~* September Sparkles 2018 *~

[LilFooshFoosh]

That's sweet Catmum, I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with hair.

congrats on the little girly imaginary, I've updated the front page.

sorry you're still feeling nauseous Mickels, I hope it lets up soon. glad that you are otherwise well though.

Happy birthday to your LO amytrisha! I hope you still had some time to relax.

colds do suck when you can't take anything for them alice! I've updated you on the front page as well. As long as everything goes well at my appointment on Thrusday we are going to tell our kids that night. Then Friday through the rest of the weekend we suspect they will tell everyone else in our family. It's cute when they get so excited, but not ideal if you are still trying to keep it a secret!

 

[mrscletus]

Imaginary- congrats on your little girl!!

Lil- I know exactly what you mean. I couldn't believe that my kiddos actually kept the secret for about a month. We took a huge risk telling them so early- but I was starting to show and my 12 yo is very observant, she noticed the prenatals, the stretch mark cream, etc... even though I thought I was hiding it pretty well. Granted they are quite a bit older, so keeping the secret was fairly easy.

17 weeks. EEK... next week is the anatomy scan 4/5. Still not going to find out gender- it will take all of DH's will power to NOT watch the monitor.

The ligament pain is going away for the most part, change in diet definitely helps.

I decided to pass on the hand me down clothies... going to try them out before we make the plunge to purchase a huge lot.

I have started to make a registry- since there is such a gap in the age, my sister assures me that a baby shower is perfectly normal. I am having a hard time as I don't know what to add... I don't remember it being this hard with my daughter 12 years ago!! LOL. If anyone has some advice I would greatly appreciate it. TIA.

 

[LilFooshFoosh]

Oooh already coming up on anatomy scans! That's very exciting. We only did a registry for our 1st (he's 7.5 now) and just put on moderately priced items. We bought all our big ticket stuff. We didn't bother with clothes or toys as people tend to buy those anyway. We aren't terribly picky and didn't really know what to ask for anyway. Not much help, sorry!

I had my MFM appointment today. It was very emotional, being in that building again, seeing the same doctors etc. Also realized I have some anxiety about how my daughter's birth went. Everything looks great with this pregnancy right now though; cervix is still long and they will be doing weekly monitoring again. I might stay with them through until birth this time, instead of transferring back to my regular ob after 2nd tri like I did with DD.

We are looking forward to Easter this weekend, we will be sharing our news with lots of people over the next few days.

hope all is well with you lovely ladies!

 

[Lil_Gem_1989]

Hope all you lovely mums-to-be are all well!
Had my gender scan today and found out we are having a girl i have two boys currently so will be lovely for them to have a baby sister. Makes this rough pregnancy all worth it xx

 

[Peonies83]

Congratulations, Lil_Gem_1989!

 

[Lil_Gem_1989]

Congratulations, Lil_Gem_1989!

Thankyou! So chuffed xx

 

[amytrisha]

Thank you Lilfoosh! He had a brilliant birthday

Happy Easter guys, I hope announcements go well for those planning to announce this weekend!

Congratulations LilGem

 

[Catmumof4]

Congratulations lilgem and good luck to those announcing, iv got 2 weeks until my scan can't wait! Still not finding out the sex though lol x

 

[Lil_Gem_1989]

Congratulations lilgem and good luck to those announcing, iv got 2 weeks until my scan can't wait! Still not finding out the sex though lol x

What do you have at the min catmumof4? Boys or girls, or both?

 

[xCookieDoughx]

I find out on Wednesday the gender, however I’m pretty sure this little man will still be a little man at the scan! Hubby is convinced I’m wrong and it’s a girl, even though I have explained multiple times about the nub, but he won’t believe it until the scan so......

But yeah, this nub ain’t a girl nub haha!!!

 

[Lil_Gem_1989]

I find out on Wednesday the gender, however I’m pretty sure this little man will still be a little man at the scan! Hubby is convinced I’m wrong and it’s a girl, even though I have explained multiple times about the nub, but he won’t believe it until the scan so......

But yeah, this nub ain’t a girl nub haha!!!

Ooooh nice not long to go!
That has gotta be a boy based on the nub! X

 

[Dandi]

CookieDough, that has to be one of the most clear and obvious nub pics I’ve ever seen. Definitely a boy!

We did dna testing and got the results last week. Baby is low risk for everything that they it tests for and we are having a girl! My husband has suspected girl all along and has always wanted a daughter, so he is over the moon. We have a 20 mo son so it took me a moment to adjust my mind to all things little girl, but I’m really excited. We plan on announcing this week.

 

[LilFooshFoosh]

Congrats on the girlies Dandi and Gem!

Good luck with your scan this week Cookie.

We still have some more announcing to do but we got the bulk of our families this weekend. We told the kids Friday morning and they are both super excited, Dd wants a sister and DS wants a brother- no surprise there... I'll be having weekly scans so I'm sure we'll find out in the next couple of weeks. The kids started telling everyone after that, so there wasn't really a proper announcement, more like people asking us to confirm the rumour which was fun in its own way and different from all of our other times.

Had to tell all of DHs family over the phone as we weren't invited to their Easter dinner and when we asked them for a visit they kept putting us off. Too bad for them. Now they want to come over tonight... can't help but laugh.

 

[Joybell]

We are having an early gender scan on Friday morning when I'll be 16+6 and then the big anomaly scan is on 4th May.
Fingers crossed they can see what's what at my early scan.

I've no clue on nub theory can anyone make anything out from mine?
Joy x

 

[imaginary8x]

Congrats Lil_Gem_1989 & Dandi!!

Joybell maybe girl?? No clue lol

 

[mrscletus]

This is so hard to make the decision to keep the baby's sex a secret. I am wondering if DH and I will be able to pass on finding out on Thursday.

I so want to it to be a surprise, but reading everyones posts about finding out is so tempting!! Can I wait until birth??

 

[sn0wbunnie]

Hey everyone, we had an ultrasound done on Saturday to confirm.... baby #4 is a GIRL!

 

[mrscletus]

Yay snowbunnie how exciting!

On another note- one of my good friends just had her little boy on Friday. They are home now and I want to make a meal to take over when we go to visit. Any suggestions, I was thinking Sheppards Pie.

 

[LilFooshFoosh]

Congrats sn0w! I was just thinking about you the other day and wondering what you were having as you mentioned before you'd done harmony.

mrscletus, I think there are a few ladies that are staying team yellow. It'll be hard for this upcoming scan but from what I've heard, once you are past the anatomy scan it gets easier- especially if you don't have any other scans! You can do it!

 

[Ursaula]

It's so exciting coming on here to read about scans and sexes! I'm anxious for our scan now.

Mrscletus: Sheppards Pie sounds so good. My s/o however finds there isn't enough meat it in for him. I usually end up making Chicken Pot Pie for him instead. I did a potato/bacon soup over Easter that was super yummy. (I love food, so I could go on and on). I think anything they would be able to portion, freeze, and reheat quickly would be helpful too.