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Hi all.

Mjim - sounds like you have had a lovely time despite the weather.

Hi to everyone else - for once I am far too busy to do a long post!

I have just started the Special K diet - which is a good job really - I don't have time to eat at the moment (other than my tea which DH kindly re-heats ready for me when I get back from work LOL!)

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Morning all,

Hope everyone's well today.

HC sorry you had a c**p holiday, it is the sort of thing my PIL would do too. Glad to hear that the Chinese has helped couple with the choc buttons an ice cream! LOL about CE's name change!

Mandy, there is always tonight with the smiley face, LOL it is the one I used as well. I sometimes used to jokingly ask my DH to wait until I was asleep!!!

Bellie, I used to be so hungry in the evenings when I was pg.

CE sorry about MS, this too shall pass.

Willmouse, Well done handing in notice, glad to hear the new job going well, and that the spotting has stopped finally.

MJIM where are you?

Majormoo how was the scan.

HM2J Glad to hear that you have finally have a date! Well done for standing up to the bureaucrats!

Yes BB where are you? if you are lurking say hello, we would love to hear from you.

Thanks Bellie and HC, the spotting has stopped, it stopped on Sunday, I am still trying not to symptom spot, but am feeling tired, but that may be because I keep waking a four or five in the morning! Can't blame it on DS anymore as it seems his nightmares seem to have gone.

Juanita will look at the photos after posting, I am sure the bump is cute.

Hello to everyone I have missed

Sx

see now I'm wanting apple pie! can't go to shop due to being in PJ's so might have to have some caramel shortbread instead ....yum yum yum

Hope BB and Angel are ok?????? If you're there?????

Hee Hee - brought myself Mr Kipling Apple Pies today - they were ...........not as good as the thought of them....! Still the sausage sarnie hit the spot!

CE - I am 6 weeks on Thursday too!! - my gp reckons on a due date of 30th Jan for me based on LMP of 24/4. Hope you are feeling better soon with your sickness. I get a sickie feeling in the evening, but nothing more than that.

Willmouse - that it went well last night and that you have told your BIL. Well done Nothing to feel guilty about.

HC - sorry that still no better - hope the week gets better xx

HM2J - really pleased that you have got your scan sorted, but still that it has taken so long for you. Did you enjoy the magnum (even without the cloudly lemonade ).

Soosy - how are things with you?

Knax hope you are feeling ok - have you been to the doctors yet?

Mandy - hope you are still trying

Belgian - are you still lurking - hope you are ok hang on in there.

Waves to everyone else xx

Afternoon girls

HC - hope you have recovered from your week from hell! Have to say it didn't sound like much fun at all. I would have been a tad annoyed about having to cook for unexpected guests. (and don't get me started on work/family stuff! That's awful! )
It will be nice to get your dd1 back to school and have a bit of a rest if dd2 will allow it?!?!?!

Willmouse - very proud of you! Well done girl! You must feel SO relieved and can now finally relax. (Apart from running round after 2 ds's!). Glad your first day in 'new' job went well! Also feeling very relieved for you that spotting has stopped

HM2J - sooooo glad it is all finally sorted. Maybe you too can now relax just a tiny bit, apart from obviously wanting the scan to go well of course. Thanks for the info on the doppler...I wish I could hear something already but I know it's far too soon. Will keep trying though for research!!!! Hopefully in 3-4 weeks then! (watch this space!)

Well I feel officially rubbish today . I was almost sick in the car on the way to work (something to do with the heavy rain on windscreen!) and then actually was sick when got to work! I just wanted to come home and go to bed all day! Never mind, it's all good right! I have doctors tomorrow and I think I will be 6 weeks pg on Thursday!

Hi to everyone else - soosy hope you have lots of symptoms!

Just a quickie....I have handed in my notice!!!! Yipee.......

the sound of a great weight dropping of a mouse's shoulders!

PMSL Willmouse, I will share the magners with you, sounds like you have had a tough morning, lol! Was well impressed with Tesco today, arrived 20 minutes before the start of the delivery slot. Unfortunately, the thing I forgot to order this week, blardy cloudy lemonade .

Guess what???!!!!!

