August 2013 Part 3 - Adventures in the second trimester!

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Last fred here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1654660-August-2013-Part-2-Looking-forward-to-scans-and-the-beginning-of-bumps

Stats fred here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1655004-Due-August-2013-Stats-Thread

Welcome one and all to the wondrous second trimester where we shall bloom and glow

Yay team blue congrats

I didn't know Zara did baby things.

Scan today and all was perfect! Baby is an acrobat, at one point has his feet by his ears! And I'm joining team blue as well!! Second boy, my DS will be thrilled!

Hooray for you stopsitting - I've told my DS as he is off school still with chickenpox and he is overjoyed at the prospect of a little brother. He will be 9.5 when this one is due so not much prospect of brotherly rivalry. DD was banking on a little sister, but I think she will be over the moon anyway to know all is well, and doubtless start looking at amazon for "cute baby boy stuff".

Zara baby clothes are gorgeous too. We got a mamas and papas blanket as a gift for DS but I plan to crochet a blanket for DC2. Will see how that goes!

Oh yes Jolly DD had lots of zara baby clothes, little cord dresses/pinafores were my favourite.
How did your cupcakes go? We stick to bread/shortbread/cookies here, DD can't be trusted with a wet dough!

oooh two more for team blue then, so just one girl still isn't it?? Gosh, that's got to be strange, all these boys, maybe that chinese gender thing has something in it after all!

I made the cupcakes and DS ate an entire pack of chocolate buttons iced and decorated them. He's been flying since, running from the front door to the back one. You can tell he doesn't normally get chocolate!

I quite fancy doing something like flapjacks next time. I think DS would enjoy the mess :)

Congrats Waves and StopSitting!
Can someone else join team pink, I'm getting lonely over here

I have a feeling I will be PFE, was showing nicely with DD, not at all hardly with DS even at 8months at a wedding was complimented on how much baby weight had lost from DD!! and showing again with this one - not finding out though! Hope it's a girl for me and a boy for OH.

I think I may be joining team pink :) I had a scan here in Poland and the doc could not see any dangling bits. She said she thought it was more likely to be a girl, but not 100% sure. Scan in the UK on Monday, it would be nice to find out.
We already have a DS, but I will be chuffed with a girl or a boy really.

I know all the rules of carseats, dd travel was only carseat and buggy. Was trying to work out if there was much point as we dont travel far and i always get baby out when we stop and stuff. Family member had carry cot and she used it for 2 weeks. So was taking opinions

Congrates stopsitting and waves :) welcome to the blue team :)

Xxx

I do a lot of walking Abi, this baby won't even have an infant carrier, they'll go into the group 0+1 carsest DD currently occupies.
I figure the carrycot will be invaluable when we're at DDs activities and I need a safe place to put baby (the babies at her dance class get a LOT of attention from all the little girls!).
This poor baby is going to get dragged round for 4 months until DD starts pre-school!

Hi ladies, just checking in. Love reading all your updates! I'm not a fb fan so will just post here instead. Scan not til 2nd week April, can't decide whether to confirm team colours or not

No movements yet that I can be sure of, but more bump less podge at front, still a bit muffiny at the sides but could be due to stuffing myself into same trousers!

Feeling bit full up & puffing a bit, can't decide if asthma needs looking at or if things are just getting squished up in there. Thought it was a bit early for that yet!

Oh damnit, prem posting.... 16+5

So I've just caught up with the week...warning you all now, don't ever not post for 4 days! Loads happens when you're away!

Congrats for all the blue & sprinkling of pink here & there everyone
cake, we'd like to find out, but know it all depends on the position of baby, is it worth saying 'we'll find out if we can?'

Rug, that's the only reason we're getting a size 0 seat, keeping baby safe around playgroups.
Abi, I wouldn't bother buy anything that you were only going to use for a few weeks/months, I've only seen those carrycot in magazines, never in real life.

Ruck, enjoy your text book, sounds interesting

ZaraHome baby girl stuff is wonderful, annoyingly the boy stuff is rubbish.
Bit like most places! Only H&M, Boden, BabyGap & John Lewis seem to have nice boy stuff, found some lovely little (half price!) newborn vests in Sainsburys t'other day.

DS is a winter baby, for summer babies...do they just sleep in a babygro or do they need a vest underneath/grobag on top?

18+5

We used our carrycot all the time. But we walk a fair bit. We also used it for DS to sleep in downstairs and kept the Moses basket upstairs.

