About to start / Just started TTC no.2 (part 3)

Hello everyone and thanks for the congratulations on a little boy! Donna - yes I'm very impatient! My 20 week scan is 28th of this month which is a while to wait and we just really wanted to know. I know to find out at the end would be a nice suprise but i don't think I'm a person who could have waited. Plus it's always nice to see your baby an extra time. Oh funnily I got told at the scan that baby is an average size, not big or small so not sure what the midwife was on about when I saw her on 18th Dec and she said baby felt big. Also I have a low lying placenta which I did have with my DS but in most cases it moved by the time you're due so fingers crossed otherwise it's a c section and I'll be going to Hungry for some advice as I don't know much about those.
Hungry - I'm sorry you are feeling so rough. It must be even harder looking after your DD as well. I hope it doesn't last long for you. Have you heard from work Hungry, do you know what's going to happen there?
Donna - sorry that you're feeling poorly too! I've started today with sore throat and cold. I feel like I'm swallowing grit. I won't take anything while I'm pregnant though, or not sure what you are allowed to take. Donna are you taking anything?
We have told people we are having a boy but names are getting kept a secret from everyone except you guys on here as you won't tell. Not telling family as people are too quick to give their opinions. I like quite a few boy names, Oscar , Henry, Max, Nicholas, Jamie are my faves but of course DH needs to agree. Any thoughts ?
Kt - how was your Xmas? Interesting you ask about my sister, well I was and still am very suprised by what she did and sadly I can't forgive her. We haven't spoken for weeks but she knew as everyone did that my DS was having a party on the 28th Dec and she knew to come with her 4 kids as they are my DS's cousins and he loves to see and play with them. My mum had told her the time of the party etc and to come but on the morning of his party she decided to kick of and cause a load of trouble by deciding that she wouldn't come to his party and that none of her kids were going. I was so upset and actually cried on the morning of his birthday as it upset me so much that she would take it out on my little boy. I rang my mum that morning to ask if she knew if my sister was coming and that's when I found out , because mum told me. In the end, she sent just one if her 4 kids with my mum and dad to the party but wouldn't let the other 3 go. I have always made an effort to go to her parties and for her kids so I am extremely hurt. She had no reason not to come as there were so many people that she wouldn't have even needed to speak to me. I was sad for my DS. Unfortunately I can't forgive for this and now am having nothing more to do with her and won't unless she ever decided to apologise. If my Ds had been older he would have been devastated that his cousins weren't at his party. Oh and I text her after my mum told me she wasn't coming. I text to say I thought that was disgusting of her and that they were all welcome and to basically please come for my DS. She replied and said she would send two of her kids that wanted to come and basically that the other two didn't like me anymore sort of thing. She sent one child. She made herself look very silly anyway as everyone wondered where she was so I didn't make a secret I of saying she didn't want to come. Anyway enough on that but as you asked Kt.
How is everyone else?
Donna - how's your DH doing work wise and when are you finishing work or don't you know yet?

Happy new year everyone!! Hope you all had a lovely christmas and new year. We were so bloody busy we've barely had time to sit down! Little miss was amazing on christmas morning though so best christmas ever here!

So sorry to hear about your loss swede how are you?

Ooooh kt I so hope that you get the BFP this time.

mrs another boy! Congratulations, a little brother for you ds!! I can't believe how far on mrs and donna are now!! Time flies.

How are things with your husbands unemployment donna?

Oh hungry I'm sorry your sickness is so bad! I can truly sympathise as mine was awful last time from 7-16 weeks and then still not great after that. How are you coping?

Im 10 weeks today, seems to have whizzed by so far, hoping time till the scan goes fast too, LO is 2 the week after next so that should aid time flying! Then the week after is my scan, I'll be almost 13 weeks but the original appt came through for the day of dds birthday so it had to get moved to the following week!

In terms of pregnancy symptoms, this time round is totally different to the first time. Fatigue like I've never experience this time but no sickness at all, quite bad headaches this time, which I never usually get. My tummy is a lot bigger this time than it was last time too, already in the maternity trousers which I didn't resort to until 15 weeks last time! Still have a niggling feeling that I'm going to get to the scan and all is not going to be well but as I've had no bleeding and my tummy is getting bigger I'm just putting that down to paranoia for now!

Sorry for anything I've missed, can't go right back to read everything!

Kt, yes, your luteal phase very rarely alters in length. Or, if it does, by no more than a day either way, so the length of time between OV and AF is always about the same.

When you OV may change which can make your AF 'late' or 'early'.

I can see the convenience of finding out too. But I also love the surprise at the end. And so few people wait, when a few years ago you'd have had too, so I think it's just nice to keep something back!

donna has your DH managed to find many jobs to apply for? At least theres lots of neutral things around! Yep I loved that part too, everyone was so emotional after i gave birth that they didn’t even click to check what we had! I shouted out its got a willy its a boy!

kt I see the advantages of finding out and due to dhs unemployment I have been tempted to fimd out so I can get afew bargins in the sales but I just love the whole its a ........ at the end lol x

Thanks hungry I get so confused with it all, do you count the day your most deffo likely to ovulate from there then? One app said between 19th to 23rd I was fertile, then another said 20th to 26th, 26th being the day I was most likely to be most fertile, so I was unsure. Was a BFN this morning though obviously not missed AF yet, so could still be early, but I’ve now run out of tests so at least I can’t test anymore until I really need to!

donna and hungry keeping it a surprise till the end is lovely we did with DS, but when we do have another one I will find out next time, as I have kept pretty much everything of DS’s lol so need to know if I need to buy loads more stuff!

