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, congrats on all the good scans and hope everyone's keeping well

I'm thinking about buggies/prams although I'm not going to buy anything yet - my sensible head says to just keep the baby in a sling and get a lightweight Maclaren when it's a few months old (I've had 2 Maclarens before and been happy with them on the whole, did not like the Micralite I had for DD or the huge heavy 3 wheeler I still have in the garage). But then I think about it actually being quite nice to have a pram, sometimes, and it's something to put all the schoolbags on! And if I have something that works offroad I might be more inclined to get the baby weight off with some walking, and the Maclarens really aren't much use even on grass let alone on country walks.

I also think there's at least a 50% chance we'll have one final baby quite soon after this as I'm not getting any younger!, so am looking at options that can be upgraded to a double. Woman at school has the Phil and Teds and it doesn't seem to have worn well, so I'm now thinking of the Icandy Pear, which from what I gather you can buy the single version (Apple) and upgrade later. There's a shop quite near that stocks them so will go and have a look. It will probably come down to whether I can fit anything other than a Maclaren in my car boot with all 7 seats in use!

Trying to remember what else has been discussed since I last posted....nappies...I used disposables with my first 2 and reusables with the 2nd 2 and I know which I prefer! It really isn't hard to wash nappies, you do washing anyway, and as long as you find the right nappy combo for your baby (not everything suits every baby shape) they're more leakproof too, and of course cheaper. No brainer! Oh and the smell of a wet disposable is just ugh!

Names - who was it who likes the name Ferdie? I was thinking of Ferdinand, but firstly it's a bit long with both our surnames, and also Ferdy is cute but round here (Bristol) would be turned into Ferrrdy at nursery! not sure I could bear it! So at the moment our working name has the same initial letter as Ferdie and is the same as a leading brand of cat food! Still need to think of a middle name though.

Right, off to make myself eat something now, my appetite has disappeared entirely which is most unlike me, but now's not a great time to go on a diet! Over and out x

Thanks princess, I'll pass that on, especially to dd2 who has terrible 'issues' with weight and how she looks.

ginger, that's so sad...she's just beautiful!

Just back from my scan- the private one that I said I wasn't having and then changed my mind again!!
Everything is looking good and I am having a........ GIRL. In RL people think that I didn't find out as DP doesn't want to know and it saves all the keep asking. If people ask if I know I shall say- NO! Simple.

Congrats on your little girl samsmum! I notice there are more girls in the making now - I think there were certainly more boys than girls after the first few scan results!

I've been hoarding catalogues for shopping planning and the pushchair/pram thing is the most difficult of the lot. Well, I am indecisive anyway and am finding it difficult enough to choose a moses basket but the pushchair really takes the biscuit. Our situation is more complicated cos we live on the fourth floor of a block of flats. With no lift. I reckon I'll probably go for a sling for me to carry around the baby when it's just me to save the lifting and carrying and then a pushchair as well for when my boyfriend is around. So, I'm looking for the lightest around and the McLaren Techno seems pretty good. I see lots of mums out and about with McLaren pushchairs actually, so that may be a good choice. But, any other suggestions would be welcome!

Anyone going to the Babyshow? We have tickets for tomorrow. Not sure of what to expect. Anyone been before? I hear there are lots of freebies but what kind!?!

Saw my obstetrician today and had a nice long chat. Everything is fine. Looking forward to seeing the baby at the next growth scan in a fortnight, also have my first ever antenatal class on that day.
Best wishes to all.

we are going to the baby show on Sat. LEt me know what freebees are to be had please. We are mainly going to test-drive some double buggies. I looked at the first wheels buggy and it's not suitable form birth so I dont know if it is for us .
I was given a travel cot, a bouncy / rocky chair, a high chair and a bag of clothes yesterday bu a colleague. How much do you think is reasonable to give her. She has 2 boys that like their pooter games if that's any help. I was thinking of getting a Woolies voucher for the.m

hi violeta, i am in a second floor flat. we have a lift, but in truth its more of a coffin, always breaks and i am too claustro to have ever used it

so sling sling sling!

I would think travel system inyour case, violeta, with detachable carseat, if you can safely store the pram bit on the bottom floor. Then you hoist baby up and down the stairs, but at least baby stays asleep in the seat if you need, and you can still have the sling for times when baby is awake when you get home.

