Emmsy's Weebles -let theTTC to new arrivals support continue onwards and upwards!

Hi all. Pains are still here, no better, no worse and some downwards pressure. Think that it just means that baby is on the move but not imminent. MLS has probably jinxed me now by demanding I wait until she's on the bench although she'll get a comfier seat if she lets me move my mahoosive bum/bump out the way first. Don't worry, if I'm in labour I promise to find the time to text MLS (and prob a few others so you'll all know.

Iggy Yay to big boobies Despite what the women in Bravissmo say I'd recommend buying your next size as feeding bras cos even if you go bigger still (I've gone E-->G) you'll use them on the way back down.

Cupcake Hope you have a lovely time this weekend. Bet everytime you look down there'll be someone else's hand on your bump!

MLS Yay to booking in appt. Bet you're grinning. Hope you're not like Blue and me and burst into tears when you get there I think the most important thing for you with the accupuncture is that it has helped you to feel that you were taking a proactive step.

Blue

Hi all,

Hope you all ok?

neeko I think I need the next size of Royce now at this rate am giving dolly parton a run for her money...

vjay and Neeko now I feel old... I am 34 (just)... but actually it doesn't matter does it

Morning, 8lbm* Ajay loved his tickles thanks

blue is there really only 132 calories in a cream egg, I just don't believe you

cupcake I was 25 when I had ds1, it feels like yonks ago! When do you actually move into your lovely new nest?

neeko how are you now? Did the pains go after your bath, or did you go into full blown labour last night? Bugger, now I'm going to have to linger around the computer all day waiting to hear form you

barbie how's the birth story coming on, must be a humdinger

gracie how did you cope yesterday? I bet you were absolutly fine , it's nice how the men folk worry though

Big morning waves to everyone else

quick message as I'm too tired to do more - will be on tomorrow, honest!
Good news cupcake has a home!

gracie if you have any more bootleg CD's I'd love one. Will try and work out how I send you my address! Went to a yoga and pregnancy session on Saturday and that , along with my antenatal class has got me thinking that a more chilled birth is possible and the CD might be the final weapon!

Love to all, kisses to the new babba's , tickles for the older ones and lots of wispers in our little pants ears ( apparently old wives tale that if a pregnant women wispers in your ear, you will get pregnant!)

Thanks so much for your lovely words we are quite excited. Off to my parents' this weekend with aall my siblings and respective partners, 8 of us in total so cannot wait to celebrate!

Hi mermaid I laughed at your description of the 11 year old boys hope it wasn't so bad!

MLS how amazing you could be on big pants bench before Neeko pops, yay

Gracie you're an absolute star with the CDs and the doing it alone with Isabelle and I'm convinced on getting bibs now, thank you!

Thanks for the advice you all gave about vests too (though Neeko I closed my ears at 'poo on baby's head')...I now have 8 & think I'll get a few more. Some of the ones I got on ebay were delivered to dh's work today & a colleague asked him what it was, he said baby clothes and the women all made him open it up and show them

4ever I know, so mad we will be welcoming baby in the new house so SOON! Scary. Gave a provisional leaving date today to my boss- 21st April, exactly 4 weeks before due date but might go earlier.
As for age, I always feel like such a baby on this thread being only 25 so it goes both ways!

Blue hope you enjoyed the creme egg, I'm still on the disgusting cheese puff kick

I had been thinking about monkey too; hope she's ok.

Right, think I'll join dh watching Gordon Ramsay.

Just have to add on that although i know acupuncture does the job for some, poor mermaid has been having acupuncture for way over a year & has now had her 5th recurrent mc ....its a bit of a sweeping statement to say recurrent mc is the easiest thing to cure cos id had 4mc & all the nhs tests & private tests available before we found our LIT treatment, & couldnt of maintained this preg without it, we had a medical reason why at 35 id not yet become a mum, i just dont want any small panters who havent had kids yet, to presume its an easy cure all when underlying medical reasons could still be investigated as with us! All options open is best bet, in cases where a succesful pregnancy has previously taken place im certain of the benefits as mls is proving!

Hello all, sorry for not being around much in the last couple of days. It's been a combination of me feeling ick & trying to spend some time with dh as he's off work until Wednesday.

4ever I was a first time mummy at 38!

Vjay happy half birthday to Ajay! Yum chocolate cake. Those baby nose clear thingies are really good, I still use mine on dd.

Blue & at you wearing a skimpy bikini the year after ds1 was born! Sadly I think my bikini wearing days are over - unless I have a tummy tuck!

Neeko you simply can't be in labour as I've made it my mission to get onto the big pants bench before you leave for your saggy pants! It is actually possible as my 12 week scan should be around the 25th March, do you think you can keep your legs crossed until then??! As I said in my text, it's probably your bubba piling on a another couple of pounds that is causing the pain!

