Due in Nov - Part IX - More babies on the way!!! :-) Yipppeeee!

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Congratulation from all fellow Novemberers to our dear Rodeo and Nova...

...Welcoming baby Jess & baby Natalie to the world and here's to the rest of us having healthy little babies......

Awwwwww!

Who is next then?!?

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The Novemeber babies countdown_

Rodeo1: O DTG (1st Nov Graduate)
Novadandypowder: O DTG (2nd Nov Graduate)

Laylasmum: 10 DTG
Llouou: 12 DTG
Hamster: 13 DTG
Londoner: 14 DTG
Iklboo: 14 DTG
LisaLisa: 14 DTG
Yingers74:
Tex: 16 DTG
Alfiesmum: 16 DTG
Jenjam: 17 DTG
Tessasmum: 19 DTG
GoldenOldie: 19 DTG
Enthusia: 20 DTG
Pinkminx: 20 DTG
Twinkle1: 20 DTG
Mamman: 20 DTG
Cads: 21 DTG
BEKsmum: 22 DTG
Diege: 23 DTG
Firstbabyandnervous: 23 DTG
Hollybelle: 23 DTG
Bains: 25 DTG
Busyalexsmummy: 27 DTG
Bamik: 28 DTG
Kate7: 28 DTG
Dimples: 28 DTG
BabyonBoard: 29 DTG
KristinaM: 32 DTG
Karmamother: 34 DTG
LilJ: 35 DTG
SharonTW1: 35 DTG
Chacha: 36 DTG
MisZan: 37 DTG
Sarahsausage: 38 DTG

Isn't it getting close?! If i've forgotten anyone or gotten it wrong; copy, paste and amend.

It's the final countdown...doo doo doo doo...

Hi gals. I've missed so much! Huge congrats to Rodeo and Nova!! I can't believe we already have some grads. Wonderful news and Nova, the pics are gorgeous.

Unfortunately, this is just a quick update from me. We've moved house and love the new place but three days after we moved I slipped a disc in my back and have been on bedrest ever since. Absolutely miserable. So frustrating because I was so careful about not doing anything strenuous with the move but the docs say because I had already damaged it back in August the extra activity alone is what caused the damage this time.

So I'm laying in bed or on the sofa waiting for this baby to come. Apparently my back won't get much better until after the birth. I do have the cesarean booked for 1 November so only ten days to go! Yay!!

Beks, good luck with the sweep today. I'll try to get online and see how you're doing.

OK, gotta go lie down again. Good luck gals!!

Sorry to moan but...Ive had the worst day ever today Literally all Ive done all day is bawl spd is killing me...didnt get much sleep last night...ds been in a funny mood all day...dp been working so been alone all day...ribs are f aching/sore...worried to death that this baby is going to be massively macrosomic...dont know why I keep crying-am I going mad??...really broke at the moment...worried about labour-(not labour but arrangements like how im going to get there and wether dp will be slightly more use than last time around)...worried about breastfeeding,not helped by MIL comments-her latest was (on seeing me buy some avent milk storage bags that were going cheap)"your being a bit optimistic"-WTF??? why do people have to say things like that??people who know me, know im stressed about it so why say things like that?

keep thinking about IR and the tax stuff, if they say we have to pay back some(if any) before xmas, they'll have a highly irrate pregnant women to deal with because thats really not on-how the hell are we supposed to when next month baby is due and the month after wages will be going on xmas??

sorry to rant, hope I havent depressed anyone
L 36wks

Oh Busy , I think things do worry you more when you're pregnant and sometimes everything gets on top of you. MIL comment what is it with MIL's? Mines similar says things like' Oh yes i forgot you go in for that breastfeeding' very unecessary!!

Just think at least the SPD and rib pain will soon be gone and you'll have your lovely new baby ( its amazing how good a distarction they are isn't it!)

