April 07 - role call for the hormonally unstable !!

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Thanks Chilli

Sheer damn bloody determination and will-power - oh, and because I am completely insane!!

"Getting there" - Still sooooo much to doooooo and feeling v.tired; but hey ho ......

about your hair nutty. I think most hairdressers are a big bunch of wankers TBH! No offence if any of you / DPs / DHs / close friends / family are fantastic hairdressers, but I've never managed to come out of a hairdressers looking like they've actually done anything - and to top it off, they always cut my DD1 hair wonky, which makes me [angry0 - especially as she always sit there so nicely for them - How hard can it be!!!!!!?

Ahem.

Sorry.

Hormones.

Anyway [[[hugs]] to all - and thank you for continued support .....

Hi everyone,

Haven't had time to catch up properly. My Mum came from Spain for ten days, went back yesterday, and I haven't had time to get online much.

All is well with me and the baby, still kicking up a storm DS had his first nativity and was a star (sob) and with all the Christmas end of term activities I am absolutely cream crackered.

We've also had our company Christmas party and a few late nights so I had veggy sushi, paper rolls and noodles take away and ate half of DHs thai green curry and am now eating chocolate in bed watching X Factor etc.

Tis the season to be lazy I say!!!!

On the hairdressers front : get yourself a good mobile then at least if you don't like it you don't have to sit there feeling like a lemon and then having to walk out feeling even worse!!

Plus you can really get stuck in and tell what you really want!!

And not forgetting you get p**d at the same time - always a bonus x

I've got one and shes a total godsend!!

I wish!! ..... but good for you WCL!!

Hi all, well I survived the hoardes for lunch, although it was mayhem, and I felt v stressed. Dh tried his best and kept telling me to sit down, but then asking me what should he do with this that and the other - easier to do it oneself really!
The last guests left at 7.30 with their 2 kids, and we still have bil, his girlfriend and dh's friend staying tonight. They have all cleared off to the pub, so am enjoying watching the X Factor final in peace!
CD, glad the house move has gone well - good on you girl, but don't overdo it and exhaust yourself.
Got the parents in law coming down tomorrow, but fortunately we are going out for lunch - can't face any more cooking and clearing up!
Hope everyone is well and having a good evening.
Nutty, hope your hair is ok - bloody hairdressers. Mine is ok, but she spends most of the time looking at herself in the mirror!
Off to bed soon, so see you tomorrow.
xxxx

HOORAH............for LEONA !!!

(One of the girls names I'd picked in case bump was a girl) !!

Morning - just popping in for a quick catch up. DH is about to take DD swimming & food shopping so I get a chance to tidy the house, do ironing and clean the stinky fridge whilst they're out (and put some music of my choice on nice and loud).

Opinions - yey agree, hurrah for Leona. Last night was the first time I'd watched any of this series of X-Factor and it would have been wrong, wrong, wrong if Roy/Ray (?) had won, Leona was easily 50x more talented.

Have started to have real pains in my hips now - can't get comfy in bed and they're even aching now I'm up and about this morning. I had this slightly when preg with DD, but seems to have started earlier & worse this time. Is this linked to SPD (please no) - no pain in the groin area, just the hips.

Morning, lovely pregnant ones,
Can I just put a word in as well for the NCT? I know that some groups/members are a bit...well...strange, but I had the loveliest group ever. On Friday just gone, we all met up at the local soft play place for a pre-Christmas party, with secret santa and cake and so on, and all the (seven) women made it, despite one having moved to Wales (miles and miles away), and two having recently had new babies. All of our nearly-two-year-olds were there looking gorgeous, and even a few of the men (including DP) to take up the bulk of the childcare so that we women could catch up. The night before, two of the women (including one who is pregnant with twins) had been to see George Michael. These are real friendships; we send group emails about all the important stuff in our lives, and we support each other. We ask each other's advice about childreny things and we genuinely get on. We are very different women who would not otherwise have met, but I think we are very important to each other and will remain so.
Bugmum climbs down gingerly from soapbox and wanders off to eat things

thanks all of you for advice abt SMP and leave - just need to wait and see now, I guess.
SOL all the people staying sounds mad... you're braver than me! though we have (minor) hoards coming for Christmas and New Year.
Am writing this from bed as I seem to have picked something up - cold seems to be going, but some kind of stomach thing seems to have bitten me and I was up lots in the night being sick etc. etc. So I'm feeling sorry for myself. Baby has been kicking much more for the last day, since I've been feeling sick, which is odd. Hope it's all ok.
Hope the haircut has sorted itself out, nutty; I hate hairdressers so much that I cut my own hair! easy though when it's long... Hope you got it to look nice.

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days and I haven't had a chance to catch up properly.

