Due August 2008

[TwilightSurfer]

23JUL Voodoococonut, 29, Manchester but moving to west midlands asap, 2nd DC (not finding out), DD 19m, downs bloods 13/2
28JUL IlanaK, 35, Central London, 3rd DC (?gender?), 2DS 6y & 3y, 20 week scan on 13th March
29JUL Miamla, 32, North London, 1st DC (?boy?),20week scan 12th March
30JUL Dizzydixies, 31, Fife, 3rd DC (girl?), 2DDs 4y & 1.5y, 20wk scan 12th March 10.20
31JUL Merrydaisy, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 2.6y, Next Appointment?
31JUL SassyLou, 32 Cheshire, 3rd DC (?gender?), 2DDs 7y & 5y, Next Appointment 21st Feb
01AUG Dutchindo, AGE?, Location?, 4th DC (?gender?), 2DS 8y & 14m DD 7y, Next Appointment?
01AUG PhilB, 31, SE London, 1st DC (still considering whether to ask about the sex), 20 week MW appt and scan on 17 March
01AUG Pertelote, 30, East London, 1st DC, Next Appointment 31st March (scan)
02AUG Vintagegardenia, 35, Ireland, 2nd DC (won't be asking gender! surprise please!), DS 9y, Next Appointment 10th March
02AUG Mum2b1, AGE?, Location?, 1st DC, Next Appointment?
02AUG Shazza2002, 27, West London, 2nd DC (?Surprise?), DD 5Y, Next Appointment 26th March for 20 week Scan (will be 21+3) Yippee!
03AUG Alittlebitshy, 28, East London/Essex, 2nd DC (waiting for a surprise)DD 4y (turns 5 before AUG), Next Appointment 17th march - 20 week scan then 25 march to see ob
04AUG Bigboydiditandranaway, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 20m, Next Appointment?
06AUG Kittenpaws, AGE?, Location?, 3rd DC (?gender?), DD & DS, Next Appointment?
06AUG Sweetiesandcakes, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 2.5y, Next Appointment?
07AUG BraveNewWorld, 30, London, 1st DC (?gender?), Next Appointment Feb 20 midwife
08AUG LadyOfWaffle, 21, Berkshire, 2nd DC (?girl, but not finding out?), DS 23m, 20 week scan 31st March 4pm, downs bloods 1/1100
08AUG Mummypud, aged 28 wiltshire dd 2 years ,
08AUG SKYTVADDICT, 40, Lincolnshire, 4th DC (waiting for a surprise), DS 8m & 2DDs 7y & 11y, Next Appointment Consultant 21 Feb and 20 weeks scan 26 March
08Aug Bealcain, 21,kent, 3rd DC (?gender?), 2DSs 2y & 1y, 19 march, anomoly and sexing scan
10AUG Lcy, 30. Wales, 1st DC (?boy?), Next Appointment 20 week scan: 2nd April
10AUG ChaCha, 32, Oxford, 3rd DC (?boy?), DC 2y & 10m, 28 March for 20wk scan, [C-Sec TBA]
11AUG Sarahnh, 32, West Midlands, 2nd DC (?boy?), DD 2y, 3rd April
11AUG Carolbrad, AGE?, North West, 1st DC (?gender?), Next Appointment?
11AUG Foghornleghorn, 23, Northampton, 3rd DC (?girl?), 2DDs 3y & 1y, Next Appointment 25th March 20 week scan
12AUG Thinking, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 15m, Next Appointment?
12AUG MagicMonkey, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 17m, Next Appointment?
12AUG Buckets, 31, Southampton, 3rd DC (boy?), DD 4 & DS 3, next appt Conslt/scan 25/03
14AUG TheApprentice, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 1y, Next Appointment?
14AUG Hardygirl, 36, SW London, 1st DC (don't care), Next appt 2nd April
