Due April 2008 - the food porn thread for expanding waistlines!

[SantasGotABigFatEllieG]

Hello

hunkers blog about breastfeeding too, she really appreciates comments!!

Weight gain - depends what I had for dinner the night before but between 9-12lb (20+5 so behind most of you). Weight gain really accelerating now, at least 1lb a week for about 5-6 weeks.

BF crawl - can't do youtube at work (thank god they haven't twigged and banned MN!) but will check with interest. Heard about that last time (at NCT) and really wanted to try, but DD on resuscitation table in theatre and I had horrific shakes so couldn't hold her until they'd finished my stitches . Here's hoping for one of those 30 minute problem-free second labours!

It's not yourube, it's something you d/l to watch on windows, but save it for when you can!

I was all shaky with ds too, am hoping to have my VBA2C this time, but even if I have a cs I'm going to ask for the skin-to-skin straight away. I'm training dp on how he would have to watch baby doesn't fall off!

dp maybe catching the baby this time!!

Hi Fleecy. At last appointment I´d only gained 2kg but I was only 17wks then. Am now 21wks and have a mw appointment on Friday and am pretty sure have gained more than the 1kg the midwife has "allowed" me to gain

Argh!!Scorpio!!
DP is going to sex the baby and cut the umbilical cord, but I don't know about catching it!

DH has just texted to say he's going in for his appointment now DS is a happy bunny though as we have to get the school bus home this afternoon as DH has car

TinyTim - wish my DH could cut the cord but I doubt the hospital has come along that much in 5 years. I´m pretty sure it´s still full blown knock-you-out stuff for cs, like when I had DS1. Am really hoping Sam decides a natural birth´s for him

dp cut the cord last time and this time i said you know you can cath it if you want? he sort of said err thats gross but sort of didnt, so i'll let you all know!

i love butteries! Bizarrely you can buy them in our local tesco (between glasgow and edinburgh) but i try to avoid buying them due to the previously stated lard content!! They are so tasty though- warm with honey- mmmmmmmm...

Does anyone else not get a 20wk scan where they live. It's rubbish. I've always had one before but we didn't live here and I found it very reassuring.

I'm 21 + 4 wks now and I don't dare weigh myself anymore. Also my favourite maternity jeans just wore through at the bum and I was wearing them all day yesterday so I probably exposed my manky old knickers to the world . They have lasted through 2.5 pregnancies so I shouldn't complain but I can't afford to buy any more maternity clothes at the moment.

I've gained about 14 - 16 pounds. Am officially a Big Girl. Tried on some clothes in town at lunchtime and nearly cried.
Having spent periods of my life being rather big and trying hard to lose it, it's a bit depressing to have it all piling on.

i dont know how much weight i have put on.

I LOVE the idea of the baby latching on straight after birth. I really hope I get that this time and that it all goes smoothly. I was truly hopeless at breastfeeding last time (although I did feed DD exclusively for 5 months), had no patience with it and found it a truly miserable experience. But I'm determined to try again and always said it wouldn't put me off.

However, when it comes to cutting the cord, catching the baby or anything that involves my dh being at that end of the birth, it's just not for me. He was kept well and truly up by my head last time and will be again! I couldn't even look at myself down there after giving birth so certainly wouldn't want him anywhere near it!

I've gained 5kg (I'm 20+5 too) - what's that, about 11 pounds? I think it's about average so far but I'm quite scared at how quickly the scales have been going up recently.

Is there a way of reading just the posts you haven't seen on MN - or even quickly getting to the end of the thread? At the moment I'm going in through ante natal page, clicking on the April thread then going to the last page. But I have to remember where I left off each time and sometimes the pages are quite slow to load.

I want to put a breastfeed straight away on my birth plan so is flagged up. I really like that idea.

DH just texted to say that they´ve only taken out 2 teeth (the other 4 they´re taking out on Monday) & he´s a little sore & swollen, but apart from that he´s fine It must be dreadful, I´ve never had any work done on mine so can´t even begin to imagine how he´s feeling.

Blimey, I've been off work for a few days to move house and there is pages and pages to catch up on

loving the food porn

hope everyone is ok

i havent had much yummy food today. i did have a mince pie after my solicitors appt. (solicitor was hot - yes im horny )

Scorpio - I feel let down now as you're always the one that gives me my ideas for what to have for dinner Don´t see any hot people round here (apart from DH of course) as teaching doesn´t seem to be a profession that attracts them

no hot peopel at my uni either - unless i was a lesbian i suppose. i think my dp is hot enough for me anyway (pic on profile if you're nosy!)

dont know whats for dinner yet, not very hungry today.

Just welled up thinking about the first moment they latch on - GOD IT'S SO AMAZING!!!

That was a bit random, sorry, forgot to read to end of thread .

No hotties here either, unless small-dicked balding egomaniacs with no warmth or humour are your cup of tea (they do all have flash cars).

Someone rearranged a 2.45 meeting to 8am this morning yesterday so I accepted on the basis they bring me a bacon sarnie... and they did! Then had apple and satsuma for snack and YUMMY miso ramen from Wagamama for lunch. Banana for afternoon snack then OUT (!!!!!!!!!!!!! on a weeknight!) for friend's surprise 30th tonight (naturally I miss the surprise as going home to 'burbs to pick up DD and put her to bed, then wait for babysitter, then back into town).

Sheds how did the move go? We are still not unpacked from our move... in August .

He´s scrummy Scorpio I´m not that hungry either today .... oh no, must be something wrong with me Just read that you´re an ex-smoker as well, I have to admit though I didn´t quit until I found out I was pg How you finding it?

Scamp - LOL. That´s clearly why they have flash cars English bacon is another thing I miss HUGELY. We can get it here but it's about 6 quid for 4/5 slices so we don't buy it very often!!