Rainbow babies- for all of us holding, pregnant with and trying for our rainbows. While remembering all our darling angels

Wtw, thinking of you! Hope you are enjoying newborn snuggles by now.

Moomin, hope everything went well with you too!

Thank you all for ideas re speech - will have to work on it. I like the No Matter What idea, Blue, but think it might be a bit obscure for some of my relatives.

Fan, hope you're okay this morning. Stupid AF! You and Blizy have had such a hard time with this - I log on every time hoping and praying for a BFP for you both. It will come and you will get there! Love to you both.

Spilt, Freya nearly 1? Wow! Happy Birthday to her!

Hello, so lovely to hear from you! How's Samuel?

Thanks august not patronising at all. It IS hard.

Hi spilt thanks for the welcome. So glad you have Freya now, though so sorry about Bobbie. Is her name short for Roberta?

too just a thought: after welcoming people, explaining re names, you could say something like 'of course the person who we would most like to have here today - and who we're sure would have loved to be here, too - is Maia's older sister Thea' and then say anything else about her that you wanted to.

Will obviously check back in later today to see if there's news!

Oh fan, so sorry... I really am. Can you have a quiet gentle evening with DH tonight? Take good care of yourself. Your time WILL come xxx

wtw not long now. Hope you are not freaking out to much. She will be here so soon and you get to have your cuddles.

I'm not having a great time AF appeared before bed last night four days early. Pretty upsetting, I cried myself to sleep. It really feels like this will never happen.

Predictably I can't sleep Just lying here feeling her kick and squirm and feeling calm-ish!

Hello ladies
I am sorry that I have not posted for quite some time but I have been following the threads. Usually, by the time I have made my way through all of the posts I am too tired to post anything myself!!! Have also been a little bit down though I feel ashamed to say so when I have my gorgeous rainbow baby and there are some of us still trying to achieve that. Keep reminding myself that we had Samuel, moved house and dh started his own business all at the same time, of course I will feel drained.
Anyway, just want to wish wtw all the luck in the world for tomorrow, your angel will be watching over you for sure xx
Massive congratulations to august, Adam is also one of the names from my list, gorgeous.
Sending love also to blizy,fan, angel, too, miasmum, spilt and blue, my wonderfully supportive friends from the old threads and warm wishes to all of the ladies that have joined since I was last here. Also sorrow for the very reason that led you this way.
I hope to be around a bit more often again if you will have me back

Quick post as knackered ; a big bundle of love & good wishes to Whatever can t wait to read you'd good news xxxx
Moomins good luck xxxx
BlIzy hope u start to pick up soon...
Love to all, too hot to work xxxxx

Another one just quickly popping in before bed to send so much love to wtw and moomin for tomorrow - two very different days for you but both so important. You're in my thoughts and prayers. Update us when you can! Xxx

Hi spilt! Thanks somehow missed your post (on phone). Best wishes to you in yr new home and to Freya... Wow, nearly one?!

HU-MUNGOUS HUGS for whatever and moomins tomorrow. xx

Sending love and best wishes for tomorrow wtw - hope it goes smoothly x very excited to hear the news x
moomins also good luck
fan hoping for a bfp for you...
Too your speech sounds perfect, prob not v helpful but I think linking Maia's name to Thea being a star is lovely - If anything I think if you just say what you want to say and not worry about how others might feel it lessens any awkwardness and kind of lets people know its ok to talk about when they might be worrying about saying something in case it upsets you. Hope it's a lovely day for you. Maia is really cute btw
kleine well done on getting to the shops - sounds a bit patronising but it's not meant to... I just remember how hard it was for me, worried about bumping into people I knew and having to explain or worse

• being ignored because people don't know what to say. And yes, trying not to burst into tears. It's hard and takes a lot of courage just to get back to doing normal stuff.

