Congratulations! I also just found out and very easy days for us too. I'm the same as you, it hasn't sunk in yet!
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Congratulations to you too!! Glad that there’s also someone else in the same boat. Please tell me you’ve also been googling insane things like “Can I eat mozzarella?” after reading stuff about what cheeses should and shouldn’t be eaten!
I had something similar in January and ended up still having it when I had my baby - do not recommend trying to give birth when you can't speak above a whisper! I told everyone I could think of
including the consultant at my last appt in case they could magically give me a decongestant but sadly not. Keeping the humidity levels up in our bedroom helped me as did having a little heat pack for my sinuses/forehead. Hope you are over it soon it was v rotten
Nope, it’ll be a scan only. If they want a sample they’ll ask
I've not yet, but I have been feeling strangely itchy after lunch each day so I think I've been taking a reaction go my usual lunch of heinz tomato soup! Today I took an antihistamine and about an hour later remembered that I might not be allowed that now... but in my head I've made it okay, thinking I've found out super early as we had been TTC for a while and most people probably wouldn't find out so early so would be taking it unknowingly pregnant!
Are you still doing tests? I am, actually can't stop myself! Patiently waiting all day to tell my OH the news. So nervous!
No they’ll want your bladder to be full too!Nope, it’ll be a scan only. If they want a sample they’ll ask
ETA: no to a wee sample, not WC’s comment!
Thanks both!
It’s worth double checking on the bladder front- my hospital says “you don’t need a full bladder for scans” which is a true blessing!!!
29 weeks and my partner told me yesterday (was quite upset which is so unlike him!!) he feels quite anxious (not all the time just occasionally), hopes he’s not going to be a rubbish dad & feels unprepared/less confident compared to me.
I tried to reassure him it’s normal to feel that way, it’s a lot of unknown / pressure etc.
Family do sometimes comment when he holds other babies (lift their head, move them this way etc) so I think I’m going to tell them to stop it before baby is born (he’s never unsafe holding them) as I’d get pissed off if people did the same.
Has anyone else’s partner thought the same? Any ideas on how I can reassure him?
We have some online classes booked and have a hypnobirthing pack to do once we’ve moved house this weekend so hoping those will help!
Any other ideas please shout them out
I tried to reassure him it’s normal to feel that way, it’s a lot of unknown / pressure etc.
Family do sometimes comment when he holds other babies (lift their head, move them this way etc) so I think I’m going to tell them to stop it before baby is born (he’s never unsafe holding them) as I’d get pissed off if people did the same.
Has anyone else’s partner thought the same? Any ideas on how I can reassure him?
We have some online classes booked and have a hypnobirthing pack to do once we’ve moved house this weekend so hoping those will help!
Any other ideas please shout them out
My husband was the same. Never had much involvement with babies, only really held them briefly, didn’t even know where to begin with changing a nappy etc, whereas my mum had my sister when I was 15 so I did help her out a lot where I could. I have to be honest we didn’t do any classes, I didn’t feel like I’d benefit from them and they just weren’t for me. Honestly? He did some practice with a baby annabell of my sisters29 weeks and my partner told me yesterday (was quite upset which is so unlike him!!) he feels quite anxious (not all the time just occasionally), hopes he’s not going to be a rubbish dad & feels unprepared/less confident compared to me.
I tried to reassure him it’s normal to feel that way, it’s a lot of unknown / pressure etc.
Family do sometimes comment when he holds other babies (lift their head, move them this way etc) so I think I’m going to tell them to stop it before baby is born (he’s never unsafe holding them) as I’d get pissed off if people did the same.
Has anyone else’s partner thought the same? Any ideas on how I can reassure him?
We have some online classes booked and have a hypnobirthing pack to do once we’ve moved house this weekend so hoping those will help!
