October 2013: Almost halfway!

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Never say what else can go wrong! Turns out the hospital still cant find my notes!!!

Aww falcon, so sorry ur feeling so rubbish!!
I've just spent the last half hour stubbornly proving that just because I'm a woman and five months pregnant doesn't mean I can't mow our garden!! shattered now
sat down and baby is kicking away, think they're telling me to rest!!

Morning/afternoon all!

Just now back from our scan, and all is good . Took a while to come to that conclusion because a) I overdid it with the fluid intake before the scan and ended up having to use the loo before the scan, and b) baby was sat upright! After a bit of rolling around (me), baby moved though and ended up in quite a good position lying on it's back with it's feet up! Will upload a picture in a bit.

DH saw a man who looked a bit like his Dad (from a distance) carrying his 1 year old-ish grandaughter and has been having spurts of crying ever since. I think we're both feeling pretty relieved!

Tarlia how did your scan go?!

Sorry to hear that you aren't having a great day Falcon, that's terrible that they have misplaced your notes!

glad your scan went well roxvox i take it you never found out sex?

Thanks falcon, no we decided not to ask. That didn't stop me from looking though and at one point I thought I saw something dangling, but then the second time I thought I saw something I thought it was just 2 lines, which I understand to be a girl. Both times she was so quick whizzing over that area though that it was impossible for me to speculate really!

Great scan news Rox. Check out the little feet on the photo, so cute.

I'm about to go and see my friend and meet her 3 month old girl Esme. Got her such a cute little outfit, i want to keep it incase we have a girl. Looking forward to cuddles soooo much.

Thankyou to everyone for the kind messages regarding sil and also my panic over the white wine spritzers.
I'm heading into town baby clothes shopping soon and going to follow haylebop's lead and give youngest dd £5 to buy somethng for her baby sister. She's really excited. I'm still feeling a bit apprehensive about buying anything.
Dp insisted on ordering a pram last week so just hoping that we haven't made a big mistake
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Sorry to hear your DS is ill shootingstars is he any better this afternoon?
Also sounds like a really rubbish day falcon wont say anything to jinx it but hope this afternoon gets better and you feel better soon
Congrats on scan roxvox your picture is amazing!
Have fun baby shopping MoN I havent bought anything yet for this baby and not sure why im being so superstictious(sorry no idea how to spell that...) 2 more days and ill hopefully be able to relax and go on a big shop Lovely to hear everyone elses scan news in the meantime though.

Warlin. Thankfully don't have to choose on the spot bi don't think I could Handel the pressure.

Yes totally freaking out at thought of having two babies so close in ages. How we will sort sleeping arrangements. Pushchair. Car seats. Nappy bag selection. Lol.

Roof. Take it easy! Lawn mower is really hard going on your body. Ur doing an amazing job making a baby, u don't need to prove anything!

Hehe thanks GT maybe put a bit of pressure on my back but glad I did it and relaxing all afternoon before work now!! baby was kicking away afterwards so don't know if they loved it or hated it!!

Good news on the scan roxvox picture is great!

Took my DS swimming this morning, I am now slobbed on the sofa exhausted whilst he has his nap, everything wears me out now!

What do you ladies think about booking a uk holiday two weeks after my due date is this madness? Ds was a due date baby but i know it may not go that way this time?

Total madness!!! DS was 13 days late,there's no way I'd have been going on holiday! He was born by c section 13 days late after 18 hours of contractions. I was gubbed. I was also kept in hospital for 3 nights after his birth (standard for c section) so although it probably wouldn't happen to you,you need to be aware that it's a possibility & you could be stuck in hospital watching the days of your booked holiday tick by without you.

Besides which I don't think I'd have been up for it had I had an uneventful,normal delivery,the early weeks are exhausting & if you're breastfeeding (sorry,can't remember your plans re feeding) then you'll still be establishing etc. However,having said all that,perhaps I just didn't take too well to motherhood first time round (understatment of the century) & you'll be fit & well to go on hols as soon as your baby is here... :)

Why not see what your midwife says?

You maybe right I am going to have to wait till easter holidays :( boo I miss a holiday this year. so march it is!

Another one here who definitely wont be booking a holiday 13 days after due date falcon DS was born day after due date but was still sore and so tires 10 days later... Also would definitely feel like I was going to jinx the whole thing if I booked a holiday baby would deliberately be 2 weeks late just because thats sods law... I am however thinking of booking a weekend away at 38 weeks to try and encourage baby to come a little bit early

Falcon not sure that's a good idea... quite possible that the baby won't be here yet, and even if it is you might still need to be in hospital or at the very least have a very little baby to get used to and look after. Any reason why you were thinking of a holiday on that date?

