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Rats Successfully Smacked, the 'No Brookers' uneventful pregnancy and pain free birth thread :)

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MeconiumHappens · 14/10/2011 20:17

Hello :)

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NinjaChipmunk · 02/11/2011 13:56

eh whats going on, will have to take a look!

pommedechocolat · 02/11/2011 16:30

I've been lurking on Have's thread too Biscuits. Nail biting!!

Biscuitsandtea · 02/11/2011 16:36

I have literally been checking Have's thread so much I think my phone might go flat......

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 16:37

OMG Faith's coming?

Biscuitsandtea · 02/11/2011 16:48

Hopefully Dizzy - I so so so want this to work for her. We started ttc at the same time I think (although I only joined MN in June this year, but I feel a sort of affinity with her! I know that probably sounds weird as we all only know each other on t'internet, but I do get genuinely pleased / excited about others' BFPs!

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 16:52

Grin I know what you mean. I joined back in April time around when my dad passed away, Faith's was the first thread I ever joined and one of the first posters I got to know. We were always manically symptom spotting together. It does sound really promising though - she's got the extreme thirst. Really hoping this is her cycle, fx.

pommedechocolat · 02/11/2011 16:55

She is always so helpful to other people as well.

We need throws and cushions and things!

hawthers · 02/11/2011 17:09

having a bit of a Sad day - made a bit of a tit of myself at work as i got really wound up about something (mainly due to pg hormones, nasty cold and extreme tiredness) which i probably shouldn't have done. feel like a right unprofessional idiot Blush. can i just rewind the day and not bother coming in?

hawthers · 02/11/2011 17:10

sorry for the pity me post (feeling very sorry for myself = not attractive)

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 17:12

Oh hawthers Sad Try not to beat yourself up about it too much, even non-pregnant people have days like this so you have to expect it to occur when upduffed! Have some Brew

Biscuitsandtea · 02/11/2011 17:13

Indeed Pomme - I love her! Grin

Hawthers - worry not! Only a few weeks left at work and you can ditch them all. Meanwhile, feel free to distract yourself with an almost live POAS drama unfolding for Havealittlefaithbaby.

It's over in conception (called Oh help, I'm going quietly mad or something - can't link, on phone).

Have used to be a regular on the conception brooking thread and I for one am very excited about it all Grin

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 17:14

link to Faith's thread

Purplebuns · 02/11/2011 17:23

Thank Kipper for the portal link from Faiths thread to here.

I have been a slacker and not posted here for a while as I fell off the thread and I come back and your all speaking in JeremyKylese and eating sweets. Shock

I have my 20 week scan tomorrow at 10, even though I will be 21+6 Hmm and my morning sickness has returned the git!

I will try and catch up with all that you have been up to, I hope everyone is well? :)

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 17:30

Glad to be of assistance purple. Are you finding out the gender at your scan tomorrow?

Also with the excitement of Faith's thread I forgot to mention, no I wasn't fired - just me being paranoid. In fact they were actually very pleased with me and only had good things to say about my work, which was nice since I'm always worrying.

Inspired by this thread I've also started looking into buggies. I'm thinking probably an all-terrain pram would suit me best (like to get out into the countryside and take the dog for long walks).

dreamfeeder · 02/11/2011 17:50

no no dizzy they're nothing but a pain, a good sling is what you need, then stiles, narrow tracks etc are no problem!! My friend has a Phil and Ted (all terrain) buggy, she says it's rubbish off orad, always struggling with it somewhere and walks the dog carrying her DD in an Ergo or a framed backpack- or roads/ paths with the buggy in lashing rain etc.

Not loving being back at work. The kids are good, but my caseload is unmanagable on 15 hours a week. I mentioned this to a colleague- not that it'd be her job to sort it out with me, just as a comment and her reaction was 'tough, we've all got too many kids and issues and not enough time, you can't have an easy ride at our expense, you'll have to muddle through like the rest of us'. So dispiriting, and I was a bit Shock. Was great to be back in schools seeing the kids though, but they (the support assistants mostly) were amazed I'm pg again already- I almost felt bad for being pg in my first school of the day by their horror at the lack of continuity for the children I was seeing!!!

hawthers, I made a total tit of myself last week by crying within 30 min of arriving through leaving-ill-DD (with her daddy!) guilt, and general hormonal over-whelmed-ness.... It's mandatory. Chin up lovely!

biscuits, glad you're on the mend.

scream, the movements I feel are like quick little squirms, faint and brief but I think this was how I started feeling it last time, just much, much later (but I had an anteriour placenta, as biscuits will find out she has soon).

