Emmsy's weebles, from TTC to new arrivals, it's all going on here.

Yea! Im making up for being a bit crap & self absorbed Jools!! LOL!

Yes, where is everyone?!?!?! Poor you needing distractions & everyones gone wandering! Soooooooooooooo not been tempted at all then?!??! Have you set a day/deadline?

DOH! Moon Monkey MM all the mmmmmmmmmmmms!

MM looking forward to seeing the lovely Nieve as soon as you are off your baby moon!

Moon hope your enjoying the things on your list & your lovely fiance & wedding plans!

Monkey Hope DS grommets op went ok & all else well with you?!

Must confess posting cos I just found the list (after trawling several pages!) so I could cut & paste it to a word doc so i can pop on v quickly on sunday for my upgrade!

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Wow, monster post

You sound so much happier today 4Ever - really bubbly

So where is everyone else hiding then ?? I need distractions !

Hello all - v quiet on here indeed! Well, my scan today was ok thank god! PHEW!

I have spent most of the last 48 hours in tears thinking the absolute worst cos of the aches & pains I had.. I was worrying coming off cyclogest meant it had all gone wrong, that the pubic bone pain was cos uterus was too low, then to top it off last night my boob started leaking quite alot which happened after I lost the 3rd baby at 13wks, so by that point I was convinced something bad had happened. I was near hysterical this morning sobbing on DH when he went to work at 6am!

Anyway, have now rationalised after seeing our gorgeous girl stretching & snoozing away all cuddled up with her head in her arm & the other wrapped around her just like her mummy sleeps! I discovered after reading my mat notes that actually I do have phone numbers & access to my midwifes at ante natal & also at GPs I just hadnt seen one yet (apart from booking in & screening) cos under consultant care, but can when I want! I went to sonographer with list of ailments & concerns, saw her collegue walk past whilst we waited & she answered everything for us, then when we had the scan our lovely sonographer answered it all again(!) checked uterus & fundus height & all as it should be! A big part of my weebling was thinking this maybe last weekly reassurance scan, but my lovely sonographer said she will see us next week after going back to work, & wants to continue this journey with us whenever we need her, bless her! Think its all a bit off the record & more out of the friendship we've built up over the last 2years, she is truly wonderful! To top it off my lovely (also pregnant GP) made a 'call back' to sort my repeat prescription, & also fully reassured me! So now 3 professionals have all said the same thing & I see baba is doing Ok Im a bit more relieved!!!

Apologies for the major wobbling, sure you are all bored of hearing it now but hey, thats what this is for isnt it?!? I think its just hit me all at once, coming off cyclogest, thinking it might of been last scan, going back to work, and of course that horrible low feeling of doom we all have approaching an anniversary, & the fact its 4yrs since I lost my lovely daddy on sunday. I went to my mums afterwards & she said she has dreamt of him lots & so have I, so I think its affecting me more than I realised, specially plus hormones running riot & the guttedness he is not here to share all this, he would of made a brilliant grandad..

Anyway, enough about me, want to say special thanks & so much love to Cupcake for always remembering & saying the right thing & as I said, proving what an amazing caring mummy she is going to make! Hope you are not weebling too much yourself about youre scan tomorrow lovely? Ill be holding your hand & supporting just like you always do.. xxxxx

Same to you Mermaid you inspirational brave lady, staggered that you always remember & think of others when you are going through your own personal headf*.. Thank you as always for your ongoing beautiful support special lovely one... Glad to hear you feeling a little more 'you' today, I will soon start nagging asking you about getting those fibroids seen too & perhaps taking insy winsy pigeon steps towards possibly thinking you still have a damn good chance once those pesky fibroids are gone Love ya massive xxxxx

Neeko another diamond bird! Always with the wisdom! Glad DDs first day at nursery wasnt too traumatic (once you'd got her back again!) it must be so hard letting their wings grow a bit, hopefully tomorrow she will come out beaming & the fact it made her tired can only be a good thing! (for mummy anyway! ) Hope being back at work going ok? xxxxx

Iggy are you still up there on cloud 9 girl? Stay there all pregnancy & enjoy & embrace it sweetie! Everyone I spoke to today said I really must try & do the same & its such a shame that mc can rob you of that enjoyment, so you stay up there as long as you can! Sounds like you are in very fabulous & expensive hands so Im sure all will be just wonderful for Baby Igs! Thank you also for thinking of me & being there hon xxxxx

