Ding Ding! We're halfway there on The February Baby Bus 2012.

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good morning my lovelies, as requested, a shiny new thread old thread is here

Good luck with scans today, phlossie are you off for yours?

QueenFee because I'm dyslexic I'm really crap at pronouncing names and things so I looked it up instead and that is a beautiful boys name.

Ooh Sugarkane - my name's Rowan in RL! I love it. But you're in Scotland aren't you? Where it's pronounced Rau-an? I'm in SW England.

Yes phlossie I'm in Scotland and it just takes away from the beauty IMO. I just cant see myself correcting everyone all the time. I'm from Staffordshire originally so I guess I could move back home, but maybe taking it a little too far, [hwink] plus I wouldn't be able to swoon at the Scottish accent as much. [hgrin]

Oooh sugarkane i am in Staffs.

Happy birthday monkey - hope the scan went well and the Colonel lived up to expectations.

hello all,
reserving my place on the bus!
i am 24 +4 days and in manchester.
have loved reading everyone elses stories, thank you all for making me smile, i think it makes little mango (named like pip when it was that big and its just stuck!) kick more when i laugh out loud so keep it up. :o

Where have you been Neto? 24 weeks is too long to not be on the bus!

Too right Kayano!

Very excited me here! I have just booked my tickets to go see STEPS in April!!!! Too excited, maybe more excited for that than the birth of my baby haha! Daddy gonna be left holding the baby!! Eeeeee Waaaaay too excited!

Will catch up on personals tomorrow, on my phone now so just stopping by to wish monkey a happy birthday!

Thanks for all of the lovely birthday wishes! It has been hectic, and fun, and I'm exhausted in the best way!!

Scan went well... And although the piccs weren't great (same scenario of bambi/pinky and the brain hiding face in hip etc, as we had a trainee sonographer, we got our pics free!! Haha!

We're firmly in team Yellow!

I feel massive from KFC (yay), had loads of lovely gifts... Bed time beckons!

Last thing... I KNEW it! Anterior placenta! Bugger! So I had felt kicks early on (15/16 weeks) but the majority have been hidden! Getting some good strong ones past 2 days though. And the sonographer kept calling pip "the wriggler" flipped at least 4 times! Head in hip, head in opposite rib and so on!!

Anyway, all is well... And so is my BED! Night night all you lovely bump buddies!

20+2 (I'll settle for early march, but won't get off the bus!!)

Happy Birthday monkey!

Just come back from a free advanced screening of The Help. Well worth a watch! Anyway there was lots of southern fried chicken goin on in that film and with monkey talking about it today we went after the film. Bloody hell it's rare I enjoy KFC. Fingers crossed I don't regret it later! Night all

22+1

Happy birthday monkey glad your scan went well.

We're country mice here, DH grew up on a farm, me in a Market town but now live in the middle of nowhere...tbh tis a bit too isolated, nearest village is 2 miles away, shop 5/6 miles...pub, well has been a while, don't really know. We're in rented atm and have found a house to buy in a nearby village (which has a shop and a pub!), and will be putting in an offer tomorrow! I have dreams of being in by Christmas...tis a new build so can move in asap.

zhen hope the house move goes smoothly

Welcome neto

Have just ordered some jeans from here

24+5

Just on for a quick min but Happy Birthday monkey.

Think have had a few BH today - they kind of took my breath away and I have been sitting down since as never had any last time around.

Innocent at the Steps excitement - my BF is the same.

Neto welcome to the bus.

*Queenfee" I am the same would love to buy some clothes for this one but feel I have so much at the minute.

Sugarkane glad that you are over the sickness - we have had a bit of this as well here but coming out the other side too.

Right I still have to get my energy back - so am going to bed now.

Talk to you all soon ladies

Ha! Found out today that in fact they didn't test for every variant of CS so technically it's not being 100% ruled out. However, midwife was very positive about how low the risk was, given that neither I nor DH carry any of the variants they did test for.

So - still feeling pretty good about things, maybe naively so! It helps that she's wriggling so much at the moment.

Scan next week to check on the bowel thing and fibroid. Am going to be scanned to my eyeballs by the end of this pregnancy.

23 weeks today....

Happy Birthday monkey. I am 32 too. Hoping to squeeze this little one out while I'm still 32 (my birthday is in february). I'm slightly obsessed with the age i'll be when giving birth to my babies, something to do with not being older than my mum when she had children. Madness, i know.

On clothes, don't shoot me, but for the wedding i had to go to (and christmas, and birthday parties etc) i used the mumsnet discount code for Boden maternity, so 10% off and free postage and returns, so i bought 2 sizes on my cerdit card and got the wrong one back, for free, before bill came. It is more expensive than high street, no doubt, but i'm hoping (if i manage not to spill curry etc down it) i can ebay it when i'm finished and get some of the money back. If you really can't find anything on high street, it's worth a look if you can bear it (i'm NOT a boden wearer normally!!).

just watched Downton Abbey, while knitting in bed. Cardigan nearly done (horay!), but downton just gets sillier and sillier!! Love it though.

