November 2010 - From Flump to Bump!

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This is the new discussion thread .
Stats thread here

Oh I might have to get up the city where I live and have alook in our Blooming Marvellous store, love a bargain

We went and picked up our cotbed today but even with the help of MIL's beast of a car it was abit of a tight fit even if it was flatpack and in 2 boxes but hey £240 down to £120 at babies r us I'm not gonna moan haha

Also got a compleat bedding set x2 for our swinging crib for £15, check out babies r us in store (not site, its rubbish) they have some good bargains x

Have added some bump photos here

I think I have linked it right, if not would some lovely person please try and fix it for me, I am useless with this link thing!!!

Mine is not as neat as some of the others on here, still looks more 'flump' than 'bump' but it is getting there lol.

How is everyone doing? Had a busy weekend, we went to St.Paul's Carnival (as VIP guests ) on Saturday which was great but very tiring, walking around Bristol all day in the sweltering heat! Then today we went up the mall and had a look round at baby clothes etc. didn't buy anything but enjoyed looking at all the cute little things... Can't wait to find out what we are having tomorrow!

Hope everyone is well... x x x

Hello all, I'm back from my hols.

Lots to catch up on here!

Congrats to all those who've had scans recently, and good luck to all those with them coming up.

Up until last week, I think I'd gained around 10lbs, although I'm now hiding from the scales after a week of pigging out on holiday I still haven't got much of a bump, and most of the people we were with on holiday were to hear I'm 20 weeks pg. Saw myself in the full length mirror in our hotel room, and I'm now certain that all of my weight gain has gone onto my bum!

harmnyb23 - it's a lovely bump Good luck for your scan x

boris - congrats on your scan

privet - I wanted a home aterbirth but dh was really not keen. also congrats on your scan

I read the average weight gain at 20 weeks is 10lbs (just seen your post, bunnygirl, spot on!)

I must take a bump photo for my profile, but I don't really have one yet (bump that is, not profile)

On my MN antenatal club with ds we measured our bumps with looroll and posted how many sheets Anyone up for it?

It's a boy!!! Had the scan and all was well, got some more pictures! Paid for 2 but the ultra-sonographer gave us 6 lol... Can see baby's 'willy' very clearly on some of the pictures. Am dead chuffed , though I would have loved to have a girl as I would have had one of each then! But so happy... Gonna be buying some clothes soon... Pictures included here
If the link works, that is!!

Hope everyone else is well!! x x x

Certainly is a boy - does he take after his dad waving his tackle all over the place! Congratualtions

Yes Wallace I think he might lol

Hi all, haven't posted for a while, pregnancy's been a bit uneventful recently! Had my 20 week scan today, everything's going well and looks good.

But, found out the sex and I'm really upset about it and feel really angry with myself for it. I don't know why, but I had a really strong feeling it was a girl and hadn't even thought about it being a boy - and it's a boy. Doesn't help that we had a friend over yesterday with their 18 month old son who seemed intent on smashing everything in sight, which led me to think "oh well, at least a girl might be quieter...!"

It's utterly irrational and stupid and I feel awful about the fact that I'm disappointed. Someone please reassure me that boys are good! I think part of it might come from not having a brother, so have never really encountered many little boys - apart from the horrible ones I remember from school... Sorry, I know I'm an idiot!

crafty I experienced the same emotions but for the other discovery - sure was having a boy, told it was a girl and felt disappointed then upset at myself for not being initially over the moon. I think it was more to do with my expectations than any particular reason for wanting a boy and now my head is round the idea (a week later) I'm truly over the moon and into pink in a big way (but still keen on star wars, lego and dinosaurs). Maybe once you have had time to properly digest the news you will have a different take on the pros and cons of having a DS (or we can swap babies ). Hopefully you didn't have a mil response of "never mind, get on with having this one then you can see what you have next time" !!

Hi crafty I was the same last time around, found out it was a girl but wanted a boy. I was glad I'd found out early on though rather than at birth! By the time dd arrived I was desperately looking forward to my little girl and wouldn't change her for the world.
As shoppingstar says, give it a week, have a look at some boys clothes and you'll soon be wondering why on earth you wanted a girl

Thanks shoppingstar, glad it's not just me being daft! Though I know it's all about my expectations and prejudices, that I obviously think of boys as being all "smash smash" and uncontrollable and of girls of somehow being softer and easier to be around - even though I think my past experiences go against all these!

And I think DH's overjoyed to be getting someone to support Everton with. Already starting to think about all those lovely quiet Saturday afternoons...

Hi, this is my 1st post in this thread. I'm 20 wks pregnant with third baby and looking forward to my scan on 16th July.
Crafty just to reassure you - I have a daughter and a son both are gorgeous but in my experience boys are more loving and cuddly. My daughter has always been more of an independent free spirit lol As for the 18 month old demolition expert you describe again in my experience that is 18 month old behaviour despite gender - sorry!!

