***Lets support eachother again- you know who you are ***

[mummy2olivia]

charliesmum, nandos, beakas, sugr, cornflower, poppy, becky and everyone else who miscarried in may/june 2008....

We have all been very brave together and supported eachother. For those of us that are ready, it may be time to support eachother again as we return to TTC. Lets hold hands, remember our loss and give a nod to the future as we endeavour to procreate and............

SHAG!!

As promised, a thread to stay in touch. Will also see you on the MC avengers thread.

Becky My main problem is, I just don't know what to make of what they are doing!!! This is a typical scenario.....

They meet face to face, rub up eachother and Evie will clean Megs ears. Meg will then get excited and jump up Evie and paw at her. Evie gets annoyed and paws back. Meg paws at Evie some more. Then Evie pounces and knocks Meg to the floor. She then bites/gnaws/chews at Megs neck and front legs. Meg doesn't cry or squeal- she just bites back and pushes Evie away and gets up. They both have a clean then start to chase/pounce and paw at eachother. Besides all this they will sleep together occasionally, Evie is always trying to clean Meg and they eat togther with no problems. Have spoken to the vet and told her all this and she says it is a case of play and dominance and they need to be left alone to sort it out. Its the biting that REALLY worries me although there is never any marks and Meg rarely murmers when Evie is doing it.

What do I do??? Would you be concerned or is it totally normal???

I think I need to just make it clear that when Evie has Meg pinned down and is biting at her it LOOKS nasty but we are not sure if it is or not.

Hmmm. I'm not sure. Cats can be quite boistrous in their play. If the vet says leave them then I'd probably just try my best to do that! I think the fact they sometimes sleep together is a good sign and from what you descirbe there is affection there. Liquorice and Aki would never ever sleep next to each other! They keep their distance from each other.

The cleaning this is supposed to be a good sign. That means Evie feels maternal towards Meg. Perhaps they are acting like mother and daughter?

Better go - get DS2 up and get DS1 from school!

Hope everyone is ok

Boo everyone!

Boo! To you too

How are you all?

Just on the way to put ds to bed, but wanted to say hello, and that I think we might be getting a kitten! Any tips anyone? Am worried about introducing her to the dogs... If dh doesn't change his mind (again) we'll be getting her on the 2nd July, am so excited!

Have to dash, but that is my exciting news

Boo too!
I am loving hearing all the cat chat especially introducing new cats to the house. My cat is 13.5 yrs old and there is nooooo way now she would allow any young pretenders into her home she is too old and grumpy (like her mummy!)

Just getting organised for mum's bday on sat. She has been away all week on a trip to France visiting battlefields etc.(school trip btw - she is a teacher) and they are now in Paris and finishing off by going to Disneyland Paris. It is also her towns galaday on sat and she normally has all the family over and in typical mum madness she has decided to continue on with this tradition even though she won't be back till the afternoon so my poor dad and brother have to clean house, buy food and make buffet etc. I have been left with pressie shopping So this week has been a bit manic esp as there have been things on at ds's school etc.

Anyway hope you are all well - time for me to feed the moggy and head to bed.

ps nandos hope you are ok and still blooming

xxx

hello everyone!
am soo sorry abt not posting lately..been a busy month for me
hope all of you are doing fine..including your cats
dh just left a week ago and he was here for abt 10 days so was spending time with him and buying some stuffs for the baby.
also got a new wardrobe so am clearing all my old stuffs/clothes, junks etc but still got loads to fold and iron.
oh and abt the hospital check-up it was really horrible 2 wks back cos' i had waited for more than 3 hours and when i asked the nurse and the receptionist, they said they would call my name soon but didnt till i went back to work, reached there and an hour later a nurse called my mobile and asked me if im outside the doc's room lol. i said im outside the hospital and had waited so long so i left. got another appt few days back went to see the doc and another nurse insensitively asked me if i left without letting them know and bla bla. really pissed off with the service cos' its not free check-up and still i have to wait bloody long for it..
ok finished ranting..anywayz baby is doing fine and he weighs around 1.8kg (abt 4 pounds) 2 weeks back
i have to go to bed soon as its past 12mn here and got to wake up learly tmr will try to post more whenever im free..
take care all ..

Hello everyone

I've had my 20-week scan today and all is ok, thank goodness, and the flavour is...I don't know because you have to pay here for an extra scan for flavour determination! But the main thing is the little bean appears to be in working order. It was quite amazing seeing its little heart beating and being told 'that's the stomach', 'that's its kidneys' etc.

Hi there Nandos we've missed you! You must be getting soooo close now. Sorry to hear about your hospital nightmare. Not nice.

Poppy hope your busy weekend went well

mbm how are you? Soon time to get your kitty! I think it is a brilliant idea. Dogs and cats sometimes get along together surprisingly well (better than two cats!).

m2o have your little furry bundles settled down a bit yet?

