10/10 babies - pumpkin smugglers form an orderly queue

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Here we are - pull up a beanbag and help yourselves to mini eggs!

I'm dreading going toilet when I am pushing out baby!
I'm not a sicky person, I never throw up, so not worried about that, but poo, argh, how embarrassing. I guess you don't care by that stage though, huh!

Thanks Hermya . When someone next finds the list I'll change my date on it. [lazy emoticon]

AbFab that was what I was paranoid about. I couldn't even open my legs in the pushing stage, let alone push ! It took my dh & the midwife to prise my legs apart & her to threaten me with a scalpel before I co-operated!

When I say threaten with a scalpel I mean an episiotomy, she wasn't threatening to slash my throat!

I had no shame in labour. None at all. Couldn't have cared less what I did. I have the same midwife again so I can't have been too awful (pictures midwife running screaming from crazy lady client).

My bump is enormous. Just thought I'd add that. 10 weeks and already I'm in full maternity wear. It's me isn't it? With the twins???

Has anyone else who hasn't had their scan yet been experiencing a feeling of doom? Like you're convinced it's going to be horrible news? I hope it's a normal anxiety thing and not a premonition or something...

fingon I'm so sorry you're friends reacted like that. I think at that age a lot of people are still very young and just unable to realise what they should say. Here's a HUGE congratulations from me I think 24 will be a great age to have a baby, you have your whole life ahead of you. My mum had her first straight after uni and then had 3 more, she started her career in her mid 30s and absolutely loved doing things that way round

I have been watching OBEM too, its filmed at my nearest hospital so weird seeing the place I may well end up giving birth. I'm so glad they showed the girl with a needle phobia, I have a phobia of blood tests (but am ok with injections ) so it was good seeing that somehow she coped. On occasion I have had hysterics when they've tried to take blood - normally when I'm already ill and scared but it's still embarrassing! DH had to leave the room during the actual delivery scenes, he's normally not bothered by anything gory so its surprised me how squeamish he is about this. I need to train him up to cope, I really don't think I could go through it without him there (he's very good at stopping any wimpy-ness from me!)

Bunderthebonnet I felt like that too before my scan. I was far more shocked to discover everything was fine than I would have been if there was a problem. I think its a sort of mental coping mechanism with me, a way of protecting myself or something, as I'm not normally particularly pessimistic.

congrats on the scan mummylovessadie!

silver i'm a bit like that, i can't stand the sound/sight/smell of vomit, it makes me retch.

Bunderthebonnet My scan is today and i am mainly terrified. i'm certain somethings either going to be horribly wrong or it'll be quads or something.
I've also been panicing thinking about my relatives- my OH's nan was born with one arm and so was my grandad, I've convinced myself in my dreams that it's going to have one arm (not that it would be a bad thing, I want to make that clear- my grandad was a butcher and never had anyone do anything for him ever!)

Has anyone started refering to their bump by a particular sex? I keep refering to the bump as a 'he' even though I have no idea.

Morning ladies, how are we all this morning. I'm gearing myself up to have an argument with the phone company, oh happy days.

I've got a question for you all, how would you tell a friends whose had a late mmc a few weeks back that you're pregnant. I'm really struggling with this one, I don't know how to tell them. Has anyone had any experience with this kind of thing?

Silver I felt really sorry for that girl, she sounded like she was having a bit of a time of it. It makes me wonder how I'll cope, I was talking to DH about it and he just said 'you'll be fine'. Weirdly made me feel better. I did feel for that one bloke who was sort of pushed into the corner by the Mum of the eighteen/nineteen year old.

Nymph Are you hoping to move to a bigger place in your vincinity? Hows it going with the house sale?

BUnder I've not got a feeling of doom, just a sense of trying to be hopeful anticiptation ifyswim. I try not to let myself think about it, I'll probably be a bit of a wreck next week though.

Tiny Mines been a 'He' bump since the begining. I'm totally convinced it's a boy for some reason. I've been thinking about the possibility of it being a girl and then my brain goes 'Nah!!!!'. Hmmmm may have to find out to see if I was right.

