Due in August Thread - Part 3

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Part 2 was getting full so take a biscuit from my trolley, have a cuppa and put your feet up!

Good luck capecath!

Hmm should I be praying for the LO to come early now?! DH has a normal sized head although an odd shape but maybe it was huge when he popped out and then everything caught up afterwards?! The odd shape maybe due to it being huge! Gulp.

Congratulations Miaboo :) Boys certainly seem to be ruling this august!

I had a waterbirth with G&A for my second labour and OMG it was amazing! I'm already having palpatations at the thought of not being able to have it again! I am desperate for another waterbirth and fingers are firmly crossed!

I'm hoping for a waterbirth (at home) too. Will be interested to hear the experiences of everyone trying hypnobirthing - I start going to classes in a few weeks so will report back!

I think I officially look pregnant now! I was at work last night and got comments from two complete strangers and an old friend from home who happened to be at the event. My favourite was from the girl who said "pregnancy is a beautiful thing...you are pregnant aren't you?!" I'd probably have put that the other way round...!

SO. MANY. BOYS!! Surely this is very special like if you flipped a heads twenty times in a row... I think I have boy too by the way but who knows!

Bring on the waterbirthed boys and g&a filled mothers

Wish now I'd asked about head size... etc!

Anyone else getting stupid rib pain where you have to bend back to ease it only to find then their back aches? I'm so sore in the evenings and MW seemed surprised it was like this so early on. I think I must have an awful posture or something

Congrats on the bid capecath... we really need a nice bid from someone on ours now!

I found these fetal growth charts quite interesting! You should be able to see the baby's measurements in your scan notes.

Thanks guys! Thinking we're getting a great deal :) It's all a little crazy.

lovemarmite nah, not worth baby being early, you want to get to 37 weeks at least to avoid ncu...

Hello, I'm a long time lurker but due 9.8 so thought I should say hi. So far all the scans have been fine but although I'm 22weeks I haven't felt much due to placenta being anterior (+ a big tum in the 1st place.) I don't know the gender but I suspect a girl. We shall see.

Please can I ask how much everyone has gained so far? At 12weeks I weighed 78.4 and now 82.5 in pjs. I ask because 2 years ago I lost 20kgs and I'm quite stressed about gaining so fast. Probably doesn't help that I've been eating when I'm tired to keep me going and exercise has taken a nose dive.

Morning Weekipper hello, congrats and welcome :o
I've put on 11.4lbs since 31st October. I have to keep a real track of my weight as I put it in so easily, and am usually really active, but have also had to cut back on exercise. It's all bump though, as I can still get my clothes on, just can't do them up.
I think at this stage you're meant to put on a 1lb a week (or so I read from one of those emails), but I've actually lost weight this week, but I think that's beacause of being in hospital and the probably because the amount of blood the vampires took in hospital..!! :)

hamncheese no rib pain here, sorry! But I do have an uncomfortable bump sometimes, not sure what's going on there! :)

I am loving these smileys [bugrin]

