Sneeze births please, and we'll BROOK NO ARGUMENT

[TheLittleFriend]

Over here Brookers. I'll stick a cake in the oven

Thanks everyone!
Sorry, I didn't make it very clear, I felt rough (crazy dreams (more sped up and crazy than other crazy pregnancy dreams), a little nauseous and just generally uncomfortable) all night and didn't sleep well. I'm feeling ok now, I'm tired. But no other symptoms so I'm hoping I'm fine and the bean certainly seems to be fine (it seems to have a yoga style stretching routine now it doesn't have room for disco dancing).

Little hope that the slapped cheek blood tests all come back ok. How far along are you - sorry preggo and super tired today :)

Sounds like you and the little nut are both fine nutella
I'm 25 weeks now so it shouldn't be an issue even if I did catch it

How bizarre: DP and DS have gone off (at my request) for a long weekend with the grandparents (both lots living in Wales, where DP & I misbehaved were at skool). I'm home alone for the first time in 3 years! Cold and quiet. But I'm sure it will be rather nice to miss them madly.

Flu jab more painful after the event I found Boo. I always look away when there's a needle just so I don't really know when it's going in etc. Pain is always worse if anticipated, I find.

Flapjacks must be Scottish, no?

Little - brooking you're immune, but sorry about your niece and hope she's ok.

Nuts - just sounds like a pregnancy night to me but hope you get a rest and time to recover.

Had glucose in my pee today but the MW team didn't seem that bothered. All that birthday chocco has got me in trouble, slapped wrist Blood was taken sent off full of iron filings so I'm sure it'll all be fine. Apparently 10 isn't that low anyway. Have got to the stage of them coming to do the Homebirth session at my house in the next couple of weeks, feeling rather excited now. TickyTock is back to back at the mo' but plenty of time to wriggle round and MW said it can happen v close to birth with multip babies.

Does anyone else get a 32wk growth scan with their trust? A couple of friends who are with Kings not my local hospital are being offered this. I don't think I particularly want one but just wondered what everyone else was getting.

How are all our lovely lurkers? Waving to all and hoping you have a v nice weekend indeed.

Thank you for the advice ladies, I am just a big chicken with injections. But I shall be big and brave and get it done then have a long lie down to get over it :)

Tock I have had glucose in my urine since my booking in and have a gtt to do at 28 weeks, I had this with all 3 now, I think it is just normal for me.

Little Brooking that you are immune, and hope dn is better soon. I must say I had never heard of it before MN.

Nut poor you, I have been having terrible sleeps lately, stupid vivid dreams and nightmares, getting up for a pee then the insomnia kicking in for a couple of hours, it really drains you. Hope you get chance to rest, sounds like little one is fine though.

I meant to say, I think I have been feeling little movements this week (15 weeks now) ooh it is lovely :) (until the spider/yoga starts anyway)

Ooh, sorry Tock we are not offered 32 week scans as standard, I had one last time because of the super large chunky monkey size of ds and all the glucose in my urine.

Boo - so the glucose hasn't really affected you? I hope the GTT goes fine - you seem relaxed about it all. It doesn't seem like an issue tbh and is a first for me. I'm sure it is quite literally that I've been eating too much naughty stuff. I was given 4 - no, 5! - boxes of chocolates for my bday on 2 Nov (obviously people think that's what pg ladies NEED). I have given away two and will leave another unopened for post-birth and one was so small it hardly counts, right?

Lovely to get your first kicks and tickles. Sweet! You will get to hear the hearbeat soon!

My baby had v good heart rate today - MW v impressed. Limbs are all over the place, she said - hence thinking baby is back to back. Also MW reassured me that sonographer using 'his' to describe the fetus in 20wk scan, even after I requested keeping it a surprise, is normal and does not mean we are necessarily going to have a boy. So it is still a surprise and DS is still certain he's getting a sister. I'm all geared up for a boy in my head though...

