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)

laday just be careful that you don't pick tights with proper heel bits sewn in, that would look a bit funny on top of your foot!!

zing I haven't actually been sick this time thankfully, I had hyperemesis last time! but I've lost two stone since being pregnant!! All I want to eat is fruit, and I'm still struggling to go to the toilet :(
It will pass, be posative, because today might be the day you can eat normally without feeling like your dying

How has/ will everyone tell the world they are pregnant after their 12w scan? My dp thinks we should make it FBO... (Facebook official) and I don't really like the idea, but I have no idea how to tell people!!! I get all nervous and so do they and eurgh

Bluec2 - I'm going through exactly the same thing, horrid trapped gas that really hurts. I've found peppermint oil capsules to be surprisingly effective. They give them to you after abdominal surgery to dissipate the gas, maybe they'd work for you too?

Also. Ihatepopuptents, I know what you mean about telling people. We've chosen not to formally announce on Facebook but to tell people as and when we see them (apart from family of course!). But then I have it lucky as I'm such a lush that most people usually twig within a couple of minutes of seeing me because I'm not grasping a g&t...

We segued into it from something else with inlaws. 'Speaking of insomnia, we have plans for that of our own - as we are having a bean.' Sort of thing.

With my parents it was awkward as they are on a round the world tour at the moment so told them via Skype by addressing them as 'gramma' and 'granda' when they came on screen. Siblings received picture messages of scan. My extended family were invited to a secret FB group that revealed all.

The only kind of public thing we did was that DH tweeted the news - which makes sense in his job - and that then linked to FB. So anyone who hadn't already been told found out then.

Sickness will pass. 15+2 today. Bump city, but then I short, fat and chesty. Sigh.

Hello ladies - congrats to all of you :)
I'm new to mumsnet and pregnant with my first baby but did have a very early mc about a year ago, I've been feeling pretty wretched since early December. Due date is currently July 28th according but have dating scan on Thursday (16th) so we'll see... hopefully. The thing is, even though I feel really sick and tired I keep thinking I'm going to have had a mmc as my best friend had one two years ago which was revealed at 12 week scan and she was still experiencing symptoms so it was a total shock and was devastating - I can't stop thinking about it.
My scan can't come quickly enough but I get very tearful when I think about it - this baby is much wanted and DH is so excited. Really hoping all will be OK - have had no bleeding and some cramps/pain but nothing too worrying.
I haven't told work yet but think I might tell the HRBP today in case something is wrong at scan and I need to take time off. My boss is away so I can't tell him - I am dreading it so might ask HRBP confidentially and keep it from boss for a few more weeks (if all is OK at scan). Trying to be positive but won't believe this is really happening until I see it, I think.

We have gone down the fb route, we told our family and close friends first, and just posted a scan pic! I'm a naturally awkward person so now at least everyone knows and I don't have to tell them!

Welcome daisy !!

Hi Daisy! You sound so similar to me - we have the same due date and scan date!! (And judging by our user names we're probably the same age!) I had a mmc about 6 years ago, this will be our first baby, and I'm really worried too. I'm sure we'll be fine though. I think it's natural to be worried. I've had no bleeding either and I think the cramps/pain are just everything stretching. We bought a heart rate monitor online, and that's made me feel a little better after hearing the heartbeat as I've had no early scan. Let us know how you get on at the scan

re: facebook I think we will probably do a fb announcement once friends and family know. I'm trying to avoid telling people until after the 20 week scan though as we had bad news at the 20 week scan with DS4 and it would have been nice to process the information we were given before people started texting asking if we were having a boy or a girl. It wasn't a big problem that was discovered (cleft lip) but it was still a shock at the time.

re: baby show forgot to add that I'm going with SIL and I'm really excited. A whole day of baby shopping and DH will be looking after all 4 DC's. When I tell people that I'm going they ask if I'm pregnant. I just say that I'm going for DS4 and also as SIL's baby shopping advisor (she is due in March). I've never been before so no idea what it will be like.

I'm making lists of all the food suggestions and will send DH off to Tesco with a list.

14+2 and still puking

Re baby show - I am tempted to go as it seems to be a hassle to see a good selection of stuff in one place in shops. But don't want to go alone so I probably won't.

Wear comfy shoes and clothes! ExCel is mahoosive.

Almost snap daisy and fox! I'm due on july 29 and born in 82. I'm also driving myself nutty about mmc for no real reason. I've had very limited symptoms and got my bfp ridiculously quickly and I just can't bring myself to believe it will all work out. I paid for a scan at 8 weeks because I was so unconvinced. It was reassuring for about a week and we told family over Christmas. Now I'm obsessing that something will have gone wrong since then. My morning sickness only lasted 2 weeks. Everyone says I'm lucky but it's so hard not to fret.

Anyway scan is this pm so hopefully it'll be good news and I can finally relax a bit.

according to my pg app (on phone) baby is now size of a small apple - or will be shortly, so I think that as I'm 14 weeks today it's a good time to shed my Christmas name.

you like?

now the countdown starts for 20 week scan (only 6 weeks!), but I have to see a consultant in two weeks, to discuss birth options {yawn} which will be pure waste of time.