14AUG Hazieandbaby, 26, Aberdeen, 1st DC (?boy?), Next Appointment 06MAR Blood Tests
14AUG CaptainCaveman, 34, Nottingham, 2nd DC (?boy?), DS 3.9y, Next Appointment Detailed Scan 07 April, 09:00
14AUG Gigglegirl, AGE?, Stockport, 4th DC (?gender?), DD 4y 2DSs 2y & 1y, Next Appointment 27MAR
14AUG Lewisham, AGE?, West London, 1st DC (?gender?), Next Appointment?
16AUG TwilightSurfer, 37, Tennessee, 2nd DC (GIRL), DD 4y, 07MAR Just checking in with my OB/GYN
16AUG longwayfromhome, 29, Argentina, 1st child (?gender?), Next Appt end of March
17AUG Iliketosleep, 24, wolverhampton, 4th dc (?gender), DDs 7,6,DS 4 Next scan 28th march
17AUG Poppysocks, 30, St Andrews, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 23m, Booking scan 6 Feb 0900
17AUG Warthog, AGE?, Location, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 21m, Next Appointment?
18AUG Kezza7779, AGE?, Cheltenham, 1st DC (?boy?), Next Appointment?
18AUG Browncat, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 18m, Next Appointment?
18AUG Expectant, AGE?, Singapore, 1st DC (?gender?), Next Appointment?
19Aug SazzlesA, AGE?, Cheltenham, 2nd DC (? gender?), DD 15m, Next Appt, 20 week scan 1st April
20AUG HelzBellz, 36, Nottingham, 1st DC (gender - surprise me), Next Appt 3rd April
20AUG MillieMooMoo, 29, West Yorks, 2nd DC (?boy?), DD 26m, 20 Week scan on 2nd April!
20AUG, Ejesmum, age?, location?, 2nd Dc (? gender?), DS nearly 4, next appt?
21AUG Jennylee, 30, West Lothian 2nd DC , DS 1 is 8yrs Next Appointment is 28th feb for '12'week scan
21AUG Stillhere, 35, Yorkshire, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 2.5y, Next Appointment 15FEB Private Nuchal Scan
21AUG HalfFrench, AGE?, Location?, 1st DC, Next Appointment?
22AUG Frances123, 27, London, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 5 m, Next Appointment?
22AUG Buddhbabe, 32, South West London, 2nd DC, not sure of gender, DS 14m, Next Appointment is 14th of Feb.
23AUG Stickybean, 27, North London, 1st DC gender, not sure? Maybe Girl), Next Appointment 11FEB Scan
23AUG Pinchypants, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 18m, Next Appointment?
23AUG Mum2go, 34, SOLIHULL B HAM, 2nd DC (?gender?), DD 6Y, Next Appointment 1st scan 11th feb b,ham women,s
24AUG Libbyssister, 34, Oxfordshire, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 2.10m. Next Appointment 3 Apr(20 week scan)
25Aug Petitfilou, 35, Location South West London but moving to Oxfordshire in April, 3rd DC (?BOY?),DS 4Y & DD 2.6, Next Appointment?
26AUG Ellasmum1, 30, staffs, 2nd dc(?boy), dd 5, next appt 13th feb(midwife) & 15FEB Scan
26AUG Dancerandprancer, 31, devon, 2nd DC (? gender), DD 26months, next appt 14th feb (scan
27AUG PennyBenjamin, 30, West London, 1st DC (?gender?), Next Appointment 15 Feb (nuchal scan)?
28Aug Sunshinemummy, 37, Location South West London, DS 22m, next appointment 21st Feb (scan, nuchal and consultant)
TBAUG Feb, AGE?, Location?, 2nd DC (?gender?), DS 10m, Next Appointment?
01SEP RomySchneider, 42, Location?, 2nd

