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Ok I'm not THAT big in real life!!!!!

Wow Blue that all sounds very impressive. In awe at your bendiness! I have never tried Pilates. Right now I am just delighted to be getting out once a week for yoga. Some weeks it requires mammoth organisational skills to juggle work, marking, the DDs social life and DH's work to get to that one class. Totally worth it though.

Rumours you are on my planner for tomorrow. Best of luck!

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all ok.

Plates . Glad you're feeling better rumours

I do Pilates and yoga - my gym runs the LesMills classes (body combat, bodypump etc) and their "body balance" class is a mix of tai chi, Pilates and yoga. I first went to it summer 2010 when B was six months old and OMG I was like an insect that gets flipped on its back - I just couldn't get up, my pelvis was completely out of alignment . Anyway left it for a couple of years but started again for real Nov 2013 and have never looked back. Then started Ashtanga Oct 2014 which built on what I'd learnt at balance. I still go to both and they are amazing at clearing your head and giving you some me time

Pilates focuses on your core strength so lots of stretching and holding (your thighs will burn!!) and stomach exercises. Yoga concentrates more on flexibility and holding positions that get harder as you get more flexible. As of now I can do head stands, full back bends, I can stand holding on to my foot with my leg straight up. I did do ballet as a child and think there's a inner flexibility in there but the rest is just practice, practice, practice! Some of my friends can wrap their feet behind their heads!! To think that five years ago I could barely lie down let alone lift my leg! I feel fitter and more supple than I was in my 20's. It's part of my arsenal for attacking the menopause when it comes in five years

*pilates not plates!!!

Been feeling ok this week thankyou blue, hopefully the meds are settling 'in'.

I've been thinking about yoga or plates, just can't decide on which?!?

It's ashtanga I do too Blue and I became an instant convert. I have a cold this week and my first thought was how it will affect my breathing at yoga!
I've been dabbling with Adriene's 30 days of yoga on YouTube too. It's quite good for a bit of practice between classes.
How long did it take for you to feel a difference in flexibility? I've already noticed a difference in my stress levels and my upper body strength and it has only been a month. Wish I'd started during the in the trenches days years ago!

Have it on the planner rumours . How are you feeling now, sometimes with meds it can be a "get worse before it gets better"?

neeko I do yoga too! Been doing an Ashtanga class for the past year and am more flexible than I've been in years. Love it

Agree they're at a lovely age, boys sleep well, long lies at the weekend and great wee chats in between.

Rumours I could vote now

Hope the meds kick in quickly.
See you on the telly!

Haha yes Neeko I'm confused too. I am aware of my seizures, mine are complex partials. I'm hoping once the meds get fully into my system the seizures will stop. It's still early days.

Of course you can vote. You will find out on the night hoe to. One week to go. Yikes! !

Hi Rumours. I'm confused. Aren't the meds supposed to stop the seizures? Don't answer if you don't want to, but are you aware of a seizure when you have one or is it sort of a gap in time? I have a pupil who has just been diagnosed this month.

I will absolutely be watching. Can we vote?

Hiya hope you're all well. Christmas shopping is coming along nicely here too. Still can't believe how quickly the festive season is creeping up on us.
TV programme is a week tomorrow. I will be hiding behind the sofa.
I've started my meds and have had 3 small seizures thus week. Apparently seizures are a side effect , oh well, onwards and upwards

Hate that you can't look back on the app.

Cloud so pleased to hear that all is well with you. How are the DSs feeling about another sibling?

Chintaria hey lovely. Hope you are having more good days than bad and being kind to yourself.

Hello lovelies. You fell off the threads I'm on

BusyMoon glad you are doing fine. Have you started getting organised for Christmas yet? Your boy will be so much fun this year!

4ever your 40th sounded fab! I think i might like a spa day for mine.

Blue so lovely to hear from you and beautiful pictures of your boys. It's frightening how quickly they grow isn't it? I find this stage so much fun.

Rumours hope the medication is working and you are feeling more like the old you. When is your TV appearance?

All is good here. I've recently started yoga which is doing me the world of good from the inside out.
Christmas planning is going apace and work stuff is increasing.

Hello to any lurkers.

A flying visit again, just to say thank you to Blue for your kind words and please don't worry about me, I really am ok just tired and worn out. It's better than the possible alternative where I wouldn't have had my little J and then life would have been very different. It's good to see you posting you've been missed.
Cloud you are so far along already! Very sad news about your sister, so sorry to hear that, always makes me feel sad for people even when I don't know them.
Big waves to everyone else, sorry for lack of personals, must try harder!
Back soon.

Hello everyone,

I have a rare night in to myself and have been meaning to re log in following the hacking etc so have done and found you all again

You're all always in my thoughts and I am lucky to keep updated with the majority on FB but know not all are on so wanted to post to say I'm still here, still older than most of you (40? Pah! Try 44! and still thoughtful and wistful of the journey we've all been on.

Have you heard of the phrase "rainbow baby"? It's a bit hippy American but it refers to babies born after mc and there's some lovely stories and photos online celebrating them. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could all get together in a big picture with all ours! A testament to never giving up! It does make me stop sometimes and look at B and just stop and think and savour his presence.

