Roll-call!! Due June/July/August 2013

[Mum23boys]

This is one of the reasons i wont be finding out - I would rather keep my hopes alive until the day comes and if its another boy i know when i see him he will melt my heart and iw ont care. I dont want to ruin my pregnancy by being upset that he is a boy so would rather hold on to that little bit of hope for as long as i can.

[Sunflower3]

Given Sunflower's adjusted due date, it appears she conceived later then originally though so her bfp was probably achieved a lot earlier then the 14dpo she thought it was. Would have been more like 8-9dpo by the sound of it.

But in saying that, given the fact that she has identical twins on board, she will probably deliver or have her babies much earlier then her EDD anyway. They tend to run out of room and can get their cords tangled etc. So her due date will probably be 4-6 weeks before her EDD anyway.

It's all very exciting!

Yes you are right violet! Meanwhile I was convinced I was out bc of my bfn. My cycle was long bc I'm still breast feeding so it does make a bit more sense now!

Thanks to everyone for the prayers and kind words! I'm in a constant state of excitement and nervousness. Praying both babies are ok.

[Sunflower3]

Hi Sunflower, huge congrats on the babies. Twins are soooooo cute. Don't worry too much about the heart beat of baby b, i had a scan with my ds2 at 6 weeks and they couldn't find a heart beat then, they weren't at all bothered as they said he was just to early in gestation for it to be detected and he was fine

Ps have you posted your sway hunny?

Mrs P - I told myself I would not post my sway until I know all is ok with the twins. (It's soooo weird writing that) so after my next u/s. I feel like I'm jinxing myself!

[Sunflower3]

This is one of the reasons i wont be finding out - I would rather keep my hopes alive until the day comes and if its another boy i know when i see him he will melt my heart and iw ont care. I dont want to ruin my pregnancy by being upset that he is a boy so would rather hold on to that little bit of hope for as long as i can.

I found out with ds 3 and after doing what I thought was a good enough sway for a girl on ig I was devastated by the news! I don't blame you! I wasn't going to find out either this time but given the fact that its twins I may change my mind!
Ds 3 melted my heart when he was born. Still does. He's a mommas boy!!!

[Pearl327]

Sunflower congratulations on your identical twins. How exciting. I am sure both babies will be fine

[dreamingpink77]

I know what you mean. I feel so certain that I'm carrying our 3rd boy, and somedays I feel remarkably ok about it. Other days, I'm a total mess. I go between wanting to know the gender so I can just put the miserable suspense behind me and move on with my new son, and wanting to hang onto whatever tiny shred of hope I have floating around the back of my mind. I'm really thankful for this virtual space where I can fiind other women who understand EXACTLY how I feel and won't judge me for it. There's really no-one in my real life that can offer me the same support...not even my DH. He just doesn't get how badly I ache for a daughter. I've even thought of slipping off by myself to have an elective gender scan without him...I don't want to have to pull myself together for his benefit when we find out. Sometimes I think I want to find out all alone so I can just be a mess for a bit. Maybe take a day off work, get the scan alone in the morning, spend the afternoon by myself eating and crying and painting my nails.

I could have written your every single word hun! So glad we all have each other here!

[dreamingpink77]

jadis and dreamingpink I hear you!! I swing between wanting to know the gender right now and other times I think I might even wait until the baby arrives to try and avoid that terrible GD but then again I think being prepared would be better. I had my scan yesterday nearly 10 weeks and after studying the US I am convinced I see a upward facing forked nub and the skull is quite boyish not very rounded at the front. Also i have a low lying placenta which is the cause of the spotting i had around the 6th and 9th week which from reading around, seems to happen more often to mums carrying boys AND I had crazy itchy legs at the beginning, which I also read happens more often to women carrying boys....all in all hope is slowly dwindling and I am absolutely dreading my next scan in jan. I also talk mostly about my desire for a daughter here and also to two close friends otherwise no one else. I feel it is a totally under estimated thing and GD is really quite taboo...mostly people say...the main thing is the baby is healthy which is of course true and the sadness and disappointment is not about the son you are having but about the girl you might never have. There was a recent cause of an irish lady in ireland who had two sons and then got pregnant again and it turned out to be twin boys. She went missing in late pregnancy and was found....she had committed suicide and it transpired that she couldn't face the prospect of never having a daughter. Absolutely terrible and tragic story but GD can often be totally socially unacceptable and women are forced to suffer in silence for fear of being misunderstood or public retribution....thank God for this website!!!

OMG! this is so terrible! Poor thing, she must have felt so lonely no one probably would have understood her pain. GD can be so bad and we all have to hide it from our closest loved ones. I speak openly with my hubby about wanting a daughter so much, but sometimes I'm afraid that he might feel that I'm selfish and he doesn't tell me so, so he doesn't upset me. I know he wants girl too,but definately not as much as I want.

[OneLastDream]

Congrats sunflower - how lovely - double trouble!!!!

Have just ha my scan - posted pic in us bit - can you have guesses for me please? I thought boy then girl then boy!! Was convinced saw willy between legs but they said was the cord. They wouldn't guess on it. I knew immediately with ds3 - wasn't so sure with this one - not sure if its cos don't want to let go of my dream xx

[weeziewoozles]

Early days for me at 15DPO but that should mean due in August so I thought I would join the group! Fingers crossed all round x

[Bama Belle]

Early days for me at 15DPO but that should mean due in August so I thought I would join the group! Fingers crossed all round x

Congrats and welcome!