Due June 2009 - Fattening Up For Christmas!

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Here's the new thread... hope you find it!

Bumpsadaisie 28th May
CoteDAzur 28 May by dates, 1 June by scan (37, dd 3)
swottybetty 30th May (31. DD 07/03/08)
llynnnn 1st June
Myneaux 1st June
Bigcar 1st June (37, dd 18, dd 9, ds 8, dd3 2)
joyfuleyes 2nd June
marmotti 2nd June
gems27 4th June
Mrs McJnr DC2 4 June 2009 (34, ds 8mths)
Ineedmorechocolatenow 5th June 2009 (31,ds 2)
summerbird 6th June (35, 1st one)
daisy5 6th June (41, dd 2)
LittleSarah 6th June (26, dd 4yrs)
thisisyesterday 6th June (ds1 3.5, ds2 1)
DreamyDorrie 7th June (30, dd 19/11/07)
Yoshimi 7th June (ds 18nths)
Aligard 8th June (one dd)
Leaky 10th June (39, ds1 5, ds2 2.5)
DawnoftheDead DC1 11th June 2009
Champagneforlunch 11th June (27, DD 4yrs)
NickelSodium 12th June
travellinglight 13th June
Sparkle73 13th June
Froggy16 13th June (27 ds 6 yrs dd 4yrs)
Nemoandthefishes 14th June [30 DS 5[+2days],DD1 2.9yrs,dd2 21mths]
Irishmama3 17th of June (36) [dd 9 ds6 and dd2
chocciedooby 18th June (37m ds1 4, ds2 3)
onehitwonder 18th June (41 DD1 3)
snowwombat 21st June (31)
TTCnumber3maybe (36) DC3 22 June 2009 (DS 4.5 and DS almost 3)
StrawberrySam 22nd June
Diege, 22nd June (38, dd1 7, dd2 5.8, dd3 2.8)
Heebeejeebee - 22nd June (36)
BobsWendy DC3 26 June 2009
TheLittleMermaid DC2 26 June 2009
Tee2072 DC1 26 June 2009 (39)
Sweetie34 - 29th June (37)
Wilsonmummy 28 2dd edd 30th june NotSoRampantRabbit
tessofthedurbervilles
boundoriginals
helpivegottogivebirth
Lionstar
Li lacpink
mel1981
flynn1984

stawberrysam - i really feel for you, it must be such a worry for you. I would def call the midwife and ask for an earlier scan. you will go out of your mind with worry in a week. dont worry about worrying on here, thats what we are here for (((hugs)))

tee - Happy Thanksgiving! hope you have a lovely day

bigcar - good luck with your scan today. bet you were gutted to have to wait the extra week, dont these people realise how much we look forward to these scans and count down the days!!

innat - i told my boss when i was 10 weeks as she is really good and we are quite close really (i only work for a small company too) i wanted to ask for time off for the scan and didnt want to lie to her

Ineed - great to hear about your fab scan! if your little one keeps wriggling so much, you will be able to feel lots of movements in a few weeks! how exciting!!

sweetbroody - sorry i dont think i said congratulations! welcome to the thread, sorry to hear about your diabetes though, hope you are getting lots of support with it

strawberrysam I am so glad for you. Waiting a week would be awful. I hope everything is okay and please let us know for sure!

June2009 you asked how we planned BDing for a girl....well my friend advised me as it worked for her & her friend & many others they've advised too(except one who was just too impatient)
There are male & female sperm.The male swim faster so reach the egg 1st,if you are OV.The female sperm swim slower so it takes them longer to get there.If you BD exactly around OV you are more likely to get a boy so the theory is that for a girl you BD a lot leading up to OV to get rid of as many male sperm then you stop BD about 3-4days before you OV.The male sperm may swim quicker but don't live very long whereas the female sperm are slow & live upto 4 days! We stopped BDing on the Sunday night & I know I OV on the Wednesday/Thursday.I just thought there was no way I could be pregnant that mth as it felt odd to stop so early but here I am so that's why I'm hoping for a girl.
I didn't know all this when I planned my 2 other pregnancies but just worked out when I was OV so it makes sense to me that's why I have 2 boys.I know it might not always follow & I have 80% chance of having another boy but I thought it was worth a shot especially as it worked for my friend & lots of others.

