June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[vaniilla]

It's so weird to hear you guys have to pay for pictures. Are they fancy? Our tech will print out sonogram pictures on small, thin sheets of paper; it's free but nothing elaborate. I feel guilty because I was almost rushing the tech during the last scan because she was trying to get a good photo but I didn't want the scan to go any longer than necessary, plus I had to pee.

I'm feeling guilty for eating ice cream while pregnant. Can sugar hurt baby?

I wish they were fancy, it might go some way to justify the cost but no it's just plain little pictures on the thin rolls of paper. They do 4d now too but you have to £100 for it.

 

[gaiagirl]

I got 4 pics for free at my early US but at the 18 week anatomy one they do charge $10 for pics here as well.

Vanilla - Saturday morning is swim lessons for DS and DH too! I try to clean the whole house though which has been tough the past month. I LOVR a clean house to start the weekend though so worth it.

Last week of swim lessons though! Darn!

 

[joo]

£15 must be multiple images surely! But still, expensive all the same.
Everyone will have their scan before me. 17th here. Roll on the next 3 weeks. Xx

You will probably have yours before me, i'm not going to see the mw until late next week and yet to book.my scan xx

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Xander had his last swimming lesson today he did get his ASA grade 1 award though and he mastered breast stroke!

We did get a pic off the epau, she just printed it off for us. I suppose we have to pay since otherwise the nhs would be paying for it. We don't have to pay for prescriptions or dental care in pregnancy anyway - £5 for a scan pic is hardly scandalous

 

[AngelofTroy]

Wow Pixie that's really impressive that your son can do breaststroke already! Micah does swimming lessons on a Monday and loves it but it's all pretty much doggy paddle

We told Micah that he's going to be a big brother today, he gave us a round of applause he was so happy bless him!

 

[gaiagirl]

Lol mine is working on floating, opening eyes underwater and generally being in pool without drowning. Nowhere NEAR breaststroke. That's awesome.

We still haven't properly told DS, I'm not sure he would really get it as a reality until he could feel or hear or see a baby? We will tell him before xmas but I don't expect much reaction!

 

[vaniilla]

How come they're finishing so early? DS still has two weeks of lessons left in the term.

That's fantastic pixie! he sounds like a natural in the water

He's currently working towards his ASA level 3, I think he misses ducklings because he occasionally asks why they don't do any singing he does football first thing in the morning on Saturdays, apparently all the kids were miserable today as it was so cold!

angel - that's such a cute response! we told LO on wednesday because we had to take him to the booking appointment, he was happy but insists it's a boy

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Xander has just finished with water babies so we'll have to find him some regular lessons now. Not sure where though as our local pool only offers water confidence lessons for 3 year olds so we'll have to look around.

Lol Angel Xander isn't very good at front crawl at all. He can keep going forever and he can come up for a breath so he's fine but he doesn't seem to move very far he's super at diving/retrieving dive rings from the bottom of the pool and breast stroke though.

The other kids in his class were all 5 so he was a bit behind them which I think he found frustrating. They had to start each lesson by swimming two widths and all the other kids were always finished with two before he'd got across the pool once. Hopefully we can get him in a class now with kids a bit more on his level.

I can't wait to tell Xander! 2.5 weeks to go

 

[gaiagirl]

Found baby on doppler for first time! 164BPM

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Not had a great evening! DH managed to lock DS in the car with the keys! Cue a very distressed 3-year-old who couldn't understand why we couldn't get him out, he was roaring for a cuddle and obviously I was just stood there helplessly It was around his bedtime and he was so tired that luckily he fell asleep which meant we were able to phone and wait for DH's friend who is a mobile mechanic to come and get into the car. Omg it was stressful though

On the plus side I think my bout of illness is about over, no headache or blocked nose and managed to get out today which is good.

 

[MiraclesHappn]

Well I finally just gave in and posted our announcement on Facebook!

Vaniilla - DD is also insistent this baby is a boy! She says the ultrasound pictures are pictures of her baby brother. DH thinks the same but my gut is girl. My gut was right last time but I have also heard about so many siblings being right, like they have a special instinct! So I have no idea what will happen.

Tinker - I locked DD in the car when she was under a year old at work. It was awful. Luckily she didn't get too upset though!

 

[tinkerbelle93]

I was soo angry at my DH at first, but realised it's an easy mistake to make and that I was a bit harsh. My mum says my dad did the same with me when I was a baby so it's easily done I suppose!

I don't have any gut feeling but I've had a few dreams involving the baby like giving birth/having scans ect and whenever I find out the gender in them it's always a boy, not sure if that will mean anything.

