Due in April - blame it all on the hormones

[Katy44]

Inspiration at last!

Hurrah hurrah hurrah! Gold star for dh - he has fixed the dishwasher. I am not worthy!
God the things that excite me these days - I must get out more!

SOSPL, lol at getting out more, I got excited the other day when i bought a new kitchen bin lol

Hurray for handy Dh fixing the dishwasher!! Mine likes to do diy (but gets his dad to heklp him) but not the clearing up afterwards - always causes rows when DS goes "oh" and starts playing with stanley knife/screwdriver etc etc!!

Yes the Bjorn thing is about being supported at the crotch. Again I prefer the buggy to having to carry them but every so often I would have to lift my screaming son out of the buggy, put him in the sling and push an empty buggy home . Was only for a short while when he was very little and I didn't mind too much... Just hoping this little one isn't the same.

Right time for Nip/Tuck - lol at the very dodgy sex scenes and completely ludicrous plots!!

lol at needing to get out more

I actually stood in the kitchen listening to the dishwasher after dh had fixed it

Am in such mega good mood. Dh was meant to be working away this week - but is home tonight, and not away at all this week am in the mood to show my appreciation for being such a good husband iykwim...well, he is good with his hands lol!!

goodevening folks - just a quick post to sy hi to you all . a new week a new thread. birthing talk has started i see - arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
bought a hypnobirthing book with cd. dont want to sound mean and given that i havent tried it yet, i cant really judge but i dont think i will be "opening" as i expereince a "sensation" from a "wave". more like yelling as i feel the pain from a contraction.has anyone used it and did it help??
woudl love a doula but cant find one in glasgow - they seem to be off having babies themselves!!

first NCt antenatal 2morro. dp and I have argued all weekend about it. paid the cash and now he doesnt want to go. ok for him - he aint facing labour (well he is but as he thinks - he's justthere to hand me drinks and murmur!)

Evening, just thought I'd pop on and catch up as I was on the computer anyway. Just won a medela electric breast pump on ebay . Have been fancying one since so many of you recommended it but couldn't really afford a new one. Will sterilise it before i use it - a friend of DH has given us a steriliser.

SOSPL - meant to say at your kitchen falling on you. DH sorted out our plinths on Sunday and we discovered that when the kitchen was fit the fitters must have cut one of them too short and just shoved it on the bit down the side of the tumble dryer so we haven't noticed it before now .

Hello everyone, I am back in the land of the living and am for the most part over the worst of the flu. Have been ill for 3 weeks and still have a lingering cough but am MUCH better

Can't believe I have only 8 weeks left We are having our dining room gutted as I left the taps on in the bath and flooded the place so all our dining room stuff is in the babys room. Once the dining room is done i'll then be able to sort out the babys things.

Hope everyone is fine and dandy and managing to evade the flu!

Hi girls

Sorry I wasn't about yesterday and not caught up yet - will do in a bit. Just posting cos I need a cyberhug...
So sad today as my Mum's dog Jack dies yesterday. A horrible freak accident where he choked on some bread he scavenged from a garden whilst out on a walk, he was in such a hurry to eat it before my Mum got to him that it got stuck on his throat and killed him. My poor Mum is devastaed as am I - we got him in 1998 on my birthday when I graduated from Uni and was home for the summer. He was my first baby.
I know some people may not have pets and won't understand how much it hurts. It just keeps coming over me in waves and I can't beleive he is gone and to top it all off her other dog Russell of course is pining like mad as he has never been without Jack. My poor Mum is going to go to work today to try and take her mind off it and I am going tobring Russell here so he is not alone all day.
I didn't sleep a wink last night so it didn't matter that James was up at 3am and then 6am...he keeps asking me "Why are you upset Mummy". I don't even know where to begin to explain to him as he worshipped Jack...
Sorry this is depressing....Phil just doesn't really understand that much - he is sad don't get me wrong but to him Jack was "just a dog".
Also really cross as my Mum was too upset to phone the pet insurance people I did it this morning. After paying premiums for 9 years and having never claimed I have beentold that
a) She can't claim for accidental death as the injury was not to the outside of his body...WTF!!!!???
b) The policy does not cover cremation costs etc
c) My Mum will have to ring up and notify them of Jacks death in order to alter the policy because of data protection - what a load of shite...it's pet insurance for christ sake...I rang back and pretended to be her and then gother date of birth wrong... so was rumbled. I'll have to send a letter for her as there is no way she can ring up and speak to someone about it.
SOrry for ranting I need to get it out as my stomach is just tied up in a great big knot.
Nothing much else to report - had GGT yesterday - assume as I didn't hear anything all is ok...although didn't fill me with confidence when I got there and they didn't have my form so were going to send me home....Thankfully I took my appointment card with me and told them I had fasted so they had better do it as I wasn't coming back again....
Hope the day gets better and hope you are all ok - will go and try and catch up

x

MIABT; So sorry about your mums dog, I know how hard it must be for you, my mum has a cat that we've had since I was 5 and when her time comes I will be devasted.

There isnt anything I can say to make it better for you, so i'll just send you some cyber hugs {{{{{}}}}}

Just a quickie before I drag my arse to work.

MIABT, just wanted to say how sorry I was to read about your Mum's dog. How utterly dreadful.

My parents have had cats for as long as I can remember, although haven't for the last 2 years, as their last 2 were killed on the road and they can't face going through that again.

They are part of the family, and it is devastating when they go.

Anyway, I hope your Mum is ok - sending cyberhugs to you, her and James.

