Half way - there well mostly !! Due feb 2008- come on over

[miniandme]

I'll be brave and start the new thread with the latest list of where we all are.

Merlypuss - (41 Kent) c sect late jan, early Feb. TWINS !! fist one/s. Next scan 21/9.
Leesmum - (34, Manchester) due 28 Jan BOY, Ds2yrs 11mo
Jooseyfruit - (35, York) due 28 Jan (boy) ds 10yrs,dd 7yrs
Beansprout - (37, NW London) 1 February ds, 2yrs 9mo
Fillyjonk, ds 3.5 dd 22 months)
Gingermumi - (41, South East Hampshire) DD1 19 years and dd2 16years, BOY
VictorVictoria, ds almost 2. 2 February
Bristols - DS 9 months
Egg, (32, Winchester)- TWINS - DS 19 months, next scan 20/09/07
Miniandme - (30,Livingston, Scotland) TWINS - DS 11 yrs, ds 9 yrs, dd almost 5.Next scan 19.09/07
Pia03hj, hopefully first one
-- 3 Feb
Alkar - (31, Warrington) first one.
Slacker - 3xDS 12,10&6, DD 3
lucyand2 - (27, Daventry), DD 15 months 4 Feb
Mummylittle - due 6th Feb, first baby!!
lljkk - (40, Norfolk) DS8, DD6, DS3 7 Feb
dearbeatrice - first baby due 29 Jan (33, surrey - next scan end of september)
Basilbrush - DS 16 months
CountTo10 - (28, South Bucks) due 7th Feb ds, 2yrs 11mo
cornishkitten - first baby
mutha2beagain - ds 6yrs
jo9977 - (39, Coventry) first one, 20 week scan 20/09/07 - 9 Feb
rozzy raspberry - DS1 4yrs 6mo, DS2 2yrs 7mo BOY
ThursdayNext - DS 2yrs - 10 Feb
Latebloomer - DS 10m - 11 Feb
Bessie123 - First one.
Rapunzelle - dd4, ds2.5 - 12 Feb
Expectingkat, TWINS, DD 12, DD 8, DD 7 months
Loonyballoony - DD 2yrs 7mon - 13 Feb
pobletsmum - DS1 2;3 next scan 1st october - 13 Feb
tadpolemummy - DS 2 years 2 months
Manamana - (32, Chichester) DS 23mo
Lailasmum -(28, Devon) DD 3yrs 3 months-Next scan 24 sept - 16 Feb
Amy78 - (28, Aberdeen) - First one - Next scan 4th October
Lightwind - Putney - first one
MitfordSisters - first one - 18 Feb
Mymissus - (35 Cheltenham) first one
smithfield - (38) DS1 2.5yrs - 19 Feb
rosequartz - dd 6.5yrs; ds 5.5yrs; ds 4.5yrs; dd 3.5yrs; dd 2yrs.4mnths; ds 1yr. 3mnths.
SallyinYorkshire (32) first one - 20 Feb
violeta - (35, N London) first one - 21 Feb, next scan 9/10, GIRL
morningglory (35, West London) - ds 3y7mo
wotsits - (37) DD 13 months - due 21 Feb
BovrilSarnies - (33 Bicester, oxon) first one - 21 Feb, 20 wk scan on 4/10/07.
Redbush - dd 14mths - 24 Feb
Lexie100 - dd 20 mths
Gybegirl - dd 15 mths - 25 Feb
cheechymunchy - ds2.4yrs - 26 Feb - 27 Feb
princessllama- dd 8months - 29 Feb
bambiraptor - ds 3.5yrs dd 2.0yrs
samsmam - 30, gravesend, kent dd 8 months
ladlemonke - 33, Midlothian,TWINS-first ones!

And to say ive only got two sleeps to go till i find out the flavour of my beans!!!!

Hi all - welcome to all who have joined us and congratulations on the recent scans. Good luck for those of you with imminent scans!!

Widgetsmummy - I am pregnant with my third boy. Didn't find out sex first 2 times and really had no idea from the scan. Decided to find out this time and once it was pointed out it was really obvious. Had it not been pointed out I think we would have been none the wiser once again.

Samsmam - We have decided not to tell anyone else the sex of our lo but there's no way I could have kept it from DH for the next 4 and a bit months!!

Didn't watch that programme last night but sounds like a load of nonsense from what you've all said! Leave a baby outside in between feeds - that's just crazy - I shudder to think what could happen to her poor baby! Doesn't she watch the news!! And leave baby in room from 7pm to 7am without going to it if it cries - that's barbaric. At the end of the day I feel sorry for her and her baby as she is missing out on so much by having no physical contact and cuddles - I can't wait to hold my little one! Both of my ds's are very cuddly and I love that aspect of being a mum! I think it's just as well I didn't see it as I think it would just have infuriated me!!!

hello minxy125 - if you are still here, good luck at 3pm. I'm trying to decide how late I can fit in the last wee! my bladder feels half the size it was last time, not sure how much I can hold!

Hi Widget and Minxy and best of luck for 3pm. Nice that you are going at the same time! Even though I saw everything was ok at 12 week scan I was still terrified before 20 week scan, they took aaaaages going over everything, and thankfully all was well. Am sure you will both be fine but I have never had a MC so imagine it makes the worrying doubly hard.

I was desperate to find out the sex of my twins, and my DS two years ago, but have to be honest I would not have been able to tell if they hadn't hovered over that area and pointed out the bits to me. I even thought I saw a willy on the girl but it was the umbilical cord , thought only silly people in films etc did that!

Good luck Minxy and widgetsmummy - hope the scan goes well, and make sure you report back.

My parents carried me around in a sling in the late 70s, although I wasn't breast fed after the first 6 weeks.

