We're pulling pompoms from our fanjos to cheer each other on, breaking beds, twiddling our nipple tassles and counting jeremies! It'll be sneezebirths all round on JSing Grads 34!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 34th 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 33rd grads fred is here.

The thread we have graduated from is here in its 51st 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.

purple xxx

Hooray for team boy goodness - blue ones are the best

Oh man La I don't know how you've got the patience... Castor oil ffs. "Oh yes, because a turbo case of the shits is exactly what I need during labour" .... 3cm missus! You're a third of the way to baby! kinda

La I admire your positivity, keep it up! As others have said a pessary will probably do a trick for you!

Congrats on DS gouda, boys are the best! totally unbiased opinion

It's pissing down here and I had a very crap day. Had to go into town and wanted to take a bus back and I had to wait a whole fucking hour AND IT STILL DIDN'T COME I was wearing a waterproof jacket, so not too bad, but DS fell asleep on the way home and woke up only after half an hour sleep. Now he's refusing to have any more sleep Oh did I mention he woke up about 6 times tonight?

Definitely lie for a quiet life La.

How old is DS Carrot?

It takes me ages to make friends at things too Molly. If you can engineer a coffee after a group/activity that's often a better way. We used to go to a music class and then a group of us started going for a drink afterwards and suddenly we talked about things other than babies/children! Will be easier for you when new baby comes along I'm sure.

He's 20mo Wil.

I'm rubbish at making friends too. I am a very quiet/private/shy person and rubbish at small talk

Grrrrr la how annoying, they've made their suggestion so they shouldn't keep banging on about it, I think it's fair enough for them to say you appreciate their concern and advice but you've done your own research and that isn't something you want to take - I don't think I would pretend I've taken it because then they'll think they've won when you do go into labour haha.

purple sending hope you are OK, tough day.

Well we have arrived at our holiday destination but a 2 hour flight delay means that we've missed the last boat to the island we are staying on - but the airline has put us up in a really lovely hotel for the night with free dinner and the next boat is at 7.30am so we're quite happy! Mr bat having a nap and then we'll go for a little boring non alcoholic drink and eat as much free food as we can!

Yayyyy another boybe

Thanks for the thoughts viroids. I'm counting my blessings and grateful for purplebaby

Despite the fact that I joke that I get paid to talk for a living when I'm nervous you can't shut me up, and then I worry I become that person! I can usually find things to talk to people about, except when it comes to mums and talking about kids. I can talk about niece/nephew etc or being pregnant but I always worry I say the wrong thing!

Aw cute Carrot - you'll have a similar age gap to me. I guess the people who you'd actually want to be friends with, it isn't so hard to talk to. I have awkward moments with random mums all the time .

Where are you holidaying Bat?

Castor oil is nasty la. It's supposed to work by irritating the stomach so much that the uterus gets in on the act. Ugh.

Sorry to hear that you're still waiting but it cannot be long, enjoy your chill out time...

We're in the Seychelles wil - 4.5 hour flight from where we live so what was supposed to be a short trip has meant we won't get to our proper hotel until 24 hours after we should have taken off but never mind!

Ooooooh team boy Gouda! Congratulations!!! I felt exactly the same as you - I have always wanted a daughter and there was initial about boy but it disappeared really quickly and now I can't wait. Besides, boys love their mums!

Love the idea of lying! Can't do it now as already told them no. Honestly I've found that many papers saying why it's bad, can't believe a doctor recommended it!

Island bat? Are you somewhere exotic? Very envious! It's pissing down here!

I find my fit mummy group more 'me' than nct. Nct are nice but bit younger and haven't been around the block as much as me and dh. We have a twisted sense of humour hence I love you lot! and they are all quite straight. We've just been pissing ourselves laughing in the pub about baby coming flying out of my bucket fanny like a ping pong ball in a Bangkok show due to the number of sweeps I've had. So I would say perhaps try on a few different groups for size and find whatever suits you. It can be hard making friends when folk are already established but you will find your place.

Right - we are watching the babanouk in an effort to scare baby out! I'm a total wuss at horror movies so may end up cowering in a cupboard

Oooooooh!!!!!!!! Lucky you!!!! Have fun! I'm green with envy

The Seychelle?! WELL JEL!!

Gouda you can totally buy tutus for your little boy, it will be very Bill Elliot (am I taking the gender neutral thing too far?!)

This morning DH, BIL, MIL and FIL went to do an 'escape game' as a joint bday present. You basically get locked in a room and have an hour to find all the clues and escape, it's kind of like crystal maze, but better! It was AMAZING! The company was called puzzlair and are all over the UK I think. Highly recommend a go!

