Jue in June 2011 ......the wittering and waffling continues

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I think this is thread 8 or maybe 9......maybe we should take bets on which number we are on in June!!:)

Mummy congrats on the wedding. How exciting. I loved my wedding day. It really was the best day of my life.

welcome back nurse.. it's good to see you back. Hope all is well with you and your move went ok.

I had slight heartburn last week but it seems to have settled down now. I think I might ask the mw on Friday though for some anyway... just in case!

My DH has gone away for 3 nights today for exams... it feels really strange to not have him around. I was used to being by myself when I was away with work but being at home somehow seems different :( I will have to keep myself occupied with One Born Every Minute tonight! Just looked at the info on the episode tonight and I'm quite sure that there will be tears in this house tonight!

8RD I think I worked it out that on Wednesday we have 16 weeks to go!!!

Hope everyone is well.. I am struggling to keep up just now!

For all those who want to get married again maybe we should plan our own online one. I saw someone had linked to some really tacky tasteful dresses earlier in the thread. All we need is a band, venue, rings, bridesmaids, photographer (well the list is long) and we will be there.

rings

bridesmaids

My MW said that ginger is good for heartburn. So I bought some and I don't have any inspiration of what to do with it! No time to make smoothies with ginger in them- shame ginger biscuits from the corner shop wouldn't work.

sasamaxx I was hungry at about 10pm too but I had a bowl of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes Do you always have strange sandwich combos or is it down to pregnancy?

Jamine51 I can usually tell which one is moving because of where the movements come from (but I'm not always sure). They sometimes move at the same time but not always (hope they sleep at the same time when they are born!). One seems a lot more active than the other will be interesting to see if that continues when they are born or it could be because the lower one is surrounded by more organs!?

hallelouja my friends and I have talked about having a party where we can all wear our wedding/bridesmaid dresses again just because everyone looks fab on their wedding day ! No men need to be invited, I think we'd just sit about drinking champers (erm yeah I don't think its actually going to happen)!

sticks head in, looks around and waves a bit nervously

Hello all, can I come back?

I dad a horrible week a few weeks back, one friend walked out on her husband unexpectedly and another miscarried at 6 weeks the day after telling the families and I just needed a bit of headspace to try and figure it all out. I was the only one they both told initially and struggled with keeping it all to myself as well as dealing with my own stuff.

But anyway... on a more positive note I've just had a lovely week away and am feeling a bit more together so thought I'd pop in and see whats going on. I won't pretend I've read up to date but will definitely start trying to keep up again and from the brief glance through I just had it seems congrats are in order mn2 :)

Hope you're all keeping well.

Bleuugghh I hate ginger!! I'll shall suffer not in silence until tomorrow.

Baby is getting really active, DH felt it move yesterday!!

Hi everyone. Mummy's wedding news is so exciting - congratulations!

It's strange knowing the name and not using it. We know she'll be called Edith, but keeping it a secret so she's called sheila for the time being. It'll be weird changing her name when she's 'real'. Isobel and Jasmine are lovely names. Which others do we have?

I'm trying to get prepared for my GTT on Thursday morning. Really not looking forward to it at all, but dad is diabetic, so I have to :(

Is it just me who finds the movement a bit yucky? Kicking and punching I don't mind, but the rolling around makes me feel blegh!

Hope you had a great weekend and welcome back nursesunshine x

daisy I love Edith.. that was on our shortlist for girls name :)

We have a few boys names in mind... George, Arthur and Edward... most likely going to be Arthur Edward though.

We haven't told anyone in RL any of our name choices though so ssssssshhhhhhhhh.... Mum's the word :o

Arthur is fab! but I think all 3 are great and you can get some lovely combinations.

Edith was going to be the middle name after DP's grandma, we wrote list after list of X Edith combinations, until we both thought "errr... How about just Edith?' and now it just feels perfect. I'm sure most people will shorten to Edie, but that's fine, I like that too.