Hope you get more rest tonight, sleep deprivation definately doesn't help.Take care xx

Lots of sympathy coming your way from this direction Busy. Hormones are a b***r and there is enough to worry about with impending labour/birth without money pressures and bloody insensitive people as well. Add sleep deprivation, constant pain and a toddler and I'm not surprised its caught up with you. Nothing to do with madness, everything to do with circumstances. Hope having a moan on here helped a bit.

hi busy, hope you're feeling a little better today - both out of pain and emotionally bouyant. try to let your MIL comments wash over - breastfeeding will be whatever it will be and don't let the money worries get you down - you'll get by people always do manage and it's never as bad as you worry it might be, plus didn't the inland rev cock up so now they need to give you 'grace'. When you feel down think about your gorgeous little baby snoozing inside. damn hormones. big coming your way....

i'm on some kind good hormone rush, we haven't had any hot water or central heating for two days now - british gas won't count 'very pregnant' as an emergency! - engineer due tomorrow. am going into work today (thankfully still have my office keys) to have a hot shower! am strangely happy despite our lack of amenities I am looking forward to meeting our baby boy...things might be very different at 2 in the morning if my waters break, but I guess we'll manage (DP offered to fill bath with kettle - should let him do it just to see how long it takes.....hehe)

Hi ya, lots of sympathy coming your way from here to Busy, know what you mean about money worries, I seem to have got myslef into a mess in the last couple of months and will now need to sort it out - I'm blaming it all on the hormones.

Your MIL sounds a nightmare, it's a shame our lovely partners often come attached to such nightmare families isn't it!

Looks slike I won't be being induced next week now unless it really does become a medical emergency as my MIL has arrranged her mums funeral for next Thursday the day I'm supposed to be giving birth! Thankfully I'd had a few strings pulled on my behalf with regards to the induction and although it is likely to become a necessity it hasn't come to that yet, so hopefully baby will stay put as the funeral is in Wales and dh will be going down by train on his own.

Thankfully my parents have said they will come and saty with me so I don't have to worry about being in the house on myown if I do go into labour naturally, I just hope this baby wants it's dad present at it's birth as much as I do!

So sorry to get your hopes up for another graduate, I'll just have to be patient for a bit longer, won't I

Hope you're all having a great weekend Beks

good evening everyone,
Just got back from the north east.I was expecting to log on and find lots of new babies they must all be very comfy where they are
It was nice to see friends and family but its also very nice to be home,if more than a liitle strange not to have the kids??!!! its sooo quietI cant believe its only just over 2 weeks till the sprout arrives arghhh its all becoming very real.
Well im off for a nice warm bath
twinkle
35+3

Busy,
sorry u are having a pants time.Hopefully I.R would let u spread payments if they want anything.You should get more child benefit and tax credit after the baby is born that might help.As for the MIL cannot write my opinion online would get banned!!! im sure breastfeeding will be fine,stick with it if its tough try and remember that baby did not read breastfeeding leaflet get lots of help from midwives/breastfeeding councellors and other mumsAlso is there a breastfeeding group you could go to nearby??? they would give u lots of support and you would get a good natter. hope some of this helps try to stay positive
hugs twinkle

Hi everyone!
Finally got computer at home, and have spent weekend trying to catch up on posts. Afraid I got very lazy after computer crashed, but managed to see Nova's gorgeous baby pictures, and picked up on the general sense of anticipation/mild anxiety/excitement!
Had dd2's 'birthday' today at the 'Wacky' - pretty exhausting, but we did it 3 weeks early, as really on 15th Nov(too risky!). Don't think I'll hold on much longer, as getting some period-type cramps at night, though never in day, and panicking because we still havn't figured out the bloomin Jane pram/carseat nightmare!! Arghh!!!! Still after those damn Always Nighttime pads too. Sent DH out with list (inc. Always Nighttime (times 5), He comes back apologetically with one pack of 10, saying it's better to have too many. He thought I only needed 10 pads to see me through!! . Does he not remember the last two times!!!. Looking forward to getting into some proper chats now I am connected!
Diege 37 today!!

hi everyone- I hav had a busy weekend cleaning and shopping, and trying to get prepared..I don't think i'll ever run out of things to do..
now trying to take my mums advice and have a relaxing evening as I know I will pay for all the activity with worsened spd tomorrow..
Sympathies to those of you also suffering..it's a nightmare...I really hope it goes soon after the birth!
Laylasmum - hope your ankle is okay now...hearing about your fall made me really sad for some reason..i was the same a couple of months ago reading a pregnancy diary in one of the magazines, and the woman said she had fallen over whilst running for a bus..it made me cry! don't ask me why!?
beksmum- how exciting..looks like we will definitly have another baby on the list this week..hoorah!
busy - hope you feel better too...MIL's can be awful, and you can't really be rude back to them like you can with your own mum...mine is horrified we are having the baby in our room at first, she told me it will make him super clingy...she also said breastfeeding is just for older women who don't care about ruining their breats...what the hell!?
is your inland revenue problem due to them overpaying your credits? if so they will generally get it back by reducing your payments from april the following year when you recive your new award.

