March 2013 VII: Our little pumpkins are getting fatter

[Sheldonella]

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Welcome back one and all.

I think everyone should be able to speak their mind on here, what else are these boards for? But be wary of character assassination. Everyone is different after all.

Shel - ah haa, t'was you with the coat. Hope tge Seraphine sale and links useful.

I've just realised I've got on the wrong train. What a doofus. Am bit annoyed cause some fairly simple organisation stuff is apparently going wrong because - well old flat mate is lovely but isn't great at taking storms and making them calm, more the other way around. So lots of calls today... Removal guys late, cleaners on site but moaning to their boss and he to me rather than to person on the ground, she can't remember access code for her bank account.. And so on and so forth. (sigh).

I'm incredibly grouchy today. Hoping chiropractor & brunch sort me out. Don't like being grumpy.

Another coming out of the woodwork for much the same reasons as kirsty and bb. Did post a while ago, but found some of mrsR's posts and some of the talk about still birth a bit close to the bone.

MrsRigby you sound desperately unhappy, nobody should feel like that. Tramp offers you some excellent advice. I think you should really start to embrace your pregnancy and tell as many people as possible. Their happiness for you may help to change your mindset.

October how old is your other? I have started looking at doubles. The Britax B Dual is front runner at the moment because you can remove one of the seats and use it as a single as well which I will do whilst DD is at pre school. I think the Nipper is meant to be excellent for twins, but not so much toddler and newborn because it can tip to the side of the toddler if that makes sense.

Flowery I measured small throughout my last pregnancy, then DD was Only 6lbs at two weeks overdue and small for ages. I got so annoyed with health visitors and midwives making a fuss when she was still putting on weight steadily. Anyway she's a bouncy 2.5 year old now one of the biggest of her peer group. I know that's only annecdotal, but just wanted to share some of your frustrations.

Stealth fingers toes and everything crossed for you today. Haven't had my 20 week scan yet, but am terrified after Bil and Sil had an unexpected downs baby in March. My DP won't discuss it, or what ifs etc with me either, it is very frustrating. Best of luck, the odds ae in your favour.

I have teeny weeny boobs, a B cup at full term so just stick to sports bras whilst pregnant.

Welcome back Kirsty and BB and one for team blue and one for pink yey, Is it really possible we ight have a 50/50 split, btw I like both of your frank posts

Right I really need to get a shift on lots to do for tonight and my no1 helper dd1 is playing Just dance with her friend [hgrin]

Oh and Stealth still thinking of you

Have had scan & all ok. Scan improved since dd3 even, could see blood flow this time which I've never seen before. Off out for a few hours shopping & looking at cars cos I'm fed up of Renault

Congratulations to everyone who hasn't posted in a while and has had happy scans. Good luck to those of you with them still to come!

Can't remember who said they liked the name Hugo but I love that name. It was very nearly DS's name but I was worried it was a bit posh. (Not that we're not very posh yah [hgrin]) It's now his middle name and we still love it, it would have suited him. I've never met another one.

Interesting talk re Phil and Teds. Was planning on getting the Vibe second hand but I have a dim recollection of you saying that was the one you had pink - would be really interested to hear your thoughts and also if you are planning on selling it?! A couple of my friends have the Britax version and are very happy with it but I don't know any more than that.

As Gummi said Stealth wishing you all the very best for today, a speedy recovery and good news in a few days.

Hi all, I'm back - finally feeling some movements and feeling a bit less emotionally fragile so wanted to join in again. Dealing with all the sad stories from our family baby history made things a bit difficult but I've come to accept that what will be, will be and all seems fine with our little Beanette so far.
Stealth sending lots of good wishes your way for the amnio today.

Tramp hope you feel better soon as the pains sound horrible, especially when you need to travel around!

Am being a bit feeble today - was up all night with horrible stomach (I have IBS which has got a lot worse in pg) and then slipped over this morning when I got up as I was very dizzy! DH sent me back to bed so I have called in sick and slept most of the morning. Feel like a bit of a fraud for basically taking a day off because I am pregnant. Ho hum.

Some disappointment here as our builder has gone AWOL so it looks like we won't get the loft conversion started before Christmas - which is too late. So baby's first year will either be squeezed into our room, which is pretty small, or our spare room/home office & its year-old specially designed furniture will all have to go and then we won't have anywhere for friends to stay. I'm just not sure we could have this work done with a tiny baby in the house. Grrr - it really shouldn't have been hard to find someone to do the work.

