**August 2010** Part 6!! Starting to show with gusto now ladies.

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Thread 6.

You lot talk too much.....

Happy chatting

morning

Welcome Jessie!

I am going to get those snoopy sleepsuits aswell alice! Love them!

aendr-Our ds has mongolian blue spots on his lower back, 1 health visitor was convinced they were bruises!!

I don't read the name threads on here anymore (unless it was over names like Smirnoff ) as peoples opinion differ so much and some feel they have the right to slag off names with no reguard to anyone elses feelings.

My DD's name seems quite popular on here (Daisy) but i don't know any other Daisys irl, so i don't mind. DH's Grandad was horrified with the name, saying it was common! (He was 96 though, so it probably was at some point during his life!)

Off to the baby sale today. Having to take DD as no one available to look after her, so could be a bit

Morning!

I had a really horrible dream last night, so horrible I woke DH and turned the light on for a while at 4.30am to reassure myself. (I'm scared of the dark anyway, always have been, sort of grew out of it and then made the mistake of seeing my Grandad at the funeral directers the night before his funeral, he didn't look real anymore and then had horrific nightmares for weeks and unable to sleep with the light off... 3 years later its all ok, but I'm still nervous of the dark - I'm going to have to really try hard not to pass this irrational fear onto the baby, I'm well aware that the dark cannot hurt me and its about time I did really grow out it properly!!)

Anyway this dream, I can't remember all the details now but it started off with your normal Dr Who type goings on with monsters with scary faces (yup watched an episode of Dr Who last night...), and then a lot of horribleness inbetween and ended up with DH savagly beating me and me trying to get away from him, (I'd read a leaflet on how 1 in 3 women suffer from domestic violence during pregnancy)having the baby and registering the baby slyly without him so he wouldnt be on the certificate and giving her my maiden name!!! I mean what?!?!! DH would never ever do anything like that. Isn't it funny how things during the day play with your mind during the night!!

Thanks weehector - it felt a bit weird at first for us to be using her name already, but yeh natural as it comes now, and is definately part of my pre-birth bonding! and hooray for being officially 24 weeks now, me too today, its a nice feeling isn't it!

Aussie - has this pooing business only been happening since you've been pregnant? My cat isn't pooing around the house but her behaviour in other ways has become terrible, she is destroying my sofas with all the scratching, climbing up places she knows she's not allowed, knocking things off surfaces to get our attention. All the stuff she'd stopped and grown out of. She is also far more clingy with me than usual and I'm sure all if it is because she knows something is different...

of people going shopping and doing nice things in the sunshine today! Tis my own fault for leaving things to last minute, and bankrupting myself so I can't go shopping, but I have to spend a good chunk of today doing my essay now, so sat infront of DH's PC it is... just keep telling myself there is only this one, and the next one to do in June/July and then that is it for me for essay writing for 2 years!!

Have a beautiful Saturday everyone!

I'm finding names difficult so far (and I always thought Caleb was quite middle class, not chavvy!) girlsyearapart I really like Rosie - think it's my favourite girls name at the mo, but my SIL (married but not trying for babies yet) told me a while ago that she wants to call her daughter Rosie. Not sure what to do now - I'd feel bad for nicking her name, but then she might never have a daughter anyway...

i am a numpty... kept checking the ( last ) thread and wondering why no-one had posted since last Wed......like i said... a numpty

I'd say do it anyway marzipan then pretend you hadn't heard her 'claim' it..

Hello, so much to catch up on - I just wanted to say congrats to Bubbabear on the scan Another little boy!!

I have found the stroller I want now, and sods law it is one of the most expensive you can buy, this is after deciding not to spend much on one I have to add. We love Scandinavian design and have a house full of 1950s Danish furniture and accessories, so when I found out about this and saw all the great reviews I couldn't resist it. I'm going to start saving now

www.stokke-stroller.com/en-gb/

Luckily DH is as mad about it as I am so he'll go halves with me and doesn't seem put off by the cost. To be honest, this is probably the only major purchase we'll be making, the rest will be bits and bobs so don't feel too bad about it.

In other (TMI) news I am definitely producing colostrum now, its making me really excited about breastfeeding. God I love this forum you can come on and say stuff that you just can't say in real life

Have a lovely day all! xx

Morning all and hi to Jessie.

