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[nelix2000]

hey all, hope you all find the thread! we can niggles and worries!

Argh ..... ok so is anyone feeling like their mind is slipping away with this pg?? I feel like i am trying so hard to keep my professionalism up at work when in fact i'm making loads of crappy errors and forgetting easy things.

Feeling very fed up about this today and although my boss is lovely he won't be for long unless i buck my ideas up i'm sure.

Humph - sorry needed to rant.

I had an email from FIL this morning, when we found out the sex we emailed him (he spends his winters out in the Caribbean) & he's only just read it. He said that he's happy for us that we are happy but he would rather that we had not found out, said he doesn't believe in knowing b4 the birth, but I say thats the older generation talking, technology has changed so much & I say we can choose to use whats available to us if we want to.
Heeby I'm making soooo many mistakes at work lately, luckly I work on my own & mostly contact people via email so I can get away with it, but its so not like me

Spent some mummy & son time with ds over the wkend, my dh is now back in UK for the next 7wks on a course. I bought an angel sound listener so that ds could hear the heartbeat & my midwife gave me some amplifing gel yesterday to use on it. DS was so impressed that he could hear his sisters heart & even more impressed when she moved around & he felt it, he kept hugging my belly & kissing it telling her how much he loved her...its amazing that the bond is so strong already

awsmiley thats lovely!!! my DS knows there is a baby in there, but happily tries to jump on her one minute then wanting to feed her his toast the next!!! go figure lol!!!

YES to the losing ones mind!!! I think i am starting to get some of mine back, much more organised this week than I have been in a loooong time. Now I am nesting like crazy cleaning inbetween my sofa etc....hoovering anything whether it moves or not(hamster better watch out)....

Ha ha ha nelix poor hamster!

I'm so glad that it's not just me, i just had a bit of a heart to heart with my boss, we have agreed to head out for lunch tomorrow and he is not worried at all and thinks it's funny! At least he is supportive, i'm very lucky there.

smiley your post made me feel all warm, what a lovely moment for you and so lovely that you can involve DS in this pg, how old is he? My DD is 2 and a bit and she has felt baby move, i think she gets it but she's a little young i guess yet. Although when i hold her hand on my tummy she freezes and grins and then says 'baby moving in there mummy' and same as nelix my DD has tried to feed toys through my belly button before now! hmmm.

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share the news - I had my 20 week scan today and all is well.

Was so lovely seeing our baby up on the screen. My DH even had tears in his eyes - bless him! (so did I )

All is looking good. The sonographer was lovely and told us everything is looking right for the dates. Hoorah!

Hope everyone else is feeling good today? xx

pezz that is such wonderful news, i bet you feel on an absolute high now - enjoy honey, it's a lovely feeling, especially to know all is progressing well. It's amazing to see how much they've grown in a few weeks huh!

I am feeling a bit better today, not so tired but it seems to get to me by the end of the day. DH is away tonight so i shall be having a lazy evening, long bath and maybe a home-facial or something .... can't wait!

Having a hectic week at work, i leave in 4 weeks and because i only work PT it feels like it's coming round really quickly.

On another note, I have some sad pet news, my mums dog has kidney failure and is not very well at all, now i know it's 'just a dog' but she was my sisters dog and my sister died suddenly 2 years ago (and tomorrow would of been her birthday) so all in all this week is turning out to be very sad indeed. Sorry to be blue on such a lovely positive thread but i feel you are my friends and i wanted to share the burden a bit. I will have to be the one to take her to the vets and it's very upsetting, especially when you're pregnant and emotional anyway.

xxx

pezz thats fab news.....really really happy for you!!

oh heeby that is sad , i am sorry. "Just" a dog can have a heck of an impact on people tho. I had a dog from age 5 and she had to be put down on my 21st bday...was sad. When are you taking her to the vets?

Thanks nelix yes you are right they do have a huge impact and how sad for you to lose your dog on your birthday. My sister died 2 years ago and she left behind 2 dogs which my mum took over, one had to be rehomed as she was very boisterous and needing a different level of care that my mum couldn't cope with so sadly she made the decision to rehome her to a lovely family living on a farm. which left this old one, and at 15 it was obvious that it was only a matter of time before something happended, but this week it is really not the right time given it would of been my sister's birthday tomorrow. She is hoping not to have to book the appointment until next week but of course if she really does go downhill that might not happen.

