Due April 2009 - Saucy dreams, squirting boobs and spacehoppers. Whatever will the April mums get up to next?"

[PuzzleRocks]

purlease, that sounds so much like me

Haha, Nutty. "It's erm... It's a... Well, it has ten tiny fing... You know what? I'm going to fetch the doctor."

Ok the bean just did some sort of somersault at the front of my tummy and made me feel very sick!!! looked like a wave in my tummy at the front!

Speaking on monsters - I have been having the scariest dreams at the moment - all of which revolve around me giving birth to a beautiful happy baby boy (who just happens to be very very cute albeit with a slightly large head) and within 10 hours it has transformed in to a stroppy teenage girl who hates everything about me (and in all honestly I don't like her very much either!!!!) hmmmm

I have the doctors tomorrow and can't wait to hear that little heartbeat again!!

PS feel better now I have been sick! but grrr for the MS! Think LuLu must be doing super mum things with DD!

MS is so miserable. Glad you feel better now, though.

I keep having strange dreams too, but my mind refuses to let me dream my baby properly! I've not yet seen his face in my dream at all. I always find some way to avoid having to picture it. I want to have a proper dream baby! But not the stroppy teenager, thanks

I am really starting to wonder what it will look like (me / DH etc), DH has very dark features and I am blonde and pale so think he will probably look like him but wonder whose eyes / lips / nose it will have (am hoping it's not my nose!!!) I CAN't WAIT - am having a really impatient few weeks - I want it to be March already (not April, I am not quite ready for that!!!)

I have just made myself some hot chocolate and biscuits and feel better now!

i havent had a single dream yet the only preg dream i have had was when i was pg with dd in 2 parts over 2 nights about 2 snakes escaping from my tummy and me having to search all round the house and getting in trouble because i had lost them, then part 2 was me giving up getting back into bed and them coming to find me then they curled up in my tummy again and went to sleep, and me being really pleased and contented that they were back.

the next day i found out i was pg with dd

glad you're feeling better bb sometimes it is just better to get it over and done with so to speak and then you can carry on as normal again hot choc and biccies always a good idea to get you feeling back on top form

I don't actually like the dreams they really scare me! not only that its all too real but what if I really do end up with a horrible child!!! eek!

bb - i'm sure your child will be beautiful and beautifully behaved (as all our children will be) sleepless nights, terrible twos and narky teen spats are all exempt as i think its just par for the course

Haha!

Only a few hours to go until your scan tomorrow now! very excited for you!!

i know!!! i cant wait

already crossing legs and thinking bladder control thoughts "do not need to pee, do not need to pee" lol

Hello everyone! I was actually not off shopping or having coffee, sadly, I was on loan to another university doing some admissions interviews today.

My physio appointment went quite well - I now have a matching set of crutches! Apparently it's my gluteal muscles aggravating things because they are very knotted and wonky. However no therapy was given and yes, in time honoured NHS fashion they just told me to go away and do core stability exercises.

I pointed out I had been trained by a physio in this regard, and I had been doing these for a year before ending up incapacitated, and indeed demonstrated my superior core strength on demand, but I was told to continue and that no manual therapy was possible.

I know this is rubbish because in Germany they have your keks off in a flash and knead everything better quite assertively, so it must be a cultural difference.

One thing that was good was that the physio put a different kind of support belt on me, and I wore that all day, and this evening I am in a lot less pain than usual. I really hope this lasts.

Snowy, sorry to hear about your fight. I am wondering if you two have thought of going to Relate? It's tough having babies when you're young ... lots of adjustment to do.

I've not had time to catch up on today's posts but I thought that I'd come and let you all know that my 20 week scan went well today. All was well with bean and my consultant appointment went well. I've even been told that I can give birth on the birthing unit rather than labour ward if I wanted to as long as I can get to 37 weeks this time. Bean had similar proportions to DD - a slightly small head, a huge tummy and short legs!

I also managed to go back to work today after about two months off for severe morning sickness and keeping on fainting. My day went rather well although I was very molly coddled so we'll have to see how things go tomorrow. I feel much better mentally just for going back to work and feeling like I've managed to contribute to society.

