November 2012 - nearer the end than the beginning

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I am suddenly SO impatient today! Just want to meet my baby and have it in a lovely Moses basket looking all cute and singing to it.

Then I keep worrying I'm tempting fate and telling my bump not to come yet, it's not ready!

Feel a bit mad.

What's the risk with pregnancy and chicken pox? Just supposed to have someone looking at my pony tomorrow but she's put on Facebook her daughters got chicken pox?! Shall I cancel?!

I would...she may have had them herself when she was younger but you can never be too certain. It's very dangerous for pregnant women to be around chicken pox, and you can't actually see it when it's at the contagious stage - the spots on come out once that has passed (when they harden). I think anyway! X

If you had it as a child horsey you will be immune so will be fine. If you haven't had it though or are not sure then cancel.

It's only dangerous if you haven't had it before see here

Horsey I ve been pregnant every time one of my kids has had chicken pox and nursed them day and night with calomine lotion etc...Anyway as long as you ve had it before you will be fine...also I think thats why we get the rubella jab at school.

I've had it Before. Says the risk after 20 weeks is minimal? Or do I delay a week just in case. Says it's suspected? The girl is 15?!

There's no risk if you had it as a child. Only risk to pregnancy is if you actually get it which you can't if you've had it before. DS had it about a month ago, so looked into all this.

Evilwater I'm pretty sure doughnuts aren't a pregnancy craving, isn't it normal to crave doughnuts lol?

Shelly I'm hooked on Subway veggie delites as well but I thought that was a pretty good pregnancy craving to have... except I'm on the 12 inchers now ooer.

Swiss definitely get a blackout blind, my boys won't sleep in the summer without it, they just want to stay up late every night. They have a Velux window in their bedroom so I just leave it open about an inch to let a little bit of light in so it's not pitch black when they're going to sleep.

Donna rubella is for German measles, not many people here are immunised against chicken pox but most people get it as children.

Effie - I think that's short for Euphemia? - it's rather cool vintage Victorian chic either way.

We're sorted for a girl's first name and middle names. But boys, we're so not ready yet - the list is getting shorter - Jonas is still my favourite. DH has vetoed Gabriel - boo, but I'm not going to force him to have a name he hates.

My sister has great taste in names but obviously can't use her choices - her daughter is Willow Juno - both of which I reckon rock! The latter being the goddess of childbirth and babies and given that Willow was born prem' was a kinda superstitious gesture. I just find it harder to get excited about boys names. A boy's middle name will be DH's first name as that's a tradition in his family but first names - the jury is still out.

We won't be sharing online until we name him / her in the flesh in case we change our minds at the last mo' on meeting them. Also (and this is totally my stupid high horse opinion) it feels really tacky to announce it on facebook before the baby is even here? Mindst I had some friends who announced their pregnancies from six weeks (one of whom who later found out at 12 weeks it was a blighted ovum, reminding me there is a reason you used to keep it quiet until after the scan). I know it's old fashioned but announcing the name so early feels like tempting fate, breezily assuming that all will be well? Does that sound daft or paranoid?

im like yellowwellies .... very paranoid about tempting fate. So much so the only thing I have bought, and even then wasnt sure, was a cuddly toy from the White Company!! im not even that superstitious normally!

I'm waiting on my 20 week scan before buying anything else. Pop into Mama and Papas today and really like a range of furniture which is currently 30% off! In addition they are giving away £50 voucher with this range to go towards a moses basket.... only catch is, offer can end tomorrow (end of the month) which means tomorrow is the last day!

However, lady said that we can put down a 25% deposit which will secure the sale price and if we change our minds later we can get back the money. My thoughts are that putting down a deposit isnt really buying it right?!

Noooooo not buying at all! Just browsing with a teensy bit more commitment. Go for it

Marking my place, wondering why the other thread has gone so quite

Welcome newbies :) and congratulations

Congratulations on everyone's scan results and to those who have found out the sex :)

R.E names we only have 2 that we both agreed on that we like at the moment but sure our list will grow and change alot! Don't want to pick a name though until shes here

I've had a really busy week and am so glad ice managed to swing the day off tomorrow, think I've been over doing it, my whole body is like a big achy sack of spuds and my bumps been abit sore/tender :( not nice. Don't even feel refreshed when I wake up in the morning damn alarm clock

Hope everyone enjoyed the good weather today!

I'm pregnancy rubbish - good job there are some lovely ladies on here who know their beans :) The sonographer really poked and prodded me yesterday as baby refused to move at all. Today I'm suffering for it :(

Candy Dh convinced me to buy the mothercare cotbed and furniture we like last week as it was on sale. Did feel abit funny about it but seemed stupid to pay £150 more after our scan on wednesday. Only out down a deposit too so not really bought it yet!

