July 2011 we're entering the second half!

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F1rstT1meMummy 25/6/11
Ickle: EDD 29/6 pg#1 age 31
Pesha: EDD 30/6 pg#4, age 32, (dd 10yrs, ds1 7yrs, ds2 3yrs)
Blueberryjam EDD 1/7 PG#5 AGE 27 ( 7,6,4 & 8 months)
Loueytbg EDD 1/7 PG#3 Age 37 (DS1&2 3.6, 1 mc)
Tebbles EDD 1/7 PG#1 Age 29 (No DC yet)
Orchid: EDD 1/7 pg#2 age 31 (DS 2)
WolfcubEm83: EDD 1/7 pg#1 age 27
Phlebas: EDD 2/7 PG#10, age 35 (dd1 10yrs, ds 4yrs, dd2 18mo)
Riddzy: EDD 3/7 PG1, Age 31
MadAboutTheBoys 3/7 PG#3 Age 34 (DS1 3yrs; DS2 17 months)
Emmylou30: EDD4/7 pg#1 age 30
Mitchell81: EDD 4/7 pg#4 age 29(dd 10 yrs,ds1 4yrs, ds2 2yrs)
Eglu: EDD 5/7 pg#3, age 33 (DS 7 & 3) - Girl
Twit: EDD 5/7 pg#6 age 35 (3 ds's 12,9,3 one dd 4)
Countrybunkin: EDD 6/7 pg#14 age 26
Miss Lolita: EDD7/7 pg#1 age 31 - girl
ScarIettOHara: EDD 8/7 pg#1 age 34
Oceanfox: EDD 08/07 pg1 age 37
Smiler80: EDD 08/07 pg#1 age 30
Fiatlux: EDD 08/07 pg#1 age 36
MeesaMum: EDD 9/7 pg#1 age 30
wolfhound, EDD 9 July pg#3 age 40 (DS1 is 3 and DS2 is 16 mths)
Mrsfarge: EDD 9/7, pg#4, age 34 (ds 9, dd 3, ds 2)
Scarthy: EDD 10/7 pg#2 age 35 (DS 3yrs)
SpannerPants: EDD 10/7 age 27 pg#1 - boy
emilyplus1: EDD 10/7 pg#2 age 25 (DD 17 months)
confuddledDOTcom: EDD 11/7/11 girl (expected to last until May, ELCS will be mid-June if I last that long and they get their own way) age 30 (3 girls: 1 angel and two amazing girls age 4 and 2)
Sweetiexxx: EDD 11/7 pg#2 age 32 (DD 17 months)
Highheelsandequations EDD 11/7 pg#2 age 30 (no DC yet)
Rarewelshbit: EDD 11/7 age 33 (no DC yet)
Scrivette: EDD 12/7 pg1, age 30 (no DC yet)
canny77 12/7/11
NNABAIW: EDD 13/7 pg#2 age 33 (DD 15 months)
Stottiecake: EDD 13/7 pg2, age 37 (ds 2)
StormBird: EDD 13/7 pg2, age 28 (no DC yet)
Squirrel007 EDD 13/7 PG#1 Age 29 (No DC yet)
BeatrixRotter: EDD 14/7 pg#2 age 34 (DD 2)
kalp12 14/7/11
Sues1974: EDD 15/7 pg#2 age 36 (DS 21 months)
filey1: EDD 16/7 pg#1 age 28 (no DC yet)
pennyly: EDD 16/7 pg#1 age 32 (no DC yet)
JazzS: EDD 16/7 pg#1 age 29 (no DC yet)
Nicolamumof3: EDD 17/7 pg4 age 33 (DS's aged 11.6, 4.11 and 3.3)
youpie: EDD 17/7 pg#2 age 34 (ds 16 months)
Nitnatnaboo: EDD 17/7 pg#2 age 38 (ds 5 yrs)
Highfibrediet EDD 17/7 pg#4 age 38 (ds1 8y, ds2 6y, ds3 2 1/2y)
Fraochsmum: EDD 17/7 pg2 age 33 (dd 11 months)
Hefner: EDD 17/7 pg#1 age 28
a11J: EDD 18/7 p#1 age 21
Stangirl: EDD 19/7 pg2 age 41 (DD 9 months)
Fab123: EDD 19/7 pg#1 age 29
Zanzicat: EDD 20/7 pg#1 age 30
Pregnant inParis: EDD 20/7 pg#1 age 30
isitreallythattime: EDD 20/07 pg#2 age 32
Dynababy: EDD 21/7 pg#1 age 34
FessaEst: EDD 21/7 pg#3 age 30 (mc & DD 13 months)
cara2244: EDD 21/7 pg#2 age 31 (DS 2 years)
FallingandLaughing: EDD 22/7 pg#1 age 33
Geordiemam4: EDD 23/7 pg#4 age 31 (DD age 13, DS age 11, DS age 8)
Brassicababe: EDD23/7 pg#1 age 37
Brightsideoflife: EDD23/7 pg#3 age 33 (DD 19 months)
PixieOnaLeaf EDD 23/7 pg#6 Age 44 (DD1 16, DD2 12, DS 9, DTD1 8 months, DTD2 8 months)
GruffaloMama EDD 23/7 pg2 age 35 (DS 2.1)
Inbetweener EDD 24/7 pg3 age 36 ( DD 8 DD 6 )
LadyGoneGaga: EDD 24/7 pg#3 age 32 (DS age 2.5, mc)
honeybabymoon EDD 24or 25/7 age 30 (no DCs)
Emmywoo: EDD 26/7. pg## age 33 dd 4 and mc
Chocoflakes: EDD 27/7 pg#3 age 37 (dd15,ds13)
Ivegotmrbitey: EDD27/7 pg#1 age 31
SelenaDoula 27/7/11
Sugargirl1: EDD 28/7 pg#2 age 32 (DD 13months)
Badgerwife: EDD 22/7 pg#1 age 30
Buttonmoon78: EDD 29/7 pg#5 age 32 (DCs 13, 10 & 3)
ddas: EDD 31/7 pg#1 age 26
sunshiney78: EDD 31/7 pg 1 age 31
ZuluWarrior: EDD ?/7 pg#3 age 32 (DS 20 months)
JimmyChoo17: EDD 16/07 P#1 Age 29