I forgot to change my dates after my scan so I've updated it.Now due the same day as MrsMcJnr & gems27

Hope all goes well for you tomorrow StrawberrySam

Sorry for long post.

Myneaux 1st June
Bigcar 1st June (37, dd 18, dd 9, ds 8, dd3 2)
marmotti 2nd June
llynnnn 2nd June (27, dd 2yrs)
Champagneforlunch 3rd June (27, DD 5yrs)
Leaky 4th June (39, ds1 5, ds2 2.5)
gems27 4th June
Mrs McJnr DC2 4 June 2009 (34, ds 8mths)
Ineedmorechocolatenow 5th June 2009 (31,ds 2)
summerbird 6th June (35, 1st one)
daisy5 6th June (41, dd 2)
LittleSarah 6th June (26, dd 4yrs)
thisisyesterday 6th June (ds1 3.5, ds2 1)
DreamyDorrie 7th June (30, dd 19/11/07)
Yoshimi 7th June (ds 18nths)
Aligard 8th June (one dd)
DawnoftheDead DC1 11th June 2009
NickelSodium 12th June
travellinglight 13th June
Sparkle73 13th June
Froggy16 13th June (27 ds 6 yrs dd 4yrs)
Nemoandthefishes 14th June [30 DS 5[+2days],DD1 2.9yrs,dd2 21mths]
Loooouise 14 June
Irishmama3 17th of June (36) [dd 9 ds6 and dd2
chocciedooby 18th June (37m ds1 4, ds2 3)
onehitwonder 18th June (41 DD1 3)
ermintrude13 20th June (41, dd10 ds6)
snowwombat 21st June (31)
TTCnumber3maybe (36) DC3 22 June 2009 (DS 4.5 and DS almost 3)
StrawberrySam 22nd June
Diege, 22nd June (38, dd1 7, dd2 5.8, dd3 2.8)
Heebeejeebee - 22nd June (36)
BobsWendy DC3 26 June 2009
TheLittleMermaid DC2 26 June 2009
Tee2072 DC1 26 June 2009 (39)
TeenyTinyTorya DC2 27th June 2009 (22, ds1 20mths)
Sweetie34 - 29th June (37)
Wilsonmummy 28 2dd edd 30th june
mamaolivia 31 dd1 2.6 - due 30th June
NotSoRampantRabbit
tessofthedurbervilles
Li lacpink
mel1981
flynn1984 - due 20th June 2009

leaky here's hoping you didn't have a Micheal Phelps sperm in Event 2: Fertilisation Race!!!!!

I have heard that theory. We BD'd on Wed morning, I ovulated Fri/Sat and then we BD'd in early hours of Sunday morning (which I wonder was just a teency bit after ovulation). I've had three scan dates, one for Friday, one for Saturday and one for Sunday - so that has all left me none the wiser!!!! Although am guessing that would make me slightly more likely to have a girl???

bigcar - hello - thinking of you today Now have a new Iggle Piggle but she seems to have gone off him - at first she was excited and cluthched him closely to her chest for 30mins or so, then when I bought a new Thomas DVD she entirely forgot about him!!!

Hello, please could I join you all? I'm 29, expecting my first on 1 June. Second visit to midwife on Mon, hoping to hear heartbeat though maybe a bit early Might need some advice from some of you seasoned mums nearer the time, I'm not sure I'll have any idea what I'm meant to be doing with a newborn! At least it won't remember if I put its nappy on wrong at 2 days old...

Just wanted to say all the best with your scan, StrawberrySam. I had one at 6+3 because of abdo pain and some bleeding, and everything was just fine.. I was petrified by my 12 week scan, but again baby was looking great Very much hoping you have the same experience

Welcome mhairi!! Add yourself to the list!

Welcome Mhairi, if you're are due on the 1st June there is an excellent chance you will hear the heartbeat...

I just managed to hear one using my angelsounds doppler and I am due 5 days after you.

So pleased the doppler has worked finally, although to be fair I did probably try and use it too early! Heard a good clear heartbeat which was lovely and very reassuring indeed!

StrawberrySam - Good luck with your scan tomorrow, I'm sure it's nothing.

Welcome Mhairi, if you're are due on the 1st June there is an excellent chance you will hear the heartbeat...

I just managed to hear one using my angelsounds doppler and I am due 5 days after you.

So pleased the doppler has worked finally, although to be fair I did probably try and use it too early! Heard a good clear heartbeat which was lovely and very reassuring indeed!

