June 2014: Thread 6! The 2nd trimester and Christmas shenanigans!

[GillyBillyWilly]

Boom!

Anyone out there with the 2nd trimester glow?

I'm still super tired, sick and increasingly grumpy as a result... Feel like throwing a tantrum at whoever said 2nd trimester is better than first!! :P

Nope, def no glow here. Still knackered.

Although an old lady told some poor guy off on the tube this morning for not letting me sit down. That cheered me up!

Nope, not glowing, just looking faded, wan and pale. GP tomorrow, I just spoke to my boss and they want me off another month as I'm not really fit to do physical work and I'm no use just sitting around. Bleh.

Definitely no glow here either. Horrible hair, putting on too much weight, waddling, knackered and still feel nauseous if I eat anything (or get too hungry) but luckily not been sick at all.

Afternoon ladies, I am yet another completely obsessed with oranges/satsumas. Ate 4 before 10am! Have just had my scan- apparently I have a wonderfully stubborn baby! After lots of jiggling around she managed to get the measurements. Love the fact it is so fidgety!

No glow here either. Just exhaustion and permanent nausea. And to top that off today a splitting headache. Hoping to feel better for the scan tomorrow - as long as that goes well it should give me a kick to try and perk up for Christmas

Bee what work do you usually do? Just being nosey re the 'physical' part

No glow for me!!

Im a bit confused - what's a gender scan (other than the obvious) I'm confused why you'd have one after anomaly scan where you can find out the gender?

Is it annoying if I say I feel great? No sickness, way more energy than a month ago. Although I did describe it to someone today as the feeling you might get from banging your head against a wall for an hour and then stopping -- it was so painful before that it feels AMAZING when you stop!

We didn't find out gender of our first and loved the surprise. We have decided to find out this time for two reasons. Firstly so I know whether to keep all my boy stuff or pack some away. Secondly to prepare my DS who categorically isn't having a sister (!) We may need a few months for him to get used to it if it's a girl!

I have my next NHS scan on 21st January and just presumed we'd find out then?

I didn't think I wanted to find out but so many people are convinced I'm having a girl I want to know now so I can prepare. DH wants to find out too so sure we will, have the NHS scan early February so we'll see then. I don't mind either way but think I'd like to know and then if I see anything on sale I can buy it for them. Plus I can decide on a name then as thinking of each gender is driving me mad! I keep changing my mind!

I wouldn't say I had a glow but other than horrendous heartburn (made worse by having to start taking aspirin yesterday- will be visiting GP next week) and the odd headache I feel pretty much fine, much better than 1st tri. Hope all of you still suffering feel better soon. I count myself as very lucky - symptoms are meant to much worse with twins so I think I've got off pretty lightly (so far- don't want to speak too soon!)

We intend to find out for same reasons as clever- to see if I need to sort through all of ds clothes which is NOT packed away very organised at all and also to prepare ds for what is coming. I have no preference at all although have a feeling it is another boy.

Oh and not exactly glowing (still throwing up every morning and will be 17 weeks on sat) but hundred times better than I did feel!

Hi Riblet - I'm having twins, too. How are you feeling about it? We found out at a private scan a month ago, but we've only just had the 12-week scan, so we're just starting to tell other people. The range of reactions is hilarious! I think we will find out the genders, mainly because we did with DD and I'm totally impatient!

We're currently staying with the in-laws, so are slightly driving me round the bend. MIL felt AMAZING with her pregnancies & keeps forgetting that lots of people really, um, don't. I'm being mean for criticising her, but she hasn't stopped cooking since we arrived, and the smell is just making me feel grim: I've spent most of the time locked in my bedroom. Can't wait to go home and get back to chain-eating satsumas (yep, I'm another one!).

I am going to find out too - mostly for the reasons you all stated - I need to know if I should pack away the girls clothes!

Tangerine count: 10 (and I wouldn't rule out a cheeky one before bedtime). Too many.....

