May Mummies, w/c MAY OMG, it's May, buds and babies will bloom, don't want to be left til June.

[Mrsjaffabiffa]

Morning,

waves to AM>>>>>

can we do a joint lot for J and M. xxxNo need to up the price though, BOGOF will be perfect I think

(I am joking before I get any Irate MNers)

AM I can't find ds on ebay and I've got an ebay offer code too.

Congratulations SkyTV, fantastic news, can't wait to hear more.

Drkgpink, he's beautiful, that blonde hair is fantastic. I have to say, you may not have felt it but your relation of his birth is extremely calm. It's good to hear that bf is going well too as I was worried following you 5am plea for help.

Scoot- DH bought me an etch-a-sketch for Christmas (number one in list of things you shouldn't admit in public) as I had asked for one every year as a child and never got one. I wonder what else I could get under the same principle? "Darling, every year I asked for a life-size gingerbread man, three pairs of DMs and a real live pig and every year I was disappointed." Might try it this year.

Having such a lovely day. DH got up early and went out for breakfast and the Sunday papers. Ate bacon sandwiches and drank tea in bed and we're currently 'lounging around'. Must just share my favourite quote from the Observer sports supplement. Apparently in the 'bad week for' list it says 'Don Imus, US shock jock calls a (mostly black) women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos'. Keeps his job for a whole week'. PMSL, MKG is that dumb enough for you?!

Lupins, you sound remarkably calm and together. You know where we all are.

So, anybody else coming to my BBQ?

congrats to drpink, very cute photo and to SKY, well done, we look forward to the details!

Feeling a bit too to do much posting just now, as yesterday we heard about the kenya airways plane that has gone missing or crashed in Cameroon. Sadly we have 3 friends on board and by now I am not holding out much hope for any survivors. I just keep thinking what must have been going through their minds in the minutes before crashing, one set of friends are a couple with a teenager at boarding school here in the UK.

Also I am hosting a surprise 60th birthday party for my mum and all my brothers and sisters and partners and kids are coming today so it will be chaos, but fun and it makes you realise just how important your family really is.

I look forward to more baby news soon.

Cameroon . Just been listening to them talk about it on the radio. I'm so sorry. Such a horrific thing.

Drk, what a beautiful baby - you must be over the moon.

Cameroonmama - I am so sorry to hear that, I said a prayer last night for the people on that plane .

SkyTV - congrats. Looking forward to hear all about it.

AprilM - I have started posting on the postnatal, but think I'll carry on here until there are a few more arrivals.

Carys is doing well, very quiet and small (sigh). She is so lovely

Hi everyone.

Congrats sky and drgkpink!

Well last night was interesting. I was was watching my "Sex and the City" reruns at 11pm when I started to not feel so good. So began the worst diahrrea ever. Then at 12am I got the weirdest feeling to do stuff, so I did some laundry, windexed the house, ran the dishwasher, cleaned out dh's car and installed the carseat base (there's me at 1am doing this in the dark, took out the garbage, and mopped up the downstairs floor. I was in the process of replacing a battery in the smoke detector in our room when it went off and woke up dh. He freaked out and said "What are you doing?" I said, "I don't know, I just feel like I need to do stuff". I finally fell asleep at 2am and here I am at 8am I woke up with more diarrhea and tried to eat breakfast but am sick to my stomach.

So I'm asking myself, "Are these my signs, is labor going to start soon? Or do I just have a stomach bug?"

CAM so sorry to hear about your friends, dont know what to say but am sending you a huge hug

Well we have spoken, it went like this

DP: So when are you leaving
ME: I am not going anyway

dp goes back on pc,

ME: You just need to decide if you want a family or a computer life
DP: Well thats an easy choice (stays on pc, hasnt come off)

Lupins rushing around to get dd ready for party was 12.11, party at 12.30, easily half hour stomp

DP: How far have you got to take her
ME: Explains how far
DP: Oh

He could easily have taken her in the car and it wouldd have taken 5 minutes, poor little girl was stomping her feet off to get there on time, as it was we got there at 12.45 so not too bad, and another mum has offered to drive her home, I cant believe him, have ur bloody issues with me dont make kids suffer wanker

Anyway have texted mum, said we might be arriving and spoken to uncle to ask for a lift, but his wife is starting chemo tuesday so might not be possible for another week or so, I just cannot believe he would say something like that, feel so hurt

Cam am so sorry, just caught up on thread.

