Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[kellie_w]

Thank you for the birthday messages, I'm surprised as I really thought inwould be one of the older ones on here! Got me thinking, if we are all staying together how about getting to know each other more?

I'm kellie, I'm 31 and live in colchester, Essex. I have been married 8 years and have Luke who is nearly two. I was a chef for 10 years, before giving it up and spending 3 years working on mobile phone sales. Now I'm lucky enough to be a sahm.

Oh and I'm going to win the euro Millions this weekend, oh has already decided he is buying the bat mobile when we win

Scally, we really should meet up! Is there anyone else local, we could arrange a b&b meet x

 

[Scally]

We could all win the euromillions on Friday, they are giving away 100 raffle prizes of a million each (u can tell i work in a shop that sells the lottery! lol)

Thats a good idea getting to know each other more!
My name is Ally, I am 33, I live in Manningtree, Essex. I have been with my OH for 4 years, married for one (anniversary Sept). I have a daughter called Elizabeth (Izzy) who will be 3 in September. I was a teacher before I gave up work to become a stay at home ,mum with Izzy, will do this until both her and this little one goes to school then i hope to go back to teaching. My only job now is working in a small shop on a Saturday whilst OH has a father and daughter day! I like having that day out, but sick of it at the moment as in a rough area, and last week I had to chase shoplifters, this week someone threaten to come in and shoot me as i didnt serve them a can of red bull!

OOooooh has anyone got facebook?

Just realised how much I rabbited on! I do apologise! x

 

[Sarahcake]

Yeah defo a food idea about to know each other a little better!

I'm Sarah, not that my username gave that away at all! I'm 24 and live with my partner of 2 years.

I'm currently not doing my normal job - health care assistant due to being pretty I'll this last year but things are getting better. I work now for a UK based video gaming website as a reviewer / content producer. My hobbies, I'm a massive geek as is my partner, and I may be slightly addicted to world of Warcraft

I do have Facebook which I'll share, but I'm on my iPhone at the mo so can't paste the URL will do it on my pc in a bit.

 

[lambchops]

Ooh hey girlies! My scan is tomorrow! so exciting. Look at all you Essex lot on here haha my fellas an Essex boy!
My names Lou im 28 yrs young and Im from Liverpool, my OH is from Basildon in Essex he's 31. He was originally from here till his parents split when he was about 11, so a few yrs back when he split up with his ex he moved back up here to his mums cos shes never moved away and then we met! So cute! He has 2 kids from his previous relationship but he isnt allowed to see them as she married the fella she was going with which caused my ex and her to split and he (the new one) doesnt allow it. Which is awfully nice of them ay! but still he is in contact with them and sends them money, clothes, cards, presents as often as he can. He is so excited for our babies to come and hopefully one day there will come a point where he can see them all and we'll have a proper little extended family! I work in customer service (yay! not) haha and he is a landscape gardener by day and a bar manager by night and weekends, until the babies are here then he's cutting down his hours.

 

[Scally]

My god Sarah my OH will say u have the perfect job!

lambchops- yay for your scan tomorrow! How exciting! Such a shame about your OH's children, that is very out of order!

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Yeah your OH's ex sounds like a complete ass Lambchops Still, one day the kids will realise that he's not been away for no reason - they will know he cares, especially as there's still stuff coming through on birthdays and things

Scally, I get that a lot lol Its harder than people think though - yeah I get the awesome free games thing but it kills your love for gaming after a while. You just see everything as work, always critiquing things. Its hard to just play games for the fun now for me, on a little break from doing the reviews - although I am doing other content so hoping I can get my passion back for it!

 

[kellie_w]

Hi ally, Sarah and Lou

I was just about to say the same about my oh, that would be his absolute dream job! He currently works for his family business, they restore and customise watch dials but he would chuck that in to do game testing! He is really disappointed that the new call of duty comes out near our due date. I have already told him the xbox is going to be off limits for a few months!

I totally understand the retail thing ally, i used to get so much abuse when I worked for orange, people really scare you. I remember a family of 4 who were quite erm I guess the only discription is large and rough looking all standing around the counter shouting at me as their broadband wasn't working. I was pregnant at the time and felt so imtimedated. Also the guy who called up and threatened to come down and throw his faulty laptop through the window at me. Some people are so rude and the way they behave is uncalled for. What age did you used to teach?

Hurray for s scan tomorrow! Feels like it's been ages since mine, good luck and can't wait to see pictures!

I'm not sure if anyone can find my Facebook, I can't remember if I have it private and hidden from search results but my surname is bill, I'll post a link later as also on my iPhone

 

[Scally]

I used to teach 4-5 year olds in a school in Frinton, i absolutely loved it and will love going back but have always wanted to be a stay at home mum.

My OH is an explosives technician..... not really much i can say about that apart from health and safety isnt as good as it should be! lol

I can understand your job taking away your love of games! My friend used to work in the media, and she was a nightmare to watch a film with as she would go through what they did wrong, where the edits were etc!

x

 

[Inoue]

Hi ladies!! Glad to see to ure all doing well . Hope you had a good birthday kellie and all the best to lambchops for tomoz! How exciting .

Afm, ive been to see my wonderful GP and shes signed me off for 3 weeks which takes me to my maternity leave! Yay!!!!! Now at home relaxing knowing I have no work till mid '13 .

