Evening all 
I'm outing myself - I used to be ItIsILeClerc for those of you who remember me but have now told MNing SILs so can use my usual MN name - will try to post a bit more often now I don't have to name change
Happy belated Christmas to everyone. Yay for the good scans and boo for the sobriety and seasonal illnesses. We were at ILs for Christmas for the first time ever this year, which was lovely except DD was struck down with a cough/fluey thing on Christmas Eve then I got it Christmas Day, though on the plus side I did get to spend most of the day lying on the sofa while DH did childcare and DMIL did cooking, then eat dinner in my pjs :) However, am now beyond tired as DD and I were co-sleeping while we stayed there but just keep each other awake now, plus we were both ill so not sleeping anyway, plus my pregnancy insomnia has well and truly kicked in :( I would quite like the first trimester exhaustion just for the rest but it doesn't seem to work that way for me!
Don't seem to have many symptoms any more, insomnia/night peeing aside, which is bit surprising as my MS didn't ease off until 16 weeks with DD but have been trying to listen in with my doppler and think I can find a hb so trying not to worry too much. Also feel like I'm barely showing at all (DH helpfully told me that he's "seen photos where I'm just as podgy as I am now, so I'm not showing at all" 
) but has just occurred to me that I'm not really eating much at all (appetite gone) so perhaps I'm actually losing weight 
Have my booking in appt tomorrow then hopefully scan in the next few weeks - think I'm about 10 and a bit weeks but have lost count slightly 
(not really sure what day it is tbh). Need to remember to ask whether they do the nuchal scan here - won't make any difference but would like to be prepared.
We told DH's family over Christmas and my family today. My family were very amusing, most of them didn't believe me, despite the fact they all knew we'd been trying for ages - DH said I didn't sound very serious when I told them (I still find it incredibly hard telling people). Was quite nice though as I thought they'd all say "Yeah, we know", so was good that it was a surprise :)
LadyGG congrats again on your successful scan - popped in on our thread the other night but hadn't actually seen your update on here yet.
Buttonmoon 4th August is my birthday and also the date that we're lying to our families and giving as our due date this time round as I went two weeks over last time and want to be left alone if it happens again this time.
honeybabymoon bit late but I think mulled wine is probably fine as most of the booze evaporates (unless you have some to "warm up" like a friend and I did when we were students, on the basis you simmered it for ages so was booze-free, then added a pint of brandy before serving and had to go back to bed at 4 pm ). I had some mulled cider at Glastonbury while pg and was told it was 1/3 unit per half pint (and yummy!).
sues I cry at stupid stuff anyway but recently have been reading a lot about surrogacy/egg donation and thus spending a lot of time sitting on the sofa next to DH, laptop on my knee, just sobbing while he watches tv Most embarrassing thing I have cried at so far is a really crap urban legend about a woman returning from beyond the grave to save her baby
Suspect this post is epic so will end there and go to bed, to lie restlessly through the small hours ...