Due Oct 2007 ~Little Piggies turning into Porkers!

[FloriaTosca]

Thought I'd get the new thread started as no one objected to my title suggestion

Congrats Inzi

ok girls, time to compare sizes again! although maybe we should post them on the stats thread! sorry if i've missed anyone out i just copied the one that i could find

MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts) (little boy) 41"
j20 15th May, 10 am(20 Week) all fine (little girl) 36" now 39"
Kezza - 16th May (20 week) all fine (little boy)
alicet - 21st May (20 week) healthy little boy 37"
Betsycoe - 22nd March 9.30am (21 weeks) Little girl 39"
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (21 weeks) 42 1/2" - wriggling little girl
greedy - 23rd May (21ish wk) 42" (strawberry flavoured!)
Kittiwake - 23rd May (19ish week) all fine(surprise)
FloriaTosca-23rd May (20wks +5)all fine (surprise) 42"
Apricott - 24 May (just under 20 weeks) healthy surprise
Mumpbump - 30 May (22 weeks)
Jersey - 1st June (23 weeks)
Tallis - 1st June (20 weeks)
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks)
HonorMatopoeia- 4th June 2.30 pm (20 weeks)
gemmamc - 6th June (20 week)
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)46 1/2"
Karlou - 12th June (20 weeks)
nezi - 12th June 11.30am (20 weeks)
Pheebe - 13th June (20 weeks)
PolarMummy - 13th June 6pm (24 weeks)
Honeyapple- 19th June 11.20 am (21+4wks

MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts) (little boy) 41" NOW 43"
j20 15th May, 10 am(20 Week) all fine (little girl) 36" now 39"
Kezza - 16th May (20 week) all fine (little boy)
alicet - 21st May (20 week) healthy little boy 37"
Betsycoe - 22nd March 9.30am (21 weeks) Little girl 39"
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (21 weeks) 42 1/2" - wriggling little girl
greedy - 23rd May (21ish wk) 42" (strawberry flavoured!)
Kittiwake - 23rd May (19ish week) all fine(surprise)
FloriaTosca-23rd May (20wks +5)all fine (surprise) 42"
Apricott - 24 May (just under 20 weeks) healthy surprise
Mumpbump - 30 May (22 weeks)
Jersey - 1st June (23 weeks)
Tallis - 1st June (20 weeks)
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks)
HonorMatopoeia- 4th June 2.30 pm (20 weeks)
gemmamc - 6th June (20 week)
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)46 1/2"
Karlou - 12th June (20 weeks)
nezi - 12th June 11.30am (20 weeks)
Pheebe - 13th June (20 weeks)
PolarMummy - 13th June 6pm (24 weeks)
Honeyapple- 19th June 11.20 am (21+4wks

MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts) (little boy) 41" NOW 43"
j20 15th May, 10 am(20 Week) all fine (little girl) 36" now 39"
Kezza - 16th May (20 week) all fine (little boy)
alicet - 21st May (20 week) healthy little boy 37"
Betsycoe - 22nd March 9.30am (21 weeks) Little girl 39"
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (21 weeks) 42 1/2" NOW 43" - wriggling little girl
greedy - 23rd May (21ish wk) 42" (strawberry flavoured!)
Kittiwake - 23rd May (19ish week) all fine(surprise)
FloriaTosca-23rd May (20wks +5)all fine (surprise) 42"
Apricott - 24 May (just under 20 weeks) healthy surprise
Mumpbump - 30 May (22 weeks)
Jersey - 1st June (23 weeks)
Tallis - 1st June (20 weeks)
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks)
HonorMatopoeia- 4th June 2.30 pm (20 weeks)
gemmamc - 6th June (20 week)
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)46 1/2"
Karlou - 12th June (20 weeks)
nezi - 12th June 11.30am (20 weeks)
Pheebe - 13th June (20 weeks)
PolarMummy - 13th June 6pm (24 weeks)
Honeyapple- 19th June 11.20 am (21+4wks