Morning, Morning, Morning

Boffin - hurrah for the belt :-) (fancy hopping over to germany with me for a bit of assertive kneading? lol) xx

Swaliswan - yay for the scan & birthing unit (sorry to be thick but whats the diff between the ward and the unit?), glad your first day at work went well and glad you feel better xx

am so excited!!!!!! only 6 hours to go till my scan WOOHOO dd is getting off school at 12 which is nice just gotta find out if dh can have the afternoon off will know by 10 hopefully

not going to be on much to day cos i dont think its fair to do your heads in with my inane WooHoo's and crazed overexcited babblings, will pop on to catch up later

xx have a fab day xxxxx [grin

Wow, our threads are epic. It feels like ages since I last posted.
Springy - sorry to hear you are having to tough it out at the moment. Let us know how DP gets on at the doctors. It may really help for him to offload his anxieties about impending parenthood to an impartial third party. When I was pregnant with DD, DH felt a tremendous amount of pressure. This time round is very very different.
Have you decided what to do about Christmas dinner?
Frekkles - If you are lurking, come let us know how you are.
Nutty - Odd question but how do I do I slightly zig zaggy parting rather than a dead straight line. My hardresser does it like that for me and I always forget to ask.
Boffin and Nutty - You have my utmost respect. Huff and puff at every opportunity and i'm in fine fettle. You must be very tough cookies.
Swaliswan - Great scan news.

Well am getting very excited and festive now. DP has the rest of the week off from tomorrow. It is my scan tomorrow and we are hoping to find out whether we are having a Holly or an Oscar. We shall then spend Thursday making cinnamon hazelnut biscuits and crumbly fudge to give as gifts. And then Friday is my birthday which means a small glass or two of champagne. Yippee.

Jeepers this thread is fantastic! Aren't we just the chatty lot...

So we had our 20 week scan yesterday... and it was amazing. We saw inside the heart, the brain, the stomach, the little arms and legs... the beautiful long fingers and toes (such HUGE feet! No wonder I think I'm growing a Kung-Fu Panda!) and then we looked for the sex...

We're having a GIRL! And I was shocked!! I was soooo sure we were having a boy - don't ask me why, just a combination of old wives tales and a "gut" feeling (excuse the pun) but there was no willy in sight... and I was really, really disappointed. A terrible reaction - I know! - she's a perfect, healthy baby girl and I know I should be grateful BUT my whole family consists of women - all of them, not a male in sight - and I so wanted to be the first in the family with a boy... and I can't believe I could be so wrong when I was so sure it was a he!

I know, I know, I'm a selfish cow and don't deserve any sympathy at all. Just thought I'd share with you how I felt yesterday... Today is better, the idea is growing on me and it'll actually be GREAT to have a little princess! So it was just a momentary wobble...

Lots of love and Xmas cookies to everyone! XXX

Ooh, nearly scan time for Nutty now! Only a couple of hours. Can't wait to find out if it's a blue or a pink flavour baby!

Glad that you got to go back to work, Swaliswan. Hope today is good as well & there aren't any big dramas!

Boffin, how annoying that they won't do anything. But you have matching crutches now, so what do you possibly have to complain about? I'm with Nutty - I think a few of us should go over to Germany for some assertive kneading - & I'm not even in pain

I have thought about Relate, but will see what the doctor recommends. To be honest, if he can control his temper that's a massive step - & that doesn't really involve me. Having said that, he's been really good so far since Friday, which is pretty unprecedented. Which begins to annoy me a little, because I think that obviously he can control himself if he bothers. But I'm just grateful that things are relatively peaceful here, I suppose. We'll see what happens.

Puzzle, I'm still undecided about Christmas dinner, but I certainly won't be going all out & spending the day in the kitchen for just the two of us. & the way things are at the moment, he won't dare complain

You've reminded me that I need to get baking for gifts - I bought all of the pretty Christmas boxes weeks ago to give to people but completely forgot that there's baking to do. That would have been an unpleasant shock when I found the boxes on Christmas Eve

I had a dream last night that I put on ten stone in weight & was still trying to convince people that it was just the pregnancy. I was absolutely huge & waddling around saying 'but I'm pregnant, it's just the baby!' & people looking a bit doubtful. I think I must've been feeling guilty about all of those Maryland cookies yesterday

Apparently I also spoke in my sleep last night. Only two words, but I very clearly & loudly said 'how Freudian!'. There's something rather amusing about unconsciously declaring something to be Freudian, but I can't for the life of me remember what I may have been talking about. When DP talks in his sleep, it's usually about games or blow jobs. I feel superior now, on this basis alone

Hope everyone's having a good morning xx

Kitty, that's completely normal. It's not even that you didn't want a girl so much as you just weren't expecting one.

DP & his mum were desperate for my bump to be a girl, because all of his family are boys - even out to the very extended family. It's all they seem to produce. They'd managed to convince themselves to the point of referring to 'she' all of the time. But it's a boy & even MIL seems to be over the initial 'disappointment' now & she doesn't have the attachment that we already do.

