November/December babies

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Hell, I've just found out I'm expecting No. 3 mid November, and am very excited. A bit scared too - I can't remember a thing! How can I possibly have done this twice already??? Hope more of you can join me soon!

Oh I'm really thrilled for you www! What a surprise to be told it's a girl! Now you'll have to rethink those boys names! Have you got a piccy? What a shame we can't see piccies on here!

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hey www, that's really great news. A scan is dead exciting anyway isn't it, but to get good news & complements! You must be on a real high. you're having a real run of it atm aren't you!

WWW - that is brilliant news - you can relax a bit now! I have my scan on Thursday - bit nervous!

WWW ... what lovely news .... and the radiologist sounds like a nice bloke ... is he single????? If you weren't already madly in love with your DP then I am sure you would be marrying the radiologist ...

www, good news about your scan....I had mine today (20 weeks) and thankfully all looks fine. I have a sneaky suspicion I saw boy bits but can't really be sure (we didn't ask what the sex was). babe is actually measuring closer to 21 weeks but all in proportion, so just goes to show that ultrasound dating isn't foolproof!
So now I feel I can start some serious planning, and start taking the home birth thing for real....its so exciting!!

Hope everyone else is well. susanmt, really sorry your kidneys are playing up as you feared but glad to hear you are feeling positive about the babe.

wayhay - saw the doctor yesterday. Baby is fine, size is ok for dates and I heard the heartbeat. It was lovely as DP came too and we were both amazed at the strength of it. lovely. I am just having a very different pregnany this time - have only put on baby weight so far. Now I know the babe is ok I'm going to enjoy fitting into my clothes still.

heya all hope things r going well
jus had my anomally scan everything ok but bloody long legs
its a boy i was gonna b good and wait but i wanted to know
now jus gotta think of a name. was convinced it was a girl and already had a name picked out (charlotte harmony)
jus cant wait till he's born now

Eefs, I'm envious re you still fitting into normal clothes, good for you though and enjoy it while you can! Elliott, I'm really glad your scan was good too, lovely isn't it? Grommit, good luck for Thursday, let us know how you get on. Susanmt, hope you're ok and not suffering too much. I'm more than halfway now at 21+4, eek! I hope everyone else on this thread is feeling human despite this disgusting heat...

Well, had my scan and all is OK apart from my placenta being a bit low - I am booked for another scan at 34 weeks. Also found out my Slapcheek test was OK so that is a worry over!

My sister had her nuchal scan a couple of days ago and they found out that the baby was absolutely fine, no markers for Downs or any other syndrome, so she is mightily relieved! In fact, throughout the whole family we all breathed a collective sigh of relief!

My scan is on Weds. I have solemnly promised dh not to ask the sex, so I guess I can't now . But tbh I am feeling much better about this one now, it is so different to the first, I am actually looking forward to seeing the little mite that has been doing so much moving around and kicking!

Just thought I'd pop in and update you. Still having a bad time with the kidneys but not as bad as it was. Managing to cope on less pethedine which is good, so I can relax a bit more about the baby. Not feeling much movement yet (19 weeks today) but there is a heck of a lot of me! And I am so busy that I hardly get a chance to lie down and feel for it!
Continuing to feel a bit nervous about the whole thing, but also getting a litle bit excited, have started talking about names etc, which makes it feel a lot more 'real'. If I only felt a bit healthier I think I would be enjoying it more, and I did so want to enjoy this pregnancy as I hated both the other ones.

Hi Susanmt, hope all goes well for you. You'll be halfway there now won't you? When are you due? I'm 20 weeks today. Just got back from scan, everything is fine and in the right place. So why don't I feel happy about it? Dh says the depression is coming back, he wants me to go to the GPs. I know I'm a little in denial, I don't show very much so I can get away with not looking pregnant. I'm not planning anything for the birth, I don't want to discuss names or get anything ready, I don't really want to go to refresher classes either. I find that I can cope if I just don't think about it. Is that wrong? I am getting short-tempered and having mood-swings, but then we have had 2 great big dogs to look after this past week and until Monday, and I've a load of toddlers coming tomorrow for dd's birthday which I'm not looking forward to, so I put it down to that. I can't keep walzing off to my GP every time I have a bad day can I?

Anyway, hope everyone else is well. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one going through this stuff this time round!

