Due Feb 2009- Posting Queens, See The Bump, On The Facebook Screen, oh yeahhh...

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TinkerbellesMum DC3 (3rd baby. Lily-Hope born 20 weeks 28-29/9/05, Tink born 31 weeks 17/7/06, age 27, Birmingham) Official due date 01/02/09 but expected from early December
florrieandme DC2 26/01/2009
laidback DC4 27/01/2009 (age 34, North Devon)
nkweto DC2 30/01/2009 (age 34, West London)
oooggs DC4 30/01/2009 (age 34, Cornwall)
MamaGoose DC3 30/01/2009 (age 32, Spain)
MissMitford 31/01/2009
Plethora 31/01/2009 (age 37, East London but moving soon)
Ethelredtheunready (age 40, 2nd Baby, Tilly born 19/2/06, DC2 01/02/2009- Currently Chichester, soon to be Epping)
AngelDoll DC1 01/02/2009 (age 31, Sheffield)
Supersteph DC2 01/02/2009 (age 24, Torbay)
jenandbean DC2 02/02/2009
ruthmollymummy 02/02/2009
Tummytrouble 03/02/2009
jamescagney 03/02/2009 (aged 33,Clare, Rep of Ireland)
Pregnantpopcornprincess DC3 04/02/2009 (pregnant with twins)(age 31, West Sussex)
MsLucy Boy 04/02/2009 (age 38, North London)
PinkTulips DC3 04/02/2009 (age 24, Roscommon, Ireland)
Davidsmom DC2 04/02/2009 (age 39, Cheshire)
MissDelighted DC1 05/02/2009
m2alyssa DC2 05/02/2009 (age 30, Isle of Man)
idontbelieveit DC2 06/02/2009 (age 31, Leeds)
Jelliebelly DC2 06/02/2009 (age 37)
Swampster (HasAWarmFuzzy) 06/02/08 (age 40, south London)
Guitargirl DC2 07/02/2009
Aila DC2 07/02/2009
Littlemissnorty DC2 08/02/09 (age 39, Kent)
Biscuitytrousers 08/02/2009 (age 31, Thames Ditton)
MarkStretch DC2 07/02/2009 (age 29, Norfolk)
KT1983 09/02/2009
Tinasan DC2 09/02/2009
Herbgarden 09-11/02/09 (age 38 Berkshire)
Ewemoo 07/02/2009
Singingintherain DC3 10/02/2009
KazzaL DC2 10/02/2009 approx (age 34, Ciren, Gloucs)
littleboyblue DC2 due early-mid Feb (age 27, Surrey)
Jenniferturkington DC2 11/02/2009
thehouseofmirth DC2 11/02/09 (age 38, Wimbledon)
Clarabumps DC2 12/02/2009 (age 27, Glasgow)
BumpVLump 12/02/09 (age 29, Surrey)
Louisebunny 13-15/02/09
Mapleleaf 13/02/2009 (age 38, Cambridge)
Nadssss 13/2/9 (age 29, living w. london)
Jelliebaby DC2 14/02/2009 (AGE 29, Cheshire)
Loopylula DC2 14/02/2009 (age 28, Sussex)
Francesrivis 15/02/2009 (age 38, Devon)
onwardandupward DC2 second week of Feb (age 35, south west)
Americas 16/02/2009 (age 32, London)
MrsThreads DC1 16/02/2009 (age 36, Cheshire)
shubiedoo DC3 17/02/2009 (age 37, Canada)
NervousMouse DC2 17/02/2009 (age 36, Berks)
Pluto DC2 18/02/09 (age 38, Kent)
Fruitstick DC2 19/02/2009 (age 32, London)
Imaginewittynamehere DC2 19/02/2009 (age 32, Cambs)
McDreamy DC3 19/02/2009 (age 37, Cyprus but will give birth in Bucks)
Dinkystinky 19/2/09 (age 31, London)
Rachrox DC3 20/02/2009 (age 28, Glos also!)
Calico1 DC2 21/02/2009 (age 40, West Herts)
Mentalpup DC2 21/02/09 (age 30, Glos)
Rosieposey DC4 21/02/09 (age 36, Wilts)
Winemakesmummyclever 23/0/09 (age 34, Lancs)
Neeerly3 DC3 23/02/09 (age 31, Mansfield)
LardyBump 24/02/09
Spottyshoes DC2 24/02/09 (aged 28)
Chilledmama DC2 25/02/2009 (age 31, Hampshire
Nellstar TBC
zikel DC2 TBC (23, Coventry)
Cocodrillo DC3 26/02/2009 (age 34, south london)
MrsBick DC2 26/02/2009 (Age 25, living in Surrey)
charlie7 DC2 28/02/2009 (Age 33, living in the Inner Hebrides)
dd1ofcolandgerry DC2 25/02/2009
theSuburbanDryad DC2 (age 26, living in South Bucks)
Babyignoramus DC1 27/02/2009 (age 27, Brighton)
Blinamouse
Elkiedee
Questionkid DC1 3/2/09 (age 33, living in Wallington, Surrey)

Study of the homing insticts of deer mice over here Brief cut&paste:

The mice traveled 650 m to 1,980 m (mean 1,500 m) and had to cross a river and pass optimal habitat patches to reach their home sites. Deer mice with previous homing experience were more successful in returning home (100%) than inexperienced mice (60%) and faster in doing so

• different variety but still...

Hi laidback, I am blooming right now!

Blimey you lot have been busy this morning.....so, glad MS that all is ok with you and also glad that you have taken to your bed and are taking it easy. TB -hope you too are now feeling a bit more human ??

