Due March 2008 - meeting up for pies and cakes

[derah]

A nice new little thread for Skidoodle and anyone else who needs it.....

Can I add a vote for Marks and Spenser's sweets, they are getting me through at the moment, although Winemakesmummyclever has started me thinking of chinese food, and I may have to have some soon.

Is there going to be an actual meetup?

I love M&S Percy Pigs. Might get a bag on the way home to take to the cinema this evening. Going to watch Knocked up with a friend this evening.

oooh- brazilianmum, i want to see that too! dh not so keen apparently!

Preggers, we did the couple outing to the cinema to watch Bourne Ultimatum last week, but I couldn't drag him to a chick flick. Even though he dragged me to Transformers. He did love the 40 year old virgin though.

He he eh I took my dh to see transformers in Bogota'. I promised him that if he drove me to the hospital to check out these horrible pains I was having and sat with me I would take him (we ended up staying in hospital 12 hours and finding out that I am pregnant!!! He promptly said that I didn't have to pay or go as he wouldn't have missed THIS hospital visit for the world but I took him anyway)
I really would like to see Knocked up but noone else seems to want to go :-(

BM - I've got 2 dogs, both mixed breed, one little black male and one great white lump female. They were both around before dd arrived. The little male one (who is a grumpy old man) just ignores her as far as possible or growls a bit when she pulls his ears. The large girl dog has been soooooooo protective of DD ever since she was born. She kept checking her moses basket to make sure she was OK and came rushing over whenever she cried. Now that dd is bigger, they play together though I have to be careful and supervise cos the dog is quite big and sometimes hurts dd without meaning to. She also 'herds' dd away if she's trying to get into something she shouldn't be. It's so funny!! Both dogs have been fine with her, they'll growl if she gets carried away and hurts them, but generally just move away if she's bothering them. If your dog is already OK with kids (mine don't really like anyone else's) he should be brilliant with your new baby.

Frannie - mmmmmm, choccie soy milk! Have some more for me. I could do with a glass right about now.

M&S sweets do look tasty but I've never tried them cos they're not veggie. Most annoying.

I've got DD's birthday party tomorrow so there will be LOTS of cake and chocolate, hooray! I just need to remember to leave some for the kids.....

You guys are so terrible for making me not feel at all guilty about eating cake. Friday is cream cake day in the work canteen so I'm now going to have to wander over to see whether I prefer the look of the vanilla slices or the cream and jam scones...

I'm off on holiday to Italy on Sunday so won't be around for a week. I'll be sitting in the sun, eating pasta, not drinking chianti (well, maybe a little sip won't hurt...) and thinking of you all back in cold, autumnal Britain...

I was just given a big slice of victoria sponge by the speech and language ladies....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hello all, i have finally found the right thread to post on

have been away a few days as dp had four days of work, great as i got to rest lots, i am 13wks now and still feeling sick and tired.

had the nuchal scan and was given odds of one in 4100, so that was fantastic, the scan was really clear and they checked the babies brain, stomach, limbs etc and all is good

dp has told his mum, she is really chuffed, think we will wait till about 16wks to tell everyone else tho, its quite nice having it as a secret

glad everyone is well, and congratulations on the twins victoria? is it, sorry skim reading and trying to catch up.

hi all, i added myself to the march list thingy on the other thread. I am due the 31st of march so made it by the skin of my teeth hope everyone is ok xx

dh told his mum and sister last night that there was soon to be a new addition- they were shocked to say the least!!

I went to bed at 9pm last night as i'm on my own atm, dh has taken the kids up to mil's for a few days so that i can get the house sorted and get some rest! they are coming home on Monday for a nice family day out- can't wait , a family day out usually consists of "are we there yet?", "muuuuum", and "love, have you got some cash on you? I've only got my credit card and they don't accept them here"

Still, quiet day today and then scrubbing the house- i'm fed up with the state of it! I broke down in tears last weekend because the skirting boards were dirty! pregnancy hormones are doing weird things!

My husband is horrible. He has been a bit sh!t for the last few weeks, getting upset if he sees me reading this or looking at baby clothes ("not another bloody baby thing")and has admitted that he doesn't feel very sexual towards me at the moment. Also produced a gem this morning "I am worried now that if we don't work out how much more complicated a divorce would be with kids." We have been married 8 months. I understand that he is freaked out too, but I can't believe how insensitive he's being. Am i just hormonal?

preggers, i have to scrub the house today too mw coming 2mo to do booking and the house is a tip. i am SO sicky today and tired so not even starting until this afternoon!

DP quite ill with toothache so not helping as much as he been the last f=couple of weeks. he has really strong painkillers and ABs which are knocking him out so i can't even leave the DS's with him for a small break!

Hi I am just new to mumsnet so be gentle with me! I am due around 12th March 08 and it's my first. Still can't quite believe it. If it wasn't for the all day nausea (easing off now slightly), debilitating exhaustion and humungous boobies, I wouldn't believe it at all.

Is everyone getting over the sickness now? Also, is anyone getting a bump yet? I think I am just getting fat cos I have an addiction to Lucozade - was the only thing that seemed to stop the "morning" sickness for a while...