Gosh, sorry for the me me me post. Welcome to all the newbies and Happy Halloween! [hgrin]

stealth so many good wishes!!! I ended up opting out of almost all of the testing, because I am so fearful of being in your position, having to decide about, and face, an amnio. You are being so courageous and strong getting this far! Glad to hear your RL support team have swung into action too.

pink I have girls names but no boys names! DP and I have jojo's problem- if we like a name it is taken, either by some horrid person we once met, or by someone very close's baby. I'm (oddly?) a fan of short girls' names ending in "a" (Dora, Pina, Lina, Una, etc...), but haven't found my boys' name groove yet. I'm taking naming slowly- you get 42 days after they arrive, right? Eek!
(and in answer to a question from you ages ago, yes, this is my first, with all the soul-searching that entails. I'm looking forward to my little boy!)

jojo and zoey eek re your scars! That sounds so sore!! I'll join the chorus saying get thee to some doctors!!

tramp and pink I still haven't got my act together to see your amazing Chiro! I am on my hols for a fortnight from tomorrow (Hurrah!!!)- I should get an appointment booked in for when I get back!

Welcome back MrsR, sorry to hear about your tough time. Lots of good advice upthread! manda and bbface have said some things which- though very hard to hear and read for you, I'm sure!- I think are very valuable. You remind me a little of my Dad, he had a hard time in life, partly because he got stuck in a very negative loop, with lots of anger, so he had a very difficult time coping when things were difficult, and felt just as bed when things were a little better. It's a horrible loop to get caught in, and hard to break out of. But possible!

Oooh, Em that's a tough one! I'm in the school of she-who-gives-birth-first-gets-the-name, but I can see why you are in a quandary!! Not very helpful though...

Hmm, have just realised that most of this post is already wildly out of date. Never mind...
I'll be even more behind after two weeks on holiday! Happy Halloween!

Just got an email that Seraphine are offering 15% off all knitwear, if anyone is interested. :)

grotty have managed to get a gp appt at 4.40 today. It was bleeding loads last night do I was just app lilting cotton wool pads and seems to have scanned over this morning. Just the tiny bit at the end of my scar that is not healing properly. Think I'm more concerned that if its not healing now what will it be like in 8 weeks or when I'm full term?! I really don't want the doctor to look at it and tell me I'm just being silly and that it's just a tiny bit! Clearly over thinking things!!

App lilting clearly means applying... Silly phone!

Zoey think that Asda experience was v. brave of you. Ooh do your little bro and eldest boy hang out a bit? That must be nice. Hadn't put two and two together about the similar ages before.

Tramp, how's the pain? Hope it is just trapped wind or somesuch and that chiro sorts you out.

Sheldon at first I thought you may have poked yourself with a knitting needle! Glad cardi is coming along!

Welcome back kirsty and congrats on your boy! Impressed and inspired by your major sort out. I have tackled three drawers; the wardrobe, however, is a much bigger task to contemplate...

Nice to have you back on the thread too suburban. Hope all's going well with your pregnancy.

Nice to see you on here again Lexi and glad to hear you are taking good care of yourself today Boo to your loft conversion worries. Worth phoning round other builders who may have had jobs fall through at last minute? Oh Seraphine have some great knitwear! I'm tempted to invest in the brown breastfeeding shawl but feel it's a tad premature?!

Yay, oood for great scan!

JoJo good luck with appt. Do you think it needs another stitch just to keep things together and encourage healing? It's been a while since the op and with the fact your belly is growing I don't think there's any way doc will think you are being silly. Good luck.

Looking forward to hearing more news of today's scans, and from Stealth too.

jojo glad you have an appointment today! Much better to see the GP now and be reassured than to struggle on, and get an infection for want of something which could have been done now!!!

Good luck to stealth on your scan and Jojo on your doc appointment.

Glad to have Kirsty and bb back!

Well had my scan this morning. One healthy active cherub. We are team blue much to our surprise!!!! All my pink crochet/knitting back in cupboard for next time and now some blue and multi colours. Also had girls name, middle name and back ups sorted... Like many others, have no ideas on boys names, will need some inspiration!!!! Very happy all is well though.

Have a good day.

PS am starting to have trouble with the enormous twin-bump. Literally, there is something now coming between me and my desk. Doesn't help that it's sore where it's growing above the belly button. One solution is to lower the chair so I'm sat below the desk, but that leaves me gazing up at the screens and will prob do my neck in! Argh. Sorry, just wanted to whinge.

xposted, vivee - yay! pleased for you

Thanks for lovely welcome back. My intention was not to character assisinate MrsRigby.

