October 2014 - thread 5. Bigger bumps!

[Kirstipops]

Kirstipops dc1 Edd 27th Sept
sazzlehopes dc2 27th sept
MundayCakes85 EDD 28th Sept
MrsBadCrumble74 DC2 EDD 28th September
Mrsb87 Dc1 Edd 29th Sept
hefner DC2 EDD 29th Sept
Gunwalloe DC5 Edd 30th Sept
CaptainMcgraw DC2 EDD 30th September
Bumpbangbump DC2 EDD 2nd Oct
Porcito DC1 EDD 3rd October
TroubleAndFyfe DC2 EDD 4th Oct
Georgebythesea DC1 EDD 4th Oct
CellyD DC2 EDD 6 Oct
FlipFantasia DC3 Edd 7 Oct
Cabster DC2 EDD 8 Oct
Binkybunny Dc1 Edd 10th Oct
Claptomania DC1 EDD 10th Oct
Fedupofrainydays, DC2, EDD 10th Oct
Me23 Dc3 Edd 11th Oct
MrsDinoRawr DC1 Edd 11th October
Bumpforme2014 DC1 EDD 11th Oct
PunkyBubba DC2 EDD 12th Oct
Kittylou1 Dc1 Edd 12th Oct
Binglesplodge DC1 EDD 14th Oct
Happytimes31 Dc1 Edd 15th Oct
Pebble82 DC1 EDD 14th Oct
Mrsthedog DC1 EDD 16th Oct (puppythedog also lurking about the thread)
Grannyapple DC3 EDD 16th Oct
ExcitedCJ DC2 EDD 18th Oct
Loulou888 DC3 Edd 20th Oct
FrauEnglischLehrerin DC2 edd 22nd Oct
Stigz DC2 EDD 23rd Oct
NotInyourNature DC2 EDD 24th Oct
Robindeer, DC1 EDD 26th Oct
Matildasmam22 DC3 EDD 27th Oct

Thanks so much for all you advice ladies. My boy is pretty good, but yes I guess a longer than normal wait or god forbid anything unusual showing up on the scan and I guess my idea of the 'ideal' scan senario will go out the window. All good points, I will think about it carefully.

And Kirstipops!! No worries, I just thought I was wrong or else got myself all muddled up! Nice to have a due date buddy anyway!

Nothing has happened to my boobs since 'the great oh my fuck they are the size of digestive biscuits nipple panic' of 14 weeks. This is a blessed relief since they are already a 36GG or 36H.

I plan on taking my dd with us to the 20 week scan. She is dead against siblings so I'm hoping that actually seeing the baby on the screen will help her to accept that this is happening! I just hope everything is ok with baby and that it all goes smoothly...

aww mum2kiss is she not looking forward to being a new big sister? Poor lass doesn't want to share you I guess! My sister wasn't keen when my mum was preg for a second time either (she was 7 at the time...my sister..not my mum), then she relented and said it'd be OK if it was a boy.....then I came along haha!
We're besties now though so she came around in the end ;)

My boobs are also expanding like monsters. Apparently here in Mexico, nobody has breasts above a size B. A particularly low point of the pregnancy to date was my 65 year old boss lending me her bras. Not helping me in the 'feeling attractive' stakes.

Porcito I love the sound of your 65 year old boss lending you her clothes haha! Envisioning her just having a full wardrobe in her office and handing you stuff out as you need it!

Portico you are really making me giggle with your 65 yr old boss stories too! :) I had a wee snort to myself, I imagine her bringing you big elasticated flowery skirts & huge flesh coloured hammock bras! Although she could be like Racquel Welsh!

Lol I imagined flesh coloured bras too excited

kirsti my dd is heartbroken. I told her about the baby today because she saw I had bought some cot bedding when I opened the boot of the car and asked who it was for...she is hurt, sad and worried...this is tough!

Aww mum2kiss what a shame :(

My best friend is also devastated. Knew she would be. Difficult.

Just had a catch up. Mum2kiss my oldest said if it's another girl we can just leave her at the hospital... She's 8 I had my screening results back 1,50000 I have age on my side (26) but I never had the test last time and when my youngest was in neonatal a doctor thought she had dysmorphic features and we had an agonising 3 day wait for the all clear.

Very jealous of everyone's boobies I still have none :( it's the one side effect I seem to avoid.

It's really interesting to hear everyone's work/ not work plans/setups. I do think it seems a good opportunity to reflect or change careers. Good luck to all with such ideas, I say!

Aw, that sounds tough Mum I hope she makes peace with it soon. One thing my mum did when she brought my little brother home was allow me to choose his middle name

I just told a friend who is a new mum that I'm expecting. I did get a congrats but an awful lot about how hard life with a baby is. Sure it was meant with good intentions.