I know I want a VBAC and I also know that I can't be induced so I have to get booked in for ELSC at about week 36 for the 29th July (that is 14 days over and the latest they will let me go over if baby doesn't appear naturally).

so what is there to discuss. yes, it's high risk, yes I'm older, yes I can't have a water or homebirth, yes I will have to go in as soon as waters break because I'll need to be on antibiotic drips because of Strep B - I know all this! I've gone through that twice before! grr

I know that I need to calm down, but it's such a waste of time and when you have a big family already a visit to the hospital is so complicated to arrange, even if it's a must, that anything unnecessary just makes me want to punch things.

and breathe....

sorry for rant

DorotheaHomealone It's completely normal to worry, I'll be thinking of you this afternoon. Let us know how it goes!

Thanks Home, it's just so out of character for me to fret like this. I'm normally very laid back but this first trimester secrecy and silence seems to have set me off for some reason. I'm very nervous for this afternoon.

zing that all sounds a bit rubbish, but I'm sure it's so if anything does go wrong (touch wood) they can say aha! I ticked my box! Which is just silly :(

Has anyone else found that they have lost a lot of friends after having their first dc? I'm a bit worried those very few friends who stayed around are going to ditch me once baby's born..
I find it so hard to make friends, I'm younger than most mothers 22 on Thursday with my second dc, but I get on so so much better with people who are 30+, but people don't give me a chance because I look 12, kinda sad about this today :(

Hormones are all over the shop!

Its ok, apparently the pain is caused by bean sitting on nerve. Midwife advised staying with same hospital as the consultant good for those with thyroid problems.

Supposed to be working at home but sooo tired.

Great name choice zing

I also have problems making friends tents. But more that I look younger than I am (early 40s) and have zilch in common with people of that age and so most of my friends are younger but sadly live miles away.

So exciting you have your scan today Dorothea! All will be fine. Let us know how it goes. I've had very few symptoms too and kind of wish I had more. I'm sure people are right when they tell us we're just lucky though.

That's lovely you had an early scan! We told family over Xmas too. It was nice as made it feel more real for us, and no one was cautious like we are - they were just excited!

The friends thing is interesting as a lot of my friends had their DC a few years before me and all got very cliquee with each other as they could meet in the day-when I was at work-and all went through the pregnancy thing together. When DS was born most of them were still at home with their DCs but I was v busy moving house and met up with m NCt friends whose DC were same age as DS. Fast forward 20m and all but one (the one I was least close to!) of my Nct friends have moved away and now at least an hour each way to see them :( and my other friends are all heading back to work as their DC have started school :( so not sure what I'll do this time around as we can't afford to do Nct refresher course and would mean travelling as they don't do them in our area anyway. I definitely have hormonal emotional moments about I all!

homeis I survived with lactulose last time which ahem helped the err gas release so to speak :) though a few glugs of fizzy tonic water seemed to help last night.

Off to cinema with DH Tonight-hope I can stay awake!!

IHatePopUpTents I haven't announced it on fb because I have a few friends who are strugglibg to conceive or have had miscarriages and didn't want to rub it in.

Aww zing thats a lovely reason for your name :) I'm 15+2 today and barry is the size of an orange apparently!

Had my 15/16 week mw appt today - how unexciting! Although I am very healthy and she didn't weigh me so that was good

Dorothea stop stressing - lack of sickness isn't something to worry about.

maggie that's really thoughtful of you :))

Where does everyone live? I'm in the south east if anyone's near by? Maybe we can try and have a meet up of those who live near each other!!

I feel like I should add that we are the last of our friends and family to have children so I didn't have to worry that I'd upset someone. The one couple I was worried about I told in advance and separate to others so that they would not be put on the spot to be instahappy.

I have no idea about friends / mums / peer groups with babies. Suspect there will be little of that sort of thing that we will get involved with.

Hi all :)

I don't post an awful lot on mumsnet but thought I would join this thread if you all don't mind.
I'm 13 weeks pregnant & due 20th July. This will be my second child.
Little bit about me..24y/o, SAHM, friends are nowhere near having babies unless one of then accidentally slips up (which I sometimes hope for haha), I live in East lancashire :)

Having a worrying couple of days, not helped by DH being away in Europe.

Yesterday I had a call from my midwife's office to say my thyroid needs looking at as I possibly have hypothyroidism. I googled too much and panicked. Now today I have brown discharge. I'm having a sit down with a cup of tea and will then call my midwife. Thank goodness DH is home tomorrow.

Nancy I have hypothyroidism even without being pregnant, sometimes pregnancy can trigger it though. Please don't worry too muchalthough I bawled my eyes out for a week when I found out.

Your bloods will be measured and you will have to take one Levothyroxin tablet every day this may be adjusted during your pregnancy. You will also now come under consultant care so will have a consultant appointment, probably around 20 weeks. This is just a monitoring thing.

If you need to know anything else feel free to PM me!

you can drink tea. I haven't had a cuppa since November as it triggers the most spectacular projectile vomiting in me.

and hello and welcome to July babies Winter!!!

Tents I am in Berks if that is close by? Love a good meet up

liquid thank you! I'm in the US so I I'm seeing an endocrinologist tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can carry on with my midwife, doesn't seen to be any reason why not here, but we'll see. I've had lots of reassuring advice from my local mom's group too about how common it is.