Oh pud we went to one of those escape places with friends a couple of weeks ago, great fun!

Catching up in bits as on phone..
rhi I get that a lot at the moment, mw says is because baby is partially engaged? V. Annoying though. I have to evaluate every time I think I need awe... do I? Or is it babe?

purple lots of love to you today, I passed the due date of my second little bean last week, and despite my wiggly gorgeous baby inside, I still had a little moment for the one that will never be born. X

I wish I could get excited by food.. I love food and I love cooking and baking, I was so looking forward to not worrying about what I eat, but with a half diagnosis of gdm and the worry of a gigantic baby I'm now just as obsessive about my diet as before :(

la you are not bu at all, she needs to butt out. The research on castor oil is very mixed and it's your damned decision ffs! I like goudas suggestion :) can't beleive how many sweeps they are giving you! Blimey you'd think they would give up and just give you a pessary already! Your poor abused cervix. Nice to see you in a more positive mood though, it's lovely that you have dh off with you now - enjoy your lunch! jealous? Me?

gouda I'm so glad you said that! I was certain we were having a boy, and had a little disappointment when found out she was a girl and felt awful for that. Now so excited and happy, and also glad we found out, as it means we talk to her and about her as a her as opposed to an it -if that makes sense?! (Although only my sister knows we found out ). I think it made her more real to dh to name her early.

jelly house sounds perfect! Congratulation! And I hope everything goes through ok with the sale. I think you and ga are a little crazy moving whilst pregnant (I hate packing up a house) but that's mainly because I'm just jealous :) dh and I rotate jobs so much and with so little power over where we go that buying a house has been completely impractical even if we could afford it before

Peanut butter?! Urgghh I've completely avoided peanuts in pregnancy as dh is highly allergic

pud that sounds awesome! I loved the crystal maze!

bat happy holidays not jealous at all.. oh no not me

Lol gouda above suggestions have just made me think as well - my bil came out as transgender last month, so i guess no one really knows who they have given birth to!

Sorry about massive catch up.. I didn't realise how long this was... I'm sitting in mandatory training and SO bored!

Ooh Bat sounds lovely, have a fab time

La, I hate horror films but hopefully it will scare MiniLa out

I would have a massive panic attack in an enclosed space like that Pud, it's my worst nightmare. Well that and horror films too

Lovely pregnant neighbour been round for a natter this afternoon which totally cheered me up, she brought her extra cute 2 year old boy. Can't wait til we have a little boy
I consoled myself about lack of girl baby by deciding that girls are whiny - well one of my nieces is

Castor Oil La FFS! All it does is give you the shits...the same reason they tell you to eat spicy food. Because if you're pooing lots it might make a difference, or you were going to go into labour that day anyway

mountain hi5 for the pain that is mandatory training. My arse was numb in April with it.
la PMA!!!!!! Yaaaay!
rhi so excited for your vbac news!
purple how you feeling so far?

ahahahaha purple - I have done the same!!!

I think my surprise is because I only have sisters, and all my friends have daughters. I do have a couple of friends with sons, but only see them very very rarely. I would have probably assumed it was a boy if I had brothers and lots of my friends had little boys!

tries to figure out where bat lives that is only 4.5hrs away from the Seychelles

Ga, me and purplebaby went for a lie down and he wriggled away. So I've counted my blessings. I'll always be a tiny bit sad about the one that didn't make it, but I'm feeling ok now

I'm starting to think I'll not have a baby this thread! I was sure this was the one!

La - are the dr's starting to talk about induction at all?

and for you purple. I never understood how serious and tragic pregnancy loss is until I became pregnant myself, even before we and the miscarriage scare at 8 weeks. I'm so sorry but remember, you have a beautiful baby growing in your belly now!

On the note of loss, a lady I work with had been off for several weeks and was (luckily) off when the news of my pregnancy broke. She congratulated me earlier this week and told me that she'd had a mc (why she was off), her due date would've been 3 days after mine and she must've been quite far along when she found out because it was the week before my 12 week scan. Felt so fucking awful for her I wanted to cry but she was so incredibly strong, giving me advice (she ready has a dd) and congratulating me. So admired her for it I don't think I would've been able to do the same.

goida congrats, so many willies on this thread! I know what you mean about the initial disappointment regardless of the sex, I've been convinced all along that baby was a boy, but there was always that possibility that it could've been a girl, so when I found out he's a boy I had that little dip, almost like letting go of one "idea" of a baby I had in my head. Would've been the same if it had been a girl though. So excited that I'm having a boy and regardless of sex, THIS is the baby I love already and want. Does that make sense?!