May Mummies, w/c 14th May, What a lovely day to have a baby! Are you listening babies?

[Mrsjaffabiffa]

Morning............

It a bad day! Lg&t I want to be in your gang, I liked being 29.

You beat me to it! Happy birthday to yooooooo, Happy birthday to yooooooo, Happy birthday MrsJaffabiffffaaaaaaaa, Happy birthday to yooooooo!

madeindevon - from Sunday's post - I think you're great. I'm not sure I could cope with all that. But you're right, it's fantastic for him to be devoted to his kids - it would be worrying if he wasn't.

I agree with Scooter, since the kids are older, it probably won't be too long before reality starts to dawn on them. FWIW, my mum had this with my step-dad's kids, though his youngest was 15 at the time, the eldest was in her 30s. You'd think the older ones would know better. Anyway, out of 6 of his kids, probably all but came round eventually. I think they're a particularly difficult lot though. They used to be nasty to me (and I was a young teenager, not their age) out of spite. I suspect that once your DH's friends move away to college and spend less time with their mum that things will get better.

On another subject... Caught DD trying to get out the door to school with make up on. Gagh! She's not 12 for another week yet. Compromised and said she could leave the lipgloss and mascara on, but they eyeliner and eyeshadow had to go and helped her take it off without ruining the rest. To be fair to her, she'd done it very well, but her school doesn't have a uniform, so I can't have an 11 year old roaming the streets looking older than she is. Jaysis. I only said to my mam the other day that she wasn't interested in make up, becuase mum wanted to send her some. I bet mam asked her on the phone and gave her chapter and verse about how I used to practice with make up MUCH younger than DD. It's the sort of helpful thing my mam says.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MRSJBEEEEEE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.......

Shame your not 29 anymore......no moaning though thankyou, at least your baby is not LATE........

Im in the overdue club Knew it would happen, after all that bloody fuss before. He is going to weigh 11lbs and they are going to have to get the 'jaws of life' to get him out.

I see the midwife later for a sweep, last time i had one of those the midwife said i was 5cm > Hugs came about 30 mins later......

Of course im not remotely hopeful this time.

Maidindevon poor you with all the stress, it does sound like hard work. I think we escaped all the step parent agro as mine were all so young when it happened. The twins were only 7, dd was 5, ds#3 was 3 and ds#4 was 1 (just) Older kids with hormones charging through them must make it so much harder, at some of the older ones though. They should know better. Lots of love and hugs to you xxxx

TYG PMSL at S this morning! I thought your Mam would be one of those devout no make up, no high heels kinda woman. Did you break (destroy) her view of well behaved little girls when you were younger??????!!!!

Im going to do the school run in a mo, and then go to toddlers. Then i see the midwife at 12.15. I have no bloody credit on my phone as my bank card has still not been sent through, grrrrrrrrr. Must go in to the bank and chase them up again!

LG&T, my mam was a hairdresser and very glam. Positively encouraged me to "practice" with make up and just kept an eye on how heavy handed I was. She was draconian about other stuff instead! When I told DH this morning about me thinking mam's hand was in this he said, "yes of course no mistakes made previously so why not repeat with the new generation?" Mam looks for CONSTANT reassurance from me that she was a good mother. I mean, at this stage of my life, I'm hardly going to start dishing out home truths am I?

Hope all goes ok with the midwife lovely. Will be thinking about you. x

Oh, and bank should give you money over the counter if you take a cheque book and driving licence. Or even just driving licence, but I think the amount they can give is less, usually. (Not the point, I know...)

Scooooot! When exactly is your DH back? I'm wondering how long I need to keep my legs crossed in case I'm needed for Lily/ driving to Harlow duty.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRSJB Hope you have a lovely day and get spoilt rotten.

Lg&t - I cant believe you have gone overdue!

Thanks for the update on Befnal Juicy. Do you know if she needs any teent tiny baby clothes? I have a few baby gros and vests that Ella has grown out of. Thye say upto 5lbs but they were big on her for the first week or so and she has just moved into upto 7.5lbs clothes.

TYG - LOL at your dd wearing make up to school. Me and my friends used to put it on once we had arrived at school!

April - that's why I decided on the compromise! WOuld rather I knew what she looked like going out the door and will have to assume she doesn't cake it on later. She's a teenager exactly 53 weeks. What am I going to do?

Good morning all. Happy Birthday Mrs JB - Don't be too traumatised, I'm 30 on 1st June, so I'm not too far behind you. I keep telling people we'll 'gloss over it' this year!