Hi all. Been offline again for a while, just caught up on a chunk at the top. Enjoying all the pics and the buggy chat although am enjoying it more because this time round don't have to worry. My v generous parents bought us a Bugaboo and its brilliant (is Frog so cheaper than new ones). Ds slept in it for first few months so we used it as pram, moses basket and travel cot (bought a better matress for it from John Lewis). Also lived in a flat so left the wheels downstairs and just carried top around. I love the fact that can still have ds facing me even though he's now 2! He mostly walks now but when we used to walk home from nursery was nice to be able to 'chat'. Its also really easy to lay them down flat if they fall alseep in the chair bit, v handy for when he was youn ger. Is tricky on buses where you have to fold them up because its not at all practical but I was in Hove where there are brilliant buses that you can just park buggy at front.Did buy a maclaren when we went on our first holiday so could just be chucked on the plane and it is much more practcical now he's older for just throwing in the car etc. Feeling a bit low at the moment as have got SPD and can't walk/stand for longer than 5 mins which rules out pretty much everything! Seeing a physio to try and manage it but just worried about how long i've still got to go and how much worse it will get as i get bigger . Anyway, hopefully will be on here more as option for entertainment are limited! Take care all

Merlypus - voucher sounds fine to me, sil is giving me lots of her things and even though she's family still feel i want to give her something - i was going to buy some clothes fo her little ones but i'm sure the boys in question would like a voucher to spend much more!

Congrats to samsmam on scan.

Mana, sorry to hear you're suffering - have you tried a support belt-thing?

Pobletsmum - it really upsets me that dd2 has such big issues - she used to eat really well and then earlier this year split up with her bf, became totally traumatised and stopped eating anything. This lasted for about two weeks and then she scared herself because she started feeling really ill. She did start eating again but she had realised she could live off very little and her weight dropped to borderline anorexic. My gp basically said there was nothing they could do if she wouldn't co-operate and it was best to ignore her. After much soul searching i stopped asking her to eat and she did start to eat a little. She then started eating a bit more when she got a new bf and her weight is now at about 7 1/2 stone but she is like a frail bird. She still thinks she's fat and hates how she looks and lives on bananas, dr pepper and the occassional evening meal. I try not to make a thing about it but it's very hard. Anyone here been through same thing themselves? I know it's nothing to do with babies but if anyone has/d eating problems whats the best way for a mum to handle it?

Im back to life as normal -woohoo!!!
Have been in hospital since monday with contractions which they have decided was a threatened preterm labour,i was 24+1 when they started on monday,very very scary. On tuesday evening i ended up pushing in the bathroom in our local hospital,was given very poor odds of twins surviving if they delivered and transferred at 1am to a hospital at the other side of the country by ambulance.Had to stay there for 2 days also where the contractions subsided before coming home later on on thursday.Did have an emeergnecy growth scan done on wednesday at the other hospital where twins are weighing in at a massive 1lb 14oz, which is amazing weights for their gestation.Was given steroids too to help mature the lungs but all seems quiet now,just glad ot be home.

OMG mini how scary . Glad everything seems ok now, are you on bedrest? Hope they stay in there for a good few weeks yet!

Not on bedrest now,was while in hospital though,havent been out the house just staying in in pjs pottering around not far from the sofa though.It was my birthday on thursday and i was just so happy to have my little presents still wrapped up inside of me instead of at best looking at the in little plastic tanks,have had 3 kids already with no prbs whatsoever so this was sooooo scary i really thought my babies were gonna die,have never been so scared and desparate in my life
But all is good so chin up,cervix long and closed,no leakk and no more contractions so heres hoping for xmas !!

OMG mini, how scarey. dd1 was born at 28wks it was a very hard time. Sounds like you got to hosp just in time, you must take it easy now. Take care.

BLoody hell mini, so glad all is well. Please try to take it as easy as you can. Good that the twins are a fine weight already though, I think 1.5lbs is average for now for a SINGLE baby. Can't even imagine how scared you must have been. I had some braxton hicks on Weds, and then had bad pain in my stomach area and was scared for about 30 mins but think it was just wind , but briefly I was thinking about premature labour and figuring survival chances would not be good so early.

Ginger, when I was 17 I went on a drastic diet and lived on ryvita and apples and raw veg. I wouldn't eat bananas even as I thought they were too fattening. I went from 9st 2 to 6st 7 in about 4 or 5 months. I was a teeny bit chubby at 9st 2 and saw a pic of my thighs in some leggings and decided to lose a bit of weight. Realised it was so easy to do and kept losing more. Strangely I went to Florida on hols and just started eating (6 donuts for breakfast...), and I gained almost a stone in 2.5 weeks. When I got home I started eating more healthily and stuck at 7.5 stone for ages. My weight gradually went up to 8.5 stone and stuck there which seems to be my natural weight now without making too much effort.

Anyway, sorry for long winded explanation but my mum was very worried, but didn't put pressure on me to eat and I think if she had I would have eaten even less. Thankfully it sorted itself out without getting too drastic, I really hope your DD is ok.

miniandme how relieved you must be to be home and that everything is ok, please make sure you try not to do too much, i know it must be hard with 3 dc already but you must be carefull.

I had heavy bleeding at 32 weeks with ds and was kept in hospital for 24hrs, i was having contractions every 15mins but they finally stopped and i begged them to let me home as long as i was carefull. Anyway when the swab results came back i had an infection, but i am scared of it happening again. I know how scared you must be, it really brings it home how precious life is.

I'm sending you some chilling out vibes, take it easy if you can xxx

Haven't been in for a while as we'v had no internet!!