Have had a long lie this am and the 24 week thing has kicked in. 16 weeks seems a long way and that's been the date I've been counting down until but i decided today that wk 36 is probably more realistic to work to in case things happen early or I'm restricted by anything and suddenly 12 weeks seems a too close to get everything done. So today's task is to finish emptying & start planning out a nursery...so much for the economising (I thought I could be sensible but this baby is going to end up with a better room, threads, wheels and toys than us after all..) but I've fallen in love with furniture from Wigwam Kids and there's a really good wooden furniture workshop locally - I'm going to see them this avo to see if they can copy the design & do it cheaper.

Going back to our bodies, I'm a bit that things aren't progressing as fast as I thought. I was able to feel the bubbles & wee tugs inside me crazily early at about 14 weeks and though there's been steady progress to walloping kicks that can bring me up short in Tesco's, DH is still waiting to feel a big kick and now shys away from trying to feel him because he expects to be disappointed.I know it's the anterior placenta but I'd just like to see the smile on his face and share the fun because I still find it absolutely delightful & comforting. Until that happens, finding colostrum seems like a milestone away - can I be a bit personal and ask what it looks like..no worries if too personal a question?

Vix what colour are you going for?

Well, i spent about £25 at the sale. First thing i bought was the peppa pig schoolroom playset, brand new still in box for £12. I know i wasn't there to buy toys for DD but i just knew she would love it and she does. Also meant that she would sit in a corner while i looked at stuff just looking at it!

I also got a maternity teal coloured M&P wrap top for £2, 2 new born baby sets (vest, jacket, hat, bib, trousers etc) for £3.50 each and then got 6 babygrows (3 brand new) for £5. Not a bad day's work

Vix go Stokke. I too will be going without the simple Ercol meets Skandium pieces of my dreams so BabyHector can sleep in style

Alice haven't got as far as colour yet as I only decided last night...have to think about that one! We won'y buy until July/August time so plenty of time to consider options

Haha weehector glad its not just us. We had to watch a beautiful Arne Vodder sideboard go on eBay for a steal the other day. Normally we would have snapped it up but with trying to move and the baby on the way we have banned ourselves from buying anymore furniture for now.

Ooh weehector I missed your thing about colostrum. Basically 3 days ago I got this most awful pain in my left nipple, like someone was piercing it with a skewer - seriously. really excruciating. Woke up the next morning with what looks like dried flaky skin around the nipples, but I know for a fact that its not skin. It happens every day now and my nipples feel extremely sensitive, sometimes painful, sometimes very hard and sometimes a sort of pleasant tingly sensation.... Also my boobs feel very full and heavy, even more than they did before.

That's how it is for me anyway, I don't actually feel like I am 'leaking' anything though.

Hope your DH gets to feel kicks soon, my tummy moves around like crazy but as soon as I get DH to come see it stops!

marzipan we like the name Samson (I like Sam but DH says there are too many Samuels so that's where we got to).

gya I'm a labrador too then, lol, when I was a teacher in every new class some bright spark would pipe up 'my/grandad's/uncle's dog is called Rosie'...bully for you and what was your name again? [makes big black mark against name]

alice I love the name Daisy! FIL said that if we called our DD that he'd call her moo (sorry, another FIL story!) Not going to stop me using it though, I love it.

We just got back from a lovely walk here I'm feeling so energised today, might be because DD slept the whole night, yea!!

I want to call our little one Alexander David, but DH isn't sure he likes Alex as a first name, or any of the other options. I love the name, and it was my Grandfathers name so would mean a lot but I have to wait and see what DH decided. I'm really stuck on it now and hoping that DH comes round to my way of thinking! he has no suggestions other than waiting until he is born to see what he looks like. Not something I want to do if I'm honest...

David is because DH had an older brother who was born at 24 weeks and died within hours, so I thought that would be a nice way to remember him.

I forgot to say Chulita, I think Samson is lovely - I love the name Sam. I also love Benjamin/Ben but one of my best friends has a Ben.

vix we like Ben too - maybe for our second son We'd choose Benaiah though cos DH again thinks Benjamin is too common and one of my younger brothers was Patrick Benaiah, he died of cot death at 10 days.
I'm not changing our name choice because some lady I'll never meet doesn't like it, I was just a bit
We're still thinking of a middle name, a girl would be Heidi Rose but still thinking for a boy.
It's a gorgeous day down here, think I'll sit outside and crochet some more of LO's blanket.

Love that stroller vix!

Chulita- Samson is nice, I wouldnt worry what anybody thinks though, our sons name gets slated & called chavvy all the time & lots of our family dont like it!

We dont care at all though because we love it! (& no we are not chavs )

Weehector-dh still hasnt felt baby kick yet either I'm 23 weeks today, he felt it at 17weeks last time.

