2012 Christmas Pudding Club

[PurplePidjin]

Whoop, brand new shiny thread!

at you speaking German with a Dutch accent!

Hope you get some reassurance tomorrow and the bleeding/pain stops.

I picked up my pram today but it's been whisked off to my mums spare room so it's not 'bad luck' but also as I just don't have anywhere to store it. I've bought about 6 white sleepsuits, 10 white vests, 1 pk of nappies, 2 white hats and some muslin squares plus I have car seat, pram and changing bag. So I think I'll give it a rest now til scan day but we have to spread the cost so I'm feeling quite prepared.

Hope everyone's had a lovely evening

Well done COD i'm impressed! That's some decent shopping!

I'm still totally confused on car seats and they weigh a bloody ton even without the bubba in!

I think I'm defiantly feeling some movement now - very exciting

Hi everyone. Just catching up after getting back from the wedding, which was fantastic despite the biblical flood!

Emily and Mini - hope everything is ok and you are both feeling better soon.

Pidgin - sorry about your DP's job. Sounds like it has been a really tough year for you both.

Honey and Bella - congratulations on the scan news. I've got my 20 wk scan on Tuesday, and although we've finally agreed not to find out, I am wavering again hearing other people's exciting news (and thinking about the shopping possibilities ) I've got just over 24 hours to work on DH, but having said that I can see the benefits of having another suprise.

Joking aside, I am actually getting really nervous about it. It's strange, but with DS I was far, far more anxious before the 12 wk scan than the 20 wk one. I think that it might be partly because last time I was convinced that there wouldn't be a baby, whereas this time I'd had an early scan (due to spotting) so knew there was definitely a bean in there.

I know there's no logical reason why there is any more chance of there being something wrong this time than there was when I had DS, but maybe I'm just a bit more aware of potential problems having read more etc. Maybe I also think we won't be as "lucky" again, which I know is completely ridiculous but might explain it.

I feel the same about the 20 wk scan and I think it's because I have 4 healthy ds's and always worry my 'luck' will run out plus I've worked on delivery suite so am a little more aware I guess. Let's just say I'll be glad to get that one over with.

Ispy, I feel the same about second time around and not hardly believing that you could be this lucky twice. I can't believe how much I took it for granted last time.

Glad I'm not the only one! I think I took a lot for granted last time too without realising it.

Am going to think positive thoughts between now and Tuesday and focus on looking forward to seeing the LO again.

Waiting for a call to tell me when my scan is today, will be looking at the musty evo in the meantime, will let you lovely ladies know how it goes. Hope you all have great days and are all well.

Emily and Mini, hope all goes OK for you both today. Thinking of you x

Goof luck for those having scans today :) im on my phone and cant rememberwho mentioned it but i am also suffering from spd :( was at a family fun day yesterday on my feet for 6 hours and was in agony by the time i got home. Also very tired and went to bed at 7.20 ooops :) feel great after 12 hpurs sleep today though :)

I too am finding it difficult to find nice unisex clothing i have got a pack of 3 baby grows from next but the more i look at them the more i think they are for a boy :)

Hi all. Before we found out we found some sweet little unisex sleep suits in mothercare and in matalan - totally happy to put little boy in them now but would have been equally happy to have put girl in them :)

Good luck to those having scans today

I'm also worried about the 20 week scan but I dont know if I'm worried because worrying is what I do best or if I actually think something is wrong! I guess I just hate the uncertainty. I know there's lots that could be wrong but aren't the odds in favour of them being healthy?

Good luck for scans today hope everyone is feeling ok, I swear the weather isn't helping.

I still can't really bring myself to buy anything for the baby, not even 16 weeks yet though!

Have a poorly ds home off school today, not a great day for it as have no car and a midwife appointment in the next town. Now have a docs appt in another town just before lunch for ds. He was up 4 times last night and the rest of the night I was being sick. Not feeling good today tbh!

At least we'll get to hear tadpoles heartbeat at the midwives later, must remember to take a sample with me!

Hope scans go well today!

Hope you are both ok minipie and emily, good luck with your scans, thinking of you both.

Sorry to hear also about people's increasing pelvic pain too. My coccyx is strangely aching but everywhere else is fine, apart from aching guts.