Barbie hurry up with your birth story!

Cupcake so glad you have found 'the one'. You can get back to the serious business of buying baby things on ebay now!

Monkey we have not heard from you in a while, I hope you are ok. Do you know when your next scan is? I hope you haven't got that severe morning sickness again.

GG thanks again for the cd's I've emailed you my address.

Mermaid you mysterious lady, hope you survived tonight.

Now this is for all of the small panters - I had my acupuncture session this afternoon & she told me that recurrent mc is one of the easiest things to treat with acupuncture. I posted a link a while back to a list of acupuncturists across the country who operate on a multi-bed setting which makes it very affordable. If anyone would like me to find the link again I will.

Oooh Vjay & Neeko u spring chickens! Im 35 on thursday & embarking on motherhood for the first time! Maybe im not doin too bad with my aches after all! Yummy cake btw! Neeko whadisay?! Make sure u keep us posted lady! ....... Cupcake just so very pleased u found ur perfect nest at last! Just think u will move in as 2 & be a family of 3 in just over 11wks! .......Thanks again Gracie for ur bootleggin empire! Well done on 1st day without Dh! Bubs gave a satisfying display of acrobatics for me! Poor Dh on lates this week so finishes at 5pm then back from 7pm til 8pm he managed to get my birthday off tho thankfully!

Oooh Vjay & Neeko u spring chickens! Im 35 on thursday & embarking on motherhood for the first time! Maybe im not doin too bad with my aches after all! Yummy cake btw! Neeko whadisay?! Make sure u keep us posted lady! ....... Cupcake just so very pleased u found ur perfect nest at last! Just think u will move in as 2 & be a family of 3 in just over 11wks! .......Thanks again Gracie for ur bootleggin empire! Well done on 1st day without Dh! Bubs gave a satisfying display of acrobatics for me! Poor Dh on lates this week so finishes at 5pm then back from 7pm til 8pm he managed to get my birthday off tho thankfully!

Lol, yes this cut off business did confuse me when I first moved up here. A bath is a good idea, should hopefully ease things, but keep us posted

Marh March

Thanks VJay DH working late - again! Going to coax DD to bed and try a bath with my natal hypnotherapy. At least today is 1st Marh so up here baby has met the cut off to go to school at 5+

neeko just grabbed the list to see how many days til you're due as your symtoms sound like early labour to me, but they could go away when you go to sleep, mine did with ds1. You've just over 3 weeks to go, so ealry labour not impossible

Commando/smallpants

Mermaid
hoping
jools
bakingqueen
Bluemoon
gingermumi

Medium pants

MLS BFP 29th Jan
monkey BFP 23rd Jan

Bigpants

Neeko due 23/03/10
MrsKate due 05/04/10 - BLUE
cupcake due 19/05/10
littlebellsmum due 25/05/10 - PINK
4everhopeful due 04/06/10 - PINK
iggypiggy due 20/07/10

Saggypants

VJay 01/09/09 BOY! ALEXANDER JAMES 8lb 6oz
ScamperT 19/09/09 GIRL! GENEVIEVE
Lionstar 27/09/09 BOY! ARLO BRYN 9lb 5oz
Sabs 30/09/09 GIRL! SAARA 9lb
Buddhabelly 25/11/09 BOY! EWAN JAMES
Annie 25/11/09 BOY! ELLIS CHARLES 8lb 11oz
Bluesatinsash 23/12/09 BOY! BENJAMIN CHARLES 8lb 3oz
MM 30/12/09 GIRL! NIEVE ELLEN 8lb 6oz
Curly 05/02/10 GIRL! GRACE ELIZABETH 8lb 4oz
Graciegirl 05/02/10 GIRL! ISABELLE CLARE 7lb 1oz
Barbie 21/02/10 GIRL! DEVON NIMAH

Don't worry Vjay I was 33 on my last birthday and it doesn't hurt!

Gracie Congrats on managing on your own and having the energy to think about cleaning. Your DH had nothing to worry about!

Cupcake yay to the house. Sounds great. I wish you and your family much happiness in it.

Mermaidofmystery Nice to hear from you. Hope the awful coffee wasn't as bad as suspected. Saw the first flowers in my garden today and thought of you

4ever hope you're snuggled up on the couch in your jammies watching the wriggles and squirms.

MLS hope you're enjoying some family time as your bean grows.

Vjay Happy half birthday to Ajay. Doesn't seem like two minutes since we had the pompoms out trying to encourage him to put in an appearance.

Ok, question for the saggypanters since my memory is short. I've had periodlike cramps in my tummy, thighs and back since lunchtime. No other symptoms though bump seems lower. This could go on for weeks, couldn't it?

