Due Fab Feb 2009: crossed fingers (and legs) we'll get through another thread without welcoming any early arrivals!

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Welcome.

Please feel free to add yourself to the list.

TinkerBellesMum - DC3 (girl), due: 01.02.09 (not expected to get far into December) (age 27, Birmingham)
Laidbackinengland - DC4, due: 23.01.09 (age 34, North Devon)
Nkweto - DC2, due: 30.01.09 (age 35, West London)
Mamagoose - DC3, due: 31.01.09 (age 32, Spain)
Questionkid - DC1, due: 03.02.09 (age 33, Wallington, Surrey)
PinkTulips - DC3, due; 04.02.09 (age 24, Roscommon, Ireland)
MsLucy - DC2 (a boy), due: 4/2/09 (CS a few days early)(age 38, North London)
Swampster - DC3, (a boy), due: 06.02.09 (age 40 , London)
Rosieposey - DC4, (a boy) due: 06.02.09 (age 36,Swindon,Wiltshire)
MarkStretch - DC2, (a boy) due: 07.02.09 (age 29, Norwich)
onwardandoutward - DC2, due: 07.02.09 (age 35 South West)
LittleMissNorty - DC2, due: 08.02.09 (age 40 in a couple of weeks, Kent).
KT1983 - DC1, due: 09.02.09 (age 25, London)
KazzaL - DC2 (suprise flavour), due 10.02.09 (age 35, Cirencester, Gloucs)
herbgarden - DC2, due: 11.02.09 (CS 02.02.09) (age 38, Berkshire)
TheHouseofMirth - DC2, (a boy) due: 12.02.09 (age 38, Wimbledon)
Littlesez ? DC1 (a girl) due: 15.02.09 (age 28, Manchester)
America - DC2, (a boy) due: 16.02.09 (age 32, London)
Rachrox - DC4, (a boy) due: 18.02.09 (age 28, Cheltenham)
Catstar - DC2, (a boy) due: 18.02.09 (age 36, Chessington)
Dinkystinky - DC2, (a boy) due: 19.02.09 (age 32, London)
Pluto DC2 (gender unknown), due 19.02.09 (Age 38, Kent)
DizzyBrummie - DC2, due: 20.02.09 (age 36, Berkshire)
Calico1 - DC2 due: 21.02.09 (age 40, West Herts)
mrsy - DC1, (a girl) due: 22.02.09 (age 24, Maidstone, Kent
Scubagroover - DC1 (a boy), due: 22.02.09 (age 31, London/ Kent)
Winemakesmummyclever - DC2 (a boy), due: 23.02.09. (age 35, Manchester) expecting cs @ 39 weeks.
Spottyshoes - DC2, due: 24.02.09 (age 28)
Lardybump - DC2, due: 24.02.09 (age 34)
Chilledmama - DC2 (a girl), due: 25.02.09 (age 32, Southsea)
Cocodrillo - DC3, due 26.02.09 (age 34 at the mo, London) expecting a CS at 38-39 weeks.
mumoverseas - DC4 (a boy), due: 28.02.09 (CS 2 to 3 weeks early) (age almost 41 Arabia/Crawley West Sussex)

Well done to your hubby QK! I had to ask - again - twice this morning for the priority seats (though amusingly as soon as I had evicted the non-pregnant women from those seats, men sitting nearby stood up to offer them their seats) so is really lovely to hear that some chivalry - and basic good manners - are out there today!

Spotty - maybe your mum has had enough of being housebound and gone out on a shopping spree?? Top idea (assuming she's computer literate) for xmas present for the housebound - love film membership for a few months (my sister's boy friend broke his leg last week and have just sorted out this as an early xmas present for him to stop him going stir crazy while stuck in the flat).

morning all.
feel like poo today after 4 hours sleep.
DS was sick in the night - he seems to be fine today so I guess it was just over-eating (he is a total dustbin).
I was washing pukey sheets at midnight (and a sick encrusted tellytubby).

then he woke up at 4 having wet the bed - wait a minute, I think he'd wet his pants earlier on as well.

He was in our bed at 4 and thrashing like a loony - I had a few mins sleep but nothing decent.

By 6:00 I was hysterical, then the washing line thing fell on my head at 8:30 when I was trying to hang up the sheets before taking him to school.

I am a gibbering wreck.

Good luck KT, sure everything will be fine.
I'm so addled by lack of sleep I'm being a right selfish cow!