 

[GeralynB]

We've had a very busy few days...Thanksgiving Thursday, a wedding last night, and visiting today with family who's in from out of town. I'm exhausted and ready to relax the next few days

 

[gaiagirl]

Tinkerbell....I did that but it was this summer in an already HOT car. It was the worst experience of my life, he was sweating and upset and I had to call the police as the tow truck would be 20 min and no way was that ok. Police brought a tow truck with them thank god. I was so shaken up I decided to zap strap a spare key under the car because I NEVER want to experience that again.

 

[karlilay]

13 weeks today! Does that make me in second tri now?

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Gaiagirl- Oh no that sounds awful! My DH was borrowing a new car from his work, luckily our normal car is older and doesn't do the immediate locking once the doors are shut.

Geralyn- Those sorts of things are always the most tiring aren't they? Hope you get a lot of time to relax now.

Karlilay- I'm always confused as to whether you have to hit exactly 13 or 14 weeks to be 2nd tri? I'd just count you as 2nd tri, I'm going to count myself as 2nd tri once I hit 13 weeks tbh!

Has anyone else had bleeding gums when brushing teeth? I've had it a few times now since finding out about the pregnancy and it's worrying me I am very vigilant about brushing my teeth but I've not been to the dentist in nearly 8 years (!) because I hate it, and even now with the free dental care in pregnancy I'm even more scared to go because I don't want to be told I've got gum disease or something. Going to stock up on some corsodol daily I think.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Gaiagirl- Oh no that sounds awful! My DH was borrowing a new car from his work, luckily our normal car is older and doesn't do the immediate locking once the doors are shut.

Geralyn- Those sorts of things are always the most tiring aren't they? Hope you get a lot of time to relax now.

Karlilay- I'm always confused as to whether you have to hit exactly 13 or 14 weeks to be 2nd tri? I'd just count you as 2nd tri, I'm going to count myself as 2nd tri once I hit 13 weeks tbh!

Has anyone else had bleeding gums when brushing teeth? I've had it a few times now since finding out about the pregnancy and it's worrying me I am very vigilant about brushing my teeth but I've not been to the dentist in nearly 8 years (!) because I hate it, and even now with the free dental care in pregnancy I'm even more scared to go because I don't want to be told I've got gum disease or something. Going to stock up on some corsodol daily I think.

I get the bleeding gums, my dentist said its common in pregnancy as we're extra sensitive. Be careful with using corsodyl too often as it stained my Hubby's teeth!

 

[Dory85]

My gums have been bleeding when I brush my teeth. I was at the dentist for a check up on Friday and one of the first things he asked me when he found out I'm pregnant was if they were bleeding. He said its still important to make sure you brush your gums even though they bleed so he obviously isn't concerned.
We're away visiting family (between Bath and Chippenham!) at the moment. How odd that lots of us have connections to this area!

 

[Squig34]

Yes Tinker, very common, mine have started bleeding now too. But I was told that good dental care is particularly important in pregnancy, so I would make an appointment with your dentist soon

 

[vaniilla]

Found baby on doppler for first time! 164BPM

That's so exciting! did it take long to find?

Not had a great evening! DH managed to lock DS in the car with the keys! Cue a very distressed 3-year-old who couldn't understand why we couldn't get him out, he was roaring for a cuddle and obviously I was just stood there helplessly It was around his bedtime and he was so tired that luckily he fell asleep which meant we were able to phone and wait for DH's friend who is a mobile mechanic to come and get into the car. Omg it was stressful though

On the plus side I think my bout of illness is about over, no headache or blocked nose and managed to get out today which is good.

Good news that the illness is gone

yikes! I don't blame you, I would have been terrified too, thankfully it all got resolved in the end, it sounds like you were outside your house? it would have been much worse at somewhere like a petrol station.

Well I finally just gave in and posted our announcement on Facebook!

Vaniilla - DD is also insistent this baby is a boy! She says the ultrasound pictures are pictures of her baby brother. DH thinks the same but my gut is girl. My gut was right last time but I have also heard about so many siblings being right, like they have a special instinct! So I have no idea what will happen.

Tinker - I locked DD in the car when she was under a year old at work. It was awful. Luckily she didn't get too upset though!

I had a really strong gut feeling with ds that it was going to be a boy, I've had no feeling either way this time so who knows! I wonder which of you will be right in the end?

13 weeks today! Does that make me in second tri now?

13 + 6 is officially second tri I think but I would just count it from now if I were you! congratulations! I can't wait to join you in second tri!

I was so excited to fill out my maternity exception form but the midwife said the free dental care only applies if you see an nhs dentist I have an appointment next month so I'm going to try and negotiate with him