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

Happy 5 month birthday Ajay Wow! Seems like yesterday we were annoying asking your mum politely whether she had any twinges.

Barbie I'm in full agreement with you too. We have a name for a boy which I'm unwilling to share but last week my mum was talking to DD and suggesting names and guessed it -middle name and all! Tried to look impassive but it put me off a bit.

Vjay All things girly "winging" their way to you as i type

Cupcake Baby vaccinations are horrible but necessary. I promise you'll cope. What's next on the house list?

MLS Step away from test number 100. I know that this is the weebliest of times and it seems like an age til your scan. Tell us all your wobbles and don't brood on them alone.

Jools Does that mean the symptom spotting starts for real tomorrow? Keeping my fingers crossed.

Iggy there's a chance you'll feel some tummy tickles soon but some women don't until 20+ weeks so try not to obsess about it.

Those of you with baby slings, what do you have and are they worth it? I have a notion for one this time but not a clue about them.

Hi

Just flying by to wish a happy February to everyone and reassure you I haven't disappeared All is well - just mega mega busy at work. Will be back when I have time to catch up properly, but that may not be till Wednesday !

8DPO today

Morning girls and yay to february!

Neeko glad your dd is better but bless her having to have a jab when I went to docs last Monday it was FULL of kids waiting for their swine flu jabs all crying and stuff...eek! I dread the day...

Vjay I'm so excited about the virtual christening Mamas and Papas have gorgeous christening type clothes if you have one near you- saw some beautiful outfits for boys with little knitted tank tops
Also, re shedding pounds, have you heard of the Montignac diet? Book is called Eat Yourself Slim I think, it's a french diet. My Mum & Dad do it and got me and dh into it for a while- I plan on going on it after lo as it's fab and not a crash diet, and gives you masses of energy (cos it's all about seperating different foods to speed up your metabolism) Anyway, just a thought!

4ever yay to buying baby clothes! We've been looking at some and it really is annoying how LITTLE unisex stuff there is out there, kind of made me wish we knew the sex but I know once lo is born we will be given lots of stuff so not too concerned...

barbie also of sunbathing! And I too would be majorly cross if people told our names, you're right it is your announcement to make. I have only told my bf my girls name choice as she is the ultimate secret-keeper. I won't tell even my family- they think I'm so mean
If you remember when I was about 9 weeks my Mum started telling her friends I was pregnant and I was SOOO cross with her as I'd sworn her to secrecy - Mums, eh...they just get too excited!

Iggy you will feel your lo moving soon. I started to feel flutters at 16 weeks but it wasn't until about 21 that it became proper kicks. Last night dh saw my tummy move for the first time, he finds it freaky it's so funny

Curly can't believe this is the week you get to meet your curlygirl!! I'm soooo excited!!

Jools how's the 2ww going?

Thanks for the sympathy on the house front girls..but really I had to admit in the end the house I loved wasn't ideal, too expensive really for its size, dh was right

Hi all.
Just a quick post to say I hope everyone's coping with the weebling today, especially MLS 4ever iggy Moon and Barbie.
DD much better now thank goodness but has to have a Hep A vaccine today as a child at nursery has the infection. Gran is on the job but I wish it was me.

My SPD is definitely getting worse. Please tell me it goes away after the birth...

Vjay Thanks for the invite. I'm off to raid DD's dressing up box later. Plenty of wands and tiaras in our house to go round if anyone needs one

Happy February everyone. This is my 2nd last Monday at work as it's a holiday on my last week.

Hi all,

Not much to report from me - just a quick catch up! My next scan is a week on Weds, so guess I will be getting nervous coming up to that...

Barbie poor you - I hope you are feeling much better - and I expect to be exactly the same as you. I don't think we ever stop worrying - I know I am all the time - but trying to also keep head in sand about it all... Also I would also be so cross if people told the name we have picked.. That is why we aren't telling anyone of our ideas on that.

cupcake def pull rank and get that house!

mermaid your day sounded great - especially the sleep bit

4ever still in chicken suit until that scan I think! Is so nice you can feel your LO moving.. I wish I could feel mine - but guess is a while to wait (am 16 weeks tomorrow)

Big waves to everyone else - hope to catch up soon.

xx

Morning Barbie! I just spent half hour writing a mammoth post to everyone on my phone while in bed as woke up when DH went to work, and then lost whole thing! Grr! Am now at PC & I shall endevour to start again!

