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

Sloane's not so positive in the UK (well, to those above a certain age). In the early 80s, upper class girls with alice bands and pearls were known as Sloane Rangers (because they hung about near Sloane Square). You know, the braying pony club type that married Hooray Henry and said 'yah' a lot.

LoW ? if you are anaemic I would just go and get some iron tablets. I think it's difficult to increase your iron through diet alone if your count is already quite low. You can buy 'proper' iron tablets (200mg, not the lower level multivitamin ones) over the counter at the chemists. They're only about £1.50 a pack.

Your iron level might be in your blue notes and they just haven't mentioned it? Is there a a print out sheet with lots of figures on it? Look for the Hb (I think). Normal levels are 12.1 to 15.1 gm/dL. Or just call your GP for confirmation.

I've been anaemic on and off since my last pg and turned away from the blood donor sessions and all that. I was put on iron tablets before I got pg and have stayed on them now. They do mess with your bowels a bit but the last blood test showed my iron level to about 12 which is good for me. Not being aneamic is also a requirement to be able to have your baby in our local midwife unit which is my incentive

Morning ladies.

Thank you miamla for your kind offer. I think I have managed to find an outfit which is always bloody typical (as in after talking to you I get an email from a shop with the exact thing I had in mind). Of course I will probably buy the outfit and it will be horrendous. It's either all or nothing but may still be emailing you re normal jersey tops Thanks again.

These jeans from Next that everybody is talking about. Are they just for slim pregnant ladies who just have a bump Or if like me you have a larger than life thighs and backside, are they still suitable?

Buckets thank you for the insight. That's two names this pregnancy that I've "learned" interesting things about. I'm not sure if you all remember Bristol was on my first girl name list a few months back.....will definitely not be using that one either. I think it's totally cool to be able to run name ideas past others from around the world!

Anybody still having a little gag-fest in the mornings. I'm still waking and going through the MS motions, although very slight. Shouldn't this be over by now (16+6 today).

It's rained here for HOURS. Was nice while sleeping but now I've got to get DD to preschool and me to my doctor's visit. YUK! Would be okay if it weren't so COLD too. I hate to be wet and cold!!!!

Talking of names. I am really starting to like Owen. I think it's all the talk on here about it! It's amazing how if you keep hearing something enough it grows on you

But DP doesn't approve. He think's it has something to do with my infatuation of Michael Owen and Mark Owen. I told him it's just a coincidence It really is girls honestly

Captain caveman - i don;t have Cat shame on me........

I like the colour of the ones at the front of the pic... the lighter blue. is that the "tint" colour???

Thanks so much...... as i say i'd be a 14 short.....

you can email me on [email protected] but let me know on here if you do cos i forget to check that one v often lol.

Morning all - I got a lie in this morning, till 10am!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to brag but as I'm off work I ALWAYS get up with the kids but dh did it today without grumble (more gracious than I ever manage) and took them to nursery and let me sleep!!

PMSL @ Shazza dh keeps threatening me with names of the Irish rugby team as they're doing so well this year, at this rate this wee one will be Shane-Horgan or something equally awful!!

He did say in the shop yesterday that the name I desperately wanted for dd2 has since grown on him and is currently his fav for this one - problem is all the reasons he gave me to put me off are still fresh in my mind bloody men!!!

Dizzy - you put out. you get a lie in...

Hmmmm, maybe this is something I'll have to try

god libby am so slow these days I never even made the connection!! Will have to tackle the legs again in the shower I suppose then

Hi everyone, spirits seem good across the board here. Have lot of work to do at mo (and also MN has gone bonkers this week with all the wind-up threads / posts for the challenge) so am being strict with myself about idling away an hour here or there with random active conversations!

Names and maternity clothes - funny how only a few weeks ago it was all sex (ie gender!!) and puking and scans and fingers crossed. Soon it will be all of us heaving vast bumps around and wearing incontinence pads. (Or maybe that will just be me.)

Still no movement here but 20 week scan on Monday so will be reassuring to see all in order. Going to theatre tonight AND on Tuesday night, yay, getting it all in before things get hectic.