Had a panic at work today as 2 people said they thought my bump hadn't grown since last week... That plus my spotting + instant worry. One of the girls I've not worked with before- new in the last year even asked if I was like this (i.e paranoid) in my last pg...How embarrassing (so actually hawthers put that as made a tit of myself last week and today)

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 17:58

Ah ok thankyou dream. We had also been planning on taking the baby around in a sling as much as possible as well, but will doing it too much hurt our backs? (completely clueless newbie to the whole parenting thing over here Confused)

Also your work colleague sounds like a bitch, what sort of thing to say is that? And don't feel guilty, this is your life, you shouldn't be putting it on hold for other people, you need to be living it!

Biscuitsandtea · 02/11/2011 17:58

Dream - don't take any notice of people at work comparing your bump from last week to this? How could they possibly know? Do you wear a uniform because my bump looks totally different depending on what top I've got on.

Also, I should say I found it really hard getting back into going to work. It does settle down though. And I wasn't dealing with being pg with twins either! The thing that got me through was another girl came back at the same time as me and we kept each other sane. I found it really hard and like I wasn't doing a good job at home or at work, but it did settle down eventually. I know lots of other people have felt the same too.

So don't underestimate the impact of going back. It's very very tough. And I'm sure you will get some Hmm comments from people about being pg again, but really, it's none of their business!!!

Gosh I think I must have magnetic legs today. DS just will not leave me alone for 2 seconds. It's like having a shadow that insists on hanging on to my legs or sitting on my knee. Am quite looking forward to him going to bed Blush!

DizzyKipper · 02/11/2011 18:02

Ditto what Biscuits said, who said what I wanted to but in a much better way!

Purplebuns · 02/11/2011 18:04

Dream what a cow! Shock

Kipper I have a mountain buggy that is great, but crap in town and not rearfacing, so wouldn't like it to be my only puschair. We did use a sling which was great but I did get tired after while.
R.E gender I most likely will.. Still have mixed feelings. Confused

hawthers · 02/11/2011 18:05

dream thanks for lovely words. Person I wept in front of has no kids and doesn't look like she'd ever want any so was completely ? at me and just thought I was being unreasonable.

But grrr to lady about your work load. Sadly a similar story over here and it hasn't got any better as I've gone through

TooImmature2BDumbledore · 02/11/2011 19:16

Ohhhh, how will we wait for tomorrow for Have to test again? I started reading her thread a couple of days ago and gave up when she said AF had started. Have just frantically caught up and the suspense is awful! I really hope she gets it!

Um, what else have people been talking about? Scarlet, I did the same thing in Tesco, only it was a giant box of Thornton's Blush. They only lasted 2 days! Blush Blush Think will join you in complaining to supermarkets about their abusing of our lack of willpower.

Good luck tomorrow, Purple! I hope you get to find out the sex if you decide you want to. I always want to know, and Dad never lets me tell him because he thinks it should be a surprise. Last time I spent 20 weeks carefully saying 'it' instead of 'she', which was very annoying, and he wants me to do the same again! Might 'accidentally' tell my little sister so the secret is out.

jaggythistle · 02/11/2011 19:16

Hello all, sorry I have been a bit in hiding Blush

I have been trying to keep up but have failed to get time to post.

Yay too for a pink bean and good results Grin

Thanks for the link to have's thread, will be so excited to check in the morning!!

We have a framed carrier and used it loads, DH is a SAHD and took DS out in it loads for walks when he got fed up of buggy tyre punctures.

He wants to be a cheapskate and keep the old annnoying pram, I'd quite like to get a new one myself....Blush

I really liked having DS rearfacing too so it limits the choice a little bit. I did see a Jane one I liked, just need to convince DH to waste spend some money :)

Sorry to hear about the puking and tears! flippin hormones!

Fingers crossed I have had 3 or 4 puke free bedtimes now and am feeling a bit less sleepy....

jaggythistle · 02/11/2011 19:20

Oh and I will be looking for tips form you sling experts as i failed to get one I liked last time but loved the idea.

Babasling = Pants IME!

dreamfeeder · 02/11/2011 19:51

Ergo or Boba 3g, or I'm tempted by ninjas talk of her huggababy jaggy. Dedicated slinger here. I'm only slight (ish), 5'4" and size 8-10 dizzy but i didn't use a pushchair at all really til dd 9 .months and my back's fine. Well, no worse, I had upper back trouble before, but the Ergo certainly doesn't worsen it. Did loads of country walks too and I walked her for naps every day til 9 months too so sling for 1-2 hours daily.

Just been on my twins antenatal thread, and one poster just announced she went for routine growth scan and one twin's heart had stopped beating. They gave her steroids and sectioned them the next day (34 weeks) but I'm so sad and shaken up. Can't imagine the horror (I know you can too, sadly). No sign of any problem, a total shock for their mum. That's the third twin died on the thread... She's done so well, 4 weeks on she has the other twin home now, but obviously is organizing his brothers funeral. I'm gutted for her. And selfishly even more worried about my two....

jaggythistle · 02/11/2011 20:08

Oh Dream that's awful :(

It's not selfish to be worried for your two either, it's natural when you hear a story like that :(