Due in December 05 - thread 5

[ninah]

hello - we made it!

loo roll is great idea, just tell me, you measure all round the biggest part of the bump, is that it? (can I use kitchen roll )

ninah, lol

I think using kitchen roll is cheating!!!

yes well I need all the help I can get!
In exam boards all day today, missed you guys but it was strangely pleasant to be busy, plus there was lunch, of course!

exam boards?????!!!!!!

kitchen roll? no! thats not fair.may resort to that at 36wks tho
mychelle, thunder here too, quite like it tho!
masive amounts of rain not quite so exciting!

Hi all, you lot are such gas bags during the day!! Takes me ages to catch up!!

OK heres my little bit!

SH, i decorate the toilet regularly!! ((SORRY))

Got my new bras today and feel like im wearing body armour! Feels bit better though and now my boobs are back in the right place my bump looks a little bigger IYKWIM.

Have been very emotional today, bloomin hormones, am finding it hard to be happy right now and have no reasonable explanation for this cos i have my baby!! Bloomin hormones!!

Being self employed i have taken the decision to have DEC and JAN off work, this means that potentially the baby could be 3 weeks old when i start working again!!
We will be finding out the sex of the baby for lots of practical reasons really, dh and his family are not really that happy about it but its tough really! I want to know!! I found out with ds and loved being able to plan for HIM as a person and not just plan for a baby IYKWIM.
Have been thinking alot about when i had ds and am considering opting for a cs. Lots of reasons for this mainly because all through my pregnancy with ds i was told i wouldnt be able to give birth due to his size. DS birth was hard work and i ended up having a ventousse delivery and episiotomy and lots of complications after and was told it was due to my small pelvis. Just think that if this baby is going to be bigger i may opt for the cs, not 100% decided and idea scares me but think it may be better all round cos id hate to have to have an emergency cs due to complications during birth etc.

7 SQUARES lol, DP thinks i am going mad!!! Well i am pg..

SH,
Had a few trip like that when scans were coming near, nerves but i am good other wise.

Mychelle,
Pop corn and jam cake oooooo yum yum can i call round to yours you fridge is more exciting them mine!!! had a vegie fit when i was doing the shopping and now all i want is nice things like cream buns and taytos... o yummy..

Must go and put petrol in the car as i know ill forget and will break down half way to work in the morning!! Its not a good thing to have it on empty since yesterday, and praying all the way home this evening that it doesnt stop up and leave me like a damsel in destress!!!!

Talk to you all tomor, nite nite ladies

I have been hovering in the shadows reading all your messages. I now feel that I can officially join your thread.
I finally had my dating scan yesterday. I'm officially 15 weeks and into my second trimester. It's my third pregnancy and I'm sooooo excited!
We told ds (5) and dd(3)last night. They are already planning where the cot should go! I'm not sure how they will be able to wait another 5/12 mths for baby's arrival. (With it being my third I'm showing quite a bit and was worried that someone may spill the beans in front of them. I wanted it to be us that told them about the baby).
I can't believe there are going to be so many december babies. I'm glad I'm not the only one to be mad enough to have a baby around xmas!

Welcome Floom.

I'm 4 and 3/4 sheets of kitchen roll

Will check with loo roll next time I go up!

oops, I meant Floops!
Sorry hon'.

Well, I'm only 9 squares and I've got a 40 inch waist - so I can't be too much ahead of you girls?

Bonkerz - have you debriefed your birth with anyone? Our local hospital have a service where they will get your notes and go over with them explaining things. FWIW I had a very difficult 1st birth, and preyed for a Caesarean 2nd time around. In fact I cried and begged the consultant to no avail (no maternal choice option here goldenoldie ) but have gone on to have 2 far easier labours - It does happen!

BTW they have no way of determining the size of your pelvis as it opens up so much during labour (especially if you give birth upright and lean forward) but a lot of HPs (IME) say this kind of crap off handedly without thinking of the implications.

Let me know if I can be of any help.

Morning all,

welcome floops - what is your due date??

I'm feeling a bit funny this morning - light headed and a bit feint. I'm hoping it's coz I got up too early. Hopefully I'll feel better soon.

oh, forgot to say - I re-measured this morning as I measured yesterday after a 3 course meal. I had lost a whole sheet by this morning. I was only 7 1/4.

I'm always bigger in the afternoon/evening though so I'm gonna go with 8 sheets and be done with it

Actually Bonkerz, you live near me don't you? Did you have your baby at either of the Leicester hospitals? If so then you could use this service - the MW who does it is really nice and a friend did it and said it was excellent in preparation for birth no.2.

Let me know

Floops,
Welcome how was you forst trimester??

SH,
Same as me so 7 sq.. Its a handy way of tracking our pregnancys, years to come we can tell them (in front of girl/boy friend "o i measured you with loo roll when i was 3-4 months pg and at 3 months i was 7 sq" lol...

How was your first not forst!!! pregnancy fog... blame is all on the pregnancy..

Minnie,

at 17 + 3 weeks I now consider myself to be 4 months pregnant !!!!!! Woohoo

sweetheart,
You a super slim gal In farness thats brill... I am only 13+6 and measured 7sq, but i was at the peek of the bloatness.. (ya minnie you keep tellin your self that!!lol)
You will look fab in the dress for the wedding.

morning all

well lazy bones here has only just got up as ds was quite happy to watch tv on our bed so i dozed...still feel tired though.
Welcome floops

take care all

i did the loo roll test and I was 7 and a half squares.

Afternoon All

Slept for England last night and watched bridget jones 2.

I have measured and i am 7 squares. Its amazing how it seems to stay the same for a while and then grow overnight one night much bigger!

No cravings still but i have gone off lots of foods, i really only want to eat when I WANT SOMETHING! exactly what i want no substitutes!

I think i am moody, but my reasoning is that i am moody because i am forgetful. My favourite word at the moment is do da because i forget what the thing is or what i am talking about. DUH!

DQ heres another pram to throw into the mix for u
Cosatto Duet Lite like marco sky but back seat is suitable from birth....arghhhhhhh so confused

ugh, I feel really sick. I am taking part in a study which meant I had to drink 500ml of diet coke in 20 mins (which I thought would be easy peasy - but isn't!!). That was over an hour ago and I feel soooo sick.

Bleugh.

oh starry -ugh, sounds awful, what the heck they studying??!
nemo, have decided 2 things re buggy - we will get the graco tandem (has car seat clip in out thing, suitable from birth, dead easy to push and not too expensive, folds really small etc etc) but we will leave it til october, just incase dd2 sstarts walking everywhere and we end up not needing one. now i have decided and sorted i feel a weight off my shoulders
really stressful day running errands and getting car fixed etc, feel absolutely drained. i simply cannot do a whole day anymore! and in about an hour i have to go to tescos.......oh woe is me.
glad to see just about everyones measuring - its going to be amazing to see ourselves go up 'a square' in just a week