First time mums expecting Spring babies

[FlirtyThirty]

Hello!

I'm expecting my first baby on 24 April. I'm currently only 4+4 but have NO symptoms at all! Have just retested as I'm convinced I've imagined it!

Went to Dr yesterday to share the news and have to wait for hospital 'choose & book' paperwork so that I can arrange first scan for around 10 October.

There seems to be so many decisions to make all of a sudden...

Anyway...just wondered how you other first timers were finding things...or your other halves for that matter. Mine is still in total shock in spite of this being a planned baby!

Flirty x

Thought I'd update the list after scan the other day.

Hope you're all having a good day so far!

March
Lolianja - EDD 2 March - Essex (but probably giving birth in Lancs)
ChocolateEclair - EDD 28th March - SURPRISE - North Yorkshire
BinkyB - TWINS - EDD 24 March - Chelsea & Westminster
DaisyJ ? SURPRISE - EDD 28 March ? Lewisham (home preferably)

April
skiingone - GIRL - EDD 3 April - Portland Hospital
Kalikaroo - SURPRISE (v. stubborn baby with legs crossed at scan!) - EDD 3 April - Scandinavia
Evs34 - GIRL - EDD 8th April - North Yorkshire.
BarbarellaNz - TRIPLETS - EDD 9 April - Chelsea and Westminster
SpringySunshine - EDD 11th April - Jessops, Sheffield
Brettgirl2 - GIRL - EDD 12th April - Warwickshire
Pinkadink - EDD 16th April - Edinburgh
Salbysea - EDD 18 April - Dorset
Kittycat8 - EDD 19 April - Epsom Hospital
Elpis - EDD 23 April - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London
FlirtyThirty - SURPRISE - EDD 24 April - Kingston Hospital
Bicnod - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital
Littleduck - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital

May
BrightSideOfLife - EDD 1st May - Kingston Hospital
Heverhoney - EDD 2nd May - QE Woolwich
Saz007 - EDD 20 May - Durham

Ladies - I can't believe we've no confirmed BOYS on this thread!! Definitely defying probability. I rather suspect I might be having a boy though...not sure why and it's not at all a strong feeling, but I'm erring that way. Though it's possible that's because I'm more concerned about having a boy than a girl...so I'm sort of trying to prepare myself. My family is VERY female dominated and I just don't feel I know little boys as well as girls. I'm sure it'll be fine though and it's not actually that I have a preference, I just feel I'd be instantly better prepared to deal with the future if it was a girl. Mind you...the whole thing's a massive learning curve, so may as well start right at the bottom I suppose!

Right, I have a mountain of work to get through today...so will try and stay waya and wish you girls a good one!

Flirty x

March
Lolianja - EDD 2 March - Essex (but probably giving birth in Lancs)
ChocolateEclair - EDD 28th March - SURPRISE - North Yorkshire
BinkyB - TWINS - EDD 24 March - Chelsea & Westminster
DaisyJ ? SURPRISE - EDD 28 March ? Lewisham (home preferably)

April
skiingone - GIRL - EDD 3 April - Portland Hospital
Kalikaroo - SURPRISE (v. stubborn baby with legs crossed at scan!) - EDD 3 April - Scandinavia
Evs34 - GIRL - EDD 8th April - North Yorkshire.
BarbarellaNz - TRIPLETS - EDD 9 April - Chelsea and Westminster
SpringySunshine - EDD 11th April - Jessops, Sheffield
Brettgirl2 - GIRL - EDD 12th April - Warwickshire
Pinkadink - EDD 16th April - Edinburgh
Salbysea - EDD 18 April - Dorset
Kittycat8 - EDD 19 April - Epsom Hospital
Elpis - EDD 23 April - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London
FlirtyThirty - SURPRISE - EDD 24 April - Kingston Hospital
Bicnod - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital
Littleduck - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital

May
BrightSideOfLife - EDD 1st May - Kingston Hospital
Heverhoney - EDD 2nd May - QE Woolwich
Saz007 - EDD 20 May - Durham

PS. Bicnod, Littleduck and Brightside - when are your Anomaly Scans at Kingston? Mine's 11 Dec...but they must all be pretty close together...

Flirty - I'm convinced Bo is a boy, too. I'm carrying all up front and haven't put weight on anywhere else - how you carry does seem to be the one old wives' tale to have some truth in it, but who knows. Anyway, the lovely Turkish woman in our local caff thinks it's a boy, and that's good enough for me! *Flirty8m just think how much girly attention and cosseting a boy would get in such a female-dominated family - he'd be a little prince among women!

skiing - loving the babysitting plans - lol.

