The maybies are keeping a close eye on their fruit - due May 14

[CbeebiesIsMyLife]

Will this do? I bet someone's beat me to it now!

Had the jab a couple of weeks back dobe, I'll warn you now - the injection site is still sore if touched. I thought it was fine and then woke up next morning, couldn't move my arm - felt like a dead weight and hurt like buggery to move

Trying to fill in this "Application for Housing" for the council is just ridiculous. I don't understand this idea of "stupid girls have a baby to get a house", if they were that stupid, there's no way they'd be able to fill in these forms - I'm struggling!

Randdom it has worked, but its difficult to make them out, not your fault, just that mum's net makes them so small!

I'm convinced its a boy. I have been since it was a couple of weeks. I'm happy with whichever I get though, just be funny after telling people I think its a boy and it turns out to be a girl

14 + 3

I had my 16 week check today too thistle. All was well and we heard the heartbeat.

I had my flu jab last month. My arm hurt for a couple of days. Sorry yours is still sore moomin. My Dad had a bad reaction to it this year - is arm swelled up. All was fine in a few days though, so that's not intended as a scare story - I'm sure he'd still say it was worth having!

I only seen obstetrician today but she did what the midwife would do! Also listened in !!! The most amazing feeling in the world! I cried like a bitch!!!

Looks like I'm going to bed hungry tonight

Only thing I really fancied for tea was rice and gravy (bit of a weird meal but hey, it was what I wanted). So OH bless him said he'd do it, used all the rice and put slightly too much in, handed it to me, it looked lovely but I tried it and the rice was barely cooked. Already covered in gravy and housemates wanted to cook so couldn't stick it back on the hob.

Wouldn't mind but haven't had chance for lunch today - made sausage sandwiches for breakfast but had one bite and didn't like the taste of the sausages so OH had them all. I've eaten a couple of Celebrations chocolates this morning, I'm so hungry but there's nothing else I like in the cupboards

Supermarket isn't even an option as OH is off to the gym. Sorry for ranting here. Think I'm extra sensitive as really struggling with this housing form. I'd normally moan to a friend or something but they've all got their own issues this evening.

Can't u take a stroll to the chip shop and have a treat?

What part of the form are you struggling with moomin? They are annoying :(

Order in moomin !!

Well I have just been lacerated by my darling cat. Thanks Maisie. Also dying of the cold. Well, not dying per se but hacking up my innards every few minutes. Had a nice day with DS though... Swimming. He is such a fish!

Indi midwife is coming by to give me reiki next week. Anyone had it before?

loopy I've never used a caboo but I think you are right it is a sort of pre tied wrap which in theory would provide all the benefits. Only concern for me would be adjusting it but I'm assuming you can do that. See if your local sling meet or sling library have one to try out?

I need a new swimsuit. Boobs and bump no longer fit in this one!

rant alert

Gaaaah! I know IABU and irrational and hormonal, but, GAAAAAH! H has taken it upon himself to tell MIL about number 3 whilst he was on the way home from work. Yes I know he can tell her but we now have approximately 5 nano seconds to tell our siblings, close friends and my Dad before everyone finds out via her rather than us - and I'm heading out to work tonight, so am not likely to be able to get hold of my siblings before MIL gets to my mum. Not a happy bunny. And yes I know IABU, but GAAAH! It's not even December, which is what we'd agreed, FFS!

/end of rant

Sorry for that, think I'll go kick something and try and catch up on the thread.

I'd feel bad, money's a bit tight and I'd feel tight if I ordered in when OH has already eaten and wouldn't want anything. Just put up some bright shiny light-up Christmas decs in the window to try and compete with over the road which has made me feel a little bit better :)

None of the options seem to cover having a room in a shared house, and then it seems like I've got to put down the names of everyone I live with and evidence of this which isn't easy. OH seems to think it's put in the form and alakazam we've got a house when we'll probably end up living separately over the summer when the baby's born, me with my parents and chances are he'll have to move back in with his there's not enough room for all three of us to move in with either family for the whole summer.

