Due Aug 08 - Cirque Du Soleil Babies, Crop Circles and Two Week Threads

[TwilightSurfer]

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
[TSupdate13JUN08#2]

GROUP TOTAL: 52

DELIVERIES [BOYS (0) vs. GIRLS (0)]
sample23JUL via VB SOMEBODY delivered Jenny Sue, 8lbs 3oz & 55cm [EDD 08AUG]
sample24JUL via CS SOMEBODYELSE delivered Timmy, 6lbs & 43cm [EDD 31JUL]

WAITING ROOM [BOYS (11) vs. GIRLS (14)]
21JUL IlanaK is 35 and lives in Central London. She has 2DSs, 6y & 3y. Expecting DC#3 via CSec (EDD was 24JUL), a BOY to be named Saul.
23JUL Voodoococonut is 29 and lives in Manchester but moving to West Midlands asap. She has a DD, 19M. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
24JUL Alittlebitshy is 28 and lives in East London/Essex. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2 via CSec (EDD was 03AUG), a SURPRISE.
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 SassyLou is 33 and lives in Cheshire. She has 2DDs, 7y & 5y. Expecting DC#3.
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.
04AUG SKYTVADDICT is 40 and lives in Lincolnshire. She has a DS, 8m, and 2DDs, 7y & 11y. Expecting DC#4 via CSec (EDD was 08AUG), a SURPRISE.
05AUG ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CSEC, guesses it's a boy.
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 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 Foghornleghorn is 23 and lives in Northampton. She has 2DDs, 3y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, guesses it's a girl.
11AUG Sibh has 2DCs, DS 5y & DD 2y. She is expecting DC#3.
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 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 GIRL to be named 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.
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 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.
19AUG TwilightSurfer is 37 and lives in Tennessee, USA. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2 via VB, a GIRL to maybe be named Maggie Ethelyn.
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 Pinchypants is 34 and lives in Guildford. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2.
23AUG Stickybean is 27 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
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.
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 No1putsbabyinthecorner is 30 and lives in South Yorkshire. She as a DD, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
28AUG Readyforbed has 2 DSs, 5y & 3y, and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL.

feet well and truly up! arm hurrts where venflon is in. Waaiting for thm to come and stab me with steroids again. 31 weeks tomorrow!!

relief 2 b back with u all - takes 2 long 2 type tho!

I completely understand about the typing thing. Using my cell phone for texting is a NIGHTMARE. I'll be bringing my laptop with me to the hospital. Can't wait till you can properly type and give us all the details about what we should make sure we have with us when admitted.

OH and just wait till you see how many are knocking at your FB door. Captain you'll need a weeks worth of home rest to catch up.

Chinese Take Out for Dinner...chicken & broc with steamed rice. YUM! I can't believe I've done absolutely NOTHING all day. My shopping list is growing but my desire to shop is shrinking. I might have to give my list to DH otherwise we'll have nothing in the kitchen to eat next week. I wish we had grocery delivery like some (if not all) of you do.

Bridget Jone's Diary is about to come on. I must get ready to do my version along with the movie. BE GLAD YOU'RE NOT HERE WITH ME.

Will check back later to see if there are any late night surfers out.

rubbish night sleep hence knackered today . Woke up with same pain i had before the bleed, gone again but got stitch and discharge now. mw about to check me over. x

Morning Cavey Pleased to see you online and that you are getting better and JErry is wriggling away. Praying you are well enough to go home soon and put your feet up there and get some proper rest.

Poppy {{{{{Hugs}}}}} What a schock to you all - Please take care of yourself and LO during this sad and stressful time.

Been up since 6.05 done weeding, slug squashing and chasing cats out of my veg garden!!! Why do they leave the beds alone when they are empty but the moment I plant something they think it's okay to use it as a litter tray???

Happy Fathers day to all those Dadddys and Daddy's to be out there.

CC how fantastic to hear from you directly, though we have had good updates on your progress. So happy the bleeding has stopped and happiest of all that your little fellow is still healthy and thriving. xxx and hugs.

poppy what an absolutely shocking thing to happen. Are you close to the family? There's something very special about old friends from college, and particularly when you live together, you build up such a shared history. I think you have to think about the big picture at times like this, and remember the overall picture of your relationship, not regret one awkward meeting you had, which I'm sure didn't charactersie your friendship. I hope her family cope ok. I also think these things hit you hard when pregnant - who was it the other day, miamla I think, we were saying how you are supertender and open when pregnant. Hugs to you.

