Christmas babies thread 3!

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Hey girls starting up the new thread as thread 2 is about full. Will copy link into old thread save trying to remember everyone to tag!! Xx

@Bumble84 I’ve got some lockdown belly (unfortunately! 😂 ) but no bump yet. It is starting to feel firmer/fuller down there now but nothing popping out.

@makingababy I think mine is lockdown belly also 😂😂 developed an obsession for Maom since being pregnant as well!

Aww @Rnic1x you're looking lovely, like your dresses too! As soon as I have something to show will post 😊

Ahh good guys so so happy. I have a very very naughty baby boy that would not stay still at all!!! She was scanning me for ages. Will post pictures when home, not the clearest but so happy everything is ok. Measuring slightly ahead at 13 weeks. So due date is now 15th December.

Hi everyone! I’m new here, (well I was lurking a little but waiting til my scan!). I had my dating scan last week and I’m due on 21st December!

Welcome to the 15th club @Nic2908 can’t believe what a popular date that is so far

Another 15th!! I love it!
Think the 15th Dec due date would make conception basically the day after lockdown 😂😂 so all we're getting at the moment is "lockdown baby" questions.

All I am craving this evening is carbs and cheese! Cheesy nachos, cheesy flatbread, cheesy jalapeños bites, breaded halloumi fries, you name it! I'm hoping the husband is reading my pathetic texts and will pick something delicious up from the store (he's on a work shift coming home shortly).

@december2020 I can confirm mcdonalds mozzarella stick in the micro for a min are the perfect cheesy snack 😂😂

@PocoyoandEllie 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
The husband brought an oven pizza, it was delicious, though part of me was thinking there could have been two 😂
I'm definitely starting to feel more ravenous 😂

@december2020 I think we're all going to encounter lockdown baby comments! We haven't told anyone just yet but I'm braved for jokes about how we were bored in lockdown and boom, baby. Truthfully we'd been trying for a little while!

Did anyone else who was actively trying talk about pausing because of coronavirus? We did but decided we just could not wait or risk pregnancy taking forever. I'm glad we did 😊

I've been awake since 4am.. I am riddled with nerves for my dating scan today! I haven't been nervous for any of my private scans... it's definitely got something to do with the hospital part. Just can't believe I've got to the 12 week scan and everything so far (well up to Sunday) has been great... just hoping and praying that everything is ok today 🙏🏻

@GlassboatSailor funnily enough, I had told myself I wouldn't get pregnant again.. Jordan and I discussed that it's clearly going to take a while and that maybe IVF would be our route eventually but we will take our time. I remember feeling so happy and so relieved that we were both on the same path with it.. and literally two weeks later, I'm pregnant 😂😂

@djmbaker wow You both were on the same page but your baby clearly wasn't prepared to hang about 😆

Good luck with your scan today 👍

@GlassboatSailor we had decided a while ago that we would start trying this March. Discussed waiting because of coronavirus but I'm 34 years old and had no idea how long it would take to get pregnant, or how long the whole coronavirus thing would go on for. Turns out it didn't take long!

Good luck to everyone with scans today 🤞🏻

@djmbaker I was up from 3am yesterday waiting for mine 🙈

Good luck you'll be fine xxx

Good luck @djmbaker I'm sure everything will be fine and then you can reward yourself with a long nap after being awake so early! Hope you're feeling ok, what times the scan?

I have woken up today feeling amazing! Symptoms almost completely gone but also I feel like my brain has gone back to normal... I don't know if that makes sense to anyone but for the last few weeks I've felt not really myself, not miserable but not at all wanting to socialise and really introverted compared to normal! Weird! But so nice to be feeling human again, there's hope for us all 🙌

@calipoppy I definitely get days like that but they tend to be here and there (thankfully)

We’d been trying since Apr-19 and I’d basically given up. Was most upset for lockdown (besides the global emergency) bc they closed fertility services and I’d been planning to enquire at the end of March but they closed.

Got cramps and sore chest before AF was due like (Like normal) and had a really boozy night in to make myself feel better... turns out I was pregnant 🤦🏻‍♀️ Feel really irresponsible but I really had given up hope!

Scan is at 9.45... just arrived now. Made Jordan get me here really early 😂😂
I'll let you all know 🤞🏼

No one mentions early pregnancy symptoms basically feel like AF is coming on!

@djmbaker good luck and enjoy it 😊 x

We had been trying since Oct 2017 (had a mmc in 2018) and had just been referred to the fertility clinic so lockdown wasn’t going to stop us. In fact it probably helped the situation. Mid thirties too so time is not on our side.

Good luck to those having scans today!

@GlassboatSailor we VERY briefly said ‘what if we fall pregnant now, is it the right time?’ But we have been seriously trying for 18 months and had also recentLy had a referral to fertility clinic and added to IVF wait list. I’m over the moon that it happened!

I’m expecting jokes about lockdown baby but I honestly don’t know how I’ll react to them. My line just now is to (hopefully) just say ‘that’s actually a bit hurtful’ but I don’t know if that’s best, if anyone else has other ideas??

Only one of my most trusted friends knowS our story and sadly I’m even expecting these jokes from people I would consider close friends.

Ah the scan pictures all look so lovely.

My scan isn't until Monday and it is DRAGGING!

Had my bloods done on Monday and nearly passed out - felt terrible and the midwife had to bring me a biscuit haha

hope everyone else is doing well xx

We were going to start trying this time last year, but had two massive holidays (v long haul) and moved house, so we decided to wait.

After we got back from a big holiday at Christmas, I decided to go off the pill at the end of Jan, and was pregnant end of March. So a lot quicker than we were expecting.

I think part of the reason we haven’t told too many people yet is the lockdown comments and also I really really do not like the attention. I just want people to congratulate me once and then move on, but there’s something about pregnancy that makes people want to talk and gush!

That’s just not me and makes me feel really uncomfortable. Our neighbours are convinced I’m pregnant because I didn’t drink 7 weeks ago at a garden party and now keep cornering me whenever I leave the house to ask me. Because of that, I’ll deny it even at the point in which I’ve got a 40 week bump or baby in arms

@calipoppy so glad you're feeling better!! Hopefully it stays that way.

Yeah the lockdown thing is tricky - it kinda depends on the tone when they bring it up, if it's just a jokey comment like 'ooh a lockdown baby' I might go with 'almost' and change the subject cos I think we conceived just before.... if it's more intrusive than that I think I might just tell them to mind their own business or tell them that they really shouldn't discuss conception with people they don't know well...

@MaverickDanger that is exactly how I felt/feel. I feel a lot better having told a few people now, but just need to bite the bullet now and tell the rest. It's not been half as bad as expected though, no gushing after the initial news which is great! I think people know I'm not a fan. Also lockdown helps cos I'm not having so many regular meet ups with friends which is where I would normally get all that baby focus and questions.