January 2014 (Thread 7) - more excitement to come!

[Sultanajo]

The one where hopefully we are feeling less nauseous and knackered (although we develop hippo hands and feet due to the heat!), we are entering or are in our second trimester (phew!), we continue with 12 week scans and test results (ekkk!), we have 16 week midwife appointments and hear the heartbeat (OMG - aw!), we potentially see the beginnings of bumps and feel the first flutters of movement (wow!) and the 20 week scan for some is just around the corner!

Oh and we try to improve our diets after surviving on one food group during the first trimester!!!

Bring it on thread 7!!!

(pod hope I did you proud)!

Rant alert!

My sister is a cuntpuffin. She got engaged the week of my wedding to someone shed only been with a few months. No surprises they broke up after.

Told her I'm preggers 2 weeks ago. Guess what she just text me saying she is 2. She hasn't even got a bf and 2 kids already. I know I should be happy but I'm not I'm fuming

Why are you angry, MrsV? What she does is her business. You know your life is a million times better!

Sorry you've had crappy days, Nature and Tooth :(

Which Kiddicare did you go to, Sultana? We dropped in to a big Mothercare on our way home from shopping this morning and they had the Stokke Xplory in stock, in the colour I liked. DH thought it was great, so we're definitely going to go to Kiddicare next week and compare it to the others we like.

We're off camping tomorrow, with my sister and her DP and her 2 DC. I don't know why I invited them tbh. We don't always get on like a house on fire, so it could be disastrous! We may fall out the first time she tries to bribe asks my DC to look after hers/take them to the park. I have already told the DC that they don't have to say yes. It is a very regular occurrence and it gives me The Rage.

Grrrrrrr @ cuntpuffin sisters.

nature & tooth grrr for both your days!!!

Bugger - forgotten everything else. Will have to be lots of little posts!,

Toby it was the southampton branch of kiddicare. Its a new store and made everything look sparkly, shiney and new!

toby its just typical of something she would do. I'm being selfish and I know that but we tried for this baby for 18 months (incl a mc) and she doesn't even know who the dad is. I'm sure ill stop being such a bitch soon but all my family were so happy for us and I now feel the attention will all be on her (she's a lot more dramatic than me!) . I'm more upset than angry

Sorry, MrsV. I didn't mean that you couldn't rant or be angry. Of course you can. Just remember that you're better than her and you don't need to be an attention-whore :o

God, I'd love it if one of my sisters announced a pregnancy. It would stop my mum being so insane and would massively take the pressure and attention off me. This will be her 6th grandchild. You'd think she'd be used to it by now!

You don't need their attention. You have your own little family to concern yourself with. You don't need to upset yourself with her antics.

mrsv sorry your sister is jumping on your bandwagon. Are u further along than her? Nothing can take away how special your little one is and when it finally arrives you wont care because you will be sooo smitten!

After seeing all the baby stuff today (& some scrummy babies being pushed around) I just cant wait to meet this little one!!! Come on December/January!!!!

sultana she said she's got scan in 2 weeks so probably 4 weeks behind me. I expect she's not as far along as she's saying as sounds awful but I expect she got preg when I told her. It really is the type of person she is

MrsV - when I was preg with dd a few friends and neighbours became quite broody.. So there are a few more little cuties around now. I do reckon that a pregnancy often leads to other women feeling the urge

Now she's saying 8 weeks so story's changing already

With ds1 my sis was preg (4 weeks behind me) and initially it annoyed me as was my 1st and her 3rd but it wasn't an issue in end. When babies born (exactly 4 weeks apart too) was lovely meeting up and stuff. Also baby shopping together was fun.

Weirdly we aren't at all close now and she pays no attention to my other dc really.

mrsv that means you will have tons of attention for ages when your little one pops out and by the time hers comes along you will hopefully feel much better about things.

I found it really hard people announcing their pregnancies, especially the unplanned ones, when I felt desperate to make an announcement myself, especially after the mmc, but I am more at peace now and I know once the little one arrives I will just be so happy! I definitely believe everything happens for a reason....

I'm hoping so. I questioned her on how come her scan is in 2 weeks if she's not even 9 weeks yet And she said the hospital does the scans between 10-12 weeks. That can't be right? The nt measurement has to be after 12 weeks yeah? I'm starting to think she's lieing for attention!

MrsV I know how you feel, my SIL decided to start trying after we said we were, and then annoyingly got pregnant first (sounds really petty out of context!)

I keep reminding myself that once baby is here I really won't care!

Oh dear ladies u r all sounding a little ummm , I can't think of the word.
Babies r blessings in any circumstances right? That is if u r going to be a good mum etc.
My sister is due in October with her first, she is older than me and I announced I was pregnant with my 3rd she was so pissed off and I felt gutted. I never got pregnant to take the limelight off her but that's how she felt . It was such a shame as I was excited we will have babies close in age. She was also pissed off I got married first, even though she wasn't even engaged yet. Is it just sister rivalry? I suppose I have been the one on the other side and I'm definitely not an attention whore haha. I've also never tried to compete with my sister in any way.

Try and be there for your sis , u may feel like she's stealing the limelight but trust me I've been in a situation similar to hers ( years ago) and in all honesty I could of done with her hand to hold ( despite all the mean things I said at the time) I just wanted a hug from her and for her not to be mad at me cus I was having a baby before her . This time around though I kinda can see why she's pissed off but at the same time It pisses me off she can't be happy for me. Am I making any sense? Lol.

sarah I understand what you mean. When we mc in October we were due within a week of sil. It hurt but I wasn't angry. The situation is completely different. My sister does things like this on purpose (sounds mean but really us true). It's very hard to be happy for her when I know she's not done this because she wants a baby but because I am. Her getting engaged the week of my wedding shows what she's like

Sounds like she's insecure and trying to follow in your footsteps, take it as a compliment lol

Thanks sarah I'm sure ill calm down soon and stop being such a bitch :)

sarahl makes total sense! Weddings and babies are two huge things in a girls life and seems to sometimes bring out the worst in us! I know a friend of mine was pissed off I got married before her, because she had been in relationships non stop and felt she had put the time in, whereas I had taken a 6 year time out before meeting my hubbie. However, you have to do what is right for you and ultimately I was happy for the people who announced before me, but it just made me stress out that it wasnt gonna happen for us. Ridiculous really! I have learnt to try and get into a bubble and just concentrate on what is happening with us - not a fool proof plan, but certainly helps....

mrsv it sounds rough!

Sounds like today has been a bit rubbish for a few of us.

I get how your feeling Mrsvdb I've felt like that before and it's horrible and not logical, but it's really hard to shake the feeling.

mrsg i'm sure you're ready to thump him!

mrsv can completely understand that!

Well had my gender scan and found out we are having.......a boy!!! Absolutely delighted. DH has 2 boys and we have a little girl so I was kind of hoping for a son of our own (although would have been delighted with either).

Aww, congrats MrsR!

Congrats mrs R!!