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.

Spent a fortune - I have to stop. Off for a bath now as can't shop in there!!!

I am a bit nervous at the moment - I get my nuchal results tommorrow. The scan was good - only measured 1mm which is low apparently. Just hope my bloods were okay too.

Yes sweet broody - wash your hair, pregnancy is a time to look after yourself really well and not be listening to traditional tales.

Someone mentioned dying hair as well - I continue to dye mine and did in last pgncy with no probs - as someone said the worry is the colour reaction, nothing else. If you're really worried - go for organic colour tho in my exp it doesn't last half as long. I've got an appt next Thursday for the works and can't wait!!!

Looby - 1mm is brill, try not to worry i'm sure with a tiny measurement like that your bloods will be fine

thanks detsy. I have been taking my mind off it by online shopping for maternity clothes.

want to start swimming again but can't fit into costume any more - must find a new one. Have managed to find myself a nice dress for DH Christmas party.

llareggub sorry to hear about your car. It's such a horrible feeling more than anything else, but also a palaver to have to cancel cards and all that.

detsy congrats on the nuchal/blood results, you can get on with enjoying being pg now

I've also been feeling a lot better this week (am 13+5). Energy levels and appetite almost back to normal - still scoffing loads but not needing to eat every 2 hours as before. Might even catch up with some housework tomorrow ! (I said might...)

i give up!!! there were 11 pages for me to catch up on... i think i read the first 5 or 6, but it was taking me too long.
i couldn't believe you're already talking about birth expereinces and what you're planning this time! i had gas and air, pethidene (which I don't ever want again as it fuzzed up my memories too much) then got my epidural. i was enduced at 37 weeks due to SPD and pre-eclampsia. ds was born vaginally but needed vacuum extraction at the end. i had strep b and passed it to him. he ended up in SCBU for a week - they thought he had meningitis so a lumbar puncture was done, following which they thought he had a subarachnoid haematoma (bleed on the brain) - turned out to be contamination from the lumbar puncture as blood got into the sample. anyhow after 6 days i got him - and nearly ran out of the hospital with him!! Oh and he had bad jaundice too.
My symptoms too have eased quite a bit. I keep on having to poke my boobs to see if they're still sore!!! no constipation (never a prob anyway - I drink plenty of pure fruit juice esp pink grapefruit!!!) Nausea has eased plenty, but can't eat a great amount - I get full up very easily. I too don't fancy meat that much - i've even lessened my love of eggs! But i have discovered a hankering after salt and vinegar crisps!!!

This morning my ds asked me and dh when will we have a baby? we told him 'someday hopefully'. Tonight at bedtime he asked me if I had a baby in my tummy. I told him i didn't know yet, but when I know I'll tell him he's going to be a big brother. So he asked me about the egg - I think he thinks babies are born in an egg like a chicken!! It was all so cute, however, is he psychic??!! It was all very weird! Hopefully I can tell him next week after my nucal scan. I think 12 weeks is a good enough time.

sorry for long post.

Oh and whoever mentioned cheese toasties!!! I just HAD to go and make myself one!

are you all away out trick and treating!? or have you all turned into pumpkins??! Where are you all for a chat!! OK, so I don't log in every day... no need to ignore me when I do...
I'm watching 'Speed'.. again!!
See y'al soon. nitey nite. xx

Hi DandyLioness - I;m trying to find some cosy warm pyjamas! Can't help on the summer stuff...

Was wiped out last night due to my dads 75th birthday celebrations... in bed by 10pm which is very unusual for me! Just caught up...

llareggub that's awful about your car

looby measurement is great

dandy melba have a bargain basement section... there are a few short sleeved/strapless style tops/dresses and cropped trousers/shorter skirts still left in assorted sizes.

divedaisy i'm looking for not too expensive pj's too. I like the seraphine ones but not sure if they'll be cosy at all and gulping at the price a bit

Morning Ladies. Just looked at the seraphine pj's FiKelly nice but the price Ouch! I need same too - my friend helpfully suggested that I could just get away with a larger size of normal pj's - she has no idea of the shape you get when pg me thinks! Mind you neither did I - first baby. Already everything is ssoo tight and only 13+6! Postman just arrived with some second hand maternity clothes I bought off ebay and their great. I got a really nice H&M long sleeved dress in a plum colour, 2 MODA long sleeved tops and a pair of MODA jeans all in really good condition for £18 including the postage!

