October 2017 #4!

[BrioLover]

Hello everyone - shiny new thread!

Here is the listing - please correct me and I'll update

Piraterach – EDD 27th September. Team yellow
NotMyPenguin – EDD 27th September. Team yellow
RubertRoo – EDD 29th September Team Yellow
Blu3sky – EDD 29th September Team Yellow
mandScookiesrule – EDD 29th September. Team yellow
jeneral – EDD 29TH September. Team yellow
MoominMama22 – EDD 29th September. Team yellow
Presh88 - EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Mulberry2627 – EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Dinosaurkisses – EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Supersmith – EDD 1st October Team yellow
Stickaforkinimdone EDD - 1st October. Team yellow
Emmaluggs – EDD 1st October. Team yellow
MrsMcKeon – EDD 1st October. Team yellow
Hannahjoshaw – EDD 2nd October. Team yellow
Sbs6jb1 – EDD 2nd October. Team yellow
Lottbarn – EDD 2nd October Team Yellow
Mellymoo – EDD 3rd October Team Yellow
Addtothechaos – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
Sj3rram – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
Mummabubs – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
10storeyloveson – EDD 4th October. Team yellow
Cineraria – EDD 4th October. Team yellow
gimbleInTheWabe – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
NannyOggsKnickers – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
Emberblu – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
Wapsmahoney – EDD 6th October. Team yellow
Greentreeseverywhere – EDD 6th October. Team yellow
Ememem84 – EDD 6th October Team Yellow
Silkybear – EDD 7TH October. Team yellow
Firsttimemummy24 – EDD 8th October Team Yellow
Powerpuff – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Rainingcats – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
BrioLover – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Tammie49 – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Conkerchops – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Lizzynic – EDD 9th October Team Yellow
Krakentoast – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Rosalyn44 – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Trytowin – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
CarpeDiem83 – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Whyarealltheusernamestaken – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Skisunsnow – EDD 10th October Team Yellow
Beansprout79 – EDD 10th October Team yellow
Kirsty8333 – EDD 10th October. Team yellow
HollyMay84 – EDD 10th October. Team yellow
MerlinsBeard87 – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
EmmaGarrick – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
Cath1212 – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
Greentreeseverywhere – EDD 12th October. Team yellow
Wishmeluck16 – EDD 13th October. Team yellow
Starfish83 – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
Pollybythesea – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
MrsCharlieD – EDD 13th October. Team yellow
Loopyaboutmy2boys – ELCS 13th October. Team yellow
Corrinax – EDD 13th October Team yellow
Starfish83 – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
Babycarmen – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
Asilikeit – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
JackiePaper – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
TippetyTapWriter - EDD 15th October. Team yellow
ALRM – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
Fingerscrossed – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
Anotherminime – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
Gracey1 – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
Critterpants – EDD 15th October Team yellow
Kitkatsplat – EDD 15th October Team Yellow
DaisyFranceLynch – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
TequilaSetAWatchman – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
Doomkittycleo – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
Ifelola – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
Mrsbumblebees – EDD 17th October Team yellow
Walikingdeadfan – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Ppleasebob – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Boxesoffrogs – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Yellowstarred – EDD 18th October. Team Yellow
DrunkenFlamingo – EDD 18th October. Team yellow
Lovechild2016 – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Abcdemma – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Emjmoore – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Iemma321q – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Luna4689 – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Leafs123 – EDD 19th October Team yellow
Rachieg88 – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
SophieGiroux – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
Amyappletree – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
SeatOfMyPants – EDD 21st October. Team yellow
ThatGirl82 – EDD 21st October. Team yellow
Glitterbubble – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Charmanar – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Mishmishmish – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Otter16 – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
DrMum83 – EDD 23rd October. Team yellow
Yellowfrontdoor- EDD 23rd October Team yellow
Colourmylife – EDD 23rd October Team yellow
JanuaryJuniper –EDD 25th October. Team yellow
Witsender – EDD 25th October Team Yellow
Shellbell – EDD 26th October Team Yellow
UndersecretaryofWhimsy – EDD 26th October Team yellow
Confusedat23 – EDD 26th October Team yellow
Vitalite – EDD 27th October. Team yellow
Sammyw1997 – EDD 28th October Team yellow
Soapycomb – EDD 28th October Team yellow
LadySchop – EDD 28th October. Team yellow
Shinysparklythings – EDD 28th October. Team yellow
DebsOctBaby – EDD 28th October. Team yellow
Plzbesticky23 – EDD 28th October Team yellow
Greedyduck – EDD 29th October Team yellow
Autumnheart – EDD 29th October Team Yellow
88claire – EDD 30th October. Team yellow
Yoyozozo – EDD 30th October Team yellow
MrsMonkeyBear – EDD 31st October. Team yellow
Tigger83 – EDD 31st October. Team yellow
Calmisthemantra – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Miwelaisjacydo – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Donkey86 - EDD TBC. Team yellow
Dinosaursparklepup – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Chlo22 – EDD TBC. Team yellow
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Han1984 –EDD TBC. Team yellow
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Rayna – EDD TBC. Team yellow
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Allykatz – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Punkpuffin – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Reddy4no2 – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Fairraid – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Missm0use – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Xxmissbrightsidexx –EDD TBC. Team yellow
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Hi all,

