JULY 2014!! PART 3!! 12 week scans & festive plans!!

[MrsB2013]

Part 3 already!!

July Due Dates

Pencilsandprams - (26th June)
Roozocheeks - (26th June)
Rainbowweaver - (27th June)
Biffle - (27th June)
LadyGoneGaga - (29th June)
Pearlsaplenty - (29 June)
MrsB2013 - 1st
AhoyMcCoy - 2nd
Liquidstate - 2nd
deeda811 - 2nd
getagoldtoof - 2nd
Mrsc020987 - 3rd
Fiveleaves 3rd
MrsA2 - 3rd
BrightonSquirrel – 3rd
Moochie01 - 4th
SomeDizzyWhore1804 - 4th
Jbiscuits - 4th - 6th??
Ismarah - 5th
Jaykay - 5th
Collie1806 - 5th
Lemonpoppyseed - 6th
Frostina - 6th
AuntieMaggie - 6th
MargeryDaw- 6th
OttersPocket - 7th
Blueberry234- 7th
FoxtrotOscarBackToEconomy - 1st - 8th???
Lauranne - 8th
Doodlequackquack - 9th
xjulesx - 9th
mummyzoe2012 - 9th
fifi669 - 10th
mamachelle - 10th
grobagsforever - 11th
Ipsumlorem - 11th
elliejjtiny - 11th
SmallOlympianbear - 11th
Casmama - 11th
Umanayana - 12th
LemonLovely - 12th (twins)
coco808 - 12th
museumworker - 12th
JuiceInAWineGlass - 12th
Ladybunnikins - 14th
Sparky321 - 14th
HomeIsWhereTheGinIs- 14th
kim2783 - 14th
Mummystein - 14th
Dollydaydream2 - 15th
Zing - 15th
MGJoey - 15th
SuzB83 - 15th
Incapinka - 15th
BlueC2 - 16th
Charotte31 - 16th
It'sAlwaysBetterOnHoliday - 17th
Littleangel21 - 17th
LazyDogJumpedOver - 17th
StrawberryNesquik - 17th
Beanpod13 – 17th
Sparklesandfizz - 18th
PicnicPie - 18th
MoreSnowPlease - 18th
Jeezaloo - 18th
Kim222 - 19th
turnwest - 20th
teaandkittens - 21st
justhayley - 21st
BringOn2014 - 22nd
baggyoldcow - 24th (Twins)
Froglet88 - 24th
Plateofcrumbs – 24th
funkymonk- 25th
Safyre – 25th
Babymamatobe- 26th
talulahbelle- 26th
Howly - 26th
NancyinCali - 26th
Hollyjokes- 27th
ShoesBagsDresses - 27th
MrsKate - 27th
FlyLikeABird - 27th
TheBookOfRuth- 29th
DorotheaHomeAlone - 29th
ChristmasCrackFox - 30th
AnyFuckingClue - ???
Baggyoldcow - ???
Insideout - ???
Theborrower - ???
DinkyMole - (1st August)

Brain is thoroughly addled, trying to mark year 11 mock exams and its taking me forever!! I'm yet to write reports tonight too!! Ahh!

My clothes are becoming really uncomfortable with bloated belly, I'm another 6fter so not really baby showing yet! My topshop skinny jeans cut me in half so I bought 2 pairs of asda jeggings in a size bigger than my normal and they seem comfortable at the moment!

I've just found out I'm B- blood group and have to have the anti D blood added to mine later on, I was initially worried but sounds like they have this problem covered!

welcome bird

I'm glad you found us so you can talk here and fx for a healthy baby this time!

Welcome birdy, I can understand how you feel. Hopefully you will get some additional scans & they will help set your mind at ease, then you can enjoy being preggers- understand it's not easy tho x

Thanks Howly - I'm glad it's not just me! I'm also Rh-, I don't think it's too much of an issue, but all the same, something else to worry about!

thank you zing and glad to hear of the good scan

welcome bird

I'm just starting a 5000 word essay which needs to be handed in, in 3 weeks and my brain is not working must stop browsing MN and concentrate

I'm very jealous of those of you who are having scans already. I'm at the end of the july so still got 10 days to wait and so fed up of keeping this secret. Sorry if I'm being annoying by dipping in and out so much but I'm just finding everything a huge effort at the moment, even posting on Mn. I read and then feel too lethargic to write! Hope I'm not the only lazy on on here!

Tallulah, I have exactly the same issue with the eating. I only got morning sickness for a couple not weeks but I've been super sensitive about food for ages. Need to eat every couple of hours or my stomach starts growling and then I get all woozy.

Snap coco! I have an essay due in less than 2 weeks but can't stop procrastinating! I have the builders coming on Monday so am setting myself tomorrow as the final, final deadline. Seriously this time!

