Due March 2007 - No. 3

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Ahem - allow me....

I can remember with dd3 I rolled over in bed, there was a noise like a gunshot that woke dh, and it was my pelvis doing something bizarre! There is nothing like that horrible dull ache, is there?

hello everybody! I have to admit to being a 'lurker' for a few days now, thoroughly enjoying reading your posts and empathising throughout. I was shocked when I found out that I was pregnant and was hanging out for my scan date to confirm that everything was ok! We have a 10yo dd and, after years of trying, had given up on the idea that we would give her siblings. My scan was yesterday and it was a magical experience My original dates had me at 14 weeks but the scan put me ahead to 17 weeks - and no longer in the 'due in March' category. I will have to go and check out that thread .

Fab news Kiwi, well done
Apparantly this thread is very nice, although we fart alot and embarrass ourselves in public, you might want to stick with us anyway, I don't think it matters much, stay where you are comfortable!!

hello kiwi

fatfox-i actually met dp on a wap chat sitebut discovered we lived in the same town so we met up and that was that.
i have been told my great grandmother was a redhead,and i am half irish(i have seen photos of my vast family over there and a few of them have the ginger hair and freckles!).so ds1 is defo a throwback.
im lucky enough to never have had spd,those who are/may be suffering have my sympathy

i just get sciatica when im pg,it wasnt that bad last time but with ds2 i couln't walk more than a few steps at atime towards the end.

ds2 has been at nursery for a year but ive found im missing him during the day now,and getting upset when he runs in without giving me a kiss goodbye.mind u,i find myself wanting to cry when its time to pick ds and dd1 up

kitty-do u go on here while ur baby is awake?i put mine in the playpen sometimes while i have a coffee and go on here but i feel guilty as hell,like i should be playing with her every second shes awake oooh theres a new smiley!

hijacker hello

hiya rosy

Diva, I have the easiest baby ever in the history of the world. She is never awake for more than two hours. She has to have a 2-3 hour sleep, up a couple of hours then back to bed. When she is awake she is quite happy investgating. She only cries when she wants to go back to sleep.
I don't see her very much 'cos she's always asleep!!!!, but I don't play with her, she just roams around, bit like the others, what a bad mother I am. Actually all she wants to do at the mo is stand up and cruise round whatever she can find.
Bet the next baby will be the child from hell !!

sad day in our house - FIL passed away yesterday morning UK time. So dh is off to the uK next week for 10 days leaving me in charge of 2 monkeys!! Know i am going to be exhausted when he gets back BUT we just can't afford for us all to go.

13 weeks tomorrow

Eids - sorry to hear that

Boo - I think its your birthday today ? Happy B-day!!!!

I have midwife appointment today ... I going to ask her for the triple blood test, I am not sure if its a regular offering here but according to my "books" and other advice now is the time.... any thoughts from you guys on this ?

Welcome to the new folks... we let it all hang out here ermm... I promise to behave now!

Kitty and Rosy, your aches and pains sound really rough - I dont do pain very well, so I really feel for you...

All your kids sound gorgeous. I must confess I am a bit worried about producing a bright red head, it lurks somewhere in our genes - sorry to offend anyone, but I just remember at school my poor red headed friend got loads of abuse... and for some reason its stuck with me, even though I think its lovely colouring. I am dark with green eyes as is hubby, but gran is Auburn, SIL is Ginger and a cousin on my side is bright orange!

Have a good day all !

15 3/7 today - boy time flies

Fatfox - its Mitchum Powder Smelly stuff (24 hour power!!!)

sorry to hear ur sad news eids

onilly,i think the triple test is offered to everyone.well,if something is available in the back of beyond town i live in then i assume its availbale everywhere!i only had it in my first pg,cos i didnt know what it was at the time,but ive refused it every other time cos it would just be something else i would worry about!

kitty-ur baby sounds great.mind you,i think they tend to sleep more when they sctually do stuff.mine only started rolling over at 8.5 months,shes not crawling yet,shed rather sit in her chair or playpen talking to me or her dad.she sleeps for 10 mins in the morning and 20 mins in the afternoon.

