graduates of the wine-and-shagging-after-mc thread come hither!

[wilderumpus]

Seeing as practically all of us have now got pg, here is a new home for all of us to come to carry on chatting after getting the BFP after our mcs. Today we are pregnant! :)

Have just been watching Obama's acceptance speech and crying. Last time it was so powerful and even though this time is different I still find it so moving. And OH did too so wasn't just my hormones!

Ice, when it rains it pours! Your dog must just feel it was missing out! Poor you having to clean up dog vom.

I'm not normally one for jabs anyway but I have wondered whether getting them in pg was particularly good with all our compromised systems and whatever, but I haven't looked into it. I prefer to avoid any medical interference whatsoever. (And I dream of having a spontaneous home birth when actually no one's around, except maybe lovely OH, and to never have to deal with any medical people ever).

Wild Good, good luck tomorrow. And I share your sentiments Ice, for a group of people I've never met you've all really helped and stepped in with such kind words when I've struggled and it means a lot to me that we are all pregnant now. This is the only online thing I participate in actually.

And Wild, unfortunately I very rarely proofread my posts. Apologies now for all past mistakes!!!!

Boo 9:30 bed times, mmm. That makes my world go 'round. I do though wake early, but I don't mind. I also don't mind not wanting to go out anymore. I am old though.

Hi Sheldonella, I imagine you continuing your nesting phase, hope you're well!

Ps, just to keep the food part of the thread developing, you need to know I am making babana bread.

wow what's that one ?

I am old too btw, feeling older by the second.

Will be checking in tomorrow too for wild's update. My kids don't go to bed until 8pm so still 27 minutes to go (and counting). That's the problem with going to bed at 9.30 - it means I get an hour and a half to myself of an evening.

ice sorry to hear about the dog too - oh dear, that must be the last straw. Hope you are going to get some time out soon. Don't overdo it, I know easier said than done!

Wishing you all early nights and good sleeps (especially you wild!).

babana bread one! sounds lovely! unlike banana bread which is the food of the devil :)

my cute king charles spaniel doggy used to eat her vom. (that is the grossest thing I will probably ever say )

Thanks for the lucks! Ooh I don't know when I will get online tomozza eventime as I have a non internet phone and after the scan will hopefully, if all well, be going out for some food with my wee family. and then we might be telling people! OMG. Gosh hope it is ok. I love this baby too much now for it to go tits up! basically, if it is bad news I will be working and online, so no news is good news. will try and sneak an email in if poss :)

will be online all day till lunchtime tho, as am working :)

ooh glad you told us that wild - would have been worrying all night!

Morning! Sorry for the lack of posting this week, work has been completely wiping me out. I've been wanting to go to bed straight after dinner every day too! I think DD must have had a growth spurt or something because there has been a massive change in the kicks this week - very easily felt from the outside and can be seen through my belly too, tis lovely
I took delivery of all the things I've ordered now too so I have all the reusable nappies I will need and am the proud owner of the wilkinet sling. I'm intrigued by your recommendations too wilde so am going to seek out moby wraps on ebay nearer the time.
ice sorry to hear about your stressful day the other day, I hope things have picked up since. How are you and your boys now? And the dog? I too care lots about what is happening with you all, we have been through lots together now haven't we.
one I'm glad I'm not the only one that cried through events on the TV. It was the olympics when I was in that stage of the first trimester and the medal ceremonies were setting me off! Not like me at all. I am indeed still nesting yes - knitting squares for a very cute leafy blanket. Banana bread? Sounds delicious!
wilde I'll say good luck again for today! Telling people is very exciting, enjoy your day :)
boo I'm in bed by 9:30 too :)
chuckle If you are reading, I hope all is well.

thanks sheldon and you are funny boo I am so nervous but I think that is completely normal isn't it. Tho I don't remember being nervous with DS, I was just wildly excited that I would get to see him. Am sort of exam nervous, where you know that once the time comes it will be a good thing to get done, rather than avoid. can't be avoided. even if it is bad nes, is better to know.

how are you now ice?

