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

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geordiemacminx · 11/10/2006 13:42

Here you are girlies!!

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weeonion · 17/10/2006 19:27

dear duchesse. really really sorry to hear that. thoughts r with u. it hasnt been an easy time for u and then it ends like this. i hope it goes alright 2morro.
xoxoxooxoxoxooxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxooxoxooxox

hensden · 17/10/2006 19:33

Duchesse- what sad news, hugs and best wishes to you and your family, hope tomorrow goes OK, will be thinking of you.
Take care
Hensden

mammyjo · 17/10/2006 20:10

Oh Duchesse, so so sorry to read your news. Poor little Vlad. Lots of love and hugs to you, hope everything goes as well as it possibly can tomorrow. Look after yourself xxxxxxxxx

bubbaOOOOOOO · 17/10/2006 20:39

Oh Duchesse...I really don't know what else to say.So so sorry to hear your news-will be thinking of you tomorrow and hope you're back on the ante natal threads again,soon.xxx

liath · 17/10/2006 20:55

Duchesse I am so sorry, poor wee Vlad and poor poor you. It has been lovely having you with us, please let us know how you are getting on if you can bear to.

EllieK · 17/10/2006 21:12

hi all
been offline for a while
lots of reasons that i can't explain now
can someone update me quickly on all i need to know, as i've missed the last 2 threads completely!

CaptainDippy · 17/10/2006 21:12

duchesse - I am so very, very sorry to hear about Vlad but if there was something "very wrong" with him/her then perhaps this was your body's way of dealing with it?? Either way I am that you have to go through this. God Bless you honey - hope to see you on an antenatal thread soon. Like liath said - do let us know how you are getting on, if you can bear it. [[hugs]] xxxx

Sexonlegs · 17/10/2006 21:21

Oh Duchesse, I am so sorry to hear your news. Really sad. I hope tomorrow goes as well as it can, and that you are getting lots of love and support.
Thinking of you and your family.
Big Hugs. xx

Greengirlforever · 17/10/2006 22:50

Oh Duchesse - what news.

My heart goes out to you, Vlad and your family.

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 07:24

morning all - DD's have been up since Obscene O'Clock - yuk - have sore neck today, not nice.

runnyhabbit · 18/10/2006 08:44

Duchesse so sorry to hear your news.

Thoughts are with you and your family x

runnyhabbit · 18/10/2006 08:56

Bramshott - have you asked your mw about what antenatal classes are available? The NHS ones were very good with ds, but dh missed a few of them because he was working away. So mw has given us 2 options - either attend the classes again, or she will go through everything that we need "refreshing" on at about 34 weeks. And she will come to our house. Dh much prefers that idea (he hates group meetings, unless its in a pub). Much more relaxed, and hopefully we can talk dh around to a homebirth If we do end up having hospital birth, mw will even arrange tour of labour ward (didn't have ds in this hopsital) just so we don't miss out on anything.

mammyjo · 18/10/2006 09:26

Morning all. Duchesse, dont know whether you will be back to read this but I just wanted to say that I am thinking of you today. Lots of luck for the future xxxxx

Hope everyone is ok, I seem to have good and bad days lately. One day the ms will be virtually non existent and the next it is back with a vengeance.

On the subject of MIL's, mine is doing my skull in. She is full of wonderful "advice" which is mainly based on old wives tales. She always has the best ideas when it comes to raising my ds (not). My ds still wears a pull up at night which I do not see as a huge deal. I know he is 3.5, but some nights the nappy can be bone dry. It just seems that if he sleeps really deeply he wees more in his sleep. He was quite late to potty train so I do not plan to make an issue out of it and just think he will be out of it when he is ready but this is nowhere near good enough for her. He was not dry by day until he was 2.6 and she was mortified about that too. Her fantastic tip of the day is that I should give him lemonade to drink at 5.30pm every night as lemonade empties the bladder quicker (WTF?!). I am a trained childrens nurse and I have to say that that is the biggest load of bo*cks I have ever heard. Lemonade is made of sugar water and chemicals so how does it have the magical ability of fast bladder emptying? Apologies for my ranting but I get these handy hints on a very regular basis and it is really starting to wind me up.

Thank god for my own parents who have a bit of sense between them. They would be like MIAM's dad and give me money if I needed it, couldnt have got by without them when ds was tiny.

Sorry for long post but needed to get MIL stuff off my chest!!! Have a good day everyone xxxx

AngeG · 18/10/2006 09:35

Duchesse so sorry to hear your news Thinking of you today.

