April 2007....bunnies lambs and babies!!!!

[geordiemacminx]

Here you are girlies!!

I am so sorry to hear your news Duchesse - thoughts are with you this afternoon and in the coming weeks. Good luck for the future xxoxoxoxox

duchesse - you are an inspiration honey. [[[hugs]]

Duchesse - So very sorry to hear about Vlad. Just wanted to add my best wishes to you and your family. Take care and very best of luck for the future. Lots of love xxxx

Mammyjo, you have my sympathies with mil. Mine has had 7 children, trained as nursery nurse, and then worked with sn children for 20 years (I totally admire her for that, I don't think it's something I could do) and is full of snippets of advice. She will usually pass them on to dh though and not me, even though I see her every week when she looks after ds! I know she thinks the world of me, and compared to lots of mil i have it very easy. But its the little things that have started to wind me up. Sil has had dd (btw get on really well with all sil/bil) and mil went out a bought them a buggy "so its easier around town than something bulky!!! But yet she has expected me to drop my pushchair (bulky but lightweight and so comfy) off each week when she looks after ds!!!!! Miraculously (sp?) when I forgot it one week, she dug out her old buggy the she used for bil (so over 20 yrs old but still mint condition). Why not use it from the beginning

She rang dh up once and started going on about she misses him and ds, and is worried she doesn't see enough of them!! She looks after ds one morning a week fgs! I can count on one hand the number of times pil have visited us (we live about 20 miles away) As mil doesn't drive, I even printed her a bus and train timetable from the internet - that was over a year ago, and she still hasn't made the effort!

She is not a nasty person by any means, but arghhhhh, she can just be very frustrating. The family have been through some awful tragedies (pil eldest son died of cancer when she was pregnant with dh, so dh became the eldest, my sil dd died of cotdeath, and my dh found her) and I know that one day I will be her position, having ds myself. I just hope I don't turn into her

Didn't mean for this to be so long sorry x

btw - duchesse, totally agree with CD - an inspiration xx

Hi all, havent posted since roll call at start of this thread. I keep reading all threads thinking oh ill say this and oh yeah agree with that but by time i get to end of thread and have read all posts i completely forget who said what about what and what i was going to say so i give up and go and post on a short simple thread that my brain can handle!! I posted the other day that i was 12+3 when actually i am 13+3 , i cant even keep up with myself nevermind anyone else! (am now 13+5 btw)

Whoever said about cant think of anything to eat i am completely with you, i need to eat but there is nothing in the world i fancy! I cant eat cereal since it made me sick. Cant face eating anything that ive still been able to taste when it came back up! Sorry! Also bringing up blood in the morning but had this with dd and was told it just stomach tearing from retching so much, wasnt quite as much as this time though but dcs99996 bot+h h+a+v+e- /*(sorry ds joining in) tummy bug and think i have it too on top of ms but seem to be getting bit better now.

Oh potty training, ds was about 2.6 when out of nappies but still had to have nappies on for poos and is 3.2 now and wears nappies at night and doesnt seem anywhere close to coming out of them and im not at all bothered, its so much easier if you wait until they're ready and a happier experience for everyone.

Can anyone recommend a good website for nice cheap but fashionable maternity clothes? trousers are def getting bit tight now but i am totally skint at mo with dds birthday and christmas coming up and the only shop that sells maternity clothes in town is mothercare. I tried searching on web last night and everything was either really expensive or just horrid! Wish primark did maternity!!

So much more i could say im in very chatty mood today, probably as have been stuck in house with 2 supposedly poorly kids since last thurs. They have bad tummies but seem fine in themselves and still full of energy and are driving me mad!! Anyway have gone on for far too long so will stop now.

Pesha at your bringing up blood!! So long as the doctor is keeping an eye on you....

So glad so many other people are not bothered about getting DC's out of nappies at night. My DS is 3.4, been out of nappies during the day since about 2.5 but no sign of being ready at night yet. We'll have to have a support thread for when we all start trying !!!