We've had some problems with DS1 getting picked on by some boys in his class: kicking, pinching, pulling his trousers down, so I've been busy worrying about him. His classteacher is aware and has spoken to the parents of the boys so hopefully it won't come to anything but it was heartbreaking to hear him telling me what had been happening to him

Better go - bathtime for DSs! Hope everyone is well

V quick one to say hello to you all and well done to Becky on a fab scan - hooray

Will be back on tomorrow - have got PIL's staying at mo...

Hope you're all okay!

Boo! Hope everyone is well. I'm just about to make everyone some Heinz spaghetti on toast for lunch.

hello all!

Becky! u r 20 wks now..how time flies! good to know everything is ok..just halfway more to go
am 35 wks already n dreading it..the labour, baby stuffs, finance etc..i want baby here right now but not so soon cos' i havent pack anything, no cot, havent washed baby clothes, no pram am i gonna be a bad mom?? still bz working my bum out which is crazy.
dh not here maybe thats why no motivation to push me to do the necessary things hes coming only mid-end july which is very close to my due date, hope he'll be here on time..

hope everyone else is well..

mbm have you seen Take That yet? How was it?

Hello Nandos! 35 weeks! Nearly there. Ohhh it is exciting and you'll be a great mum I am sure.

Just another quick one from me, sorry! Have just got back from UK about 40 mins ago, and ds is now in bed

Yes Becky I did go to Take That on Friday night and oh my goodness me it was AMAZING Have you seen the pics on my FB page? One of my friends took them but tagged me so you should be able to see How are you doing?

Nandos Wow, 35 weeks Try not to worry as everything WILL come together in time...

Poppy How are you?

m2o how's the pain? Hope it's not too bad...

Will try to come back on tomorrow

xxx

Oh MBM Take That I am soooooo jealous I like them even better now I am old!

nandos 35 wks omgoodness how time flies. You must be so excited. You will have so much fun when the little one arrives.

becky I can't believe you are half way there! It seems to have gone in very quickly - well at least to us virtual onlookers

I am quite pissed off just now. Am v premenstrual which is not helping and also making me feel a little disappointed "again" although to be honest with the state of dh and I with our vile colds last month there wasn't really much of a chance anyway!

Also one of my friends had a go at me in public last week saying I was talking about her behind her back. It is a long story and totally untrue but upsetting anyway. She sent me a vile text which I tried to respond to nicely but then 2 days later while we were taking our ds's to taekwondo she was coming in behind me, poked me in the back and started having a go. I explained that she was all wrong and eventually left but I was raging mad. In the past I have done so much to help her as she has lots of probs but obviously after all these years she cannot trust me and that I find very hard to take. She has since texted me and left messages on my phone but so far I haven't repsonded as I am at a loss as what to say. Anyway sorry for the huge ramble! I'm sure you all have better things to do than listen to this!!!!

lv poppy xxx

Hi All!

Poppy Rant on here as much as you like, that's what we're here for Things like that can be very upsetting, I hope you feel better about it soon. Do you think she realises she's upset you? also re AF. Have you got over your colds?

m2o, Becky and Nandos How are you all?

Have to be quick as naked ds is waiting for me to take out a bucket of water into the garden - he's standing in the paddling pool looking hopeful Its just filling now...

Having another confusing month here - am on CD35 and think AF's due Saturday/Sunday time. However, have been feeling sick for the last week, getting worse each day, but think AF might now have started. I don't feel pg, but this sickness is doing my head in. Am bloated too. Am wondering what's going on! Got my appt soon though, so will be able to bore new doctor silly with my list of questions

Better go as ds waiting... Sorry re not being on much - school finishes tomorrow and I've been out/away quite a bit. Busy busy busy!

Be back on soon!

ps Getting my kitten tomorrow, and my parents are arriving to stay too, hooray!

hi everyone..

Poppy hmm thats not very nice of your friend to say such things if it was untrue i think even if u respond to her texts/msgs, it wouldnt be the same friendship as last time iykwim..
MBM if i were you now, i would have taken my leftover pee stick and test on it now since its CD35 already..
btw am jealous of u getting a kitten! i lurve kitties..why do u all have cats n kittens lol!! i want one..or two badly but family and hubby not so interested so cant keep them even though they love cats but to them, cats stink maybe we dont put enough soap on them or something when bathing them lol
hope everyone else, becky and M2O are doing fine
as for me, i find it a bit weird as most of the women on MN says in late preg baby tends to move less often due to lack of space but mine seems to be hyper active nowadays and its hurting a lot hes trying to push his legs up to my ribs and kidneys for more space..
is that normal??
anywayz i am off to zzzz land as have been out early n gone home late past two days and legs are aching so much..
goodnite everybodyy

Poppy so sorry for you being mistreated by your friend. She seems to be approaching the problem in a very childish way. I don't really know what to suggest. I'd probably just ignore her or send her a email or something to try to explain things from your side (but that's just me - I'm rubbish at confrontations).

mbm have you not done a test yet? Your symptoms sounds a bit strange - you do tend to get sickness quite early on normally, don't you with pregnancy?

