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.

getting bit nervous about nuchal scan tomorrow. keeping fingers crossed..

just wondering.. those that have big boobs and done this before.. how did you manage breast feeding? as a first timer last time i found having huge boobs tricky to manouver and see latching properly?! any tips?

FiKelly - Good luck for tomorrow. I don't have big boobs so can't help you with that one!

Back to work tomorrow Hopefully I will get another couple of weeks out of my work trousers. I managed to get my skinny jeans on yesterday - when I had my 2DCs my stomach bloated almost as instantly as I missed my period but not with this one. I'm certainly not complaining.

Yesterday my 'had to have' was a packet of cheesy wotsits. What's everyone else having to have?

Hey Ladies!

I hope your are all well? I haven't been on for ages. So it has taken ages to read through all the posts. I have been suffering from food poisoning (as well as my DH and DD) after eating at a Zoo restaurant. I have never been so violently sick and ill in my life! It was truly horrendous. Anyway, I am feeling a lot better.

FiKelly - My SIL has humongous breasts and has breast all three of her children for 1 year without problems. Her advice is that, after each feed pump the excess milk and use it for when you need a break (i.e. let your partner bottle feed) Or freeze it. That way your breasts won't feel so heavy and uncomfortable at each feed. My nuchal is on Friday and I/we are so excited and scared too. But don't worry everything will be ok.

agooboo - Mine changes from day to day. I can't stand meat, so my DH doesn't say no to any of my requests! I am eating Kettles balsamic vinegar crisps, well actually anything salt and vinegary will do

I am wearing my maternity clothes already. So comfortable!!!!!! Mine are from; Crave Maternity, Mamas and Papas, New Look, Mother Care, Motherhood Maternity (an American company), Pumpkin Patch and H&M. Bit of a shopaholic well some are from my last pregnancy and the others I purchased in the sales when I decided to get pregnant (although I never thought it would take this long). For those of you after summery items, they are still available on the websites for the shops I mentioned above.

Ok that's enough for now. Sorry about the long post .

agooboo yesterday my must haves were cheese sauce made with extra mature cheddar and mashed potato... so I made a fish pie with salmon & broccoli and lovely mashed potato crisped up on top.

Todays must have is bacon sandwiches... DH has gone off to supermarket to get some so we can have them for lunch

moonlit most of my maternity clothes are from mothercare too... as there is a very limited range of shops where i live... unless i want to travel down the motorway for 50mins!

Hello all. Am amazed at the sizes of some of your boobies. Before children (BC) I was a pert 34B. Now I am a 36A and I BF them so I'm sure for some, it makes them smaller after . I was really happy during last pg when got up to a 36DD. No sign of much growth yet.

Went out with some friends for a meal last night, and didn't leave the restaurant til midnight so feeling a bit rough/tired today. My excuse for not drinking was that I was still getting over my cold and not in the mood. My friend said "good job you explained your reason for not drinking, so that we don't think its because you're pregnant!" I laughed of course, and maybe she has sussed me out but only a week til the scan when we might go public (although might wait til 12 or 13 weeks or after nuchal).

I have been dreading telling my sister- she is having IVF and her current/last attempt had to be stopped as she had some unexplained bleeding, so her eggs have been frozen ready to use in December when they think it will be safe to proceed. She had some good news that her NHS appointment for IVF is also Dec, and she might get 3 free attempts (her private treatment costs £5k a go!). So at least she is feeling more positive so I won't feel so guilty.

Oh and the food of choice today is jelly (when my DD/DS didn't finish theirs i couldn't wait to scoff it).

Also going to munch some toblerone soon (when I can be bothered getting off the sofa to go and get it). DS is having a lovely sleep and DD is watching TV so at least I'm having a much-needed rest.

I'm having sweet cravings this weekend

Have just negated 2 hours of gym classes by eating a Waitrose chocolate sundae, followed by a fair few spoonfuls of Ben and Jerry's ice cream !!

