Emmsy's ladies lets roll into spring together! Bring on some sunshine!

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About time I start a thread! Pom poms still shaking, bumps growing, babies and toddlers talk a plenty, while the support, laughs, hand holds and weebling continues...

Twinges you say mls?? Don't you dare have that baby before me Mrs!! ;)

Ooooh mls how are the twinges this morning?

Yes still the odd twinge & some braxtons too!

Morning! I'm at work on this public holiday (boo!) but my colleague's made scones and we have the radio on (yay!). I'm taking next Monday off instead as my Mum's on holiday. So its Daddydaycare chez Blue today

MLS - twinges, braxton hicks, my oh my! I love the run up to giving birth, the anticipation, the sniffing of the newly laundered tiny babygrows, the narrowing down of the name choice, the treasuring the final weeks with your existing DS... the calm before the storm

I used St Johns Wort many years ago and found it helped. You never know if its just a placebo affect or if it gives your some calm in order to sort things out in your head (I took it after splitting up with on-/off/on again long term boyfriend and moving into my first flat which made me feel very isolated..). took it for a couple of months and my mood definately lifted. Anything that can help can only be a good thing .

Vjay - sending sisterly hugs through the ether, two DC are a handful without the added challenge of no family nearby AND studying too. Hope some calm times wash over you x

Neeko - can't do the 12th June as have an eye appointment for I. Can do 19th or 26th though . how harrowing was Grey's last week with the abducted girl . My worst, worst nightmare....

Right its 10.30am - cuppa and scone time

Thanks blue for the hug, I am quite calm at the mo, I try to make life as simple as poss any way but sometimes things are out of my control. Today I have done the housework while the boys lay in my bed watching telly, then after lunch we're off to the beach, the boys can play and I can chill,

mls things could be starting and I reckon this being your third it will be like shelling peas

Morning.

Vjay I snorted into my yea at shelling peas! A clean house always helps with the mood so well done. Enjoy the freezing fresh air.

Cupcake and bounce, bounce bounce!

Blue You are in the callendar for the 19th and I refuse to cancel this time I can imagine what your house will be like onight after a boys' day.

MLS I challenge you to go before Cupcake

LBM Hope Babybell is behaving today. The underarm carry has been used here too.

Barbie Hope country-change mark two goes smoothly. You're missed on here.

4ever What's your princess anting to mark the beginning of her third year of life?

at the early ante-pre starts. It's the term after their third birthday here so H will be Aug 2013 and she'll be almost 3.5! And I'll be back to work full time then

What the heck is yea?? TEA

Don't encourage her neeko

vjay my mum always told me having babies would be like shelling peas for me as I'm so tall and she had 4 with no complications at all (she is a tiny 5ft) ..she felt quite guilty after I had intervention-central birth with ds!! hopefully she's right for second time.round..

cupcake Cjays birth was horrendous, induction followed by 4 days of pain and waiting ending in forceps, then ajay was 'pop' and there he was , well not quite but you get the picture. Cjay was heavier so had pave the way for ajay.

louey I found this on a sn thread. I've only skim read it but it may be helpful.

Ok so I won't mention then that my first labour was 12 hours & my second one was 30 hours (& back to back) and I'm 5ft 10!!!

I don't even know why I'm making light of it as I've got to bloody-well do it all again any day now!

Haha, mls as if height even comes into it at all, my mum is clearly deluded.. and I think making light of it is really all you can do.. when I actually think about it properly I make this face then this one (sick!) But I like stories like yours vjay! I know you were massively overdue with cjay too so there is hope that I might have spontaneous labour with this one.. have been bouncing & leaning on my gym ball all evening..come on baby!

Lol cupcake & I make this face no you can't see it because it's as white as the screen on your phone!

Knock knock can I re enter the green house?

I haven't caught up yet and am finding it hard to find time to post, but I will be back and update once we move on Thursday.

We have been struggling with Henry so I we put home to the folks for a week, hence no contact. I think we have turned a corner...but don't want to jinx things just yet.

Love to you all x

Hi barbie! Good to hear from you. sorry things have been tough with young man hope they are improving now. Good luck with all the moving!

Hey ladies! DH has been off work for a luvverly long bank hol weekend but back today , so haven't even been lurking, completely hadnt realised Cupcake and MLS are actually practically ready to pop! How very exciting! I shall be avidly lurking from now on!

MLS any more twinges?! Good news about DD2's lump as well..

Cupcake is your SIL back now for impromptu babysitting duty when required?!

Barbie good luck with your move and do hope little H is doing ok now...

Blue boooo to working on bank hols!

Vjay I LOL too as the comparison of shelling peas, if only eh?! Was of day at the beach, however brrrrr!

