Biscuits, official scans & the end of the trimester - Later November due dates this way...

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Thread #2, because apparently our "quiet" thread is rather busy!

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I love San Diego, when we were there it was 42 degrees so didnt get to see as much as we wanted!

It's gorgeous isn't it! We were only there a few days, stayed in Chula Vista it was so beautiful, and just fell absolutely in love with the place. God yeah it was boiling when we went but there was a lovely coastal breeze which stopped me from dying! My OH who is a total homebody has now said he wants us to move out there in about ten years...He thinks way too far ahead lol.

I'm really excited, I think I felt a movement last night as I was trying to sleep. I was lying really still and felt a slight bubble popping feeling. It lasted for about a minute.

I had felt a couple of bubbles earlier in the week whilst I was sitting at my desk at work. This time though it was longer.

I have a gender scan booked for next Saturday when I will be 16.2. My sister has kindly offered to pay for it, she is very excited about being an Aunty!

@Zampa I don't think it's too early. If it's a bargain then go for it x

We found out today we are having a boy... just put a post up because I just don't know how I feel about it.

Congratulations duRez! I haven't seen your post (on a spa weekend so just catching up on a bit of mumsnet now). What are you unsure of with a boy?

@MrsGB2225 I did not think I had a preference to what we were having, but I guess somewhere deep down I had assumed I was having a girl. My daughter wanted a sister too, which she had never uttered until she had a little cry after we told her because she wanted a baby sister.

I just don't know how I feel about having a boy, I guess I just envisaged having two little girls.

DuRez I can sympathise. We found out the sex of our baby earlier this week. DP and I were both utterly convinced we were having a boy, to the extent that is hard to believe that it is, in fact, a girl.

It's not gender disappointment; we're happy either way. However, it's like being told that the Earth is now known to be flat, when you've always known, for certain that it's round.

I'm finding it quite hard to get my head around too.

Thanks @Zampa ... That is exactly it.

I don't feel disappointed, I just feel, well, meh!

I just found your other post @DuRezidal. Some of the responses you've had are hard to believe. I got quite cross on your behalf and had to have my say!

I am glad I am not a very emotional and easily influenced person is all I can say! Some of the responses could be very upsetting to someone who was perhaps very distraught.

Check seen your thread duRez - unfortunately on MN you are always going to get keyboard warriors who project their own issues onto the thread.

You are totally entitled to feel how you feel, it's not like you can change it. I was a bit surprised when I found out my first was a boy, literally everyone in my family has girls. I'm such a girly girl as well! But I absolutely love having a boy now and would be very happy if this baby was a boy.

Be gentle on yourself, when he's here youll be in love.

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@DuRezidal before becoming prego I always said I'd find out what we were having, but now am actually expecting I've changed and agreed not to find out. It is hard to browse the baby wear and see lovely girlie rompers and have to force myself not to peek at them for too long, everyone so far had guessed boy and not one vote for girl either! Will have to wait and see but I do wonder what I'll think when bubba appears and I finally find out boy or girl.

@DuRezidal, I've just read your other thread and can't believe how unpleasant some people were!
I'm 15 weeks today and still not sure if we'll find out the sex, but I do know that DH has a slight boy preference while I have a slight girl preference.
I think it's based on me only having sisters while he has a sister he can't stand and a brother he adores.

That may be why I've convinced myself that it's a boy while he's sure it's a girl - so we can't end up feeling upset/shocked by the 'surprise'.

At first I thought it was a girl, but definitely had feelings of regret when I was suddenly sure it was a boy.

Hormones are a funny old thing.

We've just put a deposit down on a people carrier! With DSCs, this baby takes us up to 4 so very needed! It's old but decent condition and the 3 month warranty covers our trip to the Dordogne over the summer!

Congrats Zampa! That's going to be quite a handful you'll have there!

Just back from my intake and 16w check up with the midwife. Strong heartbeat and baby kicking away (that we could hear, not feel!). Apparently I have a small uterus right now but baby is growing big and strong. They showed me how much of my bump is baby (two fingers below belly button down to pubic bone!) which was cool, and odd!

Now to find a place for a private gender scan in the next fortnight so we can tell family when we're back in the UK at the end of June.

20w scan booked for 5 July as we are away the week before when it should be done. Still gives plenty of time... should go and find that spreadsheet we have and fill it in!

We're on holiday at the moment and just had a call to say our nipt results have come back inconclusive due to a poor blood sample and they need to take blood again. I'm feeling quite upset about it, I'm so worried something is wrong and it means another week of waiting to know if everything is OK. I can feel movement now and it feels very late on to not have any reassurance that there's nothing seriously wrong

Wow zampa I didn't realise this one was your 4th! You must be an absolute pro!!

That's great your midwife check went well hanna, I've got mine this Thursday so fingers crossed!

Buttery, sorry about the blood results. It could just be an error their end like the sample wasn't stored properly or something. I don't know how you give a bad blood sample. Surely blood is blood?! The added wait is annoying though.

I've got another scan booked in for next week to measure the length of my cervix. From reading a few bits online, they might tell me the gender then (think it depends on the person). Has anyone else had an additional scan and been told the gender?

Durez I had a look at your post too and don't understand how people can be so...lacking in compassion in responding to someone. Just because it is over the internet, doesn't mean what you're saying doesn't have repercussions or potentially hurt someone's feelings! How are you feeling today about it all? Hope you are getting your head around things a bit.

Buttery that sounds stressful for you; didn't you specifically ask them to wait and contact you after you got back from holiday? I would say don't let this ruin your time away, just try and focus on every little movement and enjoy those bubbles. I've had it before where they had to do a second blood test because they simply didn't get a large enough sample (my vein kept moving, ew.) Fingers crossed that's all it was!

I had my midwife 16 week apt today too, heard baby's heartbeat which was amazing! Couldn't stop grinning. OH recorded it and I keep listening to it like a loony. Midwife commented that I have a bump already and how round my tummy was, I think I'm going to get a big bump!

Got charged for sitting in first class on train to work today even though no other seats available! Apparently you have to have a special letter allowing you to sit there which you can't get until you have your Mat1B. Not impressive!

The eldest two are step-children (DSCs), although I've known then since they were 3 and 6! Only no. 2 for me. Still means bigger car and bigger house. We're moving this summer and I hope the process is completed before I get too big!

Please don't worry unduly, Buttery. As Haz said, it will more that likely mean that they just didn't get a large enough sample.

First consultant appointment tomorrow at 14+6. Hoping that I'll be offered some serious hand-held holding throughout this pregnancy.

Hi ladies, how we all doing?

I've had a bit of a crappy week, ended up in a&e with the most ridiculous bladder infection which made me sick every time I was weeing, I was having a wee up to 20 times a night and didn't sleep for 3 days. I now understand why they use sleep deprivation as torture.

Today I am feeling better after I got over the guilt of having time off work and being told by the midwife and my mother to put myself first.

I went out for a small walk with my mum today as she said it would do me good. Bumped into one of her friends who couldn't take her eyes off my bump and couldn't believe I'm only 16 weeks tomorrow. As I am now the size of a house.

I'm finding out wether it's a boy or girl on Saturday, my sister is treating me to a gender scan. I'm leaning towards boy at the moment.

I've been ever so lucky this week being looked after by my husband (who took me to a&e at 4am), my mum and sister.

@theotherendofthesockportal gosh that sounds truly miserable :( so glad that you are on the mend and being well looked after!

@lydiangel83 I'm focusing on staying positive and I have planted some seeds in a pot in the garden - my first attempt at gardening