Due In Fab Feb 2009 - The Secret Is Out - Third Thread Already

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Hi thought I might start a new thread for us all. Hope you like the new title

Feel free to join us.

Oh shit that's not right. Otherwise I would be 5.

Oh I can't get it to work! I'll out a pic on my profile later.

Anyway I just had the best fun. Let me tell you about it.

I live in a terraced house on a nice street and my friend is hoping to move to this area so she just asked me to go and view some houses with her on my street. I jumped at the chance and so I just looked round an amazing massive old terrace that a bird fancier has turned into 5 bed sits and converted the attic- was very bizarre but full of gorgeous period features.

And then we went to one up a bit which is another amazing terrace but elevated and they had converted the cellar into a 3rd bedroom with an ensuite and it was all very modern with lovely painted wooden floors throughout and the kitchen was really high up out the back of the house and overlooked a lovely little courtyard.

Gosh it was fun.

I was running about tapping walls and talking about knocking things through. For a moment I was like Kirsty Allsopp.

But fatter.

Does that mean your DD is much better now MarkStretch? Hope so.

Love looking around properties - or at least I did until we bought our place at a ridiculously overinflated price at the beginning of this year before the slide/crash began... now find it too painful to look at other properties which are cheaper and even nicer!

Yes she is much better thanks. Went back to school today.

Yes we bought ours a year ago today actually and had to get 100% mortgage (couldn't afford to buy otherwise)- which was lucky really as no one does them anymore and ours is with Northern Rock!

I'm a bit worried what will happen when we have to remortgage and change our fixed rate next year though.

Lmao marksretch thats a cute flowergirl dress you had there... no seriously thats a lovely dress on the left - and glad your DD is feeling better -Am loving this year because planning a wedding is such good fun and now got a lo to look forward to as well. We still have to tell the future in laws about their impending grandchild (its going to be their first) and i have to admit they are slightly dragonesque - by DP's own admission. Im keen for people not to think this is a shotgun wedding of sorts as we only started telling people that we were getting married a month ago even though we'd been planning for Nov for ages but sod it ... probably going to get that reaction anyway but we dont care!

It wasn't even the one on the right! Stupid website.

This is the company we're looking at doing our wedding. TBD changed his mind looking at that site when he saw it's not just a big fancy dress party!

I'm going to try again when it's not a booking in appointment, I'm not sure if they're a little more rushed than normal. I'm going to be there a lot so I will try and work it out. I want a reasoned answer as to why I need an "elective" (which will end up being an emergency if I go into prem labour again) what the risks with my particular style of scar are compared to a "normal" scar, what my chances of a trial would be etc. What worries me is that they can decide all this for if I get to 38 weeks, but what if I don't? Maybe I need two birth plans

I'm not sure if she sees them as being negligent, they didn't see a reason to worry before. First time (20 weeks) I called The Women's when I was getting contractions, they didn't think it was the baby (I'd had a fall a few days before so thought I was in pain from that) so said to go to City A&E. A&E said it was a UTI (even though I couldn't wee which normally I can't leave the loo) and I ignored the pain till I was bleeding and collapsed. Lily-Hope was born soon after I got there. Second time (31 weeks) I had some pain the previous night, had some the next morning on my way for my scan, went quiet during my appointment, two more contractions in the cafe. They called a doctor to examine me, had a contraction in front of her, she said it was probably SPD or BH and to come back if it got worse. I went shopping and by the time I finished I knew it was bad (1.5 mins on, 0.5 off), by the time I got there it had slowed down again. I had a contraction in front of a MW and she knew it was serious. She took me to delivery room, quite suddenly my contractions got stronger than they had been before and it was pretty quick from there (2cm to fully dilated in an hour).

I think what she was saying is that if I have the slightest twinge they'll be pulling me straight in!

Tink was a whopping 4lb 2oz!

wow lovely wedding dresses mine was white and red nearly 9 years ago, can't find a pic

Evening. All your talk of weddings got me inspired to call my friend to tell her I was pregnant (the friend who told me emphatically I must not get pregnant before her wedding in September as everyone else is !!)

She was really pleased for us and it is a weight of my shoulders !

