April 2011 - back to back sex and other mysteries

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Here we go ladies, a brand new sparkly thread that should see us all into our 2nd trimester

Many thanks for the warm welcomes

I've felt lots of movements this evening, I was sitting in quite a twisted position which is why I think I felt it so much.

Glad all is ok now Muffin, that must have been really scary.

Had Scan on Monday and all is good, have a very wiggly baby in there who was not very cooperative and kept moving so the scan lady ended up pressing so hard with the ultrasound machine that I had sore bump the next day, but all good now.

Bored of this snow now, its just frozen solid round here and its like trying to walk on an ice rink currently.

As a result of the snow I got myself excused from the work Xmas do last night, which is never so much fun if you are sober. Disappointed I missed out on the food though. Not impressed to be on a diabetic diet over xmas, how am I supposed to avoid all the chocolates and biscuits??

Had scan on monday and all is well with the baby which was a huge relief.

Told DC of impending arrival en route to hospital. DS1 (12) spent the 30 minute journey weeping with sadness. DS2 (3) oblivious. By the time we saw baby on the screen both DC were on the floor with heads attached to my bump, fascinated! Another huge relief that DS1 came round so quickly although no doubt we have many dodgy moments to come...

Went for celebratory dinner at KFC! Then home and whilst DC vegged out in front of the tv, OH proposed to me in the kitchen!!! Gorgeous perfectly fitting ring and all I said yes btw!

OH decided he wanted to know the gender at last so found the tiny piece of paper that the scan lady had written on and poked into my handbag...it's a boy! I had already peeped whilst having my post-scan bursting bladder wee.

Spent tuesday telling parents and wednesday telling friends. Feel like I've got much bigger since I've stopped having to hold bump in :) Happier now too. Gonna have a 'thin' wedding though so summer 2012 I reckon, ooh, soooo exciting!

Congrats, bellastella how romantic and lovely! I'm impressed you managed to hold out till 20 weeks without telling anyone. I'm a right fatso already and I'm only on my first.

Has anyone else's LO just discovered how to prod them in the cervix? It's the weirdest feeling I've ever had. Like a gentle version of the scraping you get for a smear test, but from the inside out!

Frakkinup - DVT stockings, get up and move around a lot and drink loads of water - which will ensure you'll need to get up and move around a lot as you'll need the loo! On that basis I'd ask for an aisle seat. I'd also ask if they can give you a block of seats if the plane isn't full - you'll probably be at the back of the plane as they tend to fill from the front but you'll at least be able to stretch out and put your feet up.

Oh and take a pillow. If you roll it into a tube and tie it up then it won't take up too much space. It will be v. useful for getting comfy and far better than the feeble airline pillows they dole out.

Congratualtions bellastella

And another boy! We problably have enough noww for our own ante natal football team! What could we call them ....

Anyway, just back from a wee trip to the labour ward. I've been getting "tightenings" accross my stomach for the last week or so that I put down to BH, but they got really uncomfortable yesterday that I could hardly walk. Phoned MW she said hot bath and paracetamol, if they didn't go away by morning call the Early Pregnancy Unit. So called them this morning. The don't do ladies further on than 14 weeks. I somethimes wonder about my MW . anyway they passed me through to the labour ward. Went in to be checked over, they wanted to make sure I wasn't in early labour , I'm not thankfully.

Home now, told to rest and go back if it gets any worse or doesn't go away in the next 48 hours!

Bit of drama for a Saturday morning!

bellastella that's fantastic news :-) bought a tear to my eye. Congratulations on your engagement and baby boy.

Glad you're ok LisMca hope eveythings ok.

Bellastella Big congrats that's wonderful.

LisMcA Sounds horrid. Hope you are ok now. I always seem to get invited to weddings just after having a babe. I did take my 16 week old to one that was 'no children'. The bride made an exception for us, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to go. She slept for most of it in the pram. (Apart from squawking loudly just as the bride said I do!)

Salted How insensitive of your mum! . I thought MILs were the worst, but now I'm not sure! And anyway - she did buy you chocolates afterall??

Oh my LisMca that is a bit of drama! Hope everything is ok now??

Ecuse I have been feeling odd movements in that area as well - thought baby was trying to squeeze a leg or an arm through my cervix the other day - very strange indeed!!

Awww bellastella congratulations on your boy and also your engagement! I keep hoping DP will propose to me at some poinr but it seems the more I talk about it the less likely it is to happen!!!

Scan for me on Thursdays hope the snow stays away so I can get there and back safely!!

Morning gang!

