Due Aug 08 - 400 Nappies, Tingly Cream, a Pricey Pram, and a Rock Star Bump

[TwilightSurfer]

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
[TSupdate31MAY08]

GROUP TOTAL: 77 [BOYS (11) vs. GIRLS (13)]

23JUL Voodoococonut is 29 and lives in Manchester but moving to West Midlands asap. She has a DD, 19M. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
28JUL IlanaK is 35 and lives in Central London. She has 2DSs, 6y & 3y. Expecting DC#3 via CSec, a BOY to be named Saul.
29JUL Miamla is 32 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to maybe be named Theodore.
29JUL Bigboydiditandranaway is 36 and lives in Midlands. She has a DS, 26m. Expecting DC#2.
30JUL Dizzydixies is 32 and lives in Fife. She has 2DDs, 4y & 2y. Expecting DC#3 via VBac or CSec, guesses it's a girl.
31JUL Merrydaisy has a DD 2.6y. Expecting DC#2.
31JUL SassyLou is 33 and lives in Cheshire. She has 2DDs, 7y & 5y. Expecting DC#3.
01AUG Dutchindo has 2DSs, 8y & 14m, and a DD, 7y. Expecting DC#4.
01AUG PhilB is 31 and lives in SE London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
01AUG Pertelote is 30 and lives in East London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Vintagegardenia is 35 and lives in Ireland. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Mum2b1 is expecting DC#1.
02AUG Shazza2002 is 27 and lives in West London. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Monkeytennis is expecting and lives in Glasgow.
03AUG Alittlebitshy is 28 and lives in East London/Essex. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2 via CSec, a SURPRISE.
04AUG Littlebeezz
05AUG ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CSEC, guesses it's a boy.
06AUG Kittenpaws is expecting DC#3.
06AUG Sweetiesandcakes has a DD, 2.5y. Expecting DC#2.
07AUG BraveNewWorld is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
08AUG LadyOfWaffle is 22 and lives in Berkshire. She has a DS, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
08AUG Mummypud is 28 and lives in Wiltshire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
08AUG SKYTVADDICT is 40 and lives in Lincolnshire. She has a DS, 8m, and 2DDs, 7y & 11y. Expecting DC#4, a SURPRISE.
08AUG Bealcain is 21 and lives in Kent, She has 2DSs 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, a GIRL.
09AUG BirthdayBaby is expecting DC#1.
10AUG Lcy is 30 and lives in Wales. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
11AUG Sarahnh is 32 and lives in West Midlands. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL to maybe be named Tess Alexandra.
11AUG Carolbrad lives in North West. Expecting DC#1.
11AUG Foghornleghorn is 23 and lives in Northampton. She has 2DDs, 3y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, guesses it's a girl.
12AUG Thinking has a DD, 15m. Expecting DC#2.
12AUG MagicMonkey has a DS, 17m. Expecting DC#2.
12AUG Buckets is 31 and lives in Southampton. She has a DD, 4y, & a DS, 3. Expecting DC#3 via CSec (01-07AUG?), a BOY to maybe be named Kurt.
14AUG TheApprentice has a DS, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
14AUG Hardygirl is 36 and lives in SW London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
14AUG HazieDazieandBaby is 26 and lives in Aberdeen. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE to be named Cole or Gabriella.
14AUG Gigglegirl is 32 and lives in Stockport. She has a DD, 4y, and 2DSs, 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#4, a GIRL to be named Imogen.
14AUG Lewisham lives in West London. Expecting DC#1.
15AUG Punksnotdead has 2DDs and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL via CSec.
16AUG TwilightSurfer is 37 and lives in Tennessee, USA. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL to maybe be named Maggie Ethelyn or Georgia Viviann.
16AUG Longwayfromhome is 29 and lives in Argentina. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to named Tomas.
16AUG Pregnancy1 is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
17AUG CaptainCaveman is 35 and lives in Nottingham. She has a DS, 3.11y. Expecting DC#2 via VBac, a BOY.
17AUG Iliketosleep is 24 and lives in Wolverhampton. She has 2DDs, 7y & 6y and a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#4.
17AUG Poppysocks is 30 and lives in St Andrews. She has a DD, 23m. Expecting DC#2 via CSec or maybe VBAC, a GIRL.
17AUG Warthog has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
17AUG Jennylee is 30 and lives in West Lothian. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
18AUG Kezza7779 is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
18AUG Browncat has a DS, 18m. Expecting DC#2.
18AUG Expectant is 32 and lives in Singapore. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
18AUG Cheerfulvicky is 24 and lives in Cornwall. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
19AUG SazzlesA is 35 and lives in Cheltenham. She has a DD, 18m. Expecting DC#2 via VBAC or CSec, a GIRL to maybe be named Emma.
19AUG Karney is 39 and lives in Glasgow.
20AUG HelzBellz is 36 and lives in Nottingham. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
20AUG MillieMooMoo is 29 and lives in West Yorks. She has a DD, 26m. Expecting DC#2, guesses it's a boy.
20AUG Ejesmum is 38 and lives in Exeter. She has a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#2.
20AUG Stillhere is 36 and lives in Yorkshire. She has a DS, 2.5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
21AUG HalfFrench is 32. Expecting DC#1.
21AUG Pinchypants is 34 and lives in Guildford. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2.
22AUG Frances123 is 27 and lives in London. She has a DD, 5m. Expecting DC#2.
22AUG Buddhababe is 32 and lives in South West London. She has a DS, 14m. Expecting DC#2.
23AUG Stickybean is 27 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
23AUG Mum2go is 34 and lives in SOLIHULL B HAM. She has a DD, 6y. Expecting DC#2.
24AUG Libbyssister is 34 and lives in Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 2.11y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
24AUG Cyteen is 32 and lives in Leicester. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
25AUG Petitfilou is 36 and lives in S Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 4y, & a DD, 2.6y. Expecting DC#3, a BOY.
25AUG Oopsacoconut is 32 and lives in Wiltshire. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Poppaea Anna.
25AUG Tigz1985 is 22 and lives in Dundee. Expecting DC#1.
26AUG Ellasmum1 is 30 and lives in North Staffs-Newcastle under Lyme. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG Dancerandprancer is 31 and lives in Devon. She has a DD, 28m. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG Graysongirl is 31 and lives in Yorkshire. Expecting DC#1.
26AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner is 30 and lives in South Yorkshire. She as a DD, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
27AUG PennyBenjamin is 30 and lives in West London. Expecting DC#1.
27AUG Lucamom is 32 and lives in Warwickshire. She as DS, 13m. Expecting DC#2.
28AUG Readyforbed has 2 DSs and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL.
02SEP Sunshinemummy is 37 and lives in South West London. She as a DS, 22m. Expecting DC#2.
??AUG RACHG08 is expecting.
??AUG MARX is expecting DC#2.

