Due March 2007 - Heading for the third trimester

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Thought I'd start a new thread as the other one's about to run out.

Leo - x threads.

I feel like you do atm, I can't be bothered to phone friends who aren't in the baby frame of mind either. I agree re. Rainbows friend - rainbow, she could actually be quite envious. PG women are beautiful; she's probably imagining what it must be like to have a baby in your belly.

Leo - I love the thought of your two LO's jumping around in there I bet you can't wait to meet them both!

leo R U going to dress your twins identically or diferently?

fox-i was polite and friendly when i went,but she doesnt seem to think theres a problem.i dont really 'do' socialising atm,i stopped wanting to see anybody atall when i was pg with dd2 and ive got out of the habit now.i never felt comfortable with people coming round to my house anyway,i think its to do with my upbringing.
she also said its the only way her kids get to 'unwind' every week?wtf?the only reason i complained was cos it could be heard in ds2's room on the 2nd floor and had woke him up

Diva - have just read your earlier post again. What was her six year old doing up at 10.15pm answering the door? Don't her kids have to sleep? I bet she sleeps all morning

If you go to the council they can tell you if a HA owns the house I think and maybe advise you on finding out who owns it.

When we moved in here, my solicitor got a copy of the deeds of the house next door because we wanted to know who owned it.

Hello girls! Just a quick one from me as I am on about 3 hours later than planned. I have been working this evening as DH is away and I needed to get a few bits done whilst DD is asleep. Have had a few meltdowns over "away in a manger" and "silent night" this afternoon, with poor DD patting my shoulder as I wept. I'll never make it thro a nativity play in a few years!

IS anyone else watching take that on the TV? I can't believe that they are all so old and seedy looking, whereas I remember them as being mid 20s and GORGEOUS! Clearly, the last 10 years hasn't taken any toll on me at all and I still look fresh of face and full of vigour . It is a shame for them that Lulu was on, as she must have at least 20 years on them and looks amazing. Bet she's been lifted though....

More tomorrow. Thinking of everyone who is having a pants time, and sending you positive thoughts.

Love to all XXXXX

Fox, i don't think i will ever be organised enough to dress them identically ! If they are girls then one will always be dressed up in boys clothes anyway!

Take That who !

Take that look like tramps now . I am kind too tired to type. Did have my hair done today, lots of mad shades of golds and reds, the kids aren't sure what to think . But I needed a colour lift.

We went to a friends' surprise b'day party this afternoon. It was a huge bash, dp and I toyed with the idea of going back for the eveing do, minus kids, but I realised that i didn't want to converse with anyone. people were talking to me and ther was alittle voice in my head saying " Now it's your turn to speak, you must respond" I would have been better drunk.

Good on you foxy, hope you're really enjoying the drink.

Leo it must be amazing having two babies jumping around. Do they keep you awake at night?

Right off to bed xx

preschool kids workshops ?????

How about: don't take any rubbish
be in charge
drink wine
get organised
drink more wine
don't look in the mirror
drink even more wine ?????????

Ok..(Writing in notebook) drink lots of wine...be in charge...(that'll be a challenge I have 'softy walkover' stamped on my head)

Hair sounds lovely Kittie!

Diva, I hope it all settles down with the neighbour. Or you could get a drum kit and learn a new skill

Take that...My friend and her sis and pals were fans in their youth (not me you understand) so I went to their concert and it was brilliant. I'd never seen so many screaming women.
They gave a great show and I just joined in and screamed and jumped up and down with all the rest of them. It was a fantastic way to unwind. (I forgot I had kids)I went to see oasis a few years ago in Dublin and they were totally crap, they were so cool and cocky they didn't try or give a shit, but take that seemed so grateful to be welcomed back by their fans and eager to please -they gave a everything to the show...it was chalk and cheese!

Best concert ever though....the waterboys(sigh)

diva - didn't live there - but worked in Pitsea Basildon area

lived in Shoeburyness ( southend area) then moved to Westcliff-on-sea ( used to make me laugh - more like on smelly thames - thank goodness not near the water) then moved to Danbury - just outside of Chelmsford as dh was working in Chelmsford and then Witham.

then moved back to my house in Aus...

loved my unit in Shoebury - literally around the corner from the ocean and loved living Danbury village.

diva - despite working in some less than wonderful areas in Aus - had never encountered kids like some I encountered from Pitsea..... some were brilliant - and then some weren't - had never encountered travellers....

had taught aboriginal children - very interesting.

Morning everyone. I woke at 6am this morning, but that's OK as I was asleep by 10pm last night, completely sozzled on two glasses of wine

yesterday was lovely but the weather this morning is crap with a capital C - freezing, raining, grey and ultra miserable

We bought a tree last night and the little monsters decorated it with me. They were soooo excited

Kitty - like the pre school workshops idea. Looking in the mirror is always depressing. When I was young and thin I'd look to check I was still thin. Now I just look to keep a count of how many chins I am developing. Must teach DD not to waste time worrying about her looks...