Am very thankful my 2 cup size growth spurt from the first 8 weeks has not gone any further E to FF is no good for my wee back size! I can tell I am slumping over a lot. Hoping pilates will help.

Thanks for the support guys. Breaks my heart to know that I am the reason my dd is upset :( she said she will not love or play with the baby...she thinks she will be an awful big sis...she actually said she would rather die than have a baby in the house...

...really I know its all mostly dramatic and I knew she wouldn't take it well...doesn't make that pill any easier to swallow though! When I told her she can come for the scan she said she'd rather go to her grandmothers!

goats I hope your friend comes around. We have enough to contend with without a load of sulking and pouting!

Your daughter will come round too. My nephew number 1 really wasn't interested in nephew number 2, lots of crying and wailing. As soon as he was born, all was fine. He speaks very nicely about his brother too, it's quite sweet.

My friend just blubbed about how 'you used to come to London and we'd go out drinking, that's not going to happen now is it?' Of course it is you loon, daddy is perfectly capable.

I've just done a spectacular display of random hormones, by crying at the news which was talking about how William and Kate had a successful trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Ohthegoats I had a moment the other day as I walked by Topshop and saw a couple of lovely non-maternity summery wedding-ready outfits. I've been a serial returner in my plight to find something to wear for a wedding in 3 weeks and it was really starting to piss me off!

Oh mi lord. I am so exhausted and tearful today. No idea what is wrong with me. Dweeb alert

Oh mum feel for you that's really sad. Hopefully once baby arrives she will want to help.

My two are excited at the moment. Not sure what they will make once the baby is here. Still feel a little quilty at having another esp with ds as he is my little mummy's boy.

taking I had an awful night couldn't sleep felt sick, worrying over things! I feel tired and upset about everything today. Hormones hopefully

Ohthegoats snap! Every time they show prince george I blub. It's so cringey! No need!

Who was talking about gap? I just got some jeans and they sent a 20% off full price items code but it does say "good for one-time use only" so first to use gets it! Has to be used by 30th April: L9DZMW3TFYVG

Im sick to the back teeth of seeing those 3 royals...I really couldn't care less what country they are in lol!

I'm having the same problem with my 18 year old he's really not impressed that I'm having another baby. I know that he will love her to bits when she's here but it's hard still

mum2kiss - how old is your dd? Would she be the right age to appreciate that Judy Blume series Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing/Suoerfudge etc.?

LondonJen - depending on your situation, life can be really hard with a new baby. You can feel isolated, simultaneously bored and overwhelmed and be convinced that everyone else you know with similar aged babies is somehow coping better than you. If your friend is struggling, then maybe she just wants to warn you in advance that it's normal to feel like that. I'm sure she didn't mean you shouldn't enjoy your pregnancy and be very excited about meeting your baby at the end of it.

I haven't been very emotional at all, but this youtube clip set me off this morning. GoT season 3 arrived in the post today, though, so I hope I can stay unemotional for long enough to watch that. I think last time it really hit after the birth.

I am 16 weeks tomorrow and soooo fed up of being sick. was sick 10 times Monday. went to a friends for dinner last night and had to excuse myself from the table to be sick. was meant to be going clothes shopping with friends today but i have been sick 5 times already. usually sick just once or twice a day. The only other 2 times I have not keep food down all day the doctors fobbed me off and just said to wait it out as it should get better. Anyone else struggling with sickness?

Yes mrsdinorawr I know how you feel, after having a few good days last weekend. Sickness has returned. I'm 14 + 5 and totally fed up with it. I took myself off to bed after tea last night to try and avoid the being sick but then spent most of the night awake and feeling it. Anything I seem to eat just doesn't want to stay down and makes me feel horrible. Really hope it goes away soon as it's making life pretty miserable

Anyone else doing the craving of stuff?

I haven't been able to face things like cake or chocolate or biscuits for months (this hasn't been a bad thing), it's all been about salad and fruit. But today... I could just eat chocolate ALL DAY. I didn't want my breakfast, I just wanted chocolate, same for lunch, same right now. I managed to get some scrambled eggs down this morning, but left 10 minutes late because I was scrabbling through the cupboards for any sign of chocolate. I found it, but then had the 'clean teeth or eat chocolate' dilemma. Chocolate won, so I had to bring my toothbrush to work.

I'm now obsessing about the bag of mini eggs that is currently on my mantelpiece at home. Been there unopened for 6 weeks.. will be gone by the time I've been in the house 5 minutes.

Yes goats today I HAD to have a bacon sandwich. Last night I ate almost a whole packet of biscuits with cheese and also cracked open the mini eggs - likewise haven't wanted chocolate til now. My cravings are varied but I can't control them / think about much else until I eat it. Thank god I don't want booze!