I love the old man and old lady names. My own name is 'biddy chic' so I feel very fashionable :)

Thanks everyone for the sympathy . Kara some lovely guys from the maintenance department came over and jumped the car for me. I then skipped college, went home, cuddled ds for ages and got an Indian takeaway am now lounging on the couch.

daisy we dont know what this one is but if its a girl, we've a definate Kate. (am convinced its a girl, which means its likely to be a boy!! actually can I ask, those of you who found out sex - did you have a "feeling" either way before hand and was it right?), if its a boy, at the moment its either "boy" or "littlewillyman". Edith is absolutely beautiful. My God, Kate, Edith, Jasmine and Isobel - what fabulous taste we have on this thread.

neenewps love names like George, Arthur etc.. actually recently started a thread on Arthur and it got a very positive response. You are dead right not to tell anyone in RL.

Our frontrunner is definitely biddy-chic - Ruby, our second in line is Leila. So nice to be able to tell people, as it feels a bit weird telling people in RL .

Thanks ladies. I don't really venture over to the names thread. Maybe I should take a peek. I love Kate too barbie. I was convinced we were having a girl. There really was no mistaking though that I am expecting a boy :o

8RD It is nice. I do find it weird when DH comes home and asks how Arthur is.. I can't get my head round it just yet!!

barbie- last time i had an overwhelming feeling i was having a girl and had DD and this time had a feeling it was boy from start and he is :)

we are still undecided on boys names but the shortlist is

Lucas
Jackson
zachary
morgan
isaac

middle name is def john, doubt we will end up choosing till this lil man is born

I started a baby name thread. Don't want to post it on here coz I have a few real life friends who know my nick on here.
Look for a Baby Name thread started by someone who changed their username

welcome back banana I had a long awol myself (was formerly known as Mrs Big w) & it does feel a bit strange coming back to the fold. Good to 'see' you though!

Congrats mummy! am sure that you will have a fantastic day however & whenever you decide to tie the knot, what lovely news :)

Daisy I love the movements until nearer the end when the feet get caught under my ribs; DS1 was very long & it often felt like his feet were stuck under my diaphragm. It feels horrible!

Am going to watch OBEM on ch4 +1 tonight, it looks very sad tonight though.

Hope everyone is OK, I have been told that I am blooming but I feel I am starting to slow down a bit now. Am breathless a lot & feel drained after doing anything even slightly mentally taxing. I have PGP too but am managing that OK for now. Sorry I can't call it SPD as DS3 gets all excited if he hears 'SPD' as he has only just passed the Power Rangers phase. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of watching endless Power Ranger repeats, SPD was a Tv series based on a team of teenage space travelling crime fighters who were led by a talking alsation dog .

Much less confusion in our house if we call it pelvic girdle pain!

Can I please off-load a bit here? If you don't want to read my waffle please move along....

DH was made redundant about 10 days before I found out I was pregnant. We never planned another child, but don't get me wrong, we are happy and are looking forward to "junior" arriving.
DH is applying for anything and everything job-wise, not got so much as an interview yet, but still trying.

I've fallen out with my best friend today. Ever since I told her I was pregnant she's been obsessed with it, telling me I can't do this...can't eat that and so far I've brushed it off. She thinks I should "just be happy" that I'm having a baby. I've mentioned elsewhere that after paying the bills I've got £25 a week to feed and clothe me DH and the 3 dc's. We have no central heating, it's broken. A friend will fix it for free but we need £125 to buy a new part. We've run out of bedrooms and will be re-locating the DD's to the cellar. It needs heating putting in too, along with other bits and bobs. (It was converted a few years ago, so only needs a bit of tarting up, but it still costs). Oh, and a pram for junior!
Every time I see my friend its "lets go to the cafe or out for a drink" etc No matter how many times I say I can't afford it and try nicely to explain she still says it next time.

SO. Today I tried again to make her understand the situation...and she's got the hump and isn't talking to me.

GRRRRR.

And do you know, skint or not me and DH are as happy as we've ever been. But this has monumentally pissed me off.

(And not forgetting she tried to talk me out of having the amnio because of the risks. All I wanted was a bit of hand holding and support, not a bloody lecture)

Aaannnnddd...breathe.

Ok Carry on.

Hi, just catching up on posts. Thanks for your posts on Saturday-it makes me feel much better that it is normal to cry quite a lot-my colleague at work is 8 weeks ahead of me with her DC2 and she always seems so together whereas I seem to have mood swings and find I'm so emotional.

Welcome back banana and sorry to hear about your friends' sad news.

