June 2013 due dates

Hi Jhea, JDlover and AE85! You ladies are old hands at this baby business now. Congratulations and welcome. How are you finding being pregnant with no. 3 or do you any time at all to think about it? :-) How is everyone else doing? Anyone feeling little kicks yet?

I did post earlier but it was deleted. Anyhow....Andrea how about More Cafe MOE about 12 tomorrow. Will have the little man with me..Let me know if you can make it :-) <em>edited by Freckle38 on 16/01/2013</em>

Hi ladies. Hope everyone is doing well. Isnt it freezing today? Hey Andrea. The pain and twinges you are feeling are probably your ligaments stretching. Totally normal but mention it to your doc if you're worried. The restlessness and sleepiness is also one of the joys of later pregnancy that everyone seems to forget to mention but totally normal too. They say it is good training for when baby arrives :-) I am exactly in the same boat along with multiple trips to loo half asleep. All so worth it though in the end.

Hi girls. Congrats and welcome to Star and Debz. Our group is getting bigger and bigger. June will be a busy month! Debz....I'm high risk too and see Dr Braithwaite at the AH. I can highly recommend her ( she was fantastic with my son) but I also know that Dr George specialises in fetal medicine and high risk and I have heard nothing but good things about him. Hope you don't need the cerclage. Andrea...i think the beetroot sandwiches were a bit of a craving! How did you get on at the yoga class? I'm going this week to Exhale to try it out. I know some of my friends think I'm loopy to say this but I really believe that the yoga classes I did before I had my son totally helped me to focus and breathe during labour! We went to a little village called Chinaillon (about an hour from Geneva). We didn't go home for Christmas so met hubby's family in France instead for New Year. Kookee...would love to try the aqua natal class but my son finishes nursery at 12 on that day. Wonder why there aren't more aqua exercise classes in Dubai?! Cazbaby...booked 11am class In Motorcity on Saturday if you are going!

Happy New Year ladies and bumps. Here's wishing you all lots of love, health and happiness in 2013. Hello Cazbaby, Nic and Kellyjane! Congratulations and welcome. Andrea....still feeling completely different to 1st pregnancy and a little rough about the edges so I'm guessing that only a wee girl could cause this much trouble!!! Put on a lot more weight with my son (apparently boys make you eat more) and craved salty crisps and takeaways whereas not too fussed about food with this little baby apart from pickled beet root sandwiches and sweet chilli jam. Had 16 week scan last week but still no idea but strong heartbeat and a few acrobatics so I'm happy :-) Hope you are having a lovely time at home and managing to eat the full English fry ups. We are in France to see the in laws. So nice to breathe clean mountain air and go for walks in the snow. My little baby has never seen snow before and he is so excited! Cazbaby...sounds like you are out in the Ranches like me. There is a prenatal yoga class on Saturdays at Exhale Motor City that I am going to try in the next week or so if you are interested. Otherwise, the nearest would probably be Media City, Zen Yoga. Btw...Dr Gupta is a a very paediatrician if you need one once bubs arrives. He's based at the EHL Ranches. Have a look at your scan and see if you can tell gender from the nub theory! Kellyjane....congrats on the good news. Get your pregnancy confirmed about 7 weeks because anytime before and you may not pick up a heartbeat and its always very reassuring o see that little heart flickering :-). There are some really good docs at Medcare so I wouldn't worry at all about giving birth there. You have loads of time to find someone you like! The 12 week appointment is the big one. Anyhow, enjoy the rest of the holidays and hopefully get to put a few faces to names over coffee sometime soon x

Hi Kookee. Don't think Dr B is all that keen on giving early gender guesses :-). She did the exact same with me. I was hoping to sneakily ask at NT but the lady there also said she didn't like to say until 20 weeks. Guess fate is telling me that I should just give up. Scan went really well. Baby wasn't moving again so she sent me off to have a Coke, chocolate cake and a sandwich! I felt dizzy I had so much sugar in me but it did the trick and baby was bouncing all over the place. Got a great pic of it sticking its tongue out! Nice strong heartbeat and very long legs!!! When is your 16 week? I have mine on the 29 th. Cant wait! I might go along to one of the coffee mornings after the hols. My little baby is all grown up and starting nursery 3 mornings a week in Jan (eek!) so I will have a little more time to myself. Haven't heard of any aqua natal classes but let me know if you do! Anyway, have a lovely Christmas everyone! Enjoy the mince pies! X