StrawberrySam - Good luck with your scan tomorrow, I'm sure it's nothing.

Welcome Mhairi! I'm 31 and expecting my first one too, due June 7th, having my first scan next week Wednesday.

Just found out eggs don't agree wiht me no more
I had scrambled eggs the other day for breakfast felt queasy straight after.
I put it down to MS but we've just had pancakes and even though I only had 2 little ones now I wish I hadn't
Both times I made sure they were really cooked through too.

So far the worst reaction I've had has been to spices (curry.) We were eating at a friends place and the smell made me gag, I got cold sweat and thought I was going to faint.
Second time was when my FIL got me tro try some tiny little bird roasted (he didnt know I was pg yet then ). I thought I was going to throw up in the plate, I managed to discreetly put it all in my husbands plate bit by bit. FIL a hunter and I usually love gamy stuff so he would have thought that was really weird.

I am gonna go lie down and let the egg belly calm down in front of "Rush Hour 3"

hello everyone - welcome newbies.
i'm due on 30th may and on monday just gone the midwife listened to my embryo's heartbeat with a doppler (I think) and it was clear as a bell so you should be able to hear it.

Has anyone else's morning sickness got worse? Mine seems to have gone up a notch this week and is falling into a pattern - feeling rough about midday for a couple of hours, then again at 3-4 am when i'm actually sick.

Really annoying! Come on body, sort yourself out!

Good morning all.

helpgive yeah, mine comes and goes still, but when it comes, its pretty bad!

I had another bad night. So glad I'm signed off work until the end of next week.

Sorry to hear about your bad nights Tee and helpivegottogivebirth I hope things get better soon.

All is good here, although my pelvic pain has started and so glad I've been referred. No bloody wheelchair for me!

Things are manic here so looking forward to a restful weekend. 13 weeks today so I'm saying hello to the second trimester!!!

Hello Mhairi....we are due the same day !

Its my first too (although Im a bit older than you as I will be 32 when DC is born).

Im an only child (so no siblings with babies) and none of my friends have children yet too....so I have no experience with babies either and sometimes start to think about how on earth I will know what to do.

I told my mum at the weekend and she gave me some wise words of advice...she said babies are incredibly resilient and as long as you remember to feed them and make sure they are warm you can really do too much wrong !...so Im a sure we will cope !

How are you feeling now that you are nearly 14 weeks?...I feel absolutely fine now, no ms for about 3 weeks. In fact, I have to say I dont really feel pregnant at all any more...am looking forward to growing a bump (rather than just looking as if Ive eaten too much chocolate)

Ineedmorechocolatenow congrats on being on your 13th week I'm 12+5...nearly there.
Tee Sorry you're not sleeping well it's such a drag
I've had three bad days of no sleeping and eating bad things at stupid times.
I'm off to get some cereals now to try and redress all that!

Myneaux
I feel exactly the same, 32yo in 3 weeks, first child and no kids around us at all.
We're the first one of our group of friends to have children.
I have a younger brother though and I did change a couple of his nappies around 20 years ago(!), I'm hoping this will all come back to me :D

What I am a little apprehensive about is the "advice" from people around us about pregnancy and childcare. I know they only have good intentions and sometimes I found it hard to find the right diplomatic answer quickly enough and something not so tactful comes out :S
I know I will need pointers along the line so I don't want to put them off completely ;)
I probably just need not to be so defensive and take it as an genuine advice (or ignorance) rather than an attack...

A friend of mine is very enthusiastic that not finding the sex is better and highly recommends a c-section because (TMI alert) "down there is like nothing ever happened." I found that shocking at the time.
We've finally decided to find out the sex after weeks of debating it and I've always assumed I would deliver this baby naturally.

I'm not angry with her or anything it just makes it hard so say "actually we think totally the opposite" without offending anyone :D.

Sorry about the long post, quite therapeutic

June2009....I feel exactly the same (and can feel a rant coming on). We have only just starting telling people our news and I am already getting rather tired of people telling me how much my life will change, how terrible childbirth is, how I can kiss goodbye to my social life etc etc.

Now....I am sure that a lot of it is true but that doesnt mean I have to think about it now does it?....I am quite a chilled out person and would like to take each day as it comes and be optimistic about everything until I am proved wrong !