Tried to hold out as long as possible to buy anything as I didn't want to tempt fate but could wait no longer.

Hubby has just lit the woodburner and is about to cook me bacon and egg - yummy! It's brass monkeys here. Wish I was away for some winter sun melba my mil and fil are off today to majorca - lovely.

Got to ring up in 2 hours to get my nuchal results - everything crossed!!

Morning

Looby - good luck for your results. Make sure you remember to post and let us know!

Llareggub - that's awful about your car

I used to struggle to go to bed before 11pm. Now I struggle to stay awake past 9pm! Have had this week off work so I dread to think what I'll be like back at work!

(first timer question alert) Do you really end up having to get maternity PJs? Cheap large jogging bottoms won't do by the end I guess...!

Looby fingers crossed for you!

FiKelly those pyjamas are lovely, i really fancy some but, yes, the price I treated myself to some bamboo yoga wear from JoJo and the fabric really is gorgeously soft and comfortable to wear - I could see myself living in that come April! If comfort is the main factor it might be worth splashing out.

Weighed myself this morning - pretty much the same as before getting pregnant... so how come I've got this huuuge belly?? It's not as if I've skinny arms and legs to compensate (I wish!)

dandy in my search for warm inexpensive pj's found more summery stuff top shop sale

Looby - hope you get get results!!

We are having a lazy morning here. Although DH is suffering after eating a kebab last night! I told him it was God letting him know what its like to feel pregnant - funny he didn't seem amused

I might get some cheap maternity pj's off ebay.

oh er - that'll be good results Looby!!

Hi everyone. Great news result was 1 in 3000 so Low!!

Good news Loobylou

I'm having a bit of a blue day today - woke up in a grump and with this inexplicable feeling of utter dread. It was made worse when my partner started showing signs of having issues with his epilepsy ...

I was fine at the gym, but got really freaked out coming home, imagining him out cold on the floor He is fine, and has gone out shopping for my birthday pressie now but I can't shake that feeling - oh, and burst into tears after trying on most of my wardrobe and being unable to find anything that is party wear (for a friend's party tonight), still fits and doesn't make my stomach look huge and flabby.

I'm not going to be much fun sober at a party tonight !

Loobylou yay! mine is on mon and i'll be delighted with your results

jools i think it's a day for some pampering.. maybe a relaxing bath with fragrant bubbles, then fish out the clothes that do feel comfy and stick on a dvd this pm that makes you smile.. i find everything always feels better after a good soak

Thank you for all my welcome messages. Great news on the scan/blood test results in the last few days. So sorry to hear about the car break in - that is always such a horrid thing to happen to you. I would also forget everything without my BBerry.

Went out last night for FIL's 80th birthday. Very smart restaurant we've been to before. Food is usually lovely, but being pg not so much fun! Not nearly enough carbs in the table d'hote menu (very little choice of food too, not good) and I took a chance and ordered cheese as I didn't like the dessert, thinking that there would be one hard cheese and that would be enough. ALL cheeses were soft, mold ripened or blue!!! The one nice bit of the meal was the starter - game terrine. I got them to check with the chef no liver and then really enjoyed it as it was so close to pate, which I've really missed! Everyone else (who of course was drinking) enjoyed staying at the table until 10.30pm! Got home at midnight - very very tired today.

I am envying those who are buying maternity clothes - as this is my first I'm still fitting into most of my clothes - just a few work things that are a bit tight. Advantage is that when I go on holiday next week, should be able to wear usual summer clothes but I'm really looking forward to buying for my bump!

Thanks Dandylioness and FiKelly

For some reason, I felt better after I'd had an absolutely massive blubbing session which was precipitated by me doing some research into Downs Syndrome to try and decide once and for all whether to have the tests. I think I may have decided not to as I really can't imagine termination, whatever the risk comes out as - my risk at 39 (well next Sunday) will be high anyway, and we can't predict or test for whether this baby will have epilepsy, so I think we may just go with whatever will happen and avoid the worry of living with a high risk for 6 months / contemplating amnio.

The tears seem to have washed away the black mood - coupled with the profiterole dessert from Waitrose that I've just scoffed

Still not keen on going out tonight as it is so incredibly cold and wet outside, but am sure it will be OK once we get there Getting stretching pains this evening, which are strangely making me feel good as it must be proof something is growing in there