I avoided the obama speech as actually he has quite disappointed me in many ways and my hormones are making me shout at the tele even more than normal lots of GW bush stuff going on behind the scenes :( I do international politics and am a raging lefty so anything other than big hugs for all disappoints me I did cry at his last speech tho. was doing my reseach in india then and had managed to wangle a guesthouse room with a tele so we could watch it :) almost cried at an OLLY MURS song on the radio this morning. I cannot ppossible explain why, it isn't even a sad song am completely embarrassed

must work. one I am sick of typing and saying the same thing over and over. Will I go even more mad than I already am?! Sent off my intentiont to submit form this morning with my actual title on it. So I have to hand it in now! Very, very exciting! Thank you all for your help and listening when I wanted to give up after the mc. Now I am pg again (for now!) and submitting next month. What a difference a couple of months makes eh?

sheldon your kicks sound just lovely and am SO envious of your knitting time :) :) I would love to see what you are doing!

ps (sorry, I will go soon) Do any of you make crafty zmas pressies?! as a SAHM I like to make pressies instead of buying them with DH's money! Last year I made home made salt and sugar scrubs and infused olive oils. This year I want to make maybe a homemade pesto or complicated curry pastes and am making a couple of chicken doorstops! they are so cute!

am looking for inspiration for other pressies! any ideas peeps?!

I keep meaning to stick some piccies on my profile, will try to get around to putting on a scan piccy and knitting one.

wilde Yes - last year I made chilli jelly and made a little food package up with crackers and chocolate. I got cute little shaped jars from Lakeland and followed a Nigella recipe. Was planning on onion chutney too but didn't get around to that in time. Your ideas so great btw.

chilli jelly! oooooh! I like :) I might just do that :)

Grr, post lost due to weird MN anomoly!

Sheldonella your knitted leaf blanket sounds lovely would be great to see a pic.

Boo, sorry you only get a little time to yourself, and at the end of the day as well when I suppose you might be more tired, unless you're a night owl?!

Wild I hope you go on to have a lovely meal tonight and looking forward to your post later.

And oops re the babana bread! Tonight I am having chicken fajitas! Hope you're all having something nice? I still have very reduced symptoms here, mild boob ache, mild constipation, I'm not even particularly lethargic and am not feeling hormonal, the tears were really for Obama and what it all means. Fx I have something happening inside!!!

Evening all

Today is a better day, thank you! No dog vomit, less toddler snot, and making fireworks pictures with ooodles of glitter when big boys got back from school. Love a bit of glitter...

sheldon which nappies are you using? I used totsbots for ds1&2 and they were fab. Would have done ds3 too but it was either wash nappies or wash my hair time-wise so went for latter selfishly ds4 will be a mix of reusable and disposable I think. See how it goes.

boo I know what you mean about very limited self time - and I don't work so must be even worse for you. As the boys are getting older they're needing less sleep which means later bedtimes. I've always had mine in bed by 7, right from beginning, as I so valued the evenings with DH. It was OUR time, but is being eroded away slowly. We now have a date night once a month to try and keep US time going.

one have taken up my knitting needles again and started a cardigan/jacket for the baby. Doing the 6-12 month size so I have plenty of time to finish it!! Must post a pic of the willie-warner I produced last time!

wilde hurry up and scoff your tea so you can update us. Am going on the no news is good news assumption...

Sausages with apple, onion and mustard sauce here tonight. Yummy. Chilli jam would go with it a treat. Do you have a good recipe?

one how far along are you now? Sorry for being rubbish and not remembering

Well ladies I am PREGNANT with a BABY that WRIGGLES and has hands and feet and THINGS!

hurray! and have been dated at 13+2! so about 4 days ahead of my own dates, and not right but am very happy to go with being put ahead! so hello second tri!

told friends and family, felt so liberating and we have had such wonderful congratulations :) I also feel like I can breathe out now boo

the scan was beautiful, we had our own tv screen to watch the scan - how posh - but I didn't dare look until she had told me the baby was ok, they were telling me to look and I was like 'No! no I can't what if the baby is dead!' and the sonographer was like 'no, no your baby is there and fine!' and pointed out the HB straight away. was amazing. all is well, the baby is super healthy, as far as they can know at this stage, and stuff.