Thanks tiredfeet I'm sure it's just because I must be one of the first our age to do it, but at the time it felt a bit like they all assumed it was a mistake or something I'm actually half way through medical training at the mo, but talking with dh and others I think I might stop it now and restart later. Half my friends on my course are 10 years older than me, and they don't seem to think it's a problem to do it then. I will file away your mum's story as further backup

BUnderTheBonnet and tinywelsh I'm terrified about my scan tomorrow. I'm sure that they wont find a heartbeat or that it will have some kind of hideous condition that means it wont survive I think everyone prepares themselves for the worst, it's much easier to deal with it all that way.

On a more cheerful note, god luck today tinywelsh I've got my fingers crossed for you.

Oh, and my bump is definitely a he, but I think that's been done by dh, as all babies are masculine in French, so get referred to as "he".

erm, that should say good luck tinywelsh

Hermya we had to tell a friend who'd had to abort hers because of anencephaly. It was really horrible to think about doing it, but dh just told her outright and she was really thrilled for us. I'm glad it was my to-the-point dh though, I'd have tried to be all sympathetic and careful, and would just have made a pig's ear of it.

Morning all,

Congrats on the good scan mummyloves

I too have the whole sense of impending doom about the scan, I mean, I'm a worry wort by nature so it's no major surprise but I just think it's sort of expectation management. I'm so aware of my age (37) and y'know, sort of want to be prepared for bad news. Only about a week to go....

And my bump is a she, she always has been and I get that 'a He? Nah....' feeling too! Be interesting to see if we're right!

And about labour - I can be brave about puking but I don't want to poop all over the show, I really don't!!! Or scream and freak out either but I bet I do!

Good luck tinywelsh and fingon

xxx

Fingon yes I spoke to someone I know the other day whose friends all thought her pregnancy was a 'surprise' because she was 25, it didn't occur to them she had been trying. I think it just takes a while to shake off that mindset maybe. I think some of my friends were sort of thinking the same, which I find a bit astonishing really but again I think its just that mindset.

good luck with the scan tinywelsh

my bump is a 'he' too, I don't have any sense of which it is but I discovered early on that referring to the baby as 'mini[DHname]' made DH extra devoted to the baby (and therefore always happy to get me whatever food I was craving)

Hi all.

mummyloves i laughed at the thought of your midwife with the scalpel. must have sick sense of humour. Push woman push, or else!

I'll also be 41 when this one turns up. Eek.

Well, got keys to new villa today and we're moving on Monday. Soooo looking forward to it.

And we had a great day with DS1 and 2 today at their school easter parade. DS2 won the best bow tie prize in his class. Really pleased - he was chuffed to bits, bless him.

I must refer to bump as she as DS2 INSISTS (yes, that's shouting) it's a baby sister - he checked with God, he says. I hope it is a girl cause he'll have a tantrum otherwise.

Fingon I'm only 26, I think if I could have done I would have done it a little sooner. I'm also goimg to get DH to tell my friends husband, I have a feeling I'll make a bit of a mess of it. If it makes you feel any better, I'm three thirds of the way through a work training thing. I've spoken with bosses at work and they said that I can just pick it up after baby arrives.

ILGH I love your DS's reasoning, how old is he? Pass him a well done for the ribbon!!

Is anybody else finding themselves with little or no paitence? I seem to be getting more and more short with people as the weeks go by.

Hermya I am the devil incarnate, I swear! I have no patience with anything or anyone. I have just been on the phone rowing with the card protection payment people over a letter from Barclaycard, really expensive phonecall rant rant rant and ranting at DH over lack of internet access and then I call Barclaycard for a bit more ranting only to find I just didn't read the blummen letter carefully enough in the first place and there is no problem afater all. I am now going to sit veeeeery quietly....ahem....

