Good morning ladies, I spent some time catching up on posts yesterday evening but had no energy for posting!
Welcome LKane, nice to have a new joiner to the group!
Also to you OneSlice and I can add to the high BMI conversation as I was referred to a consultant at my 11 week booking appointment as my BMI was on the cusp of 30. There were a couple of other things as well (I'm strep B positive and asthmatic - sound like a right old crone 
don't I!) but it was all fine at the appointment. We talked about my asthma, which is well controlled and not presentinga problem so she was happy about that. Also, I'm clear on what the Step B thing means and the consultant just talked me through how the IV anti-biotics would work. We talked about my BMI and she was again comfortable that although the stats show me in the high risk category, there was nothing to be overly worried about as my mobility is not affected and in her words 'I'm looking at you and not seeing an 'obese' person in front of me' So I got referred back to midwife care and have all of my future appointments with my community midwife. My main concern is that my strong preference for birth is to use the midwife-led birthing centre, rather than the labour ward (just personal choice) and this can be impacted by a high BMI. The consultant explained that I will have a meeting at 34 week to check whether they think it is 'safe' for me to be in the birthing centre (other checks as well as BMI) and if everything else stays low risk, she will support my choice. I do have to have a glucose tolerance test (GTT) at 26 weeks to check for gestational diabetes and this will be one of the big hurdles for me to jump. If it is clear, I stay low risk but if I have GD then all hopes for a birth centre delivery will be out of the window - keeping my fingers tightly crossed!
Cookie I had to self-refer to the hospital I am using (my GP doesn't do referrals) and they wrote to me to give me my first scan and booking appointments. Since then I have made my next appointment before leaving that one (if that makes sense!) and as I'm back to the midwife, I even have a consultant appointment pencilled in for when I am 40+6 (hoping I don't need it) to talk about induction......
Moosey with regards to pushchair shopping, I am struggling to narrow it down and think I really need to go somewhere that has a good selection so I can compare side by side! We did pop to a place on Saturday where they stock the cot I was thinking of buying (Amby nest) and we had a little push around. DH really liked the Pilko Pramette but we have since heard some negative feedback from people who've had it before. I LOVE the Stokke Xplory, but it's £1000 so DH is gulping a bit about that, it does have great reviews though. I think the Silver Cross surf is coming a close second at the moment, but I haven't had a play with either of them in the flesh so to speak. We might take a trip to Brent Cross this weekend as the Mamas & Papas stock the Stokke and John Lewis the Silver Cross.
Cep I will PM you to join the Facebook group. KnockedUp I will PM you to 'make friends' on there too!
Bumps you have a very clever little DS there! Your new baby will have a good role model to learn from. How cute.
JustStarting I know what you mean about feeling movement, I don't think I have felt anything to date (20+3 today) and lots of people are telling my I should have. I was really nervous on Saturday before our scan but the sonographer was lovely and said it is quite normal to not feel anything until 23 weeks, especially in a first pregnancy - phew!
PamSco the smoking whilst pregnant thing bugs me too. I smoked beforehand and was lucky enough to be able to give up immediately when I got the positive HPT. My sister however, really struggled when she was pregnant with my nephew and didn't manage it completely until after her 12 week scan. I do think that by this stage it should be something that every pregnant woman does. It's not like the odd drink or eating certain things where the advice is conflicting! Everyone agrees without exception that smoking is one of the most harmful things you can do to your unborn child. Seriously, the guilt for me would be enough to take all of the pleasure out of it! I do understand that it's difficult to just stop overnight, but by 20 weeks I think it's doable, especially if you have planned your baby and with the great support available from the NHS these days.
Voodoo I hope the journey today is not too much of a pain. Make sure to have plenty of cold drinks (and associated wee stops planned in)
H007 great news about your mortgage being approved, that's one weight off your mind! Hope everything else slots into place now.
Wuzz that's a great pram, I love the lime colour. The reason I think I've been attracted to the ones I like is because of the great colour choices. I love bright colours for babies and so am put off the ones that only come in black or grey etc. We won't be doing any nursery decorating as we will be moving house shortly after the baby arrives (eek!) and relocating back to the Midlands from London. It's nice that it's one last thing to do but also means we will have to make all of those decisions afterwards once we've moved.
So we had our 20 week scan on Saturday and thankfully my nerves were totally uneccessary as everything is fine! Baby measuring perfectly for our dates, moving around giving us a great show of kicking and punching and we got some great pictures as a result. The sonographer was just lovely and spent time showing us the spine, face, legs and arms and reassuring us that everything looks fine. My Mom was staying for the weekend so she came in to see the baby on the screen too, she was suitably teary as a grandmother would be! I really wanted to go out any buy something afterwards but think we aren't ready to buy a 'coming home' outfit just yet and got totally confuddled by the prams on display in the shop we went to so needed to conduct a bit more research before making any decisions! I think we have decided against the Amby nest though as it is much smaller than I thought in real life and wouldn't last longer than 3-4 months for an average sized newborn. Am now thinking of getting one of those wooden rocking cribs for the first few months and then a normal cot for when the baby moves into his/her own room.
We have decided that we will spend this coming weekend sorting out one of our chests of drawers to make available for baby things. It will be a good opportunity for me to store away some of my normal clothes as my sister brought a load of her maternity stuff with her at the weekend and I bought a couple of work things so can re-stock my wardrobe but with a more capsule collection for the coming 4-5 months. I think feeling a bit more organised will help me to get my head round what other things we need to do. I keep thinking 'oh it's ages away, I don't need to think about that yet' but realise that the longer I procrastinate for, the more we will need to cram into the last few months when I might not be feeling as up for it
So, apologies for my mammoth post but there was an awful lot to catch up on. Hope everyone can enjoy the sunshine at some point today and here's to a good week with lots more lovely scan news and pram chat!