Of course we had thai for tea, three course early bird special with thom kha ghai soup and my boys :) happy as a pig in muck this evening :)

am going to start crocheting a blankie for the wean soon. yay!

ice so glad you are feeling a bit more on top of things.

boo I know how you feel, DS doesn't go to sleep sometimes till gone eight and it does feel like you work, parent, sleep and then get up and do it all again! Unless DH does bedtime and then I sit downstairs and mooch.

sorry for me me me. big love ladies, got to get the child that isn't in my wonderfully functioning womb out of the bath.

YAY!!!!! So so happy for you :)

yeeee haaaaa for hands and feet and wiggling!

And wriggling too

Glad you had a fab scan and meal out wilde.

I've put a couple of piccies on my profile. The blanket square are for this

Quick phone post...
Hurrah wild!!! fab news! Glad you had fun telling everyone & a night out!!

one maybe babana bread is a kind of Obama celebration cake? .

Love blanket Sheldon

So glad things are a bit better ice!

thanks :) am having a lovely relaxed day with DS today tho have snuck in some work while DS naps to keep the stress levels at medium :). I made a castle out of a cardboard box for him all morning, it has a drawbridge and turrets and everything! then he turned it on its side to use as a garage for his lorry

am craving bad food today. Nothing but pastry and doughnuts and fried food! not a veg will pass my lips! well it will, but begrudgingly :)

got some bright red and yellow wool and a new crochet hook today to start making my baby blanket! am making a big bright one for boy or girl, and once the basic blanket is made DS and I will make some ladybugs out of felt and ting and stitch them on :). is exciting but I felt bad when DS asked if it was for him and I said er, no, it's for the baby... and felt that pang of 'uh oh poor DS' I will probably keep feeling forever now!

he got a castle garage tho!

Sorry for my belated post. We were due to collect a friend from hospital last night and take her home but it became an all night affair as she was high on medicine and quite nauseaus, got to bed at midnight!

Wild, YAY! Congratulations on being all second trimester!!! Sounds like you had a lovely evening, glad you got your thai soup!!!! Ooh, crochet, now is that a different skill to knitting? I've been really wanting a doughnut. And am currently sipping pot noodle, what a waste of eating time but I WANT it!

Ice you must post pics! I spoke to a colleague at work today and she knows how to knit so I might really try it. Your dinner sounded lovely! And no worries, I struggle to rememebr too, I'm barely 10+4, and my diary said for today "your baby's face is well formed". Anyone else get odd updates?!

That's beautiful Sheldonella, really inspiring! And will have a look at your pics after posting.

Yes, Boo, I must have had Obama brain!

sheldon your knits are brill!

hope your friend is ok one?

i want fish and chips. can't have it tho, what with eating out last night!

wild you are catching up with me - my EDD is 10th May...
Also I didn't answer you about making pressies. I don't make pressies exactly but I make a lot of stuff - like chutney (green tomato, home grown as the toms didn't ripen last year) or lemon curd is very easy to make and a bit different. I am tempted to try making some truffles this year but think it might be dangerous (I might eat them all). I made fudge recently and did eat it all!! But mainly I paint and sculpt so often give those away (frustrated artist).

Hope your friend is ok one and you get a good nights sleep tonight! A late night can put me off kilter for quite a few days!

ice about me-time, to be honest work often IS the me-time. It's when I get to go to the toilet alone, be alone, walk out and buy a sandwich, alone.... ahhhhh.

I am pooped. Went out last night and was a bit that the bill was divided equally rather than between those who drank and those who didn't (I was the only one not drinking). I made a joke about it but paid up. I know it's mean but I am really trying to save money for maternity leave at the mo. And I had to pay babysitter and it was just for me as DH was stuck away with work. I normally can't justify a babysitter just for one of us, but there was no way round it. He's been away all week. I cancelled our night out tonight, thank god as I would have made it, as I'm up at 6am tomorrow, and DH isn't going to be back in time anyway.

Jealous of the kicks sheldon!!

Anyway, hope everyone is ok! What are we all now? I'm 14 weeks today!