Angels and Rainbows - The beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm. But it can provide colour and hope.

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“Rainbow Babies” is the understanding that the beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm. When a rainbow appears, it doesn’t mean the storm never happened or that the family is not still dealing with its aftermath. What it means is that something beautiful and full of light has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds. Storm clouds may still hover but the rainbow provides a counter balance of color, energy and hope.

Good luck for tomorrow August. X

Thinking of you for tomorrow, august and whatever. xx

August & Whatever best of luck tomorrow.
Blizy well done; bollocks to everyone else ( not on here!!!) like yourself ...don t worry about anything else. ... I bet most of us are quite over weight. I could do with loosing 3-4 stones ideally but 2 stones & I ll be happy. It will make me feel so much better , my clothes will look better & I ll feel healthier. I m in size 18 clothes also & only slightly taller than you. Pay me & Fan your £4.95 a week & we ll be your slimming world consultants!!!!

I meant : don t be so down on yourself. To use a " counselling " term ; " like" yourself!!! Be good to yourself!! Xxx

Good luck tomorrow, August and Wtw!

Pic of Maia on my profile, if anyone wants a peek.

I need to lose 2.5 stone to be a healthy weight, Blizy, if it helps. I am hoping for a bf weight loss like Spilt's!

Oh Too she is gorgeous She looks so alert. I hadn't seen your lovely photo of Thea either. Thank you x

Hi everyone, thank you for making me feel so welcome.
August and Wtw - good luck for your MW/scan appts tomorrow, I hope you sleep tonight and that they go well for you tomorrow. Rubbish about your parking ticket though wtw, I hate parking hitlers!

A support forum for weight loss as well as everything else - soooo pleased I found you!! Another 1lb off for me tonight, which I've put down to a combination of mothers day induced stress and plenty of DTD/(s)exercise!

I am truly sorry to hear about all of your losses - I can't believe how someone so small & who was here for such a small amount of time has changed my life and perspective so much, it's incredible. It's 'nice' to be able to talk about it with others who totally understand all the ups & downs and everything else. It's just so sad that we are all here.

Totally agree MiaAlexandrasmummy about the weird weight thing - it's just another of the rollercoasters I guess! (thanks for the welcome x)

Can you make 'friends' on here then like facebook too, and put photos etc on?

wtw I don't have any sway with the traffic wardens, they are a separate unit. Could you not plead that your pregnant and had to park there?

ellypoo some of us are friends on facebook.

too I will have a little peek later.

CD12 today so starting the OPK today after work. Fx for us TTCers.

wtw and august good luck for today. I think I will not find out the sex of our next child, that was the one special moment to me that we found out when she was born, to here DH name her was so special, I want that to happen again. Also I would be so scared that I would think I was jinxing it if I found out it was a girl, or if it was a boy.

Thank you fan and elly.

Fan I would never have thought I'd ever find out the sex of a baby before s/he was born. Like you, with K one of the best things about her birth was the anticipation and then dp sobbing to me 'it's a girl, we have a daughter'. Was adamant we wouldn't find out with Erin but in the chaos of the emcs and the panic of her not breathing no-one told us if she was a girl or a boy. We found out when the neonatologist said 'I'm sorry but I don't think we will be able to save her'. All I could say was 'so she's a girl, the sister K always wanted'. I just never want to find out the sex like that again and I want to work through the emotions of if it's a boy or girl before the birth. It's such a personal decision finding out, I always find people's reasons for doing so and not interesting.

Got all my fingers and toes crossed for you, Blizy and Elly this month xx

wtw I can understand those reasons, another for me is I don't want early comparisions between me and MIL as her first child was stillborn and a girl, they had four boys then a girl who was born at 17 weeks, and then another boy, I couldn't live with thinking if it was a girl that the added pressure that it was a girl would bring and then if it was a boy to have it that I was just like her. Its all complicated isn't it.
I always said on the second child we would find out but I think we won't. And I'm sure DH will agree.

Oh fan I can understand why you would want to avoid that! x

Morning girls,
Dh and I will hopefully find out the sex with the next one. We found out with Zoe too. I can understand each of your reasons though.

All the best today whatever and August. X

Angel- who will I make the cheque payable to?

Blizy to Louise's holiday fund!! Pls!!!
Good luck Whatever & August today xxxx

Done x

All fine at the mw's, phew! I asked if I could listen to the heartbeat first. Took a bit of finding, kept hearing lots of placental noises then she found it, the relief!! 135bpm slower than both the girls ever were so maybe the old wives tale is true and it is a boy! Blood pressure etc all fine too so another hurdle hurdled. She was ever so lovely and has booked me in again in 2 weeks just so I can hear the heartbeat again bless her. Made me realise how totally numb the lower part of my stomach still is from the c-section though as she said she was pressing quite hard with the doppler and I couldn't feel a thing!

Can't wait to hear your scan news August lots of love xxx

Excellant news Whatever xx

So all went really well at the scan, all looking normal and very cute! Baby was wriggling around from the pressure and I actually felt quite strong 'kicks' for the first time
I didn't find out the sex but.... DH did! The ultrasonographer was really nice, said he would tell DH afterwards so I left the room and as I was walking away I heard DH say 'seriously?'. Haha, it's really awkward now - can't look DH in the face without trying to read his mind! It'll be interesting to see how long he can keep it a secret.
I can totally see where you're all coming from re finding out / not finding out. We didn't find out for either DS1 or DS2 but then we found out with Jacob and so psychologically it feels like it's 'safer' not to know - I'm scared of jinxing it too. And scared of how I might feel either way - If its a girl, thinking it should be a boy, if its a boy, thinking its not that boy. Mental I know. Part of me really wants to know though!
Wtw, yay your appt went well too

august well done for you sticking to your gunsan I wonder how long he can keep it up! Have you thought of names yet? I wonder if he will be able to hide it while talking about names.

HI guys jus checkin in ,, me n josh and daddy r doing well love him soooo much i truly feel blessed hope ur doing welll

Wtw and August, great news re heartbeats and scans! August, I would never cope with DH knowing the sex when I didn't. I would last about 3 minutes before begging him to tell me. I wanted to know what sex both babies were, though, because I have no patience.

Great to hear from you, Vicky.

Am feeling a bit rocky today and don't know why. I just keep crying and I feel very inadequate and out of control. Maybe it has to do with being discharged by the MW. I know the HV will weigh Maia but I don't know her, whereas the MW has held my hand for a good part of the last year. I'm just scared of my own inexperience, I think. And I don't feel like I deserve my good fortune...and I feel guilty for not thinking about Thea so much and devoting all my emotional time to Maia...stress!

august and whatever fab news about scan and heartbeat!

too I hope you are ok?

So pleased to hear all is well august Not sure I could cope with dp knowing and me not, do you think he'll let slip?

Hugs Too don't underestimate how emotional it is having a newborn without everything else as well. You are doing a great job but it can seem overwhelming. I remember looking at K sometimes and thinking 'who the hell left me in charge of a baby!' You are bound to feel conflicted around Maia and Thea, be gentle with yourself and know you are not forgetting Thea but that just at the moment her little sister needs you too xxx

too hugs hun, don't beat yourself over it, your body is full of hormones and your sleep deprived and highly emotional. You are going to feel wierd and strange and that its not right but as wtw says theas little sister needs you, and you are not neglecting theas memory.