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PuzzleRocks · 21/02/2009 17:16

And so it continues...

Mar
29 Mar : WhatFreshHell, DS 2.4 born on Easter Sunday
30 Mar : BabyBolat: 1st timer

Apr
01 Apr : Rachelinscotland: DD 3 years, and DS 2 years in March
01 Apr : Chickenbalti: DS 4 years DD 17 months
02 Apr : BoffinMum: BOY! dd(21) ds(10) ds(7)
02 Apr : MathsMummy27: GIRL! DD 3 years
03 Apr : skiingone: DC1
03 Apr : purlease: 1 m/c, 1 DD 3 years
03 Apr : Kalikaroo: SURPRISE! (28), 1st timer, lives in Scandinavia (but too shy to say where!)
04 Apr : Bleuravin
04 Apr : Bumpalump
04 Apr : babypringle: 1 DS 2yrs 1 month
06 Apr : ToastnHoney: first timer
06 Apr : Mummyontherun: DD 22 months
07 Apr : Picklelala
08 Apr : LuLuBai: 1 DD born 02 Apr 07
09 Apr : Oddeyes (30): GIRL! DS 17 mths, 1 mc. London
09 Apr : Barbarella: 1st timer, TRIPLETS
10 Apr : hopeful1
11 Apr : mrsfossil: 1 DS 6.5
11 Apr : Bubbaluv: 1 DS 1yo
11 Apr : SpringySunshine: BOY! 1st timer.
12 Apr : Brettgirl, 1st timer
12 Apr : Mumblemumhome4lunch (37, Swindon): DS will be 4 on 11th April, DD 2yrs and 1month
13 Apr : Dungungirl(30): BOY! 1 m/c, DS 4 years
14 Apr : AuldAlliance: DS3.8 BOY!
15 Apr : claireykitten: GIRL! DS 12 months
15 Apr : electra
15 Apr : Sarahmum: DS 10yrs
16 Apr : tristaleejac(25): 1 ds, 3 years
17 Apr : Surprisenumber3(32): DS1 9 DSS 9 DS2 5 GIRL!
18 Apr : gingersarah: 1st baby
18 Apr : salbysea: (28) 1st timer
19 Apr : Kittycatisgettingfat (29) 1st timer
21 Apr : B52s: DS will be 2 and a quarter
21 Apr : Staryeyed
21 Apr : Schulte
22 Apr : PuzzleRocks: DD 21mths GIRL!
22 Apr : soon2befamilyof4 DD 13 months.
24 Apr : conkertree (27): DS 17 months
24 Apr : Bronze (Gawain) - 4th DC
24 Apr : Frekkles
25 Apr : Swaliswan: DD 17 months
27 Apr : Bicnod
27 Apr : Carameli
27 Apr : ilovesummer 3rd dc
27 Apr : purplemonkeydishwasher DS 3yo
30 Apr : Nutty Taff (27) DD nearly 5 GIRL!

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BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 07:30

Hi Lauren
Welcome to our happy band.

PuzzleRocks · 27/02/2009 08:13

Hi Lauren, welcome to the madness. I see you a planning a homebirth. There are a few of us on here that are doing the same.
We talk A LOT so don't worry if you can't keep up.
When do you finish studying?

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PuzzleRocks · 27/02/2009 08:15

Sounds super Boff, you'll have to put some pics up for us.

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BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 08:51

Will do when makeover is complete.
I should have taken some 'before' shots so you could have a 'reveal'!!

Just waiting for Warm Front people to phone (Nutty, did you know you get free car tax and a free boiler if you get the higher rate of DLA??) and then hopefully off out to Tesco (oh yes) for some bathroom accessories.

lauren61 · 27/02/2009 09:27

hey puzzlerocks, i went to 6th form to do alevels after i left school but i chose wrong courses and just wasnt in the right mindset i wanted to get a job and have money then n there! naive thinking looking back but hey! so i left and worked at woolworths (hahaa) then i enrolled for college to start september 08 but then found out i was expecting and they wouldnt enrol me!! so they froze my enrolment til this year so i can go back do my alevels, english, human biology and drama i think im going to do then will go onto teaching degree

id love a homebirth they sound so lovely when you hear stories so fingers crossed !!

BabyBolat · 27/02/2009 09:37

oooh Kitty I am tired just reading that

Brett - our notes are the same (although I always forget mine when I go in for observation etc but they never really mind!!!)

Surprise - snap, I get little ups and downs constantly, but it's not my breathing - was wondering if it was his or her heartbeat???