The whole gender clothing thing annoys me, Id like to find out but tempted not tell anyone - at least not at work! they insist on baby showers (which superstitiously worry me incase anything goes wrong) and with a staff of 50+ women, it can get a bit silly.

Had a meltdown on Saturday after the fridge door fell off. We are really reaching the end of our tethers living in a building site! DH did an exceptional job of both expertly calming of me whilst simulataneously trying to get it to go back on. Was quite proud and impressed of/by him! Duct tape currently routinely saves our sanity! Keep getting mildly panicked about not buying anything but we simply can't fit it in - need everything sorted first!

Hope everyone has a good day x

Good luck stacey your day sounds hard work and complicated! Have fun listening to the heartbeat :)

ispy please keep me company with the not-finding-out. Don't want to be only one in the pudding club who doesnt know!

Embarrassing admission....
I used to buy clothes from Zara children'swear & cut out the labels. I'm only 5'2" and the clothes are cheaper & gorgeous plus they go up to age 13 which was sometimes too big for me so had to buy 11-12

Anyway my point is that zara kids stuff is pretty lovely, not cheapest but not super expensive either (just like grown up stuff ITR) and they do right up to newborn.

Haven't yet checked to see if it's online but I expect so. Probably a sale soonish too.

..and clarella you have huge sympathy from me regarding living with builders, it's a NIGHTMARE! My poor mother did it 4 times, sometimes for months on end, when we were little (father an architect so we kept moving!) and looking back, I cannot imagine how she managed!

So many of my friends have done it whilst pregnant too and nearly driven them mad.

Good luck for all those with scans today! DP said last week (after ours) that he wished he had ultrasound eyes so he could see in all the time - not creepy at all then!!

I'm slightly concerned as I seem to be losing weight - I weighed myself this morning and I'm back to what I was at the beginning of June (I've been keeping a note). Last time I went to the doctors I'd lost 1.5kg, she didn't seem bothered though. I definitely won't have lost next appointment though as I've got my wedding and honeymoon the week before!!

I do keep missing meals though - I'll just have to be a bit more careful I think. Presumably its not the end of the world at this stage....?

Heavens Stacey, that sounds an ordeal of a night - hope today is better

Cake, have you looked at overall weight gain since the start? Between 13 and 18 weeks I didn't put any weight on at all (fluctuated a bit) and then only 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks but my overall since start is bang on (according to books etc) as I ballooned at first! Surprised as I really am eating at least half again as I usually do, even though they say don't, partly as can't help it and partly as have to eat ready meals or out a lot. Also, brides to be do loose weight before a wedding which I didn't believe but did a scarily lot! Perhaps you'd better speak to a mw though - how long till the wedding?! Exciting!

queen surprise surprise, he's an architect. And sorry missed your joke about toilets/handbags, I was quite manic with desperation! Great tip about Zara kids, I'm 5'2" (+0.5), never tried there!

Had my 16 week appointment today, heard hearbeat although it was a bit tricky to find! Consultant appointment tomorrow.

I think babies like to hid sometimes annelid!

I've got consultant appointment on wednesday, hoping to hear heartbeat again, maybe you could ask them if you can hear it again? Tell them it wasn't very clear first time

I had to take my MW's word for it that we could hear a heart beat over my own!

sooooooo excited about next sunday as going to this: www.cakebook.org/ - literally eating the north of england made of cake! If ever there was a time to make the most of an ability to eat a lot of cake it's now!

www.cakebook.org/ so crap with links!

Just catching up and wanted to say spotty re - nandos you are not overreacting. If dh had done this it would be a serious issue for me too, in fact any messing around with my food is a problem but nandos is a different matter altogether.

Emily hope your bleeding has cleared up and you've had a good scan.

Congratulations on the little boys and girls!!!!

queen I'm not finding out either so we can have a little club :)

Well back from midwifes and docs. D'S has an ear infection (no shit Sherlock, his right ear is now leaking fluid) in both ears and is now on anti biotics. We're watching finding nemo and sleeping now lol!

And we heard the babies heartbeat :) very happy now I know it's still ok!

im not finding out either :) and these are what i have bought (and now im sure they are more for a boy than unisex) www.next.co.uk/x492886s7