May 2009 Part 3 - brains still pregnancy addled so we forgot we needed a new thread !

[Jools1]

Hope this will do

JustgotBFP due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
MissyK due 1 May (DS age 3)
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Gateau due 14 May (DS 16 months)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 15 May (DD age 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
Divediasy due 19 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)nucal scan 04/11 hosp 05/11
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Jonesy68 due 20 May (DS age 5.10)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
Moonlit due 24 May (DD age 2.6)
Agooboo due 24 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Dandelioness due 25 May (DD age 3 1/2)
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 21m)
Imnotok due 27 May
pulapula due 27 May (DD 3.10yr, DS 16 mths, Sheffield, booking in 20 Oct, dating scan 7 Nov, nuchal scan 13 Nov)
Runningmonkey due 27 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
Jools1 due 29 May (first child at 39)Dating Scan Nov 11th
Fryn due 29 May (first child)
MsG due 30 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
DorisIsAPinkDragon due sometime! (DD1 age 3 DD2 age 14mths)
FiKelly due may sometime (DS age just over 2yrs)
sebandelliotsmum due sometime in May ds1 5 and ds2 20 months.

Will keep an eye out jools - am taking DD1 to Borders books after school to get her another 'Horrid Henry' book to add to her collection - (her current fave) so might have a wee browse then and see what they have!
OOh I love Borders books, and I also love the tea and stem ginger muffins upstairs in Starbucks. Am only having soup for lunch so can have a muffin later!
(but must own up to a Wispa for snack this morning).
(and a packet of teddy bear crisps)
Curses on whoever reminded me of the joy of Wispa's!
(don't worry, I'm not actually capable of curses, although sometimes it would be handy.............)

I must confess to coming back from a physio appt this morning, sitting down with a cup of tea and scoffing half a pack of chocolate digestives without really realising what I was doing

Got to be super good for the rest of the day now.

ooh i love chocolate digestives. Although I love normal digestives too. Especially with a cup of tea. Boo I don't have any

By the way, have just seen a 'Due in July 2009' thread! .
Blimey. Time flies.
Just worked out I've nly got 28.5 wks to go!

lol jools what is it with pets wanting to watch?! Our dog douglas (fluffy lhasa apso) watches from the floor. Can just about ignore his paddington stare but the woofing is really off putting! We end up shutting him out of the room or hiding under the duvet...

Has anyone gone off protein? i've been really weird about it for the last few days. I'm ok if the meat is hidden in soup or a casserole with lots of veg... otherwise don't I fancy it at all. Sandwiches for lunch have gone out the window but still ok with lentils/milk & yogurt... gone off eggs/fish and cheese too... weird?!

hehe - I wouldn't count down from that - will go sooooo slowly I think

I'm going for milestones - 12 wk scan, 16 wk MW appt, 20 wk scan etc

I'm not counting down to make it go quicker - I'm panicking cos 28.5 wks doesn't sound like very long to me!
I've got so much to get done, houses to build and sell, childcare to sort, decorating, etc, etc, etc before this baby is born that it can take as long as it likes. Hopefully it might be a bit late...... 3 months or so would be fine

Yippee - finally found new thread. Had my nuchal scan last night and was told nuchal fold is 1mm - good news. Bad news-have to wait till Saturday for blood results. Was great to see the baby again though - very energetic! More energy than I have

When you go off things when pregnant do you go back to liking them once the baby is born? I now love chocolate - never used to eat it really, and cups of tea - although I am rationing myself to 3 cups a day. I have completely gone off indian food - pre-pregnancyy I could have eaten it any time of the day.

looby, i'd gone off asparagus in 1st pregnancy 2.5 years ago and can barely stomach it now.

i've just gone off things that i overdid in early pregnancy, the sweet things: fudge (proper, burnt sugar or clotted cream type), cinnamon/raisin bagels, dime bars, also coleslaw and crisps. all these things make my stomach turn now.

