Due December 08 - time to start blooming and glowing.

[JamInMyWellies]

New thread lovely ladies

Born Scotland moved down Sth spent some time in New York, LA, Florida, Dublin, Bahamas then came back to London and now we have settled in Essex teeny tiny village but we love it.

So everywhere but Yorkshire then

i'm sure someone lives in Yorkshire.

Just got back from a night out with a friend in Nottingham was nice to go out for a chat and dinner but restaurants really need to think about having pregnancy sized meals i'm starving now and only ate a few hours ago.

night night

I grew up in South Yorks, but live outside London now (after 13 years in Scotland)...

Can't believe how much you lot all chatted yesterday but quite glad I missed the birth chat as mine with DD was terrible and I don't want to put anyone off. Bit that anyone's (D)H could even think of telling their other half what kind of pain relief they are "allowed"... I bet he begs for you to have as much as possible on the day!

Can't sleep (again)... loads going on at work at the moment and my Mum is also trying to move house but exchange keeps getting delayed... also DD called out earlier wanting a cuddle (bad dream I think) and ever since I've not been able to get back to sleep. Hey ho.

verso I sympathise with the lack of sleep.

Dh went out last night for a few 'drinks' with workmates. Anyway DD woke at midnight managed to get her to sleep and then was sat waiting for DH to come home, convinced he was dead in a ditch. he rolled in at about 1.30 declaring how much he loves me for having his baby . Stormed to bed where I tossed & turned for about 2 hours then DD woke at 5.30, and DH is snoring so no chance to punish him by making him get up with her . I wouldn't mind but he said he's be home for 9!!!

I'm out tonight but got text last night to warn me that the 'friend' I have fallen out with is coming out - haven't seen friends for an age and was only going because she wasn't. Now I don't want to go but don't want to not see my other friends. Not sure how I'll be able to avoid her sat around a table with only 6 of us.....no thats 7, she is bringing someone with her that I can only describe as her bodyguard.

Hope you all have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine, if it lasts....think I might go & wake DH with DD's nappy she has just filled it

Artichokes what lovely news - you must be very relieved .

I'm in Yorkshire for whoever was asking?! Grew up in London but moved back here with DH who grew up here - it's a beautiful place .

Is anyone getting nesty already? I am nesting so much more than last time around and am vaguely worried it's a bit early! Found myself "having" to do the ironing at 11pm last night - normally I avoid ironing like the plague. Also cleaned the whole kitchen, behind microwave, skirting boards etc..is this normal at 19 weeks??

Morning all,

I'm another Yorkshire lass, East Yorkshire, up on the Wolds. Hattyyellow, what part are you in?

Loving the sun again this morning (but hoping it doesn't get humid later!)

Congratulations to those with scans yesterday - they sound to have gone well

Z.x

Hereabouts Zoe? I'm originally from the other side of the Wolds

Veggiemummy: my aunt lives in Derby, haven;t been there for years but my parents have had some fab holidays in the Derbyshire moors.

Whereabouts I mean...

Daisy go out and hold your head up high be the bigger person.

Scan today who else is scanning? Bit excited bit scared baby jumping around loads though.

Another sunny day here our garden furniture which we ordered back in April when we moved in comes today I am rather pleased its coming - how sad am I.

good morning all you gorgeous blooming bump ladies. sorry to all those who had bad sleep last night beaming you some cyberenergy, not that i have loads but at least i got some sleep.

I had a lovely dinner with my friend last night and got to talk about her marriage plans which was lovely but have to say was all i could think about was that it's October next year so i'll be able to get drunk, is that bad. She is not inviting kids and as she doesn't know my DH that well we have conspired to plan that she will only invite me so DH will stay home with veggiebaby and DS. I know when the time comes around i will be sad to leave them for a night (wedding is up north) but at the moment all i can think about is drinking and dancing.

Daisy ordinarily i would say stuff your friend you go out, why should you miss a night out for her. But i'm a little concerned about your mood tonight as you will be tired and already a little grumpy because of your DH behaviour last night. I like that she is bringing a 'bodyguard' are you that scary. Also it's nice of your friend to text and let you know she is coming but who invited her at the last minute. Otherwise you could always just go and be civil and if she is rude or ignores you she will just continue looking immature. You must have dont something really bad. I didn't think girls feel out our age, we just lose touch with each other she must be jealous of you somehow.

anyway i'm rambling, i think i'm putting off getting that Erin O'Brien DVD out, right it's time, here i come Erin.

Zoe we're North Yorkshire. Lovely here today too.

Veggie lots of my family from Derbyshire - I like it around there. My gran lived in Chaddeston (sp?)

Jam I would be excited about garden furniture too!

Enjoy your scan Jam, and even more importantly enjoy your garden furniture,

I WENT FOR A SWIM THIS MORNING! Feeling very very worthy and healthy. So have rewarded myself with a croissant. Did 20 mins and it was exhausting! But am so glad I did it. now keen to go to bed. But am at work. Sob.

