Emmsy's onwards & upwards part four.... more BFP's please!!

Yep it sure is blue I've got to stay away from google and get back to studying

My mum didn't tell us kids about being pregnant with my little sister till she was 7 months and someone else let it slip. We hadn't a clue and I think I was about 7 at the time!!!

Sorry Mermaid - got my 'M's' muddled there . lol at ackronyms...

Curly - not telling DS any time soon - my supersticious tempting fate paranoia couldn't cope with him knowing just now! He knows something's afoot tho' as I've had lots of appointments for "Mummy's sore tummy" and been throwing up around him for weeks now - wee lamb. Can't believe 3 years ago today I was timing contractions and wondering if I was going to avoid a birthdate of 6/6/6 - (we didn't ). You have it all to come .

God, today is draaaaging.

curly no not yet, I think I will just keep it very simple. I've got to tell the mw's that I might not be having a birthing partner yet. It all depends when I go into labour, DH may have to look after DS, but I don't mind. Dh is more bothered about it than me

gracie I keep forgetting to post this. I find mint tea really good for trapped wind, maybe you could get a little kettle beside your bed?

Mermaid I think you should wear popsocks with your sensible shoes

blue Does DS know yet? Hope he has a lovely birthday party tomorrow I remember him from that news report you were on aaaaaaages ago... totally adorable

iggy we didn't even bd at the right time this month, as DH was away. We BD'd the day I got the strong line, then he left... so I really didn't think it was going to happen. We have got so focussed on just doing the do when I'm ovulating, I don't think we'd have bothered on day 12 if I hadn't done the opk . Fingers toes and everything crossed for you!!

VJ any more thoughts on your birth plan?

gracie have you tried wind-eze? I think you can take them when pregnant... I have taken them before with trapped wind, does help.

blue I'm not saucy just hormonal
mermaid I'm going to have another minimilk in a mo, and once baby is here I'm going to try barbies minimilk diet

Sorry MLS - x-post. Get that polo neck on for your school meeting and sensible shoes too.

curly - I'm still beaming for you . Ah, knicker checking and pad patrolling, yes its a whole other world of paranoia... Hope yours remains fruitless .

Annie - great news on your scan and its only 4 weeks 'til your 20 week one! DS's party is at softplayhell tomorrow - cue lots of 3 year olds high on fruit shoots flinging themselves on each other.

Loved the link cupcake - nature's fruit indeed .

barbie - hope you and DH are enjoying the sun and your new hairdo - don't get it all sweaty now .

Jools lol at your crazy 80's perm reference - the image of Carol Decker from T'Pau popped into my head for some reason . I was the backcombing queen of High School, held in place with VO5 extra strong hold. Good luck for operation get me up the duff tonight.

Gracie - can't you get an early appointment as you're an NHS member of staff?? We get so few fringe benefits, getting a scan should be a no brainer surely ?

Vjay - you saucy mare .

Sabs - 24 weeks - wow! And great plan to move back with your Mum, it should be offered to us all! My Mum lives 5 mins away and I would often walk round to her's when DS was fretful/crying or if I just needed a hug/sleep - the early weeks are so tough.

Neeko - what happened on last week's Grey's? (the one where Derek came back to work and Izzy started her treatment). My sky+ only taped 15 mins worth - grrr.

to all x

just nipping in cos its Friday wehehhhhhhhhh

curly spect you havn't come down to earth yet, take it easy be lazy and enjoy being 3.xx

bio activ yogurt thingys gracie they may help.

4ever enjoy the weekend hope dhs hand is getting better. sticks at the ready girl.xx

jools hope the back gets better and operation black basque goes off without a hitch - fingers crossed.

vjay have a fabby weekend - put the ice cream down!!!

blue happy birthday to your ds for this weekend. hope its nice and sunny for the party.x

annie happy birthday just gone, not long till scan.

barbie Its tooth week - mine emptied my bank balance so thats another way to get thin too glad your hair is at least behaving itself enjoy having dh back again. Fingers crossed that af does not appear.xxxxxxx

moon hope you are sitting in the sun with a nice cold glass of something with an umbrella, swizzle stick and some of that nice encrusted suggary stuff ound the rim of the glass. It will be ok, desn't feel like it ever will be I know but the sun will come out again I promise you.xxxx

ok I've forgotten loads of lovely ladies, but have to go cos have gov meeting at school, yukky have to be serious, cover cleavage and look lke you know what all the akcronyms are and i can't even spell that.

good link cupcake

Wow Annie do they have an adult version???

