The addictable wagoners have abandoned ship - to a field.... for waiting to TTC'ers and TTC'ers alike, all welcome!!!

[NatalieJaneIsPregnantAgain]

Thought someone had better do it! Hope titles OK?

Huge congrats again Gruff

Thanks ses, will try and have fun days out around home with the girls whilst DH still off.
Plus now we will be searching for new poles for the tent!

sorry for trip 2bgs
remember last time we went camping ages ago it rained really heavy and we had to leave early too british weather

2BG- shame about your trip but sounds like being at home will be more fun than that horrid weather!!

I made my coffee sponge and its scrummy- so nice me and DH have eaten over half of it already I put some vanilla in the buttercream topping to take away the bitterness and its scrummy.... from a woman who HATES coffee!!!

Glas coffee sponge sounds delicious, think i may do some baking tomorrow

Morning! Hope everyone is well . Good to hear from you 2BG, and agree that you stuck it out far longer than most would have! Pain about the poles though .

Off to the playbarn in the village this afternoon, and bits of shopping to pick up etc. One thing with this organic lark is that it all goes off soooo quickly, so makes shopping a day to day occurence!
Trying to keep busy today as it would have been my 12 week scan this morning (I would have been 14 weeks) so feeling a bit , but onwards and upwards eh!
Right, time to get dressed!

Oooh Diege, I like the sound of your day! Choosing nice fresh veggies, drinking a cup of tea at the playbarn whilst the DC's play happily

I'm sat at my desk in an office full of predominantly men who don't understand the art of conversation and have a mind numbing amount of numbers to crunch through in order to construct a vaguely sensible budget for next year.

Have you thought about doing something to remember instead of trying to forget - I'm not talking anything over the top, but maybe get a plant for the garden to kind of give yourself closure? (I hate that term but its very fitting sometimes).

Whatever you fill your day with, I hope you have a nice time with the DC's

Thanks Cals . Yes, something like a plant for the garden would be nice. I have a birth stone necklace that I keep with the scan picture, but would be nice to have something 'living' that I can look at rather than keeping in cupboard .
Good luck with your number crunching! Those men in your office sound a bit grim .

morning 18 wks today

we are off to a play centre too.

your day sounds good diege

plant idea is lovely

Morning all

I have a drawer in my bedside table with the hat and mittens set that my bf bought me when we told her I was pg. A nice card she sent with it too. I like the plant idea - did that when my Nana died. I've gone for a thumb ring actually. Have worn it ever since mc and just reminds me. Probably thought of it as I wear my Nana's old eternity ring too and I just twist them every so often to show they're not forgotten.

Sorry that's all v sad on a lovely morning but just wanted to share!

I really should have left for work now but still having breakfast (oops)! Not porridge - toast and marmite again!

Morning guys

Lovely plant idea. I hope you have a great day Diege Its a nice way to not forget but also move on with life.

Hi 2BG sorry that you had a bad time wiht the weather.

Cals- Are we in the same office??? mine is full of men that are rather geeky and not conversational. However I have got a lovely 7mth pregnant lady sitting opposite me for the next week- wish I could tell her about my beany, though she must be sus by all the questions im asking!!

Hi everyone else

Ooh thanks for asking how I am Nat(yesterday, am a bit behind!) - am ok just a walking black cloud at the moment, really struggling with moodswings- hanging on to that bit passing!

Morning everyone

Diege agree with Cals it is nice to do something, I have nothing, except the due date looming over me next month. Trying not to think about it for now. Hope you have a good day, staying busy helps.

Cal, glad yesterday's funny turn has dissapeared. I have the perfect plan to wake the grumpy blokes up: STRIP!!!

2BG, about the weather, I did see the weather reports for down there and wondered how you were getting on.

GYo, if it helps, the black moods do pass, or at least get a little less frequent!

Hi all... Diege- agree with everyone else re planting something, would be nice to do.

DD is doing fantastic on her potty training- she doesn't even need us!! she's going on her own and no accidents since she started using the potty on monday!! Its amazing!!

i think i'm gonna go and make some porridge in a mo... oh i had really wierd and strange vivid dreams last night.... one i was being chased, and the other i was pulling my underwear out of the dryer and all my knickers had pads in them... very odd!!

thanks Nat- knowing it passes really helps.

Just hope me and dont fall out before then!

We have builders plastering house and mess is appalling. Kind of pushing to me to the limit mood wise.

Ho hum...

Glaskham, am going to join you with the porridge, have just realised I haven't eaten yet.

GYo, builders (and the mess) is enough to tip anyone over the edge, coping with it during pregnancy is even harder. Can you get out and away from it for a couple of days at the weekend? Stay over night in a hotel or something? Just to give yourself a break from it.

ooh please fax over some porridge! starving here...
I've been thinking about going to a hotel- even during this week its driving me so mad!

Unfortunately we have to paint this w/e before the next stage of building work next week so not sure about time Also DH is studying so is pretty edgy/ short of time so he might not go for it...

He is driving me mad actually, im not allowed to make any comments re mess in house or im being perceived as being "moody/negative"- Men! hum!!

Maybe I will go on my own and lounge in the pool/ get a massage etc what a lovely thought!!!

Morning everyone,
Diege- Plant idea sounds lovely, my friend has bears for her losses. Your day sounds nice and relaxing, hope you have fun. I'm trying to get more healthy by cooking more (something i hate) and we no longer have fizzy pop in the house! Wish we were all organic like you though.