Thanks for your words of wisdom on your post LBM! Im gutted your scan didnt happen, you really do have the most amazing restraint & calm demeanour Im very of it! have you rebooked yet? I was out scraping snow & ice off my car for 30mins to get out this morning & DH brought grit home from his work to do the path! Hope you rebook asap! YOur DC do make me laugh btw - as I said, your announcement tannoys! xxxxx

Barbie Thanks for your advice too hon.. I think that tower would give me vertigo! Ive got wimpier as I got older, Iv done New York several times & empire state, never did the towers wierdly & was there 6m before it happened & 6m later, v wierd... Not long til you have your sanctity & calm back at home! Then you can concentrate on the big move! I l o v e Mamas & Papas.. We have a store by us & I got some mat clothes there, havent been back since but DH & I ooed & ahhed at the prams & clothes & furniture but wont dare even consider buying anything til prob about May! I did bring home the catalogue though! xxxxx

Jools Another lady of restraint considering you were at home all day!!!! Ill be lurking & refreshing! We need another medium panter ASAP cos dont want to leave Igs on her own & im upgrading on sunday! No pressure! xxxxx

MLS enjoying the snow hon? It does look pretty here in Surrey! Im lucky to be borderline London so roads are at least passable! xxxxx

Big waves to Gracie - pack that bag! Tell the elusive Mrskate we say hi too! xxxxx

Curly hope you're not working too hard lovely lady! Whens that mat leave start again? Surely any day now? xxxxx

Blue give young Ben a cuddle from me & I shall also join the applause for your (.)(.) xxxxx Hope you're not snowed in or anything?! xxxxx

You too up there Vjay keep warm & toasty! xxxxx

Big waves to our other yummy mummies Buddha, Sabs and Annie hope that scars healing ok? xxxxx

Sorry I know Im bound to have missed someone, I really understand pregnant brain now! My co-ordinations gone, I keep dropping things, forgetting what Im saying mid sentance & just being generally ditzy! Dont know how Im gonna learn the new database & train for my new role at work on monday!!

Anyway lots of love all! Maybe a bit quiet for obvious reasons over the weekend, last time to chill with my poor DH whos been working so hard all week before the big return to work for me, and obviously sunday will be quietly reflecting & hopefully peaceful, but shall upgrade as suggested by Barbie in my dads honour! xxxxx

Hi barbie! Good plan to go back tomorrow - are the family all very admiring of the nursery? And yes, it is very real and very soon, you lucky lady!! In about 5 weeks you will have your very own baby to cuddle and I'm actually a bit jealous as nothing beats the first cuddle with your first born - it's very lovely so make sure you get lots of time to enjoy! I have very strong memories of the night in hospital I had with DD when she just seemed to lie there staring at me as if to say " So that's what you look like" Then again, I had tried every drug going and in hindsight, we think she was a bit doped up!!

im here....went to try to get to the top of the tower, 0ne hour of queing only to be told we have to wait four more hours or return tomorrow, so we are back tomorrow! Instead we spent too much money in mama's and papa's completing everything for the nursery...its getting very real now

jools im not wise at all...just learnt most of these things from all of you lovely ladies and a lovely midwife...i really do hope this is a very good beginning of 2010 for you...

hi lbm you are probably right, i get bored very easily and would be moaning about the coldness within a few minutes!

As I said, jools I really am not endorsing testing but as you may want to get extra treatment, a positive test might help? Symptoms sound really promisiing though!!
I did contemplate trying to get to the hospital for my scan but it would have involved getting a train, then taxi and who knows what would have happened at the hospital. And leaving the DC's with the DH which wouldn't have been popular

Looking forward to your next update and yes, it's very quiet on here!

Oh, and LBM - you make some good points in favour of early testing

I started taking aspirin yesterday and will probably test, then call the RMC clinic tomorrow. I am hoping that, if they want to prescribe anything, they can fax it over to a local chemist, as I don't fancy my chances of getting to the hospital anytime soon !

I haven't been offered progesterone, but will ask about it.

Very very quiet on here today

Is everyone out building snowmen ? !

DP couldn't get to work, so I'm pretending to work from home whilst sat in the living room with him, as my study is like an ice box !

