Due October 08 - threaddy the third.

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AandD.. yep me too, just too tired I think. I am still waiting for this mythical energy spurt!

evening all,
just catching up after a week away from MN! has taken me a long time to read all the posts...
AandD, you are not at all alone, I never feel like BD once I'm PG, DH is resigned in a moping around the house with the occasional hopeful grope, kind of way.
I just tell him it will soon be Christmas! makes me laugh everytime, which somehow doesn't help . I can't even bring myself to lie back and think of England sorry if TMI..
Am feeling quite perky here, so hoping the mid trimester bloom may be on it's way - as long as the teenage acne goes I'll be happy - I've had lovely skin for last 2 PGs, so yucky spots was a real surprise this time (could it be a girl????)

Am so with you pepperrabbit with the awful skin this pg. Also had great skin, hair, strong nails with last two pgs.

With regards to weight gain I put on 4 stone each pg and swear I did not eat all the pies! Lost it all though but not as quick as all those celebs who look like they haven't had a baby six weeks later. How?!

Thank goodness I'm not alone, DH keeps flashing me and thinks it's really funny and that in some way may make me pounce on him but it's not working!

Otherwise feeling pretty good, dd2 is coming up to 18 months and starting terrible 2's a bit early but mostly she's hilarious and has me laughing all day - not liking being woken up at 5.30 every morning by the early bird but I suppose that come with the territory!

annwoo I did the same and took me 9-10 months of slimming world and 4 days a week in the gym! Oh to have the time and money to employ and personal trainer and someone to cook for you..

AandM- i know how u feel. ive gone completely off sex and im dreading saturday as it dp birthday so i suppose im going to have to give him something nice lol.

i did read in a magazine about a lady who was pg and had no sex drive, the agony aunt or sex dr said the only way to restore ur sex drive is to keep having sex and eventually it will come back. [obviously it was either a man dr or a woman who had never been pg and felt fat and tired].

went to midwife today as i was worried about the days long gaps between movements and she said dont panic u wont feel a regular movement pattern until 28 weeks.
but she said i have low platlets so have to have more bloodtests [yeahhhhhh] nevermind had them with last pg and didnt affect ne thing.

hope u all ok.

No sex here either, but then dh isn't overly needy in that respect, so I'm assuming it's not a problem. If he gets some on his birthday then it might bring on labour, as it's 4 days before my due date! That would be a good way to avoid being induced .

Happy Birthday to all those celebrating.

We were in two minds about finding out the sex, but since we're going to have scans every 4 weeks now, I figure we may as well, as we'll prob discover it accidentally at some point otherwise!

perkypopsy and bigmouth

i have the exact same problem with mil

when i was pregnant with ds she was constantly saying how much she wants it to be a g irl then my ds came along and she was excited but dissappointed!!

this time she says it has to be a girl as she wants to buy pink pink and more pink!

i would love a girl but i do worry my ds will be forgot about if i have a girl as my mil will just go pink mad

my dh is also the only child ie GOLDEN CHILD but i told him he better stand up to her as she tends to treat him like hes 6 years old still and my dh lets her

she does tend to speak her mind and she would not let me put on a few pound without her letting me know!!!

The answer to MIL is to have them live on the other side of the world. Works for us Actually MIL is lovely and we get on fine and she's really laid back so not sure if it would be a problem if she lived closer.
No sex drive here. In fact, it's a bloomin miracle this LO is on its way at all! DH just seems resigned to it too. Maybe I should make more of an effort
Heard heartbeat on monday and DS was very interested. He's only 15 months so hasn't got a clue but he liked the noise. Hope everyone has lovely weekends. Is there nice weather on the way?

Fully agree smudgey, works for us too. In fact its dh who can't get on with his mum if they live too close! I've got no such problems....

Lack of sex drive here too - partly tiredness but also the issue that last time round had cervical erosion which led to bleeding when we had sex and that really freaked me out. Doesn't really put you in the mood at all. Poor dh - think he was hoping we'd have to try for a long time for baby no2

Heard the heartbeat yesterday which was a relief. We're now 16 weeks and our next scan is on 23rd June so it was nice to hear that things seem ok in there. DH has finally told his family (they all live in Canada/US) which is sooner than last time - he waited till we were about 22 weeks then .

hi all
sorry its been a while planning holidays and trying to potty train such fun!
had a midwifes appointment yesterday heard the heartbeat for the first time! i could listen to it all day
everythings going well and next scan is on the 4th of june and we are definately going to find out the sex were all desperate to know plus we only have a girls name picked out and cant agree on a boys! as for my sex drive i am quite embarrased to admit that its all i think about at the moment!, not that its benefiting my husband a great deal as the mind is very willing but the body is extremely knackered! but i was like this with my last 2 pregnancys which were boys and i was the complete opposite with my daughter so im thinking this has to be another boy!.