Re. maternity tops I'm with you there, they're all hidjus, those gypsy / flower print things, on me anyway, I look like Hattie Jacques (sp?) in them, so think will actually just spill for an Isabella Oliver and wear it every day.

Not much to add, best to all.

LOL @ Libbysister. I thought the same thing about Dizzy's sudden lie in.

Although I'm now a bit miffed, are you telling me I should be getting something out of these frequent sex sessions I keep having with DP. The amount I've 'put out' to DP lately, I deserve more than I lie in, I deserve a bliming holiday

VG - Try not to worry about the movement. Easier said than done I know. I hadn't felt anything for over a week and then suddenly the other night it wouldn't bloody stop. Just when I was trying to not have to get up for the 5th time in the night to go to the loo. What are you going to see at the Theatre?

I know Shazza and I'm not normally an obsessy type (do I keep saying that??? perhaps that means I am) agonising over every shot of indigestion but I would just love to see some movement on the scan screen, even if I can't feel it!

Re. theatre, tonight it's The Importance of Being Ernest which I've seen about 5 times plus endless school / college productions - but I love it - and on Tuesday I'm seeing The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams, which I've never seen done, so am v looking forward.

I have a list of things I want to see at the cinema too but I am also thinking hmmm perhaps having a lot of films on DVD would be good for those breastfeeding marathons! In fact I'm saving Cranford for that very purpose.

I like Owen too, and if it helps persuade your DH there are variant Irish spellings (I think Owen is the Welsh?) of Eoin and Eoghan, pronounced the same. (In fact I used to work with an Eoghan who pronounced it Ian but he's the only one I've ever met.)

Well I'm sure once you've seen the baby wriggling on the screen on Monday, something will kick in (literally) and then they'll be no stopping it. What time's you scan?

Theatre sounds great. Only been to see Dirty Dancing and We Will Rock You, but think the atmosphere is amazing.

I'm hoping I can get back into DVD's. Since being PG I can just about sit through an episode of Eastenders let alone anything longer, I just get all fidgety (but maybe that's cause of my choice of program )

The more I say Owen the more I am really liking it. He did say after me mentioning it for about 10 minutes, "Call it what you like then if it keeps you happy" But it wasn't in the tone I wanted. You can see I'm hard to please, if somebody gives me cake there's always got to be icing on top

VG - V. jealous. I LOVE both of those plays.

On the name thing I'm in a dilemma. Can you tell me what you think....? The name we've chosen for a girl, we both absolutely love. However, 2 years after me my parents had a little girl who died of cot death when she was a few weeks old. I don't remember her, but obviously the legacy had a big impact on my childhood. As I don't remember this person with this name, I don't have a particularly strong association, but we didn't consider it last time because it felt a bit weird - especially for my parents with their first granchild. However, this time we're stuck on any other girls' names and we do love it.

I think my parents would be happy - a way of making things better maybe? - and we'd obviously ask their permission to use the name beforehand, but I just sort of feel that it might be tempting fate to use it again - especially as with me and then her, this will be the a second daughter. Am I just being silly? Or would you feel weird too - too weird to use it?

I know DH would be disappointed if I vetoed the name, but would totally understand. Just don't know what alternative we could find!

Poppy I don't think you would be tempting fate by using the name - the only thing that would hold me back in your circs would be your parents' sensitivities around the name. Have you actually suggested to them that you are thinking of using it or do you just have a sense from them that they would be happy with it?

Mmm I know lucky me, two in five days!

No it's not weird to want to use the name and it might be nice for your parents to have it in use, in a way it's honouring your little sister. I can see why you are nervous about what it would mean but the name is not going to carry some sort of cloud with it - I'd just maybe have a chat with your parents in advance and make sure they're comfortable with it. If they express any reservations I think I would, unfortunately, pull back, but do it in sufficient time that if they think about it for a few weeks they can tell what they really feel. oops does that make any sense? I mean initially they might say, oh no, but after a while might come to love the idea.

