BFP wishes CAME true - Thread Two!

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Thought I may as well start this given I'll be around for another (hopefully) 14ish weeks :) Hope I've not crossed posts with anyone!

Oh weechops I can't imagine how you are feeling, of course you miss your mum, nothing to do with hormones. Hope you feel better soon.

Do you speak from experience thingy?? Those pesky knifes
Wee, super big squeeze, I can't imagine how it feels to have lost a parent, I try to never even let the thought pass my mind as it upsets me so much, ofcourse you miss your mum
Little, still bouncing?
I'm baby a has just slept through 7-6, a whole week earlier then her sis show off I'm hoping its not a fluke but she has been going til 5 for the past week anyway, I like to think of it as a take that for all those ebf doubters

Oh she's 11wks exactly

wee - aww im sorry to hear you're missing your mum, hardly surprising she'd be on your mind at the minute tho x

kitty - good baby A!! DS was not a great sleeper til he was about 7 months luckily he was always just hungry, never colicky or anything, so i'd just put him in bed with us, let him have a feed and stick him back in his basket. Getting your own sleep is so important!! This one always seems to be awake and kicking and shifting around at night so i suspect i'll be in for a few sleepless nights ahead! V jealous of good baby A

Still bouncing!! Went for long walk round park with DS y'day too and changed sheets in our room, his room and spare room but all bouncing, walking, stretching not doing anything. DS at childminders today and DH in work so going to use peace and quiet to rest up, have a bath, possibly do a bit of cooking in the afternoon. Next sweep is in 54 hours time

Oh little I hope baby doesn't come today, enjoy your lovely day off and bath baby can come tomorrow

How are you getting on little any movement yet?

Had my 28 week check today, it all seemed to go well except he is breech at the moment. Still loads of time for that to change.

Hello!! Long time no 'see'!!
I need to catch up on the goings on recently but wanted to butt in and say that I had a private scan (as my nhs one is not for 2 weeks!) today and there was a baby there with fingers and a heartbeat, and I'm 12+2

So there! Anyway I will go away and read and then be a bit less me me me!! X

when - great news on check up going well for you! DS was breech til nearly 34 weeks and then decided to turn so hopefully that will happen for you!

fatas - absolutely amazing news, huge big congrats to you on both the heartbeat and reaching 12 week milestone

No movement here but had a nice relaxing day and getting plenty of BH which are hopefully doing some good so when I get another sweep on Wed it will kickstart things and hopefully hopefully hopefully will be a much quicker and smoother delivery this time

Hi fatas great to hear about your 12 week scan. It is so reassuring to see them wriggling away.

I'm getting into wedding mode here. My much loved brother is getting married to one of my best friends I'm so pleased for them but secretly can't wait for the thing to be over. When you total up the hen do, present and hotel costs I will have spent over £1000 on this wedding.

Wedding is on Friday so we are staying over thurs and Fri. My mum has organised a meal on Thurs night at 7pm, I said ages ago of course we will come as I was sure she had booked it for 6pm (dd is 2.5 and will probably have a meltdown at that time).
Then there's the wedding, should be a great day but again will have to spend the whole time looking after a toddler.
Then mum has organised another bloody meal for family on the Saturday night at her house. Dd has only just started sleeping through the night, we have had 8pm till 7am consistently for 10 nights now. I'm sure all this fucking around is going to put us right back to square one.

Rant over, I can't admit this in real life as I adore my brother and soon to be SIL, I have a feeling some of the other bridesmaids are getting a but fed up of it too (some have been to all 3 hen do's).

when - wow even tho it's your brother marrying a close friend that still does sound like a lot of expectations on you. 3 hen dos? Then 3 nights in a hotel for the wedding itself? £1000 in expenses for you? I think a mini rant is def justified! I know it is their day but since you are a close family member and a bridesmaid you would think that they might have taken some of how much they are asking you to do into consideration, especially since you are picking up that the other bridesmaids are also getting a bit fed up. If it was me in your position, I'd be inclined to not take your DCs to a family meal the night before the wedding - as you say, too much excitement is likely to impact on how well they sleep especially in a strange place like a hotel and they (and you!) have a long day ahead of them at the wedding itself so you want to be as well rested and relaxed as you can, not stressed from lack of sleep abduction frayed tempers. Maybe you could compromise and you could pop round to your mum's the night before the wedding for an hour or two and your DH could put the DCs to bed at the hotel while you're out? Be a good wedding guest, but also look for ways to minimise the stress on yourself!

sorry forgot it was just DD rather than 2 DCs but my advice is still the same - make things as easy as possible on yourself!!

I'm not surprised you've had enough. The wedding sounds quite ott. I've never understood how or why weddings became so huge. If DP and I marry it'll be us and the kids at a registry office and home for cake. I'd rather spend money on holidays and days out personally. I especially think that expecting guests to fork out £1000 in expenses is ridiculous. I'm off to a wedding on Saturday and I'm wearing a dress I've worn to three other occasions, I've paypal'd my friend a small amount for her honeymoon fund and we'll be driving there and back to avoid hotel costs. Yes, I'm very tight.
So glad the scan went well fatas. Are you joining us properly now?