Re. FB I agree it's a bit weird suddenly going from anonymity to seeing people's real names, let alone their faces and whatever sort of window FB is into people's lives. I did put up a photo of myself (after having it crossly pointed out that I was hiding! ) but my DS has a real thing about not having photos of himself on the internet so I respect that for him. Then you can't control what others put up, I suppose.

In terms of anonymity some suggested identifying ourselves as MNers of the Due Aug 08 board but I think for me I'd prefer to stay disconnected in that way - anyone who's on FB with me could easily identify me on here as VG and given the amount of personal stuff I've written I'm probably just as happy for that not to happen!

Anyway you all look gorgeous and mostly not at all as I'd imagined! We should have played What Do You Think I Look Like before all the befriending! That would have been fun.

Have a great Fathers' Day, hope all the dads and dads-to-be feel loved today .

So glad to see you cavey. Sorry you had a bad night's sleep... you're in the best place though - midwifes on tap

Sorry sorry sorry for lack of traybakes. In general there were barely any cakes at the fete. It's effing health and safety gone beserk. Dh put time into creating leaflets for dropping though doors asking for jams and cakes (knowing that wihiel not many people would oblige, those who did would also be guaranteed to turn up, hence boosting numbers dripping into the fete). he delivered a couple of hundrerd (as opposed to the couple of thousand he's delivered this week advertising the fete in general ) but the woman in "charge" of the fete went all picky and said it's not on cos of h and s etc etc. His point was that actually you can't guarantee that church memebers are any cleaner in the kitchen than the general public, and that he wasn;t expecting much of a result, but that it was all extra publicity for the fete, but as per usual they went all bonkers on him. It's mighty hard being a vicar - especially when you're AT LEAST 20 years younger than people in the parish, and 30-40 years younger than those who think that their way is THE way because it's always been done like that. I managed to secure one cupcke to scoff on the spot - then when i went back to get some for dd and her friend, and poss to bring home they were sold old. pah!!!

poppy OMG how terrible. Lots of hugs and please take care of yourself at this fragile time

re Silver Cross. I got mine from a site called babypages that a friend recommended. They got it for me within a week (Less i think), whereas everywhere else was saying 6 weeks!!!!!!!! It's at my parent's at the mo - I need to go down and play check it out soon.

Need to have a shower. DD is cbeebie-ing as usual, but we've read her school book so we've done something productive. Must remember i'm meant to be doing a reading in church. So that I don't look round blankly when noone comes up to do it. I have been known to leap up and go "oh, that's me" but leaping is more and more awkward with my bump, so remembering in the first place might be good!!!

Oh no Sazzles was that your super duper lovely dress that you ripped?????? Will you be able to wear it another time (albeit claiming the hole is designer dontcha know)....

I forgot to get dh a card from the bump - but he has 3 from dd (one she made at shcool, one we bought then after we'd got it saw a fabbo noisy dr who one right up dh and dd's street so that had to be got too )

poppy I'm so sorry to hear about your friend How terrible for everyone. I think VG's advice about concentrating on the whole relationship and not just one awkward moment is sound. Really hope you and her other loved ones can support each other and be kind to yourselves at such a difficult time x

I surprised DP with a homemade card and a silly picture this morning - he seemed quite touched and said he hadn't expected anything, so that was nice Am going to think of some more nice things to do for him throughout the day

Oh, forgot to say that along with a baby-related spreadsheet I've started making a birth playlist It's hard! Hard to know what is or isn't going to hit the spot in that situation, also whether I really want some of my favourite tunes associated with blood and pain and screaming I'm still going to include some comedy choices though - can just imagine our kid being born to the sound of I Want To Break Free

Captain, sooooo what the MW saying now? Do they have a reason for the pain (or the bleeding)?? Still holding my breath for you.

Sazzles, DH leaves the room when I watch any of my "favorite" movies. BJ was excellent but should have just put on the disc as the tv version had loads cut out. Nothing poor Shazza says was left in. However they did seem to extend the kiss at the end...

