Where Emmsy's established friendships continue to support us on our journeys.....

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Here we go again . Let the good news flow....

Hello girls, just to let you know that my broadband and BT vision is down at the moment, I can't post to catch up with everyone whilst at work as too busy. But didn't want you to think I'd dropped off the face of the earth. I am reading and thinking of you all.
Hopefully will be back in the land of MN very soon as it feels as if my arms and legs have been chopped off!
Love to you all x

Morning ladies !

Emmsy lovely to hear from you missus, you make me all excited about meeting my wee one ! Sounds like you are having a great time getting to know wee Amy

Kate I have absolutely everything crossed for you hun. Sounds like you are really sorting your head out if you are ready to make contact with those friends - good for you.

teehee hope George is ok

Fruity only 1 sleep !!!!!!!!!!! what time is scan ?

we went to see the labour suite last night - yikes ! It has made me feel better that I now know what it looks like but it also brought home the reality of it so had a bit of a wobble afterwards - it is all very scary and very soon !

You can tell Wednesdays are my day off as you get 2 posts in 24 hours.

Emmsy Great to hear that things are going well with Amy and the rest of the brood. Your DS is reading already and not at school? That's really good. Sorry that things have not improved with the rest of the family, but it seems that the arrival of Amy has given you a new more Emmsy friendly perspective which may not be a bad thing. I know what you mean about not wanting to feel bitter, it such a horrid feeling but I am sure that will pass and you will just be more accepting of the situation. (Which honestly you sound more so already) Shame your Mum is missing out but it's her choice. Lots of hugs to you all. Any new pictures for us to coo over?

Mibbes Hope you are enjoying your leave - What've been up to? Can't believe how close you are getting.

Fruity After telling you off for shopping, have just been to Blooming Marvellous and picked up a silky top for £8.50 down from £30.

Off to pick cat up - vet says can't find anything broken or stuck in so all that cash and worry for nothing. Just have to see how he does for a week or two apparently. Mind you the 3 legged running is quite amusing!

Afternoon all

Just a quick one as I can't think of anything interesting to say...

Have spent most of the day trying not to obsess about whether I may or may not be pg this month... Temp has continued to shoot up so I have def ov'd... Teehee by my reckoning, your scan, my wedding anniversary and the day I shall be POAS if AF hasn't shown her ugly mug by then all fall on the same day! Let's hope it's a great day for both of us - Lord knows it was sh5t last year (few weeks after mc) so this year ought to be a good one! Have booked a nice restaurant in the evening so fingers crossed I won't be drinking!

Speaking of which... for some reason today I have been feeling very restless and slightly cabin fever-y, so I've convinced DH we shuld go to the pub this evening...But shall I have a (large) glass of white?? I figure as long as it's only one (large one ) my acupuncturist shouldn't be too cross... Think I know what you'll all say already

Hey ladies. Just a quick one from me. Wanted to say good evening and catch up with y'all.

Nothing much of interest going on here. Same problems with the build, same stress trying to get Streatham finished and no the market, libs still ill blah blah blah . Oh and DH got a chest infection now. Poor bloke.

But in a perverse way it's all good as it takes my mind of the pg. The days are whizzing by in a blur. Feeling rather queasy all day now, so just stuffing my face with contents of fridge.. Norks are sore and I could sleep for England. Think I might be only woman that is wishing for MS!

Kate What did you decide to do re: your friends? Have a lovely time at the pub with DH.

TeeHee 3 legged running cat sounds rather amusing!

Emmsy 'You can choose your friends but not your family' seems to sum up your situation at the moment. Your mum will be missing out on some really sepcial times with Amy. But its her choice. Don't fret about it.

Fruity Fingers crossed for tomorrow hon. Lovely to see you today. You look gorgeous and blooming.

Hi to everyone else.

Better post tomorrow. Promise xxxx

Just a quickie to say Good Luck to Fruity for tomorrow, yes on the wine to Kate and Yey to Georgie as you sound pregnant which is good to hear.

Sleep tight girlies- til tomorrowxx

Hello quickie whilst at work, just wanted to say good luck to Fruity
Still got problems with broadband and BT vision, even went to Mums last night but her's is down as well but "apparently" it's not related according to BT
Will try and catch up later if someone fails to attend an interview, need to moan about my DH! x

Kate I hope you had a lovely big wine missus , I had several drinks on my BFP 2ww as was fed up being good - miblet seems to be thriving on it . Could you post your chart ? I love chart obsessing !

HTGG sorry to hear your problems contiune and DH poorly now - although I guesss it is good if it is taking your mind off PG..

