off the charts size-wise, but that it's almost impossible to estimate the size of the baby from that number. Will you get another U/S any time soon? They sure do things differently over there, huh? I'm feeling your frustration and aggravation so I'm with you in spirit! Just wanted to let you know that I went for my last U/S yesterday morning (37wks/6days). The baby's gotten even more gigantic (if that's possible). The OB said that he's minimum 9lbs and that he's so big she couldn't fit all of him on the ultrasound screen at one time (yikes!) - she said she wouldn't be surprised that if I went until 5/27 that he could be 10lbs (and my due date isn't until 6/3). I said "well, because of the margin for error (statistically +/- .5lbs), isn't it possible that he could be smaller?" And she said "this is a really big baby - he actually might even be closer to 9.5lbs at this point." All I can say is thank God I'm not having a vaginal birth! Why can't they just do my c-section now?! I'm totally and completely ready at this point and I don't think my skin can stretch any further...then my mid-wife said "oh, yes it can!" Thanks a lot for that - I've survived two pregnancies without a single stretch mark (thanks to my mom & dad for the awesome skin genes) so I don't need to wake up tomorrow with a whole bunch of them. I have my pre-op labs tomorrow AM and then my section next Tuesday. My feet are still horribly swollen and it's getting more and more difficult to move around because of that and the baby's size (and I'm so HUGE it's not even funny). Hubby has been really wonderful - taking care of me and Ella and making sure that everything is still running smoothly with me on semi-bed rest. He works crazy long hours so I was a little worried when my MW said to "take it easy and stay off of your feet as much as possible", but he's really stepped up to the plate and that's such a relief. Oh, well, only a week more to go and the baby will be here - Yea! Keep in touch if you have the time...
Angi


katznkt - Monday, 19 May
remember that losing your plug, even if it is your "bloody show" can still mean that labor is a couple of weeks away. But, it is very encouraging, so good luck!!


mumof5kids - Saturday, 17 May
hi ya.....yes hes here and he is sooooooo good.
he didnt have a big head like alfie he was the same build as my 5 yr old...very petit and easy to get out ha ha.....im soooooo in love with him i keep looking at him.....
anyway how are you doing....its raining and horrible out there...wheres the sun gone....boo hoo


AngiS - Friday, 16 May
Sorry I didn't write back sooner, but it's been a looonnnnggg two days! I started having regular contractions at 11:38pm on Tuesday. They were 5-7min apart to begin with, then went down to 3-4.5 minutes apart by around 4am. Called L & D at 4:15am and they were like "well, if you want to come in you can or you can wait". I had felt nauseous the whole time and been on the toilet a lot (nice!), but no water breaking or mucus plug. I waited until 7am to call my midwife (I have her cell #) and she told me to come into the office for an NST. I went in at 9am (still having contractions) and she did an internal (OUCH!) and I had dialated to 2cm. I think she wanted my OB to do the section, but he said he wanted to wait as long as possible because of the baby's lung development. They sent me over to L & D to do another NST (and another internal - I'm so sore now). I was still having contractions, but they had gone up to 7min apart and I didn't dialate any further so they sent me home (after giving me more of that antihistimine stuff to help me sleep/relax - only 1/4 the dose because it didn't sit well with me last time). Went to MW this morning and they said that since everything had calmed down, to not do anything. Just stay in bed. So basically I'm crabby, exhausted, and frustrated (on the way to the OB's I had a mad case of road rage and I'm usually not like that when I drive!). I told them that if this baby wasn't so freakin' huge and if I wasn't having a c-section then I wouldn't have called anybody yesterday, I would've just waited, but I don't want to get into an emergency c-section situation, ya' know? MW said to come back Monday at 9:30am. Even if hubby is right about thinking I'm going to deliver on the 15th, I'm too tired and grumpy to have the baby today!! So sorry for the long post - - how are you doing today? Are you having any more contraction-like pains? I can totally empathize with what you're going through!! Write back when you're able and I'll be thinking about you guys...