at 13.5 weeks, my MS symptoms only just calming, still feel yukky by end of day. never sure what I have a taste for. but tonight, it must be domino's pizza. not the nice, continental pizza (off-pregnancy, I'm usually a pizza snob) but the thick, chewy, american style. don't know why. I never really liked it before and am usually a very healthy eater. pregnancy does weird things to my hunger.

anyone have vein problems? i used to be a runner and thought this would help me avoid the vericose veins that afflict most of my family members.

pregnancy no. 2 made a big one come out in my calf and the leg now aches a bit (has done off/on since dd2's birth last year). those of you who have them - what can/do you do? don't want to go down the weird sock route (reminds me of grandma) but it's winter so no one sees much leg, and if it helps....

trying to keep legs up when possible. but impossible with two young children and a young dog.

Hi everyone I just had a lovely lunch with friends and loads of babies and children, 11, 6, 5, 20 months, 11 months (dd),and a nearly 4 week old. Also one thats due in december and my one due in may so lots of baby talk. It was lovely .

Its so cold today. Winter is definately here.

Momino - I have bad veins on my legs and so does my mum, so I'm guessing it runs in the family.

Someone told me that the bio oil she used for stretch mark prevention also improved the "look" of existing veins and marks on her legs, so I'm going to try that

I've had a hormonal tantrum this afternoon - I help administer another board (nothing like MN) and, although I do a lot of work in the background, managing all the spam joiners we seem to get, I constantly feel as if I'm being told I'm not doing enough and not doing things right and nearly told them where they could put their unpaid - do it for love admin responsibilities this afternoon - logged off that site and had a good cry instead - feel much better now

jools good to get it out of the system. I'm sure they really do appreciate all you do... A lack of knowledge I find can often be the major reason for most grumbling/moaning... maybe they just don't know what's involved in doing all that you do.

as far as going off things go... I went off avocados with vinaigrette when pregnant with DS and couldn't face them at all for the last 2 years & i've avoided them like the plague... now strangely i've had to have a daily fix of one at lunch for the last week with this one!

so maybe you go off things permanently until the next pregnancy? lol!

Momino, I have worn surgical stockings for 9 years. They are great at releiving aching legs. You can get them so they look like opaque tights in hold ups and below knee popsocks, but you need to get the sort that you get measured for in a pharmacy. Any that go off shoe size just aren't the same.

relieving

Hi everyone

We had our scan this afternoon and everything is perfect but they had trouble doing the measurements due to the baby been over-active, arms and legs everywhere. Our date have slightly changed we are 13+4wks so due 1st may not the 5th

bantam, great on the scan - you're the same due date as me!

Jennster, will go for the pharmacy socks as they're bad enough to get the 'proper' ones.
Jools, will try the bio stuff as i think i need to pamper myself and my legs a bit. i'm not very good at that.

Great news on the scan

I have a shopping challenge for you

We live in a 2 bed Victorian terrace and the "spare" room is currently DP's haven when he can't sleep / I kick him out for snoring etc etc. That room is going to end up being a nursery, all being well, so I'll have to somehow shoehorn a small double bed into my loft study and make it into his alternative bedroom / a guest room aswell.

The study is split in two by the stairs - one side has reasonable head room and the other doesn't really - you could just about walk down one side. I currently have quite a lot of clutter in there, plus a craft desk, a work desk and lots of bookcases and my camping equipment, so lots of decluttering needed first, but I thought I'd look at options.

I though about a chair / sofa bed but we really need something that he can crawl into at 2 in the morning without having to make a bed up ifswim. I think I once saw a sofa bed that folds up with the bedding inside it, but am not sure where ??

The only other alternative I can think of is to get one of those really really low Ikea bed frames and just pile the bed with a throw and loads of cushions so it can be my reading seat when working from home

Any great ideas spring to mind ?? This might also end up being my bf haven aswell - we can't fit a king-size bed in our main bedroom, so I think any co-sleeping is going to be me and baby only !

Hi!

Had scan today too! All fine Due date now 10th May so am 12+2. I actually believe I'm pregnant!