I wonder what you do if you have twins and want to use the continuum method? Do you strap one to the back and one to the front? And as for triplets?

egg- maybe double decker in the sling!!!

So many scans and so much good news. Congratulations everyone who has had their scan and good luck to those of you who are having them this week (most seem to be at 3pm today, or is it only getsmummy & minxy?). Best of luck anyway!

Thanks for info on tranquilty tea. Saw Bringing up baby - definitely seemed cruel to leave a new born like that, distressing for mum and baby and, as far as i'm concerned not at all natural. agree that Spoc method seems most reasonable and is pretty much what i did with other two. Obviously routine and boundaries are sensible as the LO gets bigger but near- neglect of such a wee one is madness!

Welcome to Minxy, Widgetsmum and Braid. Hope scans all go well.

With DS I think I did carry on going in whenever he cried for way too long, and he was a crap sleeper because I never left him to cry. Once we got a bit tougher (thankfully never had to actually do controlled crying) he slept much better and life was sooooo much nicer. Poor Nemo and Dory will get ignored a lot more, just because there are two of them so if I am busy with one, the other will have to wait. I wont be putting them in the garden in the freezing cold while I sit inside with a nice cup of tea though!!!

Just had my 20 week scan (due 7/2) and all ok. Was convinced the baby was a girl, we both were, but it's a boy! Really don't mind, just happy it's healthy as this is our first one.

I saw Bringing up Baby too and can't belief some of the stuff they were talking about either. Routine is one thing, but not touching your child in between feeds? Surely babys need to feel loved too!

The 70's method seemed a bit strange, I did wonder how it would be possible to maintain constant contact if you had to go somewhere in the car! Unless you did a "Britney".

Hope all is well at the scans widgetsmum and minxy.

Congrats on the scan surreygirl - how many boys do we have now?!?

Welcome to the new people and congratulations to everyone who has had their scan!

Am bemused by the "parenting"method that dictates that you don't cuddle a newborn. Human babies emerge too early (trade off for us being bipeds with big brains) and need very close care for the first few months. To train a baby that its fundamental needs won't be met just to suit the parents seems very, very odd (at best).

Anyway, quite fancy one of those slings, they just look so snug! From my day to day observations I have to say that I see a lot of babies crying in pushchairs and not so many crying in slings, so for that practical (and hopefully peaceful!) reason alone, I think I am going to invest in one this time. We had a baby bjorn for ds but because his size and my c-section meant that it wasn't a lot of good really, and of course, it isn't a proper sling anyway.

Off to knit some lentils now....

egg - double decker wasn't far off if you look at the 2nd picture on this link

LOL at beansprout knitting her lentils

Congratulations on the scan results surreygirl. Let's hope it will be good news from widgetsmummy (sorry for ealier 'getsmummy' error) and minxy too...

As DS would say that sling is a bit of a 'squash and a squeeze'!

LOL at that link. Sorry but I struggled carrying DS after he got past about 10lbs! Saying that, had a Baby Bjorn also and think those slings they had last night might be more comfy. However I will not be trying to carry both, even though it would solve the prob of getting through the front door (would probably knock one of their heads off coming in like that anyway ).

Hope we get some good news from the 3pm girls soon. Might have to wait til tomorrow if they only get on MN at work.

lol at "3pm girls"!

Ds has just eaten a huge tea and is now running around in circles like a whirling dervish. Oh good.

OMG! Can't believe how many messages there are after only 2 days away. Computer at home has bitten the dust so am sitting here at work catching up - the joys of getting called in to cover a night shift!

Gingermumi - make the most of missing the inspection. We're expecting the little brown box from HMIe to drop through the school letterbox any day now. With any luck they won't be arriving til after Christmas!

My pal has a DD named Arwen. Thought it was a lovely choice from her DH. However, after the Christening she discovered it was a character from Lord of the Rings! Didn't go down too well when she found out!!

Congratulations on all the good news about scans.

Amy78 - am so glad to be missing it - had full inspection a couple of years ago and it was really stressful. This one is just a 'light touch', but even so was not looking forward to it at all - it is just one more stress which I don't need. Hope yours waits until after christmas!

Wonder how widegtsmummy is?

I've just found out that my anomoly scan isn't going to be until about 22+5 days-NHS. I found a private place that will do it for £70 as 23 weeks is the cut off point for scanning should I go for the private one at 20 weeks? It just seems really late if there is anything wrong.

I got my risk back for downs and spina bifida and it was 1:9552, DD1 was 1:658 seems a bit odd to have changed so much. I thought the risk went up as you got older.

Just been to toys r us to buy DD1 her 1st birthday presents, so much for me to play with.

Thanks for the wishes and sorry to make you all wait - but widget is all fine, measured with long legs (thanks DH) and a big belly!!!! Not sure what that means???? Maybe its natures way of saying lay off the chocolate buttons????! We don't know the sex and it was certainly not obvious so its still a surprise for us! I have to admit seeing LO again yesterday left me in a little shock. They are so well formed and it hit me "WE ARA HAVING A BABY!" My DH would also have been excited but was distracted by Halo3... its gonna be a quiet weekend for me!

Thanks again!

Love one of the 3pm girls! x

Samsmum, did you have the integrated test (performed in two stages, ~ week 12 and week 15/16)? If so, this may explain the difference since the algorithms (used for risk calculation) use a number of blood markers, in addition to maternal age. The blood markers vary from pregnancy to pregnancy.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/europe_enl_1190884169/html/1.stm

OUCH

Sorry here it is as a proper link

news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/europe_enl_1190884169/html/1.stm

Secretary just sent me this. Why would you show that link to a pregnant woman??