February 2014 - the one where we start to find out if we're team pink or blue!

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So I used the magic 1000th post in the last thread... ooops

Milk - yes Do you think they show people or keep it for when it's just the two of them?

One of the ladies had such a tiny bump though.

I was also shocked about taking pictures while the head was sticking out! Could just imagine him passing it round to his friends and family. But I guess by the time they've put it all on tv a photo isn't that bad. I don't think the baby will want to see it when it grows up though!

And as I'm a Panda bear already I have a Panda body sunflowered!

Laura - Love the name Leo Elliott. I thought DH and I had agreed on Leo for a boy, as we had if DD had been a boy, but now DH says he was never 100% on it so back to square one. I'm wondering about Leonie for a girl now! Leona would have too many Leona Lewis associations and as me and DH can not hold a note between us, it's unlikely a daughter of ours could live up to it!

Thanks Panda. I'm so glad it was a boy because I'd have been gutted if I couldn't have used Leo! I love Leonie too!!

hi februaries! I'm due in march but apparently everyone in my family seems to give birth a month or so early so i could maybe have a feb baby instead, can i join?!

age 23, edd 9th march, dc 1

Hi grey
Course you can join, welcome to February x

Welcome greymoose!

Wrote a long post but computer crashed so shall try to summarise..

shropshire props to bump photo, and thanks for adding new 90s classic tune to my head for the day.

Re photos at birth, DH has requested I leave my mobile at home when I go to hospital as he thinks I'll be finding the time to post on MN/FB... so very much doubt he will be snap happy

laura LOVE Leo. Was on my list but DH not keen. Considering Toby and Harrison (Harry) at the moment.

Feeling twinges today following a cup of tea (normal caffeine) so perhaps kicking?

Welcome grey My siblings and I were all quite overdue so I'll swap you my late feb date for your march one

panda have you seen the panda cheese ads on youtube? Pandas with attitude!

I'm still here, just another one exhausted with working and growing a small human! I shall be joining those on team pink had a gender scan at 16 weeks but I'm trying not to buy too much pink until 20 week scan and hopefully double check.
Emotionally really up and down at the minute. Have got a reasonably new dog who was a rescue and she's taken to peeing and pooing everywhere and whatever we do doesn't seem to help, I fear she may have to go. Also one DS starts uni next year and other DS starts secondary school. It's all change

Wow that's a lot going on Middy!
We're renovating our house and busy at work, and I feel very up and down too, which is not like me at all. But really happy that everything is going well with the pregnancy and excited for Feb!
Just watched midwives and now I want Tatiana for my midwife!

Hi everyone, Champagne sorry to hear you are still sick it's so draining isn't it. I am really improving but it's the tablets keeping me from being sick at the moment as when I tried to wean off I started vomiting again. And if I ever miss one it's not long before I know about it. But I think I have been ok for about a week now, then last night what happened? I think I may have a stomach bug I started vomiting and was thinking it was just the HG but soon realised it wasn't as I ended up in my bathroom with sickness and diarrhoea until about 4am this morning. Now I am lying in my bed feeling awful. I feel so bad I actually asked my husband to call in sick and stay home and look after me, but he wasn't having any of it said I will be fine and off he went to work.

My son started school today. Not the one we want him to go to but a school none the less and we are still appealing for the other school. I felt like he was back in reception as I dropped him off I didn't want to let him go. Because he has SN it is such a worry sending him to school as one of the things he does if he is not happy is run away from school. As I left the school I couldn't stop crying. Must be a mix of the fact I haven't slept, pregnancy and of course my concern for my son. But I do not usually just burst in to tears in public.

Littlebear I am hoping to get this one www.pramworld.co.uk/icandy-cherry-package-mulberry but we are going to get it second hand from eBay. I have been watching them all sell on there and I am confident I can get the pram and carrycot for about £150 maybe even the carseat too as I have seen some go for that price with everything. But the plan is just buy the carseat new separately.

Since I am sick and can't move from bed I am going to get my laptop out and watch the midwives. It is really strange not having any children around. Oh and the birthing pic you guys are talking about, I have one my mum took it. I didn't even know until I was looking back at the pics after giving birth I was totally grossed out. But I kept it and have shown it to my daughter who was completely amazed by it. It was not too bad though not sure what the one in midwives was like. But when I gave birth to DD I was kneeling legs apart on the bed facing the wall. So you can just see her head and shoulders hanging down. I can imagine a legs open wide one being much more icky. To be honest I wish I had videod my births I would love my children to see themselves making an entry to the world. Would never have it in TV though oh no.

Welcome grey

somany did you keep taking your meds all the way through in last two pregnancies? This week has felt like a massive regression sickness wise so I think I might up my dose again. I really thought I'd be weaned off them completely by now. I don't like the thought of taking them all the way through.
I hope everything goes well for your son at school today - of course you were worried, though at least you have a day to yourself (I really don't know how you're coping with the sickness and two kids, you amaze me!)
and surely the school would phone if things were going wrong?