Have uploaded a piccie incase anyone hasn't seen enough scan photos...

bantam - glad your scan went well too

Momino - I've always had problems with veins on my legs. Think it runs in the family as my Mum has too. The support tights / flight socks do help. Especially as I'm often on my feet all day at work.

Jools - I think I saw a sofa bed that folds up with the bedding on it too once. If that's what it'll be mainly used for though, could you leave a sofa bed open as a bed most of the time?

Hi, may I join? I am 11 weeks with first pregnancy. Living in Surrey, work full time & commute to London (not good for m/s). I got married in June this year. Currently feeling pretty bad with sickness most of the time and no bump as first so finding keeping secret until scan (6th Nov) quite difficult.

On names, I would like to give our children Welsh middle names as I am Welsh and not too popular - I have a very unusual name and I loved growing up with it, even though I always have to spell it and usually correct the pronunciation. (DH English and very traditional so I am currently trying to talk him out of names that I think are dull!) I have a real feeling that I've got a girl, but DH wants a boy. We think we will try to find out at the 23 week scan.

Nice to meet you all and look forward to chatting with you.

(Added myself to list below)
JustgotBFP due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
MissyK due 1 May (DS age 3)
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 15 May (DD age 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
1stMrsF due 17 May (first child, Surrey)
Divediasy due 19 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)nucal scan 04/11 hosp 05/11
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Jonesy68 due 20 May (DS age 5.10)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
Moonlit due 24 May (DD age 2.6)
Agooboo due 24 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Dandelioness due 25 May (DD age 3 1/2)
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 21m)
Imnotok due 27 May
pulapula due 27 May (DD 3.10yr, DS 16 mths, Sheffield, booking in 20 Oct, dating scan 7 Nov, nuchal scan 13 Nov)
Runningmonkey due 27 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
Jools1 due 29 May (first child at 39)Dating Scan Nov 11th
Fryn due 29 May (first child)
SweetBROODY due 29 May (First Child) Dating scan put me at 8.5weeks! Bit confused about how to calculate! Another scan 7th November!
MsG due 30 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
DorisIsAPinkDragon due sometime! (DD1 age 3 DD2 age 14mths)
FiKelly due may sometime (DS age just over 2yrs)
sebandelliotsmum due sometime in May ds1 5 and ds2 20 months.

Great news Ses - I remember how worried you've been, so today must have been a massive relief

Welcome 1stMrsF

Thanks Jools! Such a huge relief!!! Am allowing myself to believe it now and starting to think about baby things

Welcome 1stMrsF I'm in Surrey too!

Updated my due date:

JustgotBFP due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
MissyK due 1 May (DS age 3)
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Bantam73 due 5 May (2 DCs ages 2.5, 16.5)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Ses due 10 May (first child, Surrey)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 15 May (DD age 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
1stMrsF due 17 May (first child, Surrey)
Divediasy due 19 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)nucal scan 04/11 hosp 05/11
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Jonesy68 due 20 May (DS age 5.10)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
Moonlit due 24 May (DD age 2.6)
Agooboo due 24 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Dandelioness due 25 May (DD age 3 1/2)
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 21m)
Imnotok due 27 May
pulapula due 27 May (DD 3.10yr, DS 16 mths, Sheffield, booking in 20 Oct, dating scan 7 Nov, nuchal scan 13 Nov)
Runningmonkey due 27 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
Jools1 due 29 May (first child at 39)Dating Scan Nov 11th
Fryn due 29 May (first child)
SweetBROODY due 29 May (First Child) Dating scan put me at 8.5weeks! Bit confused about how to calculate! Another scan 7th November!
MsG due 30 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
DorisIsAPinkDragon due sometime! (DD1 age 3 DD2 age 14mths)
FiKelly due may sometime (DS age just over 2yrs)
sebandelliotsmum due sometime in May ds1 5 and ds2 20 months.

