Due October 08 - threaddy the third.

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29th Sept perkypopsy first baby yes
30th Sept Aubergenie first baby yes
30th Sept sambrads 1 ds yes
30th Sept buttercupbabe 1 ds yes
1st CantSleepWontSleep 1 dd yes
1st loulou33 1 ds yes
1st Sayuri first baby
2nd Jane7 first baby
2nd MrsBish 1 dc yes
2nd snowymum first baby yes
3rd SydneyB 1 dd yes
4th minervaitalica first baby
4th annwoo 2 dc
4th hedgepig 1 ds yes
4th charlotteryder 2 ds
4th HelenCS first baby
4th pistachio 1 dc yes
5th gimmeapeanut first baby
5th myjobismum 1 ds yes
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's yes
6th Bethoo 1 ds yes
6th fairydust2 1 dd yes
6th fall08baby first baby
7th ronshar 2 dd's yes
7th belgo 2 dd's yes
8th kookiegoddess first baby yes
8th Hoonette 1 ds
8th f1nut 3 dc
8th Alexa808 first baby yes
8th Ksal first baby yes
9th DoingItAgain 1 dd
10th Lozza70 first baby yes
10th emkay 1 dd yes
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's yes
10th sugr first baby yes
11th amggill first baby
11th Sprogstersmum 1 dd yes
12th CandC 1 ds
12th chicken78 1 dd
14th tedmundo 1 ds yes
14th twinklytoes 2 dd's yes
14th iuseantiageingstuff 2 ds's 1 dd
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's
15th fanvampbooks 1 dd yes
16th ilovebeinglazy 1 ds
16th moodywren 1 dd 2 ds's
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd yes
19th MrsTittleMouse 1 dd yes
19th rach010 1 ds
20th 07mumstheword 1 dc
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's yes
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd yes
20th jenwa 1 dd yes
21st hansnava 1 dd
21st rowanmac 1 ds
21st caramelbunny 1 dd yes
23rd SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds
25th Flum 2 dd's
26th mariekg 3 dc
29th sparklesandnowinefor9months 3 ds's 1 dd
29th Ekka 1 dd
30th Jambers99 1 ds yes
31st Jojay 1 ds
Nov coolkat 1 dd yes
?? wem first baby
?? musicgirl ??
?? accessorizequeen 2 ds's
?? ellensmelons 1 dd
?? Bclass ??

midwife - GPs mostly know sweet FA about pregnancy.

thanks for your help, will check that out

went and seen the midwife today for a check up .

the midwife said she would check for the heart beat but not to worry if she cold not find it !!!!

is she crazy if she could not find the heart beat i would have been an emotional wreck

thankfully she found the heart beat and all is well it was so nice to hear it and now i relax a bit now

my scan is on 28th may so i have nearly 5 weeks to wait not good but hey it has to be done

Sambrads- my scan is the day before yours but am seeing the midwife on Monday..hope I get to hear the heartbeat, am a nervous wreck as it is, any more bad news this week will tip me over the edge! Glad you got to hear yours, how exciting!!What is your due date?

Hi can I join? I've only just dared venture over from the TTC threads and the odd pregnancy post.. I'm due mid October with my first. I would try and catch up with everything but you lot have been very busy

My scan is the same day as yours Beakas. Think there is someone else on the same day too. Was it you perkypopsy?

tmtol - tell me your due date and I'll add you to the stats then do an update.

Just spent about half an hour catching up after a busy few days with no MNing.

Great news about hearing heartbeat Lozza and glad scans have gone well hansnava and Smudgey.

Welcome to eleta, firsttimer and toomuchtime.

Sorry if I've missed anyone.

Hope dd is recovering jenwa, mine had chickenpox last week and is still a bit scabby.

Don't worry about belly growing firsttimer, it will happen, but with my first pg I could still wear normal clothes til about 20 weeks. Am now 14+2 and trousers fastening fine although I think I look a bit porky.

