Issys girls.....10 down, only 4 to go! :-)

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So here it is... our shiney new thread... hope you all see it soon or i will be here all on my own.

Hello girls!!

how are you all?

has been a bit up and down and after deciding to go back on the pill and forget about baby no.3.

went back on the pill for a month and then came off again and amazingly i ovulated my self!!! have ovulated again this month and so am hoping that my body is back to working order again! i just hope that coz we have decided to try again that my eggs dont go on strike

im goin to have a read over the posts so i can catch up personally..

blimey... i didnt quite realise how much had gone on while i was away

congratulations suzi

i hope all you heavily pregnant ladies are ok.

irish my AF got me thursday so we are more or less cycle buddies.. fingers crossed something happens soon.

Hi Bubble - lovely to hear from you again. That's fantastic news that you body has sorted itself out again. Really hope you get your BFP soon.

Wonder if Jumping has had her little one yet?

No more bleeding for me. Will relax more once I've heard the heartbeat on Tuesday.

Hi guys, so much activity i've had to go and lie down in dark room with cold flannel on my head

Firstly, welcome back and yay! Suzi - congratulations, so chuffed for you and fab that you feel so rotten, means suzibean is growing and sucking you dry already .

Also hi to Bubble - fingers crossed your body has rebooted and you and Irish get a lovely festive BFP .

Issy - relieved to hear you haven't had any more bleeding. I can't believe a midwife has refused to check for heartbeat - surely that is the most imporant thing any pg woman wants . Hope Tuesday comes round quickly for you but be reassured that your DD is kicking and making her presence known. I was exactly the same re: getting my finger out and finalising everything after my 'possibly delivering at 32 weeks' last month. There was I fretting how long they would let me go over my due date as they've always dated me a full week ahead etc. then Boom - irrelevant and getting head round fact that baby could be early, premature and all the stress that entails. What I will say is everyone I've spoken to from Consultants to others Mum's who have had their babies early, is that 30 weeks is a kind of watershed and most babies are fine from that gestation onwards.

Sunny - I also had the medula breast pump, in fact we got it down from loft this afternoon. Agree re: nighties/long pj tops over pj's for hospital. They are roasting and you can put your dressing gown on whenever you're roaming around.

Better go, DH has finished bathing DS.

Love to all xx

OMG Hi Bubble - how weird is that I was just asking for you. I am so glad to hear that your body seems to have sorted itself out. Glad that we're cycle buddies - here's hoping that we get some good news by Christmas.

hello to everyone else - OMG had my first proper grapefruit juice today - made DH drink it as well - can't believe how manky it tastes. it better be worth it.

The last time I had graoefruit hi juice cordial - that was much nicer probably had loads of sugar in it.

I bought our new bathroom stuff yesterday can't wait for it to be delivered now. Now I just need to look for tiles and a plumber.

Anyway better go now and get ready for my work week - am so jealous of you ladies who are heading off on mat leave soon. Talk to you later - takr care now.

Morning girls!

just done a bit of xmas shopping. what a nightmare.. so busy already.

issy glad the bleeding has stopped. i bled alot while i was pregnant with ds2.. apparantly i had a erosion on my cerivx and every now and then i had a little bleed. would dash off down the hospital be monitored and then told everything was fine.. fingers crossed everything is alright tomorrow x

irish your braver than me.. i cant stomach GF juice. are you following the deannas plan?? have you tried pre seed?

blue glad your well. have you got everything you need for babyblue??

how is everyone else?

hey bubble glad to see your back although ive just returned myself.... i was wondering where you had got to!! keep trying girl, you will do it x

Hello everyone, sorry about my long absence... been doing yet more unpacking/picture hanging/curtain buying/swing assembling etc etc etc. STILL not 100% sorted and don't even get me started on baby stuff, that's scattered to the four corners as I've loaned all my essentials out to friends, at this rate, dd will be sleeping in a drawer and wearing her brother's age 2-3 jumpers! At least I don't have to unpack my boobs!!!

