August Due Date Crew - Trimester 2 (Thread 7)

[AnnieApple123]

As always, newbies are most welcome.

Apologies if I’ve missed anyone. Do shout if so. Ditto if you have any changes or updates.

July
26th @MidnightSunshine12
27th
28th
29th @DesertSnow @Mulner88 @Porcupette @Loudmouth1 & @overwork
30th
31st @AnnieApple123 & @BusyBushBaby

August
1st* *@ChloeN @CityKity & @SnowL2021
2nd @sprollie11
3rd @PumpkinEverything @Chl0o@Miraclesdohappen88 & @LS88
4th @BMK @Alpacabag22
@Amme18 & @UsernameNotPresent
5th @LBF2020 @Desperatelyboredhousewife & @BoodifulGoose
6th@buttercupbee@somuchtolearnabout @Rowanandremy & @TattyTil
7th @marleyandme
8th @RGxo13
9th
10th @VickiGo& @Sjw30
11th @tax19@nadsc& @@Rose05
12th
13th @sally16 @newmummie & @@Nic2908
14th
15th @Gizzyanne
16th @Recoba
17th @Narwhal88, @jollydollyirl& @cococat88
18th @sommeliermama& @EsmeSusanOgg
19th @Firsttimemomma1 @P1pk& @allgoodthings84
20th
21st @BCxx
22nd
23rd @MinnieFirstTimeMum
24th
25th @unluckyinlife
26th @MummaYoung2023 & @Wife2b
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st

September
1st @froglou

Also @SkullCollector. Apologies, I don’t have a date for you yet.

Oh @CityKity I hope it's not ruined your surprise.
To anyone who seems then regularly enough it's really obvious which is a girl and which is a boy (if they're playing ball). I don't say it's a girl in the absence of a penis, I say it's a girl when I see the labia lips (or the three lines!).
If I can't see either for whatever reason, I'd have to say I didn't know.
A lot of patients who thought they'd seen a penis were looking at the cord, I used to like to make sure I'd seen testicles too before I called it!

Scan day here today too! All good and healthy, although took ages to get to see all they needed to because baby wouldn’t play ball 😅 Managed to stay strong on team yellow!

@AnnieApple123 @BCxx @overwork Thank you all for the reassurance that it’s not as obviously as we think from her comment. She was very young medical student and seemed like this was almost her first time in the room as she was asking a lot of questions to the sonographers and even asked me how far along I was during the scan, which is pretty clearly in the top left of the screen. She was asking out of genuine curiosity not chit chat, so I’ve just assumed that she hadn’t seen many scans before, hence interpreting her comment as seeing obvious boy bits.
To be fair, seeing as we looking away I have zero idea what either gender looks like down there so I also have no idea which is more obviously to the untrained eye!

God, sorry for all the typos above!

Congrats on the scan @Amme18 and the will power to stay team 💛. Do you have a feeling as to what baby might be?

I imagine they might have had a conversation when you left the room, first thing I said to my student this morning was if you see something on the images that you want to discuss, wait until the patient has left!

@CityKity slight leaning to girl but honestly not sure 🤣 think I daren’t let myself think one way or the other just in case I then struggle to adjust if it’s the other!

I'm having a healthy baby boy 💙 I'm so happy

@Shinea I'm 18+5 and I haven't felt any movement as of yet. My midwife last week told me that is normal and not to worry. So try not to worry if you can. Easier said than done though, I do have little waves of panic when I see lots of others have already felt some movement.

I will join in with the overwhelmed feeling. My renovation has really hit the dusty stage and being an absolute clean/perfectionist with the house it is driving me crazy. Work is still manic, I had exams for my masters last week and my dissertation proposal needs to be in on Wednesday. Not sure why I thought full time work, part time masters, renovating a full house (whilst living in it), and having a baby was a good idea I will never know.

Daily morning mantra... "it will all be worth it in the end" 😂

Massive congratulations to all of those who have had healthy 20 week scans this week 💙❤️💛

Another 20 week scan here today and still team 💛 all good with baby but my placenta was a bit low so I have to go back for another scan at 34 weeks to see if it’s moved up 🤞🏼

Congrats on the team yellows staying strong and congrats on your boy @newmummie ☺️

I know we’re a way off yet but have any of you thought of whether you’ll have a baby shower? It’s not something that I wanted last time and I don’t want one this time but as there’s a few of my friends pregnant at the same time and my cousin who’s having a baby in July, I have so many people talking about their baby shower’s and asking if I’m having one. I think they’re assuming I didn’t last time just because of Covid but I’m actually just not someone who enjoys that kind of thing at all 🙈

Congratulations for all those who had scans today!
Hmm, no baby shower for me @BCxx. I don't think anyone would ask me though as they'd probably know my thoughts on the subject.
I'd rather celebrate the baby when it's safely here!

