Hi girls ! I need some ideas

I need some good ideas about a nice baby shower! My problem is that my family and friends are I n Italy , I will travel there in August for a month time . I would like to celebrate with them but by the time I will be back I will be on my 11th week . Do you think I could find out the sex of the baby around that date ? It would be so sad do organise something without them in London :(

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Percentile measurement

Stressing a little as they said baby is measuring 10.6 on the percentile measurement at 20 weeks scan. They said all measurement follow this trajectory so proportionally small baby. If below 10 they would be considered too small so just worried we are just on the cust.

Plus first time mum and have no idea what this means 🙈

It's so ironic

My son's father wanted so bad to have my son have his last name... Fast forward 18 months later, and he's never met him

Thank God he has my last name

C section incision

I’m 4 months pp I had an emergency c section however my incision is still not fully closed up. I’m having to wear dressings every day and there’s holes that haven’t closed that leak.
I just want to know if this is normal or if anyone else has had a similar experience. It’s not infected or anything it’s completely clean just not healing.

Rate my names - help!!

UK based - surname begins with L

Boys

Orson
Nicolai
Adam
Anthony
Saul
Anton
Gustav/gustaf
Marcel
Stellan
Gabriel
Christian
Pascal
Etienne
Phoenix
Cedric
Maurice
Cecil
Ernest
Idris
Tristan
Bartholomew

Girls
Elin
Sidney
Cicely
Astrid
Sigrid
Klara
Thora
Tove
Appolonie
Fredrika
Sidonie
James
Elliott
Estelle
Celeste
Linnea
Celine
Alma

Middle names

Siv
Anthony
Rhys
Poppy
Storm
Beck
Leif
Elin
Petra
Yves

7 week Spotting

I’m around 7 weeks pregnant and I’ve been having on and off spotting for about 7 days now. It started as light brown spotting, and today I noticed a small amount of dark brown, jelly-like/stringy blood (only once). The bleeding isn’t heavy — mostly just when I wipe, and sometimes there’s nothing there at all.

I’ve got a scan booked for Friday, but I’m feeling really anxious waiting and unsure what to make of it. I’ve read that brown blood and small clots can sometimes be normal in early pregnancy, but it’s hard not to worry.

Has anyone else experienced something similar and gone on to have a healthy pregnancy? Or even if it wasn’t, what was your experience?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through something similar while I wait for my scan.

Elective C-section,

I have my elective next Tuesday so I’ve joined this group & another and all I keep seeing is posts about holes in scars or leaking months down the line. It’s making me so nervous 😟

After your C-section did your scar…