Due late Jan 2011 - come and join me in not saying it out loud yet...

[BubbaAndBump]

Looking for some fellow late Januaryers to whisper about BFPs for late Jan 2011!! Just taken the test this afternoon and thrilled to be pg with #3 potentially (two DDs who are 19m and 3y). Anyone else out there?

hi, hope noone minds a latecomer ?
Im expecting on 10th Jan, however, Im NEVER on time....have been 2 weeks late with all my children, except when i had c-sec with my twins !!
so guessing Ill be on for 20th Jan :)

Ill quickly introduce myself...Im mummy to 4 young boys, and Ive just recently had twins (boy/girl) now almost 11 months old..

Have my hands full, and Im barely noticing this pg, however, dh is building an extension, so Im doing tons single handedly, and everything covered in dust...
mountains of washing/ironing/housework with all boys off for summer hols...
so feeling bit weary...bit sorry for myself, and needed to chat & relate to other pg mummys !!

noone knows Im pg....havent told anyone except dh (sure ppl are starting to suspect my 5 month bump however!!)
so no (much needed) help from anyone at all !!

ahhh...
wierd how chatting to a computer lifts the burden !!
:)

Welcome mumsylady :o

I can understand why you didn't get on to mumsnet till after midnight with your hands quite so full!! :)

How old are your kids? People think I'm a bit mad with just three

jjkm - Poor you - sounds so rough and horrid. hope you are trying to rest as much as possible.

I'm so pleased you care (heh heh)about me dropping in.

I'm far too excited although i'm sure if i ever get to mumsylady's 5th child, i might have grown weary of the excitement. I'm so impressed you haven't told anyone - i think that's FAB! Will you just surprise them all with another baby in Jan :) I'd love 5 kids, but don't think we'll ever get there. Plus, i'm so impressed with you having to look afetr them all - you must be shattered!

I slept for 12 hours last night... eeek! Lucky I study from home, so i can pick my own schedule...

Hopefully DH will do the mad dash home for the birth. The flight's 5.5 hours, and then he has to get from Heathrow to Devon... but should be fine - I don't want him over for my due date unless doc reckons it'll be then, as he only has 2 weeks paternity - so i'd rather spend more time with him with the baby, rather than sitting around twiddling my thumbs.

£40 bet on big brother - VERY impressive. What are you going to spend it on?

LadyB hope all goes well at your scan today. Looking forward to hearing what sort it is.

I think mumsylady's pregnant with her 7th unless I've misunderstood?

LadyB do you know the flavour yet?

hi....again...
builder just left for midday lunch...(thought id wait till he left b4 I hit the net :) :) )

Am pg with no 7 as bubbanbump rightly guessed :)!!
havent told anyone as I know most ppl will be horrified...including friends & family

unfortunately, Large families get too much bad press
my hubby has his own business, & we support our family by being hardworking and frugal, but that wouldnt stop the gossipmongering...
couldnt face ppl being nasty about me just yet.....so just letting ppl assume Im eating like a pig.....
...get much better response from that

but despite the experience I have...its still nice to come on here and chat to other pg ladies...and discuss being pregnant...
so hope noone minds...
Ill have bits of experience to share if anyone needs it

btw...
boys are 16,9,7,4, and boy/girl twins 11 months old today.
house currently full with all their friends too...
so wearing winter earmuffs to block out some of the noise !

Flora - I'm finishing work on Christmas eve, I'd already booked off between Christmas & New Year, and it seems pointless to go back for a week or so before going to mat leave proper. I think I worked out with taking 5 weeks of leave, there's 7 weeks where I'll get no income at all. OH is fine supporting us, it's just I've never had to ask him for cash before and it's a bit strange that I'll have to do so.

Hope you're feeling better jjkm

I nearly disgraced myself at bookclub the other night, I got really hot and the room started spinning. Had to bolt outside and stand contemplating which flower bed to throw up in. Needless to say, when I went back in they all knew I wasn't just getting fat but am pregnant

Scan isn't till Sept 6th, I'm so impatient, definitely getting more movement from the little one today, it's liking the elasticated waisted skirt I'm sporting far more than yesterdays trousers which had to be undone at 2pm because they were making me feel really unwell.

