Due May 2010: Into the third trimester we go, can the bumps get any bigger?

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So here's the continuation of the thread previously known as Due May 2010: Where we get a 'bloom' just in time for the christmas mayhem???
Let's see if this one lasts up until the first birth... Knowing how chatty we can be, I doubt it!

Evening Ladies!

There has been a lot said over the weekend, I've had to make myself little notes to remember everyone's posts I wanted to comment on!

Memory I'm very glad to hear that you and DH had a chance to talk, I hope that things improve for you two. I know what a strain depression can put on a relationship as I have suffered from depression off and on for my entire life. Fortunately, I've not had any bad episodes for years, just a bit of PND after the birth of DS. Glad that your DH doesn't think it's depression at the moment, though I can see how the pressures of life are tough for both of you these days. I hope your sciatica is feeling a bit better today and that your lunch meeting went well! I love your bump pic on FB, that your bump wasn't spotted by the other mums sooner! Squirtsmum and 30ish I have also been told over the weekend that I'm huge, my supervisor asked me if I was sure it's not twins (!) and a few customers asked the due date and when I said mid-May! Not feeling too sensitive about it at the moment, though!

Littleowls I got my Natal Hypnotherapy CD on Saturday, gave it a listen today whilst DS was at pre-school, I find it very relaxing, I fell asleep listening to it! I think I'll continue to listen to it on a regular basis until the birth, it certainly won't do any harm!

ItsHappened I'm in awe of your stamina with your gardening and clean-a-thon!

Angel 12 loads of washing over the weekend!!! Incredible! I'm also feeling the evening heartburn, the baby is kicking most of the day now, but particularly in the evening when my stomach is full. I've noticed the last week or so when I get a really BIG kick I can feel a splash - hard to describe - but almost like the amniotic fluid or the contents of my stomach are being sloshed around! Really freaky! Hope your MW visit went well and that you got to discuss a HB. LOL about your son and the breastfeeding!

SK I hope a car you want turns up for sale nearby soon! I also hope your SPD hasn't been too bad today. LOL at Baby David, my brother and DH's dad and stepdad are all named David so I think everyone expects that will be the name of our baby, but I just can't do it because of the Royale Family! We've decided to make it the middle name instead.

Squirtsmum Great news that you found an apartment! Oh, and I'd tell DP he can hire a cleaner if he's concerned with your abilities!

Pigley and Hollyoaks about you going to the cinema! Glad you enjoyed it! Pigley, so sad about your family friends' baby. That's just terrible. I'm with you and Heffa, DS1 is being a bit trying lately, has recently started running off in public and we'd not had that for the last 2.9 years! Also, I am noticing more new stretch marks. I didn't get any with DS until I was 38 weeks, thought I was going to get away without any, but bump looks rather patterned now!

Heffa I am struggling with the balance of giving enough attention to DS before the next one is even born. I guess that's the toughest part of being the mum of more than one, finding the balance. I also don't fit up in the loft hatch anymore so have to rely on DH to get anything down that I need! that your DD likes brushing her teeth! What a good girl!

30ish I hope DD is better now.

Lizzie9442 so sorry about your grandad! Also I hope your DS gets a place at a school closer to where you live now soon! I can't imagine having that long of a school run!

Scrannage I had a really great pregnancy with DS and he's a pretty good, relaxed kid so hopefully yours will be, too! I moved house the day after DS and I were discharged from hospital and I have to say that not being able to nest was torture! I think as long as you have the essentials for right after the birth, you can get the extra bits later. We put DS in a cot as soon as it arrived (he was 8 weeks) and it came just in time as he was just outgrowing the moses basket. He was a big baby, though. If I could do it over again, I would have waited until DS was a few months old before moving TBH. Also, I did the NHS classes in my first pregnancy and they were ok, but nothing spectacular. Friends who did NCT really liked it for the most part. I did pregnancy yoga that I really enjoyed and did a birth workshop with the same teacher. I'm hoping to do one of the Surestart pregnancy yoga courses in my area in a couple of weeks.