24+6 today, and off to google the symptoms of preeclampsia, just in case

xx

glowfrog, i have fortnightly scans from now on!! i'll be joining you with up to the eyeballs. I had 7 with dd, I'm on 4 alrready, with 3 more booked in the next month, so i reckon i'll beat 7 easily this time.

My dad is a farmer so I grew up on a farm, DH grew up in rural isolation too. We're quite urban now, were looking for a city vicar job, but we seem to be being lead in a more large town/market town, sort of direction at the moment, which is a surprise, but we're actually quite happy ish!

Was it sugar on pillows? I found on like the dreamgenii in mothercare today, (MC own brand), but which doesn't have the annoying bit which goes round the back, so would be easier to turn over with. I almost bought it, i might getit on line, in fact, here's a link...here or a cheaper, less bent version, here, which is on sale (which it wasn't in store, interestingly!)

hth

x

Happy Birthday Monkey

Woowa I love Downton too, Sunday night is my favourite :)

I'm having a bit of difficulty with constipation so I'm on the prune juice, fingers crossed for me I hate it.

I'm starting prenatal yoga tomorrow I've never done yoga before but I can't wait, the instructor told me it helps with back pain and my back is really sore, especially when I get up to the toilet in the middle of the night, my belly is sore at night too.

I think I'm having 'movements' but I can't be sure, its not like anyone else describes, its not like butterly fluttering or bubbles, but more like a pressure or heaviness down by my bladder (moreso when I have to go to the toilet) does this sound familiar to anyone?

21+3

PamBeesly That sounds like my early feelings, kind of like a heavy feeling, but not heavy iykwim maybe like the baby was kind of rubbing, no thats not right but I know what you mean. Sorry I'm trying to explain.

Deardear where in Staffs are you? I was from Rugeley now my mum lives in a village by Stafford.

Welcome Neto

Woowa, I have the Mothercare pillow- DH bought it for me during my last pregnancy when I had crippling SPD and it was good then but it feels even better this time when I just have the usual pregnancy aches and pains.
Have never tried the Dreamgenii one so can't offer a comparison but to turn over with my one I just grip it with my knees and roll over like normal.

It's my current pregnancy life-saver as I naturally sleep on my front and being on my side without any support is uncomfortable and miserable. I heart my pillow

pam some of my feelings have been like that. Like pip is stretching out and has both feet pusshing downwards, or just a low but big ball of heavy!

I found a quick gentle prod or two and pip shifts back up again.

I never had any fluttering, but early on I was getting definite kicks in my pubic region. Until 2 days ago that's where I've felt any movement, hence me thinking I had anterior placenta... I was right! Pip's been having a merry dance, and I've hardly noticed!

Mine, apart from the solid push and the heavy feelings, have felt like little gentle prods. Like if you were testing the top of a cake, but from the inside!! V nice!

Anyway, I was going to bed 2hrs ago... Now hiding phone light from sleeping DP under duvet like a child! A bit restless... But prob cos had a bit of a busy day!

Night, again! And ta for Bday wishes again! all round x

Sugarkane i am in a village a mile out of Rugeley! Lived around here all my life. Not dure how to pm you location. Small world. Bith DD's go to hagley.

Im getting a lot of braxton hicks and its really getting uncomfortable :( Last night i was getting loads. Anyone else get a lot of them? I dont remember getting this many with DD, maybe i just notice them more this time.

24+1

Hi everyone, haven't been on for ages, hope you are all well. I am 21 + 4 with a very wriggly yellow bump, already got a 6 year old dd.

Well I have had the worst day ever, someone made a really catty comment at work that caught me totally off guard and made me cry :( I'm usually such a happy person, but I felt awful after it all day.

So took dd to mcdonalds for tea and the. We both went and had put hair done as a treat :)

Seriously, how come tears are always so close by at the moment!

Please can I come on here and rant? I work with one of my best friends. I've never been at all maternal, whereas she's wanted a baby ever since I've known her, but various circumstances mean this hasn't happened for her yet. I know she's jealous of my pregnancy and I try not to go on about it too much. However, she's driving me insane, being a total know it all about everything involving my pregnancy. Now, while I know I've never shown much interest in the past, these days i do actually know whats going on.

Early examples were:
"No, you don't get a scan at 12 weeks, no one does"... um, actually everyone does
"Well you only know about your maternity leave because I told you to look"... no, I'd looked into it before even trying to have this baby

But today really annoyed my. Now, you all know I didn't feel this baby move for ages. But today she really started kicking me, really booting me in the side, and I must have smiled or something. Said friend asked what was up, and I told her... "Well it's not booting you is it"? Um, yes actually she is. "You can't really feel it, she's too small to kick you properly" No, I can feel it, and she's as long as a ruler now. "No she not, don't be so ridiculous"

I actually had to go on Babycentre to show her as she was adamant my baby couldn't possibly be as big as I said she was, and no way could I possibly feel her kicking yet. I really don't want to be a baby bore, but being told I'm making stuff up really takes the shine off something actually quite amazing.

Apologies for rant :)

Sugar that sounds really annoying. We have an aunt in the family (childless by choice) whom is always telling me how it is with pregnancy and motherhood like she is the worlds expert. It grates on me.

My horrid day is getting worse, has come home and been really mean and huffy just when I needed a shoulder to cry on. Rubbish day roll on tomorrow!