I haven't been on in ages! Lovely to see people's 20 week scans are going well, I can't believe we are at this point already. Mine isn't until 6th June so still a while to go but the second trimester is definitely going faster than the first.

I feel so much better than I did too, although tend to feel very faint when I get hungry, and need to eat every couple of hours (not a massive problem for me ). I am craving healthy food too which is good, although still having the occasional coffee and then feeling guilty afterwards.

I have a bump that is quite noticeable now, and I'm actually not sure if I have felt movement, sometimes in bed I think I might have felt like a light brushing feeling, but then wonder if I've imagined it.

Is anyone watching One Born Every Minute now or are you avoiding it? I love it!

corrinax I've not felt anything (19+5) I can definitely say is movement yet. Reassuringly got to hear the heartbeat last week though: a trip to A&E to get checked out after a very small bleed (apparently can't go to maternity until 20 weeks out of hours). All fine and no-one made me feel like I shouldn't be there but still, bit of a faff!

First pregnancy yoga class last night was lovely, recommend it, I've not done much before but enjoyed it. Would have preferred pilates as it's more my style (not that I've done much of either) but couldn't find a local antenatal class. Swimming has replaced running for me, still not going quite as often as I should!

I've been feeling a lot in this pregnancy but around this time in my pregnancy with my son I really hadn't felt anything and was worried until I found out at the anomaly scan that my placenta was in front and acting like a cushion, so that might be the same for you, corrinax.

This time it's at the back and I can feel the baby dancing all night long, probably celebrating that he or she is exactly halfway through at twenty weeks today!

Thanks @rayna and @cineraria

Iv worried this entire pregnancy i did hear the heartbeat at my midwife app when i was 17+1 so trying to focus on that to know that everything is going ok in there but i go from one worry to another and now its being 19 weeks with no bump or movement at all, hoping to feel some flutters soon iv got a private scan on sun to find out the sex eeek....its my first pregnancy after a mmc prob y im so worried and doing my mates heads in lol xx

Feel like I haven't been on here for a while!! So exciting that people are now at or approaching the 20 week scan!! We have ours tomorrow and I'm a little bit nervous but mostly really really excited!! All that matters is that baby is healthy, but we are hoping we can find out if its a boy or a girl too!

Ive been watching One Born too ThatGirl . I never used to so I'm putting it down to hormones 😂 also, I'll be having my baby at the same hospital that this series is filmed in, so that makes it extra exciting to watch! 😊

Good luck tomorrow Bee! Hopefully you'll find out if you're team blue or pink! I have to wait 13 more days as my scan is at 22 weeks rather than 20 and I just can't wait that long!!

With regards to feeling movement I actually think I've been feeling a lot, mostly when I'm sitting down on the sofa but have def felt kicks/pokes and turns. This is my first so I didn't expect to feel much and I wasn't sure what was a kick and what was movement in the beginning. Had a lovely moment tonight where DP felt baby kick for the first time too his face was a picture! I felt it a kick too from the outside (as in with my hand) which was so weird!

Gimble that must have been wonderful for your DP to have felt the baby kicking 😊 I was pretty sure I was feeling movement a few weeks ago, but I'm almost certain I'm feeling it now!! I get little flutters but also a squirming feeling like there is a little Octopus inside me! 😊 everytime it happens my DH puts his hand on my tummy but I dont think the movements arw strong enough to feel from the outside yet. They're not in regular pattern yet either, but the midwife said I'll start to notice that after 20 weeks. Im 19w4d today 😊

Bee that's so exciting! The midwives all seem lovely so hopefully you'll have one of the ones they show.