Bumblebee The NHS here won't tell you, so after some deliberating we've booked a private scan - found a relatively cheap one so even if baby shows pretty clearly whether we're having a boy or girl I won't see it as wasted money, esp. since I still seem to have slight bleeds every few weeks.

I work in a library and you're on your feet all day and shlepping boxes/books around - did a bit around the house Tuesday and ended up with cramping and bleeds so wouldn't want to risk doing even more at work. And there's large chance I'd just randomly cry over customers, too. Bugger, do I feel useful at the moment...

Do the satsumas not give you heartburn??

Bee you're better to them signed off than there & useless don't worry about it. I've been off ages & learning to feel less guilty.

Horrible they won't tell you the gender what a pain! I can't wait to find out (I'm ages away only 13 weeks) as I felt it was a real bonding thing last time having a boy not an it. A boy would be much cheaper & easier for us but a girl would be lovely too so no preference - just desperate to know!! :)

I have no glow but I only turned 12weeks yesterday so should not be greedy Definitely less tired (although the last two days at work have hurt a lot resulting in no tea instead opting to go straight to bed) but have had the headache from hell today. I can't seem to work out what triggers it.
As soon as I get home I'll be straight to bed tonight and hope to wake up feeling better!

Christmas shopping is all done - so I'm feeling a little smug with myself as I only have two more gifts to wrap. That's something to look forward to tomorrow as I am now working from home and not back in the office til 6th Jan!

We've decided not to find out the gender. It's our first - so it's going to be a surprise! Good job - it turns out ny mil had very strong opinions about finding out! which she ranted about before asking us if we intended to!

No glow here... Quite the opposite actually!!!!

20 week scan is on 20th jan... We aren't going to find out the gender.... In a way I would love to know but we also both really want the surprise. It's our first and we are obviously happy either way and genuinely have no preference so we will wait til June!!

We are definitely going to find out the gender. I never thought I would want to, but the thought of not knowing just seems strange to me, I'm one of those people that has to know everything. As for telling other people, we will try and keep it to ourselves, it will be difficult but so manly people have opinions on it I just figure it's easier to keep quiet. Also I definitely do not want to discuss names with others and if we did tell them gender I think people my mother would suggest names they want etc.

I've been a bit annoyed this week, now everything is out in the open and people know I find people my mother only talk to me about babies, children, pregnancy etc. it was similar when we got married and the topic of conversation for 18 months was 'the wedding' now it's 'the baby' ........makes me so mad, I am still me and can still hold normal conversation about normal stuff.

Rant over

Im opposite to you Vicky, we told our close friend and family and just feel that no one interested in this pregnancy

Ah mylittlel I'm sorry you feel like that - maybe we should swap. I found that all through the first 12 weeks I was bursting to tell people and now I have I kind of wish I had kept quiet!

Ah well, we can comfort ourselves with some nice tasty oranges :)

I've just watched an episode of one born every minute and cried so much

Not glowing today - went to get my ears cleared out as I thought I had wax in there and turns out I have an ear infection! Spent most of the day in bed and the afternoon in my DS's bed as we are having our leaky roof fixed and it was just to noisy in my room.

In terms of gender - we didn't find out last time but will this time. I guess different NHS trusts have different policies on telling the gender - ours told us at our 12 week scan she was pretty sure we are having another boy.

Ah poor you redcliff - hope it gets better soon.

I am SO fed up. I have nothing at all to wear - one skirt, one pair of maternity jeans and one pair of trousers for me and they are all in the wash. I feel so frumpy and I genuinely have nothing at all to wear for work tomorrow that I'm not going to freeze in. My mum has nagged me tonight about eating properly (even though I am - she seemed to think that a packet of Doritos was a heinous crime) and when I moaned about my lack of clothes suggested I buy some new ones . Well, yes!!! Except I've been working and not able to go shopping or clearly I would have done!!

Every time I get wound up about something I then get wound up again about the fact that we have no storage space in the house, there's stuff everywhere, and it's falling apart. So not very happy today