forgot to mention...dp got his bank statement through, and noticed he had spent quite a lot in Boots...after thinking about it I realised it was when he got me the huggies starter kit he didn't hand over the voucher (it's still in his wallet!) and so was charged £24.99 for it...he didn't even notice at the time!
do you think theres any chance of getting a refund as i'm not too pleased we paid that much for a bag I won't use and a packet of baby wipes!
damn men..teeheee

Thanks ladies, feeling alot better today, think with all the bawling I did yesterday I pretty much got it all out my system

The thing is with MIL is that we get on really well generally(she was at ds's birth) but then she comes out with comments like that and I just dont know quite what to say??

BoB-the deal with the IR isnt about overpaying anything, its the fact the dp was self employed(hes a carpenter) last yr but only for about 6 months before the guy he was working with skrewed him over and conned him out of £700(anougher story) anyhow, we sent back his tax return in jan/feb 31st(or whenever it was) and promtly had a letter back saying he didnt need to pay any tax as he hadnt earned anough in the time he was self employed......9 flippen months later and here we are after receiving a letter out the blue saying they want to double check his figures etc etc and that he may have to pay some after all.as far as Im concerned they can go swivel till jan 06, as I think its completely out of order for them to make him pay back any,if he needs to, before then and if they try to get it off him, I'll take it further and get papers/mps etc involved because its just not right just before flippen xmas(fair anough if the letter had come sept or something, but just out the blue-huh-they can go for a ride!
BoB-eeek, ooops about the changing bag, men eh!

Diege- about the pads!! lol,again-men eh! if only that would be enough, we wish eh!

twinkle1-I was under the impression that you dont get the tax credits for the new baby till next yr, am I wrong?

JenJam-eek about your hot water, must say Ive got someone coming to fit a pressure valve in the pipe so we can have shower a week monday and I cant wait, the bath is becoming such a problem for me to get in and out and feels like im splitting in two! hope you get it sorted soon!

Liz 36+1

busy - thats rubbish! the i.R are a real pain, dp has been trying to get £600 they owe him from overtaxing him last year, and typically if it's them that owe you money it's a nightmare to get it back...different story when they think you owe them obviously!
hope you get it sorted out
you can claim the tax credits a soon as the baby is born - we've filled out as much of the forms as possible in anticipation as we will really need the extra cash!
I can't believe dp with the huggies kit..not sure if he just didn't even register how much he was paying or assumed it was worth it...teehee..I'm really annoyed as I don't want /need another free one and i don't have the reciept. I'll have to call customer services tomorrow and hope they feel sorry for me...teehee

I was under the impression because its my 2nd child, that I wouldnt receive the tax credits for him/her till next yr, I swear I was told this when I last rang IR or maybe Ive got it completely wrong.......that wouldnt be a first!

Morning ladies,

Can't believe i'm up this early, dp has just got a job (starts today) and am soooo proud of him! Been struggling to find one for a while and driving us both crazy! Only problem is they said they were "throwing him in at the deep end" and have sent him with 4 other employees down to London for a week! So after watching him leave in a taxi, am now sat at computer crying (never been apart for more than 1 night for 3 years) while dd sat reading tweenies magazine chirping "daddy gone" every 2 minutes.

Also every creek in the house is freaking me out, thinking someone is trying to get in etc, although who in their right mind will be up at this time??!

Sorry to hear all these nightmare MIL stories, i guess i'm quite lucky to get on so well with dp mum.

Busy --- as with the tax credits, i'm sure that you can claim straight away, i haven't been told otherwise as far as i can recall.

Well am off to get soaking wet, the gas has just gone, need to put money from the card onto the meter. Meter is outside and it's throwing it down, hope thats not a sign of the week to come!

Sarah 34+6

Morning all

Yes still here, no still no baby!!!!!!!

