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

[MarkStretch]

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)

Hello

Just sent 30 friends invites on FB....so if you get one from GD, you know who it is

Right, off to clean up DD and then catch up.....

Thanks swampy!!! I am huge as well, I am in the maternity bits that I wore at the end of my last pregnancy....

Ah that's who GD is.
Hello there GD.
Just got back from my weekly session of teaching a load of hyperactive teenagers media studies. I think it went well - they seem to like me, probably because I am quite soft on them. They have the energy of toddlers in adult bodies - which is something else.
I've been thrown in at the deep end, which is great experience - the only real problem is a feud that seems to be festering between 2 of the tutors. I can kind of see both points of view - although one of them is much nicer than the other!
And I thought the world of TV was bitchy!!!

Stanley is wriggling like a bag of snakes - it's quite distracting at times. I fear he may be almost as much of a nutter as his older brother.

Questionkid- the next time that woman says your bump looks pathetic say to her:

'I am pregnant, what's your excuse for being a moody fat cow?'

Oh and in my office today one of the girls said to me:

'Ooooh you look so gorgeous and cuddly I just want to hug you all the time!'

And then prectically wrapped her arms and legs around me in a bear hug. Luckily I quite like her so I just patted her head.

lol markstretch! I know, I know I just need to be patient. I was quite big with DD but was like this with DS - maybe it's a boy .

To cheer you..........Have just downloaded my brother's best man speech from saturday onto facebook if you feel like a laugh. He was fab!

MS- like your approach....

My bump has popped out a lot in the last week but I'm only a short thing and have no stomach muscles so I just pop forwards. My v.tall sister in law hardly showed at all at this stage with her 3rd but she's as skinny as you like and has washboard stomach . I remember a girl who I used to work with who hid her pregnancy behind normal work suits until about 17 weeks because she too was tall with great stomach muscles....

Why do people feel like they have the right to comment ?!

I'm getting more wriggles this time than I did with ds but as I think I've said before I wonder if that's because now I know what it is !..

One more day and I'm off with dh and ds on what ds calls "the big blue plane" for a week off from the day to day domestic drudgery which is my life....

Still craving sherry here but will not give in. This is on on grounds of good taste rather than maternal concern for it is the old lady style sweet sherry that I crave . Unsurprsingly, I don't have any in the house so am unlikely to cave in!

I don't know why I didn't think of hold ups or stockings but that's obviously the way forward in the keeping my legs warm and lady bits cool department. Thank you!

I am still officially the woman with the smallest bump. In fact some days I think it is actually shrinking rather than growing. Still, when I am the size of a house I expect I'll complain about that too!

Swampster, although I felt DS move early he wasn't a vey frequent mover which is odd because as soon as he came out he didn't stop moving (kind of lying down River Dance to begin with) and is still in a state of perpetual motion. But I used to be so worried that kept a kickchart. I did ialso kind of wonder whether it was normal but that everyone else I knew exagerated how much their baby moved so it is interesting to hear you compare two of your babies.

Is anyone else still having bizarre dreams?

Yes but I don't need to be pregnant to have bizarre dreams, they've just continued. Dreamt my rabbit went bald last night except for one tuft!!!!!!

Last night I dreamt I sent dd to school and forgot to give her any breakfast.

Then DH dreamt I was writing a diary because I was dying and I awoke to him wrapping his arms and legs around me in a terrified manner. Luckily I quite like him too. What is it with people today?

Aw that's bless your husband. Loving the fact that everyone is hugging you today though, what's that advert on tv? Is it a drugs related one? Where everyone hugs each other ?

McDreamy are you suggesting that the people hugging me are high on drugs?

Actually that could explain a lot

lol no......but they might be!!!!

Just had that vision in my mind of everyone wrapping themselves around you!

Something is going on in my street....

Let me paint the picture...

I live on a leafy, tree lined street of terraces in the 'Golden Triangle' area of Norwich- so called as it is supposed to be the posh bit (obviously not that posh because they let me live here). People round here are mostly social workers who like museli and goat-hair jackets.