Haven't watched Midwives, will have to later today though so I can catch up on the thread :)

Marzi no I didn't take them all the way I stopped at about 5 months or so. I was on 2 lots of tablets with both of my pregnancies. The first pregnancy was horrendous even with the medications I was always sick until 5months. But my second was better than the first. This one however, has been like the first but I am lucky they now offer Odansetron. So I have had to take 3 lots of meds to stop being re admitted and its amazing how much the Odansetron had helped. That's the only one I am still on I have weaned off the other two. So I am taking it 3 times a day but like you don't want to keep taking it but just can't cope without it at the moment.

Loads of people on the HG forum I am on have taken the meds until birth but hopefully it won't be long before we can kick the meds. And for me it won't be long before my liver condition flares up and that means more medication so I would rather kick the Osansetron soon. Are you on cyclizine? Have you tried to wean off yet?

I really haven't coped well having HG and 2 children. I was so much easier last time when I just had a 21month old to entertain. I didn't anticipate how hard it would really be with 2 school aged children over the summer holidays. They had a terrible holiday that's for sure.

I am so impatient for my scan it seems so far away.

Sorry you're still suffering champagne hope your HG (and everyone else's) buggers off soon!

I can't stop eating chocolate, I'm going to be the size of a house by the time this baby comes. How can I get a sweet/chocolate fix without the calories? I sat and polished off our jar of nutella with a spoon last night, whilst also munching on some chocolate icing I was moulding into shapes for my cupcakes tomorrow.

I'm also doing zero exercise, maybe I should start...

Oh somany it's good to hear it could still pass, I kind of figured that if I got to 20 weeks and it hadn't, it wasn't going to at all.
I'm on cyclizine, I was down to 50mg a day and that seemed to be keeping me basically okay but I think went down to 25mg a day at the doctor's suggestion and it was a bit of a disaster. So back up to 100mg a day for now and I'll see how that goes.
I'm glad you got the odanestron, I've heard they can be a bit funny about prescribing that but it's meant to be by far the best. (My friend in the US got it just to get rid of regular morning sickness... I'm not a fan of their health care system but if you have insurance, you get amazing treatment!)
I hope your liver condition lies low for as long as possible - and, yes, that we're off these bloody drugs as soon as possible.

Hope you all start feeling better soon.
Had a rubbish morning feeling sorry for myself for no good reason, decided to kick myself into action by cycling to the swimming pool but halfway there got to my husband's work. Ended up phoning him to come out so I could have a hug and a cry! Useless! I'm really happy in general life but seem to be stuck on this idea that I used to be so fit, healthy and independent, and now I can't even make it to the swimming pool!
I do feel better for the cycle though.

You're all going to love me.... 20% off at ASOS anyone?

Enter PREMIER20 at checkout. Parka heaven here we all come x

Well I'm off work sick today, feel like crap. Don't know how those with hg coped with it day in day out... Don't think it's morning sickness as surely it can suddenly come on at 17 weeks?

Although hubby did my head in this morning, told me off for not going into work, said I just felt a bit sick and no excuse not to go in. Then wouldn't kiss me goodbye until I started crying :-( I hope this is a bug and he gets it!

Ooh that actually makes the parka not too expensive.

I've never ordered from ASOS before, question - do the sizes come up large or small? Like, if I'm a 10 in most shops, am I a 10 at ASOS?

Caught up on Midwives. I love Tatiana. Petty, you NEED her to be your midwife.

Well there is a small chance I could get Tati as some MW's at Cardiff hospital rotate between hospital and community midwifery (and so do home births too). My last MW was great as she was community only and I think my new mw (meeting her tomorrow) was one of the delivering mw's for my ds so despite being in a capital city and moving houses I am getting pretty good continuity of care!

DH missed ds's birth (I sent him to a meeting in north wales not realising just how established my labour was!) but we have agreed that this time he will ideally be in the house but generally keeping out of the way as I think any attempts by him to "help" would piss me off and tbh I really don't want him to see me labouring and delivering. Its too private for me if that makes sense? I just went in to myself last time and don't want anybody interrupting me. The mw's just sat on my bed eating their packed lunches and just knew when I was in transition and baby was imminent as apparently my grunting changed

ch1134 sorry you are feeling so sad today, here is a big virtual hug. Glad your husband was there to give you a hug it makes a big difference. It will all be worth it when you meet your little one. I can't wait to getting back to regular exercise I'm no use in pregnancy as just too sick.

We have come so far since the start of this thread now we are all approaching or reached half way. The worst bit is over now we get the exciting bit of buying baby things and choosing names. Feb will be here before we know it.

I was wondering about the ASOS sizing as well. I'm usually a 14 and expecting to become a 16 by the end of this pregnancy so might go for the size 16 parka, some extra room is always good for an extra layer or two anyway.

Shall we start updating our stats thread with team pink and blue?

Thank you somany... Really hope you feel better soon. I've been feeling sorry for myself about toning things down and taking it easier, but I feel for you that you've had no choice and have felt physically awful as well. But it's true - we have lots to look forward to!