Yeah cupcake so glad you have found your nest

4ever I will be 33 on the 14th, yours is sooner isn't it.

monkey how are you doing? Hope you are ok

I am only too aware of the baby chit chat but, again, this is such a varied thread. I do lurk on the mc threads still and give advice etc when I can, and recommend us lovelies if it's right to do so. The only person the took up my offer of us bunch was the lovely jools

Here's some half birthday cake, yummy

Cupcake I'm really pleased to hear you got your house! I agree with Blue - you can't have enough muslin squares! Maybe Isabelle is just a messy eater but we get milk everywhere!!

MLS I really hope the magic CDs work for everyone! The Natal Hypnotherapy website certainly harps on about a pain free birth- yeah right! All the CDs copied now so anyone who wants some who hasn't already texted or emailed their address needs to get on with it, I have big ideas of actually getting to the post office tomorrow!!

Mermaid - lovely to hear from you.

Isabelle is doing her "model child" impression, sleeping soundly in her pram so going to run round and make my house look like a house again! DH's first day at work today and he's been really worried about leaving me to manage on my own.

V quick one from me as just leaving work but thanks for all your good thoughts and prayers ladies...the house was lovely and we have signed for it and paid a deposit yippee! Just need our references to go through now!
It has a garden and is by a lovely walk and near a little shopping village; I am quite excited about taking baby round these places

Proper catch up later! x

Happy half to Ajay too! Bless him! Wheres that 6months gone Vjay?! Hey fellow pisces lady when is your birthday again?

Hey Mrsmermaid nice to see you woman of mystery! Enjoy the skate rink and shit coffee!

Barbie cant wait to hear the birth story!

I too am very conscious of all the baby chat and how hard it is for our lovely small pant ladies, know the need to take a break, but always so glad when you all pop back and just counting down to the next, sooooo very deserved, crop of BFPs..

Neeko yay to your friend and her multitude of breast pumps - result!

Blue hope you had a a lovely bit of DH/couple time last night and less of the catholic guilt about a wee drinky! Can do no harm at all, your quote I believe; 'Happy mummy = happy babby!'

Well sorry for lack of percy personals Im pooped and a tad delirious after another 9-5 day at work.. Day off tomorrow though, and half day weds, day off for birthday on thurs, and half day fri thank god! Am sitting in internet cafe whiling away the minutes, cant wait to go home get in jim jams and lay on sofa and embrace some kicks from my girl! Im sure she is confused by me working, new sounds, uncomfortable position and not very relaxed or chilled mama.. UGH! I want a full acrobatic display when I get home to reassure me!

happy half to ajay
glad he is feeling better vjay neeko I am a woman of mystery

barbie those of us still kicking our heels are all happy for you all.
You know that lovely lady. I have a lovely sense of completed circles and new little ripples spreading out.
Please don't stop talking babies cos you are all having them

But we/I can't always bounce about and sometimes if we dissapear for a little while it's only to try and scrape ourselves up again.
Right I am off to take 4 boys to the under 11s skate night. It wil be cold there will be shit coffee, noise and general maleness and utterances of 'look at my olly'said for the 100th time.

vjay I will be back later to have some of that half a year cake

Morning lovelies, Ajay is a half today , yes 6 whle months have gone by already

mls thanks for the info, I haven't got anything like that will look into it

blue no I've not experienced Ajay being unsettled after a glass of wine, I only tend to have a small one occasionally and it's always been ok.

barbie looking forward to your birth story. Re the feeding and sleeping, all sounds normal to me. Ajay seemed to feed constalnly during the day but was far more seetled during the night, which makes it a lot easier to cope with.

Gotta go, Ajay is a wailing, oh and feeling a lot better now

Hi all.
Hope you've all had a lovely, restful day. We went to visit our friends who had the prem baby. He's now been home a few weeks and is a healthy 6.5lbs. He's utterly gorgeous too. My friend and I were talking baby equipment (as you do) and I told her my breastpump was knackered. She gave me a Medela Swing one as the hospital gave her 3 and can't take them back depite the fact she's only used one. Feeling very lucky and grateful.

Mermaid Nice to see you posting, though wish you'd say what's going on in your life. Hope you're ok.

Vjay Hope Ajay is ok and sleeps tonight. Bet you're right about when feeding stops. My parents just got back from Ballater and I couldn't believe how much snow they had when they showed us video footage. It's like a totally different world.

MrsKate nice to hear you nesting. Have you looked at the spinning babies website to try to turn Boris? There is a technique that they will try about 37-38 weeks whilst scanning you and my MW says they give you some kind of relaxant to make it more comfortable. Swimming is supposed to help too.

Cupcake Have my fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Blue Clearly I trigger mental pictures when you're doing anything a control freak would do! Sounds like your mum is a great help. Mine has just cut down her hours at work so she can be available for the 1st few weeks.

Glad I gave you all a laugh with my comedy boobs and bra story. I'll be the one laughing when I make money as a Dolly Parton lookalike when my milk comes in!