Due in May 2014? The Maybies Roll On Together... Come Join Us!

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Settle down for cake, sympathy and lots of laughs! xxx

Isean your scan is amazing! Mine's on Thursday

11+6/12+2 (my EDD/midwife's EDD) today! And back to uni

Lovely scan isean and I know what you mean about being wrapped up in cotton wool, it drove me mad last time round. At one point MIL wouldn't let me PUSH a bike along the road. Not ride it, PUSH it. I got the rage then went home and did some heavy(ish) lifting just to spite her mwahaha. This time she was warning me against lifting DS tiny suitcase and I was like "um have you felt how heavy DS is recently?" And that put a stop to it!!

Has anyone who's had a scan looked into the nub theory for telling the sex yet? I think the nub between their legs determines it (though not well!!) and if it points upwards more likely to be a boy, if it points parallel to the spine more likely a girl. Not accurate but a bit of fun I guess. Dc2 looks like a girl from this which I would love having a wee boy already

Hammand cheese, I looked into nub theory when my sister was pregnant. Did loads of research and there is stuff out to suggest that it's really accurate. Was right with my sister anyway. Only thing is you often don't see the nub in the scan pics.

Wow isle an your scan picture is amazing! So clear!

Sorry stupid autocorrect, was meant to say Isean

Lasted a whole half hour in work before I left. Can't stop being sick!
Dying to get on a laptop to see the latest scan pics of you lot. Feel I'm missing out with this stupid app!

Beautiful scan picture Isean a real little person in there - that's amazing!! can't wait to see more than a little blob on mine soon!! (next weds... 10 days and counting!)

sorry to all feeling sick/tired/grumpy/emotional! hope it all starts fading soon - and to those who are coming through the other end and now worrying about it - You'll be FINE! you're just starting to 'bloom'!

Had a big Braai yesterday afternoon as a little post-phd celebration... started at 2, had about 30 people and FINALLy got rid of the stragglers by 9pm... by which time DH was as drunk as a skunk and I was about to fall asleep where I stood... this morning I'm absolutely BUSHED! Was lovely though, lots of kids running round and playing in the pool (premonition of our future!!) plenty of yummy food (luckily all cooked by DH and all friends brought sides so I actually had NOTHING to do apart from socialise!)

any exciting news due today? Looks like JessicaRRRabbit is due a scan today - looking forward to seeing a picture when you're back!

Aww dobe look after yourself today! Take it easy :)

I've got uni in less than an hour and don't want to get out of bed. I enjoy today's lessons.... just don't want to move. It's warm here and cold out there.

The June thread have a Facebook group already

Do we have one and I'm just blind and missing it somewhere?

moomin I have a ton of uni work to get done today but I'm just sat here on mn while my dd's run around playing. I really should get us all dressed and get on with it...maybe in a minute!

beautiful picture isean, so clear

I don't think we have a FB group. If we do set one up, can we still do most of our chat on here? I can get on MN at work but not FB, and that's when I get most chance to talk.

Had a bit of a nightmare weekend here. :( Bad exhaustion and nausea, then ended up at the minor injuries clinic with DD yesterday as a cut on her hand became infected. Highly recommend minor injuries clinic over A&E, incidentally. We were in and out within half an hour and DD got a teddy bear for being brave!

Anyway, we then got home to one of our neighbours needing to break the news that one of our cats had been hit and killed on the road. Fortunately it wasn't DD's favourite cat and she's taken the news that one of the cats has gone very well. But I didn't sleep much which is not helping the exhaustion and nausea!

At least my lovely work has let me work from home today and tomorrow - as we need to take DD back to the clinic to get her hand checked then. DH's booked the day off tomorrow and I have a friend coming over shortly to help out, so everything is under control. Just... Argh. Not the peaceful weekend I'd been hoping for!

7+2... Does that make DC2 a blueberry now?

dobe and Spirael sorry you're both feeling rubbish...

if you do set up a FB group can we still chat here? I've not told many people yet and don't want FB to suddenly announce that I've joined an ante-natal club!!!

Morning ladies, hope you are all doing ok. We went to visit my parents over the weekend, two hour drive away, and I finally got myself some new bras which are sooo much more comfy than the old ones that I was bursting out of! I don't know if I over-exerted myself or what but we came back early afternoon yesterday and I felt awful, nauseous and completely exhausted. Felt really pathetic but couldn't do anything apart form lie on the sofa. I am hoping symptoms start to ease soon - 10 + 4 now. Scan two weeks today!

Ah spireal sounds like a nightmare weekend. Hope your DD is feeling better.

We don't have a Facebook group, not sure if we need one? Think the idea is that they are much better for looking at photos, but we've done alright so far with uploading them to mumsnet? Happy to go along with one if majority of people want one though?

if you make the group private, secret and hidden facebook wont announce anything (but someone who knows what theyre doing needs to set it up!)

IME I've found that once a Facebook group is set up that's where most of the talking is done. I think its better to stay here and get to know people for a while then set one up later when were suddenly short of time due to the arrival of babies and need quick answers so can posts seprate 'threads' on the facebook group. That's how we've done it before but am happy to go with whatever everyone else wants

I dont have facebook :( stay here with me!!!!

probably just outed myself as the only person in the world without facebook...

I'm on a few hidden secret groups in fb

Sounds to me like the majority would prefer mumsnet over Facebook group (easier access at work and still want to chat here, not everyone has facebook) I have to say I agree, I very rarely use my Facebook nowadays.

I agree with cbeebies might be best to leave off for now and reconsider as post-natal ?

I am on a Facebook group from when DS was due. Its really brilliant. Tbh its much easier to take part in chat because you can post about something and then those its relative to reply, whereas on here its hard to keep up with so much chat and remember everyone who said what before typing a reply.

The fb group was started a few months in and then it was split for a while, then when the babies started to come the thread just died because there were so many pictures people were sharing but didn't want public on mumsnet.

Also to set it up you need to friend the person who set it up to be added. So one person set it up, everyone friended her and she added everyone. A lot of people weren't keen on that but most migrated in the end. Its hard to say what's best really!

impatiently totally right, I didn't get a scan pic where DS was displaying himself. This one has though, legs all kicking out so I can see a nub. Check it out on my profile if you feel like looking at the screen upside down haha

I don't have facebook :(

I prefer to have a Facebook group but agree to waiting until a bit later - I found with DDs group that it really picked up in the last trimester where people were up all night and needed someone to talk to.

I love my February 12 baby group - we're still going strong and we threw a combined 1st birthday party for all the babies this April in a central location, nearly 30 families turned up and it was wonderful. We often have smaller local meet ups too, we all added each other on Facebook and consider many of them to be true friends now. I don't think you can get to that point on mumsnet alone.

Aww that's nice :-)