June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[vaniilla]

Welcome to the group Kim! there are three of us now due on the same day!

I guess many women prefer a girl simply because you tend to have more in common and can relate to them easier (not always just in general). I would have liked a girl because it would have been nice to have one of each, if ds was a girl we'd be wanting a boy

I'm happy for once with myself, I usually hate how I look and being overweight brings me down but I just said to myself screw it, it took me 4 years to get here, I don't care how I look or if I gain weight, I want to enjoy being pregnant without feeling bad so hopefully that feeling lasts!

I can't believe how close some of you ladies are to halfway! serious week envy over here

 

[AngelofTroy]

I have a preference for a girl as I would like one if each and I have a boy already, but I was happy to have a boy first.

 

[Squig34]

Welcome Kim!

I would like a girl & a boy if we only have 2. If we have 3, I'd like another girl, but that's largely because I have 2 pretty girls names I think it's nice to have both genders as you get to experience different things with them though obviously you get what you get!

 

[Lil_Pixie]

The one thing that worries me about having a girl is clothes and hair Xander has permanent bed head and I can't even do my own hair (just run my fingers through it and tie it up) if I had a little girl shed probably look like a little hobo I picked Xander up from his grandma's last week and she'd wet his hair and brushed it down, till I saw that she'd done it it honestly never entered my head as an option. Although truthfully I'm never going to do that!

I did my nieces hair once for school because my sister had had a baby that morning. She'd had the baby in the bathroom so was in bed and when I took them up to say bye to their mum I'd done such a terrible job my sister got up to re do it (baby was probably and hr old lol)

 

[Starlight32]

We don't have a preference either! Scan in 9 days!!!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I have two boys, i prefer boys! as it is our last some variety would be nice haha but i'm not terribly fussed. sick of people going on and on and on about it to me. Not a single person so far has managed a simple congratulations. it has been " congrats... oh i hope its a girl" or some variation on that.

It has made it a bit crap tbh and i haven't even bothered telling anyone because of it. My husband told his family and i told my sister and just assumed she would tell everyone else. mehhh. My friend told me today she is having a baby in August, and i just sat there and didn't say a word(about my being pregnant too) because i couldn't be doing with it. Maybe it's hormones ?! but it was the same last time. haha.

 

[AngelofTroy]

I'll be thrilled with a boy or a girl, I only really think about it when I'm on bnb!

 

[Dory85]

Does anyone know if we can take antihistamines? My legs have been horrendously itchy this pregnancy to the point that I scratch them til they bleed but tonight they're swelling where I'm scratching them too.

 

[Dory85]

On a more positive note I've had more definite movement today. It's made me feel so much better after a low few days!

 

[tinkerbelle93]

I have 1 sibling, my brother who's 8 years older than me. I guess I am a bit closer to my mum but my brother has 2 little girls and my mum is just as involved with them as she is with my DS. My SILs parents live hours away so my parents are a lot closer to the girls then them, so not always true that girls will stay close and boys not. Same with sibling relationships, I see a lot of people getting upset about not having a close age gap or not having another girl because they think the relationship won't be as special but me and my brother see each other a lot and are close as we've stayed living in the same town and have had children at the same sort of time, even though there's 8 years between us. Our kids are close which is lovely. Whereas I know sisters who are close in age but barely see each other and have little in common, so you really just don't know.

 

[Tinky_82]

I think you can take them but only as a last resort and not regularly - I'd get advise from doctor first though to check plus check on the cause of the itching.

 

[SecondNote]

My gender scan is in 15 days. Super anxious!

I don't have a preference really. Only slightly leaning girl because I fell in love with a girl name lol. I don't have a boy name yet (already used my favorite with my son).

 

[tinkerbelle93]

I already have a boys name picked out! A first name AND the 2 middle names, despite saying I wouldn't pick until the birth I have girls names down to 4 now as well.

 

[Starlight32]

We have an almost definite girl name picked out (Hannah) but still unsure about the boy name. Leaning towards Leo. Surname begins with L though and I'm worried people will think it's a nickname for Leonardo. The other boy name I currently like is Caleb.

 

[gaiagirl]

Hi ladies, sorry haven't been on much and I find it moves so quick I haven't even read back past today!

I have a little preference for a girl because I have a boy...would like both. I lovvvve raising a boy though and would feel good about doing it again

I do feel that laterin life with adult kids I would be sad not to have a daughter. Of course boys can be close with their families but how many daughter in laws are close with their MILS? Not THAT many...I think weddings and babies etc are just a bit different with your daughter than with your son. Maybe not, but I kinda feel that they are.

So in only having 2 I know that if this is a boy I won't have that experience and it may be something I'll grieve a little over time.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Im experiencing some pain kind if in my cervix after going to the toilet, even a number 1. It's worrying me. Could this be a sign if an incompetent cervix? Does anyone else have this?

 

[Squig34]

I get some random cramps but I wouldn't say in my cervix or linked with going to the loo. What kind of pain? How long does it last? I don't know if pain is associated with an incompetent cervix, but it would do no harm to ring your maternity ward & get their advice since you're worried.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

What kind of pain is it? I get a really sharp shooting pain quite a lot

 

[karlilay]

I've had really bad chest pains the past two days. Sorry to hear about your pains too Angel.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Yeah they're quite sharp, sort of sore pains. They certainly aren't unbearable just worrying, and they occur whenever I strain at all. Like its putting pressure on the muscles or stretching something.