Ur hair sounds nice though! I'm leaving mine until January (pre baby haircut planned then) so it looks a bit rubbish atm. The colours sound great.

Leo - how is DS today? Bronchitis is horrible for anyone, but specilally for a little one.

Eids - what was it like teaching aboriginal children (my children are half aboriginal!)? Do they get decent schooling nowadays? Do many go to university? DH grew up in the days when they left school at 12 and couldn't go to Uni. His daughters are at Uni now though (my gorgeous step daughters - must remember to send them a card soon).

Diva - agree about the drum kit idea - some nice early morning sessions (8am?) to wake the neighbours after they've been karoaking all night. Do they have people living on the other side of them too? Might be allies for you and DP..?

This is my regular Sunday morning ramble BTW, before you lot awake

Horray, I got a lie in 'till 8.30!!!!! I feel much more perky, but weather is really horrible. Could be a day in front of the t.v.
Hope everyone's well
Shoeburyness always reminds me of an I an Drury song, bit rude like most of them were I think he called this girl 'Charmaine shag from shoeburyness'or something like that.

fox - it was different - has largely taught in somewhat urban areas - although the town where I taught aboriginal children was only 2 hours west from Bundaberg. A lot of the kids that I taught have gone on to do really great things - a few are at uni or tafe, rest have good jobs that they love. This was a more non-aboriginal community where segregation still existed in some ways but the aboriginal people lived as part of the community rather than separate from the community - very small country town.

bigger cultural shock coming to a little town where everyone knew everyone's business being a city girl born and bred... but i loved it and enjoyed learning about the children's aboriginal culture. Part of the QLd secondary school curriculum includes a subject called Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies that students in their senior years can undertake to study. I learnt a lot!

Morning

Kitty, your hair sounds fab. I could with with a trip to the hairdressers, think it was last cut in July. I must say, one of the best things about pregnancy for me has been this whole hair getting thicker business. I just wish it would stay that way after the baby's born.

yesterday when I went to town I wandered into the Clarins salon in our local House of Fraser store and am thinking of booking their prenatal massage as a New Year's treat to myself. I've been meaning to have a massage for about two years and have never got round to it - figure time's running short on me now.....

Oh, f,f,f,f,f, just remembered that Sheila Kitzinger book (and four others) are from the library and should have gone back last week. Unfortunately this is one thing I can't blame on pregnancy fog as I do it practically every time I take books out. Foxy, what's the name of the BF book? I was just starting to think about that last night - also wondering if the mums have any suggestions for a good 1st year child book? My sister had The First Year - What to Expect, which seemed ok from the times I read it while on her loo!

Leo - hope your son's feeling better. My LO's pretty active - two must be fantastic. I'm really going to miss this feeling when s/he's born I think.

The weather keeps going back and forth between sunny and threatening to rain. Think I should get my butt out for a walk now as supposed to be horrendous this pm, when I'm planning to start clearing the nursery anyway (finally). The good news is DP has caught up with me on getting involved in what we need to do for the baby .

Kitty, have you got cats? I've started a thread on home birth with cat in the house and if you or any other previous home birther on this group had pets in the house while doing it, can you check this out?

Calli we haven't got cats dp and ds1 are allergic to them

Morning all, or is it afternoon ? Ended up having two whole glasses of wine last night and after such a long period abstaining my head feels a bit addled - good job that I had my driving lesson yesterday instead of this morning

Rainbowgirl I'm sorry to hear you are feeling low. I think everyone here might be right though, maybe your friend was staring at your tum because she was a little in awe, or even nervous? I know that before I got pg pregnant women made me a little nervous, because they just seemed so much more grown up than me (even if they were younger, iyswim).

Callieco I'm so bad with library books that I have two in my bookcase from about three years ago. I know I should take them back but I don't dare because the fine will be so huge. If I ever change my name to my married name I could re-join and they'd never know ot was me!

Foxy glad to see I'm not the only one who was tipsy last night!! I actually got a book by Sheila Kitzinger recently, someone here recommended it to me actually, called "the new experience of childbirth". Still hasn't quite convinced me to go "natural" but has made me feel a little less scared!

Kitty your hair sounds boss! I need a trim; my hair is growing at a ridiculous rate now I'm pg. I looked at a photo of myself from this time last year; it was almost a skin head then and now it's almost touching my shoulders! I deffo need a trim though!

Still haven't decided what to do about the bank. £200 and paying off the last of my debts isn't to be sneezed at, but if I hold out it could be that and an extra £800 on top... but is it worth the stress..? arrrgh!

More DIY from dh and his mate today so I will be on "light duties" like dog walking and clothes washing. Actually I feel like I could go back to bed for another hour!