All's well here though I feel quite rough at the moment. baby is still moving very well and we're starting to get the nursery ready so things feel like they're moving on a bit now!!

minime - so glad everything's ok but my god that must have been so scary for you. Hope they're going to be keeping you closely monitored. Lots of tlc for you - and a belated happy birthday!!

gingermumi - my ed first came out at that age and comes and go, it's my coping mechanism which I've done a lot of work on this year to get past. At the time, all i could think of was getting the weight off but my issue was not specifically about thinking i was fat, that was secondary. My advice would be to not make the focus on the food and let her knoww you're there. Has she had any counselling or do you think she would be open to it? My gut feeling would be that if this was on the back of a relationship breakdown it could be her way of dealing with things or that she has some insecurities about herself that she feels she can cure with the ed. It just makes it worse though. My mum struggled with it as she just could not come to terms with the fact I was willing to do that to myself - I think had I not agreed to help she would have had me committed. You sound like you already have a strong relationship with your dd and I would use that to try and reach her but try not to push too hard as it might push her away. I really hope she continues to improve and that you can help support her through it x

Mini- glad everything is OK now, look after yourself and the little ones, make sure you get lots of rest x

Thanks egg and counto10.

Since i posted she is eating even less, she has replaced the small amounts of food she was eating with milkshakes and hot chocolate. There is definitely an element of control mixed in with her issues about how she looks and I think in some ways it is a reaction to feeling stressed. She has just started a PT job and this means she can't see new bf as much, as does the work she has to do for college. She is doing well at college but has to work hard and the stress of balancing it all gets to her. I guess if she feels controlled by life this is a way of getting some control back. Strangely in other ways she seems quite happy. She also doesn't think there is a problem (which from what I read is classic of eds)so she wont entertain the idea of seeing the doc let alone a councellor or similar, I have tried that route before. I tried talking to her yesterday but she started to get agitated so i backed off. I guess i'll just have to take a step back and see what happens.

Thanks again for sharing your experiences on something so personal.

I'm glad that everythings okay Mini, that sounds so scary. Take care of yourself and eat lots of cake!
Has anyone started with braxton hicks yet? I started late last week and have had a couple since, it is weird feeling them again. My belly button has completely vanished and it is very odd, it was there last week!
Dd has her MMR tomorrow, I'm seeing my actual midwife at last for my first urine test this pregnancy and I'm off to the dentist. At least I've been given a dishwasher so I can spend more time sat down

I thought I had a BH a couple of days ago, my bump suddenly felt quite tight, and it lasted just a couple of minutes. But I'm only about 23 weeks - is that too early? Mind you, I wasn't aware of having BH in my last pregnancy. I used to think that the bump tightenings were due to DD having a good ol' stretch! Still got my belly button, though it's flattening out a bit.

Hi everyone - I've been lurking on mumsnet since I was abour 12 weeks pregnant and have finally plucked up the courage to make myself known! My first baby is due on 24th February so just coming into 23rd week.

My main bugbear at the moment is that my maternity jeans wont stay up and my belt doesn't fit, so wearing DP's big man-belt. Other one is I've always been a perfect size 8, bought size 10 knickers last month, which was fine - but they are now clearly too small and am going to have to buy size 12! Which is a shock for me - My friend thinks it's hilarious that I'm so upset by this. But I'm lucky in that other than extreme tiredness in the afternoon I feel fit and healthy and well now the morning sickness has passed!

The other reason I thought I would come on here for some support is that I have had lots of flutters and movement in previous weeks, but last week I could hardly feel anything and over the weekend became convinced that my baby had died inside me. Looking at my 20 week scan notes, the placenta is detailed as anterior, which I understand can make it harder to feel movement? If I'd not read this thread I would never have known!

22 weeks pregnant and it still doesn't feel real - I have a wonderful partner who will do anything for me and he is my whole family - in terms of other family support we don't really have any. Both his parents are dead and mine and my parents relationship was strained before the pregnancy, but now strangely they dont seem interested in their first and only grandchild - they haven't even been to see the scan pictures - it's more important that they sit and watch Eastenders during their evening than make the 20 mn journey to see us. QUite upset and don't know where all that is going to go - I don't want them involved at all at the moment.

Gosh - my first post and looked how much I've babbled! I've clearly been lurking for too long and should have joined long ago!

Hope your happy to have me

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tallulah

Gosh mini - I'm so glad you are all ok. lets hope they stay put for some time yet, look after all of you!

Tallulah - hello! I'm only 23 weeks and just really feeling movement. In my 20 wk scan you could see the placenta in the way although that isn't stopping Widget making themselves known now, esp just as I'm dropping off to sleep. Alos find tiredness a struggle in the afternoons... already dreaming of working p/t after Xmas

Nothing much else going on. Thought I had nursery colour all decided but now having crisis... don't know LO gender so am trying to stay neutral without being beige! Is leamon too cliche?

Hope everyone is well!