Due in May 2007 - Thread for w/c 08/01/07

[twelveyeargap]

Morning Ladies.

Afternoon ladies, hope you are all having a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon. DD is asleep in the car so I am watching her through the window whilst on MN and DH is watching some episode of Starwars again.

Well today I am happy and sad. DD went to bed last night with no Mummy milk and also had none this morning. I had hoped she would self wean and has started saying over the last fortnight "Want Mummy milk (having a little suckle) - don't like it" She reminds me of the Little Britain sketch. Anyway I though it would be best if we knocked it on the head although I thought I could manage even with the twins I don't want her to be upset if I am in hopsital for a while and feel her nose is being pushed out. I wouldn't mind if she wanted to start again when I am at home. It sounds really silly but I am sort of gutted that she didn't seem bothered this morning as mornings are her main time. I will just miss that special snuggly time we have together that is something only her and I share.
Will I feel better about this later? I was crying this morning and nearly offered it her even though she hadn't asked for any.

Love the names that people are thinking about and am impressed by the assortment of May bumps appearing on Members profiles. Thanks to everyone for your comments on DTs and DDs piccies. Those scan pics are brill it is lovely to see everyones babies.

I'm sorry Cinnamontam I can't really describe black pudding except to say it is delish! Try some.

Welcome JanW.

PM and C I'm glad it's not just me struggling with my trousers falling down. I was walking through town the other day whilst on the phone so couldn't hold them up and they were gradually getting lower and lower until I had to stop, discreetly undo my coat and yank them up. It was only after that I realised the Halifax had floor to ceiling glass so everyone inside had probably just got a glimpse of my nether regions.

LGT and AM you can order the new HP from WHSmiths and you get a free book by someone else as I spotted a promotion the other day, it didn't give a release date though. Hmm.

FSF thats what it was like when you have period and can feel it coming down, I did speak to consultant at last visit and she said 50/50 of it happening again (not losing baby but low water). Pad was wet earlier when i went to the loo, havent mentioned to dp dont want him worrying unneccesarily - he had a large bald patch in last pg due to stress

Will update you all tomorrow

Charelymouse - I remember feeling happy and sad at stopping bf, its such a nice bonding feeling but then its nice to be moving on and getting your body back - even if for a short time in your case lol

Afternoon all. Welcome JanW (meant to say it the other day but didnt get round to it)

Jellybeans news has unnerved me a bit too. If i havent felt the little one move for a while i start poking it just to be sure. I think its just the amount of sad news we have been hearing on here lately that has made me more nervous. I mean after the 20wk scan we start to breathe more easily and tend not to think how it can still go wrong and the same with when the babies are older you tend to think you are past the worrying but then we hear sad news from two MNers and it hits home that bad things can still happen IYKWIM. I havent stopped thinking about poor jellybean and hope she is coping ok although i can only imagine the pain she is going through right now.

On a ligher note im glad im not the only one losing their trousers all the time. I did think of buying the belly bands but when i ordered the jeans i thought they would be ok so didnt bother, now i wish i did. My jeans were from the littlewoods sale, i also got a pack of 2 t-shirts and a 2pack of HArry Potter pyjamas for ds2 all for £22 so i was quite impressed. I also looked at the dress LG&T has ordered but doubt i would have an occassion to wear it so i will spend the money on something else. In fact i went in New Look yesterday and they have some of their shoes reduced. I couldnt decide wether to buy a red or gold pair so my sister bought the red ones and i got the gold ones (they were only £5 each). We are both the same size and so will share them. I did think of getting both as they were cheap but Ive got so many shoes already im running out of room.

Ive got my nasty cold back agin, after a couple of weeks of feeling ok it suddenly reappeared yesterday and now i feel like shit. My nose is blocked yet running , my throat feels like ive swallowed razors and my eyes are all heavy. I hate feeling like this and it gets worse as the day goes on. Roll on summer when i can kiss goodbye to these rotten winter colds.

Has anyone else noticed that if they try to get up from a seat awkwardly that the baby gives them a boot as if to complain. Its happened twice to me already today and it feels very strange. Normally all i feel is a gentle kick which is hardly noticeable but these have been full pelt kicks (or punches)

Right i had better get off here now, ds1 has been wanting to get on the computer for a while now and has been quite patient so i will do the motherly thing and stand aside. Hope i dont miss too much news between now and when i log on tomorrow. Until then have a good weekend (well whats left of it anyway)

Hi guys, hope you have all had a good weekend. I got a call from my best friend back in Australia yesterday to tell me that my beloved cat Bratio who has been lodging with her and her daughter for 2 years had to be put down. She was 17 years old and had the most fantastic life. Adored by me since I got her at 6 weeks old and very much adored for the last 2 years as well. Seems silly i know but she has been my 'child' for 17 years through all the blokes, moves, jobs etc...a constant. So feeling bit sad.

Had all sorts of weird pains over the weekend they feel like muscular stretchy pains but as this is my first I have no idea what is normal. Got my scan at 10am tomorrow so will be good to get that done.

Take care all
x

Jellybeans - can't even begin to know what you're going through. So so sorry for the loss of mia.

