Its Fab, Its Feb, Its 2009: Come on babies, its SHOW TIME!

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Here's hoping more of those babies take the hint this time round!!

Crap - Calico that's scary. Glad all is better now. Is DH back at work now?

OMG Calico! No I haven't heard of it in pg but a friend of mine had one at 23! Thank goodness the symptons have gone so quickly, that's an excellent sign [hugs] (sorry I know we are not allowed to do that on MN!)

I slipped in the ice yesterday and have tore my fanjo/pelvis apart! Like the baby wouldn't have done a good enough job So am now in totally agony. Added to that the car skidded twice on the school run and did a 360 outside the school gates. Good job I had set off ridiculously early so there were very few kids about. Am a bit jittery now so am on a self imposed lockdown until the baby comes

KT I know I've said it before but scans showed DS was going to be 4 1/2 lbs and he was 6.12! Dont worry, she will be perfect

spotty - glad you're ok too , not surprised you're locking yourself in until baby comes. I would be the same!

Thanks all - DH is at home today, just in case....and DS is back at nursery so I'm taking it easy. Apparently I was talking gibberish for a while (nothing new there then) but the paramedic was at the house within 5 mins which was pretty amazing as it was a blizzard out there. I'm gonna try and find out some more info if I can but everything on the web seems to relate to elderly people.....

Careful on that ice Spotty!

spotty - ooh, am so glad I've been banned from driving until madam arrives.

calico - try here

calico and spotty.... hope your both ok now and taking it very easy

it's my due date today [grump][snarl][whinge]

no baby, no sign of baby, too pissed off to leave the house so have decided to sit here and eat chocolate to console myself

glad all went well KT.... let all the nonsense about weight just go in one ear and out the other for your own sanity... load of nonsense!

PT - chocolate sounds like the best option....wish it was my due date as this baby would be out of here by now.

Thanks for link MrsY some interesting stuff on there. Just found this on the Stroke Association website

'Research has shown that the risk of stroke
is increased in the last trimester of
pregnancy and particularly in the six weeks
following delivery. Women who have
existing high blood pressure or other
symptoms of vascular (blood vessel)
disease should be closely monitored
during pregnancy.'

Though I have had low blood pressure throughout so it doesn't exactly fit....but looks like it could be pregnancy related. This is definitely my last baby - it's all too scary for me!

Hope your feeling a little bit better Calico

Spotty That sounds nasty...snow is lovely at the time, but when it starts melting & freezes again overnight its a disaster!! I dont blame you for staying in.

Staying inside is my plan today - going to bake something choclate & slob out

PT you never know, lo might decide to spring a suprise on you today?
My midwife said to me yesterday to expect to be pregnant until about the 23rd Feb im due on the 9th!! Not sure I could handle another 2 weeks of waiting/worrying.

Happy due date PT! It's my friends b.day today and she's been saying for weeks that my l.o will come today but no sign here.

I have no chocolate

Dont know if I will survive until DH brings supplies as he is working until 10

don't do it spotty.... even chocolate isn't worth the fanjo pain of trying to keep you balance on ice while heavily pregnant [speaks from experiance]

am going to trundle outside for a while with the kids i think as it seems quite bright and warm here and i ain't gonna shift baby southwards by sitting on my arse at the pc all day

Lol PT That made me think....maybe I should get out and do some walking, get this one to make her way down a little bit more.

That's right you two - rub it in enjoy your walks!

Dont think I will risk it. Have a bit of tesco value cooking choc in the back of the cupboard if I get really desperate

Spotty if I end up baking some chocolate cake il chuck some your way, not promising it will be up to much though

Thanks

Advice needed re: baby name.

We had a short list with one name at the top, that we had pretty much decided on. Despite always saying that we hadn't chosen a name, and would wait and see what she looked like, it was obvious that John was really keen. We said that we would only tell close family, but they have then told others, including his brother posting the name on facebook (posting that M... will be here soon on their cousin's website).

The more I have heard other people use the name, the more I have gone of it, as I want something quite unusual. I now think that I want us to pick a compleatly new name, as it feels like the decision has already been made, and not by us.

I'm really stuck, because I don't want to chose a name for my daughter because of what other people think. If we go for another name, will I regret it (as I still love the name) or if we stick with it, will it be because that's the name that our families (and we) already think of as her's?

Tricky one MrsY Family are rubbish at keeping secrets arent they? My family & DP's family did exactly the same with our name choice, but it was only ever one name on the list anyway.

Is John still keen to keep the name? And you still love the name, perhaps just go with your initial decision on waiting to see what she looks like? Nothing has to be set in stone. Its yours & your DH's decision, so dont let anyone sway it either way for you.

Yeah, he loves it, and thinks I'm over-reacting (brave boy to say that to a 37+ week pregnant woman!).

It doesn't help that when I mentioned it - in a long list of possibles - to my family at Christmas, it was rubbished by my brother and sister and there partners. Again, I know it shouldn't matter what other people think, but it would upset me to know that my family don't like the name (I don't like my niece's' name, but I would never tell them...) and it might effect the way they think of her?