Yay to February! Boo to big mouthed MIL though! Maybe she was just over excited? I understand your eaction though, its your news to tell.. Sometimes when I read everyones posts, I wish we'd kept everything a surprise too, but we had our names in mind for a few years so most of family now refer to bump by name now! Mind you, after the long journey to even get to this stage it does make it feel more real & like we have faith & believe in our little DD! Yesterday we did another milestone & DH ordered our first baby clothing online from the Spurs website, a cute pink baby vest & matching rattle! Im very jealous of you being able to sunbathe by the way! Looking forward to hopefully doing the same in my last few weeks! Enjoy your hairdressers pamper time!

Vjay am so thrilled & honoured to be a virtual godmother to our first graduate! Loving the girly wands & wings theme too! What a momentous event! Hope all going well with the planning? OUtfit sounds so cute! We had snow here today & saturday too.. (yawn)

Nice to see yummy mummies Blue and Sabs -please give big kisses to the little ones! Waves to all our saggy pant ladies & graduates!

Also waves, love & babydust to all our small pant ladies! Jools did you get your bag back yet?

Good to see Baking again, sorry you are on MN rations! Needs must I suppose, dont be a stranger though!

Moon sorry about AF but more time for comcentrating on wedding planning before the sickness & weebling takes you over!

How are you this morning Mermaid lovely lady? Love your gym day & the gradual decline/reward system! Didnt you have a phone call you are making today at some point?!

Im still grinning for MLS and hope you're not weebling too much hon? Thinking of you today on your edd.. x

Continued supply of hugs to Monkey too, are you seeing consultant this week?

A very exciting week ahead for Curly and our (8th?) graduate!!! Hope all is well and your bag is packed and you have allocated text/update buddies?! Ill be one if you like?

Neeko yay to imminent maternity leave & checked off lists! Iv actually been mentally checking off a bag list too since our dash to hospital a few weeks ago! Also on telly just now they were saying its 100 days to world cup, which is also our edd!!! (give or take a few days!)

Hows Iggy? Still in that chickensuit hon? Need bigger pants yet?!

Massive hello to my fellow preg buddies LBM, hope all is well?

Also the lovely Cupcake - poor you with the moving shenannigans! Hope you find the dream home soon so you can start nesting, stress probably isnt helping your back either, hope its easing somewhat with some rest?

Not long for the elusive strangers GG and Mrskate too!

Right post more or less re-written (damn phone!) Apologies to the few Iv undoubtedly missed!

Hopefully gonna manage to doze for a couple more hours, I just wake up to say goodbye to DH then Im up! LO being a bit quiet but normally she is kicking away when we wake up, I do find it very reassuring so Im going back to bed to await her long legged somersaults! Yay to February!!! xxxxx

Time to come out of hiding girls...it's february! No more nasty jan to contend with. Lets hope this new month brings bigger smiles and new hopes.

Im sooo excited about the christening, i can do girlie! I still have my tutu from my hen night so will put that on with my wings.....

Today i can finally say "this month i will have a baby!"

Nothing else to report here....bored of waiting and trying to keep busy but without going to the mall or something there isnt too much to do. Ive been making the most of the sun, sitting out and reading but thats about it!

Last night i fell out with the MIL, she skyped us and told us how she is telling everyone our chosen names i was mortified! Its our baby and our good news to tell...or am i being over sensitive?? anyway i was in tears and ended up slamming the front door and taking the dog out for a walk to calm down while dh talked to his mum. She doesnt see the problem....so i ended up sobbing in the bath for ages and then went to bed at 8.20. It sounds silly but the name has lost some shine now So im avioding being on line in case she tries to call me today, i dont want to talk to her ever again for a while. I think the main reason for being so mad was the fact i asked her not to tell anyone while she was out for christmas and she promised she wouldnt the bitch

I think the hormones are just playing up big time, because really i know that in realality im more than grateful to even have the oppurtunity to have a baby to name...im just being a stroppy bitch!

