Due in July 2007

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Hello All

Hope I am correct in beginning a thread for July 07. BFP today (23rd October) and EDD 2nd July 07.

By way of a brief introduction; live in the South West, work part-time, have DD aged 5 and DS who is almost 3. Have been incredibly lucky this time as made decision to try for third and hey presto seem to have achieved it on first attempt (much to DH disappointment if you know what I mean!!).

Look forward to 'meeting' you and sharing this amazing experience with you.

Hi everyone, I've been on the ginger today too, yuk. Lol Chooster at getting a digital test, it's funny but it was only when I did the digital one last night that my dh really believed me!

Told 2 friends today (when they started pouring me a wine at lunchtime!) and it started feeling a bit surreal. Still trying to get my head round it all. Sorry if tmi but we only had sex twice this month!!!

Double snap firsttimer. Same EDD and reason for vagueness. Seing midwife tomorrow, so fingers crossed.

Right here goes, have humungus list...
TROUSERS

1. Under bump sand coloured cords 14L never worn Asda.
2. Dotty P over bump black work type trousers 14L
3. Black denim trousers with seam down front 12 (very large!)Asda
4. Wide leg turn over top silky jersey trousers 14L Next
5. Same as 4 in aubergine 6)la Redoute turn up ankle length jeans, with over bump elasticated panel 16. I tightened the elastic on these but still totally wearable 7)Dark grey marl jersey wide leg trousers over bump 14L Next
6. Cream crop linen trousers 14 Mothercare
7. As 8 but in black 10)cream linen type trouser with jersey panel and waist adjustment 16 Vertbudet 11)Linen drawstring navy blue over bump, 16 La Redoute 12)sand coloured stretch bootlegs, 14L Blooming Marvellous 13)2 pairs next jeans dark blue 14L 19)dark dusty pink cords (button missing!) La Redoute 16 (not really long enough for someone tall)
8. Asda straight jeans over bump blue, jersey panel, 12L (what is it withy sizings these days?)
9. Asda blue jeans 12L
10. Jo Jo wide leg jeans 16L , Under bump, BUT have large ribbed waistband that covers part of bump, with drawstring. Would never wear under bump stuff, but these were great, practically lived in them. 23)Black linen wide leg trousers 14L Next TOPS 1)Long oatmeal cardi. Linen and cotton mix, ribbon trim edge, and tie front over boobs 16 Next 2)lightweight lacy airforce blue cardi, fastens across boobs with hook and eye. Vertbaudet size 18 3)Sky blue ribbed cotton vneck jumper Size XL Jo JO
11. Plain bright pink long sleeve t shirt. 16 Next 5)Pinky purple s/sleeve long t shirt with white inset in neck Asda 14 (very big 14) 6)Blue and white check seersucker blouse, short sleeve. H&M XL 7)Long sleeve mid pink t shirt with mock layer in white. Next 16
12. White crinkle cotton blouse with black ribbon trim under boobs. Very low, so I put in black inset(by hand and v easily removed)as work in a secondary school, and not at all suitable for work with very low neck! 3/4 sleeves 18 Asda 9)Lilac shirt, l/sleeve, 18 Next 11)Bluey/lilac t shirt. 3/4 sleeves waistline under boobs, back tie. White inset as 8 size 16 Asda 12)Pink and cream striped tunic top. Button front, lace trim, back tie, 3/4 sleeves cotton. H&M xl 13)Cotton tunic top. Cream with turquoise and green flowers. V neck, tie back 3/4 length sleeves. Vertbaudet 18 14)Pure silk, cerise top. V neck, short sleeves, tie back. Beading and jewels round neck. V.Glam. vertbaudet 18 15)3 t shirts, black, white and turquoise. Next 18 s/sleeve
13. Pale blue t shirt with butterfly print.s/sleeve Next 18
14. Green and black stripe t shirt top. H&M XL 18 Long black cardi, with tie over boobs Asda 18.

God am completely knackered now. Not sure how much it costs to send 3 binliners full. A lot I would imagine. Live in S. Yorks if you want to collect.
Will change details so can be contacted by email, but haven't done yet...need to lie down after this.

Blimey Fizzbuzz how long were you pregnant for? I survived a third of that! Am interested in cropped mothercare trousers. Do you want to get rid of the lot in one go?

Hi all. Saw my midwife today who was also my m/w for my last pg. Anyway, I'm going for a homebirth and the midwife team here have a birthing pool they can bring so good news all round. Last time I had a hospital water birth. We are about 25 - 30 miles from the hospital so I have some worries about what would happen in an emergency, but my other deliveries were all really straightforward so hopefully it woun't come to that. Suddenly it all seems so real, with seeingf the m/w and feeling sick and v.v.v.v.v. tired. Keep going to bed at 8.30pm. Poor DH...We are suposed to be going to watch the Bond film next wk. Let's hope Daniel Craig has enough to offer to keep me awake!

mmmmm.....have degree in fashion, love love clothes. After I read it I realised there were an awful lot.... (cringe)
Don't nescessarily want to get rid of all lot in one go, as I feel this may require a large lorry.
Contact me via MN and they are yours.

