*Due in June 2005*

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London meet is a week away. I don't have to get the train until 10.30 this time Could someone tell me which tube line to get from Paddington?

Isn't not crossing our legs what got us into this mess in the first place

Mrs Wed, thanks for the link. So far, all these iron tablets seem to be doing is making me SO thirsty.

Count me in on the voting the biggest baby....

Take it from one who knows, no prize is worth staying pregnant for an extra two weeks (and two days!!).

BTW, you can count me out of this competition. I'd never win. My babies are under 8 pounds even when they are 16 days late. This one also is measuring slightly smaller than average.... thank God.

Oh blimey, is there a December thread?

Uwila (and other due in May-ers)...you could be having your baby next month It's getting very close! Good thing too, I'm starting to feel like I've been pregnant forever. I'm dreaming of red wine, pate, raw steaks etc...

Meant to say earlier Lippy, I agree it's a real shame that there is a north/south divide when it comes to the meet-ups. I'd love to meet up with everyone somewhere central, either before the babies are due (although there's not much time left for that) or when we are all capable of actually leaving the house (October?!).

evening all

well i've spent the afternoon being very sick! shipped DD off to nieghbours because she just wasn't helping and got DH hoem from work early!! Spoke to midwife about it because i've been hvaing sharp stabbing pains in my tummy but she thinks it just a reaction to being sick!! so feeling very sorry for myself!

Who ever was aksing after nursery colours, we've painted ours green and blue (like sky an dgrass) na dhave creepy crawlies all over the walls, i will take some photos and post them soon.

Re whatto do with DD when in labour we have friends on stand by and if i get labour like my first then my mum will be able to come up.

We had a great night away on sat, mum and dad insisted and paying for us to have a ight in a hotel which was lovely, had a yummy meal and a nice lie in the morning.

Trib - it is truly disgraceful that your mum's using her granny-duties to meet up with her mates in London - doesn't she realise she should be staying in rocking the cradle and knitting booties??!! You're very sneaky btw with your dh's painkillers - don't you realise we're all supposed to endure a degree of unnecessary suffering when we utilise the NHS?

Tea - I baulk at the thought of taking my lactulose (liquid sugar) so I'm now feeling queasy about whatever sugary drink they give me for the GTT I'd rather have an extra needle!

Re parents/in-laws visiting, my dad "told" me he was coming down as soon as Pod is born. So I "told" him he wasn't - he's not visited me in 15 years so on this occasion, he'll have to come when I'm good and ready - and that certainly won't be in the first 2 or three weeks.

Lua - I'm not going to worry too much if I have GD - bein philosophical about it there are lots of worse things could've gone wrong and at least it will be diagnosed and managed. Hopefully that will be the only thing....I've not done too much research, but gleaning from the info I have seen, the only way it affects the baby is that he might be rather MASSIVE I'll be deluging you with questions if it turns out I do have it Hope you're feeling ok and have it under control x I'll let you all know on Friday if I'm in on the sweep - gosh that would be funny, as I think I was originally the smallest Juner

Lol Welshie at your bump making the furniture shake!! My bump still goes quiet most of the time whenever dp puts his hand on it

Lippy - I'd love to join a north/south meet! I'm very close to deciding on a pushchair/carrycot - went to test drive a couple today. It's between a Mountain Buggy Urban and a Mountain Buggy Terrain. Dp had an unexpected day off today, so he came too. He thinks the Urban (swivel wheel), I like them both and I'm having trouble deciding so might be swayed towards the Urban.....

MrsW - I'd definitely enlist your sister's help for a middle of the night situation with your ds. He'll be in bed anyway and she can always call the in-laws if she needs to!

Beautiful news about Sophmum! I didn't discover MN until after she'd sadly left the June thread, but I'm so pleased for her! fingers crossed!

Katz - poor you! hope you feel better soon Your nursery sounds like a dragon's den! Makes a change from Winne the Pooh I'm very of your Saturday night.

Charley - dh picked up a month's supply of the old strength of painkiller last week, so now has a new prescription to replace it. We were thinking about taking the old ones to Amsterdam and flogging them, could definitely recoup that £18 they robbed me of for my doctor's letter (Worryingly, you can buy anything in Amsterdam, someone once offered me viagra in the street ... and then when I said no suggested cocaine instead. Hmm. No thanks!).

