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Due in December 07- we're almost halfway there!! NEW THREAD

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Caz10 · 03/07/2007 09:55

Hope this works....! Here's hoping July is the month for

  • proper bumps not fat looking tummies
  • feeling them move!
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cazzybabs · 19/07/2007 12:06

Ohh I had to be tipped upside down too as db was hiding in my pelvis - ohhh could it be a boy????

Beanstermummy · 19/07/2007 12:12

We've been looking at slings again for Button babe too. Had a Tomy one last time and must admit I din't really ever get on with it. Found it awkward to put Beanster into and out of as it wasn't one of the ones with easy clip bits and also V importantly as I'd had a CS I found once Beaster was a month or so old her legs kicked in exactly the place where my scar was and jsut gave up then and there I think.

Having looked a the link for the Hug a Bug I suspect the knotted bit may also be a prob for anyone who has a Section. DH really wants one he can use and as he's over a foot taller than me we found last time choice is limited as to sizes and lengths of straps etc. Have been looking at the Bush Baby Cocoon one as the back support looks great and I like the idea of being able to leave Button in it for going in the car and if asleep etc.

As for movement of LO's - since now being tubi gripped from bum to boobs since seeing Physio Button seems to be even more active - possible rebelling agaisnt the slight increase in pressure from his/her Mummy's usual saggy tummy

Hope you are all having a jolly day - trying to decipher spread sheets at the moment but my brain hurts and tummy says it's lunch time Prawn cocktail crisps for me - Yum - thought these odd cravings were supposed to bugger off after first trimester??

mixedmama · 19/07/2007 12:27

Good luck thelady...

mixedmama · 19/07/2007 12:41

Apparently since I am craving fruit and orange juice i should expect a girl but i have a feeling it is a boy, but i think that is because i would like a girl to complete our family so dont wnat to get my hopes up (obv happy with either).

did any of your scans confirm what you "felt" you were having.

BecklePhoenixBird · 19/07/2007 12:59

I felt that both DSs were boys and was right both times! Definitely feel that this one is a boy too, we shall see!

BecklePhoenixBird · 19/07/2007 13:00

I am loving orange juice at the moment but not really craving it, seem to fancy starchy and fattening stuff most of the time.

Mrswizz · 19/07/2007 13:22

Its strange how you do just know what sex a child is going to be. There was no question that mine wouldn't be a boy, I knew it was a boy from the first 8 or so weeks and yesterday's scan proved it.

My 5 yo neice ( the only other child in my immediate family) is gutted it's a boy. And she was very upset to find that I was going to keep the baby at my house and not at hers.

cazzybabs · 19/07/2007 13:29

I knew with dd1, but dd2 I was convinced was a boy - everything about that pregnancy was different. Ok so she is a little butch, beats up her big sister and looks like a prop forward so maybe in some aspects I was right!

BecklePhoenixBird · 19/07/2007 13:32

I have only really had the 'feeling' in the last couple of weeks but it is very strong, even my DSs (and the MW yesterday) call baby him. DH is very impatient to find out, he really wants a girl and said the other night that if it was a boy he might want to try again , TBH though a girl would be nice I really don't mind, I just want a healthy baby! As for having a fourth, I don't think I could go through this again!
Bless your little niece MrsWizz!

Neuro · 19/07/2007 14:03

BOOBS AND BUMPS

i agree with the A cuppers on here - it is GREAT to have big baps. Men are talking to my chest, how novel! Even my lady friends who I met yesterday all gasped and went nice tits as i entered the cafe and that has never happened to me before. Wahey!!! Feel all porn star like. Please please god let them stay!

Bump: I have a definite bump this week. Think i've had another growth spurt in last 5 days. Am v glad it's coming from my tummy and is now obv a bump and not fat.

I could really eat several cream cakes right now...must be a good Neuro.

hope you all having a lovely day

Nbg · 19/07/2007 14:05

Oh one thing I ma very pleased about is my 38DD baby boobs

mixedmama · 19/07/2007 14:20

My pregnancy is very different this time and that does make me think it could be a little girl, but think it is a little to do with wanting a girl... altho i do quite like the idea of another boy as they will be quite close in age.

BecklePhoenixBird · 19/07/2007 14:26

2 boys together are lovely mixedmama, mine play (and fight) really well together and it is nice as they are quite good friends most of the time and enjoy a lot of the same stuff. Although my pgs with the boys were different to each other, this one is a lot different still (would still put money on a boy though!)