If anyone wants to see the Lego Star Wars Rebel Pilot Mini Figure cake I made for DH's birthday last week, here is a photo!

I am blown away by how nice the weather was today! I hope this trend continues! Sorry for such a long post! Hope you're all well!

Rachel that cake is ace! your wee boy is gorgeous too.

Scrannage I am going to use a moses basket to begin with, and see how we fair from there. DS outgrew his around 7wks so I moved him straight into his cot then, he seemed tiny but I always use grobags so I had less worry of him going under the covers. DD never had a moses basket as slept in the carrycot bit of the pram then straight into the cot. Disadvantage of that was hoiking the carrycot upstairs for bedtime and down again for the daytime and if she was ever sick in it meant I couldnt go out until all the covers had been washed and put back on.
I went to NHS classes with my first child but went to nothing with my second. I have heard good things about NCT classes and that lots of people made friends from there, I was lucky that I made friends with a group of girls with similar aged children when my first was 5wks old at the local NHS post natal classes but had I not I would have done NCT second time round.

Oh loads of posts so if I don't answer you all don't fall out with me lol.

So our news is that we have finally bought a car!!!! We didn't like the Kia so went back and had a look at Citroen C8s and found one 300 miles away but they are willing to deliver it to us. It's dark grey and is huge. I don't think I would have been totally happy with any large 7 seater but I think for us it's the one that best suits us.

Stretchmarks - my thinking is you either get them or you don't it's genetic and no amount of potions will prevent them. I have none, neither has my Mum or Gran. Have wrinkly skin on my tummy though (well not right now obviously) and my thighs wobble like nothing on earth. I think clothes are great at hiding everything.

Moses basket - we use one during the day until about 3 months I think, baby sleeps with me at night. We have a bedside cot which is the best invention ever.

pigley - how truly awful for your friend it does make you realise how lucky you are, even when you are moaning about everything. at DD only having 6 teeth, DD3 has 16 but she is jealous of your DDs hair!

brightred - have you looked at a SMAX with your budget you should be able to get a nice one, about 6 people have told me not to touch a Renault but then again other people have no problems with theirs.

Everyone keeps telling me how neat and small my bump is, even the MW said I looked small for my dates, I think I am huge will have to post a pic, I have carried all of mine like this though, all bump, high up and out front. I've put on about a stone and a half so am not a little thing.

I have an anterior placenta as well, never had a back to back labour before though, I am hoping everything is so well stretched that he just pops out lol will be starting my raspberry leaf capsules at 33 weeks though, don't know if they work (they are supposed to make uterine contractions more efficient and speed up labour) but as Tesco says "every little helps" lol

Loving all the names as well, right am off need to get some sleep

SK DH loves the SMax but from looking around on the net and garages they seem to be quite pricey. So glad you found a C8, did you rule out the grand picasso? Only interested as we are considering it but we only need the 3 seats really the extra two in the boot will literally be very occasionally used.
Our friends have the Kia Sedona, it is ace for the kids getting in and out and so much space and those electric sliding doors are brilliant but the safety ratings arent as good as others and it literally drinks diesel/petrol like theres no tomorrow.
Do post a bump pic, I am intrigued by bump shapes in relation to gender of the baby. I carried DD totally differently to DS and this time I am the shape I was with DS but have no real idea whether its a girl or boy.

Scrannage - we put DD in a moses basket in our room for a while, and then put the moses basket in her cot so she didn't look quite so lost in the huge space.

I have no experience of NCT classes but the NHS ones weren't great tbh. The class was too big to really make friends with other people. There was a lot of information but not much I hadn't picked up already from Mumsnet. OTOH, there was one session on 'when things go wrong' which was really helpful (very calm and explained procedures brilliantly). We actually found it very reassuring, but were the only couple that went, out of about 20. There was also a bit that focused on the men's role which was quite good - telling them to take lots of food etc.