Standing in queue at marks, having just been measured. I have got my new bra already on, so going to pay with just the tag. I feel like a different woman. I have an enormous smile on my face. My. Boobs. Are. Comfortable. Hoooooorrrrraaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!

JoJo I hope your apt goes well & that your scar heals quickly. Same for you Zoey that is such a tricky place to have a wound.

Sheldon & Em (I hope that you are the right people) I had a Phil & Teds Vibe when ds2 was born. I quite liked it in newborn/toddler mode although I don't think that the top seat is particularly comfy for a child & doesn't recline but that is all age dependent. I hated it afterwards when it had two seats. You couldn't recline the top seat so the baby could sleep because it meant your toddler underneath had no space at all, it was so heavy that my wrists used ti ache! I also didn't like that the bottom seat has a bar at the top which was at ds1's head height so it wasn't very comfy at all. Plenty of people like them though & I did manage to sell it (sorry Em) on ebay for only a small amount less than I paid for it so they have good resale value. The best part of a P&T is the cocoon which I love & have used since for ds3. I used it in the Bugaboo basinet and loved that you can carry it in and out so that baby stays asleep. You can attach it to the Baby Jogger so I am going to use it this time too.

The Nipper 360 is a fab buggy & I had no problem with weight distribution with baby/toddler. My only real grip was the single hood which ds2 hated having up but ds3 needed to sleep & the bucket seats but I think the newer model has rectified the seat issue. I also sold that for only a small amount less than I paid for it too so again it has good resale value.

I think that the main considerations with a side by side is how you will be using it and space issues. I live in London and walk anywhere so it lives in my hallway (which is fortunately quite wide, some London houses have narrrow hallways where they block all space). I never fold it & if I go anywhere in the car use a single with a sling or buggy board. If you want to use it in the car a lot then go for one with an easy fold (The P&T is not easy) and that doesn't take up much space. The Baby jogger fold is amazing and it folds flat.

Gosh an essay, so sorry!!

Ooooood Glad all was well with your scan. Are you still on team surprise?

Tramp I hope that the Chiro helps. Grotty make an apt, they are fab!

Lexi lovely to 'see' you on here again. Yay for movements but booo to rubbish builders. We have builders here at the moment and the dust is horrific! Keep telling myself it will all be worth it [hsmile] Poor boys have been living on microwaved food and take out lunches, serious lack of veggies but it should all be finished by the end of next week and they certainly don't mind

Happy Halloween. Taking the boys to a friends for a spooky halloween tea & then we are all going trick or treating. People make a massive effort around here & some of the houses look fantastic. They are very excited!

Hope all goes well today for anyone with scans & for stealth.

Welcome back to all the oldies [hgrin]

Vivee fab news on your scan Boys are amazing, so cuddly & straightforward! What were your girls names? Looking for more to add to my list!!

Manda Have you tried a bump belt? My twin friend wore one a lot in her pregnancy & it helped a lot.

BB Yay for comfy boobs!!! [hwink]

Vivek, how exciting. You are going to have so much fun and be prepared for lots and lots of sloppy boy kisses. Heaven.

Oh for goodness sakes, I meant vivee!

Hi all

Great news on scan vivee we are also having a boy and have very limited boys name suggestions!

Thinking of you today stealth.

em I'd not tell, vos once you've called them it, you are much less likely to get any grief. Something very similar happened to my best friend and the other (non pregnant!!!) girl made such a big deal about this name they'd always wanted, that bf isn't going to use it now.

Also hi to rest of you. Just posting quickly as on lunch break. Will cAtch up properly later.

Bloody cold is still lingering on. Thought it was easing yesterday, but is back today with a vengeance. Grrrrr...splutter...coughs like have been smoking 40 woodbines...

It was me who mentioned Hugo. It has now grown on me but DH doesnt like it. Grrrr... I also like Bobby. Have lots of I don't like mostly e ones dh loves!

pink. Thanks for info on p&t - interesting info. City mini jogger was the oher one I was thinking of. Havent seen it in real life so must look into that.i know nipper is very popular so must also look at that agin. Decisions decisions.

Weather awful but DS too you g for trick or treating so we will just answer door and get children to do tricks! FIL irthday as well so over there for a party.

I hope things are going well for stealth and all the Sick m2b feel better.

xxxx