In the Company of Pregnant Ladies (No1 Babies Detective Agency pt6)

Will be a bit quiet from me for the next week as off down south. hoping to leave at 5amish. Car was meant to be packed, but dh (despite having day off) seems to have managed very little today apart from failing to fix the dishwasher and do the washing up. I've got up and given him breakfast, bought compost and silver sand at Homebase, gone to a coffe morning (for ds) (got to feed (bottle!) to a 3mo dt!!!!) coaxed lunch down ds, got ds upstairs for nap, got tyres changed and walked dog, planted courgette plants, dug up common geranium and planted a new one, potted up some of the common geranium, and two chillis, watered all of the plants, taken ds swimming (he can 'dive' in(from sitting) and go about 3m now...... just got to get the head going up to breathe now!) and sorted out ds's and my packing....... So business as usual then...!!!!

Well, we went for very traditional. The great thing about it is that, whilst there are quite a few less traditional names around, ds is the only x in his nursery group (in fact, I'm not sure that there are any others, even down to the babies) - unlike, for instance, Scarlet - there are three in his age range alone. (I know that it is a name that's been around a long time, but I don't really think of it as traditional as its only recently come into use again )

Ds is also named after his great grandfather. I only found out recently that fil had an older brother who died in childhood - not sure what age - and he had been given the name as it was traditional in the family for the name to be passed down - skipped a generation with dh, probably due to this - now started again with ds. I don't think its caused any issues luckily...

We always had much more of a problem with girls names - so it was quite lucky we had a boy really!

Wow that jumper thing is beautiful!

I like lots of names, but Dexy is my fave.

Toomuch - we might be able to help you narrow your list a bit. However, I would suggest that we only did this on picking our favourites from your list, and no comments about the others - this would mean that you wouldn't have to discount any names that someone said something nasty about (eg, I sometimes see names posted here that remind me of dogs that my dog likes or dislikes, so I would never call a dc that, but I wouldn't want to post that just in case that was the name they ended up with and that comment nagged at the back of their mind on and off ! If we had a bit more of a shortlist, maybe we could do some virtual shopping for him - its so difficult when you don't have a name to start with!

p.s. where is the pattern for the yoda sweater?

sybil hope you get some sleep - love those names too - a few more to add to the maybe pile

nomore that looks amazing - you're a better knitter than me - I wouldn't dare try and knit something to complicated! I don't care which colour booties - you pick and thanks!!! I'll get practising so that by the time baby nomore comes I'll be up to your standard . How are you doing? I guess still fairly gutted by last month - are you giving nature a shot this month?

Hi all. I'm thinking of changing my name to zombie mum. Jamie was up from 8.30 to 2.30 this morning and then fed at 3, 5 and 7. I have bags Tesco could put my weeks shopping in.

Still, he is lovely so shouldn't grumble too much. Toomuch, congratulations on your little boy. I wanted Tristan or Noah for Jamie but dh would only consider very traditional names. oops have to go, screamer in background!

p.s.

gilly great news about the house offer and the interest - is this your house up north that you are selling? Also, it sounds as though the timing of the new job might all just work itself out [fingers crossed]

MT sorry to hear that you've missed your go this month - maybe next month? Is DH at least co-operating now?

Scorpio Sounds like you're going to be all kitted out with the latest gear

nomore Just reread my post and it sounds like I'm grovelling for booties - I really didn't mean that.. I was just responding to your "what colour wool should I buy?" - I didn't mean for it to sound like a demand for baby clothes... sorry

Morning all!

We're finding the names thing a bit hard so have decided to wait and see what he looks like.. any suggestions warmly received (Scorpio - I've told you before I love the name Dexter so it would definitely be in my maybe list ... trouble is all I have is a really long maybe list as I can't decide on a shortlist..)

In terms of knitting - I don't want to impose however, anything blue that you don't want will be gratefully received!

How is everyone feeling at the moment - I know you're all fairly early in the CD cycle..

