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

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Mrsjaffabiffa · 30/04/2007 09:35

Morning,

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scootermum · 02/05/2007 09:56

I wonder why they didnt just come on here?

Yay, great news largegandt...odds on you'll be back in there by tonight having the baby!

yellowfrin · 02/05/2007 09:56

Bensonbluebird I am in West Lothian no wind here yesterday.Went for a long walk in the evening just to help bounce that baby a bit. Never thought not being at work could be so boring.

Just added myself to the stats.

Babies Still Being Cooked:
Skytvaddict- EDD 27 April
Jessinwa - edd 2nd may
Yellowfrin - EDD 5th May surprise
DizzyBrummie - EDD 8th May
Anneme - Section 9 May - surprise
Bensonbluebird - edd 11th May - surprise
Largegin&tonic - Section 11th May
Cameroonmama - section 11th May - surprise
AbbyLou - EDD 12th May - surprise
PannaCotta - EDD 12th May
ShowOfHands - EDD 17th May
Mrsjaffabiffa _ EDD May 18th UK, 25th France.
twelveyeargap - due 19/05 - Girl due 19/05 - Girl
Megglevache - EDD 22nd May
Pebblemum - EDD 23rd May - Girl (i hope!!)
Pinkjenny - EDD 23rd May - Girl (it better be!)
Gingerbear - EDD23 May
madeindevon - EDD 23 may too!! "surprise"
InTheseShoes - EDD 23 May - boy or girl please
dejags due 24/5 - girl
Scootermum- EDD 24th May - girl MAE
LWatkins - EDD 24th May - Girl
JonahB ? EDD 25th May
lilKel - section 25th May (EDD 3 June)
Befnal - edd 26 May
MKG - EDD May 26 -boy (although secretly hoping for a girl still)--Will be named Cruz
Cinnamontam - May 27th THE ANTI-MATILDA
jellybellybump May 27th
JulieWoolie - EDD 28th May - Surprise
Juicylucy - EDD May 29th - boy
Megandsoph - EDD May 29th - Girl Named Emma

aprilmeadow · 02/05/2007 10:03

Any news from Sky??

cameroonmama · 02/05/2007 10:13

Was just wondering the same thing AM..SKY how are you doing?

Pinkjenny · 02/05/2007 10:17

Cam - I got a diamond a few weeks ago from DH, as its my 30th on 1st June, and I figure that'll probably just pass us by.

Its gorgeous, and if you ignore the fact that I have to shoehorn it onto my finger every morning, I love it.

I appear to be leaking a bit today, and its not wee. I am sure it can probably wait til my midwife appointment tomorrow though. Although it would get me out of the horrible Long Term Sick dismissal I have to go and do this afternoon if my waters did break. Today is my penultimate meeting, just one to go on Friday, and then I'm 'working from home' next week. Can't wait to finish, especially as the weather is so gorge.

Scoot - I don't know how you are coping with all this house drama. You are such a trooper! I'd be threatening to kill someone by now.

anneme · 02/05/2007 10:19

Well done Lg&t - that is brilliant.

Re HAIR - I have had my legs waxed and a pedicure - only to realise that I will have to remove nailvarnish before section next Wed. AAARGH - this time next week I will have a baby ~(well, obviously I already have a baby but i will be able to see it) that is the weird thing about this section thing. Am booked into beautician on Friday so that she can wax my lad(y)garden - people kept telling me that one of the uncomfortable things about have a section is when the nurse comes at you with a dry bic razor to prepare for the op - and it is itchy afterwards. When I told the midwife that I was doing this she looked at me as if I was mad - I thought it was a v good idea!

Scoot - sorry about annoying people and house - I think you should employ LWatkins as a minder and she could tell them what's what - sounds like she has it sussed.

Stretchmarks - has anyone else seen that thread? I am v depressed because I got none with DS and now have some round my tummy button and one underneath (hadn't thought of checking there) - and I am told you can get them afterwards which i think is vvv unfair.

Anyone else having ridiculous amounts of BH? I spent most of yesterday having to stand still/sit down - doesn't feel much better today.

Pinkjenny · 02/05/2007 10:46

Anneme - do they have to shave it ALL off for the section? The image of the dry bic is horrific and I feel I need this information.

ShowOfHands · 02/05/2007 10:48

Okay, so arrival of baby LG&T would have been the best news to wake up to this morning, but your discharge from hospital will do just fine. Thank goodness he's engaged too, little chance of him flipping again. So, shall we take bets on whether you have him at home? What do you reckon, if it all kicks off will you go in? Did they say anything about his size atm?

All this talk of shaving, manicuring, waxing etc makes me feel like a right old slattern. I do shave my legs/armpits every day without fail, even now I'm gargantuan but that's it really. I have never even bothered with ladygardens and nails and hair stuff. I wash my hair once a week, well...er... once every ten days maybe and I brush it most days. That sounds terrible doesn't it? I must just point out that every hairdresser I have ever seen says my hair is in 'immaculate condition'. Doesn't split or get greasy or anything. So, there you go sheer laziness is the way to beautiful hair I tell you. When not growing life in my uterus I spend a ridiculous amount of time dyeing it various shades of red and purple though. Lazy, hippy, slattern-like lentil weaver, that's me.