Just popping in to wish whatever all the luck in the world for tomorrow. I hope you manage to get some sleep tonight (before your little baby girl is keeping you up all night). I can't wait to see your birth announcement! I will be thinking of you. X

Moomins- I hope you are not too nervous, and that the op goes well. X

Big waves to everyone else.

wtw sending much love, hope, excitement and good wishes for tonight and for tomorrow! Can't wait to hear all about her.

Sorry to be a bit AWOL. We've moved in, O2 have finally sorted out our broadband, and DH has fixed my laptop, huzzah! Tis fab to be properly online again. I have missed you all.

Reading back, wtw it looks like you have had a horrible time of it with the illness and hospital, but this pg can now be measured in hours remaining, thank God, it is nearly complete xx

A massive congratulations to August, and I love the name Adam. It was always my hypothetical baby boy name, but DH's was always Thomas. Agree with everyone else - i understand the guilty feelings you've had, they are "normal" in our weird normal, but there is nothing to be guilty about. I bet Jacob is thrilled with his little brother x

Welcome to poppet. So sorry to meet you here, but glad you've found us. I have been lurking round these threads for quite some time now. I had DD1, Bobbie, in October 2010, she was born sleeping after a toxoplasmosis infection at 20 weeks. DD2 Freya was born Aug 2011 and is currently snoring next to me.

I have missed too much to name check you all without writing an insane essay, but I have read all that I missed and sending love, hugs, tears and joy in various directions at various times. I'm so proud to know you all, you are amazing.

Can you believe it, it is Freya's first birthday next Tuesday and we are having her party on Saturday. I can't believe how fast that has gone, and how far she's come from such utter helplessness. She's a bit poorly atm and so the nights are diabolical just now and we are v v tired and hoping for all our sakes she feels better soon!

The new house is fab in the end and the garden seems to be a bit of a wildlife magnet. There are always a couple of rabbits in it (which prob means about 100 live here!) and we get deer in a couple of times a day, usually early morning, which is captivating. The cats are totally freaked out by them

I realised yesterday it was 2 years exactly from Bobbie's 12 week scan. Happy memories finally, it made me smile to remember her antics (she did a lovely jig and then mooned us ) and to remember our innocent excitement and how we walked round sainsburys afterwards in a stunned daze buying celebratory tasty foods for dinner. I'm glad we couldn't have known what was coming, and had the unjaded faith in things going right to have really enjoyed her whilst we had her. Love you, special girl xx

Hi I've been lurking on this thread for a bit and I'm not sure that this is the right time to properly introduce myself (I will though soon )but I wanted to say a huge GOOD LUCK to whatevertheweather for tomorrow. I can only imagine how you must be feeling but remember that you'll have your beautiful little one by this time tomorrow and she'll be safe held tight in your arms. Thinking of you and little Erin. Xx

Just a quickie to say all the best to wtw for tomorrow.
I can't wait to hear from you.xx

wtw I am sending so many positive thoughts your way and DH keeps asking about you. He says that Rosa or Emma go well with K and E. Bless him.

wtw I will be praying she will! :)
Have you got something to keep you busy tonight? x

Thanks all for the good wishes. It feels very very surreal. K is now at my mums and I can feel the panic rising but am trying to stay calm.

Erin's stone looks beautiful fan thank you for asking.

Sorry for not name checking am too jittery!! Please god by 10am tomorrow she'll be wriggling in my arms xx

amy apparently it's pretty warm in Belgium too at the moment

Thinking of you both wtw and moomins for tomorrow. Hope everything goes well for you both.

I hope you're OK blizy and kleine and have some good support in RL.

