Due March 2007 - No. 3

[LunarSea]

New thread because the last one was giving me "Sorry, this thread is too big to accept new messages".
Onilly - sorry, yes I am sure it's due date - see here - "the Regulations apply to women expecting their babies on or after 1 April 2007.... If an employee's 'expected week of child-birth' falls before 1 April 2007 the old rules will apply."

kitty - what happened to your new spinningwheel name? I rather liked it.

Anyway, congrats on the Boy news and that all is fine. DS1 and DS2 can be his mentors and he'll have 4 women to boss him around!

Must have been quite crowded in that ultrasound room!

I think I'll stick with the epidural, which I'm really looking forward to Will be very upset if I can't get one on the day!!!

I dunno, so you think I should change it back then?

Yeah - it was great! Are you pleased about having a little boy?

There. just for you Foxie

I'm kind of pleased. I must say that it feels REALLY REALLY strange after all this time of having baby girls. I haven't got ANY boy stuff and was glad to see the back of Thomas the tank, Postman Pat and tractors, trucks, fire engines and cars.
I'll miss dressing a baby in girly clothes but I've still got the other three girls to shop with
I must say that boys stuff has improved alot since the ds's were babies, Hennes has some great stuff.
I like the simplicity of boys though, but I like the maturity and sophisication of girls.
Everyone is pleased it's this way. But MY MOTHER AGHHHHH!!!
How do you feel about your boy?

Congrats kitty! I took my dd and ds to scan - and after the initial shock of being in a dark room had worn off they too were asking daft questions. When the sonographer told us we were having a boy, ds jumped up and shouted "Whahoo, in your face!" at my dd. What lovely children I thought and made a mental note to ban the Simpsons for several weeks!

Foxie - I'm with you on the epidural. Having laboured ridiculously on the posterior, face presentation of my dd, epidural for my ds was delightfully easy and I think I can feel a repeat performance if I can knab the anaesthetist early enough!

21+5 (boy)

Muppet/Spinningkittywheel - I secretly hoped for another pink and fluffy one and now I keep looking at DD and thinking "oh, you'll be my only daughter!" That's partly because DD is so easy though - she's like the easiest child ever and 100% happy 100% of the time

What if she turns out to be a tom boy and refuses to wear pretty dresses? (see how deep I am? )
What if DS1 and 2 have babies and their partner's hate me and won't let me babysit??

I do think its better for DS, as he's desperate for a brother. It'll also mean they all have their unique place:

DS1 oldest
DD only girl
DS2 baby of the family

I was a bit worried that if we had a girl, DD would suffer from middle child syndrome and DS would mourn not having the brother he longs for.

So all in all I think its a better balance.

I'll just have to make sure I cultivate DD to like dresses

My childminder has 3 boys and one girl and her daughter is a complete tomboy and won't go within a mile of skirts/dresses etc! All her friends are boys too!

Hi everyone. Sick, sick, sick today. (Was supposed to meet Dolly for lunch and had to cancel - sorry Dolly).

It didn't help that the dog jumped in a huge, squitty turd in the park, which splashed all up her legs.

I'm telling you, nappies are nothing when you've dealt with something like that while staving off your own nausea.

Good news about everyone's scans. Am hopping around with impatience waiting for mine. So glad to hear your news eidsvold: you must be so relieved.

Right. Must try and get some work done.

BTW, anyone heard from Onilly? She hasn't been on for a couple of days.

EDD 3/3
22+4

congrats on the boy kitty
people assumed i waould still have dd1's clothes when i was expecting dd2.apart from the fact that i was never having any more children after the first 2 (oops),looking back at old photos,lime green and bright pink were in fashion when dd1 was a baby so i dont think her clothes would be suitable now.

i think we should arrange a meet-up for all our mothers.they can sit around the cauldron and say nasty things about our baby-name choices.

Hi folks
Just back from the MW/Obs clinic. Apparently I am lacking B12. I didn't manage to find out what the implications of this are as DS was crying hysterically
Have to go for a jab on Monday at the hospital

Annoyed as they had the results 4 weeks ago yet I only find out now

Congrats on finding out the sex Kitty
I'm going to lean on dp this weekend quite hard I think.
Having rough day todya, went out shopping round town and by lunch my hips and pelvis were grinding and clicking like mad...
Have been in bed this afternoon and SPd seems to have retreated enough to let me do dinner(the one bonus to having mum here)
Am off to bath dd now.
Glad to hear your scan went well too Eidsvold - big relief I bet
I'm starting to get a little anxious - mines on Tuesday...

I know exactly what you mean, Booboobedoo! I have to say that my nausea wasnt actually that bad - at least compared to others, but our dog got me vomiting every time! Just picking up his turds was enough, or him eating something disgusting would send me hieving. The worst was one morning when he decided to roll in poo - so I had to clean him up while I was being sick at the same time...

Congratulations Kitty! There seem to be lots of boys arriving in March. I have got the feeling that mine is a boy too, but we'll know more tomorrow!!!

I am so excited, but a little nervous too - what if something's wrong? I decided against any test...just keeping fingers crossed that everything's fine. My mum said she never even thought about that something might be wrong before going to scans. Maybe it's just my negativty??? But then, I've read quite a few messages in here about you guys being worried before scans...

Went for my 3rd scan today as last time baby girl was being shy and all curled up.

