Emmsy's weebles continue to grow.. Onwards & upwards

Moon Nothing you can do will jinx it. Be brave and buy a test . We'll hold your hand.

just a quick one to offer my hand to 4ever for squeezing tomorrow, really really keeping every part of my body crossed for you

barbie i just love your antics, there must never be a dull moment in your house!

anyone heard from curly recently? hope she is ok

sorry to be boring and keep on counting but cd 36 and no sign scared to buy more pg tests in case i jinx it....

Evening Mermaid Well done on the swim walk

Evening all.
Parents afternoon done and dusted One down, four to go before mat leave.

4ever sending you loyts of positive vibes for tomorrow. Hope that after then you'll be able to relax a bit. You're in a bit of a catch 22 cos you need to be at home to keep your bean safe but being at home means you have a bit too much time on your own to panic think. It WILL get easier.

Iggy my instinct would be to stop riding just now if you can. Once you get to 12 weeks you can re-evaluate.

Annie What have you cleaned today?
If you run out of options, you're welcome to my house for more.

barbie Hope you managed to stay awake til DH came home.

Off to put my feet up

Vjay Can't believe how big Ajay is. Hope your pfb is feeling better.

yuk yuk yuk barbie yuk. and a tree. I think that maybe dh should employ a sort of minder for you
and I don't reckon any woman is too pregnant to see Brandon

My walk? Its taken me this long to dry out actually and have a rather attractive cough but it was a good giggle and a good cause so I don't mind and not one pub did I stop in girls!

iggy a hard one as annoying women I know horsey ladies all tend to carry on till birth don't they with a devil may care attitude. I guess if its excersise your body is used to which it is then it is probably ok but after a mc and feeling like you do I think that maybe it won't hurt to wrap yourself in cotton wool for a wee while. Develop a sudden hay allergy?

4ever nuchal fold day - gulp. Yep thats a bit of a biggy and I am going to borrow some of the sand which iggy is hogging and join everyone there until you let us all know that your lo is fine. No words are going to reduce your terror I know, its so hard when things are out of our control.
Thinking of you and just hang on.xx

neekos cd sounds good too. Especially if it gets anyone cooking at 8 on a sunday morning!

annie lovely to hear you getting all ready and spick and span

love to everyone, glad you had a great time cupcake hi to lovely jools vjay hope ds is feeling a bit better and that ajay doesn't tcatch it too.xx

Will be thinking of you tomorrow 4ever xx

Thanks vjay barbie & annie ur all v sweet.. Just gonna get an early night to make tomorrow come sooner.. Scan is 10.30 so can just get up & go.. X

barbie yuk again, poor you drinking flies, I'm gagging again, please be more careful hun I can't take much more of this

4ever sending tons of positve vibes your way. What time is your scan tomorrow?

x-posted with barbie- ugghh feel sick!

Iggy-Its hard to know what to do for the best. Maybe as Barbie says, wait until you have some scans under your belt. its going to be harder for you with having your own horse as well, have you got people who can exercise him/her for you?

4ever-Relax hun, you've got this far and nothing has shown up to give any indication of potential problems re nuchal fold, tomorrow is just a formality, another thing to tick off. Ive got good vibes about your scan tomorrow, im looking forward to you coming on here (or even sending me a sneaky text if you have time )and letting us know everything is great. Hairstrokes and big hugs for you. XX

argggggghhhhhhh

sat drinking orange juice not paying attention....thought to myself ummmm there shouldnt be bits in this juice its smooth with no bits...looked down to see a plague of flies in my drink..tiny little ones but big enough for me to feel as i have swollowed some

iggy if you are any thing like me you wont feel like doing any form of excercise for 27 weeks for most of the pregnancy...some days getting out of bed was excercise in itself!

Sat here waiting for dh to come home, since fri eve i have seen him only for about 15 mins. last night when he came home from doha, i was so tired and it was so late i muttered that i loved him and climbed into bed then this morning he left at 6am to go on a work job and is about 20 mins away so that means it will be nearly 9.30 when he gets home....im soooo tired again, struggling to stay awake to see him

Hello to everyone else, where are you all today??? mermaid are you still in the pub???

xx

barbie I am massively wobbling today

I have emailed the consultant i had the scan with last time - just for advice on riding and exercise in general.

hello 4ever and iggy the wobblytwosome

4ever i really do feel its going to be ok for you tomorrow. The cystal ball is showing a wiggly little beanie and it hasnt been wrong so far has it??? I know we cant do or say anything to make it go any quicker or for you to feel any better, but slow down and breathe, think of the lo inside you...must be getting kind of squashed up in that knotted up stomach of yours, relax and give it some room

iggy oh tough call....i would be very inclined to give it up for a few weeks maybe until you feel more settled and have a few good scans under your belt. Then see how you feel? There is a tack room section on here, maybe start a thread and get some advice from other fellow riders.