Right im off to make a hair appointment for ajays special day...back soon x

oh Vjay - the cream romper suit sounds lovely a la Prince William circa 1983 on the lawn of Clarence House...

Thanks for cyber invitiation, I'll be there, looking slightly harassed and unkempt secretly breastfeeding Ben!

Think its lovely that we have the first Christening of our first graduate .

Hi Sabs - how's Saara this week? Any new milestones met?

Lucky I have both! Can I also wear a tiara??

I've never been to a christening before or asked to be a godmother, even if it is in cyber world. I'm so excited!

Last day of January..... Spring is nearly here (my daff bulbs are peeking through .

Barbie - honey, honey, hope you are feeling more relaxed today. The last few weeks are tough when you're so nearly there and have too much time on your hands to google etc. I was paranoid about still birth too and kept playing the ER episode when Carter's son was still born over my head . One of the (many) awful horrible things about pg post-mc is that we never truly believe - hence the knicker checking at 39 weeks, worrying about lack of movement, worrying about just bloody everything. The minute your pouting lo is placed in your arms all that has gone before with disappear in that second. Its the best feeling in the world bar NONE and you only have a few weeks to wait. A holw new set of worries start revolving around feeding/sleeping etc but that's for another day .

4ever - big hug for your fourth lost angel. Hope your feeling more chilled too x

Neeko - I forgot to post about your friend, really hope she is OK and cherishing her DS. It must be so hard and strange and bittersweet for her . How's your DD today? Not long now til you finish up and get some well earned rest!

Vjay - more snow - hurrumph! Its glorious here, bright blue sky and v. cold but in a life affirming way. I've just been looking through the new 'Boden' catalogue and thee are some sweet things in there what would look great at Ajay's virtual christening. Are you putting him in a gown? We have a family rolbe thats over 100 years old. My Mum, Aunts, sistersm me, DS1 etc all wore it and Ben will too just to continue the humiliation tradition

cupcake - hope you and your DH find yor drema house soon. Nothing like an impending baby to make you get your finger royally out!

Mermaid - how are the limbs today after your gym sesh?

curly - not long now....

MLS - did you get a decent dinner in the end?

We (DS1 and 2 and me) stayed at the in-laws last night as DH had his 'wetting of the baby's head' night oot and stayed at home so I managed to avoid his post-pub ramblings/chinese/beersoaked breath. babyben was good as gold during the night, fed at 1am and 4am and settled really quickly. MIL cooking up a huge fatmanfryup so its tattie scones a go-go for me - bring it on!

Love to all x

Seems I'd missed a page

4ever a belated hug for another sad anniverary. Won't be long now til Feb. FWIW I think under the circumsytances you're doing brilliantly.

Cupcake Pull rank on the house front and use the hormonal-pregnant-woman think if neccesary. Glad you're back's a bit better.

Monkey Hope you made it out today.

Mermaid The garden will wait and the food was burned off at the gym before you ate it.

Vjay Yup - you're definitely a teacher in the making!

Hi all. Saturday night, I've been in my jammies for almost an hour and I'm on here - rock n roll!

Barbie i know and remember how frightening the final stages can be. I've mentioned on here before that my DH used to come in from the gym to find me on my birthing ball wailing my head off. I think you're probably high risk as Mermaid said because of the bleeding and the placenta. I'm guessing it has moved else they'd be talking c-section.
I'm not sure how much this will help but when my friend with the prem baby had her feedback session with her consultant he told her that a baby born after 32 weeks is unlikely to have any significant problems (which would fit in with them talking about Blue's Ben being born then.) Try to be assured that the people who deliver your baby know what they're doing and will monitor you carefully. I'm quite stressed at the idea of something meaning I'd have to have a c-section (after the ERPC I never want to be in the OR again) but as my mum said it's not about the process but the outcome.
This ramble probably hasn't helped but sending you a huge hug in any case.