Lupins, I don't know what to tell you about your situation. Just stay strong.

Cameroonmama, you were the first person I thought of when I saw the news about the plane yesterday, I was hoping that it wouldn't have any effect on you, I am so sorry for your loss

Congratulations SkyTV, I was wondering if there would be some news for you! Lovely name, and so happy to hear that your lovely boy is finally here!

MKG, sounds like you are on your way to me. I keep doing stuff (re-arranged the front room this lunchtime) but not at that time of night or to that extent. Add in the dodgy tummy and I think you could be next!

Lupins, so for you. I have no advice for you at all, just lots of sympathy and feverent wishes that this is a blip and it can be sorted out. You have been through a very stressful time, pregnancy etc are hard enough for a couple even without all the extra stress with Arlen being born early and so on.

Congratulations Sky! Jealous, me? Noooooooo.

Cam - absolutely horrendous news about the plane - thinking about you and your friends.

TYG - isn't the carpal tunnel thing a pain in the a**e? I can't feel the tips of my fingers, and keep ending up with my hands in my plate when I am eating as I suddenly lose all sensation. The midwife said it was due to the fluid, and the 'extra paddding' in my hands. Bitch.

I can't stand anyone at the moment. I feel like they're all calling me fat.

Lupins - your calm demeanour is amazing. You must just feel like clocking him over the head with the iron.

My dad has just been round to put the finishing touches to the baby's room. Its all done now, I just need a baby!!!!

Still can't decide what to call her. The poor child has had so many names she must be having an identity crisis by now. Breech update - still breech. ECV (maybe...) on Tuesday. Can't decide about that either. To be honest, the midwife didn't seem keen.

Big kisses to all and wishing you all a lovely Sunday. We're off to mum's for roast beef and Yorkshire pud. Spoilt, me? Haha, never!

MKG, i got chills reading your post. Most def sounds like you are on your way! Keep us posted!!

Cam, thoughts & prayers are with you for your friends - and I promise to redouble my own efforts to make every day count.

Off to catch up some more...

MKG- was right there with you last night. I was in bed at about 3am running through the set-up for the homebirth in my head and decided that we weren't organised enough. I mean, the sieve was in one room, the waterproof covers and linen in another, the pool in another. So I got up, went into the garage to find a big box and collected together all of the paraphernalia needed for a homebirth. The midwife recommends a bucket for being sick into so obviously I had to sterilise it (why, why, why?) and while I was in the kitchen sterilising a sick bucket I decided that the kitchen floor needed a wee scrub. DH appeared at this point to see what I was doing and to his credit didn't attempt to interfere, just put the kettle on, ran a bucket of hot water and joined in. I thought that was the end of it, but I soon realised- about five minutes after crawling back into bed- that I hadn't made a list or the order in which to do things. I mean when I eventually go into labour the heating must, must, must go on first to ensure the hot water doesn't run out. And what if DH fills the pool without putting the tarp down first? Cue me sitting in bed making a detailed list of how things will go, including item 8 'have baby'. Today the madness has continued, after a fairly relaxed morning I switched back into nutter mode and have decided to take down and wash all of the curtains. Just waiting for them to dry and will iron and re-hang them. Then I'm going to iron, clean the bathrooms and hoover like a mad thing.

Have officially lost the plot today. DH has gone to work, looked slightly relieved to be getting away from it.

PS I'm not even near to giving birth, I'm just losing it very slowly.