Just updated my new date

JustgotBFP due 1 May (36 will be 37 when dc arrives DS age 4)
Sahbear due 1 May (DS age 14 mo)
farrahgillani due 1 May (1st Child)
Brightsideoflife due 1 May
Reggiee due 1 May (ahem 30 April but want to stay - DD age 22 months)
Aquababe due 1 May (DD age 2.9)
Evergrounded due 1 May
Momino due 1 May (DD age 2.5 and DD age 1)
Llareggub due 1 May (DS age 22 months)
Loulabela due 1 May
AAL due 1 May (DS age 4)
Olderbutnotwiser due 1 May (DD age 21, DS age 19, DS age 16 DS age 4, DD age 2)
MissyK due 1 May (DS age 3)
bantam73 1 May (dd age 2.11 + dd 16.10) from Leeds
Heverhoney due 2 May
SpangleMaker due 3 May (first child)
LoobyLou36 due 3 May (first child)
Inni due 4 May (DS age 2.9 and DD age 1)
Ceeceeanne due 4 May (DD age 9)
Chicadee due 5 May (DD age 6.5)
Overtiredmum due 5 May (DS age 3)
Hopefullypregnant due 5 May (DD age 10.5m)
Gibsongirl due 6 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 nearly 2)
BrownieBells due 6 May (DS age 2.9)
lauralou1 due 6 May (first)
Minimenace due 7 May (DS age 11 mo)
Detsy due 8 May (UK, Cheshire - DD 11 months)
Carol7 due 9 May (DS age 16 DD age 12)
Febes due 10 May (DD age 9 months)
Jennster due 10 May (DD age 2y7m, DS age 13m)
Missblythe due 10 May (DD age?)
Superdenki due 10 May (DS age 2.5)
Pinkcandyfloss due 11 May (DS1 age 5 and DS2 age 1.7)
Mootie due 11 May (DD age 2.4)
Flippineck due 12 May (DD age 17 months)
Ses due 12 May (first child)
Millionsaway due 13 May (DD 20 months)
Mammajamma due 13 May (DS1 age 4, DS2 age 22m)
Wobblypig due 14 May (DS 1.11)
Looneywoman due 14 May
Nikkiemadisonandbump due 15 May (DD age 2)
Frazzledoldbag due 16 May (DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2)
Nauseous due 16 May
Daisydoo due 16 May (DS age 19m)
Bluebell82 due 16 May (dd age 7 months)
umamimama due 16 May (dd age 16 months)
Bigtree due 17 May (first child)
1stMrsF due 17 May (first child, Surrey)
Divediasy due 19 May (DS age 5 1/2 3rd preg)nucal scan 04/11 hosp 05/11
Bekkaboo due 19 May (DS age 2)
Tigergem due 19 May (DD 18m)
GreenFingeredMummy due 20 May (DD age 15m)
Jonesy68 due 20 May (DS age 5.10)
Mags98 due 21 May (first child)
2beautifulgals due 22 May (2 dds?!)
halfmumhalfbiscuit due 23 May (DS age 2)
Swottybetty: Due 24/05/09. DD 6mths
Moonlit due 24 May (DD age 2.6)
Agooboo due 24 May (DS1 age 6 DS2 age 2)
Dandelioness due 25 May (DD age 3 1/2)
Alapala due 25 May (DS 1.5)
MatthewandBumpsMummy due 26 May
citybranch due 27 May (DS age 21m)
Imnotok due 27 May
pulapula due 27 May (DD 3.10yr, DS 16 mths, Sheffield, booking in 20 Oct, dating scan 7 Nov, nuchal scan 13 Nov)
Runningmonkey due 27 May (first child)
CoteDAzur due 28 May (DD age 3)
MrsEvs due 28 May (DD age 4, DD age 2)
Jools1 due 29 May (first child at 39)Dating Scan Nov 11th
Fryn due 29 May (first child)
SweetBROODY due 29 May (First Child) Dating scan put me at 8.5weeks! Bit confused about how to calculate! Another scan 7th November!
MsG due 30 May (first child)
Bluebutterfly due 31 May (DS age 3.5)
DorisIsAPinkDragon due sometime! (DD1 age 3 DD2 age 14mths)
FiKelly due may sometime (DS age just over 2yrs)
sebandelliotsmum due sometime in May ds1 5 and ds2 20 months.

Sorry ses our posts have crossed.