Where's my SE London buddy heverhoney - have you left us?

Have a lovely day, everyone.

xx

Hey girls - I had another late night last night, got back from work just after 1am but survived - hurrah! Definitely not as exhausted as I was in early pregnancy...

Flirty - don't EVER feel guilty about eating pain au chocolat or chocolate - the baby LOVES it

My anomaly scan at Kingston is on 15th December... can't wait

By the way - I'm convinced that mine is a little boy too, but not going to find out because I want a suprise baby... think I'm the same as you Flirty - don't have a preference but more used to girls, so getting myself used to thinking bump is a boy

x

Bicnod - not me feeling guilty for eating pain au chocolat...on the contrary, I am totally convinced that my baby adores Green & Blacks caramel and vanilla ice-cream so have been ensuring he/she gets plenty of it!

Daisy - funnily enough some random girl in DH's office came up to me and said, I think it's a boy. I don't even know her... perhaps I shoudl come and visit Turkish cafe lady for a second opinion!

Ladies...check out this thread under 'Pregnancy':

Title: Boy or Girl - calling all experts on guessing the sex (angle of the dangle etc) what do you think?

There is a lady on there who reckons that you can work out sex of baby from letter 'Y' on top of scan picture....if she's right, I'm having a boy. Would love to have a sonographer actually say one way or the other if it's true!? Anyone know a sonographer...?

Hi Everyone,

Lovely to read that lots of you are getting kicks now! I feel the odd flutter, but no definite kicks yet....can't wait...

Skiingone/BinkyB - I see Mr Thorpe Beeston and Mr Marwood at Chelsea and Westminster so may run into you there. See Mr T-B every two weeks and Marwood (who is VERY scary) sporadically.

As for triple pram, have sourced one made by an Italian company (Inglesina) which is the one other triplet mothers have recommended - the only catch is that it is 750 pounds!! God I hope someone puts one on ebay around March....

Have my 21 week scan on Monday so very much looking forward to seeing my 'sackful of puppies' (which is what they looked like last time) again

Barbaraella XX

Hi girls,

Just back from our last trip away for a while (sob) but looking forward to visting loads of places in this country next year We are thinking of waiting about a year before taking the wee one on a plane.

DH and I don't want to know the sex but he's been convinced (even before I got PG) that we'd have a girl whereas I think I'm leaning towards a boy. I totally don't care tho as long as it's healthy. PIL are thinking it will be a girl too as DH comes from a family of boys (3 of 'em)

I've updated the list as my EDD changed after my 12 week scan. I have my 20 week scan on Dec 22 - that's halfway thru and it's gone soooooooo quickly

March
Lolianja - EDD 2 March - Essex (but probably giving birth in Lancs)
ChocolateEclair - EDD 28th March - SURPRISE - North Yorkshire
BinkyB - TWINS - EDD 24 March - Chelsea & Westminster
DaisyJ ? SURPRISE - EDD 28 March ? Lewisham (home preferably)

April
skiingone - GIRL - EDD 3 April - Portland Hospital
Kalikaroo - SURPRISE (v. stubborn baby with legs crossed at scan!) - EDD 3 April - Scandinavia
Evs34 - GIRL - EDD 8th April - North Yorkshire.
BarbarellaNz - TRIPLETS - EDD 9 April - Chelsea and Westminster
SpringySunshine - EDD 11th April - Jessops, Sheffield
Brettgirl2 - GIRL - EDD 12th April - Warwickshire
Pinkadink - EDD 16th April - Edinburgh
Salbysea - EDD 18 April - Dorset
Kittycat8 - EDD 19 April - Epsom Hospital
Elpis - EDD 23 April - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London
FlirtyThirty - SURPRISE - EDD 24 April - Kingston Hospital
Bicnod - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital
Littleduck - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital

May
BrightSideOfLife - EDD 1st May - Kingston Hospital
Heverhoney - EDD 2nd May - QE Woolwich
Saz007 - SURPRISE - EDD 15 May - Durham

morning ladies. welcome to barbarella. sorry not posted for a while but we have been to edinburgh for a lovely mini break. had a delicious antenatal spa treatment and lots of yummy food.

lots of kicks now which is great, very strange feeling though isnt it?