Thanks plateofcrumbs - good suggestion in the Pilates. Will pay youtube a visit. Suspect that clips of perineal massage will be harder to come by but you never know

dorothea just out of interest, what is your topic?

mine is clinical negligence in Pregnancy and Child birth...reading and analyzing all these cases....to say they are making me paranoid about childbirth is an understatement!!

coco, that sounds awful, though at least more interesting than mine. I've got a 3000 word critique on two pieces of therapy research. It's the penultimate module for an ma in relationship therapy and is absolutely dry as sand.

I used to work in regulation so have read pretty much every fitness to practise verdict on a midwife in the last 5 years. Trying to forget all the horrible cases now that i'm pregnant and remember that 99%+ of midwives never get into that sort of trouble.

oh Dorothea I feel for you.....we can do this let's motivate each other.
I know what you mean, I have to keep thinking that these are under 5% of all births.

coco - yikes, that wouldn't be my subject of choice at the moment!

howly fellow 6fter! I've just purchased some asos maternity skinny jeans/jeggings with a 34 inch leg which are great - mmm comfy belly!

Asos sale has some good bargains in maternity wear in general, including plenty of spring/summer stuff.

Zing glad everything is ok

Re pregnancy brain. Mine gets worse with every pregnancy. This is pregnancy 8 for me so I'm terrible. Thankfully I don't have a job to get wrong but I'm really bad at sorting out forms for school and repeat prescriptions.

Bird Welcome. I've had 3 miscarriages myself so I know how scary it is.

I watched one born every minute yesterday on 4od. Somehow I thought this would be a good idea. Of course it wasn't and I was a quivering wreck by the end.

Ellejjtiny.... I'm most looking forward to the birth, it's the best bit!!! Each contraction is little a count down...

The thought makes me excited & I'm still not allowing myself to get excited ????

Elliejjtiny- sorry about the incorrect spelling

Another almost 6'er here so advice on good maternity wear would be fab as didn't really bother last time. Have a definite bulge at 12.5 weeks. Husband doesn't notice when wearing breeches so that's something. Think (hope) riding horses is keeping some stomach muscles working but probably wishful thinking! Need to start doing Pilates as not sure my back is going to make it through the next year.

Scan on Monday. Eek! And first swimming lesson for DC1. Not looking forward to pulling on a swimming costume!!

ellie - I still can't bring myself to watch the Christmas Call the Midwife that I recorded, let alone one born every minute!

I also made the mistake of watching One Born Every Minute - freaked myself right out and had a crying fit. And I still have to try to revise for my exam (on the riveting subject of company tax) with my decidedly addled brain. Coco and Dorothea, I definitely feel your pain!

Last time around I used to watch OBEM and cried my eyes out every time ("oh my god, that's what I'm going to have to do etc"). Then afterwards I couldn't face watching it (had an EMCS so was "oh my god, that was me getting my tummy cut open", "look at all those happy mums having a vb" sob sob etc). I've not watched it since!

Incapinka Tankinis are your friend! Don't have a recommendation for a good mat one though..

I've spent today reading a ginormous thread on MN and doing research. I have had no idea what hypnobirthing is (I can guess) or why it might / might not be a good idea. Same goes for pessaries, top and tail bowls, swaddling and perineal massage. Again, I can guess / have googled and now I am marginally better informed / up on the lingo. This is all a bit too real.

Good luck with papers and exams ladies - am quite smug pleased to have finished my MA, but now can't imagine going to a job interview and saying 'hire me hire me' with my belly poking out. 'Oh, this? Nothing to worry about, it's a beer belly / homage to Buddha / curry bloat / that time of the month'. Sigh.

trots off to research how to declare self-employment with zero income

Up and ready to start work on my essay. On mn instead, what a surprise! How're you going coco?

Definitely not procrastinating here, but was thinking about my scan next week and wondering what I'm supposed to ask. This is my first baby but my former job means I'm pretty up on midwifery care and lingo. Can't think of one thing I should ask. What questions should I ask at scan and booking appt?

There is nothing you need to ask- stop procrastinating and get on with your essay- you'll feel much better once its done

I haven't written on this thread yet so thought I'd pop on and say hi. I don't really have an update - still waiting on my scan on the 14th.

Re showing: I'm around 11 weeks and have been showing for about 3 weeks. So hard to hide at work (that and the fact that I've gone from multiple black coffees a day to herbal teas - a bit of a give away). This is my second so hoping it's just an early bump rather than a sign of there being more than one!

Re what to get: I didn't believe all the hype about muslins the first time around until I had a a sicky baby and we got through so many of them it was ridiculous, so definitely worth having some. The other thing I would say is accept all offers of hand me downs. Don't be picky as you can spend so much on beautiful outfits that they'll only wear once - and will get covered in sick/poo/dribble. We were given some great clothes, toys, travel cot, door bouncer etc that were all passed on from family and friends and have since been passed on again. You could spend a fortune but you really don't have to. I've also picked up some fantastic things from charity shops