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

[geordiemacminx]

Here you are girlies!!

Man I am tired this evening. Have lots of things to do, but can't seem to get motivated to do any of them! 1st Day of Potty Training was, erm, interesting! DD1 managed to do 5 wees on the potty / toilet and countless numbers on the floor / daddy's leg! Please tell me this is ok - needing reassurance!! Soooo tired!!

My spottyness seems to have cleared up a bit, but still not great. I have excema and it always seems to flare up in PG - reeeeally itchy tummy atm, urgh!

Gosh listen to us bunch of moaning minnies, eh!!?

Fprgot to say - runny - I'll have a 23 month age gap between my youngest and this bean too!

hi all
got asked by my boy yesterday when talking about my growing bump 'i think, how will it get out of there mummy?'
any advice?
new thread for it here

(he always says 'i think' before asking a question! is very cute)

Hellooo!

It's taken me ages to catch up, am back from the wilds of London! Was staying with MIL and catching up with all DH's family. Had quite a nice week - ate too much food, dd had loads of fun playing with her cousins and I even found MIL less annoying than usual. Still not looking forward to her coming for 2 weeks at Xmas but I'll try & be good & not moan too much. Like a few people mentioned further down I got VERY posessive when dd was born and didn't like MIL going anywhere near her, it's taken me a while to try and get over that.

Sadly my grandma died while we were away so I've got to re-pack and head off down to my parents this afternoon for the funeral tomorrow . It was a blessing in a way as she had become very demented and in the end died very peacefully. She'd had a long & happy life so that's something to be celebrated really.

What's this about a Tartan meet-up??

Glad your time away was nice liath - so to hear about your grandma, but pleased that it was a peaceful end to a long and happy life - that is always a good thing, I think. I hope the funeral goes ok honey. [[hugs]]]

EllieK - Tell her the truth, just don't be too graphic - "need to know basis" is just fine, I think! We have vaginas in this house and no one seems to have a problem - except when DD1, completely out of context, said "vagina" in the supermarket queue the other day!!

Oh CD, pmsl bout the vagina word in th shopping queue! Love it!!
My dd keeps asking when the skin is going to come off so that she can see the baby. I am leaving it ike that. I tell her it hasn't finished cooking yet and will come out when it is ready
Liath, really sorry to hear about your gran, but also glad that she had a peaceful end after a long and lovely life. Hope the funeral is ok tomorrow.
Hope everyone else is ok. Heading off to a bday party with dd shortly, so will be back on later to catch up.
xx

liath - also sorry to hear about your gran. hope you are all ok with it.

over on the scottish thread - we are trying to get a meet up arranged. looks like its the 12th nov @ 2pm - glasgow fort! are u free for it??

an old colleague told me that she had tried to be honest with het daughter re the facts of life. chloe dealt with it fine but corrected a little girl in school over a couple of points. the school then demanded to see my friend and told her that she must not tell her daughter anything else as it went against the ethos of the school! shocking!

Liath, hope you are ok. So sorry to hear about your gran but I guess the fact that it was peaceful is a good thing.

Hope everyone is ok. My mum called round today with some shopping from next for me. Lovely maternity jeans as well a pair of joggy type bottoms and two tops! So happy I could have cried. So grateful as money is a bit tight just now and I really needed some stuff after I lent my maternity clothes to my SIL. I asked for them back and she has lost most of them
Not at all happy with her.

mammyjo - that is awful. poor you not to have yr clothes - how can she have "lost" them?? has she offered to help out?

Hello everyone - been away in Devon - have tried to catch up but so many posts!

Liath - sorry to hear your news.

EllieK - simple answer - you poo them out! I have two boys so much easier description - have a million questions already without facts of life!

Hope everyone else is okay and all going well - my morning sickness has really improved - managed to go food shopping and cook today for the first time since mid august!

Clock change taking its toll - I am ready fr bed already! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I have decided after a week off for half term that I don't want to work anymore! Have a few things planned for november & december to tick away the time - so will get january lined up with things to look forward to and finish work mid feb! tee hee

Off to see if any other exciting threads!

Morning everyone!