Also did a classic pregnant bird burp on the phone to card protection people sheesh had to explain I was pg, not just revolting!

congratulations mummylovessadie- great news. I had my scan at the fetal med clinic today- they were really fab and not having to have a full bladder made the whole experience comfortable. Everything appears to be ok. The great thing was that the bloods took 30 mins,so I got my full results pretty much straightaway. My risk is 1 in 9000 for downs and 1 in 15500 for the other 2 chromosomal abnormalities, with a 1.2mm nuchal fold, so good news! A very wriggly baby, who was stroking the umblical cord with its feet! All other measurements went fine and she also diagnosed an ovarian cyst which explains the pain I've had/been having.

Dillydora- I know what you mean, I've spent a lot of today despite being happy, wanting to push my DH over. Hope everyone else is well and I hope those who are still getting ms are seeing the light in the tunnel x x xx

Haven't posted for awhile.

congrats on all those who have had scans and good luck to ones coming up.

had mine today at 12+5 everything is fine, a very shy baby didn't want to turn around for us. but glad to see it and wriggling around moving its hands, i was crying ( after last years mmc )i was very nervous about it.

with my medical history the consultant was happy for the midwife to continue care with me. have to go and see him at 34wks to discuss labour etc and sort out my injections sharing out the dose of heparin twice a day rather then once (something to look forward to injection twice a day its bad enough doing it once a day)

the best bit of the day was telling our DDs the biggest smiles i have ever seen. has to be another girl cause boys smell they said. now they keep telling us what we need to get.
two mother hens in the making.

"louey" thinking of you, know what you are going through,i kept checking in on the dec 09 thread to see how everyone was doing.

The family saga has settled down, my mum is getting the help she needs and seem to accept that she needed the help. the relationship between bro & mum is still strained but is bearable untill she has another down.

now have to tell mum dreading it but theres nothing new there we are happy and lots of others will be to for us inc FIL.

Elsa tell me more about the FMC?

I am going there next week. I haven't received the email they said that they would send..... should I call or will it appear soon? I made the appointment last week. So I is a bit unsure.

Like the rest of you, I have mixed emotions, very very excited and then the reality check elbows me in the guts.

Tomorrow I shall be 11 weeks. Its been two weeks getting here as I thought I was a week ahead when in fact I is not which in some ways was awful but in another way made me not so OTT in counting down the days. A long weekend will deffo help with the count down to the scan.

Hermya - we moved last year into dh house (now ours) and my house and his old flat are on the market. I did get a call today saying someone wanted a second viewing so that may be promising. Fingers crossed.

I'm getting nervous about my scan after hearing of so many MMC. Should be pretty distracted once we get away so should go a bit quicker.

Evening all, not been on for a few days as have been grabbing internet time here and there, and besides nothing much is really happening at the moment...I am 12 weeks today and YET AGAIN worrying about something going wrong. I've had loads of cramps and stretching pains, and have convinced myself that something awful is going to happen.

I had my scan 2 weeks ago and all was fine but I am still worrying. I think I will make a MW appt for next Friday and see if she can find the heartbeat with the dopppler thing...13+3 should be OK to find a HB, shouldn't it?

Re. pooing in labour - I know I did, but frankly a tapdance troupe could have emerged from up there and I wouldn't have cared, I just wanted that watermelon baby OUT!

I'm sad that OBEM has finished now. I think I'm addicted to birth videos!

9th I am also having pains here there and everywhere and I am trying to be positive that its growing/stretching pains and that its all supposed to be happening.

Pregnancy is so stressful isn't it?

Going to just get through the days, luckily work is manic, and so I hope Thursday will be here in flash and that we will be celebrating after my appointment. Again, going with realistic outlook in that something may be not right, Husband, love him, says what will be will be. He is good man. Though if he laughs at me one more time during an emotoinal meltdown I am going to stab knee him in the nuts.

Great news, looby, and I am also glad your family situation is better too.

Nymph, hope all goes great for you when yours comes round.

9th, best get yourself checked, but try not to get too stressed. It's most likely it's all just normal. Same for you, Silver.

Just found out a friend in RL is expecting a baby a week after me! It's all so exciting!

It's April! Six months til our due month!

How many people are still to scan?
Nymph 14/4

me! shall we put them in order?

KSal 7/4
Nymph 14/4