May Mummies, w/c 16th April 07 Getting closer, not close enough for some.

[Mrsjaffabiffa]

Morning all...........

Thought after 300 odd messages it was time to go back to our weekly ones. Hope you are all well.

dc's back to school for you and holidays just started for me today. Have ds home for 2 weeks now.

Still sunny? Tis here!

Hi all,

Glad no babies uring the night!SOH I CANNOT belive you are at work when you may be in labour-you loon!

Was sooo tired when I got in last night-so cue DD waking up every two hours of course..feel half dead today, but whop cares as ITS MY LAST DAY!!

Have got all work done I think-just the office to tidy and a handover email to compose and then thats it!(Well still have to finish NVQ in next 2 weeks, but at least Iwont have to travel 3 hours a day to do it!)

I know what you mean about hair gandt-minue is a nightmare and sometimes just the thought of having to do battle with it makes me want to get back in bed..plus is needs cutting desperately now-jsut havent had time-look like Worzel Gummidge with bits sticking up everywhere..

My DD is a tantrum throweras well..plus she has developed a habit of shouting all the time.She is uncommonly loud for a 16 month old.Think am going to get ear plugs for when Mae starts it as well..

School does sound rubbish Pebble-no chance of moving him or would it be too disruptive?

Good luck at hosp largegandt!

Scoot, last day victory wave!! What a relief.

Think I might go home at 1pm. Feeling very uncomfortable. Pains have changed a bit. They start round the front, move down and then go round the back. It's weird. Are they just braxton hicks? Have I eaten a dodgy gingerbread man?

Please go home asap SOH and put your feet up.

GO HOME SOH!!!!!!!

Scoot, thank you so much for the gorgeous cardie!

I think you might be having a baby SOH..Thats probably what it is!!Go home...

Oh glad you got it April-will it fit her d'you think?-its sooo tiny!Hope so as it would be good for someone to get some use out of it..I bought it for DD by accident and then couldnt be bothered taking it back in the end, so never been worn yet..

Everything done at work now-sounds awful but just want to go home-staff planning a sort of party downstairs though so I cant..but I hate parties that are for me..would rather just slink out of the back door TBH..

Quick question for the buggy fanatics: has anyone used one of those buggy boards that have a seat? they look like they might potentially be a good idea but could also be a massive thing that you have to lean over and keep bumping your knees on. Any other buggy board tips?

I have no show, no aches, no contractions, no colostrum.

Am I even pregnant? Or did I just eat too much.

I'm starting to wonder.

Pink, are you getting weird moving sensations in your tummy though? I keep getting that, feels like there is a python in there. What could that be I wonder?

Benson, havent used/seen one of those buggy chairs but i think htey look great. I think that MKG might have bought one of those...?

OOh this is exciting... SOH has a gingerbread man in her womb, Benson has a Python. I cant wait to see the pictures, surely this must be news worthy material

oh, oh, ooooh SOH.......

Stop it. All of you. Don't talk it up, now Coggy's all excited and it's not even happening. Not until 42 weeks.

SkyTV's next!

Well, off home now!Lovely!
Cant believe it will be 10 months before I have to be here to work again..(am actually coming back in 2 weeks to see NVQ asessor so am not enirely free just yet-but no more work, hurrah!)
Lovely staff got me some flowers and £100 Mothercare vouchers which is so nice of them-its not even that long since I was off with dd so I feel a bit of a fraud..Can go crazy now buying clothes and things for the DD's..Going to get dd1 a little push along tricycle I think if they have them there so we can play on it whilst I am off..

DH and I might even go out tonight as Mum still around for a bit of a celebration of my last day..Anything good on at the pictures does anyone know?(wild eh?But we never get to go the pictures any more!)

No babies at least till I get back on later to check up please...

Congrats on starting your mat leave Scooter - relax and enjoy it.

Hi again everyone, still here at 37 + weeks, time is going v. slowly and I'm feeling pretty anxious - every time baby doesn't move for ten minutes etc. No obvious labour signs though. Can't wait to have my wee lad out and safe.

Re buggyboards Benson.. We have been given a two tier sit stand one by 'Latef'. Depends what kind of buggy you have, we have Urban Detour. It makes the whole thing really long and wide and so far I can't see any way that dd could stand up on it but it'll be quite good for sitting. Not sure tbh how long we'll use it for and I really don't think I'd spend money on that kind. DD is delighted with it though.

Good luck with your mat leave, SOH.

Oops sorry re. Mat leave I mean Scootermum.

Hello everyone, well we're all still here - some a little more 'still here' than others eh, SOH? Any more regular pains yet?
I've been feeling quite well actually over the last couple of days. I think it's a combination of ds at cm and dh off work so for the first time in ages we have actually spent some time together relaxing on our own. The only problem I have now is I having startd getting migraine headaches again, I had them very early on with both pregnancies. I'm sure it's just the hormones but makes me wonder if it's another little sign....My feet have swelled up beyond belief but don't hurt or anything and the kicks I'm getting are still incredibly painful. The baby is either huge and running out of room or desperate to get out - hopefully the latter.

