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NervousAt20 · 15/06/2012 07:10

Scan today Grin so worried about making sure everything's okay in there and then excited to hopefully find out the sex! It's going to be a long morning for me :)

horseylady · 15/06/2012 07:26

Nervous I was the same!!! I just wanted 'all is ok' and that was it. Being able to see his face was lovely though and his little hands and feet!!!

I'm just so happy!!! But would have been just the same with a girl!!!

Lilliana · 15/06/2012 07:41

Wow it has taken me ages just to catch up and now I have no time to reply properly.

Hope you are ok Lane, you're braver than me cycling around the roads.

Congrats to those that are having boys/girls, do you think some of the later ones are going to be more girls to even it out?

Eliza your Dh's comment made me laugh, I can imagine my dh saying similar about many things.

So is anyone thinking about the OBEM? I'm in Devon so no way but also don't want the kids at school to see me! I would also be a screaming, sweaty mess rather than composed and gorgeous, not an attractive look.

Sorry to hear about your neighbour MissMummy, you don't need that stress. Hopefully she will be off soon.

Hope everyones scan go well.

GTbaby · 15/06/2012 07:43

It's mufti day at school. My maternity jeans keep coming down. So I put on DH belt. And it is to small! My DH is 6foot2 n very cuddly! But his belt wont fit an I wana cry!

nebbo · 15/06/2012 08:00

Hi girls, long time no chat.
I hope you are all settling in to pregnancy well.
We have got ourselves caught up in the blitz of getting the house/car etc ready for the new additions!! Expensive times!!!
I have my 20 week scan on Monday and they should be able to say for sure then what we are having. I've had a couple of scans lately and she thinks girls but they've been breech so far so it's been hard to see. Hopefully if they are it will even the sexes up a bit.

Xxxx

gardenpixies32 · 15/06/2012 08:59

Congratulations to the boys/girls!

I am having girls too Nebbo! My OH is so chuffed, it was his first choice all along! Will confirm at the 20 week scan next week.

Have done a bit of shopping and it is all so expensive having to buy two of most things. Luckily friends and family have been very kind and generous with buying us lovely things or handing over things from their babies.

Joined Tamba and it is great, so many helpful twin and triplet (and even some quad) mummies. Have had loads of tips and advice.

I never get time to post on here. But I am starting maternity leave in 8 weeks times so will have much more time on my hands. I am expecting my babies in early October.

Hope everyone is well.

mrswee · 15/06/2012 09:00

thedetective Are you feeling ok better? I LOVE that range from next, how nice I like bright colours and my DD was always dress in them. I didn't know next did a unisex range.. I might have to buy some of that now, love the rainbow dungerees!

lane Hope you are ok.

missmummy your new neighbour sounds a like total bitch. How stressful. I'd start complaining to her landlord at what ever she does wrong. She doesn't have to know is came from you directly. She sounds like she's started a war anyway.... if that doesn't work, the next time she goes on holiday, stick a few prawns through her letter box.. by the time she comes back she will be forced to move because of the smell! My Mum's friend did that to the outragous students that lived above her, they really were the worst type not just being students. And it worked! lol

ShellyBobbs · 15/06/2012 10:42

Detective, I'm booked in at Tameside, I've been very happy the last few times I've been there, but the MW that delivered my last one was horrendous, panicking, not letting me squat, I HAD to lie on the bed I was told. It was a very straight forward birth as the last 2 were but very quick. She then couldn't find the placenta and really started to panic, another midwife walked in and said 'it's there'. I will refuse her if I see her this time.

Daisychain I might see you in there :) It is the rest of it that's pants, I've got personal experience from last pregnancy, got taken in for the weekend and for the whole time I was there there was poo soaked knickers on the windowsill of the shower and something else, it was still there when I left. Also 95% of the people I work with have been discharged from there and believe me there are some horror stories!

Brockle I love MOSI, but we've not been on the train due to queueing yet. Of course the sewers, mine think it's great!

