Pregnant with no. 3 / 4 / 5...?!

[LimeLeafLizard]

Just wondering if anyone else is pg with their 3rd, 4th, 5th, or more?!

I am newly pg with baby number 4 and finding it a bit different this time.

Yesterday I flicked through a couple of magazines but the content didn't seem that relevant to me. I am quietly happy but not nearly as excited or nervous as I was before, especially the first time.

I know what kind of birth I want (same as the last two times) and I don't need to buy any stuff, so there doesn't seem so much to think about, at least until the scan.

I am also a bit worried about how other people are going to react when we tell them. There seems to be a general view that wanting 4 children must make us mad.

Hope I am not alone?!

at the pram-huns! With that amount of expertise between you, you should collaborate on a guide! I'll proof-read if you like.

Valium Ow. Sounds a right pain - literally and metaphorically. Poor you. Glad your little one is at nursery though, hopefully you'll have had some rest today at least? How annoying that it has happened right at the start of the holidays. How is DD1 at entertaining herself? Is she happy to sit and colour or read (wish I had a child like that!) or is she nagging you to climb trees and play tennis with her?

Right I'd better go and make the tea. The boys are all chasing each other round the garden with water pistols - how lovely to have some sunshine.

I have had in order:-

Hauck Infinity
Maclaren Quest Mod in Scarlet Bubbles (hated it!)
First Wheels City Twin for DD1 & DD2
P&T E3 v2
Safety First Surf
Bebe Confort Loola Up in Choco cream (loved the pram hated the colour as it got filthy in moments)
Emmaljunga Classic bouncy pram though I never got to use the carry cot so I wish I had kept it as DD4 could have had it
Baby Jogger City Double
Bumble Ride Flyer (the old version)
EaSyS Jazz SN pushchair for DD2
Combi something or another tiny fold up pushchair
EasyLife Sport Twin
Bebe Confort Trophy Air 6 (lasted all of 45 mins before I took it back to the Ebayer as it was knackered!)
Peg Perego Roma (1990s pushchair with flip over handle)
Silver Cross Wayfarer in All Black
Vigour 4+ with B-Smart seat unit
B-Dual
Silver Cross carriage built pram
Graco Citisport
Quinny Zapp

I tend to prefer the more obscure prams but it does make it more tricky to sell on afterwards DH has pretty much resigned himself to the pramaholic-ness in me.

I have only had 3 slings though I do drool over some of the prettier ones.

Emilie - I would love the EasyLife as a single (or as a double again if I am frank) as I suspect there will be times in the future when DD2 will need a pushchair to take her weight/height (she is 112cm & 18kg with long legs) and a bog standard pushchair just won't cut it.

The Baby Jogger City Mini GT double may do well if she can keep under 25kg but it's new out and will be expensive 2nd hand for quite some time.

Valium - a very kind fellow MNer gave me the Silver Cross as it needed a bit of restoration, I just need to work out how to get the rust off the inside of the wheels! Handily my mother has kept the basket for her Silver Cross coach built even though she sold the pram in 1982 so I have a back up basket in case the one on the pram doesn't come up well. I just need to get round to ordering the mattress for it.....

hello everyone - I seem to have got a bit behind with the thread!

Saw the consultant yesterday - who made everything sound like doom and gloom (as they usually do!) Now on horrible clexane injections daily to prevent blood clots - and they sting like mad

On the pushchair situation in our house - I am currently trying to decide if DS2 (who has just turned 2) will be walking well enough by Nov to not need to go in a pushchair - so DD2 (coming up to 1) and the new baby can use the double. My other option is to put the baby in the baby carrier and the other 2 go in the double....I never really used my carrier much with the others so can't work out if this will be ok?! School is a 20 min walk away so will be doing a fair bit of walking to take the older 2 every day!

Back at the docs tomorrow to see if they will sign me off work for another couple of weeks until I start maternity leave....seem to spend all my time attending medical appointments at the moment - either for me or one of the DC's!

there are triples on the market that aren't bad - the T3 (a mum near me has one of those for a toddler and baby twins and it looks good tbh!), Valco Tri-mode (almost identical to the T3 but available in US so sometimes pops up on ebay/2nd hand market), ABC double with baby seat, or an EasyLife Sport Twin with a toddler seat on the front or even a M&P/Peg Perego triplette. There's a few options here.

Sorry posted instead of previewing!!

Sorry about the clexane - they do sting like billy-o I hated the bruising too! Hope you get signed off, how many weeks are you now?

I've never heard of clexane but it sounds horrid. Consultants do always make things seem bad, don't they? They always seem to focus on the worst possible outcome. I suppose risk analysis is an important part of the job, but I wish they wouldn't project their gloom so much!

The back carrier option sounds like hard work, tbh. The baby which seems so light when you first put it on feels like it weighs a ton after 10 mins walking, and you'll have two 40 min round trips whilst pushing a double buggy too...

If DS2 is walking well by then, and you don't want to buy a triple, could you attach a buggy board / bike to the double?

Mountain buggy did a triple side by side. There were a couple on eBay. They are the older style I think. I doubt it would fit through doors, but might be good for the school run? The smorph pod might be an idea, as it folds up when not in use, so could attach to a nice double.

Ouch at clexane, I had 4 weeks post c-section last time & had some wonderful bruises.

Got scan in an hour. Am really nervous.

Truth I'm 25 weeks now - so am gonna have a good few months of these dam injections .

