Due october 2007: part 2 (knicker checkers anonymous continued)

[ejt1764]

Whoops and Taichi - so for your loss. I hope you both get the happy ending you deserve very soon.

love and hugs.

ejt

greedy - seren is star - it's a very popular girls' name in Wales right now - there are 2 in ds's class! he is the only Rhydian though .... I also like the name Enfys (say en-viss) - which means rainbow - but as our surname starts with a 'T', then it's pretty much out ... it's bad enough having married to become ET, let alone being saddled with it from birth!

honeyapple - great news on your scan

maisym - if you just above the cut off point for recommendation for amnio, then be reassured by that (says she, who panics above absolutely everything!) ... fwiw there are many children with Down's syndrome who are born to parents who had been given the 'all-clear' by the screening process ... good luck with whatever you decide - we decided to go ahead with the screening process because we'd like to be forewarned of any problems that we could find out about in advance. My sister is quite severely physically disabled, but the condition she suffers from can't be detected before birth. We decided that we wouldn't terminate any pregnancy because of disability - we'd just like to have time to prepare!

buffy - I thought I was the only one on this thread in Wales! Where are you? North / South? I take it your DCs go to Welsh-medium schools!

I had to steel myself this morning and drag myself out of bed early - ds had an appointment with a speech therapist at 9am in Barry - which went really well ... he has problems with consonant clusters, especially in Welsh (where there are lots), and he's been given a programme of exercises to do at home. The SALT is also going to send me some Welsh-medium stuff - and she's going to send the same stuff to school. It's bizarre as ds suffered from a language delay, which we put down to the whole bilingual thing - but he hasn't really caught up in Welsh, and makes the same mistakes as a child much younger.

Must go - ds is demanding to do cooking - we're going to make chocolate frogs - I'll save some for you all!

Hi everyone, just popping in to say hi [waves]

hope everyone is good, i'm 15 weeks today, and its my dd 7th birthday si i'm quite busy.

have you all been feeling your baby's moving yet? i was shopping on monday and stuffed my face with mcdonalds (never usually eat it but really fancied it lately!) and there i was walking round Matalan, and i started feeling really queezy and the baby must have done a full turn in my belly, cos something was poking out just underneath my belly button, my friend put her hand there and she felt it kick her! think it was because i had a full stomach from my burgers and it had no room left!

Hi all isn't this weather fab, I know global warming is bad and all that but so nice to have a bit of sunshine.

We have been thinking about names to weirdly quite a few mentioned on here were on our list! Skye, Seren and Eleanor really struggling for boys names though, I really like Ivor but DH thinks it lends itself to bullying with the Ivor bigun type jokes what do you think?

Hi folks, hope everyone had a nice Easter break.

We have been thinking about names as well, I am really bad though I get stuck on a name for ages and then I change it! At the moment the names I really like are Zack for a boy and Zoe or Caitlin for a girl (I must have been reading the baby name book from back to front)

I love Zack and Caitlin

Hello all!

Just back from the dating/nuchal scan...all well!! Baby was moving nicely, had a heartbeat, and was the right size, etc...

The NT gave a chance of DS lower than average for my age (36... ...) . Of course I also have to wait for blood tests to be done, but for the moment I am allowing myself to be relieved...

so here is the updated list...

greedy 21st march - all fine
Mumpbump 21st March - all fine
buffythenappyslayer 21st march - all fine
PolarMummy 21st March - all fine
ejt 22nd March - all fine
Kezza 23rd March - all fine
WinnieThePooh 26th March - all fine
Kittiwake 28th March - all fine
Hairybabysmum 31st March - all fine
Hillbilly - 3rd April - all fine
Honeyapple 10th April- all fine
gemmamc 11th April -
vitomum - 13th April
Verso - 13th April
missnatalie - 16th April
jersey - 18th Aprilm, 3pm Dating scan!!
MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts)
Kezza - 16th May (20 week)
j20 17th May (20 Week)
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (20 week)
PolarMummy 2nd May 5.30pm (18 week)
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks)
gemmamc - 6th June (20 weeks)
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)

good luck now to vitomum and Verso for Friday..

ejt we are north wales (criccieth).i used to live in cardiff and we visited barry quite alot (ex partner had friends there)

weve been lucky with our kids really,i was worried when we first moved here that ds1 would struggle with the language as it is a very welsh area.he was only 4 when we moved here and the school speak constantly in welsh,so i thought we'd be in for a few probs,but luckily he picked it up in no time at all.as have the rest of my mob!i used to go to welsh lessons,but there are that many regional variations of different sayings and the teacher wasnt even welsh!so she would teach us how to say one sentence,but when i spoke to a friend of mine who is welsh,she said its not how its said in this area!so alot of good that was!!

by the way...wheres my chocolate frog???!!!!

ejt - i like the rainbow name! its great! fnnily enough my ds has decided that this baby should be called rainbow if its a boy! dd has decided on 'pink' if its a girl! so the welsh for rainbow (for a girl, obviously) seems like a great idea for us! problem is, i have forgotten what it is already (i loved it when i read your post and now i cant remember it!............. begins with an e........) and think i would spend my whole life spelling it for people!

seren is getting quite common here too! i didn't want something really popular! what is twinkle in welsh? i think i need a welsh dictionary!

