December 2017 babies #5 - dating scans and food chat, and dwindling symptoms???

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Time for a new thread methinks.. will pop a link to this in the old one. Make yourselves comfy ladies - this one might see a few of us into the 2nd trimester 😱😱😱

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xkkNdcxTRfLVAtBUItL__yT9FchALAwK63e2BjZbVMM/htmlview

Lol I love it when I have to catch up on a few pages and it's 99% food. This weekend I ended up eating sausages for 4 meals in 3 days - 2 BBQs, left over sausage sandwich and then parents had done toad in the hole when they invited us over for tea - the bloat was huge!

10+2 today and have first meeting with the midwife this afternoon. She's not particularly endeared herself to me so far, so I'm hoping this meeting will alleviate any worries about her.

Good luck for today Brens.

Good luck to those having scans and also to those of you having other tests this week.

Just started the day off smugly with porridge packed with fresh fruit. Better than the coco oops I had yesterday!

Our stairgate has broken so we need to go and buy a new one this afternoon and I'm going to take a look at pushchairs while we're there. Our pushchair for when dd was a baby broke (it wasn't just second hand, it was about 5th hand) so we just have a buggy. I'm reasoning though that we can get it whenever because dd can use it from now. I'm so excited! Definitely refusing to spend ££££ though, and will probably end up second hand but I can't wait for a push around.

Oh and hi Kate and good luck anyone with scans! Can't wait to see pictures.

I've just sent OH to shop for granola, 0% Greek yoghurt, OJ and raspberries! Feel the need for some healthiness x

Sooooo much to catch up on!

Our announcement lunch was bloody awful. MIL and SIL didn't speak to me. We're horrifically bitchy. SIL decided that she would eat my chocolate in the kitchen as the food wasn't up to her standards. MIL then sent DH pictures of the first Christmas outfit she'd bought the baby, making plans, excluding me entirely.

Yet apparently, they aren't rude. It is clearly hormones that mean I am taking offence.

How's your sickness now zaber?

Good luck for Thursday bisquick and good luck today brens!

Ooh yum carlotta!

Your MIL and SIL sound hard work zaber!

It's been pretty awful Lapin ! I don't think that really helped over the weekend either. I was up all last night, and the night before heaving. How're you holding up?

Carley they've always been hard work. Though I may be far more upset about the chocolate than I should be

Has anyone else had fun telling their parents/in laws yet?

Urgh, sounds unpleasant zaber - well done for getting through it without hurting anyone (I assume)

I have been painting a little this morning but stopped when the stench of the stuff made me realise it is solvent based.. oops! Hopefullyy short exposure won't have had any impact on my little Bug. Good excuse not to do it though 😀

Sorry your announcement wasn't fun Zaber - ILs sound v annoying.

We've had (understandably) a mixed bag of reactions. My parents and DSis/DBiL were thrilled and cautiously excited. My MIL didn't say anything other than "hmm", although when we pointed out that she could've at least said congrats she said she was just anxious. She is just getting on my nerves over the past few months so I've decided just having a bit of a break from her will be better for our relationship overall. She means well, but is very self absorbed and feels she just has to voice whatever random thought pops in her head without thinking about how it might come across or affect someone else.

Embrace the excuse Glasto how's the pram hunt going by the way?

I just managed. Though I have said I'm not staying there again. Not sure DH realises how serious I am.

Hi everyone I'm back from my holiday 😊 You have all been chatty the past two weeks 😁 It's so exciting to see the 12 week scans starting now, I still haven't heard from a midwife and still don't have a scan date, 11+3 today.... decided to book a private scan with nipt for Friday, we had one with our dd and it helped put my mind at ease and as I have no idea when we're likely to get a nhs one I can relax a bit about it. How exciting you have yours Thursday bisquick

Sorry your announcement didn't go well zaber I'm so sorry you had such a awful time.

It's such a shame that some in laws aren't just happy and lovely about baby news, for those who've had issues hopefully they will get better over the next few months!

So sorry for you, zaber!
I think we will tell my boyfriends parents next Sunday... We're going round for my boyfriends birthday and I think we need to tell. I can normally cope quite well in work and hold things in, but if I feel weird, I can just put on my headphones and focus on my work. Whereas when we're for a visit, I cannot just shut the world out, but need to smile and make conversation....... I'm not really good at that at the moment.

List of things that make me puke:
Food
No food
The smell of the washing machine
Closing my belt

And... I'm now locked out of my work computer. I've been deauthorised.

The question is do I care enough to say anything ... or just play on my phone ... it is just 9 days after all!

So, I had my second scan at EPU. Was a reassurance scan after measuring 8 days small on LMP at last one. Well, now only measuring 3 days small, using that gives the due date as our anniversary (29th Dec)!!!

We still have a couple of weeks before we're telling anyone, I know my parents will be really excited (first grandchild) but can't decide how MIL/FIL will react. Hopefully they will be pleased, FIL has GC from his previous marriage but it will be MIL's first. But you just never know with them!

Hope you enjoyed your holiday southy and good luck for Fri!

Oh how lovely DoctorDonna, so sweet that due date is your anniversary :)

Our families have known since our first early scan, they're both over the moon. My OH lost his Mum in 2013 so very sad that she won't be around and his Dad unfortunately has dementia, hopefully he'll remain in his current condition for long enough to enjoy the little one xx

Congratulations @DoctorDonnaNoble lovely little bean x

Congrats Donna - and what a lovely due date ♥️

Southy - hope you had a lovely holiday! Shame the NHS has been a bit rubbish but it's exciting you are having a scan on Friday 😆

Peachi - that is quite a list. Sounds like you can't win. I hope you get some relief soon x

Zaber - pram search is pretty much done I think. It's gonna be the icandy, I just need to find a good price at some point in the next 4 months 😜

We have been lucky, our families are all very pleased and excited (although DPs nan has had to be told we will get married at some point!!)

My family is really happy for us! My mum is mega excited even though it'll be her third grandchild. She's a bit worried though which surname the child will have and if we get married before (umh, I don't know, not really in my priority list).

Really can't estimate the reaction of my boyfriends family. They have one grandson, who is kind of treated like a prince :-D, so it'll be a bit weird when he has to share the throne. But he's already 10, so I doubt he'll be jealous or anything.

My family is really happy for us! My mum is mega excited even though it'll be her third grandchild. She's a bit worried though which surname the child will have and if we get married before (umh, I don't know, not really in my priority list).

Really can't estimate the reaction of my boyfriends family. They have one grandson, who is kind of treated like a prince :-D, so it'll be a bit weird when he has to share the throne. But he's already 10, so I doubt he'll be jealous or anything.

Sorry to hear it didn't go well with the in laws Zaber.

Thankfully our parents are all happy for us, although I'm sure we'll encounter some negative comments along the way when we tell other people.

I'm so so nervous for Thursday. Can't stop thinking about it.

Sending you a big squeezed hug @Mrsbluebell17 I know all to well how you feel xxx