Due April 2008 - new thread for October

[lemonaid]

Old thread here.

Ayomi - I am going swimming tonight too, so I hope the exercise will do me good.

I had my scan today, baby would not keep still, but hey he/she is doing ok. Since then I have been getting kicked all afternoon, must have move the bubs to somewhere where I can easily feel him/her.

i'm off to pg yoga again tonight, i love it!

Been to consultant today and YIPPEEEEEEEE
red here for more info, I need to go make dinner.
Hope everyones good

Lorayn, that's fantastic news. My consultant was so dismissive of my VBA2C plans. He kept quoting ridiculous statistics but couldn't give me a single study that backed up those percentages and claimed he'd never heard of the studies I mentioned. Luckily I'm not too bothered about having his 'permission', but it's so nice when you do get approval from someone in the know, isn't it? Very happy you got the go ahead.

I confess I haven't been swimming yet - need to get new costume, but intend to. Did buy a nice new top today though after having my bloods done to cheer m up. HATE needles..

Thanks for the advice on the Nipper 360 TLSM - we should get a fair bit of use out of it as DD1 will be 17/18 months when no2 comes along so she should have plenty of room.

If it's any consolation to anyone, a few weeks ago I read an article with Milla Jovovich where she said she's put 5 stone on in her pregnancy. So if it's good enough for her...

I got weighed today, and just want to rub everyones nose in the 2lbs I have put on, maybe HG isnt so dire after all

I am still lighter than my pre-pg weight Lorayn! Mind you, I was a heifer before I got pg!
Well done on getting your VBAC!

I've only put on 5lbs as of this morning, so I'm pretty happy with that (and that's without the HG). I am conscious of my appetite increasing now, though, so I shall have to be careful to eat Good Stuff rather than binging.

Demonaid - ditto the appetite. Now just need someone to tell me choc fudge cake and Big macs are considered a balanced diet

Morning all

Haven't posted for a few days as I've not been feeling too good - really bad headaches Actually went home from work at lunchtime yesterday, I was feeling so bad. Seem to be getting through the worst of it now though, with copious paracetamol.

Anyway, last night, in my desperation to feel the baby move (15 and a half weeks, so no reason I should feel it yet), I moved on a stage from "lying on the sofa in a really quiet room". I read somewhere that the baby now responds to light, so if you shine a torch on your tummy, it'll move out of the way. So, yes, there I was, all wrapped up in a thick dressing gown, suddenly whipping it open and shining a really bright light on my tummy. DH would have thought I was mad if he'd been in the room! And felt absolutely nothing! But will keep trying. Poor baby will be getting really annoyed with me!!

It's probably going 'bloody hell Mum! I'm trying to get some kip in here!'

I've got a chocolate muffin on my desk hee hee am trying to hold out til 11 to eat it. Am so excited about it I might have to snarfle it now though. Simple pleasures eh?

Mornin'

I'm sat at my desk waiting in anticipation for the butty man to arrive, starving today . Just keep thinking about my next scan (in 2 weeks), I'm in a dilema about finding out if bump is a him or her! usually I'm soooooooo organised, not sure about the whole not knowing thing, but like the idea of how exciting it would be to find out on the day.

Just started on my flapjack.
Which has oats in it, so is healthy.

I have gone from feeling little flutterings at 16 weeks to now it is like a disco going on in my womb at 18 weeks. Last night DH could finally feel the kicks and you couldn't wipe the smile off his face all night! Of course now he is convinced that it is a mini Footballer in there..LOL.

Sheds - we definitely want to know, but have to wait 4 weeks til next scan.

Annoyingly, I suspect my parents and in laws will decide they want a surprise, so we'll have to hold our tongue when talking about he or she. Which is one of the reasons we want to find out - so we can stop calling it "it"!!

i DONT WANT TO FIND OUT, BUT dp DOES AND NOW i'VE BEEN TOLD i'M GOING TO HAVE A DOPPLER SCAN AT 24WKS AND GROWTH SCANS AT 30/36 WEEKS THERE ARE THREE MORE BLINKING CHANCES TO FIND OUT, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE STRONG! (oopsy thats all in capitals, can't be bothered to rewrite it!)

Know what you mean Toast, seems a bit mean saying 'it' all the time.

this one beign our first I just don't know what to do! DP definatley wants to know, I'm more up in the air about the whole thing. Might jsut wait until the day and see how the scan is

sheds, having found out once and not with ym second, I personally think that not knowing increases the fun when it's born, I felt like it was a ll abit crap when I had DD and already knew she was going to be a girl called Ella whereas with ym son I had ideas for names of each sex and everyone had their guesses as to what it was etc.

I definitely want to know. I want to be able to tell DS whether it's a brother or sister so he is prepared (I think he's having trouble getting his head around the fact that he's getting one or the other but we don't know which at the moment -- he's at a stage where he's very fixated on whether people are boys or girls (cue lots of conversations that go

Narrator: Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a little girl...
DS: She's not got a willy.
Me: That's right.
DS: Cos she's a girl.
Me: Mmm-hmm.
DS: Only boys got willies.

or vice versa for boys)). And, well, I just want to know. I don't like the idea that the person doing the ultrasound knows something about my baby that I don't (and given all the measurements they need to take, they are going to have a pretty good idea even if they don't specifically look).

I find giving birth pretty exciting by itself , plus there's always the possibility that they've got it wrong at the scan so still an element of suspense... We don't firmly decide on a name until we've seen the baby either (although, to be honest, DS's name was probably 95% set beforehand, but we weren't entirely sure until we saw him) so we still get that discussion.

LOL, my DD is convinced it is a girl and DS is cinvinced it is a boy, so they can just wait
Also, I'm nervous as hell about ym VBA2C, and knowing I could easily chicken out at anytime and go for an el-cs kind of makes me need birth to be as exciting as possible!

I have booked a private scan a week on Saturday to find out if its a Girl or boy I will be 16 weeks

After the scare last week i just want to make sure all is ok but the sex thing is cool

We are taking our DS he really really wants a brother I said to him last night that it could be a girl and his reply was NO mummmy the little girl has gone my baby is a boy so the sooner we know the better! I really wanted a girl but now want a boy as he wants one so much also my DH wants a Boy and it would make things easier at home room wise but there is still a little part of me wishing for a girl

Mmmm, I suspect I will still be quite "excited" by the birth (my first), even if I do know what variety we're getting!

It would be nice to be so calm about it that I'm bored, but somehow I don't think that will happen!

I really want to find out if this is a boy or girl, with my first I was convinced it was a girl and was really shocked when it was a ds, with the second my dh wanted to know, so it was exciting to be knowing it was a dd. This time we want to know again, but they will not tell us here. so unless I book a private scan we will not be able to find out.

Got loads of kicks yesterday but very few today so I think bubs has moved again.

Hi All,

Haven't been about in a while as I've been so busy with work.

Firstly, I hat all of you that have only put on pounds whilst pregnant (:0:0:0)- I reached 1 stone 7lbs last time I looked

And I don't know if this is good news for some and nto for others but... my GP had a guestimate that I would be having a girl as I keep getting these awful headaches and it can be a sign of double the female hormones running through your body and triggering them.

I have another thumping headache today but I think it has something to do with wearing a roll neck in a stuffy office.

And ...I think I am starting to feel movements (18wks today). I feel as if my stomach is turning and every now and again I get a thump 'pain' which goes as quickly as it comes. (although I think I want to feel it so much it could be psychological!!!