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[debinaustria]

Good morning all you creme egg lovers ( and those weird ones amongst us who don't appreciate them)

Good luck for all the scans coming up this week, and next.

HI neenz -yes you are very slim still , you look great - I like the peas in the pod T Shirt.

It is exciting getting all the baby stuff isn't it? I really need to stop internet window shopping and make some decisions.

Ladies, hello!

A week on am still trying to recover from In Law Visit from Hell whenever everything from the taps in our bathroom, to the size of my arse, to the toys we prefer for DS was up for general discussion and criticism

I am totally physically and emotionally exhausted. And having to sleep on a futon for 6 nights didn't help either

anyway, met doula and although I was intially a bit taken aback at how young she is (26 but she has 3 kids!)we got on very well and so I am booking her.

tonight we have actually booked a babysitter and are going to the cinema. ben and jerry's with hot fudge sauce for me. well the midwife did say my bump needs to grow 4cm in 3 weeks !

Big hug to all
BB xx

HI BB, nice to have you back, your weeks "holiday" certainly sounded hellish. Sleeping on a futon??? We don't give up our bed for anyone!! My Dad sounds quite similar to your in-laws, well his partner is worse but if they're together he's just as bad. At least it's over now - how long before the next visit?

Hope you have a great time at the cinema - what did you see? Ice cream sounds delicious.

Btw are you a Primary or secondary teacher? Just wondered, I was a primary teacher in my "former life" back in the UK.

I'm like you deb - I dont give up my bed for anyone!! Its ok now, because we do have a spare room with double bed, but when we were in a 1 bed flat it was the foldaway bed or a b&b for anyone who visited us. BB - it was very good of you to give up your bed, particularly while pregnant!

We're carpet cleaning today, but its not going so well, DH is in a grump already. I cant complain though, yesterday I threw a massive (hormone related) tantrum. It was so bad I really upset myself, never mind the DH.

What did you see at the pics BB?

In laws, eh? Why the need to comment on everything??? Mine are OK actually but my dad's mum can be a horror to my mum sometimes.

Ridiculously warm day here - had washing drying outside, and been sitting on the balcony in a T Shirt,it's lovely but no good for skiing!!
Had a busy morning, dh and boys went skiing so I did 2 lots of washing, made a sunday dinner, and washed the car. I'm going to put my feet up now though.

Ridiculously warm day here - had washing drying outside, and been sitting on the balcony in a T Shirt,it's lovely but no good for skiing!!
Had a busy morning, dh and boys went skiing so I did 2 lots of washing, made a sunday dinner, and washed the car. I'm going to put my feet up now though.

oops

Another attack of hormones here as well! Burst into tears yesterday as DS was ill and just sat on my knee for most of his party while his friends had fun, was so disappointed for him but he perked for the last 30mins and enjoyed himself!

Have got a weird pain in my chest/back of throat everytime I take a deep breath?

Am very jealous of your warm sunny weather Debs it's grey and raining here. Have just had a nice hot bath with lots of smelly stuff thrown in though

Hung out your washing? Washed that car? On a Sunday You'd be lynched here, Deb.

Bloody Hell. Am in shock.

My sil, bil, dn & dh have just left en masse so everything suddenly very quiet. Ds1 & 2 out to play - also very warm and sunny here - 17 degrees! We wnet for a long walk and barbeque this am so feel up to little more than dipping in again to see how everyone's doing.

I've got my next scan tomorrow. Am really torn, as I did want to know the gender, as did dh and boys, but we tried twice and couldn't tell. Now I have another chance tomorrow. Boys and dh have all decided they now want a surprise in June. I also would now like a surprise, but I think tomorrow if he asks if I want to know, I won't be strong enough to resist......

neenz (you're nh101, right?) love the pushchair. That's exactly the one i'd get if expecting twins. It's really fab. You must be excited, getting all this stuff. Alls I've got is 6 packets of sanitary towels

LOL at your sanitary towels ernest!!

Am very jealous of all this talk of nice weather - cold and wet here. All the windows in the house open to help carpets dry quicker to so I'm sitting here at the computer with lots of layers freezing my ass off .

Off to do some internet window shopping to cheer myself up. We have some incredibly generous family members who are constantly harassing us to tell them what we need so that they can help with the 'bigger things' so have been bullied into making a list for them. We've both balked (sp??) at the idea for the last few months but they'll only go and buy lots of stuff that we dont need/dont like if we dont give them a list, so we've finally given in.