Still no AF, lots of nausea and hoooooge, aching boobs

Sneaky post whilst trying to work with 2 dc's at home...

jools Three gold stars for not testing! The symptoms sound great but I remember you of old never wanting to test untill you coulod wait no longer as it was a shorter time to the scan. However is there any reason why you might want to know, like are you planning to try Cycloest or progesterone this time round and do you need a positive test to go and beg your GP? But I am not suggesting that you test!! No, no no, that is everyone else on this threads job!

Barbie you would have snow envy for the same amount of time as DS did. He loved it and had a great time sledging untill it came to walk home in wet clothes and through knee deep snow "Mummy, I want to be home right now!"

GG and Barbie Just be aware of one thing, apparently a day or so before birth, baby stops moving to conserve its energy for birth! Also, I always found that if I was worried about lack of movement, a snack and coffee always seemed to wake them up!

Just popped in for news on Jools but see she's still hiding in a sandcastle - or is that igloo?
Only at work for a very short time today due to DD starting nursery, but will be back later to catch up.
Have a good day all, especially the ever-wobbling 4ever

Barbie - you sound like an expert - very knowledgeable indeed - have a white coat and a gold star

As for me - 15DPO and no AF, but I wimped out of testing this morning - scared of it becoming real and then bleeding, so my head went straight back in the sand, ignoring the waves of nausea sweeping over me

I may change my mind later, or I may do as LBM told me and wait till Sat

i have major snow envy i just want to pull on my hunters wellies, hand, scarf and gloves and play in the snow (and then transport myself back to a nice and sunny dubai )

4ever i too missed the part where you were bleeding heart in the mouth moment if there ever was one!
As for the aches and pains, they will get worse, in different places, come and go, get stronger then weaker...the whole shabang! my midwife told me that if everything shifted the way it does in pregnancy...say if you had an accident or something the changes are enough to kill a human...but cos it all happens slowly over time it is of course safe, however they are huge chances and ones that we will feel for the whole 9 months! I too am suffering with strange twinges and pains but thankfully its because the head is down and all the weight is bearing down too. If you go on line there are community midwives who just take calls all day from worried ladies, or always call your local labour ward who can direct you.

mermaid as a chocolate lab owner i say beware....you will fall in love with the little blighter and wont want to give him back I have always wanted to train a guide dog and remember being at a friend in school who's family constantly had them...by the way lol at the friend who wanted a girl...revenge is sweet!

lbm shame about the scan how soon can you rebook? Loving you dd telling the whole world the school about the new baby!

jools [biscuit} ?????

gg from 36 weeks the baby is meant to settle down lots and get into a little routine, however i would totally panick and rush to hospital too! glad everything is ok, good on you for not findoing out the sex, i still havent either. The boys name list isnt getting any longer or shorter and im totally stumped, in fact its causing sleepless nights! Did they give you any indiction to whether you will be early or late? or how heavy the baby is?

cupcake both you and i seem to have the same worries about being a good mummy i guess when its your own there isnt any right or wrong and the maternal instinct will kick in...ill let you know when it does this last 2 weeks have made me see how bloody impatient i am...and how intolerant to other peoples brats children. Are you finding out the flavour today?

A big barbie wave to everyone else...last 2 days with family..(clapping emotion) we are going to see if we can get upto the viewing deck on the burj, will report back in later
xx

awwww - love your DD stories LBM

GG - how scary - SO glad all was OK.

4Ever - meant to say yesterday, I can't imagine how your were feeling when you saw blood - heart stopping moment - phew

Mermaid - I melt at the guide dog puppies helping their owners collect cash in Asda - how will you ever part with them !

4ever Another option is the NCT if you can't get a midwife - their leaders can be very good and are often happy to give advice or at least be an ear to listen too?

cupcake thanks for the tip - will try it and am just about to buy some maternity bands

Evening all - we have snow, lots and lots of it. Hurrah!! I've never seen so much snow in the the UK - we have a good 10-12 inches and are quite close to where all those people are still stuck on the A3.

The bad part is that my scan really isn't going to happen tomorrow - I'll never get the car of the drive and out of the road and even if I did, I'm fairly certain that it will be cancelled. So, you will get yours first, Cupcake mermaid did you read that lovely article in the paper on Saturday on guide dog puppys too?

iggy I second Neeko about the Next stretch maternity trousers. Definetly the best - they were all the work trousers I had with DS. I only wore mat clothes for 2 months and wore those for every working day ( rinsing them every other night!!) Got some maternity clothes from my sister in law today and was gutted to see that they hadn't come back!