BecklePhoenixBird · 19/07/2007 14:28

Got a lot more nausea with this one, started earlier and was much worse. Also still have funny taste and am off foods (which wasn't at this stage with DSs) and this is the only pg I have had where I have not gone off bread in the first trimester!

Mrswizz · 19/07/2007 14:52

Hey spare a thought for us poor lasses who were too big to start with. I used to be a 34E and now they're off the scale. I hate it.

mixedmama · 19/07/2007 14:54

I am quite big too, but dont seem to have got all that much bigger just yet.

thelady · 19/07/2007 16:34

All OK. Tadpole was sitting bum-down and jack-knifed with hands up by head too, and wouldn't budge despite me doing a masai warrior impersonation (they said jump around a lot!) so the midwife had to get quite rough to get the details she needed on the scan. Tummy feeling bruised

Still, everything seems OK, and as neither midwife was sure, we'll just wait and see what flavour we get.

Very long day yesterday: staff gave us about 6 hours notice they were taking the day off and so I was trying to do reception, waitress and kitchen porter all at once last night. Off for a snooze!

Oh, and boobs: 36C start, now 38D/DD and getting slowly bigger. I do NOT like this at all.

mixedmama · 19/07/2007 16:42

Glad to hear it all went welll the lady. The surprise on the day is really nice though, I still remember the moment DS was put on my chest and we found out we had a little boy, magic.

Mrswizz · 19/07/2007 16:49

Glad there's good news on your scan Thelady. Does anyone have a little one that behaves nicely for the doctors?

Have a nice snooze!

Imawurzel · 19/07/2007 18:10

When i had my nc scan sonographer guy said baby was behaving very well, that'll probably change on my 20 wk scan in a couple of weeks.

mad4girls · 19/07/2007 18:35

hi ladies

hope we are well today

well... scan went well lo was fidgeting around and wouldnt keep still for them to do their measuremnts, they couldnt find my fibroid and the cyst i had has shrunk by half so theyhave signed me off consultant care and back to midwife, which is relief as was frightened they would make me have a section if it had grown.

anyway me and dp wanted find out the sex, and it looks like ours is blue flavour, i really dont mind, but think dp is a little disspaointed(he has 2 sons already) which kind of mkaes me wish we hadnt found out, if that makes sense. hes not the type to talk about it, but could tell by his face, he was expecting it though.

i feel quite hurt by his reaction as i was just glad there was a healthy baby in there, not sure if its hormones, but actuley feel quite down now, which i didnt want as its not mine or db fault, its just part of life.

sorry i didnt mean to depress youor sound selfish or only interested in the sex, like i said i dont mind but dp's, sorry im very tiredand its been a long day (waiting around and that) think ill have a cry and a lie down.

suey2 · 19/07/2007 18:59

Poor you mad4girls! I'm sure your DP will fall in love with your child just as much when he is born!
Thanks for link buzzybee- will have to go to one of the department stores and have a play. I know just what you mean about less movement- i haven't been feeling anywhere near as much movement for the last 2 days and today went to a medical supplies shop and bought a doppler- don't ask how expensive! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool to hear LO's heart rate going like the clappers! I am of course going to lie about the cost when DH gets home!

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Caz10 · 19/07/2007 19:23

Hi all!

Just a quicky to say that for those of you who are buying things, or maybe with kiddies already, Boots website has a 50% sale on, and there are cot blankets, mobiles etc in the sale!

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Bouncingturtle · 19/07/2007 19:47

Thanks for the tip Caz.
Am now of all you who have had your scans, can't believe I have to wait 5 more weeks for mine!!!
I'm really gutted because a colleague's wife is having hers a week before mine!
I too have definite bump, tummy feels very hard.
Still full of cold and generally feeling sh!tty...

Loucee · 19/07/2007 20:31

Slings again - this is the sling I mean We als used a babybjorn when DD was a bit older but I found it too uncomfortable. Some of the baby carriers (like babybjorn style ones) you need to be careful with as some don't get high ratings - it's about the way there's pressure on their pelvis and hip joints but I don't know any more than that.

Congratulations to everyone on their scans, mine is in 2.5 wks - can't wait!

DH felt a kick last night, it was lovely as earlier on we had had mini row