Ooh, have a good scan Jam - will keep everything crossed for you. Sure all will be well. And enjoy your garden furniture - what did you get?

Jam - good luck with scan and wishing you a sunny weekend so you can sit outside on your new furniture.

Effie - I live between Driffield and Brid, how about you? I love the wolds, especially on sunny days like this. I'm pleased there's at least 3 of us from Yorkshire, and Derbyshire's pretty close (this afternoon I'm heading over to the pennines so will probably be able to see Derbyshire from there) - I was starting to think I was the only person in the north expecting in December!!

Z.x

hey Z i will give you a wave when you look over. i do quite like it here, the surrounding area is just beautiful, you can't go wrong any direction you go in. we have been meaning to go up to matlock or the peak district but as yet we haven't managed to get past what we have close by.

well i let Erin out of the DVD cover and she gives quite a work out but really enjoyed it. Probably should have started a little earlier but better late than never. I'm not used to exercise classes as i usually train outdoors except for yoga but i still quite enjoyed it. Thanks for giving me the push i needed mibbles

right now it's time for a coffee yay.

OKAY, scan is all good. HOORAY! But...(indulgent post ahoy)

I was there one and a half hours. They needed to look at her face to see if the nasal bone had grown in, which was how come I'd had to have a CVS (which came back normal). My obstetrician told me that in her career (and she's quite young!) she has delivered three chromosomally normal babies with no nasal bone - just a random physical abnormality. BUT WOULD MY LITTLE MINX SHOW HER FACE? Oh no. She is breech and her face was turned away. We had a great cross section of her bladder but it's not quite the same. The guy doing the scan had me doing star jumps (I am not joking) to see if it would shift her. Nothing. He pressed and manipulated my belly. Wouldn't shift. He sent me out for a brisk walk and a sweet drink for 20mins but I knew she hadn't moved. More belly pressing, which got very painful. At the last minute when we'd all resigned ourselves to having to return next week, she deigned to give us a quick flash of her little face, and there was a bright shiny nasal bone. So I have one blurry picture only...but I am still thrilled to bits.

I'm less thrilled that I have got MICE in my flat. They ate a half a huge Easter egg this week - I have had a bag of chocolate lying around since March as I don't like it much (yes, I am the only girl in the world) and it must have attracted them. They have also gone wild for a box of glittery purple sequins. Their nest must look like Shirley Bassey's boudoir. Not happy. Ugh and triple ugh. I don't really want to kill them but I don't want their nasty germs, so I might have to get onto Rentakill.

FINALLY, on the subject of work, I am taking nine months' maternity leave then working from home part time. I am also moving to the country as DP lives there, but keeping my flat in London and making many trips. I hope. Phew! I'll shut up now.

hatty i am def not nesting yet in fact the opposite, but wanting it to happen soon my house needs a good spring clean.

oh and good on you Beans esp given how you feeling a couple of days ago, you obviously needed that arvo sleep, next time you feel that bad def have a day off.

ALSO to say, vvv pleased for Artichokes and good luck to Jam! Hope you get better pics than the ones of my little monkey, who, to add insult to injury, spent most of the scan with her hand between her legs playing with herself, as the scan man kept pointing out....

FINALLY, and it really is, someone wanted a nice white long sleeved top. There might be one in the Gap sale or otherwise there is a very nice one in The White Company for £20.

LadyT what wonderful news about your scan -I'm so pleased all was okay, that must be a massive relief!

Have run out of things in my house for now to be nesty about - shall I come and have a stern word with your mice? Laughing like mad at the chocolate and sequinned boudoir - there must be a lot of girl mice in there!

Thanks Hatty! I used peppermint oil last time and it drove them away (apparently they can't stand the smell) but they have obviously got over it. Yes, girl mice or flamboyant showbiz London boy mice....

Good to hear from you LP was thinking about you and hoping you would post soon to say everything was ok, and very glad it is, but what a cheeky little monkey being so shy.

bad news about the mice though very bad, we had them in our London flat not long before we moved up here, they had gotten into a big bag of polenta i had in a cupboard it was horrible, DH decided he wanted get rid of them humanly (godbless him) so we got this plug in thing that emits pulses and sounds that annoy them. Apart from a few occasionally annoyed squeaks they didnt go away. So finally he got some mouse traps that were supposed to kill (ooohh) and also completely contain the mouse but of course they didnt as they were cunning little things and would be on their way out and ould get caught by their legs and of course they would always go of when DH was away for work so i got stuc sorting them out. So i def recommend getting someone in to sort it out. I still don't know why we didnt. So far our tennants haven't mentioned anything so they must have gone away.

sorry maybe just a bit too much detail. So where will you be moving to LP