FRUITY it is the big day - I can't wait to hear what you're having

Ei are symptoms continuing ? when do you plan to test ?

teehee am having a lovely time on ML, thanks for asking. Have been meeting friends, had a spa day, met NCT ladies, went to a 'positions and breathing for labour' class yesterday and starting a cookathon today so I can fill my freezer for the first few weeks of babydom ! Also have friends coming round for lunch with their babies. Busy busy !

Afternoon ladies

Well all's well with Button, everything in the right places and growing well. Weighs 15oz so spot on really. I expressed my concern about the size of my bump given the size DS was. Sonographer said the size right now is average.

We have a little boy! Willy very visible! I could see it before she even told us.
Told you I'd give you all our 1st boy
Might have to dress him up in girls clothes for the 1st few weeks though
MIL asked if I was happy (well of course, goes without saying) I said we've got plenty of chance to have a girl, haha, DP looked very scared, hehehe.
I'm just so pleased everything is fine with him. We're just stuck on a name now as we had Olivia for a girl. I love Oscar but DS not keen. Both like Jack and Henry but I'm not as keen as I am with Oscar Ah well, gotta compromise I suppose. Anyway got ages yet
DS very excited about having a baby brother. I thought he'd be disappointed as he's been saying "girl" and "sister" for ages.

I'll post some pics in a bit, got some real close ups.

Hope you're all well
xx

Fruity! A BOY!!! Fantastic! A girl next time then! So glad it all went well, get those photos posted missus! I want a nose! My vote's with Oscar as well, plenty of time for DH to come round in the next 20 weeks!

Mibbes your last post just about described my ideal days! How lovely! I didn't have any wine in the end night as we didn't make it to the pub! DH went to the gym.... then then when he got back there was a work call and he had to go out... then they got a puncture on the motorway... So I figured maybe someone was trying to tell me it wasn't meant to be By the time he got back it was 9pm & he was VERY grumpy as his blood sugar was so low, so I just made the stir fry I'd been planning for tonight (golly I'm exciting...!) So I'm hoping that's a good sign (fate intervening, not making stir fry!) [clutching-at-straws-emoticon]

I haven't been charting properly for a while, somehow I started to find it quite a negative way to start the day - waiting for the rise, worrying whether it would come, whether it would be enough, whether it would stay up if it did etc etc... But I have been taking it since monday, which is when I think I ov'd, so here you go:
Monday: 36.58
Tuesday: 36.73
Wednesday: 36.87
Thursday: 37.01

Pretty steep huh?!? But now I'm not sure whether it would be more stressful to keep taking it or to stop taking it... I suppose it's a bit like the hcg tests in that as long as it does what it's supposed to it's reassuring, but the moment it doesn't it's one more thing to worry about... What do you wise ladies reckon?

An trying not to read too much into 4 days' worth of readings, () but I do know that 36.58 is def a pre-ov temp for me, and I do pretty often get as far as 37.01 but that's normally about the highest it goes, and never normally as quickly as this cycle, so I'm thinking that's probably all the homeopothy/acupuncture etc doing its stuff. It's much too soon I think for it to be a pg symptom - 3DPO!

Georgie I'm glad there are plenty of things to take your mind of your pg, iyswim, although I wish they were more fun, less stressful things for your sake When is your scan? About the same time as Teehee's I'm guessing?

Come back Mollie! We need to know why we have to tell your DP off, although we're always available for a bit of DP/DH bashing! Hope you're ok. Do you have a date for your appointment yet? xx

I sent "the text" last night by the way. Felt quite proud of myself! One small step and all that! I have a lovely few days coming up, so hopefully that should make me feel a bit more motivated and positive generally. I have hypnotherapy tomorrow (), friends over for supper tomorrow night (chicken pie ) then a facial on saturday morning from my lovely friend who's a beauty therapist, and acupuncture on saturday afternoon I'm a broke lucky girl!

Right. Off to walk the dogs in the rain... Wish me luck! Back later

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Awwww Fruity!

Awwww Fruity!

