Avoiding accidental golden showers and unsolicited bump touching while enjoying the gamble of the poo-lottery and apparently getting more massive by the day - JSer grads 31!

[DulcetMoans]

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 31st 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 49th outing. WARNING: they're all a bit kerazy not to mention randy!

There is also a Just Mumming thread 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!

Here is the stats list, please update your own spot with any updates: Stats

Morning campers!

My my my what a busy evening you all had! I'm madly catching up with epic birth stories and babies arriving!

I'm officially fully-baked today - 37 weeks! Baby is properly dancing away in there now, if I didn't know better I'd think it was gearing up for an exit in the not-too-distant future. Also can I get a round of applause please? Mr La and I have just dtd for the first time in 15 weeks. Yes - 15 weeks!

What cracks me up is the usual men's response of 'do you think I'm poking him in the head?' and 'can I get you double pregnant?'. No dear - 1) your cock is not that large, no matter how much you think it is and 2) there's this thing called a cervix that's closed, plus also the small matter of having to release an egg to get pregnant.

Boys.

Load number of 1 of baby washing is in the machine and we're off to Aldi in a bit to buy nappies and snacks for the hospital. Aldi is a huge and complicated trek from us as it's bloody miles away and through a frustrating one-way system, so we'll be stocking up with a year's supply!

OK - so catch up time.

Who was asking about talking to bump? bat? I was talking to someone last week about this as I feel like a total tit doing it! (and I'm not someone who normally cares about looking like a tit). we were told at bf class to talk to our babies in our bumps and play them music. First and foremost I've no idea when I'd get time to do that - it's been so manic! I do say hello though when I feel him wake up - 'hello baby!' mostly so my dh knows he's awake and can come and say hello. I don't talk lots to it, but I do cuddle it.

dulcet did you enjoy your baby sprinkle? I've got loads planned still so if baby doesn't come for a bit I'll be fine! It's my birthday tomorrow and then I've got a tonne of painting and drawing I want to do - pics for the nursery. I love to paint and never get the time.

Names! Jesus! We are completely stumped on this bloody middle name thing! We really really love Angus for the middle name, but we can't have BAW as the initials, so it's not going to be possible :( We definitely have the first name sorted, just need second name and trying to come up with a scottish one. I love Elias but it's not scottish. The problem is that scottish names are quite common, or unprounouncable, or I know someone with it who's a complete tool. fleur I love your names - Matilda, Iris and Seth. All fantastic names! I don't think your surname sounds jewish but perhaps I don't know jewish names? So I would have thought Seth would be fine. What about Seb if you don't think Seth works?

William and Amelia - nice but Amelia is very popular just now

looking congrats on being 12 weeks! Such a lovely milestone! Good luck for your scan

tee - thanks so much for sharing your birth story! Although there were gory and scary bits I really appreciate you putting us at ease about how despite it being horrible you got through it in grand scheme. That's the kind of thing I want to know - that even if it's all a bit gory then it's fine afterwards and you get through it. Well done to Mr Tee for being a fucking legend! And well done you for making it through - I did wonder how that big bump was going to come out of such a tiny body ;)

Please dont leave us grads! We will miss you so much! Keep us posted with how you're getting on. Also if you come and see your bf let's go for a coffee at the posh shop!
Have you got your Badedas for the stitches?
The bit I'm scared about is the blood loss. I don't cope very well with anything to do with my own blood and I don't want to end up fainting and not able to feed miniLa straight away. The rest I'll take what comes but that bit scares me.

Finished OITNB last night - last episode was fab. Bit bored of Piper though, she's a bit two-dimensional these days.

pud how old is eris? If she's really little she might have still been suckling mum but she really shouldn't have been given to you until she was properly weaned.

purple I have the same worries RE baby shower. My wedding was expensive for folk and I really hate the thought of people feeling like they've got to fund my life choices

jelly if you're concerned always ask - not worth the worry. But cramps/twinges in early pg are very normal.

This just took me an hour to write!

I really struggled with boys names last time, none seemed right. Then the name I would have been given if I was a boy just seemed perfect and it stuck. I remember the overwhelming pressure though of choosing a name that the poor child would be stuck with lol over thinking

Had first actual conversation about the pregnancy last night with OH. I asked about when we should get the pack from the GP to arrange the booking in appointment. He immediately said not yet, we should wait a few weeks at least. I questioned his cautiousness and basically it sounds like he thinks I will lose this one like last time. So feeling a bit shit really. Any success stories with you lovely viroids?

