Emmsy's weebles - enjoying comfort, support and mini eggs, onwards and upwards!

X posts VJay Thank you... No curry smeared thank goodness and he actually ate it all amazingly. Hope things are good with you and Ajay, bless him with his crawling technique xxx

Ah Moon thank you for your kind words. I really hope you're okay - it's so very difficult at times isn't it... We shall get there in the end lovely.

DS now in bed and have just been very naughty and treated myself to a couple of things from Boden. Oops. Maybe I should play the mad line with dh when he finds out

monkey its lovely to have you back, sounds like you've had such a tough time, and how you manage to sound so upbeat and have time for everyone else on here i will never know, you are so brave and you deserve so much happiness after what you've been through xx

not really stopping, lots of love to everyone, i am a little at the moment, back soon

PS PFJ Poor you with that girl - she does certainly sound like she has 'ishoos' as mermaid so wonderfully put it. Ignore, ignore, ignore - some people have nothing better to do than to be mean. She sounds to me like she's a little insecure, and so we should feel sorry for her really. Sending you a big hug - it can really knock your confidence having someone be nasty about you xxx

Hello, am back...

Can't be long as left ds eating his supper in front of Fireman Sam [bad mummy emoticon] but just wanted to say a quick hi and that I am in the land of the living...just. Had awful time last week - dh thought I was having breakdown, psychiatrist was called and wanted to admit me to psych ward and dh scared dad rigid by ringing him to tell him I was going mad. Then I fainted in the night, was literally picked up by the nurses, have massive bruising and probable broken rib.... Am feeling much brighter today though, am deffo not mad but am trying to work through lots of emotions.

Anyway, enough about me as that's not what I came on for - I wanted to say how thrilled I was mermaid to hear of your wonderful news and how I hope with all my heart that this is it for you. Am thinking of you constantly. You must be terrified, but at least if you're using progesterone it's not quite so frightening going to the loo. I relaxed once I started using it and stopped knicker checking. I think you should go for a scan at around 7 weeks as you should have an answer then. Fingers crossed sweetie xxx

MLS Good luck for the scan next wednesday - have quickly skimmed through, and it sounds quite hopeful that there is nothing to worry about We had much worse odds than you, and no nasal bone so it was pretty obvious our poor darling was not going to make it. Am really hoping that everything's okay.

Really must go as ds has probably managed to spread curry all over the lounge by now. Love to all as usual, 4ever hope you're holding up okay, and I'll be back soon! xxx

pfj people are buggers and imho all this modern communication especially texts are the work of the very devil in such scenarios as you have outlined.
stand tall girl she obviously had ishoos.

Come and drink in the greenhouse it's much safer

jools omg I have just had a thought.... your holiday so hope you are going to get to go.

neeko I missed it bother knew there was somrthing I had to watch. btw that is a fab weight

mls I am so pleased that you are sounding so upbeat a lovely consultant is just what you needed. I am keeping all my fingers and toes crossed. I had quite forgotten about watercress soup but I have a big thing for curry at the moment and cheese tosties.

moon so am thinking of you at the mo. I am collecting tin cans and ribbon and am busy thinking what else to slap tastefully decorate your car with.

Hi everyone, hope you are all well.

I am in a fowl mood today. I went out with some friends for a birthday night out. So my friend Alison who is quiet is drinking with me and we are having a lovely time. She doesnt get out much and neither do I. So the birthday boy introduces us to his other friend Vicki when she arrives and I try to be as nice to her as possible. In fact I AM nice to her, very nice. She isnt drinking though and neither is the birthday boy (Mark) because they insist on driving. I didnt drink all that much at all, but me and Alison were a little merry. Anyways, she seems like she is having a good time, and is very talkative and chats to me for ages. However upon leaving the restaurant before she drives home she sends a text to Mark (Alisons Husband) saying I am a bad influence on Alison and basically being extremely judgemental. I have been angry all day. Why are people so two-faced? Why did Mark read out the text to me and then not say anything about it himself? Why are people so mean and judgemental?? WHY AM I SO ANGRY ABOUT IT????!!!

I am too nice to people. I thought she was quite nice and intelligent at the time.

Grrr etc. Are my hormones raging???

Sorry.. needed to vent. Thank you. xxxx

Q&A - Hugs

Hi all. Just popping in when I can. DD1 at nursery, DD2 -also known as milk monster- is feeding -again - and I'm typing with the wrong hand.
Mermaid the sooner the better, I think. The sand will be there when you get back.

MLS visit to Scotland? Are you coming to see your cyber nieces? I have everything crossed for Wed.

4ever and cupcake happy mat leave and good luck for the scans.

barbie as a beauty therapist you are not allowed to cheat or skip bits !

