anyone due June 2004?

[hana]

I thought for sure someone else would have posted this before me! I am 5 weeks along (sounds so insignificant.....) and am seeing my doctor tomorrow to get things going. Am really excited and am hoping that things go well! According to those pregnancy charts, my edd is June 12.
So come on mumsnetters, who else is joining me here?!

hana
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HI Ladies,
my anomalies scan is end of next week and I am quite worried they'll find something "wrong". DH is determined to go bringing the kids which will be exhausting, but a distraction, at least.
This bump seems about the same as last few times, girl & a boy.... Hard thing is I'm feeling both sick and ill right now -- like a head cold and I'm worrying it's listeria because I was naughty & head some unpasteurised cheese.
Oh... and I got into a shouting match with someone today. Long story & not pretending I'm in the right plus it was out of character for me but I was feeling exahusted, cold, had a nagging headache & DH has been away 3 days; I have sudden deep admiration for single mothers.
Plus we are moving house.... which is another hassle!
Sorry to be such a moaner, it does make me feel better to hear any of your happy news.

Hey Secur - sorry won't be dull and sensible then. Will just tell you to stop moaning 10th Feb isn't really that far away and your lucky your getting a 20 week scan anyway Is that better? Just had a friend from my old town on the phone (we just moved in the summer) who is has just been booking and was disgusted to find out you don't get a 20 week scan there anyway so it wouldn't be an issue for her! I had tried to telll her that I didn't get one with dd (about 4 years ago - she is 3.8) but she knew better. Felt sorry for her really as she is quite upset.

Also just answered your question about DDs age she will be 4 in May (two weeks before this one is due) so please don't let me go early! What about you Secur how old are your 2?

Cavy sorry you are feeling rotten. Chances of listeria must be super slim - more likely this dodgy 24 hour bug thingy that everyone seems to be catching. Never worry about random arguments. One colleague has really started to annoy me over the past week or two - she is not being any different from usual I just have no tolerance at all. We might be cyber twins thou as my DH is away this week too (and back a week and then away again and back a week and away again. I am sure his employer is getting some revenge as he has said he must be office based from mid-May to mid-June.

Anyway better go and do some studying (at Uni part-time) next assignment due in one week so need to get finger out. But hey guess what - I can't be bothered!!

Take care.

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Oops sorry for 'mislaying' one of your kinders egss Secur - having re-read messages pretty clear that your have 3 not 2!!

It is not too bad with DH away to be honest (don't know about you Cavy). He does it a fair bit anyway and I have to admnit to quite enjoying (a) the peace and quiet and (b) having the bed all to myself. And remember I only currently have one to look after and she is pretty good normally. Not so sure if I will be quite as happy when #2 arrives!

Although on the bed subject I keep on kicking him into the spare room and he keep son coming back. DD also annouced at Nursery that mummy & daddy have seperate rooms - when my MIL was picking her up. Oh deep joy! Although given the frequency of our love life it would make no difference. Does anyone else have no interest whats so ever?! I wasn't overly keen first time around but had the occasional burst of passion, but completely nada this time.

Anyway once again supposed to be studying so should go and do some.

Bye,

Gomez - I'll have to get my dictionary out to remind myself what "sex drive" means. Never did understand those women who say they're as horny as hell when they're pregnant - I just want to flop into bed with a good book most nights (how sad is that apart from being on the computer on a Friday night even though my dh is here).

Secur - my scan is just a week before yours when I'll be 22 weeks so can understand your impatience. After a relatively bad nuchal scan I just want to get it out of the way and silence those paranoid voices in my head (please tell me it's the hormones and not early senility)

I'm also suffering from intermittent grumpiness but I thought that was normal. Cavy I'm sure something like a cold and stress of moving is not helping to silence your paranoid voices - is dh back to look after you yet??

Anyway I MUST go and switch off the tv cos Jim Davidson is on which is not only aggravating my grumpiness but also making me depressed - God I really do need to get out more.

