November 2010 - It's not fat, it's a baby!

[Lorelai]

Hi all. Thought I would get the new thread started before the old one got too full! Thanks to nomoremagnolia for the title

David Cameron, Dappy and massacres, 'Dream' is not the term I'd choose, If I have nightmares involving any of those things tonight I shall be holding the three of you accountable!

Ha ha ha, my dream was pretty enjoyable until Mr C popped up!!

lol my dream was gd was laughing that loud in my sleep bout my partner using a vibrator as a phone i woke him up .

I've got the crazy dreams too but no sex or massacres yet!

And mumcha, you are freakishly organised! Oh gawd, Christmas shopping already...

Thanks for the info about the British birth preparation methods. Actually it's the same here with most courses only concentrating on the giving birth bit. We seem to have got lucky with our doctor although the course doesn't really go into actually what to do with the baby when it's arrived! I have also found a midwife here who does doula-type post-natal support. Which is great because in France there are ZERO home visits. Just medical checks at the doctors surgery once a month to make sure you aren't killing it I only found that out on Monday and I haven't stopped hyperventilating yet

Now I'm also feeling stressed out about prams. You're all so organised and knowledgeable. Although I'm leaning towards slings (mostly because the seem easier to understand ).

feels slightly embarrassed to admit I have bought the pram already. In my defence it's second hand, but looks brand new. M&P Skate, with car seat (never used) and isofix base various accessories including inserts, mats, matching changing bag, parasol, cup holder (lol) and other bits. Cost £250 in total, which I can live with as I've still got a umbrella buggy if needed and the P&T e3 (which is battered after 4 years of use but still perfectly useable).

All seems a bit too real now!

Oh i will definately be pushchairing at some point, my 3 are all big enough to walk, I did use high st carriers and didnt like them so the second discussion please, I am 5ft2, smallish and always found slings hurt my back. If I can find a comfy one then I will be very happy.

Good morning all well its my 27th birthday 2day and im sitting her eating chocolates .My dp got me 2 tickets to old trafford in september so happy about that ,lovely flowers and money so im having a gd day so far .

Happy birthday mumcha oo choc for breakfast thats an idea.

Happy Birthday! Have a good day.

I am trialling anti nausea bands today, to see if they help !

Happy Birthday mumcha

Happy B'day Mumcha! Hope it's a great one.

Happy birthday mumcha!

Scan at 12... Aaagh.
Good luck sabie and gaga too!

Oh it's privet btw, I changed names for the election!

Happy Birthday mumcha! Hope you have a lovely day

Good uck all for the scans.

Also, if you want to stay away from scary dreams DO NOT watch scary films, such as Law Abiding Citizen before bed!

Just a quick question - who else on here is having multicultural babies? How will you pick a name? Just started a name thread (would love to see you there for opinions!) as dh (who is Japanese) and I (English) have opened the discussion on names already as we are going to find it tough to agree!

Ps kyuri, do you have a Japanese connection or are just a big cucumber fan?

Happy birthday to mumcha- hope you get to put your feet up! And good luck to polldancer, sabie and gaga for scans today...
Kawaiiko- A friend of mine with Japanese/English DS went for Joe and they're having another soon, so I can let you know what they go for as they talked about names LOTS to make sure they 'worked' in both languages/cultures.
Also, loving all the sling talk- used a stretchy wrap with DD loads when she was wee, didn't even go in the buggy once until she was at least 3/4 months. We did have a BabyBjorn too, despite all the negative stuff I've since read about them, we both, especially DH used it a lot. These days, we have a ring-sling and pouch for hip carries and an Ergo for back carries on long walks. I would second Loopymumsy's enthusiasm for slings and may also feel the need to increase my stash before too long!
No weird dreams here, but am struggling with sleep (i.e. getting enough of it!) as DD who was previously an excellent sleeper has started waking up between 5-6
I've also been having more spotting over the past few days, which is worrying, but at the dating scan sonographer did say to expect more bleeding, so I'm hoping it's just the same bleed site having a final gush?

Happy birthday mumcha! kwaiiko, the only connection is my love of sushi - when I went to Japan first I ate my weight in kyurimaki.

Looking forward to the sling pros and cons loopy!

Very excited today as this evening we are going to see DH's parents to FINALLY tell them the news. We're heading to see my parents over the weekend (ash cloud permitting) to tell them and then will tell friends next week. Am 14+4 and DH and I are still the only people who know so it will be great to start sharing the excitement with others .

