Uk SMOG Wannabes ~ January

[Kell]

This is the best picture, what I big forehead lol!

[charlieispy]

Awww Babymad your scan pic is awesome!! Still have everything crossed for a girl!

Our scan was brilliant! Baby is so active! I'm measuring 12+5 so due date of 22nd of July! I had a big grin on my face the whole way through! Baby was upside down at first which made it difficult to get all measurements but was funny to see! The sonography lady sent us for a sugary drink and then we went back in so I had two scans!!
Baby played ball the second time! Got everything needed! S/he had the hiccups after my montain dew lol! And kept hiding behind their hands which was sooooo cute! I was in absolute awe the whole time!
I asked for a nub shot and the woman was useless and didn't know what I was on about, she showed us a potty shot but we couldn't see much so no guesses for you guys I'm afraid the pictures I have are nice but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get them on here today. I shall try!

Im really thinking about a sexing scan, would only need to wait 3 weeks, I may have to speak to dp tonight!

I noticed a couple of you had scans in Milton Keynes, that's where I would probably go, how did you find the scans?

Where do you live hun?? Stony Stratford have a baby bond that is where I went with this 1, before that there is a lovely private one just past northampton - kettering way she is lovely and WAS a lot cheaper but has hacked up her prices. Babybond was fab though so think i will go there for a 4d scan for my birthday

[charlieispy]

Babymad - omg your bump is lovely and so dinky!! I swear my is bigger than that already! So glad the scan went well - hope its wasnt boy bits you saw, that happened to me with both ds2 and 3 however i was finding out for sure. FX it was cord x x lovely pic though s/he looks just as gorg as your boys already!

[charlieispy]

Kell - yay for a FAB scan - skull looks girly to me dont think there is any nub but will guess pink x x

[zanacal]

Hi All

I'm loving the bump pics - you all look so amazing! I got DS1 to take one of me today but I don't have time to upload it now. I'm such a heffer compared to you babymad!

Babymad - I'm happy everything went well at your scan The 'thing' between the legs could have been anything, it's so hard to tell what's what I find - so you're still none the wiser really, how exciting!

Kell - I'm glad everything was well at your scan too!

Sunset - I'm glad Serena is feeding and growing well, she's so diddy and cute! How are you? I hope talking over your experience helps and I'm glad you're doing it. I didn't do anything about how I was feeling after my traumatic experience with DS2 and although I got myself out of it in the end, I was a mess inside for the first 6 months or more of his life. Have you ever used a miracle blanket? Mothercare used to sell them if you Google it - they're basically difficult to get out of swaddle blankets!

K x

[auroara78]

Kell, great scan update...lovely pix....skull looks girly too me, but i am such a newbie at those kind of guesses!

FX Charlie i went back in the U/S forum and looked at your bub's skull again and I think I decided that your bub looks very girly!

Babymad, I'm glad your scan went well, so cool to stay team green! I wouldn't get too worked up over the bits, though I think it's important for us all to have the 'what if' conversation with ourselves regarding more boys. You know you will love the baby to bits, and that's all that matters!

[Sunset]

A friend of facebook is pregnant with oops baby number 3 and I looked at her 12 week scan and the nub looked really girly, which I went on to tell her which she was really pleased about (she has two girls adready so wasn't sure if she maybe hoped for a boy secretly). She went on to buy lots of girl stuff for the nursery and the baby (really hope this wasn't based on my nub guess)
Anway she had her 20 week scan and it turned out to be a boy and she is truely gutted. It really shocked me as I thought most mum's wanted to parent both genders even if they had a preference over one gender. But saying that If I had two girls I probably wouldn't sway for a boy but would love to have one all the same. What are your ladies thoughts?

I'm the opposite! I've always wanted to raise both genders so if i would have had 2 girls i'm pretty sure i would have had a strong desire to have a boy next. In fact I always wanted my first to be a boy

[maybebabythree]

Hi ladies lovely bumps! Might post mine too. Saw midwife today and all is going well. She has three boys and was just lovely. Made me feel great!

Indigo fx all is ok

Glad your scans went well today.

I took ds1 to see the Olympic trails at the o2 on Wednesday we loved it! He is lovely company. I feel so sad that he will be a stroopy teenager one day.

If I had two girls I would want a boy. I am one of two girls. My mum had two boys that died and she always talked about how much she wanted a son. I think that where my desire for a mixed gender family comes from as it was very much part of my childhood. Luckily my sons will not have experience as I would never talk about it in front of them.

Charlie love your post birth pic. Midwife was telling me today what to do if baby pops out unexpectedly at home. Omg!! My first reaction would be where is the most hygienic place which would be my tiny kitchen with a mound of washing up all around me. I would die of shame

[chocolate]

Hey, lovely scan pics! I think both have girly skulls

I always wanted 2boys and 1 girl in that order, but now would feel spoilt having 2 boys and 2 girls! However, when I found out DS1 was a boy there was this slight 'if it were a girl I could have breathed a sigh of relief that I had the girl'.......... my friend said to me after her 1st girl 'no Im not bothered about having anymore children, Ive got my girl, not bothered about a boy' ......... to which I was slightly offended thinking she obviously doesnt think much of my boy then, but kinda saw where she was coming from, but saying those things to boy mums is a bit selfish if you dont know how they feel about gender.
I have to say, I sometimes say to OH 'you dont understand, you cant dictate when we stop having children as you've got your boy, you'll never understand' and 'what a load of rubbish you saying you would like to have a girl, its not the same feeling as me, if you didnt have a boy you would understand' ......... bit of a pointless argument to have really as a no win situation so dont really talk about it too much.


Has anyone asked about the placenta position. Wonder if you can guess which side bubs was at my scan as I keep seeing it in different ways.

So on the scan machine, from the machines perspective (not me looking at it as this is what changes the left/right position) The baby was positioned more over to the screen's left hand side. Or from me facing it, to the right side of the screen. So is this left or right, and then we reverse the answer dont we as the pics are mirrored. So from the screen, standing behind the screen, it was on the left, but me facing the screen, it was to the right, and if I had a picture printed I guess it would have been positioned to the right???? Confused . com lol

[auroara78]

Isn't the image reversed to what is really there? So if the image on the screen itself was on the left side, then right side it really is??? I'm no good at this either....sorry chocolate!