I'm 18w+6 and my little guy doesn't seem to stop moving! Has been very busy in there for a couple of weeks really, sometimes even feel it even when I'm walking. Would already feel freaked if it went quiet for a day.
DH & I decided we ought to come up with a provisional name for each gender so we'll be able to say 'if you were a ... you would have been called...' We'd agreed on Kurt for a boy before I even got pg but last night DH pencilled in Nancy from our shortlist. Still have some other girl contenders but thought let's give our minds a rest until the scan (fingers crossed Kurt/Nancy is feeling extrovert).

lol Shazza about your come-back. I'm not quick enough to think of something good to say like that!

Buckets, Nancy is lovely. Have you been watching 'I'd Do Anything' perchance??

buckets , Nancy is lovely, poo pooed by my hub early on though xx i felt movemrnts fairly early on and still feel them but they are not as strong as they were at this time with my dd, i know i shouldnt compare the two but its so hard not to! xx shazza you are lucky that you can think fast! i cantbelive people think its ok to ask something like that!

I am so excited for the people finding out about sex of baby, I want to know but equally want a surprise. But happy that I can share everybody else's news

My baby movements have stalled...i think. Someone on one of the threads said during growth spurts the baby sleeps alot. I'm holding to that thought and wondering if what I feel occassionally is baby or bowel.

When we announced to folks we were pregnant it wasn't the words that hurt but the looks. I guess that's just to be expected when you concieve 15 days after a miscarriage.

How's the scan alittlebitshy?? Can't wait to hear your news.

Well to be honest, I had a warning about the comment.

With my 2 friends at work falling pregnant before me he asked them the same thing. 1st friend just laughed, she hadn't been trying long and doesn't get offended by much. But 2nd friend had been trying for 18 months so was really annoyed. So I kind of knew what was coming

Ticondaroga (current working title for baby longwayfromhome I think that it is a town in the US? ... still no sign of any agreement on actual names) has been kicking for a couple of weeks now. Pretty sure that they are kicks as my bowels have never felt like this ...

Especially in the evening when DH is home from work and we are sitting down on the sofa. DH has a niece of about 9 months and she cries whenever she sees him, so we are laughing that these kicks are the same reaction from the baby.

LOL actually Oliver is my most hated of musicals so that's a negative against Nancy!

In defence of Shazza's colleague, I think people probably ask questions about ttc because a longed for baby is more romantic notion than a 'whoops', they want to be extra pleased for you. Obviously, once the baby comes out you can't tell. I tell everyone that DS and this one have been gatecrashers, it doesn't matter in the long run, just makes me look a bit thick about contraception LOL.

Also he may know a lot about ttc himself...

so how many of us have got Next jeans? i've lived in mine!

VG.. you certainly like to set a girl a challenge.. I accept! drop me an email at m i a m l a @ h o t m a i l . c o m
amd we cam have a proper chat about it (didn't think you'd really want your measurements discussed on a public forum!)
And what lovely news that your DS is happy. Sounds like he'll make a lovely big brother

Dizzy. thank you thank you thank you! i suggested Frederick to DP weeks ago and he didn't like it but when i read out
your list he put it back on our possibles! Your list was definitely on teh right lines though... you've got the male
version of my name on there, DP's name and both of our fathers!
We like Sebastian but not Seb. also like Benjamin but not Ben.
Our current favourite nickname is "Milo" but we can't work out a longer version
So you're doing very well...keep up the good work!

buckets did you manage to get something for your migraine? i thought i was coming out in sympathy with you on sunday
but fortunately it stopped before too bad

CC you've certainly got a good one there...cleans up vomit without being asked?! brilliant!

TS how's your daughter doing today?

There really are alot of DCs on here feeling poorly. How do we stop the bugs spreading?!

comments..
worst response i got was from a colleague... "are you keeping it?" i obviously replies yes. her reaction "f**k, puts a whole load of extra work on me"
as for DMs.mine keeps telling me to stop sticking my tummy out! i'm really not! i have a baby inside me and he's making
me a little more round than i used to be!

a little girl on the bus asked her mum why that lady over there has got a balloon under her top!

oh and this is pinched from Jo Brand but if people ask "do you know what it is?" her reply was "no, but if its a crocodile
we're going to call him Snappy" I used it last week and raised a giggle!

mummypud Pip seems most active late evening (or during the day if i drink a cappucino!) Had a really strong kick last
night and DPs hand was already on my tummy so we felt it together. The movements have been alot more feelable (is this
even a word!) over the last few days (I'm 21 weeks tomorrow)

ALBS sending lots of healthy scan thoughts and hugs your way x

Yay, got prescribed cocodamol and a stomach settling thing (haven't looked at the packet yet) this morning. 1hr in wiating room with nutty 3yr old, was surprisingly patient bless him.

Milo's lovely, it's a real name in it's own right isn't it? V European.

Milo is wonderful. I know someone who just had a baby last month and named him Milo. She has a DD name Maya.

