December 2013 part 2.

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Just starting a new thread as we're starting to run out of room on the first. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/a1716486-December-2013#38680515

mumoftwoboysS - I'm not suffering much from symptoms but with my last set it didn't feel any different from my single pregnancies. So far I'm feeling tired, dealing with Cubital Tunnel in my left arm, and Low AF with twin1 but other than that I feel fine - I wear motion sickness bands everyday so I have no idea if it's curbing nausea.

I have my 11+6 (dating and combined testing) scan on Monday - hoping T1 is okay and they clear me from bed rest and oral hydration; it's so boring and I'm sick of peeing every hour! Haha.

Ah bonkers- congrats that's lovely news! Champagne on hold for a few more months tho..!

Bonkers, 2labs- my scan is Thurs too. Literally can't wait. Will be 12+1 by dates of lmp but my private dating scan last week put me a bit ahead so 12+5 ( every little counts!).

bonkers congratulations, how lovely

Bonkers & Mildred, lets hope Thursday is a lucky day for us all. I'm so nervous when I think about it so I'm trying not to think about it too much. Our scan is at 9am, oh I really hope it's ok.

Thanks ... I'm so excited but we're doing everything this year!!! House should complete soon (and needs lots of work!) plus having a baby and planning a wedding... Eeek

Mine's at 9am as well!! Glad it's not going to be a long wait that morning but thurs can't come quick enough... I'm so nervous... Keep convincing myself the symptoms have gone...

Mine's 10am. Keep swinging between being confident everything will be fine and being totally anxious that it'll go wrong.

Had mild cramps today. Hoping its growth/stretching/migration rather than anything sinister.

Roll on Thurs!

Congrats bonkers that's lovely :)
Scan in 3 weeks time, later than I thought cause by my estimate I'll be about 14w by then but will see. Regretting looking up mmc though now... Had cramps too but only when I move suddenly or cough too hard, apparenty mild cramping is normal?
Fingers crossed for everyone's scans this coming week :)

Congrats bonkers!

My scan is 9.45am on thurs. I'm also worried something's gone wrong but that's natural I think. Will feel better once its done.

My scan is 11 on Friday - 3hrs before my final exam (pathology). We've invited the inlaws over to celebrate the 'end of exams' as a guise - we'll in fact tell them that they're going to be grandparents :-)

Is anyone else miserable with their tits? I've gone up more than 4 cup sizes in the same style of bra... Four of those cup sizes were achieved in a fortnight. Even breathing hurts, moving at anything above geriatric pace makes me wince and I dread having to take stairs, drive (especially over speedhumps) or sit down suddenly (which I'm doing quite a lot of as my BP is all over the shop). DH is transfixed by the damned things, but I scream every time he touches them. Please tell me they settle, because I might have to self administer a double mastectomy in the face of another 32 weeks of this.

but also "YAY" that I have something to whinge about still, I'm having terrifying dreams about mc, and wake up sweating every night

Oops! Forgot that asterisks make everything bold... That wasn't supposed to be quite as emphasised...sigh. I'm going to retreat to the bath, where I get brief respite from boob related agony.

Izchaz - mine are mega sore - I'm still trying to hide baby, dropped the kids off at their dads last night and the youngest came to hug me and ran straight into the bazongers! I yelped out load, bought tears to my eyes! I must have looked a right tit (see what I did there).

Ladies, can I have your opinion? Next weekend I'm supposed to be working - my kids are off to their dads. Work have given me the weekend off as they can't find anything for me to do (can't do my normal job being pregnant). It's my last exam at Uni' on Friday. Husband is off Saturday, working Sunday and has a boys day out planned for Monday. I work in the travel industry and can get 2 nights, 3 days in Greece for £60 half board inc' flights - so I told husband I was going to go to Greece for the weekend with a few good books and my snorkel! He got really upset! He said he didn't want me to go without him, so I said I'd love him to come and if he swapped a shift for the Sunday we could go together. He said he couldn't do that - didn't try - plus boxing was on on Sat' night and he'd already arranged to go out on Monday. So I said that was no problem, I'm more then happy to go alone. He then started saying he couldn't handle that, he'd be too worried and that I should be at home with him (even though he won't be home),

Am I being selfish? I lived in Greece alone in my late teens. My job involves me travelling and spending time away from home. I took the kids to Greece last year alone as he had to work and the boys and I were off work/school. I know I'm pregnant, but I'm getting fed up of being wrapped up in bubble wrap.

He's now said 'fine! Go then!' So I feel guilty. But what else would I do? Sit in the house? I'm Skint so not like I can afford to do anything pricey!

I think my hormones are going mad.

5ammy

Seems pretty reasonable for you to go and a few days relaxation with some sunshine would do you good..

You don't really want to go under a cloud though with him unhappy as you prob won't enjoy it as much. Perhaps try and find out exactly what worries him? If its related to the preg maybe find out where nearest Hosp is and reassure him you could easily get there for attention if needed..

