Hackney/Stokey/Clapton meet-up?

[JenniferCanesten]

Anyone?

I want to come but am vastly pregnant so can't do Tequila. Can do red wine however, very slowly, and have a Maclaren, as yet unused. Also have fake Uggs from Sainsburys at Manor House, only a tenner, bargainous and will fit my 36 week swollen ankles so am not apologising. Am the Finsbury Park side of Clissold Park. Can bring lentils and Pom bears.

My secret sign will be that my jumper will be on inside out, oh and I will have a mini Boris with me. Then when people stop and say 'Scuse me your jumper is on inside out.' for once I can proudly reply ' I know, I did it on purpose, it's a secret sign.' Or maybe it might be easier if we have a half full bottle of tequila poking out the bottom of the buggy?

Don't sweat the buggy Canestan...I'm secretly envious!

Have you tried those Teetha crystals for teething, they worked on DS, you can get them in the chemist they are all organic and lentilly so should be easy to come by in Church St.

Hi Miffster, I am two weeks behind you on the pregnancy steaks, am jealous of your red wine drinking ability, I can only manage gaviscon.

Where did you lot spawn your sprogs then? I am hoping for a HB but was wandering what the new midwife led bit at the Homerton is like...

Oooh hackneyzoo, congrats, sorry about the heartburn though. I am booked in for a HB too. You can tour the MW unit if you turn up to the Homerton for the Saturday morning antental lecture, they do 4 sessions and one is a tour of the delivery rooms and MLU. Just ring them up and ask when the next one is.

My MW is lovely and because I am having a HB I have my antenatal appointments at home.

When is the meet up occurring? Do we have dates?

Miffster rofl at your profile: "films with Clive Owen looking fit in them."

Midwife unit at Homerton is brilliant. The midwives are very nearly all brilliant, the doctor I saw was an evil bitch was a little questionable and the postnatal ward was fucking hideous. All the MWs call the paediatrician the "baby doctor" presumably so people don't mistakenly freak out - so me and dp referred to him between ourselves as "the paedo", possibly too much as eventually we forgot that was not what he was called and asked the nurse when the paedo was coming. But the rooms are lovely, I felt like I was at a spa weekend (obviously have not been to many nice hotels!) except with possibly the worst food poisoning ever.

Well now we are 4, yay...how many should we try to accumulate?

Maybe I will have the baby holding half empty bottle of tequila. Then is like a treasure hunt - is that person a MNetter giving a secret signal or is she just a terrible, terrible mother who may become irate if approached..? Russian roulette!

When I was pregnant my ankles were the only thing that didn't swell up, but I was still quite incredulous when I saw other preggers with lace-up shoes. Did they get someone to put on their shoes for them, every day? I couldn't comfortably reach my feet after about 4 months.

Hi miffster - jealous of your and HZ's HBs. We were at UCLH. All fine (so far as these things go..) apart from the postnatal ward which I still have fecking nightmares about. One midwife shouted at me for daring let my 5 hour old DS sleep on my chest. Apparently it would cause bad habits...

Teetha granules seem to distract DS for a bit, and they amuse me because after application ge looks like he's been snorting coke in some hoxton dive's toilets. Will match well you tequila toting DS, JenniferCanesten.

Shall we try and find a date and place that works, before you two pop?

Will now spend rest of today looking for tequila poking, pombar perching, inside out jumpers (how will we see under a coat??), Boris holding and almost ready to pop strangers. Could get me in all sorts of trouble.

So many typos. Sorry. Blame iPhones and fact DS has been up since 5.30.

The reputation for unremitting vileness of the postnatal wards at UCH, Whittington and Homerton are what set me on the home birth path, rather than any lentil weaving notions. Also I feel more comfortable getting naked and swearing at people in my own home

Timing-wise I can do Sunday morning this weekend or Saturday daytime next weekend if that helps? Also next Friday, I think.

