Jue in June - part 4

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And heres another ladies!!!!

Wow Petitech such a difference in only 3 weeks! definately growing big and strong! congratulations and thanks for posting that, its nice to see so many scans (and get a rough idea what my baby is like at this stage).

Cep, it is a gorgeous tradition. Most of the kids will send their santa letters tonight too. My dd is down in my grannys keeping her company with her cousins to watch it (as my granny always had children sleeping over for the toy show!) have just dropped down microwaveable popcorn and juice etc to them and they are soooo excited.

I know what you mean, I know of a few perfectly lovely names that I hate because I've met an arse with that name. What are we all going to do over boy's names?

nurse i've already suggested that but nope don't like it. sounds like ds.

barbie i have no idea problem is dh starts coming out with stupid names likes hans (ds is luke)

have you used portable north pole??? is fantatic, they do a video clip message is completely free (or was last year assume still is.), you can download a piccie and put on childs name and what they want. Last year santa sat there with a book with childs name on front saying what he wanted for xmas. looks like it's up and running now, i had a play with it last year sent one to my dad as you can do adult ones as well.

petitech was lovely such a big difference.

ok feet stamping i want one.

ok i'm off to bed so exhausted after last few days. hope everyone has a good night. enjoy your late late toy show barbie am feeling very

sleep tight all.

Thank you motherofsnortpigs! And Cep, you are not being dim - it all comes down to paperwork

I may still be refused because of my weight, I think I will still bring it up at with my own MW. Ho hum, not sure what they could do, drag me kicking and screaming into the hospital

I am well aware I DON'T want to put my baby or myself at risk, but I had no intervention when I had DS apart from some pretty ineffectual gas and air and a managed 3rd stage (which I understand is entirely possible for a HB).

Cep - ds is Daniel, he is always called Daniel (except my mum sometimes calls him Danny, and we call him Dan Dare One of the things I liked about the name, is that I won't mind if her decides to shorten it to Dan or Danny, when he is older.

evening all, hope Friday is treating us all well!

just a quickie from me to say my friend has been round this evening with her 6 month old daughter and we've had lovely cuddles on the sofa and it was just fantastic!!

Wish i could have told her but still waiting til after the funeral on Monday to tell family so trying to keep it to myself for the time being.

The puppy was scared ridgid of the car seat and wouldn't stop barking...boy has she got a shock coming in 6 months! :)

oh and friend asked if my weightwatchers was going well as I was looking really good!!

And there was me thinking flab was starting to look more bump like today god love her!

You must be glowing already banana :) Awww I wana little baby to cuddle. Gonna have to wait 6 months :(

by glowing you mean flabby, spotty, green looking and pouring my non alcoholic wine back into the bottle because it's rank, no? I'll bloody well make do with half a glass of the proper stuff becuase it's Friday night.

Oh and angry, did I mention angry? I put my basket down on the floor and walked off in the middle of sainsburys after shouting at dp a little bit earlier!

Wow Leroy that's dead cheap. What a great new years gift to yourself as well :) I have to write down my names or else they are gone immediately! Sorry about poorly stomach :(

OK I'm gonna share my names
GIRLS:
Jasmine
Robyn/Robin
Eve/Eva
Athena

BOYS:
Robin
Dylan

Am erring towards Jasmine and Dylan. Though that keeps changing lol. Whaddya think?

Thank you cep, hope you've a good sleep. Was only looking at portable north pole this evening!! did it for dd last year and she just sat open mouthed through the whole thing!!!

Nurse I think Jasmine is gorgeous. Pretty and unusual - I dont know any Jasmines. Also really like Robyn and Eve (more than Eva) but sorry, dont like Athena (should I say that on here? cos now if you call your dd that, I've put my foot in it? - aw, Im sure your like myself by now - tis each to their own!!)

Love Dylan but then my little cousin is Dylan so am biased. Not mad about Robin for a boy again, its perfectly lovely but I automatically think of Robin Williams so find it hard to associate with a gorgeous little boy as opposed to short, hairy, chubby man.

So, short answer - yes, I like Jasmine and Dylan most too.

Haha that's OK Barbie, I know it's an unusual choice. Athena is the greek goddess of war and wisdom (among other things) and is basically pretty kickass. Also, I found out recently that Florence Nightingale found an owlet in Athens and named her Athena and she was her constant companion and lived in her pocket! Also I think it sounds pretty :)

Never even thought of Robin Williams! Do like him though so it's still ok.

PS absolutely each to their own, some of the names on the Baby Names thread, I'm like WHAAAAAATTT?????!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!

LOL. Yup, I know, me too. Although Im sure most of the people on there would have the same reaction to mine which is good really!.

Love the history of Athena.

Oooh am finding boys so hard. Love, love Jack but apparantly its really popular (I know it is in UK but dont think its as much here) I know 2 Jacks. One is 70 and the other is 16. Hmm. anyone I mention it to though screams "Nooooo!!!" straight away though!. It just suits for some reason.

I dont really like any boys names to be honest. At all. Again I think whatever I choose will just be "it'll do"

I love Sonny but DH is a firm "no way!" on this and to be honest, although I think its gorgeous I dont think I'd have the nerve for some odd reason I mean when my son is a high court judge, I cant imagine him, as Sonny been taken seriously. Oooh its lovely though..

