Minsters Side Car - A few more bumps have now turned into babies - Thread 6

[larrythelizard]

A little summary of the crew so far - all welcome!

Probably missing a couple of ladies but thread 5 is almost full...

Babies due in 20200

@crazydoglady 28 January 💜
@Haiyaa 1 February 💛
@becarefuloutthere 22 February 💜
@Lexber 20 April 💜💙
@DKDK123 12 May 💜
@bez91 14 May 💛
@Minster2012 22 May 💜 (C-section the week before)
@whatwonder 5 June 💛
@feliznavidad2 5 July 💜
@SWAttempting 23 July (will be delivered in June).
@paintfairy 24 July 💛
@Vil10 1 August 💛
@Juno231 12 August 💜
@kaylsd 16 August 💛
@larrythelizard 20 August 💛

Previous bumps that have made an appearance:

@Kirky658 11 August 2021 💜
@Kate105 14 October 2021 💙
@Justanothercyster 10 November 2021 💜
@2020Mission 27 December 2021 💙
@blackcurrantqueen 17 January 2022 💜

I am swishy and gorgeous now 😍 got back to TSD who had been a dream for Granny… then he vommed all down me. Like literally inside two layers of clothing. It was on the inside of my T shirt. Now wearing my mother’s T shirt 😂🙈

Also no @Juno231 MIL is not that old. Just very stuck in her ways. 🤦🏼‍♀️ proper rural stereotype I'm afraid.

Your hair looks fab @Kate105 and what a gorgeous complexion! X

@Kate105 omg you are Swishy and gorgeous! Love it 😍

@feliznavidad2 yes a fox 2. It depends how off road you want? If it's really bad then the 3 wheels ones are maybe best. A baby jogger or out n about? I might pick one of those up second hand when they baby is a bit older, if i need one. But this should do for now and of all the decent 4 wheeled prams, its not too bulky. It was 375.
@Kate105 wahoo. Posh hair! The sick though! 🤮
@Minster2012 your bump shelf. 🤭 But yeah it is kind of like bubbles i guess @Vil10 - its hard to describe really but what threw me was people describing it like butterflies (which to me is feeling nervous) and it just made no sense. 🤣 I suppose you expect earth shattering things though and it's not. I bet people feel it earlier than they realise, but don't actually click on until later. I'm not sure how I feel about a bump shelf though..... 🙈

Evening ladies, the worst passenger this bus is here!
Been a busy/exhausting week or so since my last post. Had my GTT last Thursday and scan - all good but BOTH are now breech 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣 side by side! Consultant really happy with babies and my general health they're going to let me go to 37-38 weeks as DCDA twins so safest kind.
Had midwife Monday, had to retake some bloods but confirmed I don't have GD (which I thought I would have as higher risk) but I do have anaemia so rung drs about Iron and found out I've had anaemia since Dec which explains why I've been so exhausted 😴
Managed to get a physio appointment Tuesday and I have PGP 😬 so now I have a support belt to help.
On the plus side the girl I'm training is amazing and picked everything up so well thankfully.

Hopefully once the iron kicks in I will be more alive and keep up better!
Both babies are VERY active, 29+1 today ... need to finish packing my bags as consultant told me to have them ready from
30 weeks just in case and that's Wednesday!!
Nursery nearly decorated and ready to move things into, had a new carpet yesterday so plenty to do there still. Life feels chaotic at the minute, especially with kids off this week too!

@paintfairy that's a good price! I think it'll be enough, it's not off roaring I'll need it for, just really bumpy uneven roads and tracks.

Glad to hear you're ok @Lexber and I'm sure you'll feel much better when the iron kicks in. Anaemia is horrible! So exciting that the nursery is nearly done. 😃

@becarefuloutthere I hope your okay ❤️ I hope I’ve not missed anything 💖💖
@minster2012 how’s your injection techniques been sweet? With the amount of team pink we might have to put out posters for men to donate to sperm banks just incase 🤣🤣 Beyoncé who runs the world song seems quite fitting👯‍♀️👯‍♀️👯‍♀️
@feliznavidad2 sounds like that thread was a right face palm 🤣🙈 hope your having a nice few days away with your boys!
@juno231 I also don’t have much of a bump yet so don’t worry! Also you are more than welcome to use similar or the same words I wrote it was very kind of you to say 🥺☺️ I’ll look forward to hearing about your media announcement ❤️ it’s brought me joy from ours with the amount of people I’ve spoken to about it although I know not everyone wishes to and that’s also okay :) I’ve got my midwife appointment next Wednesday and I’m also worried about the Doppler thing, do we ever stop worrying I’m not so sure 🤣🙈
@dkdk123 totally in agreement with you there hunny it’s wonderful hearing about people personally but I know it’s also okay if people don’t want to talk about it as it’s so raw with many emotions for us all what we’ve done through on our paths!