4ever thinking of you xx

Meanwhile i am scaring myself with this:

Horse riding and pregnancy article

Am thinking maybe I should stop

what do you lot think? Will be hard as have my own horse - so tricky to explain to yard owner etc

Cant even describe how nervous i am, i feel sick, totally overwhelmed by fear, this has been the longest few days & im literally countin the minutes.. Have lurked so many times i lost count but v quiet here today.. DH home soon, im practically shakin & tummy churning.. It just feels so scary whether we have actually made this milestone, & please god we have, am so nervous that its developing properly as epu only check heart & growth not organs & even if it could be downs id be grateful of that & nothing worse. Im so scared to go back to that unfamiliar 4th floor without my usual epu support network

Hi all. Just having a lunchtime lurk and had a wee giggle to myself at iggy's imagined phonecall to EPU:
"Hi. i'm phoning to book an early scan. My friend 4ever recommended I come to you."
"4who? Who recommended us?" Sorry but it amused me! (Seriously though, what a fab EPU!)

Had a text from MLS. AF got her yeaterday so she's out for this month. Boooo!

Hope you're all having a good day.

Yep just walk in from 8.30 to 11, just anxiety from a prev mc is good enough reason, but if u phone ahead to epu dept u may get an apt to save any waiting (leave a message they will call u back, even mention my name!) They are all very lovely, i normally see gayle who is back from hols next wk.. U can see heartbeat at 6wks.. Go for it!

My MIL works there - which might put me off in some ways! But is not too far - can you just go if you feel like it then? Do you not have to have good reason?

Just a quick one to iggy if u want an early scan you can go to my hosp st georges, i know ur not that far from me, they do a walk in clinic mon to sat til 11am, u may even get an apt if u phone ahead.. Also been holding off saying it for some reason but whatever the outcome doesnt change the fact i conceived this one on 11th sept, my dads birthday, & 3 days after my last edd on the 8th & 3 days before my 2yr anniversary of first mc on the 14th.. I got my actual bfp on the 22nd which was 4 days before my 2nd ones edd on the 26th id been absolutely dreading all the horrible dates in sept too.. It is like our bodies wait til our minds are ready & wierd theres a pattern developing between us all Thanks to everyone for the hands & support for my utterly terrified weebleness for tomorrows scan.. Its at 10.30 so at least not too much waiting just get up & go.. GULP..

Thank you for the kind words and sympathies 4ever neeko blue and cupcake, the anniversary is this Thursday.

Hope all are well, its a really awful day here weather wise, its bucketing down with rain, so dark, ive had to put the lamps on. Im busy washing the car seat covers, ive washed all my pram and puschair covers and they have came up as good as new, DH scrubbed the pram chassis down yesterday and it still looks brand new, so am pleased with that, was going to buy new pram/puschair but the pram i have- a Jane Matrix Pro, cost over £600 when i bought it 4 years ago when DS was born, so might as well get my use out of it
Enjoy your Monday everyone, enjoy your last day at work for a while buddha

mysticbarbie thanks for the sand! Am imagining you sat miles away from us with your crystal ball glad you managed to sort it out with you mum.

moon I have everything crssed that it was just too early to test xx

vjay I can't believe little optimus is 11 weeks already!

4ever is so stressful for you - I am hoping that everything goes ok at this next scan xx

cupcake DH was very happy and pleased, but trying not to get excited, just in case. Will prob tell my parents this week - but will wait before telling his mum. Not sure what to do in terms of possibly booking early scan.. I guess I might do. But I didn't like the consultant we went with last time, so might try to find somewhere else.

blue Am starting to get v. excited for you getting to meet you lo soon x

neeko not really - feel totally different to last time - less excited in some ways, but happier in others - v. hard to explain!

buddha ooh last day! enjoy!

mermaid how is the sea today? I'll be needing some more sand.

lbm spooky that yours was concieved just after EDD. I had wierd thought that I kind of had to 'complete' the first pregnancy before moving on..

Waves to everyone else!

Morning lovelies
I have both ds's here today as ds1 is poorly, he had a high temp and fluey symptoms over the weekend, his temp is down now but keeping him off school today.

moon have you got some more tests in yet?

annie and blue I'm getting really excited here for you both, who's going to pop first????

4ever how are you today?

barbie I gagged when reading about your toothbrush, yuk yuk and double yuk , you poor thing.

Waves to everyone else.

ps Ajay is 11 weeks old tomorrow, can't believe how fast it's going, he weighs over a stone now

Oooh Blue you've made me hungry for chocolate now!

4ever I can't imagine how wobbly you must be about Tuesday, especially as it's going to a different dept wherethey don't know you. But I hope somewhere buried in there there's also a teeny tiny bit of excitement about how amazing it could be when they tell you the outcome is good hang in there lovely, only 2 more sleeps.

Hi Annie! good to see you here, and v glad you're enjoying your leave massive sympathies on your Mum's anniversary.

Neeko writing's good thanks am doing an Open Uni course on writing fiction at the moment which is getting my creative juices flowing again, loving it! The book has been started too, eek! Got 6 months to finish it I guess before lo arrives! Working 4 days a week aswell now though so not all the time in the world.
The hypnotherapy thing sounds lush! Glad you are rested

Iggy update us! How has dh reacted? Are you going to be telling family yet? Has it sunk in??

I'm half-watching I'm a Celebrity..Ant & Dec crack me up so much