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Congratulations, mummypink! I'm glad you're not feeling too upset... you know those sweet babies, as soon as they're born you don't care what they are! He'll be just wonderful and you'll adore him to pieces! If you decide on a name that will certainly help, too ... so you can look forward to who this little person will be like. <3
Aw mummypink are those his feet in picture 2? So cute :) Hope your ok. xx
Congrats on your beautiful boy mummypink :awe:
Mummypink- congratulations on your healthy little boy! I love his little feet and also that picture where his legs are all scrunched up :). I can't wait to hear what fabulous name you decide for him. Sending you big hugs!
Mummy pink congrats on your little boy hon, can't wait to hear the name you pick for him x
Aww mummypink, you seem to be handling it well! I hope I will handle it as well as you have. He looks adorable!!!
Congratulations on your little man, mummy! He will be fabulous, no doubt!
Thanks ladies for all the reassurance about me not feeling baby yet....I guess my placenta might be in the way but haven't had an ultrasound since 7 wks 5 days, so I have not been told that of course. I guess I just expected to feel things by now since I did with my last. I'm sure I will soon....and that will be soooooo nice. My scan is only 10 days away now.....I can hardly stand the anticipation. Hopefully, with Thanksgiving this week the time will fly by. My dh has taken the day off on ultrasound day and we are planning to go out and celebrate baby after our appointment by having a nice date lunch together. I just keep imagining finding out boy and that we will both be over the moon and flipping out....and honestly I feel more and more fine with another girl, but I just wonder how I'll feel in that moment. It's not that I would be disappointed in her, but just that feeling of wondering if our family will ever have a boy. We have joked (quite seriously I suppose) that we might have a 5th, but who knows. Oh, time, hurry up!
On a gripe note, I have been having these stinkin' yucky headaches off and on for a few weeks. Granted, I'm thankful I'm not having migraines any more (which I have experienced in all my pregnancies) but these are just the dull, grab your head, make you feel like crap through your day kind of headaches). I had one when I laid down last night, and couldn't even fall asleep bc it was hurting so badly. So, up I was at almost midnight taking some tylenol. Thankfully, it's better right now....Oh, the things we go through in pregnancy.
I had a dream I had my scan and was told girl and it was a total girl. And then I woke up and was pissed it wasnt real!
Awww, mummypink, your little boy is so beautiful!! Love the little feet! :) I know he will be so loved by his big brothers--there's something so great about the dynamic amongst three boys. My dear friend just had her third boy and is over the moon with him, and hasn't thought twice about not having a girl since his birth. Xo
I had a dream I had my scan and was told girl and it was a total girl. And then I woke up and was pissed it wasn't real!
Sorry phone double posted !!
Congrats mummypink! He is beautiful!
My mother in law just saw the babe's photos on facebook and commented, "great to see babbi devoloping so well waiting to know if boy or girl"
And this is why I'd never be able to have a surprise even if I wanted to... she wants to know nonstop and is always asking or hinting to what she hopes it is (because she wants a girl badly to live vicariously through me. My one concern if this one IS a girl... that she will spoil and dote on the baby far more then she did on my son, eek...)
Congrats mummypink on your little boy. I really believe these babies are meant to be as they made it through all the swaying. Big hugs!!!!
Thanks everyone you're all so lovely!
We went out today to get some paint as we're decorating our bedroom and I went to a baby shop and picked some super cute little elmo socks and a baby brother sleep suit. :D I have to say it was hard walking past all the baby girl stuff but when we picked the boys up from nursery and told them they are having a baby brother they were just over the moon!
I think I kind of got a lot of the stress and upset out of the way on the build up to the scan, I still can't imagine not having a girl or having three boys but I know it will all be great. My dh said we could have another in the future if I wanted but I know hand on heart I wouldn't be having another to have a baby I'd be having another to have a daughter. I don't want 4 children, I don't think I could cope as I'm already looking forward to being able to get rid of the baby stuff after this one has finished with it. I wouldn't want to go down the HT route so that would mean there would always be a good chance we would have another boy.
I think my three boys are going to be the best of friends, and what a lucky lady I will be with three sons looking out for me! I said to dh you can guarantee they will all go on to have girls and give me lots of grand daughters, I just have to make sure I'm not a mil from hell!!! ;)
I'm going to make our bedroom more girly now too! :)
Fingers crossed everyone else that is still waiting to find out the gender gets their DG. xxx
Mummypink, I love the idea of redecorating your bedroom to be more girly! I might have to do that, as ours is in no way girly right now lol and it would be a nice retreat to have. Your baby boy will be so sweet and precious!