Sunday morning/next Saturday both ok with me. My boyfriend thinks you are all secretly men. As if a site where women congregate to discuss reflux and stitches and nipple thrush is the place where men would have any luck with that sort of thing. I insisted you were almost certainly all women and he said:

"I'm joining Mumsnet then. It's obviously the place to meet women."

Sunday morning is good with me too, or next Saturday morning. Can't do week days as not started maternity leave yet. Only 4 more weeks of hell fulfilling work to go. I spend most of my working day sitting on the loo drinking Gaviscon from a half litre bottle anyway, much the same as what I'll be doing on Maternity leave.

Miffster, had a Hb with DS a few years ago and it was most pleasant (apart from the searing pain of pushing a large boy out of a small place). But like the sound of Homerton Spa midwife unit too, just in case I have to go to hospital.

It seems to be a given in London that every postnatal ward is a sanctury of misery and disease.

We are all going to look quite odd when we meet up aren't we? Alcoholic, drug snorting, tory haired...and all the knock off ughs... and the shame of the bugaboos.... think I might back out!

Have FIL bday next sat but free this Sunday morning. My DH is sure that I'm texting gorgeous men when I'm actually on mumsnet. A Sunday morning 'meet' with 'women I met online' is going to make him even more suspicious... Can't wait

Sunday morning then? Where shall we meet - the outdoor cafe in Clissold Park or somewhere with space for a male stripper buggies/bumps like 3 Crowns at bottom of Church Street? It is a bit fnar for my tastes but there seem to be a lot of Mummers in there. And lattes probably are approximately £5.00.

"Where d'you read that, mumsnet? " is a common phrase in our house.

Champion, Sunday works, pffff to the mimsy cafe, I vote for pub.

Also with the fnar pub vote. What kind of time? 10.30/ 11 would prob suit me best (my DS is a PITA about naps) but that may be a bit early for pub people. Will sort something with DH if so.

Ok, fnar pub seems to open at 12 on Sunday morning but I will double check and report back.

It always looks quite busy with Jemimas and Tobys having brunch so I'll get us a table and plant a pombear flag on it so you all can find it.

Alright with you hackneyzoo ?

Great. Will prob put DS down for nap with DH and then come down so will be babyless (always quite exciting). All the more s for me...

Argh have just remembered my sister is coming for lunch at 1.30pm. Still means I can go to pub but will have to leave at 1pm. If it doesn't open til 12pm am happy to go to somewhere that opens at 11ish or earlier...sorry to be pita

Think we are meant to meeting BIL for lunch but will check with DH what time and get back to you guys...

In fact i am formulating a plan, could send DH with DCs to meet BIL (and frankly quite mad SIL) whilst I languish in the luxury of a child free hour or two in the pub. Mines a pint of Gaviscon.

Every pub opens at 12 on a Sunday...Am trying to think of a big/non-mimsy cafe...any ideas?

p.s. such how did you do that pombear?!

you write bear in square brackets and lo, a pombear doth appear

like this {bear}
but with the other brackets

Father Ted:

Ted: Celebration yes but what form could it take.
Dougal: Ted I want out.
Ted: What do you mean?
Dougal: I went too far too soon. I didn't know what I was getting into, Ted. I didn't know you had to follow up a good idea with loads more good ideas. I'm sorry Ted. I'm going to sleep in the spare room.

I am not piking out! I always said Sunday morning was a goer!

Am I too late?

I'm in clapton and I'll admit to having a bugaboo of ebay origin and also being embarrassed about it. Agonised for ages before buying too. Never shopped at boden and I do watch eastenders. I can supply one six month old boy.

I tried for a home birth at homerton but ds was too late. Ended up being induced so birthed in the consultant unit end of the Homerton ward. The only person I saw there was a lovely midwife called Theodora, who was on the home birth team anyway. We got on fine and hardly noticed the lack of birthing pool. I'd also recommend at least aiming for a home birth just for antenatal midwife checks at home. In retrospect I'm pleased we did it at homerton because the neighbours would have all the noise I made

I might be able to make it on sunday if there's space.