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Good morning all you creme egg lovers ( and those weird ones amongst us who don't appreciate them)

Good luck for all the scans coming up this week, and next.

sorry usdc, dunno why I got the Catholic thing in my head oops. I'm no CoE expert, but I guess the fact is they'd have to be Christian to take the promises asked of them, to bring the child up in Christian beliefs. A non-Christian I don't think could really take such a vow. But I don't see why you couldn't have a eg Jewish friend taking a special role in your dc life, just not under official 'Godparent' heading.

pp, best of luck with scan and dentist xxx

HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF

I'm 24 weeks today which means that baby is now viable so I can relax a bit about the braxton hicks I get every so often! It didn't really cross my mind until I saw the consultant last time who said 'I will see you in two weeks when the baby is viable' and it brought home how vunerable this pregnancy is. I feel baby will stay in here for quite a while longer, until 26 weeks would be perfect!

wow, so pleased for you, goingfor3. bloody hell, to be basically told your baby isn't viable!!!! How you got through those 2 weeks is beyond me, you poor thing. Hope you can at least enjoy a bit of your pg now

Goingfor3, so glad that you have made the magic 24 weeks. At how many weeks were your other two born?

Medics, specially in secondary care (sorry pyjamarama, hope you're a GP!) can be very insensitive sometimes, I think.

Re godparents, thanks everyone. Ernest, a lot of people have been discussing it from the Catholic perspective and I have learnt a lot. You said that in Switzerland, the Gotti are really significant. In the USA, at least on the Episcopalian side (which is Anglican), they really don't seem to matter much at all. I think that's why DH thought it wouldn't be an issue. We shall ask the US priest in a few months once it gets nearer the time.

Goingfor3 -that is fab news. I did that last time going OK it has a good chance of survival if anything goes wrong now, it must be such a huge relief to you.

Well I am a bit peeved here as for the third time they have changed my consultants appointment, have given up changing my scan to fit in so will have to do trek to hospital 2 weeks in a row and drag DD along the second time as my mother will not be able to look after her.

Godparents - in the Church of Scotland they don't make any vows at all and just stand up as witnesses with the parents so a non-Christian would be fine. My son has two, both non-religious actually that we picked because we so admire their lifestyles, their morals, and their attitudes. They have been fabulous with DS too, his godmother sends him the best homemade hallowe'en costumes and his godfather is a pianist and is sending us all sorts of fun CDs to play for him.

But another godparent question - is it normal to have different godparents for each kid? Part of me thinks we should have different ones so that each kid has special, individual people in their lives. But then our current godparents are so great to DS I'm afraid the next set wont be as good and that's not fair to the next one! What does everyone think?

24 weeks - I'm 23 weeks today but we've decided to count viability from 27 weeks (there's a really good chance of no long-term problems from 27 weeks) so just this morning we were saying that we only had 4 weeks to go!.

goingfor3, I'm getting braxton hicks every once in a while too. Just mild ones, but they do surprise me when it happens!

G43 - You must be so relieved - happy 24 weeks today!!

Ernest - how's the holiday?

Upsidedown - sorry can't add any christeninhg advice as we are heathens and the boys aren't christened.Sounds like you've had lots of good advice though - I like the idea of the fairygodmothers/fathers.

Sophie - what a pain about your appointments.How is DD about trekking to the hospital - will it be an ordeal?

I feel crap today - hope I'm not getting the boys bug, ds1 is back at school, ds2 is still off but will be back tomorrow. Dh is skiing - purely so he can give the guests 1st hand advice of course!!I had my normal sickness when I got up, then dh made me some porridge and I threw it up!! Managed to keep down a chocolate digestive though!!

She'll be fine its the consultant and his office I am worried about will they survive

As to Godparents my sister is DD's godmother and deperately wanting to be this ones as well as in her words she won't treat them any differently (still waiting for her to pay me for DD's christmas present) Thinking about it

Thanks for your well wishes, certainly feeling really relaxed today. My other babies were born at 16 (failed stitch), 20 (no stitch), 38 &40 (stitch) weeks and I feel confrident that this one will be born around it's due date as I'm passed my danger period and my cervix has been normal at the scans. As a treat I just pordered my self a couple of Bravado bras as I know they will see me through the rest of my pregnancy and into breastfeeding otherwise I'll be buying new bras every four weeks as I keep expanding!

G43 - I've had a Bravado bra before but didn't get on well with it, I seemed to be falling out of it all the time - do you think I just had the wrong size?

deb i had one good and one bad bravado - the one that comes down in a v in the middle and crosses was horrible, i fell out, but the one (bigger size) that's just one piece across the front was wonderful (for sleeping - don't expect any shape!).