Rachel - DD does insist on brushing her teeth herself so I'm not sure how effective it is. I normally try and do as much as I can before she wrestles it off me. That cake looks fantastic, my DH is very jealous!

SK - congratulations on the car!

DD didn't go to sleep for 2 hours last night and then was awake on and off from about 2am, we could hear her banging around in her room before she started hammering on the door at 5am. She's very tired now.

brightred - the C4 Grand Picasso is lovely, there is one at nursery so have had a good look at it, they have only just come out as well like the SMAX so at the top end of our budget. As we need 4 seats in the back we chose the C8 as it's a proper 7 seater IYSWIM, the Kia Sedona was nice but even bigger than the C8 I'm not into cars or driving really, for me I don't really care how fast it goes or anything my priority is how easy it is to loads 4 children in and out.

I am getting paranoid about the size of my bump now 4 people at toddlers this morning said "oh how long you got to go? you are SO tiny, I was huge at 31 weeks etc etc" have got the measuring tape out, measured from the bottom of my bra so top of bump to bottom and I am 32cms which is 1cm more, 94cms round my fattest bit. We used to do the toilet paper test too, how many squares of toilet paper does it take to go round your bump, last time I was a good 8 1/2!

heffa - I bet DD is tired today, I'm lucky my 3 usually v good sleepers.

Just been out in the garden for the first time this year, DD3 was too little and not walking last year so it's her first taste of the garden and she screamed when I brought her in, she discovered the slide and that was it heart attack for me, the crocodile seesaw and the swings. She has yet to discover the big trampoline but she is going to love it.

Morning all

Just a couple of question as i have to waddle skip off to work in a little while - DP's family will all buy us stuff for Squirt and i know that his sister will be buying us a baby monitor and one of his brothers will get us a steraliser - i was just wondering if it was wrong if i told them which ones to buy... well not the exact ones but ones that would actually get used... ie plan on breast feeding so a small microwavable steraliser would be good for DP on night feeds and don't need the expensive monitor his sis will buy, just something functional as new place is small enough to hear pretty much everything. BTW the ones i have in mind are probably half the price of the stuff that they will buy - i just don't see the point in wasting the cash on things we may not use/only use occasionally?

Got a when MiL found out i wanted to bf for 6months(i know it may not happen but i'd like to try and DP is supportive of it) - anyone else found relly's not overly 'keen' on the idea? Think she thought i'd be going back to work after 4months and she'd be doing the child care as she's done with the rest of the GC's, tbh if all goes well with DP's job i may not have to go back at all My mum is all for it and has given me tips already and thinks its great that i'm all for trying.
MiL is lovely but she is deffo in the camp of not holding the baby for too long, let LO cry to sleep, co-sleeping is wrong, bf is pointless when ff is so much easier etc (having said that she raised 4 kids pretty much on her own and did a bloody good job so not MiL bashing in the slightest) where as DM (as a SENCO) is fairly up to date with all things child related and has been to some great lectures recently about brain development in babies through to schoolhood (being/doing phases etc) and has shipped me over some of the research (v interesting reading), i guess the thing is that its really only just dawned on me, with 9wks to go, that my mum isn't going to be around for the support i know i'll need but MiL will be (mum lives 300miles away) and i'm not sure i'm comfortable with that IYKWIM... am i just being silly?

Dear Lord i don't half rant talk, no wonder DP always has a slightly glazed look

xxxxx

hello all!

have skim read all the posts, as im just checking in quickly, as i need to go have a rest!
can someone direct me to the face book sight page as there seem to be hundreds! as i already have bump pics on due to pestering from friends who dont live near!

pigley- sorry about your friends loss, was with mine on friday evening when she had a misscarrage (22weeks), she has been very calm about it all, but am glad she has excepted the counselling they have offered. does make you very glad for what you have but worry about weather it will stay ( have experienced may myself).

