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

Sorry, i meant also to say fab news on your scan Neeko, so happy that all well. Have you told DD yet??

4ever-Sorry to hear you are in pain sweetie, hope your back feels better soon, hugs.

LBM-So happy that your scan went well too, and well done you for being so calm about it all.

Buddha-Yeyy to only having 6 days left at work before you start maternity leave..

Blue-Hope you well and LO is behaving him/herself. My LO is still not engaged, he is in correct position but his head is still 'free'

Barbie-Sorry to hear you had argument with your Mum, have you spoke since? Sending big hug your way.

Jools-Glad you had lovely birthday, hope yesterday passed over okay for you XX

iggy cross post! annie is right, a line is a line!

yay, well done neeko and neekobean

ooh iggy are we cycle buddies again? do you have any symptoms? my head is in the sand i do have symptoms, but then i did last month too. have promised myself to wait til Saturday to test

4ever feel so for you that you are in so much pain, just keep thinking about your lo that you will have at the end of it all same for you buddha at least you dont have too long to go now

jools its nice to hear from you again, sounds like you had a lovely birthday, keep your chin up lovely lady

barbie hope you are ok, i agree with the others re. your mum, hope you will be back on happier terms soon. any barbie-isms to report to keep us laughing?

just remembered, is this another omen to go with my hpt car reg - very often see a lonely magpie (1 for sorrow) in the same place on the way to work, today there were two (2 for joy?)

OOOh oooh Iggy thats just fab!!! A line is a line!!! So happy for you!!

Am tentatively going to say that I poas just now ( I know, stupid) and think there is a line... Faint but definite... Will test again in morning and report back

Iggy beat me too it! Massive YAY for Neeko! x x

Message from Neeko :

Baby ok. 2 go back at 32 weeks 2 check kidney as precaution but not worry. Very detailed scan. Was amazing.

Sounds good

Pass the duvet & ben & jerrys Buddha! scuse the yelps every time i move tho its hard aint it? Did it make u worry 4 baby to be in so much pain? Im tryin not too but most disconcerting as i said.. Anyway enjoy coffee with Fil (am on cafeine ban ) ill be hoping that placentas shifted today, at least u get to see bubba again! Let us kno wont u?! Iggs just slap us all! We're bein naughty weebles i kno what its like when ur tryin to be non chalent, love ya! X Will be back for news later, am flat out in bed on pho, got docs at 6 & honestly dont kno how will get there..

buddha you can be excited for me - but I am really trying not to be cos is miserable when AF arrives and you built your hopes up!

Exciting that you nearly on maternity leave!

4ever look after yourself

Iggy X posts - can I be secretly excited?? Really hope that this is your month

Been lurking all week but had to congratulate lbm fantastic news your head in the sand attitude has worked really well!
Moon Have you given in and tested yet?
Neeko Good luck for today (not that you will need it of course) Are you going to find out the flavour?
4ever So glad your scan went well too.
I can fully sympathise with this whole pain thing, let's curl up on the sofa together with some ben & jerry's comfy blankets and dvd's Hope you get some relief soon
Barbie Sorry you're feeling so homesick and lonely, I'm sure your Mum will "get" it once she thinks about why you were so upset, maybe when it's all died down a little you could have a chat with her about how you are feeling?
Blue Thanks for the cheery info that my SPD will vanish so quickly, I definately need more news like that ! Not sure if they will give me an actual date if placenta hasn't moved today we will have to wait and see.
Right got to go as FIL has turned up for coffee, got a day off today so only 6 working days left until maternity leave starts
Big waves to everyone else, will check up on everyone later x

Just a quickie, did another phone post which I lost again!

Just to wish Neeko luck though sure all will be well hon! Hopefully littun is giving mummy some reasurring kicks to let you know its fine! It will be amazing to finally tell DD! What a great christmas prezzie! Will try & post from phone but not v reliable but I want that tx anyway! Big hug for you xx

Also so so pleased for you LBM that is great news re downs odds too! has become a slight obession of mine MW told me that anything above 1 in 150 is good so 1 in 400 is great! My BIL & his GF have theirs today then mine on tues so praying this good luck shall continue! Anyway, time to take your head out of the sand Mrs! Looks like you're having a real baby!!!

