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HappyandEiknowit · 07/04/2009 19:58

hi girls

come on and get your pom poms out and help me get to the finish line

xx ei xx

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SparklyPseudonym · 14/04/2009 14:00

Has anybody heard from teehee yet? I wonder if they are home?

I called the MLU this morning to discuss late booking in and they sent a MW straight away. She phoned to get an appointment for a scan and tried really hard but the earliest they can do is two weeks today when I'll be over 13 weeks. I don't mind though because I've got my Nuchal scan on Friday morning.

I have soooo much work to do and am doing the usual silly planning of work i.e. I won't do this today, I'll do it on ..... and then I spend time re-writing these plans .

Oops phone is ringing. Back to catch up soon.

SparklyPseudonym · 14/04/2009 14:03

It stopped .

Bella Hope you have more luck with plasterer!!
Fruity Just do what you can with the breast feeding. You've done brilliantly to have got this far. xx
Lola I hope your day isn't going as badly as expected.
Ei Have just seen your text. Really hope AF isn't going to show her ugly face. Lots of love xxxx
Mollie Are you back at work today? How are you feeling?
Mibbes [waves]

BellaHarry · 14/04/2009 14:56

Sparkly oooh scan! Hope all's ok, bet you're excited?! Unfortunately my plasterer has not shown up so I am starting to really worry about the baby's room being ready in time, as we can only have the plasterer in at school holiday, next one being end of May!!? I feel like crying! Don't know a london plasterer do you?

SparklyPseudonym · 14/04/2009 16:31

Bella Don't panic too much. Will baby be in with you first? We didn't put DD in her own room for quite a few months so you've still got plenty of time.

MW said I was suffering from low blood pressure - 95/50 and that was prob why I had such a headache!!

BellaHarry · 14/04/2009 16:55

Sparkly yes I suppose you're right; baby will be with us at first. What will they do about your blood pressure? I've never known anyone to have low blood pressure, what causes it? Hope your ok x

Molliemooma · 14/04/2009 20:13

TeeHee Hope you and Noah are home and settling in
Georgie Love the spoof text How's DD's chicken pox?
EI Any news?
Lola Hope you are feeling less tired?
Fruity How did the wedding dress shopping go?
Bella Sorry to hear things aren't going to plan but as Sparkly pointed out you'll have loads of time if baby is in with you first. I know it's hard when your feeling low anyway to deal with crap when it goes wrong, take a deep breath and try to relax
Sparkly Have you finished your work yet? £180 is the same price as the two places I contacted last time, so sounds about right.
Only 3 more sleeps til you see your LO again

Well I booked my gp appointment today for a week tomorrow I will be exactly 6wks, so she'll have 2 wks to organise my scan. Makes it seem a little bit more real, so did have another mini panic attack but all OK now

BellaHarry · 14/04/2009 20:36

A little premature as I don't officially change 'til tomorrow but I'm bored and down and need something to cheer me up.

Jaamy CD13 TTC#3 cycle 21 (MC Mar 08 and Sept 08)
HappyAndEiKnowIt CD27 TTC#2 cycle 19 (CP/MC april & june08)

BFPs
Piper TTC#1 10 weeks pg TWINS!!
Sparkly BFP 20th Feb TTC#2 Cycle 4 after m/c
Molliemooma BFP 6th Apr TTC#1 Cycle 6 (mm/c Jan08, mm/c Aug08 & CP Oct 08)

Infanticipating
HeyThereGeorgieGirl 26 weeks pg (BFP 3rd Nov) EDD 10 July
Scully 26 weeks pg (BFP 8th Nov) EDD 13 July
BellaHarry 25 weeks pg EDD 29th July
Lola BFP 20 weeks pg EDD 30th August

Graduates
Emmsy GIRL! Amy Louise born 7th October 08 5lbs 12oz
CriCri GIRL! Elise Vivienne at 0630am 4th November 08, 7lbs 15oz
Mibbes BOY! Evan, born 3rd December 08, 6lbs 5oz
Fruity BOY! Jack, born 18th March 09, 8lbs 50z
Teeheelaydee BOY! Noah Robert, born 13th April 09, 6lbs 12oz

HappyEIster · 14/04/2009 20:49

hi ladies
hope everyone is ok
no news from me except my temp dipped slightly below coverline today and AF still isnt here even though she usually shows her face about mid-morning my LP is 11 days and has been for months now so who knows!! i will be officially late if she doesnt show up tonight i havent tested as i have only got cheapies in and they are not exactly sensitive by all accounts so i will test tomorrow morning with FMU if no show tonight
bella dont worry about the babys room yet you have tonnes of time and also another 6 months or so once she is here aswell we were quite lucky with DDs room as when we moved in everywhere was freshly plastered/decorated due to a fire so we got the house for a bargain price and it was nice and new too just meant we didnt need a plasterer so i had the room decorated by the time i was 20 weeks also are you taking time off before the birth for mat leave? you could get a plasterer in then to fill 1-2 of your lazy days
hope all is well for everyone else
xx ei xx

teeheelaydee · 14/04/2009 21:40

Hi lovely lovely Mumsnet ladies - Just a quickie from me, as you can imagine!