MLS still lots of here. Can you try your birthing ball for your back? What about swimming? Hope you picked your new car. BTW Doritos for dinner?

Monkey special big hug for you brave lady at this most difficult of times. Just keep taking it moment by moment and know that we're here for you for all your wobbles.

BQ Lovely to hear from you. Sorry things are hard right now. We'll be right her when you come back to us.

Mermaid Lovely to see a glimmer of the old you (and I don't mean the alcohol ) Had a huge snort of laughter at the waiter comment!

4ever Post us a link to your DD's moses basket so we can ooh and aah. Hope you're over the initial panic and are allowing yourself to dream again.

Vjay Think you have to decide on the date for the virtual christening and send out virtual invites. Can we all be virtual godmothers?

MrsKate Hope things are well with you. Can't be long now til you stop.

Blue Had a big smile at your DH trying to multi-task.

Sorry have to run. DD has a bladder infection and has just woken up Love to all.

Evening lovelies.
4ever thinking of you on another nasty anniversary but I love what barbie said about doing anything it takes to complete this long journey... you are now one step further along it.

Hi bq so great to see you, hope you'll be back with us a bit more soon

mermaid yay to a girls night out! Hope it was fab, you deserve it!

MLS sorry to hear about the back pain and that is freaky about the website you'd been on last year but take comfort in barbie's experience! This is the sticky bean.

barbie you poor girl, so much worrying must be stressful not knowing if you're going to have an overcooked baby or not. What 4ever said about women in the developing world is a very good point though - your body will know. I really hope you will go into natural labour in the next couple of weeks and put this weebling to rest. (And must just be a beautiful girl with big pouty Angelina lips )

Vjay I'm so looking forward to Ajay's virtual christening...we should have it during the week before the actual one.

My back is a lot better today..saw some lovely houses but dh and I can't agree I am just getting to the point where I want somewhere for my baby to sleep to be honest.

Glad to hear u feelin better barbie wobblings normal hon! Think my spot was from behind, not same as my cervical erosion bleed 2wks ago.. Also the swabs they took did show thrush so used canestan on wed & excessive discharge seems better so stopped weebling about leakin fluid (also as cervix def shut at tues scan!) Only thing is my urine also showed protein & white blood cells (poss infection) on thurs ante natal but prob cos of canestan & bp low so not worrying too much, think i used my worry quota up this month! Anyway am stayin wrapped in cotton wool, we lit our 4angel candle for it being a year today since lost our last angel baby & gonna be very slow & easy & cuddle up to dh til mon & the start of a new month thank god!

Thanks girls silly me eh??

Im feeling better tonight, the big yummy roast helped some what

I have decided that i will relax and give my baby the best possible start..a relaxed, calm mummy.
I will talk through my fears with the doctor on wednesday, if only for her to tell me im a silly billy and to reassure me even more than you have all done.

My placenta isnt low, hasnt been for some time....the high risk all seems to co-inside with when there was a rise of protien present in my urine, so dh and i are maybe guessing i could of been at a higher risk of pre eclampsia or something along those lines...

The watery discharge at night probably isnt more watery at all...probably due to me wearing nothing in bed i can feel it more i will wear underware tonight to see if its any better....

Im comforting myself that the fetal med scan i had at 20 week was very good and nothing was found to be abnormal....in the uk you only get two scans and i have had more than that so i guess im very lucky in that sense, and nothing has been picked up since (apart from baby having big lips?? i will not google big lips....i will not google.....)

