February 2014. The cake mix is in the mug, the microwave is on, it's slowly rising and we'll be pinging in three more months!

[Shropshiremummy2B]

Sadly my cake mix is rising too much and resulting in a serious muffin top.

Yay! Baby Show ftw We got a snuzpod, lots of rainbow muslins, a warm yoga top for me, and a breast pump. Plus I am now torn between a Stokke Explory and an Oyster Humbug - from one extreme to another! But they both have their strong points and the price difference is remarkable...

Knackered now! Chinese takeaway just arrived and trashy action film on the telly. God we know how to live it up

Missk I think even if non-preggo, rage would have to be directed at the installers of said toilet.

My average cost per use would be pretty good today. Baby is alternating between lying on bladder or kicking it so I've become well acquainted with the free toilets of central london this afternoon (nice ones in the covent garden apple store if you're ever caught short in that part of the world ) Only 23 weeks - thought there'd be a bit of respite until the end of the trimester at least.

Gnitting - just to say I recommend the stokke XPlory. Used ours with DS and it's still in great condition after 3.5 years - now waiting for DD! I love the height of the seat and the ergonomic handle height too.

Dawn - I'm in horsforth so not too far at all.

lastnight I agree it looks like an amazing buggy, and I love the way it looks, the way it folds, the works, but it's soooo expensive! The complete Oyster kit is half the price of the Stokke kit. And I feel bad, because we could probably afford it, but I can't justify it. Too much a Yorkshireman's daughter...

Has anyone bought a buggy off eBay? My friend did for her first child and we were in the park when the brake got stuck on - it took us 20 minutes of wrangling to unstick it, and that kind of impressed me that buying new for something so essential would be a good idea. But it does seem like a racket!

Urgh, I've eaten too much and now feeling weird pressure at the top of my chest and up into my sinuses and head - feels like my blood pressure in my head and chest is too high and I don't think I can lie down yet. Obviously I hope it's just the overeating and I will try not to do it again.

We pre-ordered the besnest hire today! Exciting. And I feel organised!

Don't mean to bring the mood down tonight but I just want us all to be thankful of our pregnancies and getting this far - I know we've not all had an easy time of it but generally everyone and the babies all seem okay.

An old friend of mine texted tonight to say that her baby girl had been born today - she was due in late Feb and so the baby was too early to make it :( She must have been around 22 weeks. I don't know any more details as we don't live near eachother anymore and are only in touch every now and then, but when I announced my news on facebook she was one fo the first to text me to congratulate me and to tell me she was pregnant too! Have been crying lots tonight and feel so sad for her to go through this. She has a daughter who's nearly 2 and I just don't know how you're meant to cope with the loss. It's hit DH quite hard too and has been a shock.

Sorry again for sharing but it does hit home to me that whilst I'm sure it's a very rare thing at this stage and not a reason for any of us to be concerned, we should really appreciate our little babies growing each day.

LittlePandaBear, that is so sad, it really does make me realise how precious what we are doing is, and how fragile. It is sobering and scary.

Littlepanda - I know only to well how you feel. When I was preg with dd a close friend lost her baby at around. 21 weeks. I was just devastated for her but it also made me feel totally paranoid that something was going to go wrong with my baby too. All you can do is be there for her although my friend chose to stay away till my dd was months old as it was just too difficult for her. She now was 6 month old triplets and I have my dd so she's in a very happy place now. Take care as I can remember how upset I was and the profound effect it had on me. X

It's so important not to take anything for granted and to take stock every now and again to appreciate what we've got. Hugs littlepanda

littlepanda that's so sad

I really do think of this baby as a miracle and everyday that goes past ok as a real blessing. It took us a long time to get here, and a mc, so we're really amazed we've got this far. The fertility doctor said it was highly unlikely we'd get pregnant naturally and yet here we are. losing a baby at any stage is devastating, but it must be much more difficult to come to terms with at the later stages of pregnancy.

Thanks ladies - I've not taken this baby for granted but still feel a bit guilty that I appear to have had it easy as had no problems with DD or this one (so far!). We don't stop and think everytime someone has a healthy pregnancy and baby but as soon as it doesn't work out it comes into focus a lot more despite it still being rare.

My friends DD will be 2 next week and has the same birthday as my DD, but my DD is just a year older. My last text to her last month was that maybe our babies will share the same birthday again :( Just feel a bit useless as there's nothing I can do - we're not close friends anymore and haven't seen eachother for a long while just because we live in different places but I still care about her and what she's going through.

Anyway I hope everyone has enjoyed the extra hour in bed today if you were able. I did tell DD last night that she had an extra hour to sleep but she came bounding in at 6am instead of 7am full of energy! I guess I can hope to get her in bed a bit earlier tonight instead!

Ah panda that's so sad, it must be devastating for her, and.not easy for you also. A good reminder that despite the ups and downs and stubborn babies we've got on here we are truly lucky to be here now x

Checking in at 25 weeks. Having a few Gaviscon moments now and starting to think a bit more clearly about nursery sorting, cleaning up DS' pram and wondering if I should start a list of hospital bag/first weeks necessities in order to be a bit organised this side of Xmas! Also I dealt with my toenails today for what I fear will be the last time for a while . Tricky to reach and now they look very ragged. Oh well, I'll need to book a pedicure next time, what a shame!

Sad to read of pregnancies ending at a little less than 24 weeks. That must be really devastating. I've been watching back to back OBEM on Netflix - it's always a good outcome but interesting to see the little ones and how they are looked after in such an intensive way. In our NCT group with DS there was a mum who had her DS at 28 weeks or so - and you would never know it to see him now.