You are being sensitive to their feelings - that's the main thing really - and they will definitely appreciate that. If they say no then perhaps you could use it as a middle name?

Thanks for your thoughts VG. My plan is to write to them both to say that it's on the shortlist, but we would, of course, leave well alone if they felt in anyway awkward. I think an old fashioned letter would be best so they have time to think about it before responding. My DB and DS came along later, but her death had an effect on them too, so will just let them know that it's a possibility.

If they are both REALLY pleased at the thought of it being used then that's probably that, but I think I would reserve the right to chicken out until we actually see her. It may not feel right at the time, esp. if she looks just like my sister.

On the other hand, we may find out in 3 week's time that we don't need girls' names at all!

Yes I think that's important, that if they say yes now (or in 3 weeks) that doesn't mean that you have to use it - I think your letter re. shortlist is the perfect approach.

So you are having scan in 3 weeks and will find out the sex? I think I could find out the sex on Monday (though to be honest no-one has raised the question with me - perhaps it's more common to find out in the UK than in Ireland?) but will probably leave it till that traditional moment, congratulations, it's a ...!

When ds was born (nearly 10 years ago now - crumbs) they said it's a boy and I looked down at him and was so blurred with pain and emotion and shock that I thought the clipped-off umbilicus was his penis!

Was the first moment of much sloppy mothering to follow.

My parents lost their 1st born, a boy. My mum then went on to have my sister and I. I know that they personally would be honoured if I had a boy and called it the same name. It is just me that would have a problem with it. I know this probably doesn't help you very much as it's the other way around for you, you want it but not sure if you're parents will mind. But hopefully they will be pleased HTH

Talking of mistaken bits at birth. When my DD was born all I could see were her swollen bits between her legs (she was screwed up on the bed with her back to me) I was convinced I'd had a boy and those were his balls!

Think we will find out, but keep it to ourselves (and you ladies?). Last time the scan was so unclear (to my untrained eye) that I couldn't work out why she was saying DD was a girl so we didn't tell anyone in case they were wrong. I'd hate the first thing people to know about my child is that the sonographer got their gender wrong!

I would still feel a bit weird about using this name. I know it sounds silly, but is it tempting fate? (I know that rationally that's wrong - but you know what I mean?).

Using it as a middle name would be the perfect solution, but we have a middle name already from DH's side after a beloved relative who died recently. Finding a name to go with that is another problem in itself. This name isn't brilliant with it, but not too bad either.

Poppysocks I think you're right to keep the gender news to yourselves (of course I include us in that!!). Re. tempting fate, same name for second child of you and of your mother - if you think about it it would actually to be likely, but be an ASTONISHING coincidence if anything unfortunate happed to your baby (which it WON'T) and they shared a name. I think to think about tempting fate etc is to think that there is something wrong with the name, as if it will bring bad luck? Am I overinterpreting? But you love the name, your parents loved the name, it was your sister's name, it is therefore a good name with good family karma. Better to honour your sister and your parents' love of her than to shy away from the memory or to think only of bad associations.

Look - it's easy for us to say, isn't it? And let's face it, when you're pregnant your judgment is bonkers and you are extra sensitive to EVERYTHING. And you only realise that looking back. So I can see how you are feeling as you are - but I think if your parents are happy, and you both love the name, go for it and give it a new life.

My current prob - my consultant's sec. has just rung to say he's sick and won't be there on Monday. His midwife will be covering his appointments. I haven't met her & don't know what her part would be in delivery? He is the one meant to be doing it - and he is not meant to get sick! What if he's sick when I am writhing in agony and calling for drugs ? What use will he be then? Should I reschedule the appointment or go to see the unknown midwife??

PS I know our systems are different, UK v Ire - I am seeing him as a private patient, no midwife normally involved. (I thought.)

Sorry - meant to type

"if you think about it it would actually not be likely..."

Ah, that's what Preview Message is for...

Eoin and Eoghan means "born of the yew" though the Welsh Owen means "warrior" or "well-born".

According to the Internet. (So it must be true.)