Due December 2012 - third thread, moving towards the second trimester!

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Well, our nattering on the previous thread has used up 1000 posts and I can't see a new thread so here we go!

The list is below, please add yourself if you're missing!

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
ssimma - due 2nd Dec DC#2
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
Yikesherewego - due 5th Dec DC#1
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
ivanapoo - due (approx) 7th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 8th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
cashmere - due 11th Dec DC#2
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 12th Dec DC#4
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
backwardpossom - due 13th Dec DC#2
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 14th Dec
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
FriendofDorothy - due 15th Dec (ish) DC#1
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CupOfBrownJoy - due 21st Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

just adding myself

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Issimma - due 30 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
soandsosmum due 1st Dec DC#2
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
cashmere - due 2nd Dec DC#2
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
giraffe213 - due 7th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
HoneyMum21 - due 8th Dec DC#1
olliebob - due 8th dec DC#3
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
WeeJo08 -due 10th Dec DC#1
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 12th Dec DC#4
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
ivanapoo - due 13th Dec DC#1
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 13th Dec DC#1
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
FriendofDorothy - due 16th Dec DC#1
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Olivetti - due 19th Dec DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CakeBump - due 20th Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
Knottyhair - due 24th Dec DC#2
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
ellliebelle - due 25th Dec DC#3
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
itsMYNutella - due 28th Dec DC#1
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
beccabubbless- due 29th dec DC#1
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

oh and I wondered, has anyone bought any of the mumsnet books?

i'm tempted to get one, but would love a recommendation :-)

Haven't read any of the books, which were you looking at?

Sorry for the prolific posting today I definitely have a bump, not sure how much longer I can keep this secret! And definitely felt some movement!

Yes i have baby, toddler an pregnancy defo recommand them if anything they made me laugh alot and made me feel normal.

Hope this helps

I've got the mumsnet pregnancy book, but I had it sent to my work address just before I was admitted to hospital and haven't been at work since so I only looked at it once. It must still be in my desk drawer in my office. I did like what I saw of it though.

I've also got "What to Expect When You're Expecting" which is really awful, so patronising and v. dry. Quite thorough though if you like that and has a scary step-by-step guide for your partner on how to deliver the baby in case you are caught short!!

So sorry to hear that dilly I hope you get lots of support and rest!

Anyone else still really bloated? by the end of the day I have a really big obvious belly! Wasn't there a lady In America who had octuplets? Am I being really silly but how did they all fit?!?!? she must of been huuuuuge!

Dilly so sorry for your loss big hugs x

Happy birthday ladies!!!

I'm feeling bloated too especially as the day goes on...blrgh...!

My boobs are expanding by the day...my bra usually comes of by lunch! Went to m&s today and got some new bras...2nd lot, let's see how long these last!!!

Ive been having a feel of my belly looking for my harden uterus...really not sure what I'm looking for...has anyone not felt anything?

Have we got many first scans to go? I'm so looking forward to my second one...roll on end of July!

I've started with the bump, maternity clothes by 9 weeks this time. (Clearly all muscles were completely shot with DD1). It's the 'you've put on weight' rather than the nicely formed bump. I guess if I told people at work then I wouln't mind, but I hate telling people, being the centre of attention, and besides a colleague had a miscarriage just before Easter, so I don't want to upset her.

Oh I loathed "What to Expect" - horrible writing, odd and unpleasant mixture of chirpy and patronising in tone, and lots of scaremongering.

I liked Ina May Gaskin's 'guide to childbirth' for lots of stories about happy, easy births (good to read in the last months, when everyone is freaking you out!) and I wish I'd had the MN guide as a laugh is very important!

DH and I had a great time at the scan - no long wait, very friendly sonographer called Karen, the Sprout was doing what s/he needed to do and all measurements were got, then I saw him/her wiggling and sucking on fingers, and heard that lovely galloping heartbeat... ahhhh, I got a bit misty-eyed. DH sat there with a great big grin on his face and afterwards we went out for McDonald's (we are classy) and had a nice little chat. I can't remember the last time we've had lunch without DS, actually, it was practically a date! :) [easily pleased emoticon]

So sorry for your losses ladies, hope you're getting the support you need.

I have what to expect and read it on a Saturday for the introduction and knowledge I feel I need, but SIL got me the rough guide to pregnancy which is quite funny yet still informative and a lot less "you will be doing this in week x"

I want a pedicure. Stamps foot.

Evening Ladies,

Thank you all for your messages the days are getting easier we are a very close family so have lots of support and her children are been well cared for.

Dilly sorry for your loss.

Happy birthday COD

Blackcurrants Glad you had a good time time at the scan.

Well 14+3 today and I am finding that I am really tired all the time. Going to update myself on the list my due date changed from 12th to 10th.