Pezz that's fantastic news. Getting me all excited about mine next week now! Can't wait to see how much my little bean has grown

Aww Heeby that's aweful. I don't know what I'd do without my dog. They are part of the family and making the decision to have it put to sleep must be aweful for your mum especially at this sad time for you and your family. We will all be thinking of you when the time comes for you to take her to the vet, the last thing you want is for her to suffer and if thinking of it that ways gives you some solice then maybe that's the best thing?

pezz I'm so happy for you that everything is going well, its great to see a fully developed baby on the screen it makes it all seem so real
Heeby when I was around 16 we had to take my dog to be put down I had had her all my life and loosing her was like loosing a member of the family. What made it even worse was we left it to the very last minute to take her in to the vets so that we could spend as much time with her as possible & when we got there the receptionist said that the vet had gone home for the night & we should leave her there & he would see to her first thing in the morning....to this day I think about her spending her last night all alone in a vets cage, but my dad wouldn't let us bring her back as it took so long for the family to say goodbye

smiley your message just made me feel so very sad for you, what an awful way to say goodbye. I am sure that she would of been cared for really well overnight but like you say it is something that haunts you isn't it. My mum is worried that she will do it 'too soon' or leave it too late, but again i really pray the whole decision can wait until after tomorrow, i'm sure it will and she is still eating and wandering around a little so hopefully she'll keep going for a bit longer.

I remember having our childhood dog put to sleep, it was so awful and i couldn't stop crying, we have a young dog now and i dread that day. Sad isn't it.

Thanks for your support guys, i guess i'm more sad about tomorrow as well, my DD was 5 weeks old when my sister died and it was like living a nightmare at the most wonderful time of your life. Plus i feel angry at the fact that she was so young and it was totally unnecessary.

Sorry to be blue, i am really grateful for your support guys xx

Oh Heeby big hugs sweetie - it is always really hard having to make the decision to put a beloved animal down. You know its for the best but it doesn't make it any easier to do. I'm sorry to hear about your sister too. You definitely deserve a bit of 'you' time tonight and a lazy evening, long soaky bath, etc. I hope tomorrow isn't too sad for you.

I also can't believe how quickly your maternity leave has come round - blimey!!! Time is speeding by at the moment.

Hey Heeby just a quick post to say i'm thinking of you today. I can't imagine what it must be like to lose a sister, and really don't want to. I hope she helps you all to find enough strength to cope with today and the tough decision your mum and you have to make up ahead xxxxx

Heeby sending you a big hug today

heeb thinking of you today, hope everything is ok.

Hi guys, what a lovely bunch you all are. I feel so lucky to have a little group of network friends, i really hope we can keep our thread going after births!

I feel ok-ish, i had a bug hug and weep with lovely boss this morning (i shall really miss work you know)

Thank you all for being so lovely xx

Hello everyone,

How are we all today? Bright and chipper i hope

I'm in a very odd mood. Woke up this morning with one of those aweful headaches where you can feel your heartbeat in your head. It wouldn't shift despite all of my non-medicinal attempts, so i had to take the dreaded painkillers. I've done so well, told myself i wouldn't take anything while pregnant but it's impossible to have to work with a throbbing head!
Anyway, it's gone now and i feel loads better and i've booked time off next week so i'm really cheerful! I've got a week to wait to see my little one on screen again and what a difference it will be as last time i saw him/her was at 9 weeks when it looked rather more like a blob ith little blobs on it than a baby!

Ahhhh i'm so excited.

Heeby glad you got through yesterday, it's lovely to have a supportive boss. Mine's fab too so understand what it's like. Will still be nice for you to have some time off though. Enjoy while you can!

Me and DH are planning a ncie weekend together and some days over the summer too. He's taking me out for a meal and to the cinema in the afternoon, something we never do and probably wont be able to again for a while! Trying to enjoy some together time before little one graces us with their presence.

Hope everyone is well xxxxxxxxxxx

hey all! heeby glad everything is ok for now and you made it through your tough day

wannabe I am jealous of youir scan lol! I miss seeing my wee one on screen, but suppose I get to meet her anytime soon!!!

I am wiped. My DS went to bed this afternoon(still there) and I fell asleep on the sofa!!!Have not felt the need to do that since the 1st trimester.

Also eating like a horse again!!! I am only eating healthy(ish) things, minus all the chocolate as I am determined to keep my actual weight down this time and not balloon!!

Its raining and I have to go out and get my sisters kids from school. DS will be delighted he will get his umbarella out at last lol!!

hey heeby, hope everything is going OK, big hugs your way.

Can't believe some are on maternity leave. This 9 month thing is soooo long. Why couldn't we have a couple of months like dogs??

