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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

Morning all,
Gosh 4ever I feel so sad thinking of you sending yourself mad yesterday and crying as others have said- pleeeeease don't google/look for forums etc. My dh tells me off so much when I do it because it just sends your head spinning in crazy directions and you work yourself up with so many 'what if?' situations. Please please do phone hospital or midwife; you need some calm and rational words to put your mind at ease. Yes it's totally crap that everything can't just be normal for you but honey, you have come through SO much already, you're so strong and brave, and I just know you're going to make an amazing mum to this darling girl. Sorry I can't be more help but thinking of you and praying for you xxx

MLS like Neeko I totally admire your strength- I think you've inspired us all with your bouncebackability and determination. You're perfectly entitled to crashes, I just hope you won't stay away too long.

Jools and LBM I'm also jealous of the hotels and desserts! I haven't been out all week except to the docs and getting a bit stir-crazy! Hope you've enjoyed.

Iggy oh my word I was the exact same about talking about the pregnancy. My sisters in particular wanted to talk about it ALL THE TIME because they were so excited and wanted to touch my tummy even when there was nothing there; I found it SO uncomfortable, but since I've started feeling movements it all seems much more real and I'm much better at talking about it

Thanks for the update on Curly, Neeko- I'm going to text her in a bit. Not v nice experience in her last few weeks

Well, my super-trivial news for the day (sorry) is that some friends just had a baby boy yesterday and called him Jude. Dh and I proper devastated as it was the only boys name we had, both really loved it & didn't know any other Judes rubbish.

Hellooooo

Less than 2 hours before I've given myself permission to leave - 3pm train home, so I'll be in before 7pm for an entire evening with DP !!

Just thought I'd mention for the Grays Anatomy addicts amongst us that, curious to see what the obsession was all about (and hoping it is a bit like ER or better as that was my fave show ever), I've downloaded the very first episode to watch on the train home ! I have high expectations now, having read the comments in here.

Hope you are feeling a wee bit better 4Ever and wishing everyone else a good day

4DPO here, so too early to obsess symptom spot ...

Oooh jools ER is my favourite show ever too, yay!
Damn 2ww takes so loooong, hope the next 10 days fly by for you!

4ever..... honey... just read your post and want to give you mother of all hugs and hair strokes....

Please be reassured by your DD's size and Neeko's experience and odds but know that is only luke warm comfort after everything you've gone through... I also truly believe its your time for happiness come June and will continue to pray xx

Jools - ER? Just magnificant. I remember watching series 2 with old boyfriend every Wed night and we used to sit speechless as it was just sublime. Many an episode would see me bawling my eyes out..

cupcake - boo to your friend's nicking Jude - its a lovely name..

Vjay - thank you!

Better get on whilst Bennyboy sleeps (DS1 at Grannies), back on later x

Hi ladies, I had a text from Gracie this morning to say shes doing OK and the reason she hasnt been around is because her internet connection hasnt been working but she send everyone her love and hopes everyone is OK

Just got back from baby massage. Will be back later on

Hiya
cupcake just seen your thread on baby names, can't believe you brought up Ralph again, you know how it makes me giggle . It is pants that your friends have chosen Jude, but John is nice and Johnny is very cute

Waves to everyone else

hi all sorry ive not been on . i finish work in 3 weeks so i have all the time to be on mn then . on nights again tonight xxxxxxx

Hello can I come back please???!

I was having a really really low day yesterday I just wanted to lay down & could barely even move. I've come to the conclusion it was partly due the Monday nights acupuncture. She did some points called 'burial points' which are supposed to make you bury past grief & pain. I did some Googling & apparently it makes you revisit the dark place & then finally shrug it off & leave it in the past. Anyway today I feel like a massive weight has been lifted.

4ever can't believe you are having to go through yet more stress. It is just not fair. As the others have said, take heart in the fact that everything anatomically on the scan looks normal. You just don't need this extra stress though do you? Are you going to be signed off work some more?

