October 2014 thread 4 - scans, scans scans!!

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New thread ladies. I should really leave it to someone who can link the old one. Can someone add the edd list and whatnot? Or maybe we should start again now edds are changing after scan.

Bumpbangbump dc#2 EDD 2nd October

Anyone else feel like they are literally starving to death?! I could literally eat a horse!

Scan fabulous! All perfect. Measuring at 12+6 so EDD now 4th October.

Yay for a great scan trouble :)

4 days to go here!

Great scan news, trouble!

mum2kiss me too with the enormous appetite. I've gained at least 2 kg already this pregnancy. With dd I'd lost at least 2 kg at the same stage - couldn't swallow anything dry and couldn't face anything that wasn't extremely bland. I'm secretly hoping this doesn't mean this one will be a boy, but suspect it does actually!

Boys are fab frau!

Congratz on positive scan news!

I literally feel like i found out i was pregnant a lifetime ago!
Bloody time is dragging in the lead up to my scan! Got my booking in appt on wednesday so atleast this might make the pregnancy seem real? Then scan on monday 7th! (Hoo-ray(",)

Im deffo booking in for gender scan at 16 weeks, cant honestly face the waiting around again for 8 weeks! I need to know everythin is at how it should be!

I have done pregnancy once before but it never felt this long somehow?

I'm losing weight but eating loads which is weird. Although I now don't really eat much after 7pm so maybe that's it. I think I look bigger though. Since bfp I've lost 6lbs. Not sure it'll continue though.

I'm sure they are, trouble, and of course I'll be delighted with whichever I get. However dd (nearly 5) is currently in a "all girls hate all boys" phase and I don't particularly relish the thought of spending the next six months explaining repeatedly and patiently that baby brothers are just as good as baby sisters...

I am constantly eating- not lots but constant nibbling. It's making the guys at work laugh as if I go more than an hour without food I'm raiding the fridge in the office because I'm 'starving'. I had the midwife tell me all about not eating for two yesterday as my BMI is 29.9 its on the boarder of being too high. I didn't mention that the BMI was calculated at 4 weeks ago and I'm fairly sure I have gained about 10kg... At least now I'm mainly craving fresh stuff like fruit and salads. So pleased my junk food obsession is over and actually makes me feel sick thinking about it!

I'm also away this weekend visiting my mum and grandma. First time I'll have seen them since Christmas so it will be so nice. My mum is taking me shopping for some maternity clothes tomorrow, can't wait for jeans that fasten!

Has anyone else being told about the possibility of not being told the sex of your baby soon? The sonographer yesterday was telling me that legislation is trying to be pushed through Westminster to make it illegal for them to tell you the sex, although this might just be in Scotland. I have heard from a midwife friend that someone is trying to sue a hospital in Aberdeen for getting it wrong and she is saying it has made her suffer from depression and mental illness, so I'm wondering if it is something to do with that?

I'm hoping the legislation doesn't come through for another 10 weeks until after our next scan! I don't really want to go private as I found out also yesterday from the sonographer that one of the private practitioners up here is using the ultrasound machine wrong- he's only qualified as a physio- so could potentially cause harm. I now plenty are qualified but it freaked me out a bit!

Mum2kiss I've got a terrible craving at the moment for after eight mints! Don't last long and they aren't cheap!

Legislation on gender is about certain ethnic groups who favour one gender over another, and abort accordingly.

I'm eating about 5 apples a day a the moment. That and tomatoes, pineapple. I've found that I want to eat all morning, but stop around lunchtime and just want apples or other juicy fruits after that. Haven't eaten dinner for awhile other than fruit.

Ohthegoats really? I feel quite naive that I didn't know that happened in the UK! That's awful

I've heard about that it's awful

Any legislation would have to be across the board then, wouldn't it? If someone can go private to find out the sex, then they can go and demand an abortion for whatever spurious reason they would have used had they found out the sex at an NHS scan. And it's going to become easier and cheaper to find out the sex using blood tests as Harmony, etc. become more and more established. Does this bill stand any chance, do you know, ohthegoats?

I see frau!
I've got the date for my 20 week scan - 20th May. I'm so excited to find out the gender - 7.5 weeks to go which, for me, will fly by if this first trimester has been anything to go by!

Glad your scan went well trouble

binkybunny I haven't heard anything about potential new legislation against revealing gender maybe it is just Scotland?

I've always found out gender with mine it has helped me bond better. So will find out again this time, scan not for another 8 weeks today! I have to say I'm very tempted to have a scan at 16 weeks but doubt I will never have had a private scan before, and money would be better spent going towards new carpet.

Anyone got any plans for Mother's Day? I haven't got any that I'm aware of but a nice lie in is definitely on the cards. I slept so badly last night then stupid cats fighting woke me up at stupid I clock and couldn't he back to sleep. Bought Ds a gro clock to try to solve he before 6am wake up an this morning he waited until the sun at 6:15 still to early for my liking but Better than 5;30!

Oh I have always sympathised with those that have early risers me23. We have never done before 7am in our house...I just couldn't face it! Praying number 2 falls in line nicely!

Me23 I was quite surprised as it was the first I had heard of it, and you'd have thought it would have been in the media.

Anyway, she was quite funny about us wanting to know the gender, she asked if we wanted to find out so we said yes then proceeded to tell us how that wasn't what the scan was for and all of the above. I tried telling her we know that finding out the gender is secondary and not always possible but it was just a bit strange really

Enjoy your long lie in on Sunday- sounds like a great idea!

So lovely to hear about all the happy scan results - I am excited today because my scan has been moved forward from Tuesday (April Fools' day, which would have been funny) to Monday - I get to find out if there's anything in there a day earlier! Hooray. I'll be nervous on Monday but I'm excited today.

Hurrah Trouble for your good scan!! I'm so desperate for a trip to IKEA, we only moved into our house last April and though downstairs is all lovely and fresh white, the decor in the bedrooms upstairs is mental! We were married in June so redecorating was never top of the agenda.
I love the book of The Little Prince and fancy that as a loose theme for the "nursery", not sure if this is another signal that I'm subconsciously thinking it's a boy!

So sorry for Olios :(

Great news about the good scan results !

Where I used to live in Canada, people weren't allowed to be told the gender, but in other areas, the policy varied, depending on the ethnic background of the population. The people I know who weren't 'officially' allowed to be told always managed to find a way around it though if they wanted to know.

I think I might have to go to this family party tomorrow in my pyjamas, the only thing that is comfortable right now until I go shopping!

Scan good! Measured 11 weeks 5 days. Due 12th October xxxx congrats on good scan news

The woman who did my 20 week San was a bit like that binky. I took it as her trying to remind me how important she was!
I've spent the day texting people I've been wanting to tell, has been lovely; I can finally relax. I might start wearing my maternity jeans for the comfort though really oddly my jeans still fit fine. I had to wear maternity jeans from 10 weeks last time. (They're the same pair of jeans!)