Due January 2015

Karmie, I tend to agree with your father in law

TCC84, congrats on team blue!! Glad all went well!

Joans, good to hear all went well! Your scan pics are very detailed! Was this the anomaly scan? Did you do it at your normal gynae?
Such a cute face!

Natsvan how are you doing today?

Have a good evening ladies

Hi Everyone!

Just came back from my 20 week scan, and everything is going perfectly. So grateful. Had a little scare where externally it looked like my cervix was too short, but with the internal examination we could see that actually it's all good! Such a relief. Got some really adorable videos and pics. Let's see if my computer will upload today.

TCC84, have you tried eating raw carrots for the heartburn? It's embarrassingly noisy if you are in an office environment with other people, but I swear it works!

MommyMe and Joans, hope you feel in better sprits soon. Ons almal kry maar af dae, maar more skyn die son weer. Een word: Hormone! Ek is weer bietjie lui vir werk vandag, alles trek my aandag af...

Nadia, TCC84, my father-in-law says that all my scan pics look like pictures from the moonlanding to him

Congrats TCC84 on team blue!

Hello mommies

I can't believe how the time is flying, 3 weeks and I will be half way .

All went well with my appointment on Friday. We found out the gender, I am very excited to announce that we are team BLUE . This is my third boy but I am so happy, really wanted another boy.

I have decided to not dye my hair but just have a trim and treatment. Give it a break while I'm pregnant. There so many controversial stories and I was really battling to make a decision so decided that was reason enough to just wait.

On the down side I have been starting to get horrible heartburn . I take Gaviscon but that doesn't seem to make too much difference. At night it also is a battle sleeping, the only time I am comfortable is on my left side but after a while it gets very uncomfortable lying in the same position, so I'm constantly tossing and turning.

MommyMe, with regards to the gynae change : do whatever you feel in your gut. You obviously not entirely happy and it is a big important event and you need to be 100% happy.

Natsvan, hope everything looks a bit better at your next scan. No matter how much anyone says try not to worry, it is not possible and we all just hope and pray for healthy / worry free pregnancies. Just take it easy and get as much rest as you can.

I go on the 3rd of September for my 20 week scan (will be 21 weeks). Really looking forward to that and doesn't seem so far away. I will also have to book my bed at that time so things are really getting exciting and 'real' now.

I love the pics of the babies now, they starting to look so much better...like little babies lol. I only got one this time of babies face. Not the best of pictures.

Karmie, that's one of the reasons I'm intent on breastfeeding longer this time around! Hope it works! Glad you are feeling good

Joans, Ag hope you feel better soon. Think those days are totally normal what with the waves of hormones in your system! If you want, you can try the schlehlen blackthorn berry elixir. It's meant to help. All the best for your scan.

MommyMe, sorry about the spotting. Glad baby is kicking well so you have that peace of mind at least. All the best for tomorrow.

Here is a pic or two. Baby did not want to give nice pics today or show gender again (although we are 99% positive boy from fetal assessment) so this pic looks creepy to me!! Lol

Oh yes doc said I'm not feeling kicks so much coz baby is kicking into placenta from the way he is positioned.

Hello everyone!

Hope it isn't too much of a blue Monday.

Natsvan I hope it isn't anything too serious? Hoping with you that it doesn't become too troublesome. I'm also having some bladder troubles though, have to get up every night at least twice to go to the bathroom. But my doc said it just seems that my placenta is growing over my bladder a bit, so it's to be expected. But keep us updated!

MommyMe sorry to hear that the pesky spotting hasn't stopped yet. Can only imagine how frustrating it must be, hope the doc can find out why it's happening at tomorrow's appointment, but glad to hear baba is still nice and active.

Robsyc you're lucky to have had an understanding doc like that from the start! I felt like I was doing something wrong by letting nature take it's own course, but I really just felt so much better, and after a while my cramps became the least painful they've ever been! So sometimes your body does know best.

Nadia glad to hear your scan went so well, do post pics!

Karmie yay for Panorama! I've only heard good things about it, so I'm really relaxed about everything.

AFM I'n going for my 20 week scan later today, babs has been kicking up a storm lately so I think he's doing well. The ligament pain seems to also have subsided quite a bit now, but I think my hormones are running a bit haywire again. This weekend I was in high spirits and I spoiled hubby with some gourmet new recipes and I had a good amount of energy. Today however I am feeling super low, it's like my brain is trying to find things in my life to feel crappy about. So I'm hoping the scan will put me in a better space, because I hate feeling like this. Anyone else been having these type of on- and off days?