Summer '20 Grads Part III

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@Dipsy77 ❤️❤️ 15th September
@Mococo1 ❤️ 16th September EDD 27th March
@zippityzip ❤️ 18th September EDD 29th March
@mrsmummy1111 ❤️ 21st September EDD 3rd April
@Sausage1990 ❤️28th September EDD 20th April
@smileyT 💚 2nd October 🧡 26th October EDD 15th March
@mrsI2020 💚 2nd October EDD 22nd May
@cocoblue22 💚 3rd October EDD 12th March
@littleRa 🧡 14th October EDD 8th March

@noble89 EDD 25th March
@fairylights2 EDD 1st April
@eloise27 EDD 8th April
@Lettie365 - EDD 11th April
@Ltay2 EDD 11th April
@Madz123 - EDD 13th April
@blodyn91 - EDD 14th April
@samilicious EDD 16th April
@Mustbemad82 EDD 20th April
@MrsEmilyB EDD 30th April
@Catherinettc EDD 19th May
@Blondi3 EDD 25th May
@Sophi123 EDD 25th May

💚 extra scans ❤️ 12w scans 🧡 20w scans

@mrsmummy1111 thank you so much that's so useful I've added it to my wish list 😁

@zippityzip My fave is princess dragon by far! Hoping it's a girl now just so you can get her a dragon baby grow and a little crown- reckon it would look so cute!

@mrsmummy1111 @LittleRa thank you I'm a FTM and had no clue you could even get a tiny baby size! 🥺 feel very inexperienced lol!

Im hoping I don't have a 10lb whopper! equally hope its nothing mine/DH birth weight - we were both full term I was 3.3lbs and he was 4.5lbs not sure what happened to our mums back then 🤣 I'm so short tho not sure I could fit a massive baby in x

@Ltay2 thank you I've signed up- I was thinking to buy the digital course but it's like £50.00! Could you let me know how the book is when you get it xxx

@mrsmummy1111 oh don't 😭 I'm literally just starting to have days where the thought of food turns my stomach and said feeling gets worse when I'm hungry - great!!

Today I had two potato waffles (they have been my saving grace on days like this) but felt yuck after. For lunch I had a cauliflower and butternut squash Thai soup I made, with so much bread lmao as I felt hungry and then napped for 2 hours because I felt yuckier still.

PS laska soup recipe plz 😍

I'm now in bed eating salt and vinegar rice cakes.

Yet the other day I think I ate one of everything in the house then takeaway for tea haha so my days are very varied and my diet is shocking 👀

Other days I'll manage a full day of slimming world meals like yesterday I had jacket potato with salad and then chilli rice and salad and was fine.

To add to this my OH doesn't do much of the housework (normally fine and just our dynamic very traditional etc) but when I feel like crap and he sees me still dutifully washing dishes I just wish he would say oh stop and I'll do that but noooooooooo 😭

@Ltay2 oooh I'm interested in buying that book you'll have to let us know how you find it as I'll buy further down the line xx

@LittleRa oh they're so cute I don't know how we will announce my OH isn't into anything like that so might just go for something simple and just post the scan picture 👀

@MrsEmilyB they're so cute I'd love something like that!!!

Ooh which book is is @Ltay2 x

*is it

I love all the Halloween/pumpkin theme announcements! This was our announcement today 🥰 blanked out surname so not too outting for anyone who may be spying on me on here (although will obv realise if they actually know me from the pic itself 😂) for anyone in Springtime fb group I've posted the full pic there!

Also this is the book! @LittleRa

Great, thanks @Ltay2 😊

@Ltay2 that is ADORABLE.

My midwife recommended The Positive Birth Movement's book "The Positive Birth Book" and its brilliant so far. Really empowering for a terrified-of-labour FTM. I think I'm going to do a hypnobirthing course through my doula (is anyone else having one?!) but might get a book too! Let us know if it's good!

Hi all!

Been off for a few days and missed so much. Congrats to those of you who have had lovely scans etc. in the meantime. Loving the scan/baby clothes/announcement photos!

I'm still suffering from a lot of anxiety. No bleeding for a few weeks ago now and saw a tiny heartbeat at my scan last Wednesday. But after a few days of nausea at the start of last week, I haven't had any nausea since Wednesday. I still have a bit of a strange appetite but no other real symptoms so it's making me worried. I keep trying to tell myself I've seen a heartbeat and just try and hold off on that, but can't start worrying/waking myself up in the night panicking I'm miscarrying again :(.

Was going to try and hold out now until 12 week scan, but wondering if should maybe book one for 9/10 weeks or is that just feeding the anxiety?

Hi girls 💕 hope you're all doing well.

Just wanted to let you know that I'm going into hospital tomorrow for the medical management procedure. As expected there was no change in baby today on the scan & the confirmed baby stopped growing at 9+1 weeks. I have a photo of the scan today as a keepsake. Tomorrow is the final stage of this journey and although I'm very emotional about it all, I also have a sense of relief that we can say goodbye and move forward with a new chapter.

Sending lots of love you all, miss you girls xx

Hey everyone! Aww girls those announcement pics are fab! How exciting.