Ah would, that is tough but many of us are here now after previous heartache. I tried for two years to get pregnant and then managed two last year that didn't stick before this one. I understand how he feels - I have mostly ignored the fact I am pregnant through 1st and 2nd trimester as I was convinced I wouldn't get this far. At some stage you do have to accept and enjoy it though - where did you get to before? Getting past that milestone is often helpful. Do you feel more positive about this one?

Well done on the shagging la! I put DH on a ban a few weeks ago as was scared it would tempt an early delivery! I should probably tell him we can now... Baby sprinkle was nice thank you, hopefully enough to satisfy my cousin! I do love a good scone...

Cake my DH was cautious with this pregnancy after MC last time. I found it a bit tactless and accused him of pissing on my chips!
poor bloke can't win
Once we'd had the early scan at 7 weeks he got excited and apart from the name thing, he's been fab!

It's hard because I am being totally unfair in that I don't want to think about being pregnant and I don't want to get excited, but I'm miffed he's doing the same! I didn't reach 5 weeks last time so getting past that in a couple of days will help, but not majorly as it's still so early. I looked at early scans in my area briefly but in all honesty I don't have the 100 quid in my bank right now and I don't want to ask him if I can use the joint account

Hurray for fully baked La, your DH makes me laugh. Maybe he needs a biology lesson or at least to be told the cervix isn't at the end of the vagina, it's on top!

I've just sent my friend a message to say that as only 1 person has asked me if I'm having a baby shower, there must be something I don't know about. If there is, I don't want anyone feeling obliged to buy but if they do the baby has no toys (my friends will all buy anyways!) and that I don't want anything at my house without notice!

we've not thought of names yet, feels too early still.

Cake my DP was very cautious at first but after our early scan, and seeing the HB, he got very emotional (or at emotional as he gets) and is now quite attached to the bean (he calls me The Incubator). I know we are no way out of the danger zone yet but his optimism does help each day. He even suggested we buy a baby grow after the 12 week scan if all is well! This from a man who said he wouldn't buy anything until 24 weeks before.

You all sound like you're having productive mat leave!

Morning! I am back from aquarobics and feeling very virtuous. I also bought some tomato plants at Aldi to top up the ones I am attempting to grow, so that will be interesting.

Next on my job list today is to drop off books at charity shop and then buy some more compost so I can finish planting out my butternut squashes, and then all the other ones that I am not sure I know what they are. We'll see what grows! (This vegetable lark is quite fun!)

This morning I have also sent off my self referral form to the midwives as I am officially 5 weeks! I am almost starting to believe that I might have a baby next year. Random thought! Incidently I will be exactly the same age as my mother was when she had me - 29 and 10 months.

Ok so there is a baby shower at my mums house with 20 people when I'm 36 weeks. Hopefully the baby won't be that early!

I'm feeling very overwhelmed, not least because there will be a baby in 11 weeks.

Embrace it purple. Hopefully it will just be some nice tea, cakes, friends and chatter. Everyone will be happy to be there, and it's really not such a bad thing that they want to spoil mini-purple and you. It's because they care.

And if you need to, pop out for a breather, using mini-purple as an excuse!

At least you can prepare yourself now purple.

Yay for paperwork honey. Does it say how long you need to wait for a reply?

Just back from vets - my cat is too fat! She has to have a special diet. Made me sad, she's so lovely but very lazy! I'm a bad cat-mum!

Thanks honey, it's just my anxiety kicking in. I've calmed down now

Just had my first Braxtons

i'm sure one of my cats is too fat too dulcet, he has this big wodge of fat under his belly but then the rest of him is skin and bones! He does weigh 7kg though!

cake I was terrified in early pregnancy and hadn't even had a loss before so can definitely understand it being scary when you have - I think my anxiety came from my friend who had 3 mc (now has a gorgeous 4 month old baby girl).

jelly that's lovely that your man is excited and wants to buy something after the 12 week scan

purple I hate the thought of a baby shower too, I really don't like being centre of attention and worry so much about people feeling obliged to buy gifts - because let's face it people are not going to want to turn up empty handed no matter how much you say gifts not necessary. My absolute worst nightmare is the thought of sitting in front of a big group of people opening gifts - but it's totally going to happen

I know Bat. She said she'd cancel if I really wanted. It would be nice to see everyone. People won't come if they can't or don't want to. They are all people who'd buy a present anyway. It will be fine I'm just a control freak!