Just a mini check in ladies on my third long day in a row today I'll be ready for the weekend 🥱 ! My friend was telling me if you’ve tested positive with covid whilst being pregnancy at any stage you should be offered growth scans? I didn’t know this information so I thought I’d share it with you guys :)
Hope all is well, social media is scaring life out of me today with everything going off in Ukraine 🥺 I've just seen a clip where simpsons have predicted this.. is there anything they don't predict 🤣🙈🙈🙈 have a lovely day ladies 💖

Oh and I may have bought my first baby purchase 👀❤️❤️❤️ we've placed a deposit down on this.. ex display egg pram really good condition under the circumstances was 700 so we couldn't resist

@Lexber heyyyyyyyy how was your weekend away? And it seems the babies are lovely & happy in their breech positions 🤪get that iron in, keep training the good lady & get those bags packed!! All going on yeyyyyyy
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@paintfairy ppl will def feel them earlier & not realise, for me it was a bubbles & popping feeling. Yeah my bump is now totally rounded so it feels bizarre when i get up 🤪

@Kate105 ONG so swishy & beautiful!! We find DS is an Angel for others & saves his nightmares for us 😝so should we run a sweepstake on how long it takes for DS to make it grey again?! 🤓

Ooooo @kaylsd crikey look at that lovely pram! I'm a novice to how much new peaks cost is that good seems a lot of stuff! 🥰and is that right about covid? Wow ladies get testing 😋😆

It was lovely @Minster2012 but all the resting and relaxing caused me a major crash Wednesday afternoon and I last minute booked yesterday off as I just couldn't cope with the exhaustion anymore. I'm off today too but that was booked in advance as kids are off.
Taking them out for breakfast with a friend and her kids (not that I eat much at a time) then later taking them swimming - well dropping them as the 4 girls are aged 11, 13, 14 and 14 so me and my friend will go relax with a drink or something.

I've been trying to keep up with everything on here and Instagram when I can but got so far ready and crash 🤦🏽‍♀️

I swear I'm growing daily now, this pick is 2 week ago at 27wks. I now have 4 feet trying to kick me in the fanny 🤣🤣🤣

Lovely pram @kaylsd ours is hidden under the stairs alto need to get it out to check what I need still and OH needs to practice using/putting together 🤣

once nursery is done I can't wait to move all the boxes and piles off stuff out my room into there to start organising as my room looks a tip at the minute with bits I've bought/been sorting.
I feel like I live in chaos at the minute but also the calm before the storm if that makes sense?

Oh got me a bump shoot for Xmas so we are going for that tomorrow, hate having my photo taken but also never had it before so will be nice as definitely last pregnancy- I can't do this again! As much as I can't wait a twin pregnancy is exhausting and I have 1 in 12 chance of twins next time!!! 😬🤣 now that is enough to put me off!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@Juno231 ahh I didn't even know Sleepyhead had renamed. Yes 'dock' them don't let them sleep 😆🙄

@Vil10 I'm feeling ok just feeling a little on tenterhooks and still waiting results, probably made worse by being off this week so more thinking time 🤦🏼‍♀️ your OH sounds such a sweetie 🥰

@DKDK123 wow that snow! We had a sprinkling but a poor show really. Saw your IG post 😭 what a cutie your DS is. I'm pretty sure work will be fine about it, I'm literally a 5 min drive from hospital at home although I don't really mind still having to go into the office for now (nearest city which is about 40 mins away) but if I'm in the office I'm again a 5 min drive from their hospital

@Kate105 very nice, hope you're feeling more human now!

@Lexber glad you're doing ok and hope the iron picks you up, Im not sure why they wait until 28 weeks to test for anemia. I had it quite early last time so struggled through like you.

@kaylsd you're a legend doing night shifts and long days pregnant 😩 bargain travel system, it's just dawned on me again how much bloody room they take up!

@becarefuloutthere anything to report?

Had to cancel afternoon tea with my friend today as she's not well. So will still be going for takeaway cake to share with DH and DD later 😋 such an unproductive week off so must get stuff down today and need to do some kind of curtain shopping for the nursery

@bez91 they didn't, apparently it showed on previous blood tests as far back as Dec but they didn't have cause to check them as I didn't ever moan how exhausted I was as I assumed it was normal being twins... it was only because the MW was checking my GTT she noticed they were low and asked how I'd been... I'm just mardy and grumpy at the minute 🤣🤣

Cake sounds good... I might have to go for cake later now 😉

Thanks for the compliments ladies 😍 I feel amazing now, even with the sick incident 😂😂😂

I am putting my big girl pants on today and putting myself out there... posted in a local baby group and have got 6 ladies meeting me for a walk this morning! Eeek!

Oh and I woke up so refreshed this morning because TSD only woke up once last night 🙌🏻 except my H informs me that TSD was also up at midnight having a wail but I just slept right through it 😂😂🤦🏼‍♀️

HELLO! Back from Canada, and wowzers there's a lot to catch up on! Trying to read through everyone's updates. Hope you're all doing well!

