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.

Chez Gardenia it would be considered rude to count em.

pmsl VG I like the sound of your house more and more

have just wolfed down some chocolate cake so will only take 5 to protect my modesty

sory sazz

I am keeping dd in nursery/preschool (unsure how much time yet but some every day I think), ds will be starting school ...so ladies I understand your pain

CC - no more measuring but let us know what mw says

Am I too late for the biscuits?

Collegue opposite me is so skinny and can eat biscuits all day. Now how is that fair?

shazza she'll get hers in the great karma scheme of life

right - osteopath now booked for Friday - £41 thank god for our health insurance policy!!!

23 days left at work and counting.

I plan to take a year off. Have good maternity pay so should work out I am basically off on full pay for most of the time.

I get;

6 Weeks Full Pay (1st 6 weeks is calculated using your average pay from a set time, so for Aug due babies it looks at March and April salary. It just so happened I got a lovely bonus in March, so it includes this and thinks this is my normal monthly pay. So first 6 weeks are at quite a high rate)

24 Weeks Full Pay. Been with employer 12 years. Get 2 weeks full pay for every year.

Rest is SMP. But because of getting higher weekly rate in the beginning works out at about 11 months normal pay, so if I can stretch it a bit longer.

So I know I am very lucky. But then I have got a huge arse,thighs and bingo wings so it just goes to show you can't have everything

I was on sodding sick in March/April so will no doubt be stuff - arse, had forgotten all about it

mini cheddars are cheese therefore dairy therefore very important to keep up your calcium when pregnant Sazz - carry on with our blessing

Certainly not, have saved you a pink one, just a little licked melted at the corners.

has anyone seen hazie recently - am worried she's been buried under a tonne of nappies?!?

Ahh ladies, it is nice to know you all care. Am home, mw has been and checked me over (although suspicious lack of tape measure ). She said (before examining me) that she thought it was one of 3 things:

1. anxiety (which it isn't - I am a very experienced mad person and I know when I'm mad!)
2. remnants of my chest infection (which I didn't have, it was tracheitis and my chest was clear)
3. Anaemia (but she thought not because I would have heard from the gp by now if it was)

And after declaring all to be well, stated that at 30 weeks I would be short of breath as baby pushes everything up into the diaphragm - made worse by him being breech. However, "take some time off, put your feet up and relax". OK then, I don't need telling twice, so I'm off now til next Monday!

Now, where's the choccies? I've had my lunch and I could do with some nice pudding....

And just to add to the mat pay convo, we get:
8 weeks at 90% pay
18 weeks at 50% pay plus smp
13 weeks smp
13 weeks unpaid leave
(12 months if you want it).
With my generous NHS annual leave allowance (41 days pro rata) that means I'm having 9 months off with just 5 weeks at smp rate . The sins of being a public servant are rewarded by mat leave!

Captain, glad to here you decided to go home and rest. Having had this baby in every direction I can honestly say, while she's breech, I feel dizzy and short of breath...overall not very good. It's amazing the difference when she shifts to head down. Your little boy may be doing the same trick on you. But I will also add my anxiety level hasn't helped either. {{{{hugs}}}}

Dizzy, my legs/feet aren't as bad this morning. All I did was eat loads of strawberries and bananas yesterday. Will probably be in the loo all day...

Baby still not quite settled in my belly but the storms have pasted (for the moment). Will be clearing tree limbs from the yard shortly.

I Give Up!!
Grammar....Spelling...That part of my brain must be completely gone at this point. I am so sorry.

Maybe it means I'm getting really close to giving birth???

What a good diagnosis CC, that's about the best result you could have got! Now you make sure you take your medicine like a good girl!

Thinking of being close to giving birth - who do you think will be the first from the thread??????

Oh yes and everyone who reads this - DO TEN PROPER PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES before posting yourself.

Dizzy - On your due date it will pick up February & March pay. Does that help?

Has anybody packed their hospital bag? I keep thinking if I do it will make the time pass quicker, but deep down I know that's rubbish. I just feel like I should be doing more.

Shazza haven't packed but for first time am feeling that I want to. Is everyone doing a labour bag and a separate hospital stay / baby bag?

VG - Doing my pelvic floors as I type.

CC - That's a good diagnosis. The bit about resting and putting feet up of course. Can I have what CC has please?

On who's to be first to give birth, maybe the stats could be updated once people who are having C/S have their dates?. Will be interesting to see if any of us do give birth on due date. Plus for the ladies due late July, 31st is a lovely date, my birthday Chances are I could have my baby on that date I suppose

I plan to use a small case on wheels. You know the overnight ones. I don't have any nice holdalls. So thinking between stuff for labour and post birth for baby and I should be about right. Or do you think it will be too big?

I don't think size will really matter Shazza (ha merry ha), your OH will most likely lug it in for you and I don't think you'll be short of space in the hospital. The only problem I suppose might be if you find you have to heave it up on to the bed at some point to rummage for something?

In Ireland the normal stay in is 3 nights, 5 if you have had a CS. Size of bag will also depend on how long you expect to stay in?

And relax.

No hospital bag here yet. Who knows I might even just leave without anything and see what happens.

Oh good work Agent Babycavey, now let mummy reward you with something delicious .

I get 39wks at 90% with maternity allowance but bear in mind that's about £30 a week LOL. I'm planning to spend it on DS going to childminder friend for an afternoon a week plus pre-school lunch club so that he doesn't put a crimp in the new baby's social life. Honestly, his pre-school might be extending its hours but it still finishes at 11.40am, how does that help you when you're at a coffee morning or the mum&baby cinema club?
I locked myself out AGAIN today, luckily my mum was nearby and brought cookies as well as spare key. This is up there with morning sickness as a bona fide preggy symptom for me, have now finally hidden my spare key in the garden though.

Well I've signed to say that all being well they can basically chuck me out after 6 hours. So may not even be in overnight. So will just be labour stuff, change of nightie/PJ's and few bits for baby. So not lots really.