And neeko, this one is specially for you. You know how yesterday I was all smug as DC's hadn't talked about the baby at school and so, it was still pretty secret. Well, that isn't quite the case.

DD mentioned at breakfast that she had told two teaching assistants and one of them had prompted her to tell her whole class in carpet time. We then went sledging to the local park where there were loads of kids and mums from school and one mum I know came over to congratulate me . She then told me how she knew - apparently there was an assembly at school yesterday and the head asked them what they were going to do better in 2010 and DD put up her hand and said that she was going to be a better big sister as her mummy was having a baby!!! Stealth pregnancy is no more!

Awww 4ever bless your heart So you don't see a midwife at all? seems crazy. You definitely need to have somebody on the end of a phone line to ask these kinds of questions- go in begging tomorrow for a contact number of a community midwife.
Just to try and reassure you, I get all sorts of weird pelvic and back pains too and I'm sure it's perfectly normal; just think of all that movement and change going on inside you! Really hope they can put your mind at rest tomorrow. Big hugs xxx

gracie my heart went out to you & know that sheer panic you must of felt, so glad all was well...! .....Cupcake thanks for the support hon, im such a state, i also burst into tears on dh when he got home then sobbed down pho to bf asking whats normal pain wise cos of these strange twinges & pains in pelvis suddenly felt v alone in that my epu saviour sonographer not really trained for this stage preg & tomorrow poss last of weekly scans, i have no midwife to ask things as im under consultant who i see every 5weeks, just felt very alone, scared & vulnerable all of a sudden.. Hoping maybe sonographer can help with my concerns tomorrow, if not i shall descend upon ante natal dept sobbing for a midwife.. Weebling majorly

Gracie great news ..and that made me laugh about your dh shouting at your belly we haven't really done any talking to baby yet... maybe after the scan on Friday.

mermaid you too cracked me up with your story- what a crazy girl!! We also know a couple who desperately wanted a girl with their first and bought books about how to conceive girls etc... they now have 2 boys and it does make me laugh Nature will not be messed with!
Thanks for your lovely words and I love that term '4 in the morningish'... that is definitely how I feel! Had a big long chat with my bf this afternoon too and she always makes me feel better so I am very lucky to have so many wonderful women in my life
That sounds amazing about the guide dog puppy! Yay!

LBM re trousers - I don't have any mat ones yet either and lo has been protesting for weeks. I'm now employing the 'hair elastic round buttonhole' trick which is great! Will definitely have to get some proper mat wear soon though, it's getting ridiculous. Plus I'm finding it sooo hard to bend down now I feel like such an old woman!

jools I'm majorly a cat person too and just adored being able to snuggle with my parents' cat at home- cannot wait to be able to get one of my own (there's a plus for the 'buying' side of house-hunting!)

iggy yay! scan pic!

4ever sure everything will be just fine tomorrow but as always, know we're all there with you

Hello! I queue-jumped for my scan, the one I was supposed to be having on Friday for being "small for dates". The George was really quiet over night, not normal at all, and then this morning didn't have the crazy dancing about and trying to escape out of the front of my belly routine which is normal every morning . I did all the normal things to wake the George up but no luck, and DH couldn't wake the George up either. Normally DH shouting "Hello The George!" (yes we are mad!) at my belly starts all sorts of movements. I rang the midwifery triage and they had me in for monitoring. Yes you guessed it - the second the midwife tried to attach the CTG machine to my belly the George went crackers - kicks, fidgets, hiccups, the lot! Spent an hour on the heart monitor - all is fine and they did my scan too just to check. It was great to get another look at The George and still managed to not find out the sex, which was great, it seemed a shame to find out at this late stage.

Iggy lovely to hear your scan went so well, I lurked to get the results but my internet connection has been a bit dodgy this week so couldn't post anything.

I think I've given up driving, I don't want to go anywhere in all this snow in any case but I drove to my brothers girlfriend birthday on Monday night and really struggled with coordination of my legs for clutch control. I think its time to hibernate for a bit.

jools I like cats too, especially siamese ones

oh Mermaid what a strange woman !

Iggy - I am cat obsessed I have only 2 at the moment - both Siamese

mermaid I am dog obsessed - my mum says same as you That girl sounds nuts - I too would about a boy for her