Keep watching the various different triple buggys on ebay! - don't really want to fork out for a new one if we do decide to go the whole hog and opt for a triple!

valium I'm not too worried about a pushchair to fit through doors as it will be only for walking to school - don't think any triple will fit in our 7 seater car with all the seats in use! Lime unfortunately a buggy board won't fit on my current double - so would end up having to get a different double anyway - which defeats the object!

Haitchjay good luck with the scan - is it your first one?

Had scan. They couldn't find baby at first and offered rescan in 10 days or dildocam. There was no way I was waiting that long so had the internal. Found a tiny heart beat, smallest I've seen any of mine and they've said 6 weeks. Bit worried as I've known for 3 weeks I was pg so must have been a v early positive or something wrong. It was within my possible dates though but I feel like I've lost a couple of weeks as I was expecting them to say 8weeks!
Will get another scan in 3 weeks so got a while to worry yet !

at 'dildocam'! I had one of them last time... eew.

Haitch it is great to know that all is OK, to see the heartbeat, but I can imagine your frustration at loosing two weeks. Pregnancy seems to take ages anyway. I bet you're looking forward to your next scan already.

4kids sounds like you have the perfect excuse to splash out... even if only on ebay.

I've been out all morning, little ones are at nursery and DS1 has been allowed to go on the Wii so I can have a little nap.... zzzzz

It's better than a 10 day wait
Glad you understand. Dh didn't get it at all but he's patient about everything (and an optimist) and I'm not (and a worrier!)

Fingers crossed haitchjay that everything is fine. I can never work out the way they date things. WHen I went for my first scan this pregnancy they told me I was 16 weeks - which was a physical impossibility as I knew exactly when things had happened , and it couldn't possibly have been the date they gave me!

I think I worry more with each pregnancy

Hi everyone, just come across this thread. I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant with my 4th little one.

I've already had much practice in out 'ruding' people with their stupid comments and questions so would welcome anyone commenting on me having 4 children, I really couldn't care less what anyone thinks, family, friends or strangers :)

My 3 are really excited (7,10 and 12) and especially so since I'm having a home birth this time.

I'll go and have a read through your posts now :)

Hi Shelley :)

Hi shelly I keep forgetting you are on no.4. I find it encouraging that other mums are just as nervous with no.3,4 or more. I tend to think that anyone with more than 2 must clearly be supermums and never have a worry. I remember when pg with DC2 worrying that I would not be able to love another child, but now I know I can and do, this little belly dweller is even more special as he is already a part of the family.

Any tips on going from 2 to 3? We have the bigger car, enough bedrooms, and the double buggy thankfully DD1 is 6, so does not need her hand holding when out and about etc, and generally does what she is told. I am hoping this one will just slot in nicely. I remember going from 1-2 was a bigger shock than 0-1.

Hello Shelley! I've had two home births, not sure if I'll get another this time.

Valium like you I found going from 1-2 a much bigger shock than 0-1! 2-3 was relatively easy - DC3 was an easy baby and he just slotted right in.
Are you managing to get around a bit more now, at least at home?

I am also more worried this pregnancy, probably partly due to the illogical feeling of 'pushing my luck', and partly because I am so much more aware of all the possible things that can go wrong. Looking back, first time round I had no experience at all, and few friends with babies. Now I know dozens of other peoples' stories, and realise I have been lucky.

A bit better today lime I went to my mums yesterday and was glad to get home, so am trying to see the positive side to it. I can stand up to wash up and cook now. I hate not being able to drive, and take the kids out, but we are surviving. I am liking online shopping for food

Evening all!

Well am now signed off for 4 weeks until I start maternity leave at 29 weeks! I have never started it this early before but I am literally struggling through day to day at the moment, and it's not going to get any better until the baby arrives

Valium we have also signed up for online shopping. There is no way I could push a trolley full of shopping around at the moment, and it's a nightmare if I send DH - he always buys the wrong things! I also found 2 to 3 pretty easy. My other 2 were 4 and 3, so they were out of the baby stage by then!

Hi shelly - mine have always been excited about having a new brother or sister. In fact DD1 is positively gutted this will be our last - she seems to be under the impression that we can fit another couple of babies into our house (which we definately can't!) and also doesn't seem to have noticed that I my body is so knackered I can bearly move in this pregnancy .

Dh has been looking after the kids all day so I could get some rest while he is off. He has literally been run off his feet and is complaining about how he can't get anything done! I did have a little chuckle to myself - now he may appreciate how hard it is being at home with the DC's all day

4kids, your DH sounds like mine - buying the wrong things in the supermarket (though I'm sure that is deliberate - he sees tasty things that I don't normally buy and just fancies getting them) and tells me how hard it is to get anything done when the kids are around (I KNOW!)

Sorry to hear you are still feeling so bad, knowing you have another 11ish weeks to go must be hard too. At least you're signed off work.

Valium glad you're trying to stay positive and reaping the benefits of online shopping. I have never managed that despite lots of people telling me I should. Just getting the thing set up seems too faffy, but I'm sure it is a godsend when you are in pain and struggling to get around.

MIL is coming tomorrow, we've decided to tell her I'm pg... hope she reacts well!

Hi everyone,

I have 3dc, 12, 7 and 2.5 and just had a bfp

Think I'm due early April.

hi just marking my spot so I can read and join properly later (am procrastinating at work)...
expecting DC4 and feeling pretty ill but actually quite excited about it....