Dinky - we had a mouse a couple of years ago which had made a bed (and a v/large hole) in the tumble dryer vent tube thingy at the back. It was quite cute but met it's timely death in a viscious trap after being tempted by that runny syrupy nesquik chocolatey stuff. DH said it was quite cute and buried it in the garden. Never saw another after that.

Good news - had my 20 w scan at 12pm today and all was well. Don't know sex as didn't want to find out but everything was where it should be and so far so good......relieved...

my sciatica is also now giving me gip...i'm off to make appntmntfor referral.

Hi laidback, I am blooming right now!

my MN has gone weirdy!

MS - glad that you and your little man are ok. Hope you and dd are having a lovely day off together. You are certainly having strange cravings if you want NHS food! (though I can understand the nostalgia associated with school meals - but I took a packed lunch so no sago pudding for me)

TBM & KazzaL- hope you are a bit more mobile now. I often get stuck in the most random positions and have to wait until I am brave enough to try to move through the pain and get up again. Got stuck whilst talking to a patient once and they had to get help for me. Bless them, I was supposed to be looking after them! Have had a good couple of days with my back, so am hoping that my almost obsessive exercise/ acupuncture regime is paying off. Hope that everyone else out there with back/hip/pelvic pain is getting it sorted and under control.

Glad all the scans are going well, even if there are some uncooperative beans out there!

laidback - enjoy the wedding and hope your speech goes down well.

swampster - so what exactly is normal then?

Great news herbgarden.

So names - who has got one already?
who wants to share?

We had a boy's name because we thought we'd struggle to chose one,(Isaac) but now we know it's a girl we can't think/agree on anything and we thought a girl's name would be easy....Thoughts please. How are you choosing your names?

winemakesmummyclever - I'll explain myself in the FB - can't bring myself to go into detail on a public forum .

Am intrigued now. Didn't think anyone was "normal" these days....at least no one I know

evening all.

So glad things are ok MS, I can only imagine what you went through..

So sorry you are all suffering, my face has gone down a bit and the pain is more a throb today so I am much better....

As far as names my and dp can not agree on anything but I love Isla for a girl or Megan.

Names......we can't decide whether we should use the name we had for a girl before ds arrived in the event we have a dd this time - it was Evie- I know two friends with an Eva but Evie was the only name that dh and I could agree on. I know it's more popular now but I can't think of another name I like.

We only agreed on one boys name a week before ds arrived - suddenly I just got a hunch that we'd have a boy rather than a girl.

I really like Elliott, Louie and Lucas for a boy - all go well with our surname. Isaac is a really nice idbi - not one I'd thought of. I know lots of little boys with nice names so it's hard to think of something original.....

I've been looking at the names on the pegs at nursery for inspiration but so far failed !

Stanley.
Can't think of him as anything else now.
he's just Stanley

would have been Violet if he'd been a girl.

My son is going to be Frank after my grandfather.

Middle name Laurence after my Dad.

Love Stanley.

My niece is Evie, it's a really pretty name.

frank rocks.
like the old school names.
am making a curry again tonight.

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Evening All! Glad to hear all is well with you and your little man, MS. Sorry to hear about everyone else's ailments. Not too bad here apart from the rampant eczema and very itchy lady bits (anyone know where you can buy crotchless maternity tights?...)

At this rate DC2 is destined to remain nameless. We both love Frank but it just doesn't go with DS's name. I'm quit eliking Magnus ut DH has vetoed that and all my other suggestions and the other day he sent me an email suggesting Cassia or Solange for a girl so that gives you some idea of what I'm up against!

Well, we don't know what we're having yet. Love Gabriel for a boy and Saoirse or Niamh for a girl, but dh has raised objections already (mainly based on not being able to spell them ).

Isaac is lovely IDBI . I like the more traditional names too, but it is just so hard to agree.

Think ds has got an imaginary friend now. He keeps having v in-depth conversations with him/her when he is playing. He sounds very bossy with them! Am sure he'll be blaming them for all his escapades soon enough.

thom - think you may have to visit a "specialist" (ahem) site or shop for those kinds of things m'dear .

Hey all.

Man today was long and painfull - lucky I work for a pct, and all the girls in the office were fab - trying to track down a physio, and sorting me out an appointment. Saw an osteopath this afternoon and she was a dream. I'm right by a teaching clinic, so was really good value for money. Then I'm seeing my GP tomorrow. I was sat at my desk crying at one point.

As for names - love the trad style. Stanley is great, and I think Frank is really cool. Evie's cute, but I think it's quite popular. We're going for fairly unusual names - at the moment, Meredith is in the lead...

wmmc - we were gonna have Gabriel for a boy, I was a bit worried about the nasty nickname possibilities for the future, and was possibly erring on Noah, but that was pretty much what we had chosen - we decided the day before the scan when we found out her flavour!!!

Meredith is nice. You could have several different shortenings of that too if that is your thing.

I was so stuck for girls names. I loved Agatha but DH said NO WAY. I think it's a lovely name.

The surname debate is raging in this house:

DH is L

DSD is L

I am L-H (took his and kept mine when we got married- dd has got my surname so wanted to keep H for her benefit)

DD is H

I think ds (ha! still amuses me) should be L-H as he is a combination. DH says L.

I think I may have just invented something then! Do you think there'd be a big market for them?!

Meredith is great.
what else have you got?

MS - she'd be Merry!

THOM- could you also make a duvet cover with nipple holes?

I wince everytime I brush mine getting into bed.

Am off to hobble round the supermarket, and will be back for evening catch-up later...