15+1

Hi kiwi my ds was 11 when dd came along. He was delighted. They are great pals and he is really helpfull They still manage to have sibling rivalry with that gap! (Its good for them!)

Eids sorry to hear your sad news.

Kittywits I'll try and remember the proper term, bit of a mouthfull! I read elsewhere that someone with spd went to an osteopath which really really helped. I was offered a corset last time but I managed without. I had to keep everything straight and lined up, getting up in the morning is a nightmare when its bad.

However there are far worse pregnancy problems to have. ie I never get high blood pressure, diabetes or pupp to name but a few! Or excessive flatulance

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a messy house who ignores their children. I think its good for them to be ignored abit.

Morning ladies

Eids, I'm so sorry to hear of your sad news

I really feel for all you ladies suffering with SPD and MS, quite funny about the flatulence though, but agree it must be very embarrassing! I feel very lucky to not really have a bad symptoms so far. I'm just a bit depressive and mardy and tearful! been crying at work today how shameful.

Nice to hear from you Kiwi, my DD will be 8 when baby arrives. I'm also 17 weeks and my orig dates had me at 14 until my scan ....what is your EDD? Stick on this thread, I much prefer it to the Feb one

Fatfox/Diva/Kitty and Rosy- your children all sound beautiful with cool names too! My DD is very blonde with blue eyes, not sure how this one will be, I'm fair with blue eyes and DP is very dark but have lovely blue eyes. People think he looks like Ray Liota (actor) just the eyes though

Hi ladies, hope you are all doing well.

Eids, I am so sorry to hear your news. I hope you will be ok with your 2 DDs on your own for a bit. It must be hard being on the other side of the world from family at times like this.

I am afraid I have sad news too. My dad had a stroke on Monday (only found out yesterday) and is in hospital. He is likely to survive, but cannot speak at the moment. My mum seems quite upbeat at the moment though so am trying to remain positive. His speech might come back, but if it does it will take some time.

Anyway, it's a lovely day here, sun out, not a cloud and very warm. Hope you are all enjoying it.

XXXXX

dollyp, sorry to hear about your dad, but pleased you sound so positive.

dollyp, I so sorry to hear about your dad, i'm thinking of you.

It's fantatstic that you sound very upbeat

dollyp,sorry to hear ur dad is in hospital x

sassilils,i can empathise with the hormonal bbit,i was bawling my eyes out just b4 i had to take ds2 to nursery.it is so embarrassing walking down the street with red puffy eyes and all the nosey ppl looking at u.

rosy,the only physical symtoms i got with high blood pressure were water retention and headache.i had to be admitted to hospital a couple of times and it was soooo boring cos i was meant to stay in bed and rest yet i felt fine.im sure not being able to walk must be worse

poor you Diva, It's horrible not being in control of your emotions isn't it?? I'm usually able to handle the abuse we get at work, but today I just dissolved after the 3rd person had shouted at me!

Do you feel guilty about taking him to nursery or just miss him? Or is it just the fact that hormones magnify all your emotions??

Step son is coming tonight for the weekend, and I get myself into a state about that too. The atmosphere is always alot harder when he visits, he sort of divides the family, IYSWIM...

Sorry for keep maoning about me. Just nice to let off some steam. Don't really need any replys, but it helps to write things down somethimes so help me see if i'm being irrational or not

Sorry about your dad Dolly, fingers crossed xx

Anyone spotty still?

I'm spotty kitty, my skin looks dreadful. I also can't go out in the sun when pg as my skin goes patchy (can't remember the official name, but it's sometimes called the pregnancy mask) and pigments, so I look really pasty after 9 months of it.