@overwork that’s what I think 🙈 I feel like there’s more pressure this time as they’ll be other people’s to attend and they see it as a nice thing but I’m just not into it at all

Congratulations to everyone who has had scans! Quite a few of us had scans this week.

@BCxx no baby shower for us, definitely not my kind of thing. Only my SIL had a baby shower but no one else we know has so don’t think it’s overly popular in our families 😂

We went for a look around mamas and papas today and to be honest we really needed it. It was so nice to look at everything and know we are having a baby and it’s all things we need to think about. We played with the prams and found one we loved and a chest carrier (think that’s what it’s called) that we had seen online but wasn’t sure about and now we definitely want it. It feels good to put aside all the stress and take a good day for something fun :)

@BCxx Im not doing a baby shower either, they always made me feel really depressed🤣

No baby shower here! Got a surprise one last time after telling everyone I didn’t want one 🙃 it was nice, but it’s just not me! I’d rather spend the weeks before catching up with friends 1 on 1! And not feel like I’m giving people an obligation to spend money on me! For anyone having them though I always attend my friends and celebrate baby and have a lovely time…I just don’t like being the centre of attention at all!!
Ive had to out right say no surprises!

I wanted a baby shower first time round but COVID made sure I didn't have one. My friend put a virtual one on for me though which was lovely. Not doing one second time round - the thought of organising one stresses me out and lots of my best friends live quite far away and have kids so I hate the thought of making them travel for it. I do want to do a short baby moon though, even if it's just a night or two away in a nearby hotel

Glad it’s not just me then! 😂 I’m more than happy to go to other people’s but I hate the thought of having one myself and the obligation for people to feel they have to bring something when people usually would get you a gift when the baby is born.

Very much in the same camp as you ladies re baby showers. I can’t think of much worse than being centre of attention. In my family it’s more traditional to have a big christening party - makes more sense to as baby is actually here and I will be able to have a glass (or two!) of champagne.

@BCxx I am the same. No baby shower here for me either. It is the obligation for people to bring gifts especially when things are so stretching for people at the minute. But because it is my first and probably only child I did want to celebrate so we did a gender reveal a couple of weeks ago instead because we knew gifts aren't really a thing for them. And we just said to those who asked gifts are not expected at gender reveals x

Same here re baby shower: a big definitely no! *My cousin had one and it was basically just another thing to put her centre of focus/attention with the pictures for Instagram and everyone stressed about whether they had gotten an acceptable gift! It's the imposing of obligation to not only come,but with gift,that gets me. It's also a bit in your face. Now I am only going off that one and the American ones I've seen on TV but it's the name association! If it was called sth else like pre baby party I wouldn't feel so negative towards it! Absolutely re christening with large glass of sth,or just a celebration when baby is out where you can have drinks,you time and relax!

I’m in the same boat as most of you and am firmly team no baby shower. I also don’t like attention or unwanted gifts and honestly don’t like a fuss. I’d rather spend quality time with my friends in small groups so I’ve got a few mini breaks booked with various girlfriends before baby comes but that’s about it. There is oodles of time to celebrate the baby when it’s here and with champagne and sushi (drool!) so I’m looking forward to that more.
I’ve been to lots of lovely baby showers and enjoy these things (baby showers/hen dos) a million times more when they are other peoples and not mine!

DH finally felt baby kick last night which was really exciting! He’s been asking about the kicks a lot because he’s otherwise a bit out of the loop, but it’s so nice he can feel them himself now!

@BMK agreed, I went to one after my son was born and all the gifts were put in one room and I was just looking at all these big extravagant hampers, mostly filled with nothing of much actual use other than nappies, and I was just thinking how just because you’ve had this event you get all these gifts but no one would ever think to just show up to your house with a big pre-baby gift normally 🤔

One thing I really wasn’t that keen on last time was the never ending visitors and especially now I know some of them really haven’t seen my son much since, I just think do we really need to go through all that again? Of course it’s lovely if they want to bring you a gift but it does seem a bit pointless if you’re just coming for a token visit, to go through the same conversation each visitor before has. I’d almost like a quick bbq or something when the baby is 2/3 weeks just to let everyone get a quick look then move on 😂 I’m so anti-social if it’s not with friends I regularly see or close family

@BCxx seeing as we’re all summer babies a bbq / picnic once baby is here is a genius idea. Depending on how everything goes and how strung out I am I might be stealing that one. I like the idea of a single day ‘open house’ so friends can drop in anytime so we can catch up but only have to make the effort for a single event and then go back into hibernation!