Suzi Great to hear your news, many many many congratulations! I hope the next few months aren't too stressful, it's never 100% worry free after an mc, but you'll certainly get a lot of hand holding and understanding from us lot!

Issy Sorry to hear about your stressful bleeding episode. I'm amazed your mw wouldn't listen to the heartbeat, it's routine at all my appointments. I'm sure everything's fine, it could be a little cervical erosion perhaps? Take it easy and I'm sure all will be well. Lots of kicking is very very good!

Bubble so lovely to have you back and YAY! at your body remembering how to ovulate again. Long may it last (or not that long perhaps, just long enough to get that bfp!)

Irish Sorry af got you this month, good luck for your Christmas bfp.

Blue You sound so organised... would you like to pop down to Surrey to give me a big kick up the backside and get myself organised!!?? I'm v impressed at hospital iPod playlist. I didn't get round to any of that last time and I'm sure I won't this time.

sunny I hope your 16 week milestone passed uneventfully! Is your next scan at 20 weeks or 22? (I know some places wait until 22 weeks)

Well I've had a bit of a wobble today as despite being 34 weeks, I'm currently only measuring 29 weeks. The midwife says it's probably the baby's position as she's very very deep in my pelvis, transverse and wrapped around me, but I've got to have a growth scan on Friday to check everything's ok. I don't appear to have any baby above my belly button, so either she's teeeny weeny or a contortionist! I'm not too panicky yet, as I said to my mum, there's no point in jumping to conclusions just yet.

Either way, I don't think I'm going to 40 weeks with this baby, if the growth is down to a problem with fluid or blood flow then they'd do a section around 38 weeks, or if it's because she's still transverse and can't turn because she's stuck in my pelvis then it's a section at 39 weeks. All will be revealed on Friday!

One thing that might have caused a problem is I stupidly fell down the stairs at home last week. I landed hard on my coccyx and I'm so bruised I can't sit properly which is a nightmare because my job is all sitting down, I can't wander around too much, and I seem to be spending every hour I'm not at work, stuck in traffic jams, gingerly sitting on a cushion in my car!

I did wonder if the bang made dd slip down in to my pelvis, or perhaps I lost a little fluid. No idea really, but not a very clever thing to do. Poor ds was in floods of tears when it happened, so I had to comfort him rather than burst in to tears myself, which is what I really wanted to do. I have a bruise that extends from my mid back to below my bum, and is a livid dark blue. Absolutely hideous!

Anyway, I'm off to ice my bum! I hope everyone is good... take care xxx

Oh Head - what a time you have had , . Your poor red raw and bruised coccyx, that must have been very frightening and doubly so as your DS was with you. I hope you're finishing up on mat leave soon so you can go down a gear or five . Really hope its just the way your DD is lying in terms of her size but girls are daintier and a friend of mine who is over 6 ft tall just had a 5lber at full term, all present and correct, just dainty and wee.

Yuo will be so glad when your house is all unpacked. LOL at you not having to unpack your boobs .

We may have our babies on the same day still you never know... to think this time last year we were riding the 'August' bus. It seems about 4 lifetimes ago!

Issy - hope you had a reassuring appointment today and got to hear your DD heartbeat loud and strong.

Hey everyone else. If you're at a loose end, please feel free to pop over to 'baby names' thread as I've posted there looking for boys names! DH and me are really struggling and looking for inspiration . We have our girl's name narrowed down to two..

The annoying thing is Blue that I'm much more comfortable on my feet, so I've not even been able to get out of doing any DIY etc! Still after a morning clearing away the 10,000 rain soaked cardboard boxes in our back garden I've earned the cup of tea and slice of carrot cake I'm about to have

I had a at me having a dainty girl, I'm just about the least dainty person on earth, 5'10" with size 10 feet, always the person who spills something or knocks something over, so God knows where she'd get her dainty genes from... perhaps they skipped a generation (or six!)

