**Due May 2009**

Don't worry Mon I am being a total emotional nightmare this afternoon!
We are in the middle of an overseas move and the paperwork and trying to set up viewings for rental properties over there is stressing me out BIG TIME!!! My poor DH doesn't know whats going on!
Not very good timing to be majorly emotional with everything we have going on at the moment. Also got a call today that DH's grandad had a stroke today! AHHHHHHH!!
I think I will have a nice bath and just concentrate on the wonderful fact that IM HAVING A BABY YAY!!

yea i had mine done at the start of the year when i told my doctor i was TTC. has anyone discover itchy ankles / lower calves yet? is this a pg thing or am i a freak. i cant believe how many different things can break on one healthy body. i'd be 20dpo today how exciting. i get to go see my specialist on tuesday. so cool cos it DH's b'day and fathers day not long after. im real stressed bout telling my dad though so im avoiding it as long as poss, funny aye. im 24, married, own a huge house, have a carreer and still terrified of telling my father im pg, what a laugh

Awww congrats ladies

I'm a may baby - it's the best month

Hi Ladies.

Well I POAS this morning and got my BFP. It was VERY strong, but I'm not surprised as I am nearly a week overdue and have suspected since last Sunday.

Just to quickly intro myself and DH. I'm 30, he's 27. We've been married for 3.5 years. This is our first pregnancy and is a 'first month trying' baby. We own our own businesses and I also work for my family's business. Until this point work and travel have been our lives. I suspect that's about to change!

Feel a but nervous posting here and hope I'm not 'jumping the gun'...can't wait to be further along so it's all a bit more real...and sticky!

Think that's all for now...just HI really!!

i have the crampy tummy which freaks me out a little but i have heard so many ppl say its normal im just ignoring it. we are telling DH's family monday nite at dinner cos his mum is a pharmacist and she will be real helpful. really dont wanna tell dad cos his wife is real sneaky and deceiving and she will go out of her way to upset me.

WOW may mummies have come arouund quick!
Huge congrats guys wishing you all very healthy and happy pregnancys!

Congratulations to all the May mummies. I'm so glad someone started this thread, as a newbie i was just waiting around lol.

Did a POAS 13 DPO and had a very strong result and got my blood test done the same day which came back at 1761.

As for the sore boobs everyone has got, i'll be joining the club there, mine started out a week before AF was due and were a different kind of sore than usual with AF. Then last Saturday, i woke up at 8.30 felt exhausted and when back to sleep till 3pm!! Oh and the constant peeing and backache kinda gave it away aswell.

To the ladies that are still having cramps, i was/am absolutely paranoid about this aswell, because i too have been having cramps on and off, but they are getting less and less now. I now feel a lot more reassured now knowing i'm not the only one still getting them.

DP was told, but hasn't taken it well even though we both supposedly wanted a child. My story is on the First Baby thread. Looks like i'm going to be a single mum for this bub which is extremely scary, but there's no way i can terminate like my partner wants me too (because apparently it's not the right time).

Lol, the only reason i would be dreading telling my parents now, is the fact that i could possibly be telling them that i'm going this alone.

Wow, May Mummies - this is now OUR time!!!!!! I look forward to getting to know you all better over the coming months.

So sorry to hear that Cosmo, big hugs!
Monikah, I was a big coffee drinker before my first pregnancy, but managed to cut down to 3 instant coffees a day. From what my mw said, that was ok as long as I didn't have any more than that If I wnated more, I would just drink decaf.
I rung for my blood results on Friday and asked what my HCG was and they told me they didn't do it!!! WTF??? They just did all the other bloods instead, which is a shame cause I wanted to get some idea of how far along I was I'm half tempted to go back and ask for it to be done!
Hope everyone is having a lovely day!

Hey Girls. Well my symptoms all but disappeared over the weekend except for the cramping which was making me very worried. I honestly didn't "feel" pregnant at all. Keep waiting for AF to rear her ugly head. We were camping with some friends and kept going to have a swig of Hubbys beer and then I would remember! It was so strange. Got home just before and was immediately in the loo to POAS and there is definately a very vivid 2nd line now, so that is reassuring. So I'm going to ring a midwife in the morning and hopefully get my HCG levels done .

Does anyone have some good excuses as to why you aren't drinking? I have a skiing trip planned for my b'day next week with my best friends and just know they are going to suspect something if I'm not drinking on my bday!! Problem is they know me so well they are bound to see through any story!

But hubby and I have vowed not to tell anyone, parents included until we get to 12 weeks.

Mrs B, when's your birthday, mines the 4th so i've got a couple of people that want to go out for dinner and drinks, and i too am trying to work out how to get out of the drinks, without being obvious.

Good luck for getting your blood test tomorrow, i'm sure all will be fine, my symptoms come and go but look at my results for Wednesday they were huge.

Actually with results like that at 13dpo, i'm kinda getting worried about two of them cooking in there.

Curly that is so strange they didn't test the HCG levels for you!!!   Silly people. You're so lucky to still get your caffeine fix, unfortunately mine is 'V' and i can't keep having two of those a day, i've gone cold turkey since i found out, but still getting my cravings for it - but not giving in.

Nerfititi, i'm holding off on telling me parents for now, they both have their birthdays within a couple of days of each other in a couple of months, so you can guess what their present will be lol. They're down in Wellington anyway, so not much they can do down there, and i don't want to worry mum, she has just battled breast cancer, so i don't want her stressing about me.

Hope everyone had fantastic weekends, and their symptoms didn't get in the way of enjoying it!!