Nandos I know how you feel! The last weeks are quite hard when you just want to have your baby and get your body back to normal!

The little bean inside me is kicking me now - all the time it feels like. It particularly likes food!

I had to do facepainting for three hours yesterday at DS1's school summer fayre. It nearly did me in! I woke up really stiff today and my left arm was killing me from painting for three hours. But it was fun

Better go - making fish pie for the DSs.

mbm hope your kitty is lovely and m2o I hope you are ok

Hello

Just another quick one from me! Just got in from the cinema - a rare treat as mum and dad offered to babysit

Becky Can't believe you can feel your bean kicking That's amazing! It only seems like yesterday you said you were pg! Hope you feel a little less stiff in the morning - bet you were brill at the facepainting, was it difficult? I could never do anything like that... I have many talents but artistic skill is not one of them
My AF started properly on Friday, which is fine as it would've been pretty awful timing what with getting the kitten, it being the start of the summer hols and my parents staying... It's been really odd with the sickness - it only lessened yesterday when AF became really heavy and I was in loads of pain. I have been truly feeling awful, just like having morning sickness, and even today, although it's better, it's defo still there. I think there's something not right, but dh thinks it's been another cp, although I don't agree with him. Normally I know when I've conceived, and I don't think I did. Is v odd though, and each cycle things are getting worse.

Nandos Lots of movement sounds like a good thing, and I don't think ds moved less towards the end. It all sounds pretty normal to me, and he must be getting cramped in there by now Hope you managed to get an early night, and feel a bit less tired today!

m2o and Poppy Hello! How are you both? Hope you're doing okay and have had nice weekends?

Our little kitty is settling in fine - will post a pic on my profile when I get a min. Have decided to call her Dusty as she is grey but looks like she is coated with white dust on her face and a patch of brown on her back. She's a plucky little thing, and has no fear of ds - they've been playing together loads, and ds is so cute with her! Off to vets tomorrow for check-up and first vacc's. Anybody got any tips on introducing cats and dogs?? One of our dogs has seen Dusty and went ballistic - a 25kg dog going crazy is difficult to control and I'm terrified that she's going to hurt her if we put them together... The other dog just sniffed at her a bit and was fine bless her, but Dusty was hissing and making very odd noises. She must've been terrified!

Off to bed now xxx

Have just put a little pic on my profile, yay!

Hello- flying visit as usual!!!!

mbm Is she a british short hair?? She is gorgeous!! Looks very cobby.

You need to put her in a cage/wire pen to introduce her to the dogs. That way they can sniff her and see her but she won't get hurt and reassure the dogs loads and give treats while they are being calm and not barking. Take it slow.

Hi all

mbm your symptoms are strange. I hope you are feeling better now your AF has been.

I can't wait to see a pic of your new kitty

I've just got back from 4 days in Brixham with my mum, sister, and brother to celebrate my mum's 70th birthday. We had a lovely time but I missed DS1 and DS2 so much. I hadn't been away from there for more than 1 night before and this was 3 nights. I want to move to Brixham now but DH isn't convinced!

I've got the most horrendous heartburn now. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. I can't eat anything without getting it.

Hello!

How is everyone this morning? Was thinking in the middle of the night (as you do ) that we need to start a new thread, as we've only got a couple of posts left on this one and one needs to be for a link to the next one... If no-one's done it in the next couple of days then I shall wrack my brains to think of a nice way to start another one

Can't be long as mum and aunt still here and they're off to the airport this arvo. Things have been a bit crazy here so am looking forward to a break!

Becky Poor you re heartburn - have you tried the Gaviscon Double Action tablets? They were a lifesaver when I was expecting ds. Sounds like you had a lovely time in Brixham - where is that? You are brave going without the ds's, bet you couldn't stop thinking about them.

m2o Thanks re kitten Not sure what she is as got her from parents of kids in my class - there were four in her litter, and all different colours, so am thinking they're just a bit of a mixture. When you say cobby do you mean heavy? Cobby in horse terms would mean something that had a bit more bone to it, is that the same? She is a cutey though, and since we have changed her diet and got rid of her worms she is doing brilliantly!

Have to dash, love to you two Poppy and Nandos too...

Have a think re the new thead please - I am so unimaginative when it comes to things like this

Hooray, I've done it! The new thread is here Thought I'd get a bit poetic, hope you like it

See you there x