Had pains all day Saturday, got quite bad and I thought - 'ohhh yes this is really it now' Went home, went on birthing ball and everything and at 4pm, they stopped

Then had nothing really yesterday and have some mild cramping today!!! Did have complete rush of hormones yesterday afternoon though as I just started bawling my eyes out then HAD to clean the house. DH was really wound up by it and was trying to get me to sit down and rest saying I wasn't doing myself any good. But I just couldn't stop!!!!!!! Then my parents phoned and said that the cleaning was a 'sign' and I'd burst soon, felt like shouting 'You'll be bloody lucky!'

Anyway, need to pack for Manchester today and am really hoping that if baby is adament it is not coming yet it keeps that up until the weekend again. It has today, tonight, tomorrow moring and that's it until 5pm on Friday. Anytime inbetween these times and I will not be a happy bunny!!!!

Anyway, sorry to hear so many of you are feeling rough and down. Sarah, know how you feel about DPs being away, hence the me going to Manchester thing, I just couldn't bear to be on my own at the mo, am VERY clingy recently. Plus our house makes loads of noises and is a little out of the way so I can barely sleep when on my own as I always think someone is in the house! Am sure you will be fine though especially with DD to keep you busy and your mind off it!!! What is his new job by the way?????

BoB - What are men like????? I wouldn't pay £24.99 for the Huggies kit either, but as a freebie it is great. Did you say you had the receipt or you didn't? Not sure they will refund without it, but should have no problem with it. Worth a try either way though!

Beks - Still reckon you'll pop before me, even if your sweep etc, has been put off. Hope your DH is ok at the funeral and that you hold out until the weekend again as well!

Diege - loved the idea of only needing 10 pads, especially when you have already done this twice!!!! Mind you good on your DH for buying them, not sure what mine would do, would get there in the end but what faff alot and probably pick up the first pack of anything he saw. Knowing my luck I'd end up with 'Tena Lady'

Right then off to do something else methinks

byyeeeee

37+3

Morning ladies,

bit early for me, not usually up till 9! Can't sleep & ds is up watching Mr Bean so we've had a nice breakfast together. DP started work at 7 so snuggling on sofa with ds.

Been a funny few days. Since my weepy spell a few days ago I've not been "right" since. DP says its not been the best 36 hours we've had. The problem is this....we've done everything arse about tit. Getting pregnant so early in our relationship then moving in together then getting used to each other's habits, especially with my raging hormones being the way they are!!!! Add to that having each other's kids to get used to, its all been a bit much. I really don't want to spend the last few weeks before bubs is born being in this state. Normally a good Rioja would lighten my mood but.......

Busy, I'm sure the IR can be put off for a while. Can't they add the amount to next year's tax, spreading the payment? I'm sure as long as you're paying something they'll ease off. Good luck.

Twinkle1, how was the North East? Since I moved down to York I've been getting withdrawal symptoms, would you believe? Fortunately, I've made friends with a couple 2 doors away & she's from Cramlington so we have lots to natter about.

Enthusia, got my fingers crossed for the timing! I understand the clingy feeling...even if they're not much use,(like busy said) you do feel safer with dp/dh around.

Well, this afternoon I'm taking ds down to Norfolk to see my bestest friend. She has 2 DDs & he's soooo looking forward to seeing them. I'm going to have a couple of days talking babies to Sheila instead of you lot, but with the added bonus of freshly baked bread. (yes, she's one of those types!! )Catch up in a few days & I fully expect to see some more babies. As long as its not mine yet!!

35+3

I am always the same when dp is away - every little noise scares me.
It was worse before as out old neighbours had a habit of not closing the shared entrance doorway properly so the yale didn't lock - we had the police ringing our buzzer to ask if we were okay as they saw the door wide open in the middle of the night on more than one ocassion.
One time my friend was staying and we heard laughing and talking in the hall, then the electricity went off - we were terrified- we finally got the courage to open the door and the door to the road was wide open and the neighbours were out also wondering what had happened.
Someone had come in and taken the fuse out of the switch box in the hall...reallly scary! i still hope it was just teens messing about and nothing more sinister..
sarah - hope you're not missing your dp too much...congratulations on his job though1 thats happened at a good time for you at least!
enthusia - all tese on and off signs must be driving you mad, it really doesn't help when you get comments like your mums (well meaning as they are!)..mine's the same, every twinge i tell her about and she's ready to pack her bags and come down..
karma - hope you are okay, i'm sure it's nomal to have rough patches..lots is about to change, and by the sounds of it you have already adjusted a lot in a short space of time.

the weather is so bleak today! it's abou time we learnt how to set our heating on a timer as standing by the coffee machine at 7am in the freezing cold is just awful..

