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Oh Soosy, so sorry. Thinking of you.

Ceebee, v cute bump!!

Just moved in to new house. Whacked! Carried about 9000 boxes up & down as many steps. Grainy, almost flour-y type CM (weird! sorry)& v sore (.)(.) CD 19-22 but some light brown Cm today = methinks AF is coming within 4 days . Will catch up tomorrow, nite nite all. Missed you.

Soosy - so so very sorry I don't know what to suggest as I guess only you and your DP can make that decision but you have been so courageous and positive throughout, I really admire you for it. Sending you {{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}

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BFN, spotting worse, af on its way.

Really good friend had a baby girl this am, really really pleased for her (IVF baby, first attempt)but very very .

Hope everyone well, have not clue what to do next...... Good Luck HC

HC - no you haven't missed it. It is in the 2-hour finale (not sure what number episode this is - maybe 14?). Mmmmmmmmmm......would deffo get you in the mood for tonight if you watched it now

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hi everyone. Hope you have had a nice day

HC - sounds good to me. I'm sure you can squeeze a quickie in tonight! Hope this is your month xx

majormoo and bellie - how strange about the hayfever! I have never had it and am now paranoid that I may suddenly develop it!

willmouse - sounds like pregnancy suits you! Hope you got plenty of work done today!

HM2J - glad you have come to a resolution. At the end of the day you have to be happy with what you decided (not us or anyone else!) so it sounds like you will have a lovely family time instead

ceebee - glad you are feeling better about your bump. It really looked great....I'm quite jealous!

Hope all the other ladies are well (and beans!)

I told the work colleague that was organising the outward bound day that I was pg - and she beat me to it - said "Right, You're not going then!" so I am going to The Sage Art Gallery in Gateshead instead (yey!) and another teacher is going in my place.I ended up telling someone else in the photocopying room! LOL! They were both really lovely and almost in tears! Bless!

Bellie - I had no idea that not sleeping well was a pg sign! I have been sleeping terribly for the last 2 weeks despite being really tired! Now I know why!

morning all,

CE - was going to say I have no symptoms, but then realised that I do!! Boobs very sore, incredibly tired, waking at 4am (did this for 5 months with dd ) feeling very sick from 4pm until 8pm, but the nausea goes away if I eat! Also have thickened up around the waist already - not sure how I am going to explain the weight gain as I had only just lost it all!!

HC fingers crossed the temp increase is enough and the troops go in tonight!

HM2J - I know what you mean about babysitting. We have only every left dd with my parents at night, and with a couple of really good trusted friends in the day time. I am thinking that I might register with sitters or similar though for when no2 comes along as not sure that my parents will cope with 2!!

Majormoo - with you on the hay fever - I only ever get it when I am pregnant and then I can't take the anti-hystermines! Willmouse - we are ying and yang lol!

Still really warm here but not so sunny, hope you are all enjoying it though!

Morning all.

H2MJ - good decision about the tickets. You will enjoy a weekend away with your family far more!

HC -

CE - Be careful about going to railway museums when pregnant.........your little on may be born with a bobble hat! LOL!!

Majormoo - poor you with hayfever I have it really bad at the moment but at least I can take anit-hystemine. My hayfever completely disappeared when pregnant - which was really weird and it took about 18 months to come back as well after the second pregnancy. Guess I was just lucky!

Hope everyone is enjoying the last of the sunshine (I hear it is downhill from here).

I am resolved to doing a load of work today! I am never going to be able to hand back my old files unless they are 'up straight'

I definitely will not be back this morning!

Thanks ladies. We are VERY particular about who we leave our kids with and because we keep ourselves to ourselves for the most part, don't have many other parent friends that we know well enough to leave the boys with. Alas, my brother/sisters are in Canada and Australia right now, lol! My neighbours are out as we fell out with the immediate next door neighbour when the extension was built in 2005 and as she has been here since the houses were built as well as the other neighbours with kids, she managed to turn them all against us (hence why we keep ourselves to oursleves...I hate where I live and can't wait to move away from this lot).

