June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Becyboo__x]

Ill be finding out mid January I assume I'll know a date tomorrow

 

[Lil_Pixie]

No it's definitely not too early vanilla!

We won't be buying anything till probably 16+ weeks but only because it's christmas and I have no available funds

I'm not really sure what sciatica is. I get a lot of pain in my hip/bum when I'm sat on the bus but I just assumed it was because I've eaten nothing but bread and cheese for so long I'm crumpling under my own weight

 

[vaniilla]

Depending on when we get our scan for it will either be end of January or anytime in February. I really want to know before we go to Barcelona as I want to pick up some baby things there.

Lil_Pixie - glad to hear I'm not crazy hopefully it's not sold out by Saturday!

 

[GeralynB]

We find out the gender December 23!

 

[joo]

I think i willhave my anatomy scan at the end of January, hoping to find out gender

I don't get sciatica thankfully, but i am struggling a bit with my back, makes me walk a bit funny sometimes. MW referred me for physio so just waiting for that appointment to come through x

 

[SecondNote]

I had bad sciatica last time. I am already getting it a little this time which seems early to me. Hopefully it doesn't get too bad.

 

[SecondNote]

I don't have a date for my anatomy scan yet but it should be around January 25th.

 

[tinkerbelle93]

According to dates at the moment I'll be 20 weeks on 29th January, seems weird that the anatomy scan could be next month! We're still set on staying team but I can't wait for all the gender announcements coming from everyone within the next month or so.

We won't be buying anything yet, I really wanted to get a few little things on Friday after the scan but with Christmas and the house move, money is so unbelievably tight that I can't justify spending anything that isn't completely essential at the moment.

3 sleeps until my first scan. I'm getting really nervous about approaching 2nd tri, and especially telling other people. It's been nice having it as our little secret for the past 2 months and I really hate being the focus of people's attention.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I have booked my gender scan for the 16th of January =) !!! Eee. I haven't even had my scan letter yet for my 12 week one. I assume it will come this week. Tick tock. I wasn't waiting about for my anatomy one. My friend recently waited until 22 weeks for hers as "they are backlogged" this really installs alot of confidence in the maternity facilities haha. I'm not suggesting the are crap at their jobs though. Just that the services are stretched enough. I had to wait until I was 15 days over due with my youngest to have an induction as they had no beds available. Eeeek

 

[tinkerbelle93]

I'm nervous about the birth and the thought of an overcrowded and under staffed mat unit makes me feel worried. I'm sure I read in the UK July is usually when most babies are born for some reason so hopefully I won't go too overdue. Although I'm sure I've read the birth rate is falling in general at the moment.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Well where I live there always seems to be a baby boom and we don't even have a hospital it's in the next town over. In a bbc article about birthrates they said that my town had the fastest growing number of births and that it had risen 63 percent. It's no coincidence that we also have a large migrant workforce though. It's an industrial town so it attracts them in droves. It's good for the town having a large boost in tax paying occupants. I just wish they would put some Of the damn money back into the town.

 

[vaniilla]

Rhi_Rhi1 - That's so exciting you've booked your 16 week scan! hopefully they don't keep you waiting as long for the 12 week scan.

It's never how it works though on the taxes front, it seems to disappear in a black hole, makes you wonder what on earth they're doing with it!

 

[Tinky_82]

I spent a day in an almost totally empty maternity ward in May 13 - a whole room with 8 beds to myself. Come July when I had ds they were totally full. Weird. I wasn't trying for another summer baby I just wanted any baby - but maybe some people do?

 

[AngelofTroy]

A lot of people I k ow actively avoided a summer baby as they're the youngest in the school year so that is weird! I guess they're all conceived when the dark evenings kick in and nobody has anything better to do!

I'm stilllllll sick at 14 weeks, every time I hit a new week I somehow expect the sickness to up and do one but no such luck.

My anatomy scan is 15th January but pretty sure we're staying team again. Tbh I'm keen to find out this time, I'm stressing as I don't want to have to be pregnant again after this, as I just feel so awful, but a part if me will be disappointed if I never have a girl. So I feel like if I knew then at least there's a 50% chance that I'd know this was the last time I'd ever have to go through this. Every single guess on my scan picture was girl and OH has been adamant that he can 'tell' this is a girl.. I'll be happy with either but I would love a girl this time just so that I can stop, does that make any sense?!

 

[vaniilla]

AngelofTroy - I know what you mean, we don't mind on gender and yet I very much doubt we'll be able to have another one and a part of me will feel sad if we never get the chance to have a girl. I have no feeling on gender at all this time which isn't helping, I was so sure with ds!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I get ya. This could potentially be my third boy.I just want a different gender. I'm convinced it's a boy though tbh. Then there is people like ohh I have a boy and a girl but I really want xxx and I'm like no way shut up. You get what you're given you already have one of each hah hah.

 

[joo]

Angeloftroy i feel exactly the same. I originally wanted 3 or 4 but after all the ttc and heartbreak and just generally feeling rubbish i would really like to be done this time. I really wanted 2 girls an but also would be gutted if we never have a boy, but of those one turns put to be a boy then we are probably finished. I feel slightly relieved saying that yet also slightly sad!

 

[GeralynB]

I'm nervous about the birth and the thought of an overcrowded and under staffed mat unit makes me feel worried. I'm sure I read in the UK July is usually when most babies are born for some reason so hopefully I won't go too overdue. Although I'm sure I've read the birth rate is falling in general at the moment.

It was super busy at the hospital when I gave birth to my son last October. They didn't even have a room for me at first. My midwife was hardly in the room because she was so busy and I had a really crappy nurse. I'm convinced my 40 hour labor would have been a lot shorter if it wasn't so busy and I had a better nurse. This is why I'm strongly considering a doula this time around.

 

[tinkerbelle93]

I didn't really give it too much thought with how old/young they would be in regards to the school year.. I have 2 friends with early September babies who are 4 and they've both said it's frustrating because they are more than ready for school but have to wait another year (plus childcare costs are expensive haha) so I guess it can work both ways.

I do understand what you mean totally with the gender thing.. we always said (without giving it too much thought) that we'd have 3-4 kids and since having our son I'd always thought how much I'd love to have another little boy next and felt really excited at the prospect of having son next and having 2 boys. However, now we've sat and actually properly gone through the practicalities and pros/cons of how many children we can realistically have, and realised this is probably going to be the last, I suddenly feel a bit worried that I will be disappointed if it's a boy. It's not overwhelming luckily and I think being team will solve it, but I totally understand where you're coming from.

 

[Squig34]

Happy birthday Pixie!

Glad you found the hb Gaia.

My anatomy scan won't be until early February, but we're definitely finding out the gender.