Added my measurement

MrsFish - 15th May (20wk or thereabouts) (little boy) 41"
j20 15th May, 10 am(20 Week) all fine (little girl) 36"
Kezza - 16th May (20 week) all fine (little boy)
alicet - 21st May (20 week) healthy little boy 37"
Betsycoe - 22nd March 9.30am (21 weeks) Little girl 39"
ejt1764 - 22nd May 2pm (21 weeks) 42 1/2" - wriggling little girl
greedy - 23rd May (21ish wk) 42" (strawberry flavoured!)
Kittiwake - 23rd May (19ish week) all fine(surprise)
FloriaTosca-23rd May (20wks +5)all fine (surprise) 42"
Apricott - 24 May (just under 20 weeks) healthy surprise
Mumpbump - 30 May (22 weeks) healthy surprise
Jersey - 1st June (23 weeks) Healthy little boy
Tallis - 1st June (20 weeks) All fine, healthy surprise
WinniethePooh - 4th June 10.20am (22 weeks) Girl 41"
HonorMatopoeia- 4th June 2.30 pm (20 weeks)Healthy little girl!
gemmamc - 8th June (20+4 weeks) all fine, little boy
buffythenappyslayer-7th june (22 weeks)healthy little girl
Karlou - 12th June (20 weeks)
inzidoodle - 12th June 11.30am (20 weeks) all fine, healthy little girl
Pheebe - 13th June (20 weeks)
PolarMummy - 13th June 6pm (24 weeks)
Honeyapple- 22nd June 11.20 am (22 wks)

Evening all ...

pheebe - I'm one of the more militant ones (when it comes to the Ps and PILs descending) but I'm not saying not for 2 weeks ... but with nightmare PILs like mine who came to stay for a week unannounced less than 24 hours after I'd come out of hospital after a traumatic 100 hour induction that ended in a C Section, it was horrendous - and my relationship with my PILs has never recovered!
I'm not saying they can't come - I'm just saying they should have a little bit of thought for the new parents ...

We're actually saying no houseguests this time - God only knows how the PILs will take that one (although they don't live that far away that they can't do a day visit)

Inzi - great news about your scan - another pink one for the list!

nellie / polarmummy / pheebe - best of luck for your scan tomorrow.

Not feeling quite so happy on the pain front today - am hurting - whinge, whinge, whinge ...

See you tomorrow!

Hi all - just a quicky as preparing for a course I am going on on Thurs...

When ds was born we told both sets of parents that they were welcome to come and see us while we were in hospital but that when we were going home we wanted to do that just the 3 of us and didn't want visitors while dh was on paternity leave.

They both live down south so there would have been no getting away from them if they stayed. We were keen to muddle through together rather than have people putting their 4 eggs in before we had had a chance to get to know our son. Actually neither set of parents would have done this but we didn't know that first.

Think its a personal thing - you should do whats right for you whether thats filling the house with visitors and help oir time in private...

Congrats to inzi about the scan and good luck to those who have one tomorrow...

Might not be about for a couple of days (depends how ds is tomorrow!!) but will catch up when I get back.... Will be thinking of you all!

Hi ladies,
Congratulations on a healthy baby girl Inzi
Good luck to those with scans tomorrow.
I've still not got a tape measure so can'tmeasure my bump! May see if I can borrow one from the maths cupboard at school tomorrow - I'll let you know.
Dh still isn'thome from work and I have one poorly Dd still (up till gone 11:15 last night ) so I'm off to try and settle things down.
Take care all x

Hi all - not such a ridiculous time to be on today! All went well at the scan, we decided not to find out the sex although my dh reckons he saw evidence it's a boy. I'm not at all convinced by that though - especially because he has a habit of seeing something entirely different in a newspaper photo that what is actually there!
On the subject on visits - we both still live in our home town so it's not really an issue for us, our parents can pop up to visit for an hour or so to get their fix and then go back to their own homes. I'm hoping for a home birth anyway this time and we'll need them close by to look after the dds. Although dd2 (aged 5) insists she wants to watch - and cut the cord! DD1 is more squeamish and wants to be out of the way.
Glad it went well for you too inzi, and good luck to polarmummy and pheebe for tomorrow.