Miamla, DD is wonderful. Thanks for asking. You'd never know she's been ill.

Didn't I just say my baby's been still...just got three little kicks. She must know I'm talking about her.

is Milo a "proper" name? we thought it was just a nickname. Shouldn't baby have a sensible name for when he's older? (sorry thinking aloud!)

pleased to hear the end is nigh for your migraine Buckets. Unless someone has had one themself, people don't seem to understand that no, its not just a headache!

Pip always seems to kick me when i'm talking about him too! especially when on the phone to MIL, she of course is chuffed at the early influence she's having!

My DS has a friend at nursery called Milo (pronounced meelo not mylo as in the Tweenies). I think his parents are Dutch...?

is it a character in the Tweenies? perhaps its best avoided then!

Afternoon all!

What a lot of chat I've missed in a couple of days away. Sorry to hear of all the ill DCs. Mine's been fine (touch wood!), but is currently refusing to have her usual nap - a habit that I am going to resist her breaking with all I can - at least until the new one has arrived and is settled. If I don't get a break in the middle of the day with one I go insane, let alone two...

Milo is a great name. I'd love to use it but our surname is French, so it would all get very confused in a sort of pan-European way!

Hope all's going/gone well with the scan ALBS.

Reactions to this pregnancy have been much better than last time. We'd just got engaged (after 8 years together so not exactly a new relationship!) when we found out last time so there was lots of chuntering about shotguns (genuinely we had got engaged first) and babies born out of wedlock as we refused to bring the wedding forward. My mother wasn't amused to be done out of a big wedding.

This time I was really looking forward to people just being pleased, which they have been, but many not that excited. Just a sort of 'well, you've had one, of course you were going to have another' attitude, which was disappointing as I think it's a little miracle! Only rather disconcerting one was a chap I work with who asked exactly when the baby was conceived!!

You could be right about my collegue buckets, although I do remember a conversation once where he said he made 3 babies in 60 minutes. He has 3 children so I'm presuming he means they took 20 minutes each. Also to be honest the reason I was so short at the time with him was he really bugs me. He has 3 teenage children which I agree must be a handful but he never talks about them in a postive way, and he says babies and toddlers are a PITA. So I asked him why did he have children? His response was cause he didn't want to be old and on his own Which to be honest is partly a reason for me too, but I also happen to love babies and children and want to be a mother.

Anyway, enough about me ranting on.

Anybody else getting hungrier?

And you didn't give him an hour:minute:second answer Poppysocks?!

It IS a miracle! When you've had one it's even more suprising that you're happy to go through the whole experience again and have time to do the sex . We should get more credit!!

Shazza, I'm hungrier, but then when I start eating I'm full within a couple of mouthfuls. Didn't stop me wellying down a Cadbury's Creme Egg after my lunch tho'

ooooooooh creme eggs.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx my foods of choice at the mo are colliers cheese [strong and tangy] and hot cross buns all though not at the same time x

Hey Poppysocks (!?) it's your D sister diverting from due november!!! Where on earth did you get that nickname from??? Speak to you later, E X

I have a stalker have I?! The ridiculous nickname with no connection to anything whatsoever was supposed to aid anonymity. Never mind... Now get back over to your November thread!!! Will give you a ring in a bit.

Oh no mummypud, hot cross buns WITH nice strong cheese are great too. A def. fave here.

Creme eggs going down v. easily here too. In fact was congratulating myself yesterday on both pgs straddling Easter for maximum mini eggs/ creme eggs guzzling opportunities!

i'm eating like an absolute pig! i don't ever seem to feel full....

Is that your surname too Poppysocks? I love butter...

Hello all
Re the 'was it planned' comments - I've had one(or two) of those if you count my big boss's remark 'Congratulations ......I assume you want congratulations' !!!

Feeling a bit sensitive today as bp is 128/84 and for me, antenatal bp is usually more like something over 70. If the diastolic pressure goes over 90 they will consider treating me for hypertension (this is the second bp I've had around this level) Actually what I need is rest, a normal husband, not to be moving house, and some respite from the dcs. Not going to get any of those things though am I?!

If anyone has any failsafe recommendations as to how to relax I'd love to hear them. I am VERY stressed at the moment.