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afternoon everyone.

Thanks for all your thoughtful texts and messages. You are all fairly special.x

vjay pilates on Monday, bosu on tuesday and tonight it's yoga. I hurt everywhere, come home and eat biscuits nursing my poor muscles.

louey hope you are feeling better.

cupcake I bf for um........ 14 months I think. This was because
a. I am lazy
b. It was about the only thing I was ever good at.
c. hugemongus allergy issues.
d. I coud sit and watch crap on the tele, that's for iggyx

Your body, your choice. However it is a rather refreshing change to hear of a dh who wants his dw to carry on bf. He sounds a very caring young man, cos I am old I am gonna throw in a there.

barbie yeah welcome back, classic dolly in the water. Good luck with tonight in that lovely nursery.x

monkey huge amount of healing pats for your dog and several for you too. Those are long days. Thats enough now I am saying that looking skywards on your behalf.xxxx

neeko I completely forgot about your christening, I am sorry. I saw a white noise cd the other day and thought of you.x

blue is our lovely young b ok? I think you are all sleeping in mackintoshes(sp) up north at the mo.

sabs I just love that photo, made me smile all day.

run out of time, I will try and collapse here later after yoga, ps it's not hard is it?

Jamie Oliver had a son finally, and the name is..............

Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver

WTF???

Hello to you all, quick post from me I'm afraid. We are all better (apart from DH who now has a cold man flu )

Unfortunately, despite being absoutely fine Isaac is banned from nursery until tomorrow because he had a bit of diarrhoea there on Tuesday so I'm trying to look after him fob him off with cbeebies and work at the same time. Not very successful. He's got occupational therapy this afternoon as well.

Will try and get on tonight when they are in bed and do a proper post. I'm sure at some point my life will get calmer

You can tell my sleep is back to being messy, my spelling and grammar is all over the place

neeko no worries, i got all the others just not that one...glad Dolly makes you laugh, she is now emptying my bag and has manages to pull out a few bank notes!

Sorry Barbie I must have deleted it.

Barbie Dolly makes me laugh so much. I look and see if I still have the email and forward it to you.

mermaid i didnt receive the email you sent, but reading between the lines i can kind of guess what you were doing, hope there were plenty of smiles between the tears...

cupcake im crossing everything that your dh is one of the 2 who will keep his job...

mls bloody ticket lady, i think i might of punched her and blamed the pregnancy hormones glad bubba is ok and moving nicely
dont hate me but i think boy 12/10 weighing 7lb 2oz

louey hope you feel better soon, same to neeko

vjay how are you, im the lightest i have been since having dolly! Filly got below 63lb! Im doing the wii fit and having so much fun it doesnt feel like exercise!

Waves to everyone else...

Dolly have her first official swim lesson today....and feel asleep in the water We were half way through and i didnt want to wake her so ended up just waking in the water with her......the little bugger never goes to sleep so easily!!

We are moving her into her own room tonight

Sleep isnt any better so we are hoping its the magic solution..

Yikes she has just emptied and eaten my mini chedders, now she is sucking on my flip flop

Morning!

MLS at the barrier lady. Hope you're really ok. Think you can't officially win the sweepstake as you have insider info

Cupcake about DH's job. I remember how stressed you were last year. Hopethings look up soon.

Vjay There'll be no loss here this week as I've made a pig of myself on christening cake My cold is a bit better today but I've been using it as another excuse to comfort eat [blush. Please give me a telling off.

Sabs Got your email, thanks. Saara is so beautiful

Blue Are you out there lovely? Not like you to be so quiet. Is your dining room finished yet and are the boys allowed in it?

Will try to post a christening pic later. We forgot to get anyone to use our camera so I'm waiting on copies.

Morning Vjay , am I allowed to have a guess in my own sweepstake?

She weighed 6lb 13.