Evening ladies afraid I have to say it but sex life is fab I cannot get enough of it I feel so sexy with my huge boobs but I have to ignore the huge belly as it gets in the way dh is tired out.

I will be 20wks this weekend half way just cannot believe it. Ds is five this week and we are having a party on a steam train the children will love it but I am not sure how I will feel after two hours trapped on a train with 22 children I might need a bottle of vodka if only.

Hello all, back from my long conference week and speech to 500 people - and I won a really big industry prize which was nice!

I'm meeting with an independent midwife tomorrow and I'm so excited! I really want a homebirth now and don't want that thing of booking it, only to be told it's not possible once i'm in labour, plus i was so stressed about the idea of learning to breastfeed etc so dh and i have decided the three grand is worth it - and it's true, now we've decided to shell out i feel so much calmer.

And as if that wasn't enough excitement, it's my 20 week scan on Monday! Four days! Yey!

at £3k. What's included for that?

Hi everyone - I love the way I can come on here and have you say everything I have been thinking - such a huge relief!
I have no sex drive at all this time - (with the MMC last year we were still at it like normal i.e. a couple of times a week). Feel guilty about DH but not enough to do it when not keen cos we did that for 18 months when "trying" and was so soul destroying. However, in the last week or so I have been having really (REALLY) naughty dreams - Matthew McConahey (spelling?) was in one of them - BLIMEY! DH has ben in America the whole time so has not benefitted - I hope this along with feeling much better in myself means we'll get back on the hobby horse so to speak...
Well done snowy - amazing you are being so fab and successful at work - my brainis jellified
4 days til the scan woohooooo

Thanks pp! Included in the 3 grand (I know, it's huge) is antenatal, postnatal and labour attendance - all the details of the lady I'm seeing are here.

Nothing that the nhs doesn't do, technically, except for the continuity of care thing and the fact i feel more relaxed about the whole thing because i know who will be with me and that they're not going to be horrible to me.

It is a lot, though, and we're not rich people. Shows how freaked out i've been about the whole prospect of hospitals and what would happen if i get an evil midwife on duty. I blame mumsnet - reading all the traumatic birth stories is horrifying!

Oh and CONGRATS myjob on a good scan!

Hi ladies - no sex drive here either, quite strange as i couldn't get enough last pregnancy?

myjob lovely news on scan.

Got my scan 3rd June not finding out if girl or boy really don't mind either way.

Have a good evening ladies

Great news on the scan Myjob! How exciting. I've got mine next week and I can't wait.

I can totally understand why you've opted for the independent midwife snowymum. Someone I know did the same, and I think there's such a lot to be said for that continuity of care. I just wish it was an option for us.

I really want a home birth but my local hospital won't do them at the moment because they don't have enough staff. I think I'm going to try and switch hospitals but I've got no idea how to do it. Incidentally does anyone know?

Have a lovely evening ladies.

Good News
I'm really pleased to tell you that our amnio results have come back normal. Thanks for all the good wishes it does help as it not something I could talk to people about in 'real life'. I have collapsed from my previous position orbiting the planet into a heap on the floor. The glass of wine probably didn't help! I have to say my local hospital have been fab, they have one midwife who deals with all the abnormal screening results, contacts the mums, arranges amnio and was there for it and arranged time to phone us with results all of which she did without fail. We get more results in 2 weeks or so including the sex if we want to know, which we don't.

In my area women only get one scan at 12 weeks and thats it unless there is a problem so I won't get another scan.

Next contact is MW at22 weeks, DS thought listening to heart was interesting (at last MW appt) but really has no clue about what is going on.

I hope everyone has good scan results, thinking of you

What great news rowanmac. well done for getting through it all.

Hello everyone - sorry to have been absent for so long as you have all been VERY busy chatting!

It is lovely to see that all the things I am feeling and experiencing are shared by some if not all of you! No strong movements yet but I am 99.9% sure that the flutterings can't ALL be wind (can they?!).

Sex drive is middling. I have to say I am firm believer in just getting on with it as once we get started, I always enjoy it! My only stipulation is that we head up to bed at 9ish to avoid a late night! As you can see - he ain't getting lucky tonight HA HA!

My bump is looking like a baby bump now instead of a cake habit. Still in a lot of normal clothes with my belly buster expanding the jeans and long tops. After a HUGE weight gain in weeks 1-9 (9lbs)I have now levelled out and by now I think I have gained about 10lbs. Last time I put on 2 stone, but can't see me being so lucky this time. I am joining WW the day after the bambino comes out.

I am watching Midnight Man with half an eye but just can't seem to get into it. Might give up and head up to bed for a read! Night night.