Buddha think both you and MLS asked where I was on my cycle and ttc, Ov seems to happen around day 10 (only know from pain, not doing temps/opks) and cycle is around 26 days AF just gone, mightily relieved that means am not 8/9 wks pg in danger time on hols, AF due just before Summers birthday in couple weeks, dont want a BFP then either, after hols would be cool, actually concieved our last baby a year ago, a week after Summers 1st birthday, tbh not felt ready for it again til now so we shall see what happens... Buddha keep the faith, hope you come back from hols with more than a stick of rock!

LBM I've also perfected the underarm carry! Hoping we are turning a corner as the tantrums when out are now over much quicker! Bless BB and her renditions of 'pricetag'!

Neeko operation birthday plan's list is practically all ticked off with 2wks and 3 days still to go! We had planned on a trampoline but IL's did the honours there so we got her this DOLLSHOUSE which was half price a few weeks ago, bar-gain! Am going to attempt a fairy castle birthday cake too

Well, yesterday we went for the guided tour of the pre school, was nervous she would have tantrums, she had a couple of moments, but was over it in seconds and was good as gold, and that was only cos she didnt want to come in from the amazingly equipped playground, or leave the nursery area! She absolutely loved it, her cousin is in the nursery and was there to greet her with a hug, and they both skipped off and DH and I wandered around and even out of the rooms and she was oblivious, was very proud as the teacher observed how confident she is!

Like most of you, she wouldn't start til the term after her 3rd birthday, which is September 2013 next year, but the application is this Sept, so very glad we got the ball rolling, its a fantastic school, and thought Id be emotional about my ikkle bubba, but just felt so proud and thrilled how much she loved it

Anyway, better dash, had a great few days with DH being off and a friends engagement on sat where Summer was the only kid and revelled in the attention as she danced round under the disco lights! The couple are getting married nxt year in Ibiza so potential hols afoot! Downer yesterday though to hear the news my poor nephew was involved in a hit and run on his bicycle and broke his hand, 2 wks before his final exam in his degree, on the violin! 4 yrs of uni, and looked like he was getting a first too, obviously he can resit, but just sucks.. They caught the driver though so thats one thing..

Wow 4ever you're so organised!! we haven't planned a thing for ds' birthday!! So glad your tour went well, sounds like she'll get on perfectly there.
Yep, SIL is back round the corner now and on red alert! I have a huge list of backups and lift options etc cos I'm so paranoid something won't work out! She did his whole bath and bedtime on Sat when we went for our date night and he was an angel for her so I feel much better about it all now; I know he'll be absolutely fine!
Pompoms waving for a perfectly timed bfp for you!
:( about your nephew what rubbish timing.

LBM lol, so cute about bb's singing.. we often play 'guess the cbeebies theme tune' with ds and it is shocking how fast he can name the show from us humming a few notes of the theme! definitely watches it too much

MLS how are you doing? I have a sweep booked for Friday but sure it won't do a thing...my midwife just seems to really believe in them and said she'd do them every few days so I thought why not!

evening ladies - any more baby signs,ladieswhoarereadytopop? At the risk of worrying you, cupcake, MLS hasn't been on for 2 days nor on facebook.... She's going to beat you.....

MLS Incase you're not having a baby - how do you do three kids bed and bathtime? stay at work untill late and let daddy do it ? More honestly, you have discovered my scummy mummy secret - the older 2 don't have a bath everyday and so, BB has her bath at 6.30 and is in bed by 7, older 2 read/ go on computer untill 7, then they get in PJ's , hve a wash and DH reads to them before they go to bed - used to be 7.30 for them but is now nearer 8. With older 2 dc's being close in age like your dd2 and baby will be, ds had to scream whilst I sorted dd1 or they were bathed together and I then sorted him in the bathroom while she splashed. Just wait untill you have to add homework into the mix...

cupcake we too have no plans for BB's birthday - need to go in the loft and find out which second hand presents to give her(!) We have loads and I don't want her to have too much and will probably do cake etc on her birthday and maybe a picnic over the weekend, assuming it ever stops raining....

4ever as ever, you are the organised one .I hope Summer realises how lucky she is to have a mum like you. Lovely to hear how well the preschool went so well.

barbie Hope the move goes well and (whispering) that the corner is most firmly turned.

blue Loving the idea of daddydaycare - I've just booked to meet up with some school friends in a couple of weeks for lunch on Saturday in Birmingham, which means that daddy will be in charge here all day. And as you mentioned scones, I have to share my top tip - I had friends round for coffee last week and wanted to make some scones. But as BB had made such a meal of walking home, didn't have much time left and not enough time to cut them out. So I just rolled the dough once and cut into rough fingers. Ta da, the lightest scones I've ever made as they were so lightly handled!!

neeko lovely to hear from you - it's funny but as all mine have been in nearly fulltime daycare, I've never had the preschool bit to worry about. They just move into a different room. However as BB will only be 4 and 4 months when she starts school, that does seem really young. Has the dreaded marking started yet?

vjay Hope the beach wasn't too chilled?