Kyzordz I'm the same with the pelvis and back on fire. I feel like I can't do anything. I spent 10 MINUTES putting some plants in yesterday and literally couldn't walk for the rest of the night! I've no idea how I'm going to get on at work now if I get a difficult job on that requires a lot of bending and crouching, I just will not be able to do it.

Evil I really miss wine, I didn't really drink that much of it either, I'm more your typical beer drinker Blush, white beer is my favourite and I can drink it until it comes out of my ears..........

Rowing Hope your son is feeling better soon, you must be in pieces.

MissMummy Lack of sex doesn't even come into it. I think we might have done it 3 times in 15 weeks! Shagging is the very last thing I want to do at the minute, I've got absolutely NO interest in it at all. Who knows what's going to happen over the months with these hormones, there is always the possibility they'll be fighting us off soon, but in my case I very much doubt it. I also had shit neighbours during my last pregnancy, luckily we sold the house and left them to it, life is too short to fight those kind of battles, the stress just wasn't worth it. The mad bitch used to bang on the walls when my youngest cried in the night, it wasn't until I literally nearly killed her after pinning her up against the wall that she backed down with that little trick, they replaced it with weekly parties that went on to the early hours. Pair of bastards!

Chunky What a horrible, jealous old b**rd! All you can do is to just keep out of his way really. And that's what we are all here for, to listen and empathise with each other so we don't alienate all our RL friends and relative with all our moaning! I don't moan half as much as I used to when pregnant and it's all down to you ladies Grin

Lane Glad you are OK.

I just feel like a big round hippo already! I can't bend down properly anymore, I've definitely got the flaming pregnancy woddle to a T, can't paint my toenails at all now and can't defuzz my damned fanny because I can't even see it anymore! What do I do about that then?

My stomach now moves when baba kicks which is nice to see. Feeling very sorry for myself as I am constantly hurting/aching and still have 16 and a half weeks left at work and everyone of those shifts is a double, I'm in all weekend too :(

ShellyBobbs · 15/06/2012 10:42

^ How's that for marking your place Grin

TheDetective · 15/06/2012 10:46

Much better today thank you mrswee! I love the stripy cardi! Gonna get that before it sells out. May also get it in a couple of sizes Blush

Must stop eating fruit. I am sat here with nectarine bits between my teeth, and a cocktail stick trying to get them out. It's not working!

I have changed my sleeping habits since being pregnant, and have preferred lying near enough flat on my tummy, with a pillow underneath, and a pillow under my leg. Last night baby was going crazy every time I tried to get in my preferred position! It made me giggle! It was the strongest kicks I've ever had! Real distinct kicks too! Soon as I lay on my back - it stopped! Naughty baby! Think I'm gonna have to sleep on my back grrrr!!

ShellyBobbs · 15/06/2012 10:54

I've now got 3 huge pillows propping me up into a near sitting position and one underneath my knees. It is the only position that I can actually sleep in, poor hubby, he must feel like he's sleeping with an 80 odd year old!

daisychain76 · 15/06/2012 11:03

Ooh, that's a coincidence, Shelly, sorry you had a bad experience with one MW. My only non-maternity experience there was going in as a day patient for a minor op a couple of years ago. There were loads of us sitting waiting to go to wards watching TV and suddenly, on GMTV, came a report about Tameside having high death rates and bad reports from various regulators. Not something you want to see when you're just about to go under general anaesthetic! (Tho I had no complaints about my treatment).

Don't know if I'm being over-sensitive but I was a bit fed up last night. Went to a governors meeting at DCs school we were all sitting chatting beforehand (including headteacher and local vicar) and one governor (who I only know vaguely) commented that she hadn't realised I was pregnant and asked if it was planned, in front of everyone there! I know there was a discussion about this on a previous thread, but that was the most embarrassed I've been over it.

Oh well, hope everyone has a good day today.

ShellyBobbs · 15/06/2012 11:10

That was me with the 'was it planned', my answer to the last ignorant idiot was 'there were no contraceptives used and we were both sober'. Cheeky bitch!

It would be lovely to meet up in Manchester if we can, New Year would be good for the sales Grin.

