Due February 2017 - Thread 8!

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Sorry all - I accidentally used the last message in thread 7. Hope you can find this one!

Not over nothing, diva, but the footage of the little Syrian girl being pulled from the rubble in Aleppo on the news yesterday had me properly sobbing. Definitely a much stronger visceral reaction than normal.

I love the announcements!
Wispa I wanted to go to that tomorrow but DH wasn't keen.
I've also been very emotional when I watch the news. I've been like this ever since I had dd though. Anything with children gets me.

I'm trying to decide whether to do an announcement. I don't want to put up a scan picture because someone who might see it lost a baby recently.
wispa your announcement was adorable :)

Hi all

congratulations to all who have had scans!! Loving the dog announcements too, very creative haha! Those dogs are too cute!

Had my scan yesterday finally!! and all was fine with baby. Very active little boy or girl and getting loads of kicks now! We are still having a surprise, tried not to peek too closely! I have a hunch it's a girl but we shall see.

Only thing to watch was a slightly low lying placenta that I need to go back and be scanned again for in 4 weeks time. Didn't really know anything about it before having not been affected for dc1 and 2, but having a low lying placenta at the end of pregnancy could lead to heavy bleeding before or during labour and so they would advise a c section in this scenario. However I am a borderline case and in the vast majority of cases the placenta moves upwards as the uterus grows. Have read it's more common if you've had several children already, miscarriages (which I have) and surgery (had last year after one of the miscarriages). Fingers crossed but I'm confident it should be fine.

Enjoy your weekends all xxx

Blue I had that last time, by 32 weeks it was totally clear. I think the vast majority move.

Having a mini rant. OH and friend have had today to board the loft. Friend turned up at 9.45 and announced he has to leave at lunchtime as his brother is coming down. Fine ok. So far they have got 4 loft boards down and friend is now leaving. Gahhhhhhhh. The nursery is full of boxes that need to go into the loft and I can't start decorating the nursery until they have been moved. So I'm in the bedroom having a mini meltdown as I want to nest and get everything done and I seem to be waiting for everyone else. Gahhhh.

Sorry just needed a rant!

Twocats thanks, good to know! Sounds like it should be fine!
Divadee how annoying! Hope the boxes get cleared!

blue thanks. No chance of that today.

I should of also said I had a low placenta at 12 and 16 week scan. It had moved by 20 weeks so it normally does move!!

Congrats witch and blue

blue I also have a low lying placenta - it's fairly common at this stage and most move.

Can I have a mini rant

Does anyone else get annoyed about how people talk about and police women's bodies when pregnant?

I am still down 10 lbs since getting pregnant because of morning sickness and while I have a bump it's small. I originally lost 13 and have put on 3 in the last few weeks.

My FIL who was visiting last night when we were having dinner had the nerve to tell me not to eat for two before I'd had a bite to eat! It really pissed me off!

I equally get pissed off when people congratulate me for not gaining weight or talk disparagingly about how much larger some women are at a similar stage. None of my friends do this mind you, it's always random strangers.

I just hate that pregnancy makes people so judgemental and feel like they can say whatever to pregnant women about their bodies and eating habits!

Witch congrats!!! Baby girl!
Diva yes to emotion chaos
Oh no wispa I bought the sleepy head already! I had £70 in gift cards for john lewis so I only paid £40 I will be mad if they go onmega sale later on but I wanted to but something!!!
I also got a cheeky wipes kit, well excited!
Blue my friend did lot of prenatal yoga and her placenta moved to the right place
London I hear your rant. My family were surprised that they hadnt put me on a diet. I said I lost 10 kilos before getting pregnant so my BMI was 24.5 and I was doing fine. They did this

Afternoon everyone. Hope you're all good today?

I just heard some really horrid news about a friend, so am feeling a bit shaken. I don't want anyone to get upset (as she was expecting) so please do skip this if it may be sad to read, I just kind of need to type it out to process it.

Anyway it's a former colleague who also used to live in our village, pregnant with her second and very close to term. Apparently all was going absolutely fine and her mat leave was due to start yesterday. She'd been for a midwife appt only earlier in the week, but woke up basically the next day and couldn't feel any movement. Their worst fears were confirmed - she was at 37 weeks but the baby had died.

I feel just so absolutely horrible for her, I can't even begin to imagine what she's going to be going through and how devastating it must be, and as I say it's really shocked me. I heard via another former colleague I ran into in town today - not in a gossipy way, everyone's absolutely devastated for her of course. I know everyone is different but it really shook me up after such a bouncy day of being excited from the scan an so on. I'm not going to get in touch with her - everything will be so raw for them at the moment - but my goodness she'll be in my thoughts for the next few days I'm sure.

I really do apologise if this is inappropriate or upsetting to post - it's honestly not meant in a way to upset anyone, but I'm happy to get it removed if anyone would prefer.

