Martians 2014: thread 10. More scans, bigger bumps and eating for two! Nearly halfway there, ladies!

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Thread 9

Shiny new thread. Welcome all those due to pop out a baby in March 14, whether you're an old hand or a newbie, come join the fun!

I have just spent the last 30 mins catching up and can not remember a feckin thing anyone said. My memory is shot to fuck at the moment. Sleep deprivation from going to the toilet 5 times a night is just ruining me.

Congrats to all those who have found out what they are having.

Re names. We have a boys name sorted but girls are a nightmare. My surname (courtesy of the husband) sounds a bit too like Fanny when said quickly (spending my life saying FannING not FannY) so thats put quite few names out. I quite liked Felicity, then shortened it to Flick. Then realised Flicky Fanny in the playground would cause the poor child to be tormented... Its a feckin nightmare. DH great grandad changed the surname from Fannon to Fanning. Why? Why? Did it not occur to him that future great-grand-daughters-in-law would one day have the piss ripped out of them by all work colleagues? Asswipe. Hmm I seem to be quite irrationally angry today...

Hmm. Obviously everybody knows they are having babies. I meant sex-wise. As in sex of babies. Not actual sex. I am going to shut up now...

Thanks for the needle reassurance ladies.

Jolls I did that the other morning getting ready for work. Awful feeling isn't it? I've now moved all the clothes that don't fit me into another room so that I can't see them and get depressed about it. Hope you're feeling better soon x

Pram exciting about your moving date!

Lyra house hunting is a nightmare. I hope you find something soon.

Sorry for people with headaches :(. I'm taking paracetamol to get me through work but trying to manage without the rest of the time.

We're going to Gaucho. Joll and Maybs this is entirely your fault!

I'm loving the clothes thing, myself. I get to wear elasticated trousers! It's the best thing about being pregnant so far, they're bloody brilliant.

Pram if it's any encouragement, I slept 12-16 hours a day in my first pregnancy and I've never had any difficulty waking when the baby has needed me. (In fact when in the same room, I usually wake just before the baby so I presume there's some kind of mother's extra sensing or something when you;re sleeping close enough.)

I'm not havng sex - that's what got me into this condition in the first place.

BWP

Thanks guys - these hormones are a nightmare!

comms - did you read my trip adviser review? You might as well now you're going.

Just opened a letter that cheered me up. Downs risk has come back as 1/100000. So that's one less thing to worry about.

I'm going to Asda soon to see if they have any decent maternity wear for cheap. If not, big sizes of normal clothes are getting me through right now.

Thanks Comms. There's no desperate rush because I can stay in the house I'm in for however long it takes, but staying indefinitely means fighting XP through the courts when I should be concentrating on my new baby.

DP brought some nice fat steaks home last night so we shall be feasting tonight. My children won't eat it any way other than medium rare. I've trained them well. My mum would be horrified. She's a well-done-to-the-point-of-incineration kind of person, as are most people her age ime. Mmmm, dry, tough, flavourless meat. What's not to like?

Joll I can't find it!

Lyra the Asda near me have stopped doing maternity stuff in-store, only online. The assistant thought all stores were going that way, so it might be worth a phone call if you're making a special trip!

joll that's great news about the downs risk!

lyra I got jeans in mamas and papas yesterday for £10! I'm wearing my new maternity leggings today. All my new trousers are a bit big but my belly will grow into them.

grey our cat is always getting shut in the cupboard by the front door where we keep our shoes, he's so dopey. He's an absolute softie, a big fat hairball. He's all bright and perky now so I've cancelled the vets appointment and I will see how he is.

Really Baldrick? Damn. Mummy, I don't think we have a Mamas and Papas here.

Oh, Cass, I'm laughing my head off at Flicky Fanny I once seriously battered a girl called Felicity

I am feeling so, so happy today. And grateful. So massively grateful for the blessing that is this baby

Congratulations gawjus
These thread move so fast I have no idea what happening with everyone.

Trying to catch up on previous 10 pages

Connor is my preference. I definatly think they can 'look' like a name, we had 2 choices last time and picked the one that she 'looked' more like.

It's so exciting chatting about names!!

What's for dinner everyone? I'm making spaghetti carbonara, Jamie Oliver recipe, at boys' request. The steaks will have to wait for another time.

prambo I'm wondering why you have your hair done by a fucking hateful slag?!

We are off to a quiz tonight for Macmillan. Is it a special day for then today then?

Good news joll

None of my clothes fit. I feel massive, and this is only the start! 17 weeks on Sunday!!

This is very tempting...

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Hello ladies - what's the weekend plan??!!

We don't have any names yet - apart from currently calling the baby batman!! I think it was Mummy on here who said one of her children wanted to call the baby batman when she told them, I told dh who decided this was a good name for the baby now. And it's stuck!! Even I refer to it as batman!! Lol!!

I have a question for u - if you're really tired after work, should u rest? Or should u carry on as normal - like do the washing up, put some washing on and tidy up before sitting down??
Work on a Friday is exhausting and I've done a couple of things but I'm just sat down now, but feeling guilty that there's still some mess to be tidied up?

raspberry I find I get bursts of energy. So I rest for a little when I get home (eat) and then do a little something. Otherwise i tend to not be as efficient get clumsy, can't remember what I was doing in the first place, end up doing job twice cause can't concentrate

Dinner is currently being delivered in the form of domino pizza. Waiting by door and may shag delivery person as my Nether regions have just about recovered from big mistake of waxing yesterday

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Hehe, thanks Grey