Due May 2007 - Thread for week commencing 18/12/06

[wewishyouamerrychristmouse]

Good Morning ladies
I am still trying to catch up with last weeks thread so thought I would cheat and start this weeks instead.
Hope you are all well. I am now going back to last week to try to catch up.

Hi ladies

Had my scan and all is well with my little poser Found out the flavour and we are both very happy with what we were told. Got some lovely pictures.

My new sofas are arriving tomorrow, so that means that DH is going to have to put the tv on the wall in the morning and find a way of getting the old sofas to my friends house.

Redkenendy - 11/1 - not finding out - due May 19th
jessinwa-05/12-not finding out--due April 26
skytvaddict - 08/12 - a boy - due April 27 (still secretly hoping for another girl though)
April/Snowymeadow-keeping it a secret - due 3rd May
ShowOfHands- 3/01- hoping for a boy -- due May 17
Lareginandtonic - boy -- due 13thmay
Peacemaker - 12/1 - hoping for a girl after 2 boys - due 19 May
twelve - 05/01 - don't mind, but one side of the family will be disappointed either way. DH won't let me tell anyone but you lot. - due 19 May also
pebblemum-2/01-hoping for a girl--due May 23
MKG-1/10-hoping for a girl--due May 26
BethnalBub-16/1-not finding out (unless its obvious!)--due May 26
JonahB ? 29/12 ? don?t mind as long as its SMALL (DS was 8lbs 8, I?m 5?)
Creena - 11/01 - already have one of each so don't really mind (although I am convinced that it will be a girl) - due 27 May
Lupins - 7/01 - cute and healthy pls - due 29 may
Pinkjenny - 8/1 - think its a boy - due May 27
Juicylucy - 16/1 - hoping for a girl, think its a boy! - due May 29
lilKel - 19 /1 - hoping & thinking it's a girl - due 3 June
InTheseShoes - scan 9/1, not finding out, due 25 May
Jellybeans- due 26 May- girl

SM,

You won't even tell us? I am very upset that you are going to keep this a secret from your very closest internet strangers.

MKG - its not that i dont WANT to tell you, its just that Sweetheart (who posted for SunnySam) is my best friend and i have said that i am keeping it from my friends as they dont think i can keep a secret! Which in fairness 99% of the time i cant Once the secret is out (not sure how long i will last) then i will share.

I cant wait to find out our flavour, getting very impatient, I havent been too bothered but now the sales are i I neeeeed to know lol, dd is getting a bit more acceptable that it may be a boy, now she can feel it I think she just wants it here boy or girl

I feel a bit poo today, have toothache, headache and my pancreas is playing up, hoping it will all be clear by xmas or i shall be lying on the sofa in a painkiller haze and they will be eating crisps and cadbury heros, as i have just invited dp's brother over xmas day that wont be good, turns out he will be sat at home on his own

Hope lilkel managed to get her flight am sure it was today

Where is everyone feeling there LO move, mine is kicking just above pubic line and inside right hand hip

Have a good day all XX

Afternoon all, well those of you who are around, seems a bit quiet on here today

Lupin, im getting movement in exactly the same place as you, sometimes a bit higher up. Its more shifting type movements than kicks so it feels quite strange at times, reassuring though as i didnt think id felt anything for a couple of days then LO spent almost an hour having a fidget last night

I have finished all my food shopping (Dh is buying me some wine tomorrow)and was pleased that i wont have to venture out tomorrow but i have now realised i forgot to buy a small selection pack for ds2 in his stocking (ds1 has got one for his so i cant miss DS2 out) I could also do with some cough medicine. I think my neighbour is popping to the main shops soon so maybe i can ask him nicely if he could pick me up what i need, i really do not want to go back out today (its too bloody cold) and the shops tomorrow will be murder. Will have to work my charm

OK SM gie a wink for a girl and a grin for a boy.

I think I felt some movement. I was sitting here on MN last night and felt the weirdest pulse. I waited, there was no gas, so I think it may be the baby. Mostly I have lower back pain which is consistent with what I felt with ds. I almost never felt him towards the front, but my lower back always felt sore.

Ok, well i have now seen SH and she knows, so i can now let you know that we are having a GIRL!!!!!!