Hi everyone,
I have been missing from this thread for some time now. I have beeen really busy, not only with christmas etc, but also got married on new years eve,and then had my honeymoon in Egypt, so it has been all go.
I have also had to have lots of visits backwards and forwards to hospital as my last pregnacy was sadly a downs pregnancy and ended at 14 weeks. I am so happy to say that I am now 20 weeks, and had my anomaly scan yesterday, and got the all clear!We decided after a nuchal scan at 13 weeks, not to proceed with a cvs or amnio, as the result of the nuchal was good. The hospital have kept a close eye on me through scans just to check that there were no signs of downs syndrome.I now fel that I can enjoy the rest of my pregnancy.
I hope that you are all keeping well. Have you all had your anomaly scans? Would be lovely to hear your stories too.
Take care, Juelgaz

Egypt, wow, that's fantastic!
I'm so glad your scan went well, nervously awaiting mine... the baby is moving loads, though. I am feeling very big in my maternity clothes... anyone else feeling blimp like?

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Hi all - you are all a bit ahead of me - I'm right at the end of June 27th which is also my bday and my hubbies so sort of hoping it doesn't come on that day as its boring enuff havin' 2 with same bday.

I think I feel some fish like movement now when I lie down when 2 dss go to bed - but nothing to proddy at the mo. My scan not till 12 Feb, so bit of time to go. Can't make up my mind to find out sex - I have 2 boys, but don't really mind, so maybe I shouldn't - any ideas??

Glad to hear you are all well - it'll be great come June to hear how we all do......

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Hi All,

Nothing exciting to add really - just running out of skiving things to do at work - because of course I couldn't actually work.

Congratulations on your wedding and honeymoon Juelgaz.

See Secur you don't have the last 20 week scan at all - lazyeye has got to wait longer.

DD is not to well at the mo - just coughing but tends to settle on her chest and then it all goes horribly wrong and takes weeks to clear up. We have been lucky this year tho. But anyway the point is that she doesn't sleep well then and so we all have disturbed sleeps and I am knackered anyway so feeling v. v. tired at the moment and could do with a holiday. Although I have only been back at work for 10 days. Also still got stuff to finish for Uni by tomorrow - ahhhhhhh!

Bump is expanding but defo in a swimming ring type way as opposed to a 'blooming' and attractively pregnant way. Not fair...

Right of for some lunch. Take care ladies.

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Well if you must! Can I just have one for the biggest whinger?

Hi ladies,

I've just taken my daughter to nursery so of course I should be catching up with all my household duties - but sod that (again).

Gomez, when do you finish work? I can't imagine working and looking after a toddler and being pregnant but then I can't imagine having more than 1 child like a lot of you ladies.

Congratulations Juelgaz - what a nice time to get married! I got married when I was 6 months pregnant with dd1 so it looked like a shotgun wedding - I didn't want to spoil people's fun and tell them we'd been together for nearly 15 years off and on.

My bump under my ribcage is coming along nicely but I'll be glad when it joins up with flabby roll #2 as I might actually look pregnant then...

As for finding out the sex, I personally wanted to know both times cos I've never cared what I had as long as the baby was healthy but it also means that me and dh have more time to argue over names. I also agree that your choice of colours is slightly expanded, if you care about that sort of thing.

I have a question for you 2nd/3rd/4th timers. 1st time round we bought a cotbed which was pretty inconvenient as it took up most of our bedroom but I was trying to 'save' money. I don't really want the cotbed back in our bedroom but is it worth buying something like a crib or does it last for no time at all? Any views or experiences would be gratefully appreciated.

Oh well, better show some willing and to something vaguely domestic....

Hey if you're handing out awards, I must get biggest worrier!

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Hi Everybody!
I was never emotional at all in my other pregnancies, I think that's why I'm not coping well with it now. Better when the weather isn't so cold that it makes my sinues flare up & hurt.

I'll find out the sex if they can tell me, had surprises with the other 2. I can get sorting out clothes and that... but I won't believe it until the baby is born. They can't tell you the sex for sure from a scan (can they?)

Gomez: our whole household had your DD's cough... for weeks. Not nice. Did you say, what are you studying at Uni? I also have the swimming ring effect, that's why it seems so blimp-like to me.

Secur: 2yo DD, in bright pink jumper & purple trousers, got called "he" today. Old ladies just don't see in colour any more, I guess.