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Issimma - due 30 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
soandsosmum due 1st Dec DC#2
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
cashmere - due 2nd Dec DC#2
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
giraffe213 - due 7th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
HoneyMum21 - due 8th Dec DC#1
olliebob - due 8th dec DC#3
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
WeeJo08 -due 10th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 10th Dec DC#4
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
ivanapoo - due 13th Dec DC#1
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 13th Dec DC#1
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
FriendofDorothy - due 16th Dec DC#1
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Olivetti - due 19th Dec DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CakeBump - due 20th Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
Knottyhair - due 24th Dec DC#2
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
ellliebelle - due 25th Dec DC#3
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
itsMYNutella - due 28th Dec DC#1
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
beccabubbless- due 29th dec DC#1
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

So sorry dolly

Not sure who it was that asked now but I am still working but I do that from home so a bit easier.

V.emotional tonight for no apparent reason just can't stop blubbing!
I have started nesting already I'm sure of it, went out and bought a load of storage/toy boxes, wardrobes and bits so we can rearrange the boys rooms over the weekend. I also want dh to move our wardrobe and I'll sort all our clothes. That way we'll have plenty of space/storage for bump . I also plan on painting our hallway next weekend and sorting the kitchen cupboards. Maybe I just remember how hard all this is closer to the time so getting it out of the way now

Dolly so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts are with you.

Starting to get nervous about scan next week. Had one at 8-9 weeks due to a bit of bleeding and everything was fine then, so I know the odds are in my favour, esp. as no further bleeding/ symptoms still very real. Anyone else booked for scan on Wed 20th?

Also, is anyone else (who hasn't already) nervous about telling other people? If scan at, we're planning to tell my mum Thursday, but I feel kind of awkward. She's been hinting, wel more telling us, for ages that she wants more grandchildren, but she's so negative all the time and I know will have very different expectations to what we have.

So sorry about your news Dolly. Thinking of you.

I've got my 12 week scan at 10.30 this morning, am 12 + 4. We're planning on telling more people (already told parents and boss) after this. Got a big family party tomorrow, so will probably tell then, but maybe just later during the afternoon rather than making a big thing at the start. Then just telling friends as we see them. Bit anxious though, not sure if we should wait for risk factor from combined screening, as this is another 10-15 days. Did anyone else wait for this?

So sorry for your losses dilly and cherry.

I am still struggling to announce /admit to people at 16+ 4 - i'll feel better after mw and heartbeat next tues and also after consultant on thurs, then after the 20 wk scan! Wondering if ill get a scan on thurs too.

I ended up not doing the nuchal thing so can't advise - its been lovely telling my nearest and dearest and if there was a problem I feel I can talk to them openly.

Oh god, this is so sad but I'm feeling so clingy and bored I have agreed to watch 2 effing hours of football tonight with my DH - who is more delighted and excited than I thought possible and is telling everyone that i am doing this which is filling me with fear - "you will discuss it with me won't you?" being my main fear as I thought a chance to get on with over due sewing and maybe do a lino cut. I was made to do football at a school that had just begun to take girls as a 7 yr old and the memory of being picked last, a foggy pitch and eternally being in goal when very short sighted makes me detest it. Rugby was ok cos the boys wouldn't tackle the girls.

All the best for scans today ladies! Xx

The only good thing was clippy cloppy boots.

(next thread bumping!)

thanks for the recommendation. i may splurge on the book

i also loved ina may's book - really encouraging about birth. i've just got it off the shelf and put it next to my bed so i can read a positive birth story each night.

i have what to expect in the first year, which is dry, but useful and very flexible about what babies will be doing in which months, which I have found really helpful with dd1. helps me not to worry if she's not doing certain things other children her age are (e.g. she doesnt really say any words ATM (1 year old)

dolly sorry for your loss, i wish you all the luck in he world for the future x

have we got a new thread yet?

cant remember who asked but my scan is weds 20th i will be 14 weeks by then, so bored of waiting, really wanna tell the kids, everyone else knows already though lol

well i was sick this morning but it was out of nowhere and i havn't felt sick at all, fingers crossed its finally ending :)

good luck for scans today!

Good luck with the scan Naomi I've been wondering about whether to tell people after or wait for test results too it's a tricky one! Probably I'll gradually tell all the family but leave the big work and friends announcement till after results!

Well no one at works said happy birthday too me and dp got me a card from him and one from dd but not even a token gift

How bloody rude spotty I demand that you go and shop/spoil yourself as soon as you can! Happy Birthday! X

Oh Spotty! Happy Birthday! It's my DP's birthday today and I've made him his favourite cherry bakewell sponge and here is a virtual slice for you (hope you like bakewell!). Hope your day improves xxxx

new thread here