Due May 2007 - Thread for w/c 06.11.06

[Juicylucythe2nd]

Here you go.

X-posted too! Sorry, understand perfectly where you are coming from, I won't have any invasive tests either regardless of any numbers that come our way.

There's a lovely thread on here at the moment called 'what is it like to have a baby with DS' or something like that. Thomcat in particular (called TeeCee at the mo) says some lovely things about her DD Lottie who has Downs (and is beautiful and sounds like a wonderful little girl). I don't know if this thread would help.

It is a lovely thread SOH, I have been watching it for a few days, just so inspiring.

Am I going mad? Is anyone else feeling movements yet. Yesterday I thought I was and today has been the same. Especially when I'm sat upright and still. I know it could be wind, but I'm sure it's babs.

Hi Ladies

Peacemaker, try and stay postitive you still have 20 chances of all being fine, and even if not you have a happy bouncing bean in there, fingers crossed for you, got my nuchal on Monday and am getting bit worried

Frenchs I am sure I have felt the odd movement, just the odd little flick or pop type feeling, I am pretty sure its not wind

Everyone else have a good weekend, probably wont be about much have got a b'day party today to take dd to then fireworks tonight, then am out all day tomorrow with a friend

Take care all x

We did have to laugh when we first went in for the scan, the baby was sitting on its head and I had lots of belly prodding to get baby to move so they could do the measurements The baby also had hiccups which was cute

Peacemaker - i really admire your positive attitude. I am a believer in fate - what will be will be and all that.

Am definately feeling movements and have been for a few weeks now.

Got a weekend of emotying the loft, taking precious items to my mums and then sofa shopping. Good job i have a girly lunch booked for tomorrow.

How cute peacemaker, no wonder they all yell when they come out, they are having way to much fun in there!

I too have definately felt the odd pop, flick type movement in the last couple of days. I felt ds #4 at 15 weeks and that is what i am so am quite sure thats it.

Kids driving me crackers already, ds4 is so bad at night, ive been attempting to get him to stay in bed as he keeps coming in to me. I have put him back repeatedly and ended up shutting his door, he bloody opened it! I didnt know he could reach, so have now put a stair gate on his door. This stops him wondering but means he rattles it and yells, im on night 5 tonight and no improvement, he is up 4 or 5 times. Then this morning ds #3 wet the bed at 4 and dd wet her bed at 6.30, then they were all up Im not sure if i have actually been to sleep yet

I have sil and bil coming today too, which is nice but they have no kids and their house is immaculate. So now i have to clean too, and the washing pile (due to 2 bed wettings) is bigger than me

Anyone want to help? Oh and my neighbour moves today so i have her 2 kids too. Last night 4 tea i made toad in the hole, mac cheese and veges for 8 kids. Dts had friend round and neighbours kids were here 2 as she was cleaning her new house.

Oh good grief what a drippy post, im sorry. May go in the bath and pretend im on holiday somewhere hot and bloody deserted...

LG&T SIT DOWN!!!! We complain about ds and the times that he wakes up - i now know thats nothing and i should stop moaning! Could you not turn ds's handle up the other way? We have had to do that on the bathroom and airing cupboard.

April genius! Never thought of that, have stair gates all over my house. His fave trick is to get in the bathroom and put brand new toilet rolls down them, i have actually thought my head may explode on some occasions. Will ask Dh to do that when he comes home....middle of december

Have bacon in the fridge and its calling to me, trouble is mini demons will smell it a mile of and descend upon me like a pack of wild dogs with pleas of "can we have some..."

lg&t, your life just seems so hectic. I don't know how you do it, hats off to you gal. Then you still take on frieds children. Do you have OPEN ALL HOURS above your door? I suppose there is never a quiet or dull moment in your home though.

Hope every one else is feeling good today. Good luck to those moving homes. It is hard work but all worth it the end. Bit like pg'cy and childbirth really. lol

Took ds and dd to a toy festival today called LudoLand. It happens once a year about an hour from us. It is massive, every toy, game, board game, computer game, mini moto's, quads, garden games. etc... you can think of. The kids can play, test, and try them all for as long as they want. I have never seen anything like it. It was free for under 6's too which is good. Very glad i didn't take dh as we would never have got out. It was very busy though, so a few scrambles for certain things.

Have a good weekend all.

LG&T - my ds climbs on the toilet and then pulls everything off the window sill! Nice and safe given that my razor lives up there. Only thing is, is that we have to remember to tell guests what we have done so they dont get stuck in the loo!

Had a busy day. Got my sister to come round and we packed her car and mine full of sorted boxes out of our loft and then take them round to my mums to deposit in her spare room until after the move - OMG how much stuff do we have...!

Once that was done we went sofa shopping -yippee. Got a lovely chocolate brown leather 3 seater and 2 seater sofa and hopefully it will arrive in time for xmas Thats something esle off of my list, just 1000 other things to do

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous of your new chocolate brown sofa aprilmeadow. I would love one.

I have a leather choc brown sofa too april! It is very deep and ive started to get stuck if i slouch back in to it. I have visions of being stranded there for hours when im bigger...

When i worked i was doing house call antenatal checks and one of my ladies couldnt answer the door, i could hear her and peered through the window. She was stuck in her giant bean bag and had been all morning! She was 39 weeks and once id helped her up ive never seen anyone that prg move sooo fast, she needed a wee

All quiet here now, people gone, kids in bed me back in front of computer. All as it should be Am seriously thinking about doing a 100 mile round trip tomorrow for some Krispy Kreme donuts, there is a store in Weybridge. Am i mad? Im dreaming about them....

Hope you are all having a lovely chilled weekend

Hello,

LG & T bless the lady in the bean bag!! lol!

Not been on for a while, hope all is well with everyone and their bumps..