I hope you realise how special you all are I've stayed late at work just for you lot! So here goes:-
EI Loving the psychic dream, I agree one will definately be Kate not to sure on the third, I am definately out of the running as TTNC at the mo, maybe sparkly or piper I think we're the only ones left!
Fruity Fabulous pictures hun, and his nose is not that big naughty girl I love Oscar by the way
Emmsy Horrified to hear your family are still playing up, it's their loss hun. If you lived closer I'd be surrogate grandmother to all your kids (minus a few wrinkles I hope) I can't believe how selfish they've been, really wish I could do something physically for you. Very impressed with Ian's reading, how clever is he! Gutted work won't give you an answer on your unpaid leave and are making you resubmit, how mean is that!
Kate Christening new sofa Good girl! Lovely temps too, how lucky would that be first month! EI might be right again!
Georgie I think it's marvellous you're being distracted from worrying about your new pg. Of course it's not so great you still have all the other worries, let's hope they sort themselves out soon.
Sparkly I am so glad you didn't out my drunken dialling episode on Sat night, I will out myself and admit to "proper" speaking to poor Sparkly (my she's welsh ) I think I was a right drunken muppet but she's too polite to say! Glad to hear placement is still going well
CriCri Seems like all is well with our other new mum, you seem to be adjusting to your new life effortlessly, inc the one finger typing!
Scully Hope your OK? I totally understand how you are feeling about your news, here's to some symptoms for you to put your mind at rest a little
Piper Hope your hen weekend was very boozy, is everything sorted for the wedding now?
TeeHee How's George? Hope he's doing better. How are you feeling too, any more wobbles lately?
Mibbes Very of your maternity leave not just for the obvious reasons but also no work! Take the time to make the most of it x
DH is doing my head in at the moment, he's turned into even more of a lazy selfish pig than normal. He is so untidy it's unbelievable, example this morning he had porridge for breakfast and made some sandwiches, the porridge is left open on the side, the chopping board, the crumbs, knife, butter and salad cream all left for me to put away. Where he washed up last night the sink is full of leftover food and soap suds! I just don't know how to make him understand that we both work full time I'm not his mother and I will not pick up after him constantly! !!Suggestions on a postcard please!

Fruity Lovely scan pictures and you're having a little boy Fantastic news! I also like the name Oscar - surely you can talk DP into it? A trade-off for having to move house whilst pg perhaps? I can't believe you're potentially going to be having to move, assuming the flat sells of course... Are you still planning to have a 4D scan?
Mollie at your DH. I don't think men see mess in the same way as we do as it never seems to bother them. He probably doesn't even realise he's doing it. Perhaps a non-confrontational approach along the lines of "When you leave all the dirty dishes it makes me feel ..." "I'd like you to..." Challenge the behaviour rather than him. Best of luck!
Sparkly How are you doing? I know you're busy at the moment but we're thinking of you.
Emmsy at your family's behaviour. Glad you're getting on fine without them but it must hurt
Georgie Hope you manage to get everything sorted out so that you can start relaxing.
Scully Hope you get some symptoms soon, the limbo feeling is horrible.
Teehee How are you doing? Love the image of George running around on three legs! Our cat has adjusted amazingly well to DD's arrival. He was also a star whilst I was in labour at home - he was desperate to comfort me and watched the proceedings from the stairs (we have open tread stairs going up through the lounge). The midwives thought he was so cute!
Kate How is Nemo with Lola now? Hope you enjoyed your walk last night. Another good reason to have a cat in my opinion - they walk themselves when it's raining! Fingers crossed your temp rise leads to a BFP!
Mibbes Sounds as though you're having a grand time on ML. Make the most of it...
All well here after a restless night - DH went back to work for the first time since the birth and is on nights this week and I think DD picked up on the fact he wasn't there. After a morning of constant feeds my mum came round at lunchtime to amuse her to enable me to have some lunch. Distraction techniques didn't work for very long though! We had some more feeding this afternoon but she's been asleep since 5pm I'm going to pay for this later though! I'm taking her to some friends for lunch tomorrow - our first solo outing!
Hope everybody else is OK