As for check-ups, I had them every 4 weeks until 36 weeks then every 2 weeks then every week post 40 weeks.

Nutty, I do love the name Imogen oooh just seen Tianna - just feels right for you some how!

Boffin yay on the bathroom and day out

Welcome Lauren!

Schultes - don't worry about going back - tis annoying but you will be so much more chilled and able to just say goodbye nicely - just try and go back in fairly soon, so you are all still in their minds!

Kalikaroo · 27/02/2009 09:37

Morning all!

I have found the most amazing thing today - check out law number 17:

business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece

(Shame I don't live in the UK!!)

lauren61 · 27/02/2009 09:46

kalikaroo.. its true it works i did it down town the other week.. well i didnt actually go as far as to pee in the helmet but he was willing lol! its a really old law, my stepdads a policeman he told me about it + said hes not bringin his helmet anywhere near me !

PuzzleRocks · 27/02/2009 09:53

Kali - Does that mean I could wee in my neighbours garden if I wanted?

Lauren - Do you want to join our buddy system? It's basically so when you have the baby you can let one of us know and she can share the news with everyone until you get a chance to come online. There are about 27 of us in so far with ten out so up to you. Just let us know. Details below.

NUTTY'S BUDDY SYSTEM DETAILS!!
right GIRLIES listen up

if you would like to be included in the birth/labour buddy system please e-mail me at

[email protected]

please include in the email :-

a contact number (pref mobile for texting)
email that you want to use so i can send you your buddy details (if not the one you're sending from)
your MN name (incase i get confused, v possible)
your due date (as above)

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PuzzleRocks · 27/02/2009 09:57

List updated for Lauren61.

The baby list...
20 Feb: Glaskham: DS, DD, + RUBY MARIE, 4lb 3oz

Still yet to hatch...
29 Mar : WhatFreshHell, DS 2.4 born on Easter Sunday
30 Mar : BabyBolat: 1st timer
01 Apr : Rachelinscotland: DD 3 years, and DS 2 years in March
01 Apr : Chickenbalti: DS 4 years DD 17 months
02 Apr : BoffinMum: BOY! dd(21) ds(10) ds(7)
02 Apr : MathsMummy27: GIRL! DD 3 years
03 Apr : skiingone: DC1
03 Apr : purlease: 1 m/c, 1 DD 3 years
03 Apr : Kalikaroo: SURPRISE! (28), 1st timer, lives in Scandinavia (but too shy to say where!)
04 Apr : Bleuravin
04 Apr : Bumpalump
04 Apr : babypringle: 1 DS 2yrs 1 month
06 Apr : ToastnHoney: first timer
06 Apr : Mummyontherun: DD 22 months
07 Apr : Picklelala
08 Apr : LuLuBai: 1 DD born 02 Apr 07
09 Apr : Oddeyes (30): GIRL! DS 17 mths, 1 mc. London
09 Apr : Barbarella: 1st timer, TRIPLETS
10 Apr : hopeful1
11 Apr : mrsfossil: 1 DS 6.5
11 Apr : Bubbaluv: 1 DS 1yo
11 Apr : SpringySunshine: BOY! 1st timer.
12 Apr : Brettgirl, 1st timer
12 Apr : Mumblemumhome4lunch (37, Swindon): DS will be 4 on 11th April, DD 2yrs and 1month
13 Apr : Dungungirl(30): BOY! 1 m/c, DS 4 years
14 Apr : AuldAlliance: DS3.8 BOY!
14 Apr : Woody2shoes: Second DS
15 Apr : claireykitten: GIRL! DS 12 months
15 Apr : electra
15 Apr : Sarahmum: DS 10yrs
16 Apr : tristaleejac(25): 1 ds, 3 years
17 Apr : Surprisenumber3(32): DS1 9 DSS 9 DS2 5 GIRL!
18 Apr : gingersarah: 1st baby
18 Apr : Lauren61
18 Apr : salbysea: (28) 1st timer
19 Apr : Kittycatisgettingfat (29) 1st timer
21 Apr : B52s: DS will be 2 and a quarter
21 Apr : Staryeyed
21 Apr : Schulte
22 Apr : PuzzleRocks: DD 21mths GIRL!
22 Apr : soon2befamilyof4 DD 13 months.
23 Apr : FatandFedup DC3
24 Apr : conkertree (27): DS 17 months
24 Apr : Bronze (Gawain) - 4th DC
24 Apr : Frekkles
25 Apr : Swaliswan: DD 17 months
27 Apr : Bicnod
27 Apr : Carameli
27 Apr : ilovesummer 3rd dc
27 Apr : purplemonkeydishwasher DS 3yo
30 Apr : Nutty Taff (27) DD nearly 5 GIRL!