Littlepanda, so sorry to hear the news of your friend losing her baby - I completely agree, it's incredibly sobering to hear things like that and makes me realise that despite all my moaning about puking, acid reflux, hip/pelvic pain, nausea and general exhaustion, I am incredibly blessed to have a very happy, healthy DS and another little one on the way.

Just ordered my bednest to make the most of the discount. Am a little worried that I may habe unleashed the shopping beast as have now signed up to ebay and am in love with so many of the cute clothes on there! Have just been paid so that makes it all ok...right?

mmmm, my Christmas cakes are in the oven I'm making two this year as my folks ate most of last year's before I'd had any and I want enough to see me through maternity leave the plan this year is to have one for home and one to share! The smell of the brandy was lush.

Just bought chair for nursery and some shelves. Was going to go for poang rocking chair from ikea (£100) but tried the normal poang armchair when we got there and actually prefer it - easier to get into and out of, has quite a bit of 'give' in, so can gently rock anyway and even better, only £55!

Thinking of you vix.

And it's so sad about that baby little panda... It's stupid but one of the things that worries me most is that I finally feel like I am getting somewhere with buying things and nursery should be completely finished by next week but what wouldhappenwith everything if something were to happen to baby? Couldn't bear coming home to everything being there... Actually think I would have to move... Must be so much harder the later it gets (obviously hard at any time, don't get me wrong)...

Really does make you think...

Littlepanda that's so sad to hear of your friends baby. I feel so lucky to even be this far.
I've bought my pram today... And my bank balance is now considerably lighter! I went for the iCandy peach 2 in black in the end. It was so nice to push, easy to fold and is small enough to fit in the boot of my car (a ford ka!)
Also went to kiddicare and could have spent a fortune! I nearly have everything now though ready for baby and now I can concentrate on my Xmas shopping!

LittlePanda what terribly sad news. I do feel that we are all luckier with each passing week... wouldn't it be wonderful if none of the babies on this thread were born alarmingly early and none were born with any health issues...

Had a lovely weekend here with lots of blustery walks, hearty meals and mince pies. Eeyore what an excellent idea to make a spare cake for mat leave. I normally have mine done by the end of October too...got a few days left I guess :)

Hope everyone is feeling cosy and safe this chilly night.

Littlepanda - such sad news about your friends baby. Things like that really do remind you to be thankfull for the healthy pregnancies we are all having thus far.

It's great to hear of all the purchases being made so exciting! We opened our arms reach cosleeper today and it's fab, so pleased with it.

Another lovely hypnobirthing session today too. I need to try and visit the birth centre this week and start deciding between there and a home birth. Now I'm chilling on the sofa watching a box set and crocheting granny squares - bliss

littlepanda sorry to hear of your friends loss. It is a real shock isn't it? When I was pregnant with my first two children I really did take it for granted I would have babies at the end of it. And that's even with my complications and the risk that my babies were in.

But in the last few years too many people close to me have had MC's, had still births and even lost babies in the first few weeks after birth. So I really am aware that nothing is for certain.

I really need someone to get excited with about baby stuff. I showed my husband my charity shop bargains when he got back from America and he just was not interested. His response was "yes those are nice" then got on with what he was doing. Maybe being our 3rd it is not as exciting for him.
I really would love to get together with another preggar and just talk babies and look at baby clothes together.

It's just not the same when the other person is not pregnant and you get all excited about the baby stuff, they just cannot show the same enthusiasm. As I have decided I cannot afford NCT I will now have to wait until January for the local NHS antenatal classes. Hopefully I will meet some local preggo mums there. Ruey where are you hiding? The only other preggo in the village

misskat hope you had a lovely time with your mum. The day in the woods was lovely thanks. My son stayed behind to have some quality time with his dad as DH had just got back from America and my son is a daddies boy through and through. So I took my daughter and her friend to the woods to collect sticks and twigs for making witches brooms for Halloween. I love getting out and about even if the weather isn't great. I just take a flask if hot chocolate and some home baked cookies and even if its raining we have a good time.

We had some friends visit from London today which was lovely and by the time we had eaten and got cleared up to go out for our walk we realised it was getting dark. But we decided the walk must go on. We went to the local common which by 4:45pm was already getting dark. The children had a blast running around in the dark and by the time we got back to the car park we could hardly see a thing.

Must get to bed now I am not usually up this late. Night all.

Evening preggos, checking in from the Isle of Lewis.

littlepanda that is such sad news. I thank my luck stars that everything so far has gone smoothly and my heart still skips a beat with every kick. However I do often think that this baby was so very easily conceived that it could all end as quickly.

I'm spending the week with two girls, both my age and married, who are both about to embark on IVF. I've come on here to vent as one of the guys in the group took me aside and told me it was probably best not to talk too much about babies. I'm not sure if I do that much but I certainly don't want to act like a smug preggo so will stick to boring you guys.

Life here is pretty tough, spent yesterday fishing (caught my first trout) (shame I hate fish) (all the chaps think it's my pheromones and want me to touch their rods) (that sounds wrong), today walking on the beach and the rest of the week fishing and shooting. All our food is cooked for us and we have to ring a bell if we want anything. It's so Downton. Not that I've ever seen Downton.

Re Xmas cakes- i feel I'm too young to bake a Xmas cake so will leave that to mummy. Last year I made the trifle, and plan to do the same this year but may up my responsibilities and offer to do the pigs in blankets. Although I am pregnant and shouldn't be pushing myself! Other things I think I'm not old enough to be concerned with include Bags for Life.

PS I'm PREGNANT!!!! Incase you didn't know, and because I'm not allowed to talk about it to anyone here.....