Thanks Shellbelle, yep I figure with 3 little boys, a male dog and male cat I am entitled to a girly bedroom lol! ;)
Far too many willies in our house!!! I need a retreat! Haha! :D
Mummy pink...I am so in awe of you. I hope I respond just like you if I find out ours is a boy. You sound so realistic and even excited. I just hope I am as delighted as you sound. I know it's hard to readjust, a good friend of mine has three boys and I know she had a hard time visualizing them together....but she too is head-over-heels with her third and I love seeing how cute her boys are together. It does make me excited for three boys in a way, cause how many people get that, ya know?!
Congrats on your gorgeous son, you got some super-cute shots there. I love it.
Surgena, I have the EXACT same concerns that you do. Exactly. My MIL is a crazy woman when it comes to wanting a girl. She was so disappointed that K was a boy. Openly as well. And it concerns me that she will all but ignore my boys if I have a girl (or if her other son has one, they are thinking of trying this coming year). She isn't so great of a grandmother with them already, so it really worries me that she will dote on the granddaughter and ignore her grandsons. I hope I am concerned over nothing. But it's a real thought I have. I know my mom won't at all. And I know I won't treat them differently. But I think my MIL would have if one of hers had been a girl (she spoiled her one niece, even to the disappointment of her own sons). And that scares me if mine is a girl this time.
Thanks hotdogz, don't get me wrong I am gutted and feel like sitting and having a really good cry. I'm sure I will at some point when dh isn't about as he really doesn't get it. I think seeing our baby on the ultrasound though just reminded me of how amazing all of this is, what a miracle our new little man is and like you say not many people are lucky enough to get three gorgeous boys!
My other boys reactions has helped massively too, although I feel bad for my mum as she will never have a grand daughter now and I know she was dying to start knitting pink things for me! My mil was surprisingly ok when dh told her, she just commented on what a shame she wouldn't get to buy some frilly knickers but what a gorgeous boy he looked and how wonderful it was. She has a grand daughter from my bil though so that took the pressure off there! xx
I totally understand wanting that good cry. And I hope it helps. I am sure there is a big aspect of disappointment. But you are so gracious and I really hope I can see all the good in having three boys when I am there. I am so terrified I will melt into a puddle of tears right then and there :( But I am glad people are taking it well too, that is a big aspect of finding out that I am not looking forward to.
Oh, that sounds just like my mother in law! :P She's always been a bit (openly) bitter she had three boys. My husband was her late-in-life accident and she was ready to call him Genevieve! They had a name picked out for a boy, too, just in case (George Herbert - ha!) But then when he was born and was a he, she changed her mind on the name they picked and called him Simon George instead. Oddly enough, my husband never liked his birth name (he goes by Ned, much to her annoyance! I've never known him as Simon except when his family address him.) He always insisted that they shouldn't have talked about "George Herbert" so much while he was in utero because then he may not have such a problem with his birth name. Ha... he is legally changing it to Ned when he has to renew his passport. He had a very lonely childhood growing up and a mother who wasn't very... motherly (I think she was like that in general with all three of her sons, though.)Quote:
Originally Posted by hotdogz&boyz
All through my pregnancy with my son, her and my father in law (who passed away when my son was 4 months old) said, "... and hopefully it's a girl!" when we knew it would probably be a boy, which is why we found out, so they'd stop. It was getting really irritating. My father in law was starting to decline in that year, mentally, and had some memory issues. We had to remind him constantly it was a boy and what his name was going to be. Right up until before I gave birth he'd say things like, "And it's a girl, right?" and we'd have to sigh and say, "No, we told you last Tuesday it's a boy and his name is Otis..."
After my son was born, it turned into, "And hopefully next time it's a girl!"
Anyway... when she found out I was pregnant this time, she's been saying, "Obviously I just hope it's healthy, but hopefully it's a girl!"
So, while I would love a girl, I worry what she'll be like! Eeeeeeeegads. My mother, on the other hand, will dote on the baby, boy or girl. But, you know...
WHAT IS IT WITH MOTHER IN LAWS? :P
mummypink, big congrats!! I agree, I love the way you sound so excited to meet him, and I totally love the idea of doing your own bedroom to be a girly retreat! I had the same idea for when we move to a new house someday (hopefully in 2 years) I want our master bedroom to be an oasis of rest and relaxation! I agree with NC, these baby boys were meant to born, because come and think of it, if Mrs. Jonas, the Mom of the Jonas brothers, had a girl for her 3rd, then her sons might not have been superstars with oddles of money and fame, lol....well, maybe a bad example, (I'm not a fan), but that was the thing I told myself before I found out DD's gender..I thought, if the baby was a boy, then he was meant to be!!
