Putting myself here for now!

[EllieH]

What weight was she? X

She was 10lb 10oz x

 

[Princess81]

I’ve delivered a 10lb7oz in the pool Mum was about 5ft 1 as well lol!
They may automatically want to test for gestational diabetes though, I’ll meed one of those tests too with pcos

 

[EllieH]

Haha I’m nearly 6ft so probably more in proportion. I’m surprised I didn’t get GD, my hubby was always moaning at me about the amount of sugar I was eating x

 

[Donna88]

I had to have the test too as I was eating way too much sugar. So silly looking back but I was 19 when pregnant just turned 20 before having him. I know not all 19 year olds are that bad but I honestly thought I knew best and thought I'd just get away with it, so easy to when pregnant as any tightness in clothes is put down to being pregnant rather than gaining weight. That's how I viewed it, it was only a while after having him when I didn't suddenly fit back in my old clothes that it suddenly dawned on me

 

[EllieH]

Soooo brought up the convo with hubby last night about coming off my pill and preventing pregnancy until ready... he wasn’t too keen so I’ve said I’ll get a diaphragm measured so that’ll definitely prevent pregnancy whilst not messing up my hormones.

He also said he want me to finish my driving lesson and save some money before I go on mat leave don’t know how long it’s going to take me to get my driving license (my first lesson is on Saturday) AND he wants our DDs room finished before we start TTC, I don’t know how far away He thinks June is but it only took us 3 months to do the living room a bit each night! Errrggg it’s like he’s giving me excuses! I understand he doesn’t want lots going on as well as thinking about TTC but he’s just throwing these excuses at me and I’m thinking, yeah but by June.. but I’m not arguing with him. Just see where we are in June.

Anyone else drive? How long did it take you?

Sorry for the rant x

 

[Princess81]

Yeh I drive.... took me 8 weeks ish. A long LONG time ago though.
I co-drove o/h as well (felt weird) but took him 5 months.
You know men aren’t multi taskers his brain probably can’t take it all.
Hopefully he will be more forthcoming when the time comes
I had a diaphragm for a short while and it was a living nightmare I have the copper coil now as, like you, I’m avoiding hormones.
Ah yes, not unusual for 6fters to have larger babes. One of my colleagues is same height as me (5’9) and she had a 12lb vaginal delivery

 

[Donna88]

Maybe just agree with him but then get all those things done as quickly as possibly and then you'll be ready for June

Driving took me ages, but only because I was really nervous so I kept putting off my test - eventually my instructor forced me to do it because she said I was just driving around in the lessons fine and wasting my money. I can't remember exactly how long it took.


We might be pushing back trying to June now too I'm gutted. I've come on my period today which is 3 days early, I'd judged trying in March based on having at least 28 day cycles leaving me at 23 weeks on our cruise, you can't sail past 24 weeks so I thought 23 weeks is good as if the scan puts us further along it gives us a week to play with without having to cancel the cruise... now if my period is 3 days early that at the moment only leaves 4 days leeway for the scan and also if my March one also comes early it means even less time to play with. I'm just very aware that my son was measuring big all the way through and they kept putting me forward.

My husband is also all for avoiding a Christmas or new year baby and if we fell in April that would give us a due date around new years day. With my brother getting married early Feb I can now see us having to be careful in March, probably having a few risky pokes in April but not really trying and then be careful in May again to start trying properly in June. I know June will be here in no time, but I was kind of hoping we would have had a good few months of trying before then It just feels like everything is against us.

 

[Princess81]

For the record, it’s so SO annoying having a Christmas baby. Mine was due on Christmas Day, he arrived 3rd December but still too close for my liking. The house ends up rammed with gifts and no one knows what to buy. I definitely don’t want another December one if I were to choose!

 

[Donna88]

For the record, it’s so SO annoying having a Christmas baby. Mine was due on Christmas Day, he arrived 3rd December but still too close for my liking. The house ends up rammed with gifts and no one knows what to buy. I definitely don’t want another December one if I were to choose!

To be honest, I know it's not something I'd choose either - it's just so hard to give up on the chance when it's right there in front of us. But I know it's more sensible to just wait a little longer. If we wait until June we'll be looking at March time, which sounds quite nice - starting to get warmer and we don't have anything around that time (nephews but noone in our household at least) husbands birthday is in Feb and that's far enough away from Christmas that it doesn't effect anything.

Would also be a nice time for actually having the baby as well as the weather won't be warm when pregnant but would be warming up for taking baby on walks.... so yeah hanging on for 4 more months really isn't the end of the world. At least there's a few of us in here who are aiming for around that time as well.

 

[Princess81]

Exactly I think love to have a spring time baby, everything is fresh and new and babe can grow stronger over the summer months.
What’s 4 months out of a lifetime? Plus it takes all your anxieties out of your other commitments too. We can all just chill here for a bit (I’m the least chilled person ttc)

 

[Donna88]

That's all very true

I've always like the idea of an April baby for some reason, I suppose it is that idea of spring. I'm just a very impatient person, but it'll all be worth the wait.

 

[EllieH]

Will definitely be getting things out of the way sooner, want hubby to take me out and about for extra lesson just don’t know what we’re going to do about DD haha and when hubby is away next week I’ll be getting as much of my daughters room sorted to decorate, as possible (mostly emptying the built in furniture)

My daughter was due 12th of jan and that was too close to Christmas for me!

It will be lovely for us all to move out of WTT to TTC together though.

 

[Donna88]

Yeah it'll be lovely having a few of us all move over at the same time

 

[BabyMaker]

Hi EllieH, nice to meet you! Yay there's a few of us going for spring babies I have summer and autumn babies so I thought spring would be nice - if I conceive when I want to, that is
OH has no preference and has left the timing stuff up to me lol! x

 

[EllieH]

Thank you Babymaker, yes it would be nice to have a spring baby and like you said that’s if our body agrees with us! If it doesn’t, after a while I won’t care when I have the baby as long as we do get a baby!!

 

[Princess81]

Yeh I said my whole life : I don’t care when I when a baby so long as it’s not December because of Christmas....
Then I had an EDD of Christmas Day

 

[EllieH]

Oh princess how funny! I remember saying to my midwife, as long as it’s not 24th or 25th of Dec I’d be happy, still pregnant a month later haha

How long have you been a midwife princess? I wanted to become a midwife and did the access course, but I’m not academic enough, I’m intelligent as I was getting distinctions in my essays but to keep having to do them, I’m not good at applying and pushing myself. X

 

[Donna88]

I'm feeling a lot more positive about waiting that little longer now

Gives me time to lose weight and a bit more time to wear my skinny clothes we also have quite a few plans coming up to Summer it wouldn't bother me to still do them if pregnant but it will be nice to just enjoy them and then get to trying later on.

 

[EllieH]

That’s good Donna, it will make the time go quicker then x

 

[BabyMaker]

Lol princess tbh, if I can't time it how I would like it's obviously not the end of the world... as long as it's not Christmas time We've been very lucky to conceive quickly with both so I guess I'm just pinning my hopes that the same will happen this time. We now have a few things coming up in June: 2 x birthdays, a hen do, and a wedding to go to... So, if AF shows up early June I'll probably wait until the next cycle but if AF shows up mid-late June I'll go with that cycle. Does that even make sense? I'm so ocd i have to have everything planned down to the tiniest detail. And when things dont work out the way I planned I freak out My oh says i need to relax and go with the flow more... Try telling that to someone with ocd! lol!
Ellie, sorry your friend was so horrible! Do you think you were accidentally left off the list? Have you asked any of your other colleagues about it? Hugs! xx