Glad all went well at the scan today Karlou and like me another surprise package

I'm having a late night pc fix .... I cant usually because Dh hates being made a computer widower but he got sent unexpectedly to Spain this afternoon so I can indulge myself until he comes back on Thursday night
LO is having a relatively quiet day today...must have exhausted him/her self doing that marathon fandango yesterday (could that have been something to do with the fact that I ate a few chocolate biscuits?..)
J20 you seem to have got this 2nd trimester energy surge that has eluded the rest of us!
Well, I suppose I should be thinking about bed now. Sleep well all!

Morning All

Congrats Karlou, glad all was well . Getting very nervous about mine now, I'm desperate to know the sex for sure even though I'm convinced its a girl..well today I am anyway

Ejt - I think that was an outrageous and insensitive way for your inlaws to behave. I agree houseguests are not acceptable when you've just had a baby. We moved to our new house when I was 5 months pregnant with DS, DH's parents moved up from down south shortly after and as we'd bought a place that had previously been split in 2 to accomodate the previous owners elderly aunt they stayed with us while they did some work on their new place. it was fine, we were very respectful of each others personal space but when FIL announced to my mum 4 weeks before I was due that they weren't going anywhere til the baby was born I told them politely but firmly that I'd like to get them moved into their new house within the next 2 weeks. They were quite shocked but when both my SILs agreed with me (didn't expect my DH to get involved as it was a difficult situation for him) all was fine, they moved over, I had DS 2 weeks later and we did the afternoon visits thing I described on the other thread. What I can't understand is this attitude of battoning down the hatches in the first couple of weeks as if the rest of the family are the enemy. Having followed the thread further I kind of wonder whether its a first baby thing, I can definitely understand the fear of being on display when everythings so new. Maybe thats why I'm so much more relaxed this time. have even told my SIL who's due in August that if they want to come up and stay once our bub is born that'll be fine

Gosh, sorry, that was a ramble, DS has just come in and he pongs so best go back to being a mummy

Wish me luck for this afternoon...

Good Luck for this afternoon Pheebe

Good luck with the scans today Pheebe and Polarmummy, though Polar yours I see is a 24 wk scan, so even LO will be even bigger!( I'm going for one of those on Monday to check growth and make sure my placenta is still working ok)....just over a week to go for you Honey, you must be itching to get it over with
The weather is miserable here in Lancashire this morning...even the dog doesnt want to go out ...Hope you enjoy your walks again with yours now you have been give the go ahead Inzi (what breed are they btw?)..dont let them pull you, you dont want to twist that back out of place again!
Hope everyone has a good day today. Let us know how things go Pheebe and Polar.

Morning all

Thanks for the swimwear suggestions. Have gone for a mothercare tankini. I just don't do bikinis Honeyapple - my tummy is even paler than the rest of me, which is saying something, it might frighten other bathers, especially at the moment with the lovely big blue veins starting to show - gorgeous!!

In-laws aren't a problem for me - they're on the other side of the world. It's a shame actually. My mil is lovely and it would be great to have her around. I'm more worried about my mother, who has a tendency towards being an over-zealous grandparent. She won't be coming to stay though, that's for sure. My sister and family might be staying with us - they're coming for half term in the hope that the baby will have arrived by then - that will be cool though - me and DD were at hers when she had her second one (to look after the first while she was in labour). It was wonderful to get to help with my nephew so soon after he was born. I jsut hope that LO isn't so late that they all have to go home disappointed. They live in Yorkshire so we don't get together that often.

Good luck polar and pheebe for your scans! Nellie too - someone mentioned youso if you're having a scan today too then hope it goes well!

Karlou great news that all was well with your scan!

