November 2010 - It's not fat, it's a baby!

[Lorelai]

Hi all. Thought I would get the new thread started before the old one got too full! Thanks to nomoremagnolia for the title

Glad you all had good scans.

I have just had my date through for my scan, and it is 3 weeks yesterday... I don't know if i can wait that long or keep a secret! Glad i have you lot to bore with the details

I have one boy and think that this one is too. But i don't know if that's just what i am used to!

fenouille I am jealous of you being able to tell everyone.

SSW advice on how to tell people, I've just been very uncouth indeed and posted it on my facebook status , very crass I know!

hmm sleep i posted my news on facebook as well so you are not the only 1 lol.Im 12 weeks tomorrow yeah .

Glad everybody seems to be getting good news about their scans.

Only 6 days until my scan - I'm getting a bit nervous about it now. Not so much that they'll find that the baby has stopped growing, more that they'll not find anything there and tell me I've imagined the whole thing!

As far as telling people goes, I will probably tell close friends and family, and then just post it on facebook. It seems like the quickest way to tell all the people I don't see that regularly. My mum reckons that you shouldn't post it on facebook though as some things are private - not sure quite what she means by that as I'm fairly sure most people will notice once I'm walking around with a huge bump.

hmmsleep and mumcha i told close family, then posted it on facebook, i figured that way i didnt have to decide who i tell 'first' out of my friends and i dont forget anyone!

loopymumsy i'm not looking forward to strangers touching my bump, i'm seriously considering making a sign to hang around my neck that tells people to stay away!

Hooray, nuchal fold results came out with a very low risk and I got to see a pair of little legs kicking around during the scan. I'm glad to hear about al of the other scans going well for people.
My mother has "only told a few people" and sworn each of them to secrecy, DH and I have told a couple of friends but asked them not to spread the word around yet and my colleagues are being kept in the dark until the bump is too big to miss. I have one colleague who is the department broadcasting service so I really don't want him to know - it is my news, so I want to be able to tell everyone myself when I feel ready to do so.
I'm another 8-5 office job person.

Thanks for the asthma advice, both doctors confirmed that cortisone inhalers are fine.

My mother suggested that I shouldn't be running. Gah!!! She always thinks I do too much sport and I know I've got months of "shouldn't you be taking it easy" ahead of me. My body won't let me overdo it any more and I'm being very careful but I'll go mad if I can't do anything.

morning all congratulations on all the good scans

with regard to drinks i am another one that finds fizzy helps, apple tango and caffeine free diet coke have been drunk by the gallon

i STILL dont have the date for my scan courtesy of annoying gp who didnt send off my booking form however i did it all again yesterday over the phone with a midwife who then faxed it straight to the hospital so i should be able to call them today and get a date sorted out!

i had a knackered day yesterday, dp got home from work early, good job as i fell asleep on the sofa at 6pm, then woke up at 2am and went to bed! and then slept till 8am this morning, luckily the boys had got themselves up and dressed for school! and dp has today off so he has taken them to school!

i think i may try and get an app with gp today as my eczema is being a pita, my arms are really sore and dry and sooooo itchy!

with regards to sex, i am thinking this i s probably a boy! if its a girl i think i will faint with shock, undecided on whether to find out the sex, i am very tempted but love having a suprise,so will see how i feel at the scan.

I'm thinking girly thoughts. Mainly because I am surrounded by men and would quite like a female ally. But also because this pg has felt load different s far - I'm a lot sicker than I was last time and my skin is a little bit better - not so spotty. Last time with ds my skin was worse than it had been when I was a teenager!

I would be happy with a boy of course, but a girl would be very welcome!

cardicorgi i am finding that the exercise is self limiting too. Theres no way i would be able to overdo it, if i tried. My legs just won,t go that fast! From what i remember, after about 14 weeks till about 25 weeks you have more energy. I think thats when me and my pal stopped running last time. You definately get some strange looks though.

Thanks all for the views about telling. I think I will do the facebook thing, but wait for a long time before doing that, so I have time to phone/email close friends first, who would not expect to find out that way.

Just building up to telling my own parents and family first. It has been delayed by the fact that I am in another country, so I am overthinking it way too much. Anyway, it should be lovely of course. Just a week to go.

Morning - and what another gorgeous day!

Re telling people - I have already told mum, sisters, best friend, and PIL's. If the scan goes well next week, then I will call other close friends and family to tell them the news, then put up a pic of the scan on facebook as a general announcement - seen a few other people do that and it looks quite fun

Only a week to go before the scan now... arggghhh!!!

I think I will be tempted to finally go out and buy a pregnancy book at that stage too (so far been too worried to jinx it - silly I know...) any recommendations??

Cardi glad you got the asthma stuff sorted out

I am definately going to ask the sex, I had no choice last time as they wouldn't tell people so have done the surprise thing....really want to know this time. Whats the bet baby will be in awkward position on the day. I am really curious to find out if all the nausea means a girl after having virtually none with DS.

As for drinks, juice just feels wrong but diluted it is not sweet enough for me...I'm all about the Ribena (well actually I prefer blackcurrent high juice). I can drink tea, but don't really fancy it most of the time, so I only have about half the amount I used to. I have caffinated first thing to wake up but then have de-caff after that (am used to it anyway as we have it for DH's insomnia issues).

I am having real problems finding the right size bra at the moment, everything either doesn't do the back size in a small enough cup size or are just out of stock. Heading back to the shops today to try again

So lovely to hear about all these scans. Mine isn't until the 11th May and the wait is killing me. I keep telling myself that feeling rubbish is a good sign, which is about the only thing keeping me sane at the moment.