I have decided to find out at my 20 week scan whether having boy or girl - fed up with people saying 'ooh you must want a girl' - but it is payback time - because I can then decide a)whether to tell them I know or not b) whether to tell them I know but not tell them the sex c) to tell them the wrong sex....oooh going to be very very satifying!

Has anyone had their scan date yet - mine should be end of November-ish.

I think we are all now in second trimester - so congratulations to all and their beans - maybe they need to graduate into something bigger - bunnies??!!

Still feeling okay re ms - touch wood!

Have two huge pumpkins to carve by tomorrow and dh birthday on wednesday - need to become a domestic goddess and make a cake! Thank god ms has gone - all this would have seemed impossible a couple of weeks ago!

Hello all

My next scan is Tuesday 14th November at 2.20pm! Really excited, but I know I'll get nervous nearer the time. For some reason the hospital do them at 19wks, not 20, but I guess a week doesn't make that much difference iyswim.

Question for those who work - has anybody had a pregnancy risk assessment carried out yet? I was flicking through all the new maternity employment stuff (39wks smp etc) and saw the bit about risk assessment

17wks tomorrow, and my little "bunny" is definatley on the move, even more so when I'm giving ds a cuddle

Morning all. I have told SIL she must give me the money to replace all my lost clothes. Her answer to that is that she is skint and cant afford to (I on the other hand are just overflowing with cash - I bloody wish). To be honest money is tight and I can ill afford to go out and rebuy my stuff. I am so angry with her, especially since she had her baby 3 years ago and has never bothered to give my stuff back despite me asking on several occassions.

Have also had an absolute nightmare of a weekend. Wont go into it now as I will be in tears yet again. Things happened yesterday that I just cannot believe would ever have happened and I am really struggling to get my head around it. I feel like we are getting no luck just now and pray that the tide will turn soon.

Sorry to be a misery, very fed up at the mo. Hope everyone is feeling better than me!! Am waiting for a phone call today from MIL and SIL about taking ds to a halloween party. I really need to sit and make small talk with them like a hole in the head!!

Just read your post runnyhabbit. I got a risk assessment done because I work with chemo drugs, anaesthetic gases and radioactive isotopes from time to time. They basically looked at whether I could still do everything I did before and told me what to avoid during my pregnancy.

My scan is the day before yours but I will be 20 weeks. Am 18+1 today.

Oh mammyjo

Big to you

All I can do I sympathise with the inlaws thing. They really are a breed on their own.

Take care sweetie, things WILL get better soon

xxxx

Big hugs Mammyjo xoxoxoxoxo

I have done a risk assessment at work - pretty straightforward - about lifting/stairs/tight spaces - children having rubella etc - just obvious health and safety with a bump. Also it is the time to say stuff that you won't do e.g. walking up lots of flights of stairs etc!

Thanks guys! I will get there, just feels like the world is on my shoulders. So glad I can come on here and get a bit of support xxx

Hello everyone, not been around recently but things are ok.
Liath so sorry to hear about your gran. Hope you weren't watching the Royle Family last night. I lost my gran in January and it bought it all back to me. I was in floods of tears, it really affected me.
Mammyjo sorry to hear you're feeling down. I can appreciate how annoying it is when you lend things to people in good faith and they don't come back to you. We lent my sil loads of newborn clothes, a baby sling and a car seat/ carrier. The sling and clothes have never come back, she says she's already given them and the car seat is really badly worn as she's had 2 babies since. Very irritating as we will have to buy another one.
Got my first proper check up with the midwife this afternoon. Have a good day ladies!
SallyC 15+6

Oh Mammyjo - sorry you are having a crap time. My friend has also given away my maternity clothes - admittedly she's had 2 babies since I had my 1, but still . Some of the stuff in there was hers, but some was mine originally, including a black velvet dress I wanted to wear to DH's Christmas do.

Captain Dippy has made me a wonderful mug to replace the one I broke - she really is very talented (not to mention kind)!

