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

a few hours to get going. have just been sick

How long did it take the other times? Unlikely to be any longer this time one would have thought...

i have had this each time. Just had a big contraction.

I never had that with ds - got going quite quickly. Hope that you've not got too long to wait.

MW is ringing me back at 1pm, have felt like this, getting worse since about 7am. feels periody all the time then strong contraction every 15 mins or so. MW said could be pre-labour that may go on for days or start kicking off later.

Will let you all know!

OOOOHHHH! Lets hope we can say hello to Millie properly soon! Please let us know what thread if and when you start one... Fingers crossed and lots of positive thoughts!

lots of tummy ache.......

Kensgirl - why don't you have a go at a square for Oxfam as a starter in a good cause? We're all here to cheer you on!

I have to say, I was daunted (still am a bit if I am honest)... but the more rows I do, the more comfortable I feel. Give it a go, what's the worst that can happen?

Kensgirl - its really not that difficult once you get started. There seem to be lots of knitting groups setting up all over the place, and even knitting classes - I'm sure that if you went to something like this you'd pick up the basics pretty fast and get started. It all sounds and looks more complicated than it really is once you get going!

I am so in awe of all the knitting! I know my attempts would be utter rubbish, so I'll leave it to the rest of you. [Kensgirl wanders away in shame...]

Thanks for the tip

Oooh... good idea to look in the library ... are you on commission?

The book I use suggests a crochet hook... and, by the look of it, lots of knitting knowledge... here's hoping I never drop a stitch. I just know I would throw in the towel and unravel everything.

Do any of you knitters suggest a beginners book? I do have one (Beginners Guide To Knitting - Alison Dupernex) and so far I am doing ok with the garter stitch... but is there something out there that will inspire me to move on to purl?

I loooooooooooove that advert!! I sing along every time it comes on!!

Ready I'm heading home now with my webpage printoffs in hand to try and hook my dropped stitch - I'll let you know whether I've been successful in the morning

night everyone!

Oh, I know.... I would have loved to have taken a running jump straight in... I would have eaten the liqourice gear cogs first

No, it does come with a lot of mud, dog hair and crumbs though!

That ad is great isn't it. They only did 1 take I believe. Unfortunately it wasn't able to be eaten as it had taken a while to put it together.

Kensgirl, so lovely to hear from you... although I am sorry to hear that you have been having so much bleeding... and then scares with viruses... look after yourself and stay away from the germ carriers
I hope you are right, I hope it is my year - but I am feeling rather philosophical about life in general today, so I won't complain.

Toomuch... how's the knitting going? Did you manage to hook yourself to safety?

MT... does your skoda come with the jelly tail-lights? ..

toomuch I don't use a hook - I can manage with a spare needle if it gets that far. Normally fairly easy to pick it up and follow through as long as you're not in a complicated pattern that will throw things out! Hope it goes OK - should be fine.

Leakage - we decided that ds was actually less leaky if he was in one of his shaped nappies with a nature babies wrap over the top. But even saying that, still got the odd nappy that required two people to deal with it (and you will get those with disposables too). I did change ds more often than I might have done in disposables - partly as it didn't cost anything more (as I would be doing the washing anyway and one or two more nappies in it wasn't going to make any difference) and because if the internal nappy got very wet, the binding on the wraps you use can sometimes wick the moisture out. They all did this and didn't find NB wraps any less-so.

Re buying washables, I would really recommend not getting any (unless you see some pre-loved in eg NCT sale) until you've got dc, then hiring a selection to see what fits - otherwise you might end up getting lots that you never use.

I've just found a webist which says all I need is a hook to pick up my stitches - I'm going to be brave and give it a go tonight - wish me luck!!

MT - they all look soooo cute!! The gingam ones I think are my favourites

I reckon we'll do what you did and order a range to try before we go out and buy them!

Everyone thinks I'm mad and that I'll never last with them because they leak so much - is this true!

As the resident knitting expert - will I have to unpick back a couple of rows to fix my knitting?

Toomuch we found a really friendly baby shop that was also very helpful. We had the MB then the Jane, then the MB in the boot trying to work out which one fitted best. (had to have 1/2 back seat down in Polo for both, so not ideal, but only practical solution for dog walking)(Now have company Skoda estate, so no longer a problem!)

They also did nappies, and we bought our Tots Bots there, but bought others on-line. Did you like the wraps link - which would you go for?