The flippin' OB/fetal medical centre saga finally comes to a close!! Not without a hiccup though. I called Birmingham yesterday, still no referal, so called the OB's secretary back, as she was back from her annual leave and told her to fax it, which she did while I was on the phone. Letter arrived from the fetal medical centre this morning, offering me a scan for 27th June! Sounds great right??? We don't return from our hols until 28th June . Thankfully I could rearrange without too much longer to wait, now have an appt for 1st July (fil's birthday, not sure if that is a good sign or not, lol!) and I will be a day shy of 23 weeks. I've just called dh, but because it is less than 5 weeks from now, his schedule is already full and he can't come with me . I am sure everything will be fine, apart from being a very long day as the appt is at 2.30 and the hospital is further away from me than Birmimgham children's is and I don't even know how to get there, lol! Still, mustn't grumble! I am sure if anything major is wrong it will be picked up at my scan next Thursday as they will be taking a good look at the heart for me, not that I think anything is wrong. Power of positive thinking and all that, lol!

Oh well, I can try and relax for now, lol!

PMSL - I have just realised that H2MJ - is waiting for Magnum ice creams. When I read it I thought it said Magners - I thought you were craving cider during pregnancy!!

Willmouse, I would have done exactly the same - thinking of you! Don't feel guilty.

What's the 2ww? The two week wait?

HM2J, Hope you get your Magnums soon.... mmm...

Sado alert!

Just spent half an hour writing a script of what to say to BIL (to limit chances of causing offence), did 10 circuits of the house doing heavy breathing, phoned him up and.......he's out at court

My nerves are in tatters.

Where's HC - I need someone to remind me that there is no reason to feel guitly.

Wow, you lot have been chatty! I need to stop dropping by every few days as I can never catch up or remember what was said.

HC, sorry to hear about your hols, everythign sounds like a bit of a mare, I hope things work out with your dh's work.

Willmouse, glad you survived the first day. Good luck tonight!

Junaitad, great piccies!

CE, yes, it was me that had/has the doppler. I thought I heard the heartbeat for the first time at 9+3, but at the scan I meausred 5 days ahead, so it might have been 10+1, lol! They are hard to find at that age and STILL hard to find at almost 19 weeks, but for different reasons, lol!

Bellie, I would have slapped my hubby had he refused to go and fetch something I was craving, no matter how pregnant I was. As it is, I don't really have any cravings, never have

I'm waiting patiently for the Tesco man to come and deliver my shopping. I manage to forget something major ever week, lol! I really only want the cloudy lemeonade and magnums, lol, my fad of the moment (but I wouldn't call it a craving as I can live without them, lol!)

Morning all,

Survived my 'first day'. It occured to me that this job really is nepotism at its very finest. The head of department is my best friend of 20 years' husband and godfather to DS1 (in turn DH and I are godparents to both of his DC's). My 'line manager' has been one of DH's mates for years - in fact he came to our wedding and I have gatecrashed so many of his 'works doo's' that when I walked in about 50% of the people looked up and said "Hi Nicki how are the boys?" etc . For HC's benefit - the job is phoning up victims of crime to check that they were satisfied with the way the police dealt with the matter and if not to try find out why. I haven't made any calls yet....I'm sure that will come tonight so I am still sh**ting myself! I'm sure once I've done a couple it will be fine. I've bought the scripts home to read so I can familiarise myself with what I've got to say!

Anyway......

HC - sorry that the holiday was a bit of a 'mare. I cannot believe your Inlaws turned up - and let's get this right - not only do they ruin your holiday they are selling the business from under DH? at catering for others whilst on holiday - it's the sort of thing my DH would do to me....

Juanitad - great piccies. Your bump will soon apear! I never got tired of mine! (other than after I had had the baby and wondered why it didn't disappear LOL!)

Bellie - I have never heard of having midwives appointments at a hospital. I am laughing at your DH saying you're not pregnant enough yet!

CE - keep up the healthy eating. Ime by the time you get your bump you feel so fat that it is your duty to eat chocotale/cream cakes while you can! Twirls and rock cakes were my thing with DS1 - will DS2 I tried to be sensible having remembered how long it took me to lose all of my weight from the time before!

