Due October 2007 ~growing little piggy bumps

[J20BABY]

well needed to start new thread, sorry if title is rubish (refers to the chinese new year) if people aren't keen, we can do another one!

well i went to boots, but they didn't have any, apparantly the store wasn't big enough, so went to McDonalds instead!

going to try and order from the website, only want a little starter pack to have a nosy, as i only intend to use them when i'm at home not out and about.

honeyapple, will let you know what type they are and good luck with maureen

glad to here all is well pheebe

Sorry to disappoint folks but I realy don't want to find out the flavour I want it to be a surprise

oh i so want to know!

everyone at work want it to be a suprise so if i do find out, i'll have to try and keep it a secret, as if!

when i'm showing them the cute blue or pink pram, outfits, wallpaper...etc

and, dd had her legs crossed on hers so i didn't know what she was, i need to know this time!

I want to know too. I knew right from the beginning with DS but I don't have any real feeling either way with this one. Having said that, I'm sure I saw boy bits on my nuchal fold scan but the doc wouldn't say either way!

DP is very keen to find out the sex... last time DD had her legs crossed (like yours J20)- and it was nice to have the surprise at the end. But, I am quite happy to know the flavour this time around. It will mean I can go shopping! Or rather my MIL can... she's already bought some baby clothes in unisex colours apparently . i think it will be nice for DC to know whether it is a brother or sister. And the name thing is SO much easier when you know what you are having. We had a nightmare last time trying to find 2 names that we both agreed on. DP wont even discuss names until we find out the sex this time...(if we can).

I bought some floaty smock tops the other day which are great over my regular jeans. I had a look at maternity stuff but it was all HIDEOUS IMO... and MASIIVE... what do they think PG women turn into? Hippos??? I am a size 10, but the size 10 maternity trousers where ridiculously huge. I looked in lots of shops too. Last time I was PG i just wore normal trousers with the button undone!! and longish tops... I thought maternity clothes had got better... but I didnt see any.... anyone got any tips for small maternity trousers/shorts...?

Going to go dye my hair... bought some "natural" hair dye... the grey hairs are depressing me . Lets see if no peroxide and no ammonia work...

ha - check out Dorathy Perkins & Pumpkin patch - also H&M. I'm usually a size 10 but when preg I'm a hippo!!! - am in large maternity already. H&M tops & formes & isabelle Oliver skirts. I have some blooming mavellous skirts but I don't fit them yet. Plus some preg jeans I've worn before.

not sure when my next scan is as have to check next appointment time. My doctor has put down june but should be may.

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 - all fine
vitomum - 13th April - all fine
Verso - 13th April - all fine
jersey - 18th April, 3pm Dating scan!!
PolarMummy 2nd May 5.30pm (18 week)
MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts)
j20 15th May, 10 am(20 Week)
Kezza - 16th May (20 week)
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (20 week)
Mumpbump - 30 May (22 weeks)
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks)
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)
Honeyapple- 14th June (20wk scan)

Just got date for my 20 wk scan. Seems quite a long way away yet... still exciting though.

Hi all,

Well, got the shortlisting done - a marathon job - we're interviewing on 14th May - and everybody agreed with my shortlist .... phew!

I'm going to find the flavour out this time, I think - we didn't with ds, and that was fine, but I need to know whether I have to carboot ds's clothes to buy new ones for this one ... I'd like a girl to do girly things with ... but I'd like a boy as I have one already, and he's lovely ... so I don't mind either way - just want to know this time around!

As for maternity clothes, fashion has done me a favour (all of us, actually!) I've bought a couple of those smock tops (in a jersey fabric), and they'll expand beautifully! If I wasn't pg, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole - but for once, I can wear the fashions! I'm still wearing my own trousers, but with a bumpband over the top - and it looks fine - I know somebody came on and said they were rubbish, but mine is great, and has saved me having to buy maternity clothes for work!

J2O - good luck with the move - a new start for your little family - hope the decorating goes ok!

