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janey1234 · 08/01/2013 21:24

Hello all..,
Let's clog up a brand spanking new club over here Smile

(By hello all, I guess I mean hello hazle. Hopefully the others will join us soon...)

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Purplemonster · 17/01/2013 14:31

I've kind of given up telling people, I mean, they're all going to notice in the end anyway right? I just couldn't get my head around telling people that I didn't expect to give a damn so I told all the people I like or that I thought might be interested and the rest? Well, they're going to be giving me funny looks as I walk down the office for a good few more weeks yet before one of them dares to ask I'm guessing Grin

Purplemonster · 17/01/2013 14:34

Oh and I was wearing size 8 jeans yesterday when the 'not mums' were telling me just how enormous I am, now the jeans may have been tight enough to be permanently altering the shape of my bone structure but I still say that makes their cries of 'heffalump' a tad over the top so there.

HazleNutt · 17/01/2013 19:32

So? Rach! We're waiting here!

Rache1S · 17/01/2013 19:52

It's a girl! Grin Grin Grin I'm over the moon Grin
It was one of the best £79 I have ever spent! The scan lasted about half an hour and we got loads of pictures and some free 4D pictures so I managed to resist buying up all the extras. Grin I was a bit dubious about the 4d in case she looked all skeletal but is was fine and really lovely to see, even at 17 weeks.

Purple I wouldn't even fit one leg in size 8 jeans even without the baby on board Envy

HazleNutt · 17/01/2013 19:54

awwwww massive congratulations! Thanks Thanks Thanks
And Envy of course

Purplemonster · 17/01/2013 20:37

Aww congrats Rach I'm so thrilled for you! And ever so slightly envious of course.

Rache1S · 17/01/2013 20:40

Thanks Hazle Smile

I was so convinced about it being a boy. Kinda blows the skull and nub theories out of the water unless I am just crap at interpreting them.
We nearly didn't get anything at all as she spent the first half of the scan with her back firmly towards us and no amount of prodding and me wiggling would move her. I am amazed at how active she seems to be and (apart from the one questionable episode at the weekend,) I can't feel anything at all.

Rache1S · 17/01/2013 20:41

Thanks Purple Smile

We might all be having girls yet Grin

HazleNutt · 17/01/2013 21:42

Ah well. My all-time favourite child is a friends' 8-year old gorgeous boy, so if it's a boy and anything like him, I'll be fine. As long as it's healthy, as they say.

Did they check for anything else during this scan as well, Rach? If not, I guess they still would have said if there were any obvious issues?

Rache1S · 17/01/2013 22:13

I am chuffed that it's a girl but I would have been fine with a boy (well, I would have to be!). Most of my friends' little girls are right little madams, whereas their little boys are much better behaved and generally much more pleasant. I am obviously hoping to break this trend with ours.

Yes they did a well-being check, which they were at pains to stress isn't as thorough as the 20 week anomaly scan, but it did cover lots of possible problems. I asked if she would let us know if she spotted anything worrying and she said yes, but everything looks fine at the moment. I have to admit that it does take a bit of the heat out of the 20 week scan as I was getting a bit worried.

Purplemonster · 17/01/2013 23:14

Aww it's all very exciting.
I know the stuff about wanting a girl is silly, I'll love whatever I have and out of the b/g twins we have in our family, the boy is my favourite.

Having a baby is just such a new scary thing and somehow you assume it will be easier to relate to a girl so it's one less worry. I'm not explaining it well but what I mean is. I know it's a gender stereotyping example but I already know how to sew ribbons on ballet shoes, I've no idea about football boots so it seems less scary to imagine a girl.

Rache1S · 18/01/2013 08:23

I can't even give a reason for my preference for a girl (as I haven't got a clue), other than girls clothes being way cuter!? I really am that shallow!

HazleNutt · 18/01/2013 08:45

I totally understand both of you, I'm the same - no specific reason, just a preference.
I guess one thing is that pretty much all problematic kids I know are boys, so it just seems that it's easier to raise girls, that they don't have so much peer pressure to do stupid things and get into all kinds of risky stuff...but actually those are just exceptions and I know plenty of perfectly well behaved, normal boys as well.