Hello my gorgeous ladies,
I'm sat in bed with a hot water bottle in PJs because the germy kids have given me some manky lurgy thing...I'm ok really, just shattered. My week has been fantastic and the kids are sooo gorgeous. Today they were saying: Miss, I love you to the enemies on the moon and back/I love you to mars and back/I love you to the sun etc and one little girl said...MISS, I ate all my breakfast this morning . They make me laugh so much.
Fruity Lovely scan pics. Am so happy that all is well and I love the name Oscar...I told DD that you were expecting a boy and she said - Oh, I wanted it to be a girl lol.
Cricri You sound like you're doing a fab job. The first weeks are so tough but you'll soon have a routine and it gets easier and easier with every month that passes by. When's the next one coming . Thinking of you xxx
Mollie I loved your drunken phone call. Can I have another one this weekend? Maybe you'll be on the sober end of it and I'll be slurring. Men are messy slobs - why don't you just leave it there until he cleans it? AND I'm not that welsh - ask fruity and ei.
Kate Excellent temps - would be so fantastic if this was your month. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a lovely implantation dip with a great rise afterwards..and of course a BFP at the end!!
Mibbes You sound like your having a very productive ML - I just sat on my arse . How many days to go?
HTGG Am glad you have things to take your mind off pregnancy but make sure you get DP to spoil you lots. Hope the sickness doesn't get too bad.
Emmsy Great birth story - thanks for posting it. Will you add some new piccies of the gorgeous girl so we can all coo? Excellent that I is doing so well? Is he going to reception next Sept? He's very advanced. xxx
Ei Are you feeling any better? Any signs of ovulation yet?
Teehee This week has been an observation week so I've been mainly helping out. I'll be in charge from 24th Nov (my bday) until Feb though so arrggghhh!! You're scan seems to have come around so quick. I'll be thinking of you lots. Hope George is a bit better today.
Piper I wish I could have come on your hen weekend. What did you do? Have you recovered yet?
Scully How are you feeling?

DP is out tonight so I think I'll watch dirty dancing

Sparkly dirty dancing! Great choice! So glad to hear how well your placement is going - you're clearly a natural! Will you tell your class that it's your birthday the day you start being in charge? Although it doesn't sound like you'll need to resort to that sort of blatant bribery! Hope you feel better soon, nearly the weekend. Thanks for your comments on the temp rise too... say just for the sake of argument I was hoping for an implantation dip and a triphasic chart... roughly when should I be hoping for the dip please?? xx

Cricri so lovely to hear from you! I'm so glad things are generally going well. I can only imagine how tough it must be, 24/7. I was surprised how hard I found it for the first few weeks having a second dog, and I'm only too well aware that's NOTHING compared to having a baby - I guess you probably can't shut Elise in a crate in the kitchen while you go for a walk or wash your hair huh? Nemo's getting used to Lola now, thanks, though I think he'd still rather she just went away! They play together a bit now which is great, but she does wind him up and quite frequently he lets her know who's boss (at least for now )

Mollie I just asked DH for a man's approach to tackling your DP but he's tired, grumpy and generally not very co-operative! Does your DP acknowledge that he's messy or does he just think you're over-reacting? That's the hardest time to resolve ime, when they're convinced they're not doing anything wrong, BUT THEY SO ARE! I liked Cricri's suggestions though. I suspect so much of it will be picking the right moment to mention it, I'm really bad at that. I'll keep thinking about it though, and ask some people, maybe my hypnotherapist will have some sneaky suggestions for you! Chin up lovely. I feel very honoured that you stayed late at work to talk to us!

Emmsy I meant to say before, I'm sorry I didn't, that I can't believe how your family treat you They're missing out on so much - but that's THEIR choice. You're worth so much more than the way they treat you. We all appreciate you though - it's not everyone who has a thread named after them y'know! And not just any old thread either!

to everyone else, I hope you're all having a lovely evening!

You ladies have been chatty today so lots to catch up on - will try to keep it brief.

Fruity Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! A boy!!! A boy!! Things were getting a bit pink in here I think and if he is as cute as your DS you will have an adorable little family. Love Oscar, was on my list but DP had a cat of the same name as a kid so he has vetoed it!

Kate Wow first month would be great but don't get carried away lady. Does sound like a lovely few days to hopefully keep your mind of the 2ww (rest of room laughs as Teehee makes ridiculous comment)

Mollie OMG OMG Are you married to my DP's long lost twin brother, you could be you know as DP is from the W Midlands! I mean, why do they wash and leave the stuff in the sink and not putting stuff away in the kitchen - grrr. Favourite one for my DP is not putting empty stuff in the bin if it is too big to fit (juice cartons big favourite) just bloody leaves it on the side. I think he thinks I am off work already!!!! Hopefully you will feel better knowing that you are not alone. Love cricri's idea of calm discussion but if my house is anything to go by -no chance! As far as my wobbles are concerned they are becoming fewer and less major I think.

Cricri Look at you posting and feeding and talking about DD (which sounds so odd and lovely BTW) You sound like you are doing a marvellous job. Am expecting you to jump on the train come April and rescue me

Sparkly They might be cute but they are like vermin with their germs!! Wear a gasmask and Fruity said you sound pretty welsh, but have a lovely accent - I just can't imagine you with a welsh accent, which is pretty silly considering where you live.

Mibbes That sounds like a perfect ML - I am making notes for mine. So glad you are making the most of it, enjoy lady enjoy.

