@Brewtime87 I don’t know a thing about my biological Dad so didn’t know how to answer all the medical history questions and they weren’t that bothered 
I’m 28 and my best Mum friend is 39!
I’m 28 and my best Mum friend is 39!
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Thank you ladies! Your responses are all so reassuring. I'm really hoping I get my scan date today too, I just want to start being able to tell people 
When I was pregnant first time round I felt so young at 23 as most mums I came across in hospital or at baby groups afterwards were mid-late 30s and a few early 40s, this time round I’m 27 and eveyone I’ve come across at antenatal appointments and classes are younger than me, more like 20-23 I would say. Weird how it works!
My Mum had me at 38 and my sister at 41 which she said was unusual in the early 90s. However from pregnancy yoga I’ve been to and other things like that I’d say the average age is way more skewed to people in their late 30s to 40s. I’m 30, nearly 31, and definitely am not the oldest of my peers! It’s funny how no one bats an eye at men fathering children at an older age! Once pregnancy is over with, their age should factor just as much as woman’s.
I was 28 when my little boy was born last year and I was the youngest person in my ward of 5 ladies!!
All done, looks like I'll be consultant led and need extra growth scans later in pregnancy due to being only just under the 'normal' bmi threshold. Have to wait til 8th March for my first scan, feels like forever!
I'm being consultant led too, I have my first appointment with him this week. I'm not really sure what to expect tbh.
I have also booked a private gender scan for a couple weeks time which I'm really excited about! At the start I was unsure whether to find out or not but I think it'll be easier to buy bits once we know!
I have also booked a private gender scan for a couple weeks time which I'm really excited about! At the start I was unsure whether to find out or not but I think it'll be easier to buy bits once we know!
My private place does gender scans at 13 weeks. I’ve got my NHS scan on the 26th and if my first private was right I’ll be 12 weeks by then. Waiting for confirmation of this by the NHS one and then I’ll book in the gender one!
Have to laugh though, the midwife accidentally told me today ill be due mid/towards the end of December instead of September. December! I had a right panic thinking since when were year long pregnancies a thing 
I always said I didn’t want to know before I was pregnant as I thought I wouldn’t care what it was once I’d gone through labour. When I got pregnant I changed my mind and so glad I had a gender scan. Knowing the gender and seeing the 4d preview I think has really helped. I feel my maternal instincts have really kicked in!
It’ll feel like a year once you’re towards the endHave to laugh though, the midwife accidentally told me today ill be due mid/towards the end of December instead of September. December! I had a right panic thinking since when were year long pregnancies a thing
I’ve put maternity jeans on for the first time this pregnancy (I had them saved from my first!) and I am already itching to get them off 🥲 they fit me well into the third trimester last time. I’m only 21 weeks and they are already nearly too small 
I’m so happy these babies are growing well but bloody hell, my body feels absolutely broken already!!
Anyone got any recommendations for comfy leggings that aren’t see through?
I’m so happy these babies are growing well but bloody hell, my body feels absolutely broken already!!
Anyone got any recommendations for comfy leggings that aren’t see through?
I feel like I've been pregnant about 5 years right nowHave to laugh though, the midwife accidentally told me today ill be due mid/towards the end of December instead of September. December! I had a right panic thinking since when were year long pregnancies a thing
Now I've accepted I've still got 2.5 weeks to wait for this scan, I've realised it'll be Mothers day weekend so feels like the perfect opportunity and excuse to see and tell our families 
We were wondering whether to tell family on this day too! But I kind of like people not knowing so wondering whether we just try and wait. I'd hard launch a newborn if I could I think. My inlaws are v involved opinionated people so there may be a lot to contend with.Now I've accepted I've still got 2.5 weeks to wait for this scan, I've realised it'll be Mothers day weekend so feels like the perfect opportunity and excuse to see and tell our families
OH keeps reminding me this is the last baby.
Thoughts on 4D scans. Are they worth it or do they end up with baby looking like a lasagne?
Also, I got the travel system out of storage and remembered how much I hate it. OH said get a new one if if I really wanted, last baby and all. But it seems such a waste, how important is it really? Thinking I could struggle on with this on for the bassinet stage at least as baby will prob be in a carrier more this time what with having a toddler.
I don’t want to get sucked in to spending loads on unnecessary things that won’t be used again, but also don’t want to miss my last chance.
Thoughts on 4D scans. Are they worth it or do they end up with baby looking like a lasagne?
Also, I got the travel system out of storage and remembered how much I hate it. OH said get a new one if if I really wanted, last baby and all. But it seems such a waste, how important is it really? Thinking I could struggle on with this on for the bassinet stage at least as baby will prob be in a carrier more this time what with having a toddler.
I don’t want to get sucked in to spending loads on unnecessary things that won’t be used again, but also don’t want to miss my last chance.
I’m gonna get a 4D scan in a couple weeks when I’m 27 weeks. I’m just seeing it as an opportunity to see baby again
Also I’m a sucker for a ‘this is the last chance’ line… We got a new travel system this time round because I hated the one we had for my son, and I made my partner build it and I was walking round the kitchen with it absolutely made up with it, the colour everything and knowing I’m not gonna have a chance to do it all again made me glad I got a new one!So basically my post is just one big post enabling you
I live at the opposite end of the country to my family and only see them twice yearly, if I could get away with it i would absolutely just turn up at Christmas with a baby that they didn't know existed til that point
I don't think my poor Mum would ever forgive me though haha. Partner is really overthinking how to tell his family, wants to do it as some grand surprise, and while I absolutely love how excited he is, I wish he could show at slat similar levels of excitement and involvement in telling my family. I already feel like this it going to be his family's baby and they'll feel entitled to do and say as they please, almost as if I'm nothing more than an egg donor. Maybe I'm being harsh and unfair but I already feel like his sister resents me for taking him away from her. It's all very odd.
I was really against a 4D scan until they flipped one of my other scans in to 4D and we could sort of make out his little face (I was 22 weeks so was too early to be clear and he had the cord pulled over his face) and then I couldn’t resist booking one on the way out. We’ve got it tomorrow when I’ll be 27+6 as they told me 27/28 weeks is an ideal time because they’re not too squished but they’ve started putting large on so their features are clearer. I’ll let you know if he’s turned in to lasagne tomorrow 
With getting a new travel system for last baby - if you’re going to be out and about a lot I’d go for it. Especially with last baby.
With getting a new travel system for last baby - if you’re going to be out and about a lot I’d go for it. Especially with last baby.
I wouldn't do a gender one so early. It's definitely too early to properly tell.
Needs to be at least 16 weeks or longer if you can wait. So many get them wrong at the first one. Then it's different by the time you go for your 20 week nhs scan
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