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[VJay]

Ok, here we are, a new thread to see us into the next decade, and to celebrate more BFP's, growing bumps and new arrivals, and to enjoys those already here

Hello Jools eek at ewcm - I always start to panic when I get mine in a kind of will he/wont he, can he/can't he, sort of fashion.

Moon I can't remember how long you have to be working for a company before you qualify for mat leave. I think it is much less time now than it used to be but sods law if you find a new job you will be up the duff in the first week you are there! Also have you tried preseed? I'm convinced it is what helped me get pregnant 5 times last year. Not only does it encourage the swimmers to the right place but it makes them live longer too.

Monkey still thinking about you. I wish I knew what to say but really I'm at a loss.

Mermaid good on ya for going to the gym. I keep thinking I need to kick my flabby tum into shape but then the greedy lazy hippo inside me keeps saying 'you'll be pregnant soon' so I don't do anything about it. I can't find the site I pasted on here about baby aspirin but here is another one that says the same thing. As for smoothies, I dropped a not-so-subtle hint to dh yesterday about us needing a smoothie machine!

LBM how can you have snow? You don't live far away from me, all we've had today is that horrible slushy sleet stuff. Ordinarily I'd be saying I'm jealous but I'm so over the snow, you can keep it!

Cupcake how did you think perineal massage was done, hmmmm?

4ever how are you doing today? Did you drive down there in the end or stay safe & snuggled at home?

Neeko have you got any of your new teeny-tiny nappies out of the bag yet? Just think, in a few weeks they will be full of black (then green) stinky poo!

Barbie I don't want to worry you but just before you go into labour you get a massive burst of energy.

Vjay are you superwoman?? How can you do coursework & look after TWO children???

Lion I think Woking town centre has improved slightly.... actually we have an H&M opening up soon - what more could a girl ask for?! We go shopping quite a bit in Guildford too (much more civilised than Woking) but that hill is such a bugger if you are pushing a buggy. One of my faves is Basingstoke which is where I did a bit of retail therapy today!

Iggy Hot Milk do great underwear but it is a bit pricey. I always stick to Miriam Stoppard bra's from Debenhams!

Well I'm 4dpo & I'm having a few symptoms but all I have to say is !

Wee sneaky post to say how sorry I am to hear your news Monkey . I didn't know your Mum was ill... Just awful. Thinking about you lots and lots xxx

MLS - yes I had bleeding just after ovulation with DS1. I actually went to doctors as was worried cycle was all to pot as it was our third month of trying and first of using ov sticks. Anyway, went back to same docs ten days later to register BFP . So there you go! p.s. Ben's poo's are yellow not green !

Big waves and love to everyone else, just not got time at the mo' to even catch up. We have a PC rather than a laptop and its upstairs in spare room so can't just nip on it..

A quickie from me to say to monkey how sorry I am to hear about your mum. Thinking of you and your family.

Hugs to everyone else especially moon and 4ever

Me and Saara had our first baby massage class. It went very well and it was nice to meet other mums in the area with their babies. It got me thinking about how I would really love to meet all you lovely ladies... Maybe one day

Will be back soon - but will be lurking as always

Lol MLS I thought it was just rubbing it on the outside! I'm glad I found out now so I have a few weeks to gear up to it haha!
jools so you are nearby in lovely Wales yay to getting home on time for ovulation

Night all x

Hello girls....im full of energy again ....mls gave me a bit of a fright this morning by mentioning labour, i had forgotten that i have to go through that! I think i had managed to successfully bury all thoughts of pain, poo, blood etc etc until i read that post.

