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.

when I was pg with Dd1 only Mothercare sold maternity clothes up here and they only did a size 10

It seems much better now, well..if Diege's shopping is anything to go by hehe x

It's Dh's birthday today and I'm cooking a roast chicken, I'm drooling at the smell filling my kitchen

Diege - 7 pairs of maternity jeans ! I hate shopping and don't have that many pairs of non-maternity trousers. Of course it's less fun as a size 16/18 which is my own fault for eating my way through my PhD . Luckily I don't need any maternity clothes yet but I suppose I'll have to start looking soon. Any tips for very cheap online maternity shopping.

Thanks for all the positive HB messages and stories BTW.

Ooh - sounds yummy Sorky! Lucky DH!

I also assumed for some reason that you were tall MOOSY
IDOB, I may have 7 pairs but only one of those that I feel comfy in . Have 'graduated' through under the bump-ers to faithful old over the bump styles, and my most recent (just despatched) pair is an the bump indigo wash bootleg style from funmum. My seraphine ones have been sadly put aside... Didn't realise you had a PhD too - bet mine has a more boring title than yours
KAYZ, I though the 'ruling' now was 6 months for weaning?? (not that I kept to that).
Right, must go and change all the beds - my least fave job in the world after washing kitchen floor !

Crikey Ses! When did you get to 34 weeks?

Ooo... 35 actually now Sorky...

It is sort of sneaking up on me but trying to persaude myself that I should expect a first one to be late so I've got loads of time!!

Must update the list!

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 Edward James Roy
Playing - 4th March - boy - 5 lb 12 oz - Edward Lewis Stainer
Starshinetiger - 15th March - girl - 7lb 1 oz - Charlotte Carys Rose
GYo - 22nd March 9.55am- girl - 10 lbs 12 oz - name TBC very soon!
Cosmo - 2nd April - girl - April Victoria - 8.51am - 6lb 9

Weeks list:
Gruff - 38 weeks, 2 weeks left. Girl. (16th Apr)
Ses -35 weeks, 5 left. Surprise (10 May)
MINM- 34 weeks, 6 to go Surprise(19th May)
Diege - 29 weeks, 11 left to go. Boy!!!!(21st June)
LBOT - 24 weeks, 16 left to go BOY! (24th July)
KookyKid - 18 weeks, 22 weeks to go (2nd Sept) BOY!
Idreamofbeanie - 15 weeks (due 27th Sept)
LaTourEiffel - 10 weeks (due 8th Oct)
Sparklytwinkletoes - 13 weeks (due 6th Oct)
BB - 5-6 weeks (due 31st oct)
Moosy - 5 weeks (EDD 9th Dec)

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

Scan list:
LaTour - 12 week scan - 31st March!
IDOB - 20 week scan 11th May (will hopefully find out the sex).
STT - 20 week scan 21st May

MW apps list:
Gruff - 38 week consultant 3rd April.
IDOB - 16 week appt 9th April
MINM- 25 week appt 14th April
LBOT - 26 weeks midwife 20 April
STT - 16 weeks midwife 30 April
Moosy - booking in 22 April
Ses - 39 weeks midwife 5th May

Mat leave countdown:
Playing - on Mat leave!!!!
GYo - on Mat leave!!!!!
Star - on Mat Leave!!!!
Cosmo - on Mat Leave!!!!
Gruff - on Mat Leave!!!!
Ses - on Mat Leave!!!!
STT - Somewhere around 125 working days
Diege - last day 29th April.
LBOT - last day 17 July (I think!)

Babys Age
Kayz's Dylan - 16 weeks
Tinks Bracken - 10 weeks

Hi all,

Had a busy day today - ended up with lots of painful BH!

Lol Sorky, not sure if I'll have had baby by the end of this thread but you never know. Our boiler should be sorted by the end of the week so once that is done then its all good

Re maternity jeans I got some great ones in New Look called Hula. they come in three different lengths and they are £12. They have lasted really well, still look good and I managed with the one pair. Have washed them so many times a week and they still look fine. They are under the bump ones too. Next pregnancy I would def buy a couple more and just have them. I find them so comfy!