Apricott - there is a real shortage of jobs for language teachers in Wales - it's a bit 'dead men's shoes' ... there have only been 3 advertised for Cardiff and Vale so far to start in September - and UWIC in Cardiff alone will be churning out around 50 NQTs who need jobs. The good ones will still get the jobs, and the odds are stacked in favour of more mature entrants to the profession, as they have more life experience to offer ... instead of re-training as a secondary teacher, I'd consider going the primary route - England has already made it compulsory for children to be given the chance to learn languages at primary school, and Wales won't be far behind! Either that, or think about setting up one of the language teaching franchises (like Jolie Ronde or similar!)

Right, am going to wash my hair - it's stinky (as ds so eloquently puts it!)

Don't know whether I'm just being a dufus, but hs anybody heard from verso? Is all ok with her?

Take care all - hope the scan went ok today, Polarmummy!

Morning all,

Anyone heard from polarmummy yet?

I am off out with DD this morning. She is off school today as her school is being used as a polling station in the local elections.

I hope everyone has a good day.

hello all! not been on much recently and haven't really caught up yet. havent got a chance now either, but just wanted to make sure you dont all forget me! hope all the impending scans go well!

Hellooo

WinnieThePooh - am not far from Sutton. Just off Chester Rd in Erdington. Are you under Good Hope? I'm booked under Birmingham Women's. I work there and had dd there. Was under fetal med there so it makes sense to stick with it.

Sorry bout the name confusion people. Dunno how to change it.

RE finding out the sex of baby - pretty sure I'm having a boy. This is cos I had full karyotype of baby from cvs - its either xx for girl or xy for boy. DH didn't want to know so it wasn't put in our copy of report but I saw in my notes yesterday 46XY - apparantly normal male karyotype!

My booking in at the hospital took ages yesterday. The core midwives didn't want me (cos of Genetics stuff / previous preg probs / low birthweight baby) so I'm under consultant care. I don't mind though - prolly for best.

Anyway - yapping on! Hope you are all well

Hi Everyone,
just catching up on the masses of new messages!

I'm in the 'not finding out' camp as I want a surprise! DH will be finding out though as he can't wait.

We have already decided a girls and boys name (so we won't have to discuss names until after the birth) and have agreed a no pink/blue clothing rule until after he or she arrives. DH is fantastic at keeping secrets so I'm confident he will be able to keep it from me....

i want to know the sex, but dh doesn't! what do i do?

If you can, ask the sonographer secretly to jot it down in your notes, as simple a 'b' or 'g' small somewhere. That is if you know you can keep the secret if you do find out.

Hi All

GGG - I'm in a bit of the same boat, I think I'd find out if I could, but dh wants a surprise. I think I'll go with him as it's his first and my second. Think also might be best to leave it, as I'm really hoping it's a boy and might find I'm disappointed at this stage if I find out it's a girl, whereas think it would be harder to be disappointed when faced with actual baby, whatever it turns out to be.

ejt - thanks for the advice - even though it's not what I wanted to hear!

A bit down today. Not seeking advice, just 'sharing' (tho, if you've got any advice, do feel free...). 2 of my friends have had mcs recently, and I'm conscious of fact that me being pg is v hard for them. Whole thing makes me feel rotten. It's so unfair. I'm seeing one of them for the first time this weekend since it all happened and I know she's having difficulties with me being pg, adn I understand that, I just hope it doesn't hang over us at the weekend. The last thing I wnat to do is upset her. I won't be insensitive and fixate on pg and baby stuff, obviously, but I'm not going to be able to igonre fact I'm pg completely cos a) I'm still wretching and chucking up from time to time and b) even when I try really hard to hold it in my tummy has started sticking out now. She's been quite closed about it, but I guess I can only take my cues from her. I just hope she's ok, and feel awful cos I know she's not.

And on a lighter note... Betsycoe - can't believe you've chosen names already. I'm impressed. My daughter had two names for about three weeks after she was born cos we couldn't decide!

Betsyco- I cant believe you are going let DH find out the sex and keep it a secret from you! There is NO way I'd be able to do that... it would drive me insane .

Apricott- i really wouldnt worry too much about seeing your friends. I know that women who have had m/c feel just as rotten when their PG friends try to avoid them for fear of upsetting them.

Might have to change my 20wk scan date as DP may be away then... and I'm not going on my own.

eh up Apricott

I'm in this situation also. I've also been in the situation on the other side where I have mc and friends / family have been pg. I did really struggle then. My one friend would moan and whine to me about her pg woes - sickness, backache etc. She would stuck her tummy out and pat it and say stuff like 'haven't I popped out?' I was pig jealous and mortified she could be so insensitive - our babies would have been due the same time.

