Due October 2007 ~porkers can't keep their snouts out of the feeding troughs!

[j20baby]

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LOL at you lot eying Harry Potter up, a couple of lads caught me and my friend's attention on our weekend away, until we realised they where sat with there mum! they where drinking beer though, so was over 18

hope the weather is nice for you all going away, dd is going to Blackpool for the weekend next week with her dad, should be nice for them, bet she behaves better for him than me saying that, up until now she's not been too bad, she came down after bedtime last night and said 'are you ok mummy, youv'e been a bit quiet lately?' bless!

phebee-do you have to actually book a hospital where you are? or can you not wait and see when your in labour and if you make it to the new one then fine, but if you need seeing quickly go to the old one?

hi to everyone else, am going to meet Squonk off MN at the beach today, hope it doesn't rain

have a nice day all

LOLOL J2O, just cos they were were drinking beer with their mum doesn't mean they were over 18

Here's my extended list of hotbots at the mo:

Jack sparrow (of course)
The current Dr Who (can't remember his name)
Captain Jack from Dr Who (lots n lots of dreams about him )
Ziggy and Liam!!!!!!!!! yikes waaay too much BB in this house
Good old Leo DeCaprio (we watched titanic again the other day)
O erm and DH of course

About the hospital I'm under consultant care for various reasons so had to book in to one hospital or the other. I spose it makes sense to go where your notes are, at least that way tehre's a fighting chance they might look at them
Hope you dd has a lovely time in blackpool. We're going to try and take DS up there if the weather picks up a bit. We're about 2 hours away so we might try and do it in a day as the holiday fund is well and truly spent for this year

Can u tell I'm skiving today

Thanks all for celebrating with me; funnily though, I didnt sleep well last night..when you would have thought that I'd sleep better with that weight off my mind. I did wonder if it was guilt at pressuring Dh round to my way of thinking but I know I didn't... who knows? The workings of the subconcious are beyond me. At least I didnt wake crying like I have been doing on and off for weeks!
Inzi; I wouldnt say that we are both "happy" with the decision, I certainly am, but we still have to worry about the consequences if there is something wrong with this LO, Dh more than me,(he still feels he couldn't cope and his father, my mother, my brother and my cousin are all very much for testing and termination if something is wrong so we wont have 100% support for this decision)but it is the only solution he could come up with in all concience.... and I know I am incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful, considerate and sensitive DH (most of the time)

Pheebe, if I have learned one thing from my 3 whole years of marriage it is that I dont function in our relationship in the same way I do when at work....when I was singing full time I was terribly independant and self sufficient (working away from home and friends for weeks at a time)and I had absolutely no qualms what so ever about stating my opinion, putting my foot down or having a complete Diva strop if necessary. With Dh I am a much more dependant, considerate, tolerant and compliant person..so dont beat yourself up for not behaving like the powerful proffessional that you are during the day when dealing with your DH and personal issues, they are 2 totally different worlds. It sounds like your emergency the other day has got your DH very frightened, certainly more concerned about getting you medical help from any source fast rather than somewhere where you will feel comfortable...Personally, I'd phone the hospital and rebook that booking in appointment (if possible)as back up, I'd have another look at the one you have bad memories of and I'd weigh up the pros and cons of both...and if you still want the one further away I'd get some statistics on the number of births that are emergencies versus those that last hours...then sit down with Dh and state your preferance with some facts and figures to back up your points, then come to some compromise that suits you both.
For me; because of my medical history I'm booked in at St Marys in central Manchester (35 mins away at dead of night but 1 1/2 hrs in rush hours!) but there is no way an ambulance would take me there in a serious emergency...they would take me to my nearest health authority hospital, Burnley (25 mins away,.. if you know where it is!) but the closest is actually Fairfield in Bury (yet another health authority, 15 mins down the motorway or 20 mins by A road)...our plan is to go Manchester if we get the chance, to Fairfield if we are in a hurry and it is rush hour, or if it happens when Dh is away, wherever the ambulance takes me!...(Though the friend who had her little boy last week spent most of her labour working out a roster of friends and family who could get me into Manchester if Dh is a work on the other side of the city!!!! What a way to spend your labour!!!)
I hope you can come to a compromise you are both happy with. ((((hugs))))

I think J20 requested EDD's for everyone so I've copied the list from the stats thread...