I am thinking of wearing this to her wedding by it might be a bit clingy ?

www.isabellaoliver.com/maternity-clothes/maternity-dresses/Ruffle-Wrap-Dress/D/30100/P/2:100:1020/I/ DR60

All my talk of energy surges has gone to pot...today I am exhausted and can barely pullmyself off the sofa to get some cashew nuts from the cupboard.

TBM have voted for tink.

but it ...too tired to write properly too !

laidback... love the dress - which colour would you go for?

Maybe the purple one...she is getting married at the hotel du vin and it's all a bit purple and dramatic... what to do about shoes with a purple dress ... and tights ??

It's a gorge dress. Id go with the purple one. MMMN cashew nuts..plain or honey roasted?

plain unfortunately...I would prefer honey roasted though !!

My new addictions are:

Rachels Organic Yoghurts (any flavour)
&
Spicy beanburgers.

However the latter does give me wind.

I am seeing the midwife tomorrow- should I ask her to have a listen to see if she thinks there is a baby in there? (rather than just wind)

Umm markstretch, I could just eat a spicy beanburger, haven't had one since my vegetarian days in the 90's.

Hi all -all this talk of wedding dresses is making me want to do it all again !!

Is anyone else not sleeping well at night ? I'm knackered by 9pm - go to bed and fall asleep quickly but I wake about 2am and just can't sleep - I usually end up in the spare room reading for an hour before dropping off again., I also wake up staaaaarving at that time so I tend to come down for a banana or just something.

Feeling most sick around 5/6pm too - then hungry, then eat then feel sick .

I'm sooooo bored of this.

Have booked Nuchal Scan at Fetal Medicine Centre for 31 July so quit nervous about it......

Thanks LaidBack.

Love the dress!

Lovely dress laid back just back from in laws where we told them the news and they werent as dragony as i thought they might be still told me off for mentioning that i might even quaff one paltry glass of champagne at my own wedding though even though its months away - blimey! ive given up smoking, drinking and lovely soft cheeses im not a saint thank goodness but god sometimes MIL to be is sooo holier than thou!
Cant sleep either herbgarden - crash really early ( for me anyway ) no later than 10 30 usually but awake for loo runs throughout the night and then cant get to sleep because DP keeps me up with his snoring
With that thuough i will say goodnight all and sweet dreams!

Just been to bed and am up again on the crunchy nut clusters - I'm beginning to think that the more I eat the more I want to eat but I just get hunger pangs like I've never had before - I feel like one of those people who do secret fridge raids in the night ?!

I'm gonna be the size of a house soon (or maybe a weeble - I'm only short me).

Join the weebling club herbgarden! Loved the weebles when I was little - anyone know if they still sell them anywhere? DS would love them... though would have to be careful to ensure he doesnt start calling me a weeble too...

Laidback - Love the dress. Am also going to wedding in September (sisterinlaw getting married in US - think will be our last flight for quite some time...) and looking for stuff to wear and that is easily the nicest I've seen!

Rosieposey - glad it went well with the inlaws... and on the day of the wedding task your ushers/best friends with distracting MIL so you can have as many glasses of bubbly as you desire (they're only tiny after all...)

Dinky - I've seen weebles on ebay before.

I am still in my pyjamas today and DS2 and I are playing 'kings and queens' whilst DS3 is asleep (obviously DS2 has to keep on going off on missions so I can mumsnet in peace !)

Have felt hungry and vomitous most of the morning. Don't fancy anything that is in the fridge/kitchen. Not sure what I want really! Actually I could eat Thai food !

argh!

kids are trashing the place and i can't tear myself away from the pc

need to get off my bum and get organised for tonight. have a night out and don't even know if i have any clothes i can squeeze into! so not in the mood for it, too sick and tired and it's going to be such a drag being around loads of drunk people, most of them popping out for fags all night. not in the humour at all!

all those dresss are fab! going to be years before dp and i get married.... besides the money issues we have lunatic family to contend with who we really can't be bothered trying to please, easier to live in sin than organise the wedding from hell!

hope everyones feeling ok today, at least the sun is trying to shine here