Morning... OMG I feel so tired and out of it, hate jetlag. DD is back at nursery today, she woke up bright and bushy tailed ready to go, doesn't seem as affected as me. And she loved wearing her autumn jacket for the first time, I forgot we had it, charity shop find from a while ago... (charity shops rule! ) I'm not complaining about the cold... erm... at least not for a few days more until I've forgotten about the heat torture in Florida.
I'm now catching up with the last 3 pages or so...
Congrats to everyone else with good scans!
Heckle - yes you're right, packing on the way home is in a way easier as you just gotta pack everything you have into the bag(s). The problem is when you've acquired stuff and the bags seem to have mysteriously shrunk! But I had brought an old broken small suitcase, which I swapped for a new bigger one, so I got all mine & DDs crap home no problem.
I think I have heartburn too but I'm not sure what heartburn actually is... and I'm sure it's not as bad as some of you. I just feel a yucky slightly burning sensation in my throat sometimes, which I never normally have.
The worst pregnancy symptom I had last time was feeling unable to get enough oxygen when I was breathing, especially in enclosed spaces such as train. Was almost panicking at times! But that was later on. Not looking forward to last couple of months of pregnancy!
My bump is weird looking, not nice and round but sort of with 2 bumps, like you would imagine it's baby's head and bum...
Smac - I agree with you, I don't think it's that important for baby to see you (and chocolate) when out in pushchair! When I first started DD in MacLaren I was always singing to her so that she'd know I was there. Just in case, to prevent any emotional trauma, however I might have caused more trauma with my singing!
Minicooper - of course you wanna know! See if there's any 3d/4d scan places in your area, if I remember correctly they do a cheap scan with main purpose determining sex. Then you can pay more to get fancy pics, dvd, etc.
At my "real" scan here they said they think it's a girl, because they could see no boy bits. But they couldn't actually see any girl bits either. Then they said it could still be a boy with undescended testicles... hmm. At the scan in Florida they said they're confident to say it's a girl. I guess it's never 100%, we should all remember that!
Scooby - your nursery sounds lovely, so nice to be excited together! Hope you feel better soon.
DrSkid - welcome back. It's hard to keep up with this thread unless you're on all the time... Yes it's only human to feel a bit disappointed that you might never have a boy/girl. Just think "you get what you get given, it wasn't meant for you to have a boy/girl, boys/girls can be pains anyway, pink/blue gets annoying!" etc. I'm over my no-boy disappointment, but still feel a little bit said when see cute boys etc. But I'm really looking forward to having my new girl and I hope she will be as cute as DD and they will be sisters who are close and play nicely together!
Puree - hope you have got over your awful experience at the train station. Some people are just so horrible, it makes you angry and sad.
BPM - hope you had a great time in Chicago! Nice that people were being so helpful.
Pixie - in my pregnancy book it says "Even if the pregnancy has been uncomplicated, 50% of all twins will be born prematurely, before 37 weeks, and these babies are more likely to neede admission to a special care baby unit. This is because they tend to be smaller than singleton babies and, irrespective of their birthweight, also behave less maturely than singletons and often require some assistance with breathing and feeding during the first few days or weeks of their lives."
Re sex - when I was ovulating I was horny as hell! Nice... Shame you can't have that unless you're trying for a baby... Well I guess you can if you use condoms, maybe that's better than being on the pill. Is there any contraception for men these days or is that still being developed? Except for the snip of course! Now we have sex about once a week, once we do it it's quite nice but it's not like I'm dying for it. Glad some of you are NOT so horny either, as I thought it's just me turning into a frigid nun. And great for those who are!! Manda - that sucks, can't you do it and be a bit careful...? Like nice and slow instead of pornstars? Glad you're ok anyway!
TLC - no more scans here in England unless there's a specific reason, ie low placenta or possible late breech. Lucky you!
Ok, think I've caught up with everything now, except doing an updated list... Next time.
Hi newbies - welcome! Crazy americans, haha. You're better off with mumsnet.