I love all the name suggestions-jbells we were thinking of Lucas and would have been first choice but doesn't fit with our surname. I love Arthur too- one of my friends has recently had a baby named William Ian Arthur.
motherofsnortpigs hope DHs computer is fixed ok, and takethatlady good for you for booking off holiday before birth-I have done the same-think it is so wrong for line manager to put pressure on you at this time.
Ah well, guess it is time for bed, hope everyone gets a good night sleep-I'm keeping my fingers crossed for one. Ps thanks for curbed advice-good point about if we have DC2 and DC1 still in cotbed!

Very excited that love hearts and parma violets are good for heartburn-they taste much nicer than gaviscon and a good excuse to eat them!

Almighty sorry to hear about your DH and hope that he finds something soon. Understandable to be annoyed by your friend - I'm sure she just doesn't get it but not really helpful I know.

I am loving all the name suggestions. Jbells I think Jackson John might be a bit much but quite like JJ as a nn. We have decided and haven't told anyone either. It is also an old ladies name as it is my Grandma's middle name although I don't think very common - Rosina. However, we're both a bit unsure about what nn we'll end up using. Neither of us are that keen on Rosie. I quite like Zina but DH went out with someone called that a long time ago (in school) so not really sure what sort of memories that holds for him! So maybe we'll just stick to the full version - both DH and I are known by our full names by our families even though they're both easily shortened and have quite usual nn's that are used by some friends.

Merlion - I love Rosina, that is a pretty name.

Almightycitrus - your friend hasn't been very supportive of you I would back off and let her come to you. I wonder if she is jealous of you.
Is there some sort of crisis loan you could get to pay for the central heating part?

According to DS the baby will be called "Octonaut"
And will be coming out of mummy's belly button.

The love hearts worked! Thanks sasamaxx!

kara. Octonaut is a beautiful name. Suggest it on the name threads and see what happens

daisy I LOVE the name Edith - it is Isobel's middle name, after her grandmother! We thought about Edith for her first name and we both loved it - for a while it was going to be her name - but we also both loved Isobel so it is the middle name. But I think it's gorgeous.

I also love Arthur, Edward and George - they're high up my list if I ever have a boy! Been trying to suggest that Isobel and Arthur go very well as names for siblings ... DH thinks we should wait to plan the name of DC2 until I'm actually pregnant with DC2. Men!

So many other lovely names on this thread :)

Welcome back banana! Sorry you've been going through a lot. You too almightycitrus - I'm sure your friend will calm down and see sense, and I'm glad you and your DH are happy despite financial setbacks. Your DCs will probably LOVE it in the cellar - you can probably hear less of them there than in their existing bedrooms so they can have a den for all sorts of mischief . DH had an attic room when he was a teenager and we used it for all the wrong purposes . Sorry, probably shouldn't be saying that!

NurseSunshine unfortunately your ring link didn't work but this is a classy number!.

Went to antenatal yoga yesterday and it was lovely. When I was pregnant the first time I found it so slow and boring and now I love it. Shows how much I have slowed down... That might be old age as well.

Love the ring and dresses.

Some beautiful flowers here too

flowers

And some very innovative cakes here:

cakes

The decapitated body parts are my favourite, though the divorce cake is also nice

kara love octonaut - what a creative DS you have
Almighty - my pushy neighbour sounds just like you friend. We have been really good friends up to now but I'm so fed up with being told what I should be doing, how I should be feeling and that I have no idea whats going to hit me, I have to avoid her now. It reminds me of the odd things that happened to relationships when I was planning my wedding. Some people were great, enthusiatic and supportive but some previously close friends got really critical and over involved in trying to influence things - we're ok now but it is peculiar how some people act.

Feeling quite down today. Spent alot of the night in tears. Watched OBEM and the lady who had lost her babies really upset me. At aquanatal last night I mentioned my blood probs to the MW hoping she would reassure me as shes a lovely positive person but she looked worried and said 'stay well and lets hope you can at least get to 28 wks'. Not only that but when I mentioned my current huge weight gain she started talking about theories behind PE and how I need to control things carefully. I know she was being realistic but I've got really upset and obsessed with the idea with things that can go wrong. I dreamed that I was in the queue to have CS (like on OBEM) and I was only 25 wks. Going now to have another irrational blub....