Calico, that sounded really scary, glad you are ok now. Assume you are already booked in for an early CS because of your back?

Spotty, ouch! sounds as bad as my splits in the bathroom last week. Hope you feel a little less sore soon. I found that hot baths helped.

MrsY, family are crap aren't they? How rude to disclose your chosen name. Thats one of the bad things about things like facebook, I'm forever seeing threads on AIBU involving facebook. But, at the end of the day, if you and DH love the name, don't be put off using it. Maybe you will only know once you meet your DD? Don't make any decision until then.
And stuff what your family think, its not THEIR baby. (there was a thread a week or so ago about a poor woman whose mother said if she gave her unborn daughter the name she wanted to she (the baby) would not be welcome in her house!) crazy things families!
And go on, tell us your nieces name so we can say whether we like it?

MrsY I know what you mean about going off a name once it is 'out there'. It is hard to imagine a name for someone you haven't met yet, so hold back until you do.....no-one will judge you if you change your mind when you meet her. It's your choice and once you state it they'll all get used to it very quickly!
I felt that my DS's name didn't fit him for a while but can't imagine anything different now.

Thanks MOS - ouch at your splits too!

Mrsy I agree with the others. I would take the one you love and a close 2nd to the hospital and see what she looks like. She may be neither and you decide you love gertrude or something! But dont let your family decide or put you off.

DS was his name from the 12wk scan and there was never any other consideration. My mum told the rest of my family and I was just annoyed as it was our news to tell, not hers. We have both of our names now and DH has been trying them out over the past couple of months but only we know as I dont want to be put off, especially the boys as it's the only one we have!!!!

My niece's name is not an awful name or anything, and I'm racking my brain in case anyone on here has used the name, it's fairly popular.

Doesn't help that she's a stroppy, badly-behaved little mare!

It's Eleanor...

Not keen personally

t'was on DH list though

Hello all. Calico - so sorry you've had such a terrifying time (but wow at the paramedics arriving so promptly!). A girl I know who I used to work with had a mini stroke in her pregnancy ( partially paralysed part of her face and left hand side I think) but went on to have her baby just fine (who was a whopper and fine) and actually recovered really well post pregnancy with physio - though sounds like you're absolutely fine after your mini stroke, so wont have any of those concerns.

Spotty - yikes, that sounds so painful! Glad you're locking down until the ice goes. Sadly I must venture out in around half an hour to go for 38 week check - not looking forward to it. Could you use the cooking chocolate and some rice krispies to make choc crispie cakes? I am rapidly discovering they seem to be a universal cure for most things

Catstar - DH is a S.S. (and as the first S-consonant noise is different to the second-consonant S noise it works). FWIW I think Samuel (or Sam) would work brilliantly with your surname. Thanks for letting me know am not the only hormonal wreck out there - though DS has been a dream today so the hormones are at bay for now...

MrsY - sorry to hear about your family being arses re the name - your baby, your choice of name! We didnt tell ANYONE DS's name selections (or possible ones) and havent been telling anyone this one's selection of names (apart from you girls of course) as feel very strongly its our decision and dont want to be influenced by family/other people. I agree with Spotty's suggested approach...

America - sorry they're sending you for a scan again (BTW, surely you must have finished work by now?); hope all will be ok and its not worrying you too much and take whatever worrying fundal measurements they give you with a pinch of salt. One of my mates got told her baby would be 7lbs - he was 11lbs when delivered 1 week later!

KT - glad all went well ok and they put your mind to rest abit. Good luck with further appointments.

Lardy - you take it easy on the ice out there lady.

Pink - happy due date day; enjoy that chocolate (and the barricade to keep the village idiots out)...

Chilled/THOM - you can take up to 6 RLT tablets a day (am on 3 a day and 3 cups of RLT tea at the moment - my way of ensuring am drinking enough fluids).

TBM - sorry things are so hard at the moment; just what you dont need. Hope Tink and Sian are still being lovely together and you get some sleep in during today - and that the nights get a lot better a lot sooner.

IDBI - DS was a cluster feeder - constantly - for the first 8 weeks; I feel for you! Hope the spurt is over soon.

Right, am off to skate to the hospital - check in later.

MrsY - keep an open mind about the names. We had chosen Georgina for DD when I was pregnant (not liked by family) but when we met her, it really, really wasn't right. Neither were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc choices!!! She remained nameless for three days while we poured over the name book, then deceided on Orlena. Wait until you meet your little angel - you'll just know .

Thanks for the SS name support - must follow my own advice and wait until we meet him...

Calico - how scary. You take care now.

You all be careful out there - it's an ice rink! I've left the car down on the main road - I was too scared to drive it up the hill.

Take care!

hello everyone.
just come out of hopital and I am so in love.
Am intrigued that Elkiedee was in the Whit at the same time - I was in Cellier, which was actually a massive improvement on last time.

Stanley came out at a respectable 8lb7oz - not the 10lber I suspected.

He is feeding like a dream and has a very loving nature. I think he is a bit softer than his brother, but only time will tell.

Any more new arrivals to report?