Hiya BoB

I didn't mind my Mum's comments at all I just wish that she knew for definite, as in someone could say for definte, 'Yes this is it here we go' all the speculating, from me in particular is driving me MAD!!!!!!!!!!

The fuse box incident really does sound scary, glad you had someone with you, couldn't imagine that if you were sitting there on your own

Karma - sorry things are rough with you as well. Mind you, you have done really well to fit so many stressful things into a short space of time and still come out with some sanity and humour in tact. WELL DONE. Hope you have a lovely well deserved break and get well and truly pampered by your friend. MMMMMMM freshly baked bread

oooh don't mention bread..we have some posh smoked bacon just screaming for a lovely soft bread to go with it..mmm...may have to go to the shops...!

I don't mind my mum's comments yet, but if she's this bad now I bet she will drive me crazy by the due date...she's constantly saying he will be eraly..she's now decided it will be halloween!

and yes..the fuse box thing was very scary..those neighbours drove me mad. we started bolt locking that door at night, but they would unlock it every time, and put up a note saying we would be trapped if there was a fire and not to do it again..so we put up a note in huge red writing reminding them to at least make sure one lock was on...grr!

Hello all,

Sorry to hear so many feeling so down and/or so many problems to deal with. It made me think... I really do believe these little babies make sure we sort most of our financial/emotional/family/in-law stuff, especially stuff that might have been put on hold for a while, NOW... before they come... which is a good thing really, as once they arrive it would only have been put on hold again until it resurfaced....? So perhaps a good thing in the long run? Apologies if my brand of positive philosophising cheeses anyone off, I always like to try & help/find answers.... there's always a reason/way out if you look carefully, there has to be.... we're survivors, right!
busy, Sorry to read your v. sad post on Saturday, you poor thing. MIL comments to be brushed away BTW... thank goodness she's not your MOTHER! How tactless! You are not going mad BTW, hormones are strange things....
karma, your start to family life sounds very familiar......you can get through it you know, and every phase like this that you come through brings you to a new, more advanced and powerful stage of your relationship. You're at the most difficult stage now when you're looking for the 'key' to the next level. When things are as hard as they sound for you now, I always remind myself that everything is a phase, none of these phases last forever, you will make it through to a new phase soon, where do you want to steer things?
Enthusia, that baby will come, you won't go mad with hormones in the mean time and whenever your baby comes it will be okay... although I have my fingers crossed for you that it's either before tomorrow morning or next weekend...
sarah you sound really positive, despite being parted from your dp (huge congrats on the job BTW!), and having to feed gas meter in wet garden, good going!
bob, your partner sounds adorable, def. worth at least £24.99 and let off the hook.... Hope you get some respite from SPD agony today..
Diege, look out, she's got full-time access to computer now peeps! Your dp also sounds fabulous, and well done to you for achieving DD's b.day party, bet she was thrilled.
BEKs, can't believe the amount of patience being required of you at the moment, you sound remarkably sane? Good on you.
Jen, hope those meanies at British Gas reconnect you today, beggars belief! Good to hear you're looking forward to meeting your baby boy, so cute! Oh, and your dp sounds a dream!
Hi twinkle, tessa, Layla and everyone else, sorry if I missed anyone out, also about long post, trying to catch up...

morning all,
busy yeah u can claim credits as soon as baby puts in apperance
Karma N/east was fab, we went up to peterlee and dalton park for lots of retail thearpy and h'pool had lots of nelson celebrations on so we got to see lots of fieworks
Enthusia if u make it up here again feel free to give me a ring if you want some company
I hope everyone else is ok, and not too fed up with waiting
I have all the baby clothes down from the attic so im going to have a sort out today it will be soo much easier while the kids are with grandparents.Its very scary i cant beleive in just 2 weeks i will have a baby arghhhhh its very real!!! what was i thinking???????On the other hand dh is so calm he's just like "oh it will be fine chill out"!!!!! He dosent have to have major surgery!!!
Like lots of you the weather is bloody awful here freezing blowing gale and chucking it down
Oh well,im going to go and make a start on the 7 crates of various clothes
twinkle
35+4

argh..i hate it when a post dissapears..
i meant to say, has anyone been to babies r us..and if so do they have a good range / prices etc?