Haha emma, I figured that's an 18-month old's way of exerting themselves. I suspect there's probably some hormones causing issues here too. DH & I are both knackered at the moment, him through work and me through just being too hot, and seeing the reality of living with a small person wore us out! Think we've a rude awakening ahead... Think I'll go and find some ridiculous boys'names to threaten DH with.

crafty I felt exactly the same as you after my scan - I had wanted a girl and was quite disappointed when we saw he's definitely a boy. Then I felt really guilty as I know I should have just been happy to be having a healthy baby, especially as a lady on another ante-natal thread I'm on found out that her baby has a very slim chance of surviving the pregnancy at her scan

Having had some time to think about it now, everyone I know who has boys says they are soo cuddly and attached to their mums, compared with girls who seem to be more independent. And lets face it teenage girls are bitches emotionally complex

Welcome Emma and congrats harmony!

crafty I think lots of people feel like that when they find out the sex. Good luck with the ridiculous boys' names. I am finding there are far fewer boys' names that I like... DH and I can only agree on about three, which is plenty I guess, but we had a long list for girls!

I'm also knackered at the moment, and would love a few days off - still am working at home today so I shouldn't complain. Might have to see if there's a Blooming Marvellous near us, not bought any baby clothes yet and have got itchy fingers!

Have a good Tuesday everyone.

Crafty

Just wanted to say that we already have a dd, and this time I was positive I was carrying a girl, dh wanted a girl and I thought I didn't mind. At the scan we were told boy, and I (quietly) cried for a bit while still being scanned. It was the shock I think of being the opposite of what I was expecting to hear. Dh is really happy.

I am over it now and pleased that we'll have one of each, although we will have to move at some point in the future to give them a bedroom each (but that's a way off yet!).

As for destructive - dd is 15 months and has just picked another key off the laptop I cannot leave anything around or it gets mauled

I can only imagine what the two of them will get up to together...

Sorry for those of you still suffering with nausea, must be awful to have it drag on.

Great to hear yet more good scan news though, fab bump and scan pics harmony and welcome Emma!

My dh is over his flu and back at work now, but poor ds had to be rushed to hospital on Saturday with really bad croup and strider to be put on a steroid nebulizer. It worked really fast thankfully. Now My dd and I am also ill which means we're all stuck in the house coughing over each other and feeling rather sorry for ourselves. was supposed to be ds's settle in day at pre-school today which he was really excited about, so I'm a bit that he's going to miss it.

crafty I have one of each, and although I can see where you are coming from, out of my 2 my little boy is definitely the one that charges around pretending to be a dinosaur whilst destroying everything in sight, he is also the most cuddly and straight forward. My little girl might not be as noisy, but she's definitely more sly! So many plus points (and a couple of minuses) to both sexes. But that's just my experience, I know a few very timid little boys who love nothing more than to sit reading a book, and more than a few rather boisterous little girls, and I hear teenage girls are a nightmare!

hmmsleep hope ds, dd and rself are feeling better soon. Sounds grim for you. I prescribe plenty of choccy!

I'm quite looking forward to playing dinosaurs and stuff. Plus dh will have yet another arsenal fan to train up He had dd in a baby arsenal kit at 10 weeks old... double

Hi all,
Sorry I've been MIA for ages- work suddenly seemed to get busy, but has calmed down again now and I'm hoping I can just coast to maternity leave!
Glad to hear everyone's scans are going well- we had ours about 2 weeks ago and all was well. But TBH, it was a bit of an anti-climax... we had a student sonographer who took ages and didn't really explain what she was looking at, so it got a bit boring
Also, we'd decided to not find out the sex, but because we did find out with DD, I couldn't help feeling a bit flat when we came out, but then felt really guilty too, because I knew I should just be happy that everything's ok.
So crafty - you're not alone in finding 20-week scans a mix of emotions!
Oh yes, and 18-month old DD can be pretty boisterous too!

Oh dear I had forgotten about the whole teenage girls nightmare - my DD will be 10 this month and rapidly approaching the dreaded age. If she's anything like I was god help me! Hears hoping that this baby is another boy! lol

hi crafty i have 3 boys and they are the most loving little boys ever ,also if boys are going to do wrong they do it in front of you not sly the way girls do lol. i so love all my boys so much and think this 1 mite be a boy i am so happy .

Thanks for all your replies, woke up this morning feeling a lot better, after having had a bit of a cry last night - mainly because I was feeling so guilty and sorry to my little lad. I explained to DH that it was like having the baby I'd been bonding with for the last ten weeks or so suddenly replaced with a new one.

But I told my work colleagues who are all massively excited and the more I think about it, the better I feel. Plus I can't help feeling that having a teenage boy at some point in the future is likely to be hilarious...

thats gd your feeling better crafty xx

Congrats to all that have had scans

grinningbee glad to hear I'm not the only one with a DP/DH thats a arsenal fan
I have a photo somewhere of him and DD in full arsenal kit and now we know we will be adding a DS to the family I dread what he will be like on the whole football thing haha

Maybe to soon but I got a set today in Tesco for babys coming home outfit, but to be fare it was in the sale at £6 and the last one in 0/3 months

crafty - glad to hear you're feeling better, boys are fab and IME girls get harder as they get older.

Welcome, Emma

That's a shame about your scan ,bookworm.

Good luck 4 madboys for your scan today. Mine is at 2pm and I am excited but nervous. MY 20 week scan for ds2 was terrifying with the consultant being completely silent except the odd frown and "hmmm". And seeing as I was only having the scan cos dd had a hole in her heart (they didn't do them routinely then) I was ready to read the worst into every frown! Thankfully everything was ok, but I'm still nervous today but at least I've been told that the same consultant doesn't do the scans anymore