It has been another glorious day here. We went out to this great pond with a beach and it was lovely. Been into town aswell. Really lovely being at home with DH and knowing we can spend lots of time together before baby is born.

Hope you have enjoyed your first day of maternity leave Ses. Sorry to hear your dog is unwell. I have forgotten everything else but hi to everyone else!

Hi GRUFF! Sounds like you had a great day - has the rain arrived where you are yet?
Dh back so off soon, but must check out those Hula jeans first...

LOL Diege! Have a look for promotional codes as sometimes they do free delivery with them

Rain not here yet, think its hitting us later on tonight! As long as it stays mild (no heating) I dont mind!

Am feeling rough today as I've been getting period type pains which are worse at night & have now woken me up every night for almost a week. They're the same pains I got when I was pregnant with ds so I'm not worried about them but I'm in need of a decent nights sleep.

Diege - I now feel better about having ordered 3 pairs of mat jeans when I'm only 5 weeks gone.

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 Edward James Roy
Playing - 4th March - boy - 5 lb 12 oz - Edward Lewis Stainer
Starshinetiger - 15th March - girl - 7lb 1 oz - Charlotte Carys Rose
GYo - 22nd March 9.55am- girl - 10 lbs 12 oz - name TBC very soon!
Cosmo - 2nd April - girl - April Victoria - 8.51am - 6lb 9

Weeks list:
Gruff - 38 weeks, 2 weeks left. Girl. (16th Apr)
Ses -35 weeks, 5 left. Surprise (10 May)
MINM- 34 weeks, 6 to go Surprise(19th May)
Diege - 29 weeks, 11 left to go. Boy!!!!(21st June)
LBOT - 24 weeks, 16 left to go BOY! (24th July)
KookyKid - 18 weeks, 22 weeks to go (2nd Sept) BOY!
Idreamofbeanie - 15 weeks (due 27th Sept)
LaTourEiffel - 10 weeks (due 8th Oct)
Sparklytwinkletoes - 13 weeks (due 6th Oct)
BB - 5-6 weeks (due 31st oct)
Claire236 - 5 weeks (EDD 7 Dec)
Moosy - 5 weeks (EDD 9th Dec)

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

Scan list:
LaTour - 12 week scan - 31st March!
IDOB - 20 week scan 11th May (will hopefully find out the sex).
STT - 20 week scan 21st May

MW apps list:
Gruff - 38 week consultant 3rd April.
IDOB - 16 week appt 9th April
MINM- 25 week appt 14th April
LBOT - 26 weeks midwife 20 April
STT - 16 weeks midwife 30 April
Moosy - booking in 22 April
Claire236 - booking in 29 April
Ses - 39 weeks midwife 5th May

Mat leave countdown:
Playing - on Mat leave!!!!
GYo - on Mat leave!!!!!
Star - on Mat Leave!!!!
Cosmo - on Mat Leave!!!!
Gruff - on Mat Leave!!!!
Ses - on Mat Leave!!!!
STT - Somewhere around 125 working days
Diege - last day 29th April.
LBOT - last day 17 July (I think!)

Babys Age
Kayz's Dylan - 16 weeks
Tinks Bracken - 10 weeks

Hope you manage a decent night soon CLAIRE - remember those cramps well!OMG GRUFF you must be a mind reader...was just thinking about looking for promotional codes to get free p&p. Can't believe how many different styles they have - and so cheap!!! Also fancy the (tacky) made in Wales t-shirt - would be fun wearing for work (Wales) although technically he was 'made in England'

LOL Diege! I have a t-shirt from there saying BUMP in big letters. I always thought it should say 'no kidding' in brackets as it is unmissable Their maternity hoodies are really comfy too

sorry to hear of period type pains and lack of sleep Claire. It sounds like me in early pregnancy but also my life NOW! I get cramps throughout the night and wake up constanttly so uncomfortable.

