for all us chatty girls due in dec '05!!

[ei23monster]

were all safely in the third trimester now and all startin or due to start our mat leave!!
scarey thought for you all its only 67 days til xmas so not long to go before our babies are all hear and makin themselves at home!!! yikes!!

er (b) in answer to your question! but I've found I'm sick and tired of worrying about it and frankly bored of the whole thing which is making me feel much better able to cope! also cos he's been out of my hair for a couple of days and no upset for 48 hours I've had a chance to get my head together.
Sorry you felt upset, these things strike us out of the blue don't they when least expected. We are well on the way now, so please don't worry. have a good day if you can with all those rugrats!

lol good attitude to P jus thope you know whats happening wiht the house etc soonish.
suppose i best make a move

OMG!!! You lot can talk!!! A new thread and already 178 messages!!!!!!! I'm shocked

Haven't been able to get on here as I have been so busy at work. I have been given a load of stuff that I have to have completed before I leave plus catch up on the backlog and believe me I have a huge backlog. Doesn't help that my Maternity cover has handed her notice in and leaves on the 11th, my replacement starts around the 20th Nov but is on study leave and has exams for 2 weeks which leaves about a week of training before I leave. Lots of overtime coming up for me again this month but at least its extra money. Could do with slowing down though.

Anyway I am in a bit of a dilema and am not sure what to do. As you all know I found lice in my hair on Tuesday (nicely caught from SDD - well we do tell her its good to share!!) Since then DP has combed my hair out every morning and evening with conditioner and found nothing. I have a hair appointment tomorrow to have my hair cut and highlighted, do you think I should cancel it - I was going to but as he hasn't found anything since Tuesday I thought that I may be clear or whether there were any more eggs that are going to hatch in the next few days

What do you girls think?
I really don't want to go there and have the embarressment that they find anything and tell me to leave - I'd never go back!!

My head is no longer irritated - I just have a rash on the back of my neck. I have used Tea Tree oil all week in the hope that that kills anything but have layed off that now too as I thought it might also be irritating me so am just using T-gel and Conditioner.

What do I do? Cancel or not?

I'd go, personally, just have a good comb through beforehand with one of those fine nit combs, if you're clear I'm sure it's fine.

Hi Ninah, hope you are having another better day today.

DP is going to go through my hair again tonight and said he'd do it before I go tomorrow too. Obviously if he finds something then I will cancel but its the embarressment of them finding something.
He thinks I should go if i'm still clear tomorrow morning. I've been really looking forward to this (haven't had my hair cut for about 3 months and the roots...........they are about2/3 inchs long )

Hi all,
Kangel it's a tough one. Can you delay the appointment by a week just to be sure. It would be awful for you if they found anything, plus you will be worried in case they do. Might spoil the treat for you.
I've just come back from having mine done. It's so nice to have all the straw ends cut off. Also went into Mothercare & bought some random things for the baby - well I have to start somewhere!
Bought a border & mobile in their Jungly theme so I think that is me decided.

Anyone know anything about Mothercare pushchairs. SH, I think you posted a link to some of them & now I think I might get one. Just want to make sure that it's not going to fall apart on me or has some major design fault.

Oooh, DQ, will have had her scan now & have a piccy of her baby. Don't want one myself but I'm fascinated by other peoples. I hope she can post it on here somewhere.

afternoon all

George..does it feel good to have started shopping????? I loved it with adam but not really had much #chance or need with this baby

not long back from toddlers...im sooooo tired..lol Cant even go for a snooze as a friend is sending her dh[who ive never met]to pick up our tropical fish tank. House is a tip and soo cant be bothered cleaning it so he will have to take us as he finds us today..lol

I feel like I've broken through a barrier Nemo.
I'm always the same with Christmas shopping, I take ages to start but am fine once I have the first couple out of the way.
Sounds like you need a bit of a snooze this afternoon.
I'm going to measure the nursery walls to see how much wallpaper I need.

George, I'm doing the same this wkend, going to get a few baby things and a few xmas pressies!!!
Cant wait!!!!

Hiya people

hows everyone doing? Tired today also, was up at 5 as i just couldnt get comfortable in bed, everytime i moved i woke in pain, then needed loo, then couldnt get comfy....and so began the cycle, from about 2 oclock...sigh. In the end i gave up and came down stairs, sat watching tele thinking that this was how it would be shortly....mad huh. Anyway i half fell asleep with my feet up on the exercise ball and my support pillow round my neck, not the best position but the comfiest one i had found!
We are pretty much sorted with our nursery, we havent gone for a theme as sucj but have mostly stuck to woods and reed storage, musilms and voiles. In fact if anyone wants to have a look, i ( we) have a website which has loads of pics on it, our wedding honeymoon ( Aug 2005) the nursery ( not in a finished state) and the 4d scans of our dd, feel free to have a look;
www.peanutmonkey.co.uk
Hope everyones day has gone well, am going off to celerate a friends bday later so need about four hrs to get ready, if i am not back, al have a fab weekend what ever you do and spk later j XX

JF just looked at your scan pic..they are fab arent they..very jealous as I cant afford one..lol

Minnie, it's great, I've got a big bag of things ready to show DP when he gets home - just hope he likes the jungle theme now!