I can't believe I'm having my LO in 3 more big sleeps!! Sorry to brag, a lot can happen in 3 days, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more babies by Thursday by the sound of everyone's symptoms! And TBH, I'd much rather have a vaginal birth than a c-section, however as I was 38 weeks yesterday, the prospect of 4 more weeks is less than appealing.

Is anyone else realy emotional! My crying has reached a new peak.

And scoot - I take back what I said about the caramel McFlurrys, I had another one yesterday. They are so gorgeous, and I believe it is pure evil that they will definitely not be on the slimming world diet.

Oh yes Scoot the caramel mcflurries........ the work of satan i believe. I had one yesterday, they are sooooo delish. I ate the whole lot! I never do that, dh just looked at me with big puppy dog eyes and said "you ate it all!!!!" He normally gets to hoover up whatever i leave, im not leaving much of anything at the moment though to be honest

My mam was a hairdresser too TYG, also very glam. She is 54 this year and if she takes the kids out people always think she is mom!!!! She loves it. DH got asked for ID in Morrisons yesterday too, he had none on him and said to the woman do i have to go and drag my DW complete with 5 children and a 40 wk bump out the car????? Ok she said.....just checking.... ROFL

Right am off to walk to toddlers, reprot back after the sweep about 1. Should you not hear anything they have blue lighted me to hospital >

I want a Caramel Mcflurry now...

After yesterday's non starter, I am starting to feel a bit with myself that I have gone for a VBAC, because I am so fed up of being pregnant. If I had gone for the VBAC I would have been having it this week, as I am 39 weeks on Friday, and as it stands it could be anything between now and June 1st (if they try and put my C-section off till after June 1st I will chain myself to the hospital until they agree to do it). I know that VBAC is possible, and there are good reasons for me to want to V deliver rather than C deliver, but the other half of me thinks I am putting myself through this waiting game and the end result will still probably be a C-section - ergo, I could have had the baby with me sooner and be getting on with things. Irrational I know,. but that's how I feel

I just want him/her here and to be able to give them a big cuddle!

InTheseShoes - I know exactly how you feel. I keep thinking, oh should I have insisted on attempts at a vaginal birth and not accepted the c-section. I'm trying to focus on the outcome of a hopefully healthy and beautiful baby girl (or boy, I'm still not convinced...)

Not long now for any of us - and I'm still crying after watching an episode of Project Catwalk for god's sake, that I have seen before! What's wrong with me!!!

Oh Good luck Largegandt, lets hope you are about 8 cm dilated and just havent noticed!

Happy Birthday Mrs JB..Hope you have a lovely day today..30 is the new 20 anyway!

It will all come right in the end MadeinDevon..for now I guess all you can do is concentrate on your lo coming..which is what you are doing by the sounds..the rest will have to sort themselves...

I suppose take some comfort in the fact that DD knows how to put makeu up on effectively TYG?I had no idea at that age and conseqently looked a complete state!If she's going to do it, at least she is doing it with aplomb!
DH back Wednesday morning-so keep everything crossed till then!Still been getting pains during the night so we will see I guess..knowing my luck though will go on like this for weeks...

at the McFlurry!Must say think its the best yet..had another one on my way back from hosp yesterday..thats three in four days..should probably lay off-thats probably whats causing my pains, over indulgence of ice cream!

Off into Bishops Stortford this morn to try and get my specs fixed-broken at just the right time-dont want to be getting up in the middle of the night with a newborn and have to faff around with lenses and that..then to DD's bumps and babes this aft for a bit of tea and sympathy..Im the first one there on no. 2 baby so I get fussed over due to the rarity value!

Might get a Golden Arches lunch. You've got me started now. Tsk.

InTheseShoes - don't let your impatience colour your judgement. I'm sure you put a lot of thought into your decision at the time. Stick with it!

Morning all. 38+5 here. I am still waiting for my VBAC. I saw my consultant on Friday last week. So long as all is fine with placenta and baby, I am allowed up to 42 weeks.
Patience girls, patience!

Morning everyone.

Just had a quick look through all the weekend posts.

Yay to SOH being home.

Congrats befnalbub I guess that puts our swimming or cake eating on hold, ;)

Those pesky animals I rememeber many a night standing in the back garden when I was young shouting for the cats to come in.

Everyone who is suffering from back ache BH sickness etc etc I feel your pain everything has kicked up a notch now.

Even the weird dreams at night, last night I dreamt that I was sitting up in bed and milk started spraying out my boobs in a pulp fiction reservior dogs style coating the bedroom in milk!!