I'm off to the names thread....I've got a thread on there too, so we can try and name each other's baby

Hi everyone,
Gosh I take my eye off this thread for a few days and loads of stuff happens ? not all of it good .

Issy I?m so sorry you have had this bleeding scare. I hope everything has settled now and that you are reassured. Bleeding at any point in pregnancy is terrifying (and I know as I bled on and off for about 12 weeks in the 2nd trimester with DS). Have you had your consultant appt today and heard heartbeat? My bleeding with DS was due to cervical erosions which interestingly hasn?t reoccurred this time ? I hope whatever caused this is similarly harmless. I can?t believe your midwife?s attitude but hope all is well.

Just fyi on a more frivolous issue we did the dark wood and cream colour look on a budget ? we can?t afford Boori either (and frankly even if we could I?m not sure I could bring myself to spend that much cash on kids stuff) . I think the cotbed was Mamas and Papas which admittedly still wasn?t that cheap but we made a cot top changer from a plank of wood and a couple of little rods stuck on the side, stained it dark and varnished it and popped a mat in the recess? looked really lovely. DS?s room was so tiny in the last house that was all the furniture we had room for bar a little bookcase that we got baskets to sit on the shelves and folded his clothes into them. Plus baskets under his cot! BTW we used Bambino Mio washables but only from about 6 mo ? I?m afraid that using washables when we were still on the 10 changes in 24 hours regime wasn?t appealing. Be careful before shelling out for one of those £200-£300 kits ? I have known several people that did that simply abandoned them after a few days.

Head You sound like you?ve had a rough time of it as well ? poor you falling down the stairs. It is so scary and so difficult when you want to sit and sob out of shock but you have to be strong for your DS. I remember a very similar feeling when I had my mc I hope your growth scan brings positive news ? like Blue I am hoping you have a dainty lady in there! I also echo Blue?s sentiments re maternity leave ? especially as you sound increasingly less likely to go to the full 40 weeks. I understand your concerns re organisation ? all our baby things are still at brother and sis in laws plus the nursery is still unpainted and a general box dumping ground. That and the snug are the next rooms to be ?done.?

Blue You are so organised . I haven?t even thought about birthing tunes yet! To be honest I worry about jinxing it by doing any birth prep given my oh so well thought plans last time for home birth/gentle music/water birth blah blah turned into slow rupture of membranes/huge stress/failed induction/c section scenario. Glad your nesting is all but sorted ? the new baby Blue will have a lovely house to come home to that?s for sure! I had to laugh ? your shopping sounds exactly the same as mine ? Mothercare for sheets, check, Grobags from Jo Jo Mama and Grobag, check! DS had a rainbow sleeping bag from Jo Jo that I loved ? I might get a matching blanket this time round!

Sunny Yay on 16 weeks ? goodness that seems to have flown although I suspect it hasn?t for you! Laughed at your comments re the boob pump. I had a manual Avent one last time and it took AGES! I remember standing in the kitchen almost in the dark at 3am one night with rock hard, sore boobs (DS was cutting down on night feeds but my boobs hadn?t taken the hint) pumping away trying to relieve some of the pressure! All you could hear was this squeaky noise ? nice!

Suzi Congrats on your BFP! That?s fabulous news.

Irish Hope your 2WW is fruitful. I know you say you missed what you thought was the right time but sometimes that seems to work! Hope your cat is on the mend ? I never knew cats could get anaemia. Mind you I never knew they could get cystitis either until mine did a couple of years ago. Best of luck with the BFP for Xmas plan.

Bubble Good to hear from you again! Glad to hear your body seems to be co operating with you again. I just hope that you get the result that you want.

Jumping I am looking out for your news!

Well, all is slowly plodding ahead at Chez Peanut. The house is beginning to resemble a giant patchwork project due to little tester squares of paint everywhere but it looks like we can do more fun stuff like painting and buying soft furnishings now after the depressing and frankly dull weeks of fixing electrics/fixing water issues/fixing hinges/having multiple cookers delivered etc. DH is away on a work jolly but I am busy oiling woodwork, painting the downstairs loo, generally cracking on while he is gone. Well as much as I can when feeding ducks/going to park/entertaining, feeding and generally looking after DS as well.