I was thinking of doing the scan pic on FB aswell....most people I see regularly know already, so that will be how I let everyboby else know
I have already bought a book that is quite good. It is called 'The Queen Charlotte's Hospital Guide to Pregnancy & Birth'

Afternoon all,
Feeling quite grotty here after DD gave me her tummy bug, but slowly starting to recover back to normal pregnancy nausea!

We have only told close family, but are thinking of going public soon as I'm 12 weeks tomorrow... I guess I'll probably put it on FB but it would be nice to tell people in person where possible as you get such a nice reaction!

As for gender, we did find out with DD and think this one is probably a girl, although because I haven't suffered with MS like I did with her makes me wonder if it could be a boy? We keep toying with the idea of having a surprise, but I'm not sure I could wait that long to find out!

Hey everyone, it's my 22nd birthday today! I am not doing much just going round my parents tonight to eat birthday cake, I am soo addicted to sweets at the moment it's unbelievable.

Last time round I could barely eat I felt so sick and this time, despite feeling sick I find I can eat nice sweet things like biscuits and chocolates (not so good for the waistline but make me feel better!).

I am hoping that this baby will turn out to be a girl, I would really like one of each! and this pregnancy feels so different to the previous one so I am hoping that's down to gender difference (fingers crossed lol) but I wouldn't mind either way! It's the first child with my partner and as long as it is healthy I am happy!!!

I have told nearly everyone except my grandparent's on my mother's side. Last time when I had my ectopic they said we shouldn't have told anyone so early, so this time they are going to be the last to know!!!

Have got my dating scan booked for the 12th May so looking forward to that. Glad everyone elses scans seem to be going well!!! x x x

Hello can I join, or is too late?

I'm due Nov. 1st. Hoping baby isn't a day early else we'll have a Halloween baby!

This will be dc2, there will be nearly exactly a 3y gap between the dc as dd's birthday is Nov. 9th.

I had my scan on Tuesday and saw 2 arms and 2 legs and the heart which was a relief as I hadnt even heard the heartbeat until that point.

We didn't opt for the downs test, not sure how unusal that is, but I felt that even if the tests had come back high risk I couldn't have had a termination.

Glad to have such funny lovley ladies to share this pregnancy with!

Congratulations and welcome bytheMoonlight.

Great news about the nuchal result CardiCorgi.

Told my 4yr old dd yesterday, we were going to wait a while longer, six months is a looong time for a 4 yr old, and after mc last time didn't want to have to break sad news to her again, but she's so nosey she knew something was going on. She is so excited, keeps stroking my belly and whispering 'hello tiny baby' to my tummy, so sweet.

Welcome bytheMoonlight. we've got the same EDD

Glad to hear your DD has reacted to well hmmSleep. We're not telling DS yet (he's just three), but when I asked him if he'd like a baby brother or sister, he slowly put his fingers in his ears while staring at me and then said "I can't HEAR you!" in a slow-mo voice.

That told me then.

bytheMoonlight Just think of the fun birthday parties you could do if it was a halloween baby

I managed to by some bras finally today....I must be the only woman in the world to go down a cup size for maternity bras Actually I am about the same but had gone up a bit around the back (hence need for new bras) and of course the bigger back size makes the cups bigger aswell....gone from 36B to a 38A....How depressing!!!!

stuffedmk i'm so annoyed about bra's, i went to m&s to be measured properly and i'm sure they've given me the wrong size. i've got a 34 but i think i'm only a 32 and i'm still busting out of the cup. its just annoying me becauser i'm constantly adjusting it and fiddling with it. i like to put on a bra and forget i've got it on! she also insisted that i stop wearing underwire - i know its better or whatever, but i have always for as long as i can remember had underwire and a loosley padded cup (which she also wouldnt let me have and when my cup size is a DD its not something i want to go with out! i feel like an old woman with droopy boobs, and mine have always been pert, i was hoping they would stay put at least untill after i had the baby, i'm not ready to loose my boobs just yet!

...wow i didnt mean to rant

regarding gender i think i'm having a girl, but then i think i'd really like a boy and am then convinced its a boy and then think a girl would be really nice too and then in the next breath really want a boy! can you tell i really dont mind what i have!

booboo i'm sure your ds will slowly come round to the idea!

happy birthday harmony

addicted that is RUBBISh about the underwire, you can actually buy maternitya dn bfeeding bras WITH underwire now, so long as it is under your breasts and doesnt dig in at all its FINE. i have had the same argument with assistants in m&s and ignored their advice, tho once they actually refused to sell me a bra because i did i just sent dp in with specific instructions on which bra to buy and he got it instead

i think i need to go and get some new bras, a number of people at school yesterday commented on my breasts which were busting out of a top i was wearing so i actually told one mum and ds2's teacher about the pregnancy, stressing that it was early days etc, they were both thrilled for me, big hugs and congrats so that was really nice as its no 5 i am expecting some not positive reactions ifykwim?

oh and i called up to find out about my dating scan today, as my booking form has finally been sorted, but it came up on their computers that i am having a private nuchal scan so they didnt want me to have the standard dating scan! i argued my case and i am getting my standard scan as well!

other than feeling pukey and having sensitive nips all ok here, hope everyone else is well xxx

Hi ladies!

Had my 12 week scan today, another to add to the list of good news stories

Little munchkin came up really clearly on the scan and was kicking around happily. All the test results were normal and we are low risk for Downs (a relief as I am 37).

It's usually the 20 week scan where they talk about the sex but our sonographer reckons she saw evidence that it's likely to be another little boy...

Feeling relieved and happy after what seemed like such a long wait, and so looking forward to being able to tell friends and work colleagues.

Hoping everyone else has good news too with their scans very soon.