BROOKING NO ARGUMENT for pain-free sneeze births and an abundance of empty birthing pools - pt 12!

[FluffyJawsOfDoom]

I think this is the first time I've ever started a brooking thread!

Great news tock congratulations. If it's any consolation (possibly not the right word) I have quite a sticky uppy rock, and whilst I've never put anyone's eye out, I have laddered tights with it. Still I can ladder tights just by looking at them really.

hello everyone else. Just pausing between social occasions. Cor, it's tiring not having children and having a gazillion things to do.

Congratulations Tock! I also didn't like my engagement ring despite it being the exact style that I'd pointed out in shops on several occasions prior to the proposal! But actually on my finger I didn't like it at all so I changed it! I just think it shows that we are women who know exactly what we want

I am now officially a MWEPP - finally I've got as far as booking in with the midwife (the last few times I've had to phone and cancel as things had gone wrong!) Still having lots of preggo symptoms and getting more attached to this pregnancy every day so I really hope this is the one!

Waves to all

Congrats tock!

Like smegs my proposal was a bit unromantic? We were in a bar and he just said something like ?so?. do you want to get married then?? and I was ?yeah, why not?? :o :o We had been engaged about 6 years though?. My engagement ring was/is a £40 jobby from the local Hinds, but it was every penny he had to his name back then (impoverished student) so I loved it anyway though I'm currently too podgy to wear it :)

Hope you got some sleep munx?

How odd smegs! Good that you?ve figured it out, at least - hope you're feeling better now :)

I have spent all day finishing off the baby shopping with my sister and niece - IKEA, mothercare and M&P - and my feet are agonizing :o Best buy of the day has to be my materninty PJs ? no more having to get dressed every time I need the loo in the night when we have guests, or scampering around in the nuddy?.

And well done on being a MWEPP Olives! :)

Congratulations tock. I'm sure you will get used to the ring but if it's too big you could easily lose it Mine sticks out quite a bit and no eyes taken out here yet.

Ahhh, how lovely tock, congratulations! At least he tried with the ring, Dh asked me then we went ring shopping together :) . I do love my ring, bit sticky outy too, so when babies were tiny I took it off to avoid scratching them at wriggling tiny nappy changes but its fine now.

Congrats tock and indeed to green as well, a big step.

Thanks fluffy we did get some, but dd not very well at all so am fairly shattered today. Baby in a very awkward position so not very hopeful for tonight, plus physio hasn't returned my calls. Think I will end up on the sticks again though tbh.

Good luck for the scan tomorrow stacks we await exciting news!

Enjoy your social engagements whims! Have things all settled down for you now after your scare?

I have forgotten a million things I am sure but to all.

Congratulations tock and olives!! tock I've given my DP my grandmother's eternity ring to give me.... My only worry is its a little bit snug. Although he hasn't asked me yet.. Trouble is I keep expecting him too so perhaps he is putting it off until I really don't expect it??

Was everyone out enjoying a little sun today? I hope so, I was! But I was also very glad to come home and sit on the sofa where it was cool! :o

Congratulations tock. You know Oct 2013 isn't that far off.... better start planning whilst we wait for cakes & fluff to pop

Good to hear your mwe now olives. My gp's secretary 'forgot' to do my mw referral. Hopefully she did it today.

fluff i'm so impressed that you've finished your baby shopping already! Plenty of feet up time now

munx fx for some sleep for you tonight. I'm really concerned my pelvis is going to be worse in this pg, so might need to pick your brains at some point for tips to cope with an older dd. I struggled enough the first time round when I could spend all day just trying to get comfy!

Not sure I could have left it any longer little, it was hard work as it was! :)

Is there any link between spd and baby's position do you think, ladies? My pelvis has been great since Monday, and coincidentally baby has moved from head down to lying widthways. (Of course her new position could just be causing me to sleep differently which is making my pelvis less painful)

Hello everyone

Love a bit of engagement ring talk. We did like Dream - DH asked me and then we went shopping together, but I think he would have got me exactly the one I wanted as I let him take the lead on the shopping just to see how well he would have done. Mine is a bit sticky outy but until I lose some weight it doesn't fit anyway so it doesn't really matter . I refuse to get it made bigger though as it is my challenge (well, one of them!) to get back into it. That and most of my wardrobe! .

Hope all you Preggos are well. Who's next to drop? It seems as though the time is flying at the moment probably not to you all - sorry so I'm sure there will be more baby news soon

Good morning. Biscuits I see you were on the early shift . I hope you get some more sleep soon.

Re:rings - DH and I trawled the antique jewellery shops around London and chose the style I wanted, then found it online. Then we went to see a guy who could get it made for us (a real 'diamond geezer'!) who made me a beautiful ring at a fraction of the cost it would be in the shops, even in Hatton Garden! Oddly enough some friends of ours did exactly the same thing 2 years later, even down to choosing the exact same ring . Oh well, sincerest form of flattery etc! And I do love the ring, it's very 'me'.