Heehee Twit, i've done exactly the same with MN and eBay. Also bit miffed that I bought a bundle for £6 only to have it arrive and it's all a size 8 and not nearly as nice as I had thought. It's going back on eBay as soon as I can be arsed take pics.

Fucktards is my fave too. Also the expression "Eeek, pass me the eye bleach!". I feel like that sometimes watching that head ping out with such force on OBEM at the intro...

Handyman is 30mins late and runs a severe risk of being garotted when (if he does) arrive. 'Spesh now the sun has peeked through the clouds here! I think a nice long walk is in order if he doesn't make it in the next 10mins. Men!

ooh lots of cross posts
Pesha that was me forgetting what week I am. hahaha
Aw, lots of poorly DC's, I hope it all gets sorted so you can carry on with things, it's not anything any of you did or didn't do, just one of those things.
I have had no offers of gifts/help or anything. People have either laughed or pretty much ignored it (the pregnancy). And me natch. In fact my mum and Step dad are currently thinking about moving to Greece.
Hi Lynzi! I told the (locum) MW I wasn't getting on her couch because of my back - she tried to convince me it was necessary to measure me, I pointed out that I was 25(so I'm 26?27?weeks?) weeks and she gave up (her eyes widened though). Listened to the heartbeat from below with me stood up.

UPDATE: Have won the jacket

Fab that's why it was only £6...?

And I have decided on fuckturd As in that handy man is a right fuckturd for being late.

It was me too Twit. It's a losing battle I'm fighting!

I had white linen trews last summer. And they're in the cupboard for another year so they can't be that high maintenance, right?

Ordered some in black however, from Next on Friday. Looking forward to picking them up tomorrow.

Oh, yes and it's OBEM night tonight! I have more mint choc chip ice cream at the ready. And no DH as he's away so I can cry without hiding it

I won't watch OBEM. Too scary.
I might give up and order some from next TBH, all this shall I shan't I only to lose isn't for me
Although saying that I was VIP'd to the next online sale so was able to order some sale stuff early and am currently awaiting a parcel or several. (I try to order ready for the next year etc so not that bad of me).
And a snuggle chair for me so there's an extra seat.

I still need a pushchair, carseat, crib/moses basket and a rocker seat for downstairs (the type with a hard reclining back so LO can sleep in it). And some toiletries. I can feel myself going into denial again.

Oh bollocks to the lot of it. I'm handing in my notice before I leave today. I won't get SMP anyway as I've not been here long enough. I'm sick and tired of my prude of a boss averting his eyes from the evidence that I've (shock, horror) had sex. My unmentionable varicose vein is throbbing in a way it has not at all over the weekend. The chair I have is crap for my back so I've just buckled and taken my first proper painkiller. And I'm fed up of being questioned when I put extra time down that HE asks me to do. And that's because he's so disorganised that there's nothing for me to do all day - hence the MN - but shed loads just before I need to leave.