i too cannot stop eating chocolate - a whole tin of quality street in about 10 days ( some help from dh though not much ) figured it is the first time in my life that i can relax and eat what i need/ want/ enjoy etc without feeling too guilty.

hoping that the breast feeding will get into check any indulgences!!

all the scan news is very exciting. it all seems very much more real now. looking forward to lots of chat about prams, cots etc. we might start looking for a few bits after crimbo - hopefully take advantage of the jan sales. its hard to know when is the right time to start buying but i think the 'sales' is a good excuse.

planning to make my christmas cake today. i love christmas. have a lovely day and kisses to all the bumps. evs xxxxxxxxxxx

Ah yes, sorry Flirty it was skiingone who was feeling guilty about the chocolate... I think babies need chocolate, mine kicks more after a sugar boost (unsuprisingly!) so I've been eating curly wurlies to get a reaction

Evs I'm making my Christmas cake tomorrow - very exciting... bit scary that this is the last year without small people to think about...

Eek! x

Mine aren't even born yet and are already very naughty when it comes to chocolate. If I don't give them lots at regular intervals, they play this little game called 'let's make mummy vomit again'. Oh, the fun they have...

Banoffee pie seems to have had similar effect on them today so it's good to know they're not too picky.

Barbarella - Marwood is scary how? Eek. I will hope I can just see Mr T-B who was reasonably scary but just in that 'listen young lady I know best now be quiet and let me prod your belly' way.

Evs and Bicnod what domestic goddesses you are, I'm impressed! Bet your house smells all lovely and Christmassy now. I've started my Xmas shopping (online at least) and bought my party frock (which makes me look like Violet Boregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when she turns into a blueberry, but SUCH a fab colour).

Flirty and others on the gender hunt - I am certain my bump is 2 boys so I will make up our quota in that case!

Hi springmums

Hope everyone's well!

Sounding very Christmassy in the Evs and Bicnod households - I love Christmas too, will be getting my tree and decorating it asap. Makes me really happy just to sit on the sofa and look at the tree with all the sitting room lights off and just the tree lights on. Usually do that accompanied by glass of Baileys (little Christmas treat!) but not this year.....

Skiingone - I love Seville, your trip sounded great! Many congrats on your upcoming 10th wedding anniversary, I hope you have a wonderful day.

Barbarella - welcome - triplets, how exciting!

Daisyj - your pictures sound lovely, what a sweet thing for your husband to do

Brettgirl - congratulations on your baby girl, woman's intuition and all that......

Kalikaroo - glad your scan went well even though your baby didn't want to let you know what flavour he or she is!

Flirty - glad to hear you are feeling kicks, hopefully I will too soon. My anomaly scan is at Roehampton on 17th, I am really looking forward to it. Don't want to know the flavour although it's very tempting.....

Binky - I think Micro may like chocolate too. Certainly seems to like Quality Street - DP have had them around for the last couple of weeks and have a few each after dinner, DP is complaining that he is putting on weight faster than I am!

Still no definite kicks although thought I might have felt something lying in bed this morning before I got up - thought I might have felt something just now too (does Micro somehow know I am on MN and is sending a kick to say hi?)

DP and I went round Peter Jones on Sunday to look at prams, my mum has offered to buy one for us so we thought we'd start checking them out. DP rather liked one of the Bugaboo ones until he saw the price!

hope everyone's well, have a good evening

Littleduck xx

Hello everyone. I was definitely kicked today! Or punched - who knows? One colleague wanted to feel my stomach but I was NOT having that. Now I can feel tickling ... so strange ...

Have posted a small wedding picture (we didn't have an official photographer) which shows me grinning as I got the ring ...

Barbarella, congratulations on the triplets!

Either variety would be lovely. But I would like a boy, for some reason.

Have been thinking this morning...I knwo this sounds really stupid...but I just had a little series of flutters so my baby is clearly feeling active this morning. They are still very gentle so I have to stop and pay attention to them if I would to fully appreciate them - they don't last long.
Anyway...it occarred to me, that in spite of the bigger tummy, funny feelings, baby name books and catelogues everywhere...I have totally not fully accepted that in just over 4 months there will be a baby living in the house. And moreover that it will be mine! I think I may be one of those people who can't quite believe it's going to happen. I don't think I will fully realise until I give birth. I am a very logical person...so would tjhink I could get my head around this...but I can't. It's all sort of surreal and unbelievable, even though it's happening to me!? Weird. Anyone else?

Littleduck - ooh...haven't done any pram test driving yet...Dh is really busy so doubt it'll be until next year. Did Peter Jones have a good range? Have you got a shortlist yet?