Redkenendy - 11/1 - not finding out - due May 19th
jessinwa-05/12-not finding out--due April 26
skytvaddict - 08/12 - a boy - due April 27 (still secretly hoping for another girl though)
April/Snowymeadow-Girl- due 3rd May
ShowOfHands- 3/01- hoping for a boy -- due May 17
Lareginandtonic - boy -- due 13thmay
Peacemaker - 12/1 - hoping for a girl after 2 boys - due 19 May
twelve - 05/01 - don't mind, but one side of the family will be disappointed either way. DH won't let me tell anyone but you lot. - due 19 May also
pebblemum-2/01-hoping for a girl--due May 23
MKG-1/10-hoping for a girl--due May 26
BethnalBub-16/1-not finding out (unless its obvious!)--due May 26
JonahB ? 29/12 ? don?t mind as long as its SMALL (DS was 8lbs 8, I?m 5?)
Creena - 11/01 - already have one of each so don't really mind (although I am convinced that it will be a girl) - due 27 May
Lupins - 7/01 - cute and healthy pls - due 29 may
Pinkjenny - 8/1 - think its a boy - due May 27
Juicylucy - 16/1 - hoping for a girl, think its a boy! - due May 29
lilKel - 19 /1 - hoping & thinking it's a girl - due 3 June
InTheseShoes - scan 9/1, not finding out, due 25 May
Jellybeans- due 26 May- girl

WOO HOO a girl!!!

Ooh a pink one. How lovely. Congratulations.

I'm having a very quick break from the cleaning. So far today I have scrubbed the kitchen floor, emptied, cleaned and tidied the kitchen cupboards, scrubbed the oven and microwave, cleaned all kitchen surfaces, bleached the sink, hoovered from top to bottom and dusted the sitting room. Phew! Only cleaning the bathrooms and ironing to do now... DH has just reliably informed me that we are going to the cinema and out for food with some friends tonight. Been arranged for a week, apparently he 'forgot' to tell me. Honestly, he's a twonk at times. At least I can sleep in the cinema....

Baby movements are just above pubic line and across towards right and left hip depending on which end of length it is on. Definitely a future swimmer. Also more of a shifting and twisting than a kicking, but occasional very sharp prod, usually after I've eaten!

As far as tights are concerned Mere, I can't roll them down as the bump's too low and I'd end up with them round my ankles. Think I'm going to have to give in and get some maternity tights. Anyway, must run as Five Children and It is on (worth watching just for Eddie Izzard) and I have a mountain of ironing to do.

Happy Saturday all. One day to Christmas Eve....

[excited]

how cool i will have one of each. I feel very lucky. Dh says that we definately dont need to have anymore babies now!

Snowy your wubbish, I'm not telling you any secrets. hehe, still fab news am still grinning for you. xxx

JonahB, I am going to Wythenshawe, how about you? I hope for your sake that you haven't been in Sainsbury's with your toddler as it looks like Bedlam every time I go past/near it. I am a tall woman with massive boobs dragging a five year old around, who is often to be found being placated by an almond torte in Cafe Nero.

Can't believe it's nearly Christmas - is anyone else getting "stretchy" feelings in thier abdomen as they get bigger? Do you have "active" days when the baby doesn't seem to stop wriggling, and then days when you feel hardly any movement at all?

Sunnysam, I am thinking of you, take care xx

Snowy congrats on your pink baby, lucky you. DD would like to come and live with you if thats ok???

The baby moves all over, high and low,its lovely. You can feel it really well on the outside too now. My bump is massive though as Mere will tell you!!!!!

Yes I'm sorry lg&t, I can't lie. Your bump is large, can't believe it is only a 20 weeker.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS ALL!!!! I feel like a kid, I'm actually excited this year? ds is going to be 4 two days after Christmas and he is sooooo into the whole fairytale thing this year it's great fun.

Hi Happy Xmas Eve Ladies

Hope everyone is feeling very excited,

My dd fell over on my bed this morning an her elbow landed really hard right in my bump, i screamed out in pain it really hurt - am worrying now as it still feels bruised, sense is telling me baby is wrapped up in muscle and fluid so should be ok but am still worrying it is quite uncomfortable

Got lots of people over today so should be nice day

Take care, seasons greetings

MN - I know i am RUBBISH - some secrets i can keep, you know the really important ones where it is really important that no one knows, but how can you keep a secret when you are ready to burst because you are soo pleased? .

LVB&T - No worries, send her on over . We are not far away, about 45 mins up the M3 to j5.

Have been trying to figure out what colour i want the nursery to be. At the moment both the childrens rooms are painted a dirty blue colour, so i have decided that Jacks room can be 3 walls in a nice ivory/creamy colour and the 4th wall where his bed is can be a pale blue, that way it ties in with his bedding etc. And in Ella's room (how weird!) we will do the same but a pale pink on her cot wall.

Well, my sofas arrived yesterday - woohoo - and look lovely. Managed to borrow a friends van to take the old ones to their new owner, then enlisted his help to give dh a hand putting our tv on the wall. It looks lovely and we now have enough seats for all the in-laws when they come tomorrow!

