The Brookers are ready for a 2014 sneeze-birth fest. Come and join us if you think you're hard enough...

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Here we go brookers. At least three of us will be sneezing on this one

Aww poor T Stacks - and poor DH! Hope everything settles down soon. Must be so difficult for your DS to understand what's going on

MS sounds horrid Pasta As Too said, it may be worthwhile changing gps? Hope you're feeling better soon one way or another

I'm generally feeling fine although getting a bit bored being on maternity leave, so keep having words with bump and telling her any time she wants to turn up is fine by me Have a feeling she'll be late though. 10 days until due date and no twinges yet

Hello all, just marking my place as this month will be my month :)

Nice to see you here Far, have you had the first day of pregnancy yet?

Looking forward to seeing you here full time far. How are you?

I just dealt with a massive poopocalypse. How to small babies manage it? We now have hiccups making her grumpy.

fox plan lots of things to do which are fun, but also inconvenient for baby to interrupt. I spent lots of time at the cinema waiting for DS to arrive. DD turned up after I started a new craft project. Babies love interrupting. :)

Welcome Far!

Good tips Stacks!! Off to google craft projects...

Sadly yes pasta but not a surprise as we missed the critical days on holiday due to DHs back!

Just had some bad news today, my FSH is 10.8 which is high!
Argh!
Looking into some remedies (wheat grass anyone?) but apparently its nota good sign. Trying not to panic and hope to be back in here soon.
Stacks congrats on the birth of dd, yeah!!
Hello fox and everyone else.
The brooking TTC boards are pretty quiet these days :)

Sorry to hear about the FSH Far. I saw you were waiting to hear from the consultant - any news?

Thanks fox, not yet, he is on holiday until Tuesday, its been nail biting!!!

I hope you hear from the consultant soon far, sorry to hear about the FSH result. I'm sure the power of brooking will more than compensate though :)

DD is super cute, but I'm pretty tired still. Not looking forward to DH going back to work next week. I can't quite imagine how I'm going to cope, I guess I'll just have to!

How are you coping in this heat fox? Hope baby makes an appearance for you soon (or already has?).

Any news Far?

Ugh the heat is horrible Stacks! Although I'm guessing it's hot for everyone at the moment, so don't know if I'm feeling any worse than anyone else. 4 days until due date. I'm hoping I don't go too far over!

Must be a scary thought DH going back to work Stacks. I'm sure you'll be just fine when it happens though

Hello brookers!
I had a scan yesterday and the consultant said things looked 'better than expected', one ovary is depleted but another is 'more enthusiastic'.

The plan is to get a sperm test for DH and if that is normal we might try naturally for a few more months and if not move to IVF straight away.
Eeeek!
Luckily DH is game having alays said he was anti IVF.
But I am brooking no argument that I get a FUFC BFP in the meantime.
I am sure I remember a couple of brookers with natural BFPs after bad results.

stacks do you have any friends/family nearby who can come over for the first day when DH goes back to work?

fox when are you due?

That sounds positive Far! You'll get your BFP in no time!!

I'm due Saturday!!

Been out and bought my craft project today Stacks! Baby's bound to arrive now

Hope everyone's having a good weekend

Evening all. I've had a busy few days doing nothing. It's amazing how much time and effort goes into two children. We made it out to the seaside yesterday which was lovely. The weather here in Edinburgh was perfect for it, warm with no wind, but overcast enough that there was no blazing sun to drain energy. DH got sunburnt feet still (forgot to put cream on them), but everyone else managed to avoid burning and just had a good day. DS loved his first time on sand, and first time in the sea. Good day and good memories made :)

Fox baby should be here in no time now! What did you decide on for your crafting?

Far great news from the consultant. Roll on that bfp now, this is your month, I just know it.

Sounds like you had a lovely day Stacks! I'm trying to make the most of the days before the baby arrives, but just find myself feeling like I'm waiting really.

My friend had her baby yesterday (on my due date ) so I'm going to do a small cross stitch for the baby to be fair I shouldn't be jealous as she was overdue

Oo lovely stacks! Kids are lush at the beach! I took the girls to Littlehampton (beach plus arcades and rides) for the morning on one of my days of last week for the morning. We had fish and chips too!

Bit exhausting but I want to make the most of the next 5 weeks with them before baby comes and school and nursery starts and the next stage of them growing up starts.

fox - I'm sure baby will be here soon, brooking for you, especially with this heat! It's so hard to sleep. I'm trying hard not to moan too much but I keep getting now sleep and getting all pink, sweaty and flustered.

Had a weekend with family and the girls stayed at pils house Saturday evening whilst dh and I had a night out/off. It was lOvely and I'm very grateful but mil slept with dd1 from 3am which is not normal for us. Dd1 is very confused as to why I won't sleep with her tonight and I feel like mil has really overstepped a line this time (she's always been super intense in a weird way with dd1). I'm now very unsure about our plans for ds's birth (pils!) and feel quite emotional. Am I being very overly hormonal?!