I know I have missed out loads of people am very sorry, we are just such a chatty lot its difficult to keep up with everything.

x

sorry Happy Birthday Mrs JB 30 is the best I think your 20's are for making mistakes and then when you hit 30 you mature in to a confident beautiful woman who can cope with anything life throws at her.

Well thats what i was told anyway;0

TYG and Scoot - now I want McDonalds too. I keep thinking, should I just go for it in the next few days as I am going to try and be good after Thursday, or should I try and be good now?

Dilemmas, dilemmas. Scoot has now made it acceptable for me to get a McFlurry though, as I have only had two so far and she's had three.

Morning ladies

LG&T good luck for the sweep, hope you get some good news and (without being horrible) I hope we dont hear from you for the rest of the day because you are busy giving birth

MrsJB HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

All these pains people are having need to start producing babies and not getting our hopes up Last night i really thought it was kicking off, I'd felt ill for most of the day and about 9pm i started getting a few niggles which then got a bit stonger and more regular, I didnt mention anything to dh for fear of tempting fate so I sat there trying not to get my hopes up too much but that didnt work,i was so sure something was happening. BY midnight i was still getting the pains, and they were slightly stronger but once again they have amounted to nothing

Ive tried telling the baby that I want her to start arriving at about 11, that way i could go to hospital by 1pm and deliver her by 2.30 just in time for ds1 to come home from school and be able to visit us in hospital, i could then be home in time for tea I've got it all worked out, i just need her to play ball lol

Meant to say Bon Anniversaire Mrsjaffabiffa! 30 is a great age, I really feel more comfortable in my skin in my 30s, and I certainly don't feel like an old crock. I'm on the downward slope to 40 now (36 in November), but I still feel cool about it (so far). Enjoy your day, and make sure that Mr jaffabiffa and the jaffalings spoil you!!

Been to Tesco to try out the 3 week rolling menu planner/shopping list I have devised for when the baby is born and I need to be organised and make sure that we are all eating properly and not resorting to Takeaway every night, and gasp dh might have to go and do the shopping!!! Seems to work quite well, and came in on budget despite some little extras slipping in (pain au raisin, white chocolate, lemon and sultana cookies...)

That really is organised ITS. I guarantee DH will be balancing Tesco bags on his moped (doesn't have a car licence) within hours of me giving birth. There's some chicken fillets in our freezer and some shepherd's pies and portions of bolognaise sauce I thought of making a few weeks ago, but that's about it. We don't even have any cheese. Suppose I should do some shopping today. We'll starve tonight otherwise. You'd think, with fark all else to do, that I could have at least done an internet shop. Actually, could do that now and give them fish fingers for tea. Good plan.

Ooh blimey. The tightenings I was getting last night and are quite strong. Cmon baby. Either start making an appearance or be quiet until after my bikini wax.

Happy Birthday Mrs JB. 30 oh yes I remember it well. Was my best birthday party. Hope you have a lovely day.

MJB HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MJB, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU {sung in my sweetest voice}

LGT hope the sweep does the trick - am amazed you have gone overdue

April - well done on Ella now being in 7.5lb clothes - not long for us now {grin}

TYG hope the tightening carry on and your baby appears soon

Am just waiting for the hv to turn up to see how much my little bundle weighs - I am thinking around 5lbnow

Just a quick post from me, back at home, trying to cope with the chaos. Congrats to Befnalbub and to Creena too. Special congrats to SOH, sorry it ended in an emergency section, but what is most important is a healthy mum and bubba.

Good luck with the sweep LG&T and to everyone else who is having niggles and things.

Jasper is a real cutie, though slightly larger than all of us anticipated him being at 39 weeks, thank goodness I didn't have to push him out at 41+! He is very alert and unsurprisingly is ravenous. His big sister is in love and his big brother wants to rename him 'cryingbaby'. Oh the joys.

Joyeux anniversaire MrsJB and thanks v much for keeping me posted in my absence.

Will post a picture later.

My mil has just sent me a text msg saying, 'can we come to the hospital on thursday?' and I took on board everyone's advice and replied, 'do you mind if you come on Friday, I'm only allowed 3 people round the bed and my mum and dad will want to make sure I'm ok'. She replied, 'fine'. Then sent me a txt that obviously wasn't meant for me saying, 'sounded Jenny out, I'll forward you her reply'.

Cow. My mum said why don't you reply and say, 'oh I mean a week on Friday'. Haha.

I think that is outrageous. I mean, don't worry about me or anything, or whether I'm up to f*ing visitors a couple of hours after a c-section.