Cupcake I have THE BEST baby name book. It is called 'The Brilliant Book Of Baby Names' by Pamela Redmond Satran & Linda Rosenkrantz, I'd highly recommend it to everyone. I'll have a little flick through it tonight & see if I can come up with something similar to Jude. There is no fear of anyone nicking our two chosen names as I've never heard anyone with the same names!

Jools I have found an excellent site for obsessional symptom spotters. Here it is, I'm completely addicted to it!

Neeko thanks so much for your pep-talk last night, you are a very good friend.

Thanks to all of you lovely ladies with your kind words, I really felt like my world was ending yesterday. Dd's tea-time now so I'll be back a bit later.

Cupcake:
Jeb
Jed
Jem
Jesse

and that's just for starters!

Hi all. Had midwife today. All well with wriggler and she let me record heartbeat onto phone

Got letter from DD's nursery to say child has Hep A and they've all to be vaccinated. Off to google.

Lovely to hear from a few of you who've been MIA for a wee while.

X-post MLS and welcome back after your huge break Ditto on the friend thing.

Neeko how very dare you!

You know you can email the heartbeat from your phone to your pc.... I suspect that might be a bit technical for you though!

Cupcake:
Jett
Jody
Jonah
Judd
Jay

Let me know if you want any of the meanings.

Oh yay thanks MLS Those are fab, I really like Jesse... hadn't considered Jody for a boy but that is quite cool isn't it (like in the Bryan Adams song )(Well I'm assuming 'Jody got married' refers to a boy ) Jonah is lovely too but some friends we don't particularly like have a Jonas which is a bit too similar...
Want to get a book though so will try to find your one in the library, thanks!
I'm intrigued about what your chosen names are now!
Also, wow that's crazy about the burial points thing but glad it seems to have worked

LOL Vjay that cracked me up I'm sorry but I still love the name! Just be glad it doesn't go with my surname or you'd be giggling a lot come May

Neeko fab news that mw went well and how cool to have the hb on your phone

Had a text from Curly to say she will do some catching up with us v soon
Lovely to see you kate and glad gracie is ok too, thanks sabs soooo not long til we get new nieces/nephews

Cupcake apparently Jody is a diminutive of Joseph which means 'the Lord will add'. I have one more - Joss. Also the name Jesus is in my book.... imagine if you went to your church & introduced your new baby to everyone & said "This is baby Jesus"!!!

oh my goodness I am such an idiot - got off the train at my stop earlier and left my overnight bag on the train !!!

They recovered it at the next stop and it is being sent to lost property at City Thameslink - fortunately I have a meeting round the corner from there tomorrow. Hope it is there

I was distracted because I've been having cramps and was daydreaming / symptom spotting

MLS you are truly the queen of google I've seen a lot of symptom spotting sites, but never come across that one and it is really good !

Oh, and I loved Grays Anatomy - am hooked already !

Welcome back mls!!!! glad you didnt stay away too long...Your treatment sounds so interesting that im off to get some information into it all, alternitive medicine is something i have always wanted to get into, so who knows i might just start home studying for a while...and with my beauty therapy background im already half way there. You seem so much brighter...your jesus comment made me snort with laughter, to which dh looked at me like this

cupcake i still love ralph too....however Dh and i have finally agreed on a boy's name, we even shuck hands on it so it's offical
I was going to post on your other thread too, havent had time to cach up on it but are you still thinking names beginning with J?

jools i do hope you get your bag back although i did giggle at the reason you forgot it, maybe it's a case of early baby brain??? here's hoping!

neeko at you being able to record the heart beat on your phone, what a lovely midwife you have ...i have recorded my belly moving on the video cam...so that i can show this baby when its older just how much it was pushing it's foot out of the side of my tummy!

Ill be back later to catch up with you all, off to do some more baking...the chocolate cake yesterday was a success!