What particularly gets me is that people you dont even know very well (work colleagues etc) feel they can suddenly impart their wisdom about a variety of very personal topics....one women even lifted my top the other day to see if I had a bump yet !

I think by the time the 9 months are up I will have practised looking interested while secretly working out my sainsburys shopping list.

by the way....I have never changed a nappy, and can probably count on one hand the times I have even held a baby....so compared with me you are an expert !

When are you 32?....Im 32 on 17th Dec...am so glad the little one will have a summer birthday as I hate having my birthday so close to christmas

june I've actually given up on not offending people. If they are going to give me unsolicited, unwanted advice, I am going to respond the way I want to.

I actually got into with my oldest brother yesterday on IM when he began giving me advice I neither need or want. I basically told him to shut up and (get this) he told me he was going to tell mum I'm not listening. Um, I'm nearly 40, he's 52! And he's going to go tell mummy on me!! I laughed so hard I cried.

Myneaux - I read in The Rough Guide to Being Pregnant that when people say unhelpful things like that you should remember it is about them, not you. I think that is so true. Of course your life changes and you aren't are free as your were but not in a bad way! It's all worth it, I cannot understand why people say these things.

Also for those of you with little baby experience, that doesn't matter a jot! I had no friends with babies, you adapt very quickly. Myneaux mum is right, feed them and keep them warm and clean, most of the rest should follow... (You'll be an old hand at nappy changing within 24 hours).

Re ms, still very much here at 12+6. Argh. Some days better than others but today quite unpleasant, and of course I'm at work.

Bit irritated with work actually, spoke to my boss who said a colleague I filmed earlier in the week for this project wasn't sure I was fully engaged with it or something similar. Cheeky bugger. I am fully engaged with doing it to the best of my abilities. It was not my idea but a task given to me, and I don't know the people and workplace as well as others (only a fecking temp!) so perhaps I don't seem as enthusiastic as he might like... I don't know. Also, I am just not the kind of excitable person, I'm more calm and measured about things. So annoyed, it's really very little to do with him and he's 'told on me' in a way. Also, I was very down on Tuesday, if you remember my posts, so wasn't at my best, but still was working hard!

Anyway, I feel happier overall so I shall try to forget about it now I have had my rant! (Have decided to leave at the end of Jan anyway, can stay till then as have a lot of time off uni in January but after that I have a freelance job in Feb/March and certainly don't need two jobs and uni!)

Strawberrysam that is fantastic news!!! I am so happy that its all okay!

mhairi - congratulations and welcome!!

myneaux and june - i felt exactly the same as you are describing before i had my dd. i had NO childcare experience, no children around me, first of family and friends to have a baby etc etc and i was panicing! Please try not to worry though, babies do only need to be warm and fed (and plenty of cuddles of course!) i found it just came naturally and little babies dont have many needs at all, also mumsnet is brill for middle of the night wobbles

strawberrysam - how did you get on this morning? hope all is well and your mind is put at rest

my morning sickness has pretty much gone, the only time i start to feel queasy is if i dont eat regularly!!

Ineed - hope your pelvic pain is ok and doesnt get any worse

littlesarah - thats harsh about your colleague!! he should keep his opinions to himself!!

i'm going to london for the weekend tomorrow with a group of girl friends. really looking forward to it, although a bit apprehensive that i wont be able to keep up with them and their partying/shopping!! we booked the trip in April so way before this baby was even thought of!! They all know i'm pg tho so hopefully they will be understanding!!

hope everyone else is well

Myneaux SNAP we have the same bday
It is a little annoying so close to christmas as we can never have a proper party because evrybody has work xmas parties around that time.
I was premature by around 3 weeks, my parents were probably hoping for a New year's day baby or something romantic like that ;)

Tee2072 LOL @ your brother! I wonder what your mum will have to say about that :D

Strawberrysam That's great news, you must be so relieved! Really happy for you!

llynnnn Have a good weekend in London, bring an umbrella!

LittleSarah I hate people who do this patronising kind of thing, unless maybe he picked up on the fact you were down and was worried about you?

June2009 I was 12 days overdue so original due date would have been much better (plus I was nearly 10lb by the time I came out....something which probably explains my only child status !....Mum has reminded me about this twice already and I only told her I was pregnant on sunday...it obviously made and impression).

Yet again this year the works christmas party is going to be on my birthday...its pants !

oh, and the joint christmas and birthday presents arent much fun either are they?