***Let's support each other again - Part 2***

Hi becky poor you feeling yuck at this late stage hope you get well soon it time for the birth

Hi nandos good to hear from you and glad all is going well. It is such a shame your dh has to travel so much, it must be difficult for you being on your own with a wee baby. Must be lovely when he returns.

I just had some terrible news last night. My friend who has been ill has been told the tumour on her brain is malignant and they can't operate. She has to begin radiotherapy in the next few weeks so can only pray that helps.

Am off to get hair cut now. Fringe really bad after I trimmed it myself (oops) before going to disney as I didn't have time for hairdressers. Am having a virgin vie make up party tomorrow but tbh not really in mood now. House needs tidied etc and I just don't have the will

Also just phoned gran to see if she needs anything to find out my cousin who had baby 3 months ago is making a rare appearance and my gran told her I would come out to see baby as well Feel really bad as just don't have any time for that cousin at all (not got anything in common and thats being nice!) and at the moment also feel baby envy (which is also not v nice)but can't really say that to gran!!! Told her I was busy etc. and if I can manage I may pop in but just honestly think that would be the topper on a really bad day! (feel really nasty now)

Anyway bitching over! Better be off to hairdressers

mbm hope you are doing ok.

poppy xx

Hello! Still here. Trying to relax...it is hard though as things like cars, cupboards, etc need cleaning.

I've got DS1's cold so I've had a horrible night of heartburn and coughing. Blaaaa.

How is everyone else?

Boo! Maternity leave is soooo boring... no news yet. Just thought I'd check in and say hello to everyone

Hello! Still here, five days to go until due date. I've just been cleaning DH's and my car out (must be nesting). You wouldn't believe what I found in there - my car was home to two snails!!!!

mbm the baby doesn't have a room yet, he or she will be with us. In our old house DS2 was with us for 2 years (yikes!) because we didn't have a room for him - he then went in bunk bed with DS1 in DS1's room. At least in this house we have space just need to organise something! Organisation is not my strong point.

DS1's birthday is next week. Actually I'd better go and wrap his present just in case I run out of time. He had a birthday tea / party on Saturday, a week early, which he enjoyed very much.

Better go wrap! More later

hi everyone..
feel bad abt not posting on Mn for so long.

hey poppy..glad u back home safely..that wicked lady..hmm sometimes cant blame these ppl..maybe they are having problems bigger than us which disguise into attitude probs

becky,how r u doing? baby's birthday in november..yay! same as mine hope ur labour/birth will go smoothly..

MBM, am still in SG. baby still having vaccinations so will be staying till dec as per current plan.
dh in africa n has been travelling since sept end. missed him a lot
i feel like a single mother without dh around..well good side is i dont need to worry abt contraception
btw has the specialist told u to consider any other options apart from ivf?
re ds friend's bday hope you have a fun day tmr

take care all

OMG we slipped off page!!

Can't chat tonight as have got to go and bake for ds's anchor boy coffee morning tomorrow

Hope you are all well. We are off to organised firework display tomorrow night. Should be good if a little cold!!

Poppy sounds like you had a lovely time. Grrr at that awful woman! Some people are just so selfish and unfeeling. And your poor DS losling his seal and then being poorly.

Oh Poppy your poor friend. My thoughts are with you and her family. Big hugs to you.

Hello everyone else xxx

Wow becky you look fabby cannot believe you are due in 2 weks - time seems to have flown by since you first became pg! You must be sooo excited

nandos so glad things are going well for you and you are enjoying being a mummy so much. It really is such a special time when they are beginning to develop their own little personalities and giving you smiles - happy days

mbm hope you had a good time in Wales!

We had a brill time in disneyland and everything worked out in the end. Disney agreed to honour the booking and said they would claim the money from their insurance co. Our hotel was beautiful and the weather stayed dry and sunny (only one drizzly wet day). We only had 2 traumas. Firstly on the return flight we were all split up and when I asked a lady travelling on her own if she would mind swapping so I could be next to ds, she refused and said "absolutely not" there was "no way" she was giving up an aisle seat for a middle one! Luckily a young German man came aboard and was only to happy to swap so ds wouldn't be on his own! I was quite uspet by this point and totally shocked one woman wouldn't help another esp. when the flight was at night and ds was tired and upset at being away from me Some peeps eh!

Then when we arrived home we discovered that he had left his precious seal soft toy in France. Cue much crying and me phoning hotel in the morn to check lost property (nothing) then searching on ebay to find a similar seal (which I did) Seal is like a mega comfort blanket so it was v upsetting!

Also the night we left ds had sore ear so we ended up at hosp at midnight (we were leaving at 3am) seeing a dr and getting antibiotics Oh the joys!!!

Since we have been home my friend who was v ill with suspected stroke has been diagnosed with brain tumour. Just waiting on biopsy results now. Have been out of my mind with worry and doing lots of praying and positive thinking. She is such a lovely person and this has been such a shock for everyone.

xxxx

DH has finally uploaded photos but there is only one of me with bump and that is me dressed as Mr Blobby. I've put it on my profile if you feel brave enough to have a look. I look AWFUL!!!