BinkyB - I am now craving banoffee pie having read your post!

Flirty me too - last night I got in a strop and told DH that it was his fault that I felt like that, for not having found us a house, which means I can't imagine us in it, so I can't imagine the babies. Hmm think that was maybe a little irrational and princessy - so glad I can at least blame hormones these days.

Elpis loved the wedding pic, your dress looks super slinky and fab colour - and NO FAIR you appear to still have a waist! Although bet all anyone could look at was that grin

Hi Everyone,

How is everybody today?

BinkyB - Mr T-B is very nice (serious, but nice) whereas Mr Marwood basically told me off for having triplets and scared the shit out of me by grilling me on whether or not I knew all the things that could go wrong. He was VERY negative and I felt like a naughty schoolgirl. I had been told of all the risks etc. but in a much more 'matter of fact' way by Mr T-B and the doctor at the IVF clinic. He had two students in with him who were observing and I kept looking over at them to see if they were looking surprised at his bedside manner. Both of them kept their eyes on the floor the whole time so I presumed it wasn't just me who thought he was a bit much!! I'm taking my husband in with me next time as he's a strongly-built South African....

FlirtyThirty - I know what you mean about it still not feeling real. I feel flutters (I think) but as I can't feel them kicking yet I still think that maybe it's not true/they aren't really there (!!weird!!) and I always feel so relieved when I see them moving around when I have a scan. I think it's also because it has taken such a long time for me to get pregnant, I still can't believe we've been so lucky.

BarbarellaXX

P.S.

Elpis I loved your photo! You look so happy....

Hello all!

I am back from a lovely holiday in South Africa with my family. It was great to see everyone again, not to mention the gorgeous summer weather over there! I have certainly come back into winter

It will probably take me a while to catch up on everything in the last few weeks - but so far I have:

elpis congratulations on your wedding! You look so happy and I love the colour of your dress.

welcome barbarellaNz - wow, triplets...

All of those wondering about the gender of your little one (s) - I am convinced that mine is a little girl. No reason why and as all friends and family on holiday insisted it is going to be a boy, I am keeping my suspicions to myself incase I get it wrong!

skiing congratulations on your wedding anniversary! It sounds like you have chosen a great way to celebrate

Hi all - I am absolutely with you about the whole thing not feeling even slightly real. I think its down to being logical - how on earth can having sex without contraception result in a BABY? It probably sounds mad but it makes absolutely no sense to me at all I think that it will feel more real when our babies get bigger - at nearly 21 weeks mine still seems tiny. Come on though - someone add a boy please!

Hi All

Sorry for lack of posting. Have been really busy at work lately and finding it difficult to face computer when I get home. Three weeks to go 'til I'm off for Christmas so really looking forward to that. Evs and Bicnod I'm planning on making my Christmas cake tomorrow and will maybe put up tree on Sunday - Littleduck I also love looking at the tree with all the other lights out. I know it is quite early to be putting up the tree but ours takes so long to do, I like to make it worthwhile by having it up for a good while - plus I love Christmas .

Welcome Barbarella and many congratulations. I'm finding it difficult enough researching prams for one baby so finding one for three must be quite a challenge. at the doctor telling you off for having triplets. It's not like you don't know there are additional things to consider when carrying three but what's the point of being so negative. You are having three and it's his job to look after you not lecture you - grrrr doctors annoy me sometimes.

Elpis many congratulations on your wedding. You looked lovely and so happy.

Flirty and Brettgirl I'm also a bit in awe that I'm now more than halfway to becoming a mummy. I'm loving every kick I feel but sometimes when I sit with my hand on my little bump and think that there's a tiny person in there who I will meet in a few months I'm still totally and utterly amazed.

Just updating the list as we're going to wait to find out the sex. Very tempting to find out before though.

Hi to everyone else and hope you're all enjoying your Friday evening.