Cheap maternity clothes - have you tried www.maternityexchange.co.uk? They do barely worn and brand new stuff very cheaply. Their way of photographing the clothes make them look very unappealing IMO, but if you can get past that they look excellent value ! Haven't bought anything from there yet as I can't bring myself to buy maternity stuff until there really is no alternative......

Hello Pesha

Ebay is great for cheap maternity clothes - you can get some real bargains.

I have had a crap day today - feeling sorry for myself! Fed up with feeling sick & tired, hardly ever see hubby as always asleep and fed up with peoples comments about having 3 children - next one to say anything but congratulations is going to get a very short answer! Also had crap night sleep and have hurt neck - all just too much. Sorry to moan on - sat here with hot lavender cushion on neck, ds2 asleep (hooray) and ds1 due back from school any second - talk of the devil!!!

Thanks for suggestions. Have tried looking on ebay and also some of the exchange websites but my connection is still dial up at mo (stupid homecall/tiscali have left a marker on my broadband even though i cancelled it in march so now have to wait 17 days before i can get broadband ) so is slow and costing me money and theres so much to look at and i just get pissed off and give up! Dont seem to have much patience at the mo. Think just have to buy some loose normal trousers for now and wait a while till i less stressed, got broadband and bigger bump so more desperate and then try again.

Sympathise with you on being fed up of feeling sick and tired it just goes on and on doesn't it. Dp has been off work all this week as he also has tummy bug and im expected to look after him as well as the children when im the one who keeps running off to be sick! At the moment he's lying on the sofa snoring while dcs are watching cbeebies and telling me i should be cooking dinner now!
Which i guess i better do really.

Wow a bit too much for me to catch up on...have had mum & dad visiting (they came last night and have gone home this afternoon).

It seems lots of us have MILs from hell....maybe we could arrange for them to be shipped off to a remote island NEVER to return.... cue evil laugh

pesha - I got a great bundle of maternity gear from ebay....really cheap too cos no-one else bid on it!

Had 2nd midwife appointment today, everything fine and she listened to heartbeat (1st time) which was amazing . She also felt the bump, then commented "It's certainly growing. Do you feel rather fat?" Would normally have been a tad offended but she was really nice and clearly wasn't intending to cause offence!!!

Well I'm going to have a nap on the sofa....hubby snored all night last night and I couldn't pack him off to the spare room cos my parents were here.

Sorry both my posts really negative and moany, ill try and be more positive next time. will wait till dcs in bed then should be no problem! Dp has woken up now and is also moaning that i not cooking tea, have to go and put jacket spuds in oven now (can think of somewhere id rather put them )

Hi everyone, just thought I'd drop in and say hello, have been on hols for the last few days, hope everyone is well xx

bit of advice please: saw midwife yesterday and she checked my urine which showed urine infection/blood in urine; neither of which I had noticed. Checked heartbeat of LO - fine. This afternoon have done a pant check and found some blood (not bright red, more pale brown). Do you think this is the infection kicking in (even though have no problems when peeing) or should I be worried?

thanks
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Hi doghouse,
I'm afraid I don't have any advice to offer, it certainly sounds as thought it might be connected, but for your own peace of mind it's probably worth calling your midwife or doctor as soon as possible if you can.

Hi all. No time to catch up, so hoping you're all ok. Doghouse- sorry I haven't got any advice... hope it's all better soon.

Had a stomach bug the last few days, so been throwing up. It was only when DD started throwing up too that we realised that my MS hadn't mysteriously reappeared.

Anyway, very tired as haven't really eaten anything proper since Saturday (or drunk enough water for that matter) and still -of course- having to look after DD. Thank God she goes to bed at 6.30 I couldn't cope a minute more.

