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AbFabT · 05/06/2010 16:32

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nymphadora · 29/06/2010 16:04

hermya Going back on Friday for a meeting & negociations over what I can do etc, hence wanting something in wirting just in case! Registrar is now on my list of people who better not come near me if I go into labour (hit a Dr last time )

I need to start getting waxed again, I drifted off over the winter & not got going yet. Had legs done last week but am trying to grow enough on my under arms/bikini line which seems more difficult as I keep shaving it off (yet I don't with my legs )

piesey · 29/06/2010 16:19

RooBear You made me laugh about that - I bet you have raised morale! I might have another look and see if I can get away with it for work...

tiredfeet · 29/06/2010 16:32

at raising morale RooBear !

nymph what a lot of hassle for you.

just a quick one from me as I've got a ton of work I'm meant to be getting on with. I've been having a funny hormonal day and getting a bit stressed, I took myself for a walk to calm down but of course it started raining. I rushed home to bring the washing in and by the time I got home the sun had come out again grrrrr.

funny story from the weekend though, DH called me from glastonbury one day and I was expecting him to be bursting to tell me all about the bands etc but no, he had been discussing baby names with a friend and had a couple more for the shortlist and really wanted to tell me

sam12 · 29/06/2010 16:42

Thanks Dilly will have to look for that book. I haven't been able to find any yoga or aqua classes in my area so will ask my mw tomorrow when I have my appointment because I am sure there must be some somewhere

Hermya321 · 29/06/2010 18:24

Roo Your country appreciates the moral boosting you provide.

SilverSky · 29/06/2010 22:01

Evening all,

Seems none of us are having an easy time of late. I am now wondering if taking ML eleven wks before due date is not a bad idea!!

Hermya321 · 29/06/2010 22:06

I've just met my Doula and had a 'birth' chat, she was fantabulous!!! She's just gone home and as she walked out the door, all I thought was 'well it's probably not going to be so bad after all is it'.

I think I'm in love.

Katy86 · 30/06/2010 12:07

HI everyone!

How are you all?

Im going to try to come back on here more often so i can keep up with all the news!

Can i get some opinions on the names im trying to decide between for my boy? i would go on the baby name bit but they seem to tear each other apart on there lol

Harvey, Kacey and Malachi. Maybe you lovely ladies wilol see some setbacks i havnt thought of yet?

Hope youre all doing really well and hope youre all enjoying your blossoming bumps!

xxx

shieldbug · 30/06/2010 12:28

katy good to hear from you again.
Out of the three names you have suggested, I like Malachi best. It's unusual but lovely. Harvey is the name of Jordan's son, so that would personally put me off! I don't know of any "famous" Kaceys! mind you, I should say that I love names like peregrine and marcus, so I might not be a good opinion!

Katy86 · 30/06/2010 12:41

lol thanks shieldbug name choosing is alot more difficult than i realised DDs name was set in stone before she was even concieved lol. I just worry as a child has to carry the name forever it is important. Never even heard of Peregrine haha but nothing wrong with Marcus IMO

x

nymphadora · 30/06/2010 12:49

I prefer Malachy with a Y. Wasn't there a Hollyoaks character recently? Vague memories of day time TV

Bored bored bored today

Katy86 · 30/06/2010 13:11

hi nymph how are you feeling now? last time i was on here i dont think you were doing too great?
no i want Malachi said mala-KAI. Yes there is a Malachy in Hollyoaks quite good looking i think hadnt thought about that...arghhh names are so hard!!!!!

xx

tiredfeet · 30/06/2010 13:17

katy86 my favourite is Harvey, didn't even think of Jordan.It's hard choosing, isn't it?! we have a shortlist of girls names now which we keep adding too, but only 3 boys names, none of which we are totally sure about and we just can't think of any more. Still, I guess there's still a few months for inspiration to strike!

nymphadora · 30/06/2010 13:52

Don't think most people would think of hollyoaks. I didn't think of Jordan with Harvey either. Mala-Kai is how I would pronounce Malachy though!

I'm a lot better than I was although the heat has knocked me back quite a bit. They took me off my meds and after e few days BP checking have left me off so far. Looking like I'll be onsomething again soon tjough as the last 2 readings have been back up. Hoping to go back to work on Friday on restricted duties but thats up to the GP tomorrow.

SeaShellsOnTheSeaShore · 30/06/2010 14:00

I like Harvey, having married a foreigner and have to spell my surname, husbands and son's name to everyone I'd recommend avoiding anything too complex like malachi unless you love it!!!

Another hot day here, got to try to cool down though as I have a surprise meeting for a possible job this afternoon and I need to look cool, calm and professional- I currently look hot, flustered and frizzy!!

Hermya- so glad your doula was lovely, what a relief!

Tired feet- lol at your dh, bless

lilmissmummy · 30/06/2010 14:05

Hi All

Im bored too! Had a manic week with Sports Days and childrens party and BBQ's so supposed to be now enjoying the peace and quiet (well for another hour!) but secretly looking forward to the children getting home!

Katy I like Harvey and Malachi. Mainly because I knew a really lovely little girl called Kasey so that would put me off!

Nymph sorry to hear about your bad appointment but glad you are feeling better.

Glad to hear everyone else is surviving the heat (just!) I have spent quite a lot of time sitting in the garden reading a book with my feet in the paddling pool an with the fan outside on my face! dh dared to mention the electricity bill the other day and he got glared at poor dh lol

Katy86 · 30/06/2010 14:33

Thanks for all the name advice

youre right tiredfeet 3 more months so hopefully a name will come up and smack me before then

nymph youve had such a rough time! It must be so difficult in the heat. Have been thinking of you and hope BP goes back down fingers crossed for you.

