September mums-to-be - the bumps get bigger and we all get more excited!

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Here we are ladies. A shiny new thread for us all. Let the chatting continue!

Isla is a definite favourite of mine song OH as well - I thought it was quite unusual but looks like it will be popular. Its the only girls name we both like. Her middlename will be Olive - which is my mom's name.

Me and OH went to NCT last night - OH was dreading it but we have such a great group - lots of info to take in but done in a none preachy way - the time flew by!

Great idea about a FB group too!

Ohhhh frog I love love love Robin, but we can't use it due to surname issues. I'm that you can even consider it!

It's not that I hate the name robin...but it will get shortened mainly by vile SIL to rob. Baby rob? I think not.

Yeah that's a fair point I guess - it's a bit like baby Dave or baby Trevor! (Sorry if anyone has Dave or Trev on their list ). I do prefer it as a girl's name, which is less likely to be shortened that way.

I work with young people so I've had a lot of exposure to different names over the years. Means there are some lovely names I can't use because I associate them with certain people! Think we're going for Mairi or Megan if bump is a girl. I like slightly more exotic names but DH is boring so it's hard to agree!

Oh yes I love it as a girls name, probably spelt with a Y. But it aint happnin over on team blue! Plus DP is a man utd fan so I knew exactly where it had come from :-/

I love Isla and Mairi... but a very good friend of mine has a sister called Mhairi and a 16wo baby called Isla :)

I don't think I can tell you our boys name. DH and I hit on it in about 30 seconds before we even knew we were having a boy and I feel like if I say it out loud before he's born somebody will have a reason we can't use it and we have to

Girls names we weren't sure about at all so I'm glad we don't have to think of one - Rhona and Cara were both options... we wanted Scottish but not too overtly gaelic as we're east-coast lowlanders.

Oh, and somebody I know has just had a baby at 33 weeks while away in Inverness. A little boy who is over 5lbs and doing brilliantly, no major concerns at all!

I have totally got it into my head that mine will be really late - I was late to feel sick, late to stop feeling sick, late to grow a bump... still not hugely bumpy, definitely no bh or breast changes except their growth to a comical size....

But this made me think about early arrivals... obviously the couple involved are now stuck in Inverness for a while... we're off to Northumberland next week... I better remember my notes - not that there are any major maternity hospitals in the middle of nowhere!!

So sorry to hear about the cat :( huge cat lover here. My massive ginger lump little man is the love of my life!

Great idea re fb, I'm happy to co-ordinate and moderate etc if you like? :)

Flobot, that would be great if you were up for setting it up, moderating etc. We can PM our names etc. I'm always on my phone, which is handy but not great for doing the more technical bits. In fact, I don't even know where my laptop is - bit of a technophobe!!

Hi all

I'm also very sorry to hear about the cat.

What does everyone think about Luke and Megan for my twins? Weebarra- great minds etc! We are 100% set on Luke but I keep dithering over Megan, don't know why. Also live Isabella but not happy with the twilight link to Bella and think that name may be very popular.

Ion, saw midwife today and she is referring me to a specialist midwife as my anxiety levels are through the roof at the moment. Have had depression in past so think they are being cautious. Anyone else suffering with this? Just really want to switch off and relax but constant irrational worrying is really getting to me.

Hi girlies

Thanks for the advice on Whopping Cough Jab (I know it was pages ago now!).

I really must post more often, I am always reading all your posts but rarely post myself so I am going to make more of an effort as of now!!

I think a facebook group is a fab idea, I am not on facebook personally but have just registered as Jemima Puddleduck so I can join you all when it gets sorted

Loving all the name suggestions so far.

@ Kim 'I'm going to eat my baby's placenta' Kardashian! I have never heard of that before!!!

Derpres, I hope they offer you lots of helpful support. No one deserves to suffer alone.

Beautiful names, love Megan and Meg. I have a nephew called Luke, I'm biased but he's an absolute angel. He has a huge personality, heart of gold and a real character. It's a fabulous name and makes me think of my handsome little Luke.