Big massive girly HUG to Barbie hopefully you spoke to mum again now, I echo all, she is prob feeling bit sad & far away from you too & got over defensive.. It must be hard & you are bound to feel homesick at christmas with baby on the way, hopefully you have kissed & made up & told her how you really feel.. thats what mums are for, be honest how sad you feel.. You have lots planned to keep you busy & just think how amazing next christmas will be with your new addition! xxx

Bluemoon & Iggy Im really not in the least bit excited about AF not arriving yet, I mean your not even ttc so im not honest!!!!

Right back spasming out, about to cry with pain, was screaming out loud yest (my poor confused neighbours) all in back hip & groin, not the least worried (yea right! ) back to bed for me xxxxx

neeko I'll always be near a computer! Feel free to text me. Hope it goes well!

lbm fab news so pleased for you.

moon ah same here - Cd 31 and no AF yet - but should come today I guess - usual cycle is 29 days, but last month was 31 - so not going too mad about it. Might test tomorrow if nothing, but not hopeful. I have everything crossed for you tho!

Hi. just a quick post to ask who will be near the computer/fancy phone about 2pm so i can text them news of the scan and they can post? - please! We're doing some Xmas shopping after and taking DD out for dinner to heopfully tell her our news so i won't be on til late.

P.S. Mooooooon Test! test! test! test! test! (if you want to )

neeko Still haven't told MIL - DH and I keep talking when she goes to the loo ( live in open plan house so little privacy!)

lbm im so pleased everything has turned out ok for you

lots of luck for those having scans tomorrow.

sorry its just a fleeting visit, a bit behind with everything tonight as there was an accident on the way home from work which i got stuck behind.

cd 31 and no af, not that i'm counting or anything . had cramps at the end of last week and beginning of this week like she was arriving, but now mysteriously have disappeared and just feel bloated

Wow LBM I've been lurking backwards and forwards tonight waiting for news. So pleased for you. How you kept your mouth shut from MIL is beyond me!

Thanks for the good luck wishes. Feeling a little wobbly tonight but have my lucky scan top looked out and wriggler has given a few kicks to keep me reassured. Will catch up with yoy all properly tomorrow.

Sorry - one more thing neeko good luck for tomorrow but it will be fine. This is a good week for the Emmsys weebles!

omg - there is actually a baby in there - tiny but a baby none the less!! I was so much in denial that it was a bit of a shock at the scan when I saw, the very chilled out LO, lying there waving his arms!! And there was only one, which was even better - scanner had had 3 sets of twins today!!

Scan agrees with dates and did all the measurements etc and says that it's a low risk of downs ( 1 in 800), which is great. At my advanced age you do have to worry about these things..

Bit of a shock for DH too when I showed him the scan photo.

I did have to wait for 1 and 1/2 hours for the scan which did test my patience some what but there was this extremely mad irish family there which made me laugh!

Thank you for all the lovely messages and vibes - they clearly worked, BabyBell exists and we've only got 6 months now to think of another J name!!

Will post more on Friday ( got to go to Norway for the day tomorrow!) when I'm a bit over the shock!

Wow girls! Thought I'd have a quick catchup before leaving work and you've all gone and mammothly posted! Love it

4ever so sorry about the pain you're in that sounds horrible. But I love that you and dh felt like 'a real pregnant couple' that is so soooo lovely. I can't believe you haven't seen Love Actually! I saw it 3 times in the cinema haha!

Keep thinking of LBM hope she's ok.

Hi jools! So glad you had a lovely birthday. Kittens!! That will make up for anything (well, almost ) that is so cute though.

Neeko here's my hand for tomorrow...you must be getting a wee bit (I'm going Scottish now!) excited about telling your dd now

Vjay woah, so glad he didn't chuck out the DVD! Because why would anyone DO that?? (I wouldn't mind throwing some of dh's out mind!)