We have the tickets listed on the site we bought them from, will pop them on ebay and propbably offer them here too and they will go to the first available person who wants them. We are now talking about using our Tesco vouchers to go away for the weekend in a few weeks time, the whole family, but we don't mind. Will also manage to squueze a meal & going to the pictures out of him when we can get family to sit for us.

Damn us for being so picky, lol!

HC, have fun tonight

Ceebee, lol at your hubby! Mine is trying to talk me into wanting super smash bros for the wii for my birthday instead . He's treading on thin ice, lol!

Evening ladies ? thanks for the kind words about my bump ? you have made me feel better about it

HC ? enjoy tonight!! Fingers crossed that this is the month for you

HM2J ? I would either go with a friend or not go at all ? I am wary about who I leave DS with and if you weren?t comfortable, you wouldn?t enjoy it anyway. Just make sure DH is aware of the sacrifice and that he plans something special for another time! BTW, CE is right ? turning 30 is a breeze! I was dreading it and made sure I booked a holiday in Mexico so I turned 30 there but it feels no different at all

MJIM ? you always sound like you have real idyllic days Have a good night tonight!

CE ? I think you have made the right decision about the outward bound trip ? there is no point in risking it at all ? am sure the railway museum will be just as interesting

Had a lovely day today ? took DS to a local park this morning and then went shopping with DH (who was meant to be working from home) this afternoon to buy his own Father?s Day pressie ! He got the Indiana Jones lego game for his Wii

Right, going to watch the football and enjoy my tea (we treated ourselves to an M&S tea ? yum yum!)

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HM2J as CE says could you not ask one of your mum friends or brothers/sisters? Failing that an agency? We usually use family for babysitting, but have used friends too and it was fine. I quite like babysitting for my friends myself. If you really cannot find anyone I would sell the tickets rather than go alone. Then book a babysitter and go out for dinner or something instead another time. Have a lovely birthday. I hope the scan goes well-I know how stressful it is

Soosy sorry to hear about the spotting.

CE railway museum sounds a good option

Ceebee-good bump!

I am afraid you will not get to see mine as am just not keen on putting photos up (also no idea how to do it!)

HC have fun!

MJIM hope the throat improves soon

Sweltering day here so have packed loads in and enjoying catching up with some friends after school. We hardly meet up now as our children go to different schools so it was good to see the kids just slipping back into the old friendships. Only downside of the lovely weather is the hideous hay fever

well ceebee I think your bumpy looks great! I would be very happy if I looked anywhere close to you! Be proud!

HM2J - Surely you could ask a friend? Another mum? I would be VERY loath to get rid of the tickets especailly as you say it will be your lsat bit of time before you get another new arrival! Good luck for scan and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! for Friday!!!! It's great being 30 actually - I don't know what I was so worried about!

Soosy - still got everything crossed for you xxx

Willmouse and MJIM - sorry you are feeling rough. It's rubbish ot being able to take anything isn't it? I had a headache at work and stopped mentioning it after the first 3 people said "oh I've got some neurofen you can have!" and me politely saying err...no thanks!

HC - I don't want to see you on here tonight!!!! Get BDing with your 'booked in' husband!!!!!

Bellie - how are you feeling? Apart from the boobs do you have any symptoms? I don't even feel pg this week!

Lovely sunny day here, kids totally don't want to be in school! Nightmare!(Was wishing I taught PE!). Thanks for all your thoughts about the putward bound day. I had 99% decided not to go anyway, but now am 100% so cheers. It's not the sort of thing you can just watch, you have to get from A to B with the kids. Someone else can have a turn and I will go to the Railway Museum not too much can happen to me there!

MJIM - hope the throat is better soon.

