~~++October Bumpkins 2012++~~

[cheshire]

Hi Cheshire! My scan is this coming Thursday on 6/14/12. Hubby will be with me and we are very excited! I was supposed to have it last Thursday but Hubby was out of town for work. The waiting has been killing me but it's almost here!

Aw, congrats Lady-K! A little girl, huh? Nice! I must say I am leaning towards wanting a girl but I will be happy with whatever they tell me!

Same day as mine!! Can't believe the week has finally come, so exciting! My husband is supposed to be meeting me at the hospital, he is working on the other side of London and somehow thinks he can make it for his lunch hour!! Not a chance, so I am worried that he will miss it and not believe me if the gender cannot be seen

Who else has scans next week?

 

[maidelyn]

ME!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday morning so presuming the unit isn't running ridiculously late as usual in about 38hours I shall know whether my cut price purchase of a blue pebble carseat was a premonition or not!! (I go on the theory I'll happy have a little girl wear blue so she can sit in a blue carseat if not!)

 

[Leikela]

Same day as mine!! Can't believe the week has finally come, so exciting! My husband is supposed to be meeting me at the hospital, he is working on the other side of London and somehow thinks he can make it for his lunch hour!! Not a chance, so I am worried that he will miss it and not believe me if the gender cannot be seen

Who else has scans next week?

Same day? Awesome! I hope your husband is able to make it in time though! Does he want to remain team yellow or is it more you?

 

[lindblum]

Feanorous - probably best not to get too many nb clothes, my first grew out of hers in two weeks and my second child went straight into 0-3 months x


yay im 20 weeks today, got my scan on Wednesday. Hubby wants to know the gender this time, I wasn't going to find out but we didn't know for the first two so will let him have his way

 

[fifi-folle]

Oooh lots of scans this week, excited for you all. Seems like ages since our scan! DH won't let me buy any pink things yet though, he wants to wait and see what his sister is passing on from her girls spoil sport!

 

[dizzydoll]

Congrats on your wee girly lady-k

My scan is at 2.30 today (realistically I don't expect to be seen before 4 haha stupid clinic wait times) So excited to see munchkin again and really hope I can stay team yellow haha

 

[fifi-folle]

Oh and can I get honest opinions on our chosen name, we're thinking Cassandra (Cassie) H. With either middle name Arya (DHs choice) or mine Ann (it was my granny's name and both my Mum's and my middle name). I think Cassandra Ann H. sounds way better than Cassandra Arya H. Even Cassie goes better with Ann than Arya imo. Any opinions?

 

[dizzydoll]

Aw I love the names I think Cassandra Ann does go better than Cassandra Arya although Arya is a really pretty name

 

[maidelyn]

I like Arya but then I loved that character in Game of thrones - is OH a fan or does Arya come from elsewhere?

 

[fifi-folle]

Yep, that and there was a character in Eragon too. Our son is Cameron Arran H. and DH and I both have middle names beginning with A so plan to keep that tradition.
Thanks girls x

 

[dizzydoll]

Scan went great managed to stay team yellow

Spoiler

https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/evillilsheep/2012-06-11183207.jpg

Apparently my placenta is a bit low so she wants me to come back for another scan at 32 weeks and I'm being referred to a foetal heart specialist for a more detailed heart scan because of OH's medical history. So I've a few more scans to stay strong for haha I hadn't expected to have any more scans at all!

 

[Lady-K]

Well done for staying Team Yellow Dizzy!. I loved being yellow for Lucy. I loved that surprise.

This time though, it was just a case of "Do I keep all the pink clothes or not?"

Looking forward to hearing about 32 week scan - wonder what you get to see? Hope you get photos.

 

[Feanorous]

Great willpower dizzy!

How is everyone's bump coming along? I feel like there really isn't much difference in the last few weeks- not sure its growing!
Anyone have stretchmarks yet? So far I'm ok but i do think ill get them. I got them as a teenager on my hips, but they are small silvery ones. My skin is starting to get a bit itchy as well on my tummy...

Xxx

 

[dizzydoll]

I don't think my bump is getting bigger the last few weeks but people that I've only seen once a week or less have said I have
I take a weekly bump pic and post to my journal, will be taking one tomorrow for 21 weeks
I've not gotten any stretch marks on my belly yet but I think I've gotten some on my boobs on the underneath part. Really angry red looking lines. I've started getting good with the bio oil again so hopefully they'll fade.