Although I did have a most embarrassing moment in Amsterdam, I have been debating whether to tell this story. I was in a coffee shop, although I will stress that it was pretty quiet, and of course I was not partaking of anything other than a freshly-squeezed orange juice. Anyway, I suddenly had a nose bleed! I was horrified, convinced the other patrons must think I was some kind of pregnant crack-head. I had a look in my book when I got home and it seems nosebleeds are a common side-effect of pregnancy (what isn't), I reckon it was the flying what did it as I haven't had any others. Anyway, hope I will not be told off for my dalliance with Dutch drug culture. The fag smoke in most of the normal bars was much worse, I can assure you all.

Katz, poor you! It sounds awful, I hope you feel better soon.

Charley - I'm confused. Are you going with the Jané for the car but having a separate device for the travel system? I am v taken with the idea of a bedside cot, btw, I think we will go for the Mothercare version as it now appears my SIL doesn't have a cot to give us (outrageous). I was talking to a Swedish friend of mine last night - co-sleeping is the norm in Sweden but she agreed that a bedside cot would be an excellent compromise given dh's drug taking (now now, I mean his painkillers) means we shouldn't really have bubs in with us. Not to mention the very necessary red wine supplies for me - for the iron, you know.

Evening ladies

I have no hope of catching up properly after a week away, so a quick scan through will have to satisfy my curiosity and Iwill just say hope you are all well and that the meet up was fun on Saturday. And hello to Noggermum too.

Back from a week's holiday in Scotland - very to be back, as is ds who has been utterly utterly vile today to the extent that I put him to bed an hour early just because I couldn't bear it any more. And dh has gone straight off on an overnight business trip to make things worse.

I'm starting to panic about the whole 'looking after ds' thing too. MIL has said she might be able to come down for a week after the baby is born, which while it's not my ideal situation is a bit of a lifesaver if she can manage it. Just keep thinking at least the house will be clean, we will be fed and someone else will take ds to nursery... DH is self-employed and I work for him, so I am really starting to freak about how we will manage work-wise, but that's a whole other panic attack.

Oh Katz, just spotted that you're not well, you poor thing, how rotten. Hope it's over quickly for you.

Trib - This and link{http://www.lullabys.co.uk/shop/erol.html#421x0&&http%3A%252F%252Fwww.google.co.uk%252Fsearch%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dbedside+cot%26btnG%3DGoogle+Search%26meta%3Dcr%253DcountryUK%257CcountryGB\this} are the best value global bedside cots I have found after a lot of research. I like these because you don't have to keep sliding the side from under the cot (entailing moving the cot out or having a lot of room at the side to get it under) everytime you want to put the baby down for a nap on his own. Those prices include delivery too - not sure how the prices compare to the Mothercare one, but I think those are really good prices for what you get.

Yes - the plan is to get the Jane Matrix car seat (maybe just the basic model) and the MB carrycot. Never really fancied hauling the Matrix in and out of the car anyway to be honest, although, apparently the matrix fits onto the MB chassis in a more upright postion, but I suppose by the time I'd have Pod sitting up, he'll be in the pushchair anyway....

Lol at your coffee shop nose bleed! How embarassing I've had a couple of nosebleeds too - fortunately in the privacy of my own home though.

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Oh MrsF - sounds like you could do with a stiff drink or 5! Shame you can't.... hope you have a better day tomorrow

Gone into denial.... I'll post when I have come to terms with having a baby. I want to stick my head in the sand for a few days while I have the chance. I'll soon have no lie in Think I'll enjoy a few days of baby free indulengence

Hi again everyone

ante-natal classes were a combination of complete boredom and horror, they showed 3 birth videos at the end of class circa 1986 i might add. Anyway i had horrible dreams about birth last night and am now totally scared, maybee classes arn't a good idea i was less daunted before.

Oh well, i'm sure it will all be worth it, can't wait to stop having breast and shoulder pain at the moment.
WELSH we are painting two of the walls white and the other two are smaller feature walls of red. Sounds weird but looks good, I am going with a circus type theme so lots of bright primary colours and animals to decorate. I really like hanging mobiles so lots of them too, and a bright colourful rug. Looking forward to setting everything up when paintings finish, but needs a couple of coats.
bye for now

That sounds really cheerful UKI I do need to get my finger out and make some decisions and get on - our mate is doing it for us (he used to be a Fimble in a former life!)
I'm just back from seeing the cardiologist and I suppose it went well really. I've basically got a pg related thing that will hopefully go away afterwards - still have to have more appointments and heart traces though - which is a total pain.

Morning all!

Uki your nursery theme does sound really nice! Maybe I'll get some energy and creativity after DS is here. He won't notice his environment until he is a few months old, would he?

