A Giraffe and a Gruffalo went to the Cosmos to see the Starshine, but which WagonBaby will be first?

[Astarte]

It's like an 'in joke'

Births:
Kay - 12th December - 6:49pm - Dylan George - 10lbs 5ozs
Teuch- - - boy
Pop - 23rd December - twin boys, Hugo & Henry
Nat - 27th December - 8:36pm - Mikey Bradley - 6lb 10.5oz
Gin - 16th Jan- Girl - 7.25am- details tbc
Tink- 19th Jan - Girl - 1.51pm - Bracken Hope Willow - 8lbs 7oz
Astarte - 16th Feb - Girl - 8lb 12oz
Glask - 20th Feb - Girl - 7.47pm - Ruby Marie 4lb (8wks prem)
LardyBump - 21st Feb- Boy - 8lb 12oz
HappyNappies- 27th Feb- Boy - 12.01am 9lb13

Scan list:
Kooky - fetal heart echo + detailed scan @ 16 weeks - 18th March
LBOT - 22 week scan - 23 March
idreamofbeanie - 12 week scan - 23 March
STT - 12 week scan - 31st March
LaTour - 12 week scan - 31st March!

Weeks list:
Playing - ?????
GYo - 39 weeks, 1wk left. Surprise (17 Mar)
Star - 38 weeks, 2 weeks left. Surprise (22 Mar)
Cosmo - 38 weeks, 2 weeks left. Girl.(31st Mar)
Gruff - 35 weeks, 5 weeks left. Girl. (16th Apr)
Ses -32 weeks, 8 left. Surprise (10 May)
MINM- 30 weeks, 10 to go Surprise(19th May)
Diege - 26 weeks, 14 left to go. Boy!!!!(21st June)
LBOT - 20 weeks, 20 left to go (24th July)
KookyKid - 15 weeks, 25 weeks to go (2nd Sept) BOY!
Idreamofbeanie - 11 weeks (due 1st Oct)
LaTourEiffel - 10 weeks (due 8th Oct)
Sparklytwinkletoes - 10 weeks 12th Oct
BB - 5-6 weeks (due 31st oct)

Girls = 2
Boys= 4
Surprise = 4
Unknowns (yet) = 4

MW apps list:
LBOT - 21+6 weeks - Thu 19 March
Gruff - 36 weeks - Friday 20th March
GYo @ 40+4 weeks- Fri 20th March- S&S
Ses - @33wks - Tues 24th March
Cosmo - @ 40 wks - around 28th March
MINM- - 33 weeks- 31st March
DIEGE = 28 wk midwife/consultant/anti-d - 2nd April.
Mat leave countdown:
Playing - on Mat leave!!!!
GYo - on Mat leave!!!!!
Star - on Mat Leave!!!!
Cosmo - on Mat Leave!!!!
Gruff - on Mat Leave!!!!
Ses - last day 3rd April (35 weeks) 21 days, but only 15 days actually at work
STT - Somewhere around 120 working days
Diege - last day 29th April.

hi

gyo - gr8 story well done u:0)
diege poor u hope u feel better soon
kay - ye for af
taking dd1 swimming this morning havent for ages my mum has been she is having bracken here

Congratulations again GYO! What an amazing story! I really don't know how you did it! You're a star!!!! Now, about that name

Tink - wow, can't believe Bracken is 9 weeks old already!!!

Kay - Best of luck to your DH for the job!!!!

Star - I have to go back and read about your daughter, as I don't know the whole story, but just wanted to say that I'm so glad to hear she's doing better! Take care of yourselves - thinking of you!

STT - Glad you're able to find the hb It's a lovely, lovely sound.

Hope you're both doing well over there. Ses - so funny about your DH saying he's jealous. We just had a similar conversation because I was feeling very sorry for DH. AS much as women might talk about mat leave hampering their careers, I think we all do really look forward to having a legitmate, nearly guilt-free reason for the time off whereas husbands don't get the luxury.

Diege - YIKES that's an early start! I don't think I'd be able to do it - I love my sleep...

...which reminds me my little BOY seems to have inherited his mother's sleeping disease First I should say last night our scan went really well - everything where it should be and all looking perfect, but it took FOREVER to get seen! We were waiting for nearly 2 hours. But when we got in, the little man was writhing all around and we easily saw his bits. It wasn't until the doctor went for the spinal measurements that he promptly fell asleep in a most unaccomodating position and refused to be woken despite me jumping around like a loon (at doctor's request!) and drinking a very large bottle of coke - which of course kicked in AFTER we got home! In the end, she was able to get the measurement she needed via internal - but it took about an hour and a total of 2 tummy scans and 2 internals to get it. Anyway, according to the measurements the little guy seems to have a HUGE tummy (abdominal circumference in the top percentiles) and slightly short legs... Now I'm DYING to meet him!