Forgot to say I had a mishap on the way home from London. I was going through the barriers at Waterloo when they closed actually on my bump. My bump was literally wedged between the barriers & I couldn't move. I shouted at the ticket lady to open them & can you believe she gave me a mouthful of abuse & accused me of trying to barge my way through (even though I'd clearly put my ticket through the machine & was holding it in my hand), & saying that I'd probably blame this on her! Anyway I've felt the baby moving around as normal since so there's no harm done.

MLS what did dd weigh?

Hello lovely ladies.

So very envious of your meetup and really wish I could have been there! We definitely need to arrange a December one. Barbie what are your dates??

sabs Saara is absolutely gorgeous; loved the picture! Hope Eid was lovely. There's an Indian guy in dh's office who brought in loads of food to bring the eid celebration to them. There was so much that dh brought home some kheer semiya (sp?) very yummy :)

monkey sooo so sorry about everything that's going on :( how is your little doggy doing? And boo to TEW too

Louey sorry about the bug, are you recovered now? Dunno how you do sick days with dcs!

4ever so glad biscuit liked swimming too; so cute isn't it!

Vjay & Neeko congrats on the weight loss! So fab. A (male) friend told me today that I lookedlike I had never been pregnant I'm sure he was just flattering me but was still nice!
Neeko so glad the christening was lovely. Sounds sooo sweet your little proud moment :)

barbie yay you're back! Sorry about your scare with Dolly, poor little thing. Is she any better now?

Thanks SO much all for your fab advice about breastfeeding. I haven't officially come to a decision but you have all made me feel so much better about it. I have started building up a stock of expressed milk in the freezer so hopefully around 8 months I can start phasing in bottles of ebm & formula. Not entirely sure yet but will try to just read ds.
So sorry not to respond to you all personally but have loved reading all your experiences and so grateful that you all took the time to write them for me :)

Unfortunately we've had some bad news today. Dh's office are making big cuts again :( almost exactly a year to the day since he lost his job last year and was moved into this other department. 5 out of his team of 7 are going so it is pretty likely to be him. Just can't believe it. We won't know for a few weeks now so lots of waiting :(

A sweepstake for me, how exciting! Loving how you are all guessing nice low weights, thanks girls! Right I'm really off to bed now. Night all.

MLS sweepstake! (I'm so excited!!)

Curly - 25/9, GIRL, 6lbs 7oz
Neeko - 29/9, GIRL, 7lbs 8oz
Cupcake - 10/10, BOY, 7lbs 10oz
Vjay - 17/10, BOY

10/10/10 would be a very cool date to be born! I hope I win And sorry that I think boy MLS
17/10 is my birthday too though s that would be cool!

Gonna write a proper post now...

Hello ladies

It was lovely to meet those of you who could make it yesterday & thanks for all your complements on my 'neat' bump & well behaved dd ! You were all as lovely as I expected & I look forward to seeing you all again when I'll be pushing a buggy!

Sabs thanks for the lovely & unexpected gifts. I had a bath tonight in the bath soak & then liberally applied the body butter & I smell lovely even if I do say it myself!

Cupcake have you come to a decision yet about bf'ing? I think it's a bit unfair of your dh to put pressure on you, you've done amazingly well & the decision on what you do next should be yours.

Neeko you have done brilliantly too with dd2. I think she must have been sent to test you to your limits! I wish I could help you with more suggestions regarding the bottle & weaning but I think that perseverance is the key.

Mermaid I hope your day went well & you all remembered the good times you had together.

Monkey I'm so sorry you are going through so much crap at the moment. I didn't realise endo could come back. I know I sound like a broken record but have you tried acupuncture as it has a really good reputation for treating it?

Barbie welcome back.

Sorry for such a short but sweet post but I'm cream crackered so I'm off to bed now.

best days ever

Morning all and apologies fro being MIA for a wee while. Lots going on here with the christening and my ongoing battle for sleep and H to take the bottle...

Thanks for all your well wishes for Sunday. It was a truly special day and both girls were brilliant. Standing at the front of the church watching DH and my lovely babies made me feel like my heart could burst with pride and I did wish you could all have seen them. The party afterwards was great too and H was spoiled rotten. Definitely up there in my dbest days ever.