Wedding update: Sister's wedding is now in June but no children allowed on-site and that includes mine.

Am trying not to let it bother me, no point stressing until nearer the time. DP's response was, 'Well you go and I'll be in a Starbucks round the corner with the baby. You can just nip out and feed/check on him.'

He was so calm and wonderful about it. Rest of the family are less calm.

In normal baby news, baby has decided 11.30pm is an ideal time to do the belly shuffle and wake me up. Is nice though, can regularly feel the kicks with my hands. Bliss.

Congratulations bellastella! :) I read your post to DP hint hint I am hoping he's going to make an honest woman of me at some point :)

Been feeling lots of movement which is lovely! Really enjoy lying there in the mornings and feeling the baby having a good kick up - I'm 22 weeks now which means he should be about 27cm so sometimes I can feel movement on both sides at the same time.

DP felt first proper movements from outside. He's felt sort of rumblings before but feel some good solid kicks in my side on Sunday. It really is lovely! I'm sure it should feel more weird to have someone kicking around inside you but perhaps we're pre-programmed not to get freaked out by it!

cyclebump perhaps your sister will change her mind once the baby is here and she sees that they aren't really something that you can just leave at home!

Aaargh! Have just seen bellastella's news!

Is wonderful, congratulations!!!!

hi everyone!

I'm just back from my 20 week scan and everything looks fine and dandy. it was SO brilliant to see so much detail and know all is well. We didn't find out the sex but if the April thread trend is anything to go by it will be a boy. The sonographer refered to the baby as 'buddy' at one point, while bouncing me around trying to get her/him to move positions. Does that mean it's a boy?! Why am I trying to guess?? Got to go back for another scan on Thurs as we couldn't get a decent image of the spine or one of the heart shots but apparently everything is looking good.

Huge congratulations to bellastella what brilliant news.

Cyclebump I think your sister is being a little bit thoughtless/selfish over the whole wedding debacle. Going for April in the first place was pretty harsh and now saying you can't bring your baby. Tricky one to handle but I don't think you should feel bad for being a bit put out. I would be. Is she maybe a bit jealous? Probably not worth throwing a huge tantrum over but maybe someone else in the family could point out to her that she's not really making life easy for you. If you are breastfeeding it will be difficult to leave your baby with someone else and you might not even want to! It depends on your relationship with her but I think she's making it tough for you.

Hope you're feeling better now Lisa and how are you Kittycatcat?

Met up with one of my best friends at the weekend and her six day old little girl. She was so thrilled and it got me very excited about the whole thing. And I was pleased to note that sitting in Cafe Rouge for the afternoon, and having a glass of wine, all seems to be perfectly managable with a newborn, so that's my first two or three months of Maternity Holiday sorted.

Hi everyone
Lots of boys bumps and an engagement!
cyclebump my brother tried that for his wedding (2 months after DS2 was born). When they said it was child free, I said it would be a shame I wouldn't be there, as I'm be breastfeeding and wouldn't want to pop out to express every couple of hours even if he had formula.
In the end they changed the date, but still had their child free wedding.

Phew! Was starting to think I wasn't being flexible enough but clearly not!

Good to hear more good scan news. My DP has also felt through the bump kicks but has missed the majority as I call him over and the baby stops to listen to what's going on (I think )

Exciting news bellastella, congrats!! Hope those of you waiting for proposals get them soon. I know two friends who got engaged while pregnant...and their boys had sworn they'd never propose and didn't want to marry so maybe the hormones had an effect on them too!

Scan on Friday...hooray, the week has finally arrived! Have been ridiculously reading about old wives tales and taking wild guesses at the baby's gender, as we won't be finding out at the scan. Anyone conceive whilst 32 and know what they're having??? Wondering if Chinese gender predictor thingy has any truth in it!

Caramel according to the stats thread bellastella is 32 and she's in team blue!

So the drama of Saturday has subsided. All is fine, but still feeling a bit funny in the tummy area. It might just be my muscles stretching.

Today the drama started again! We've had more snow! It's not stopped all day! It's just taken me almost 2 hours to do a journey thats usually 20 minutes max. Still had to abandon the car a walk the last bit! So it looks like we are snowed in again! It's getting old now!! It better be away bu April

Hi, haven't been on for a while but glad to see all the good news. Had scan last week but have left the sex as a surprise - amazed how many boys there seem to be on our thread!

Just looking for some moral support - haven't felt any movement yet - is anyone else still waiting? I'd almost convinced myself I could feel something, but then a friend said I'd definitely know when I felt it. I know everything's ok with the baby due to the scan... but still a bit paranoid!