In that case they are sure to be trendier than anything I managed to wear.

Can maternity clothes be trendy? I never found any despite my best efforts, hence huge quantity of clothes. Trial and error you see.

I lived in over baggy XL Next overbump jeans that were still too short in the leg. Their under bump jeans gave me arse cleavage to be proud of (so got sent back), and all their tops were too short, despite me having a TINY bump.

Blimey some of you have midwives already...god I haven't even been to the doctors yet. might go at Xmas sometime when I have some time. I am still bitter about having a July baby - ahh well when it is a bit thick it can blame me for having sex at the wrong time!!!

Didn't see a doctor at all last time and don't expect to this time. You get chucked at the over worked community midwives round here. Only going so early because I'm off work this week, and work Fridays the day the midwife visits my surgery. I'm going to ATTEMPT to keep it quiet at work this time.

Love the sound of your clothes fizzbuzz, going to have another look tomorrow when i'm more awake then might try and cat you ( know the lingo just not sure on the process) Still you never know till you try....but that's another story altogether!!!!
night night all it's time for bed

Morning, everyone. How are we today? I'm working at home today (as you can tell...). Have friends coming over tonight for a curry and have no idea whether I'll be able to eat it or not. DH has said he'll get whatever I fancy but it's going to look a bit odd if I suddenly go all green at the prospect of tikka massala.

cazzybabs, why so bitter about july baby? how does the school system work in England? In Scotland the intake is from feb-feb and if your child is born from nov-feb you get to choose whether they go to school age 4 going on 5, or 5 going on 6, is it different down there?

Yes, earlyriser - is different here. Intake is from 1st September, so summer babies are at a slight disadvantage. My DD, born end of August, will be almost a year younger than other children in her class, when she starts in a few years. That said, I'm a July babe myself and I was a bit of swot at school, went to Uni, have supposed 'good' job and never felt at any disadvanage. My neighbour is a headmistress and she says it all evens out in the first few years anyway.

I'm in South London and until this year, summer babies went to school in the January after the main intake in September, so they got an extra 4 months at home. But that's just been stopped as 'too confusing'...

And I think summer babies are just lovely - happy, sunny natures!

cazzy, in N Ireland, the cutoff is June 30, so our July babies will be old for their year here. As a teacher I ve found that not all young for their year children fall behind or struggle. And sometimes an older child might be at the bottom - just depends on innate ability I think.

Whoever was talking about Next Maternity clothes - I found that as well with teh tops - they were ALL too short, but I had a massive baby (he was 10.2) V encouraging to hear that someone with a small bump found that as well - I just felt like a fat b**tard!

Morning! Earlyriser - I think things are more flexible in Scotland regarding when little One's can start school. Cazzybabs, I reckon it depends on the personality more than age as some 5 year olds can behave younger and some 4 year olds can seem really mature!

Has anyone ever had some pregnancies with morning sickness and some without. I've been PG 3 times and all those times had morning sickness, the last time pretty bad - i.e throwing up about 4 times a day... but this time I only get a little bit of nausea when I'm really hungry and thats it! Am very tired though from about 8pm onwards...

I know they say every pregnancy is different (and my other pregnancies were boys) but I kind of thought people either got morning sickness or they didn't. I'm worrying a bit about the fact that people say morning sickness = a good strong pregnancy.

Sorry for rambling on... Anyone had something similar?

Mmmmmm, cakes being sold at my work for Children in Need - Well, I'd better go and buy one to keep that nausea at bay

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Hello, firststar, congratulations and welcome! Fingers crossed that this is a "sticky" one

Chooster, some people have m/s in some pregnancies and not in others - there's no correlation between m/s and strong pregnancy, or m/s and gender of baby - if you do a search on pregnancy section of the site you will find they are questions that have been asked before and the common conclusion is that it makes no difference . Hard not to worry/wonder about it though, I know!

I'm on my fourth pg and have had m/s start earlier and last longer with each successive pg; however though I suffered constant nausea with ds (my third) it wasn't as bad overall as it was with dd2 (my second). I find the first trimester by far the worst part of the pregnancy, despite being the size of a house towards the end with ds I didn't suffer heartburn, indigestion, difficulty sleeping ... I know, I know, lucky sod wasn't I?

Have cat'ed you fizz

Haven't received it swift1. Will try you

Not sure how long it takes to get to you. just wanted to bag a few items if thats ok