Don't feel guilty about it. Even today you're feeling a lot happier about your gorgeous baby girl (with her massive, kicky feet ) because you've had time to adjust. By the time she's here you won't have even the slightest flicker of anything other than excitement & love. & at least you won't have to deal with the various embarrassing penis issues that it seems that are ahead of me

Now that sounds Freudian

Morning Everyone,

SnowySunshine - sorry to hear your news (about dp, not about your healthy, happy baby!!) I think you are being very strong during what must be a tremendously upsetting and stressful time. I'm so glad he's agreed to go to counselling and think VirginBoffinMum's suggestion about RELATE for both of you is a good one. Having a baby changes/puts stress on all relationships anyway so would be great for you two to strengthen things before little George arrives . Is it possible for you to take some time out (like staying with your parents) for a few days just to clear your head and be coddled? I think you need someone to look after/pamper you for a few days at least...

SantasNuttyTaff - yay for the scan! It's so exciting

Saliswan -glad to hear you're feeling better - how hideous to have felt sick for so long. Mine stopped at 15 weeks with just the odd bit of vomiting for a few weeks after...you've done so well to get through it!

BabyCRIMBOlat - I had a dream that I woke up and had two vertical rows of stitches from belly button to fanjo. They were those horrible 'Frankenstein' stitches, like crosses, and were done in what looked like thin strips of tyre rubber. I asked my husband what they were and he said that as I'd wanted to know what sex the babies were they had to cut them out to see. I was screaming and crying and telling him that it was too early and that they wouldn't survive. He said they'd died but that he'd seen them and they were 'really cute' !!!!! I woke up sobbing and freaking out, woke my dh and made him cuddle me and tell me it wasn't true. I don't want anymore pregnancy dreams either......

VirginBoffinMum - glad you're feeling a bit better. How, exactly, do the Germans 'knead' your nether regions. I'm intrigued.....

PuzzleYuleLogs - what a domestic goddess you are! I've said I'd make cupcakes for a friend's Xmas party on Sunday and I'm already regretting it

Walked a bit further than usual yesterday and got really sore in hip area, felt like burning and all sort of 'melty'. Does this sound normal? Have woken up with sore hips today but only a wee bit.

I have 22 week scan on Friday - yayy! Can still feel the babies wriggling - get kicks in bath and before sleep which I love. I still can't believe they're real and feel so happy to have them.

Love, BarbarellaXX

PS - KittyCrackers - congratulations on your little girl! It's completely normal to be disappointed if you were 'expecting' something different. Also, with so many girls in the family already, you wanted something different. One of my brothers has 3 boys, one has three girls, and they said the same thing when they found out the sex of the third each time!!

Kitty - Congrats, and I think your reaction was perfectly normal. I have my scan tomorrow and, although I would be happy with either, I have convinced myself i'm having a boy. If i'm wrong i'm sure it will take some time to adjust.

Barbarella - I haven't made them yet, they may be dreadful .

As for dreams, last night I was clad in skin tight leather tearing about in this

Thanks Baublerella and Snowy for your words of wisdom... you guys are the best! I DO feel much better today and am going to pop into the shops this afternoon to start looking at pink things... should be a fun way to spend the day!!

XXX

PuzzYule - wicked dream!!!! sounds like it was a goodie... Wonder what Freud would read into THAT one, eh Snowy?...

PuzzYuleLogs - lol!!

Afternoon ladies! Sorry I haven't been posting much recently - been busy and not had much time for MN.

I have not finally managed to do my Christmas shopping at last and have only a few bits and bobs left to get. I should really get everything posted this week too so it gets to UK in time for Christmas.

We're away for Christmas next tuesday, so I won't manage to post until I get back at new year.

I'm getting a bit worried about bubs not moving very much (I know some people were posting about this earlier). I'm 23+4 at the mo' and I only feel the occasional flutter or very gently kick maybe once or twice a day, but that's it. Should I be worried???? I thought that by now I would be feeling lots of kicks...I don't see the midwife until next Monday either, the day before we go away. Is this normal????? (Sorry paranoid 1st timer )

Oops - that was quite a me, me, me post!!!

Puzzle - it's quite literal actually you just get your comb and draw a zigzag and part the hair. or draw little triangles if its easier (a pintail come helps though you can do it with any old comb)

Baublerella -flaming nora, i would have been in a state of panic and terror for weeks afte that dream

Kitty - Congrats on the girl panda :-)

more me me me .... have done some fab crimble shopping online today (got everything that dd wants yay) and was very naughty and spent a whopping £70 on maternity jeans and jumper they are gorgeous!!!! but it think dh is going to kill me (hopefully wont find out how much i spent on just 2 items eek)

anyhoo am off for scan now OMG WOOOHOOO YIPPEEE (i swear i've been going to burst all day, now its my bladders turn lol) WOOOOOHOOOOO gonna find out the flavour of my baby YEAH doop doop de dooo lalalalalal