Sounds lovely though- I'm very

This is a good idea Mildred - I'll make a big thing out of taking my EHIC. I don't want him to worry - but I love the sun and see and Greek food. Seems silly to me to waste a weekend off.

My 12 week scan is tomorrow during my booking in appointment... Getting nervous now!! My boobs are also sore and I have awful nipple itch, I'm already on the Lansinoh...

Good luck Goosey- I think you'll be the first 12 wk scan on the thread.. First of many good news days I hope!

Congratulations bonkers! Thats so exciting! I'm really happy for you.

Izchaz, I have no boobs to speak of, so I can't share your pain I'm afraid. Mine were just really sore for a few weeks, and filled out a bit, but I don't think they have grown much - certainly not enough to go up a cup size.

I am still an ill bunny. I was sent home from work on Monday and then have spent all week in bed with a cold, crazy dizziness, face ache and head ache. Couldn't get into the drs until Friday and it turns out I have sinusitis. I can't remember ever feeling this ill and I've lost half a stone which can't really be good! My antibiotics have started to kick in now though and I've been signed off this week so I've got a week of films and daytime tv in front of me.

Mildred, that sounds fantastic! I think we should all come with you! Definitely show him you know where the hospital is, have your card on you if you go out anywhere and enjoy it! Sounds great.

Has anyone bought much baby stuff yet? I haven't started to, we are going to wait until after the 20 week scan but I'm excited about starting! What have you bought?

Good luck goosey. Can't wait for mine!

Goosey I have my 12 week scan tomorrow morning too. Fingers crossed for both of us

Congratulations Bonkers!

Good luck for tomorrow Goosey.

Ganet, I have bought one tiny babygro, I found it in tkmaxx for £7.99 but its from the mamas and papas loved so much range, and is still in the shops for £20! It's a neutral velour babygro in newborn size, and I bought it with the vague idea that it could be a coming home outfit. It was a good way to try and convince myself that I'm actually pregnant too, though it didn't work! Other than that, there's an NCT nearly new sale locally the weekend after my 12 week scan, so I'm going to have a mosy round and see if there are any bargains to be had.

evening all. got 12 week scan and harmony results on Tuesday. boobs are a massive pain. went up a bra size overnight and since I bought 2 new bras at enormous expense, I seem to be getting bigger again.

not big enough for maternity clothes yet but will have a little internet spree at new look later on this week

Hi Ganetgob,
I've bought a couple of things (couldn't help myself).
Don't have my 12 wk scan till next Tue but it was bargain things.
I got a gliding chair with foot stool that was on a local selling site for only £40 so couldn't resist. Also I looked in M&P & saw a beautiful swing/bouncing chair with starlight canopy £129 so couldn't justify it for a few months then one came up on a selling page for £20 like new so have that too...ekk nothing else now must wait! DH has been trying to buy alsorts & I've been holding him back. We had an early scan at 8wks & hadn't bought anything till then.
I'm really looking forward to setting up the baby's room & filling it with things

I want to buy something! We have a pair of booties and that's it. For our wedding I made DH a 'marriage survival kit' which had lots of silly things in like tickets to the glee club 'to keep us laughing' and a watch 'to be at the church on time' and other things like that. I got some little booties which were 'for the future' but that's all we have. I want to buy everything! It sounds like there are some real bargains to be had out there, frenelda and pistachio. I need to be searching for bargains!

I don't know if I read about this on this topic or a different one, but has anyone bought a pregnancy journal? I wasn't going to bother with it but recently I'm all about memories and keeping stuff (must be hormones!).

I was looking on amazon and I've bought a lovely journal that goes from week 9 up until the baby is one. It's called 'bump to birthday' and I think it's really cute. It has spaces for scan photos and bump photos and feelings. Towards the back it had things like first word, favourite foods, first outing and first Christmas. I think it's a really nice little thing to fill in, both for you to remember stuff and for the baby in many years to come.

It sounds like I work for the company, I don't, I promise! I just think its a nice idea. They also do ones that you can fill in every year until they are 18 but that sounds like far too much of a faff!

Just thought I'd mention it though!

Thanks everyone... I'm still smiley... :-)

Good luck with all this weeks first round of scans... Exciting...

We haven't bought anything yet... Partly because we haven't told my parents and since my mum snoops everywhere don't want her to find anything (we all know she knows by some of the hints she has dropped but determined to wait until 12 weeks as she shouldn't be doing it!!)

I wanted to get a journal/keep safe book but again didn't want anything in the house for the same reason (bad enough with the bounty and Emma's diary packs!)... Did go straight to bookshop after early scan but we'll aim to get one after this scan (but then I'll be wanting to wait for the next scan...)

Ganet, I'm just keeping a journal - am writing "to baby", it's quite cathartic.

Bonkers, are the Emma's diary packs worth getting? I've got the bounty one, wondering If its worth getting that one too.
If you have a sainaburys nearby, join their little ones club and they give you a £5 voucher to spend on the little ones range. It's not much, but I had a look and it could get a couple of packs of newborn nappies or 5 packs of wipes. Every little helps!