I am feeling ok but seem to have grown a lot in the last couple of weeks and I?m starting to feel the strain a bit more. Peanut is bearing down really quite hard in my nether regions ? it?s quite uncomfy at times. It is head down with it?s foot (according to my midwife) lodged a couple of cm?s under my left boob ? also somewhat uncomfy. Every time I cough or sneeze I get this really sharp pain as it digs in. Like Head and Blue I am also struggling with names! We have several girls names but are stuggling for inspiration on the boys - see you on the name threads!

Blue - Mw didn?t exactly refuse to listen to hb, but I thought it was routine, so when she didn?t do it I asked and she said she didn?t need to. Should have been firmer but caught me off guard. I?ll check out your baby name thread.
Irish - Could you mix the grapefruit juice with lemonade to make it bearable? Exciting to have chosen your bathroom. Will you find it difficult to get a plumber or do you have someone in mind?
Bubble - You?re brave to start the xmas shopping. If I can manage it, everyone is getting books from the work book club or presents I can buy online from me this year.
Suzi- Sending you another . How?s the morning sickness?
Head - Ouch, that sounds like a nasty fall. How scary. Try to find some time to take care of yourself. Fundal height is notoriously inaccurate so hope everything is OK for you and good luck for Friday. I?ll check out your name thread too.
Wasabi - I love the exciting stage of decorating, always find the first coat of paint so satisfying as the room is transformed, but the second coat is more of a chore. Sorry you?re feeling uncomfortable. I was really bad until last week but she has now turned so my ribs aren?t being stretched anymore. Thanks for the cot tip ? will check out mamas and papas ? there?s one near my dance lesson, but I might have to miss tomorrow as having SF jab in the afternoon, so expecting arm to be too sore to drive.

I had my GP appointment today. He listened to heartbeat and it was good (initially sounded like a train then galloping horses so no answer on the boy/girl theories there) and he didn?t seem best pleased with midwife for not sending me in on Friday. Didn?t measure my fundus height but I think that?s because he called the hospital for me and am seeing consultant for scan on Thursday to try and discover cause of bleeding. Should get a more accurate idea of size then. We had a discussion about the jab. He recommended having it as the general population is 2-3 times more likely to end up in intensive care if get SF compared with seasonal flu and we are 7-8 times more likely than that, but he did understand the concerns fully as he has been having lengthy discussions with his pg wife about it.

Thanks for all your lovely supportive comments and suggestions of things to buy. Blue had to at your rushing to get ready at 32 weeks as this weekend I ordered a maternity nightdress and birthing ball online and half packed a small case and drove home from today's antenatal session a strange route so could go to Lloyds pharmacy and buy their TENS machine (only £30 which seems similar to hiring) ? the hospital bag is coming together as a matter of urgency. I haven?t bothered washing clothes yet though as figure if she comes this early they won?t fit anyway.

Names wise I?ve chosen mine but may have to change them if she comes early. Have gone for traditional Welsh names to try to impart a little of my heritage. She?s going to be known as Eira (pronounced Eyra like this), which means snow, but her actual full name may be Eirlys (pron. Eyra-lis) which means snowdrop. I prefer the sound of Eira but prefer the meaning of Eirlys and think if Eira is already the short form then hopefully it won?t be further shortened to Ey. If she turns out to be a he then she?ll be Aneirin (like Bevan ? the NHS man - but with the original spelling and pronunciation).

Morning all!!