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frostyfrekkles · 27/02/2009 10:18

i think tianna is lovely nutty, does it mean little star? I remember reading once that the name tiannie did, so maybe it's the same.

hello lauren, welcome in xx hope you'e well and happy and find comfort in this thread, i certainly have

boff, your bathroom sounds brill! I can't wait to move and next now!

I'm with bb and suprise and the weird heartbeat type movements of my bump. I think it's too slow for the heartbeat though as whenever i hear it on the doppler it's really fast. I've been assuming it's hiccups or breathing practise.

i see auld allliance came and said hi! that's good, brill she's ok, and hey to barberelly too xx

Thanks boff for shagging and period info. when was your ovulation date then?
Gosh how rude of me to ask about this kind of stuff,glad yous all don't mind sharing. I'm just finding it well frustrating that I don't know when to expect this baby. By the scan I'm in nutty and conker's group, and that would mean that i got pregnant around the 3rd august.

Trouble is though that I don't recall any incident at the beginning of august that would have caused pregnancy and I completely felt pregnant the month before that, really thought i was going mad as I was totally sure I was going to miss my period in july, but then i bled on 24th July. But twasn't a heavy normal period and only lasted a day or so. My mum and my sister both had light bleeds in early pregnancy and it would be the right timing for a implantation bleed.

I also really remember the shag on July 13th, and remember why it was a bit risky and also looking back it was from that morning that I felt different. I started feeling ill and emotional and having symptons from then. Infact I remember that afternoon going for a drive with john to see dolphins and it being sunny and all of a sudden not being able to stop crying because i suddenly felt overwhelmed with happiness and a feeling of something changing that i didn't understand. I'm sure it was then.

But the hospital scan says that it wasn't and that it was a month later. I guess I'm not going to be able to know whether i'm right or whether the scan's right until the baby comes. And i'll just have to accept that. but i'll let all you lot know that I reckon i'll be april 12th ish, as i reckon i'm due on the 2nd ish and will be abit late. let's just see if i'm right!

On the home birth front, i'm really so unsure. I'd really like to do it, i agree with everything i've read that is pro home birth but I can't let go of the fears of what might go wrong. Homebirthers, how did you reconcile yourself to this?

frostyfrekkles · 27/02/2009 10:20

by the way,this site is amusing, it will analyse your name of choice and tell you what characteristics it'll give your baby.

BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 10:42

Frekkles, go by the scan date. I had a similar issue to you with DS1 and the scan got us to within 5 days of the actual birth date.

Re: Homebirth, for healthy people it is statistically equivalent or even marginally favourable to have a hospital birth (as long as you are not too far from a hospital by ambulance). You usually have an hour's lead time if something is going to go wrong. Mw come with resus equipment, anti-haemmhorage drugs and so on for the other likely disasters, so it really is a kind of hospital at home. You also have your own germs instead of lots of other peoples' and avoid various potential problems after the birth because of that. I am not a hippy, but I give birth at home to ensure top quality medical attention and a degree of safety I can't be sure of otherwise. Does that help?

BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 10:44

PS There is also the fact that I would not be happy to be flat on my back mooing behind a paper curtain in public.

KittyCatIsGettingFat · 27/02/2009 11:10

Tee hee... that name analyser website says I'm a procrastinator... SO TRUE!!

It also says that mini-munchkin could be an accountant or an artist, using her hands - so that sounds like a good combo for me!

How's everybody today? We're off to Wales for the weekend so this is a brief fly-by... hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and Hooray for Mat Leave!

PS Boff - my TENS machine arrived last night, yippee!! It looks very business-like and hardcore... DH was desperate to try it out on various parts of his anatomy...

BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 11:16

From looking at the law thing, I now know why policemen keep looking at me in a worried way.

Heating man has just been (lovely guy, his Mrs works for Sure Start so very pg friendly). Apparently I get a new boiler that will save us about £100 a year in gas costs, new pumps and valves in the airing cupboard, descaling of the water tank, new timer, new thermostat in the hall and a powerflush of the system, with the first £2000 paid by the Government. They are even going to try to send someone in the next couple of weeks if they can, so I can definitely have hot water for the birthing pool without boiling loads of kettles!!!

Much more niceness from the Government and I will have to stop slagging them off. SPD is miserable, but it sure as hell takes the edge off it when people effectively give you free gifts for having it!

BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 11:19

KittyCat, got to go out now, but remind me to advise you on the settings for the TENS because lower can mean more effective and there's a knack to it that the pain people told me about. You can find them if you slip the grey cover upwards or downwards or something - that is where the boost switch is as well BTW, for in labour. If you are using it before 37 weeks and start to get contractions, FGS take the thing off and then they will stop. After 37 weeks do what you like!

bronze · 27/02/2009 11:20

frekkles probably a bit late but this sites even better as it give you options of which date you put in.
here

So if you know the date you conceived but not you lmp you can still work it out easily.

BoffinMum · 27/02/2009 11:23

Name site says horrid things about Felix as a name. What a dilemma!!

BabyBolat · 27/02/2009 11:31

Oooh I like the name thing...

If this little one is a girl then apparently she will be happy, versatile and expressive with a good business head a clever and quick mind, musical, artistic and entertaining adn self expressive

Apparently I am quiet, reserved, serious and studious (that is not correct although I am a bit studious but definitely not quiet!), reliable and responsible (yes) and I don't make friends easily (true) so kind of right I guess...

Yay for heating man boff! Kitty, envious of your trip away!

BabyBolat · 27/02/2009 11:32

Also Springy sorry about the Izzy heartbreak but I couldn't keep it to myself!!!

gingersarah · 27/02/2009 11:36

Hello!

Frekkles - about the homebirth thing - I am seriously considering hb and in answer to the "how do you reconcile yourself to risks" question, here is what I have:

You have the undivided attention of 2 mws, so if there are risks that demand hospital attention they will get you to hospital (this is ok if you are not too far from one). If you are in hospital from the beginning, or in a mw-led birth centre, you will not necessarily get the same level of attention and if intervention is required you won't necessarily get it sooner. (There are stories of women and / or their partners begging for attention when something happens in hospital and not getting it - at home you would get the attention and you would either get the treatment you need, or you would have it explained to you that what is happening that might be freaking you out is normal.)

I visited the hospital and it was filthy. If there are serious risks that warrant being on a labour ward to deliver, I will just have to take the risk of infection on the chin. If all other risks are very low, then it seems sensible to minimise risk of infection by staying at home. At least anything I pick up in my own house will be some common-or-garden bug that antibiotics will zap. That hospital gave me the creeps.

There is no way of ruling out all risks. So it is about managing them, not avoiding them. If you are approved for hb is is probably the safest option for you.

You can change your mind. The hospital will not turn you away even if you booked for a hb. On the other hand, persuading a mw to attend your labour at home when they haven't ticked all the boxes they like to do before they agree to do this would be very difficult, I think. So it keeps more options open.

SpringySunshine · 27/02/2009 11:44

Welcome to Lauren You're not at all interfering! The more the merrier - although I don't know if our thread can stand the chattiness of many more people, especially with maternity leaves starting about now Don't worry if you can't keep up though, as others have said - we're a bit frenzied, so just join in when you can

Nutty, I love the name Tianna It's really pretty & unusual. & somehow feels so right that I'm suddenly extra excited for you

Haha, the name analyser says of my nickname (which I use more than my given name):

'The name of Leena creates a friendly, sociable, charming nature, but causes you to be too easily influenced by others.' I TOLD YOU IT'S ALWAYS NUTTY'S FAULT WHEN I'M NAUGHTY!

Apparently, it can also 'cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems' - well that'd explain the many loads of antibiotics I've been on this pregnancy! It's my name's fault!

It also tells me that by naming my son 'George', he's likely to be depressed & over-sensitive I hope not - I can't stand moody boys!

KittyCatIsGettingFat · 27/02/2009 11:45

Cheers Boff - I'm looking forward to finding out how this baby works! Bring on the boost button...

Gingersarah - I'm with you on the HB thing... our hospital tour completely threw me, it was so conveyor-belt like and the fact the DH has to leave for the night was not what we had in mind as our first night as a family. So HWB it is for us too! Yay!

SpringySunshine · 27/02/2009 11:49

BB, did you see Grey's last night?

I have a question from DH (bless him) - he wants to know what'll happen if I want him to get into the birthing pool with me at the hospital? I don't think that I actually will, but would he be allowed if I did want him in there? I've explained to him about the floating poo & things, but he still seems willing to be that supportive, so I said I'd ask

& the more you all talk about HBs, the more I want one. Even though I've got no problem with the hospital thing at all (& almost feel like that's just part of the birthing experience & would feel like I'd somehow missed out if I didn't go to hospital! )

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