Sorry about your son shooting stars and the notes/flu falcon.

I had my 16 week check today. All seemed well. Heard the lovely little heartbeat. Baby was wriggling around again so she had to keep chasing it to let me listen for a while! Exactly 150bpm so no help in the boy/girl mystery. Problem with low bloods was because i drank lots of water for the scan and diluted things, and the hcg and pappa doesn't seem to be a concern. I have been discharged from consultant care and told I am low risk woohoo! Apparently it was for low BMI as well as the asthma/pneumonia last year, which my MW didn't tell me, but consultant's assistant that saw me seemed satisfied that i had put in a stone since getting married in August and 11lb since getting pregnant. didn't even weigh me so it can't have been that much of a concern. Home birth or midwife unit are now both allowed again woohoo. And I was advised to carry on with yoga/Pilates, no problem.

Lovely to be home nice and early. Thought about going back into work but decided against it!

pinkbuttons my friend just had a baby (last Monday) exactly two weeks before due date :-) They went for a long weekend in Cornwall and her contractions started in the car, on the way back to London. It was a long drive! Once she got to the hospital, she was so ready that she gave birth in 25 min (and it was her first one!) so you may be onto something here... :-)

By the way, I just found out that my friend who lives in the US is pregnant with twins and is due in mid August! The twins are both girls and she already has a 3 year old DD. Her husband is freaking out at the prospect of life with 4 females in the house :-)

My days in the office are so unbearably long now... one day feels like a week. Feeling my baby move around made them so much better though!

claphammama thats proof enough for me will tell DH my plan is clearly flawless and tell him to book now even if it doesnt work will get a nice weekend away surely thats win win.
Yikes gor your poor freinds DH. I would definitely be worrying about having 3 boys, its bad enough with 1, Im surrounded by football and dinosaurs and outnumbered for weekend tv, and hes only 2!
Glad appt went well orange that sounds lovely, im hoping to be signed off by consultant next week. Theres apparently a lovely MLU very near where were moving and would love to be able to use it.

p.s just to add I love having a boy but the poor child has been indoctrinated into liking football (thanks DH) Not sure if would make any difference if he was a girl anyway.

LOL pinkbuttons. Last night, just as I was about to fall asleep, I found a fire engine and a spiky dinosaur in our bed... this is how you know that you have a boy...

ps. my DS is 4 and has already been indoctrinated into loving football and cars... all I can say - prepare yourself for long freezing mornings in the park, rain or snow... every Saturday morning for us... local "football league"

Thanks for the comments re my scan picture everyone! I can't stop looking at his/her little toes! Still no news from my scan buddy Tarlia though, I hope everything is ok.

pinkbuttons I am liking that idea! Good excuse for a weekend away, and even if baby comes early just to be a little bugger then at least having a baby in your arms will make up for missing your weekend away!

DH is going to be 200+ miles away from me for most of the week days during the last few weeks of my pregnancy as he will still be working and I will be at Mum and Dad's. I will need to call him as soon as I start to feel as though I am going into labour so he can head down asap. Fingers crossed it will all start over the weekend when he is with me, but sods law says it will start when he is in flipping Norfolk or something!

Fortunately for me, DH is not a football fan (growing up in Cornwall the nearest big team is Plymouth, so you don't really get brought up with it). I am quite happy for my boy or girl to be indoctrinated into surfing though

Hmm,might have to plan a weekend away a few weeks before due date! Not keen on being late again!!

Sorry if I sounded preachy & patronising,didn't mean to - I just know I wasn't up for going anywhere for weeks afterwards. However I do freely admit that I really didn't adapt well with infections,a baby that had a few infections early on & problems with breastfeeding. I know it's not like that for everyone.

All your scan pics are makingme really impatient to even have a date for my 20 week scan it had better come in the post tomorrow or they'll be getting a phone call to chase it up!

Roxvox,your baby is so cute with their feet up - just chillin'!!

don't think you sounded preachy and patronising at all tucking. I fully agree with you and would give the same advice. DS1 was 6 days early - I had to be induced and had second degree tears (couldn't sit properly for days - ouch!) but, apart from this, the birth went well, I recovered very quickly, had no major problems with feeding and loved my first days as a mum. Still... I would not travel so shortly after giving birth. The sole idea of packing etc. would just be too much. I now also appreciate - following my first birth that didn't quite go according to plan - that, as much as we try to plan, mother nature totally ignores our plans! So I'm trying not to plan or assume anything this time!