Right, have rambled enough, back to work!

Greetings from the sick bed. Here I lie with a vampire cat and the Ugly Betty box set.

I'm hoping to only go 2 weeks unpaid in total (over optimistic emoticon). My plan atm is finish mid-January, 2 weeks before due date, and go back to work 1st week of the new year 2012 (wow, that seems a long way off). Work are being really nice about the whole thing and have even offered to bag me a free parking space if the train journey to central London gets too much. I want to stay as long as possible. DP could support us as things are, but the organisation he works for has just been abolished so not sure what will happen re. his job in 2012/13. Seems a bit foolish for me to take lots of unpaid leave in the circs.

Mumsylady I think large families are great. Both my parents have lots of sibs and it was wonderful for us growing up with a huge extended family, including lots of cousins of similar age who we are still close to. When my Grandma was ill for the last time all her kids did shifts for weeks to provide round the clock care and keep her out of hospital. She was much happier and so were they because she suffered much less and they were all together. Don't mean to be melodramatic; my point is your kids will have a great support network their whole lives.

Having said that, I'm stopping at one .

flora

I love the idea of large families....albeit its hard work...
its others who seem to have a dim view about it....
although i have seen some rather questionable large families...!! but also some terrible families with one or two kids...
its not how many you have, its how you parent them...

that said....why are you stopping at just one?
(fully understand if youve just given birth btw...hehe)

pps JJKM

I CAN FULLY EMPATHISE WITH YOU, CARRYING TWO IS UNBELIEVABLY HARD...
exhaustion is the difficult thing,( along with the other 200 things as well !! ) as noone can actually see your exhaustion...and after a few weeks , you feel like noone wants to listen to you keep saying how exhausted you are.

Anyone suffering exhaustion, the only instant fix that helped me was bananas !!
along with ensuring you take an iron supplement (maximum recommended by your doc, if still suffering)

if you feel like you need an ear...Ill happily listen :)

Stopping at one for several reasons. I hate being pg (really want the baby though). I don't want to take too much time out of work. In my early 20s I invested a lot of time studying and working unpaid or for a pittance to get into my dream career, which is very competitive. I don't want to fall behind by taking multiple bouts of mat leave. Also, I would like DP to have the same opportunity if he wants to retrain which could mean me supporting us. Don't want to be an old mum either.

I'm not surprised you hate being pregnant Flora, you've had a hard run of it so far, and no let up in sight :(

But rudeness at "old mum" - just how old is "old"? (careful here...) :o

Well I'm 31 now so if I was going to push out several (and wouldn't want small age gaps) that would entail being an old mum by the time the last one was born, no?

Welcome mumsylady good on you having no 7, I come from massive families they are great!

My nanna was no 2 of 17!!

cupcakes I bought 2 more pairs of mat leggings and I am saving the resdt for this weekend - we are off to a festival in the morning, I can't wait i'm very excited!

Well my scan went well there doesn't seem to be any problems but we have to go back in 4 weeks so they can look again, and the big news was put off AGAIN as the little blighter would not uncross its legs, they are going to try again at the next one!! We are maybe destined not to find out!!

Hope flora and jjkm are feeling better.

Ohhh, LadyB I thought you were going to be the first to declare! Glad to hear no problems to report though, that's the main thing. Hope you have a great time at the festival.

Hurrah to no problems with the scan LadyB, sorry it's not playing by the rule book though and keeping its gender a secret!

Sorry to all of you still suffering with morning sickness - knocked me for six with first two pregnancies (and yet I went back for more )

Flora your answer about "old" was acceptable to my sensitve nature :o and I no longer feel potentially offended :o although as 30+ year olds at 1st birth, it already counts as "old" in medical terms

Little Bugger #3 is wriggling away like mad and starting to feel the maternal bonds - can't wait for the scan week after next. Still seems ages away, but we'll be half way by then - YAY! :)

My views about age apply only to myself Bubba, wouldn't seek to judge anyone else .

