Mother of all conception months Graduates

[vbaby3]

Afternoon ladies!

Congrats mamadonna on your bfp!x

Gilz,god love you,you've so much to deal with on top of being pregnant
Is your scan tomorrow?best of luck and I really hope they find where the bleeding is coming from,then finally you m ight be able to relax a bit.x

Yay madcat for finding the heartbeat,I was always too chicken to get a doppler,I'd freak put if I couldn't find the heartbeat straight away.Thankfully I'm feeling movement everyday now,and its getting stronger everyday si I know all is ok.

No news here,spent all morning doing housework,so house is lovely and clean now,gonna chill for the rest of the day.x

 

[madcatwoman]

I know, you take a chance buying a doppler, thankgod i found the HB, i was so pleased!.

I think im going to go on the hunt for some coal for our fire this PM, heard it burns hotter with some coal!.

 

[vbaby3]

Was just thinking i'd light the fire too,sooo dreary outside today.I'll get all comfy then and maybe watch dvd's with the boys for the afternoon.What was babies heartrate?
Is it killing you to find out the sex?I can bear it no more!!!!!

 

[madcatwoman]

it doesnt have a heart rate reader hun, but it does sound as quick as when i heard it at the scan, the scan reading was 156bpm.

Yes im dying to know the sex, i really hope by the time we find out that the baby isnt lying in the wrong position or something, that would be disspointing.
Dh has more patience than i do i think, if i had the money id get another 16 week scan done to find out, but we'll have to wait till 20 weeks!

 

[vbaby3]

I'm sooo impatient!I open xmas pressies before xmas and all,just can't bear not knowing something!!
My scan is 3 wks from today,but I'm trying not to get my hopes up,coz a few people have said they might not tell me in the hospital i'm going to,or knowing my luck baby will be lying in the most awkward position!
If I don't find out at this scan i'll have to wait til after xmas when I'm paying for a 4d,it'll kill me to have to wait that long!!!!!
I have girl vibes,but not saying to anyone,coz I'd hate people to think I'd be disappointed if its another boy,coz i'll happily take another boy,but a wee girlie wold be nice!

 

[madcatwoman]

thats my thoughts exactly, id be delighted if they said girl, a girl to do girlie things with etc, i also wonder whether id like one because i didnt have that relationship with my mother, BUT im convincing myself its a boy, so if it is i'll still be happy and not dissapointed at all!

 

[vbaby3]

I was sure shay was a girl,and didn't find out til 28wks that he was a boy!Wasn't disappointed,but a bit shocked.Once we found out it took all of 10 mins for us to be saying,boys are the best and thank god its a boy etc etc!!!If it is a boy you'll be surprised at how quick you'll come round to the idea!
Plus may I add,that boys are the best!!I know I'm slightly biased here,but they're soo affectionate with their mammies,and less bitchy and conniving!I've seen my nieces do things my boys would never even think of doing!
The main reason I'd like a girl is purely selfish!When she's older i'll have her to do girlie things while my boys are away with their dad!Plus if its a girl,I CAN'T WAIT TO GO SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bids]

Hmmmm its quiet today girls - how is everyone or more like where is everyone?!

peanut hope your feeling better?!

Gilz not long know and i know everything will be fine!!

Ive just designed the ''pretend'' menu for announcing that we're pregnant - the plan is to go out for lunch or evening meal on 2nd and im going to give a fake menu to the waitress/waiter to give out that says

Cover: Todays specials

Inside: Only two options available:

Beautiful baby boy
or
Gorgeous baby girl

other side of page

To be confirmed May 2011 xxxxxxxx

Sooooo what do you all think?? my other dilema is do i organise going out now/this week or do i wait to see everythings ok at the scan and hope everyones free

i dont do ''normal'' and would really love to do it this way!! opinions please

 

[vbaby3]

Ah bids,thats lovely,wish i'd put a bit more thought into telling everyone this time!!
With my 1st it was good timing,I had my 1st scan a few days before xmas so knew all was well,got my parents a happy xmas grandparents card,(they had no grandchildren before my this)and put the scan pic inside with my due date,my dad copped straight away,but jeez my mam is slow!!!
I'd go ahead and book it so everyone can make it if you're comfortable doing that.I'm sure your lil babe is perfect.
So is the scan nxt tues?

 

[madcatwoman]

I love LOVE LOVE that idea bids, thats brilliant, you have to do that!. to be honest i would check that everyone could make it because if they cant you'll be dying to spill the news after your scan. And if anyone asks what the occassion for dinner out is, just be lovely and daughterly and say "does there have to be an occassion?, we just wanted to do dinner out with you thats all!"

 

[Bids]

awww vbaby thats lovely first time round xmas and all too!!

its DH's parents first grandchild and my mum will be mega excited cos im her baby and only girl lol so i defo have to tell them at the sametime dont think its fair to pick and me & DH will only argue about it!!

ok Cat/vbaby i think your right - i'll let DH check out my little menu later and if he likes it we'll get on the phone, just hope everything is ok and its good news?!!!

argh im getting excited now oh and yes vbaby scan next tue i'll only be 11+4 (well hopefully) but i couldnt wait any longer!!

cant believe how good ive been feeling last few days - anyone else or am i just weird?? x

 

[madcatwoman]

your not weird, your fist tri symptoms are easing off now as they do for most people (poor peanut excluded), even im alot better than i was so i hope it stays that way!.