Congratulations on your boy, Mrs!

Kt I'm keeping my fingers firmly crossed for you.

I learnt it all with DD as I wanted to know everything possible about conception to increase my chances. :-)

We won't find out either. It's awesome finding out at the end!

Hungry your a walking pregnancy calendar haha!
kt fx for a bfp soon and no I won't find out what im having I like the surprise .

If you did OV on 26th, I'd be expecting a 38 day cycle ish.

CD24 even. And luteal!

It would be unusual to OV on CD23 with a 34 day cycle as your literal phase, while being fine, would be a little shorter than normal.

I'd have thought 22nd-24th Dec for your probable OV dates. What do your apps say?

I'd be testing tomorrow if I were you! :-)

Cause I don't use the Opks I'm taking a rough guess that I was most fertile on Boxing Day, so a week ago today, but few different apps have said different so I'm not sure. My last AF was 3rd dec p, and on average my cycles now I'm am saying is 34 days

Give me some dates, Kt! :-)

That was meant to say Xmas to mrs!

Congrats mrs that will be lovely having another boy. Hope you had a nice cams and your DS had a lovely birthday. How did it go with your sister in the end?
donna are you going to find out what your having at your scan?

hungry sorry your still getting bad sickness. Your good with working out cycle dates aren't you I've got no idea what DPO I am? Really want to know to do a sly test lol. Had these cramps all day again today not feeling like period cramps much though now, can't really explain them :/

congrats mrs! what you like how far away is your 20 weeks scan!? mines is 20th so not long.
im in bed with the worst head cold ever my whole face feels like it might explode.
hope you feel better soon hungry in only had a slight touch ms and that was bad enough!

Yay, Mrs. How exciting that you're having a second boy. You'd thought that was the case though, hadn't you?

And it sounds like DS1 had an awesome birthday too. :-)

Have you got names or do you need to get your thinking cap on?

And yes, midwife is a week today, so not long to go. :-)

Feeling hideous today. Almost threw up while feeding DD. Not good! I fully expect it to last for months yet though. Joy.

Hi to everyone and Happy New Year! Sorry I've been missing for a while, just been busy with DS and DH and enjoying time with DH before he goes back to work. Did everyone have a good Xmas and new year? My DS turned two on Saturday, 3 days after Xmas. We had a big party for him on Saturday with pirate birthday cake and it was really good. DS had a lovely time and Xmas was amazing with him this year! On Monday 30th me and DH went for a private gender scan as we simply couldn't wait for our 20 week scan, and we are having another little baby boy! I am thrilled to bits and it was amazing to see our little baby again, for the 3rd time. I'm 17 weeks tomorrow.
Hungry - I see you're 8 weeks so not far off your 12 week scan and sorry to see you're still suffering with morning sickness. I've never had that so can only imagine what it's like. I hope you're ok. Isn't your midwife app soon?
Sorry I've not had time to read all posts but hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to a special 2014.

I had cramping from about 2dpo, Kt. It's a good sign!

Toothpaste, I feel worse than I did with DD, but I do think another girl, yes. I'm more tired too.

Also, I'm struggling to eat despite feeling hungry. Didn't have that last time. Most odd!

Sherlock now...commencing radio silence!

Congrats metal!! I am very pleased
To hear that news!
Swede glad you're feeling a little bit like u can start moving in right direction.
Kt - I had cramping for sure! Big sign.
Sorry you're feeling shitty hungry. Another girl?? I feel same as I did with ds. Very tired but not more than nauseous if I don't eat. Although ithink that is an excuse now - hve eaten soooo much!!
Happy new year

Did you get the cramps a week before AF was due? I do remember getting cramps like this in my last pregnancy too, but don’t want to get my hopes up! Cause AF might make an earlier appearance, as my cycles are still a bit weird. Or failing that I could be ovulating later than I thought?
Sorry AF arrived chinese Hope next month is your month,
Aren’t little ones just the cutest Just love watching them at that age!

Huge sympathy to those with MS. It's rotten, it really is. Kt cramps are one of the symptoms I had last time...fx for you!
Unfortunately it seems I was a little premature with POAS. AF has arrived with a vengeance. Oh well. Better luck next month.
Have just been to ikea and got DS a few rolls of paper and a holder for the roll, and a stash of the wooden spice racks to put books in in his bedroom. Also got him a little tool kit with hammer, spanner and screwdriver things and fixings. He loves it although he is currently sitting in the big blue bag singing "row row row the boat". Love him

Cramps? One of my symptoms, Kt!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. :-)