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[notsolilKel]

Hi everyone, new thread...apologies for sorry attempt at poetry

Don't talk to me about Lindt chocolate. Bought 3 100g bars at supermarket last week. All gone within about five days . DH barely got a look in. Was at a friend's for dinner on Sat night and a woman smiled sweetly at me (and my huge stomach that enters a room several minutes before I do) and told me that when she was 5 months pregnant, no one could tell...

Did you hit her, Marylou? There's got to be an advantage to being bigger than everyone around us. Chocolate makes us stronger.

Should have hit her. Instead, smiled sweetl back and sent mental note to bean telling him to get big and fat on chocolate so I can send him round to beat her up in a few years time. He kicked in response, so I think he got the message

Ooooh chocolate!!! Especially Lindor. I am trying to stop myself from opening the sweetie cupboard which has boxes and boxes of fabulous chocs. I know it is futile and that at some point this evening i'll open it and eat a whole box of Thornton's continental. My theory now is that chocolate makes you happy and therefore that must pass through to the little one so it's all good!!

Actually I should probably start eating them now as I have rearranged the nursery (again) and decided that the chair/stool things we bought aren't suitable and that I need new ones. DH will go ape when he sees that I have carried the others downstairs and deposited them in the conservatory! So really, chocolate eating can only help the situation don't you think? Kind of?

off to check...

LOL at choc-nazi behavour... I was sent some for my b-day (upon special request from Germany, Milka bars, special stuff...) and when DH dared crack off a piece for himself I suprised even myself with the strength of criticism which came pouring out!! He just looked at me like, OMG is that my WIFE inside that demon?? Tee hee hee. Don't mess with my Milka...

at stupid people making insensitive comments about how they didn't show. Maybe we should start trying to come up with pointed retorts to such idiots. Like "at least I'm still young enough to bear children" -

Today I bought new duvets - for our bed - the nursery madness has officially multiplied and spread to other rooms of the house

Coco, I dig the bag. Saw the same one but brown colourway on a buggy today (YES I"M STILL OGLING OTHER BUGGIES ) and it looks tres chic. Main thing is to get one which coordinates/blends with your buggy. What colour is your buggy??

Won't have a buggy as there are no sidewalks in Ghana (I'll use something cheap and cheerful when I'm in London). It can coordinate with my SUV! Am now in love with this . It's even gaudier, bless it.

Mmmm Milka, they do massive bars in Woolworths. I try not to buy big bars as I tend to eat it all in one go!

I am really cross with all shops! Dorothy Perkins maternity jeans don't fit me, neither do Topshop (all too short, even the long ones), Mothercare do some styles in long, but only below the bump ones (I hate below the bump jeans-sooooo uncomfortable), the on the bump ones only come in regular. Have also been to H&M (too short) and New Look. Really cross with New Look as the shop in Southampton is huge, but for some reason they can't make room for maternity!! Grrrrrrr!! I'm a bit pissed off coz I shrunk my jeans in the wash at the weekend (no idea how) and now they are serious ankle swingers! So now I am living in one skirt. Seansgirl, do you have any long jeans? Where did you get them from? Sorry for the rant, but are all maternity clothes designed by men or something? Why do they think that because you are pg you must be short?

Gonna eat a caramel KitKat now !

Need another reason to eat chocolate? Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa exporter. Keep eating, you're helping out. There's a choccy bar called Divine that's Ghanaian fair trade chocolate. You're duty bound to eat a few (all at once) if you can find them.

H & A try jojomamanbebe..... I just got jeans from them and they're way too long! Am 5ft 4

Yes divine choc very good, by the way chocolate releases endorphins that make us happy no?
ALL GOOD THEN *

Ah Coco I forgot you live in a place where the sun actually shines. Therefore bright fabrics will look appropriate. Whereas here it looks, well, odd maybe. Sleep on it and decide in the morning, I say.