QK, your DH sounds lovely, bless him.
mslucy, just think of the sleep deprevation as good practice for February! I've had a few bad nights with DD since we've been back in the UK. She seems to have had a bit of an upset tummy for the last few days and last night was very sore downstairs. Bless her.
Hope all going/gone well KT.

Good luck KT - hope everything goes ok and you can relax for the weekend.

mslucy - sounds like it's going to be a long day for you. Hope you get a better night tonight.

National Curry Week eh! I had the first curry of my pregnancy last night (am one of the few who haven't been able to stomach it) and loved it! Can't think about eating anything else! Roll on next Thursday .....

QK - bless your DH!

It's my DD's last day in the baby room at nursery today - she's officially a toddler next week . Those of you who've done the nursery thing - should I get a little card and pressie for the girls to say goodbye? Little O is very attached to one of them - they are always having cuddles!

Have a good day all and thinking of all of you waiting for positive news....

winemummy My boss had 3 teenagers but she was one of those I'm such a hero types. Worked the bar (pubs) while she was in labour with first, straight back to it the day after delivery, oldest on hip while preg with second, working the bar etc etc.
She's one of them that don't believe mc happens I think as it never happened to her. The same as opening your bowels through delivery, it didn't happen to her so it doesn't happen to anyone.

Questionkid It is awful these days not being able to get a seat, people just don't care. Happened to me on the bus yesterday. Good to hear your dh is a perfect gentleman.
Have a great time in Brightn.

We have a "snow" sky but nothing yet! I hope not because it makes getting out even harder

KT, show them your hand held notes with the appointments written on the back or will they say you wrote them in yourself? Do you have printouts from your scans in your notes?

LBB and Spotty, you work with some horrible people!

MOS at about 17 weeks I was half a stone lighter than I was in March! I haven't weighed myself recently as I don't have scales and feel self conscious doing it in public.

Mum was so ill with me she lost a stone. She wouldn't have her eyes open in the morning and would be projectiling the bedroom! Dad says it's a good job he worked in a hospital because they were understanding as to why he was always so late!

Thanks winemakesmummyclever, I'm glad not everyone sees it as heartless!

You've reminded me of my observations about doctors and MWs. Male obstetricians are totally in awe of what women do and know they will never understand it. Female obstetricians come in two varieties, the first who've never had children but as women and obstetricians they know everything, the second are ones who have had children and do actually understand what it's like and that they can't know everything that each woman goes through. Then you have MWs who've seen so many women that they know the woman generally knows best.

Aww QK! How sweet I hope he shamed some people.

I know I shouldn't laugh Mslucy but I did giggle at the washing line falling on your head. I could just see it happening and that being the thing that makes you laugh in the end as it's all so awful (or cry as the case may be).

Hope all ok for you KT.

Am I the only one not loving curry that much at the moment? I find the spicy gives me heartburn.

A very uneventful week and day in the herb house. My new carpets are in upstairs - now the walls are looking grubby so DH is going to go bonkers when I tell him that's next on the list. Got my mum making me curtains (I said I'd do them in a non-committal voice and she took the bait and said - don't be silly I'll do them for you ) so we've done a quick dash to john lewis this am whilst she's still keen. Just need a few bits of furniture and I think we'll be there. Have done lots of cooking and am now watching "Barramory" - as DS calls it, with DS on the sofa..............

No snow here but it's def getting cold.

Hope you all enjoy your curry night next Thursday - I could get up there too as I'm only 30mins on train but can't get childcare early enough.

Oh, MsLucy - sorry you're having such a poo-ey day. Hope your day only gets better from hereon in - and your DH takes the brunt of any DS-related wakings tonight so you can get a good nights sleep. A 8.30 bedtime for you tonight I think....

QK - am in Brighton tomorrow too - am praying for no snow so we can get back to London ok on the Sunday for Santa for DS but will amend the prayer to snow on Saturday provided it disappears by Sunday. Work for you?

QK and dinky, enjoy your trips to Brighton - going shopping ?

MsLucy - agree with Dinky - get an early night !

Today is DS1's 12th Birthday, so lots of excitement in our house today. I can't believe I was in labour with him 12 years ago today, it seems such a short time ago. URRRGGH next year he will be a teenager.

I feel old , but thanks to the lady on the checkout in the supermarket - I feel young !! She asked me for ID because I looked under 25 ! Only ruined slightly by my friend saying " they probably say that to all haggard mums to get them to come back again . Yeah cheers !