I know i'm not part of this thread but just to add in my 2 cents - with my third i didn't feel him until i was gone 20 weeks and was really worried about it but it turned out my placenta was on the front and until baby got a bit bigger i couldn't feel him kick through this. Chat your midwife but please don't worry as their could be numerous reasons for this xQuote:
Originally Posted by 3girlsinarow
Mummypink~ congratulations on your boy... He sure is adorable!! You got some great shots!! I was really hoping to see that you posted pink, but you will absolutely adore your 3 boys. I was extremely gd with my last boy, but wouldn't change it for the world. I really like the idea of redecorating your room. That's really sweet of your hubby to be so supportive and offer to have a 4th baby if you wanted... You never know you may want to try one more time.
You will be truly blessed with 3 boys... I know I have been!
Oh mummypink i was so sure you'd hear girl but huge congratulations on your third son. Three boys are so special and mine are the best of friends, i hope yours are to.
I re did my bedroom and embraced my girly side after i had him, i had a beautiful 1920's dressing table (something i'd always wanted) and a glamorous room, its my escape from all the boys. My other trick, if your interested for the future was Lily (my king charles spaniel) she is such a girl and its so nice not to be the only female in my house x
Mrs. P do you have a dog named Lily? If so, I do too!!!
Yeah Lily was my little girl name, i had decided i was done with 3 boys but wanted a little female around. We had Lily in July. She is such a girl, hates the rain or getting dirty, loves being bathed and dried with the hair dryer and she is so gentle.Quote:
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Not the best pic as she is a lot prettier than this but this is Lily
Aww Lily is a doll :)
Aw thank you, we are really rather fond of her, maybe next time i post a pic of my little girl, it will be a real little girl though - i can but hope anyway LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Cinss
Aww Mrs p Lilly is adorable....I embraced my girly side with poppy my king Charles, tho now she's a tomboy lol here she is as a pup (when I could dress her up haha) Attachment 6414
I also hav a girly room I love Cath kidston so its done vintage themed...and Pink :) xx
Aww Poppy is so pretty!
Oh how cute!!!!!! Bet you can't wait to meet your little girl, you'll now nearly match all the boys in your house, a lovely balance x
Now i want a girl puppy !!! Here are our 2 boys Dexter the black staffy and Salem the white ShiPooChi ;)
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Aw he reminds me of my old dog he was staffy and my baby before i had babies - he died last year and i was so upset.
Staffies are such lovely dogs, its such a shame they have such a bad reputation at times - he was loving and the only dog i ever trusted with my kids. They are so much like people its scary (well he was anyway) he had this faced he pulled that looked just like he was smiling!
:) you can tell by the look in her eyes 'im trouble' and she really is lol she rolls in the mud barks constantly and is always after food she should have been a boy! But I agree she's very pretty!
I can't wait for this little girl she is definitely much needed in our boy dominated family. People say to me though she willl probably be a tomboy as she will have 2 older brothers.....id best make the most of being able to dress her up whilst I can then :) xx
Awwwwww beautiful boys xx
Don't let them rain on your parade - a tomboy she may well be but first and foremost she will be your DAUGHTER!!!!!!!!! and at least she won't cry every time she breaks a nailQuote:
Originally Posted by homebirthing princess
Oooooh - doggie sharing! Heeh
I had to leave my sweet terrier mutt boy, JoJo, back in Arizona with my mom when I moved to the UK. When I moved he was probably about 8 years old and the process to move a dog from the US to the UK is just intense (and expensive.) I had started it but didn't get past the beginning stages... I decided, due to his age, it would be unfair, and if by chance they made me quarantine him... I wouldn't have forgiven myself! He's aged a lot since living with my mom, he walks to the side and is a bit 'crooked' like he had a mini stroke at some point. My mom worries about him so it is very likely my Christmas visit will be the last time I see him, ever. Him and I were partner's in crime from when we rescued him (when I was in middle school) and when I moved out of the house after I graduated, he went with me. He was my favorite dude, ever. Here's my sweet JoJo in our young days together!
(Geez, the weather in the UK has really killed my hair. I miss my hair and how it responded to dry weather! Grrr!)
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When I moved to the UK, I was heartsick for my pup, JoJo, and in general missed having a dog (I've always had a dog in my life.) My husband said as soon as I managed to get a job (it took a year!), we could rescue a dog. We got a Sporting Lucas Terrier called Yeti (we changed his name - didn't like his old name - Yeti suits him more, hehee.)
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Yeti likes going on a picnic... haha...
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My hubby and Yeti:
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YAY FOR DOGGIES! :)
Unfortunately we have a male dog (golden retriever) and a male cat so I am totally outnumbered by boys lol!! ;)
i didn't get a chance to read everything since I've had a CRAPPY day and I rear ended someone on the way to DS1's preschool..
but anyway.. it sounds like we all have the same mother in law! lol!