I thought I felt some movement last night but again wondered if I had imagined it, it felt a bit like prodding but could have been wind!

So exciting hearing all the news! Hope everyone is keeping well, despite the shocking weather we are having.

So I ended up at the maternity triage unit at the hospital yesterday with my insane headaches and blurred vision (looks like fireworks are going off behind my eyeballs), and they thought it sounded suspiciously like pre eclampsia but then told me I couldn't possibly be experiencing these symptoms at pre eclampsia doesn't present til at least 20 weeks, I am 17 + 5. Felt a bit like I was causing a fuss for no reason, but blinding headaches that cause you to throw up seemed quite serious to me!

Anyhoo, they gave me some co-drydamol and told me to come back if it gets any worse, prescribed me a day off work, which seems to have cured all headaches! Plus, she then told me to lie down so she could listen to the heartbeat and then said it might take a while to find as the baby is still so small... cue an anxious few minutes when I was actually holding my breath thinking that it was all over, then she found it!!! First time I have heard it! Loud and strong! Bloody amazing! sorry, first baby, first time everything, I am stupidly overexcited. Made it all seem real, more real than seeing the weird alien type blob on the screen, IYKWIM. Felt like a mum for the first time, sad I know.

Anyway, spent the day lying about with my dog, and just about to go and see my horse for what will be one of the last times, I think now is the time to give up finally, sad as it is, but after hearing that little heartbeat I just don't want to risk it anymore.

Sorry for gushy post. As an aside, whilst I was in the waiting room feeling like a fraud with my headaches, there were lots of other women there, who had clearly shoved watermelons up their shirts, and who were waiting for all sorts of scary things like inductions, and giving birth, and such like. Have decided that I am going to get the doctors to extract the baby and marinade it somewhere in an incubator until 2035. Good plan, eh?

Sorry for what was probably a nerve wracking day boxes but so glad your symptoms have been cleared up. Did they say what they thought it could be?
I was the same when I heard the heartbeat too, it felt even more real than seeing the little bean on the ultrasound for some reason!

Is anyone else still finding the whole thing a little abstract? I actually love being pregnant (thus far, and apologies if that sounds a bit humble braggy) but it still seems bizarre to me that there will be a baby at the end of it and that that baby is growing inside me.. I just can't get my head around the reality of it!!

Boxes that sounds like a stressful day. How wonderful for you to hear your baby's heartbeat though! And I know exactly what you mean!! When my midwife first asked me where I'd be giving birth I was looking around for the person who would be doing this giving birth thing 😂 I think its just so surreal!

Its feeling much more real for me now though as I had my scan yesterday and it went perfectly!! The sonographer was absolutely lovely and built up reveal of boy or girl which made it even more special!

We are having a little boy!!!!! I am so happy!! I had no preference either way, its just wonderful to know!! And to know that baby is healthy is just the most wonderful thing 😊

And he was kicking away at the probe he was being scanned 💙💙💙💙💙 the midwife was surprised I couldn't feel it 😂

So glad you're feeling better boxes and whoop whoop for scan goodness bumble!

Just come back from our 20 week scan and consultant appointment, could not have been a more different experience to my 12 week scan. Today we had the most lovely radiographer who gave us 10 pictures of our little healthy bubbabean, my "bicornuate" womb has stretched into a completely normal shape (radiographer wonders if it was misdiagnosed by the grumpy sonographer we had at 12 weeks) and to top it all off the consultant we then went to see said they're happy for me to be midwife-led again 😊 Feels so surreal and just so much better than what we were expecting today! Phewwwwwwww.

We don't know if we're having a boy or girl, but my money is on a little lady. (Reliably influenced by skull theory and my utter determination to have created a female! 😂😂) Hope everyone else's fridays are going well! Xxx

Hey ladies!!! Congrats Bee we also found out today we are having a little boy!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

bee and confused yay at your little baby boys!!!! And mummabubs I'm really happy you had a more positive experience this time and great news about your womb! Did you want to find out the sex or are you waiting until birth?