Well, back from 4d scan it was amazing - our little girl (definitely a girl - phew)just wouldn't behave initially - face first into the placenta. She is head down back slightly to my right but not back to back as i thought. After threatening to poke her - I resorted to choccie and OJ to make her move. Have added a piccie to my profile - not one of the prints as i still need to scan them in - but an image capture from the DVD.

Went buggy shopping too - No mountain buggy for us - it's too big for my car but have fallen in love with a maxi cosi mura instead. to Dh's relief it's £250 cheaper too. (relax Dizzy it's going to the in-laws!!!) Also got a bargain on baby monitor - the tomy one with the movement sensor was down from £109 to £55 in boots.

So now she has a few things and I have some hospital bag stuff - not feeling too unprepared even if it is all at the in laws house (except the maternity pads and breast pads!)

Sorry for the book an altogether exciting day in the Oops household!

Forgot to say she has constantly got her mouth open and her hand between her legs!!!!

What have we got ourselves in for???

Oopsa love the photo. Amazing isn't it.

miamla, it is hard isn't it? i still have a pang when i drive past my old place and it's 3.5 years on!

ts - pinks are the pits aren't they? the dd's room is going to be pink and i think i'm going to go for a very, very pale bluey pink. not actually decided on paint, but have decided on curtains so i'm hoping my choices are limited!

oopsa and buckets - lovely pic

oopsa what a fab pic of your dd! She is obviously starting life as she means to go on!! Question is, who does she take after??

Have been cuddling my friends 4 month old little boy today, he is gorgeous and a very contented baby. Awwww, can't wait til ours arrives!

Hospital bag:
2 novels (coz I'll have nothing else to do but read)
Nail polish (for painting my nails whilst in labour)
Size 10 clothes (because I'll obviously fit straight back into these)
Paracetamol (in case the pain gets a little 'niggly' and won't go away)
A can of red bull (just in case I have any trouble staying awake at night in a 4 bed-bay)

Do you think that's realistic? Am I missing anything?

Dizzy, has your doggie looked in the mirror yet?

My BH contractions have increased from 1 lunchtime biggie per day to at least 4 'hugies' a day this week. DS thinks mummy's chair gripping episodes and pained grimaces are quite hilarious. Starting to feel some trepidation about what discomfort and pain the next 10wks is going to bring, starting to wish it all over and done with, starting to remember how much I dislike being pg...

Am with you on the feeling shit front TS. Still got this throat infection and the most annoying cough. If I cough too much I throw up - which is nice.

Also got no room for more than a few mouthfuls of food at meal times. Heartburn is pretty much a constant, so my new best friend is Gaviscon. Can only take blackcurrant and glycerin as cough mixture which is crap and gives me worse heartburn!!
Still, I shall stop moaning and go lie on the settee instead!

Cavey, dont forget the johnnies in case you feel frisky on the journey home .