I can't keep anything in me. As soon as I eat something it just flies right out again.

On a good note my mom has just picked up ds and is taking him for the day, because I'm so tired from not sleeping well last night, but as soon as they walked out the door I vacuumed the house. What is wrong with me? I can barely keep my eyes open but here I am folding all the laundry I did last night and vacuuming.

I just have this feeling like something may happen, and I need to be ready. I should take a bath.

I wish LG&T were here because I need her midwife experience to answer a question and it is definitely TMI, but please let me know if your interested in hearing because it's actually quite fascinating.

WAtch me still be here in June doing the same crazy things. I hate cleaning, and it's all I can think of is cleaning. Organizing I do, but cleaning no.

MKG, ask away, if you really want to know asap I can text LG&T!

You do sound very ready. I don't feel ready at all and am only cleaning because I need to do something. Irrationally I keep thinking the baby can't come if I don't prepare the house and therefore I'll still be pregnant in 3 months. I'm just trying to distract myself really.

OK, this is so gross but the image is haunting me.

So two days ago, when I was getting a lot of discharge I took my hand mirror and had a look at my fanjo to see if there was any red irritation, thinking if it's a yeast infection it should be red and a little irritated and I don't have worry about waters breaking or anything. Well when I had a look I saw the grossest blue thing in there, which I looked online last night and I think it's my cervix because it said that during pregnancy the cervix turns a blueish/purple color. My question is should I be able to see it without the use of a speculum or anything. Because there it was.

See this really was an LG&T question.

By the way don't look, as tempted as you may be.

Oh I'm so embarrassed, but I don't have anyone else to ask.

wow - can't imagine what the answer will be but am v curious to find out!

BTW if anyone has energy spare, feel free to come round to mine and alleviate your need to clean...

Oh forgot to ask. All of DH's work colleagues are going to Alton Towers on Tuesday and we're invited. Of course he should go- think he'll have a great time- but should I go? They all want to meet me but is there much point? I can't go on any rides can I? Maybe that'll bring on labour? What do the clever people of MN reckon?

Doesn't your cervix dip down towards the end of pregnancy? Have I made that up? I'm sure I read somewhere that it lowers towards the vaginal entrance to facilitate an easier birth and therefore would be easier to see I suppose. I know from reading Toni Weschler that when you ovulate it dips down in order to pick up sperm and then lifts away during your luteal phase to protect the fertilised egg, so it sounds plausible and I'm sure I've read it somewhere...

I get that it dips down, but should I be able to touch it?

Again I warn you. Do not try this at home!

I'm tempted to look again to see if there is any change, but I'm too scared.

Tried getting ds on ebay but the screen kept freezing . SOH wow was it a good discount code?

Went to Tesco in Camberley (new home to KK's) and had to get 4 - this losing weight thing is not going well. In fact i have gained 3lbs rather than losing them! Must stop eating crap and trying to justify it by saying i need the calories for bf'ing!

DS now sat infront of tv watching 'Cars' the dvd and munching on some biscuits.

Cam - i cant imagine how you must be feeling. Its so . Thinking of you x

Lups - you do sound very calm! Sending big hugs to you. xx

SOH - BBQ sounds fun How far is Alton Towers from your place?

MKG - fingers crossed that your 'feeling' turns into a baby asap

Dejags - yeah think i will stay here until more bubbas arrive - cant be too long now surely......

MKG, having used the fertility awareness method to get pregnant I know that you can definitely feel your cervix with consumate ease (and it is very low) during parts of your cycle. At other times you cannot reach it at all. I presume therefore you could also see it if you chose to look!

AM, Alton Towers is a couple of hours drive away. It's madness to contemplate it isn't it? How's DS now? How has he taken to being a big brother?

SOH your method makes you so much more aware of your body than my method. My method was the "lets have sex for the first time in two months method"

Well I go to my ob/gyn tomorrow so I'll ask her about it, but now that I've see what she sees I'll also have to ask why she chose her profession.