Really enjoying the sunny afternoons and hoping they last! Off to pick up dd and maybe have a nutritious cornetto...

it was me CSWS seems like a long way off at the mo

Of course. I knew it was someone local!

it's my 30th birthday that day too. Am now stressing that something will go wrong and will have horrid birthdays for ever more. I am supposed to be running (or waddling) around smiling gleefully, but am instead worried sick. Not sleeping, have stonking headaches and fretting. I would be telling me to pull myself together!!
I can at least find solace in chunky kitkats- as per usual NOTHING affects my appetite!;)

Beakas it sounds like you're having a real time of it. Like CSWS says, you should be entitled to maternity allowance as long as you earned more than a certain amount over a period of time so many weeks before babies due date (gosh that sounds confusing, sorry) Basically with DS, I left my job and moved up north when 3 months pregnant but still got maternity allowance because I had worked for the company for quite a while before that...... There's a leaflet from the job centre that explains it much better than me Hope the chunky kitkat helped!
Well, had my booking in today and they've left my due date as 22nd Oct as apparantly only change it if more than 5 days discrepancy. MW did say that she thought they should ban due dates and just have due months instead!
Welcome to new people Firsttimer and toomuchtimeonlineand don't worry about the not expanding bit. I didn't for quite a while last time but will soon be in maternity clothes this time. Next scan not til 16th June!

Hi Everyone, is it true that lots of movement means a boy cos my little one is leaping around all over the place - have a weird feeling it is a boy anyway...
CSWS You are Liater too aren't you? My 21 week is on 20 May - 4 weeks to go - hooray
beakas I handed in my notice the day before BFP - not the cleverest thing I have ever done but amazingly i think is all going to work okay - am going free lance from June til Sept (as long as I can keep waddling in to work) and they are paying me a packet so I'll just save it all up and pay my own maternity pay :-) and no need to stress about when to go back to work BLISS (trying to put a positive spin on things here

Hi everyone - CSWS my due date (I think) is 15 Oct..

It's my first time and I am 15 weeks now and I just feel really fat - I look podgy! Had to buy some elasticated waisted trousers - which I don't think bodes well since your stomach muscles are supposed to be stronger with your first

What is everyone using to avoid stretchmarks?

p.s. how many weeks are the people that can feel movement - I can't feel anything yet..

I've seen other threads where lots of people had very active girl bumps so I'm not sure how much truth there is in the lots of movement means a boy.. but I love old wives tales ..

Hi can i join? I was unsure of my dates but had a scan today which confirmed that im 13+4 and due on 26th October. I already have 3 daughters, Olivia-Mae 6, Elana-Rose 3 & Maisy-Rae 7 months. Hoping for another girl but dont mind as long as everything is ok! Im feeling some movement and have been since last week, and i found the hb for the first time on my doppler last night. Oh and my scan picture is here

I have got my scan tomorrow

i think i'm due end of Oct, i hope so as i'll have to change to the Nov thread then and i quite like it round here!

Hope you ladies are all ok x

I THINK I'm feeling movement now toomuchtime. It's my first so I'm not completely sure, but from time to time I've been getting a little bubbly, tickly sort of feeling below my belly button. I've only noticed it in the last week and I'm 17+2.

Are people still feeling completely exhausted? I went back to school this week and have just been wiped out by the end of each day. Where's this second trimester energy boost I keep hearing about?!?

Right, stats first, so you all have chance to point out my errors, then I'll read and digest!
For the benefit of newcomers, the 'yes' refers to people having had their 12 week scan.

