Last Mango in Paris - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

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Sorry - computer being v. slow. X-posted with you Franny.

You will have to adjust things a bit - but you know what you would have had to adjust things when you were very heavily pregnant wouldn't you?

TooT seemed to walk A LOT with hers. So perhaps it really isn't as bad as you are imagining?

thank you for helpfulness and kindness

am extremely of my craven behaviour and spoilt childness

am going to go to bed I think

But it will still be perfect and lovely because it will be the birth of your second child, and that is a wonderful and lovely thing.

However (not a but, did you notice?) perhaps you will be required to find new ways for it to be perfect and lovely. Because it is like parenting isn't it? And it's all about what comes your way and how you deal with it, and the changes you make and what you learn from them.

And not about facing up to things, but about sitting down with your head on one side and saying 'Right, okay, this is new. What shall we do about this?'

I walked everywhere with mine too Franny. And I swam (not breaststroke legs though...)It was painful, I'm not going to lie to you, but they taught me how to sit and not twist. And to make sure I was 'balanced' and didn't carry shopping on one side only etc.
And actually, mine went a couple of days before ds was born (I think his positioning had a lot to do with it)

And though it is scary, actually it is OKAY.

sleep well franny

it will be ok

Franny Do talk about it, better out than in and going round and round your head and threatening to burst it.

I unwisely (yes, sorry but unwisely) googled placenta praevia after being diagnosed with it after a huge huge bleed with ds2. Google is always the Very Worst. I know it's scary. I had some horrid wobbles. In the end the placenta the consultant had said was staying firmly over the os for the rest of the pregnancy buggered off up the womb and I had ds2 vaginally a week overdue. I know this probably won't reverse as such, but it really may not be as bad as you fear... and the kinder you are to yourself the better.

all will be well Franny x

'Right, okay, this is new. What shall we do about this?'

we shall PANIC and have a TANTRUM and SHOUT at people and WHINGE

then go to bed

googling bipolar isnt good either

tho having said that it is rather crap

but it isnt always crap

sorry, I meant I know this (ie your SPD) won't reverse (ike my pp did), but etc. Sorry, really unclear post. I am still not completely well.

you are all nice brave kind ladies and I love you and I have missed you

xx

we love you too
lovely one
it'll be okay

Zippi, have a hug x

I've had nowt but tea to drink but I am suffused with fondness for you all...

Franny are you dwelling? Has the badness happened yet? [stern]

I find I sometimes have to panic and wobble and whinge before I face up... as if the panic is a necessary stage to get through to get to the facing-up. In fact, thinking about things in my life, where I have eventually been at my bravest, I have Not Been Brave At All at first. It can help to get the very natural worry and panic out and over before moving on to the tackling with refreshed strength. IME.

gawd, is Franny Bagpuss?
''when Bagpuss goes to sleep, everybody goes to sleep''...

The veggers are talking sense Franny. Have a good night's sleep and be kind to yourself.

ah there you all are

group hug

Now dh said to me today 'if I had to think about one word which would sum you up - I would say, brave' and I was TERRIBLY pleased about this, and puffed up bravely.

And then I thought of all the times I have ever been required to be brave and realized that I have dissolved like a fool on the floor - like in scbu with ds2 when the consultant said 'should I talk to someone else? Someone who will understand and hear what I am saying, and would you like a tissue and a cup of tea?' and I told him this and he said "Ah yes. I'll think of another one.'

Those are my thoughts on bravery - much over-rated, like leeks.

I am now going to watch The Apprentice as the football has finished. I am insanely excited about this.

I've missed you Franny and I came on mumsnet in the day today cause I was worried about you. I never hardly ever have the laptop on in the day!

oh LOL FMF

I showed ds1 some Bagpuss the other day. His little face when he went all colourful and came to life [ahh]

hugs to everyone

Tantrumming is OK

Things do look better from this angle, actually

Franny and everyone with older boys, please tell me about boys and guns

Is it inevitable?

DS and his friends have "killers" at nursery - they are not allowed to play "guns", so have found a new word for it

I have in the past stated that I dislike talking about killing people as it is not a happy subject.

What next?