Other than that, Naoise. Again very Irish, very unusual (have never met a Naoise) and has loads of old Irish mythology attached to it (like Oisín) but Dh says no way too. He reckons its way too girly. (pronounced Nee-sha) What do you think? (Im not sensitive btw )

We both said we kind of think we like Elijah tonight but are worried its too much like Eliza so too feminine??

Ah Bah! child number 3 it is!!!

Notice how helpful DH vetos every name but suggests none.

Ooooh I knew a little boy called Naoise. I think it's lovely :) Elijah isn't feminine imo, Elijah Wood has made it well known enough that people aren't going to go "What, d'ya mean Eliza??!"! Personally I like Jack, it's a classic and works equally well on a baby, child, teenager and growed up. Didn't know many Jacks when I lived in Ireland, only one and he was English anyway! Wherabouts are you btw? I lived in Sligo for 13 years.

Oisin's nice too but v common in Ireland I think.
Just read about Naoise on wiki, that Deirdre eh, what a bother she was, always hanging around being sorrowful, getting people mudered!

Morning all, rise and shine (just me then? damn those early Saturday dance classes for DD!).

I had a bit of a ponder last night and thought I'd throw this one out there. For the past few weeks I've been alienating the neighbours with whom we usuallly spend every Friday evening, because I can't think of a way to hide pregnant behaviour and they would all just come straight out and ask.

We go round one of the houses, put all the children in one room to play / fight / watch DVD / fall asleep on sofa (note the excellent parenting skills on display!), while the grown ups crack open some wine, and chill from a long week. Instead I've been home alone while DP and DD go round, looking like a miserable cow who thinks she's better than everyone else in the village. Am reallly hoping they all realise and forgive me when we announce the news.

But it got me thinking about what a sad indictment this is. If I go for dinner with friends and order mushroom risotto, no one would ask me if I've become vegetarian. But if I decline joining in the bottle of wine, I'm expected to give a reason, and anything less than a believable one raises eyebrows.

When I spent time with friends in NYC 10 years ago I first became aware of how different it is in other places - despite going to some of the best bars and clubs in Manhattan I was often the only one ordering alcohol, even on a Saturday night, despite none of the others being tee-total.

An orthodox Jewish journalist wrote about this once, saying how no one in East Coast America has ever questioned her order of a tomato juice, but in the UK even people she's barely been introduced to will ask why she's not drinking. When she explains it's on religious grounds, the standard response is "Oh poor you!".

I just felt a bit sad thinking about that last night. There are still so many prejudices in the world that need fixing, it seems so stupid to have one against people who request a non-alcoholic drink for no reason other than the fact they just fancy an orange juice.

And it makes it bloody hard to hide pragnancy. So an especially selfish grrrrr at this point in time!

Morning lisascat. I'm awake too but have absolutely no reason to be!

I know exactly what you mean about drinking. I've spent quite a lot of time in the far east and nobody batts an eyelid there if you go into a bar and order an orange juice, infact it's more the norm no to drink there and excessive drunkenness if very much frowned apon.

I gave up drinking completely about a year ago (after ttc for a few years I was willing to try anything) and became a bit of a recluse because of it. I found the constant comments and enquiries as to whether I was pregnant very upsetting.

I'm sure your neighbours will understand though, especially as they all have children. I think a lot of people don't leave the house much in early pregnancy be because they feel too tired and sick.

lisascat I had to tell my parents and a few of my friends because of social engagements I couldn't get out of because they either guessed or would have guessed within five minutes.

Tbh though, this is my fault, for being such a pisshead in the past

On the names thing, I recently posted a thread on how we don't have any boy names at all! I quite like Arthur, but DH thinks it's awkward and geeky; he quite likes Fred/Freddie (short for Frederick) but I'm a bit 'meh'; we both think Greg is okay and underused, but only okay, and my granddad was called Sidney (nn Sid) so we're tempted to go with that but something holds us back. There's nothing else. I like Charlie (Charles on bc), but if you add up the Charlies and the Charles's it's the 3rd most popular name. Plus the middle name is going to be Clive (!) after DH's dad (don't like the name but do think DH's dad is absolutely lovely and that it would be a lovely gesture, for all sorts of reasons, so that's fixed) nad Charles Clive is a bit hard to get your tongue around.

For girls it's either Tess Edith (middle name after DH's lovely grandma who died just after we got married) or Isobel Edith. Erring on Tess atm because it's simple, pretty, classic and underused.

Really like Jasmine nursesunshine. DH won't go for it in this house but it's soooo pretty. Like Dylan too but DH is a teacher and teaches a Dylan he hates. Teaching rules out so many perfectly nice names!

Anyway, not feeling so sick today. Do other people have bad days and then good days (please say yes. Hate feeling sick but hate feeling symptomless even more).

Appols for the shocking spelling there! IPhone, sickness and general inability to spell not helping! And baby brain of course (always a great excuse)

takethatlady I really have good and bad days. Not too bad today but was quite bad yesterday though. It has started to get much better though and I've had a few days of no actual throwing up, just feeling sick all day! I think I'm a few weeks ahead of you and can see the light at the end of the tunnel ( hope that helps)

I love jasmine btw nursesunshine It would be on my very short list but dp's sister got there first!

If mine's a boy it will have a very unusual carribean middle name, after dp's dad [TFL] I think clive's quite sweet though. I really think middle names should have some meaning and was always very disappointed with mine as it's very boring, plain and probably the most common middle name of all time!

[TFL] is supposed to be ttl. Honestly going mad.