Thank you for all your lovely messages to say you were thinking of me when it was all going on. Was rather long but will do the gorey details in the next day or so if you don't mind. Dead chuffed I got bunny emoticons as I loved them ! Thanks Lola

Just wanted to let you know that Noah and I are home - about 2pm today. We've had a few visitors today so tomorrow is just us as I am still feeling pretty knackered.

We are getting on fine so far and he seems to be feeding well - he has quite a suck though. Am sure he is latched on correctly but it still smarts (that's normal right?)

I can't believe he is here and that he is ours!! Will try and do pics and birth story tomorrow but we'll see how it goes. What with all the girls we have on the horizon and Cricri and Emmsy's little angels I though t I'd best keep Fruity and Mibbes company He is tiny - even any newborn stuff looks utterly ridiculous- completely swamped.

HerNameWasLola · 14/04/2009 22:07

I sneak in for a quick lurk before bed, and who do I see but the lovely mummyteehee! Hello lovely lady! Am very impressed that you've managed to post already, promise to (try to ) be patient waiting for the birth story and photos! Can imagine the disbelief, but he really is yours, forever and ever, you made him! Aren't you clever!! Really glad to hear bf has started off well, long may it continue

Am "working from home" tomorrow so will be back to catch up with everyone else properly then Night all

BellaHarry · 15/04/2009 08:50

Ei fingers crossed she misses you today, well done for being patient with the testing! Our house was also a bargain but for a very different reason; it was a 'project' every room has had to be done and I've learnt to fear plaster dust...it gets EVERYWHERE!

Teehee Glad you're both home safe and sounds like Noah's a hungry little boy, bet he's scrummy all swamped in those clothes. Aaaaaw! Looking forward to photos, take care of yourself, get lots of skin to skin contact now it's just you guys! I can't wait for that bit!

News on the plastering front is apparantly a new one has been organised for Thur/Fri but I don't believe it! This whole thing has done nothing for my mood and I think I cried somewhere in the region of 6 times yesterday..sat in the middle of the bare crumbly 'nursery' at one point! Very tragic sounding eh! I'm just about to phone the doc to see if they can see me on Fri..fingers crossed for a magic cure x

SparklyPseudonym · 15/04/2009 11:40

DD had her kidney scan at the hospital this am. Kidneys are looking fine but bladder isn't fully emptying (she's prob in control of that!).

DP has taken DD out for an hour to a play centre. Might as well make the most of him as he's back in work on Monday . Am going to work for a couple of hours before going to visit a friend....Less than 48 hours until scan. Am nervous - will be 12 weeks Friday by LMP so will be able to start telling people if there is a HB...and then I'll need to start looking for a maternity dress for a ball I'm going to in the summer - you can all help with that .

Bella Glad you've booked an appointment. Hope your GP is supportive.
Lola Did you find any nice maternity bedwear?
Teehee Lovely to have you back and excellent that BF has started off well. Good plan to have time to yourselves - the visitors can wait. . Am desperate to see some piccies.
Ei Any news lovely? I see your DP wants his wifey today - bless .
Mollie Am counting down the days for you. Please phone me when you flop. You've been a great support and I want to do the same xx

Hello to everyone else. Fruity I've still not made it to the post office to post pressie for J but I intend to do it today. It's 0-3 months (2 trousers and 2 tops) should have got 3-6!

HappyEIster · 15/04/2009 15:34

hey ladies
just a quick one to say AF still is AWOL i am 2 days late now according to my LP so fingers crossed eh!!
teehee lovely to see you!! how do you feel to be a mummy?? its unreal isnt it!!
hope everyone is doing well and il be back later when i have finished work
xx ei xx

BellaHarry · 15/04/2009 17:13

Ei oh fingers crossed for you babe! How significant was the temp drop? I really hope it happens for you this time!! X

SmilingEi · 15/04/2009 19:46

what dya'll think of my new name??
xx ei xx

FruitynNutty · 15/04/2009 20:06

Evening all, I actually have two children in bed asleep, dinner in oven and a semi tidy flat and it's not even 8pm yet

Teehee!!!! So pleased all is well I'm absolutely desperate to hear all about it, don't keep us waiting too long!