HF you poor thing... how awful...i hope the brusing goes down soon
with regards to baby size i think that given your height and footsize baby will be ok there is just alot of room for her to hide.
My sister is 6ft and size 9 feet. her bump never measured correctly but her lil man arrived at over 10lb. apparantly he had been lying into her. on the other hand my sil had her baby last week.. all this time she had been measuring big for dates and her LO weighed only 5lb..
i hope that everything sorts itself soon xx i know its easy to say try not to worry but im sure ur lil fairy is thriving

issy glad you had some reassurance.

well... im still waiting for af to completley leave. am preparing myself for a bd marathon this month.. dont think DH will know whats hit him ;)

Thanks for all the kind messages everyone. Bruised bum notwithstanding I'm doing ok. I'm not too worried about the growth scan, I'm sure it's because she's still transverse and is wrapped around me. Still, it'll be nice to get an extra peak at her on Friday

Sympathies Irish on the whole grapefruit thing... I hated the stuff at first, but eventually got strangely used to it. I did have to drink about a litre a day to get a noticeable effect, and you have to drink the freshly squeezed stuff I think, rather than from concentrate or long life stuff (it's actually quite hard to find) or alternatively buy a load of grapefruits and make your own. Drinking it super cold made it easier for me but as I said, it got better and I was actually quite in to it at the end!

Quick update from me. Went to hospital today, bit of a waste of time - they don't do scans for just one episode of bleeding so just did all same checks as doctor but much more painfully and took a swab to check for infection - nice! BP was high though - sure just anxiety - so have to see mw again next week to be double checked. Oh and bump measuring 34 weeks at 31w4d so off the chart, way above the 90th percentile .

Hope everyone else doing well. Good luck for scan tomorrow Head.

Hey Issy - sorry they had to swab (ouch) you but better safe than sorry. at your big girl!! Your name choices are lovely, had a wee listen via the BBc Wales link . I love names tha start with a vowel, they have such a nice lilt to them.

Head - hope things are clearer re: DD's position after scan and your bruising is going to the not as sore yellow stage.

wasabi - you have been a busy bee on the home front too . Its so funnt we all headed to the name threads in the same week - spooky! I see Eric has been black balled . I do laugh quietly at myself making this awesome playlist when I may be straight from car-theatre and do not pass go but I've been listening to my tunes more to remind me of this time, leading up to birth etc. and will hopefully get a few hours of listening to them after birth in hospital when DC2 is sleeping .

Had my 36-week ante-natal yesterday and babyblue's heart rate was a perfect galloping horse @ 140 bpm but accept now that it changes on a weekly basis so still taking it a week at a time. My next scan is Monday.. Baby also measruing 37 weeks so getting nice and chubby .

How's everyone else?

Evening ladies

Haven't had my laptop for a few days and have just had migraine for the past 3 days - headache, nausea the whole 9 yards. Never had it for this long before though so might have to go to docs if it comes back that bad again. Still feel a bit bleugh but should be ok.
Head poor you with your fall - must have been quite shocking. Hope it's gone down some. Hope everything going ok for you with DD position etc. I'm getting used to the GF juice now - don't mind it a smuch as I did last week although don't think it will be a fixture once I get my permanent BFP.

Issy I'm wincing too at your big LO - I've got no plumber etc but at the mo I know of plenty of people who would nearly pay me to let them do the job, God bless them they are desperate for work.

Blue hope everything goes well at the next can too - I like the playlist idea - note to self.

Sunny 16 weeks already - congrats

I hope all is well chez Jumping - hopefully we'll get some (good) news from her soon enough.

Bubble how's the marathon planning coming along with you? DH has been given his orders - he has exams next week so hell be getting some good stress relief during them. Starting the OPKs tomorrow.

wasabi hope your little peanut shifs into a more confy position for you soon how are the name choices coming along? DH and I already know our names (if we ever get a LO for our own. ) They are Irish in origin becauee I love Irish names (strangely enough [smile} )

Suzi how are things going with babybhoy? Have you had much MS?

Well as I said have been off work since Tuesday with migraine - not very nice but could be worse. Planning to sort out the spare bedroom this weekend now (after my sister moving out nearly 3 months ago)

No other news - hope you all have good weekends and I'll talk to you all later.