Mandy - good luck with the Bding - presumably you are nearly on your 2ww - if not already!

Soosy - well done on exchanging contracts - I bet you are relived the way the market is at the moment. Are you going to be a cash buyer and offer silly money for houses as you can probably get away with it? or have you found somewhere to go? I find 'cash buyer is king' at the moment. Vendors would stampede to get you to make an offer! Good luck with it. Hope that the spotting has gone!

Hi to Ceebee and everyone else!

MJIM - hope you had a good weekend and that DS is feeling better.

I have now stopped spotting (finally - after 12 days) but yipee anyway!

Right - forgot to mention that the other reason I am sh**ting myself is that I have to phone brother in law today and hand in my notice. It could lead to world war three - I am predicting that I will phone BIL then as SIL doesn't work he will phone her and tell her and then she will phone me at home to put her twopennethsworth in.

Wish me luck.

Sorry its such a long post......anyone would think I was putting something off.......

Bellie, I flew to Spain. Normally I'm a bit of a nervous flyer, but I managed to calm myself down this time - it was either because of the fact that I was responsible for 40 kids, or maybe it was that I didn't want to get myself stressed as it could be bad for the littl'un, so I forced myself to feel calm. Anyway, it was fine. The flight was only an hour and a half, I'm not sure I would want to do much more than that at the moment.

Aaw, Juanitad, how cute!

HC,

Ceebee - too right!

CE: "One story that made me laugh on here was someone asking her DH if she could just take on leg out of PJ's!!! shock!....made me laugh!"

(actually been making an effort to relax & have fun although that sounds like a contradiction in terms - popping into 'something a bit more UNcomfortable & whatnot )

Nite nite everyone. x

HC - - you were so looking forward to the holiday too. I really hope that things don't look so bad tomorrow.

Mandy - my appointment is not until Fri so still waiting - although today has gone very quickly so another day closer!

Ceebee - it is lovely when they surprise you isn't it

YEY soosy - another step closer to the move. Now fingers crossed for your FET xx

Great pictures Juanitad - wow things are progressing for you arn't they? Did you fly to Spain or go by coach? I ask as I am flying to France at 12 weeks and wondered how you felt?

Feeling completely exhausted here and starting to crave things - sweet mostly - really fancied Mr Kipling Apple Pies earlier - dh refused to go and get some as "you are not that pregnant yet!" so I had to make do with galaxy. Just seem to be constantly hungry from abou 4pm onwards. Trying to be goos, but the sweet cravings are kicking in big time!

HC - poor you Isn't life just sh*t sometimes? And just when you should be feeling relaxed after a holiday you get all this to deal with aswell.

Soosy - congrats on the exchange - must be very exciting for you.

Juanitad - great photos Don't worry about your bump as it will appear and then by the time you get to 40 weeks, you wish you never had it

Willmouse - I hope your first day at work goes well - from my experience, first day's are pretty easy anyway so I hope yours is too.

Mandy - I think we have all 'been there and done that' with the bding just cos it is the right time even though neither of you are in the mood! Tis worth it though if you get the BFP!!

Hi to everyone else

Just been out for tea - DS was a little star and sat really well in his highchair (which is VERY unusual for him) for at least 90 minutes!! Am now completely stuffed and very tired so will be going to bed shortly

x

Awww Juanitad!!! They are great piccies! baby looks very comfy laid there! and I reckon you do have a tiny little bump....from that angle anyway!

Mandy - well done on the +opk and the BDing! I know how hard it is to be enthusiastic with it when you'vre been at work and are tired! (One story that made me laugh on here was someone asking her DH if she could just take on leg out of PJ's!!! !....made me laugh!)

Been to see my Mum and got the hamsters back after their visit! Think I might have a relaxing bath now.

Was it HM2J that had the doppler? I bought one but it's too early to hear anything yet. Was wondering when you heard heartbeat on yours if you are around!

Love to all xx

Hi ladies,

Have finally put some piccies on my profile - 12 week scan (quality isn't great but you can definitely make out the bub!) and my bup/non-bump about 15 minutes ago!

Hi HC! Sorry I missed you. Do write more later.
Soosy, congrats on exchanging! We're hoping to do the same Mon 9 June... can't wait.