Due April 2008 - the one where Mollyfloss does not have a rat!!

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Oh dear, Ellie, tell him I find all my children very irritating almost all the time! Especially the youngest who is pushing his toes against my liver to warm them and giving me horrible rib-ache!

Ellie G its normal for kids to irritate you, anyone you live with 24/7 will irritate unless your deaf!!!

DD drove me mad this weekend - up at the outlaws her bad behaviour increases ten fold, this time resulting in her running off at the beach (despite lots of calling to return) straight into the notorious mud flats of morcambe beach - needless to say she didnt stay on her feet and she came out looking like some kind of swamp beast. There ended the trip to the beach with sobbing, wet, muddy child - fuming DH as she hadnt listened again and no bags in the car to put minging stuff in - aaaahhhhh - I just love family time!!!!!

Denny & Knitter sorry was completely swamped at work on Friday afternoon and not sure if we ever did confirm middlewich and a date???

bring on ML this work thing is just exhausting!

Knitter and I could do 10th and 11th and Middlewitch is about 20 mins from both of us, how far is it for you, neither of us are great at geography and wern't sure on central location.

it is about 30 mins or so from me so that's fine, I can only do the 10th though as I have my last antenatal class on the 11th

The 10th it is then! Middlewich is about 30 mins from me too. Did one of you mention a place you know of?

Yeah a date decided.

Hi All hope you all had nice weekends/ Ellie as already said everyones Kids drive them mad from time to time the amount of time I have told max if he doesnt stop it I would stop the car and put him out Well we build our raised veg patch this weekend so I was lugging wood about had a right sore bad this morning! Also i think Tom had turned as have had a few what i think were kicks in the ribs will have to see next Monday! also I have decided that I am selling My M&P Pramette and getting a Icandy Apple will lose over £100 on the pramette shhh dont tell Dh but I want a pushchair i can have Tom facing me when he can sit up well thats my excuse and I am sticking to it!

I was reading the Feb thread last night (like to see how they are going as there the ones dropping) what does everyone think about coping them and us all staying here until we have all dropped then going to Post-Natal all together? that way the ones on the end and at the beginning wont feel lonely??

Morning all,

Sorry not had chance to post at weekend, find it easier to do when in work

mollyfloss to belately answer your question, conceiving no 1 only took 3 cycles but i was 34 then.

It is said that having a c-sec can mean it takes longer to conceive again, i don't know if that was the reason, or cos i was 36/almost 37 when started ttc no 2, or cos i wanted to be pregnant more with no 2 so got more stressed about it, or none of those things, or all of those things!

Main thing is i got there in the end and i am sure you will too.

scorpio hope you are feeling a bit better, sorry if you have already said, i have not had time to read all the posts. I am at work during week so not lonely but do get lonely sometimes on a saturday if my husband is working or at football as i don't know many mums in my area. I was in mum and baby group after having no 1 but everyone returned to work and we lost touch.

tslm yes not too long to go, has everything settled dowm for you after what must have been a very scary start? i loved it when you started the caravan, tho i think it is no longer going, but the hut lives on!

ellie g hi, i remember your name too from the conception boards.

I see lots of people talking about baby stuff to buy on here, i have to say that we are just getting all our old stuff out including the mamas and papas travel system which i no longer like but don't really see the point of replacing with another travel system. My 3 year old is quite lazy about walking so we might end up getting a double buggy second hand but i am hoping to get away with a buggy board.

we have decorated what was a study to make new nursery and will also decorate our son's room and we have got new carpets for both rooms so i guess that is were our money is going, and if it is a girl, i will end up buying more new little bits and bobs after the birth than if it is another boy.

Must go and do some work!!! Buy for now.

I am comforting myself for my lack of a girl by buying new boy things anyway!

Excellent I will put the 10th on the calendar

TLSM that is a good idea, I'm one of the first (hopefully) and thought is might be a bit lonely in post-natal early on! I'd like to stick around and see all the Lo's arrive

Me too, I'm being induced 5 weeks tomorrow (possibly plus a day or 2) but would prefer to hang out where everyone else is!

The scenic we're getting my uncle to look at for us (who 'knows' things about cars) is a 2003 model, and I haven't seen any bad reviews about it. I mean, it's not a 5 out of 5 car, but what is?!