Mentioning ILs - i HATE mine! Talk about another load of guilt trippers! I invited MIL, and 4 of my BIL's over as they havent been before and i thought it would be nice. All was going well until my MIl's party about 2 weeks ago when i told one of the BIL's to stop going on about how bad his lfe is and just change the subject as it is BORING and we were there to celebrate his mums b'day and not make him feel better. (He is 22 BTW). The following day he decided that he wasnt going to come on xmas day, so i thought fair enough, will be pretty lonely on his own but hey ho. WELL, last night we get a text from MIL saying that my BIL was sorry and was it ok if he still came. Now i do have enough food and we could fit him in, but dh said to his mum that bil needed to apologise to me as it was nothing to do with him (dh). BIl decided that he didnt want to do that and still isnt coming. The hour inbetween the text messages was spent with me either cross or in tears at how i am always made out to be the evil one. Coz you cant tell them that they are wrong. AAARRRGGHHHHH. TBH it will be a better day without him, and i wanted to make a point that if you say that you arent going to go somewhere/do something then you have to stick by your decision and not change it at the last minute coz you have realised that you are a complete w*nker.

Sorry for the rant!

Have a lovely xmas eve ladies xxxxx

Happy Christmas Eve all! Everybody feeling festive and happy?!?

I officially love being pregnant. Went to the cinema last night to see Casino Royale (for the second time ) and the very lovely man working behind the counter gave me a free drink and some free icecream. I was over the moon (yeah I know, simple things!).

Snowy, enjoy Christmas on your new sofas. And I sympathise on the IL front- mine are predominantly great but there's something about Christmas which brings out the worst in lots of people!

Lupins, rest, take it easy and if the pain gets worse, call the on-call midwife or get yourself to a walk in centre/A&E. I'm sure it's fine, as you say the baby is very well padded!

Happy Christmas!

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, we'll be off to the inlaws for 3 days tomorrow evening.

Shoes - I have had the 'stretchy' feelings that you talk about all the way through, still getting them now, particularly when I stand up after sitting for a while. My LO usually moves in the morning, then around 5pm and 9pm. Dh has felt it twice now, and it is definitely reassuring when it happens.

Have just found out that dh's cousin is registering to become a childminder in the new year - so pleased that I can give LO to someone I know. That's my Christmas present, and I hope Santa brings you all that you wish for.

xx

Merry Christmas everyone

I don't know how festive mine is going to be. I have to go with my inlaws. imagine five families overnight in one house. I would much rather stay home by myself with the dog and let dh take ds for the night. Oh well, I'll out on my brave face.

Gotta go make more cookies.

merry christmas everyone xxx

thinking of you sunny xxx

Hope santa brings you all you deserve. lots of love. xxx

Evening all and hope you are all having a lovely Christmas!

SM ? woo! A pink flavour!!! Congratulations!!!!

Quite of all you ladies getting kicks and movement. I?m getting something going on in there, but definitely no kicks yet. Being the worried type, well, I am worrying, however, I?m only 18+4 so still plenty of time to go.

Intheseshoes, I?m in Trafford. I had my DS there, so I wanted to go to the same hospital a 2nd time. Right, so you know, if you are ever in Nero?s on sat late am, I?m always in there with a bunch of equally harassed friends dragging their LO?s. Mine?s the cup of tea and big muffin order. DS gets a banana ? what a mean mummy I am .

Best go, ?Enders to watch, home made cookies to eat, Mr Depp to lust after??

Well Christmas was fun, but a pain at the same time. We got stuck in traffic and got their two hours late, it was already 3 hours past ds' bedtime. Then we were put in the living room to sleep. We brought ds' pack n play, but he couldn't sleep because their was too much light and people talking and when he made his usual "I'm talking to myself before I go to bed noises" people went and talked to him, and picked him up. So he didn't go to bed until about 1:30 am (dh's family stays up till at least midnight for some reason) Then ds woke up with terrible gas and screamed. So I had an overtired, gassy, and scared baby because he had no clue where he was. We finally settled him with us (first time he ever slept with us btw). He decided to wake up at normal time of 6:15. We had a good morning and ds was very good, unfortunately he had a meltdown around 2pm (I'm surprised he lasted that long) Well dh was upset with ds because he didn't sleep and wouldn't stop screaming in the afternoon, and we went home early.

It wasn't until ds got home and was perfectly fine the dh understood that it's hard for babies when they aren't in their own space and have serious breaks in their routine. Dh is still upset that the other two babies were better than ds. But my sils said that one nephew (10 mo)goes to bed at 11pm and the other (12 mo) at 10pm (too late in my opinion) Ds goes to bed at 7pm, so his routine was seriously messed up.

Sorry to rant, but aside from that experience we had a good time.
Hope everyone is doing well today, and recovering.