I'll try and post more from now on but wanted to give a big hug to you all and especially mrsmoon. moon. I'm undertsking coaching at my work and am training to become a work related mentor and even if I wasn't I'm more than happy to be your sounding board via email. You are one amazing woman, working full time and trying to do right by your DH and DS and I'm worried about you. Private message me anytime and I'll give you my email xx

Have uploaded some recent pics of DS's now 9 and 5. B is rocking school, so glad we deferred him

Love to neeko 4ever rumours (tell me when the programme is on and it's probably on I player for those not in Scotland!) cloud shroom and everyone past and present xxxx

Hi ladies!! I'm so sorry I kept reading the thread but couldn't log in cos I couldn't remember my password and always a hassle to reset it..I've just done it though, what a faff since mn got hacked we need so many rules to our passwords so I'm sure I'll forget it again

Anyway thanks for keeping the thread going.. All is fine here, am 28 weeks tomorrow, third trimester can't believe how fast it's going. I'm trying to be organised for Christmas too as baby is coming so soon after but I'm not doing too well!! I haven't bought any baby stuff either! Need so much as its my first winter baby, it will actually need pyjamas and blankets and snow suits and grobags?! Both DS were born in heat waves so this will be odd!
We are also not settled on any boys names so may need to start a thread about that soon!!

Hope everyone is OK, always lovely to read your news.. chintaria thinking of you a lot XXX and rumours sorry to hear about the diagnosis but bring on being able to drive again!! 4ever yes I saw lots about baby loss awareness week too, a few friends posting messages on social media that made me realise they'd been there too..its always so much more common than we know! My little sister miscarried a few weeks ago too, v early on in the pregnancy but still a heartbreak as we all know Hera would have been due just a few months after mine, same school year..so makes it harder..

Lots of love to all will pop back again soon xxx

Morning!

Sorry I didn't see your post 4ever as I would have definitely lit a candle yesterday. Hugs for your sad anniversary.

Rumours glad to hear that you have had a definite diagnosis as it means you can begin treatment and get it under control but sorry to hear you have the condition. How badly is it affecting you?
Very excited about having a celebrity on our midst. Congratulations on your nomination. Always knew you were a mum in a million! please let me know when you will be on TV. I know how I'll be voting.

Feelslike Ahem, I may have written all some of my Christmas cards already . To be fair DD2 got a Disney Christmas film through the Disney rewards scheme and wanted to watch it so I wrote some whilst the house was feeling festive had previously hidden away in the spare room to write the others.
I do realise that makes me sound like a real freak but at nearly 40 I've gotten good at recognising how stressed I become mainly due to the pressure I put on myself. I'm a much nicer person if I can limit the stress by doing things early. I've tried not to feel pressured but it doesn't work for me and my inner to-do list goes into overdrive and drives me crazy. This way when I'm stressing about Christmas and marking and housework and quality family time etc etc I can calm things by putting a big tick next to the cards on my inner to-do list.

Oops. Sorry for the big confession there!

Hi found you!!!!
Neeko I'm impressed with your Christmas shopping and I've seen you pop up on the bargain christmas threads. I've just got my boys to do and I can enjoy doing that now everything else is done.

Feelabit I can be very logical about your situation and say don't have anymore, enjoy what you have, (which I'm sure you do), 2 amazing children. But I'm not taking into account your emotions. I too have thought about a 3rd, but 2 with autism is enough. Chances are any future children would have autism too. While it's not the end of the world it is very hard work, and I know my family would be cross as they can see what it does to me.

I had a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy yesterday, will start meds now and hopefully things will settle back down. I can't wait to get my driving licence back, I think that's the hardest part. Will have to wait a year though.

On a positive note we are going to be on tv. I got nominated for a real hero award. Neeko you should know what I mean if you watch it on stv. Me and the boys were filmed last month. Dreading seeing the programme as I'm overweight just now (stress and comfort eating), but can't wait to see the boys.

Ok need to go now, this post is way too long x

Sorry, just reread that Got L pressing keys as I type!! I meant lull & cards, haha!

That's me outed then Was a name change to start a potentially embarrassing thread I'll change back

Neeko I am hugely impressed. I had a good start but in a bit of a lil now so need to get cracking!! When do you write cars if you do them?

Hey you two. Glad I didn't kill it!

Moon hope you are busy for all the right reasons.

Feelabit Another name change! I keep meaning to change mine but can never think of anything to change it to.
Sorry to hear you are still feeling all over the place. The birthday won't really be helping. I'm only a few months younger than you so I'm also feeling a bit weird about my next birthday. Lots of my friends who have already turned 40 say it's fine when it happens. I just always thought I'd have done "more" by the time it came which is silly because I've generally had a lovely life so far (not terribly exciting, but exciting isn't really me!)
Are you planning anything special?

I'm doing well with the Christmas stuff now. I've been quietly buying for weeks and read everything out to DH last night. He was quite impressed by how far on I am. He joked that if they suddenly announced that Christmas was next week, I could finish the shopping this weekend. I'm not THAT far on well seen he has no idea how much effort it all really takes next term is always so busy at work in terms of marking that it makes me much less stressed and grumpy to be halfway organised by the October break. The older I get, the more I realise that I don't cope with stress well.
School doesn't finish until the 23rd this year which is late for us and another reason why I need to be organised. I'm very much looking forward to the nice calm week after the hullabaloo is over. The more time you have off before Christmas, the more you seem to find to do...

Right, I'm off to think about leaves changing colour and Halloween to get my seasons into perpective!

Cloud if you are still out there then please let us know how everything is going. How many weeks now?

No you didn't neeko I try to check the thread too, but never seem to get chance to post!! Your girls sound gorgeous, and yes, if you find out how to press pause please do share C is 8 already, with feet almost as big as me(and I have big feet!) - where did those cute baby days go?!?
Thanks for your advice by the way, and yours too 4ever. I'm still a bit all over the place
How are you moon? How is little J, and your girls neeko? Hope all is well with everyone...
Things are fine here, but the year is whizzing by far too fast. I turn 40 on 1st Nov, and am feeling really weird about it. Think I would be feeling better if the mc hadn't happened this year perhaps, but anyway, feeling pretty emotional about it which is a surprise as I thought I'd be fine!
Must go but love to all xxx

Nooo I'm here! I am just so busy and I keep checking in on you all but never have time to post properly. One day....