Mrs Fish - Due 1st October (mm/c Oct 06) Have a ds who is 23 months. Live in Derbyshire. This one is another BOY

Mumpbump due 1st October - surprise! (m/c Sept. and Nov. 06) 2nd baby, ds1 12 mo, lives in Surrey

Lisadutton EDD 1.10.07, 2 nd baby, 3rd pregnancy. Living in Herts

Tinytotmummy EDD 1st October, 3rd baby. DS 3.9, DD 2.6 Living in Devon

Fettle due 2nd October

Monalisasmile EDD 2 October. 2nd baby, have ds aged 3. 2 mc June and Oct 06.
Living in Herts

ejt1764 due 2nd October, 2nd baby - a wriggling little girl. I have a ds who will be 5 on 4/10/07 - birthday party to be delayed! pg#4 (mc Jan 06, 7 weeks, mmc spotted at dating scan 13 weeks June 06), lives in South Wales

Betsycoe Due 2nd October, 1st baby ? Wetherby, West Yorks

Kezza due 4th Oct, 2nd baby (pg #4) living in Essex

PolarMummy EDD 4th Oct 1st Baby living in N.Ireland

Greedy EDD 5th oct, 3rd baby, lives in herts.

Floria Tosca EDD 5th Oct, 1st baby, a surprise. pg#7, (5 early m/cs, 1@ 17wk m/c girl Sept 06), Lives S.E. Lancashire

Hairybabysmum EDD 6th Oct, 2nd baby (m/c in Nov), live in York

WinniethePooh Due 7th October 2nd baby DD will be 5 in August. Live in the West Midlands. This one is a girl as well.

beanie2bump edd 8th october lost 1st baby at 37 weeks 2004, 18 old month baby , mc august 06.

Katsh c/s booked 8th October ! (39 wks). dds 7 and 5. (mc July 07) Surrey

J20BABY Due 9th October. 2nd baby from East Yorkshire

JuJuMoo Due 9th October, 2nd baby (DS will be nearly 3) from West Yorkshire. (Originally told EDD 17th Sept but dating scan results mean I'm back with you guys hehe)

alicet due 9th Oct, 2nd baby boy (ds will be 20 months). lives in newcastle-upon-tyne

Marie676 Due 10th October 1st baby

rach2007 - Due 10th Oct, is my first baby. Live in Swindon Wilts

buffythenappyslayer due 11th october.6th baby,ds1 15yrs,dd1 12yrs,dd2 11trs,ds2 7yrs,dd3 2yrs.lives in north wales.

Jersey Due 12th October 3rd baby, DS1 2.5, DS2 7months. Living in East Midlands.

Apricott due 14 October, 2nd child, DD 12, lives in South Wales.

JoAndTheBoys due 14th October, 3rd baby, ds1 4, ds2 3

Kittiwake EDD 15th October, 1st baby, lives in Mid Wales.

Manitz due 16 October tbc, 3rd baby, dd1 4ish, dd2 2. London
Im new so thought I would add.

MrsBee (AKA HelloMama) EDD 18 October. 2nd Baby, DS aged 2.7. Living in South West.

Hillbilly EDD 18 Oct Baby #2 DD 20 mos MC last summer at 10 wks Live in Notting Hill, London

ejb1976 due 20 October, 2nd baby, DD aged 2. A brummie.

Maisym due 21st October 5th baby, others are 9,6,3,1

Eaglebird due 22nd October, Tyne & Wear, 1st baby

RuthDD due 22 October. 3rd baby. DS1 4.5. DS2 1.5. East London

Nbg due 23 Oct, 3rd baby. DD 3, DS 7 months. Northallerton, North Yorks.

HonorMatopoeia - due 23rd October. 2nd baby. dd 2.5. Worcestershire

Asur, due 24th October, 2nd baby, DS 11mths, in Scotland

Honeyapple EDD 26-28? October, Baby no.3, DS1 8yrs DD1 4yrs, Living in West Kent

Designer Baby - Due 27th October - first pg. Expecting a little girl. Live in North London.

Nellie Loula - due 27th October; 3rd pregnancy -DS 26 months and ectopic in Sep 06. Live in East Sussex

Inzidoodle due date 28 October, 1st baby stillborn 29 weeks 03/2004. Fife Scotland.

Champs due date, Oct 29th. 4th baby.
3 boys 1, 3, 9
London.

Pheebe due 31 October (maybe), too many mcs to list early and missed plus an ectopic to boot but a gorgeous ds (2 years 8 months), live near stoke on trent

hehe mines wrong on there they are saying 5th Oct now
L

Floria - I am SO pleased for you... Although not in the same risk category, dh and I made the same decision - no point doing amnio as we would never terminate anyway after the two m/c. Whatever happens, when the baby is born, you and your dh will love it regardless, I am sure...

Muppet - glad to hear that the swimming went well. Ds loves going to the pool and is also confident in the water - so much so that he jumped in the other day when dh and I were not near enough to catch him. Fortunately, dss was there, but it has made me determined to get him swimming lessons asap!