Yay toomuch a boy - they are the best even if i say so myself..... Can we call him Dexter so at least i can live through you??? Mimi would have been Dexter William.

DH will come round or i might just leave TTC, I don't want to until at least Xmas anyway so plenty of time to put it in converstations.... [evil cackle]

EllieG from my PN thread sent me an electric breast pump - wow!! So much better, dh & i went out last night, i have enough for her to have a bottle early evening tonight too. . i get like 4oz in about 15 minutes!! before i was getting an ounce in 15 minutes...

My Bugaboo is great, random strangers stop me and ask me about it (think its cos it denim)

I am after a Stokke Sleepi now for Mimi; DH is not keen but i think he will be ok if i get a 2nd hand one from Ebay. He just doesnt want to 'waste' all that money on 'just' a cot, especially after the whole buggy fiasco.

Hope everyone is well, goodness my post was very me me me.

Not too bad thanks. Missed the boat again this month I think. Which was a month that I did have hopes for as it has worked for the last 2 yrs...

Never mind, perhaps #2 was never meant to be. We do have hands full with #1, and he did take a lot of waiting around for! Good thing that he is absolutely gorgeous, apart from when he is being a complete monster (nothing in between really )

Hopefully MT - your DS sounds fab (even with all the sticky fingers and stuff )

How are you doing?

Toomuch hurrahhh! So in 3 years time you too will be tearing your hair out with a complete monster on your hands! (who, for the rest of the time is angelic, beautiful, loving and for whom butter wouldn't melt)(except when you stick your fingers in it and suck them then wipe them on the table/tshirt/mum.... )

I obviously meant forgot [oops emotion]

p.s. Hobnobs for some reason you dropped off the bottom of my list sorry Hope you have a good time in Italy - maybe some Irish bonging is just what you need to bring some good luck back to the thread.

Anyone else I've stupidly forget - sorry and hello

Hi guys - we've been moving offices for the last few weeks and I haven't really managed to get online but I'm back now!

Nomore I'm so sorry I've been thinking about you lots and had everything crossed that it would work for you so I'm gutted - I can't imagine how you feel When you say no more actively TTC till Oct - are you still going to Bong at the right time just in case? They didn't find any reason why it wouldn't happen naturally did they? Sorry to hear about DH's grandma too Hope you're feeling better this week! [Hug emotion]

Gilly So sorry to hear about your BFN - big hugs and hope the next session works for you. Glad you had a good holiday and fingers crossed you get to utilise the corduroy outfit soon [fingers crossed emotion] Huge congrats on the new job! Can you not take a week off and start a week later to give you some extra time for the treatment?

Ready I love cheese on toast - sounds like the perfect anniversary to me - you're in the business end of things now aren't you - are you bonging for England

I keep everything crossed that you will all get your BFPs soon.. it is all so unfair - I swear I will be as happy as hearing a close friend in RL is pregnant when one of you announce!

Sybil huge congrats - are you getting any sleep yet

Scorp how's the bug? I was just about to say that having AF back at least meant that you could start anticipating starting to TTC again but then I read your next post about DH - he may come around you never know - it's very early still after the arrival of Millie..

MT Hi how's things. Hope DS is behaving himself. Any chance of bonging at the right time this cycle?

Anyway - my news - had the 20 week scan and BabyTooMuch is..

Blue!!!!!

We're both over the moon as everything was normal on the scan and he was bouncing about in the there

Lets hope so

Gilly congratulations on the new job!

Re timing, its a poser isn't it. i'm not really in a position to advise - having handed notice in at last job and got pregnant whilst working my notice (perhaps I should try that again!). New job were a bit surprised, although, in my defence, I should make it clear that I had made it very clear that I was hoping to start a family , and, if I did, I would want to drop down from 4 to 3 days (which I did, although gone up to 4 again now).

If you're starting new job in August (effectively), would you want to start IVF in September, or would leaving it one month be less stressful? You might have settled in a bit better by then - but you might find the additional 1m wait stressful in itself.

Its really difficult!

So glad about the job though - hope it lives up to expectations.