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Due December 2026 (part 2)

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MsPussinBoots · 10/05/2026 13:57

We're at 995 on the current thread so let's carry on here and make some amazing friends for life Star

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Niftymum88 · 11/06/2026 17:31

I feel like I’m the last one waiting 😂
roll on tomorrow at 2.30
hopefully I keep busy enough to keep distracted

MsPussinBoots · 11/06/2026 17:40

@Niftymum88my 12 week scan is on Tuesday afternoon and I'm counting down the minutes! There cant be many of us left

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Niftymum88 · 11/06/2026 17:31

I feel like I’m the last one waiting 😂
roll on tomorrow at 2.30
hopefully I keep busy enough to keep distracted

Aww you’re not! Mines next Thursday! Hope tomorrow goes well

howluckyarewe · 11/06/2026 18:56

@Niftymum88 my dating scan is tomorrow too, though fortunately at 08:30 so I don't have to deal with waiting all day. 🙈 I've had 3 scans already (2 EPU, 1 private) but I still have nerves for the 'official' one!

Kind of anxious about what my EDD will be put down as. It should be 21/12, but the private scan estimated 16/12. I'm already going to be recommended to be induced at 37/38 weeks and don't want baby to arrive too early or not be ready for a vaginal delivery.

Alwaysgrowing · 12/06/2026 07:40

Anyone have increased hearing sensitivity and aversions...more so than smell...I did in all my pregnancies. My 8 year old DD is also quite noise sensitive, eg with handryers and noisy younger children.

Alwaysgrowing · 12/06/2026 07:40

Doesn't help my husband has blocked ears at the moment so is turning everything up a bit in volume.

hollyhocks2 · 12/06/2026 12:12

@SausageRoll90 yay well done!

@Alwaysgrowing interesting you should say that, never heard of it as a pregnancy symptom but the other day I had complete sensory overload when my husband was talking to me with music playing and our daughter jabbering away in the background. Although that probably happens when I’m not pregnant too tbh.

howluckyarewe · 12/06/2026 12:15

All went well with my dating scan today. EDD is still 21/12, though baby is measuring a few days ahead. Sonographer confirmed she'd be very surprised if it's not a boy - so literally birthing a brotherhood with 3 boys total! Delighted with the news, depressed with the clothing options. 😂

Alwaysgrowing · 12/06/2026 12:23

@hollyhocks2 it makes sense biologically, to be more alert to babies crying. But it's not new for me either, but enhanced. I'm not sure it's directly pregnancy, or from the associated stress

MsPussinBoots · 12/06/2026 12:32

@howluckyarewethats fantastic news. And wow 3 boys!

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frolickinglamb · 12/06/2026 12:34

howluckyarewe · 12/06/2026 12:15

All went well with my dating scan today. EDD is still 21/12, though baby is measuring a few days ahead. Sonographer confirmed she'd be very surprised if it's not a boy - so literally birthing a brotherhood with 3 boys total! Delighted with the news, depressed with the clothing options. 😂

Yay that’s wonderful news!

Niftymum88 · 12/06/2026 19:02

Whooo think I can finally relax.
due date moved from 25th dec to 22nd
bubba was being awkward and took ages to get measurements and the pictures are terrible but everything’s ok 😍

howluckyarewe · 12/06/2026 20:01

@Niftymum88 congrats!! It's such a lovely feeling isn't it. Our pictures are so terrible too, and it was such a quick scan / clinic. Only depressing part was realising I've put up 5kg. 🥲

Niftymum88 · 12/06/2026 20:09

howluckyarewe · 12/06/2026 20:01

@Niftymum88 congrats!! It's such a lovely feeling isn't it. Our pictures are so terrible too, and it was such a quick scan / clinic. Only depressing part was realising I've put up 5kg. 🥲

I feel ya on that one 🙈
I put on a stone I feel so big already 😅

Ncl31 · 12/06/2026 20:43

So pleased all of the scans went well. Good luck to the rest still waiting.

I feel you with the weight gain, I had put 9kg on by my scan :( I feel huge!

howluckyarewe · 12/06/2026 21:40

@Niftymum88 @Ncl31 it's so hard when carbs are the only thing that curb the nausea. I didn't eat any before bed last night and I woke up to puke at half 4. Just ate two cheese wraps so the same thing doesn't happen tonight, but that's easy an extra stone going on this trimester. 😅

People are already asking me if I'm going for a fourth for a girl too - no my DH will be getting a vasectomy for Christmas this year!!!

frolickinglamb · 13/06/2026 00:26

@howluckyarewe @Ncl31 @Niftymum88 i know it feels so backwards to be gaining weight when our whole lives we try to do the opposite but try to remember you’re growing beautiful babies and your bodies need the extra weight to support it all. Plus part will be increased blood volume, etc.. and first trimester survival.. I’ve had to eat just cereal/ carbs and have hardly moved off the sofa in months and had definitely gained a couple kg by my booking appointment. I gained about 4 stone in my first pregnancy 😂😅 and it all came off again after. Xxx

Niftymum88 · 13/06/2026 08:28

I think mines all in the boobs 🤣

Alwaysgrowing · 13/06/2026 10:03

I'm not weighing myself this pregnancy. I am the heaviest I've ever been before I convinced and it effected my body imagine. I was trying to loose weight over the past year. Last pregnancy I did track my weight, but this time I think I'll weigh myself next 3 months post partum. I was starting to loose weight in the months before getting pregnant I went low carb, but that's neither easy or recommended in pregnancy. Id got a taste for fatty foods so feel like I'd put it all back on within weeks of pregnancy, I've been so hungry, and not sick. And much less active.