Definitely take it easy blue.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. I'm baking at my Mum's in the south of France at the moment. DS1 is not loving trying to sleep in 30oC heat... Never thought I'd be looking forward to going back to soggy Belgium!

blizy I hope the consultation helps you, can I ask why you dont want to take AP's?

mecha that must be hard to hear, we so desperatly want to be pg all of us but to be pushed back its hard. I hope you get your op soon and I hope if they do do the tests then they happen quick. Maybe you should have a chat with your dr again and tell them your concerns.

too Maybe you could introduce Maia by saying that your family, you, DH and Thea have welcomed Maia and now you ask your friends and family to do the same.

wtw I hope the day has gone fast, how was the movie? I hope Erins stone looks beautiful and just right. I see you have put a name thread up in baby names. I really love the name Juliet. How about Alice, or Alicia? Its hard sint to think of names that compliment the others but also that sound equally as beautiful. I hope seeing her tomorrow will help you find her the perfect name. I hope you get some sleep tonight, remember the quicker you get to sleep the quicker the morning will be here (its what I used to tell the kids I babysit for)

moomins will be thinking of you tomorrow, I hope the stitch goes well.

Well after thinking the tiredness this morning was a symptom, i think now it was just that tiredness, I dont feel pg, and I dont think I am. I have been having flash backs alot lately but I wish it was something more than just kissing Fi's cold forehead.

Too could you link it to the story of Debi Gliori 'No matter what' with the sentence 'Love, like starlight, never dies.'? Just an idea...

wtw I am counting down with you... not long now... will be waiting for news as well!

I've been a bit absent as well, although I've been reading still, just no time and energy to post...
Last week I did holiday club at work, which meant I was busy from like 8am in the morning preparing, then having the kids from 10am-2pm and after that tidying up.
Paying the price for it now... Sunday I felt horrible and been on the sofa all day, same yesterday. I did go to the midwife to get checked over, as my fingers have been swollen and I have been feeling really thirsty all the time. But she said that was absolutely normal and everything was fine. She was glad I came to get checked out, and she wouldn't want me to worry. Seeing her again on Monday for another check up.
She did tell me to take it easy this week, which I have been doing :) Yesterday I still felt crap. Felt a bit better today, but then decided to tidy up the living room and hoover and needed a rest after that...

blizy I have my first counselling session next week... I'm not sure about it now, as I've been feeling quite ok the last few weeks, but I guess one session won't hurt and we'll see where we go from there.

mecha I hope you can get your op very soon!

x

Hello all, sorry I've not been keeping track very well.

Wtw, thinking of you lots for tomorrow, my lovely - will be waiting here with baited breath! Everything will be fine - not long to go now! I woke up at 5 o'clock on the morning of my section and promptly freaked out because Maia wasn't kicking. I woke DH up at 5.30 nearly in tears and he got the doppler out for its very last time and we listened to the heartbeat. Hope there aren't any emergencies to delay you either.

Blizy, sorry to hear you've been diagnosed with depression. [hugs] Hope the counselling helps. For what it's worth, DH has now been on ADs for about 3 months and is feeling much better and more able to cope in general.

Moomins, will be thinking of you too tomorrow - hope all goes well.

Fan, thinking of you too.

I'm after some advice, if possible. It is Maia's naming ceremony this Saturday and I'm going to be making a speech. I want to mention Thea in some way, but I can't quite work out how or when, or how to do it without crying. It doesn't seem right not to mention her, though. Has anyone got any ideas? So far my speech goes something like 'thank you all for coming...bit of chat about the name Maia Patricia, mentioning that Patricia is after both MIL and my granny...thanks to all those who have brought food/drink, especially MIL for making the christening cake...thank you for gifts...now please raise your glasses to Maia Patricia.' I could work it in somehow during the name chat - if I say that Maia is the name of a star and we think she's a bit of a star, somehow link to the fact that there's another star in the family, her older sister? Not really sure how to make the segue. I think if I practice saying it often enough I won't cry, but I have to work out my words first.

About to shut my computer down but just saw your messages, thank you. Wondering if you managed to go out blizy? Little things, little steps... and you're right, in our circumstances they are such achievements.
elly hope blizy's advice helps - and that you get sent a cbfm! I found the cbfm really helpful in getting to know my cycle.