I'm still laughing at your figgy pudding too cupcake

Haha curly I didn't see that comment, that is hilarious

Tis' a terrible place you must suffer when your DC is old enough to go, they can throw themselves around and leap off and on to padded surfaces. Full of hyper children shouting at the top of their voices, best part of it is i can sit and have a drink and let DS burn off some steam for an hour or two.

Curly- i started showing past couple of weeks i would say, still think i look fat rather than pregnant but tummy is starting to get harder. Ive had a tummy really since having DS, its just bigger now

What is soft play VJ?? I'm picturing marshmallows

Morning annie yes I am still grinning though I truly do understand the concept of knickerchecking now!! I can't believe you have your 20 week scan in a months time. When did you start showing?

cupcake I loved the link. Though I loved the comments below it even more. My absolute favourite is "God u r da bomb!"

Hi annie It was nice up here, so I put out my washing, then had a massive rain storm, but now it's nice again, I can't keep up with the weather up here! Hope your ds has fun at the soft play, and atleast you can relax with a cuppa

Morning VJay-Hope you're well today, hope you have better weather up there than we have here, its tipping it down and cold, think will have to take DS to softplay as he has cabin fever being cooped up for more than a few hours!

Barbie-You should get your temp filling replaced for free, thats what they do in the Dental Practice i work at. Im thankful that i dont have to pay for dental treatment and neither does DH-perks of the job

Gracie dont know what to suggest about your trapped wind im afraid, hope some other wise ladies here will be able to suggest something.

cupcake-Aw thanks for your kind words about the loss of my parents, thankfully i have my wonderful DH who is my rock and we are a team and take everything in our stride. We have been through so much in the 8 years we have been together and i would be lost without him.

Morning Curly-i bet you are walking round with a big grin on your face, are you still on a high after your BFP?

Forget to mention earlier, i have my date through for my 20 week scan, its 3 days before my holidays, its on 8th July and i,ll be 19+2, so just over 4 weeks to go.

Girls! Look at what DH just emailed me; it is quite fascinating-
click here

My fellow little pants ladies- let's start making figgy pudding for our DHs!!

Also, Moon I am thinking about you loads too... I know you must be having a really horrible, dark week and I really hope you are getting some sleep, and some tiny flickers of hope for the future. Can't wait til you are ready to be onwards and upwards with us xxx

By the way, I found another teeny tiny little silver lining to my mc cloud today...we have just bought Muse tickets for November; have wanted to see them live for so long...and I wouldn't have been able to go if I had a 10 day old bubba! (obviously I'd rather have my lo than a Muse ticket...but small things...)

mrskate hope you feel better soon xxx
annie I do still ise my doppler, but not as much now, i tend to use it if I haven't felt a kick for a while.

I am rubbish at cross-posting!!!!!!!

Firstly, in case you are around Moon I hope you are okay I'm sending a massive hug to you and DP. I know we are being a bit chirpy and silly lately, but please post if you need to talk about it xxx

Hello again mrskate sorry you've been feeling rubbish but it is lovely to see ya

lol jools if only the menfolk knew how technical we get on Mumsnet Definitely a good story NOT to tell the bubba when it's older!!!!! Good luck tonight

gracie I think it's the 11th of Feb. When's yours? Are you okay today?

4ever you have totally made me cry, thankyou honey. Now get going with those opks because I have a really good feeling about this month for you

iggy we only bd'd twice this month too Fingers crossed for the two week wait for you

Annie fantastic news on your scan, hope you get to relax a bit now.

Barbie you're back! Surely your temporary filling should last longer than that! Do we get to see a photo of your posh new hair??

Morning cupcake, yes I agree this thread is fab!! I postal voted as if I end up at work I can never get to a polling station whilst they are still open. I'm not sure about MLS and Curly's due date but mine is 9th february ish. If I use a EDD calculator where I have to put my cycle length in do I put my old cycle length (32 days) or just pick one out of the selection of new cycle lengths I've had since my MC?? (27, 29, 30)

Big hug for Moon if you're lurking.