Emmymummy - sorry to say but I don't really get much pain in my groin area, but mostly in my hips with the SPD. Sorry.Mine still hasn't settled down since I wore heels last week

I'm feeling tired today.Went out last night for Christmas meal, which was good, didn't get in til 12.00 though. Managed to lie in til 10am but still feel tired. Bless my lovely parents they had DS last night so am going to collect him in a little while.

Hope everyone is ok.
How's the move going CD?
Hope you're feeling better Dooby.
Congrats on the scans.
SORL - Don't know how you managed that many, but well done at least it's all over now.

Off to get DS now. Will check in later
Love to you all xx

Little frog [[[[[hugs]]]] hope you're feeling better soon. xx

Merrybugmum - that´s the main reason I want to go to these classes..we don´t know any other people remotely our age with kids and both of my best girlfriends back in the UK still have great friendships with the girls from their antenatal groups.
I was with them on this past sojourn to the UK and it was so nice to be properly part of their world again now that I´m going to have a baby too that I realised more than ever how much I need to find some kindred spirits with kids that live a little closer!!

Maveta - I would also suggest Mother & Baby groups from as early as you can face (or whatever they have in Spain!); I haven't met such close friends through the ones I go to, it's more transitory and less about what we have in common (outside of children), but it does provide regular contact, a break, and a social life for DS (plus a ready-made network for the new baby to slot into).

Hi everyone
Have tried to catch up but with one thing and another seemed to have missed out on a whole week (approx. 1,000 posts by the looks of it!!)

Hope everyone OK and looking fwd to Christmas. I have been feeling a bit down for the last few days. Am hoping it is pgcy as I am usually climbing the walls this close (in an excited fashion )to Christmas. Suddenly feel v overwhelmed by what we have in store in April 2007 and now discover my DH will be away for a couple of months not long after the birth (only during the week, back at weekends) and am just panicking about the 'what ifs...' (the baby is late, I have a caesarean, etc. etc.)

Can you tell this is my first?!

God nearly a whole weekend away from my computer again!

Emmymummy- so pleased for you and your pink bean

I had a bit of scary news the other day a girl I used to work with had twins was told all the way through that they were a blue and a pink and they came out 2 blues!
God I hope that doesn't happen to me as it was a the same hospital!

All my xmas shopping is done and the house is decorated. BIG
Thank F**K for that, poor DD has had enough of shopping and so have I!

CD- if your house is not ready for xmas you are more than welcome to join our clan for dinner.
God only knows why but I have left DH incharge of all the dinner and food for the day even though there is only 5 of us he has the world's biggest turkey, lobsters, phesants (sp?) and 1million little lite bites a tone of chocolate and I dread to think what else is on the way.
I know i am pg and eating alot but does he really think I can finish ALL that

OOOP's forgot to say hope everyone else is doing well, haven't caught up yet.
So here is a BIG (((((FHUG)))) for all of you.

Hi everyone,
1b3 - can't believe they got the sex wrong? I thought these things were quite accurate? Hope they've got your beans right!
dogin.. when will your husband be away? Do you have support from family?
littlefrog, hope you're feeling better soon
xx

Hi all, Littlefrog, sorry to hear you have been poorly, and hope you feel better soon.

Well, finally we have the house back to ourselves. It was literally like revolving doors. Bil left at 11.00 and dh's friend left at 11.15, and within 5 minutes the pil's turned up!
As soon as they left I went mad with hoovering, cleaning bathrooms, stripping beds and general stuff and am now knackered!
Looking forward to bed time already.

Wasn't it great that Leona won. What an amazing voice she has - really spine tingling stuff. Ray was pure panto boy!!

Hope everyone is well, and has had a good weekend. I will try and cath up later on.

Hugs. xxxx

Where is everyone??

Trying to catch up

Very busy weekend. Sil was down with 5 mth baby - she's gorgeous. Could now imagine a little pink one to go with ds. They looked so cute together, and she kept smiling at ds

Dh is off from Wednesday, and doesn't go back until the 2nd. So looking forward to him being home

My nesting instinct is still going strong. Think its kick started dh to get some odd jobs done around the house

Take care all, and I'll try and catch up properly during the week (although I think its going to be a bit manic for all of us....)

x

Hello lovely ladies,
Well, despite Nuttygirl's horrendous experience at the hairdressers, I ended up getting mine cut this afternoon. I'm happy enough with the result but I was remembering your story the whole time and agree with whoever was saying that cuts are generally over-priced. DH and I were actually out on a walk and went past a salon and decided on a whim that we both needed a cut. Hope you are growing used to your new style Nuttygirl...one bonus of pregnancy is that your hair is supposed to grow fast so hopefully it will grow out quickly?!

1B3 - I laughed at the huge menu that your DH is going to cook up! What a feast! I read it out to my DH and I think he's just glad he doesn't have to cook all that. The kitchen would be a diasaster area if my DH tried that.