Sorry - I'm waffling on again. Now that my boys are away on hol I've got far too much time on my hands. Hurray.

Tock how much glucose did they find? At my booking in it was ++, at my last appointment it was ++++, what you eat can certainly make it go up but chocolate is always worth it :) It is not really worrying me I am used to it now, it is not having any other effect on me, they were concerned last time that glucose + big baby = GD, they didn't think about the fact I am 5'9 and DH is 6'4 and are never going to have a small and delicate doll like child my gtt last time had good results, exactly in the middle of the acceptable range apparently. I am so used to having checks and tests though, it is normal for me now, I have to see the Endo team about my thyroid and the Gastro team about my Crohns, plus the usual checks you need.

Have fabulous relaxing weekend, try not to miss the boys too much :)

I put certainly, I meant probably assuming a high sugar diet would have am effect.

Blimey boo that is a lot of things needing tests.

tock your choc intake sounds perfectly normal, certainly far less than mine two choc biscuits, a handful of minstrels and a slice of lemon drizzle cake already eaten today, banana loaf in the oven

Thanks for asking after dn, she's absolutely fine, it really is quite a mild illness, just one of those that is risking for unborn babies.

Risky, not risking.
(tis the baby brain, honest)

Boo Cyclizine is notoriously sore when injected so the flu jab will be a breeze! I've got to have a GTT this time due to DS being a 10lber - it's booked for 4th Dec - what's the stuff like that you have to drink? And how long after drinking it do they do the 2nd blood test? I'm dreading having to be NBM!

Tock Put your feet up and enjoy the rest whilst your boys are away!

Little Hope you are immune, but as you say there's prob not too much to worry about now you're 25 weeks anyway.

Nutella Don't be worrying, sounds like a typical late pregnancy night to me and yoga baby sounds very happy!

Thanks Boo - they didn't even say so how much glucose so can't have been loads over the normal. It's only a fortnight til my next appointment now so I will cut down but not cut out on the choccos/cakes and hopefully it will be fairly normal. I eat a v healthy savoury diet so should all be fine and this baby doesn't seem any bigger bumpwise than my DS (3.3kg at birth so on the light side). Gosh you are a tall family aren't you? Poor you re' all the tests but sounds like you have the right attitude and take it all in your stride. Plus you're on no.3 so must be a pro in the end, eh?

Olives - hoping you get a bit of a smaller baby - if that's what you'd prefer - this time round. Do you think there was anything behind the size of your DS at birth or are you a tall family too? Was he overdue by much?

My time off so far has involved phone chats, dog-walking and to much time on e-bay. I shall put the lap-top away for the weekend though and do something more enlightening or restful.

green the stuff you drink for the gtt is, err, really delicious. Honest

Ooh Little you get green stuff

Afternoon all. I've just done my nails in anticipation of MrWhim's soiree later so I'm unable now to do any sweeping, tidying or washing up. Although i imagine I will shortly be able to make a cup of tea and settle down with last Saturday's guardian while the small boy is asleep adn the big boys are still at school. bliss.

No caterers I'm afraid tock (although the one party I've been to here did have caterers. And very nice they were too). Rather, I am the caterer, to which end I've been to the nice supermarket and bought a packet of every sort of nachos they have and pretty much every sort of dip. There will also be brie / goat's cheese and grapes and crackers and olives mozarella balls and tiny tomatoes. I'd be happy with that as a guest! Sorry, no hula hoops sparks, but you might not want to risk the flight with your dicky tummy.

Have lovely weekends y'all. We have the boys' school fair tomorrow ( I have dutifully dropped off 24 muffins, while ruing the fact that there were NO OTHER MOTHERS there to see me do so. What's the point? It's like a tree falling down in a forest without anyone listening. And then I'm sneaking off to a massive craft fair in DC which looks brill: if you're interested

Then we're taking MrWhim out to a 'proper' Cornish pasty shop for lunch on Sunday. What an extravaganza!

whim if there are no hula hoops I ain't coming!!!!