Just had a look through the thread... I'm not feeling movements yet < slightly jelous > will soon tho i hope!

Anyway I'v got a craving for something.. I just can't for the life of me figure out what!!!

xxx

Morning all, how are we this fine sunday?

Morning to all too.

Very well thank you lg&t, beggining to feel like I have my life back. Still dreaming though, dreamt that dh's mother is not talking to us as she was the last to find out about the baby. She doesn't have a phone at home and we have told everyone else except her at the moment, feel really bad!! Dh is supposed to be ringing her in the shop she works in during the day, but as he works all day too he keeps forgeting. I'm not ringing the MIL. lol

House work today. grrrrrrr have been out for the last 4 days so have done nothing, I have 10 loads of washing and the house looks like a bombs hit it. Have a good day all.

Morning ladies!

What is a krispy kreme doughnut (never heard of them)?

I have been a total sap this morning. I've been watching all the Rememberance Sunday stuff on BBC1 and while I usually get a bit emotional each year, today I have been sobbing like a fool. I'm not sure my observation of the 2mins silence counted when I was wailing like a banshee. This pg is doing the funniest things to me. Also had my first 'DH is cheating on me' dream, which I hear is pretty common in pg. I woke up and insisted he apologised to me. He got all huffy- can't imagine why!

Very of the sofa shopping. I can't wait for this house sale to be finalised (waiting for the survey to be completed at the moment ). If and when it all goes through I have my eye on this sofa (click on see larger image). Drool! It's far too expensive though and we have inherited the IL's sofa which is only 20 years old and a bit worn and needs totally restuffing. Bah! I want the lovely one in the link! Still, the antique falling apart one is free and we are not in a position to spend £700 on a sofa.

I'm feeling mightily paranoid at the moment. I think having had the dating scan three weeks ago and not having another scan until 20weeks means I have plenty of time to convince myself that it's all going horribly wrong. It seems impossible that I can grow a little person with all the right bits in the right place so easily (well not easily, but you know what I mean- I can't even put a shelf up). Had some weird niggles the past couple of days. Feels a bit like the baby is prodding me with a stick. The feeling lasts for less than half a second, is definitely inside me and not outside (does that make sense? It feels like my uterus and not my ligaments). Anybody who isn't on their 1st pg have any idea what's going on in there? Still far too early to feel the baby so what is the weird prodding feeling? I'm almost tempted to buy a doppler thing for extra reassurance. Somebody tell me I don't need one!

Well, nearly finished my Christmas shopping. I have done it early this year as money's going to be tight (new baby, moving house etc) and I hate Xmas shopping when it's busy so I can't face being 20wks and battling the hoardes. About mid-December I can start enjoying Christmas, safe in the knowledge that I do not have to shop/spend money/leave the house. Had a brilliant bit of news this weekend too. I think I've mentioned on here that DH runs a hotel/restaurant thing and usually works 7am-7pm Christmas day. Well, this year they are closed Christmas day!! Fantastic, I won't be on my own on Christmas day!! That's the best Christmas present I could have wished for (after the baby obviously!).

Anyway, got to hang some washing out, put some more on, mop the kitchen floor and de-flea the cats. Oh my glamorous life .

Hope everybody is well. It's afternoon now, was definitely morning when I started waffling on. Must get on.

Happy Sunday all.

Morning all!

I know what you mean, Frenchie - I'm trying to tackle a mountain of laundry today, whilst also collecting various bits of Lego from the living room floor, which I've told my son to pick up at least 5 times already. Trying to remain all zen and calm and serene about it though, but I'm not sure how long it will last!

All this talk of Kripsy Kreme donuts is making me want a dozen of them right now! Only problem is that the nearest stockist is Selfridges in Birmingham and that's at least half an hour's drive away. Not sure if I can convince my husband that it's a great idea to drive over to Brum.

Peacemakeruk - I'm really touched by and admire your positive attitude. I found that something my midwife said to me last week put it into perspective - she said that if my nuchal fold results gave me a one in twenty chance, I should think of it as there being twenty Creenas in a room but only one of them would have a baby with Down's. For me, it certainly turned the statistics around in my head.

Morning,

LG&T I have to say that if I were the lady in the bean bag chair, I would have wet myself. I wouldn't have waited for someone to show up.

Life is normal over here. I took ds for his shots the other day. It was so funny because later in the day I took the bandaids off, which he didn't like. Then he kept touching where the bandaids were and screaming. This went on for about 15 minutes. I was hysterical because he just kept touching the spots and screaming. I tried to explain that if he didn't touch them he wouldn't hurt. But explaining anything to a 15 month old is like talking to a tree.

I want krispy creme too. I guess I'll take that 10 minute drive up the road.

Anyone jealous?

i want a krispy kreme chocolate iced custard filled NOW mmmmmmmm got addicted in vegas last year but cant get hold of them near me

MKG am not talking to you.....

(laregeginandtonic walks out of room in a huff)

(largeginandtonic walks back in roome not looking at MKG to inform SOH the very important facts about Krispy Kreme)

SOH they are donuts but sooo delicious, they do filled one and cake type ones and glazed ones..(drool)....

I didint do the drive but its killing me, i know its only a matter of time.

LG&T,

Don't get too upset, I don't have a Krispy Creme store nearby but the convenience store up the road carries the brand. So it's not like Krispy Creme Heaven. I really want a donut now. HMM Krispy Creme or Dunkin Donuts? So many choices.

Am sobbing in the corner of the room MKG, think if you send them fast post they will still be fresh when i get them?

Am making roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast squash, chicken and asparagus pie with cauliflower and broccoli for tea. Is it a **ing donut....no it is not.....hmph

But your tea sounds lovely, LG&T. I wonder how long it'll take to drive to your house?