I'm so jealous of all of you having your scans at 20 weeks at Kings we have it at 22 weeks so I have 11 days (not that I'm counting ) to wait until mine when I'll be 22+1

After our bathroom being renovated, then laying our wood flooring ourselves across 3 rooms and the hall the final step is new carpet- yay! Which is being laid by a professional today so no more bending down for me. Our little flat is finally showing it's true colours

Yay Gimble sounds like you're preparing a lovely home for your baby! We didn't find out gender as whilst I really want to know my hubby really doesn't, and there's no way I could find out and not tell him/ruin the surprise so I'm just telling myself it's a girl in the interim and then we'll see come October! Hope your 11 day wait goes quickly 😊

Congratulations on all of the great scan news! How lovely!

I know exactly what you mean about pregnancy seeming very abstract. My first words when they handed DD to me were "Oh my god, it's a baby!". It didn't seem real until that point. And was closely followed by the thought "Faaarkk, what do I do with this?"!

Lol, I remember getting home and putting car seat with ds in on the living room floor and just sitting there with dh looking at it going, errrm, what now?! Not sure this pregnancy feels any more real. I can imagine the newborn stages but I don't actually believe there's anything in there right now!

So lovely to hear all the scan news, and pleased for you mummabubs that you had such better news.

Got my scan next Friday but I don't think dh will be able to come in as we can't get mil to look after ds this time and we don't have anyone else to turn to :( Don't really want ds there as I don't think it's appropriate plus we tried it with him there at my early private scan and he was absolutely hysterical like he thought they were murdering me!

gimble they weren't sure, but they said it sounded like early onset pre eclampsia. I do hope not! Had another day off work, and literally just zonked out, slept all day with the dog (she isn't allowed on the bed so I must have been knackered!). Bit worried about the work side of things, but now they know, it's not Iike they can hold it against me, right? I obviously don't mean at all to take the piss but these headaches are unbelievable. They are going to 'monitor' me, whatever that means. Oh and work have advertised my job, not as a maternity cover. This worries me...

So much excitement for all the boys!!! Massive congrats to you all! I reckon we are having a boy as well, much as I originally was gunning for a girl, but now I realise that I don't care, as long as we have something resembling a fully formed human in October.

Currently spending my Friday night waiting for Wagamamas delivery (who knew this existed!), trying not to throw up from headache pain, and looking at buggy reviews... how my life has changed! Incidentally, we aren't going to get one/anything til the 20 week scan (5Th June), but anyone had any experience with the quint moodd pebble travel system ?? There is currently an offer going (about half price) and I am wondering if it is too good to be true?!

@Trytowin hope the scan went well did you find out what you're having?

has anyone else found they have a low lying placenta? I wasn't to worried about it but my Friend just scared the shit out of me and said I can not have sex! (there's not a lot of that going on anyway but nice to have the option!) but noone mentioned this at the scan and the leaflet they gave me just says bleeding can occur after intercourse

baby was all fine nd the sex is still a suprise couldn't see anything!! iv just ordered alot more neutral clothes!!!

Just realised I'm behind on these posts just refreshed my phone, congrats on all the scans lovely news. Has anyone felt movements yet, I think I've felt like a bubble type feeling every now & then low in my abdomen but not sure if it's that or just gas.
Got our scan on Tuesday morning I'll be 20 weeks, I'm a little nervous but my bump is definately showing now & boobs growing & people commenting 😃 Exciting times

So much exciting news here! Really pleased for everyone who's had good scans/appointments so far. Mine is 2 weeks today, seems like forever! MIL has been dangling needle and thread over my palms in attempt to guess gender. Bit of a bump growing at last and I even bought my first babygro tonight in Sainsbury's on the way home! Not normally an impulse buyer but felt like a rite of passage or something! Deffo feels very abstract still and reassuring to know others feel the same!! Happy weekends all (mine just started with a Wagamama too!)

@boxesoffrogs we have the Quinny Mood travel system, ours is three years old now but we will be using it again for this baby. Generally happy with it apart from the tray underneath was a bit small compared to other prams, but I think they have fixed this for the newer model. Also we had to take the wheels off to get it in our smaller car boot which was a pain when they were mucky. But otherwise it has been quite resilient and it was very easy to steer.

@greentreeseverywhere I found out today that I have an anterior placenta (which probably explains why I haven't felt any really defined movements), but I'm pretty sure at this stage if it's low lying it might still move up as the womb continues to relocate? Xx