Due in May 07 - w/c 23-10-06

[aprilmeadow]

Following on from last weeks thread.

Here is the list of ladies having scans this week:
redbullbloodandbump - 24th Oct
glitterkitty - 25th Oct
intheseshoes - 26th Oct
twelveyeargap - 1st Nov
mummymelling - 1st Nov

Hi TYG, thats right they can stay at school til 6pm and actually start at 8am. It's called garderie but I suppose it's no different to after school clubs in the UK. They don't work then, just play and spend time out side. They get a drink and snack there too. It is a long day, ds comes home wacked, but he loves school and I think he was well ready for a new challenge and something different during the day. He started when he was 2.5, for the first year the little ones get a sleep time in the afternoon. Not that he slept, but some do.

jess, hope you are having a great time with dh. Don't forget to go back down the thread though, I spent ages trying to tell you how to say moomimin. lol.

Going out for the day today. Gosh it's unheard of for me but thought I had better make the effort as it's holidays for ds. catch you all later. Anyone know how long lg&t's dh is back for? bet she is having a fab time.

Morning Ladies, i feel like crappy poo today, got up fely icky had breakfast and led on the sofa and promptly fell asleep again for another hour!!!???,woke up and did brekkie again and im just starting to feel a bit more like im not the living dead ,whats going on its orrible cant remember ever feeling this rough with the other 4 ,but then im that much older i suppose xx.Sorry to rant,and i hope you are all well and scans go well for those who have them today,ive got midwife today for booking in clinic xxxxxx

Hello- couldnt resist adding this - had my scan yesterday- and found I'm later than I thought- am actually 14 weeks! Now due 27 April! It was moving about like mad- I also had the nuchal scan which was great- it had a tiny wee neck which was a great relief... and I was all prepared for something being wrong! I dont quite know what to do now- start waiting for the next I suppose! Good luck to all those coming up!

OH you lucky so n so ,didnt you have a suspicion that you might have been a bit further on you have to stay on this thread now tho its your home xx

No, no idea! They just said 'oh its big, must be a week over' and to b honest I was absolutely delighted to know theres a week less to go!

Oh and I was suprised by 3 things:

1. The gel is hot!
2. You have to have EMPTY bladder
3. Be warned- they really shake & prod your belly about hard in their efforts to make it turn round- mine was asleep on its belly. I wish I'd eaten something sugary before to get it moving!

Hi Glitterkitty, being further on made me a bit embarrassed really: 'how can you not know when your lmp was?' but it's good all the same! I'm 17 weeks and fatigue started to lift last week and now feel LOADS better! So there is light at the end of the tunnel ladies - it's just all part of the journey getting there.
Good news is that my groin strain was just a strain (thank goodness!) as a couple of nights spent with a pillow between my knees has helped treeeemendously - even if a bit of a passion killer You can tell I'm feeling more energetic!

I wiosh it was our scan today ,not the booking in appt,im sure they are going to say there is nothing there, go home and have a big fart and youl feel better pmslI JUST WANT SOME HARDCORE EVIDENCE ITS A BABY [and i want to know what the sex is ,im terribly impatient lol]

Back from my scan and everything is just fine - lovely strong heartbeat, and all things that should be there are there!(including only one baby!) S/he was very wriggly, and looks so cute and gorgeous, I really feel pregnant now! Really liked the hospital and the consultant (different place from when I had ds). We've also told ds now and showed him the picture - he seemed really pleased which is great news, although very keen that he keep his bedroom (second question after "when is it coming out?" was "where is it going to sleep")

Really glad after the scare earlier this week(that's the last time I let dh near me for a while!) thanks for all your support

Good o Intheseshoes.Very good news.I note you are referring to the bean as 'her'.Do you know its a girl or is that just instinct?Im convicned mine will be a girl but only becuase of dd I cant imagine having a boy.
Im def going to find out though.Then let the name arguments commence!

Jess-glad your dh is back safe and sound.

