Due in April - blame it all on the hormones

[Katy44]

Inspiration at last!

twas Stephen, last weekend, before his sudden departure!

tricky one runny, will your dc's end up at the same school?

ellie - v v jealous at yr boobs! god only knows that these bazookas are gonna be like in 9 months. i am serious about getting a boob job and tummy tuck - my body was a mess pre bump and will be the worse after!

one good thing has been no additionnal stretch marks to date - are they just around the corner?????

good on ya runny on the sock retrevial!

ooooh! forgot, I have a new insult, you are such a Scunthorpe! it's Katy44's fault, she mentioned it is blocked by email filters on another thread, today I discovered why
Stephen has now taken to calling himself a scunthorpe

i miraculously only got stretchmarks on my backside last time round, very odd but much appreciated, much easier to hide

not sure.

Drove past her house yesterday and its up for sale. Her dad died last September, and I did send her a sympathy card (which seems a bit pathetic know

Part of me is thinking that too much time has passed. But another bigger part of me wants to see if there is any friendship left at all, or could we start again?

runny - i think that as you didnt actually fall out over a specifc thing- why not get in touch? if you were close and got on well - there is no guarantee that you will again but equally - you may well. the worst that can happen is a wasted phone call and the best is that you have another friend back in the fold. i am a great believer that life is too short not to speak to people so - IMO - give her a call, be honest and say that you saw her, have thoughtabout her since, happy memories came back and wondered if she wanted to meet up for coffee.

i have had an experience with a friend wher ein teh end both of us were just a bit too embarassed to call each other due to a time lapse but when i did - she was over the moon.

sorry fo rlong post

i was in a hostel when Matthew was a few months old, only me and one other woman in there. when we were housed she stopped answering the phone after a few months, then i went to the house and she wouldn't come to the door, shouted at me to go away. i was brave enough to put a note through her door about 6 months ago saying i hoped she was ok and that i missed her friendship and was sorry for whatever had ended it. we're now friends again, turns out she had a breakdown and was very grateful to me for being brave enough to contact her.
ultimately it will depend on whether you feel strong enough to deal with it if she rejects you? a note through the door is easiest as she can respond in her own time if she choses to x

Oh Ellie, what a nightmare passing out. Did you know you were going to, ie did you get the warning signs?

Has the mw given any advice?

Runny, it is such a shame when friendships go tits up, especially as it sounds like you were once very close.

I think it is a shame that if she lives in the same village and were once close, that you can't be close again, esp as you will both have 2 children etc.
Can you just call her and see if she wants to meet up? If things feel too uncomfortable when you do meet, at least you know you have given it your best shot.

How is everyone tonight?

I have a horrendous sinus headache and it is making me well grumpy.

no, was in the shower, just kind of stumbled and came to as i was falling so caught myself in time. midwife was full of wonderful suggestions such as, give up work, find someone to look after matthew, take some time to myself. dontcha just love em

Oh Ellie, sorry to hear that. At least it sounds as though you're aware of the signs, but please be careful!!
11weeks, please let me send you the CD!! Please please (Katy44 wants to be useful )
Am off to change into an underwired bra! I wore them for what i thought was much longer than I should have done and a couple of weeks ago invested (yes, invested!) in 4 maternity bras which are not comfortable So might go back to my underwired ones which are wonderful, I was measured recently, and are cheap for a couple of months.

BIG NEWS (for me anyway), my friend had a baby yesterday morning. They sent a photo through and she's gorgeous! Think I can see how I could pass those first 6 hours

oh elliek - sorry - completely missed your fainting episode.

Try and look after yourself (well as much as you can when you've got an overactive child running loose )

sopl - have you been sitting under a towel with a basin of hot water. or is that just an old wives tale??

ellie - poor you. did the mw not suggest that you no longer have a shower alone as well? sometimes what they think is good advice really doesnt match our real lives! you been sitting with the feet up? whats yr plans fro tonight?

anyone been watching ugly betty? i havent seen it as yet but folks at work are devotees!

oh and dogin... welcome back! I was wondering where you were the other day?

katy - oooooooi - you trying to muscle in on my patch with cds?? (said in a pat butcher style voice, complete with dangly earrings!)
you can send 11 weeks that one - do we have anything else we could swop as we both have the hypnobirthing one?

matthew didn't give the greatest impression of himself i have to admit, at the point she suggested maybe i could find a friend to watch him for a few hours he was doing aeroplane circles round the room

maybe that's the answer, i'll just stop washing seriously tho, she says my readings have been low every time and that hot showers or baths can make you feel dizzy or faint when you have low bp. so maybe if they'd bothered to tell me before now i'd have known it might happen

i am bout to make Matthew go to bed, he's currently protesting it's not late enough for bedtime, even tho i haven't mentioned it's bedtime yet. a sure sign he's getting tired!

weeonion - no I'm scared now....You'll send Phiw and Gwant rahnd to rough me up
Oh no that's Peggy.
What did Pat have farmily-wise? Was she Ricky's mum?
Not sure what you mean by anything else to swop? I have loads of other pregnancy books if that's what you mean (as I said it's my hobby) - I could recommend the Baby Whisperer one if you fancy borrowing it?
(Well as much as you can recommend a book like that when your only child is -3 months )

not sure who i'd get to accompany me wo, my little bro is great but i think he'd draw the line at watching me shower! and i'm already banned from baths because of narcolepsy. will just have to turn greebo

lol katy - i actually feel as if i am the same size as her at the mo. was she not simon mum (with pete as the dad?) and ricky's stepmum?? we are going back a while now!

i was actually thinking of birthing cds / relaxation stuff. have you listened to your hypnobirthing one yet? can you believe - i actaully found myself a bit excited about labour today - thinking - i wonder how i will do?? must be the hormones!

you are totally nuts wo

ellie - i quite fancy an adult size of those baby tummy tubs. maybe that would be an idea??

ehh

sorry ellie, did i lose you there - have you seen the baby baths (tummy tubs)that look like a glorified bucket. baby sits in them for a bath instead of lying down. i quite like the look of them - but for an adult!

I don't have any other CDs etc, have mostly stuck to the books so far.
Although, every time I ask DH to read one of the books he says "I'll wait for the DVD" - so if that ever happens I'll be happy to send you a copy!
wo I know exactly what you mean about being slightly excited - think it's just that I have imagined it so much that it will be nice when it's actually here and I can see for myself. Also, I tend to find things aren't as bad as you are expecting (PLEASE no-one quote me on that in May!). I also had a fantasy today that actually childbirth is fine, slightly painful, and then afterwards they take you to one side and say "Keep this to yourself ... we like people to expect the worst so they're pleasantly surprised"

wo I know the ones you mean! Meant to be like the womb?
Have just reread my last post and REALLY hope no-one was offended. I really didn't mean to upset anyone who has had a painful birth in the past.