Have just read through, but can't remember much - duh, baby brain!
Glask - if you're reading, sorry to hear about Ruby and formula, but I'm sure one bottle for just a short time won't harm - hopefully give her the calories she needs to build up and be able to feed better from you. Charlotte has only put on 2 ozs in 3 weeks (i.e. from birth weight to now, but was in intensive care for 10 of those days) - we have started giving her (last night) a bottle of my expressed milk (expressed while she was in ic) in the evening to help - HV said this should help her, as it's easier to take from bottle and will help her to grow and have strength to bf, so I know a bit what you're going through. If you lived close, I could give you some of my expressed milk (have a stash) - if you don't think that's too weird - but think you are up north, no?
Re. homebirths - just want to say that while I really wanted homebirth this time round and as fate would have it didn't, which was the right thing as it turns out, my hospital experience wasn't that bad (for the birth). Both times, I have only seen midwives, have had a water birth and for neither birth did I have to be lying on a bed - they tried first time round, but I said it wasn't comfy, so they didn't try again - this time was on hands and knees on mats next to pool, sucking g&a before i got in pool. So, while I totally agree with homebirths, it doesn't have to be all hospitally at hospital, iykwim.
right, gotta go, dd struggling with wind, in my arms.
night all.
Oh, congrats cosmo - sounds like all gone wonderfully and glad u r feeling better

Hi

just had to tell you that I have just realised that the song that I have had in my head all night is 'Look out for Mr Stork' from Dumbo so maybe tonight could be the night!

...and elephants might fly!!! Ha I'm so funny

evening

had a good time @ ikea dd1 enjoyed it 2 she is still not well bless her!!
bought her moon sand pet shop set in toysrus.

sorry for rubys formula dont feel bad. brackens feeding is annoying me. she only gained 2ozs last week. keeps being funny on it. then she does a huge poo and drinks better!!.
is making up for it today has had loads. should have put on abit more this wk hopefully

hope constapation gets better

kay - luv colour. agree weird that hv phoned.

morning

dd1 is still poorly mostly coughing we r missing her swimming lesson just relaxing in today.

bracken is in 3-6 month outfits now and 6-9 month vests.

Morning

tink - glad ikea was good but shame about DD1's cough

Gruff - spooky about that song! Hope all is well this morning?!

Star - really good to hear from you

Claire - (sorry, don't think I've said hello properly, how rude! ) Hope you had a better night's sleep and the pains calm down soon.

LBOT - hope things are better with you today?

I'm off to get my hair done today - highlights, cut and blow dry. Feels v much like another thing to have crossed off the list to have done before baby arrives!

Lucy (dog) is definitely better than she was yesterday but still not 100%. Hope she'll keep improving today otherwise I'll take her to the vet this afternoon.

Morning Ses, glad dog seems to be on the mend!

All is normal here - no signs of baby coming yet - phew!

DH has gone out this morning so Im going to chill out.

Dd2 slept all the night last night
I fed her at 9pm (a good feed) and I woke at 3am with milk but she didn't. I tried to gently rouse her but she was flat out.
She woke at 6.45am and fed well, then snoozed again until 9.30 when she's just fed and promptly gone back to sleep, the little stinker

I'm willing to bet it doesn't last.

Morning all....

Morning,

Yay for sleep Sorky!!! Lets hope it continues.

Ses, glad your dog is getting better.

I am having an 'I can't be arsed day today'. Not even sure why.

hi

ses - ye for having hair done and glad lucy is getting better
gruff - glad all well with u
kay - know what u mean.

i have just been cleaning and tidying up now dh back @ work!!
both dds r watching a baby dvd

Morning! Am slowly realising that trying to mark students work while having 3 screaming dds demanding attention does NOT work...It's me and dh's wedding anniversary today, so he's off so we can go out somewhere nice for lunch. He also wanted to keep dd3 off nursery, but has now gone back to bed leaving me to work while copoing with all 3
Glad dog is improving SES - it's a worry when they're ill (not least because of vet's bills
Wow SORKY great news about dd2 sleeping through!! You never know, she may be one of thise babies that you hear about!
KAYZ, GRUFF, take it easy both of you. Enjoy these last few days GRUFF, and KAYZ give in to the not being arsed thing, tis the only way sometimes..
Right, may go and casually dump a pile of washing on dh's head

Diege, go pour some water on his head or pay the DDs to jump on him!!!

Meant to say TINKS you sounhd very organised there! It's amazing how the older ones geta new found interest in 'baby' videos when they get a new sibling!