scrannage- welcome, i think that NCT and NHS classes vary throughtout area and group, so dont think it maters where you go. i went to surestart pregnat mums group when having Ds as didnt want to attend NCT classes alone, found them much better than friends who had paid NCT, who started coming to mine with me. plus you can find out when other stuff is going on i.e. baby massage for after the birth. moses baskets- Ds hated his and would only go down in it for someone else, which wasnt very often or for very long..then again he didnt like the cot either so we co-slept then he moved into a bed at 13 months and into his own rooma while after that. dont know if this one will be the same but have got a cot and moses basket incase she is like me and preferes her own space.

have been to pregnacy class again this morning, had some reflexology and got so hot that i nearly vomited and passed out. usually im freezing! other than that all went well and LO's dad has finally called to say he will be here the latter end of next wee so can hopefully go and get the pram and cot mattress. but wont hold my breath. plus have had a major breakthrough in finding Ds a wardrobe and bookcase that match the furniture he already has so may be able to go and get them next week too, just have to save a few more pennies as they are a little more than i had put aside.

anyway ladie sorry for the very me orintated post, but now have to go and sleep!

Hi All!

Scrannage - I am doing NCT (mainly to meet people) but a couple of NHS classes too, that sounded useful from the hospital's website (a physiotherapy one, and a tour of the hospital birth centre with talk from the anaesthetist about different types of pain relief). I booked myself on the NHS ones, as my midwife had said it wasn't really necessary to do them if I was already doing NCT. But I figured that they're free, and work have to give you time off for antenatal courses, so thought I'd take advantage of a couple of extra mornings off work!

I have only had 2 NCT classes so far, but am finding them really useful, as is DH. I think it varies from teacher to teacher. If you want to do NCT and haven't booked yet, you might have trouble getting onto a course, depending on how popular they are where you live. I booked mine when I was about 15 weeks pg, and got the last place!

Am also doing pregnancy yoga, which I love, so relaxing and you learn loads of good positions that you can do during labour to take your mind off it, get comforatable and relax.

Rachel - awesome cake! Also glad to hear that you had a good pregnancy with DS and that he is a great kid! I've enjoyed pregnancy so far, so was also concerned that I'd get pay-back at some point (maybe a horrific labour... ).

SK - I am also getting similar comments to you about having v small bump (my 6 month bump pic is on my profile page, will post the 7 month pic this week!). Haven't been sure whether it's something to worry about or if it's just because I'm small anyway (I just tell everyone it's my super-strong abs holding it in!!). I've got my 30 week midwife appointment tomorrow morning though, so I guess I'll find out then if it's unusually small or not.

Squirt - good question about dropping hints about what type of steriliser / monitor you would prefer. Personally, I think that if they have offered to get you one, it shouldn't be a problem to mention which types you had been looking at, especially if they would be cheaper than what you suspect they would otherwise get you. If I was getting a gift for someone, I'd be really pleased if they gave me some guidance or even suggested a specific brand / model, as then I'd know it would actually get used, and it would save me having to research all the different options!

hi everyone...good news here..weve sold our berlingo..felt quite sad watching it drive off..
bad news..we will all be squeezing into a VW polo for few weeks...DH and I cannot agree on a 7 seater either..

my pram arrived from kiddicare today..DH has it all out on the living room floor..DD is beside herself with excitement looking at the car seat and carrycot!

31 weeks today,MW visited and bump measures 35 weeks...I told her that the movements seem to have changed and she said if baby is measuring ahead of dates shes probably getting to big for more energetic movements..but said everything still counts, shifts, wiggles, hiccups etc...I cant beleive that baby could be here in 6/7 weeks

Hi all, so sorry for forgetting who says what. I do read the posts I promise.

Lizzie sorry about your grandad. I lost mine in January, 2 weeks after telling him we were having a little boy and I really miss him. I lost my grandma in June and still cry about her quite a lot too .

Re other posts ....