Scoot, two things. Firstly, olbas oil is a no no in pregnancy. Having said that I was given some by a pharmacist at about 20 weeks as I had such a blocked nose and he said it was fine. Have only read on MN since that you should avoid it if at all possible. Steam your head instead! Secondy, surveys. You must remember our attempt at housebuying debacle. Our survey showed that a lot of work needed doing and the vendor insisted on seeing a copy of the survey and plans drawn up by independent builders and architects that we intended to use to prove it even further. As we were serious about the house, and we had nothing to hide we acquiesced to everything he asked (and he still pulled out a week before completion and whacked £40,000 on the asking price- still hasn't sold btw!). If your purchasers are serious and the survey does say what they claim the estate agents should be advising them to give you a copy. Stick to your guns, it's your house and negotiation should involve some involvement on their parts not just 'reduce the price' orders barked at you until you agree. If they want the house, they'll prove it.

Stretchmarks. Pah! I am the most prudish person alive, never wore a bikini even though I was a size 10 and very fit before pregnancy. Now, there's no way I'm ever wearing anything above my knee in public again. I've got terrible stretchmarks on my thighs, boobs and the bottom of my bump. It looks like I've been in a one on one with Freddy Kruger. I cannot wait to get my body back and get in shape. Poor DH must be sick of me refusing to undress in front of him. It's the single worst part of pregnancy. I hate the way I look. Twill change though and soon enough.

Gotta rush, got my 38wk jiggery pokery today. Yes, you're still pregnant, yes the baby's engaged, no we can't give you a pill and magic it out of you.

Will be back later...

scootermum · 02/05/2007 10:51

Mu BH have started up again now, yup..they can get lost as I am officially at rest today..I dont want any niggly false labour spoiling my day!
I think its a good idea re the waxing-I mean why would you want some nurse doing it and leaving you with an unsightly rash..have done a little bit of home waxing myself this morn and done my feet and was even thinking of doing a bit of fake tanning as for once I have the time, (though actually may be not as might not be ok for bubba I wonder?)

Going to inhale some Olbas oil now then go for my blood to be drawn..think it may well show an increased blood sugar as have eaten a fair quantity of the v delish fudge largegandt sent me already today-and its only ten to eleven..will have to radically alter my eating habits post partum otherwise I will end being fatter than I am with child!

yellowfrin · 02/05/2007 10:51

a friend of a friend decided to prepare and get the waxing done a week prior to her EDD. Apparently it was so sore because of the increased circulation in the area. She managed a couple of strips and then had to stop.

juliewoolie · 02/05/2007 10:55

Dry bic just sounds too horrific, think its easier although blooming painful to just get it all waxed off sorry if TMI.

Balls to the take your nail varnish off is that true was going to get my feet all buffed and beautiful looking as poss before my maybe c-sec, which by the way tom is D day or should I say C day has my placenta shifted its lazy arse or is it still languishing down there blocking the exit.

scootermum · 02/05/2007 11:00

Bugger, well too late now as have been using it as I imagine gentleman in the eighteenth century used snuff!Although the Boots chemist said it would be alright and it only seems to have flower extracts and things in it..
Sigh-will lay off that as well then..to be on safe side..I had a little nose cleaner thing for DD when she was small and had a blocked up nose..Maybe will dig that out!(Gross, sorry)
Good luck at Midwife SOH..

Our cat, the real Scooter, has got cystitus again, the vet has just called to say..Christ on a bike..not as bad as last time though-ie he wont have to be admitted and he wont cost us nearly 2 grand to be fixed up (I hope)...lalala, I am NOT going to start freaking out about everything beginning to go slightly awry..but if he gives me my NVQ back tomorrow and says it needs more work, then I might!

madeindevon · 02/05/2007 11:09

hi all!
not posted much recently as im still working (finish tomorrow thank goodness as im at the end of my tether working 7am/5pm and commuting into london too) with hindsight i wish i had finished last Friday but how do you know how you gonna feel when you agree to leaving dates months ago!?
anyway
enough moaning....not long now and apart from being a little tired im fine so i shouldnt really complain.
im due on 23 may (which is champions league final date) and all way thru its been a standing wind up line between ourselves as my hubby is a mad liverpool fan.....hes not going to the final and he said baby more important this morning...ahhhhhh hahah. there will be more finals.....
roll on tomorrow pm!!!
my dad is at mine today finising painting the nursery!! at this rate baby might even have a room before its born! miracle!

juliewoolie · 02/05/2007 11:11

scootermum I had a horrendous cold a couple of months ago and went to the doc to see what I could take and he said as long as I didnt overuse it otrivine nasal drops were ok. There are worries that it could elevate you and your babies heartbeat but if you think you are ok with that go ahead. He also said olbas oil was fine. The difficulty is that the chemist will say dont use anything and Doctors are a little concered to reccommend anything because none of this stuff has ever been tested on pregnant women - obviously!!