Not felt much movement for the last couple of days. For the last week I have felt it several times a day and Dh managed to feel one, know it isn't supposed to be regular yet but has made me a bit worried.

Got a boys name we both like sorted but there are lots of girls names we like but can't agree on a definate one. Not saying anything yet though as might well change our minds!

Meant to mark my place earlier - Can't keep up!!

I have an anterior placenta, and did with DD, but strangely can still feel movement quite regularly, but only inside (on my organs I guess!) and can't feel or see it on the outside. I guess it depends whereabouts the placenta is on the front. Felt DD quite early but DH couldn't feel kicks until later on.

Have bought blackout curtains for DD's new bedroom. Very glad I did!! :)

Congrats on the scans/boys/girls!! Still no date for mine.

No names yet although have a long list of possibles. Just write down anything that we see/hear out & about. My DD's name is Eleanor so need something to go with that. We liked Eleanor because its traditional, goes with our surname, can be shortened to quite a few names & isn't one I've used in my job (teacher)!! :) Won't be sharing any names publicly either, as a) will have to choose a pink or blue name on the day and b) won't enter into discussion about them with anyone except DH, so would rather wait until things are finalized as it were.

I started leaking at 20wks with DD so might only have a few more breast-pad free days left!! Didn't express (didn't know how then) but didn't have much luck expressing after DD was born either, even with a electric pump, so not sure it would be worth trying. I did leak for England though, so breast shells were very handy for catching the 'spillage' & saving it for later...

So tried a makeshift blackout curtain last night with a duvet cover over the window - and she was still up at 5:30 on the dot. Aaahhh!!

I thought you were not meant to express in pregnancy due to the colostrum and bring on labour etc.

I bought my pram. Being delivered tomorrow.

I never knew the breasts could start leaking so early While we on this subject , it's rediculously big now. It also gets itchy during the day, and I know I shouldn't scratch so hard but I find myself sneaking of to the loos at work and having a good old scratching session !!

valiumqueen which pram or u getting ?

Hi all, I posted right at the beginning of the pregnancy but haven't since then.

Just found out the baby is a DS. DH wanted another girl, I couldn't give a stuff either way but I'd have loved to have just reused all of DDs clothing instead of just the unisex stuff.

I dreamt it was a son the night before my scan. I did the same with DD before I was even pregnant. So I keep making a wooo face at DH and saying, "Seeee, I knoooowwwwwww" :o

He just makes this face

Hope everyone is alright. Not chosen a name yet and won't until we meet the little man and can decide what from our short list suits him most.

Congrats ComardeJing most people seem to prefer having at least one of each, not sure why.

Now if you all read the other thread to the end, you would know what pram I am getting!

Mountain buggy terrain double. Older version but still new. Much better quality before PnT took over company. Chocolate brown. Bidding on a matching carry cot attachment.

Morning all!
I had a scan a couple of weeks ago at 19+1 and discovered that I'm def having 1 boy and probably 1 girl. The other three kids are delighted, my son particularly, as he desperately wanted a brother, even if there would be 13 years between them. I have another scan tomorrow with a consultant to check both their hearts.
This is actually my second set of twins - my eldest daughter was a twin but I lost her sister at 4 months to SIDS, and the remaining twin was plagued with a series of heart problems. She was signed off by the paediatric cardiologist when she was 7 (much earlier than we were told to expect), which was fantastic, but it has meant that the consultants are being very careful with these twins and keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
With all this past stuff in mind, I am feeling quietly very worried, but I'm so excited at the same time that it's bearable.

BlonderThanRed I'm feeling exactly the same way - I'm desperately impatient too. The first 20 weeks flew by, but since I tipped the half way mark, time seems to have got stuck in syrup, and it's only been a week! The thought of waiting probably another 15 weeks before they're born sends me into an impatient fit, but then I have to temper that with the fact that it's def better for them to stay where they are for as long as possible :/

I've just bought a pram too, but have plumped for a second-hand one as twins are a costly business! I really wanted a side-by-side one and so after reading TONNES of reviews, I went for the Out n About Double 360 Nipper. Very well reviewed, as able to fit through most doors (unusual for a side by side pushchair) and is so light that it can be pushed with one hand. As I've got a 4 yo to marshal about, that seemed like a winner for me.

ComradeJing The thought of your husband pulling the face was very amusing - I've had the same thing from mine, ha ha

That totally wasn't the face I was after ComradeJing, ha ha, think it was this one-

Oh Catbag - how sad on the loss of one of your twins. I'm an identical twin (being a twin is just the best thing ever), I'm sure your twin will always be watched over by her sister - the bond is so strong. And to have another set is just a real wonder. Good luck xxxxxxxx