G43 really happy for you! i just remembered - was it boys that you had a problem carrying or did you find out? the reason i ask is that my mum couldn't carry boys. she had 3 late miscarriages and 1 stillborn before she had my sister that were all boys. and then 2 more girls after that with no trouble at all. i've never heard of it as a phenomenon but i wonder if there's something to it?

Debs, I had a couple last time and found they were really comfy. I have the double ++ ones so there's no chance of falling out. Maybe they were the wrong size or just didn't suit your shape.
I found one of my old ones the other day and I had no chance of getting it on, I'm so much bigger than last time already.

DLm, both the babies I mc's were boys and I really don't know if there is a connection but I certainly felt more relaxed when I heard this one is a girl. I'm never going to try again to test the theory either! I just can't believe how much more relaxed I feel today!

The one peice bras don't give any shape but I've given up on my boobs looking good, I just want comfort! DP pointed out some nice underwear in the shop the other day and i told him that I didn't plan to wear anything nice for months, my knickers with the stretched elastic suit me just fine at the moment!

Going for 3, - Congratulations on reaching 24 weeks, although I'm sure we all hope you'll be around for much longer!

Had my 21 week scan this morning and it was fab. We had a trainee doing the scan with a really good supervisor and they took ages which was ace. We had a fantastic look at the heart, brain and spine and all looks fab. All the measurements where right on the line for 21 weeks too, except for the head which was 22 - just my luck to have a big-headed baby!

dylan - I have a freind who can't carry boys as well

So pleased for you G43. That's great news.

Dylansluckymum - what a sad time your poor mother must have had.

We have different godparents for each child, but DS1 got the best ones (ie the ones who make the most effort with him), DS2 has one USELESS one and one OK one, DD has a useless one and 2 reasonable ones. We're running out of ideas for who to ask this time.

My in-laws are supposed to be coming over for a month or so when the baby is due, but I've just heard that they will probably stagger their trip - ie just one of them at any one time. So I guess my thought that they would look after the children and look after me a bit too was presumptious. I think it's becuase they'll be busy helping my SiL with her baby (who will be 4 months old by then so OBVIOUSLY she needs them more than I will .

Now, I have been dying to say a really mean thing all morning and I will burst if I don't so I'll say it here to all you lovely imaginary ladies...
my SiLs new baby looks like Dudley Dursley.

hahahahahahaha

Rolf, lol about your sisters baby!!!!. DD1 was very delicate and pretty looking as soon as she came out, DD2 was really bruised, swollen and squashed looking - I wouldn't have had it any other way!

upsidedown - just posted on your baptism thread again. I was very confused last night as I was always convinced that episcopalians were anglo-catholics (my friend's parents are episc. ministers and that was how he described it to me). After all the chat though I went away and did some research and the official Episcopalian website says its part of the Anglican Communion and claim to be a middle way between Roman Catholicism and Protestant traditions. So now I know.

lol all the waxing chat and secret confessions about lady-bits shavers btw!!

goingfor3 - congratulations! The 'viability' is such a horrible medicalised word. I suppose it's because that medically and legally foetus' are considered viable after 24 weeks but its not a nice word to use with the mum-to-be.

Amazed (and saddened) to hear that some people struggle to carry a baby of a particular gender. You learn all sorts of things being pregnant!

Rolf - lol!!!!!!

A work colleague had a baby last week and everyone was saying what a lovely name it was (I wont say what it was to avoid potentially offending anyone), but I just very dryly said, 'oh, that's definitely not on my list'. I think everyone now thinks that I'm an evil cow!

ha ha rolf, very amusing! this is why this website is so essential!!

i have to say although it was a very hard time for my mum she's very spiritual (not 'religious') and believes that the soul of any lost child is reborn in another, so although it was hard she was always at peace. it's amazing how much power strong beliefs have!

oh go on dramaqueen - i'm really curious what it is now...

I'm being very quiet about his name, too

Oh, I'd feel awful if it was somone's favourite name. tbh - there really isn't anything wrong with the name, its just not for me. Its one of the trendy scottish names and I'm not keen on names that are too trendy (or too popular, or spelt badly, or made-up for that matter ). But that's just a personal opinion obviously .

There's a good reason why I stay away from the baby names threads!

lol that's very funny. i like weird names but not spelled weird so much. more like old school names that aren't as common anymore. i think we're decided on Bronwyn if it's a girl (welsh like Dylan, dh is half welsh) but boy names are really escaping us. dh likes winston which i've vetoed more times than you can imagine. he keeps trying though!

Ooh, Bronwyn's lovely. It goes well with Dylan, too.

I bought a baby name book yesterday that, in addition to the usual alphabetical lists, has themed lists. We've been having a lovely time looking through it and disagreeing over every name or coming up with ones we find hilarious. So grown up!