Ernest, I'm sure you'll make the right decision tomorrow (whatever you decide will be the right one ).

Calebsmum - glad its not just me... Cant help with your pains though, so hope they go away soon.

Yes I'm nh, LOL at the sanitary towels Ernest.

Someone came up to me in church this morning and said 'you haven't got long to go now!' and I said 'yeah, about 11 weeks hopefully' and she looked at my bump and said 'you haven't!!'

Yes, and even then I will only be 37 weeks PG!!

She didn't know I was having twins to be fair, and I think i look about 8 months PG now. I have suddenly got bigger again in the last couple of days.

I am starting to feel a real hardening of my bump from time to time, it's like one of the babies is arching its back against the wall of the womb. But could these by BH contractions? It is not painful but I think I read that BH are sometimes painless, esp early on. Can some experienced momma explain??? Thanks!

Calebsmum - sorry your ds wasn't his normal self for his party, but I'm sure you're more bothered than him.Hope the pain in your chest goes soon - are you feeling anxious?

Ernest - glad you're as well organised as me for these forthcoming babies.I haven't actually bought anything apart from a few maternity clothes. Sounds like you had a good time with the family - must be quiet now. So, did having your niece around make you really excited about the baby or did you think OMG I'm going to have one of those again??
Re the washing etc on a Sunday - no-one's told me off yet and it's been 2.5 years, I think even though it's a small village with it being a ski resort it's a bit more lenient!!

Dramaqueen - enjoy making that list you lucky thing and hope your carpets dry soon

Neenz - sounds like BH to me, I didn't have them this early but maybe with twins it's different.

Ooo- we are getting horribly close to the end of the thread! What could possibly follow Creme Eggs?!

totally undecided re tomorrow. baby will probably be helpful again and make the decision for us.

The boys were so wonderful with neice. They loved her, and entertained her and fussed round her constantly, they were really sweet. BUT it was a constant pain for her naps times and bed time, spent the entire weekedn hissing 'shhh' be QUIET etc etc so that was a bit of a chore. And she did cry. a lot. so I did think - a lot - omg I can't believe I've got to go through all of this all over again. Not looking forward to a year or two of constantly nagging my 3 boys.

I'm sure there was a thread a while ago about things that made you feel broody. Must re-read it.

Mind you just takken my 3 to evening mass. They must love us . It's supposed to be in Italian for the IT community, but when we come he usually does halfy half swiss German., ds1 likes to be grown up and sit by himself, ds3 is loopy and wanders around (luckily has a totally angelic face, so gets away with murder) and ds2 suddely becomes 'exhausted' and droops around like a dying puppy. Then to add to the usual disruption, all 3 had to go out to the toilet tonight.

neenz, you got all this to look forward to. church wth little kids is so fun.

I know exactly what you mean re hardening/baby arching back feelings. Exactly how I would describe it. The hardening is def BH, the baby arching back is probably also that, tho when it happens to me I'm still not 100% sure if it's BH or baby arching up, or baby arching up combined with BH. iyswim. I've been getting this a few weeks.

Honestly, looking at your pics you're not that big. I'm as big as a bus, and not got twin excuse. Less than 15 weeks to go for me. yikes.

Back after a very relaxing weekend - self imposed after the dramas of last week. No more news on my pal's marriage problems but I think her DH wanting a baby was the final straw which made her decide they needed to sort some stuff out - he's got his head in the sand and thinks a baby will make everything better .

Anyhoo, neenz, I've had one BH moment this week and the hardening thing you describe is exactly what it felt like - a bit uncomfortable but not painful. Have been growth spurting all week and now pretty big!

Met an expectant mum today who's put any of my moans into sharp perspective. She put a 'wanted' on freecycle for boy's baby clothes and I've been given tons of neutral stuff, so I offered it to her and she popped round to collect it. Turns out her (ex) DP has thrown her out of the house after a row where he turned violent - he's been aggressive in the past. Now she's on her own in a one bed flat with her sis nearby but no other family and no apparent financial support. I felt so sorry for her and just wanted to bundle her up and look after her. She was only about 25 and looked so lost and scared - 31 weeks pregnant and well and truly abandoned. Am going to keep in touch with her and see if I get anything else donated which she can have. I've been thinking about her all day. God, the world is so unfair - she was really lovely.