I have my 20 week scan on 27 Nov when I'll be 21.5 weeks, but have some delightful sounding "internal scan to measure your cervix" this Thursday so might get another peek at the baby then. We're definitely not finding out what it is, as we so much enjoyed getting a surprise with DD. I would be totally overjoyed with either, although agree that it would be easier to sort out bedrooms etc if we knew in advance. Even if it's a boy, it's going to be wearing a fair amount of pink in the early days as that's what we've got, and I don't see any problem with that (will just agree with all the grannys that yes, he's a lovely little girl).

1becomes3 - meant to post ages ago that although I don't have nosebleeds, I have lots of crusty dried blood up my nose (sorry if tmi!), and have had since about week 4.

Agree re the bump stroking - actually, think it can be lovely if it's DH / very close friends, but anyone else = urggh! We've been amazed that this time so many people have asked us if we were trying for ages - (a) it's none of their business, and (b) I wouldn't tell them, even if it was!! Have also been dissapointed at people who have not said congratulations this time - either because they think we don't need congratulating over No 2, or because I was quite poorly after having DD and they don't think it's a good idea. We've thought this through though, and I still want congratulations!!

Right, that's enough waffle from me - am going to get my head down and have an efficient morning!!

17+1 (I think?!)

Morning gals!!

Potty training is still .... erm .... interesting - Sigh!!

Oh mammyjo - your sis seems soooo unfair - Grrrrr! [[hugs] to you esp about stuff that made your w/e so awful - I am you are feeling so low atm honey - Keep posting, we are all here for you sweetheart!!

Not much to post really - just potty training, poos, wees, you know the score -that is pretty much my life atm - Sigh!!

Loads to do ......... [hugs] to all!

Awwwww, Bramshott - you'll mke me Glad you are enjoying your mug honey!

at all these siblings / friends borrowing baby stuff and then "loosing it" or giving it away!! Gosh, I've lent some of my stuff to a friend and I'd be v.v.v.surprised if I didn't get it back in time for new bubs - Grrrrr to all these stupid people!! !!

[[[Hugs]]] to Mammyjo.

Hi all - haven't been on for a while. I think I am about to have a pregnancy risk assessment as I have been throwing a huge tantrum about my office which I absolutely hate!

Not happy with a lot of people at the moment including DH, who I have just found out has added a 5-day holiday (without any of us!) onto the end of his mountain climbing trip away . He did NOT make this clear before he went, we have not got the money to pay for it and when the will I or the kids get a chance to sun ourselves on a beach in Africa????? He's back on Thursday and as my best friend, who came over to cheer me up over the weekend said, he's a dead man walking....

Mammyjo - so sorry to hear you are having a crap time; I don't think any pregnant woman can cope easily with the most mundane of worries, let alone something horrid.

I had a bit of a fright this morning: had my triple test on Friday; wasn't particularly worried, as the nuchal scan stuff was fine. Howevever, I know they ring you if there's a concern, and write if there isn't, once they combine the tests. Well, the fetal unit rang this morning:
'I understand you had a triple test last week...'
HEART IN MOUTH TIME.
Turns out the stupid, stupid nurse at my doctor's surgery (whom I loathe; she once put a needle right through a tendon, and did my arm up like a kipper for weeks) hadn't labelled my sample, so I have to have it done again . Can you believe the incompetence?
And now I think I might be slightly concerned, as it seems to put bad luck on the process. I know that's ridiculous really, but I get a little superstitious when pregnant.

Grrr!

GGF - @ your DH - He'd better watch out ......

Oh Bugmum - the incompetance of some people drives you CRAZY doesn't it!!!!!? You must have been terrifed, poor thing - Sorry you have to have it done again - Perhaps specifically ask for someone different to do it this time!!?

Was in quite a good mood this morning. Until I got to work. I like to think I have a good relationship with my boss (he was one of the 1st I told about pregnancy) But this morning, we had an extremley heated "discussion" over the phone, about something that should've been done, it wasn't (he forgot to tell me) so naturally it was my fault, because I'm meant a mind reader He soon shut up when he realised that he actually asked me. He's now acting like everything is all ok. Arrgghhhhh!!!
Typical bloody man.

Feel so much better now I've had a rant

Thanks for listening