Also feel on the verge of tears a lot, nearly broke down every time I saw Bindi Irwin on the news talking about her dad (sob)

Sorry to hear about family ills and bereavements, we've just been going through it all on the nov post natal thread too

My childminder quit on monday (which is actually a good thing) so I've been sorting out a nursery this week. Sending dd 4 mornings a week, and we start the settling in on monday . Think she'll love it there, as I'm not really the most fun you can have in a day.

I'm glad i'm not the only one a bit emotional . Today was bad again as ds decided he didn't want to me to leave him at nursery . The only other time he has not eagerly charged off when we get there is after we had a long break last christmas. I think maybe he was just hungry and ready for his breakfast, or sensed that i was struggling, or just getting back into routine after holiday. Sasilils - I have never felt guilty about taking ds to nursery, he loves it and gets so much out of it, but today when he didn't want me to leave the emotions ends up feeling like guilt, yesterday for me it just that he is so adorable at the moment that I miss him madly.

I felt so tired and sick today that left work at lunch time and have slept the rest of the day.

Eids - sorry about your FIL, i guess it was a bit unexpected !

Onilly - ds was born dark haired but has slowly gone blond, he went through a really red phase, it was so lovely that I wanted it to stop there. I think red hair (and bright orange hair) is absolutely lovely. I would be happy for the twins to be bright orange, its really special ¨

Kiwi - great to hear about your pregnancy !

DollyP - sorry about your dad , its a really tough time when your parents are ill. Good to be positive though, with time and patience stroke sufferers can make amazing recoveries.

My skin also looks terrible, not so much spots now but its patchy, blotchy, flaky, dry - with ds I had the best skin I've ever had in my life, I hope it gets better again this time.

Well, that's me with time on my own at home, huge long posts !

Oh and...

twins 15 + 2.

check up tomorrow... always get a bit nervous before!

I am not so much spotty as greasy skinned (sorry, gross and TMI). Every time I read your posts Leogaela, I get a bit nervous as I haven't had a scan yet, and if this is twins it will be 4 & 5, not just 4!!

Dolly it sounds positive about your dad, I hope he starts to recover really well very soon.

Saw my midwife today actually there were two, both lovely. They presumed I was having 2nd baby so when they heard it was 4th and eldest is 15 they said I didn't look old enough.

I heard the little baby heartbeat which was lovely to hear. Don't see them again for 12 weeks.

Diva I know what you mean, spd is hideous for discomfort but I don't think its dangerous (hope not)which is why I think there's worse things to have. I had to stay in hosp once when I lay on back and blacked out with weight of uterus. It was like the gerry springer show in there! Dh loved it! -listening into the womens conversations all evening. But I was disgusted to be there cuz the food was rotten.

Thanks for your welcomes everyone... I'm no longer a lurker

SassiLils... I'd definately like to stay here because online and in my mind I'm not prepared to change the month of my baby arriving! I was 15 March but now put at 26 Feb. Dd was late so who knows.

Rosylily... I love how interested my dd is. Her face was a picture at the scan. She will be a great big sis too.

I am sorry to read the sad news today - Eids, dollyp, and Richard Hammond I hope that everything works out for your families.

I'm getting the gist that people are from all over. Have I read mention of an Australian here? I am from NZ but now living in London.

Anniediv - what week are you? when will you have your scan? Just keep thinking that big families are wonderful and you will have lots of help from the older siblings. If you are having twins I will be thrilled for you !

Kiwibella - would NEVER have guessed that you are from NZ ! I'm having twins which will almost certainly be born in Feb but I'm also staying put here, there will defnintely be some other Feb births on this thread so we won't be alone !

Leogaela I am 14 weeks tomorrow I think. I have put off the scan because I have horrible pregnancies (PUPP, hyperemesis, SPD, high blood sugar, PND etc, I am a walking pregnancy text book) and last pregnancy when I though I was 12 weeks I was put back to 7 weeks. It really depressed me, so this time I'm waiting until I'm good and pregnant before I have a scan!