@becarefuloutthere hope you're doing okay and baby girl is here soon!

@Kate105 hair looks lush!

@Lexber hope you feel better once your iron is up. photos will be lovely I'm sure :)

anyways, have to catch up on my boring work inbox now for a bit. I've been back since Monday but it seems everyone's had a complete breakdown at work and has forgotten how to do their jobs. typical. but, can't complain too much as I'm off next week on our babymoon in southern Spain!

@bez91 is it just me that thinks "dock" is a weird thing to call it? Park? I also realised "shot I need to relearn how the spare car seat/pram works again yesterday" 🤪

@Kate105 you are an inspiration on this mum thing, you are smashing it!! Totally down with sleeping through wailing, that's self settling basically right??

@whatwonder oh yes hood you had an amazing time! Then you are away again? Really jealous

This has just come up on my Insta, a company k follow I love the prints of but does this remind anyone else of vulva??? I'm not actually saying that as a bad thing beating in mind we had wallpaper in our old house that had "f*cking" written in it 😜

Heyyy not tagging as busy day today, just to update the ladies that asked, no baby!! Will let you know when she's here (promise), but I am starting induction stuff today with a balloon/catheter thing, so hopefully that stretches the cervix enough for them to break my waters tomorrow and we can get this baby out! Will update again tomorrow 😘

@becarefuloutthere good luck with your induction! 💕 it worked fast with me so hopefully it will be similar for you and you'll have your little girl here soon

Ooooooo good luck for a speedy birth @becarefuloutthere, I think the 25th feb is a lovely birthday!

@DKDK123 I just hope it does progress that quickly!! I haven't started the book yet but when I do I'll let you know how it is!! I do really want to BF as well, I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself though! Can't believe you still have snow but sounds like you've had a lovely snow day with DS! He's just so so sweet!! I bet he's so excited!!

@Minster2012 ohh back pain really isn't fun!! How're you feeling today??

@paintfairy how exciting on the accidental pram!!

@Kate105 oooo gorgg hair, love it

@Lexber so glad everything is looking good with the twins and they're happy for you to be going to 37-38 weeks, that's amazing! Hopefully you'll start to feel better once the iron kicks in! Ohhh it's all going on for you!! Any chance of seeing any nursery pics?!

@kaylsd love that pram!! 😍And what a bargain!!

@bez91 It's definitely worse waiting on results when you're off work, you have nothing to fully distract you!! Take away cake sounds a dream!x

@whatwonder hope you had a lovely time away!! And going away again, how nice!!x

@Minster2012 I say get the vulva wallpaper😂😂

@becarefuloutthere ahh good luck!! Come on baby girl💗

Does anyone else know what kind of prams they're thinking of? I'm indecisive between a silver cross wave or mamas and papas ocarro, one of the ocarro bundles comes with a rotating car seat which is perfect, but I've had my heart set on the silver cross! I think when I'm further along we'll have to go to a few shops and have a push of them to see which we prefer!

@vil10 I'm thinking bugaboo bee or fox, but I really need to go and try some out still. I'm same as you, I really want to BF but won't kill myself trying to make it work if it's super difficult for whatever reason. It took my friend's baby five weeks to latch on and it was hell - I definitely would have given up way before that!

@DKDK123 how's the remote working? I would have been upset too about the same day stop - almost like you're being fired and kicked out on the spot 😅.

@kaylsd your response reminded me to ask OH about the announcement and he said I can do whateeeeever I want 😁

@Kate105 wow that hair colour is to die for!

@Minster2012 100% little vulvas or wounds 😂

@becarefuloutthere best of luck! Can't wait to hear about the safe arrival of your baby girl!

Also thirding the fact you should be working closer @bez91! When are you expecting results?

Sore back doesn't sound good @Minster2012 take it easy please

We have the fox @feliznavidad2 and it's pretty good on most terrains.

Oh what a lovely present for you from TSD @Kate105! Beautiful hair and beautiful pic in general! With that hair everyone will want to be your friend!

Oh no wonder you're shattered @Lexber hopefully some meds will sort you out. Fab news they'll let you go that far (assuming the babies play ball!)

Ooh that's a decent bargain @kaylsd!

Take care @becarefuloutthere will be wishing you and baby girl well.

Oooh the full power on the announcement @Juno231 I love it!

I'm just having a tea break outside in the sun, it's warm enough with no coat as I'm tucked out of the slight breeze.

Just summoning up the courage to tell my boss the news, I feel sick about it. Although tbf was out for dinner with friends last night and late to bed so felt sick anyway!

Thanks ladies, you're the best! 😘

She won't be coming today @Minster2012 unless they can't fit the balloon and can break my waters instead, but even then it'd be a fast delivery given the time of day now. The balloon is meant to stay in 24 hours so she'll more likely come tomorrow or Sunday. Just waiting on the doc to fit the balloon now as all monitoring of baby now done and ok.