August 2018 #5

[peterpanwendy]

As we enter month 5 of our pregnancies we need a 5th thread!

Good luck to everyone having their 20 week scan this/next week :)

Right have packed baby’s hospital bag!
Now just got to buy the stuff for mine and pack in before the end of July.. plenty of time!
4D scan tomorrow :) can’t wait!!

@Gem173 love your bag! I'd love to know what you've packed, I haven't even thought about starting my packing x

Thanks Emma! :) We had to go food shopping, boo, but we decided to go to France to make it a bit of a treat at least.

Putting the nursery furniture together, i've never heard him swear so much 😂😂

@peterpanwendy
My oh sis went into labour in March so she wrote me a list of what she used and what was necessary.
For baby she wrote and I have packed:
-2 blankets
-7-8 newborn vests
-7-8 sleepsuits (newborn/ 0-3 mix)
-1 pair of scratch mits
-1 pair of booties
-going home outfit
-1 hat
-2 packs baby wipes
-1 pack of newborn nappies
-5 muslins
-1 bib

Think she said 7-8 pieces of clothes as you never know how long you will be in. Best to be prepared

I’ve reported my last post due to personal details on the photos I put up. Here they are again without the details! 4D scan.. he’s perfect❤️

@BertieBotts I went to France for the day last Saturday and made sure to do a huge carrefour shop on the way home 😍

@Gem173 awww look at him smiling!! So sweet!

Cot and changing unit assembled and in place 👍🏼

@NikkiL123 I know thankyou it melts my heart every time I see the photo on my lock screen! Your nursery looks fab love the dark colours!

@NikkiL123
I love that furniture!! Looks lovely :)

@Gem173 awwww I love that he's smiling, so cute!!

I'm so excited for tonight. My DD is going for a sleepover at her nan's and we're off work tomorrow so I actually get a proper lie in!!! All I need is some wine haha.

We've had a good Father's Day. DH has had a relaxing day. Hope you're all having fun today!

@Emmasmum enjoy all the free time and your lovely lie in! I have to get up for work tomorrow at 5:20am like every other weekday 😩
Yesterday I walked up to the little row of shops near me, was okay going in and buying stuff then decided to walk around the block with oh and halfway home I got pelvic pain and could hardly walk! Don’t think it was baby related more like SPD sort of pains. Safe to say I’ve been slumming it on sofa this weekend and now dreading going to work!
And yeah I can’t stop looking at that photo his smile just makes everything so worth while💙

My boobs have just started leaking! First time ever! Does this happen for the rest of the pregnancy or will it stop start stop start sort of?

Gem - mine have been leaking since about 24 weeks! Mostly happens in the evening/ when I sleep or if I bend over quite erm.. vigorously! But yes every day for me

@Beesnees9 I guess it’s one of the many pleasures of pregnancy

Mine only leaked once in my whole pregnancy last time! I have had one drop the other night this time too so we'll see if it carries on or not.

@Gem173 mine have been leaking mainly in my sleep for a few weeks but not every night!

Oh and my cousin told me today she is expecting :) Our babies will have exactly the same age difference as us!! We've always had the kind of relationship where we didn't see each other very often but when we have seen each other we were thick as thieves so I am super super excited to do this with her! It's her first so I shall try my hardest not to give advice unless asked but she wants to come and stay when LO is born so I'm looking forward to that as well. Yay! And I can't tell anyone but you lot don't count.

Ah well I’m keeping breast pads in just in case ! I cannot risk an accident at work it would be so obvious in my teal uniform! Lol
@Bertiebotts sounds like a great opportunity for the babies to bond! I can’t wait for my little one to meet his cousin, there will be only 5 months between them. Whenever I see my cousins who are 4 months older than me, you would swear we are sisters the way we chat and gossip and look out for eachother.

Unfortunately we live really far from each other, but hopefully having DC around the same age will be a good excuse to get together more often. There are cheap flights between us luckily, but I haven't figured out how that works with a baby/toddler. And I wouldn't want DS1 to feel left out. But we'll see.

Maximum 10 weeks today i will have a baby boy in my arms! 🙊🙊🙊🙊 will be 2 weeks overdue if it goes the full 10 weeks!

Wow @NikkiL123 it goes by so fast! I want my baby now! I don’t want to wait any longer xx

Spoke to my midwife today about my anxiety. So glad I did I feel a bit better now. Worrying though as I have to go for a growth scan! I'm 30 weeks baby is measuring 32 x

@peterpanwendy I know it’s hard but try not to worry. I did but found that baby was fine anyway. Your body grows the way it wants too, not always does it fit within guidelines. Your belly may be a bit bigger but baby could be the correct size or you might have a little bit more fluid in there :) I’m hoping my belly will catch up haha I’m 30 weeks and am sure one of these days it will pop! If not then I’m okay with a smaller bump xx