Due Sept '07 - Loving this weather - yes WE WILL make it through the summer thanks!!!

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I did it (slightly adjusted the wording - is it OK?)!!! Now all we've got to do is a link from the old one to the new one - I'll leave that to somebody a bit more competent!

By the way, I just go laalalaalalaaa when you guys talk about epidurals/pain relief etc. I really didn't enjoy having one when I had DS but I had to as they had put me on a drip and all sorts and I had lots of complications. Ended up with even more severe migraines for years afterwards too. Didn't have one with DD1 and much preferred the whole experience. If I can get away with it this time, I'm going to try and avoid having one (obviously can't predict how things will go!). Gas & Air me up all the way!!!

PLP xxx

edie thats great new, all good for you then. i just hope mine does not get too much bigger, still cant get over she s 9pound now. also well done on you gtt. horrible thing is nt it.

chattyhan, gutted on your last day also, i would seriously notb impressed but at least you can rest(a little more) tommorrow.
also bumble and chatthan your bumps are both really cute, think i'll leave mine off, its huge .

dal -sounds great and you must have a much more organised brain than me right now
chatty - your waters sound great but I've a friend who did it on wooden florr, shouted husband and he fell in the waters!!!! Much more likely to happen to me like that!

I joined the club and have posted pic of me with bump also! it was taken about a week ago, am due another measure of the bump tomorrow at 34 weeks!

dal you are so neat, you look like a model for maternity wear

LOL Hayley - I wish!! Clever dressing disguises a multitude of sins! But thank you for saying that anyways! Makes me feel a little less whale like!

dal you really should realy see me i'm huge lol i'm the whale and a hippo ha x

dal - i love the pic and completely agree you do look like a maternity model posing in a catalogue!

can anyone tell me how many bottles i should buy, iv just bought the avent newborn starter pack whih includes:
2 125 ml/4oz
and
2 260ml/9oz avent airflex natural feeding bottles, with 2 extra teats, dummy and bottle brush.

i know that i need more but how many

hayley are you bottlefeeding from birth? If so i'd recommend you get a couple more 4 oz (that's all you'll need for first few months will move to 9oz later on) If you start with 4 bottles and see how you go - i breastfed until 4 months and made do with 4 9oz from then on but it depends how often you want to wash/sterlise and if you are making up bottles to take to childminder etc.

I'd say see how you go and buy more if need to! xx

You look gorgeous in that photo dal. I am very jealous!

OMG!!! dal you look amazing!! I've just posted a pic on my profile of my 35 week bump but I've just realised my gigantic arse makes my bump look hooooooge! My posture is terrible, I really stick my bum out Oh dear!!

oh and it doesn't help I'm in a baggy teeshirt and sweat pants cos i'm in the middle of doing housework (I'm so easily distracted!!)

ok now i am

mrs mar - you look so lovely and happy in your wedding photo! and your arse and bump do not look huge! us pregnant women need to be nicer to ourselves!

Haven't looked at your profile photos yet, will try! Chatty, do you mean your waters have just broken? Congrats! at poo girl, boo to dads who don't bother to check nappies are on... Good vibes to amyclaramum in hospital.
Kinki - many belated thanks for your advice about the x-ray, I got one after requesting it on the grounds you'd given.

I've weaned myself off codeine because it might cause breathing problems and withdrawal symptoms in the bub at birth. It's been miniature cold turkey, nausea, bunged-upness, raised temperature. Lovely. TMI time: Currently trying to find a comfy position for the blasted PILES that have returned with a vengeance. Ugh. Not good when sitting/lying 24/7... Perhaps an inflatable ring would work?
Dignity, probably 1 out of 10... hm, must be late pregnancy.

Hello Sophieandbelly - I'm due 30th September too

Dal - you look stunning in that picture, and such a cute neat bump

Well I have just got back from the hairdressers and feel so much better, had my hair dyed dark brown and had it cut to just on my shoulders, it looks sooo much better. Feels very short to how I used to have it though (see profile)

thanks chattyhan, tht helps a lot.i'll get couple more. think i get one fre also with the steriliser but not bought it yet.

Hayley, I don't have any advice to offer on bottles, but I can tell you that I've just bought an Avent microwave steriliser and got two bottles free with it (one 4oz and one 9oz).

Dal, at your photo.

thanks bumble, well thats good.i'll buy that first then then get extras as i need them

Ah bless you dal! I think the key is with that wedding photo is that I was pretty drunk and had just had a very silly half our in my room with my bridesmaids pulling the 400 odd pins out of my hair and taking my veil out, and then rather drunkenly deciding to wash my hair... while in my wedding dress. Head over the bath with the hand held shower!

You're welcome Toadstool. Hope the healing process is rapid for you. And that the cold turkey thing settles down very quickly. Sorry to hear about the piles, I don't envy that. You're right about the lack of dignity. I've got thrush atm, not nice.

Chatty, oh dear about poo-girl. You're right about other kid's poo being so much worse than your own's. And I bet you were cursing the fact the floor seems so much more further away than it used to be! Only advice I can offer is have a chat with Hopey, I seem to remember she had a bit of problem with poo on a carpet, though that was dog flavoured!

And Mrs F, your new hair must be absolutely stunning if you say it's better than before - it's looks beautiful in your profile.

hi dal, you look great iam about 2wice as big as u!!!
i no everyone is going to say i shouldnt be thinking about body already, but cant wait to get bk on diet!! b4 getting pregnant had lost 3 stone, i went to goa in nov(loads of curries) and xmas and new year. prob gained about a stone!!!! so when i then fell pregnant i was like shit iam going to get fat again!!! (i no its for a good reason) but be nice to feel in control again!!

MrsM - they are always the best photos. For our wedding, we have the lovely 'posed' photos; but the ones that still make us laugh the most are the ones where we are absolutely trollied...and just basking in that great we just got married feeling!

I have done nothing all day! I even have to fess up that am still in slippers and jim jams. Oh well - it is my first day of maternity leave! Gonna grab a shower before DH gets home!

Thanks Sophie and MrsB too! Everyone is very kind - and it has really lifted me. thank you so much. I think everyone just feels like a blimp in pregnancy.

Can anyone who has already done this pregnancy lark tell me how it feels once you have had the baby? I imagine that you feel heaps lighter, tons of space all of a sudden! Am I right??? Is there lots of relief physically?

Tell me about getting my body back - I cannot wait to be able to run again.

Yes Hayley the GTT is a right pain.

Thanks MrsMar, Dal and Chatty. Im 36 weeks so lets hope she doesn't get too much bigger! Bless her. I don't mind as long as she is healthy which they seem to think she is.

Hi Ladies,

Thanks for all the lovely messages,I love you all.

Sorry I havent been about ,bloody internet has been down for days thanks to sky.....again!

Mum has to have some sort of radioactive test tomorrow to see if it has spread anywhere so have got everything crossed at the moment.

Sophus and cc ,Hugs and loads of best wishes to you and yours.

Talking of having things crossed ,had another two shows since that one the other day,not blood streaked so just taking each day at a time really,36 weeks tomorrow so hoping I can hold off for another week at least.Mind you not taking it easy,painting yesterday ,shampooed the carpets downstairs the day before( yes cream here too)and took DS to spacehoppers today ,so dont know who is more tired.

Got my scan tomorrow to see if the placenta has moved up so may ask if they can tell if LO has engaged yet as I dont see the MW til next week.

Loving all the photos you have all posted,will try to get round to putting some on mine at some point.

Anyway going to go now and get the dinner on before I am too knackered to move.

Love to all
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