Gary, yep, bump was awkward shy at 12 wk scan so anyone's guess if we'll be able to see anything at the next one! Guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Are the car seats that can lie flat any better for baby's position do you think?

Not at all challenging waves crown for morning sickness but really! When will it stop?!

Breathlessness - I'm 16 + 6 and have been breathless since 12 w ish. I'm normally quite fit, dog walking, horse riding, swimming etc, so it was quite a shock getting puffed out from car to office. Dh lovingly calls me huff a long.

woofers you have my total sympathy. I'm 20 +2 and it is still going on! On a couple of days off hospital for various reasons, and I've mostly been horizontal in an attempt to stop the sickness. I was just so relieved that despite my weight loss, my little man is growing beautifully, and clearly full of beans.

I'm now panicking that I have forgotten absolutely everything about babies. Just hoping that everything comes flooding back when he arrives (I love that I can call him a him now )

I'm hoping to get back to work in a couple of weeks - I had 25 and 26 booked off as holiday as that is when my dad died coming up for 2 years ago, so planning, sickness permitting, on being back on 27 March. Then due to start ML on 17 July, with a return to work at the start of January, but hoping my request for a 4 day week will be agreed - will save on childcare, and give me some time with the little one, as well as keep on top of the housework etc which will be a challenge given STBXH's impending departure (due to leave 25 March)

Challenging times ahead, and really hoping the sickness passes soon as it is wearing me down, and I have a lot of practical, legal and financial issues to resolve before my new addition arrives.

I've spent this evening pondering baby boy names....my list is already up to about 12 names Loving Osian, Dylan, Sebastian, Caspian, Corin, Arlo and Jules especially at the moment.

Hello all. Can't get over how many boys are brewing! I'm almost tempted to find out at the scan tomorrow, to see if we can even the numbers up a bit :) No, we'll still be keeping it a surprise.

Bad night with DD last night, she woke up at midnight and then again at 4am, and didn't settle properly until 5.20. I hope tonight is better but she just had a bit of a grumble so I'm not holding out too much hope. I'm not sure if she's teething again, she's only got the four very back ones to come through. She has had a cold though, but seems to be getting over that now. She has got gunky eyes though. I don't think it's conjunctivitis, as it's only in the very inner corners of her eyes, not along the lash line, and it's green, not yellow. Seems to be fine in the morning but gets worse as the day goes on. It only started yesterday so think I might ring the doctor tomorrow.

Have felt some definite movements today, rolling-over type feelings rather than kicks. Nice to feel something happening in there!

19+3.

Team pink here! Though only magenta as i can't stand baby pink.

Good luck for the scan tomorrow mrs pennyapple

oxford my DD was almost exclusively in purples and reds. Bleurgh to pastel pink!

I'm thinking that DS2 will be unusually dressed, as DD and DS are very keen to save up their pocket money to buy outfits etc, and help get their baby brother dressed in the morning. So I could well end up hiking about with a baby giraffe in my sling (DDs latest obsession) or a baby clown (which DS thinks would be hilarious). I'm just thrilled that they are so excited. Only 17 months between the two of them, so will be lovely to see how they interract with their new sibling and I hope that they will also be wiling volunteers when it comes to nappy changes

So envious of all your scan results - mine isn't for another three weeks (will be 22 weeks) and I can't wait! Congratulations everyone, so lovely to hear all your news.

Just spent far too long trying to catch up on everything! It's actually surprised me to find out I'm not the only one with an arse stbexh.

Congrats to everyone. Can't believe the amount of boys that are expected.

I'm going to try to find out which team I'll be joining, my scan's Wednesday which seems like I've had to wait forever for. Morning sickness has come back with a vengeance and sometimes moving is all it takes to set it off.

I'm currently also learning to drive, the baby loves it, goes mad whenever I'm behind the wheel.

19+6

Does anyone know the best place for smart work tops? I'm meeting a new client next week and normally it's a smart suit job, but that doesn't fit any more.

I've got some black trousers and nice boots and don't wear dresses - not worth the hassle in a male environment! Just need a few nice blouses or smart tops to get me through. Normally I'm in the office in jeans/casual wear.

waves looking forward to some photos of you carrying a baby giraffe-clown in the sling Hope you're feeling ok today.

Just had a flat inspection and the letting agent barely even looking at the flat, he spent the whole time chatting about the baby as his wife is due a few weeks before me. Good job really as it looks clean but probably isn't if he looked too close!