I am now munching on a packet of cheese thins and will probably finish them !

Normal service with healthy food will resume tomorrow !

moonlit - I've just had to go and buy myself some salt and vinegar crisps!

Jools - am impressed with I will look into some ante natal pilates in a couple of weeks.

pulapula - I had a difficult situation with my brother and SIL. They have had problems ttc and I think they have accepted it won't happen for them now, which is really sad. When I was pg in March, I told them at about 5 weeks and my brother just responded saying "Oh well it's too early to know that you'll keep it". Sure enough at the 12 week scan, we found the mmc. He's just invited me and DH to stay for the weekend at the end of November and seeing as I've had a successful 12 week scan, I did tell him this week. He just said "Oh, ok" and changed the subject. It must be very hard for them.

On the subject of maternity clothes, I was about to start investing but my belly seems to have shrunk the last couple of days. Can this happen that your belly shrinks and grows, whrinks and grows?

I think my belly did shrink from around 7 weeks - it seems as if the weight gain up to then was just bloating.

Now, people keep asking me if I've lost weight because my face is quite noticeably thinner - but I still can't get into my normal jeans !! I did buy a bigger size to tide me through till I could decently buy maternity wear, but they are too big everywhere but round the abdomen now and look a bit odd.

I'm sure losing all those calories I used to consume in wine has made a big difference ! Also, they say your metabolism runs faster - my hair is growing like mad - so maybe we are just burning off lots through building baby

Think you could be right Jools. Hope you are anyway! Now I'm not feeling so sick, I'm going to allow myself to indulge in my food again! Must try and make it healthy calories though.

agooboo, my must-haves yesterday were Indian snacks (veg pakoras, samosas and bhajis), pickled onions, beetroot and salad with spinach in it and mustard!!

Today I've had toast with cheese and a scone. I'm thinking of having some more of the pakoras etc later though! I can't stop thinking about food. x

Jools might be an idea to get a couple of maternity 'bottoms' as they're designed for this. The stretchy under-the-bump-band jeans I've got are currently on-the-bump (as it's still so low down) and though they feel really comfy standing up I worry they are squashing bean when I sit down... or perhaps I need a bigger size ? The stretchy side panel trousers are good though, as are the roll-top skirts. When is your scan? It must be soon now. Then you can feel ok about investing in some mat wear.

Detsy I know what you mean about the wrap tops, they seem to be a bit of a faff. I'm wearing my black one today. Might be interested in your brown one if I decide I can get on ok with this one.

I am already suffering from parental guilt. My friend at work who is pg will only eat healthy, home cooked food and worries she hasn't eaten enough seeds etc. My baby has been fed a right load of rubbish in comparison, including last week its first McDonalds on the way to Devon . Am hoping lots of fruit will make up for the naughtiness.

Oh and my must-have today is double gloucester cheese with chives, yum

Spanglemaker - My scan is Nov 11th, so not too long now I've got Nov 12th off for shopping

Wow, just been giggling at the big busty amazonians on this thread! I too am 5'11'' and 34J !! Have shopped mail order with Bravissimo long before the shops even existed - most recent purchase was the PJs with built in bras - sooooo comfy at night for the sore boobs

So looks like I'll be taking orders for US Gap and Old Navy jeans that ALL come in Long - check the websites, they may just post internationally. If not and you really, really want some I will seriously post them out if need be - just CAT me and let me know!

Excellent news about all the nuchal results/scans etc - what a relief! So sorry about the car break in that's horrid and jsut a hassle you really don't need at this point.

Spanglemaker don't let the guilts get to you - with DD2 I was so nauseous, and the only thing I could face passing my lips were Sour Patch kids (like Haribo tangfastics!). In a week I only ate those, one ear of corn, and a single bowl of cereal . DD2 survived fine though!

Oh and on the PJs front - I've never had maternity PJs - just stretchy waist ones - so don't think their a necessity (though may be more comfy?)