TYG-I really hope the woman goes off on her hols and leaves the house to you.You were brave on your Scooter last night in that weather.Fingers crossed eh?.Tell me to mind my own, I wont mind, but how old were you when you had your first?Im intrigued...Though it might not just be becuase you were younger that you feel worse this time.My dd is only 10 months and I feel one hundred times worse with no 2 than I did with her.It feels like ages ago that I was pg with her-I could go home and put my feet up then..lovely.No chance now.
This time last year I was leaving work to go off on my 1st mat leave.It was great!Literally this day last year.
I cant wait for April, put it that way!

I am off to my Mum and Dads for the weekend whilst DH revises accountancy for his exams.I love going home.They take dd from me as they dont see her much and cook me my tea in manner of when I was at school.Just what I need right now.Could do without the 3 hour drive to get there but still...will all be worth it.

Have a definate bump now.Bit unfortunate as am going to a wedding next Friday and have literally nothing to wear.Need to buy something but dont want to spend much as it wont last long as I get bigger and its only for one day.And it cant be maternity really obviously as its someone from dh's work getting married and I dont want to tell them yet.Any ideas ladies?

I'd love to have twins... Really appeals to me. I must be mad.

That's great news. Sounds like everyone is doing well.

Im the same Mummymelling, im still waiting for my scan. Apart from getting bigger which could just be me eating too much I have nothing to prove im pg. Will feel a lot better when i see it on screen, i need proof!

Dh has woken up in a foul mood today, i askd him to move some heavy rubbish away from the back door so the workman can drill a vent for my tumble, (its been waiting for him to take it to the dump for over a month) All i got in response was a lot of moaning, then i tried to show him the floor tiles we are having laid and he made some sarcastic comment. I told him to go back to bed, i have enough childish behaviour with the boys i dont need it from him too. Hopefully he will mope in bed until its time to go to work then bugger off. Why are men such pains. He never did move the rubbish by the way, i was going to do it but its too heavy. Hes now just had a go at me because he ran out of hot water in the bath. It turns out the workman in the kitchen unplugged the boiler so he could use the extension lead to drill a hole (none of our sockets are working yet so we have a lead from the hall into the kitchen). Did dh apologise to me when i told him what had happened, No dont be daft!! I think dh is suffering the PMT i should be having if i wasnt pg

As well as dh being a pain ive just had ds1 come in caked in mud. Hes been playing football, slipped and got messy then his mates started throwing mud around so i told ds1 to come in. So now i have ds1 sulking cos 'im an evil mum' and wont let him out! Now all i need is to upset ds2 and i will be on a roll!!!!

Glad the scan went ok InTheseShoes, are you going to post a piccy?

It took me so long to write my last post, kept having to stop to sort people out that i missed a few new posts, oops must concentrate more.

@ Mr Pebblemum. Or should that be Pebbledad?

There must be something in the water pebblemum.Had a huge row with my dh this morn about a similar thing.I have to ask him 10 times to do everything.It really wares me out sometimes.If he would just shake himself and do what he said he would do I wouldnt have to ask again would I?
And then he gets annoyed becuase im 'nagging' him when he's under so much pressure.I on the other hand have a really easy life what with work,dd and feeling like death due to pg.Rant rant.Sorry.
I am still seething,which is hormones of course.Must calm down.Will eat a banana.That will make me feel better.

If only men could live our lives for once mayne they would realise that we dont just sit on our bums all day watching soaps (i prefer DIY progs .
In Sept I went to see Robbie at Milton Keynes and dh had to look after the boys for the day. I was hoping ds2 would play him up but just to prove me wrong he was a little angel, went to bed at 7pm, no problems etc so of course dh thinks i have it easy. Mind you he didnt do any washing up, hoovering, polishing ironing, tooks the boys to MacD's for dinner etc so he didnt really live my life.

Sometimes i wish i was still single, dh does so little around the house, it takes months to get him to do something. I dont think i would miss it

Oooh, I've sometimes wished I was back being a single mum, albeit broke, but with no hassles other than those I make for myself. Nice tidy house, nobody to argue with... You're not alone there.

DH made dinner last night (quite right too when I'd been out getting soaked looking for somewhere to live) and said he'd clean up. We both fell asleep on the sofa, he didn't do it this morning and is out tonight, so I told him I'd leave it til tomorrow for him to do. He's going to need an industrial sander to get the rice of the plates but I don't care. I'm not doing it. I'm not emptying the clean stuff out of the dishwasher or anything. Matter of principal now. Fck it! I'll get a take away tonight and eat out of the packet. haha.