I'm fed up of pretending everything's just peachy. It's not. It's shite. And for 10 silly hours a week I truly don't get paid enough to deal with this.

So there. Rant over.

Button I feel for you - I walked from my last job when it became clear that the guys downstairs were doing nothing, raking in thousands in commission and putting all of the clients through to me to deal with (my commission was a measley £7 per file!) and then my bosses had to go to the MD to try to get me the raise that the MD himself had said I would get at my interview after 3 months of working, at my yearly review. He denied ever saying it so, despite me having the best figures in the country and their profit nearly trebling whilst I was there I decided enough was enough and I wasn't going to be dogsbody. Wrote the MD a polite email before leaving thanking him for the opportunity and I hoped that the profits continued to peak as they had done since I had been appointed. They have since had to sack 1 person and 2 have walked out due to high workload and apparently are having the worst year on record

Sometimes you need to stand up for yourself. It can feel remarkably good. (Spesh if you aren't going to get the benefits from not being there long 'nuff).

And yes, I will listen to my own advice now and stop being such a girl about Mr Fucktard. I'm marching out into the sunshine too Button!

Wahey! Ladies of July unite!

DH feeling a little like you do about the job he lost in Nov. Apparently his boss has lost 3 stone since DH left as he had failed to realise how much work he did! When they downloaded the last 6 months emails, it filled over a dozen discs. Suckered!

Not said anything yet but am going to today. Feeling better just for having made the decision!

Hurrah!
DO it, what a load of fuckturds there are about.

Am off into the garden now with DS3.

me? No.

Much.

oooh afternoon ladies we've been a chatty bunce this afternoon

well i walked up to docs with ds2 and 3 all uphill and on their scooters. We have abandoned ds3's pushchair now as i was struggling pushing him in it. He's not really that big at all still in 2-3yr clothing but at 3.5yr feel need to out him now while weather good and before baby arrives. Well it was a struggle rushing there i can tell you. I had a stitch and felt sick and we were 10mins late. DS2 has impetigo, he has a day off school he's overjoyed

Currently he's upstairs on our bed with dh watching how to train a dragon wrapped up in my dream genii pillow

Dropped ds3 at nursery came home made lunch then did big sainsbo's shop im waddling good and proper now, can barely walk at all normally these days i've done too much so a bit of mn can't help before i go for my pedicure!!

Pesha im so sorry your dd has been treated like that by her father it makes you feel so sad for them doesn't it? I split with ex-h in 2000 when ds1 was 15m old it was traumatic to say the list. He was a shit dad too. But the split eventually was the making of him. DS1 continues to be his only child he's amazed that i've gone on to have 'so many' as he puts it!! But he is very much involved with Tom, despite me not agreeing with lots of the ways he does things he's remarried and settled and all is as good as can be expected i think. I remarried in in 2009, after the birth of ds2 and 3 naughty girl that i am!

Oo you loose woman Nic. I think I'll be joining you in the great SPD whinge soon. I'm getting so much more movement, esp of the audible sort

Oh well, the sun is shining, my washing will be dry and blown crease free in the wind so no ironing again. Got spicy pasta for tea followed by ice cream and OBEM.

And a whole night in bed with no DH wrinkling up my clean sheets

And lots of loolas to watch on ebay

sounds like a good evening to me button, yep last OBEM tonight boohoo.

i just got up to answer phone...rang off before i could make i refuse to rush, im sure i might (sure/might?!) have a hernia it really pulls and feels uncomfortable in certain positions. I certain can't rush getting up. MW on wednesday tho. Remember that hard lump that took me to the hospital few weeks back? its getting bigger!!

I'm loving the use of fuckturds ladies, seems to fairly represent the arseholes involved!

I think I'm developing SPD as well as my back giving up, I feel really sore at the front now, like I've been riding a horse! I'm hoping the osteopath can work her wonders tomorrow....

I've got my 25week appointment with the midwife on Wednesday, I've suddenly realised I need to sort out my maternity pay this week and I have no idea where to start I'm meant to be repaying £1800 of tax this year so I need to ring the tax office and see if they can give me a bit longer to pay it over or I'll be completely skint once I'm on maternity leave - I hate being the main earner!

But on the plus side, the house is completely redecorated, the kitchen is being fitted and the carpets are coming on Friday - and DP is taking me out for dinner as we have no cooking facilities and I'm sick of takeaway!

OOh that sounds nice. We put new cupboards up in our kitchen and now have a tidy clean kitchen (unless you count the floor) 'cos I can reach it without bending over or crouching. Everywhere else is a shithole TBH. It's embarrassing.
I have checked my notes and am 26 +6 weeks (27 tomorrow) I think. Hang on it is Monday today isn't it..?