Any other ideas please shout them out
like picking up from laid flat, passing baby whilst still supporting head etc, nappies. I don’t know how much he benefited from it, I’d have to ask him, but when it came down to doing it with an actual baby he seemed a lot more confident, albeit absolutely terrified he would break the baby cos she was tiny. It all came in time for him, we still have some times where he gets a bit worked up cos the baby is and he can’t work out how to ‘fix’ it but sometimes he knows now you just can’t fix it xThank you! I have a very tiny niece so maybe we can ask to look after her for half hour/an hour just so he can get a feel for it.My husband was the same. Never had much involvement with babies, only really held them briefly, didn’t even know where to begin with changing a nappy etc, whereas my mum had my sister when I was 15 so I did help her out a lot where I could. I have to be honest we didn’t do any classes, I didn’t feel like I’d benefit from them and they just weren’t for me. Honestly? He did some practice with a baby annabell of my sisters
I guess I can keep reassuring him and maybe some time with a baby will help
Yeah I think that will be similar to mine once baby is here and in terms of when they’re upset. Good to know it wasn’t long until he felt comfortable / confident with baby! X
My partner had never really been around babies until our eldest was born, he was always really nervous needing instructions, but once our eldest was born, he actually picked it up really quickly because it was "his"29 weeks and my partner told me yesterday (was quite upset which is so unlike him!!) he feels quite anxious (not all the time just occasionally), hopes he’s not going to be a rubbish dad & feels unprepared/less confident compared to me.
I tried to reassure him it’s normal to feel that way, it’s a lot of unknown / pressure etc.
Family do sometimes comment when he holds other babies (lift their head, move them this way etc) so I think I’m going to tell them to stop it before baby is born (he’s never unsafe holding them) as I’d get pissed off if people did the same.
Has anyone else’s partner thought the same? Any ideas on how I can reassure him?
We have some online classes booked and have a hypnobirthing pack to do once we’ve moved house this weekend so hoping those will help!
Any other ideas please shout them out
It's a really hard comparison and hard to learn when the baby isn't yours, but something kicks in (in my opinion) when you're holding your own child to ensure what your doing is 100000% perfect for them.
My partner is exactly the same. Never had any babies around and to top it off he's a complete perfectionist and if something goes wrong he beats himself up about it for weeks even if it was just something silly like not putting the right bin out... (we're working on that one!). He's also quite socially awkward and introverted so wouldn't put himself out there to ask his friends who have kids "Can I hold them" or anything - has to be offered the baby, you know what I mean. He's said a few times that he's worried he'll be a bad birth partner, a bad Dad, a bad whatever... I know he'll be great He's also really bad with medical stuff and I am legitimately worried he'll be unconscious for the majority of my labour and delivery!
We're doing NCT but I am looking into an online hypnobirthing course for both of us to do so he can learn some of the breathing techniques. I'm also going to write a really comprehensive plan of what I do and do not want so it's really easy for him to advocate for me (even though I'm being really flexible in my approach of what I'd like and what I don't want to happen).
He's also really bad with medical stuff and I am legitimately worried he'll be unconscious for the majority of my labour and delivery! We're doing NCT but I am looking into an online hypnobirthing course for both of us to do so he can learn some of the breathing techniques. I'm also going to write a really comprehensive plan of what I do and do not want so it's really easy for him to advocate for me (even though I'm being really flexible in my approach of what I'd like and what I don't want to happen).
Don’t you just wait for the street binfluencer to put theirs out and then copy?!?
But genuinely if this is how you feel about him, it’s probably worth taking a different birth partner and leaving him home. A birth partner is meant to be supporting you, whereas you sound more worried about making sure he’s ok
There was a link shared on here yesterday with some resources for new dads, I had a brief look think it was £12! My husbands client gave him a book commando dad which he’s started and said it’s quite good. I know reading is totally different to the real thing but I don’t think you can be too informed 
I’m the street binfluencer, it’s a great responsibility
The heartburn has hit me hard this week!
Hello everyone! I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant 
I still feel like I'm still too early to join this thread! This will be baby number 2 for us!
I've got another scan tomorrow and scanxiety is getting the better of me again!
I've had spotting on an off since I had my positive test, but thankfully had an early scan at 6 weeks after a previous ectopic which confirmed it was in the right place and there was a heartbeat too!
I've had more spotting this week though and last time they couldn't work out any reason I would be bleeding.
Also anyone had any kind of jabby pains here and there at 8 week???
I still feel like I'm still too early to join this thread! This will be baby number 2 for us! I've got another scan tomorrow and scanxiety is getting the better of me again!
I've had spotting on an off since I had my positive test, but thankfully had an early scan at 6 weeks after a previous ectopic which confirmed it was in the right place and there was a heartbeat too!
I've had more spotting this week though and last time they couldn't work out any reason I would be bleeding.
Also anyone had any kind of jabby pains here and there at 8 week???
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