I want to look at private renting but he's not overly keen

Sounds like ure oh isn't exactly cooperative at the moment moon min, no matter what happens or where u end up living u and the baby must come first!! What exactly does
Your oh want to do regards to living?

Hendricks - Is there any use asking her not to tell people or is she the sort who'd do it anyway?

I'm not sure he knows what he wants. I don't think he feels comfortable renting, but I know he didn't want to go on the council list either. He hates the idea that we could just be chucked out at any given time I think. I just think we need somewhere to go.

moomin that form sounds like you'd need to be a Mastermind champion to fill in. Would somewhere like the CAB be able to go over with it as I'm guessing your circumstances don't fit into the happy little tick boxes?

MIL will do what she wants, regardless of what we say because the only correct way of doing things is the way she would do, or did them. She forgets that I'm not her and will not be bullied into doing what she wants. This is the same person who whinged about number 1's name (after it had been registered) "but [name she would have used] is such a nice name" and said that we couldn't give number 2 the name we'd registered him with as it is "an awful name for a baby" - first name is top 10, middle name is a family name from my side of the family.

I'm hoping so Hendricks, the council woman didn't seem too helpful today so I may try and find the CAB and see if they'll help.

She sounds like a nightmare

Christ what a wonderful mil hendricks! Im so glad my OH's family are easy to put into place. The great grandparents did turn their nose up at the name Xander but didn't dare say so, just said, "oh, never heard of that before" then the whole explanation of liking alexander but not wanting him to be called alex came into play, plus I like Xander as its different. I would choose Alejandro but english people dont pronounce it correctly normally.

Seriously hendricks both your DH and mil need bit of a slap. That's so annoying. If she does tell everyone you should make sure that when you find out the sex if you do, or when the baby is born, she is absolute last to be told. Maybe something along the lines of "oh, yeah, I had the baby a few days ago, good stuff eh?"

Haha hamncheese that is evil but brilliant!

I'm quite lucky in that I get on well with OH's family. His sister isn't talking to me much at the moment but she's struggling with TTC and is quite a bit older and I think she's struggling with the fact that OH is her younger brother and this is all unplanned etc.

Oh I know hamncheese H is slooowly beginning to realise that we're not all stark raving bonkers like her, but given my current hormonal state I think one word out of line from her and I will blow - which won't be pretty. At least he told her my due date is "late May/ early June" (no-one let on it's 15 May please)

moomin know how you feel, we have filled it out because we live in a tiny 1 bed flat that does not have room for us two, let a loan a baby, and who can afford to pay over £1000 a month in rent on a two bed flat ahhh
But we been told we need to live in the bougher 10years (we been here 4) and baby needs to be here before they help us, there worried they might help us then somthing might happen to baby then they cant get rid of us, great, so in the mean time we will have to get rid of sofa to fit cot in
Moan over hope you get more help than us x

That rule sounds ridiculous Chip - living in the borough for 10 years? They'll be hard pushed to find applicants who fit that criteria I'd imagine. We'd be stuck, I've lived here a year and a half and OH for four months!

We'll be homeless in April if they can't help us so guessing we'll be fairly high priority but still nothing even remotely guaranteed :(

hendricks how anoying

Had 16 week apointment today yay, got there a bit early midwife was running late I was there over an hour waiting good news i got to hear heart beat so cute baby kept moving so she chased it round my tummy worried me a bit kept disapering,

Sorry cant spell but you must all know that about me by now hehehe

moomin yes you will be high up the list so dont worry,
We would need to get our landlord to write a letter saying he wants us out before baby born then they might help us before baby here, I think this borough is over stretched, and the 10 year thing I think it is to stop people moving in to london and getting help

moomin for you OH we have rented for 7 years in lots of places, the only problem we have, is were we are now keeps putting up the rent, but what you can do is sighn a two year contract at a fixed price most wont mind this gives them security to, and ask what the people who are letting are like you might even be able to meet them