My mini story: Im 24 years old and DH is 27. Weve been together for 7 years and married for 2. Im originally from Beverly in East Yorkshire and moved down to Lincolnshire when I was two. We have a beautiful detached house im very proud of and it will be fully complete once we have a child. I did my national in adult nursing but never went to uni, ive been a dental nurse for 5 years. One of my life greatest experiences was going to Tokyo for our honeymoon, I cant wait to go back there and take our child x

 

[Scally]

hey Inoue!!!!! Was wondering where you were! Great that you have been signed off! must be such a relief for you! Hows the pains and everything now?
x

 

[Sarahcake]

Retail work can be really nasty sometimes, I worked in Iceland in a rough part of Plymouth a few years back and some of the people you got in there were awful. Especially the blatant 16-17 year old's who you refused to serve alcohol to on a Friday/Saturday night. They used to come back with hordes of friends and make your life a misery for the rest of your shift. I couldn't imagine how stressful and horrible being pregnant at the time would have been with people like that either...people are shits!

My OH works in the same industry that I do, He works for a gaming website, one of the free flash games ones as a content purchaser, basically the boss walks up to his desk with a budget of how much he can spend that day and my OH then contacts developers to see what they have for sale. On the side he also works on the same website as me, although he's been there longer! Was actually how we met

Ally, an explosives technician sounds pretty interesting! I am the clumsiest person in the universe, so that is definitely not the job for me....I suffer with a case of the 'dropsies' with things that important!

Inoue...im so jealous of your trip to Tokyo! Ive always wanted to visit there! Im also the same on the nursing front, I have qualifications in Adult Nursing, Childrens Nursing, Mental Health, even some reflexology and massage chucked in. It all came in massively useful, I worked on an elderly care ward for 4 years - best job ive ever had. Ive always wanted to do my nurses training and become a proper registered nurse but the situation around me has always conspired against me!!

Lou, I didnt even twig that you said your scan was tommorrow! Sorry about that lol I hope it goes awesomely well! Are you finding out what youve got there or staying team yellow?

I have my anomoly rescan this thursday - so they can see his heart properly and his legs hopefully! He had them buried deep in my pelvis last time the little git! Totally forgot about it until now lol!

 

[Inoue]

Alot better thanks scally . No more pains apart from the norm. Got a cracking headache today though so may have to crack the paracetamol out! Babys been kicking on/off for the last week but had a few quiet days, im sure its quite normal but I would like her to kick sometimes! X

 

[lambchops]

Im super excited! we had a gender scan at 17 weeks she told us we are 2 little girlies in there so hoping tomorrow its still the same as my 2 'girls' have picked up quite a wardrobe already haha.

My job is the worst! I wish I had an exciting one, or one i at least loved going to, i think while im on mat leave im gonna investigate a change of career maybe, thats if i get the time! I work with the public now and the stuff you go through is ridiculous!

 

[Sarahcake]

Im super excited! we had a gender scan at 17 weeks she told us we are 2 little girlies in there so hoping tomorrow its still the same as my 2 'girls' have picked up quite a wardrobe already haha.

My job is the worst! I wish I had an exciting one, or one i at least loved going to, i think while im on mat leave im gonna investigate a change of career maybe, thats if i get the time! I work with the public now and the stuff you go through is ridiculous!

Lol woops yes I remember you saying about the girlies now! Wow im not really with it today am I lol

 

[Inoue]

Inoue...im so jealous of your trip to Tokyo! Ive always wanted to visit there! Im also the same on the nursing front, I have qualifications in Adult Nursing, Childrens Nursing, Mental Health, even some reflexology and massage chucked in. It all came in massively useful, I worked on an elderly care ward for 4 years - best job ive ever had. Ive always wanted to do my nurses training and become a proper registered nurse but the situation around me has always conspired against me!!

I was torn between mental health or adult but ended up concentrating on adult nursing. Was about to apply to Nottingham university but then me and DH became serious so I went against it. I do often wonder what my life would be like now if I chose the uni route.
I cant even begin to explain how amazing Tokyo is, its SO different from our way of life in every way possible. I have a real passion for there country, just not sure a child would put up with a 12hour flight x

 

[kellie_w]

Good luck for today Lou! Hope your two girls are still girls! X

 

[ttc_lolly]

I'm Lauryn, 25 and live in Herts Have been with OH for 4 years, and not holding my breath on him making me an honest woman anytime soon

Happy belated Bithday Kellie I agree, 31 is definitely not old!

I have my 22 week MW appt tomorrow and am looking forward to hearing baby's HB and getting my fundal height measured. I reckon it'll be measuring ahead with this ridiculously large bump I'm already rocking

 

[lambchops]

Hey everyone went for my anatomy scan today, both babies are lookin fab, she said theyre measuring perfect, all organs, limbs, etc all fine! and both still little girlies!! haha One was yawning stretching and at one point had her hand on her head, we got a pic of that! Lead twin on my right is the lead cos its at the lowest point and is also head down, second twin to my left if head up in breech position so theyre yinging and yanging at the minute! Spoke to the midwife and she said my twins are confirmed fraternal as the two placentas are clearly seperate and so thats all fine and cos theyre fraternal if i havent gone by then already i will be induced by the hospital between 37w and 37w5days. Lead twin is head down, for now! we'll see how they go hehe im so excited!

 

[Inoue]

Glad the scan went well lambchops!! ~ gorgeous pictures and you get your babys 3 weeks earlier than us!

Did they confirm that there little girlies? X

 

[time]

brilliant pics lambchops!! what little cuties! i always thought i would have twins as my dad was a fraternal twin and my husband's dad was a fraternal twin, as well as loads of other sets in both our families! and 2 girls!! amazing

hope everybody else is ok, i think i had my first braxton hicks lastnight, stomach went very tight a few times and i felt very strange! it's so weird i won't be having another scan and i have 17 weeks left!!