As long as it's healthy - do not, I repeat, do not google what issues they might discover during 20-week scan.

Rache1S · 18/01/2013 09:21

I feel a little bit sad for DH that it's not a boy. I mean, he said he is not bothered either way and is very happy it's a girl, but it's me which thinks he would have loved having a boy to play with.
He already has a DD from a previous relationship who is nearly 7. She's lovely and very well behaved but she's like a wet lettuce delicate little flower who doesn't like trying new things and gets upset at anything. DH on the other hand likes fast cars, motorbikes, snowboarding, kite surfing and wants to get a helicopter pilots licence but I have threatened to leave him if he does, especially after this weeks events.... anything involving a bit of skill, risk and adrenaline, so pretty much polar opposite to his DD.
This is obviously not to say that our DD will turn out the same (and I certainly hope not!) but I think if it was a boy there's more likelihood of them having more in common as he grows older. It's fine now she's still young but I can't for the life of me imagine what DH and DSD will have in common when she's a teeneger unless she has a massive shift in personality.

HazleNutt · 18/01/2013 10:22

Hm I think I might be feeling some movements, like bubbles popping in stomach. Could that be it? Or it could be just the breakfast, of course.

Rache1S · 18/01/2013 10:43

Most textbooks and my obsessive googling do say that first movements are often felt as bubbles or popping so it sounds like it probably is. Smile How exciting. Grin

What I felt at the weekend was more like the strange sensation of my intestines relocating so no idea if it was movement or not. Last nights scan showed such an active baby that i'm sure if I still can't feel that much movement then I probably still can't feel anything.

I am also baffled that I have this baby measuring 13cm crown to rump (plus very kicky legs) plus sac inside me yet I have hardly any bump (just bloat). How has it fitted in? How is there this much 'spare' room without having to shift outwards? If there was this much room to spare why wasn't I thinner in the first place??

Rache1S · 18/01/2013 10:56

I have put one of the 4D pics on if anyone would like a nosey at our daughter. Feels very strange saying that Grin

HazleNutt · 18/01/2013 11:26

aww what a gorgeous daughter you have Smile looks like a real baby already.

Purplemonster · 18/01/2013 11:33

WOW! That's amazing!

HazleNutt · 18/01/2013 11:49

Totally off-baby-topic rant, but honestly, doc tells me to not stress and take it easy, but how am I supposed to do that when my boss tells me to handle something by myself, even though I ask if she could assist, as it's not really my area. And when I do, then I get told off - "Well, as you decided to do it alone.."
WTF?? I decided? Last time I do effing anything here without getting the instructions in writing, stamped and notarized Angry

Well not really, but I am massively pissed off at the moment.

Purplemonster · 18/01/2013 12:18

Rant away Hazle, my usual advice would be have a glass of wine but I'm at a loss!

janey1234 · 18/01/2013 12:18

Rache! Amazing news, am so, so happy for you!!!

Aaah, a gorgeous (and she is) perfect little girl. Amazing.

Sorry I didn't congratulate you last night, but I was in the pub with friends. I did check in to see sex and that all was well, but didn't have chance to send my congratulations as I WAS OUT LATE AND DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL MIDNIGHT. How bloody exciting.

Hazle - grrrr to work. Nearly the weekend though...

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Rache1S · 18/01/2013 12:36

Aaaah you can't beat a good work rant Hazle..... fire away, it's always good to vent. Your boss sounds like a total cow.

I am soooo impressed Janey at you staying out until midnight! I have a friend's leaving do tomorrow night who is moving to Dubai and I am already dreading the potential late night.

I am absolutely amazed that 15 weeks ago that very definite baby on the picture was a sperm and an egg! It's unbelievable how our bodies do this in such a short time.

janey1234 · 18/01/2013 13:04

It is amazing, you must be sooo happy rache. And, like you, I can't understand where everything is fitting (despite feeling bloated and huge). Why wasn't my waist teeny tiny before?!

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ZombiesAreClammyDodgers · 18/01/2013 14:26

Congrats rache!!!
She looks lovely :)
How special did it feel seeing her face?!

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