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So no birthday baby for me! Although I did lose my some of mucus plug last night and have been spotting all day woo! Absolutely no contractions though.

Not that it means much as I lost it a month before dd1 and not at all until she was basically here with dd2.
How are you doing@Laria19?
Did you pass your glucose test @curliegirlie?

Oh no, you've still got loads of time then! 😅
Mine was 39+4 and 41+1 so doesn't really help me narrow it down!

I am indeed @Chocolateeggsarebetterthannormalchocolate
Was 40 weeks on Saturday so only just!
What gestation where your others born at @Laria19?

Are you 40 weeks now @LaTable?

👀 any little newborn @laria?
Mine is still definitely in there!

Oh my gosh I can't believe how fast its all gone and that you ladies are well over halfway!
Absolutely no signs of labour yet!
I had my 1st at 39+4 and my second was 41+1 with absolutely no signs of labour for the second until it started, so literally could be any time haha
Thankfully didn't have a Halloween baby! But we've got a mini bonfire/firework night on Friday so hopefully she stays in and doesn't disturb that 🤣
Woke up last night and I was like is that a contraction?! Nope. Just a super full bladder and a girlie stretching to her full capacity 😅
I'm keep thinking surely I can't stretch anymore, I feel so large!

Ooohh vintage is dangerous @Chocolateeggsarebetterthannormalchocolate , as is fb market place in England! I filled my boot with crap last time I was there haha

Gah good luck on the gtt next week! @curliegirlieDid you have it in any of your other pregnancies? Do you have to drink the nasty drink? I've always just done regular bloods for it!

@Laria19eeee! Super exciting, has baby girl dropped yet? Are you having and braxton hicks?

Hello all! I’m 27+6 and have the joys of my GTT next week. It’s now all starting to go so fast (yet at the same time can’t believe I’ve got so much growing still left to go!)….

So many of the babies in the November WhatsApp group have arrived already! I can’t believe it’ll be my turn in less than 3 months. @LaTable how are you feeling?

Hi 👋 I think I've probably got the longest to go out of everyone! I'm 25+2 today. Having a wardrobe for the baby's room delivered tomorrow so looking forward to washing clothes and getting them sorted out... I think I'm developing a Vinted problem for baby clothes 🤣

Wow@LaTableI can't believe you are ready and waiting! Any signs yet? Mine isn't allowed to come even a day early!

It sure has been a while! 39 + 3/4 now, still on baby watch!
So far managed to deep clean the whole house, repaint all of downstairs, and currently helping the hubby put up a new ceiling (we stripped it off a while ago and put new insulation in and clearly 9month pregnant was the best time to finish it!)
Also survived a solo 12 hour drive (and 12 back) with both kids for a funeral in the uk last month and didn't put a new scratch in the car which I'm rather proud of 😅
Girls are eagerly awaiting the arrival of little sis!
How are you @Laria19
@Chocolateeggsarebetterthannormalchocolate
@curliegirlie

Good luck on the scan tomorrow @curliegirlie! Hopefully it's nice and early so you don't have to sit with the scanxiety for much longer

Just had a growth scan today, another tiny little dot coming out way estimating below 10th again!
Was having fun looking through all the old scans and measurements and comparing when I got home (apparently all my babies are just diddy on scans)
Did make me laugh when I read the conclusions on birthing with dd1 - time in labour being 2h50 minutes
Dd2 was a whopping 6minutes 😅
So although home birth isn't really allowed here I think I may be getting on that YouTube and prepping myself for a car delivery 😆

Awhhh that's the sweetest! 😍
Are the girls super excited?

Tbh, not telling the rest of work until your move makes sense!
And also, as long as the main people (family and close friends) know, the rest will figure it out eventually 😂

I do wonder how huge I’m going to get in total, seeing as I have another 20 weeks to go 🤣.

I’ll probably do a less subtle announcement at the end of the week too. Family know, and a small handful of friends, but for some reason I’ve been a lot more reticent about telling the big wide world. I guess I still have it in my head that there’s still plenty of chance for things to go wrong. And although my LM at work knows, I’ve not told anyone else as I’m impatiently waiting for a managed move (my current role finishes at the end of the month) and I don’t want to stymie my chances of landing in a team a I actually want to be in! I did post a picture that DD1 had drawn a few weeks ago that shows me with a baby in my tummy but don’t think many people picked up on it 😂

Aww, you've got such a neat little bump! @curliegirlie
I feel like a freaking whale currently. Not sure how I can grow any more 😅

My scan’s next Friday.

And bump? Oh yes 😂

My birthday @Laria19! Good day for a baby I'd say 😉
Going by uk standard of 40 weeks I'm due on the 8th (which is funny because I'm certain you had a bfp and af was due before mine at the start of this thread?)
But by french 41 weeks I'm due the 15th. Time will tell though!

What day is the scan @curliegirlie?
I totally get the scanxiety, especially not being able to feel movements consistently yet. Do you at least have a bump starting so there is something tangible there?

Hi all! 19+1 and I have my 20 week scan in a week.

we have a mix of stuff still: cotbed, Snuzpod (hopefully- it’s taken apart and scattered around the garage!), buggy (Joie Mytrax, which I think we can get a car seat to use with it), but gave away things like size 0 car seat, Moses basket, bouncy seat, most clothes smaller than 2 or 3 years….

I’m beginning to get a bit of scanxiety about next week. I wish I knew whether I could feel movements…

I gave all my baby stuff away because I thought I was done 6 years ago... oops!
Just bought a few basics the past few weeks. I think the only think left on the need list is a car seat. But still got weeks for that so I'm sure it will happen in time 😅
Baby doing well, I think she flipped about a week and a bit ago so now I'm getting all the little feet or elbows sticking out at all angles. But she wiggles lots side to side still so not sure if she is breech or head down, will find out next week at the growth scan.
Youngest big one is getting impatient for baby to arrive haha!
What's your due date @Laria19? I have a feeling we're literally days out?
My first was early, second was late so I've got a 3 week window based on past experience 🙈🙈

Hi all! I'm 16+4 now, 20 week scan on the 30th September which feels like ages away! Need to sit down and work out finances so that I can work out when I'm working until! That's my next step. Got 10 boxes of DSs old clothes out of the attic the other day which I need to sort through too! How are you?