I've asked DH to take some photos of me before this baby arrives otherwise we will have no evidence, hardly, that I was ever pregnant!

I've started maternity leave today so have been overn cleaning and packed my bag ready just in case (although I don't think it'll happen just yet).

Hope everyone is ok

I'm fine - two weeks to go today!

Happy Hallowe'en everyone

Oooh where in Wales? We live close to Wales... wave hello on your way in

Hello everyone
guess wht? i still havent sort out my keyboard yet last time was using DH's laptop..now that hes gone away, am using Dad's laptop now.
i can't even describe how i feel to be able to type again lol.
MBM, hope DS has recovered from chicken pox. poor thing to have it so young. i had it when i was 9 yrs old.
Becky, phew..i thought u gave birth already..cos' havent been on MN for so long i couldnt remember wht date u due on.
Poppy, hurray.. hope u and your family have a good time there..its really nice at Disney Paris. hope u update us abt the holiday once u back k.
Btw so sad to hear abt your friend who suffered a stroke. hope she get well soon.

Anywayz..baby Ibraheem is doing fine and always smiling after his feeding which makes me smile as well..:O wht joy a baby can bring even when we really tired, they still make us happy..

I got to go now.. will chat some other time when i get hold of some other family member's laptop lol..
take care..

Hi ladies

Hope you are all well. We have finally got our hol sorted and are off to Disneyland Paris on Thur morn (crack of dawn!)
It's taken many emails/faxes/phone calls etc to get to this point and will only fully believe it when I am sitting on plane.
Ds is high with excitement now which is lovely. Dh and Db are not good travellers so they are quite anxious at the mo

Took ds to cinema today to see disney UP. It was fantastic. Think I may have liked it more than ds. We had our 3D glasses on and our sweets really got me in a disney mood!

Only trauma we have had was that last week my good friend was taken to hosp with a suspected massive stroke. She was home alone and had called dh/dd's but no reply and was going to lie down as she felt so bad but ended up calling 999 which saved her life as she needed resusitaion in a&e and dr's say if she had gone for a lie down on her own that would prob have been the end. Family were told to prepare for worst BUT thankfully next morn she began to recover and now a week later is lots better. She has had tests galore, CAT scans etc and nothing showed up until today they found clots on her lungs and are now testing to see if that is what caused the collapse. It has been a nightmare but I am so relieved she is improving as she is such a lovely, lovely person.

On that cheery note.....

Speak soon and take care
xxxx

My due date is 14th November. If you send me your email / mobile via facebook I'll add it to the list I'll give him to text / email to everyone when the time comes.

mbm poor your DS with chicken pox. We haven't had it yet here - in a way I wish we would to get it over and done with.

Oh Poppy that is awful for you. I hope that it is all going to be ok. Sorry to hear it has been making your poorly with all the stress.

I hope you have a good time at the pantomime

Not much news here - 5 weeks to go. DS2 says he isn't feeling very well but the miracles of calpol and he seems fine at the moment. DS1 really enjoying school and explaining to me what a 'triangular based prism' is today.

It is truly autumn now, we have the heating on.

Poppy we are the same age now. Although I will be 38 in December. I still feel about 22 though!

Hi all!!!

Yes you were right MBM it was my birthday on Monday - what a good memory you have
Had a nice day. Got lovely flowers, money, chocs, jewellery and smelly things almost worth turning 37 for

Really sorry to hear about your apt. MBM that sounds rough. The Lupus thing is what I tested positive for at the rc mc clinic and "if" I manage to get pg again will need to inject heparin and take asprin during pg But on the positive side (if there is one)I feel at least any further pg can be helped a little.
Hopefully you will be treated before the 6 months and they can remove any cysts and endo and allow you ttc with peace of mind. It will work out for you - I just know it will.

We have been having a huge nightmare which began last wed morning. We heard on the Tues night that the travel agency which we booked eurodisney with had gone into liquidation and all that was on the shop window were numbers to call for help. So I have spent the last week and a half phoning Abta and disneylad paris to try and find out where we stand. No definate answers yet BUT have managed to print out e tickets for flights and yest got sent tickets for airport to resort transfers along with a letter about hol. Am still waiting on Eurodisney getting back to me to confirm things. Poor ds knows nothing about this as don't want to disappoint him if we don't have to but I have been having migraines and my arthriris has been awful with the stress of it all.

On a good note, off to see an amateur pantomime tonight with my girlguides. Taking ds and his pal as well. It was brill last year so hoping this will be really good too.

Love Poppy xx

Boo! Was it your birthday Poppy? Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a lovely day

I haven't been up to much, except waddling around.

mbm that internal sounds painful - poor you. I hope that they can sort your endo if you have it out and cysts. I haven't heard of Lupus anticoagulant. I really, really want it to work out for you though so even if you have to wait a bit longer, keep optimistic, keep smiling, keep hopeful I really want it to work out for you, m2o and Poppy and we'll keep supporting each other no matter what xxxx