Fatas, that's such great news, will you accept your place on the thread now?!?
When, 3 hen dos goodness, they are so expensive arnt they, I think you will find your dd will be fine, I always worry about change with mine, a Holliday, when we swapped her for a big girls bed etc but she handles it better then us, that said I'm sure like little days you could maybe rain out on one, say she's too tired or hungry and you don't want it to affect her enjoyment of the wedding or that she's tired after all the wedding excitement?! My dd can handle a day of up til 9 say now, she's just turning 2 usual bedtime 7:30 but couldn't handle 2 nights in a row or three

Thanks for the sympathy little I just did my sums and its £1150 .

I think you are right, if dd is not up to it then shes not up to it. At least the end is in sight. I'm a bit gutted I'm missing out on a great night, if I wasn't pregnant I would be trying to palm dd off on her other grandparents so I could have a drink many drinks and party till the wee hours with everyone.

I'd rather have the baby though.

when - I was at a friend's wedding in April, minus DS because my mum & dad kindly offered to mind him overnight for us, but it was 2 hours drive away and I was up from 6am trying to get him sorted out for going overnight and then get myself organised and then get the wedding present wrapped and then drive the 2 hours to get there etc etc so by about half 12 that night I was also ready for bed! Which was a shame because I would have loved a few gins and a dance but I guess these are the things we sometimes have to just let slide I also missed that friend's hen do because I was still in the midst of HG and then I got noro virus on top of that and I was just a mess at the beginning of Feb. Ah, fun times!!! Hopefully you'll have an enjoyable and pretty stress free weekend ahead tho :)

thingy - We had a fairly 'big' wedding four years ago but my mum and dad paid for most of it, since they were the ones who wanted to invite the whole extended family lol It was a great day out but if I was doing it again now and if I was footing the bill it would be super thrifty and low key Even at the time, I told all my friends who had to travel not to buy presents and arranged places for as many people to stay as possible for free so they didn't have to fork out on hotel rooms on top of train or plane fares. Def doesn't hurt to think about other people even when it is 'your big day'. Registry office and cake sounds like bliss!!!

fatas great news on the scan! I am so so chuffed and happy for you :) I hope you will join us now and looking forward to your "me, me, me" post.
It's so re-assuring to see them move and wriggle.

I have been going crazy with worry as I still can't feel the baby properly yet. Nothing after those initial flutters. I thought 12w to 20w would go fast. But I can barely wait for the 20w scan which is still 2w+3days away. I just want to know baby is still there and wriggling away. These next 2 weeks seem to be toooo long.

My bump is sticking out now and DH notices how I keep touching it sub-conciously. It's lovely to see the bump growing. Just wish I could feel some kicks too. I attended a birthday party this weekend, and a very distant relative decided to touch my bump and I totally shrinked away. I felt so violated. I guess its only going to get worse at it grows. I don't mind some close friends and kids touching it.... but certain people really freak me out. Especially random men!!!

little fingers crossed the sweep on Wednesday does the trick. Hope the SPD is not hurting too much.

when £1150 that is a lot and you really deserve a rant. Think about what you could have done with all that money! Can't believe you are 28w already I am 10 weeks behind you

alex are you still about???!

red wow 18 weeks. The scan will be amazing, it is weird how you worry about them when you don't feel anything but the bumps are growing so its definately going well.
I don't get many people touching me thank goodness. I'm obviously not very approachable

Thanks for letting me have a rant ladies, it is a lot of money but I still feel a bit guilty about complaining because I really do love my brother and SIL. Will still be glad when it's all done and dusted, oh and dh has informed me I have to keep an eye on his drinking . Poor thing doesn't get out much and last time he socialised he ended up completely pissed.

Not sure how I will keep him in check whilst in a hotel room with dd at 10pm.

Red I also didn't feel much until after 20 weeks so try and enjoy this bit of the pregnancy. If you're anything like me, you will find something to worry about at every stage!!!! I was like that until the last minute!
Fatas I'm so pleased for your scan. That is a great milestone.
Baby Lara was weighed today and she has put on 7oz from birth weight. I'm well chuffed and have been told she is doing terribly well

Red I didn't feel anything with dd1 until 19wks, try not to worry too much, 2wks isn't along time
That's a great weight gain lol, r u breast or bottle?

How do you go from 20w to 40w without any scans?

Did any of you get to see baby again after 20w and till birth?

I know they monitor the heartbeat but I don't know how I'll get through to 40w to see this little mini me! I am itching to oggle at baby again on ultrasound and I just saw him/her 5weeks back!

when - where else can you go for a guilt free rant?! Just tell the bar staff to only serve your OH Becks Blue!

red - 18 weeks already! Nearly half way there! I didn't feel any proper, real, definite kicks with DS or this time round either until after 20 weeks so don't worry that you can't feel anything yet. You will soon and then the kicks and hiccups will be waking you up all night

red - I had a position scan last week and also a scan with DS because i fell down the stairs at 38 weeks. After 35 weeks or so baby has gotten so big that it's hard to see much

lol - yay for baby Lara's weight gain!! sounds like she's thriving

lol Lara's doing so well :) hope you are getting some sleep too

Feel free to have a rant when hope you have a lovely time at the wedding and don't have to nurse DH's hangover the day after! Stick him on the alcopops

Red I have had the 3/4d scans with both at 25 wks dd1 and 27dd2, also had position scan with dd2 at 37wks as they thought she was still breech, the 4d scans are amazing, defiantly worth it, you really get an idea of what they look like and see them waving, picking nose, sucking thumbs etc magic

ooh 4D! That's v cool, haven't seen one of those before