So glad you all had a good meet up yesterday. Really wish I could have been there too. One day.

Mermaid You were very much in my thoughts yesterday. Hope it all left you feeling peaceful.

MLS My guess is 29th September and GIRL (wouldn't dare say anything else ) at 7lbs 8oz. That would make exactly 6 months between H and your lo. I'm so excited.

Monkey Your post made me feel for you so much. No one should have to suffer like you have this past year, least of all you. I really hope something happens soon for you to help you regain your faith. HUGE hug from me.

Cupcake I echo what others have said about guilt and your choice etc. With M I started a ff at 16 weeks and gradually cut out bf between 20 and 24 weeks due to returning to work.
With H I'd have liked to introduce a FF then too and would ulimately like to mix feed to a year, but, as you know, the boss is not playing that game. I really admire that Blue managed to go cold turkey but I'm not ready for that yet so think I'll have to keep going until H decides she's going to meet me halfway or until I feel strong enough.
Whatever you decide, it will be the right decision for you and your boy.

4ever Glad the mastisis is clearing. It's really horrible.

Louey Hope you're feeling better now. I also hope you'll be pushy enough to get the care you need to get your BFP.

Barbie Welcome back. Glad the trip went well. Hoping Dolly is behaving for you today.

Hi to everyone else and sorry for the lack of personals. Have a stinking head cold today and struggling to think straight.

Thankfully the lovely and very yummy mummy 4ever has summed it up already much better than I could but just want to say that I had a lovely time. Curlygirl took a massive shine to Jools as did I. We were chatting so much that before I knew it we were heading home so I can't wait to meet you all again, and those that couldn't make it this time too :)

lbm the pram arrived and it's fab. U fancy getting number 6 for the lovely babyj?!!!!

mls I have no idea how u looked so good at 8 months pregnant. I'm guessing Girl on the 25th sept 6lbs 7oz :)

Sabs hope you have a lovely holiday before you go back to work :) it was so lovely to see you and saara again xx

louey hope you and dh and isaac are feeling better xxx

thanks for all the good wishes for our meetup today. I feel so blessed to know you all :)

Lovely to hear you all had a great time and thanks 4ever for giving us a quick summary . Would have so loved to have been there.

mermaid - hope the sky was bursting with colour xx

Big waves hello to Barbie and Vjay!

Well us girlys met up and it was really wonderful! I was so nervous this morning but obviously they are all as lovely in RL as they are on here!

Curly thank you so much for organising it! Your kindness and warmth that transcends through your posts is so genuine and sincere in RL too.. Curlygirl is gorgeous and I have often thought of the similaraties between her and Summer too!

Sabs you are too generous! It was amazing to meet our gorgeous 2nd graduate! Im glad you were as nervous as I was! Again, a very lovely lady in RL, but I knew that already!

Jools I felt for you and so wish you had your own blessed bundle of joy to share with us, you wouldnt be human if you didnt have a few moments today, Im sure you must of, and I just want to say I salute you, and keep 4everhopeful brave lady, cos we are all willing your dream to come true as much as you are..

LBM my preggers and mummy buddy it was so great to meet you and Jo Jo after sharing our journeys! I still find it mad that there is so little time between our babies! Your girl is such a dainty pretty little thing! Its mad to not only put faces to (real) names but also voices!

MLS you looked radiant and beautifully blooming! I really miss being pregnant, I think its such a special time, especially when we have had such a journey to get to that stage and not dared to believe we would sometimes! Sadie is a treasure, what a joy to be around, she must of kept you smiling even through the darkest days! Really excited for you and was secretly hoping we might of all got to meet and deliver our next graduate! Its soooo close!

Well, it was a pleasure and an honour to meet some of the ladies that have kept me sane and kept us all smiling! Just wish it could of been all of us...

Just want to finish by sending a big hug skywards to Mermaid hope the clouds were held apart