mrsmamma (27) DC1 due 27/7/12
Angel786 (32) DC2 due 27/7/12 in UCLH, London, England
Loupee (26) DC1 due 28/7/12 in Royal Infirmary Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
farmerswifey (30) DC1 GIRL due 31/7/12 in Aberystwyth, Wales
aflycup (24) DC1 due 30/7/12
dragonleo (29) DC1 GIRL due 3/8/12 in Whittington Hospital, London, England
Tubtoes (31) DC1 due 3/08/12
cupoftea123 (?) DC1 due 2/8/12
warzonemummy (?) DC? due 4/8/12 in St. George?s, London, England
PoppySeed34 (34) DC1 BOY due 4/8/12 in London, England
danielou (?) DC3 due 4/8/12 in Worcestershire Royal Hospital, England
lynniegooner (43) DC2 due 5/8/12
halfdoneharris (28) DC1 due 5/8/12
Littlelamb1980 (31) DC1 BOY due 6/8/12 in St. Thomas Hospital, London, England
JParkson (28) DC3 due 6/8/12 in Swindon, England
Gnomi (29) DC1 due 7/8/12
panpipe (26) DC1 due 7/8/12
McBaby (31) DC1 7/8/12 in Barnet, Herts, England
Westcountrywife (33) DC1 BOY due 7/8/12 in RD & E, Exeter, England
Alizzle (24) DC1 due 8/8/12
Mummiestobe (33) DC? due 8/8/12 in Dorchester, England
faintpinkline (?) DC2 due 8/8/12
WelshLadyCDF (40) DC1 GIRL due 8/8/12
ballinderrymum (32) DC2 due 8/8/12
SwanseaMum (?) DC3 due 8/8/12
Weekipper (?) DC1 due 9/8/12
mancmummy (?) DC2 due 9/8/12
lovemarmite (38) DC1 due 11/8/12 in Eastbourne, England
ByeBabyBatshit (35) DC1 11/8/12 TWINS!
The3Bears (24) DC2 BOY due 11/8/12
Stinyminkymoo (35) DC1 due 11/8/12
hamncheese (24) DC1 due 11/8/12 in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland
vinolover (29) DC3 BOY due 11/8/12 in RSCH, Brighton, England
eightieshopaholic (31) DC1 BOY due 12/8/12 in Worcester Hospital, England
CATwith2Kittens (32) DC3 due 12/8/12 in Wareham, Dorset, England
namechangerbat (?) DC3 due 13/8/12
woopsidaisy (36) DC3 due 13/8/12
HopefulPositive (31) DC1 due 13/8/12 TWINS!
Glittershoes (27) DC1 BOY due 14/8/12 in Hull Women?s and Children?s Hospital, England
capecath (29) DC2 due 15/8/12 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland
MrsMigginslovespies (35) DC1 BOY due 15/8/12 in Borders & General Hospital, Scottish Borders
thatboysmum (?) DC2 due 16/8/12 in Medway Maritime Hospital, England
ArtyJennie (31) DC2 due 17/8/12 in Croydon Uni Hospital, England
NeedlesCuties (27) DC2 due 17/8/12
Gingerelle (30) DC1 due 17/8/12
Voscar (31) DC1 due 18/8/12 in Darrent Valley Hospital, Dartford, England
Salt14 (?) DC1 due 18/8/12
technoduck (27) DC1 BOY due 18/8/12 in Bath, Somerset, England
Glimpers (33) DC2 due 19/8/12 in GWH, Swindon, England
tashaw28 (36) DC3 due 19/8/12 in Barnet Hospital, Herts, England
flyingleo (33) DC2 due 19/8/12 in UCH, London, England
pintofmilk (35) DC3 due 19/8/12
practicallyimperfect (?) DC2 due 20/8/12
sc0ttishlass (34) DC1 due 20/8/12 in Princess Royal, Glasgow, Scotland
firstfroggy (34) DC1 due 20/8/12
miaboo (29) DC3 BOY due 21/8/12
susiegrapevine (29) DC2 BOY due 21/8/12 in Hastings, Sussex, England
Tusa (?) DC1 due 21/8/12
Geekette (32) DC1 due 21/8/12 in West Suffolk, Bury St. Edmunds, England
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TheRealMrsSmith (32) DC4 due 23/8/12
Louper (?) DC1 due 23/8/12
peeriebear (32) DC3 due 23/8/12
Loislane78 (?) DC? due 24/8/12
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nearlymumofone (34) DC2 due 25/8/12
Sparklesandglitter (27) DC1 due 26/8/12
alisonmcg (25) DC1 due 26/8/12
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Estya (35) DC2 due 27/8/12 in Darenth Valley, Kent, England
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hellokit (?) DC3 due 29/8/12
theressomethingaboutmarie (35) DC2 due 30/8/12
Jods1 (?) DC? due 30/8/12
MrsLister (35) DC1 BOY due 30/8/12 in Homerton, Hackney, England
kellzi (?) DC? due 31/8/12 in Woodford, Essex, England
purplelooby (31) DC1 due 31/8/12 in Bolton, England
missingpate (31) DC1 due 31/8/12
Clarabell78 (?) DC? due 31/8/12 in Southern General, Glasgow, Scotland

Hi Needlescutie.
Just thought I'd destroy all your hard work, as I just got in from my scan and they have moved my date to 8th August!