HTGG Take it easy, but you sound more chilled about things even though it sounds manic.

Knackered today. Still in process of doing bathroom, door now painted and back up and looks fab - might tackle the walls next week. George seems to be a bit mad since the anesthetic and figure this. How does a cat move his mat that his china bowls are on, by himself in order to rip it apart in the night? Did he do the tablecloth trick? If so I need a video camera - I could be rich!!

Roll on the weekend- I need to sleep.

Fruity yay another wee boy , so glad all is well - hurray ! I also love Oscar - DP has a mini (car) called that so I was not allowed it either !

teehee LOL at magician cat !

Sparkly glad all is well with your placement - I bet you're a fab teacher

Mollie grrr at lazy men. I had to point out to DP that although I am not at work at the moment this does not mean he can come home and put his feet up and expect me to do all of the household chores - I am over 8 months PG FFS, I need a rest ! Anyway he apologised but I can't help feeling that he is not pulling his weight like he did when we both worked.

Off to do some nesting now - hello to all the other ladies, will post properly later xx

Morning

Kate How's that temp this morning?

Mollie I think you have to count your blessings that at least your DH did the washing up I'm not sure if my DP even knows where the sink is!
DP also leaves a huge mess in the kitchen which I have to clear up. It must be a man thing but it does piss me off massively.

Sparkly Those children sound delightful How old are they? It's lovely to hear you sounding so perky
Apologise to your DD for not being able to produce a girl I will try my best next time, honest! - I will have a child called Olivia one day!

I've told MIL that you all love the name Oscar, also my RL friends love it too. She thinks you and they are all just trying to be nice I know you love it really!
Maybe I should get a petition going. I tell you what, it' a damn sight better than the name MIL and DP like - Jesse!!!!! Fine if I want him to be a hair dresser or fashion designer

Sorry Mibbes, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but most men do assume that when you are at home 'not working' then you can take over the household stuff My dh did it both times I was on maternity leave, he has got lazier with each child actually, he's reminded of it though, don't worry
Enjoy your ML and all that free time, and being able to do anything with 2 hands rather than 1
Hi Cricri, sounds like things are going just as you would expect for life with a newborn, never a dull moment There are so many things that people can't tell you, about being a mum, aren't there
Fruity, congrats on the scan, how lovely, 2 boys. I love all 3 names, Jack would be my favourite, was on our list for dd2 (we didn't know what she was).
Things are all ok here, have been at work for the last 3 days so can't access MN from there, and bloody nosey parkers always looking at my screen anyway
5.5wks now, not worried about lack of symptoms, didn't have any really apart from sore (.) with any of the other pregnancies, until I was around 7wks and the nausea kicked in. I'm more tired though in the evenings though, but I think that could be also be related to being 38 and having 2 children already, perhaps
We're off to Byron Bay for the weekend, so looking forward to relaxing at the beach, by the pool and generally not doing much of anything. 30deg tomorrow too The other couple we're meeting up with has a dd as well, and is 4mths pregnant with dc2, so I think we will end up telling them our news, so they know why I'm not drinking. They should be able to keep it quiet for another 4wks or so, and they live in Sydney so aren't going to bump into many people that we know

What's the temp doing today Kate? Sounds promising Your weekend sounds lovely, too.
How are you feeling HTGG? Is the Streatham house getting sorted? Good distraction, in a way, having it to focus on, although I'm sure you'd rather be spending the money on other things
Forgot to mention earlier, can't believe your dp wants to sell your flat Fruity, when your pregnant, in a depressed market I can understand that it's a good time to buy, but only if you don't have to sell to do it. I'm a bit like Teehee, too much of a control freak to let dh do that without involving me Hope it's all a painless process for you though, if it happens.
Think that's all I forgot to write in the first message Hi to everyone else, have a great weekend.

Ooooh Scully I absolutely loved Byron Bay! I'm sooooo
Have a fab time

Fruity you can't call him Jesse for 2 reasons:

1. Everyone will say "Oooo you big Jesse" to him all the time, and
2. It was my great grandmother's name

T'wouldn't be right! Bit like DH wanting Ralph for a boy. No.

1. It's slang for vomit
2. Must make him read that Judy Bloom novel sometime...

Lovely hear from everyone else, I love it when this thread's busy! Right. I have 10 mins to walk the dogs, hoover the house, dust upstairs, wash, dry and straighten my hair and get changed before I have to go to the naturopathic centre...

Temp 37.02 this morning btw - thanks for asking!

Catch you all later xx