J2O - you are like superwoman! Wallpapering is hard work because of all the stretching so I'm not surprised that you're tired. I haven't been able to do any DIY for months, but dh has promised he will take ds off my hands next weekend so I can do some tiling which we need to get done.

Will be back later...

Morning everyone - fantastic news FT; absolutely delighted for you both. And you'll be surprised by how the people you think aren't going to be supportive usually excell themseleves when they need to!

Pheebe, that is a shame about the hospital. I hear your point about the path of least resistence, but it is you that is having this baby and you need to do what you feel is right. Much easier for your DH at the birth if you're happy and reassured - saying that, a new tour my just be the thing to put your mind at rest. good luck with it.

hope everyone else is ok. we had another night of nightmares until 1, but I feel much better than I did yesterday. That was another one of those I want to run away days. I think though that the bad weather has had a real effect on me (and all other pregnant mums with LO's I'm sure) The endless wind and rain just makes it so much hsrder to have the energy to do anything I'm finding. but the sun is shining today and a friend has taken DS to the park for an hour -bliss! will catch up later

Hi All, Just wondered if i could join your due October thread?
I'm due on October 2nd and am having a little girl.
I already have a dd who is 8, a ds who is 6 and a ds who is 9 months. I live in Somerset and am 29 yo.

I'm suffering really badly with heartburn and SPD this time round.(any advice would be really gratefully received!) Also on Clexane and aspirin.

It's so nice to be in contact with people going through the same things. These men will never understand!!!

welcome kiansmum.
Im due 4 days after you and am also having a girl.
I have SPD too I use my wheelchair or crutches 95% of the time now. Hints I have got from MN and physio are, if it hurts dont do if possible, put a pillow between your legs at night, wear silky pjs are its easier to turn in bed, if your going in a car sit on plastic bag, it makes it easier to get out, wear flat shoes or none at all and take it easy alot HTH

Lisa

Hi Lisa,
Great to meet you.
This SPD is awful isn't it. I'd never had it before.
The advice you've given is great. I'll have to try it.
I went to the hospital the other day and they gave me 1 crutch!!!
How i'm supposed to walk with it and push a buggy i'll never know. I bet to everyone else i'm a funny sight, sort of waddling and falling down the road!!
Have you already got any dc?
I've also got some funny cravings going on this time:Ice,Sponge,Raw carrots and decaff black coffee( yep, i'm a weirdo!)
Have you got any?
Keep in touch
Sarah

Morning all

Once again - I turn my back for not that long and a flurry of messages appears. Some of you are very early birds aren't you? But I guess you've mostly got small children - another thing I'll have to get used to all over again!

Floria - I was so pleased to read your post I nearly cried. Clearly it hasn't been a straightforward issue for either of you, but I'm so delighted your DH has come to the same conlusion as you. Wonderful news.

Lisa - so sorry about your bil. And your pregnancy worries

Pheebe - agree with what others have said - it's you who's giving birth, so you need to be as happy as possible with the arrangements. Hope you and DH have made up.

J20baby - I get knackered trying to do the vacuuming and I'm not as pg as you are! Couldn't the wallpapering wait for, er, a few years or at least until your joints and muscles are all back to normal? Or what about your friend (the one who's going on that inconvenient holiday) - couldn't you ask him to help?

Buffy - good to have you back! So glad you're ok - you take it easy now.

Welcome Kiansmum!

Hope I've not missed anything big - only had a quick read through.

Waves to everyone else. Where are you going on your hols MrsFish?

Take care all x

Hi Apricott,
Good to meet you.
Thanks for the welcome.
You said you've got to get used to small children again, have you got quite a gap then?

Hi all!

Welcome Kiansmum. J20 - I am actually due 28th Sept, so not appearing on your list, but since this is my first; thought it would be wise to make friends in Oct too!

Havent had chance to read all the posts, so apologies. Looking forward to the weekend!

Hope all are having good days. Today is a more productive day and work, yesterday was definitely not very productive!

kiansmums, that really bad, my physio told me that at NO time should i use one crutch. It causes instability in one of the hips, and it very bad for you.
If you havent seen a physio, do so very quickly. I also found a support belt very helpful in the early stages of my SPD.

L

Hi there and welcome, Kiansmum! You are brave, going for a fourth! I'm worrying about coping with two so I take my hat off to you! I haven't had any SPD, but keep drinking lots of OJ and occasionally craving chocolate which I don't like except for in pg.

