due in June - except for the lucky few who have already popped!!!

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OMG Westcoaster - did you agree to all this??
I should shut up moaning now shouldnt I??!!

Westcoaster, I'm assuming they know that you are about to pop?? Good luck, put your feet up and let DH sort the house out. If worse comes to worse, go to a hotel for tomorrow night

JBM are you feeling any better? Could your sis not call you until 6pm tonight for some reason?

Pah - JBM: she's an evil witch and you shit all over her. If she's that concerned SHE should have booked somewhere, and also arranged to have you picked up. No wonder you feel upset. She sounds just like my step-sister, though thankfully we long ago decided to just leave each other to it.

This made me laugh (from popbitch)
Old Jokes Home:
An Irishman was driving along the motorway when he was
overtaken by a lorry transporting turf to a garden centre.
'That's what I'll do when I'm rich', he says to his wife.
'Have me lawn taken away to be cut'.

p.s. I am irish, so hopefully this irish joke is amusing rather than offensive.

I know Annobal - she's put everything into my lap as per normal. She's a very manipulative person and also very underhand as well, whereas I am totally honest and genuine. (she's had 2 affairs that I know of).

My motto when I was younger 'you choose your friends, but the devil chooses your relations'...I think they just get away with more. Current motto: 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'... not sure if this is a more positive message for me?

Hey all,
Sounds like we're all having shitty time.

But I do have some good news - am now a proud auntie after SIL gave birth to wee boy yesterday. . Won't tell you about the shocking time she's had of it to get him out. He's here and all's well.

Other news - after having 3rd lot of bloods taken yest. cos of this vile itchy skin, doc called me at home and asked me to come to hosp at earliest convenience for scan. Bit concerned as are v. stingy with scans here - one at 12 weeks, that's yer whack. So rushed up there. Had fetal heart trace, thorough going over and scan. Everything absolutely fine, yucky skin thing - hormones! BUT did find out it's PINK (probably) & weighing in at approx 3.2 kg.

Thats good news Tallulahbelle!
Well, me and DP are going out for some "plastic food" to the local Brewers Fayre - so ARSE to my sister!! They can go and have some fancy meal out with a rolled up lettuce leaf - and I hope it chokes her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tallulah what itchy skin? I am just about to look something up, I am developing itchy bumps all over, sound similar??

That's the spirit - enjoy!

JBM my sister is a bitch from hell too! That is just the sort of thing I'd expect her to do. Hope you are feeling ok and less angry now. Hopefully she'll start to feel guilty after having time to think about it and phone you up to apologise properly.

How fab tallulah, hope your sil and the lo are doing well and glad your lo is good too!!

Westcoaster ! That is a lot of people! Hope it is not too stressful for you, sounds awful esp if the weather is bad and you can't go in the garden. Hope it passes quickly!

Enjoy your chinese foxy!

I have just repacked my hosp bag. This morning's scare shit me up a bit and felt I needed to start being organised! I wish my house was tidy!!

That's great news TB!
TA, not wanting to alarm you but I think I would be calling the hospital just in case.

JBM - enjoy your meal and I will keep my fingers crossed that there is a slug on your sis's lettuce (but that she doesn't notice and eats it all )

some good news then Tallulah, but about your itchy skin...at least it's nothing more sinister.

Blardy heck it's been a day and a half around here hasn't it....sorry everyone had been having a crappy day

I'm still in my pam jams and have had to deal with a very tired DS all day. He's had three very late nights/early starts in a row...we just can't get the bugger to stay in bed at the moment. He fell asleep with me on the sofa at 5:30....woke up just after six and he wouldn't eat anything so he's been in bed since 6:30...hopefully he'll stay there till about 7 tomorrow morning.

My contractions are back again tonight....a little bit stronger than last night, and about every 15-20 minutes. Feel different from last night in that before it starts and after my uterus has softened again, I'm getting really painful period type cramps all around the bottom of my bump and (this is probably TMI) when they're happening I can really feel the blood rushing to my nether regions.....advice anyone?

What hapenned this morning Holly - have been lazy and not caught up

TA...are the itchy bumps all over your body, or just your bump?

Enjoy your Harvester JBM! I hate posh food, you get a massive plate with a tiny bit of food in the middle. I have to go home afterwards and have a snack! Harvester is right up my street, loads of food for a good price! Yum!

Daisy, sounds like labour is establishing - how do you feel?

However I am crap at knowing as both of mine kicked off with waters breaking (I let DH get all the way in to work with DS2 before I called him to come home)

T/A Well, started as painful burning across upper abdomen. They wanted to rule out OC so did liver function tests. Bloods were clear but since been bothered by itchy hands, feet, abdomen so repeated tests and did bile acids too.Clear again. Cos am still itching and burning they did tests again -have huge bruises up my arm, look like an extra from Trainspotting- and then decided to do scan etc. There is nothing to see on my skin, no rash or bumps. Doc has put it all down to oestrogen. If you are worried ask for LFT's to be done to rule out OC.

I have a bit of a leak this morning annobal! None since though, so I haven't bothered with the hosp. Have to keep an eye on my knickers though!

Hope that naughty red ranger stays in bed tonight daisy! Hope your contractions either go away or get stronger!

I've been feeling very restless all day as well...poor DH has had to keep steeering me out from under his feet and back to the sofa. Also feeling very flushed and have been eating for Scotland...

...I'm still thinking that this could go on for days, but I'm bouncing on my ball to try and help things along if indeed things are a goer.....just wish I had the energy for jumping DH....

TA...sounds like you should get this checked out asap.

Holly how exciting. Good idea to get your bag packed. I have a pile of clothes on the floor of bedroom but just haven't got around to it yet.

Daisy, all the contractions are doing something. Is it time to get Lulu or Mars in????

No Lol, they'll only tell me sex and nipple stim

No show or anything...I think I'm in for the long haul. However, knowing my luck it'll all kick off tomorrow and it's DSs birthday party at 5pm!! Mind you if it all goes quickly and well, i can have the bub tomorrow morning, discharge myself in the afternoon and get to the wacky warehouse on time!!

JBM - Have a good time out without your 'mare sister. I have one of those too - no matter how old I get (& I'm pretty ancient now), she'll still know better & will talk down to me. Only consolation is knowing that I've still got a better figure than her - even when I'm 38 wks pg - hah!

TB - great news for your SIL - thanks for not sharing the labour story - we can do that after we've all produced ours! Really glad that you are OK after the scare.

Daisy - gawd love, keep us posted. Sounds like things might be happening for you? Am v jealous coz it's been months (possibly years) since I felt any blood rushing to my nether regions - phnarr, phnarr

Best bit of visiting hordes tomorrow is that I am, for once, completely unstressed by it. Usually at this point, I'd be washing skirting boards and peeling grapes but now wtf - they can fend for themselves. DH is being all anal & stressed about everything which is making me even more relaxed and amused. Tra la!

am off to eat and watch the queen - will check in later x

I found the itchy bumps problem!!

Look up 'PUPPP' or just "click here www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/prenatalhealth/9450.html"

Apparently totally harmless but very very annoying.

I will, however, be calling my GP on tuesday (or before if it gets much worse)

Daisy - they started on my bump a couple of days ago, have since spread down my legs and up one arm...sounds like you got better things to worry about though girl!