YAY!!!!!!!!!! LBOT!!!!! Congratulations!!!!

LBOT - I was so sure it was a girl! Hooray for another wagon boy though!
Can't believe he was so naughty for his scan. Hope it's not a sign of things to come.

Gotta run have so much to get ready for this afternoon's lessons.

Hello

HUGE congrats to GYo and family, sounds like it all went to plan! What a weight?!! Can't wait to hear the name

Congrats also for good scans and hearing HB's and period's arriving (phew Kay!!)

Sorry for all the sleeplessness and poorlies, hope Glask's and LB's LO's are well on the mend by now.

We are all OK here, Mikey's cold has completely gone (he slept last night from 8.30pm till 6 this morning, was bliss!) DS1 had a really good birthday weekend and party, and DS2 has learnt how to say cooker, except it doesn't quite sound like cooker.....

Everything is still up in the air re. the mortgage and car payments etc. DH has someone from a debt managment place ringing tonight to go through it all with us, we've found a lot of info ourselves, we know where we stand with the law, but just the odd few things that are a bit clouded need to be cleared up, hopefully we'll have all the answers and some sort of final action plan in place by the end of the day. T'is pretty scary, the chances are next month we won't be paying our mortgage amongst other things, that just seems so surreal and frightening, bearing in mind we've never not paid a bill of any sort, or even been late paying one. The worst bit is not knowing exactly what's going to happen, even if the worst came to the worst and we lost the house and the car, and we ended up in some rented hell hole for the rest of our lives, I want to know NOW that that's going to happen, and when it's going to happen. It could be that we struggle on through for the next few months, work picks up, and we're able to just about keep our heads above water, or it could get to the point where we've lost everything, but then work picks up so we'll still be fucked but not watching every penny as such, god I don't know, just want to be able to take a sneaky peak at us all in 18 months time and see what's happened! So many buts, what if's and maybe's flying around at the moment, we lose track of where we actually are.

Sorry, I know I've done it again, turned up and ranted and whinged It's just so much easier on here, I don't have to watch what I say, or how I say it.... Anyway sorry again.

NJ - how awful to be living with all that uncertainty. I really hope you and your DH manage to get some answers tonight. Thinking of you.

oohhh its quiet on here this afternoon!

Hi NJ and KK and any other lurkers!!!

NJ stop apologising! If you can't vent here with your wagoner friends where can you eh??!!

I have had a nice day at home today. Dh was here this morning - it is his birthday so we had the morning together. Was really nice. Sat out on the balcony and had a lovely lunch in the gorgeous sunshine.

Im getting some bits and pieces done this afternoon and chilling out so am enjoying that!

LBox - congrats on the boy Fab news!

Tink - hope you and DD1 enjoyed the swimming!

NJ - hoping you get answers this evening! And like others have said, don't feel bad about venting on here - it's what we're here for!!!

Gruff - that sounds like a lovely morning

Hi KK

Thanks for the congrats everyone - DH was grinning like an idiot last night! I think it's all starting to hit home for him!

evening ladies

ye for your boy lbot thats great sounds cheeky
nat - hope all goes well and you know where u stand abit more
gruff- your day sounds lovely

i enjoyed swimming dd1 was a really good girl.
coming out of swimming on the was 2 car she fell over and landed on her front bless her.
has a grazed head and knee and a swollen lip. is alright now.
ordering a couple more bits for dd1 for her summer clothes as we rae hopefully selling buggy board tom.
my mum has gone dad over from 9:30pm tonite till 5pm sat then dh home 2-3pm sat
what summer clothes do other peoples have?
my dd1 will have :-
7 dresses,2 pairs of denim roll up trousers, one pair of cropped green trousers,1 green cardi, grey hooded zippy top,2 short skirts,7 tshirts, 2 long sleeved tops

Evening guys, now that I don't have to keep this pregnancy a secret is it okay if I join the facebook group?

Hi! Feeling a bit better this evening (after bursting into tears again on the way into work this morning and then having a bust up with DH). All just about resolved now...

LBOT - congrats on your scan and your little boy!! (I knew it was a boy )

IDOB - yay! Do join the FB group! Might be best to post your initials on here so that Gruff (who's the administrator) knows who you are and to authorise you joining!

NJ - sounds like you are really trying to do everything you can to get your situation resolved. I completely get the wanting an answer now feeling though.

Gruff - how are you feeling? Sounds like you've had a good day.

tink - swimming sounds good but poor DD1 falling over.

Diege - hope you survived your day and you start to feel better soon. Do take it easy!!

Kay - Phew! Glad TEW showed up!