But we're growing another human.

I recently am not liking how fat my face and neck feels. I'm trying not to fixate on body image but my husband jokes about it sometimes, I don't laugh, I hope he gets the message soon that saying something is a joke isn't funny. My tolerance of people in general has gone right down.

I remember my cousin saying to me post partum a midwife told her it's 9 months on and 9 months off. But I didn't loose my baby weight from my first until I was postpartum with my 2nd. But I wasn't intentionally losing it then, I probably had postnatal depression but didn't get help from it and couldn't be bothered to eat much or excersise for a while.

So since I got over that, I associate being thinner with feeling unhealthy so it's complicated for me.

frolickinglamb · 13/06/2026 13:39

Alwaysgrowing · 13/06/2026 10:03

I'm not weighing myself this pregnancy. I am the heaviest I've ever been before I convinced and it effected my body imagine. I was trying to loose weight over the past year. Last pregnancy I did track my weight, but this time I think I'll weigh myself next 3 months post partum. I was starting to loose weight in the months before getting pregnant I went low carb, but that's neither easy or recommended in pregnancy. Id got a taste for fatty foods so feel like I'd put it all back on within weeks of pregnancy, I've been so hungry, and not sick. And much less active.

But we're growing another human.

I recently am not liking how fat my face and neck feels. I'm trying not to fixate on body image but my husband jokes about it sometimes, I don't laugh, I hope he gets the message soon that saying something is a joke isn't funny. My tolerance of people in general has gone right down.

I remember my cousin saying to me post partum a midwife told her it's 9 months on and 9 months off. But I didn't loose my baby weight from my first until I was postpartum with my 2nd. But I wasn't intentionally losing it then, I probably had postnatal depression but didn't get help from it and couldn't be bothered to eat much or excersise for a while.

So since I got over that, I associate being thinner with feeling unhealthy so it's complicated for me.

Bless you, sounds like you’ve been a real journey 🫶 and your partners comments are not helpful!

just try to be kind to yourself, your body has grown 2 children and now a third! That’s incredible. My midwife said weight in pregnancy is honestly irrelevant, you’re growing a human.

but I get it, our bodies, identities, everything changes. And it’s a lot to get used to. My body will never be the same after my daughter and I’m just learning to be okay with that.

xxxxx

hollyhocks2 · 13/06/2026 21:40

It’s so complicated isn’t it, solidarity with everyone on this. I enjoyed my pregnant body first time round, felt proud and it was a nice excuse to NOT worry about my belly which I was conscious of beforehand. We should of course be equally proud of our bellies post partum as during pregnancy but we all know beauty standards don’t work that way. And now my weight has gone up with every miscarriage and the comfort eating. We are where we are. For me it’s making a daily effort to actively think ‘kinder’ thoughts to ourselves. And I strongly believe ‘healthy’ when applied to food also includes having a healthy attitude, not being strict or punitive. I’m going to get more exercise now I’m in second trimester, but I’m starting from zero so going gently!

SausageRoll90 · 13/06/2026 22:04

Hi guys - I'm 100% with you on the weight gain in the 1st trimester. I have been keeping a casual eye every few weeks but more because I know I'm at risk of gestational diabetes again so don't want to gain too much weight and make it all harder. Thankfully Ive only gained about 5lb since my BFP (on my home scales) and I'm trying to ignore hospital scales because they weigh me at different times of day, with different clothes on, after different amounts of food and drink so it's really variable.

As many of you have said, we're growing humans and a placenta so weight gain is expected..let's be kind to ourselves 🩷

Oh also I've just requested to join the WhatsApp group ☺️

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howluckyarewe · 15/06/2026 21:30

Definitely agree with being kind to ourselves right now - but I'm a vain creature. One of my parenting goals is to be 'that mum', even if it seems very unachievable right now. 😂 Setting myself a goal to get back on track this month & starting small! Got steps up last week on hols, and water count. This week's micro goal is bringing my skincare back out of the cabinet, and getting at least two workouts in. One done, one begrudgingly to go.

Lookingtogrowthefamily · 16/06/2026 14:53

For those who have had the screening done at 12 week scan, how did you receive the results of the blood tests? In my previous pregnancies I had a letter through the post with the results but I’ve not received anything so far. I wondered if they’d appear on the BadgerNotes app - first time using this, but just shows as not published.
I had the test done 3 weeks ago yesterday so thought I might have heard back by now? I know she said they’d phone if it was high chance of anything but with no results at all I’m starting to wonder if they’ve been lost or something

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