Re Kylie - well what a flippin letdown. All the way to Manchester, £60 on a trainfare, £50 on a hotel and then the ticket on top for about 40mins of poor singing, long costume change gaps (leaving us wondering if she was coming back on) to be told it's all over. We ended up going back to the hotel to watch it on TV!!

The poor singing was down to her cold, so excusable, but if she wasn't fit to go on, she should have cancelled the whole thing so at least we could get the chance to see it at a reschedule or get our money back. Contractually they don't have to do anything after stopping half way through. I have a feeling that'll be £53 down the swannie. All in all a very expensive and disappointing weekend. At least the lads had fun on Canal Street at the gay clubs afterwards.

Now back home and knackered, waiting for DH to make tea. Be glad to get to sleep in my own bed tonight.

Just hope Belgium next weekend is less of a letdown.

cinamontam, sorry about your cat. My scan is also 10am tommorow, so we can hold each others hands. Hope you have long arms!

JucyLucy thats really crap about Kylie what a waste of money. What are you doing in Belguim at the weekend?

Hey FF - good luck for tomorrow
I'll definitely jump online to see how you went. Hope things are going ok with DH as well and you're feeling ok.

Can't believe about the concert Juicy - what a bloody letdown. She definitely should have cancelled and redone it for you all when she was better.

Good luck with scans tomorrow ladies

Cinnamontom sorry about your moggy

Juicy - I must say I wasnt that impressed with the Kylie thing and only watched it on tv - poor you having forked out all that money

Stomach was moving in the bath earlier, dd wasnt quick enough to see but tummy was sticking out a good cm and looked like there was a bum poking out near my belly button - does make me laugh - ooo not long till the headbuts in the ribs ouchhhhh
Anyone elses bouncing on their bladder, and those who have had cs do you find it painful where your scar tissue must be when baby kicks there -- seems alot more sensitive in that area

Belgium....sounds very exciting Juicy! Tell all....

The Kylie concert does seem like a massive let dow for you, no fair! Can you complain to someone?

Off to bed soon, am soooo tired. You are supposed to rest at the weekend, no chance of that in this house. My throat hurts from all the shouting! Bring on Monday morning....even though that means chaos for the first 2 hours.

See you all tom xxxx

hi all. that really sucks about kylie. i love good pop and popstars but i hate when they can't do their job properly. i mean, it isn't like they write or produce any of their own music or anything. they just have to wiggle around a bit and act like they are singing while wearing fabulous clothes. she should have postponed until she is fit enough to do her job. shame on kylie! i still love her though... and robbie and george and all the rest of them.

here is an update on my little health issue. i ended up in the hospital to get pumped full of fluids and medication to stop the vomiting. my blood pressure was really low when i first got there because i was severely dehydrated. they monitored the baby the entire time and he/she is doing very well and is super spunky. once they got the first liter in me my headache started to feel a bit better. after the second liter i felt so much better that i just wanted to go home and sleep in my own bed. i asked if i could and to my surprise my doctor said i yes. i feel much better now after having slept yesterday almost all day and night and now i was able to eat a bunch of good food today with very little threat of vomiting. only problem now is that i am definitely still dehydrated due to continued diarrhea that now has the added feature of blood. joy. so tomorrow i will probably have to go back to the hospital for more fluids and some tests to see what is causing this crazy poo. i am so excited. happy happy joy joy.
no time or energy to read beyond the top few posts. i hope i am not missing anything important. you all seem to have moved on from krispy kremes to mcdonalds. i can relate. french fries have been a favorite of mine for months now. yum. i might have dh run to wendy's to grab me some fries. yum.
i will be back soon. if i go to the hospital again i am going to bring this computer with me for company.

Jess - glad you're feeling somewhat better if not 100% yet. Hope they clear it up for you soon.

As Kylies now cancelled some of the other manchester gigs I'm hoping we'll maybe get our money back on the tickets / reschedule, but not holding my breath.

Begium is a Eurostar 2 for the price of 1 deal. 2 nights in 4 star hotel in Bruges, which is one of my fav belgian cities. Just hope it stays dry. Don't mind the cold, but there's nothing worse than walking round a city in the rain (ala Manchester on Saturday!)

Scan tomorrow. Scared and excited at the same time. Befnalbub - how will I recognise you??

JL I'm 5 foot 8 with light brown curly hair past my sholders. DH is 6 foot with short brown hair. Am racking my brains for something that'll I'll remember to take that will make me more recognisable!

Poor you Jess, i hope you feel better soon. At least the iv made you headache better. Im sure it's nothing sinister in your poo, just a very irriteted bowel from all the sick and pooing. Hugs to you xxxx

Hope you manage to get you money back for the Kylie gig, it would be monumenaly unfair if you didnt

Belgium sounds lovely, you must be all excited!

FSF come on we need a scan report.....

Im gutted, just got all my littlewoods purchases and they all have to go back! The dress and jeans were massive! I ordered a 12 as i am now tipping the scales at 11st 4lb and they fell down! The dress was very weird, it had a nightie thing underneath ad floaty dress over the top, if i was very late prg it woud prob be ok. The boot i ordered were also poo...

