June 2019 babies - part 5!!!!

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2nd trimester for all the lovely June mummies out there! Yippee!!!

I’m back in work today. I had a nightmare last night about telling my boss I’m pregnant and now he’s not even in today so I can’t tell him. I just want to get it over with! I’m also definitely showing now and I think people keep looking at my stomach but I might be paranoid 😅 ahh the stress!

@socktastic you have no bloody idea. I'm all over the place, still nauseous and exhausted and I'm 19 weeks tomorrow. Over it.

Just wanted to hop on to wish you all a Happy New Year!

I ate prawns, runny eggs and pasteurised cheese over Xmas! Guidelines have completely changed since DD. As I'm still feeling nauseous I am just eating what ever I fancy. If that means the entire cheese board then I am powerless to say no! What ever helps :)

I know, prawns are perfectly fine! I've been eating loads of them and will continue to do so.

Can't believe we can officially say we are having our babies this year😊

Hellooooo. I haven't been on MN for a while, but hi! I'm 19 weeks on Friday and next Thursday we go for another scan and hopefully find out gender :) Very excited!

I am however, full of poo, and keep blocking the loo. Ooops.

Tomorrow we go to London for the day for my birthday. I am very excited.

Oh yes, we are having facebook issues with adding people. Hoping to get it sorted otherwise I shall have to friend you all to add you, then unfriend you again so you don't get fed up with me.....

Hi all, i'm here to rant about something!!

So basically as a new mum I'm absolutely terrified of what's to come ahead and I am definitely aware that motherhood is no walk in the park. But nevertheless i'm excited to see my baby and spend the rest of my life worrying for the little thing because I already love it.

But you know what really really gets under my skin....when every damn person around me is reminding me of how difficult a mother's life becomes. When I sleep during the day "Mother's have to forget about sleep". When I'm eating "mother's have to forget about eating". When i'm sitting minding my own business "mother's life is full of sacrifices". When I catch my breath after a long day of working "mother's don't even have time to breathe"

"Mother's can't do this" "mother's can't do that"!!!

Just give me a mothereffing god damn break!!!!

Sorry but I'm just so fed up of being told the negatives of motherhood! Like what about the dad? Ughhh

Anyone else experienced this? 🥺

On a lighter note how can I join the Facebook group?

@sk17 yes, people can be really negative. I was complaining about the way my husband organized things in the kitchen and someone told me I wasn't going to be able to cope with baby stuff, as if the two were related. Everyone tells me that I'll never sleep again (which is great because I'm already not sleeping much and stressed about it). Now I'm being told about furniture that I'll need to get rid of as if every item I own is a death trap.

I just ignore the best I can.

On the other hand there are also the "you're being too cautious" messages from the older generation. "In my day we ... and everyone survived." Well they didn't all survive, did they? That's why guidelines were changed!

So I'm simultaneously too cautious about motherhood and not nearly negative enough.

I'm not expecting it to be easy, far from it but seriously, people go back and do this 2,3,4,5 + times!

Anyone feeling movement yet? I am 16 weeks and have thought I felt some flutters a few times but not often. Not sure if it's just wind?

I'm 15+4 and this is my third, sometimes I feel something and think it could be but nothing I could definitively say was a kick..
I also have an anterior placenta so that could be why..

17 weeks tomorrow with number 3 and also feeling little bits. Nothing regular though.

Haha yes I've noticed the same thing, but I'm using it to my advantage... 'I won't be able to nap when I want? I'd better do it lots now then!' Etc 😂

Coming up to 19 weeks and I haven't felt anything as yet, but I have started playing music to it ☺️

Is it obvious that it's baby when it first starts? I've heard people talk about flutters and pops, I'm worried I'm not going to realise that's what it is because I've had strange feelings for weeks with nausea etc. Worried is probably the wrong word but I want to be able to realise it's baby.

It's almost always the older generation painting the "all goes downhill from here" picture. Would just like to hear some positive things for once 😭

Kescilly @WeeBean @Torsz

Also @Cornwallinthesummertime I am 17 weeks and I think I felt what seems like a muscle twitch on the side of my belly. Just going around telling people that's my baby 😁 well I'm assuming it is 😁😁

@Kescilly omg I complain about the same things and get told "you're the manager of the house you will have to learn to organise everything esp with the baby coming"

The feminist in me is raging 🤬

To be honest, I was just frustrated about the obsession with hot drinks here and how it has taken over our kitchen cabinets! I am a strange American that insists on cold drinks with ice, even through the winter. 😂

In regards to movement, I’m 19 weeks today and pretty sure I’ve been feeling movement on and off for a few weeks. Time will tell!

I have my visa appointment on Friday and my 20 week scan next week so I am starting to get a little stressed out.

Hi @madeincornwallx3 I've not had an invite either, do you need to add us as friends first?

@sk17 I hate to say it, but in many many families (sadly including my own) none of that shit applies to the dad, he just gets on with life and it's me who made all the sacrifices when DD was born. Sometimes I can't believe I'm voluntarily doing this again oh but wait sorry, I'm now doing the negativity thing too!!
Of course it's all bloody marvellous and wonderful but there's no doubt it's also hard work at times. BUT - imagine how much hard work it is, and how wonderful it must also be if that overrides the down side? It's hard to explain but that's the essence of motherhood as far as I'm concerned...
But also - people are so fucking annoying when you're pregnant!! Just remember that and mentally stick your fingers in your ears and ignore the buggers, that's what I tried to do!

Hi those waiting to join FB - we are having issue! No idea why, myself and another have tried.

We will see if we can make it work if not we may have to do the friend add way.

@sk17 I know what you mean about the negativity, this will be my third and everyone's default reaction is, you're mad, or why have another?, or rather you than me! So it never really ends .

@Cornwallinthesummertime - another Cornwall! Where abouts are you?

Newborn life is hard. There's no denying it. You're sleep deprived and irritable as a result. You don't eat properly and need to reach out to as many people as possible to help you. I had a moment when i wondered what I had done and why I'd done it. It's hard. It's very very hard.

BUT

it passes. It feels like it won't when you're in the moment but it does.

AND

You have the most amazing little miracle who you don't want to put down. Someone you love unconditionally. Someone that when you look at them you realise it's all worth it. You have a little person who is full of life. Full of potential. A squishy little bundle who wants hugs. Someone to whom you are the whole entire world (seriously, daddy is merely second best)

Treasure as much of it as you can because all too soon they are wiggly little octopuses who don't do hugs and prefer daddy's spaghetti on toast to mummy's because daddy cuts the toast into triangles (ffs).

My reply would be yes, I know it's going to be hard but it's going to be worth it.

Hi all! First time poster and week 15 today Is there a Facebook group for June 19 babies? Thanks x

Honestly what's keeping me sane this time is antidepressants (I was diagnosed with PND and PNA but I could have benefitted from them years ago) which give me the headspace to roll my eyes at the doom mongers.

Yes it's hard, it might not be like you imagine, but it's so worth it in the end I promise.

Also NO ONE has a clue what they're doing, so anyone acting like they know best is a total liar and a fraud who should be ignored or responded to with a patronising laugh and an eyebrow raise...

@APollock241 there's loads of us due on the same day I think! 26th June for you too?

Fb group is a work in progress, they're just sorting out the kinks