This time we took the two grsndmothers and they were both overjoyed.Baby Deanna was really moving around today and we got a great view of her face.
The scan came out great,can see her lips and everything lol.
So next scan is at 32 weeks

22+2 (girl)

Great Shanks Why do you ge another scan? I'd love another look before he puts in an appearance.

I HATE dog turd almost more than anything else I can think of, that is one reason why I will never own a dog.

Boo, sorry you're feeling soooo sick, do you think you will feel awful all the way through?

Eva, I think everyone has felt nervous. When I was lying there today the sonographer asked whether I had an previous history of problems and I wondered why on earth she was asking me that. I thought she must have found something wrong, but all was ok. I'm sure it will be for you too

Foxie, I know what you mean about the girl thing, boys are good in their own way though

I get another scan at 32 weeks for the consultant because my BMI is slightly too high.Apparently theres a risk of having a bigger baby although Deanna is perfect right now.
I wont say no to seeing her again

Foxie, my dd is also 100% easy/happy most of the time so when my complicated/emotional ds arrived it was a complete shock. In the short term I would have liked to be carrying a girl too... but just think what girls are like in their teenage years and I reckon we may all be thanking our lucky stars we have 2 boys and only 1 female of the species!

boo - I had disastrous vomiting in first 16 weeks and my gp was close to sending me in onto the dreaded drip - however it's lifted - owning a dog was the worst part of being sick sometimes, having to pick up poo or clear up dog sick when he'd eaten something vile - and sometimes just the usual smell of him was enough to send my food flying up! I hope for your sake it lifts

hello everyone!! Congrats Kitty... my sleepy baby was lying on it's tummy, curled over with it's hands in fists in front of it's face and it's legs crossed. Too cute - but not a great look. Wish I had stopped for the chocolate I was craving on the way. Everything seemed fine with baby. The sonographer decided it was a girl because she couldn't find any boy bits. So, it may still be a surprise.

Dh wasn't fast enough to cover his ears because he had decided that he didn't want to know the sex . He mentioned this the other day and I completely forgot when she asked if we wanted to know. .

All the best for tomorrow Eva!!

I've just started a new stats thread

here

Please add esp boy/girl/surprise etc as all the scans happen

TheBlonde - thanks for the new stats thread

Eva - good luck for tomorrow Don't worry, it'll be fine!

I deliberately had a bar of Cadbury's Dairy milk before my 21 week scan, to wake up the baby and during the scan he was jumping around so much they couldn'y even get a picture of him for us

just to say i'm not sure i can keep posting on here regularly as you all seem so blissfully happy so it's quite hard to read to be honest at the moment! it seems on the whole of MN at the moment i'm the only pregnant single mum. grrrrrr. but it was great to discover this thread and i will keep popping in if that's ok and catch up with you all from time to time, hope all your pregnancies continue going smoothly and that those that aren't so smooth even themselves out. best of luck to everyone

Cath, don't go, I'm not blissfully happy, I can promise you that. There are many aspects of my personal life that they are not good at all. I post here because it gives me company and support. I think alot of us are like that. We jolly each other along and don't really talk about all the crappy stuff I suppose, well we do actually, we just haven't done too much od it recently I think because we're so involved in thje scans.
Please stick around

aww thanx kitty, to be honest i feel like sh** tonight, for several reasons probably birthday blues and also i got a 'birthday card' from my dp's sister which wound me up no end, and i saw a pregnant friend today and just felt so JEALOUS of her having a supportive partner! i hate feeling like this. it's not that i don't want other people to be happy. i just don't want to be deprived of all the things which should be normal. comparing myself to others makes me feel worse. i should maybe join gingerbread or something like that. i just never thought it would come to this with dp; my heart is just totally broken and i can't really deal with it on top of pregnancy! well i mean i can.. i am.. but sometimes it seems overwhelming

just not finding it easy to think about normal pregnancy stuff. last time i was obsessed. but this time, well it's my scan tomorrow and i'm not focused on it at all i feel sorry for my LO

Cath, hope to hear from you soon. All the best for your pregnancy too! I'm sorry you are not feeling very happy atm .

Foxie, I didnt realise that chocolate wakes LO up - I've never liked chocolate, but it might be worth having some before the scan.

I have actually been meaning to try and get used to chocolate, as I saw a very interesting documentary on GErman TV: apparently a study has shown that babies of mothers who regularly ate chocolate throught pg had happier babies who cried much less. Might not be any truth in it, but surelt it must be worth a try. And I suppose its a nice excuse for all those out there who are chocoholics

also wanted add Cath, that I just find being able to write down what's bothering you helps - I havent been on MN for long either, but can always count on a nice response from someone! So even if you don't want to read happy stories all the time - there are so mnay on here (and we've all been at unhappy times in our lives), I am sure you will be getting responses that will make you feel better! All the best!!

no dont go cath-you will find that we tend to post in other sections about not being blissfully happy!!(i have moaned on the 'feeling depressed' threads on many occasions)-i dont go into detail about some personal stuff here but i really do know how crap it is being a pregnant single mum when everybody else seems to be floating around in a haze of togetherness.

have you tried posting on pregnancy/lone parents/relationships to see if there is anybody in a similar situation to you?

IME girls turn into teenagers as soon as they start infant school.dd2 already has toddler tantrums,and dd1 was the same.dd1 went through the terrible 2s from 1-2 then was fine once she could talk,and i can see dd2 going the same way
that said,i would rather sit and listen to hours of relentless paddying than listen to 2 minutes of ds1's whinging.