Anyway, a huge police van turned up opposite our house this afternoon and lots of PCSO's and officers got out and went inside a building over the road. It is a bigger older terrace which has been split into flats. Then more police turned up and wandered up and down the street talking on walkie-talkies and looking official.

Then people with film cameras turned up and started filming...

The word on the street is that there is a BROTHEL opposite my house.

I'm now on my way over there to see if they have any call for a fat pregnant lady with a liking for wearing old sports wear in the evening and eating chips.

I am curtain twitching.

How exciting....much better than Holby City, do keep us informed!

So what's going on MS?

MS can't post right now, they arrested her for lewd behaviour and carted her off in a black maria!

I'm going to start a thread on FB as an experiment about bumps. Please post.

THOM dreams are totally normal, even when they're not IYSWIM!

have been away for a few days and on return no internet for 2 days so its just taken me ages to read all the new posts! I'm living in Saudi Arabia and its quite common for the internet to stop working for a few days!
Thanks for the invites to join the list and FB. I'm very IT retarded (this was before being pregnant so can't use pregnancy as an excuse!) but hopefully I'll manage to work out how to do it before my due date!
Still craving curry but getting terrible heartburn.
I'm 18 weeks now and wondering if I should be feeling a bit of movement? (from baby, not bowels due to curry!)

NOTHING happened. How boring. So I went to bed to watch Traffic Cops- that was exciting!

Morning, all enrolled back at uni so am officially a grubby student once again. Tutor was a bit about me being pg, but I assured him I would only need time off from mid-Feb (fingers crossed). Think it will be much easier to do this year now rather than intercalate until next Sept. Tiny babies are much easier to work around than toddlers and ds will be at nursery for 3 days a week from next year (my final year). Plus, dh and my family are fantastic. Am sure all will be fine.

Middling bump here - have no stomach muscles so just look as though have an extreme fondness for pies. Am trying to behave myself with food - put loads of weight on with ds and never managed to lose all of it.

Dreamt last night that I was dx with a hernia. I kept trying to tell people it was a baby really but they kept on trying to push the bump back in. Always have mad dreams, so pregnancy doesn't really make them any stranger.
How was your night in the slammer MS?

There is a wee old lady who lives opposite us who seems to know everything that goes on here. She is better than any burglar alarm! If she doesn't know, then I just wait for my mum to go to the hairdressers each Friday!

Better go and vac the playroom - ds wants to play with his trains and have a very hairy dog that sheds hair as soon as you look at him. Have to vac every day, but am really considering putting him in a doggie shell suit or shaving him . Have tried using the Dyson on him, but it is only a short term fix. Suggestions welcome (apart from get rid of dog, of course).

Have a good day all.

Hope all goes well with your course this year WMMC - you're right, little babies are much easier to work around than attention demanding toddlers.

Welcome back Mumoverseas - hope all is well with you. Am 19 weeks today and feeling movements (though not a huge number of them every day - am hoping this baby is more chilled out than his/her big brother).

Markstretch - we had a similar police raid down the road from us the weekend we moved into our house. Turns out it was a load of illegal immigrants hiding in a flat above the local corner shop while the owners were away. Did have me wondering where on earth we'd moved to though...

Just got the wedding photos done from sister in law's wedding and god, do I look pregnant in them! Will see if can post some on facebook over the weekend. V envious of McDreamy and the others who are still looking nice and svelte.

MS - going back a few posts, I'd love to tell the 'pathetic bump' lady that she's a moody fat cow, but unfortunately she's one of the Directors here and she could get me fired...I shall just think it VERY loudly in my head instead. She's known as the Poison Dwarf to me - she barely scrapes 5ft and definitely has short woman syndrome. Moody fat cow, moody fat cow...ahhh, I feel better now.

I also watched Traffic cops and am still slightly in shock at the crazy Swedish ladies running all over the motorway. It's quite something to see someone disappear under the wheels of a fast moving HGV.

My DP felt the baby move for the first time last night, he's still grinning this morning. Ah, bless.

I've woken up this morning and I've definitely got a bump!!!! Hurray about time