Not the most ideal thing to hear when you're in Tameside, never mind due for an op! I do have to thank them for one thing though, a couple of years ago hubby booked in for the snip and after 1 cancelled appointment and twice turning up at Tameside to find the surgeon wasn't in that day, we decided to leave it. I don't believe in fate but thank goodness I had such a downer on it all and hubby gave in Grin

DesperateHousewife21 · 15/06/2012 11:32

My baby girl is kicking away in there! Always reassuring :)

I've bookmarked two double biggies I found online, both around £170. I think our budget is 200 max, some are crazy prices, I saw a bugaboo double for £1000! I almost fainted!

DesperateHousewife21 · 15/06/2012 11:32

Haha! I meant buggies Grin

mrswee · 15/06/2012 11:36

TMI alert

I've just been to the loo and have some brown spotting, it's only brown butu there was a little in the toilet too. I had this with my DD at 13 weeks but I am now 16.5 weeks. I'm guessing it's fine but do you think I should leave work for the day and rest?
I don't have my midwife's phone number on me just now. Do I even need to call her?
I am trying not to worry as it's not very restful! WWYD?

blonderthanred · 15/06/2012 11:48

Hope you're ok mrswee. When that happened to me I decided to give it an hour or two and see how things went, but after it continued I rang the doc and went home from work to rest. It stopped the next day though.

daisychain76 · 15/06/2012 11:50

Mrswee I know brown spotting is common and sure it will be fine. I would leave work, go home and call your midwife to reassure yourself. The main thing is to look after yourself. Don't worry about worrying (I do that a lot!) it is completely natural.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 15/06/2012 11:51

I would Go home and feet up mrswee and if it doesn't stop hone the mw. Usually the brown stuff is just old isn't it and nothing for worrying, but always worth checking.

Thechick · 15/06/2012 11:54

I called my midwife when i had brown spotting on Monday, i had an appointment that day anyways and was able to hear the heartbeat. I had the spotting in the morning, but still went into work because i had been off all the previous week and there was an audit i was looking after. She suggested i go to the epu so they could see what was causing it but as it was monday and the epu is always crazy on a monday, i decided not to. Said i would go if it continued which it didnt. The midwife said it was probably old blood from implementation all those weeks ago. I had it at 6 weeks as well. I think if its okay to go home, then go, it wont do any harm and do call the midwife, but i'm sure its nothing, just old blood.

Thechick · 15/06/2012 11:57

Should have also said- I wouldnt have gone in, if i hadn't been off!!

DonnaDoon · 15/06/2012 12:21

Hi folks just had my 20 wk scan and all was fine with the baby. She asked if I would like to know the sex and Im so proud of myself for not caving in and saying "no thankyou anyway" so Ive really annoyed all friends and family who are dying to know ha ha, they ll just have to wait. Apparantely Ive got a will of iron but there you go.Did get a clear look at its little face though and it looks just like a mixture between my youngest son and daughter when they are asleep so no clues there but am well chuffed.

Thechick · 15/06/2012 12:56

Great news on the scan donna. You are a stronger woman than I am. I looked at my diary today and i have 4 and a half weeks before my scan. It feels like forever.

applepieinthesky · 15/06/2012 13:04

mrswee It's good that it's brown blood and not red. If it is possible for you to go home then do so but I think you'll be fine.

Well done donna It must be so nice to see little one in such detail. You done really well to not find out what it is!

I got a shock this morning when I went to put on a pair of trousers that fit two weeks ago. I could do them up (just) but I couldn't breathe so had to take them off and wear a maternity pair. So even though my bump still isn't very big it is clearly growing so I'm pleased.

I have also noticed in the last week ago or so that my stomach feels a bit heavier. Does that make sense? I really notice it now when I get out of bed or lift myself up from the chair. Hurry up scan! Still 13 days to go. It's nice reading about other peoples though.

horseylady · 15/06/2012 13:18

Mrswee I had a tiny amount of brown on tues or wed if I'd not had the scan I'd have called the mw. I didn't relax till I felt him move!!
Well done Donna!! I asked if she could see :)