I am feeling lots of big kicks now on the outside but every time dh puts his hand there it completely stops!!

Loving all the name choices ladies! So exciting, all these brand new little people!

And isn't it a beautiful day! Why am I wasting is sat infront of a PC?! Just popped outside to hang the washing out and I've totally lost any motivation I had left for doing work! Haha! I've managed to write over 1000 words today though so its not all bad, means the essay is now over half way there and there is always next weekend for finishing it too - although that is proper cutting it fine! Haha! Anyway, thats enough for one day.

Going to pop out in the lovely sunshine and get a voucher and engagement card for the party we are going to tonight.

Another one here with a shy baby in front of his daddy. DH has felt him kick and this morning saw him kick for the fist time but LO can be kicking me for 5 minutes in the same place and when I lift me top to show DH it stops! We were sitting in the conservatory this morning and I said "ooh JJ is awake" and DH commented that he is a bit envious that I get to have all this interaction with the baby - feeling him move, feeling his quiet periods etc that he does not get to share so much.

We are tending to call the little one by either his (chosen verion of his) name now or JJ (as in J junior) party to get inlaws out of the habit of just applying DH's name to him automatically). It does make him seem more real and to DH too, I think. Spoke to my mum on the phone earlier (cause we are trying to do out family tree at the moment) and she was calling him J which was nice.

Thanks Marzipan - I could not equate Caleb and chavcy but there you go. I also used to like Lorelei for a girl but MN decreed that it is a strippers name . I also stay away from the baby name threads now party for that reason and party because I did once find myself making a snarky comment about a proposed name on there (Lougene) and felt mean ish

Cazem - yes the pooing has just started since being pregnant. I had wondered about whether that was a factor but me and the girl cat have never been very close (unlike the boy cat and I who are soul mates) so it seemed odd. But maybe it is a factor. We may not be soul mates but I have given her stability and security after a tough start in life so perhaps it is unsettling her. Wispa (boycat) is too secure in his beliefs that everyone adores him to be affected by anything.

I squeezed my nipples really really hard last night after this thread and was delighted at a little white substance coming out. I proudly told DH and he said "if your MN thread suggested that you jump off a cliff would you try that". Men!

Blimey that was an essay - back to the garden. We now have a large chicken free zone which we are trying to coax back into a proper garden (rather than just a big chicken run). Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine.

Oh and welcome back Jaysfourth

Typos!!!

Aussie don't jump, we need you.

Daisy & Caleb are not chav names . The name thing is so subjective. I'll trot out the Freakonomics thing again about how names come in cycles (sees peoples eyes rolling, spot the marketer). Early adopters give the cutting edge names and 10 years later, the same names are adopted by dare I say it, aspirational chav parents. I should know - my parents were in the States for a while and named me after a friend's little girl there. The name was uncommon here when I was born but went through a phase of being as common as muck in the 80's - I hate it, so much so that I abbreviate it. Prob best to stay clear of the name threads though if anyone is suggestible or easily swayed.

Oh, and here's a laugh for you..my DH's surname is Downs...so Ben, though a great name,won't really work for me...also see Mark, Neil, anything else you can thing of..

Chocolate cake coming out the oven in 5 mins if anyone interested..

Oh my word..... so maybe we should become nipple squeezers anonymous! I too have just tried said experiment and out came some 'stuff'!!

Back to ridiculous work until DH comes home and we're off to mothercare!!!!! Yay!

Babies seem to know when someone is trying to feel them kick Mine's kicking hard enough that I can see it from the outside now, but as soon as me or DP put our hands on the bump he stops.

Hi ladies. I'm really sorry to crash on to your thread but I have a question for ElusiveMoose. We had a discussion way back in december when she was telling me all about the serenity progesterone cream that she had used for the first time and then got a BFP. My question is:- did you keep using it until week 12??

I found out I was preg a couple of weeks after i had that discussion with her and would have been due 30th Aug so would probably have been great pals with you all by now. Unfortunately, that little one wasn't meant to be and I had a MMC at 11.5 weeks (the baby only got to 8 weeks .)

Anyway, I am now on my second month TTCing after the MC and I have bought a jar of the 'magic' cream cos my luteal Phase is about 11 days.

I had a search around on Mumsnet to see what had been said about it and found the chat with Elusive. Then i saw that she was on the august thread and thought whoopie her preg must have stuck and all must be well.

So elusive can you let me know what you did about the cream please?? You can tell me on here or pop over to the TTC section (if that's ok)- i'm always on the over 40's thread there. Ta.xx

Good luck to you all and sorry once again for just barging in .