Well done little Glask DD2 is now fully potty trained and it is so much easier, and cheaper.
How are you feeling Glask?

GYO- Your house sounds like a nightmare at the moment, but sure it will all be worth it in the end But luxury hotel with pool, spa and massueur(sp) sounds like a great idea

I had porridge for breakfast this morning, just got up and fancied it, must of been all the talk of it on here yestereday still fresh in my mind. It was yummy, i also like it floating in milk.
Feeling very headachy and light headed. Going to docs next week if not up the duff as i've had these headaches for a couple of weeks now just feel out of sorts. Think AF is on her way, feeling achy back and belly

Fingers crossed af stays away 2BG - you never know, headaches etc may be pregnancy symptoms . Agree, getting rid of fizzy pop is good! I had a serious 2 litres a day diet coke habit, and have switched quite happily to fizzy water with a dash of fruit juice - feel much better for it!
GYO, agree that builders and good mooods aren't conducive! Remember making sure I was out of the house by the time they arrived then back tea-time when we had them come, just to avoid the stress of it all!
NAT, due date will be tough I'm sure, but does it help that you're pregnant for it? Just curious, as so many people say they want to be pregnant again by the due date.
Glask, very of potty training! dd3 is 2y 9m and while she'll sit on the potty nothing happens as yet! Really hard knowing when/how to start properly, as she's at nursery 4 days out of 5 so can't get any consistentrcy going. Can't remember what on earth I did with dds 1 and 2, but they were dry by this stage! Oh well, you never see children at school in nappies do you?!
SES, lovely to remember your nan and LO by wearing your ring. That's such a lovely idea
Right, dds are STILL not dressed!!!!

I had my breakfast... sent some over for you GYo... have just told the surrogacy organisation I'm with that i wont be a surrogate for a while because i was pg, and also told my friend that I was going to be a surrogate for that i was pregnant...

Bit tough, but i had to do it sooner or later.

help with bottles please ladies

looking @ buying mam silk bottles as bpa free ( dangerous chemical found in others)

mam do 270ml(come with medium silk teat) and 330ml ones(come with fast silk teat)

was going to get 5 270 ml ones
and 3 330 ml ones
then 2 packs of newborn teats

does this sound about the right amount of bottles?

wanted to make sure i had all teats as i remember with dd that she was struggling to drink with slow ones and didnt have any medium ones

wouldn't be of any help with bottles... i just used some mam ones for EBM, will be BF again so dont need to worry about all the bottles and teats and formula!!

I would say that sounds about right Tinks. I bought 5 of the advent ones, and really struggled with the right flow teat to buy. In the end, switiched after a few weeks to variflow ones and they were a god-send. That way you can just turn the bottle and adjust the flow, if that makes sense!
Glask, good on you with contacting surrocacy and friend about your pregnancy - bet that's a weight off your mind, and good to be upfront with friend though must have been hard!

Also has porridge! LOL I sent DH for some before he got home from work last night, he came home with Quick Oats or some such (they only had these pots and readybrek left, and he knows I hate readybrek!) they are individual pots of oats, just add the milk and bung in the microwave for a minute and a half and it was surprisingly bloody gorgeous! Much better than any of the paste/watery oats I've ever managed on the hob!

Diege, not sure about the due date thing, I think it does help being pregnant again because quite aside from the due date obviously things have been building up towards this pregnancy. I actually spent the first couple of months of this pregnancy not even remembering how many weeks I would have been etc. but I suppose now it is only 3 weeks away from the EDD it is all coming back a bit. I am hoping that the scan and the shopping () and everything else will carry me through it not too badly. My sister had a MC the month before she got pregnant with her son, literally by the time she found out she'd MC'ed, she was pregnant again, and she has always said that in a warped kind of way she is almost glad she MC'd the first one because otherwise she wouldn't have her son as he is. I am trying to tell myself the same thing, but until this baby is actually born it is just a baby, much the same the MC would have been just a baby IYKWIM? God that all sounds terrible, I know what I mean, just can't get the right words!

Sorry Tink can't help with the bottles, although I do remember with DS1 that he went to the bigger bottles surprisingly quickly. DS2 never had a bottle so memories of bottles have all dissapeared I'm affraid!

thanks diege.

i breastfeed dd for 5 wks was a disaster.
she was and is very fussy.

Makes perfect sense Nat! I think I can see where you sister is coming from . In addiction to shopping we will be here for you too!
Re: bottles/breast, I breastfed dd1 exclusively for 6 months, but then had hell of a job getting her to take a bottle when I went back to work. Poor nursery ended up spooning milk down her, which was very stressful for all! Bottlefed dds 2 and 3, and if I try to bf no.4 I will make sure I introduce at least the idea of a bottle early on.

Morning!

Still really suffering with cold this morning! Managed to have my porridge this morning but now I seem to be suffering from nausea! Either Im really unlucky and it has come early or it is just part of my cold. Its not that bad though - just generally feel rough.Both my mum (3 dc)and sister(2dc) only had nausea, they neveer actually through up, so I am hoping I wil be the same as have a real phobia of being sick!

Tink - have you looked at mothercare website - if you go into the feeding bit they have some guides to feeding- worth a look. I really like the look of the MAM ones and think I will go for them. I like the colours I will be BF but will be prepared in case it it doesnt work out.

We are house sitting for friends for a week from today who have acres of land, a huge swimming pool and lovely cottage with river at the bottom of their field. I just hope I get over this cold so I can enjoy them!