 

[cheshire]

Fifi, I love both names but I agree Ann is better, it flows beautifully with Cassandra.

maidelyn can't wait for an update tomorrow!

Leikela my husband is the one who cannot cope with staying yellow, I secretly hope the baby hides from us!!

lindblum I would have agreed with you on the baby clothes thing before I had my third! But he was 3 Ibs lighter than his 8Ibs 13oz brother, no explanation and he is now taller than his brother at that age, but he was in newborn for 2 months!! Those 3rd babies love to throw you

Well done for staying yellow Dizzy, I loved being yellow, so exciting. Hopefully on the 32 week scan the baby will be so big you will only see parts on the screen and won't get a sneak peak!

Fearonous, I got stretch marks with my first and sadly not until I was about 38 weeks , really thought I'd got away with it! Luckily he was my biggest baby so on the plus side I got no more with each pregnancy.

 

[annabelle29]

Congrats on all the pinks ladies!!! Hopefully we'll see some blues soon to even it out a little.

Fifi - I like Cassandra Ann better, but honestly preferred it spelled Anne.

I didn't get any stretch marks with my first, so hoping to avoid them this time as well. FX'd! I went from not much to totally "popping" a couple weeks ago, but I don't think I've grown much since. I'm feeling that low achy feeling lately, so thinking a growth spurt might be coming soon. Oh boy!

Can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing after their scans this week; so exciting that we have so many!!! GL ladies!!

 

[fifi-folle]

It'll be Ann as that's the way it has been spelled in my family for 3 generations so far, hopefully we'll make it 4 generations if I can convince DH!

I've definitely had a growth spurt in the past fortnight, bump is much bigger! Need to take another bump pic, not taken one since 17 wks. My bump is measuring a week ahead but then it is less than a year since I had DS.

 

[Leikela]

Oh and can I get honest opinions on our chosen name, we're thinking Cassandra (Cassie) H. With either middle name Arya (DHs choice) or mine Ann (it was my granny's name and both my Mum's and my middle name). I think Cassandra Ann H. sounds way better than Cassandra Arya H. Even Cassie goes better with Ann than Arya imo. Any opinions?

Cassandra Ann is my vote! Very beautiful!

How is everyone's bump coming along? I feel like there really isn't much difference in the last few weeks- not sure its growing! Anyone have stretchmarks yet? So far I'm ok but i do think ill get them. I got them as a teenager on my hips, but they are small silvery ones. My skin is starting to get a bit itchy as well on my tummy...Xxx

I have really popped out these past few weeks! I find that my because I am sticking out further, I am tugging at my shirts to pull them down more. LOL Also yesterday, I was squeezing by husband and smacked my bump on the chair not even aware that it was sticking out that much! I really feels "heavy" in there now.

Oh and I do have small stretch marks but had them before anyway from being overweight and then losing 50 pounds before my BFP. I did notice some new red ones around my boobs though. My boobs are growing out of control. Ugh! I just bought a Playtex 18 Hour Full Figure Bra to strap them in there and it works! LOL

Leikela my husband is the one who cannot cope with staying yellow, I secretly hope the baby hides from us!!

Hahaha Aw! Your intuition is telling you it's a girl, right? Hubby is very excited to find out, as am I. Just tonight he goes, "Only 3 more days until we find out!"

 

[cheshire]

Hahaha Aw! Your intuition is telling you it's a girl, right? Hubby is very excited to find out, as am I. Just tonight he goes, "Only 3 more days until we find out!"

My intuition is not great for this one, I am thinking girl because the scan pictures of my daughter and this baby are so similar (not like my boys) and my dreams. I am leaning towards girl and all the guesses have been girl BUT I am still not as sure as I was with the others. I bet yours is a boy! But you are thinking girl too right? Maybe one of us will up the blue side of this thread

It's Tuesday morning now, so only two more sleeps

 

[Flutterly]

I think Cassandra Ann is beautiful! The other one is a bit of a mouthful!

I'm just back from my midwife appointment (had it early as we're off on holiday tomorrow!). All is fine, baby's heart was beating like a goodun and everything with me is fine All happy and healthy!

I don't seem to have gained any stretchmarks that weren't already there (damn all those years of growing hips and losing hips hehe!). Bump is still growing nicely, I am measuring spot on and can no longer see my feet if I stand up straight hehe!!