Kooky - looks like your DD had a great birthday if the photos on FB are anything to go by!

I saw MW this afternoon and all ok. Measured 34cm and am 33 weeks so that's fine. She had a good feel round and reckons that the baby's head is engaged!!
I guess it's quite likely though that it will move around and become "dis-engaged" but I was a bit suprised!

Cheers Ses, my initials are SB. Sounds like your LO is in a rush!

Hey Ses,

yeah Im fine thanks. just had a bath and made DH some birthday cakes.

My sis and my friend baby's engaged at 32 and 33 weeks, it is common in first pregnancies apparently. They didnt disengage either although they still went over due I'm afraid. My friend was 7 days and my sister was 15 days over. You never know though, everyone is different. My consultant said it was pretty rare for babies to disengage as the pelvis is like a vice. Nice!

It def sounds like Ses junior is doing all the right things though. Hooray!

Oh yes IDOB - I will go look out for your request on FB aswell

Thanks Gruff and IDOB! Glad Ses junior is behaving already! Certainly don't have any other signs that things are going to happen any time soon and have been trying to persuade myself that LO is likely to be late, in the hope I won't be disappointed then!

I am really looking forward to finishing work at the end of next week. This week has turned out to be quite manic. Tomorrow I have to interview a pharmacist for a job in Eastbourne at 10am and then do visits to 4 stores in Brighton after that to ensure they are ready for the Divisional Director (ooh! scary!) visiting them on Thursday.
Then Thursday I have a meeting in Maidstone at 10am, my annual performance review in the afternoon and then our area meeting in the evening 7-9pm.
Then Friday there's about 25 of us off to London for an end of year lunch out.
Also at the moment I'm on standby to work on Saturday as there is no pharmacist for one of the stores, so I could be doing a 6 day week!
I'll be sooo ready for ML the week after next!!

Right I need to do a bit of prep for store visits tomorrow but must try and get a better night's sleep too!
G'night!

Morning,

Ses, I'm glad Ses junior is behaving. Freddie didn't engage until the day before I went into labour and they were talking about me having to have a CS. You do sound like you have a very busy week.

I feel like I am at the beach. A flock of annoying nice seagulls has appeared and I wake up every morning listening to them. I am quite expecting to see the sea one morning

Morning,

Congrats to LBOT on your boy
Really bad night sweats last night....hoping that could be a sign of labour perhaps...Remember Ast mentioning something about it.

Ewwwww Cosmo. I had awful night sweats in the 2 weeks leading up to Dylan being born. It was horrible. I only had a couple in the week after he was born.

Hi Kayz...yeah they are pretty nasty aren't they? Woke up and body and sheets were soaked...39+1 so hoping it might mean things are starting to move in the right direction...

Morning everyone... I really feel like screaming......

Congrats GYO do you have a name yet?? Lavender oil in the bath is good for stitches.. Lovely story cant wait for the pics...

I need to moan.... I am so stressed at the moment. Owen is so happy when he is not being sick but for the last 3 days he has cried constantly. I stayed at my mums Monday night as the car broke down and he cried constantly..... The think is the gavisgon seems to make him worse. I have to give it to him after feed mixed with water. I have tried bottle and he will not take it. I tried spooning it in and he gags on it and is sick... He hasnt been sick today and I just gave him the gavisgon and he gaged 3 times then brought up the whole feed..... The only othe thing I can do is mix it with milk but I am not very good at expressing so that will mean giving up bf!!!! But no one can tell me for sure that this is reflux and that the gavisgon will actually help so I could be giving up for nothing..... i am so upset I want to do whats best but I dont know what that is!!!

so sorry for me post..... it is just that I am struggling with him being sick and in pain all day long.......

poor u lb it must be stressful

LB, Have you tried posting in Breast and bottle feeding? Someone there might have a trick to get him to take it. Hope it gets better soon!

Have you tried a baby syringe LB?

Good Morning (ish)

KK - bite your tongue about my baby boy being naught OUTSIDE the womb!

IDOB - Yay for joining Facebook! Is it sinking in yet?

Ses - Wow, baby is engaged! That's so exciting!!! Your job sounds pretty manic at the moment, but mat leave is right around the corner!

Gruff - I hope you're taking it easy and your DH had a lovely birthday

Kay - thanks for your comment on Facebook! I grew up a couple of miles from the shore and there were always seagulls around - in the car parks at stores and stuff. It wasn't until I went away to university that I realized that that's not normal for everywhere! Enjoy it, but lets hope they go away after a while. They're nasty birds!!!!

Cosmo- sorry about the night sweats but let's hope they're an indication of things to come!

LB - So sorry I don't have any advice of course, but hoping DS feels better and that you get some well deserved rest really soon.