Seashells good luck with the possible job! Hadnt thought of the complex spelling! this is just so hard!

lilmissmummy i know it is quite popular as a girls name so it is kind of putting me off funny though as ive only ever known boys with that name. I must live in a strange part of town

shieldbug · 30/06/2010 15:25

hello all! Just back from the consultant's appt. The fibroids haven't grown any more (although she couldn't find one of them) and sproglet seems fine. She pressed really hard looking for the third lump so I'm quite sore now. Since I'm back home early I should be cleaning the bathroom, but somehow I fail to care. Instead I'm eating icecream and thinking of sitting outside with the tortoise!

piesey · 30/06/2010 15:47

Just went to get a new bra in M&S and got the third degree about buying an underwired one when pregnant! The cashier said 'Yu do know we sell maternoty bras don't you?' and I said 'yes'. But she kept going on about how you shouldn't buy underwired and I said they're fine if they are properly fitted. I almost said - I got properly fitted in John Lewis as your assistant was rubbish and measured me about two sizes too small! Grrrr.

Sorry you've had a hard time nymph

Glad that your appointment went well Shieldbug!

SeaShellsOnTheSeaShore · 30/06/2010 16:37

Meeting went well hurrah, BUT I missed the last set of federer getting knocked out of Wimbledon in the process

nymphadora · 30/06/2010 17:59

Good news then shieldbug piesey I found growling at shop assistants works

DillyDora · 30/06/2010 18:08

Hi All, glad all generally well, hope you're feeling better nymph even I am suffering in the heat and I blummen LOVE hot weather. Soooo tired and busy/stressy at work, it doesn't stop, that's why I haven't been around much.

Glad appt was good SHieldbug

and now I'm off to flop in a heap again

Elsa123 · 30/06/2010 19:09

Evening all- just spent a lovely day at my parents and used their swimming pool- so I'm shattered now! The dogs loved it too.

On my way home, (I live down a road with passing places) a small car was coming towards me and drove straight past a passing place after I'd already driven past one. My policy is if someone chooses to not use the last available passing place then they can pull over onto the verge which I do not think is unreasonable. This guy (elderly chap with his wife) stays on the road and gestures for me to pull onto the verge. Now yes I was in a jeep and he was in a very small crappy little asian red car so I pulled over slightly and gestured for him to do the same as a 50/50 thing. e refused to do so, so I stayed put, wound down my window to explain that he had enough room to move forward (which he clearly did as he was able to drive up next to me) he then said 'You passed a passing place Dearie' I said so did you and later than me and he said, 'YOU'RE IN A 4X4 NOW PISS OFF!!!!' and then he roared off. I mean, to swear at me like that when I was not in the least bit rude to him I was really shocked and upset (blaming hormones)

I cannot tell you how much it took to stop me turning round (in the passing place he'd passed) and driving after him and ramming him really hard with my super giant 4x4..... and then punching him on the nose.

Arsehole.

I feel better for writing that as I was feeling close to tears.

Piesey- some people are so rude- I have a perfectly suitable underwired bra that sits on my chest and not breast tissue. They should look to market bras without wires that still have shape as they are all pretty awful apart from this one, which I got in a medium and am a 32FF/34 F and it fits perfectly and is a great shape- I highly recommend it.

How big are everyone's bumps? I don't think mine's huge, but my mother does and says I'm much bigger than she was at the same time and she reckons having had a very quick prod (used to be a mw 35+ years ago) she thinks its a big baby and is a boy. On my scans so far all measurements are either average or slightly below average so its ..so far...not a bruiser. She also thinks its a boy....she has a 50% chance of being correct I suppose .

Hermya321 · 30/06/2010 20:14

Elsa Did you get his reg? You can report him to the local bobbies so they can go round and have a word in his ear. There is no excuse for road rage. His being old is not an excuse either. I hate people like that, does my nut in. Still not showing much I'm afraid.

Right I have a question for everyone who has had children before the current ones we currently have cooking.

How overwhelmed were you when you had your first child and how many weeks after the birth did it last. Also based on what you can remember would you or would you not have been up to going and staying with relatives at the other end of the country to where you are in the first coupls of weeks?

The reason I ask is that my in laws live quite far away from where we are and one of the possibilities is for us to go and stay with them for a few days in the first few weeks after LO is born. Now DH is well up for it, but I'm a little unsure that it would be the greatest of ideas. I can just imagine feeling quite overwhelmed just coping with a newborn, trying to get breastfeeding established and not to mention the lack of sleep. Then on top of that to then drag ourselves all that way and face the ensuing hordes of visitors that the visit will enivitably bring might just push things a bit too far for me.

Personally I think a better idea would be for inlaws or just MIL could come up, sleep at a friends house (our place is way too small) and come and sort of veg at our house during the day.

I know my IL's pretty well and I have a good relationship with them so I know that even if I went down, I could laze around and they wouldn't bat an eyelid. I would feel in myself that I had to make an effort to be presentable.

Long winded I know, so could you advise please?

SilverSky · 30/06/2010 20:25

elsa I have lost my temper over very similar things and those incidents have brought me to tears. Tis normal.

Work is crazy, not enouh energy to do my own domestic things and everything is the hugest effort. Like really bad. I can just about muster the energy to haul my ass off the sofa!

Bump is developing and def look pregnant, at least to most people that is. I am sure some are just blissfully ignorant or think I am stacking on the weight like it's going out of fashion.

Husband is going out in a mo. I am taxi driver at least a one way taxi. Whils out I ammakong lunches for tomorrow. Then it's pjs, rubbish tv and toffee popcorn! YUM.