Hey groovers!I am back albeit in disguise. I'm sure you'll guess who I am without too many extra clues. Forgive the silly name - regretting it already as it takes about half an hour to type. Well there is loads and loads to catch up on . i have read nearly everything but won;t attempt to deal with it all in one go.

blue and head i cant believe how near the end you both are now. all sad discussions on the MC threads and frustration on the ttc threads feel like a lifetime ago and yet the time has passed so quickly. i am now 32 and a bit weeks though by the look on people's faces measuring about 42. missed my appoinmt today as had put the wrong time in my diary. eejit that i am.

my littley is head up - it moves all the time but from left to right not up to down so i went and had moxibustion today at the acupuncturist. he sort of burns your little toes til you can't take it anymore. the little petit four has been wriggling around loads ever since but still doesn't seem to be able to see the sign that says Exit. There is still plenty of time but i am really keen on a waterbirth at home and i think they'll tell me no if it hasn't moved by 34 weeks which is when i think they will determine eligibilty so am a bit concerned. anyway what will be will be and the bambino will do as it pleases so might as well just be chilled about it...

My pregnancy has been a lovely bubble. I haven't been worried about the baby luckily i have just really struggled with concentrating at work and so do get midnight demons about being made redundant when i'm off and everyone saying what i slacker i have been. all i want to do is indulge each little kick and wriggle. i fear i might be the bridezilla equivalent of a preg woman. so in my own little world. then again i am always a bit away with the fairies.

Can i just say issy wasabs blue and head MAN are you all organised and active! decorating houses, moving house, all stocked up with everything. Makes me realise that i really have been leaving it all a bit late. i have two babygrows which are so sweet i want to cry every time i look at them that DP got me for my birthday - actually that's a lie i have a big bag of hand me downs from a friend, oh and i have a tummy tub which is adorable. have you seen? basically a clear bucket for baths up to 6 months. apparently they love it ... anyway going to john lewis with my mum soon so will hopefully catch up. but then there is christmas shopping not to mention 4 more weeks of work. gulp. need a magic pill to get me out of this stupid indulgent pregnant stupor. all i'm good for these days is cooking and making intelligent use of tupperware. hardly anything to write home about!

suz delighted to hear your news. congrats to you and i hope that you can enjoy it. it took me some time for the worry to subside but then hopefully you will be able to love the whole experience

sunny so pleased all still going well with you too and irish hang on in there missie - twill be your turn soon. i found pink grapefruits taste much much nicer, or normal mixed with orange. actually i just wimped out and drank tropican ruby breakfast. oh well at least i was getting lots of vitamin c!

bubbs pleased to see that y our body is back on track - should n't be too much longer for you either now xx

Other news...welljeez none of the scares and dramas that poor blue issy and head* have suffered touch wood. got a bit shocked the first time i saw colostrum though i must confess!

Cannot believe that i am going to be a mummy in 8 weeks...am starting to get scared about handling the first bit. have read the baby whisperer books which basically say keep calm and carry on which sounds wise to me. babies cry because that's all they can do not because they are sad or depressed or they think you're a crap mum. i am also trying to get that programmed into my head before the big day. other than that post christmas i intend to do my yoga dvd everyday (done it twice so far!!) and to learn how to meditate so that i can climb the mountain that is each contraction.
who am i kidding?! i expect i will either be told i have to have a section or I will demand hard drugs within seconds. it's ok to have a little fantasy of tea lights, fairy lights and a nice hot paddling pool though isn't it?!!

jesus mary and joseph this is a long long long post!! hope i haven't bored you all senseless.
Here's to an uneventful weekend to all of you. irish sorry you have been feeling so poorly - that sucks.
can't believe we're entering the final countdown!

oh and we have no names for either. though DP has started nicknaming the bump tyrone. nice!

ps lost track of jumping - is she due nowish?

Hi girls,

Lovely yo hear from you Vanilla - my DH is off to DS's footie class with the instruction to bring me back a vanilla slice - I kid you not! Lovely to hear you are in your pg bubble, enjoy it, its such a special time especially after the sickness goes . And yes looking back on the mc threads we used to haunt makes you realise how far we've all come .

