Hi everyone... Ages since I've been on again! Don't know where the time goes! Gonna start where I left off now and try and have a bit of a catch up!
Bunny - I'm really sorry to hear about your MIL - how's she doing now? What a worry for her and all of you, really. I'm sure the baby was a very welcome happy distraction for her.
Hombound - what a lovely way to announce your pregnancy to your parents!
Spireal - wonderful to hear that Gadget's doing so well, following her manual.
at your in-laws' plans to visit, Bunny! Four months! Wow!
Halo - I'm SO sorry to hear things haven't worked out for you. As Spireal says, with the fertility boost, fingers crossed you'll be back with us again very soon. x
Pixie - glad to hear your scan went so well. :D
Hobnob - a girl - lovely! What are you doing now about names? Are you going to decide on one now you know the gender, or are you going to wait and see how you feel when she's born?
Sazzie - congratulations on your girl too! You'll have a great excuse to go shopping now! And you've decided on a name too! Lovely!
Bunny - sorry to hear that work have been so rubbish, but as you say, their loss.
Chance - brilliant news about the triple test results. :D
Spireal - I love your attitude about giving birth. See, what I've been doing is reading all the horror stories I can. Then I'll think to myself that there's nothing I can do about it anyway, and put it out of my head. Then when I go into labour, I can comfort myself thinking that I'm having it easy compared to other women I've read about... That's the plan anyway.
Ozzie - for what it's worth, I'm 100% with you on the Swine 'Flu thing. And Lucky - no one can make you have it - it's your choice, so don't be bulliled - just do what you feel is best for you and your baby.
Worrisome - brilliant about the kicks! Bet you'll be feeling them all the time soon!
OneOf8 - congratulations! :D I had my first appointment at about five weeks, but the midwife was a bit dismissive, saying they don't usually see women till after six weeks... DH wasn't with me but if possible, I would've brought him, for moral support, nothing else. Eleven weeks does seem kinda late to me, in that you'll be due a scan at twelve, and will they give you it on time if they only have a week's notice? But it's up to you. I don't really know.
Interesting to see how you're all managing money. We're spending a lot right now that'll hopefully be "one-offs". I.e. both cars needing services, electrics needing re-wiring, new kitchen, holiday, lots of maternity clothes, all the baby's stuff... Our hope is that by the time Sepetember comes, we'll not have anything too big to worry about, and will therefore be alright living off just DH's wage for a bit. To be honest, the way we've been spending, we've probably been living off less than his wage for the past couple of months, and it's been alright. So fingers crossed!
Bunny - excellent news about the new job! Wouldn't it be just perfect?!
OneOf8 - how horrible about your fall! Still, not to worry, as long as LO's fine, that's the main thing.
Seablue - WONDERFUL news! Congratulations! [ (And I remember the rectal antibiotic sage well! )
Chance - just saw you asked about me! Sorry! See, I sometimes wonder about popping in just to say hi and all's fine but that seems very selfish, so I leave it till I can properly catch up with all of you and then the thread gets longer and I put off catching up cause I know I don't have the time - vicious circle! Thank you for asking after me though - that was nice.
Trying - congratulations! What a gorgeous name and what a size! Well done you! I'm so glad you popped in - we'd all been wondering about you! Lily and Emily... Two real live Frolicker babies we have now! Do you think you might put up some pictures? We'd love to see them but can understand why you wouldn't want to have pictures of Emily up on the internet for anyone and everyone to look at.
MORE fantastic news for Aly! Congratulations to you too! Really hope you're keeping well and will feel like joining us properly soon. If you have diabetes in one pregnancy, does it mean you have to have it in the next? Hopefully not.
Worrisome - like you, I don't know HOW I'm going to survive the summer... The heat's unreal and, (TMI!) I have a horrible sweat rash now under my boobs, because without underwire, my giant boobs (is 42H a record on here?! ) rest on the top of my bump, which is horrible... Anyway... All for a good cause, I'll keep repeating that to myself...
BIG long message... I really am so terrible at keeping up these days. I don't know why...
Since I last posted, I don't really know what's new with me... 23wks and 5 days now. Still being sick every few days, but not too often, and am mostly able to control it through eating regularly. Can't believe how hungry I am lately actually! Up to now, eating's been a real chore, but it's suddenly like my body's cottoned onto the fact that I should be eating for two, and feels like it needs to catch up on the past five months' worth of not pigging out! Baby's due to double in weight in the next four weeks - at this rate, he'll not be the only one!
My bum pain is a bit better now, thanks to lots of physio. Still sore, and I'm resting more than I used to, but am dealing with it better than I was. (Getting out of bed in the morning used to bring tears to my eyes - now I have more of a "knack" for it!)
After the last scan, I was gutted about not getting to see our little boy again for another 20wks, so we booked a series of 4D scans - one a month till he's born. Have had the first, and they started off doing loads of extra checks that the NHS don't routinely do. Everything was spot on, which was lovely to hear. Then they confirmed 100% that he's a boy. Then went to try and look at his face. Unfortunately, he wasn't the most cooperative... Had two hands up, then his legs (!) in the way, and then buried into the placenta as though it were a pillow and fell asleep! Lol! Tried everythiing - moving about, making noise, drinking cold water - he was just too comfy to budge! But we did get a good look at his little hands and legs and a quick glimpse of his face - I can't stop looking at the pictures! They're amazing!
Anyway, during the scan, I was also informed that I have an anterior placenta! I specifically asked the NHS midwife and she said unless I was bleeding, they wouldn't check that, so it was nice to be told. I did worry about not feeling movement as early as many others, but, through reading your experiences, had wondered if my placenta might be anterior (lots of bladder bouncing, hard to feel movement from outside, and whenever we did, it was low down/to the side). So now I know why... Having said that, I started reading about links between anterior placentas and posterior presentation this morning... Has anyone's midwife/doctor said anything to them about that? I don't really want to freak out, based on what Google's telling me!
Okay - piggy-ness, scans, placenta... Think the only other development was that I've now applied for maternity leave. Hopefully finish up beginning/middle of August, with holidays tagged in front... Is it bad that I'm already counting down the weeks?! (11!)