Evening all

Well i have had the worst day emotionally. To start off I had the run in with ds1's school about the tickets, then i managed to pick a fight with dh over nothing and then my brother came round. Normally it is a rare but happy thing to see him but today I found out he is moving to Ireland in two weeks I know i should be happy for him and my dad had said that he had mentioned he was thinking about it the other day but i thought it would be ages before he actually left. Two weeks just seems too soon, he wont be here when i give birth and I know it will be ages before he is able to come over to visit(hes always been one of the first people to see my babies). Its silly because although im close to my brother we dont see each other very often but i know he is always just down the road if i want to chat. I know Ireland isnt that far etc but my hormones are in such a mess today that to me it feels like he is moving to the end of the earth. I think im also feeling very protective of him because he hasnt had much luck in love over the past few years and he is moving to Ireland to live with his new girlfriend, what if it doesnt work out, what if its a huge mistake? I cant tell him how i feel because at 37 he is old enough to make his own choices and i really hope that for once things really do work out. I would love to see him settled down and happy but why does he have to give everything up and move to another country to do it {sob}

Told you i was feeling very emotional lol I will be glad when my hormones return to normal (think dh will be too )

Evening all, glad all babies are still in situ for now.

SOH am sure your LO would be fine if she decided to make an appearance now

I saw the consultant, he was lovely His wife had a vaginal breech birth and he did lots of studies on them so was very informed and not at all bossy. Even i had to agree that a section was the only way forward though, so im booked in for 11th May! A friday so very good in terms of childcare for the others as mil and mother dont work friday's. Sister taking day off too so all will be covered > 3 weeks tomorrow......am quite calm......no really i am

Hope i dont go in to labour between now and then or it will be an emegency section like the twins and i would like to avoid that. Here's hoping.......stay put baby vibes.....

Am off in a mo to town with no children!

Evening all

Scoot yay for you finishing work, relax and enjoy your mat leave.

SOH, hope your feeling ok and Mathilda decides to be good and stay put a wee while longer.

Pebble at the school! Is there anything you can do, like move DS to another school that's better? Sorry you've have such a crappy, emotional day. Have a (((HUG))) Chin up, all will turn out good in the end, you wait

dejags, ohhhhhh! That's really sweet, I'm glad one of us is feeling positive about it all. I personally feel like screaming and tearing my hair out atm, I'm so fed up of being pregnant!

LG&T, glad everything went well this afternoon

Hello everyone else!

Found out the wan*ers at uni aren't gonna let me do my exams early. They're only internal uni timed essay's ffs! I'm feeling so down about it all that I can't be bothered to fight it any more, my mum however has hit the roof and is now writing to the Dean on my behalf to complain. Feel like I should be the one doing this but can't muster the energy, it's just another fight and I just can't be doing with it - I feel really drained just thinking about it all.

None of my tutors are telling us what to do for assignments and presentations that are due in 2 weeks! Have barely started as I still don't know what I'm supposed to be doing for them, nor does anyone else! £3,000 a year this course is costing me, my lectures tommorrow have also been cancelled due to my course leader fu**in the timetables up! Seriously tempted to start another course somewhere else and not bother coming back here in September, they're useless! Feeling very deflated by it all

Glad your appointment went OK lg&t, 11th is a good day. Ohhh how exciting, 3 weeks tommorow almost sounds bearable doesn't it? I'm looking forward to that day too as I am 39 weeks then so can organise an elective induction if I want to. I won't until the week after though.

Pebble I'm sorry about your day, the ticket fiasco was bad enough but now your brothers sad news too. I can't comment really as I've done the whole up and move away thing, all I will say is that I am now closer to all my family than I was when we lived down the road. The miles between you make you realise how important people are to you when you are the one that has moved away. It will be tough for him for a while and if it doesn't work then I'm sure he'll come back. Sometimes people need a complete fresh start, it worked for us. Doesn't make it any easier for you though, sorry.

SOH?????????????????

Benson, We have a buggy board, not the seat one, they look good but big. Our is the origional "buggy board" and it was the biggest wast of money EVER. It fits all 3 pushchairs i have but makes all of them so hard to push and steer, the dc's get rumbled to death on it and after about 5 minutes of pushing your back is dying from how far you have to lean out infront. Grrrrrrr ca you tell I don't like it? As I say, haven't tried the set ones thouogh, they do look better.

LG&T, you are very brave, we can think of each other on the 11th as that is my cs date too.

Pebble, sorry you are blue about your brother, having been an expat for 7 odd years, i echo what MrsJB says. I saw my family more often and for much more quality time, when we were away...

LW, sending you hugs I can't believe how uncooperative your academics are being, I'd have thought they would be trying to support you and encourage you to stay on. If we were just a bit closer you could come and visit for the day..

Scoot congrats on your last day of work, now you can relax

Pink, I think I am the one that ate all the pies My trousers wont stay up.

SOH, are you there? Do we need to go and search for lulumama for you?

Thanks Cam

Feeling a bit better after a nice dinner, followed by a big bowl of srawberries for dessert, yum yum!

Hello Everyone!!

First off I do live in the real world and I know who David Beckam is! I watched the movie.

Well my appointment was good. My ultrasound was great. I got a 3d one done and didn't have to pay just because the tech "felt like looking" So I have great pictures to show.

Right now (at 34+5) the are estimating this baby to be 6.6 lbs. which is weird because ds was born at 6.1 oz. So that are guessing that this baby could be between 8.5-10 lbs at term. So the doctor said that I may want to consider an induction before my due date (which sounds pretty tempting right now, the thought of a 10 lb person passing through my fanjo is not exactly appealing)
I told her that as long as the baby and I were ok, that I didn't want an induction. The good thing is that she said that if I were to go into labor before term they wouldn't try to stop my labor, so I'm starting my at home remedies at 36 weeks.

SOH, I'll race you to the finish!