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

[twelveyeargap]

Morning Ladies.

TYG I ahve added you to my MSN and sent you a thingy to say I have, hope thats ok.

Sorry, get packing!

Good luck with the scan, cant wait to hear what flavour you have!

Shame about the norks, sure it will be your turn for leaking soon...

I'm off to make myself look decent in a stretchy outfit for my scan.

Will update later!!!

PinkJenny your post is a Freudian dream (says she who has a degree and MA in Literature and Psychoanalysis). All this excretion/anally retentive/orally fixated chat, Freud would have had a field day. Or just dismissed us all as hysterical which was his other favourite party trick.

Anyway...

Happy lunchtime all. Just had cheese, ham and salad sandwiches, raspberry yoghurt, grapes and a banana. Still hungry, got some leftover Belgian chocolates in our staff room. May go on a chocolate hunt.

Colleagues think I'm mad today. Every 15mins or so I shoot out of my chair and hop around for a few minutes. Naughty baby is swinging off a nerve.

4D scan people have had to cancel my scan on Weds due to scanner woman going into premature labour. Very inconsiderate of her They've offered me a half-price scan instead but not till Jan 20th so I may be the last to find out the gender (apart from the weirdies amongst us who are capable of having a surprise). It works out quite well really as I am telling myself that I must have finished this stupid 4000 word essay by then or I'm not allowed to go. I'm a grown woman and need bribes and incentives to get anything done. I decided to get fit last year and had a 'when I can run 10k I can buy some new shoes' kinda thing. Worked quite well though! Then I got pregnant....

I'm another one who likes how chatty we are. In fact, some of you know things about me that only my DH previously knew. It's the anonymity. God help me if I ever do meet any of you, I'll have to wear a bag on my head- oh the shame!

Oh I forgot sorry,

Welcome on board Dr

AM are you reading this? Is your pc still blocking you from replying at work?

Have a good scan!

SOH, you are just soo funny, your posts crack me up, your far too interlectual (sp) for me though!

Sorry about your 4d scan, even longer to wait, get typing that essay!

I had a paté sandwich for lunch! Ummmmmm ok slap me! actually thats a damn right lie, I had 2. then some of lg&t's flap jack, nice but a bit crunchy. sorry lg&t

jessinwa-not finding out--due April 26
skytvaddict - a boy - due April 27 (still secretly hoping for another girl though)
Aprilmeadow-Girl- due 3rd May
LucyLouise - didn't find out, feels like a girl - due 10th May
Bensonbluebird - no scan, convinced it's a boy but secretly hoping for a girl - due 11th May
Katybumps due 12 May
Abbylou - 3/1 - secretly hoping for a girl but not really bothered (honest) due 12th May
Lareginandtonic - boy -- due 13thmay
ShowOfHands- 3/01- hoping for a boy, couldn't tell on scan -- due May 17
anneme - 9/01 - don't really mind and don't think we will find out. Due 17 May
Frenchsmallfry scan 15th Jan, not finding out - don't mind, hoping for a baby - due May 25th on French dates, 18th on UK dates?
Peacemaker - 12/1 - hoping for a girl after 2 boys - due 19 May
Redkenendy - 11/1 - not finding out - due May 19th
twelveyeargap - GIRL - due 19 May
pebblemum-2/01-hoping for a girl--due May 23
gingerbear due 23 May no idea on sex
InTheseShoes - scan 9/1, not finding out, due 25 May
Jellybeans- due 26 May- girl
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
Pinkjenny - 8/1 - think its a boy - due May 27
Lwatkins ? scan 08/01, find out sex and let you know! ? due 27 May
Lupins - 7/01 - cute and healthy pls - due 29 may
Juicylucy - 16/1 - hoping for a girl, think its a boy! - due May 29
lucyw19-boy
preggerspoppet - due 15/5 not finding out
cinnamontam - due May 27 - will find out at scan on Mon 15th Jan (hopefully
cacaboo - due May 28 - small preference for a boy, but probably not finding out
lilKel - 19 /1 - hoping & thinking it's a girl - due 3 June

Pate? Eugh! Work of the devil alongside corned beef, smelly cheese and tomatoes. Do I need to repeat my 'I'd rather eat a tarantula' spiel. I think you all remember it from last time.

Pate?