DP out tonight so I have control of the box, probably nothing on

Ei I so hope AF stays away for you! Lovely new name you have there, let's hope you keep that smile

Bella I'm looking forward to our chat tomorrow afternoon, a little worried about you

My dinner's ready now and Waterloo Rd has started so ta ra for now!

HerNameWasLola · 15/04/2009 20:46

Ei is the new name meant to tell us something?? Are you smiling for a reason lovely lady? Keeping everything crossed for you!

Fruity am VERY impressed by your achievements! In fact suspect you've achieved more with 2 children to look after than I have today with none! Though I have conducted some in depth research into cot mattresses, so not completely idle...

Quick rant before DH comes back. We went to visit friends for the weekend who are just finishing renovating their house. When we see people like that it always spurs me on to get on with our place. So. One of the things we needed to do was buy a book case, currently the books have been on a crappy set of argos shelves in what will (hopefully) be the nursery, so before we can get the nursery sorted we need to get the books shifted (following so far? ) So I told DH I was going to look online at ikea on monday night to see what they had with a view to buying some on monday. Had a look and made a short list. Showed DH and the ones he liked were either a) too big or b) horrible when I actually saw them in store - why does crap wood never look that crap on the website? So. Bought some. VERY pleased with myself, managed to get people to help me get them onto the trolley and then into the car. Felt like I'd achieved something. Brought them home. DH put them together last night (didn't give him much choice!) He announced when he was half way through that he didn't lilke them I asked why? Because they're white. It was obvious they were white from the moment he opened the box, why go on putting them up and slit the box up if he had such a fundamental dislike of them. He then came up with a fair few more objections while he finished putting them up. I know they're not ideal, but I also know they're not a priority in terms of spending, I knw what he would have liked and we can't afford it. I also know who would have had to trawl round looking for alternatives. Me. Not doing it. So having lugged all the books downstairs to load into them he says he's not happy and thinks we should think about putting them somewhere else. Fine. Then he says he's going to bed. Fine. But what's really p*ssed me off is that when I tried to talk to him tonight about where to move them to he wants to "just live with it for a while" - just live with books all over the sitting room floor and crap everywhere. I blame the nesting instinct, but I REALLY want to get this place together. I said ok, can we do it by friday as we have people coming. He said what's the hurry, we're eating at the pub anyway So how long do I leave it ladies??

And can you believe how long I have ranted on about something so insignificant/dull?? Sorry! I blame the hormones

Has anyone heard from Cricri lately? I'd text her but I don't have her no, was a bit concerned she hasn't been on since teehee popped... Hopefully she's just busy. Or on holiday?

Bella really hope that your GP can start to give you the support you need at your appointment, and that your crap plasterers pull their collective fingers out! You and Georgie will have to compare crap builder stories at the meet up! I can sympathise with the wanting to get the nursery organised feeling. What have you picked out? I don't know quite what to do with ours. The walls are currently a very pretty pale blue/grey colour which I really like but I think if LO is a girl she'll need some pink in there so it doesn't look like we were hoping for a boy! But on the other hand I don't want to go and buy a load of pink stuff and have curtains made (haven't seen any ready made ones I like yet and my mum has volunteered) only to find out she's a he! (Do you like the positive thinking? Am trying to convince myself that's the only reason for not buying things! )

So far I have found this lamp and the fairies lampshade and this fabric (though that is a rubbish picture of it, even the darker spots are far more pink than red) and this rug (though I don't imagine we'll bother with a rug) that I like...

Mollie how you doing my love?

Sparkly am so pleased you'e managed to get a scan for friday, for me it's the waiting that is the most tortuous. Everything crossed for you too. Really glad DD's kidney scan went well xx

HerNameWasLola · 15/04/2009 20:51

PS Sparkly yes I did manage to find nightie thank you! Really please with it actually. It was pretty cheap and very pretty A good combination in my book! Reserved one over the phone and picked it up when I was in town to save on delivery I hate paying for delivery...

HerNameWasLola · 15/04/2009 21:00

PPS a question for all the mummies: not that it's something I need to worry about yet (though that doesn't normally stop me ) but how do I know what size nursing bras to order if the rumours are true and I'll suddenly have jugs to rival Pamela Anderson when my milk comes in?? Also, how many do I need? Am thinking 3? One dark, one light and one pretty? Ta v much!