Hi Everyone,

Im sad to say but as of today i am no longer part of the due Oct thread. Since good friday ive had a brown discharge and i eventually got a scan today. The scan shown up that my baby's heart stopped beating at 9.5 weeks . Doctors are calling it a missed miscarrige as i should be 11.5 weeks.

Good luck to everyone else and i hope that you all have beautiful, healthy babies.

Natalie x

greedy - about the names - ds has decided that if this one is a boy, it should be called Samson ... God only knows why - although he quite likes Digger too ... oh dear!

I have a very Welsh first name (have only ever met one other - and she shares a surname with me too, very confusing), and I grew up in Birmingham - in a multicultural area - people had a lot more problems with my name (usual reaction 'what was that?') than with some of my friends with Asian names ... first opportunity I had, I came 'home' to Wales! People have never heard of my name here either, but are a lot more able to say it ...

buffy - the chocolate frogs are in the fridge waiting for you all to claim them ... (munch, munch!). Just ignore the chocolate spread all around my mouth . Glad to hear that your dc is managing with the Welsh - I'm having lessons too - but my teacher is from this area - in fact is an LSA at ds's school, so teaches us not only the 'correct' way of saying things, but also the way our kids will say it! DH is from deepest darkest Welshest West Wales, and says many of the things totally differently too ...

gemma - fab news about you scan!

j20 - hiya back to you ... I've felt this one moving for quite a while - mind you, it may just be wind!

polarmummy - I love Caitlin and Zack too ...

Kitti - I like Ivor - my friend's ds is called Ivor: if you put the stress on the -vor, then the jokes can't be made so easily ...

I have just gone and started reading the baby names book ... I have only got to 'M' and I've got lots of names already ... on my list:

girls:
Alys, Ceinwen, Ffion, Meirwen / Mairwen, Medi (but only if bab is early and born in Sept, as that's what it means)

boys:
Afan, Aled, Cai, Cian, Gethin ....

hmmmmmmm ....

Right, my presence is required upstairs for stories - I'll have to try to stay awake tonight - last night, I fell asleep on ds's bed when I put him to bed - woke up an hour later, and decided to go straight to bed ... then woke up at 4.45am (grrrrr)

Just in case it happens again, Night Night.

missnatalie, I'm so, so sorry to hear you news lovely . I've been there with the mmc - and it's a horrible place. You will come through this - I hope you heal well and soon.

love to you and yours.

missnatalie - so sorry xxx

I've had a m/c - found out at the 12 week scan. Had to have a d&c. It was a difficult time to go through. Take care of yourself, be kind to yourself - many thoughts and hugs xxx

Miss Natalie, I am also so sorry to hear your news I can't imagine how you must be feeling thinking of you.

thanks for the replies on the amnio issue. With my 3rd preg I had to have a cvs & amnio as high risk factor - nuchal neck was 5mm - just awful as cvs showed probs but amnio ok. With 4th preg had same nuchal measurements & the same high risk with the blood tests but refused cvs /amnio - very worried if things would be ok but they were. This time told by my doc don't have amnio but would like to be sure if everything is ok & if probs what they are.....the complete reverse of how I felt before!!

Here my kids asked me why my tum was so big!! - it is!! but is the flab showing first (lovely!) Fancy eating salad & bread plus fizzy water rather than tea.

Missnatalie, so sorry for you, take care x

I am sorry for your loss MIssnatalie.

MissNatalie I am so so sorry to hear your news. Look after yourself and make sure you get lots of support. you have been through a lot so be kind to yourself.

missnatalie - that is so horrible for you, and so cruel. some things just aren't fair are they? take good care of yourself

Missnatalie- I am so sorry to hear your news. I remember you said you lost pregnancies before, I do hope you can find the strength to keep trying. My thoughts are with you.

missnatalie,so sorry to hear your news.look after yourself sweetie.xxx

So sorry to hear your news missnatalie I found out at my 12 week scan that I had a mmc at 9 wks, in October last year.

Take care x

missnatalie, really sorry to hear your news, look after yourself.

Sorry about your news miss natalie.

I think I have felt the baby but not 100% even though its my 3rd. Can I ask those on number 3, how big is your bump? Mine is hugh and I am only 14 weeks, I know I was big early with both of the boys but not sure if I was this big. , 1st scan not until next wed.

Isn't the weather great.

Finally rang work and told them I will be sending in my notice beg of next month as due to lack of childcare and now preg with no 3 I won't be going back. Boss very understanding and had half expected it due to MIL illness, etc..

Good luck everyone.

Hi Jersey, I am on my third as well. I definitely think my bump is bigger this time around- don't remember showing until about 16 wks with other 2... I am only 12 weeks and even my MIL went when I showed her my tum! Mind you sometimes I think it is probably due to wind . Not sure how to describe the size of bump, but it tummy def sticks out. Fairly compact kind of roundness below my belly button. I am very sure I have felt baby moving too.

How old are your other DC? Totally understand about giving up work... will you miss it? Or are you looking forward to being a SAHM? I stopped work at number 2.

Really sorry to hear your sad news missnatalie.
In Oct last year I also found out at my 12 week scan that I'd had a mmc. Baby had died at 6 / 7 weeks in my case.
Take care of yourself and take time to grieve. You may also find the miscarriage / bereavement threads a comfort. I know I did.
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