I have just down sized my car, I think I must be mad. Mine is our second car and have swapped it for a ford focus zetec. To be honest, as long as I can get the buggy and 2 car seats in the back that should be ok.

I have not bought a thing for this baby and I feel very guilty. DD is only 2 so we have most things but need a new steriliser and some clothes. Anything else needing to be new?

To be honest, I have been anxious, stressed and apprehensive and its only these last few days where I have got excited and happy again. I struggled with the second trimester this time, which is meant to be a doddle

Now it all feels a bit more real, 30 weeks today. I think the nicer weather has made me feel brighter

Ache relieving best wishes to everyone.

re names, we have pretty much decided on Alexander (Alex). I think its harder with boys names.

If we had had a girl again we would have gone for Maisie. I really love that. In fact there are about 50 girls names that I love!

Bump wise I am big and 2 stone heavier. I am quite a small person though so I think its just more obvious. Liking the bigger boobs though ! Shame DH is off sex

Big bump here too and I have put on more than 2 stone! I was being so careful and still go to the gym/spinning 3 times a week but I just cannot control my eating. I seem to be permanently hungry and have a real carb/stodge craving oh and icecream. I hardly put on anything with DD but with DS I had 2 stone to lose afterwards and I think it will be 2.5 after this one. I was determind not to but I think I have my underactive thyroid back again (had it in last pregnancy) and my DS rarely sleeps through the night (yes even at 2.2 yrs old!) so I think I crave more food as I am so tired.

SK we need to get DHs car all clean and tidy ready to sell it before we can buy the new car, he will be having my excisting car and I will have the new one. Poor soul isnt very excited about having my basic honda as his motor. I am with you - I worry far more about practical problems than whether I can overtake 3 cars in a row etc.

I thought our hair was supposed to be amazing in the 3rd tri? Mine is lank and dry and wont be going to the hairdresser until the week before my csection which will be end of April.

I am bored of cleaning now! I need to keep momentum up though as I haven't finished my spring clean, in fact I would say I'm about 1/8th of the way there (you guessed it, I am not naturally a cleanaholic!).

I've got a MW appointment tomorrow, I don;t think I would normally have one at 31+4 but think the MW wanted to have me back to check I was ok after I was in tears to the consultant at the last appointment (I did explain that no matter who it is I talk to I always cry when talking about DS's birth). Shes a lovely MW though and I will enjoy the opportunity to hear little ones hb again.

Whilst pregnant with DD I carried on with exercise and put 2.5 stone on (with 1.5 stone to lose ish after the birth, 1 stone of which hung over for a year )

This time, I have not exercised at all and have eaten like a glutton and only put 2 on?! Whats happened there then. I know I am having DS so maybe its the boy thing.

I am a lot less bothered about it this time. I would like to be swimming and doing yoga, to help my back, but having moved house am a lot further away from most amenitites so instead I wath TV.

Lizzie- to hear about your grandad.

Welcome to Scrannage

re sleeping- Baby will be in the moses basket in our room till they out grow it, which was about 4.5 months with DD.

Rachel- What a fab cake! I did one for DD's 1st birthday, so have kind of set a precident for the following years! Ive also (very stupidly)suggested id make a cake for my friends Hen weekend at the end of the month!
On that note my fab DH has said hes giving me £200 to spend at the spa to treat myself

Heffa-Hope you get a better night tongiht.

SK- Know what you mean about the weather.. makes you feel so much perkier doesnt it. DD loved the garden last year, we would spend all day outside and cant wait to be out there lots this again year. Ive just started at looking into more garden toys for her too.
DD loves the slide at toddlers and really does whizz down it!

Squirt- My mum was very keen for me to BF but when my sis had her DD and Bottle fed, it all changed. Suddenly it was inconvient to BF. When I was expressing at 6 weeks she kept saying id have to stop it soon. She too is old school camp of leaving them to cry, ect.
Just be strong and still to your guns.