Turtle - sorry to hear about your man troubles. On the face of it, he does sound like he's being a bit of an a**e, particularly if the baby-thing was planned and a joint decision. Hopefully he'll sort his head out soon, and it's all just temporary panic at the looming responsibility etc.

My dp doesn't approve of MN (mainly because it fuels my mc paranoia) but just rolls his eyes if I mention it, or if he catches me on it!

If it makes you feel any better, I finally bit the bullet and told my mother the news last night. Her exact words were "Oh no. Was it an accident? What ARE you going do? Your father will be devastated." Which was nice.

Incidentally, I'm 34, in a stable relationship with a trustworthy, decent fella, and have a good job and a nice house in a very respectable suburb of Brum, so ostensibly, having kids isn't exactly controversial. Parents. Obviously I'll be nothing like that....

on the subject of parent, i found out yesterday that i would have been carryingtwins but one didnt develop, my mums reaction was "that was a bit lucky then wasnt it" not a single shred of sympathy that i'd basically lost a baby!!. Even dp who didnt want a baby to start with sensed that i was a little upset and consolled me with, "at least we still have one" which made me feel loads better.

Maybe it was a spur of the moment reaction with dearest mother but it still hurt

Oh Turtle, what a horrid thing for your DH to say! Men can be so crap sometimes, can't they? Men do tend to get really freaked out by pregnancy, because it's something that a) they don't understand b) they have no control over c) you lose some of your sexuality while preggers and d) they're all just big babies and are terrfied at the prospect of not being your only baby and getting all your attention any more. You're not just being hormonal at all. Perhaps it would help if you sit down together and both discuss your worries and fears about this pregnancy. And let him know how much his comments are hurting you.

Flossie - can't believe your mum would say that. My mum wasn't too pleased when I got preggers with DD, and was a little sceptical this time around too. I think mums just really want the best for us and hope we'll be married and in a huge house and with a husband in a really good job, so they're a bit sad when we get preggers in less than that ideal situation. They forget that they were probably in a worse situation when they started their families. She'll come around when the baby arrives and she meets her grandchild.

Iliketosleep - poor you too!! I'm sure your mum meant well, thinking of you struggling with two babies. But that wasn't a very sensitive way to put it. Sorry about your lost little one too. Very sad....

Today's was dd's 2nd birthday, and we had a very busy day. Party was at 11am, and there was lots to do before it started so we started early and have only just finished clearing up! But she had a lovely day. The weather was amazing (it was an outdoor party and our house is TINY so moving inside wasn't an option) so I'm counting my lucky stars. She loved all her presents, and her new trampoline was the hit of the party. When she saw it in the garden this morning her face just lit up, she yelled "boingy boingy!!", ran over to it and bounced all day! She'll sleep well tonight. It's a relief that it's all over and went so well. I think I may be brave enough to have another kids party in future!

Hope everyone's horrid DH's/mums/other family members start being a little more understanding and sympathetic. The hormones are bad enough at the moment without the people who we need to give support giving us hassles instead.

very nicely put derah thanks xx

hi all, flossie - when i told my dad i was pregantn (I am 32 and married so, like you, not exactly controversial) he said: 'what?! what?! I'm not ready to be a gran... oh my god i can't even say the word, i'm not ready. How could you do this to me?' !!! They are all truly bonkers

iliketosleep - sorry about the twin but congrats on the baby thats fine. my little sis lost a twin earlyone and one way she looked at it was that if thered only been one she might have ended up with non! doesnt make it any beter of course but i hope your ok x

congrats to our newbies, we dont bite unless were really really hungry

mumofmonsters- how was the booking in? they given you a scan date?

as for the crap things parents say mine haver ran out of ideas! they havent said anything bad about this one but i think as id only just had a mc they would have seen it as being a tad bit insensitive

im fine thanks, was initially shocked then sad but im ok now, i wasnt expecting twins so really nothing has changed, I still saw little beans heartbeat and it was fine

Im a bit concerned about the sac though, as its still there and i dont know whether it will come out or i will deliver it with bean or what

my sister was about 8 or 9 weeks when her 2nd twin died and her body simply reabsorbed the other baby. she said there were some big clots when she was born that she thought was it but i think it would have gone completly. your body will do whats best for the other one and the dead twin will just disapear. do you have another scan booked?

Turtle sorry to hear about DH being s**y. He should come round though. My DH with dd1 was not excited at all before hand. When I asked him how he felt he just used to say 'I'm building up to it honey!' Not what you want to hear at 9.5mths prgnant!!! Now he is besotted and for the first 6 weeks I could hardly get a look in except to feed her!

hello

will c&p from the other thread!(sorry!)

booked in with MW today. notes have changed soooo much since last time. apparently they are now the same as the rest of thecountry. She put me at 10 weeks (EDD 20th March which WILL change), pretty much filled in the answers to the questions herself. she has booked us in 3 times (today will be the 4th) and did ALL AN care for the DSs! She was lovely and said i don't have to make any decisions yet wrt to the birth and feeding etc. Will have scan in about 3 weeks......tick tock

Hope everyone has had a good weekend.

Went to see DP play in manchester with eth bos this afternoon, no one came and the boys were really naughty so not had a good dayall in all!

yeah i have a twelve week scan booked for the 21st september.