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Hi ladies, and welcome Pesha.
Doghouse, hope you are ok. Try not to worry (easier said than done), but a call to the midwife for peace of mind would be an idea.
I had some pinky stuf a few weeks ago, and my midwife said that I should call her if it was bright red blood, as that could be a cause for concern.
Sorry to hear so many have had tummy bugs. We have managed to avoid that so far, and hope we continue to do so! I actually have a fear of people puking (get in to a right panic!)
Hugs to all.

hi all
feeling a bit less stressed today, dp isn't here!
things are not good at home, t's a long and complicated story but basically we were childhood sweethearts, met up again 8 years later and fell into a whirlwind romance. i'm now pg and the rose tint is wearing off!
i was a single mum with ds so i'm not scared of doing it again, just that this is all dp has ever wanted and he's still wanting to be with me while i can't stand the sight of him!
sorry to be down, just needed to vent x

So sorry to hear about Vlad Duchesse.I wish you and your family well.
CD..my ds was 'late'to be toilet trained or so every one kept telling me.But i did not want the stress of it and when he was ready[with some gentle encouragement]he stopped nappies v.quicky and was dry at night at the same time.So don't feel under pressure.
Hope everyone is ok this eve.I still feel sick and i have a cold with lashings of phlegm which also makes me heave[sorry if tmi]

Hello all, this is a long thread with a mixture of good and bad news. Have just had go ahead (following problems after 1st birth) to try 2nd delivery naturally again so feeling relieved. Am 16weeks and just getting to grips with 2nd coming along rather earlier than planned!

oh, and i'm 15+3, i think!

Love the name just5minutespeace!

Hope you are okay EllieK - we here if you need lots of ears and shoulders!

Doghouse - would go back to doc/midwife and get checked out and get antibiotics for infection if you need some.

Don't want to go to work tomorrow...!

Oh my good God! I went to look for some maternity jeans/casual trousers and all I can find is under the bump ones I cannot stand under the bump trousers on me because they feel like they are falling off and I always have a low bump and they are really uncomfrtable. Will I have to resort to dungarees???????

Really cheesed off as did not want to buy anymore maternity clothes as this will probably be my last baby but have to as everything I have is too big (been stretched twice already).

On a plus note, I am going to Corfu on Monday

hi pesha

poor ellie - i feel for you. dont want to be nosy - but have u felt like this for a while r could it be the pg hormones? i have been givin dp a pretty awful time of late and prior to this pg we had been fine. may not be the case for u at all - but hey honey - vent away!!

just home after leaving the flat at 5.30am - my long winter days of work and travel are back. it will be fun with a growing bump

I think I might have to look at maternity clothes soon. I've been swapping between the same two skirts for the last few weeks because they have elasticated waistbands and a tummy-slimming cut (something I needed before this), but they're beginning to feel a bit tight.

In a way I'm looking forward to showing too much to hide as it will take dithering out of my hands, and it will be easier on public transport than feeling scared if I can't get a seat or guilty if I can and someone else gets on who looks more obviously in need than me. I hadn't noticed until recently that they've taken a lot of "priority seat" signs off the tube and a lot just have one notice reminding people to offer their seats on only one side of the train.

Luci

WestCountryLass - I am sooo jealous - could really do with some sun - I am off to rainy devon for half term! It is absolutely chucking it down this morning - grump grump grump!

Duchesse - I know I have missed you probably but I wanted to just say how upset I was when I logged on this morning and read about Vlad, I am thinking of you hun.

Hi everyone and all new peeps - not been on for a few days as feeling utterly dreadful, don't know if I have a virus or what but yesterday morning I was throwing up for fun and I have a very icky tum . I just want to crawl back under my duvet and hide I have zero energyt and horrible crampy tummy (which I think is just tummy ache and wind to be honest but of course you worry it is other things don't you)

On the plus side the potty training has gone really wel and DS was dry at nursery so that was a huge relief.

Love to all and hope you all feel better than I do at the moment - when wil we start to bloom!

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