Must go, hubby is on a rant today about what a mess the house is and I am just sitting here in my PJs!

Mrs Evs - might look on Bravissimo fpr stretchy waist PJs with inbuilt bra! Have gone up to a 34E and seem to be filling those now...

Do, both the PJ bottms have stretchy waists - just maybe get a size larger than normal. I'm delighted with mine. Not cheap but I've had my moneys worth already I think

I'm wearing a pair of borrowed maternity jeans today.. have discovered bump not quite big enough to keep them up. very comfy but every time i sit or bend (well try to as back still sore) i end up with builders bum lol!

my seraphine under bump jeans should arrive this week. i can't wait just hope i've ordered the right size..

fikelly, i get builders bum all the time and hate it! must be because we all lose our waists in pregnancy so there's no way to hold up trousers. i find wearing a belt tough - ok when standing but when I sit down it cuts into my lower belly.

went to Gap outlet today and the maternity selection was awful, so ugly. got nothing.

am doing nothing today but searching on ebay for christmas toys. I'm supposed to be getting some work done since dh is home to babysit but ebay is too addictive. i think i need help to wean myself off it so I can do my job. then theres mumsnet...

just a rant.
went to a dinner party fri and there were two other pregnant friends, one due in Jan other due in March. The hub of the dueMarch friend said to me he thought I was due before his wife by the size of my bump.... do men have no tact ? or should i just not be so touchy?

i'm a little bigger in bump than my friend who's 7 weeks ahead of me (it's her 2nd) but smaller in stature so maybe she carries it differently. but i don't want to hear (esp from a man) how big I am... my dh tried his best to help my friend's husb take his foot gently out of his mouth but don't think he got it.

i do feel bigger at this stage than preg 1 and 2 but then this is my third.

Hi All,
just tried to catch up but not succeeding.

I had a disasterous shopping experience on sat too - went to lakeside as our shops in Cambridge are really small so I thought the selection might be better. The selection of maternity wear in the high street shops is useless (especially Debenhams)and I came away feeling rubbish . I had a big paddy in Next as they only do mat jeans in standard and long. I live in Next petite jeans usually. Same story in H&M, Debenhams so obviously shorties like me aren't supposed to have babies! The lady in the changing rooms at next was lovely tho and told me to go to blooming marvellous!

Well I should tell you about my night out... The excuses didn't work and so I 'came out' to my uni friends. Turns out one of them is also pregnant and due two days after me. A shame we don't live a bit closer to each other as it would be great support to be around for each other. Am glad its out in the open now, just got some more family to tell once the scan is done.

Anyway, must go work to do before back to school tomorrow - half term just hasn't been long enough

runningmonkey, prob better you told your friends - bit of a relief that you don't have to lie or hide the truth. i still haven't told work but then I'm not normally in the office so it's easier to hide.

Evening ladies!! MY bump has really growing this week. I look well PG tonight. Its really nice but I think normal clothes are out the window now. Have been in trackies for the whole weekend and it's been lovely and comfy. I bid on some Mat clothes on ebay yesterday so hopefully they will be good only 6 items or so but should suppliment what I've got from last time and a few new things I bought from Dotty Ps.

Hi gals!!
I feel hungry and full up at the same time. Don't know what I want to eat... thought about humous and celery/carrots but don't really do it for me...
Fi good luck for tomorrow. I've mine on Tuesday andreally scared about it. My bump doesn't feel as hard as I thought i felt it in earlier weeks. trying not to be too paranoind and to look forward to seeing Pea again.

Anyhow, away to get a wrinkly ds out of the bath!!

Runningmonkey - I need short lengths aswell - have somehow ended up with a Next catalogue I never ordered and have had a quick look in there - some, not all of their mat jeans in the catalogue do definitely come in short lengths - 27 inches. The regular appears to be 29 inches, which is what I think I normally have to settle for anyway.

I'm going shopping on Nov 12th and will be visiting a local Next that does maternity wear - will report back