We are jolly well going to get and stay diffed this month and we are BROOKING NO ARGUMENT.

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Gah didn't realise we'd reached 1000 messages on the old thread!

all N's clothers were and are new . I always buy in sales and we've been lucky with gifts. The grandparents love to buy for him, first grandchild! Also didn't really have anyone to get hand me downs from.

My SIL told me (when we first started trying) that she had a load of baby clothes saved for us. Their youngest is now 8, I doubt they've kept them! Other SIL had their 3rd about 6 months ago, but MrB and his DB don't get on that well so not sure if we'd get hand-me-downs from them. I'll have to send my mum to the next sales or something!

I Think I'm just as anxious about geek's scan as my own!

Where is she....

Nct sales and car boots etc are good for picking up the basics v cheap although I did that more in the early days - m/l...

I was really put off by the one nct sale I went too. I guess it is hit and miss and you have to get in there early. There wasn't much unisex and quite a lot of stuff looked dirty and tatty. I had a look at the mat wear and one pair of trousers had a big rip in.
I've kept all of N's stuff so far though even socks!

Am crossing everything that all is well with geek.

Ds1 had virtually everything from brand new. We were planning on 4 children so made sense to buy nice new things that we actually liked rather than faded/shrunken clothes that we wouldn't have picked ourselves. But we didn't waste money on labels like some I know that only buy from Boden and similar. Everything in the early days (vests/baby grows etc) was cheap as chips from supermarkets, but nice looking ones. We splurged on really nice merino sleeping bags. Then the bulk of their clothes has been mothercare and matalan and Asda, always buy from the sales well in advance of when they need the clothes. (Ds1 is 5 1/2 and have his summer wardrobe and next winters and next summers sorted, bar for footwear and a summer jacket. Plus DH is an only child and his mom regularly buys loads from debenhams or marks and Spencer's for them. Ds2 had pretty much had ds1's hand me downs, although he does have some new socks and pants, and some new jeans as Ds1 destroyed most of his jeans!

In other news, today is cd19 and just found a load of ewcm when I went for a wee 😊 so if anything like last month, ovulation might be on Sunday which is handy as DH always rises to the occasion more successfully at the weekends 😉

V quick check-in to let you know that I have a baby in there and it has a heartbeat and everything. It's measuring 7+1 so is actually a couple of days ahead (I'm 6+5 today) . Dr said all looked perfect and normal

m2.hm.com/m/en_gb/productpage.0252683001.html I found those body suits quite good because they open out completely flat.

Yay geek that's brilliant news! Could they see anything that may have caused ur spotting?

Oh geek I've been in a meeting. That is fabulous FABULOUS news!! Congratulations!!!

wonderful, wonderful news geek I'm so pleased for you and mrgeek :o :o

leaving in an hour for mine.

oh and yeah for ewcm loopy and that prime shag time will be at the weekend :o

Ohhhhhh Geek that's absolutely brilliant! HURRRRRRRAHHHHH for Geeklet!!!

I tend to buy second hand quite a lot and have plenty of people to give me hand me downs given that I'm one of the last to have children. But absolutely nothing wrong with buying new. No one should feel as though they're doing the wrong thing either way.

Speaking of which, hopefully Next can now get a few more orders for fried egg babygrows what with all the good scan news going on...

Geek did the doc say what would be causing the bleeding? When is your next scan booked for? Oh I am so thrilled for you.

Oh and Keep where is this bumpie you keep promising us?

Good luck beedle xxx

What time's your appointment this afternoon trix? 4pm? I hope you have a much smoother experience than imps' last one, and may it lead to your sticky!

That sounds like a very well-timed weekend there Loopy, best remind MrL that it's a bank holiday, too

I was in a queue behind an obviously pg woman complaining about how she wasn't looking forward to her forthcoming scan - you have to get up on the bench and everything, it's so undignified! I may have actually snorted...

No, no indication on what might have caused the spotting. The Dr did say that it was much more common with IVF pgs, and being on blood thinners could be a contributing factor. I've had a friable cervix in the past - it would bleed if they just touched it with the smear brush - so maybe it's just all the extra blood flow, pressure and thinners.

So it was measuring 9.5mm and had a heart rate of 118. I didn't even have an internal scan - that was a first! I'll have to wait a whole 24 hours before I see the little bean again, hopefully this time my experience of the epu will be rather different to previous ones! I'm not quite at the stage where I'll let myself think in terms of nicknames, maybe after the 8 week scan...

Oh Geek, I'm so pleased it went well. Go little bean!!!! I've shed a little tear for you lovely lady

Now I'm turning up my Brooking power to max for Beedle x

Oh yes I forget that you have another scan Geek! I've never been told the heart rate and haven't thought to ask actually. Does your family know yet?

Can I ask your opinions about NCT? The nearest class to me and the one which is suitable for my due date is £260 and we're going to miss 2 out of the 6 sessions when we're on holiday. I was questioning whether or not it was worth it to begin with, but am questioning it even more now given that we'll miss a large chunk of it. Did all of you Brookers with children do NCT classes and did you think it was worth it? And would it be a waste to miss 2 sessions? £260 is such a lot of money.

Yay to another scan geek, are you still spotting. Oh this is the best news!!

imps I did NCT and found it v useful in terms of labour etc, and also as we'd just moved it was a way to meet people. Mist nhs hospitals offer birth classes too which are similar but shorter, so should cover that part. As for meeting people depends how much you want to, you can always make friends through itge ways eg prenatal yoga, or baby classes. I think missing 2/6 classes I wouldn't bother. You could do an earlier one maybe?

Imps if I were you I probably wouldn't bother! I didn't find it any much more use than the nhs one it was a bit hippyish for my taste and I know others in my group weren't overly impressed either. Yes I'm still in contact with them all and we all meet up every so often but I never got close to anyone more than the other and now that people are back at work it's harder to make arrangements. I do know that we are lucky all 6 of us get on haha some people just don't click with their group. It's a nice way for men folk to be involved though , dh could attend the evening nct classes but not the bus ones during the day because of work. I actually made better friends from my postnatal group and toddler group.

Good news from me :o

Little bean moving around, kicking and moving its hands, measuring right or dates, possibly 1 day ahead 1:1000 for downs and 1:4000 for the other 2 which is bloody great as my age-related risk was approx 1:100.

I'm so bloody relieved, but actually I Think I was more worried about geek's scan than my own!

I Think we can tell a few more people at the weekend - and buy a fried-egg babygrow :o

That is bloody fantastic news Beedles!!!! And such low risks for the trisomies too! Oh this is a bloody great Brooking day.

HURRAH!!!

Are you 13+1 Beedles?

12+4 from ET or 12+5 by measurement, we're sticking with EDD Nov 6th. When looked up the measurements from my 7 week scan I was 3/4 Days behind so he/she/it has grown well :o

We're having a pretty fab brooking year really!

Hurrah!!!!!! What a fabulous brooking day!

Get shagging loopy

Yes it's been fabulous mostly esp considering last year I think was a total flop. Let's all get fried egg babygros!

I meant to make tonight's shag the 3rd brooking success of the day loopy, if that wasn't clear