I'm finding pregnancy a bit overwhelming at times. It's the biggest thing I've done in my life. Even meeting DH or getting married is something that can be undone. There's no going back from a baby. That probably sounds a bit unhinged!

Apparently they get back to you within 24 hours with green book and appointment date.

Thanks bat I appreciate the support in our craziness! I actually peed on another stick today, test line is now darker than the control line which I'm trying to take as a positive (ha!) Thing.

purple I was exactly the same with my first, I felt like perhaps we hadn't been fully prepared (preg first shag! ) and I was far too young and immature and I wasn't ready for the responsibility and and and.... And then he came, and my life would never be the same again!

Afternoon viroids!

La I'm so impressed with everything you've achieved! Amazingly productive mat leave so far.
tee that's an incredible birth story. You deserve a a medal. Marathon runners have nothing on you.

Reached my due date today and celebrated by weeping myself while helping DS on a zip wire. Not called Widdly for nothing!

gouda nooooo you're supposed to say it's fine to live in blissful ignorance I think I will ask the people I know to tell me their birth story, honestly, but there's something's about reading the words that will make me vom especially as the nausea is still lingering at 12+1! When will it go ?

Dh definitely wants to stay by my head I don't have to tell him! And I have no qualms about the drugs either, gimee gimee!

Names we've already picked a boys name as there's only one we both like - Seth. I'm convinced it's boy so although there's a few girls names we both like, I don't think we'll seriously consider them unless we find out we're having a girl. In our heads, we will (hopefully) have little Seth in January!

I have this weird view on pain relief that normally gets me shunned by mothers, but I am going to try and go as natural as possible. I know when it comes to it I'll most likely be begging for pain relief but I have quite a high pain threshold so I almost interested on how I would cope without any....

Remind me of this in 7 months time viroids.

One of the DH from my NCT group that has already had their baby was really squeamish, intended to stay by the head. Then had to hold a leg during delivery - he said any of the squeamishness instantly disappeared! They might surprise you.

Tbh la you kind of miss a lot of the gory stuff (I did) bear in mind Mr tee refused to sit through any obem because because it made him queasy and he didn't flinch at any of it, (apart from the placenta, which I was really keen on seeing, and he made some yucky noises) The MW are quite good at protecting you from seeing stuff unnecessarily - I didn't know I'd lost that much claret until someone turned up to give me some iron and a blood test! I couldn't see it at the time. The only moment I felt a bit faint was when I got up to go in the shower, but I had been numb for nearly 10 hours by that point!

No offence taken looking ! Really hope I didn't scare anyone with the essay, I read a million other stories before I had TT and it's such a unique experience for everyone I think. I got really pissed off with hearing horror stories about birth when I was pregnant, but it did mean I went in kind aware and open that I might not get the nice calm planned hypnobirth I wanted, and it wasn't a huge shock or disappointment when it ended up being quite medicalised. and that was okay too, because ultimately you get a baby at the end of it, and assuming lots of positive intent, intervention isn't done for shits and giggles and I'd take it again if it meant safe delivery of my baby.

jelly I'm kind of with you there. I had DD at a mlu so the only pain relief options were G&A and a pethidine shot. I knew that beforehand and I was cool with it. They wont let you go in the birthing pool with pethidine in you though so I had to choose bath or drugs. I chose drugs but I think next time if its a similar situation I'll choose bath. This is all very easy for me to say though because I had a swift trouble free birth.

jelly I am kind of with you too.

I have been doing hypnobirthing sessions and I am really intrigued to see how I go without drugs. I am going intending to use water and g & a though.

Also I am a bit worried about pethadine and it making me go a bit crazy ( I had a slightly wild youth and know that certain drugs do not sit well with me at all).

So, I have now decided that as I can't use the MLU, if I want drugs I am going straight for the epidural.

MW appt today, baby is 4/5 engaged and heartbeat is suggesting boy (if you believe that kind of thing).

It is all feeling very real