jessinwa-not finding out--due April 26
skytvaddict - a boy - due April 27 (still secretly hoping for another girl though)
Aprilmeadow-Girl- due 3rd May
LucyLouise - didn't find out, feels like a girl - due 10th May
Bensonbluebird - no scan, convinced it's a boy but secretly hoping for a girl - due 11th May
Katybumps due 12 May
Abbylou - 3/1 - secretly hoping for a girl but not really bothered (honest) due 12th May
Lareginandtonic - boy -- due 13thmay
ShowOfHands- 3/01- hoping for a boy, couldn't tell on scan -- due May 17
anneme - 9/01 - don't really mind and don't think we will find out. Due 17 May
Frenchsmallfry scan 15th Jan, not finding out - don't mind, hoping for a baby - due May 25th on French dates, 18th on UK dates?
Peacemaker - 12/1 - hoping for a girl after 2 boys - due 19 May
Redkenendy - 11/1 - not finding out - due May 19th
twelveyeargap - GIRL - due 19 May
pebblemum-2/01-hoping for a girl--due May 23
gingerbear due 23 May no idea on sex
InTheseShoes - scan 9/1, not finding out, due 25 May
Jellybeans- due 26 May- girl
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
Pinkjenny - 8/1 - think its a boy - due May 27
Lwatkins ? scan 08/01, find out sex and let you know! ? due 27 May
Lupins - 7/01 - cute and healthy pls - due 29 may
Juicylucy - 16/1 - hoping for a girl, think its a boy! - due May 29
lucyw19-boy
preggerspoppet - due 15/5 not finding out
cinnamontam - due May 27 - will find out at scan on Mon 15th Jan (hopefully
cacaboo - due May 28 - small preference for a boy, but probably not finding out
lilKel - 19 /1 - hoping & thinking it's a girl - due 3 June
drkgpink due may 8th expecting a boy

Morning, I did fall back to sleep, and I dreamt that everyone on our thread came to our house. It was weird.

I've never had paté. Is it good? Sorry I'm not that refined.

I've been eating paté occasionally as well. Erm, I'm sure you've seen it somewhere MKG. Maybe known as something else in the US? Sounds gross, it's like a meat paste - say pork bits and pork liver. Loads of fat in it. Foie gras is goose liver pate. Similar thing made into a loaf shape is called a terrine. Anyway, it's very fattening and also has liver which they say us preggy ladies shouldn't have and also it's a deli item so high risk of listeria (they say).

Pate on toast or cream crackers. Yummy.

MKG ignore them, it's vile stuff. It's just a poor mashed-up excuse for meat. Mashed innards at that.

Bleurgh.

Now black pudding on the other hand... yummy. Or haggis.

I know what it is, but no one really eats it here. It's kind of a food that rich people eat (or at least have the reputation of eating). When I here that someone eats paté I think, "Wow they must have money"

MKG Don't ask SOH if it's good, I seem to remember somehow that she's not very keen on it.

I like it, only the smooth variety, can't be doing with the lumpy bit's, reminds me of vaccume packed cat food. Oh and H&M like it too.

Oh no MKG, it's not like that here. (Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant in your post.) You can get cheapo "own brand" versions in the supermarket. I'm sure there are paté afficionados out there (the ones that probably only eat foie gras!), who wouldn't touch the cheap stuff, but I like it.

Now you are misled there MKG, It can be expensive, well Foie Gras is but you can buy normal liver paté cheaper, I pay about a euro (don't know what that is in dollars, but about 65p in streling) for a good size block of smooth paté.

I'm with you TYG, I like the value stuff! Did have some foie gras at christmas though, it is very scrummy but I'm not really very keen on the contreversy (sp?) that goes along with foie gras so it tends to be a Chrismas treat for us, although it's very big in France.

Black pudding. Bleuch! (Mainly dried blood, MKG - I think it might be a UK/ Irish thing). And haggis. Eugh.

I do like white pudding. I've never seen it here. It's kind of like a sausage, but with less meat, lots of cereal/ bread and spices. Yum.

I like black puddig too, Yummmmmmmm with eggy bread and ketchup for breakfast, oh my god that is very scrummyy, can't get black pudding here though so stop dreaming FSF.

Foie gras is a bit strong for me. It's nice cold on melba toast, but my God, I once ordered it pan-seared. It was awful! Seemed to bring out the strength of the flavour and made it sort of jelly like. I felt awful because I'd just ordered this stupidly expensive starter and had to force a bit down to save face.

Value pate for me from now on and I'm not keen on the lumpy stuff either. I had rabbit terrine a couple of years ago. It was lovely. Brave for me too; I usually steer well clear of "new" tastes.

yes, exactly how we have foie gras, can't say I've ever tried it hot. Rabbit terrine, not had that either, I like rabbit though. Gosh, we are treading on dangerous ground here TYG, we will get shot by the vege police that are probably lurking around, may even be one of our May07ers.

Cuppa anyone?

OK you guys are grossing me out. I've never seen it in the grocery store, but it's probably there, at least in some high end stores.

Yeah the only time people really have it is at fancy parties. It's kinda like a status symbol to have paté, caviar and the like. I don't know anyone fancy enough to eat it though.

OK. No more meat talk!

I am so BORED of packing. Going to turn off the pc. I can't be trusted.

Welcome to the madness drkgpink.

LG&T - any cake going spare? Gutted i missed the lemon drizzle. Was at swimming lessons with J and couldnt get back in time.

SOH - sorry to hear that your scan has been put back. but it will be here before you know. And ARRGGGHHH at your vendor. Why do they have to be a thick as pig do dah.

Hope you ladies dont mind but have added you to my msn list.

Hope all the babies being scanned are 'playing the game' and showing their bits.