I have just been to sainsburys for a brekkie, it was sooo yum. Wish we could have all gone together

Toddlers this afternoon and im going this week, i will not be a lazy mommy and get of my behind. Poor Hugs doesnt have much to do in the day....

Good luck to you too Cinnamontam, i hope the scan is all ok, come back soon and tell us all

Hello everybody.

I haven't been around much for the last week for various reasons. I've been very busy, but have also been floored by ggglimpopo and jellybeans' terrible news. My banal, trivial chit chat seemed out of place considering the enormity of things experienced by other MNers. Having been the one to have to leave an antenatal thread before, reading of Mia's premature birth shook me up and I can't express enough how terribly sorry I am that it happened to Jellybeans. It is cruel that as we all have our 20wk scans and start to relax, poor Jellybeans suffers the worst outcome to her pregnancy. I'm sure we'll all be aware of the lack of JB on this thread and I will continue to think of her often.

Plus, with Jess (welcome back- you were missed!) being so poorly, FSF having a sick DH and DS, Lupins frightened she's leaking amniotic fluid etc, I felt my news of 'the baby has hiccups' was completely irrelevant. Suffice to say I have been keeping up to date and thinking of all of you throughout the week. Many congratulations to all of you who have had scans and good to see MKG and JuicyLucy back on board!

Not much of consequence to report- the baby does indeed get hiccups now which is possibly the most bizarre feeling yet. We have been working with surveyors/builders/architects to draw up plans for the new house (and to prove to previously described numpty vendor that his shoddy work means we need a price renegotiation). JL congrats on getting your offer accepted. May I just wish you a smooth, pain-free purchase (and make sure you get a full survey!). Don't listen to my complaints about our vendor, there can't be anybody as silly as him out there selling their house at the same time.

Just found out that there is a hypnobirthing course run just down the road from my house so am going to sign up for that and drag a somewhat reluctant DH with me. It's the Mongan Method. MKG was it you that used this? My hazy pregnant brain tells me that somebody did! I've read some good stuff about it and am very excited.

Hope everybody is well, happy and blooming!

So nice to see you back SOH, i have missed you soooo much this week. Know what you mean bout GGG and JB, cant really get my head round it, have been bursting in to tears alot though

Numpty vendor, i will send him mean vibes for you xxxx

can anyone add me to the list pls? i cant figure out how to do it.
madeindevon - didnt find out flavour. due 23rd may

Jess glad you are feeling a bit better

LGT Poo on your littlewoods purchases, make sure you keep your proof of return, they are crap at crediting your account - I would be out of pocket over £300 with them if I hadnt kept mine

SOH Good to see you back, you have been missed

Juicy have a lovely belgium trip

Well I rang the midwife - apparently I dont have one as such as mine is on maternity leave, and there is only a stand in for clinic, so I explained what happened re little leaks, mw on phone said due to history and my concerns I should contact day assesment unit - so she put me through, explained again (3rd time now as 1st was receptionist) they basically said well nothing we can do at this stage if it happens again give us a call, doubtfull it is you waters - and that was that, I was really annoyed when I got off the phone, felt really brushed off, I explained I know it is not likely to be full waters going and they just didnt really seem interested - if it happens again I am going to go straight to my consultants office grrrrrrr

On a plus note, dp is at work tday dd is at preschool and I have just been to bed for a whole undisturbed 2 hours, it was lovely, even if I try and sleep usually they are making too much noise , or they want feding or something, it was fab, just me and bump and sleep

Afternoon all,

Soh glad your back on, I have def been saddened by recent events on MN and will of course continue to think of Jellybeans and her angel Mia. GGG's posts have just been so sad, I have lit two candles on the site for her and had a candle burning and a palm cross on the mantle peice on the day of Maudes Funeral. I can't stop reading the posts on the bereavement thread they are so beautiful for the wrong reasons, they make me sob.

lg&t so glad you are going to toddlers this afternoon, will do hugs good and you to get out.

JL- Belguim sounds fab, have a great time.

Pebble & Jess hope you are feeling better today.

Lupins sorry you didn't get more of an answer but I'm sure you are not likely to take any chances, hoping all is good for you.

AND...........

I had my scan this morning, it was soooooooooooo fantastic. It was the best scan I have ever had. We have a stage baby already. We saw it waving, kicking, sucking it's thumb, opening and closing it's mouth. Sure it was blowing us kisses, Ahhhhhh
Checked all the body parts and they look perfect, size is normal, It weighs 1,lb 2,oz and the placenta has moved, yey!!!! I kept on and on at dh to see if he had changed his mind on finding out the sex, he still said NO, but we both looked whilst the sonographer checked and although we are not trained, we think it's a GIRL!!!!! Put it this way, we had a view from between the legs, could see two buttcheeks and nothing obvious in the middle???? If I'm honest I probably would secretly like another girl so I'm feeling quite excited but I suppose I better not get my hopes up.
Cinnamontam, I wished you luck before mine started, hope all is good for you. xxx

this week

Have managed to cut and paste my whole speel onto this weeks thread, so don't read it twice.