Could it be the way it's described. People told me it would be a bubbling sensation and that's not what it feels like to me!

To me (and this is DC1), the first movements/kicks felt like I was being gently flicked from the inside. They were a LOT lower down than I thought they'd be too. It is, ahem, a bit like being kicked in your lady garden from the inside. For some reason I thought they'd be up by your belly button and they so weren't. At 23 weeks they're much higher on occasion but all my first ones were way down low!

Also worth bearing in mind that my mum said I was a constant wriggler but she barely felt my sisters. Maybe baby's just a quiet one.

Hi Chessy - I only felt something first time because I was lying flat on my back in yoga, completely still and quiet, and suddenly realised this funny muscle twang I was feeling might actually be movement. I know it is now because I'm getting used to the sensation but it's really not obvious and I don't think I would definitely have known. I still don't feel very much but get this feeling now and again, usually when flat on my back. I wouldn't describe it as being kicked it's really hard to describe but the best I could come up with was muscle twang. But it's more subtle than that.

God, I am babbling! Hope that helps!

Afternoon all!

Just popping in to say have a look at this website, I've just bought my sister's xmas pressie from them: www.mamafeelsgood.com/ and they've got maternity dresses "coming soon", hopefully in time for the collection of weddings we've got to go to next summer.

And, I've got my second third scan tomorrow, which seems a bit weird since some people haven't had their 20 week scan yet. DH might have been exposed to parvovirus, so it's just a double check. [fingers-crossed]

I've been getting really high kicks now, they feel like he's right under my ribs! My uterus can't be that big yet! And I've started getting really uncomfortable at night - the honeymoon period is over! (and that didn't last long). I ended up sleeping sitting up at one point last night.

Congratulations bella! In my mind, mortgages and babies are way bigger commitments than marriage, and I was amazed at the responses we had from friends when we got engaged a couple of years ago ('ooh, that's a bit grown-up' etc). But we started a bit of a trend, apparently someone just needed to break the ice! We've now joined mortgage club, but we're pioneers in baby club at the moment! Hope to hear some announcements from the others soon! (And, we're all around 30, by the way, just a tad juvenile, it seems!)

Thanks for that link petalouda. If anyone comes across any good sites for maternity/bfing appropriate dresses to wear to weddings please also post! I'm keeping an eye out but so far haven't found too much...apart from gorgeous Isabella Oliver numbers that I'd feel guilty to buy on crappy maternity wages!

Hi all
Glad the scan went well joew hehe re guessing. I've had a crap day today, just one of those . I ended up in tears cos on top of everything else I simply couldn't get my mob numbers from my old phone to my new one. Was at the inlaws yest and again she asked how much wait I've put on. I said I didn't know cos I'm not weighing myself. Didn't stop her telling me what her other dil my mate put on. And dh cousin put on. I said I didn't think I'd put any extra on and my fil agreed. Grrr. My tums settled. I think I was a bit dehydrated as I increased my fluids and it's all ok now.

cheesy I'm getting very impatient and paranoid. Scan is a week tomorrow. Can't come soon enough.

Hey all
Haven't been on this in months. Hope everyone is doing well.

We decided not to find out the sex so let the guessing games begin. Anyone started thinking of names?

cyclebump seems a bit insensitive to me.... but thats just my opinion. I am really close to my siters and I would be GUTTED if they didnt want their neice/ nephew there.... have u spoken to her baout how u feel.??

bella huge congrats...I had to put my wedding off from next year to 2012 ! due to the twins being due the same time we were planning on getting married! how insensitive !

all these boys...dont know If I said mine are two boys to! whats going on??? lol..... good to see everyone is doing well...

Congratulations bella

cycle the Karoleann tactic for the wedding sounds like a good idea. Or just wait until after the birth and then see if sister relents on her no baby rule once she has met the new arrival. Do you have any other nieces and nephews in the family or will this be the first next generation baby.

Pre my DS no close family or friends of mine had young children and in all honesty I wouldn't have realised the logistic problems that a baby-free day for a breastfeeder could entail. I just didn't want any children crying/screaming in the background of my wedding video. It might be a case of ignorance rather than malice.

I'm glad everyone's scans are going well.

cheesy I'm now 23 weeks are even though I'm on my 2nd baby it's only within the last week I can see i've 100% definately felt the baby moving. Before that a couple of maybe's but they were usually after a large evening meal so could just as well have been the dinner digesting.

caramel how does the chinese gender predictor work? I havn't heard of that one before. I'd love to give it a try as i'm not finding out this time round.