2015 October Owls! | The chicks are hatching! *16 boys & 8 girls so far!*

[Dark_Star]

Congrats on the scan!

Sending positive thoughts to those in need.

Feeling simultaneously nauseous and hungry at the same time for almost a week now. I've gained almost 5 pounds...need to slow down. It just seems that all I want are things not good for me. I didn't have cravings at all with my other kiddos and didn't ever gain more than 30 lbs with either pregnancy. I hope I can get a hold of this fast.

Me too, although I've only gained 3lb lol. I'll be the size of the house by the end.

I've gained 8! LOL
But doc says I need to gain at least 50 so I guess I'm right on track.

 

[Rainstorm]

Hi girls, I'm wondering, for those of you who have two LOs already, how much harder does it get after the second one comes? Funny thing is I already have an October baby! I'm gonna have to celebrate both birthdays together lol

Me personally found it pretty tough but they were close together, and I did not have family support and my dh at the time worked long hours. Third fourth and fifth was so much easier in my mind.

I too also already have two in October so I guess I now will have three. We did when they were younger do just one party but my one is 11 so he wants his own. It makes a busy October

Wow! Here I am worrying about two and you have successfully raised five! Good for you!It must be great having so many, I'd love to have more, but I guess we will keep it at two cos we both work. I do have the advantage of having family available to babysit, but it does get complicated at times.

 

[Dark_Star]

Allforthegirl - Beautiful strong test! No doubts about that one!

 

[Aliop]

Lots to catch up on! Great news with all the happy and developing babies

On the whole gender thing, we had a boy followed by a girl and everyone was 'woohoo!' Whereas honestly it made no difference to me at all, she spent a lot of her babyhood in her brothers blue suits and just felt like a baby! When we announced we were having a third most people assumed it was an accident as we already had one of each so why would we want anymore people can be so dumb! I am secretly hoping for another boy this time as I really love having my one little girl to do special girly things with shhhhh! Lol be thrilled with either though of course!

My first two are born exactly 23.5months apart, it was an adjustment but compared to my first (severe silent reflux) she was absolute breeze! I am a big fan of a routine and that probably helped a lot too as my husband is often away and we have no family at all to help out so it was just me and them and I need routine lol raising children is such a tough gig you've got to find what works! I am probably 'lucky' though as my kids take to a nice routine beautifully, I can't handle crying and get really stressy so I'm glad it worked out. Fingers crossed no. 4 is cruisy!

Can't remember what else was said!

 

[GingerPanda]

My mother really wants me to have a girl. She has four grandsons and only one granddaughter who is about to turn 15. So she really wants another baby girl in the family.

I will be happy with any healthy baby, but would probably choose a boy if I got to pick!

 

[cdelmar]

Allforthegirl, those tests look beautiful!

Aliop so your pregnancy with your lil girl was a breeze! I know a few family members and friends that got so sick with their girls, anyone else had a breezy pregnancy with a girl?

 

[apreslaube]

I got my 48 hour hcg test results back. I'm at 70k down from 74k.

 

[3boys]

I got my 48 hour hcg test results back. I'm at 70k down from 74k.

Did they say anything to you?

 

[Dark_Star]

I got my 48 hour hcg test results back. I'm at 70k down from 74k.

 

[Serenjay]

I got my 48 hour hcg test results back. I'm at 70k down from 74k.

Oh hun

 

[3boys]

There was only 12 months between my first 2 kids so for me it was quite an easy adjustment as I never left baby stage. 3 year gap between 2nd and 3 rd 18 months between 3rd and 4th 5th 6th and hopefully 7 th there is 22 months in the difference and it's so easy now they just slot right in.

 

[Babee_Bugs]

Hi girls, I'm wondering, for those of you who have two LOs already, how much harder does it get after the second one comes? Funny thing is I already have an October baby! I'm gonna have to celebrate both birthdays together lol

I found the second one was a breeze there is 2years and 10months between 1st and 2nd. We already had a set routine with my 1st so when number 2 came along he slotted right in, he slept all night from 7weeks old so that probs a huge part why everything seemed great.