Callieco glad you like "tales from the workplace" and I'm sure when I'm back in my oh so dynamic fast paced working frame of mind on Monday I can regale you with more

Sorry if I've missed anyone... still not quite with it!

Afternoon!

Still haven't got round to making any notes. (I used to do that on the ttc boards. Maybe I had more to give before I got pg! Think it's made me more selfish...).

Callieco: I did go for the Cameleon. What a great little buggy! The only downside I can see is that you have to separate the top from the base if you want to fold it, so not so great on crowded buses.

Diva: I am a singing teacher, but I run my own part-time stage-school, and teach some drama too. It's been bloody hard finding staff to cover for me. Keep telling myself it doesn't matter if I make a loss this year, as long as the school stays open.

I had a nice glass of Beaujolais last night (DH had to go to France for work for a few days this week). It was yum.

Was miserable here this morning, but now it's beautiful.

EDD 3/3
27 weeks
Boy

Oh I feel rubbish now. Went to church this morning and luckily it didn't rain on us, but my head realy hurts. Its not a hagnover, its the flu

Have taken over 10 days off sick so far this year, so I don't want to take more.

Kitty - glad you're feeling perkier today
Eids - thanks for that insight. Its really intereseting. One day we'll get round to actually visiting Oz.
Callie _ I'm the same with libary books - so much so that I only get children's ones out (no fine - ha!), but they still have to send me reminders.
Leo - that SK book is called Breastfeeding. Its absolutely marvellous.

Weather has cheered up a lot and its sunny here now, but I feel really coldy.

hi all.

eids-i worked in pitsea for a few weeks training at lidl(many years ago).it was for a new store they were building in limehouse...but i think pitsea was worse

moss-i still have a sheila k book from when i was expecting ds1(he is 9 next month)and ive been re-reading it(i had to get it out to show dd1 some pictures of babies in the womb lol)and i really wish i'd taken more notice of it when i read it the first time.if i could 'go natural' this time i would!

boo-i used to sing when i was young,i got up to grade 5.i also used to go to a stage school on a saturday where i did drama.

theres no point in me getting a drum kit-ive never been any good at drumming.tbh its worse because none of them can sing-its bad enough listening to that in a pub when youve had a few drinks but sitting there for hours listening to good songs being brutally murdered is very painful for me.(miow)

well i best go and pick up the remains of dd2s spag bolit was meant to bee roast chicken but it was so cold last night the thing didnt defrost.

25+4(girl)

evening everyone!! Glad there's lots of wine being drunk - you tempted me into opening a bottle that has been sat there since the summer. Dh said he'd share but he didn't so I got two glasses I'll sleep well, once dd is out of the bath anyways.

I'm going to look for the SheilaK book... I seem to remember hearing about it before. Like you others, we have a book sitting at the front door which is like a month over due. Grrrrrr. Will have to pay the fine... or maybe dd should (her book) since she told me there were none to go back last time?!?!

I got my christmas tree today and dd decorated it - bless her. We've never had a christmas tree since we've been in London so it is a bit of a milestone. There were four packets of decorations under the bed . Dh found a packet of Christmas lights too (knew about those ) so altogether it looks fab.

Kitty... your hair sounds gorgeous - very festive colours. Hope you enjoyed the party... pity you weren't able to head back in the evening.

Hope you are having fun cleaning your nursery Callieco.

Dive your dd's mess... maybe, if you can't beat your neighbours you could join 'em!! I'm sure you could show them a thing or two with your talent

Boo... does your buggy fit on the bus?? I keep looking and looking for one onboard.

Hope you are feeling better soon Fox... rest up

Foxy hope you're feeling better

Kiwi, I bet it looks lovely with the tree. I'm not sure when to put ours up. Problem is the baby will pull it apart and I don't know where to put it and I can't for the life of me remember what I've done for the other 4 times that I've had a tree pulling baby

We used to put our tree inside the play pen (one of those wooden slot together ones, so now base on it).

Well that wasn't exactly the most fruitful clearout I've ever had, although starting it after going for a long walk probably didn't help! I've managed to create one bag of rubbish and moved a few things into another room and discovered what was underneath the piles of crap, but the big things are going to need getting rid of. Ended up having a bit of a row with DP at the end of it cos first he said we can't afford to lose a room - where he thinks the baby is going to go when it's a bit bigger I've no idea - then he thinks we need a plan for where all the stuff's going. It's not rocket science really, cos most of it's going full stop....

Foxy - hope you're feeling better. Don't go to work if you're feeling crap.

Btw, what length do these threads usually get to before a new one needs starting? Is there a max amount of posts per thread?

Ooh, having a Lindor chocolate. These are just the best. See, feel happy now.

EDD 8/3
Surprise - but not as surprised as I'm going to be