Emmymummy - loved the story of your DD accidentally letting the cat out of the bag with your parents. Bless! I really hope the ache in your hips goes away and doesn't become SPD...take care! AGabriel - hope you see some improvement soon.

SOL - yikes! what a lot of guests.

Merryonion - all the best with your AD app't tomorrow - hope you see someone lovely....and that your bean starts jumping around a little more! [HUGS!]

Littlefrog - hope you are feeling much better soon.

We're also booked into the NCT classes in our area for all the same reasons you have mentioned. BUT - we are doing the intensive weekend version of the class on March 23/24. This bean better not come early!!!! Our NCT area rep recommended these classes and assured us it wasn't too close to the due date (April 11th!) We're also doing the NHS ones - as first-timers we'll appreciate any and all info. available!

Off to bed....have a great day tomorrow everyone (my last day of work til Jan 3rd )!!

You lot can sure talk alot.

Just to let you know I had my second scan on Friday and the kidney problem has cleared itself up

Beacause the wheels are already in motion for the 32 week scan I get to still get that too

And I went to see my horrid consultant last week and got to see his registrar instead who was quite nice

So a good week all round. Roll on christmas

Hello all - sorry, have been offline for a few days, and not sure I've managed to catch up with everything! Hope all is going well with the move CD.

Not wanting just to come on here and moan, but have been feeling down for a few days actually. Started on Thurs with crap ante-natal appointment - packed clinic, waited ages, nowhere to sit, then instead of consultant or nice SHO I'd seen before, got to see obligatory doctor on the team who speaks no English so didn't get answers to any of my questions! I did make him go off and ask the consultant (who I do really trust) about this placental lake they found at my scan, and he came back and explained what she'd suggested - that they do growth scans to check the baby, and blood tests to check my platelet count every four weeks from now on, but I wasn't left with any sense of whether this is something serious or not, and also with the overwhelming feeling that it's up to me to remember all this stuff and bring it up, rather than anyone particularly taking responsibility. Still, I've made an appointment with my GP for this Fri to talk it through with her, so hopefully that will set my mind at rest before Christmas. I find I am worrying about a lot of pregnancy/baby/birth stuff at the moment - particularly if I'm awake in the night, despite having it all in proportion during the day.

I also went to DH's Christmas do on Thurs ate too much, and have had really bad indigestion ever since! That's - count them - more than 3 whole days now, which doesn't bode well for the festive season!! Was sitting there on the sofa last night, unable to get comfortable, and thinking - God, three more months of this . . .! Feels like an eternity!!

Still, off to spend the day with an old University friend and her three littleys (well, one will be at school) which will be nice. Just can't face the thought of getting in the car and driving there, and trying to find somewhere to park (she's in the middle of Guildford). God I'm a miseryguts today - promise I will be chirpier next time I come on!

Morning ladies - its my 34th Birthday today! My spa weekend a few weeks ago was my pressie but dh also got me chocs and scissor sisters cd. Got pg pillow from parents and nice cardie from sister. Got awful necklace from SIL which unfortunately brokke when ds2 insisted I try it on and some cheap bath stuff from MIL which I wouldn't put in my bath for fear of my skin dropping off! (not meaning to be ungrateful but would rather have nothing than something crap) My MIL has also pissed me off again - long story but not in best books.

Have had mad weekend - my sister was down with her boys, went out for very yummy dinner with friends saturday night, ds2 party at Jump on sunday, followed by afternoon nap and nct relaxation class. so am having quiet birthday - going to church this afternoon for christmas nativity thing and chocolate hunt! (Think of me pushing 2 year olds out of way to find chocs!

May go out for lunch into Bath with ds2 - see how we get on!

emmymummy - my spd is in hips and down legs - got a support belt from physio which helps.

The other day I showed the boys the arm/leg name tags and umbicical clip from when they were born and ds1 asked if I could unclip baby and take him out so he could give him a cuddle aahhhhh!

Bump moving quite a bit now - but not when dh comes anywhere near me! He does quite big kicks now and can feel when he does whole body shifts - can also feel where he is in my tummy. Was worried the other day that was too big - look about 8 months pg - I know everyone is different and every pg is different but maybe I have too much water or something. Have midwife on 27th so will ask! I know I measure 3 or 4cm higher than normal fundus height but obstetrician says because this is third and your uterus stretches quicker.

With the x factor it seemed that the single was meant for Leona as seemed competely unsuitable for Ray. Is it a cover - am sure have heard it before???

Went into John Lewis yesterday when ds1 at Jump and after nosey around nursery dept - asked the lady if the furniture ranges went on sale in January - she said no - which is a shame - may check after christmas just in case they have a blanket 10% off everything. If not have decided am going to get the white heart cotbed and changing table from Babies r us.

Phew long post - a bit self absorbed I know! Just have so many random thoughts in my head! Have lost my christmas spirit a bit - will write cards and put on xmas cd to cheer up!

Good news smole

Know how you feel Brandy