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Hi there all you lovely pregnant ladies.
I just want to know, how did you all cope while waiting for those long 12 weeks to finally make it?? I think I am going insane hehehehe. What did you all do to make it a little easier? Any ideas will be helpful
Hi Angelique :D
i know how you feel it seems to take forever, but really when i think about it it doesn't seem very long ago that i got my BFP. I just take it one week at a time, i wait for each Thursday to roll around and they seem to come around fairly quickly. Now we only have 4 weeks until we can start telling everyone the great news! I don't have a job so i think that makes time go a bit slower as I don't really have anything to fill in each day, apart from bellybelly of course!
I reckon by the time we are 38 weeks we will feel like the time has flown :)
Yeah I'm sick of the waiting and worrying...but I know as soon as 12 weeks hits I'll just start worrying that the baby is forming okay and about whether they will find anything on the U/S.
You never stop worrying or feeling guilty...EVER! 8-[
Hello there - Angeligue and Widdly - when are you both due? I am currently at 8weeks 3 days.. and yes counting down to week 12 also. Although i have told a few close friends and family, but not telling everyone till wk 12.. It is hard to wait, but i try not to think about it too much, and i guess the days go quite quickly when you can work. I am due 24 April .. Are you both getting any ms??
Hey there Lavender!
Congrats on your pregnancy. Hope you have a happy and uneventful pregnancy!
You should join us in the April mums-to-be forum. We're a rapidly growing group, but we'd love to see you there!
Bel
hey Bel - thanks for that.. How is your pg going - congrats also to you!! i will join you over there, i have the thread so will get to it... talk soon.
Lavender..
Hey girls I found the best way through the wait was with others who were due near me & going through it themselves, why don't you check out the belly buddies due in the same months you are? I found it helped me get through it (I still didn't have any fingernails left by the end of it, but at least I had friends to go through it with :) )
Hi everyone
Lavender, I am due may 10th to 14th. I guess it depends on when it is ready. I have told my family and a couple of close friends but not work or anything. I just want to keep it quiet. It seems like it is taking forever. 6 weeks tomorrow.
I am not vomiting or anything but at times i do feel sick enough to spew but I dont. What about you? A lot of ladies have told me for some people it comes later in the pregnancy. Can anyone else comment on this?
ange
Hi - for my first pregnancy I wasn't sick at all ... for this one, feeling sick was what made me test, as we had been trying for so long, I didn't even think I could be pregnant .. and I had morning sickness until about 26 weeks along ... ug. it's was horrible.
I took blackmores morning sickness capsule things and when it was really bad, I had to eat something before I got out of bed. So dry crackers, or if you can get toast in bed, go for it !
I can't remember how I got thru the first 12 weeks ?? It was the ones after that, that seemed to drag, until the ultrasound which I had at about 20 weeks.
Barb.
I'm pretty much finishing my 12 weeks right now, and looking back, it's gone quite quickly! (mind you, you're 4 or 5 weeks in b4 you even know). I had a scan at 8 weeks, and then the scan & appointment with the OB at 11 weeks, so I guess counting down to them helped the time go by. I do think the next 6 weeks to the 18wk scan will drag a bit tho.
Haven't been too sick. Feel pretty rotten if I get too hungry or thirsty, and if I get to that point, there's no hope of me making a decision on what to eat or drink, which then throws me into a vicious cycle. Other than that I've been very tired... so I guess sleeping away the 12 weeks is one way to make it go quicker!! I easily have a 3hr sleep in the day, and then still have a long sleep thru the night.
Take care everyone, hope the 12 weeks don't drag too much for you!
I actually didn't find it as hard as I thought it would be.
The time went by quite fast.
I ended up holding back until I was 13 weeks before I told everybody.
I think it was harder on DH and my family, they kept bugging me to let them tell people.
I think waiting for the next week to tick over is good. So I love Friday's, as it means another week has gone by. Only 2 more wks to go (2.5 til 4th u/sound). I found out officially @ 3wks 3d (knew for few days), & I guess it doesn't feel like 6.5 to 7wks ago.
I found that the time dragged until 12 weeks but since that it has just flown.
Good luck with waiting.
I think everyone is different. I think the first 12 weeks you should absolutely fill your schedule as much as you can otherwise every other minute is AGGGGGES! Its also different I think when its your first. With Paris I was absolutely going MENTAL with the whole waiting thing. And the first 12 weeks seem to tick over sooooo quickly. Now the pregnancy is going too fast LOL! I think running around fussing over another child makes life go quick! I can't believe I'll be 16 wks on Sunday thats just crazy talk. Then my 20 wk scan, then my GD test then it will only be 12 weeks to go :shock: tooooo quick LOL!
*hugs*
Cailin
I was only working very part time, so it went verrrry slowly.... Lots of Oprah and other crappy daytime tv. My m/s was so bad I just slept a lot too. Glad all that's over now. You'll be on the home stretch before you know it!
When i was pregnant with Lily i only had to wait a week because I found out i was pregnant at 11 weeks. No idea who i will cope next time!
Hi Angelique,
The waiting game is hard isn't it! Like Widdly, I used to count the Fridays and know that another week was over by then... that helped a bit.
I work in an office full of men and had my ginger lollies sitting up next to my PC for weeks, I thought for sure someone would guess, but no :roll: But I think working with men made it easier for me too ... they don;t get as excited as us ladies.
Pearl :D
Like some of the others I would look forward to each Sunday and another week down!
We told family at 4 weeks and friends and extended family at 8-9 weeks, which helped since they were all busily preparing for grandchild/etc #1. For me, a couple of friends bought me a pregnancy book and I filled in both that and an online journal. Bellybelly was a godsend, and I'm sure everyone got sick of my almost-daily posts! I also did a heap of reading on what to do/not to do and to expect now and later on.
I agree, it absolutely drags on and no one medical wanted to see me until after 12 weeks so we felt a bit 'out in the cold'! If it makes you feel any better, it doesn't seem to be going any faster now I'm past the first trimester - there's just more to do!
Yep it drags to the 12 week mark......then it drags to the 20 weeks mark lol! I'm very impatient and wish I was 30 plus weeks NOW!
Lol Jo,
I said I would enjoy every minute of this pg, but Jeez, the minutes are long!
love
sushee