Glad to hear most of you are feeling better from the various aches and pains / ailments that have been plaguing you of late. Can't believe where J20 gets her energy from either - feel free to come to mine anytime!!!

Just re-read my last post and didn't mean we didn't want ANY visitors when dh was on paternity leave - just that didn't want ones who would stay! Actually would have been happy for my parents to stay but not in laws - dh would 100% agree on this. And one rule for them meant the same for my parents to avoid problems. My parents are very easy going, help out as much as they can and are generally easy and a pleasure to have about. Dh's parents are great individually (although dh doesn't get on with his dad due to various issues when he was growing up) but together they bicker and because this strsses out dh that makes things stressful for me too. They also need more 'looking after' which is not what you want having just had a baby!

Because dh works fulltime I think it was great for him to have the time to get to know ds without loads of visitors wanting their time with him. Plenty of time for them to do that when dh is back at work! This time my parents will stay when dh goes back to work to give us a hand - particularly if I need a section. PIL's will come to stay at some point I'm sure but we can't have both sets at once as we don't have the space. This actually comes more from dh who would rather spend time with my parents anyway - very sad for him really as I feel very lucky to have such a good relationship with mine.

Anyway off to pack for London now and will be back later if I get a chance....

Inzi, my boy Thane is a 3 yr old Bouvier des Flandres (posh name for a big shaggy yeti)he's a darling, unbelievably good with children and on the whole pretty obedient in a "when it pleases him" sort of way (though not got his good citizens gold,(I'm impressed!) our club arent kc reg so dont run the scheme ) but I have to put his lead on around other dogs, he takes occasional dislikes to some (large males with pricked ears and attitude...small dogs and bitches can tear him up without a grumble of protest!)and though he only makes bullying noises at them, being a big lad you cant be too careful...but having a Rottie (fab breed in the right hands...I used to have 4 Dobies so totally understand)you will understand what other peoples attitides can be like.
So sorry to hear about the washing machine ; ours did something similar 2 weeks ago, but it wasnt worth repairing (10 yrs+ old) so we got a new one last week with an extra large load capacitiy and a sanitary cycle (for reusable nappies).It's fab.!
Apricot, I understand about bikinis, I've never been a good shape for one and wouldnt want to frighten the natives, especially now! As for mothers..well m-i-l is lovely, far too soft with the nephews (who are a pair of litle horrors at times, but their mother nad their other gran are too soft too so its is no wonder!)but she's not pushy and always there to help if asked . My mother is another kettle of fish altogether, a former 50's nursery nurse, very strict (but very fair to give her her due) but definately more of a Nanny MacFee type (without the warts!) I have fully accepted that in her eyes I will not be a good enough mother and that though she has studiously avoided "dropping in" (she lives 25 miles away) since our marriage, and has refused to ever stay over before, I know she has ordered vertical blinds for her living and bedrooms and bought timer switches for the lights so I reckon she has plans for being away from home at night in the future! I'm fairly certain that she will probably take over...but if it gives her a new lease of life, something to focus on and helps her through her grief over losing my Dad, that's fine ....and after all, her discipined approach to motherhood didnt mean we lacked all the cuddles and loving and it certainly didnt do me or my brother any harm; we were both out of nappies, walking and talking before 10 months and I was reading and discussing Charles Kingsleys "The Water Babies" at the age of 3! (and no I'm not mensa material , I just had a lot of "input" from my Mum.)

Sorry, my fault ..I suppose that until we get our LOs, our fur babies will continue to be quite high in our priorities.

To return to pregnancy, and sorry if TMI, I know the books say CM increases at this stage but this is ridiculous! I've had to get panty liners!(I thought I was all done with them until Oct.!) Can this really be normal?

Just popping in to check up and say congrats on the positive scan results, Inzi and Karlou. Here's hoping for positive reports from Pheebe and Polarmummy...

I have heard of other people with lots of CM, Floria, although haven't experienced it myself, but I wouldn't worry...

Busy at work still, but hoping to post again properly one day in the near future!!