Congratulations NMom!!! It's a great feeling when you actually see a little baby bouncing around inside you isn't it. I haven't heard of any online prenatal yoga reviews but I'm sure good old Google would be a good start although I vaguely remember something about and Irish lady doing online pregnancy Pilates. Hope everyone else is feeling good! :-)

You poor thing Kam. Did you have to sit waiting for nearly 3 hours?? Hadn't realised that you went to FMC to get your scan done too. I have put on about 2.5 kilos so far but had put on nearly a stone by now with my son. It's a killer when the appetite kicks in. I was constantly hungry for about three months. Took me a good 9-12 months Andrea to lose the baby weight and didn't really get back to per pregnancy at that but I had a few prolapsed discs following my labour so I wasn't getting any exercise for about 6 months. I think the key is to be patient. Everyone is different but most of my friends took the best part of a year to feel themselves again. Takes 9 months to make put it on and 9 months to lose as they say! :-) I used to do the Zen Yoga classes at Town Centre but they're not there anymore apparently! I might try media city or exhale in motor city this time. The greens is lovely Kam. I used to live in The Lakes ( out in Ranches now). Good luck with the packing! Very exciting Andrea. A blue bump! Glad your NT went well.

Hi girls. Hope everyone is starting to feel a bit better now that the blueh 1st trimester is nearly over! Kookee..... Dying to know if you had a cheeky look at gender. How did your NT scan go? You were lucky to get baby in full action on your 12 week. Looks like you have a little wriggler. A little trick to see them move is to drink or eat something sugary before the scan. Next time I will be filling up on chocolate to wake my little monkey up. Have my NT scan on 19th. Bit annoyed they couldn't do it sooner but they have reassured me that I am still within limits. Dr B is just lovely. I found her so calm and reassuring during birth. No fussing or unnecessary faffing. Ae85..... Congrats to you. You must be a pro by now! Pity you couldn't get a clearer scan pic. How are you feeling? Andrea.... My husband's reasoning is that there are very few real surprises in life anymore and in a way it is a little bit extra motivation in labour to see what comes out at the end of the nine months! I'm Irish and its quite common for people not to find out! We didn't find out with my son. I was convinced it was a girl but the first thing I remember seeing after he popped out were his bits!!!! I do have an interesting theory though for you ladies called the nub theory. Has anyone heard of it? If you haven't found out at your 12 week and want to have a sneaky guess, look at your scan and you should see in most cases a little "stub" between the legs. Both girls and boys have it at this stage. This is called the nub. Now look at the base of the spin near the bottom. If the nub is pointing upwards in comparison to the spine it's likely to be a boy and if the nub is parallel or inclining down its a girl. I'm not entirely confident but I think mine is parallel. Maybe a girl???? :-) Also if the forehead part of the head is rounded from nose to top of head it sometimes indicates and a girl and straight is a boy!!! Andrea and Kam.... you will have to check it out and see if that agrees with your predictions. I wouldn't worry too much about the wobbly stage. After Christmas we will all start to show nice rounded bumps. This part is a it rubbish because normal clothes don't fit and maternity clothes are far too big. Although, I'm keeping a close eye on the munchies this time. I put on a grand total of 25 kilos with my son. I think I was eating for about 5 people! Have made a resolution to try and walk everyday and swim once or twice a week although will need some willpower to stick to it. Kam..... I thought the NT scan was a little bit more detailed than a normal scan but maybe my memory has gone fuzzy. Andrea, how long did yours last? Can't wait to see baby again now! Anyway ladies, have a lovely day and take it easy. I'm off to tackle a mountain of washing before little man wakes up!