I didn't want to know what it is, and they don't tell you at our hospital anyway...but DH was sure it was a girl! Already have two boys, so Jonny Bodencould be seeing a massive increase in sales in late summer!

hamncheese no rib pain here but my ribs have seperated a fair bit. Some get larger boobs, I get a wider chest. hmm. still smarting from that news.

Welcome weekipper. My weight problems are going the other way i think. I started out at around 67 kg and at 20 weeks, I am weighing 70Kg. I love my food but even small quantities make me feel bleurgh.

Hey again. Glad to hear everyone is doing better now. Still no op for my grandad. Still a waiting game! Found out from my brother in law today that he spent all day looking at my car and it is offically dead and for the scrap heap! :(. Dunno how we will afford another one! So feeling very stressed and tearful about everything on top of tired oh and strangly horny but too tired to do anything!! Must be the hormones. Oh yeah and my babys femur (thigh bone) is right near the top of the centile line must mean I have a very long baby!

Sorry to hear about your grandad, and your car. It's so horrible being stressed with all these extra hormones. :( I've been tearful the past few days, not like me at all, and DP is having none of it. Men have it so easy sometimes! lol
I didn't think to check the measurements, although I think they were around average. Just hope I can keep LO inside long enough to find out properly!
Sending you a virtual and and - sod what other MNs say - I'm also sending a hug, as I've had very few of these over the last few days, and probably needed them the most :o

Now, where's the mini eggs? [bugrin]

woops No worries about changing the date, I've had similar from lots of other ladies on the list before [buwink]

Glad your scan went well. I'm a bit that your hospital doesn't tell the sex, I am hoping that my hospital will tell us next week when I go for the scan.... Didn't find out with DS, but this time we want to. Hope it isn't some provence-wide policy to not tell...

Where does it say MNers shouldn't give hugs???

geekette on lots of other posts, people always say hugs are very un-MNs..!?! which I thinks a bit weird, I have no idea why, though.
Anyway, I'm sending everyone a hug [buwink]

Thanks for the hugs poppy. How is a hug unMN. Everyone needs a hug! Sending hugs back.

Group hug! [bugrin]

It has always been that way in my hospital Needlescutie. Not sure about yours, but hopefully they will let you know!
If not, ask them to put the scanner over the genital area, and you can often work it out for yourself.
Hope it goes well! They guy who did ours was so lovely! He spent ages pointing everything out etc.

Susiegrapevine I hope you're feeling a bit better.
My bump also has long legs! The head and body were just below average but the femur measurement was big. Both DH and I are the wee ones of our family and everyone else is tall.

Thanks for adding me to the list Needlescutie I'm 31 and probably booking in to Edinburgh when I move there in 6 weeks.

[buconfused] sorry I'm not 31 anymore, I am 32 I realise...

Morning all, my scan was so lovely got to see everything and they put it on 3d for us for a bit too which was a bit freaky but lovely!!
Going to choose carpet today with my mum which will hopefully be in an Easter sale! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! X

Ahh group hug back [busmile]! Have been crazy early to a cashmere sale near us and it was great! Got a lovely cardi by 0900 which will be such a treat to wear post baby in the autumn! DH now building more shelves and stuff as we're trying to get the house in order before it gets too far on .

Lovely to hear about the scans. It is so exciting and we can't wait to meet the baby.

Loving all the hugs [bugrin]

Tash glad the scan went well. MrsM how are you feeling now?
I've been bleed/spot free for 24hrs - whooooooop whooooooooop! (Sorry, if you're reading this while eating!). So pleased.

Does anyone have any tips for best sleeping positions? It's starting to get a little uncomfortable to sleep and I always seem to end up on my right side or back .