I'm also going to a giant craft fair hello maxed out credit card!!!

Sorry sparks, whilst homemade flapjacks are no problem, extruding potato snacks might be beyond me. Although actually they don't have golden syrup either, so flapjacks won't be entirely right.

And they call this a civilised country. « tuts »

If its lucozade I'll be happy but my friend who had one locally about 18months ago says it was a thick sugary liquid -yucky! My appointment is 8.50 so all being well I should be able to eat by lunch time (not that Im obsessed with food or anything )
Not sure why DS was so big, no-one was expecting it - bump measured perfect for dates, he was 8/9 days overdue but that's not unusual. I am just short of 5'8" so that's fairly tall for a woman but DH is only about the same height as me so not very tall for a bloke. My dad was tall and he was one of 4 boys who were all fairly big at birth so maybe that's where it came from! I can't imagine having a small baby but an easier birth would be very nice indeed!

Olives my mw told me before I had giant chunky monkey toddly boo that when it comes to pushing bigger ones are easier, something to do with them not moving forward then sliding back, the bigger ones just sort of move down and stick! I delivered 10lb 3.5 oz very quickly or maybe she just said that to make me feel better

Whims no flap jack, no hula hoops and now no golden syrup? What sort of bounty is that???

Tock I am sort of used to it all now, this is all normal to me. Between me and teen boo I think I sometimes live in a hospital (he is deaf/blind, has something called usher syndrome)

Bounty I mean country.

Wow Boo - reeling to hear that teenboo has Usher Syndrome but can tell he's a right cool kid from the bits you've mentioned on here, and a typical teenager in all the best possible ways I'm sure. Impressed at your birthing skills btw! We deffo need slidey babies - but only in the down-and-out direction, thank you v much. Is chunky monkey still a good size then? My DS is a bit of a stick despite me trying to fill him with lots of good rich food. Seems he's kind of stuck to his percentile from the get-go, though never lost weight at all.

Whims - fraid that's no excuse, maple syrup will still lead to flapjack magic. Can't help on the hoola-hoops though. Enjoy the craft extravaganza ladies. I am planning to finish my crocheted sleeping bag while my boys are away. Much more of a grandma than mother it seems...

We have known for a couple of years now Tock so we have come to terms with it a bit, there will always be changes in his sight though until ........ he is a very typical teen in every other way though. Toddly boo is still very tall for his age always been on the highest percentile. Also I quite agree, slidey babies and a quick sneeze birth!! Tis the brookers way.

Oh Boo - that's a big one. Life does serve up some shocking life-changers and challenges. Just so glad he's got you as his mum. {{{{hugs}}} ToddlyBoo sounds like he'll be a sportsman. ToddlyTock is high up on the height percentile (but only because of a spurt at the right time I reckon) and low down on weight. I try not to fuss - he's got a pretty good appetite but prone to a dicky tummy.

Right, off to do some hooking.

xxx

I did it, had my jab, and I still have 2 arms

Boo Good to hear you still have two arms, :o well done!

Thanks for all the reassurance! that was what I really needed, just to know that as long as the bean is doing it's thing (however uncomfortable he is making me its nice to know he's well :) ) and I slept great last night! But then was pooped this arvo and had to have a sleep on the sofa .... Hope I sleep well tonight!
Can't remember who it was but yes I'm the same, bizarre dreams, get up and go for a wee, followed by an hour or many of insomnia... I find the lack of a pattern is really annoying!
But I haven't got to set another alarm for work between now and errr, well, sometime next year! Have a few appointments next week and then I'm done really... Until mini nuts arrives...

All this talk of cake is making me drool! Need to go the kitchen now, good job I already made cookies! Have lovely Sundays you lovely ladies! Sorry for not name checking more people, I'm waiting for my brain to start working again...