Thanks flipflump- your nephew sounds adorable!

jammy apparently there's a craze over in America at the moment to not detach the placenta- people carry it around in a little bag until it falls off! Urgh!

Has anyone else been told to carry their notes at all times? I've been told to not leave the house without them- wonder if its because of my asthma making me high risk?

Placenta eating has been a "thing" for years! It's one those things that is nature (animals do it) and makes great sense.... But is also highly gross in many peoples opinion. I can't even get my head around the concept of someone having to cut the chord! Yuck!

I'll see what I can go moderating and setting up s fb group. I use the computer quite s lot and relatively tech savvy (plus heel husband) :)

Placenta eating has been a "thing" for years! It's one those things that is nature (animals do it) and makes great sense.... But is also highly gross in many peoples opinion. I can't even get my head around the concept of someone having to cut the chord! Yuck!

I'll see what I can go moderating and setting up s fb group. I use the computer quite s lot and relatively tech savvy (plus geek husband) :)

The carrying the placenta thing around is called a lotus birth, it's not a new thing I don't think. Not for me though, can you imagine the smell?! Definitely no placenta eating going on at chez kitten either - did anyone see the river cottage episode where Hugh F-W serve up some woman's placenta on canapés and they had the neighbours round for a party?!

I haven't been told to carry my notes around, but have started wondering what would be a good point to start doing so...especially considering I work 40 odd miles/2hr commute home so couldn't exactly nip home to collect them....don't want to ruin them though!

Good work on the fb page fl0, I'm on a private group for another thread too so let me know if you want me to nose at how that one got set up

No placenta eating in the frog abode either!! Yuk! Each to their own though.

It said in the Daily Mail article that you are recommended to blend it into a fruit smoothie as it hides the taste. Cause it normally tastes like liver... vom

Had a trying day with my usually amazing MIL who was just trying to do everything her way, from rearranging my nursery furniture to claiming that the dogs' dinners have too much hot water in them... Sigh... Just sat on the sofa after she left and ate a box of cold chow mein from yesterday.

Hi all, I read the placenta article too, no need!! I don't really fully understand how you can just wait for it to fall off??

Fb sounds good, let me know when its all ready. Sounds like s great idea!

Oh dear Jammy MIL sometimes think they know the best way to do everything - sounds like it was a blip. We had mine stay at the weekend - she was do much better than last time she stayed but still heard quite a bit of 'there was none of this when I was pregnant' cue me holding breath and stopping myself saying 'because things have moved on from 35 years a go!'

Just got in from work to find I have lots of lovely parcels from the fabric I have ordered from ebay to make my baby door hanger and some patch work cushions - can't wait to get started now

Derpess I think Isabella/Bella is a lovely name. I wouldn't worry about the Twilight connection: it's not what you'd call a classic and no one will remember it in a few years I'd bet. In fact it's quite old hat with 11 year olds already!

Did anyone hear the homework on the Simon Mayo show this evening? Seemingly there's a spike in the birth rate for the first two weeks of September. They reckoned it was a bit too much of the Christmas cheer!

I'd eat placenta, but perhaps not a whole one - I definitely want delayed cord cutting and natural third stage this time, assuming there isn't anything else going on like excessive bleeding. Even if you have a c-section you can keep your placenta and have it dried and made into pill supplements. Did I read that on here somewhere? Search for IPEN - the placenta has lots of hormones that (so the theory goes) your body could do with having back, so as not to get the fourth-day blues etc.

Booked my WC jab for Friday afternoon, and the actually very nice GP-receptionist said that a pharmacist would be qualified to tell me what hayfever remedies are ok.

Am presently in a lovely hot bath after a long long day. DH is mid way through his first week of being a househusband, and has done lots of very yummy cooking and useful washing/ironing, as well as lifts to/from station and almost all DS' bath/teeth/bedtimes, but has also done a lot of chaos-creating and clutter-accumulating ... which would normally be ok except that on Friday we have my brother and his months-old puppy staying for the weekend...!

I need to get out and help, I think.