JF, aren't you organised with your photos. It's as much as I can do to get them on the computer in a random state. I'm so , I spotted one of those lovely glidy chairs! How lovely
Was that a Mothercare pushchair too?? What is it like? (I'm sorry, I love photos!! )

How are you feeling Nemo, hope you have been crashed out on the sofa all afternoon.

I'm off to collect DP from the airport in a minute. I've so missed him.

hi george...hope your dp likes the things you have bought..saw your question about ribs..will depend where the baby is kicking.

Unfortunately didnt get a snooze as doorbell didnt stop going this afternoon when adam was asleep..lol

Just watching hollyoaks..sad I know but wanted to see mandy give birth as she was due in dec..she found out on tv 2 wks after me..lol Just hope its a good outcome

Had the day off work today, so nice to have a lie in until 8am, dd included. Any wonder she doesn't want to wake up at 6.15am normally Took a drive to Portsmouth and did some shopping at GunWharf Quays (outlet centre for those not down south). Bought 3 more Xmas presents, 2 b'day presents and a few things for us (among other things, pair of boots for me from Next for £5) and had a lovely lunch in Pizza Express. So nice taking a child out to lunch who now knows how to sit at a table and eat nicely - not looking forward to that phase where they need to learn how to do that
Had a midwife checkup this afternoon (32wks tomorrow) - baby still head down, which I'm v. happy about, I'm measuring 31cm which is nicely average & everything else was good.
George, we have a Mothercare brand Urban detour pram. Bought it 3yrs ago for dd and will be using it again for this baby. Have only needed it serviced once, and that was due to daft baggage handlers on a flight, otherwise it's been fine. Also, with the cot bumper, we didn't use one for a long while, until dd started getting her legs stuck in the bars of the cot each night . We then bought one from Ikea that wrapped all around the cot and she was fine after that. But she definitely wasn't a newborn when this was happening though. & you could also use a sleeping bag to avoid this as well (we did use one, just can't remember from what age).
Have a nice weekend everyone

evening ladies
I suppose youve all gone to bed now I'm ready to chat!LOL!

evening ladies!
DQ are you still around?
hows everyone been today?
i had a doc's appt this afternoon about my back and he has deemed me unfit for work so has signed me off til i start my mat leave in five weeks!! iv joined all you ladies as a stay at home preggy lady!!yay!!

just about still here ei, yay on being a sahm. great job, crap pay
I had my 'taster' 4d scan today. no finding out the gender but a few very cute baby face pictures! and tow of the feet too, I have a thing about cute baby feet!

TWO even

okay am off to bed, speak with you lovely ladies in the morning.

great about your scan DQ il bet you are chuffed to bits with the pics!!
night hun sweet dreams!

bet you all gone to bed now! Oh well. As you can tell i cant sleep. Am missing Dh badly now as we have been apart since Tuesday! really need a hug and talking on phone hurts so much. Cant wait for him to get here wednesday but i know Thursday will be hard.
Have had a slow day. Made a few phone calls etc but havent really had much to do so have spent alot of time thinking which isnt good!
Strange thing happened earlier, went to shop to buy milk and some coke and i passed crisp aisle, next thing i know id put a bag of cheese doritos in basket! I HATE DORITOS!! Anyway i ended up scoffing the lot with my sister looking on in amazement cos i hate doritos!!! Dont think i could eat them again but were nice while it lasted!!!!!!!!!!

Am going for some retail therepy tomorrow then off to cemetary to choose mums grave. Just another day for me at the moment!

Ordered 20 helium ballons today for all my mums grandchildren to release when mum is being lowered into ground! Theory is it will help nanny get to heaven! Last count there will be 150 people walking behind hearse to church! Will be amazing and emotionally crumbling day. Am really not prepared for it at all.

Had really bad heart burn today and boobs are agony! Hips more stiff than painful. Will be glad to get this week over with and be at home with my DH and on maternity leave!!

Enough from me cos im rambling just wanted you all to know alex and i are ok!

im still hoverin around bonkerz!XX im glad you are ok and copin well by the looks of things! the balloon idea is really lovely i suppose it will help the kids feel involved so they can come to terms with the situation in their own way! nice to hear from you hun xx

morning all

bonkerz anyway S can take acouple of days sick from work???????? Thinking of you hun and the balloons are a fab idea. PMSL at the doritos you mad pg woman you!!!

DQ glad the scan went well and you got some pics...email pleaseeeeeeee

EI glad you got signed off..will help you to relax..so at least half of us are now lurking around a computer during the day..pmsl

not a lot going on here...went searching for a nappy pail before but no luck so may have to make a trip to mothercare..no doubt will end up spending money i dont have. Have sent adam out into garden with his dad who is doing the winter clean up..lol

Damn swelling! My calves, feet and ankles have blown up overnight. Just like last time. Going to have to ring the midwife and pray the hypertension isn't back, cuz that would be a serious bummer!

Hi Ladies,

Havn't been on for a few days, been feeling really run down and to top it all off I threw up everywhere this morning, not baby related I don't think more bug thing.
I have however today still managed to unpack all the baby stuff and sort it out made me go all weepy half way through damn hormones!
Hope everyone is keeping well, not long to go.