There's quite a big gap between 2nd and 3rd (6 years!!!) so that was kind of strange starting all over again, took a while to get use to nappy changes and remembering I had a pram to push everywhere and realising I had to use lifts every time i went shopping

Between 3rd and 4th there will be 2years and 5months, so I'm still in the whole swing of things ... I say routine is key with more than one x

P.s my oldest birthday is 1st October and I'm due 8-10th, but I'll end up going 38-39weeks as I need a c-section

 

[apreslaube]

The nurse seemed to find it weird that the doctor hadn't called me. And then she said that I might just be leveling out. She asked me if I'm bleeding or anything which I'm not, the brown discharge stopped and I still think it's a bladder thing. No cramping. I have our first prenatal scheduled for next Friday so she said to just keep that and call if anything changes. I know you level out at like 12 weeks but when I took that I was only 7 1/2. I'm so sad.

 

[Dark_Star]

It's not the end yet, Don't lose all hope. Keep yourself fed and hydrated and get lots of rest.

 

[Babee_Bugs]

Ooh I love butlins! Which one dud you go to? We went to skegness last summer, and we're going to Bognor Regis in June

Even if we could financially afford more than two (ethics we can't, we'll be lucky if my wages even cover childcare for two and the cost of me getting to work) I don't think I could mentally manage more than that. I have so much respect for people who have a lot of children and a smile on their face I just know it would be beyond me.

We went to Skegness we love it there... We've been to Bognor one, but it's about 7-8hour drive for us and it was horrendous when we went with just our oldest 2 now we have 3 I just couldn't imagine travelling all that way, even Skegness took us 3hours the journey home was horrific, stuck behind a tractor for miles and milessssss lol

I never imagined myself as a big family, but im a lonely child and my other half has 3 very older brothers (shortest gap 15years) so he kind of grew up on his own...

Financially we are lucky, my other half is self employed and I'm a stay at home mummy, so we don't have to pay child care costs. If we did, we would certainly struggle

 

[cheree89]

Hi girls, I'm wondering, for those of you who have two LOs already, how much harder does it get after the second one comes? Funny thing is I already have an October baby! I'm gonna have to celebrate both birthdays together lol

I felt like ds2 fit into our routine really quickly, which probably means that #3 will be hard for us LOL.

 

[Babee_Bugs]

For those of you who measured ahead, did you change your ticker? My babies measured 5 days ahead.

With my 1st born, I had about 4 different dates from the beginning.

At first he was 5th October, then 30th September, then 3rd of October and on the last scan he measured big so there brought me forward to the 23rd of September...

Low and behold he was 8 days overdue and born on the 1st of October ...

With my daughter I knew what date I ovulated and when I had the scan, I told the scanning lady my ovulation date and she said yup baby is spot on with your dates I felt dead chuffed, I kept that due date right throughout, even though by 21weeks she was slightly bigger by a few days ahead... I knew I was right, so stuck with it

Me personally if you know when you ovulated stick with that, dates on scans can be wayyyy out, a smidgen of a millimetre can make a huge difference to a date x

 

[cheree89]

The nurse seemed to find it weird that the doctor hadn't called me. And then she said that I might just be leveling out. She asked me if I'm bleeding or anything which I'm not, the brown discharge stopped and I still think it's a bladder thing. No cramping. I have our first prenatal scheduled for next Friday so she said to just keep that and call if anything changes. I know you level out at like 12 weeks but when I took that I was only 7 1/2. I'm so sad.

I am hoping so hard for you that you are just leveling a bit early!

 

[Serenjay]

Im so glad I am not having my blood counted.. its so stressful..

Keeping a positive mind for you xx

 

[CrazyMumma]

apreslaube - hugs hun

Am I the only one NOT gaining weight?! I have lost 5kg/11lbs! Guess that is what happens when you have horrid MS/constantly queasy and no appetite!