October 2013: Almost halfway!

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Tarlia mmm... pasty.

roxvox we love Cornwall too!! Especially ice-creams made with that delicious Cornish cream... yum... yum yum... YUM

Good luck to everyone having scans this week - so exciting!

And hope you feel better natalie

Had my scan today and I'm also having a boy!

A little disappointed that it's not a girl - maybe next time. I'll go and update the stats thread too...

With my scan, the baby was face down so couldn't get any pictures and the radiographer unable to check all of the tests so I'll be going back at the end of the month for another.

Blondie for piece of mind is go with roofio idea. Say u saw you nephew maybe say you have see Him a few times over last few weeks. If it means you get tested and don't stress for weeks waiting to see if they get it the surely the little white lie is worth the dishonesty. Well I feel it is worth it.

Lol roofio if my baby was 11lbs already I'd be in that delivery room asap!

xunt congrats on your boy! It's lovely to be able to pick a name and plan. There are no boys names that dh and I can agree on....I'm yet to find one that I love.

GT how old is your baby now and what sex is it? I do think same sex is easier when they are close together but I would have loved a girl too.

blondie I agree with the others...tell a porkie and go for the peace of mind option. My experience of the NHS is that you have to be pushy to get what you want.

I was well chuffed with my scan as it was just a baby bond £79 one but she did it in 3D and gave us about 10 pics. Plus she is due to do the clinic on Fri at the hospital I'm going to so she took quite a detailed look at the baby which I wasn't expecting. I thought it would be gender and that's it.

I had my scan today. Everything was fine

We told the sonographer that we didn't want to know the sex & she turned the screen round at the appropriate point so it's still a secret. It was so detailed!

Found you all! Been away for a few days and there's a new thread already! Not up to date so apologies if I've missed anything major.
Seems like lots of boys on here. My first is a boy and don't worry ladies who are disappointed now I was a bit at first but now I actually think I don't want a girl! Ds is currently asleep with his arms round my neck and his head on my shoulder and is the most loving little thing.
I bought my first thing for this baby yesterday- a lovely hot air balloon that hangs from the ceiling. Got blue for ds and yellow for the bump. Going to tackle my washing mountain now- only a few days away why is there so much to wash?!

Wow so many boys congratulations on all the healthy scans. :) the amount of boys is suggesting mine will be a girl. Either way I'm happy, it's still ages away though ( 13th June). But midwife tomorrow, and we booked our last holiday as a couple to a villa in Portugal today :)

I'm exactly like you shooting! For some reason (no idea what reason) really wanted a girl when I was pregnant with DS and was very disappointed when we found out it was a boy. (also really struggled with boys' names warlin!) But now, with the most gorgeous and affectionate 4 year old boy in my life... (such an objective mum :-)) I almost can't imagine having a girl... so, although I have no preference this time, boys are more of my comfort zone... although, based on the previous experience, I already know that it wouldn't matter a bit 5 min after it's born!

Still 3 weeks to my scan...! The wait is killing me!! I wasn't desperate earlier but now, all your talk and all your scans are making me envious! May have to book a private one if it doesn't improve... :-)

ps. my shopping urge remained unsatisfied yesterday due to both DS and DP being ill. Have to buy something next weekend though! Still haven't bought anything for this baby. 16+6 today

Warlin We're struggling with names too, we had a few girls ones that we both loved, but boy names so far we aren't so passionate about.

We have Felix, Sebastian and Seth for first names, DH is still angling for Gulliver (I've said no way! Although remarkably my mum has one in her year at the school she works at). We can't agree on one of them!
We've picked the middle name though - Frederick, after my grandad who died last year so at least that's one name in the bag, albeit the middle one.

For girls we had: Darcy, Eleanor or Astrid. Sniffle!

I love Felix smitten!!! one of my favourites! but not allowed it as apparently it's a cat... still hope I can change DP's mind on this one...

I like the name Seth smitten. It's a name you don't hear of much and I think it's sounds strong. Also could fit into most circles academic, creative arts, sciences an all rounder

Congratulations on all the scan news! How exciting to have seen your babies again - I can't wait!

In other, less exciting, news, due to a certain trophy-winning football team with a retiring manager holding an open-top bus tour around the streets tonight, my aquanatal class is cancelled.
Got myself worked up for nothing!
Now on the hunt for a pregnancy yoga class for later this week, while I'm still motivated to start something.

I'm with you Clapham It's been my favourite boy name for years. I always prayed that no one I knew stole it when they announced they were expecting! Ha ha.