Welshmum, glad to hear your appt went well and everything is OK. The multiple appts are a pain, isn't? I am really lucky I have a very flexible work, otherwise they would have given up on me with all the million appts. I am having to have! BTW, If I may ask, what do you work in? I saw in another thread that "you can leave your work for a year without loosing it..." and got curious...

For 1st timers, I saw a thread on "what I regret buying" that I found very funny and perhaps instructive....

I work in radio management Lua, in an office full of men with kids who are incredibly supportive and understanding. The company has career break policies which is what I'd be asking for.
I'm toying with the idea of a really rich creamy colour for the nursery, have lived with a vibrant pink for 3 years now and it's getting too much for me - not tranquil enough.

mornin' all

sorry to have missed the meet up......hopefully you got my text/message Uwila?.....we did get away, but were called back on sat night due to a family crises...so it all went rather pear shaped. Since then been a bit hellish.....am feeling rather sorry for myself as this is the third major thing in three months..surely nothing else can happen?

anyway had my blood tests yesterday and MW today - looking fwd to hearing the babies heartbeat!

the good news is we've decided to get a cleaner (at last) so at least I won't have to look at floors etc that should be cleaned.....

Your job sounds very interesting Welshie! I keep toying with the idea of taking a long break too. We'll see how I feel during ML. I never actually spent more than a few days away from work, so it shall be a good test!

RH sorry to hear about your family troubles . But a cleaner ought to make things at least a tad bit better! I am considering one myself!

My blood spiked up in glucose after a bowl of bran cereal! Absolutely no sugar added !! I guess it will be an egg breakfast everyday until bubba is born! and I'll have to think about Uwila every breakfast ! !

Sorry to hear about your family crisis Red - hope things are improving. Well done for the cleaner - was the best thing I did when dd arrived and she became such a good friend we went to her wedding.
Lua I always start fantasising about years off here and there about spring - something about not wanting to go through another dark and grey winter I think. One day I'll do it.

Pink - I still can't believe I'm going to have a child (hopefully) for the rest of my life. Really.

Oh Uki - I've got my very first class tomorrow - I hope to high heaven they don't show us a birth video, I find them so traumatic. And do the women in them always seem so naked/exposed/ on their backs in them

Welshie poor thing - all those tests. At least they're looking after you and being really thorough. We seem to be getting a lot of pregnancy related thingies as a thread don't we? I'm sure all the ante-natal threads go through this though, especially in the last trimester. When do you start your mat leave? Are you sure you don't mean a really rich bluey colour for the nursery?

Red - I hope you family crisis has been resolved and you feel better soon. Enjoy your heartbeats!

Lua - I'm wondering if I had a false high glucose reading when I had that blood test - I think I was going through a phase of eating loads of bran at the time. I'd also probably had some lactulose which is just sugar? Find out on Friday... What did your blood read after your bran? Who'd've guessed a bowl of bran could do that. It must be really tricky for you

Yep, you can tell we're all in the third trimester now, lots of aches and pains. It's not surprising we're suffering, we are, after all, growing another human being .

The appointments sound like a pain Welshie, but at least you are under supervision, which is reassuring. Katz, sorry you are also feeling so rough.

Red, sorry to hear about your family crisis. What a shame it happened on your night away. Hope it's all resolved itself now. Good for you on getting a cleaner - I don't know what we'd do without ours (apart from live in squalour and row all the time).

I know I really shouldn't complain about the appointments - it is my health after all. Very odd to have another man touching my chest though - that hasn't happened for a long time

Afternoon All, catch up time....

Katz, sorry you are not feeling well. Hope you're feeling better today.

RH - I've got a cleaner and they are a godsend and worth every penny. Its beside the point that they terrify me - DH and I have a weekly laugh at what insulting comments that they have made to one or other of us that week, but it does remove so much stress. BTW, sorry about your family crises.

RH - I've got a cleaner and they are a god send and worth every penny. Its beside the point that they terrify me - DH and I have our regular laugh at what insulting comments that they have made to one or other of us that week, but it does remove so much stress. BTW, sorry about your family crises.

Welshie, poor you, more tests! At least you haven't got long to go now.

Charley, I've got my first class tomorrow as well. I'm going on my own. Bit scared. What if they show me something I've been studiously trying to ignore for the past 7 months (like giving birth?)

feeling a little better today - well not being sick anymore. Phone midwife agian this morning as was having more tummy pains but they seem to have stopped so i guess it was all part and parcel of this bug, just feel really drained!!

DD is happily playing in the squashy laundry basket we've bought for her new room, anyone with a DC already there are well worth the 6 pounds in ikea!!! DD has had hours of fun playing in it!