DD made DH a card this morning. I'm a little bit of an eco-geek where bought cards are concerned. We tend to make cards to give each other but I will purchase a store card for others. I have to do my part to make up for the Tahoe I drive. DH thinks I'm nutz.

We're packing up and going over to my dad's for a few hours to play in the pool with my brother and his fam. I don't really feel like being social but will suck it up since it is Father's Day. Time to go shower so I look nice in my bikini.

Sazzles I still haven't put the second(and final) coat of paint on my bedroom walls so quite of your painting project this morning. You know I realized something last night watching BJ...I haven't a clue what any of the foods they have in the movie are....turkey curry or the gravy Una was to be stirring. LOL that it was food I was paying attention to.

Went to a carboot sale this morning, got a couple of orange baby sleepsuits (I like 'em bright and an unopened pack of breastmilk freezer bags (figured why not be optimistic). DH annoyed about the latter as he'd thought breastfeeding would mean no work for him - hadn't fully processed the concept of expressing.
DH has gone off to Brentwood to see a wrestling match tonight (permission to go and a bottle of Coke for the drive home was his father's day pressie!) When he's not around I like to experiment with food as I can't stand the martyred sighs. I've made a gluten-free loaf in the breadmaker - looks very small and seems to have a navel on the top, proof is in the eating I suppose. Going to attempt to get the kids to eat quinoa for tea - wish me luck.
TS Turkey curry is how you use up leftover Xmas turkey meat, unfortunately most British people over a certain age have a very warped concept of Indian food, courtesy of Queen Victoria.

Sazz ooh do normal freezer bags do the trick? I spent a fortune on lansinoh freezer bags last time - and was partial to lansinoh breast pads too.... that reminds me i need to buy a kit off a site. A friend is lending me her super duper hospital grade pump and I need to buy the tubes and breast cups etc. She exclusively expressed for her dd2 for 17 weeks - no idea how she managed to find the time, esp as it is her 2nd!!!!!

we just watched last night's dr who. dd has got into it - but although she isn;t scared by it it was making her ask alien related questions on sat nigth at bed time so we've started sky plusisng it and watching it on sunday afternoon. I dozed off during it though . you know that kind of sleep when you're drifting, you know you are, your eyes feel really heavy but you can't pull yourself back??

Dh is off to a service at another church soon. Not sure what dd and I will do. I imagine I'll fall into the bad mummy patterns of late and let her watch cbeebies. Unless I can get the energy to arrange some sort of minor craft activity in the kitchen .

All this painting going on makes me feel very un-diy-ified. We got a friend who is a decorator to paint baby's room (and dd's last summer and the kitchen before that) cos we're a bit rubbish at motivating ourselves and actually getting round to doing it efficiently.

Oh - I need a new birth ball. I had a flash of inspiration last night and found mine where i'd stashed it. We pumped it up, but when i sat on it we discovered it must have a slow puncture cos I ened up quite close to the floor . I know i'm heavy these days but that's a bit embarrassing . Any ideas where to get one cheap?????

HAd some nice news last night. By best friend who i don;t see v often at all (she lives in newcastle, i live in London) said that her and her dp want me to be godmother to their dd. . I need to get myself baptised now. I know - shocking, a vicar's wife who isn;t baptised. I thik it shocked some of the old biddies dears when we arrived here. I keep promising dd I will do it, and said to dh that if i ever got asked to be a godmother I would deffo do it. SO I will!!

Have to admit I shed a tear at last week's Dr Who (caught the Friday repeat) - love that timetraveller's wife stuff.

And my two have had CBeebies on all afternoon, just playing in front of it mostly, not actually watching it. The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain were just on that space pirate show, playing the Proclaimers' 500miles - it was ace! Saw the Uke lot at a festival a couple of years ago doing Smells Liek Teen Spirit.

hey guys!!! No more pain or discharge - yippee!! Still knackd from lack of sleep, mainly caused by restless legs so dh has bought me some tonic water in. Jerry happily wriggling away tho .
Seeing cons tomorrow and hoping he will let me go home and rest [hope emoticon]

cant wait 2 get home 2 a proper computer!!
food here is shite too.

Good news Cavey, good luck with the sleep tonight.