Need to run but back later. xx

GMM - Thank you so much for making me laugh! Your dessccription of Mavetas Mum at the airport really made me smile! Also - you made me cry though - your photos reduced me to tears (cos I'm an emotional wreck today anyway!) - he is absolutley gorgeous. I too am now v jealous!

Glad dishwashers and boilers are now behaving themselves....

CD - sorry I will have missed you and you will be in the throws of your test right now - I am sending you big fat positive passing vibes right NOW!!! ...I tell you what that is the one thing I would never want to go through again is learning to drive - so I really hope you pass hun.

Forgotten everything else...apart from thanks SOSPL and GMM re Jack... animals eh - who'd have them - they break your heart....
x

Morning everyone!

MIAM - really sorry to hear about your mums dog - thats terrible - very upsetting - big hugs xxoxoxoxooxoxxooxoxoxxxxx

Maveta - if you decide to go for the wool wrap - wouldn't pay over a fiver as by the time you pay postage you may as well have bought a new one. Best to look out for nappies or wraps which are washed but unused - there are lots of them out there where people buy nappies then don't use them - I have got some great bargains recently too - bought some medium nature babies stuffables for £4 and £2 each - retail at £12 ish - so quite pleased! (awaiting delivery - should be today!)

Have morning to myself - can't decide whether to sleep or paint the nursery

Man has come to fix my fence after it disintegrated in the storms last week - he is whistling very loudly so may not get sleep afterall! Recorded ER last night - so may go watch that.

Has anyone been watching pregnancy & birth: the truth on digital? quite good and informative - covers different topics each time - not the same programme as one on discovery with the crap presenters LOL

Need to ring doctors now about GTT/blood tests from last week.

GTT normal and blood tests normal - so I am a fat paranoid lazy dizzy blob after all

Theres tumbleweed blowing across this thread....

Have just done sainsburys order...time for ER and cake - fence man way too noisy to sleep zzzzz

MIABT - so sorry to hear about Jack - I remember when my little dog Frank died of cancer (was very sudden) and I was utterly devastated and cried solidly for an entire day. So huge hugs to you - they do become like children in a funny way and it's hard when they're not there any more.

CD - you are either in the middle of your driving test, or have finished by now....fingers crossed & hope you have some good news today (and that the examiner wasn't a complete bastard like the last one).

Well here is a pic of the SE meet up....

here hopefully

From left to right....WaspElly, Bramshott, Emmymummy, some random people behind us, Captain Dippy, Ange, Sexonlegs.

We took Emily to see Cirque du Soleil at the Albert Hall on Sunday - it was completely fabulous and she loved it. It really is totally awesome and I would thoroughly recommend it.

Well feel totally and absolutely knackered today. Slept really badly last night and ended up in tears at about 5am. Am very stressed about work right now and also about not being a good enough mummy to Emily (I missed some school work she was supposed to have done over the weekend and now I feel that she's not getting enough attention from me...etc. etc). I know I need to start taking things a bit easier right now, but every aspect of my life seems to be so demanding right now. Am going to try to catch a little snooze this morning before I tackle all the house jobs that are calling....

Fab news about test results 11weeks!

I am soooo to hear about your mum's dog Jack MIABT - I know how precious people's pets can be so millions of [[hugs] to you and your mum. Poor you. xx Have you told DS yet?

Sorry you are ill Birdie and Katy - [[hugs] and

Thanks for link to the place to get a StepB test nutty. Havej ust ordered mine! (Better than going all the way up to bloomin' London!!!! )

MIABT - sorry to hear about your mum's dog , sending you hugs.

CD - how'd the test go?

I'm back!!!!!
You lot have been busy, there is no way on earth that i will be able to catch up.
Let me know if i have missed any big news.

No one has dropped their sprog yet have they?

MIABT- so sorry to hear about your mum's dog.

just so i know who is 11weeksandcounting?

Any way on to me I'm 28 weeks, and it is soooooo painful, I'm not sure I will be able to carry on till 37/38 weeks, I may pull them out before then.

I have my MW app tommrow which will me "fun"

Anybody else out there in pain?

Yey! Thanks for posting the pic EmmyMummy - was a good day - Ooooh, just look at my cleveage!!

[[[[hugs]]]]] to you EmmyMummy hon - I am so sorry you are feeling low. [[hugs] Hoping your mood improves as the day goes on sweetie - You are not a bad mummy, just a busy, tired and hormonal one and your little Emily loves you to bits, unconditionally, so don't you worry - You are doing just fine.

1B3 - Sorry you are struggling physically honey, but is perfectly understandable sweetie and if it makes you feel any better, yes, I have been in a lot of pain recently - just feeling heavy and sore. LOL @ you 'taking them out yourself'!!

BTW, I am keeping you all in suspense on purpose ......

Awww thanks CD. I'm a hormonal, tired, stressy wreck today....

So come onnnnnnn - how'd you do???

I Passed! I Passed! I Passed!

I am sooooooooo estatic - Yippee! Timing couldn't be better with No 3 on the way - absolutely delighted - Hurrah!!!!!! Thank you so much for your messages / support and

WHHHHHHOOOOOOO! HOOOOOOOOOO!

YAY!!!!!! Well done!!!!!! Fantastic news, am so pleased for you!!!!!!

WOW, well done CD. MAny many congratultions. You are obviously thrilled, and deservedly so. So happy for you.

SHE PASSED SHE PASSED SHE PASSED SHE PASSED