H&A I've a brill pair of jeans (size 32 (40-42 inch hip) by Citizens of Humanity with mid-bump stretchy panel) which are 3-4cm too long. So annoying as I special ordered them from the US grrrr. Wanna swap? here they are apologies if the hip size is way bigger than yours

Cocobear sunshine how lucky - and wow! the second choice is a BIG thumbs up thats very lurrrrvely! I'm getting a bit worried listening to all you lot going on about buggy, bouncer, chair, bag obsessions - it hasn't hit me yet and I've no idea why! Perhaps I'm waiting for the six month mark - and then whahey! Shops ahoy! Or maybe just waiting for DH to confirm he has a bonus coming (or not)!

LOL at the chocolate mad frenzy going on up and down the country. God, I wish it were just chocolate I was nuts about! It would make life easier! Have developed this need to bake why? when I can buy it for loads of places, perhaps it has been this talk of Cath and her bezzy mate Nigella I don't know! Having said that I don't own a Nigella cookbook!

Holly - Alice is soooo cute I love the pic on your profile! Jeans, yes I have two long pairs both over the bump ,1 from Long Tall Sally - probably my preferred pair as come up quite high, they are a looser boot cut style than my other pair buy they are very long - actually drag on floor if I wear flat shoes. So no flip flops or ballet pumps unless just in house!! I can't remember how tall you are but just for comparison I'm 6ft2" The other pair are a straighter boot cut from funmum.com, their Xtra Long fitting and don't drag on floor, but still comfy. Hope that helps. Have not tried anywhere else as hoping to go to crops trs, skirts and maybe 1 pair of linen trs in April onwards and flip flops!!

cocobear

i can recommend oi oi pink hobo swirl its a fabby bag - i had it and just flogged it cos i have too many baby bags already for one wee baby

i had a handbag thing before getting up the duff - so naturally the handbag thing became a baby bag thing

aggghhhh so so so many gorgeous Baby bags to chose from

Looks like you're the same size as me lilkel!! I wouldn't want to swap, those jeans are super expensive, mine are only from Next!! I think I have shrunk the arse as well, I can barely get them on!! Maybe my bum has just enlarged somewhat! They were a size 12, so were a bit tight anyway (I'm a 14), I think they're prob a size 10 now. I had a look on ebay and there's some like yours on there, why don't you try and sell them? Thanks anyway!!

Thanks seansgirl, but have just looked on next website and they've got loads of new maternity stuff including lovely extra long ones with wonderful stretchy panel and they're only £20! Hooray! Gonna go into the store tomorrow and order them, then I won't have to pay postage! (I'm such a cheapskate!!). Gonna celebrate by going to buy something nice to eat from the Tesco garage!! Maybe a nice cream bun! Mmmmm.....

ah no worries H&A, I'm going to beg my mum to hem them for me whilst in States next mo. Yes, it will make me feel like a 4yr old again... Till then the ends shall drag on the floor and I'll look very slummy indeed! One day I hope to squeeze back into my lovely size 8 French Connection jeans (insert songs of angels praising excellent jeans here). Sigh. I should have them framed as relics of my past.

Enough feeling sorry for my fat-arsed self. Going to have some Milka and go to bed early. Ahhhhhh

Lol lilkel, I've resigned myself to never fitting into my old jeans ever again (or wear a bikini or a backless top or my very beautiful collection of short skirts!) . Mmmm now back to my chocolate eating

Lilkel, when I was in US last month I found a pair of decent maternity jeans at Target, of all places. They're 3rd trimester jeans iykwim, so maybe worth a look. Also there was a shop called Destination Maternity (looked very much like a chain) that sold tons of styles from the very cheap to the ridiculous. Best of all, they had a central play area to amuse DS, and kept handing me free orange juice. It was an effective marketing ploy - I stayed for ages and bought lots.

mmmm I can def see how that mat shop got you hooked. I'd be in there for hours as well!! If they offered chocolate then I'd perhaps spend my entire budget for the year

actually Target (ahem, I mean of course, Tar-get)...is brilliant these days, though in my early teens I wouldn't have been caught dead in there! I got my baby's bedding set there - lilac gingham. Oooh just thinking about it makes me giddy!!