Floria, thank you for your kind words. I'd never really thought about things in that way but you're quite right, I'm quite a difference person in my realtionahop with DH than I am in my working life. More dependent (but not needy). Our relationship raised alot of eyebrows and alot of people said it wouldn't work as I have a phD and DH has mild dyslexia and never did well at school so on the face of it we're very different people. But its never ever bothered us. Just becuase I ahve a phD doesn't make me some nerdy bookworm who's different to everyone else and DH despite nt being able to read particualrly well is a brilliant and much sought after electrical engineer, can work magic with a car engine and has single handedly rennovated our house ... can you tell how proud I am of him . I also know that he only ever does what he thinks is right and puts is family (and especially me) before anything else. I will talk to him later now I;ve calmed down but I tried the facts and figures approach with him before and his response, quite rightly I suppose, was that he didn't care what happended to other people, only what might happen to me . As long as he's with me I'll be fine

Hmm, still can't type despite all that education

Welcome aboard Kiansmum sounds like you definitely need to get another crutch, sounds like using the one could cause you more problems in the long run!

Back to work for me now...

Welcome Kiansmum!
So sorry about the spd...I wince in sympathy every time one of the sufferers here talks about it, my ligaments are losening a little but not so bad that a night with a pillow between my knees can't sort it.
Heartburn; personally Gaviscon Advance, is the only thing that gives me any relief .... I have been known to need to take it 5 times in a night!... Sleeping semi-propped on several pillows was suggested to me but I cant do it and my Mums suggestion of peppermint tea did absolutley nothing for me, but I'll happily pass on the suggestions if they might work for someone else.

Thanks everyone for all your welcomes.
I'm off to see the physio on Thursday so shall see about another crutch. I think in the meantime i'll use the buggy for support instead of my 1 crutch!! It sounds like the crutch would do more harm than good.
Mumpbump, i don't know if brave is the word for having a 4th child, i sometimes think it could be mad! I was breastfeeding my ds and using that as contraception (silly fool, it didn't work!) We're really chuffed as i've had 5 mcs in the past but i'm really scared about the small 11month age gap between the youngest 2.

Pheebe; I think the best relationships are balanced like yours and your DHs....my Dh says that if this Lo inherits my ability with music, art and language and his ability with mathematics, science and mechanics we will be blessed with the most gifted and talented child...but God help the poor mite if it is the other way round!

Gosh - I go out for an hour and you all decide to start chatting

Kiansmum - hello How do you find being pregnant with 3 children already I am totally knackered with just one two year old to run after, I'm definitely not doing it again.

Apricott - We are going to Porth, which is right next to Newquay, really looking forward to it, though have done no packing yet

Well ds is having a nap, so I SHOULD be taking advantage and sorting stuff out...

MrsFish - That's a lovely neck of the woods. Hope the weather improves for you!

Kiansmum - I've a 12 year old, so broken nights, sleep deprivation and all that are but a distant memory for me . At least I ahve been through it all before though, so know what to expect, unlike DH, who has absolutely no idea!

Hi Mrsfish, I think we just go onto autopilot when we're pg don't we. My eldest 2 are being really helpful fetching things for me etc. They are 8 and 6 now.
This weather's abit depressing tho isn't it. The kids are getting bored being stuck indoors.
Apricott, my DH was like that, he didn't know what to expect either as my eldest 2 are from my 1st marriage and my DH is only 21(bless him!) He certainly got a shock when our ds was born. I think that's why he's so scared about our dd being born.
We're off to stay with ILs in Plymouth today so really looking forward to that.
My MIL is great with occupying the kids so i may actually get some rest!!!!

Welcome to Kiansmum.

Hi to everyone else.

I was awake at 3.30 this morning. Dp was snoring, but did not want to wake hime by prodding him. Needed to get DD's birthday cake finished for tomorrow, so at 4.30am I was baking, making butter icing and fondant icing. Went back to bed when DP got up at 7am. Managed to get another hours sleep before he brought DD in at 8am. We finally got up for breakfast at 8.30.

I had forgotten that MIL said that they would be round today to help me with housework and we were still in our dressing gowns when they arrived at 9.15am. I have never got dressed so quickly. She asked this morning if she could stay at Grandma's tonight, so that is what she is doing. They will bring her back about 8.30am tomorrow as I need to get her hair done in little plaits for her birthday party tomorrow.

I have spent the last couple of hours colouring the fondant icing Yellow, green, red, blue and black to decorate her cake as a smiley kite. DP has taken some pics of it so I will post them in my profile when he puts them on the computer.

DP and I are going to make the most of being child free this ewvening and go to the cinema.

Have a good evening and weekend everyone.

Winnie; what a lovely mil..coming to do your housework and taking dd off your hands for the night! Mine is all for the baby sitting side of things but mention housework and she'll run a mile!
We are doing the same thing tonight; off the the flicks! We haven't done anything as a couple in a long time, there have been too many family or friends events to attend... so I'm really looking forward to an evening for just the two of us... hope you enjoy your evening.