Due January Part 4! 🎉

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I can’t see a new part 4 as part 3 is now at 1000 replies!

@RG9895 oh this makes me feel so much better! And congrats on the promotion!

My results were 1 in 10,000 😊 and I’m 33

Has anyone else not had a 1 in for the results? I had my letter today which just says low risk but no figures at all

@Hummusanddipdip 🤣🤣 you’ve still gotta have fun!

Anyone suffering with constipation… my partners swears nettle tea makes him go pretty much on demand. I tried a cup yesterday and before I’d finished it, I needed to go! Worth a try!

Just looked at my results because I didn’t really take it in. I got 1 in 10,000 for T21 and 1 in 20000 for T13/18. I’m 26. Sounds alright!

Sorry for not keeping up with everyone’s messages and replying - it is super nerve wracking to tell work that’s for sure! Congrats on the promotion @RG9895 and @buckingmad you did the bravest thing telling them after such a short time! X

Might be a bit stupid but what does it taste like? is it awful?

@sashastuck I told everyone else at work on Monday after I had the screening results. I felt so awkward cause it just is not something that comes up in general staff room chatter 🤣
I literally just waited for it to go quiet at break time and blurted it out! Thought it was now or never 🤣🤣 They were all so lovely 😍

Feeling very queasy tonight...think its a combination of end of year exhaustion and this terrible cold that I keep thinking I'm recovering from for it to hit me like a tonne of bricks!

@youaremysunshine03 I'm glad! thank you! ☺️ & thats good on your results!

@sashastuck those are good numbers! Im 25 and got 1 in 5000 for all 3 & thank you! ☺️

Covid is hitting me hard today! Does anyone feel like paracetamol does absolutely nothing or is it just me 😂 I don't think I'm going to bother with it anymore! I'm pretty certain we can't have anything else either can we?

Also we was planning to announce on socials this weekend but now I've got covid I'm a bit worried and was going to wait until my midwife appt on Monday so they can listen to the heart beat first. (Providing im well enough by then and testing neg!) am I crazy or would you guys wait too? Im praying and hoping everything is absolutely fine but its just made me a bit paranoid!

I’m totally public about it now. Told my boss at 7weeks as I really needed support in getting a lunch break, and now most people know.

I'm hiding mine for as long as possible, ideally I don't want to tell work until the 20 week scan!

Had our blood results back and we are having a baby boy! Looks like we only make boys here 😅 4th one! Absolutely clueless for names

@Kalodin aww congratulations on another baby boy! The pregnancy+ app has a list of 500 names for every country. Very useful for ideas 😂

Thank you @sashastuck I'll check it out. Already exhausted the Kinder app, gone through all the boy names and haven't agreed on any with DH!

Hi all sorry haven't posted in a while or caught up with this part 4 thread. Hope you are all doing ok! ❤

Random one, I have had mild but sharp pulling pains on the sides of my abdomen. Mainly last night and this morning. It's not my lower stomach, feels so strange anyone know is this normal / pregnancy related?

@EL27 yeah I've had them all the way up the sides of my abdomen! Just everything expanding I believe!

Round ligament pain- completely normal as your uterus is growing ☺️

@Kalodin congratulations on your baby boy ♥️♥️ I’m expecting a 3rd boy here… won’t find out until anomaly scan in September though. Although I think the nub looks girly but we will see.

off to Harrogate today for my sisters hen weekend. I wouldn’t mind but I’ve organised it and it’s stressing me out. Could do without it.

@EL27 sounds like normal round ligament pain. Pregnancy can be bloody painful, I always go through this with women at work, you are growing a whole human, who is pushing all your organs around your body, muscles/ligaments are stretching out to make space plus your uterus is one big muscle constantly pulling. Then it makes sense why it hurts 😬

Congrats on your baby boy @Kalodin

My gender scan is in 8 days! I'm so excited to be able to say he or she and pick a name. DH and I finding out together at the scan and then my SIL is going to do a little gender reveal for the kids and rest of the family. My daughter loves watching gender reveal videos on tiktok lol so she's super excited! She's desperate for a sister though so I hope she doesn't take it too hard if it's a boy.