Got scan next week , thinkiing maybe will find out sex now. DH wants to, i didn't but now i am curious. May get them to write it down and peek when i am on my own. Trouble is i have 2 DS and everyone keeps saying oh hope its a girl which really ps me off. Its as if they are saying my 2 DS aren't wonderful (which of course they are !!)i did want 3 boys , then i was thinking whatever and then yesterday i saw a mum with a little boy about 18 months toddling along and thought if i don't have another boy i will never have a little boy toddler again - sounds weird maybe but as i have never had girls didn't feel the same when seeing little girls. Whatever, whatever, just wish people would shut up. Especially MIL who every week has to say, oh you are going to be big. That is p*g me off to. I am inches away from snapping back at her, but i just ignore it. Had to go to another hospital to work yesterday and someone didn't even realise i was pregnant so cant be that fat!!! Oh this email makes me seem like i am well grumpy today, but i'm not, only grumpy that sun went at lunctime and its now cold. Have good BH weekend everyone . x

Hi guys,

Thank you again for all your lovely words and support over the last week.

I saw my MW yesterday and she has put me on iron tablets (look out for the complaints of constipation!!!) which i really hope helps me to feel better as i am totally exhausted all of the time, which is not easy with 2 jobs and a very bossy 2 year old girl!

spats i can sympathise with you, why is it people assume you are having number 3 because you want a girl ... people assume we want a boy because we have a girl - i feel like saying it's not compulsary to have each flavour (even tho we'd like to that doesn't mean it's everyones choice!)

I agree with you when you say that it is kind of what you are use to, we are used to a girl and would find it strange to have a boy!

Actually saying that we have decided to find out the sex after all, we have another scan (for some heart research thing we joined) on 18th May and will ask there, they might not tell us but we are going to ask, it will make a big difference to the birthing options we have as in we may well stop if we ave a boy but if we are having another girl we may well carry on.

nelix i wish i had your good will to eat good things, i am eating rubbish all the time and i am already out of my normal size even for maternity wear! i vow to be as good as possible tho now and try to lose it all over the summer/autumn!!

We are off to lunch with mum and nan tomorrow and then off to the church afterwards with some flowers for my sisters stone. It will be nice to have some family time together.

Oh and guess what ... the dog is picking back up!! lets hope she goes on for a bit longer!

xx

Hey everyone,

Heeby glad to hear about the dog! Fingers crossed she continues upwards.

nelix I'm so excited about my scan but think of it this way, you get to actually meet yours in a few weeks! I'm only just getting to the half way mark.

Had some fantastic news last night too, found out that my sister is expecting her first baby in Decemder (22nd! Xmas baby i think!!). I'm so excited! I'm going to become a mum and an auntie in the same year and our little ones get to grow up together. It's fantastic! I think she was a little worried about telling me in case i felt like she was stealing my thunder but to be honest i'm REALLY pleased for her. She was diagnosed last year with polycyctic ovaries and caught on her first month of trying! How amazing is that? Miracles do happen
It's still a sectret but had to tell you all as otherwise I'd burst!!

Hope you all had a fab bank holiday weekend xxxxxx

Hi wanabe thank you re dog. Congratulations to your sister too ... How very exciting for you!!! Wonderful news!! how lovely that you can go through it all together and be there for each other with newborns - and you get to have maternity leave together! lovely!

How is everyone else? I have only 12 days left at work and really can't wait now!

The girl i am handing over to is horrid so it's not nice having to hand my 'baby' over to her (i love my job a little too much!) and my boss is dreading it too, hey ho, come June i shall have my own priorities and can't wait! Our DD met my SIL's baby for the first time yesterday and she was stroking her hair and really fascinated, good signs hopefully!

I'm off to have an Anti-D injection later - yuk! hate them!

xx

Hey every one!
wanabe thats fab news with your sister!!My partner has PCOS also so I know how hard it is to concieve so well done her!!!

Officially full term tomorrow so thats it I am done lol!!! 3 weeks until due date but wow I would PAY to get her out now! I can't sleep at all!!! DP is practically off work for the whole of May so DS is taken care of, as am I! Just get to put my feet up and wait!
The baby gets hiccups 6 times a day which are quite irritating lol but a good sign her diaphragm(sp) is working!

I cannot beleive I am this end of pregnancy tho, you have all been wonderful! I cannot wait to post pics of her when she arrives! Hope she looks like DS he is rather good looking!

OMG!!!!!

nelix i cannot believe you are there! How quickly has the last year gone, trying and then the pg part! Wow.

Keep in touch lots please and do give us all the details, get lots of rest and lots of luck for the actual birth!

xxx

wow is Nelix the first one to graduate from this thread
I'm so excited for you. Are you nervous about the birth? bet you can't wait to meet her make sure you let us know as soon as you have her (within reason of course) & post loads of georgous pickies