SmilingEi · 15/04/2009 21:30

lola usually you would need 3-4 nursing bras (well i did as i leaked alot and breast pads didnt cut it for me lol) and i went and got measured at about 38 weeks and my bras lasted over 6 months of BFing and as they are expandable and adjustable to suit dont worry about it too much but i would suggest getting properly measured maybe in john lewis or marks and spencers or wherever you go to buy your bras as it really does make a huge difference to your (.)(.)'s having a well fitted nursing bra!! (as i found out a few weeks into BFing DD)
xx ei xx

SparklyPseudonym · 16/04/2009 12:43

Less than 24 hours to go - worrying kept me awake last night but am burying myself in work today. If I have to write another action plan then I may shoot myself!!!!!!

Ei Lovely new name - any reason why you're smiling? I want good news!!!!
Lola I too was measured at about 38 weeks (when bump drops) and bought 3 to start. You can always buy more as you need them - I found I needed more than 3 because I was leaking so much at night. Lovely new nightie. Well done for being so productive - I can't think in a mess...[grr] at your DP.
Fruity I'm well impressed!! Did the peace last?

Back to work I go....Please keep everything crossed for tomorrow. I'll be 12 weeks by LMP and I'm hoping I'll have good news to share with friends and family.

Molliemooma · 16/04/2009 14:00

Sparkly Everything is crossed for you, fingers, toes, arms legs, eyes and hair!
Will look forward to good news from you tomorrow

BellaHarry · 16/04/2009 17:18

Sparkly good luck for tomorrow! you must be so excited about seeing your lo!

SmillingEi I notice you have not re-set your cycle day..so are you 'smiling' because you are still late then? Have you tested again??

Lola very pretty nighty..don't they annoy you though I always wake up with them over my head with my bum all cold (tmi)

Well I had a lovely meet and chat with Fruity; thank you for that hun and a gorgeous cuddle with baby Jack...how cute!!? And joy of joys the nursery is plastered!!! They're back tomorrow to do one more small bit then aaah ready to paint when we get back from wedding on sat! I have doc apt at 4 tomorrow, going to ask for someone to talk to, fingers crossed then off to visit my friend who had a little boy on Tue(lovely).

Hi to everyone else! Hope you're well? x

HerNameWasLola · 16/04/2009 18:51

Sparkly & Ei thank you for the tips

Ei I'm desperate to ask if you have any news for us, but I don't want to put you under any more pressure than I'm sure you are already... Hope you're ok whatever's happening

Sparkly it would be a shame if you shot yourself before your scan Will be thinking of you lovely, same as Mollie am keeping everything crossed.

Bella glad the plasterers have finaly sorted themselves out So I've told you mine, I want to know what your nursery plans are???!! And how's this for TMI, I find it very difficult to sleep if I wear anything at all! The nightie is to wear having breakfast on our balcony on holiday Well, you did ask!!
Really hope the doc's app goes well for you. Glad you had a lovely time with Fruity today ()

I have a cold

Hello to everyone else, sorry not feeling very inspired today, have spent pretty much all day re-arranging the furniture (...why??? ) The bookcase, you'll be enthralled to know, has finally come to rest on the landing

HeyThereGeorgieGirl · 16/04/2009 18:52

Evening ladies. Not much to report here. Went on site today and we have....wait for it.....windows and a brand new front door . Can't beleive how quickly it's all going now.

Although on the bad side, I did manage to drop my mobile in the loo this afternoon . What a plank. Just waiting to see if it'll work when it's dried out.

Sparkly Like Mollie says, I've got everything crossed for tomorrow. I'm sure that everything will be fine. But if it isn't, then remember we thought it had all gone tits up with Tedwood and she's fine. Sorry, that doesn't sound as reassuring as it's meant to. But you know what I mean. xxxx. Will be thinking of you.

Lola What's the lastest on the bookshelf saga? That nesting instince gets me everytime. DH just learnt to back away quietly when he sees me get that manic look in my eye! And you've reminded me that I suppose I should really start getting organised for this baby. BF bras might be a good place to start.

Bella Hope to god the GP takes you seriously tomorrow. Despression is no joke. Am pretty sure they can prescribe some form of AD for pg women. Or am wondering whether you could speak to a herbalist re: St John's Wort? Studies have proved that it's as effect as Prozac on mild to moderate depression. Let us know how you got on.

Fruity How was last night? Did the peace and quiet last?! Did you manage to watch The Apprentice in peace?

Ei C'mon. Fess up lady. Are you hiding something from us?

Mollie How you doing honeybunch? All well with you?

Hi to everyone else, hope you're all well. xxx

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