Got some coconut oil in town too...my dry skin saga continues with no let up, grrr.

kiki so sorry for your friend. Unfortunately I know 4 people where this has happened at some point in their lives (mostly older people but also a cousin a few years ago). The thing to remember is the risk is very low (around 1 percent) so try not o let it worry you too much. Of course it's always devastating

kiki that's so sad, I'm so sorry for your friend. Unfortunately this does happen and it's more common than I realised when I was pregnant first time round (although still very, very, very unlikely to happen - I really don't want to scare anyone on here). I have a couple of friends who have experienced stillbirth and my heart goes out to them, it's awful.

I know, that's why I hesitated in posting originally, I really don't want anyone to worry or upset themselves. I am more shaken because it's a friend - albeit someone I've not seen for a while, but as former colleagues we were quite close. I just feel so horribly sad for her and her husband but am trying not to dwell on it too much.

To bring things back to lighter hearted stuff, I spotted earlier on that some of you guys on here have said you're crazy dog mummies....well, I'm a crazy cat mummy! Our two younger cats were born around September time, so we allocate a random day to give them (and our older cat, for fairness! ) a little kitty party. They get tuna for dinner as a treat, and a cardboard box full of catnip which they're all monsters for. I think we're going to make today that day and get them high on cat herbs then be amused at the results!

I'm so sorry to hear about your friend kiki. That's absolutely devastating.
Sadly the UK still has relatively high rates of still birth. I mentioned this on the Fb group but this was a big thing in the news/panorama when I was pregnant with dd. Research has shown that a scan at 32 weeks to look at placenta health/blood flow can reduce the rates by over 50%. I had one done and will again. Link to news coverage:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29367001
The Fetal Medicine Centre who lead the research do scans for £150. Other places do too.

Evergreen sleepyheads are amazing. The way I look at it is that they baby will sleep in it for several months. That's less than £1 a day and I'd pay a lot more for a good nights sleep (or more realistically the difference between a terrible night and a semi decent one).

Friendly, my trust offers a third trimester scan to everyone, I'm so thankful!

That third trimester scan sounds interesting and definitely something for me personally to perhaps look into, as things progress.

I need your opinions, ladies! As mentioned, over the past day or so my skin has suddenly kicked off with feeling blotchy, a bit hot in patches, and sometimes itchy - brilliant . We are off on holiday in a week to Malaga, where temperatures are still high 20s (yay!). I picked up some coconut oil and moisturiser today, but am wondering if I should try and get a Dr's appt just to make sure it's nothing which needs proper cream/ointment. I hate seeming like a time-waster.....hmmm. I might see how the coconut stuff works over the weekend and then decide on Monday; I feel otherwise completely fine.

Oh, this is blotchiness on my cheeks/jawline, upper back and cleavage. I've not changed any of my skincare or laundry products for months - the only new stuff I bought was those M&S bras!

Hi everyone! Just spent the last 30 mins catching up on all the posts

kiki that is really sad news, I can't even begin to imagine what your poor friend is going through I think I will probably book a scan at around 30 weeks too.

I had my official 20 week scan this morning and as usual baby was being difficult so I have another one booked in 2 weeks to look at the heart. Everything else was ok so that's a relief! Also confirmed he is still a little boy

I really wanted to go and look at prams today but dh had to go to work so we are going to look in the week hopefully! Anyone else made any big purchases?? I also want to get a sleepyhead and a next to me but might wait now if the prices go down!!

kiki I'm also a crazy cat mummy

I found out on Monday at 20 week scan that we're having a girl, and despite having actual labia pointed out to us by sonographer, people keep saying it could still be a boy?
I've been working 9-5 every day & 1.5 hour commute and Stupidly booked a hair appointment at 9:30am today then tried to do a bit of self indulgent shopping in the rain but felt my face and ears get boiling hot after walking for a bit. Had eaten and drank loads so didn't faint thankfully but it's a little worrying I thought the walk around would do me good! (ended up trudging around with 2 huge bags of essential flying tiger junk)
My BP and blood sugar have been low & I fainted mid August but I stupidly left the house without eating breakfast. Hope this isn't me until Feb! Think I might need to let myself be lazy... /huge post sorry!!

Oh wow kiki I can't imagine how hou must be feeling for your friend, you always live in the hope that if scans & bloods are ok then things will be fine past a certain point. That's pretty terrifying.

With regards to cats, I am besotted with mine & realised I may have used my best human names on them already so we're pretty stumped for options!

Ragdoll welcome to team Blue! !!

Is your username based on the breed of cat you own? My three are all moggies, and filled with opinions! I just went to our local garden centre/pet place and now have bags of catnip for them. They get spoiled rotten, but being cats they aren't particularly grateful!

So excited about my little boy

kiki yes my name is related to my cat. He has such a great personality! He's a house cat so I'm hoping that won't be too much trouble with a new baby