Curly the crying is awful. Big hugs to curlygirl. How old is she now?

blue thanks for all the text advice. I'll be back for more soon.

moon 2ww yet?

lbm are you watching Grey's on 5?

Sabs what classes are you doing this week?

vjay how's the crawling going?

Sorry. My time is up. Love to everyone else.

I'm back! It's been so frustrating not being to chat to you all. My Mac is still being repaired (bloody thing is costing me £220) so I'm having to steal dh's when he's not looking! Basically what happened last Friday is that my lovely consultant was, well, lovely! He had my notes from when I had dd & the nuchal measurement of 1.3mm was the same for her too which reassured me loads. He said that with someone as ancient as me (or words to that effect) it is really difficult to not be on the borderline with regards to odds. He made it clear that he thought I shouldn't have had the second blood test & he said that looking at the 12 week scan he thought I had nothing to worry about. He said that as extra reassurance for me he would arrange for a scan at Kings College hospital where they have an acclaimed department of pre-natal diagnosis run by Kypros Nicolaides. I've read that he can look at a scan & tell whether a baby has downs or not, he is also in charge of the Fetal Medicine Centre in Harley Street. My scan is next Wednesday & although I'm not quite back to my 'boing' status I'm hoping I will be after that.

Mermaid in the early days I also made myself sore with all the unnecessary wiping ! I vote for a scan at 7 weeks, that is when I always have my 1st one. I've just had a bowl of your lovely watercress soup, I'm totally addicted & I've made it every week for the last few weeks!

4ever & Cupcake am I right in thinking you both have a scan tomorrow - good luck to both of you. It won't be long now, the finish line is in sight for you both.

Monkey I'm glad you are home & the worst of it is finally over. Please post when you feel ready as we miss you.

Barbie it looks like you got home just in time, mind you I'm sure you wouldn't have minded being stranded over here for a week or so hey?

Curly cranial osteopathy works wonders for colic. We have a wonderful local lady that treated my dd & lots of my friends babies in just one session so it might be worth investigating.

Neeko thanks for keeping me sane this weekend. Well done on the double-cream milk front & managing to build dd2 up to an impressive 9lb 10.5oz - awe-inspiring boobage!

Hope everyone else is doing well & enjoying the lovely weather.

We picked up my new car on Friday & dh & I keep arguing over who's turn it is to drive! It is a fab car but they forgot to put the dvd screens in the back of the headrests so they are building us a new car from scratch & we'll get it in 10 weeks! We will of course be hammering it in this car as we have a trip to Scotland planned & we intend on doing as many miles as we can in the next 10 weeks!

I went at 7 + 3 and at 7 + 6 for my scans... and saw heartbeat both times - so next week I fink is good

barbie that is just what we need8 weeks, she says looking wistfully at the calender, tempting..

that's what I thought about short cycles ig but my brain has frozen up and won't think properly about it.

ok I'll ring up in a bit,the nhs is gearing up for lunch at the mo. Going for next week, can't even get on a plane to escape!

Yes I am driving myself mental and have made my bits sore from 'dabbing' every five minutes

Hello lovelies good to see u back, mermaid i have to differ from barbie (sorry!) & reckon end of this wk, beg of next, u will drive urself mental otherwise & dildocam now an old friend anyway!

A week today for a scan maybe Mermaid? Or you could go now? Cos am guessing with shorter cycles you might be more than 6 + 3 (is that right?!)

on the scan front i would be inclined to say wait til you are 8 weeks, a tummy scan will show heartbeat then...if not you might have to have the dildocam!

prehapes we need this mermaid

morning beautiful day.

monkey so thinking of you and your family. You must be wrung ou and exhausted. Just take it reaalllllly easy, no rushing around. Nice to think of you being fed chocolate and looked after.

cupcakethebeanpole humpf. Glad you are all connected to the 3ws again. Glad you have scan tomorrow to put any fears at rest re the size of your soon to be here baby - I am getting excited now cos I can feel some names coming on

mls so hope you are as ok as possible.x

barbie it is truly lovely here but you know what always happens if we get good weather early, come May it will be constant mizzle! Glad Devon is getting back into her routine. It must have been a wrench to say goodbye to everyone again. ps think we may need more than wedges.

4ever that sounded like a lovely leaving do, reminds me of another down side of being self employed. Anyway good to have a scan tomorrow. Maybe now that the huge shadow of leaving work and redundancy has finally happened you will begin to unpeel the layers of worry that it has caused for so long.

ace to hear of all the stuff in the nursery. I am alreadty practicing my pom pom celebration dance.

iggy all contributions of sand welcome. I think your bump looked just perfect. I can only knit dishcloths so that not much help.

curly sending lots of little rubs on the back to curlygirl, poor wee thing. Hope it begins to ease soon.x

I don't know when to ask for a scan am really scared to go anywhere near epu. On one hand blissful sandy ignorance is great but on the other hand I'd rather know sooner than later.
So what do you girls think - I am 6+3 today. Last af 5th march but I have 24 day cycles.