Sounds like a good plan TLSM saves anyone being lonely at the end on the month. Thoses Feb babies have been coming think and fast havnt they, have to tart watching the March ones soon.

Knitter have you been given your induction date? you could be the first of the April thread.

Thanks so much ladies - I feel better knowing it's not an evil step-mum thing, but that everyone is irritated by their kids sometimes. I think DP gets super-worried about it and forgets that he gets irritated too, and that it isn't anything to worry about. Feel a bit down today about it all. I think DP noticed as he was being super-lovely to me this morning though which was nice. Couldn't wait to get to work though!

Oh I like that thought TLSM too - I would miss everyone if they left without me.

You sound like you need a v large piece of cake, hope you feel happier later.

Denny, I haven't been given an actual date yet but have been told it will be at 38 weeks, probably plus a couple of days depending on when they have a slot for me. I'll be 38 weeks on 25th March.

Its getting v close isnt it considering how quickly the weeks seem to be flying by. Have started getting some mundane things sorted out like cars servicing and MOTs, both booked in next week which means that 2 AL days are going to be taken up with getting up early, depositing DD with someone to do school run then dropping car off for 8.30 and then walking home again. DH is either on night or late so prob wont be able to help out. (garage is 40 mins at my normal walking pace, at the moment pelvis not v happy so think it may take double that) at least only have to do one direction as he should be up to pick them back up again. Hmm hope they bloody pass othewise will have to repeat the week after.

Todays job is to sort toys - throw out broken ones, put all pieces together and have generally good tidy and clean in that room. mind you dont know why bothering as will look the same in few days time.

That's a good tip on the arnica, I didn't know you could take it in advance. I'll be stocking up.

Sal22, I have similar requirements to you regarding pushchairs. I wanted the Bugaboo Cameleon but couldn't bear to spend that much. I finally decided on the Mountain Buggy Breeze (you can't have the baby facing you and it doesn't have a carrycot but it is suitable from birth, it's light, easy to collapse and seems pretty sturdy). I am sure my dh is delighted he doesn't have to listen to my pushchair ponderings any more. The guy gave me a discount on the carseat (the shop is Babyworld in Fulham, the staff are really helpful). I still have a lot to buy, eeek.

Thanks Bobby for the info on conceiving. I had no problem conceiving this one and really should deal with this LO first before thinking about futrure pregnancies! Still I was curious and always want to know stuff well in advance

TLSM: Great idea about the thread. Let's stay here until everyone has delivered and then we can all switch to postnatal at the same time. It means that those last to deliver won't be lonely and will also have good idea from those who have already delivered whet the first coiple of weeks of having a baby are like. Alternatively we could just have two threads running at the same time (April anetnatal and April postbatal) as long as the postnatal promise to pop back from time to time to keep the antenatals company

ElliG: Hope you're feeling a little bit better. I often wonder how it will be in the house when we have a third person. My DH is super lovely dovey and I have a feeling he is going to spoil his DD rotten!

TLSM - I especially agree with your idea as I'm one of the last in April!!

Good Morning all,

Good idea about the thread. Getting V scared/excited now though - i have about 8 weeks to go, but think i'm going to go a bit earlier than my edd (hopefully). Just been sorting/clearing out my desk - i only have 6 full days left in work

Got the new carpet down in the baby's room yesterday (yippee). Still need to get loads of stuff though!

Like you Mollyfloss i'm starting to wonder what it's going to be like with another little person in the house.

Where do you buy arnica from?

Hey

DH is home today and i am still alive

Ellie tell him to get real - what so he has never been annoyed with her?? my kids drive me POTTY sometimes; so much so i lock myself in the bathroom for 5 mins otherwise i will have them taken away I also find Dss harder to deal with; he doesnt behave the same as my kids/no manners/etc and i find that hard. DH knows i find being a SM hard;its accepted. it doesnt mean i dislike dss, it means i find the circumstances hard. (IKWYM about the babyness - drives me fucking mental) you have done nothing wrong. you shouldnt beat yourself up about it. its normal!

Knitter - about you having your baby before mine!! I want her now! Think i will have her in 6 weeks and 6 days - 6 April. (39+2)

everyone else - you all ok? VS are you feeling better now?

Scorpio, actually I am that your baby is allowed to arrive when she's ready. Very in fact.

sorry

just getting a bit excited about the babies.