Don't believe your friend, she's jealous

Ok Dinky, that works for me. Although I don't mind if it comes on Sunday actually, that'd be nice too. I'll leave it up to you, you decide. Just please make sure I see some snow, I love it, it makes me feel like a child again.

We're off to Brighton with my Mum and Dad to visit my brother who lives down there. Hopefully we'll manage to get some shopping in, although my Dad has a very low tolerance threshold when it comes to shopping so we'll have to watch that. Fortunately my DH is a bit strange in that area, he could shop for longer than me! Aaah, I'm thinking back to the tube moment and feeling all gooey again.

Just spoken to a v good friend of mine who's been trying to get pregnant since January and she's had a positive result this morning. Fingers crossed all stays well, I'm so pleased for her!

QK - BBC currently forecasting rain in Brighton on Sunday and sleet/snow in London on Sunday - so you may need to head home to catch a glimpse of the white stuff...

Am off to Brighton to visit my MIL - and pick up some blinds for our bedroom she's had made for us (v handy having a MIL who works in a home furnishings store )

I cannot believe these people exist! I mean pregnant women should be adored by all shouldnt they/we!!!!!!! As we go through our day to day lives people should be giving up seats and praising us at work or anywhere for being so fabulous. Cannot believe the bitch bosses! I have never suffered a m/c and my heart goes to all of you who have as a am a human being unlike your robot co workers.

We all have little miracles growing inside, do these people forget where they actually came from, hello was your mother not pregnant with you or were you just delivered by a stork!

Its sooooooooooo annoying, i am confused how do these people imagine the human race continuing without women being pregnant at some point

Calm down littlesez!
That post has made me smile. It was a long time ago for me, the first mc I mean.
Nothing exciting happening here. At playgroup this morning, they'd organised a trip to the fire station which was fun. The firemen weren't so hunky though. Ds loved it.
I think your right sez, that we should be intitled to a little bit more care and consideration, but does it annoy anyone else when all you hear is "How long have you got left?" and "bet you must be exhausted now" and "another boy? Well, nevermind, always next time" "Are we walking too fast?"
I'm pregnant, not dying!!!!!

I'll be here tomoz moaning that no one cares

I get lots of the "are you sure its only one in there" comments - am just laughing them off as nt much else I can do,,,,

hey all, snow sky here too but it doesn't seem cold enough so doubt it'll happen.

would love it though, i really adore snow.

feeling alot better today, actually productively coughing as opposed to dry hacking til my lungs are raw so fingers crossed sittting on my ass for the weekend (or xmas shopping ) will do the trick. i'm fairly bored of being sick now!

hope everyone has a nice quiet and unexciting weekend!

It's raining here now.....but v.cold so maybe it will turn to snow tonight....

Mslucy hope you didnt' think I was amusing myself generally at your situation.....From one sleep deprived mum to another, I feel your pain. I am a committed 9pm to bed girl at the moment - it's the only way.

Slightly off topic but despite being a 2nd timer, having had an ELCS I'm a paranoid non-labourer......
Since last night I have been having regular and quite strong Braxton Hicks. Not particularly worried as had them from 20weeks with DS too. However, in the past few hours I have started with what seems like a 'dodgy' tummy. It's now quite bad and I suddenly remembered what the books said about the 'evacuation' before labour starts!!! I also have the 'pressure' feeling on my cervix that I got before from about 36 weeks. Am I being paranoid do you think?

could it be something you ate spotty? how many weeks are you now? surely no more than around 30? It hopefully is just a dodgy tummy but if it continues, it might be worth phoning someone. How many weeks were you when you had your CS?

I did go out to dinner last night so initially put it down to that - the other thought had only just crossed my mind! I'm about 27 weeks. Had my CS at 38+5.

I think you'd probably know about it if you were having contractions. Its been a long time since I had those (15 years!) as my last two 12 and 2 year ago were early CS's. With my only 'normal' (is any labour normal) delivery I don't remember evacuating! Hopefully its just a combination of BH and upset tummy. Is your DH with you or will he be soon just in case you are worried?

He'll be home soon. I'm not particularly worried (which I dont know if is a good or bad thing) but will obviously be keeping an eye on things tonight. I just posted as I didnt want someone saying "OMG yes that was my labour - get yourself to the hospital!!!" Whilst I'm calmly doing the bedtime routine Thanks MOS

well make sure he knows you 'don't feel right' and have been ordered to recline on the sofa and rest and be pampered (you don't need him to know it was one of the other bumps that told you that!) Make the most of it girl! hope you feel a bit better tomorrow.