Good to see you back EllieK

Mammyjo, you know best for your ds smile sweetly at your mil and take no notice of what she says

Hope everyone else ok

Tili · 18/10/2006 09:38

Duchesse sorry to hear your news.
will be thinking of you and your familyxxxxxx

Hope everyone else is ok havent had chance to read through the thread properly as have been mad busy the past few days.

Take care all xx

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 09:41

Grrrrrrr!! @ your MIL mammyjo - they just talk such rubbish sometimes, don't they!!!!? Well my DD1 is 2.8 and is still in nappies, she's just not ready and I am not going to push her. DH and I are going to give a real "go" over christmas while he is off work, but if she can't master it right now, she can't master it. End of. She's been pretty slow with development (walking, talking etc) so I think she just needs time and space to do it in her own good time - Do others here agree or am I just bonkers????

Bramshott, would definitely recommend NCT classes for you if you would like to "relearn" sutff and meet some nice people in your area. Geordie - did you get your info from the NCT website cos in my experience, it is not always that accurate - try asking your local hospital if there is a branch in your area and get the phone No from them - all the best with your search!! The NCT can be a bit illusive at times!!

LOL @ at making you a "commemorative pot" doobydoo!! The weirdest thing I've ever been asked to make is an urn for someone's ashes - felt a bit weird, especially as they person in question was quite young - each to their own, I guess!!!?

Have headache this morning and v.sore neck - have taken some paracetamol and hoping that will work??

How's everyone else doing??

bubblez · 18/10/2006 09:48

Morning all,

Sorry to hear your news dutchess, all the best for today and the future...

Mammyjo my mil won't even acknowledge the fact that I'm pregnant. Although sometimes I think that maybe it's a blessing in disquise, it does make me feel a little bitter.

Oh potty training!!! DD is going to be three in december and I haven't started yet . The times previous that I have tried to train her she hasn't taken to it. Guess I better try again soon.

Hello Elliek i've been missing for a long while too. Feel well out of it now.

Well I'm just about feeling normal nowerdays. I'm 15+2 today

bubblez · 18/10/2006 09:51

sorry mammyjo I meant to add 'at least it gets me out of having to hear her 'pearls of wisdom''

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 09:51

Phew!! That makes me feel better bubblez!! ALL of DD1's peer group are potty trained apart from her, so it is nice to know that there is someone in the country who is "taking it slow" like me!!

Bugmum · 18/10/2006 10:16

Duchesse - if you are reading this (although I can't imagine why you would be), my thoughts are with you

Bramshott · 18/10/2006 10:27

Oh Duchesse. Thinking of you and so sorry that Vlad didn't make it.

Thanks for all who've posted about classes. I have been galvanized to phone the NCT and ask them to send me some info, and will phone the midwife and find out about the NHS ones too, then make a decision. I am definitely going to go to something, with or without DH, so that at least I can shout at him in labour with confidence !

claricebean · 18/10/2006 10:28

So sorry to hear your news, Duchesse . Good luck for today and for the future.

claricebean · 18/10/2006 10:33

Well I've just got back from a birthday present buying trip in town. DDs seem to have loads of invites at the moment, which is lovely but exhausting too. Spanish children tend to stay up much later than ours, and think nothing of evening parties on school nights. Ours are exhausted the next day, poor things and they have two this week.

I'm definitely feeling better, but my expectations have risen from dirty house to clean one so am managing to tire myself out. My MS seems to have gone as long as I get a reasonable night's sleep.

DH has been away for 6 and a half weeks and is back on Saturday . We can't wait.

16 weeks today!!

duchesse · 18/10/2006 10:41

Thank you all for yor good wishes. I'm at home until this afternoon, just trying to pass time really-I'm even cleaning the kitchen the mere smell of which has made me feel nauseous every day for 10 weeks...

I just feel glad that we were not one of those couples who go for their first ultrasound thinking everything's fine- at least we were forewarned. As my husband said, the miracle was that the baby was still alive at 8 and 11 weeks after those heavy bleeds. It is definitely the best possible outcome in the circumstances (ie- foetus with obvious problems).

Sexonlegs · 18/10/2006 10:52

Duchesse, what a positive atitude to have. I have to agree, that poor Vlad sounded as if he/she had some terrible problems, so it is probably for the best.
Will be thinking of you this afternoon, and really hope that all goes well.
Stay in touch if you can.
Big hugs to you.