29th Sept perkypopsy first baby yes
29th Sept WombFor1More 2 ds's 1 dd yes
30th Sept Aubergenie first baby yes
30th Sept sambrads 1 ds yes
30th Sept buttercupbabe 1 ds yes
1st CantSleepWontSleep 1 dd yes
1st loulou33 1 ds yes
1st Sayuri first baby
2nd Jane7 first baby
2nd MrsBish 1 dc yes
2nd snowymum first baby yes
3rd SydneyB 1 dd yes
4th minervaitalica first baby yes
4th annwoo 2 dc
4th hedgepig 1 ds yes
4th charlotteryder 2 ds
4th HelenCS first baby
4th pistachio 1 dc yes
5th gimmeapeanut first baby
5th myjobismum 1 ds yes
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's yes
6th Bethoo 1 ds yes
6th fairydust2 1 dd yes
6th fall08baby first baby
6th iuseantiageingstuff 2 ds's 1 dd yes
7th ronshar 2 dd's yes
7th belgo 2 dd's yes
8th kookiegoddess first baby yes
8th Hoonette 1 ds
8th f1nut 3 dc
8th Alexa808 first baby yes
8th Ksal first baby yes
9th DoingItAgain 1 dd
10th Lozza70 first baby yes
10th emkay 1 dd yes
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's yes
10th sugr first baby yes
10th beakas first baby
11th amggill first baby
11th Sprogstersmum 1 dd yes
12th CandC 1 ds
12th chicken78 1 dd yes
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd yes
14th tedmundo 1 ds yes
14th twinklytoes 2 dd's yes
14th BubbaAndBump 1 dd
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's
15th fanvampbooks 1 dd yes
15th toomuchtimeonline first baby
16th ilovebeinglazy 1 ds
16th moodywren 1 dd 2 ds's
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd yes
19th MrsTittleMouse 1 dd yes
19th rach010 1 ds
20th 07mumstheword 1 dc
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's yes
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd yes
20th jenwa 1 dd yes
20th firsttimer08 first baby yes
21st hansnava 1 dd yes
21st rowanmac 1 ds yes
21st caramelbunny 1 dd yes
21st jess1996 first baby yes
23rd Sallypuss first baby
25th Flum 2 dd's yes
26th mariekg 3 dc
26th gem1981 1 ds
26th oliviaelanasmum 3 dd's
27th SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds yes
29th sparklesandnowinefor9months 3 ds's 1 dd
29th Ekka 1 dd yes
29th BabyDubsEverywhere 1 ds
30th Jambers99 1 ds yes
30th ChilledBunny ?? yes
31st Jojay 1 ds
Nov coolkat 1 dd yes
?? wem first baby
?? musicgirl ??
?? accessorizequeen 2 ds's
?? ellensmelons 1 dd
?? Bclass ??
?? Donada ?? yes

Cantsleep - i've just seen that coolkat is on there even though she's Nov does that mean if my scan dates say beginning of Nov tomorrow that i can stay on here?? pretty please!![

Smudgey/Beakas - there is info about maternity allowance in the 'birth to 5' book that you should receive at your first appointment of your first pregnancy.

PP - yes, I'm Lister too.

tmtol - I'm a firm believer that stretchmarks are a genetic thing - either you will get them or you won't, but none of these stupidly expensive creams will make the slightest difference either way. I have lots of old stretchmarks from growing very quickly as a teenager, but don't think I got any new ones in my last pregnancy, and did nothing to prevent them.

I felt lots of somersaulting one day last week, but haven't really felt anything since. I am now 17+2.

Can't believe it's 7 months already since your request for hyphenated names for your dd3 oliviaelanasmum!

Good luck for the scan sparkles. We'll let you stick around even if you're a bit over . Inevitably some of us will have babies in Sept and some in Nov, but we will stick together through thick and thin!

Aubergenie - I still get tired quite often in the afternoon, but on the rare occasion that I get an hour to nap, I end up not sleeping that night, so am if anything worse off.

lol - great cross post sparkles!

Thank you!!

Your DD is very cute CantSleep, are you stevenage way or london then if your hospital is lister?

Thank you . Stevenage Lister. We're near a teeny village about 15-20 mins away.

No chance at all to catch up on this thread, sorry. Had first scan Tues and I am having twins. Arrggggghhhhh! I have two ds's already, 4.4 and 16 months. I have no idea how I'm going to cope, it's all very scary.

tmtol - used baby oil morning and night with last pregnancy and managed to avoid stretch marks, i think it also helps if you keep weight gain slow and steady.

perky - i beleive the old wives tale that cravings for sweet thinks mean a girl and savoury or lack of sweet cravings is a boy, that is why i am so sure i am having another boy! only time will tell.

sparkles - i was on march thread with my other pregnancy and little man was then induced so had him in feb and stayed on that thread so stay here!!

Aubergine - what you describe certainly sounds like early movements. cute feeling isnt it?