HM2J - what a shame about babysitters. Have you thought of registering with one of the agencies? Or one of the ladies at nursery? If not I would try and return the tickets or sell them and go another time. Hope the scan goes well.

HC - guess you won't be on here tonight then . How is DD2 today? Did you take her to the doc's?

Soosy - still keeping my fingers crossed for you - it could be implantantion bleeding. Hope you find somewhere to live soon.

Willmouse - lazing in the sun sounds like a great idea! Wish I had the time this afternoon, but it is dd's swimming lesson.

Ceebee - you bump looks very petite! (Well compared to my 6.5 week tum!!)

CE - hope you are feeling ok. I wouldn't go on an outward bounds weekend, but then it's not my thing really! Can you not support from the sidelines?

Hope everyone else is enjoying the sunshine.
Saw my best friend today with a 3 day old - she was adorable and made me want to reach Jan even quicker!

Can you not think of anyone at all who can babysit for you....such as a friend?

Me and my friends never babysit for eachothter (for no particular reason) but if one of them came to me in such circumstances I would be happy to do it for them.

The only other thing I would suggest is that you find a friend to go with you instead - afterall it is your birthday present and he has had since April to make some arrangements...... hope that helps.

Feeling icky today, think its the heat!

Off to sit in the garden though LOL......

MJIM: Sorry to hear you throat is still sore. Seems you have had more than your fair share of cold type bugs this pregnancy. Enjoy the party tonight!

Right, I feel bad as I haven't posted much recently and now I need advice, lol!

My lovely, but rather aggrivating dh bought tickets for the 2 of us to go and see a comedy show in Wolverhampton on Saturday evening as part of my birthday gift. The tickets were bought back in April. He had plenty of time to arrange a babysitter and this weekend, I asked him if it was arranged. He looked pretty horrified, said he forgot. Now we are in a pickle, as the people we usually use for babysitting at busy. The inlaws are going away tomorrow for a week and my mother is at a work conference on Saturday in Birmingham. We used to use my Nan too but she now has alzheimers and is a danger to herself, never mind others. There isn't anyone else we would trust enough to leave the kids with, or that they would stay with.

What would you do? Would you go on your own? Would you try and find someone else to go with you? Would you sell the tickets and try and find something else to do/go to together in a few weeks?

I am very sad about the whole thing as dh & I almost NEVER go anywhere together. Now I am not complaining as I knew that when I had children that I would be making sacrifices and I wanted to be the one to bring up my children, the one putting them to bed everynight (Not that there is anything wrong with using babysitters and going out as a couple if that is what you are comfortable with). Dh & I are happy to wait our turn, until the kids are bigger. However, this would most likely have been the last time we would be spending quality couple time for a loooong while, lol! I really wanted us to be together, so am sorely tempted to sell the tickets quickly, or even freecycle them and cut out losses. My hormonal mind is all over the place. What would you do?

Hi everyone!

Sorry, I am not even trying to keep up, my bad . All I seem to be able to think about is my scan on Thursday. I can barely keep a thought in my head apart from that. The boys aren't helping, ds1 reminds me every single morning of how many days are left. At least it is taking my mind off turning 30...on FRIDAY .

Soosy, how are things with you. I have managed to keep thinking of you and keeping everything crossed. I am sorry about the spotting, but it could be implantation spotting (I WILL be optomistic!)

Bellie, good news that baby is in the right place and has a heartbeat. Try and relax and enjoy now (quite sage advice coming from worry wort me, lol!)

Hope everyone else is well. Off to enjoy some sunshine, after slathering the kids in suncream. May get the paddling pool out and have a laugh seeing if I can squish myself into last years tankini, rofl!

Right ladies, a photo of my bump is on my profile now - please be kind about it as, compared to MJIM and HM2J's at this stage, it is HUGE!! In my defence, I was nowhere near this big with DS and was still wearing my normal clothes at 20 weeks so am blaming the 'second child syndrome' (and yes, I know MJIM and HM2J have also had other children!)

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