Now i have finally sucummed and packed my hospital bag...along with it a few tears.Where do the horrormones make you soooo emotional? Baby nappies are so small arent they????

monkey i hope you managed to get back to you family and the weather didnt cause too much of a problem, i hve been thinking about you constantly. Much love to you and the family.

cupcake i did lol at your post re the massage... i too thought you had to only do it on the outside well that was until the midwife went into lots of graphic details on how it should be done its hard to do with a bump in the way...i get frustrated at how short my arms actually are! can dh do it for you???? I just try a little while in the bath (tmi!)

jools good timing to get back to dp for hope wales isnt too cold and the internet connection holds on for you to do more farming!

neeko i posted on gg facebook, but nothing has been sent back yet....in fact it looks like she hasnt even been on there for a few days i wonder.......

mermaid kudo's for you going to the gym, i really want to go to burn off some energy instead yesterday i made 10 meals to freeze on my cookathon...ironed all of dh work shirts, washed the pram....mastered the art of the bugaboo (you really do need a phd to use a pram!) walked the dog, cleaned the villa and now im on to washing the baby clothes...

I bought fairy as recommended by toy lovely ladies but it was £8 and napstan or whatever it is cost just the same....thank goodness i have people coming out who can bring some essentials....

moon i will dig out my wedding planning book and let you know of a few good wedding websites....have you got any idea of what kind of wedding you would like? im so love wedding talk! Im off with a friend in an hour to collect her wedding dress....

sabs loving the baby massage, im trying to find groups around here for when baby arrives before i become a total recluse.....

blue boak @ the talk of poo....yellow? arggghhhhhh

iggy i have heard many women on here saying to aviod m and s and mothercare for bra's I would just get measured in a few places and then take your time and try on some and find the most comfortable....

Mls symptoms?

Well ladies im off to run around the park get dressed to meet my friend and talk weddings, have a good day....

Love B x

Morning.
Iggy Royce ones from Bravissimo are what you're after. A bit matronly but lots of support and your boobs will thank you later.

MLS Blue and Barbie You've just reminded me of the chicken korma style poos - yuck!

I'll leave you all on that lovely note

monkey I am so sorry this is so sad , thinking of you xxxxx

mermaid and mls I am no superwoman believe me , I am only doing half the amount of study this year as there is no way I could fit it all in, i only have to do about 3 evenings study a week, which is just about managable. Dh helps with bedtime and bathtime, I just have to be super organised that's all, and there are some weeks when it just won't happen. i'm doing this for my boys, and me ofcourse , so quite motivated, which helps.

sabs I think it would be nice to all meet up one day, could you imagine it, it would be so much fun

4ever thinking of you too xx

barbie you are definatley nesting

Ajay is past the chicken korma poos, his are slightly more solid now due to all the veg puree he eats, who asked about this anyway I only skimmed through the posts, sorry

I just did a quick count of my hpt stash..... 18

neeko thanks - I have ordered a royce one! I couldn't find any hotmilk ones in my size when I looked on Figleaves...

MLS That's ridiculous. Really hope you never need another one.

Iggy Mine have lasted me for ages. Just on my 3rd size now and hoping they'll do me after birth too.

Vjay we think you're wonderful, even if you don't agree

Hi girls...just about to have a bbq

Just spoke to mrskate via sabs who said gg is fine, she had a few contractions last week but they have stopped and kate will be catching up with her next week.....so no new additions to report yet....

I think i might of just put dh off chicken korma after vjays post ha ha...

oh it was neeko who said about the poo! sorry vjay!

hey ladies, I hope some of you will remember me, and can forgive me for going completely AWOL several months back.

I have been trying to read through all 588 posts on this thread to catch up with you all!!

Baby girl scamper (baby real name Genevieve, which quickly became Genna) was born on 19th September 2009.

So happy to read of other safe arrivals and BFPs, also sad to hear of lost little ones. I have thought about you all a lot, and decided it was finally time to get over my at going AWOL, and come back to say hello and introduce you to Genna.

Wishing everyone a belated happy new year xxx

Eeek Scamper do I know you in rl????

hiya scamper I remember you , huge congratulations on your little Genna . Do you know mls in rl?

See I told you all it wouldn't take long for me to be back, 1 day of study and I'm back here

scamper and little genna we need some more little girls on here!

so pleased that everything turned out so pink and rosy for you.x

oh scamper soooo nice to see you and congratulations!!!

To save you from some of the reading I had a baby girl on Sept 30th. Her name is Saara

Don't be about going AWOL - nice to have you back

Hi and congratulations Scamper and belated welcome Genevieve - what an absolutely beautiful name . Piccies please!!

