The Good Husband of TTC Drive (No1 Babies Detective Agency pt5)

Trying to catch up...

BB - he's absolutely gorgeous!! Sorry to hear your having issues though - what is reflux? Is it likely to last long?

Sybil - can't believe you're in your third trimester already!! Not sure if you've told us but did you find out the sex?

Scorpio - not quite sure what 3/5ths means but sounds painful - not long now till you get to drink wine and wear mini skirts {toomuch stares wistfully into the distance as she remembers wearing mini skirts many moons ago...}

ready - ooo holiday! Where are you thinking of going?

Nomore - that link was a classic!

hobnobs - I had the weekend off too and it's taken me ages to catch up - how are you feeling chick? Are you in the business end of your cycle now?

Gilly - how's it going? lol at you doing a census of prams as you walked down the street - my dh can't help but examine them now when we are out - in the same way he used to look at an expensive car

Londonlottie - did you fix your lock issue? sounds like just the sort of thing I'd do.. p.s. more stoking the flames of the pram wars..

anyone I've missed - big hello!

phew..

I'm away one weekend and you all go crazy!!

Hello everyone - loving the fact that we're all chatting away like troopers again!!

.. ok joining in the pram wars.. I want a buggy that works from birth to toddler so I don't have to buy a new one - it has to be able to face in reverse as I want to be able to speak to my little - it needs to have lots of space underneath to store things - and I want proper wheels not these crappy plastic ones - I will use it on paths and also a little offroad but nothing extreme - I have a fairly big boot - and I'm going to get a seperate car seat etc so it doesn't need to have all that...

Do your best ladies!!

pmsl at you having the intricacies of cricket explained to you Hobnobs - been there, and have the mental scars to prove it I still don't totally get it. But dh finds it highly amusing when I wave my hand back and forth when we score a 4 (or is it 6?)

I have a ford focus, the boot is mahoosive - I have got in there! Please can I have a bugaboo?

Gosh, it's been busy (turn my back for a couple of days, and loads of new messages). Did try to catch up yesterday but DH was trying to explain some of the intricacies of cricket to me - in the end discovered that I couldn't look interested and read my laptop at the same time

I know nothing about buggies - other than how to collapse the ones used by nephews / nieces / friends' children - so I clearly have some catching up to do. I remember my mum being so pleased when buggies came out for my younger siblings (from a large family) that she didn't have to push babies round in a big pram anymore and yet Bugaboos look quite bulky (probably showing my ignorance here) and I wonder how easily they fit in the boot of a car. Or am I just being ridiculously practical?

Nomore Sorry you had a wasted trip to the hospital on Thursday . Hope you're feeling better now.

Gilly I've had some of the same conversations with my DH as you - I tried my best to be laid back (excuse pun!) about it in the first few months but then I'd just get frustrated and upset with myself as I didn't feel we'd bd-ed enough at the right time. We then tried one month where I told him and it was a bit counterproductive. I even told him where I write down my cycle dates so he could work out when I ovulate without having to have the conversation. Now, however, I think, with the referral date looming, that he's accepted that we need to make a more conscious effort.

Hello to Babybratt. I remember lurking on the thread (took me a while to start posting) when you got your BPF. Can't believe how time's flown!

Londonlottie Hope you resolved your lock situation without too much of a problem.

Right - need to get dinner out of oven so will have to look at rest of virtual shopping another time. Hello to everyone else.

Sorry Scorpio - phew

Nomore - what the heck was she going on about!!

How's tricks ladies? Cold and damp and dreary here.

Ready -I know, i havent smoked for a while (well before ttc) and dont intend to start again. If i did have one i would be out with my friends and nowhere near my family, trust me. I am very aware of smoking and the effects and hate it near/around children.

Can I just say... and please know that it only comes from the best place, not being a kill-joy.
But smoking outside is still not a good idea - smokers carry the toxins from the cigarettes on their skin and clothes and as soon as you go back in the house - the toxins are in the environment.

Hi everyone, good to see that we are back in chatty mode again!

I have to say on the Bug debate, that they do look pretty but I worry about the size of them, are they not a bit small for a hefty toddler to sit in comfortably? I have a 6 years old mamas and papas that may not be trendy but is very functional and has big shopping basket - so little style but great for carrying milk etc!

Scorpio, 3/5's is pretty impressive, I don't think I got to that level with either of my two before labour! Can I add pate to your list? God, how I crave pate, I have even started to dream about it... And, I have just hit the beginning of my thord trimester this weekend so a looooooooong pate-less time to go yet...

and i am so very fed up of it (in a nice way of course)

Here is a list of things i want to do:

Drink wine
Have non-pregnant sex
Wear a mini skirt
Maybe smoke a bit (outside of course)
Go clubbing and get in a 4am
Sleep on my front
See my lady bits again!!

ooooh exciting!

I am, Millie's not!! She is 3/5 engaged though so we are getting there.

Hey Scorpio, how are you doing? Ready to pop yet?

lol @ all your buggy wars

It is b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l - and my second favourite... could still have the carry cot that I want... Oh.

Ok... so I definitely do not want to be seen as a chav ... but I have hankered after a bug ever since I saw Anna Friel's... yes, that makes me sound terribly shallow, but what I am trying to say is, I have wanted a bug. for. ever.

And just because my body has decided not to produce the baby to go in it... should I give up on my dream - simply because they are flipping everywhere?

Great article... however, I'm not worried about the price - because I want something that will last, is sturdy, the carry cot can be used when staying with friends.

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