I have a tummy tub and DS absolutely loved it as he was never cold, just bobbed about in it. We've got it all set up in main bathroom for DC2. I also read The Baby Whisperer twice (and made DH read it once) while pg with DS. Also read Gina Ford and poached bits from both. Main points I garnered and used were:

Don't rock or shoogle baby to sleep.

Don't let baby sleep for more than 3 hours at a time between 7am and 7pm and you'll get a longer stretch during the night. This absolutely worked for me and DS was breastfed..

Use the 'shush-pat' method for settling where you hold them tight and just shush in their ear while slowly patting their back. Great for calming them down

Look out for signs baby is tired, pulling away, eyes glazing over and put them down at this stage or they will get overtired

I'm hoping Tyrone is not on your shortlist of names .

Hey Irish - sorry to hear you've been floored by yor migraine. I used to get them when I was on the pill and had to come off it as used to get terrible focal ones where I couldn't see out my left eye.. Really feeling a Xmas BFP for you, keep guzzling the GF juice!

Hey to everyone else. Head - how did it go yesterday?

Its DH's b'day today and me and my Isabella Oliver dress are taking him out for dinner tonight . I was very gushy in his card but he has been a tower of strength for me during the mc's and very accomodating during the ttc on demand he deserves a big shout out!

Have a lovely weekend everyone x

Hi Vanilla love the new name
So glad that you're back - and wow only 8 weeks left - enjoy your bubble pg women are allowed be a bit ditzy!

Blue hope you and DH had a fab night - am sure the IO dress was fabulous. {smile]

No other news - just watching X factor and browsing. started my opks, keep getting very faint lines so hopefully will get more definite ones in the next few days.

Talk to you soon

Hey all.. how was your weekends??

HF how was your scan?

vanilla its great to 'see' ya again.. glad all is well

irish i hope the migranes have gone and your feeling better.

BD marathon has started in full swing. DSs' were at MILs for the weekend and it was our first baby free weekend since 2007!!! so we enjoyed every second.

i started my opks too.. the box says to do them with FMU but im sure i read somewhere its better to do them in the pm?? is that right??

big hello to everyone and happy birthday to your dh blue

just a quickie for me because dh wants the computer... just to let you all know the scan was fine. DD is not too small, she's a little on the dainty side, probably be just under 7lbs at birth. She's head down which I had no idea about (clueless or what?) and very very deep in my pelvis.. 4/5 engaged already, although the sonographer said on second babies they can go in and out of engagement. I see the consultant next Monday, I'm still going to ask if I can have a cs, as I'm not convinced a vbac will be successful, but if not I'm on course for an uncomfortable Christmas. Both my mum and my sister were two weeks over due with both their babies and were induced each time, so I don't hold out much hope of having this baby in December (unless they agree to my cs) but I'm going to refuse an induction and say that if I go past 41 weeks I'd like a section then.

Gotta dash, longer post later xxx

Head that#s good news aboutthe scan - glad to hear your LO is ok. Hope you get your way re CS vs VBAC - you know your body best after all.

Bubble you and me both hon. Well done on geting rid of the dc for the weekend - my sisters all love when we take their various DC off them for a night. {smile}

My OPKs are confusing me - the shop had no digi ones so I keep loking at the lines and hopefully will get it right. DH is all on for the BD marathon this time - he too wants a BFP for Christmas.

By the way, I do both FMU and Afternoon - depending on when I remember the OPKS.

Now just have to do another 3 days of BD session - tonight, then Wednesday and Thursday and then we've got the infamous 2ww.