Of course we remember you and I will always remember a couple of your posts to me last January which gave me hope after my 2nd MMC. Barbie looked for you in the Spring via search but you'd - ahem - scampered .

Vjay - I think the pencils have been sharpened enough missy! Down to work!

Sabs - baby massage is great and fab way to meet other Mum's .

My photo thank-you cards arrived today so I'm off downstiars to start them - 32 to do so far - eeek! Post-baby admin - its like my wedding all over again minus the hot sex .

Hi all hi scamper we haven't met before...I joined the thread around April 09 and am 23 weeks pregnant now. Nice to meet you, and little genna

Barbie I'm so glad you about yellow poos and perineum massage and everything else along with me! Last week at some friends' for dinner they got out all their types of reusable nappies and literally over the dinner table made us feel them and explained in great detail about how you use them, what you do with the poo, how to store the basket so it doesn't smell etc... not my kind of dinner conversation! Yeah think I will be getting dh to do the honours with the massage! Although when I mentioned it last night his response was 'but I don't want you to get all stretchy down there'

Vjay you ARE superwoman impressed at the organisation. Are you studying to be a teacher? I have an OU assignment due next week so in theory should be keeping my head down but I'll probably be on here more than ever!

Where is Curly? If you're lurking lovely hope you're enjoying some well-earned time off.

Thanks for the update on Gracie, barbie

4ever you're a bit quiet, hope you're ok and recovering from your shock

And to all our yummy mummies probably lurking with one hand feeding baby, thinking of you!

My back is worse today had zero sleep last night and when dh woke up he jokingly said 'Look how much space I had to sleep in last night!' pointing at the sliver of mattress on his side and I burst into tears

Saw a gorgeous house tonight but is only a 6 month rental so don't think we can go for it, unless we want to move again with a 4 month-old .. some more hopefuls to see this weekend though.

Ooh x-post blue, hello yay for baby-related stationery!!

blue I've just been working so hard, now dh has passed me a small glass of wine, it's relax time now methinks

cupcake I am doing an open degree doing mainly maths courses with a bit of science thrown in for interest, once it's done I will hopefully get onto a PGCE course to teach maths Good luck with your tma for next week.

Right I'm going to have a snuggle with dh then off to bed.

Morning

Blue Well? Did you watch it? was fab. Cries so hard my nose bled

Welcome back [Scamper] and congrats on a lovely daughter

Vjay yay to joining my lovely profession

Vjay cool My Mum started an open degree when I was born, and finished it when I was at Uni ...then did her PGCE in her forties! (But I'm sure it won't take you that long!) do admire you, especially the maths part!! (My bro is doing a maths phd; I can't understand a word when he talks about it )

Neeko - didn't know it started last night!!! !! We have it taped this coming Tuesday - it must be repeated then . Don't tell me what happens!!

Sorry folks for Grey's hijack there... .

Just quickly on whilst Benjamin sleeps. Had a rough night he was awak and either feeding/crying or regurgitating his milk from 2am to 5am

Eek! he's stirring, better shoot. Back later x

Very quiet on here today. Apologies for all my typos earlier. I was racing the bell.

Blue Try Sky anytime. It might be on there.
The rest of you have to start watching Grey's - best programme on the box.

Vjay that's the way I study too. Everything else is much more inteesting when you're supposed to be studying.

MLS Hope you've not yet lost your marbles on the 2ww.

Cupcake 23 weeks - wow! Sorry to hear about your back but the crying is totally normal. Get yourself a proper appt for the doc/midwife and get referred for physio, missy!

Hi Sabs Hope things are going better with your DH.

Mermaid are those abs honed yet?

Big waves to everyone else, especially the big panters ticking off the last few days and the small panters on the horrible 2ww.

Hope all big panters who're feeling brave enough have been to Asda's baby event. Some fantastic bargains to be had, especially if it's your 1st.

I went to see my friend and her premature DS at the hospital yesterday. He's beautiful and she's coping so well considering all she's been through. They are very hopeful about him getting home within the next two weeks which will be a huge achievement and very bittersweet. I hope her DS and my little one will be good friends in the future.