Rhubarb - we all have bad days but given your history you need to be more aware of your moods and feelings - it can't be easy for you. At least this time around you know the symptoms to look for. I had mild PND after my dd was born and did not realise at the time and did not get much support - this time I will be looking out for signs. Just try to keep your chin up and take each day as it comes.

Rhubarb - we all have bad days but given your history you need to be more aware of your moods and feelings - it can't be easy for you. At least this time around you know the symptoms to look for. I had mild PND after my dd was born and did not realise at the time and did not get much support - this time I will be looking out for signs. Just try to keep your chin up and take each day as it comes.

Rhubarb - we all have bad days but given your history you need to be more aware of your moods and feelings - it can't be easy for you. At least this time around you know the symptoms to look for. I had mild PND after my dd was born and did not realise at the time and did not get much support - this time I will be looking out for signs. Just try to keep your chin up and take each day as it comes.

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Rhubarb, what is your gut instinct? Do you think it's depression or a bad few days combined with the fact that pregnancy isn't a bundle of laughs? I'm not exactly ecstatic either, just fat, tired, lazy, tearful etc etc. I was happy when I saw the scan but mainly because he said it was OK and because I got the news that it was a girl. I'm still dying for it all to be over though, none of this floating about feeling serene is going on. Anyway, feel free to email me if you want to. Chin up missus.

Rhubarb, sounds to me like your just going thru "normal" ups and downs but that you feel like you should be much more excited about this pregnancy than you are. I am a lot better than I was before, but I'm also not getting excited about choosing names, etc. I feel like I'm just going thru motions and trying to get by right now, but I'm not unhappy about the pregnancy as I was before. It sounds like you are tired and feeling put upon with taking care of the dogs and DD. Perhaps you will feel better after the weekend. Hang in there. We all have our days, especially with pregnancy hormones all over the place.

Thanks! I will see how it goes. I just seem to be wandering about in a kind of daze at the moment, totally unemotionless as far as the pregnancy goes. People ask me "How's the pregnancy going" (stupid thing to ask anyway!) and I just smile and say 'fine', but really inside I don't feel a thing. However I am 20 weeks now so I'm halfway there. I would like to get through this without anti-depressants if I can, or any other kind of interference. My job these days just seems to be taking care of other people (and animals), I'm not spending much time with dh because there are so many jobs to be done and the dogs to walk, etc. We're not having sex because I feel absolutely nothing in that area. Maybe I'm just a bit emotionally drained? I do recognise this as my defence mechanism though, I tend to shut down when I feel I can't cope, it's not voluntary, it just happens. But hey, I haven't got the 'rages' yet! Best keeping positive eh?

Just wondered how everyone is doing. Rhubarb - hope you are OK

I'm doing well, grommit - 22 weeks now and looking impressively pregnant - comfort has overtaken vanity and I'm well and truly in my maternity clothes now...
Had a pretty bad spell of backache last week which had me a bit worried, and feeling like an old crock, but that is much better now.
the babe is very active, but in a different way to ds (who used to do a lot more stretching type movements - this one is more into just kicking!) I've started having really vivid dreams of childbirth and breastfeeding and generally getting quite excited about having a newborn (when I'm not terrified about coping with sleep torture again!) DS is also being an absolute sweetie and dh and I are more besotted than ever...
How about you and everyone else?

sorry, perhaps a bit insensitive of me - rhubarb I've read that you're feeling low again and hope that you are getting the help you need. Thinking of you anyway.

my this thread is getting long! I've nothing to report, i'm feeling fine and have sprouted a big round stomach almost overnight, pah just when I was feeling good about it. I'm getting occasional heartburn and am waking up stiff and sore in the mornings - but these are all minor niggles really - I do feel good in general. The kicks are getting more definied and stronger - it's lovely when DP can feel them too. How are you doing grommit? everyone else? Rhubarb, I'm following your current experience on the other thread - I hope you're doing ok.

Oh please don't stop being excited about your pregnancies just because of me! It's nice to read positive posts for a change! I want to know how you are all doing and it makes me smile to see the excitement hidden inbetween the lines of every post - so please don't stop!

I'm 21 weeks now and wearing some lovely maternity trousers - thank you Aloha! The bump isn't big, but it's just about noticeable now. I'm feeling ok today, the depression comes in waves so thankfully I do get sane days (well, as sane as you can be when pregnant!). I'm not really thinking about after the pregnancy, or about the baby, I'm just accepting the changes and ticking off the days!