Love the tiny baby stuff too 💔

@Sausage1990 god love you hun, it’s a horrendous time for you but I can imagine how you’re wanting to be over and done with the procedure now. I hope it goes smoothly and that you’re as ok as can be. I will be thinking of you tomorrow. 💔 I’m sure it’s hard coming back tk this thread, I hope you’ll be back on here yourself soon. All my love xxx

@Catherinettc thanks for thinking of me! How are you? I’ve been v anxious as I’ve bored you all about so trying to distract myself. I had my booking in appt today (7+6) and she altered my dates to 8w just for the process which is crap cos I’ll be even further out. She was amazing tho, she didn’t even try and reassure me, she just said that with my first loss being so traumatic and 4 early losses this year there is nothing anyone can say to make me think positively when I know how badly it can go wrong. I genuinely appreciated that. She got me a scan for tomorrow for their notes tk check all is good so that’s brilliant . It was lovely to have an open convo about everything and to speak positively so I came out from the appointment feeling like it’s ok to feel how I am and It worked wonders, I came out buzzing lol. How are you getting on? Xxx

@Ltay2 your scan is class! And I love the romper 💔 anyone else loving all the neutral stuff? I got a gorg pack of sleep suits from Sainsbury’s ❤️ Xxx

@Mrsi2020 so glad ur feeling a bit better. I know the anxiety won't go completely and tbh even after their born it never ends! My eldest is 19 and just moved to Liverpool University and all I do is worry. I thought ny the time they grew up it would be less but defo not lol xx

@Sausage1990 big hugs xxx if u need anything at all give me a shout xxxxx

Also ladies I crochet if anyone is looking for anything? I've started making car seat blankets. Smaller wee blankets that are easier to tuck in etc than a big one. These come with a wee matching hat xx

@Catherinettc thanks hun, I know! My eldest is nearly 11 I feel like pregnancy is the only time I’m outta control! I went to Liverpool for uni - some of the best years of my life, I’d love to do them again hahaha !

I love those! How much is the little blanket and hat? I’d love something in beige or beige and white? To match those sleep suits! Xxx

@Mrsi2020
I do the blanket and hat for 12.50. Took me ages to come up with a price 🤣🤣 im not good at taking money from ppl lol.

I will try my hand at anything. Thinkingbof getting myself a cricket machine next lol xx

Sign me up for one of those! Can we send private messages on here? lol I’m useless with technology xx

@Mrsi2020 just sent u a pm xx

@Cocoblue22 ahh so cute with the balloon, i think if I had kids I might do that as it's nice for them to be involved but for our first, it was only me and DP that needed the reveal this time round 💙

@Ltay2 congrats on a beaut scan ❤️ I love the reveal pic, I feel like such a Scrooge, I told my parents, brother and nephews at the weekend but have told them they can't tell anyone else 🙈

@mrsmummy1111 probably a stupid question but how do you know if baby will be small again? My mums biggest baby was me at 5lbs 3 but my friends baby didn't went straight into 3-6months, so I'm wondering if I have to bother buying clothes before he is born? As I've heard the measurements they give before birth can be really inaccurate 🤔

@zippityzip oh no, how comes bending over winded you just bent over too quick? x

@MrsEmilyB I kinda gave up because I couldn't connect to the positive birth book, but I'm going to try a bit harder with it x

@Sausage1990 sending you so much love for tomorrow, so glad you got the scan picture as a reminder of your little bub xx

I've been really rubbish with keeping up so just let me know any missing dates from my list x

@samilicious ❤️7th October EDD 10th April
@Blondi3 💚10th October EDD 25th May
@Mococo1 💚11th October 🧡 12th November EDD 29th March
@littleRa 🧡 14th October EDD 8th March
@Mustbemad82 ❤️ 15th October EDD 20th April
@MrsEmilyB ❤️ 15th October EDD 29th April
@Dipsy77 🧡🧡 26th October EDD 15th March
@smileyT 🧡 26th October EDD 15th March 💙 BOY
@Ltay2 🧡 20th November EDD 10th April
@blodyn91 🧡 20th November EDD 12th April

@cocoblue22 EDD 12th March 💙 BOY
@noble89 EDD 24th March
@mrsmummy1111 EDD 30th March
@zippityzip EDD 31st March 🤍 SURPRISE
@fairylights2 EDD 1st April
@eloise27 EDD 8th April
@Lettie365 - EDD 11th April
@Madz123 EDD 13th April
@Catherinettc EDD 19th May
@Sophi123 EDD 20th May
@mrsI2020 EDD 22nd May
@Busybee143

💚 extra scans ❤️ 12w scans 🧡 20w scans 💙 Boy 💖Girl 🤍 Surprise

@Catherinettc they ate wonderful! I have my mam and my gran knitting full speed 🤭
@MrsEmilyB I have that book and really enjoying it
@Sophi123 If another scan will help your anxiety then I feel its worth it. I was luckly and only suffered with anxiety the week before my 12 week scan, but if I had been in that state earlier on an early scan would have helped. I made so many mistakes at work in a day 😬
@Ltay2 I still need to join the FB group!

Also Ive told everyone one, but haven't announced on social media at all....so thinking the pumpkins would be brill

sorry can someone post the FB group names again with a description of the photo? there are so many! 🙈🙈

@mrsi2020 yeah it is hard to come here but I will be back. And even though there will be a different grads bus by then I will pop on and let you guys know when we have happy news 💕 you girls will always be my OG grads bus and hold a place in my heart. I'm already looking forward to seeing all your baby photos in the spring!!!