AngiS - Wednesday, 14 May
I had a little scare last Friday (very early AM) as well. I went to L & D because I was having contractions every 4-7 minutes for almost two hours, but I didn't continue to dialate while I was there so they sent me home. I was 1cm and didn't go any bigger so I guess they figured I was okay. That's weird that they didn't check you though. Do they think you might have pre-eclampsia? What was your BP? My BP was elevated and I'm super swollen, too, but my urine and bloodwork came back negative so that was a relief! All of it scared me a little bit also because I wasn't really ready to have the baby last Friday (my MW and OB weren't on-call) - I'm scheduled for a c-section on 5/27 because I had one with my first. My baby is big as well and I can't have him vaginally...his head is bigger than my daughter's was and she got stuck in the birth canal so hence the c-section. She was 8lbs at 37 weeks and when I had my U/S at 34 weeks for this one, they were estimating he was 7lbs/4oz already so no telling what he is now!! I'm having another U/S this Thursday AM so we'll see. Please keep me posted if you have the time - I'll be thinking about you! :)


MommyJewels - Saturday, 10 May


mumof5kids - Thursday, 8 May
ooh big baby eh!!......well i hope you go into labour soon then, as for signs,,,,, i didnt really have any signs my waters just went and then it followed shortly afterwards.. except for alfie my youngest, he was the pain in the arse ha ha, i did have a show with him but some days before i went into labour, i then woke with pains one morning and he was born after some major pain coz he had the biggest head you have ever seen in your life....god he was fat, and ugly...lol... they have said they think this one is a bit smaller than alfie, i never know if you should beleive what they say though as they tell you it will be about 7/8 lb and then mine come out 3 weeks early weighing 8lb 14oz...not funny !!
i might take some last pics of me tummy later and put them on...then we can see if im bigger than you ha ha...


mumof5kids - Wednesday, 7 May
i have just raided my friends wardrobe as she is a size 18...i nicked a top and 2 pairs of cropped trousers.. lol like you said i didnt want to buy big clothes for just a couple of weeks..... so now im nice and cool in her clothes ha ha....god isnt it hot, i think its due to stay for a few days....im hoping if i do have my baby it will be over night...im sort of due now as mine have all been early...but this one is showing no signs of showing his face....sigh !!!


mumof5kids - Tuesday, 6 May
i was just reading your post about the weather in the uk and thought i would write to you....im in the uk to..where abouts are you.....


lolo88 - Wednesday, 30 April
i wish i knew the position of my baby they havent checked yet. i went to the dr yesterday adn started askin all kinds of questions because they dont tell me anything, i didnt even see my dr i aw the interns that work with him boooooo. but i was just goinon and on and on. he was tryin to leave the room buti kept talkin and even in the hall i kept talkin lol, i want giving up i was mad. but he said they would check his position by hand so no sono for me. but no im not really scared im more excited just scared of labor


michellel - Wednesday, 30 April
I've been getting really sharp pains down in the vagina area as well and lost my muscus plug two days ago. Everyone is saying the baby's head is pushing down but as of last week he was breech. Not sure what to think. I have a appointment tomorrow so hopefully I will have a better answer.


AJV - Tuesday, 29 April
They'll have to induce you soon if you don't just go into labor on your own. Wow, big baby (want to share some of that with my son, he's a scrawny little guy).

Keep me updated, I hope all goes well!
Best Wishes!


MommyJewels - Tuesday, 29 April
Well keep me updated:)


lolo88 - Tuesday, 29 April
wow!!!! 42weeks omg, i honestly believe youll have your baby really really soon, if they wait any longer wouldnt u have to get a c-section??? i dunno anything bout pregnancy and all that but usually they have a time period for the baby to come. somtime during 2 weeks b4 the 40th week and then sometime during 2 weeks after the 40th weeks. so basically between 38& 40 weeks.. good luck to u let me know how everything is goin this is very interesting and this is my first baby


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