Can you get the stone re-set, tock? if gold isn't your thing (which I understand, I'm the same) then surely it would be ok to put it in a different setting? That way it's not a totally different ring. Tbh though, if I were you I'd just change it but tactfully of course. After all, you're the one who's going to wear it for the rest of your life!

Oh that wasn't too bad Smegs - mostly DS is sleeping through now but the hot weather is making him wake early (thirsty?). I did get up though after that feed and had done loads by the time DS1 got up . Could actually see my kitchen worktops and everything...

Ohh, engagement rings :) I asked DH to marry me, many times over the years, he always just said "if you're good" or something similar. In the end I designed a ring I liked from looking at hundreds of ones online, then combining everything I liked into one ring. Went along to a ring maker who made the design more formal, and got it made. DH picked it up, then kept it in his pocket for a while till asking me (in the living room, while my hands were dirty after taking out the bins), he couldn't wait any longer to ask, was very sweet about it, and surprisingly nervous as he knew I'd say yes!

Oh I'm enjoying this proposal/ring talk! Congratulations Tock on your official engagement! I think you should either change your ring somehow or choose a new one, otherwise it could become an issue whenever you're annoyed with DP(H) you will look at the ring and think 'I never liked that ring anyway'. My DH proposed to me after we had been talking about it for a few weeks, then we chose a ring together and he officially asked my dad (I was 32 and a divorcee!) then asked me 'properly' while we were on holiday. It was lovely!

Nutella hope your DP asks you soon!

Biscuits it is lovely to see you in here! How are you doing? Marvellous that DS2 is sleeping through - how old is he now and are you still BF? Or is he getting to the stage of weaning already?! I'm losing track.

Lovely to see you too Dream! How is sleeping for you and the DTs now? Hope they are feeding a bit less and sleeping a bit more.

Hello Scarlet, lovely to see you too.

Fluff that's brilliant re your baby shopping and I'm glad your pelvis pain has eased a bit too.

Munx I hope you got some sleep and your pelvis isn't too bad.

Little hope you get your booking in soon. When's your 12 week scan, or do you have to wait to see the MW to get the date for it?

Olives I'm so pleased for you that you are now MWE! It was lovely to read that you are becoming 'attached' to the pregnancy and I am still brooking like mad that this is the one. When's your next scan?

Whim I hope you get all your socialising packing done soon.

Not much to report here. Pretty sure the flutters are the baby moving and got my 16 wk MW appt on Friday so I'm hoping/looking forward to hearing the HB.

Oh and Stacks is it your scan today?

Gen DS is 20 weeks (I think?) tomorrow - 4 and a bit months anyway. So not quite weaning yet but not far off - eeeek! I bought some weaning spoons the other week which makes it seem more real . Other than that I can't really remember what to do . Still bf (and super glad it's going better than last time).

How many weeks are you now?

Ooh Biscuits that's brilliant! I was so scared to wean DD, but she took to it brilliantly she is a right fussy madam now though. I'm 15 and a bit weeks now, seems weird and although I feel pregnant in that I feel knackered and sick have symptoms, it still doesn't seem real and I can't really imagine actually having a baby!

Scan all done. We have a very wriggly little boy in there. Everything looked fine, so now we just need to wait 20 more weeks?

I'm meant to be working from home, but I'm just so tired today.

Congratulations Stacks, boys* are great.

How lovely you're feeling little flutters Gen. Can you believe it's actually happening yet?

*so are girls of course.

Almost half way Gen, that's great!

Yay for great scan Stacks

Yay stacks! How lovely that you found out it's a boy :) Have you started discussing names yet?

urgh. after being awake virtually all night feeling very hot and uncomfortable and not right, i woke up for good around 4 ish (when DS kindly woke up), feeling iffy, and have had d+v all day, DP ended up coming home from work (a 2 hour commute) to look after DS, DP and DS seem fine, but our lodger also came home from work with same symptoms, no idea what has caused it, as we haven't eaten or drunk anything in common. so urgh. have been in bed or at toilet all day, and need lots of brooking that i feel better asap and that i get some sleep tonight! less than 7 weeks, and now really hoping this bean is early like DS as that would mean less than 6 weeks, in this heat i'd much rather it be 6 weeks than 7 weeks! hope everyone else is doing ok and not melting too badly!

stacks congratulations on having a little boy in there! How exciting to be able to start choosing a name and buying him clothes

Get well soon loopy

gen I'm annoyed today as my mw referral still hasn't been done! And the scan doesn't get booked til the mw gets the referral. Can't imagine it'll be done before we go on holiday now, so will probably be over 13 weeks. Very annoying, as I'd prefer not to announce til after scan, but my rapidly expanding tummy might mean I have to.