Hi all. Just popping on to check you're all ok. Can't believe my midwife did that yesterday as she's known as a bit of a battleaxe but I love her now Have been playing it to lots of people

I stop 3 weeks tomorrow and have so much to do so better get it done!

Lol MLS that would be so funny. There was a boy at my school called Jesus...pronounced 'hay-susse' cos they were Spanish but still, everyone called him Jesus and not in a nice way bless him.

Barbie- not necessarily J names, just things that are similar to Jude ie classic (cos it's biblical) but still 'cool', not too common, not too unusual..that kind of thing. Dh and I made a proper list last night though which was quite exciting so lots to think about. We've definitely decided on a girls name though, and have 2 backups incase she doesn't 'look' like that name fab that you've decided on yours too
Speaking of J names, LBM what about Juliet/Juliette for your dd, I think it's so pretty...still trying to think of more though!

Jools hope you get your bag back! Nightmare. But yay for maybe-symptoms

Neeko yes I will show you the blanket when done, though it's really not very impressive!

I'm off to have coffee with my old colleagues tomorrow...sure I'll get lots of 'you're massive!' comments

It's quiet here today - has everyone started their weekends early?

Jools I really hope you got your bag back. Your heart must have sunk into your boots when the train pulled away & you realised what you'd done. That website always has cramps right near the top of the list so that is a very promising symptom you have there! Do you have about one & a half weeks of the 2ww left?

Neeko I really think you should make a copy of the heartbeat before you accidentally record over it! Three weeks, yay! I bet it feels like you are having a really long & exciting holiday but with something extra extra special happening at the beginning of it!

Cupcake are you looking for names of one syllable? I think I get the type of name you are after so I'll go back to my book later & have another look - I can't seem to get my nose out of it now I've started!

Barbie very interested to know what your boys name is..... Hugo, Harry??! I don't expect you to tell me, I don't tell anyone what my two names are as you always get somebody telling you something you don't want to hear & then it puts you off the name! I'm trying to find a middle name to go with the girls first name I like & I think I need something short like my dd's middle name. Her first name (as well as being a derivative of my late sister Sara) means 'princess' & her middle name is Bea which means 'bringer of happiness'.

Not much to report except I'm sooooooo tired & run down as the cold dd gave me seems do have developed into a proper nasty bug. I woke up at quarter to two this morning, aching & shivering. Eventually I went downstairs to hunt for some paracetamol (usually take Nurofen but didn't want to just in case ) & I didn't get back to sleep until after 4.30 & then dh's alarm went off at 6.

Not necessarily one syllable no. It's funny I always said no to one syllable at first cos our surname is one syllable.. then I realised dh and I both have one syllable names, as do loads of his family and it works fine!

For the record, I adore your dd's name, beautiful Sorry about the cold but here's hoping it's an early symptom! I got cold/sore throat v early with both my BFPs

Cupcake if its a symptom it's not an early one as I'm testing in a day or so !!

arggghhhhh i feel wierd!
Aggitated, uncomfortable and itchy..... just googled itchy skin and it said something about liver problems??? Anyway stepping from google and having just had a shower feeling slightly better...

i really do hope that jools got her bag back??

mls testing in a day or so??? fingers and everything else crossed

cupcake i love names like issac, ethan, noah...etc etc. I know how hard boys are, especially with a hard surname like mine!

MLS - I used to pretend that my name was your DDs name when I was a teenager.. as it is a more interesting version of my name - which I hated cos everyone was called it

cupcake hope you find a good name We have already spoken about names, but is all very confusing...

jools hope you get the bag back!

barbie Isaac is a possibility for us, and also Isaiah as a slightly more whacky variation as we know a few Isaacs. Really like Noah but it's my bf's absolute favourite so couldn't steal it from her Yeah we have similar problems in that nothing seems to go with surname! Hope the itching eases douse yourself in mama mio

iggy I used to pretend my middle name was my actual name for the same reason as you there were so many of my name in my year at school! Although I do like my first name now.