Evening all.

Sorry to hear your stories pesha and fab but at least we've got a great new word out of it 'fuckturd' is ace - can you apply for words to be put into the english dictionery?? Meaning would be name for useless and waste of space ex partners!!

Finding baby is moving lots at the moment but all very low down. Part of me hopes he/she will be breeched and at least that will solve the c section/vbac dilemma i'm in at the mo.

Finally started thinking about buying for the baby now and bought all the accessories from the ziggy and friends range at Next. twit I completely forgot about the vip sale - registered and then didn't think about it again until next morning. Took advantage of the spring sale earlier though and bought a lovely dress for a wedding i'm going to in April for £15 - bargain!! Button i've also got the black linen trousers and can't wait to wear them when weather is a little better.

Lets hope the rest of the week is better than the start for some x

Good grief, ladies all this stree is surely not good - although at least your getting it out on her I spose!

I have found that beign pregnant is the ideal time to speak your mind and be a bit more of a cowbag without having to worry!

Pesha, that iphone app is babybump - its brilliant, i like reading the weekly info on how big he is etc. DP gets an update every thursday morning as to what size is unborn son is compared to fruit and veg - this week - corn!!

That's hilarious! I've visions of your DP going round Tesco eyeing up the strawberries, then the avocados, then the funsize bananas... I'm easily pleased

Well, I'm off to bed as soon as OBEM is over. I tried to have a nice relaxing bath but ds was not yet asleep so it lasted 17 minutes - wow. He's really kicking off about bedtimes at the moment but as he's deaf I'm trying hard not to get too cross. Roll on next Tuesday when his op is to replace his grommets!

Have a good evening!

the baby update on i-village.co.uk also does fruit and veg. My baby is a cantaloupe melon this week.

DS2 is still not well. I have my fingers crossed for no vomiting tonight. DH has been great getting up with him, but I'm not sleeping anyway and feel exhausted. Everyone keeps telling me to take him to the Drs but I hate wasting my time going to the dr to be told it's a virus and them not doing anything. If it continues tonight I will probably take him tomorrow though.

Hoping I can stay awake for OBEM tonight as I'm so exhausted.

OBEM time! Fab.

im exhausted too i couldn't get back to sleep after dh left at 5am this morning.

I am loving next maternity trousers they are short leg so wearing with my converse which i can only just about bend down to do up atm then with flip flops later. So so comfy the linen ones i mean. I lived in the white ones last time round.

I think my lump is probably a hernia now, i can't believe they never suggested this at the hospital as after looking up on google (as you do!) im convinced thats what it is. Not too bad unless i do too much or sit up from a particular position.

I have bought so many baby clothes now! I think the novelty of pink is to blame tbh. Just looking for some plain cotton cardi's now to go over sleepsuits.

Hello everyone. Sorry to hear things are not good with work Button. I have also worked for crappy bosses and HATE being given work just before I am due to finish for the day.

I called in sick today which is something I never do. I have been feeling rather dizzy when up and about. The baby isn't moving around as much either. The obn put me on bed rest for today and they are going to check me again tomorrow. They were surprised that I didn't go to the ER over the weekend but I didn't want to make a fuss. I think my blood pressure is up because I have been working 70hr weeks since January. That doesn't include all the driving and studying I have also been squeezing in.

Have to admit that was really tough not to work today as I have so much to do. I hate American television and there is only so many accounting papers that one can read. I am 99% sure everything will be fine tomorrow and I will be back at work (with reduced hours).

Exhausting day, dance festival after work so on my feet till 8.30pm, not good. Think my feet and legs are starting to get swollen but hoping that they'll go back down if I don't have another 12 hour day!

Plus got told today that one of the kids in one of my classes has chicken pox, so have to phone MW tomorrow to check all should be okay. Had chicken pox when I was little so hopefully it's fine but work say I should get it checked.

High heels - sure it'll be fine but when I got shingles a few years ago which is the grown up chicken pox I was told to go nowhere near pregnant women or children. Always best to check with me though. I'm crap at stuff like that. I'd worry for a few minutes, think about checking then forget amd go about my day as normal!

I have discovered I'm really bad a being pregnant! I have the odd glass of wine, the only food I've given up is pate, I run up and down stairs, carry heavy bags. dot even think twice about carrying boxes and stuff! It's only when people jump up and down or offer to do stuff for me I remember I'm actually 6 months pregnant!! I'd still be kickboxing if I didn't honk I as ruining my partners work out!!

*think I was ruining my partners work out!! Goddamn typing on iPhone!