Have a good day y'all

Right, I need a bit of advice. Or, rather, your takes on a situation. So, old friend from university (boy) got back in touch a year or so ago (we'd lost touch about 7 or 8 years ago) - we had lunch which was like old times, then I brought DH to one of his parties (friend didn't make much of an effort with DH but was all perfectly friendly). Last week he invited me out tonight for a drink; I said yes. Then, last Thurs we were emailing back and forth about something work-related, when I dropped into the conversation that I was up the duff; immediately there was radio silence. No 'congratulations' or 'bloody hell' or anything; not a single email . So tonight, I'm still meant to be going for drink. But I'm thinking whole thing is a bit weird and not sure I want to go after all. Can't even bring DH - he's out himself. It's weird, right? Am probably going to feign flu. Just wanted a sanity check that this is very odd behaviour and that cancelling is best idea...? Has anyone else had similar reaction to news of pregnancy?!

Ok Marylou, my take, and I might be completely wrong, but: I reckon he fancies you or is up for some mild flirting at least. He now doesn't know what to do, as he has either misread the situation, or is being chased by a 5 month pg woman, scary or what
I'd cancel.

Cool. Thanks. That was kind of my thought, too, but then I kept thinking 'but he knows I'm married - what was he thinking?' Glad i didn't just turn up without telling him about being pg now - I was going to surprise him with my huge stomach; maybe not such a good idea .
Is anyone else getting weird smells at the moment? In the Cotswolds I kept being convinced I could smell pee (in spite of the fact that I'd just had a massage and been smothered in nice smelling oils); today I can smell wet dog (no dogs anywhere near)

Marylou, Sorry not experiencing the smells thing.....yet! Tho think I'm probably few weeks behind so maybe soon I'll be smelling rotting vegetation, potato peelings, etc...soon!

My take on your situation, pretty much same as Sputnik - he fancies the pants off you and was probably visuallising persuading you into an erotic encounter/shag (too blunt? - sorry not meant to be offensive), but never had his fantasy involved a prg woman! I think some men find married women more appealing and a challenge and more of a conquest if you see what I mean but I think probably less actually fantasise about prg women. Apart from your DH/DP that is and that would only involve his beloved I would think. I would steer well clear, if he meant your relationship to be just friends he has acted like a pretty crap one TBH. You're not being hormonal just sensible Better idea, stay in, pamper yourself (avoiding anything resembling wet dog fragrance ) and have a choc fest instead ...... mmmmmm hope I haven't been too blunt Marylou and good luck with whatever you do!

Oh, would so much prefer choc-fest to drink, so don't worry, am going to cancel. Although if he did fancy me, I can guarantee he won't now . DH is doing his best, but even he is slightly worried about being trampled/squashed!!!
And you're right - if he was really a friend, he'd have said 'congratulations'. If anything, I'm a bit affronted, really. Men. Pah.
More importantly, when is the best time to start buying cots etc? Am dying to start shopping, but June is still a while off. Should I be patient, or should I shop now whilst I've still got the energy?!

Hi all - totally agree with the others. Bizarre reaction on said 'friend's' part, unless freak accident knocked him out of commission and unable to communicate his congratulations to you. Doubtful. Stay away and close to your chocolates

Re the cot, I'd def look into getting one in the next few weeks. June is a ways off, however these things have a way of taking bloody ages to be delivered. Plus you've got to get the sheets, blankets, etc and wash them. And the whole thing set up. And babies have a habit of arriving early when you're not prepared...and finally, you won't want to move further than your loo in the last few weeks/ first few weeks after birth. Not to scare you

Do many of us live near London? Was contemplating a May mums meetup...........

Ooh, great idea. I'm in London...
And thank you, shopping guru, I will now go forth and flex that credit card. Knew I could rely on you to give me good, solid reasons for buying sooner rather than later. Although not sure about the whole living-in-the-bathroom thing. TMI for someone who's still in denial about birth
Just had lovely belgian bun covered in icing. Yum...