Calmly and regally gestating our beans in a land of obsessive ILs, placenta horticulture, sweary doctors and naked pancake cravings. It's the JS grads thread 23!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 23rd grads thread... celebrating the success of Just Shagging in getting us viroids upduffed!

For those that don't know, a 'viroid' is from the original JSing thread 1, where someone was trying to type ladies (in reference to all the JSing ladies), but their phone decided to call us all viroids instead!

The name stuck and we've been the JSing viroids ever since.

The thread we have graduated from is here in its 40th outing. WARNING: they're all a bit kerazy not to mention randy!

There is also a Just Mumming thread in postnatal clubs here for once your babies come along, or to keep up with the graduated graduates!

There is also a private facebook group (so it doesn't give the game away in your news feed!)... if you want to join to see photos of new babies etc, just ask in-thread!

The stats sheet is here

So, roll call below please, viroids!

Wil it's a bit shit and must be a pain in the arse for you. I think people believe that if they haven't got something positive to say then they shouldn't say anything but sometimes you should be allowed to talk and let off steam without people saying you're lucky x

NEWS FLASH a lump of jelly fell out in the shower. Did I see this lump of brownish ick and rinse it down the plug hole? Oh no I picked it up and felt it to make sure it wasn't just some conditioner gone bad. Nice!

Fleur the baby is due the day after Mother's Day. I am rather pinning my hopes on DP coming up with the goods but haven't mentioned it yet. I probably should start the heavy hints so I don't end up disappointed.

Oh pis you're progressing!! Is that the mucus plug then? This is exciting!

Hospital have rang and my bloods are a little off, so I have to go in on Sunday instead of Monday for a repeat and a trace, if its an infection then they are talking about inducing/ c section at 34 weeks

Poor you wil it must be hard copping with two let alone additional problems.

Xx

Ooooh pis! snot plug alert!

Oh wil really the last thing you need at the moment :(

I have dropped anvil sized hints about Mother's Day, in spite of being a complete hypocrite as my family have never done it, so I've said to Mr tee that he shouldn't need an excuse for buying me sour cherry truffles from hotel chocolat. And the boofle bear things I weirdly love. Not that I can fit them in my stomach at the moment, the little sod still hasn't moved and last night we could feel him kicking right on my hip bone! It's like he's decided only the far left of my womble will do and had wedged himself in accordingly. Poor sore bump. I was up at 5 again, I'm assuming this is the norm now...
Crumbs lauren, would that be induction next week? Or the week after??

I'm 33 weeks tomorrow so I think it will be the week after tee all being well!

Eek Lauren hope babyL's happy in there. If not, better out than in, honestly. Good on your DH getting all sleuthy on the police's behalf.

Wil hopefully not for too long, and MicroWil won't remember it.

I'm hoping for two mother's days this year - the real one we celebrate as Brits, and this weird additional date on the international calendar. I think I've deserved it

I got a couple of lovely tops from Heavenly bump - supplements my left-overs from last time nicely. H&M, Debenhams and New Look were the only ones with a range in store, which filled me with rage.

Indigo, if he thinks he'll struggle for something to do, I have a lot of ideas to get him started...!

La enjoy Bristol!

Eek again Lauren ! Can't you just have a boring day for once are you getting more steroids? Are you on precautionary antibiotics anyway?

Mmmm sour cherry truffles.........

Slow cooking some tomato sauce for my parmigiana and the house smells lush.

Haha thanks everyone, I'll stop moping now. Cancelled all plans for today and am just wallowing in my grumpiness .

Pis that cheered me right up. Must be soon now surely?!

Oh Lauren, hope everything's ok. How are you feeling?

Mm Tee, Hotel Chocolat do a £15 dairy free easter egg which I'm coveting. MrWil asked what I wanted for Mother's Day romance is dead and what I really want is a piece of jewellery that I'll actually wear with the children's birth dates engraved on it. But I can't find anything I like. What makes of jewellery does everyone wear?

wil notonthehighstreet do some nice jewellery that you can get birth dates/ names etc on?

pis I've had steroids and I'm on antibiotics anyway so its just a waiting it out thing! I feel totally fine though just tired having been up in the night!

kato someone has mentioned your name in the good mumsnet nicknames thread on chat

willy I know a lovely jeweler that does custom designs. www.niziblian.com
Maybe you can get something nice from her?

wil I know I'm getting an amethyst charm for my pandora bracelet as its H's birthstone. (And cos mrZ knows better than to buy me jewellery without checking I like it first!), so stones could be an alternative to dates, depending on what you want?

lauren fx things go ok

Wow pis, all that cooking is very productive. All sounds yummy. I've been naughty and just baked a chocolate cake
Yay, for mucous plug! Sounds like things might get moving soon.

Sorry to hear you're down in the dumps wil. Sounds really stressful to have all that going on

Glad you found the heartbeat la, thank goodness for dopplers.

mountain old carriage pram in apple harvest sounds idyllic! Fingers crossed for us both that our LOs sleep soundly while we garden

dulcet have some Glum days are horrid. Keep thinking of that nice relaxing weekend - we're almost there!

fleur I wondered the same. I hope my dh does get me a little something, but I'm not sure he will think of it. I wondered about dropping hints...I might just test the waters and see what he's thinking especially because minimini will be here by father's day, so he will obviously get something. It's only fair that I get something too right??!

lauren wow, never a dull moment, eh?! Fingers crossed for the next few days and that you get good news on Sunday. Hope you're feeling OK and resting up as much as you can.

I think I can FEEL THE BABY!!!

That is very much possible, Indigo! I have felt baby from about 12 weeks, but the movements are getting way stronger and more often in the last 3 weeks.

Hurray Indigo, that's lovely.

Squeeeee!!!!

indigo!

Aww :) Yay indigo

anything happening pis?

Does anyone else have bum stretch marks? I have none on the bump, but my arse/hip area looks distinctly zebra like. I quite like it when mr tee does the stretch mark cream on my tummy every night, but I don't know how I feel about asking him to literally butter my arse. It makes me think of last tango in paris. :(

Awww that's fab Indigo. I'm hoping to feel it soon

That is awesome indigo! I am already wishing the next few weeks to go to feel movement.

Not quite as idyllic as it sounds mini starts off being all lovely, then gets pretty boring and tiring quite quickly! Plus there's always the fun of the cat following dh up a tree and knocking apples on my head does result in lots of gumminess though :)

Oh god why do I Google - having a small panic attack about my scan tomorrow and have been reading missed miscarriage stories, why am I doing this to myself!

Step away from google bat! I'm sure everything will be fine

Thanks lauren - I actually turn to Google for success stories for reassurance but then it ends up going wrong when I find the opposite! Cannot tell you how relieved I am going to be tomorrow if all is OK. And how relieved everyone who knows will be, I think I'm doing everyone's head in. Especially poor hubby who thinks I'm never going to get excited. Tomorrow until the scan is going to go soooooo slowly and then I'll have a heart attack in the waiting room if the doc is running late!