@EL27 yeah as others have said - ligament pain from everything growing and moving. I've had a particularly persistent twinge on the left side of my belly button that's the same thing (or button bruising from trying to wear jeans that are now too tight 😂)

For the first time in weeks I managed over 6 hours of sleep last night! There’s no sign of the nighttime wee trips disappearing but it’s an improvement on the 4-5 hours a night that I’ve existed on for the last few weeks.

I’m 15 weeks today. I’ve been doing research on what we need to buy and I’ve started having a look at names. DH is the type of person that goes along with everything I want to do in daily life but I’ve said he needs to come up with some names himself for us to consider rather than just going along with one that I like. I might live to regret that but I’d like to think he’s had some input into the choice. I’m pretty sure our tastes won’t be vastly different!

Have anyone else’s OH been interested in names and shopping lists yet? I’ve kind of felt like it was too early until this week and the only reason I’m now being swept up in it is all the questions and advice from family and friends. It’s made me feel like I need to get started with everything.

@Lightningrain DH and I have had lots of chats about names but none about shopping yet. Think we're both in denial about that at the moment 😂 I've also felt like it's been too early, but we might start thinking about it and gathering some bits soon. Just don't want to be overwhelmed and feel that we have to do everything at once!

Also great news on the sleep! I feel more refreshed today after a better night's sleep for the first time in ages, it does make such a difference.

@Lightningrain my other half chose the name if we have a boy and I have chosen the girl name. He also does his own research to the point I’ve also bought my own pregnancy book.

We haven’t bought any baby stuff yet but we booked our ante natal classes as the one before us sold out. We’re concentrating on changing our cars to be more family friendly and rearranging bedroom furniture before we start with baby stuff.

Most people I know didn’t buy baby stuff until the start of the third trimester.

Me and DH chose our names before we even found out I was pregnant 😂. It took us nearly 2 years to conceive so we had plenty of time to think about it! I’m also 15 weeks today and have mainly bought a few vests, a blanket etc but have also received some lovely gifts from friends.

We have our gender scan a week tomorrow so I’m looking forward to that! We’ve both said we will make a start on the big stuff come August and my DH cannot wait to decorate the nursery which just melts my heart (I think it’s the hormones) 🤣

@Lightningrain my OH has helped with names of baby but as for actually purchasing items, he said he doesn't want to get stuck in until he knows what we're having!

Our gender scan is the 15th August so not too long to wait!!

A few already sorted with names then! We haven’t wanted to get ahead of ourselves but we’re being asked by family and friends so it feels like time to start properly thinking about things. We’ve decided we’re not telling anyone else names that we like we need to get a shortlist so that we have plenty of time to think about it.

We also need to redecorate and rearrange the entire upstairs of our house plus other DIY so we’re going to have plenty to get through in the next few months.

We’re going to leave the gender as a surprise so I think that will stop me from buying too many things before the baby’s here. I don’t plan on getting any big items until the third trimester but I’m sure I’ll end up picking up little bits in the meantime.

We’re having issues choosing names. Last time we already had names chosen by 12 weeks and that was when we didn’t know the sex. I thought it would be easier narrowing it down but I think it would be easier if it was a girl as I like a lot of girl names but can’t agree on any boy names with husband. My husband likes a name that I think will be a pain to spell and won’t travel so well internationally or even outside Scotland.

For buying things there’s not much we need as we saved our son’s smaller clothes, car seat and side cot etc. I think on the list will just be bottles and some nice newborn clothes - there’s a chance he’ll be born before Christmas so I might get some cute themed clothes at that time. Also my son is a summer baby so I might need warmer clothes in smaller sizes.

I had a great app last time called baby name- find it together which was the only way I could get dh interested in names. You both install the app and do it separately but they link up and you get a shortlist of matches. Made it fun like a game which I think os what appealed to dh! The icon is yellow and has an egg on it!
We haven't even started thinking about it yet, I don't see the point until after we know the sex as you can discount half the names at that point. We didn't actually pick dds until after she was born but had a shortlist.
If it's a girl we won't need to buy anything apart from some things for me, a decent sling and breast pump for starters!