Happenedagain- the FB group is Mumsnet May 2010 babies

Memory- Glad you sold your car. Yay on the new pram too

Had lots of comments at toddler group today on how my bump has grown so much in a week! I must admit it has exploded lately!!

Settling down now for the next installment of OBEM Cue birthing dreams for me again tonight!

Sorry I've not been on for a while.
sorry I seem to start most of my posts with an apology! DD was ill last week so not sleeping well and generally being hard work and time consuming, not to mention generating a frightening amount of washing

MyFirstBump - no idea about classes in Shropshire, went to some with DS but we were in Cambs then and haven't done any here. Has your MW not recommended any? We did both NHS and NCT ones, still in touch with the NCT people, never learnt the names of anyone from NHS class, although the hospital tour was good despite having a successful HB.

of your new pram ML
and of those of you doing ante-natal yoga, LOVED it with DS but the classes at our surestart centre are at a horrible time for DC

There was loads of other stuff I was going to comment on but head has gone blank, must be bedtime!

Squirtsmum - I think if they've offered to buy things (especially more technical things) then it's fine to let them know which ones would be best. You're going to have to use them after all so need something that works with you. It's not the same as demanding particular clothes IYSWIM?

Pamelat - I haven't got anything for DC2 either yet, apart from a new lambskin (DD loves hers so thought I'd get another). I need to get stuff out and see what's needed really. New steriliser and bottles for an emergency would probably be good I guess.

Pigley - thanks! She went to sleep fine last night and woke up at a normal time this morning so that's a relief. She's normally pretty good but I think the teething has really thrown her. My bump's gone mad this week and grown loads.

Yorky - no need to apologise, it's difficult to keep up with this thread! I hate the laundry when they're ill - just when you're shattered and need a break. Hope your DD's OK and better this week.

Hope OBEM was good last night, will settle down to watch it tonight. Last week I watched it on my own and ended up in floods so DH had to rewatch parts of it to understand what I was upset about (think he was a bit bemused) so will wait for him this evening!

Wow squirtsmum your mil could be mine.
Just stick with your guns - you want to try bf and you know why so ignore any funny comments/looks you get.

My mil used to FOLLOW me upstairs in my own house (I was going upstairs to try and make HER feel less uncomfortable!) and then make jokes about the Little Britain sketches/being a cow etc.

Her loss - in the end I stopped 'voluntarily' dropping in to see her as the bf was just too uncomfortable in front of her. In defence of my fil (who had never had any experience of bf) he did say once 'wow - its actually much more convenient than ff - you don't anything to carry with you other than yourself'. I could have kissed him.

Stick to your guns - it gets easier - I don't care who I feed in front of now and am looking forward to flaunting doing it infront of mil again this time.

TCH I ended up crying at the end of OBEM last night (tears of happiness though in case you're worried about a sad ending). I did get excited at one point when I saw the registrar that I ended up having with dd but she was only in it fleetingly (she and the other doctor present spent a long time sewing me up as they were having debates about the best place to put the stitches in to make me look 'nicest' down there - wouldn't have happened with a male!).

Had a terrible night last night as my heartburn completely kicked in and I couldn't sleep lying down. As I can't sleep propped up either, it meant no sleep for me - hope this was just a one-off!!

Wow newmomma, your MIL sounds like hard work! I couldn't bf and my MIL was the reserve, told me endless stories about how much better bf is and asking exactly why I was struggling. Then telling me stories about people she knew who had managed to bf despite difficulties.

Carikube - glad I'm not the only one who finds OBEM quite emotional. It must be extra emotional/weird watching it when it's the same hospital that you know.

morning all. hope you are all well.

welcome to scrannage.

Im joining the hearburn clan!

Re weight....put on 5lb so far

Midwife cancelled monday. Shes coming friday now.

Pigley enjoy the spa!!

myfirstbump, whereabouts in shropshire are you? I am in shropshire too!!

lizzy sorry about your grandad

ML happy car hunting!!!