Dh always says 'leave the washing up, i'll do it' but i know damn well he will leave it and leave it until eventually i give in and do it, normally when i get up in the morning, am trying to rush around doing breakfast and find i cant move because he has left all the dirty dishes on the side. I used to try to leave it as a matter of principal but i hate seing dirty dishes laying around, and you can bet that someone will pop round for a cuppa and see it

My dh is really quite lazy, every morning he gets in the bath then calls out because he hasnt got a towel, then he expects me to sort out his boxers/socks (which i only do if we are in a hurry to get out) he expects me to pick up his dirty clothes and then moans when he runs out of clothes because they are still by his bed where he dumped them, he thinks im here to be his slave and when he realises im not he sulks like a kid. He can be nice too obviously or i wouldnt be with him but he has been spoilt by his mum who used to do everything for him, she still does sometimes.

Mr Happy has now gone out, yeah. And the sun has just come out, the day is looking brighter by the minute

Some Mothers have alot to answer for I think.Though sometimes it goes the other way.My Mum is so untidy its untrue and as a result I cant relax in an untidy house, (when its my own not someone elses, im not that anal!), and my brother is the most pernickety person in the world.His wife has it so easy as no sooner is a plate used in their house, there he is washing it up.
But I guess even that gets annoying at times..
But id love it if DH would realise half of what I do.Then I suppose I wouldnt want his job either so its swings and roundabouts..

Hmm.. You know when you're thinking/ saying "NOTHING would get done round here if it weren't for me" and he's going "I never ASKED you to do it." Doesn't that sound like something a teenager would say?

However, my day is also brightening due to discovery of large selection of sugar free jellies in my work pick n mix counter. Am hiding them from the traders because the feckers didn't ask me if I wanted a wagamamas lunch earlier and I haven't been passed any of their sweets in the last two days either. HOWEVER, one of them had the cheek to comment to everyone yesterday that I was sitting there eating "cake" on my own. It was the muffin I'd bought with my lunch... Hello, do they want me to share my sandwich too? Gobshites.

Anyway, had a coconut macaroon bikki and am now secreting jellies into my gob with a dirty grin on my face.

And if the sweetners in them have a laxative effect then all the better I say. Woop de woop!

Oh and Pebblemum. If people came round and saw the mess I would blame DH! I wouldn't be shy about that!

I try but he always makes some wise crack about how i dont know how to use the hoover, always burn food etc (all lies i promise) and it makes me look bad. I have had some people, normally my relatives, comment on how dh should pull his weight a bit more. I dont mind him not doing housework but i just wish he would do something around the house Then again if he did get off his arse and do something i would probably collapse with shock.

My day is looking better yet again. I know have a kitchen, well it looks like one now anyway, i still need to move all the things back in (which i cant do until Dh is here, bother) but it looks done. Well actually although it may look like a kitchen and i can put things back in until the electrician comes round none of the sockets work, oh well im getting there!!! Im now about to go over it with a fine tooth comb and pick out all the bad bits ready for when the boss comes round to inspect. I will try to get back on here in a bit but i may be some time, my list is going to be quite long.

Enjoy the jellies!!!

Starting with the hole in your living room wall I should think!

Definately!!

Well i have found 5 things they still need to do as well as 6 things they need to put right, im sure we found more the other day when we looked round Its going to take a lot of cleaning though, just wiping a finger along the side left me covered in dust and my PVC window frames are black. Oh joy!!

Have anyone else's boobs grown a ridiculous amount already? I started off as a 38C (having put on a bit of back fat - yuk - before falling pregnant). Bought some 38DD bras about 3 weeks ago and when they felt a bit tight the other day I re-measured myself and they're 38F!!

How big are they going to get??? I'm going to need H cup nursing bras at this rate.

(And my friend helpfully pointed out that if I don't find somewhere to live, I can always buy a pole and use my bra cup as a tent.)

Whoops, typo. They're 38E at the mo... But still...