Masses of posts since I last posted. Have been reading in dribs and drabs but not had time to sit down properly and MN due to being busy with dd's party on Sunday, and then a long drive to Kent and back yesterday to visit some other MN friends. Let's see how far I can get with a catch up before the children start whining too much!
Eek for your UTI experience woofie, but glad that it turned out to be nothing more than that.
mampam - mothercare maternity stuff def goes up to a 20, as I had some stuff from them when I was pg with dd. Some of the largest size in H&M should be ok on you too.
I'm not in maternity stuff yet, and am planning on not being in it at all, but wearing some of my larger stuff or my stretchy skirts and trousers instead.
MonkeyMargot - have you looked at the icandy peach blossom - looks brilliant for twins?
MillyMollyMoo - we are planning on having a joint Christening for ds and the new baby. We haven't had ds done yet as we were going to do it last summer, but then our shed (enormous thing) burnt down, destroying our newly laid imprinted concrete patio and our bedroom windows at the same time, so the garden was really in no state to do it. We were going to postpone to this spring, but once we knew about the new baby we figured we may as well wait and do them both together. It shouldn't be any problem at all to get the church, and obviously we don't need to book our own garden for afterwards . Caterers were the only thing we struggled with for dd's Christening, although we got a fab one in the end. This time we are intending to get a fish and chip van and an ice cream van!
My birth plan will be v similar to last time, except that I am planning a natural 3rd stage, rather than having the jab like I have with the others. The hospital will want to induce me again (at 40 weeks if I continue to control the diabetes through diet, and at 38 weeks otherwise), but I am intending to refuse that and go in for monitoring of the placenta instead, which I believe they are obliged to offer me.
Isla is such a pretty name georgee. I only discovered it undergoing a revival when there were 2 of them in dd's small tumbletots class! I loved the name Fay when I was a teenager. To this day it still reminds me of the blond one from Grange Hill who had the affair with the teacher! Nina is another good one that you don't come across often (one of the criteria I use for name choosing).
Filly - please remember to put 'positive mental attitude' on your hospital bag list .
Very sorry to hear about your friend meggymegmegs. I know that us saying it isn't likely to make much difference to how you feel, but I'm sure that your friend would be pleased for you and not want you to feel guilty.
Georgee - on a similar vein, I was very sorry to read your fb status yesterday. I have another friend who had the same experience last year, and she is still trying to come to terms with it. If you would find it helpful to be in touch with her then do please let me know. She is an MNer (local to me so I've met her a few times), but I don't think that she's posted about it on board.
LaTrucha - epidurals usually slow down labour, but gas & air and pethidine/morphine don't afaik.
bobolana - eat low GI foods rather than lots of fruit. Wholewheat toast and peanut butter, or a slice of ham or chicken are good snacks, or oatcakes and cheese.
What a long post, but hopefully that brings me up to date!