You coulkd try asking the chemist for saline nasal drops they sort of help.

madeindevon · 02/05/2007 11:19

waxing......im still getting all waxed....last time was last week (36 weeks) and was ok to be honest. no way i would do myself tho!? you must be mad! how can you even see the area!?
getting hair done next week assuming nothing has happened before then. seem to have more of a prob with grey hair? is that because of pregnancy or just coincidence!?

madeindevon · 02/05/2007 11:21

lgandt. glad you going home and everything is good! at least you done a hospital "dry run"!?

aprilmeadow · 02/05/2007 11:25

Hi there - Scoot have uploaded a pic of Ella wearing the cardi you sent. It fits perfectly. Thanks again x

Daisybump · 02/05/2007 11:27

Just crashing in from June.....

Re sections....

I had an emergency c-section with my DS and they only shaved the top of my ladygarden....couldn't tell you what with though as at that point I was past caring...

I had nail polish on and they took it off before I went into theatre....the anaesthetist needs to be able to see your fingernails as i think any change in colour can indicate problems/reactions to anaesthetics.....that and if it has metallic components, you can get burned should they need to rescusitate you with the electric shock thingies....at least that's what I was told......

Sorry to interrupt and hope I haven't scared the pants off you!!

cameroonmama · 02/05/2007 11:31

I have to admit I don't remember the dry bic shave the last two times, but I guess it wasn't really top of my agenda at the time - I shall quiz them at the hossie tomorrow. I use the dc's Karvol for my blocked up nose, probably shouldn't either but hey ho, bit late now.

Good see another girl on the diamond wavelength though, Pinkj, I have been hinting at it for some time (try nearly 8 years)

Lwatkins · 02/05/2007 11:31

Morning

LG&T fab news about getting sent home and baby starting to engage etc. Am very happy for you lovely

Scoot I hope your cat is ok. I hate it when things start going wrong and just seem to snowball until you feel nothings going right. Have had it a few times this year, luckily it always picks up. NVQ work will be fine, your a smart lady - twill be ok

Madeindevon yay for you finishing work tommorrow. Don't know how you can still be doing it to be honest. I get knackered sat at my computer typing!

AM who started the thread? Why would someone do that if they aren't on the antenatal? Am confused.......

anneme hope those braxtons settle down for you, they are a pain!

SOH hope appointment goes all ok

Hello to everyone else, appologies if I've missed anyone.

M/w supposed to be here at half 11! Any bets at all, think she'll show?

cameroonmama · 02/05/2007 11:34

I also had my highlights done last week, probably another pregnancy no no, but the sad thing is, i had to resort to the mobile oap granny-ish hairdresser who comes to the house, coz the thought of 3 hours in a salon did my head in. She has done a not too bad job and I think she appreciated talking to someone who knew who Chris Moyles is and that it wasn't 30 degrees plus in my kitchen. The downside was that she told me all about the joys of having a 15 year old daughter, oh woe is me, I think boarding school is the answer.

ShowOfHands · 02/05/2007 11:35

Scoot, don't worry about Olbas Oil, my pharmacist didn't seem concerned about me using it and it only contains plant shavings and petals or something doesn't it. It's just one of those on the 'we can't guarantee that blah blah lists'. I think nearly all 'oils' are on this list, so no bathing in nice smelling stuff, no unblocking nasal congestion, no massage, no breathing, no fun, no existing, no eating, just sit there and incubate. I used Olbas Oil at 20wks and I don't think Mathilda's been affected. I might be back in 5yrs starting a 'my child has been stealing and selling my gingerbread to fund her Olbas Oil addiction' thread, but I'm not overly convinced.

ShowOfHands · 02/05/2007 11:36

Is she there Lwatkins? The mysterious, disappearing mw?

Lwatkins · 02/05/2007 11:38

No still not here! I woke up early again for it, showered, tidied and put on MAKE-UP! She had better bloody show. I didn't get to bed until about half 5 this morning and had a bad sleep so could have done with a few extra hours kip. Oh if she doesn't show.........

twelveyeargap · 02/05/2007 11:45

LG&T - "Treat as normal". You? Are they mad? Well done sweetie. Chuffed for you.

Scoot - Olbas oil has juniper berry which is supposed to be avoided - or summat. BUT I am one of the people who has been eating pate, raw eggs and so on all the way through my pregnancy and if that hasn't done any harm, I can't see how a few sniffs of olbas oil would hurt. I mean, how much of the stuff can actually get into your blood stream and pass to the baby? It's not like you're actually ingesting the stuff. I looked up the use of pure eucalyptus oil and some US website I just read said not to because there had been "have been cases of infant deaths from taking eucalyptus oil by mouth". Puuuhhllleeease... Taking it by mouth? And for the same reason they don't reccommend the use of eucalyputs oil with children... So does that mean no Vicks then? We should all be dead in that case. I really shouldn't worry about it. Don't drink the stuff, and presumably don't eat loads of the Olbas pastilles, you and Mae will be fine!

Had to get DH to trim my ladygarden the other night. Going to get waxed prob next week. Must make a hair appt too. Going to have that ionic straightening done so I can put the straightening irons and hair dryer away for the next few months. Will be able to just wash and leave it.