I think providing you are not too in your face about yr pg (not saying you should hide it - obv you can't but maybe try to focus on other topics of conversation) you'll both be fine. I think the fact you have posted what you have shows that you have sensitivity and tact. Any issues / resent she may / may not have will be hers and down to the grief she is feeling. It won't be about you, iyswim.

This time round with my mate who mc recently, I spoke to her to tell her I was pg. I said I still thought about her and her loss and that I appreciated how hard it is to hear of people being pg and that I felt the same this time last year. And that if she ever wanted to talk / whinge /cry about it with me to please do. But like Honeyapple said, I doubt she'd choose me now to have that sort of conversation with as she wouldn't want to upset me.. just like I won't assume she wants to hear every detail of my pg / see my scan pics etc. Though she did suprise me by asking lots of questions about my pg - so we did end up talking about it but at her initiation.

Sorry have gone on a bit there!

Hi ejb,

yes I am under Good hope. If you fancy meeting up in the half term holiday email me on janreid2003 @ yahoo.co.uk (taking out the spaces of course)

apricott - i wanted a girl last time cos we already had a boy and that is the reason i DID find out the sex! i thought if it was another boy i would rather know and then i could get my head round it before he came out! i was scared if i didnt know the sex my first feeling might be disappointment if it was a boy when it came out! when it comes down to it, i dont really think i would have minded either way, but she was a girl anyway so i didnt need to worry!

But we KNOW you are having another girl Greedy! Surely it's impossible for those boy sperms to have survived!! Would be funny if you had a boy though- certainly would put an end to that theory.

Hi All

I only have a minute so will catch up with all the news tomorow, just wanted to shout YIPPEE had my nf results back and bub is mega low risk for downs (1:2700). I'm so so relived. I was an utter basket case this morning waiting for the postman and despite really good scan result had convinced myself there was something horribly wrong which was why they'd delayed the results.

Can't wait for the 5 month scan now (June 13th), desperate to know the sex. How early can you have a 3D scan? God I feel like I just found out I was pregnant all over agai .

Hope everyone's OK, will catch up tomorow

Hi all,
You're probably right Honeyapple. However, DH has been told that I won't be responsible for my actions if he lets slip . This incudes if I attempt to get the answer out of him by force. I'm pretty confident as he's had plenty of practice keeping Christmas presents secret from me (I turn into an obsessed woman at Christmas, searching the house and looking for receipts).

As for the name, we were having real problems finding a girls name that we both like. I thought it would be too much of a give away if DH continued to talk about girls names after the scan, so at least this way we can avoid the topic! Until he or she arrives (as I'm sure I'll have changed my mind by then)!

Enjoy the bank holiday eveyone

Congratulations Pheebe! Still no news from Polarmummy... Hope everything is okay...

We aren't finding out the sex. I thought I wanted to, but realised when the 12 week scan confirmed that the baby was okay that I really didn't care what sex it was as long as it was healthy. I did suggest finding out to dh as ds shares with dsd at the moment so the room is painted blue on his side and lilac on her side. If we had another boy, I said we could paint it all blue! But he didn't think it was a good enough reason.

We're off to France for a black-tie dinner on Saturday night! Really looking forward to it. It's our one extravagance of the year although this will be the last time we do it, I think. I'll be too skint next year, for sure! Anyone else got plans for the long weekend?

Hi! I am back from a week in Italy. It was fab...

I have a question for those of you who have more experience, being this my first child...

I think I may have started to feel some movements, but I can't be 100% sure. This has been going on since last week, when I was only 15 1/2 weeks...I feel a sort of odd tickling sensation - but from the inside. It's really strange, but I wonder whether I am just wanting to feel something so badly that I read too much in what may be other things, e.g. due to wind, etc...

Any thoughts? Sorry if I sound really clueless...Guess I am!!

Could be the baby. With ds, I couldn't feel anything until 19 weeks or so. Have been able to feel this one since about 12 weeks. I have certainly heard of people with their first pregnancy feeling things at your stage! How exciting!!

Off now, so have a good weekend, everyone!