Good point buckets - will put a 24 pack in as we may fancy some in the delivery suite too (immediately after giving birth of course)

caveman - are you going on some kind of holiday? books? nailpolish? i really think you should pack some bills to pay, bank statements to check through, perhaps start thinking about your next tax return. what about reading through mortage brochures so you can choose the next best deal? sort out your investments, isas etc. wow some people can get lazy...

fgs Cavey, no hair straighteners? Anyone would think you didn't care how you looked in the post-birth photos.

captaincaveman how about packing your running kit in case you fancy going for a run to pass the time away whilst waiting for baby to arrive or perhaps making sure you are wearing a nice designer nightie/outfit, one has to look ones best esp in labour.

OMG! What on earth was going on last nite? I go away for 36hrs and you all turn mad! I was pmsl (out loud!) at the last 3 or 4 of the pages on the last thread!

Yay, on the new thread TS! And I'm loving the new title! Even if I am now completely embarrassed about my nappy confession...

Glad to hear you're feeling better today cyteen, hormones help nothing eh? And it's good you're getting the pram situation sorted. Look forward to hearing which one you end up with.

shazza, I'm really sorry to panic you, I totally didn't mean to. Have you measured the width of your boot? The measurements of the prams are on the links that I gave cyteen so fingers crossed.

oopsacoconut, I'm glad your scan went well and I love your pic! She's sooo cute! Did you say you had a name for her yet?

Er sazzles I may have also looked on your profile for some Brad/Angelina pool pics! My argument is that I thought that maybe you had made up a pic using some technical wizardry, you being a genius and everything!! (Does sucking up to you make up for me being a bit stupid?)

And dizzy, the next time that DH rolls his eyes at you giving us advice on not keeping prams in the house, just tell him that we appreciate you looking out for us and that we love you for it!!

CC on the hospital bag front, I think you also forgot your blackberry so that you can give us realtime updates on what is happening.

Well, my weekend away went a bit wrong! DH booked us a room in a lovely hotel, but they couldn't find our reservation - turns out he'd booked it for the wrong date! (He did it quite late at night after a long day of me nagging!) He was really upset about it as he'd gone to the trouble of picking a really nice hotel, making sure we got a room with a great view of Edinburgh Castle and having chocolate covered strawberries delivered to the room before we'd arrived. So obviously none of that happened - I felt really sorry for him, poor thing . They at least transferred the charge for the room over to the correct night so we didn't get charged twice, but the staff in general were a bit snooty and generally not very helpful. It was a bit better this morning, or at least less noticeable because we were so excited about the scan! We got to the scanning place in plenty of time, with my bellyful of coke and chocolate to get Button moving! Except Button seems to be immune to sugar and spent the whole scan head down, face wedged against the placenta, with arms in an 'X' position, giving us no view to the little monkey's face!! They tried for ages but it just wasn't happening. So we went away for a couple of hours and came back at 3pm - this time with a bellyful of ice cubes, cheeseburger, coke, chips & Smarties (in no particular order!). Did that help, er no! The stubborn one then went and put a foot in the way as well as the arms! Oh well, we have a gymnast in the making if nothing else! We've made an appt to go back in 2wks and if nothing happens then, we'll give up!

On a happier note, we are having a little girl!!!!! DH was beyond shocked as he's been convinced since day 1 that we were having a boy. He's still shocked now but is coming round to the idea. I think it's more that now, with me, the baby and the dog all being female, he is completely outnumbered!

at massive post back there!! Sorry!

hazie thats lovely - your dh sounds like a dream and wee princess too

are we on Gabrielle/Gabriella then

Thanks dizzy! Definitely on Gabriella now, I've been calling her 'Gabby' ever since we found out, Button doesn't seem to fit any more. I'll just have to watch out in RL, we're trying to keep it secret! Still need to broach the topic with my friend who's 5wk old daughter is Gabrielle.

Since you're the resident name guru, should it be 'Gaby' or 'Gabby' if we're shortening it? I think it looks better with one 'b' but makes more sense with 2 iyswim? Oh, and how's your name hunting going since getting the new books? x

you could use either to be honest, both are perfectly acceptable and equally pretty

name hunting kind of stale mate at the moment, we're sorted for boys its just girls names am stuck on

hazie I even posted on the name board - there are a few regulars who always come up with same names as me so we've been musing it all over

here

Aww, have you any girlie names in mind at all or have you hit a wall with them? You did really well with your first 2 so I suppose you've set the standard quite high!! What boy names do you have in mind? I can't nick them now so don't worry!! I don't mind if you'd rather not say though

for boys we have

Cassius
Jude
Reuben

the main contenders with Corin, Caleb and Roan chasing up the rear!

Uh oh! I'm glad I made up my mind before looking at that message board! Excel spreadsheets and everything, you guys mean business!

I love all the ones you've chosen, with Jude and Reuben being my favourites.

trust me, those people are serious namers

I haven't a clue in comparison to them

Not true! You can definitely hold your own there I'll bet!

You're up late tonight btw, enjoying the dd free household?

just winding down from a hectic late shift - dh working till 4am bless him and the kids staying over with a friend so if my bladder plays nice I may even manage a long lie

friend has told me that dd1 needed some calpol though so may get them back earlier than expected in the morning, wee soul