Oh Pomme that sounds tough with MIL. Obviously I don't have dc's yet, but I can imagine how frustrating it must be for someone to come in and treat/parent your dc's so differently to how you would. It sounds strange that your mil has always been intense with dd1, but do you think you'd be able to see it as her meaning no harm and try and let it wash over you?? Do your dd's see them often? If it's not a regular thing then it might be easier to let it go. And when you're giving birth to DS you can console yourself that it's only a one off and that dd's are at least with people who love them.

But clearly I don't know the situation, and if your dc see your pil regularly (particularly without you present) then I can see it must be difficult. From the one example you've given it does sound like mil is acting out of love rather than anything else, which I guess could be worse clutching at straws

No, she does love dd1 very much and I know that it is a lovely thing. She loves dd2 as well but it is all much calmer. DD1 is her first grandchild and it seems to have sparked something odd in her that overrides consideration for dh and I as parents. We have tried speaking to her but it just meant last summer was spent with everyone upset so we gave up.

I could understand if it had been dd2 (2.4) who wouldn't settle without someone with her but not dd1 so I fear it was more for mil I think.

DD1 was sobbing her eyes out until 9 last night about not understanding why mil slept with her the night before but we were leaving her alone last night. So Im feeling protective and all wolf mummy about it at the moment I think!

I really didn't expect the extended family thing to be so complicated post kids! Hope all your parents/inlaws stay normal fox!

Baby showing any signs of making an appearance now you've started your project?!

That really does sound difficult to deal with Pomme. I don't know what to suggest. And must break your heart seeing dd so upset

I think for me, pil should be fine as they don't live nearby and have 2 dgc already. Mil can be a little opinionated at times, but nothing like some of the things I read on here sometimes, so I'm hoping all should be ok!

My own DM on the other hand I'm not so sure. It'll be her first dgc so understandably she'll be excited. But we do clash a bit as she offers 'advice' a little too readily sometimes. I think I know her too well in that I feel I can always tell what the underlying meaning of some of her comments are IYSWIM. But saying that, we do generally get on well, and I'm more than happy to tell her off if she oversteps the mark

Baby is a lot more wriggly last night and today. Don't know if that's a good sign or not though? And when she moves it feels a little painful low down. But that may just be because she's getting bigger?!

How are things Fox? Baby made an appearance yet? I hope so :)

pomme perhaps a little chat with MIL about it? If she cares about dd1 so much, perhaps she'll change her behaviour to keep from upsetting her like that? She must understand that you can't sleep with dd1, or give her special treatment, so need to avoid setting precedents like that to avoid upset. It's hard when people do "bad" things out of love. My dad is hard work with kids, because he just can't say no to them, ever. I had to send my dad to bed with no dinner (!) a while back, as he was misbehaving at the dinner table. My nephew was copying him (4 years old at the time), and I couldn't not punish grandad. He just wouldn't listen to my warnings though!!! Luckily I can look back at that with amusement, however his behaviour causes my sister no end of trouble.

Things are going well here. DH went back to work on Thursday. I managed to get through the two days home alone with 2 DC, but I think I was looking at it as a non-permanent situation, so handled it easier. My dad is up tomorrow for a week to visit/help. After that visit it really will be just me and the DC. Can't wait for playgroups to start back, I think it's mid August.

No baby yet Stacks - 41 weeks today! Don't think it'll happen any time soon either as I had the midwife on Thursday, and she couldn't do a sweep as cervix too far back and nowhere near ready

Well done for the 2 days alone with DC last week. Try and look at it as a non-permanent solution every day ie you just need to get through that one day. Before you know it you'll realise your DC are growing up, and you got through it just fine

at you needing to send your dad to bed with no dinner!

fox - newborn cuddles are very near now whichever way you look at it! Hang on in there!

Dh will be talking to mil today, he sent an email earlier in the week which has been ignored so far! stacks - it's like grandparents go back to being children too and parents are left as the solitary grown ups trying to sort everything out.

You'll be fine with two on your own stacks but yes, I remember going to baby groups and friends with similar aged kids houses a lot as then the idle ones get occupied and you get out! Harder work in the house on your own for sure I think!

Hope everyone's having a good week - Stacks I hope your week with your dad and the dc's is going well

Pomme how did DHs chat with his DM go??

Induction for me tomorrow at 40+13! Feeling nervous - I hope I'll be able to sleep tonight!

Oh, wow fox. Hope all is/has gone well. Sorry I missed your update, things are even more busy here with visitors. Our evenings are taken up with family things. Even just socialising in a relaxed way removes mn from my day/evenings. Looking forward to updates and hopefully a pic soon.

How's everyone else doing?