FWIW I am fucking ancient to be having my 1st by my family's standards. Cousins with young 'uns now were 20, 21, 22 & 24 when they had theirs. Another cousin is 6 weeks ahead of me and she is 19 (oops).

Sorry - i cna't do maths mumsylady i think having 7 is even more amazing.

I'm 33 - and it took me so long to fall pg this time, that if i only have one i'll be happy - but i'd love two!

Talking of morning sickness- have had it on and off for last week - after thinking i'd got rid of it. GRRR!

flora i can understand about your career - my friend was in same boat - but (sorry to say!) afetr 1st baby - was so in love with idea - gave up career and went onto have another 2!

I've got a scan, here in syria, on the 2nd and then one in Devon on the 8th - so hopefully one should be able to tell me if i should be buying pink or blue stuff.

I don't evnvy any of you having to work til the last minute - i'm shattered already!
ladyb £40 spent on leggings seems a great idea... hope the festival is fun - and not raining too much? Although from what ive seen on the news, it's welly time everywhewre in Uk at mo?

Anyhow - off to make cakes as we have people over for a BBQ and a swim tomorrow! :) (sorry had to put that in to make you a bit jealous....!) x

I'm 35, due a week before I turn 36. If we do decide to have another one I'm aware I don't want to leave it too long - definite drawback to not meeting OH earlier.

Has anyone else had food cravings? I've had the nausea, sickness, going off loads of food - but I've missed out so far on the midnight need for chocolate ice cream etc. As OH says, with him travelling so much it's probably just as well! :)

Good news on the scan LadyB - although boo to baby keeping its legs crossed.

Really looking forward to the long weekend, we're not supposed to be doing too much but the list of nice things to do keeps getting longer.

I'm 35, due 10 days after I turn 36 :)

My food 'cravings' came a bit later on with other two - have to admit to sending DH out to get me chicken mcnuggets (never normally go for Maccy Ds ) with the sweet and sour sauce - although as I'm typing, I'm considering raiding piggy banks to send DH out again today!! :o

Anyone else wanting to find out the flavour? Normally I'm in the minority by not wanting to find out...

hiya to all the ladies, :)

have to say, im sure sickness abates after each baby...maybe the body accepts whats happening better ....with practice??

but sickness was horrendous with first....!

I did find (with experience) that you really do have to keep your belly more or less full, as sickness always creeps in on an empty / half empty stomach !!

bit difficult when you cant keep anything down..

although I never seemed to have a problem keeping peanut m&ms and revels, and other mini munchie bad foods down!!

and JJKM I too never took my iron through fear of it making my sickness worse....and with some babies I was so tired all the time....
but with the twins...I collapsed from exhaustion, and had to be put on oxygen in hospital for 2 days ...so whilst in hosp. they MADE me take iron..and it actually didnt affect the nausea at all, and I made a huge improvement energy wise (still shattered....but at least I could have energy to breath & get upstairs occasionally !!)
maybe if your past the 16 weeks, and always take lots of food (NOT dairy, coffee, tea etc things that interfere with iron absorbtion) but do eat lots beforehand, this should help...as it advises to take on an empty stomach so it will absorb better...but if this stops you from taking it because it then makes you sick....surely its better to get some iron by taking with food?

flora fully understand stopping at one if you have a great career, esp. as i gave mine up to be a mum.

Never initially intended to have children...had my mind on becoming a barrister or solicitor ! passed my diploma in legal & general secretarial work, and law, then fell pregnant !!
amazing what our futures hold hehe
but its all come in handy at dealing with law & order in this house

thing is...when its your first, and you fall head over heals in love with your baby, you can bet your life the PANG of wanting another is quite hard to ignore kicks in anytime around the 6 month - 2 years age.