March
Lolianja - EDD 2 March - Essex (but probably giving birth in Lancs)
ChocolateEclair - EDD 28th March - SURPRISE - North Yorkshire
BinkyB - TWINS - EDD 24 March - Chelsea & Westminster
DaisyJ ? SURPRISE - EDD 28 March ? Lewisham (home preferably)

April
skiingone - GIRL - EDD 3 April - Portland Hospital
Kalikaroo - SURPRISE (v. stubborn baby with legs crossed at scan!) - EDD 3 April - Scandinavia
Evs34 - GIRL - EDD 8th April - North Yorkshire.
BarbarellaNz - TRIPLETS - EDD 9 April - Chelsea and Westminster
SpringySunshine - EDD 11th April - Jessops, Sheffield
Brettgirl2 - GIRL - EDD 12th April - Warwickshire
Pinkadink - SURPRISE - EDD 16th April - Edinburgh
Salbysea - EDD 18 April - Dorset
Kittycat8 - EDD 19 April - Epsom Hospital
Elpis - EDD 23 April - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London
FlirtyThirty - SURPRISE - EDD 24 April - Kingston Hospital
Bicnod - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital
Littleduck - EDD 27 April - Kingston Hospital

May
BrightSideOfLife - EDD 1st May - Kingston Hospital
Heverhoney - EDD 2nd May - QE Woolwich
Saz007 - SURPRISE - EDD 15 May - Durham

Hello everyone,

I am due on 21st April and like some of you have noted, I also struggle with the idea that there will soon be a third person in our house! It is asthough I am fully aware of the pregnancy and little person growing inside me, and that there will be a baby in our life, but still seem to view it as something happening to someone else at times! Although the constant heartburn and strangly comforting yet unsettling movements going on inside me, are a very real reminder!

We will be getting a scan at around 25 weeks to find out what we are having, although we both seem to refer to jnr as 'he' so will take a lot to get used to thinking of 'she' if we are wrong!!

Also, does anyone else have an obstetrican who speaks to them asthough they have committed some terrible crime by becoming pregnant?!

Hello all,

I hope you had good weekends.

I finally found some time to sit and read the last 3 weeks worth of threads and have to say - jools if you are still around, I am soooo sorry about your loss. It sounded like you were handling it extremely well and I hope that you manage to stay strong but that you also take the time you need to grieve. A loss at any stage is hard, but to be so close to the 'magic' 12 week mark is such a shock. I am thinking of you and look forward to seeing you back on the ante-natal boards when you are ready.

Like many of you have mentioned, I am finding the 'baby' concept a little weird! On a logical level I know I will soon have a baby, but find it weird when other people mention it. If someone asks 'When it is due' my first thought is always: 'When is what due? The train? The bus? What?' A very friendly shop assistant on my holiday said goodbye and she 'hopes that both of us have a good day''. I walked out the shop thinking what a weirdo she was because I was obviously shopping alone, until I realised she meant me & the baby

hi beth good luck for your scan - I hope you get a little glimpse of your baby boy or girl!

My consultant seems OK, but keeps lecturing me on how 'small' the baby is (The baby measures perfectly normal & is healthy for its dates.) I found it a little weird - like he was lecturing me on not being 'really' pregnant yet. Even though I am 19 weeks and showing very clearly now!)

Hiya, im usually posting on the may thread, nice to see some others that are due on 1st May!
Im so nervous bout whats to come but even more excited. Im just paranoid im going to do something wrong, i wish in a way i could have a portable scan machine so that i could see the baby every day lol.
Im sure its a boy but not going to find out the sex!!

Sorry, did someone say that we're actually going to be having a BABY? What, like, an actual person? Hmmm, I don't think the cat's going to be very happy about that...

Elpis - you look lovely - the dress is fab, and a beautiful colour.

Binky - I can completely understand how you feel about the house thing. I finally feel like I can start to imagine the baby in my life now that the flat is finished. You are busy gestating two people, so obviously it IS up to your DH to get it sorted

Barbarella and for you at your doctor's attitude. How patronising - you're not a child! Good idea to take your DH in next time - at least he can see for himself what this guy is like and sympathise with you if you need to vent.

Welcome to beth and 1stMay - pull up a chair and have a biscuit

We had people to stay this weekend. The Friday night and Saturday morning were like a speeded up version of Changing Rooms with DH and I unpacking boxes, mopping floors, ironing, etc., to make the place habitable, and then DH was feeling really unwell with this awful troical cold one of his colleagues brought back from Macao, so I ended up doing everything (because I wouldn't let anyone else help, because my kitchen is my new toy and I am a control freak): endless cups of tea and coffee, three meals, all the washing up. It was lovely to see our friends and some kind of manic nervous energy kept me going, until halfway through Sunday afternoon, when I burst into tears on everyone over not very much, and couldn't stop sobbing. I was mortified - but since they have babies themselves and are lovely and very old friends, I think I just about managed not to put them off me for life. It was just , though.

Anyone else fear for their sanity sometimes...?