Right, off home... let's see if the car has decided to work now or not cut out on me this morning with a bus behind me...not cool.

this me in and out real quick cos its swimming in a mo - 4ever so pleased re the scan etc but oh your poor back one day of being on the sofa got me quite depressed so I think you are doing really amazingly well. oh yes and prunes or apricots but not the horrid ones in all that preservative stuff.

jools I was a bit worried it may have upset you and apologise for making you cry but glad it was pink and bubbly anyway.x
Think we must all have the same horrid cold thing.
Thinking of you today and hope that lighting a candle helps.xx

barbie achh you poor girl - Its the hormones, the long way from home, christmas, mothers (don't get me started on mothers)
Its just so bloody horribly being so far from a freezing cold country full of rain and miserable ill people

Is there a pregnant lady group you can join? do they have them over there, you know yoga,coffee and cake?

right time to go sit and watch the lovely life guards.xx

barbie so sorry you had arguement, must be hard being so far from your mum. Love your crystal ball predcition! Hope it comes true sooner rather than later

hellooooo

jools i loved reading your post, by the sounds of it you had a fab time in cornwall, im glad you enjoyed the fizzy....shame you didnt get the cake to go with it I hope you havent got the piggy flu, just a case of the good old westcounrty flu! Enjoy your massage and well done for coping so well today...onwards and upwards indeed! Ps dont feel bad about the gym,,,you deserve a week or so off!

4ever you arent the only one feeling sorry for yourself..; i hope the back pain eases up soon, send dh out for some ice pads or the cream i told you about. A warm bath used to help me and then bed rest. Congrats on starting your xmas shopping, i havent even thought of it!
My bad is killing too, but mid back on right side as thats where the baby insists on being...never mind that it has a whole belly to swim around in I had a bit of a melt down yesterday after arguing talking with mum. She insists that i cant follow a well known book to get baby in a routine and that i have to do it her way...grrrrrr i know she is just being helpful but i had a moment of thinking prehapes i dont know how to look after this baby i realised how alone i have been feeling, not having anyone here to talk to in rl. Then i was overcome with emotion about christmas.....i tried telling mum that i didnt want to think about xmas as its too hard, i will send cards and then do our own christmas in feb when we are together again, however she didnt seem impressed ...instead of crying and telling her its because im so upset being away i got all defensive and we argued
Que me crying for about an hour and worrying dh who then blamed himself for bring me out here in the first place. I just cant explain how down i am...i feel so v v guilty because i have everything i ever wanted but at the same time, everything is just getting on top of me and i cant relax and enjoy it.
sorry for massive me me me post....

annie 3 more weeks...hope you make the most of the next few weeks and relax as much as poss, i wonder who will be first, you or blue neeko i still cant believe its your 20 week scan soon i thought it was ages since my bfp before anyone else get theres! Im 6 months tomorrow and have to say that month 5 went on forever!

mls have a fab fab holiday, i love italy, reminds me of my honeymoon

mermaid booooo about af, i remember the doc telling me that they would investigate my af as i didnt go longer than 26 without bleeding. I know you arent trying but did you ever get tests? sorry if thats too personal i just cant keep up Im still so at the cold weather, xmas shopping and generally being organised!

buddha i have everything crossed for your scan tomorrow, make sure you come and update us...if you need a c section will you get a confirmed date when the baby will come? oh how exciting! (not having the c section, but meeting the baby!)

iggy i love that you are still here....bravo brave lady...im sure in the new year we will see much more of you due to some v good news (barbie had a crystal ball moment and i havent been wrong yet!)

lbm been thinking about you all day, i wish i had your mobile to text you to find out im very impatient so we can all celebrate with you!

Hello to everyone else, forgive me for not writting to you all, i have just done an extra 2 hours at work and im pooped! Will be back tomorrow,

Love B xx

Thanks vjay your a sweetie.. I feel v sorry for myself in this state could never consider work anyway! Give that gorgeous boy a kiss from me x
Jools lovely lady, your so sweet & your words rang through my ears on mon that you wouldnt let anything bad happen on your birthday bless you.. x Im so so glad you had a beautiful sounding birthday, you really deserve some happy times.. I hope that today goes as well as it can, i think u have been v brave, pamper sesh & some you time sounds perfect.. Hope u get over cold too & its not piggy flu! I had a stinker of a cold last wk, alot of it about.. X Had posted to Annie on lost phone post & realised missed u have off when re wrote it so big hi to u! Great to see ur long post & wow only 3 wk wks! Hope ur enjoyin the last wks now u finished work!
I started writing this ages ago on pho & then sil & niece popped in with cute baby scan pic frame bless her! I do have alot of scan pics! Still in bloody agony, flat on sofa scared to move!