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Thank you every1 for the birthday wishes .Goodluck to every1 with scans today .

stats update with my new due date!

kawaiiko - pg1, age 29, EDD 26th Oct
hmmSleep - pg3, age 35, EDD 27th Oct
Fenouille, pg1, age 34, EDD 28th Oct
nomoremagnolia, pg1, age 32, EDD 29th Oct
Vix7 - pg1, age 33, EDD 29th Oct
Honeymoo - pg1, age 33, EDD 1st Nov
kyuri - pg1, age 32, EDD 1st Nov
bytheMoonlight-pg2, EDD 1st Nov
Floweryogi - pg1, age 34, EDD 2nd Nov
tanmu82, pg3, age 27, EDD 2nd Nov
Booboobedoo - pg2, age 34, EDD 2nd Nov
fromheretomaternity - pg2, age 36, EDD 3rd Nov
LibrasBiscuitsof - pg2,age 34 EDD 4th Nov
Womblegarten - pg1, age 33, EDD 4th Nov
addictedtomn - pg1, age 22, EDD 4th Nov
Mumcha - pg 4, age 26, EDD 5th Nov
biscuitbear - pg3, age 40, EDD 5th Nov
SarahAggie - pg3, age ?, EDD ?5 Nov?
B00kw0rm - pg2, age 30, EDD 6th Nov
Ebb - pg2, age 35, EDD 6th Nov
CardiCorgi - pg1, age33, EDD 7th Nov
Sweetgrapes - pg3, age ?, EDD 7th Nov
Pidgin - pg 1, age 30, EDD 8th Nov
Babybean1 - pg1 age 25 EDD 8th Nov
SomethingSuitablyWitty - pg1, age 31, EDD 10th Nov
applegirl - pg1, age 33, EDD 10 Nov
cluelessnchaos - pg4, age 33, EDD 11th Nov
redandyellow - pg1, age 33, EDD 11th Nov
Tillybea - pg3, age 37, EDD 11th Nov
allyfe - pg2, age 36, EDD 11 Nov
Mibby - pg1, age 32, EDD 11th Nov
BorisTheBold - pg3, age 32, EDD 12th Nov
tiany - pg1, age 31, EDD 13th Nov
annabanana - pg2, age 31, EDD 13 Nov
Loooopy, pg1, age 33, EDD 13th Nov
Threelittleducks, pg2, age 25, EDD 15th Nov
Gaga 82 - Pg1, age 27, EDD 16th Nov
Katey1010 - Pg1, age 37 EDD 17th Nov
funbun - pg2, age 38, EDD 17th Nov
harmony - pg2, age 21, EDD 17th Nov
sweetbird - pg1, age 36 edd 17th Nov
Buzzinblue-pg1, EDD 17th Nov
hopefultoo - EDD 17th Nov
craftykamo - pg1, age32, EDD 18th Nov
teebomb - pg1, age 29, EDD 18 Nov
Balijay - pg3,age 29 EDD 19th Nov
bunnygirl80 pg1 age 29 EDD 19th Nov
Duritzfan age 37 EDD 20th Nov
MrsLL2B - pg1, age 29, EDD 20th Nov
PrivetDancer - pg2, age 34, EDD 20th Nov
Loopymumsy - DC4, age 35, EDD 21 Nov
Sabie, pg1, age 37, EDD 21 Nov
MoJangles, pg1, age 42, EDD 22 Nov
soozlewoozle - pg1, EDD 22 Nov
umf - pg2, age 30, EDD 20-24 Nov
imissushi - pg1, age 27, EDD 24 Nov
PortiaPony - pg1, age 35, EDD 24 Nov
Minette75 - pg1, age 34, EDD 24 Nov
blondecat - age 31, EDD 24 Nov
fireflyz - pg1, EDD 25 Nov
HeadlessladyH-pg3, EDD 26 Nov twins
Lorelai - pg2, age 30, EDD 29 Nov
4madboys - pg5, age31, EDD 28 Nov
OnlyWantsOne - pg2, age ?, EDD 28 Nov
JFly ? pg2, EDD 28 Nov
youremindmeofthebabe - pg2 EDD 28 Nov
KiwiKat- pg2, age ?, EDD 29 Nov

Hope I haven't missed anything I only saw one change since the last update to pop Mibby back on the list

my scan went well
saw a baby and it was wriggling lots

I measured a bit further along from my earlier scan, not as far as i would be from the dates, so that seems quite reasonable. Therefore I am officially 12 weeks tomorrow and can start to get excited now
nuchal measurement was 1.2mm so nice and small, will get full results in a week or two

Only annoying part was that I hadn't met my midwife first (booking in appointment has just happened this afternoon), so initially they said I couldn't have the scan as nobody had talked me through it.. Then they found a midwife to talk me through it and started my notes and let me have a scan. Then they did bloods for both the nuchal scan and the booking bloods (was glad to get them done at the hospital as they tend to be better at doing them).
But then the midwife turned up this afternoon for the booking in with her own set of notes and seemed quite annoyed with me for having some as she had already done labels etc and they were wasted... grr.

anyhow, all good.

Great news privet .

That's great Privet!

It's my birthday today too Mumcha! 34 today! Eek. I have been out for lunch and am going out for dinner too lucky me.

kawaiiko we are going to have a hard enough time finding names full stop. Floated a few around already and he hates all the ones I like but has no suggestions of this own. The surname issue has caused many an argument already as we are not married. I think we need to settle that one first.

PS my dreams are all so dull, have dreamt of hoovering and cleaning the fridge and I always wake up feeling really cheated that my imagination is so boring.