Just had a quote from one of the guys down the road for putting my bathroom in - it's going to cost me ?200 I love living down the road from a plumber. And my sister knows a tiler so she's going to get him to quote me for tiling it - hopefully it won't be too expensive. Have found my tiles as well so am rally pleased with myself. It's a good days work. ONly thing I need now is my taps.

hi again
wanted to apologise first of all for stupid tactlessness about saying seems like ttc thread posting was ages ago when this IS a TTC thread and Irish and Bubble ARE ttc. DOH. hope you didn't take offence and realised that i was just being stupid and not thinking things through properly. In real life i am actually quite a sensitive thoughtful soul, honest! Good luck with the opks. I found them totally addictive and very helpful considering the month i got lucky i ov'd on day 9 or something weird.

HF excellent news about the scan. I hope you can get a section if that's what you really want. I suppose it depends on the hospital but i know mine is very busy in January so they might want to get you out the way?! I'm the opposite i really really don't want one but am worried that the baby's head will stay up and leave me with no choice.

blue hope you had a lovely time on DH's birthday. Thanks for the ace tips. Hope I pick it all up quickly. So want to be the best mum ever but there seems like lots to keep in your head. I suppose practice makes perfect. You sound like you have it all well sorted. I do want to get into some sort of routine sooner rather than later but won't go for the crying it out and you must be asleep at 3.42 thing. Baby whisperer seemed to be slightly less rigid...

Anyway need to go into cat pose to try to ease the back pain. that and buy a new bra probably.
speak to you soon lovelies. xx

ps finding my name very annoying already so will prob come back as someone else very soon!!!

Hello lovely ladies

Blimey, can't believe how active this thread has been - can it really be so long since I last posted? Where to begin?!

Bubble, so so happy to hear from you again, and how spooky after Irish had just invoked your name. Maybe if I invoke Girl's name, she will post too? Hello, Girl, if by chance you are lurking - I think of you often and am wishing you all the best. Bubble, so delighted you've started ov again - just shows you what the Pill can do. Hope you're back to stay and look forward to all your news.

Hey also to Vanilla - I must admit that in my hormone-addled brain it took a wee while to twig who you are, but duh, who else could it be but xxxx?! Congrats on being 34 weeks and all the best for the final push (as it were)

Head, you had me going with your post but now I can relax again having read your last post. VV glad the scan was all good and that Headette is a dainty thing, and well done for keeping calm about it all. Are you able to take it easier now? You seem to have been working like a Trojan - and your poor, bruised cocxyx (sp?). Is the pain easing off? How scary that must have been. I fell down the stairs at 9w with DD, and it really shook me.

Irish, glad the grapefruit juice is tasting better. Not being funny, and not wanting to tempt fate, but I have a brand new box of Pre Seed in my bathroom and would be delighted to send you it if you are ever interested. I never used it but people say it does the trick.

Issy I love your names! So unusual and they sound beautiful. I am hastening to the name thread straight after this, though it sounds like I've missed you all. No matter: I could still do with some inspiration.

Blue, so what's on your ipod playlist then? Don't Stand So Close To Me? It's Not Right But It's Okay? Sorry, those aren't even funny. I don't even know why I tried to crack a joke! Hope all is good with you anyway.

Suzi, how's the morning sickness? Hope you're not feeling too grim

wasabi loving the sound of your nursery - tres tasteful - and sorry bambino is so ungrateful that he/she is digging in to you in all the wrong places. Hope he/she shifts soon. If only those beans knew the things we go through

All ok here (ish) - turns out I've been on the wrong dose of thyroxine all this time - too low - which might explain the fogginess and extreme tiredness. Feel a bit worried, as obviously have been googling and found hideous links between thyroid issues and birth defects. Also feel a bit cross, as don't understand why someone with hypothyroidism had to wait until 16 week check up to get blood tested. If it's that worrisome, why not test me before? Anyway, baby is kicking up a storm and has been since 16w on the button (am 17+3 today). I know you're not meant to feel it till 18w but honest to God I'm not imagining it. Actually Sunnybean seems to like me typing - or maybe she just likes Mumsnet - as she's doing the RIverdance right now.

Better collapse into bed now but hello to anyone I've missed, Jumping, how are you? Much love to all