It's interesting that both Felix and Seth have been on our boys shortlist at various points, too.
They're not amongst our current favourites, though.

I also really like Sebastien smitten. Not convinced about Seth though... no idea why! These things are so personal and illogical anyway!

I'm with you all on the loving little boys. I was a bit disappointed first time round as had no clue about boys. My little boy is the most adorable boy in the world (another objective one here :) ) and I feel more confident with boys than girls. DH admitted to being relieved it is another boy as he doesn't think he could handle a teenage girl lol.

For boys names I like (but don't love) Henry and Arthur. DH has said no to both. We both like Ed/ Eddie but not that keen on Edward. We will have David as a middle name after my dad and brother as dh got his way last time on the middle name! I have trawled through the baby name books but just can't find a name I love. We had DS1 name picked at 12 weeks and I never thought it would be this hard :(

We both liked Jessica for a girl.

Good luck with all the scans tomorrow!

what's your DS1's name warlin? Just being nosey! :-)

and teenage girls... I think I mentioned somewhere on the thread weeks ago what my dad's reaction to my pregnancy was: "lets hope it's another boy". My sister and I must have been lovely then...

My in-laws haven't really made much of a secret that they would like us to be having a girl (which I find odd because their only other grandchild is a girl). My Mum and Dad aren't fussed either way (or so they say, but I think my Mum would like us to be having a boy), but this is their first grandchild.

I think I would like to be having a boy, but I keep feeling like we are having a girl (although my symptoms/cravings suggest boy) and am completely happy with that too! We aren't looking to find out whether we're having pink or blue tomorrow, so the suspense will drag on a bit more yet.

Oh, and thank you for the good luck for tomorrow wishes everyone

As an addition to my post above; we have about 5 boys names, and 1 girls name (that we are not 100% sure on). We seem to be struggling a bit on the name front, but I aim to put some more effort in after the 20 week scan if all is well! I was a bit disappointed to find 2 of our boys names, and a different spelling of our girls name appear in the latest Top 10 names list on Bounty! I don't want my baby to have the same name as a lot of his/her class!

stats thread

If baby 4 is a boy, I like Theo, Leo and William for boys names. I already have a James and a Harrison so need a nice name to go along with those. DH isn't too keen on theo which is a shame because I really love it. Still I have 22 weeks to change his mind

I love Theo too! But can't really have it as already have a Leo... a bit too similar. DS is actually Leonardo and everyone calls him with the full name (which I love) but I'm sure it will become Leo with school friends when he is older... so I made sure I was OK with Leo too when I named him

DP still refuses to discuss names until we know the sex but I love talking about it!

Afternoon ladies. checking in on thread 8! wow! chatty lot aren't we.

Made a fellow preggers lady at work cry today, oops. She's 7 weeks ahead of me and been proper poorly the whole time (she's a bit of a wimp delicate flower at the best of times). She's been off for a couple of weeks with tiredness and came back today. I went to see her and check she was ok and got chatting. Told her about my scan last week and not finding out the sex, she said she had to to find out because she really wanted a girl (first DC) and needed 20 weeks to get used to it if it wasn't. It is a boy and she burst into tears just saying the word 'boy'. I felt awful! Then we got onto breast feeding and I said I'm going to try but won;t beat myself up if I don't manage it and she said, she's not allowed. I thought oh, that's weird. I asked what she meant and she started crying again, saying she's high risk of Post Natal Depression and will be on tablets so can't breast feed on them. Talk about wanting the ground to swollow me up! I couldn't say anything without her crying so I just took her into the loos at work and she calmed down eventually. I never thought wanting one or the other so bad could affect people like that. Me and H2B have both said we are slightly swayed toward girl for our first but I know if it isn't, the disappointment will be short lived after the birth. I am almost convinced I'm having a boy so it will have to be!

Boy names are a mind field for me. I don't particularly love any boys names I like a few but dh is insisting it begins with an L as his name begins with an L I quite like Kyle, Connor, jake and we both like Louie so unless between now and October the 14th ish someone creates an amazingly nice boys name beginning with L its more than likely going to end up being Louie. I loved Leo when I was expecting dd but have gone off that now

Congrats in the good scan news and good luck to those scanning tommorow, mine is next Friday 24th so a while to wait still. On the plus side I'm pleased I seem to have started feeling movements as opposed to flutters in the last few days which is nice.

Can't remember who done the stats thread link I have updated it with baby boy xx