Anna01: I don't know exactly what one means by "cotbed" or "crib". Isn't a American "crib" just a British "cot"? We have an ordinary (British!) "cot" that DD sleeps in right now, with the side taken down, shoved up next to our bed so I think it's the same as what some people call a "co-sleeper". The baby will start out sleeping in a carrycot. We'll probably coax DD into a bed by the time baby is born, else it might be some months later, but presumably DD will outgrow the cot before the new baby needs something bigger than the carrycot (we end up co-sleeping a lot, but I like to get them into their own beds if it's not too tricky).

Secur - agree with the pink/blue thing. In fact I was so anti-pink that dd1 got dressed in mainly blue and white for months and people constantly called 'she' a 'he' - but then everyone thinks you're public property once you have a baby and feel as if they can give you an opinion on everything (and rarely very tactfully). Come to think of it, it starts when you're pregnant (anyone else hate people patting their bumps?). Anyway ironically dd now loves pink. Must be cos mummy lives in black. But I will definitely look at cribs (on the much mentioned Ebay??) and see if I can get a cheapish one (Cavy - it may be an Americanisation but cribs are like mini cots on a stand). I've also read somewhere that Ikea sell small cots for £28 - bargain (unless you know differently)!! so may check that out, although going to Ikea has got to be the most soul-destroying experience ever for me.

It's true that they may not be able to see the baby's 'bits' on a scan and that sexing the baby is not 100% accurate but I can't remember what my hospital told me the accuracy rate was(it was 70% or 90%) - sorry (I've been suffering from jelly brain for several months now).

Cavy - is it all bad emotional stuff (don't answer if you don't want to)? Agree that the weather can bring you down so by June we should be flying! I also suffered from bad sinuses but I have given up milk recently cos I've become lactose-intolerant and, co-incidentally or not, feel miles better. I also find shouting at my dh makes me feel better tee hee...

Evening - just having a quick break from studying.

Cavy - I think the rubber-ring look is good, I really wanted it to happen so my rapidly expanding hips & thighs didn't look too much out of proportion! Yeah right BTW I am doing a part-time MBA. I was full of great plans, of course it would be no bother at all- but hate to admit I am really struggling. Work, DD, studying, pregnant and my DH is away with work loads - just need to find enough time to get 'back on track' with everything and I am sure it will be fine.

Sorry that you are feeling a bit 'emotional' thou - must be hard, esp. if you are not like that normally. I was reading somewhere (in fact probably elsewhere on MN) that cutting out dairy is really good for helping with sinus things so might be worth trying.

Anna - I am planning to finsh work end April (14 weeks ish, not that I am counting) but my bum (old coccyx injury/sacrio-illiac joint thingy) is starting to play up so not sure if I will manage that long TBH.

Anyway tea-break over back to an entrancing politics essay!

Take care

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Secur - did you get thru a lot of beds then for your little uns? Part of my confusion is that in theory we're planning to move not too long after the birth to a bigger place out of London. However, am feeling disillusioned about the whole thing cos for the price of our shoebox we don't get much more north/west of London (we have to stay quite close cos dh works here) and so I can't see us moving this year now (I'm holding out for a lottery/readers digest/anything win - that's how desperate I am!). Obviously I could go back to work but at my last job, where my salary was reasonable, I would hardly have covered my travel pass with childcare costs. But don't get me started on that...

Gomez and Secur, you are making me feel so guilty and lazy for not going on and doing another course or something. I always planned to but always managed to talk myself out of it. Secur - what did you do about childcare? Did you have relatives/friends to help you? When did you find time to do your jobs??

As for being public property, the other thing I hate is the way strangers feel they can comment on your size and tell you what size your baby is (maybe would have been good if people told me I had a nice neat bump but I've never had that pleasure). I want to ask them how long they've been a mw/gynae or tell them what big thighs they have and give them a wobble.

Take care all.

Hi everyone. Glad to hear everyone is going ok. We had a scan last week (you get them at 18-20 weeks here) and all was great. I haven't felt this baby move much like I did with dd so when I actually saw the little one on the screen I was so relieved. They tell me its another girl which is fine by me - I bought sooooo many clothes and stuff for dd1 that a lot of it is still like brand new. How does everyone else feel about finding out the sex before hand? i really wanted to know - I'm just too curious!
Anyway, its great to keep hearing how you all are going. Take care and enjoy the peace and quiet while you can

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