Yup, life really is crap sometimes. I keep reminding myself when I'm stressed that we are probably in the top 1% of privileged women if you take human history into account and think of all the other times or places we could be right now with our bumps...And then two minutes later I start stressing about what to make for tea or that my maternity tights have a ladder in them

saw Jumper last night (wanted to see Juno but was only on at 6.00 or 8.45 which didn't fit in with babysitter) It was surprisingly good actually, very silly but definitely enjoyable

deb am secondary teacher in an independant school. for my sins but only 3 days a week since DS arrived which is much less stressful and intense (we teach till from 8.30am till 5.30pm...) Have no money of course after exorbitant nursery costs (over half my salary!!) but the holidays are equally obscene (9 weeks in summer ) so there are pluses!!

yup was relegated to futon as PIL are ancient (75 and 80) and need a proper bed even more than I do. But one night at 11.30pm the light is switched on full blast and FIL comes bumbling in and says"Oh sorry, forgot you were in here". Turns out he was "looking for whisky to settle his stomach" HOW DODGY IS THAT??!!

Hello all,
Some advice please... I was going to post this on a baby name thread but decided I might get a more balanced opinion on here! DH and I are currently agonising over names, the current favourite being William (perhaps a bit ordinary and with dodgy royal connatations?) but I quite like Aaragon (yes, from lord of the rings) do you think this is too unusual...and perhaps brings to mind folks who play dungeons and dragons and get dressed up as maid marion at the weekend? (apologies if anyone does actually enjoy these pasttimes).
Second quiery.. anyone have any advice with regards to introducing a new baby to 2 crazy springer spaniels?

Cheers

I know this is a pregnancy thread, but I just have to say .... I really HATE Creme Eggs.

Ernest - sorry about your dilemma re the scan, probably when you decide not to know then you'll get a full frontal. Could you keep it a secret from dh and the boys? Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Greenfairy - what a shame for that poor Mum to be, but much better that she gets out of an abusive relationship now.

BB - 9 weeks, nice

Pyjama - I prefer William but he's your baby and it's your decision.

Violet - I'm sorry but you can't join our gang then

Just off for a soak in the bath, n night everyone

Good morning - been awake for ages. I woke up at 5.20 to go to the loo and just couldn't get back to sleep, stayed in bed until about 6.00 then had to get up. Anyone else experiencing this?

Also suffering with constipation which isn't nice and I had piles with both boys so I'm very wary. Off to the shops today to stock up on some tempting fruit to help me on my way!!

Hope everyone else is OK.

pj, re dogs, I've heard you take something smelling of baby to them before she/he comes home, so they are introduced to the smell before her in rl iyswim. other than that, don't know.... but good luck.

deb re the waking thing, I have exactly that most nights. last night was tiny bit different - I woke at 3 for wee, then couldn't get back to sleep. I was still awake at 5.10 but I guess I fell asleep soon after but woke at 7 feeling terrible.

Teaching Q for you Deb, as started a thread, no answers - I'm after getting some of those triangular cards for teaching multiplication/division. Do you know where I can get them, other that US?

Oh, and constipation - had it bad other 3 ph, then this doc gave me magnesium which really works (and is obv safe in pg). I've got it in sachets. 1 sachet a day is enough to keep all ok, 2 to really get you going and I defy anyone's bowels to withstand 3 sachets. I dissolve mine in a glass of OJ and put the iron drops in. a scary looking frothy evil concoction

pj, if it's bwn those 2, then def. William. I think the other will haunt him (and you) really. I think too off the wall & 'gimmicky'. Also put off by the fact that ds1 has talked about LOTR and ds2 about a dragon book called Eragon (maybe it's the same just in German?) all day, every day for weeks now, so am somewhat jaded by the whole thing. My advice really is don't do it.

HI ernest - sorry , I've never used the triangular things you're talking about. I found these for you, but don't think you can order from there.
Will remember the magnesium if it continues to be a problem -thanks

PJ definitely William, Dh brought our dog to the hospital (did leave in the car) when we brought DD home, that way he smelled her in the car ( he was in the boot) and we went home as a family.

I love William for a name and don't think it's that common anymore, but have an uncle Bill that I don't like and that sort of ruins the name for me.

And yes, ernest and neenz, kids at church can be pretty funny. My DS likes to go to the front and dance to the organ music before the service starts. We always whisk him out before the service though - he'd never sit through without causing trouble.