Anyho better pretend to do some work I supose

Quick catch up now - more later

lbm is right - I too like the sand - is nice place to be! I think I may partly still be there cos I still haven't bought even one thing for the baby...

I have started knitting tho - I bougth needles and wool on Saturday and have officially got going!

mermaid I am 5 ft 5 - if that helps Hope you doing ok? I am sending you some lovely suffolk sand as was on the beach there on Sunday.

QA I am and I'm not if you know what I mean! I still don't feel prepared/ ready but ont he other hand I can't wait to meet the baby... Hope you had a nice weekend?

louey great news that the bleeding has stopped. Hope you get everything all sorted for your DS. Thanks for comments on bump - I was told I was tiny and enormous yesterday - depending who I was talking to!

4ever Yay for maternity leave! Sounds like you got soem lovely stuff - hope you feeling ok about your scan tomorrow. x

cupcake Also yay for maternity leave! Feels like mine is sneakign up on me too - as is now only 2 months away... Hope you enjoying the weather!

curly sorry you feeling so wrecked - I really hope the colic gets better and that you and curly girl get some time to chill. x

Still thinking v. much of monkey and sending her virtual choc.

PFJ am intrigued as to what Rock City might be! Hope you ok?

Also huge waves to neeko Moon* barbie sabs blue vjay mls gracie mrskate jools baking and anyone else I've missed xxx

Hello....

Came on to check to see mls and i see you have just posted before me! Im here refreshing like mad to see what has been going on with you.

I too have been having trouble getting the time to post...Devon has been a grumpy little madam for the last three days, the same thing happened for the three days after we landed in the uk, so im guessing it has something to do with the travelling? Anyway today she is much better and now asleep, hence the post!

curly i really feel for you, colic cant be fun after 3 days of grumpy baby i can understand how you must be feeling..i hope you get some much needed time off soon, is the infacol working for you? I swear by it.

mermaid the weather looks lovely in cornwall over the last few days, perfect timing to be buried in the sand

4ever here is my hand for tomorrow..its going to be fine! So lady of lesuire eh??? time for a nice pedicure and bikini wax so your lo thinks you are perfectly groomed when she finally makes her way into the world! Thanks for the update on monkey she is in my thoughs constantly...

cupcake asda also does a t shirt which says "sweet as a" and then a picture of a cupcake... my mum bought it for Devon and i smile as i thought of you. 5'8?

louey the trick to fake tan when you have very little time is just to ally to areas on show and pretend you dont notice your dh disapproving looks when you get undressed, or the face when he realises that your lower body is still inshaven and very pale and that you arent the tanned goddess he thought you were
Hope you are feeling better now?

neeko no time to post? anyone would think you had a newborn glad the tan story made you grin...

Whoops waking baby, back soon x

Hello ladies, sorry not been able to get to a pc since Thursday. Will be back later once I've read the thread & to tell you what's been going on with me. x

Mornin curly... Just updating for our lovely monkey - she is now home being fed lots of choc by her lovely dh, after her op on thurs & an understandably very low & very tearful time after the terrible trauma she has been through... The poor sweetie still sends her love thanks & thoughts to u all & will be back soon... Also sending hand holds to Mls for ur scan on weds, hope ur holding up hon? Other hand mutually squeezin cupcakes for our scans tomorrow... (Btw dh pointed out a little lemon baby t shirt in sainsburys that says 'mummys little cupcake' for you bless him!) .....Mermaid hope ur doin ok my lovely? .....Much love & babydust to the small pant ladys, hugs & strong coffee to the sleep deprived yummy mummys, & to my fellow medium & big pant ladys lots of sofa time & chillin while we can!

Hello am lurking and thinking of you all but curlygirl is keeping me very busy. Infacol and baby massage and different holds are helping with the colic but i am wrecked with the whole thing. Thanks everyone for your advice.

Just wanted to post a special hug to monkey. Let us know how you are doing honey. I think about you all the time xxx

And also to mermaid keep us posted lovely. Hope that sand is lovely and warm and not getting everywhere xxxx

Hello cupcake lovely preg buddy! Nice to have u back proper! Thought of us both havin scans on tues, hands at the ready! Yea i got new toothbrush cos figure may forget when time comes, also used up beauty products (cream etc) til nearly done so not packing full bottles, but have got travel bottles where poss as well! Have nearly filled a sports bag just with variety of pads & nappies etc, have suitcase with my nightwear, selection of t's & pj's, & baby blankets, vests, sleepsuits, hats, bootees, mitts. The list is endless! Baby girl has been movin so much today am wonderin if she is engaging!?