Morning all having a nice quite day here today cannot be bothered going out really and have lots to do in the house.

squirtsmum - I would just say to them that you have seen this steriliser etc and like the look of it and kind of leave it up to them. On the BFing front, none of my family had ever "done it" my Mother was very against it, said that BF babies are less content (!), her Mother had 6 never fed any of them, BF was for poor people that couldn't afford formula, we were on bottles and were fine etc etc and every time DD1 even had a cold I was being told to put her on a bottle, she was jaundiced when born and we had a nightmare start to BFing was told to put her on a bottle, she gained a lot of weight one week, my Mother told me I would get told off for overfeeding her, talk about not being able to win, with DD2 she was 9lbs 3ozs born and 10lbs 6 days later, I got told I would never make enough milk for her, and I did right up to 6 months. And you know the thing she would tell everyone about how good I was BFing MIL well she never commented really apart from saying I would have to stop "that" once DD1 got teeth! The only person who would leave the room was my brother who was embarrassed to see his sisters boobs but the thing is I have fed in front of him and he hasn't even noticed!

My advice is ignore everyone else, BF can be very difficult at the start especially with your first but we will all be here don't worry.

itshappenedagain - well done on getting things sorted, it actually makes you feel quite good doesn't it? We have an appointment with an architect on Friday to start the ball rolling about an extension but there is part of me thinks moving would be easier, oh my head is hurting thinking of it all.

Marquise - I'm on my fourth so it can't be my abs holding everything in as they gave up a while ago. I have put on a lot of weight so it's not as if I am not bigger, I think people just like to comment on your bump size.

memorylapse - on the new pram, I love getting a new pram

pamelat - sorry to hear about your Grandad as well, your names are lovely too

brightred - ah DP had his own car as well, a little one that is pristine clean inside he is always moaning at the weekend when he is driving the big one about it not being as nippy. Don't worry about the weight thing, there's plenty of time for that once the baby is born (or about 6-12 months later).

pigley - about the spa although this month is bonus month for DP and he has promised me some "me" money although he says I have to spend it on something for me that I don't need so no baby clothes/things of the house/girls clothes etc I think I am going to get DD3 a single swing with a baby seat as she keeps trying to get on the big two's swings

Heffa - glad DD is more settled

I cried my eyes out at OBEM, the woman having her FIFTH reminded me of me, don't want to move and spaced on the G&A and the quickness of the baby coming out too and lovely Joy finally having her baby aww.

Right am off to get some housework done

newmomma i might want your quinny buzz! Can I call you??? email me angelapatriciamoore at yahoo dot co dot uk

cheers!

LOVED OBEM last night. I'm going to miss Joy and Fabio - they've had me in stitches, she reminds me of me (likes to have a bit of a whinge about everything, then lurves everyone )

Yorky - MW went through the NHS classes with me, but I still like a second opinion. I'm tempted to do a smaller class to make friends, but it's not a huge priority as I have MN for that!

Angel I'm in Shrewsbury - where are you? Are you on the fb group? We should try a Shropshire meetup if there's lots of us!

ML I've ordered my pram too and I absolutely can't wait for it to arrive. I might actually wet myself a little bit when it does . Our new sofas arrived on Sunday and I was almost uncontainable, but the pram is way more exciting!

Back from Bruges! (Thanks MDM). It IS a magical fairytale city, a la the movie. Though found to my horror (and probably very lucky) that I can't eat much chocolate (or anything) any more as the accursed heartburn has kicked in.

Twentieth yay on no diabetes

Lizzie sorry about grandad. Still miss mine terribly terribly.

Mustbemad I know efriends not as good as real friends but you can count on us. I am also a little lonely at times as still fairly new to the area and don't know that many people. NCT classes really helping so I hope that your classes work out for you?

MDM goodness you Ikea queen, how do you get it so smooth? Our record is about 4 hours including a brief but brutal shouting session in aisle 31 near the bookcases.

Angel LMAO at the DS and breastfeeding thing. hilarious.