On that subject - does anyone think we are ever going to get a summer? Or even a break in the rain long enough for me to plant some seeds - I need something in my veggie plot!!

Hehe lbm no I'm still here! Thanks for the bed/bath tips, I guess it's just a case of muddling through.

4ever after my year of mc's in 2009, I fell pg with dd2 just after dd1's 2nd birthday & the age gap turned out to be perfect.

cupcake have you heard of using epo to help ripen your cervix?? I was speaking to someone who started using it at our stage & she gave birth 6 weeks ago & said she barely knew she was in labour & the baby just dropped out of her! So I bought some from sainsburys yesterday & started using it last night. You don't take it orally btw!!

Gotta go, a little person has just started shouted "milky Mummy"!

lbm I'm still defrosting , I don't think we will see summer this year, have you seen the snow I've got forecast today?!?

4ever your poor poor nephew, I can't believe he can't resit, it was totally out of his control!!

Vjay I know! Snow in May?! Thought of you when I saw the forecast last night, I'm desperately hoping the sun puts in an appearance for Summers party and our hols.. It rained on her 1st birthday, we have 10 kids coming so fingers xd! we can chuck them in the garden Oh and Dnephew can resit but will more likely miss his graduation Also more worryingly he's having some tests on his heart as well, apparently has been ongoing for last few wks but sis didn't want to worry us Trying not to stress til we know anything conclusively & hoping its just exam stress...

Mls I'm glad you said that about it being a nice age gap, didn't realise DD1 was only 2 when you got pg with DD2, she's a tall one like Summer isn't she? I think since the last mc I've counted my blessings for Summer all the more (if that's possible!) & totally indulged myself in her and tbh found the idea of her sharing me a bit worrying, she's so active, I'm not sure Id of coped very well with a 3m old and her right now, Ive totally had my head in the sand about ttc & been mostly relieved to get Af each month, always finding a reason why that month wouldn't be right, which I think speaks volumes, even questioned if we really want another and should just be grateful for Summer after all the yrs of lost angels and desperation, but I do feel the time is right now and it would be brilliant for Summer to have a sibling, and this age gap would definitely be better suited to us all... Ooops that was a bit of an outpouring! On a lighter brighter note, what is epo and how's those twinges lady?

Lbm & Cupcake - nothing planned yet?!?! Am i really overly organised?! I think the reality is I'm a bit of a big kid and love a birthday party! Maybe that Summer is just a tad spoiled as well! Is BB the 18th and J the 5th June? I know we all swapped our edds give or take a day!

Better go my baby Picasso has stopped squiggling to Get Squiggling and Baby Jake has just finished too so that's my quota of mummy time (you're not the only one who uses c beebies as an unpaid babysitter! )

Where is cupcake ??? She's not checked in today has she?

I'm here!
Honestly am sure you'll go before me mls! Have sweep tomorrow morning so will see what mw says about the er..state of play down there! But bracing myself for unfavourable.
Dh's colleague's wife due tomorrow & also having a sweep.. I feel like I'm in competition with her, come on baby cupcake!

No you'll go first! I'm exactly 2 weeks away from my edd now. I don't think I'll be early. Good luck with your sweep.

Morning! The sun is shining

cupcake hope all goes well with your sweep . Glad you have your SIL back for babysitting duties. Babycupcake can arrive now . Don't feel bad about DS knowing all the cbeebies theme tunes, they have fantastic memories. My two can name most stuff in the charts simply from listening to Radio 1 when we're in the car. And they now request specific cds and specific tracks off those cds, they are always right.

MLS any more twinges?? I can't remember whether DD2 was early or late. Re bathtimes, like LBM we've done different things at different times and they also don't have baths every day. When Oscar was tiny, I used to bath him first and then put him in a bouncy chair in eyesight and then put the older two in the same bathwater. Then I put the older 2 to bed and took Oscar downstairs for more milk. Once he was sitting, we put him in a bath seat and bathed all 3 together (which was fun, if a little messy). I'm not sure that cut the time down though as I spent half the time telling them not to splash oscar or fight with each other . At the moment, Isaac is having showers and I put Oscar in a safe place (which is only the cot or his activity centre since he is crawling) and get Isaac sorted, then bath Luke and Oscar together. We all go back downstairs, give Oscar his milk and put him down at 7pm and then sort the other 2 out.