Im guessing the horrormones and total boredom hence google and looking at threads on here best left un opened had unhindged me slightly...talking about it has helped, i promise not to sit crying in my bin liner any longer!

mermaid loving the downhill slide in your day after the gym....sounds like my kind of rewards for going to the gym!

monkey your kind words had me in tears and made me think about all of the above. You are one very strong lady, helping me with silly fears while you are going through a much harder time, thankyou x

4ever whispers....could the blood be fro your bottom??? remember gg had a scare about the same time and it turned out to be piles...or have you got a dh like mine who is hard to say no too and maybe caused a little bit of cervical bleeding?

vjay the fact that you are superwomen and even you managed to weeble in the last week strangley reassured me...thankyou for your kind words, they really helped. As did you curly im sorry you cant have the kind of birth you wanted...but at the end of the day its just a means to a end, what matters is the lo is safe and well. Ill do whatever it takes to complete this long journey. You will be fine...cant wait to find out your chosen name

Thanks again girls....might just get a half decent nights sleep tonight xxx

standards?

1. gym 9am (it goes downhill from this point rapidly)
2. 11am huge plate of scrambled eggs,butter,sauce inhaled not eaten.
3. deep bath
4. fall asleep for 3 hours
5. wake to find someone has left me a cup of tea and the papers.

I meant to start on the garden which is neglected - vjay snow again, blimey I suppose the novelty has worn off by now.
but now its nearly dark so natch its wine time nearly and mls has left loads in the greenhouse

4ever am hoping that your lovely cocoon of cotton wool over the weekend softens the weebles a bit.

monkey glad to hear that you are feling well but numb, its so hard.xx

barbie gah its hard int it, all the lovely nursery and all the preparing yourself and all the worry for all these months and all the months before that and now your bean is nearly here the panic sets in good and proper.
Hope you manage to have a mellow weekend anyway, relax, breathe and it will all work itself out.xx

Mad wave to vj too and big hug for always being there for all of us long after your own precious aj is here. It shows how special this forum is xxx

Hey Barbie try not to worry hon. Unless they told you of any other probs remaining, I think we would all be deemed high risk because of our histories of MC and that is only in the early stages. All of my recent problems were spotted on the scans and are manageable. The main impact is that I can't have the birth I envisaged. Neeko's problems were also spotted and they will manage them. U have had great scans and dating aside things are fine. It is natural to be worried at this stage and anxious about the birth. It sounds like your dr knows her stuff and will readjust your dates if necessary. Try not to google. Your precious baby will be with you soon xxxx

big hugs to 4ever today ever upwards honey. And also to monkey I hope you are doing okay. Hand squeeze for MLS xxx

on phone but will post properly tonight. Waves to mermaid and all lurking. Lovely to see baking and moon on and mucho approving nods at our gym goers. Glad someone is keeping standards high around here

Barbieweeble im first time mummy like you so all i can say is that i also share the same anxieties & i imagine that is totally normal.. I cant reassure u on the dates but imagine as mermaid says ur body will kno when the time is right.. When i feel myself working into hysteria, as iv done reguarly in last 2wks i try & think of all the preg ladies in Haiti or slums in India who have no ante natal & things are fine.. It can be a double edged sword being to thoroughly checked & all the info at our fingertips via google.. I was such a state reading every scenario of the 2 vessel cord, for my sanity im not looking it up any more.. When my bro (& mum) had cancer i adopted a what will be will be attitude as i knew all the what iffing & worrying wouldnt change a thing so u have to just put it in gods hands, have faith and acceptance that all will be well.. However that doesnt mean to say we are not all totally entitled to wobble ourselves mad at points, just hopefuly not let it completely overwhelm us & make us ill! Its a year today since my last 4th loss, seems so far but so close, we have to hold onto where we are now & keep believing.. I know its far easier said than done as i thought i saw a spot of red last night (tho not 100% where from) & put myself to bed, did the doppler, freakin at every ache & scared to go loo, dd super active now but im still bit nervous at every twinge, the worries are so normal hon.. Wow bit of a ramble! ....Bless my dh is leaving me in bed while he does the housework as im wobbling! ....Mls i also suffered terribly with my back in early days & couldnt even walk, hopefully its a good sign of deep implantation & raging hormones! ....Monkey just to say continual hand holding for u, im sure ur still in complete surreal auto pilot mode, i remember how numb i was losing my dad.. Hold onto that new life growing inside u for strength .... Mermaid hope a good girly night out was just the tonic? ....Sorry for lack of more individuals, im in bed on pho, bit scared to get up!