Yes, make sure everyone can make it if i were you, dont worry too much about your scan, you have had a healthy time of it, no bleeding, your still young, things will be fine, you'll see.

 

[molly85]

aw bids thats soooo cute.
off out tonight for birthday dinner. Tried calling the antinatal scan people and guess what they went home an hour early BBlllllllllllllllllllahhhhhhh, I need to tell work i'm gnna be off and 2 weeks won't be alot of notice.

 

[vbaby3]

You'll be fine bids,its normal to worry before your 1st scan,I think everyone shits themselves til they see that heartbeat,but everything will be fine,this thread is a lucky one!!i had my scan at 11+1 and I got some great pics.
all my symptoms were gone at 9and a half wks,honestly,everyone is so different,and my 3 pregnancies have been completely different!
I feel soo good now it makes me feel so sorry for all the girls like peanut and madly that are still green!
I have no symptoms at all,I'm not even tired,the only thing that makes me realise I'm pregnant is I can feel baby move and my belly is expanding!!
Once you see everythings ok,you'll be grateful you're one of the lucky ones that doesn't have horrible ms for months and stuff.xxx

 

[madcatwoman]

Vbaby, has your popped into your belly yet?, mine hasnt, thought it would be now. i just have this buldge down in the 'normal uterus area'.

Ive felt a few flutters, maybe 3 or 4 times, but i have to lie very still and quiet of an evening!

 

[vbaby3]

I thought it would be still very far down,but at gp visit last wk she used doppler and found heartbeat straight away about an inch below my bellly button,I thought she'd have to go way lower.Even though this is my third I still can't tell what my uterus feels like or where it is just by pushing on my tummy,so have no idea,just going by where gp found the hb!
I've definately got something of a bump,although could still just look like fat.Was talking to my neighbour the other day and could see her eyes kept travelling down to my tummy and back up!I knew she was dying to ask if I was preg but was afraid in case I'd just put on weight!But thats all definately coz its my 3rd,didn't look at all pregnant til after 20wks with my 1st,and didn't feel him move til 19wks,so madcat you're very in tune with your body now you'e felt him/her already,and it'll just gradually get stronger til the lo is making your whole belly move like an alien or something,its really mental,my hubby couldn't believe it 1st time he saw my belly move all by itself,its amazing!

 

[vbaby3]

I mostly feel lo moving when I'm sitting at computer,coz i'm at kitchen table and leaning slightly forward,usually with my legs crossed so I'm probably confining babies space so can feel it.Also after I've eaten!

 

[PeanutBean]

:wave: Thanks everyone! I felt too fed up and some threads on here were annoying me so I didn't come back on after posting and watched stuff in bed on the laptop instead. Then today I got as far as catching up on the thread but not replying before I had to get off the train. I was working on another event today (three down, three to go) and in the end some of their specialist volunteers let the team down so I had to stay until 3pm (my line not to be crossed) and help out with the 600 or so people we had through today!! On my feet til 3pm means I am on bed rest this evening. My sciatica is wrecking.

I've cheered up a bit. I guess I'm just working so hard and still feeling so ill it's all just getting on top of me in waves. Tomorrow I have to print and post this massive funding bid we've been working on for months and it's also the last event where my presence is crucial. Thursday is a reception sort of afternoon event and I am a guest so that'll be ok and Friday is just a lunch time lecture and if I can't make it others will manage. Then i've booked all next week of recover! DH is off Monday too so he can decorate while Byron is in nursery. I really need a rest.

Got a headache but I've got to work on this bid tonight as I couldn't do any this afternoon. Once home I had to lie down and rest a bit but that means working this evening.

Glad lots of you are feeling better. Slightly jealous but I know my lot. Eventually it'll be over!

 

[madcatwoman]

oh peanut youre in the dumps by the sounds, and not suprising considering how ill you have been, most of us would be seriously fed up and P*ssed off by now. I can understand you taking time out of here too. You have alot on your plate by the sounds of it

 

[madcatwoman]

I thought it would be still very far down,but at gp visit last wk she used doppler and found heartbeat straight away about an inch below my bellly button,I thought she'd have to go way lower.Even though this is my third I still can't tell what my uterus feels like or where it is just by pushing on my tummy,so have no idea,just going by where gp found the hb!
I've definately got something of a bump,although could still just look like fat.Was talking to my neighbour the other day and could see her eyes kept travelling down to my tummy and back up!I knew she was dying to ask if I was preg but was afraid in case I'd just put on weight!But thats all definately coz its my 3rd,didn't look at all pregnant til after 20wks with my 1st,and didn't feel him move til 19wks,so madcat you're very in tune with your body now you'e felt him/her already,and it'll just gradually get stronger til the lo is making your whole belly move like an alien or something,its really mental,my hubby couldn't believe it 1st time he saw my belly move all by itself,its amazing!

well i located the HB about 4inch below my belly button, almost on the hair line, yet ive seen friends at 14 weeks with way up their belly. I think i'll be a 'late starter', in someways id like to see a bit more progression and in other ways i think "well at least i wont be too huge too soon".
Yeh i think i probably am fairly in tune with my body, i felt those flutters at 1st almost at 12 weeks(ish), i can definately feel my uterus as its quite hard and pronounced.