Durham / North East Meet Ups - 2012

[juneybean]

Hello hello! Here I am with good intentions to behave and show up to some meet ups since I utterly failed in 2011!

So we need ideas for daytime meets and of course we must not forget our night time meets

[b]Daytime Ideas[/b]
Beamish
Saltwell Park, Gateshead
The Giants Den, Team Valley
Botanic Gardens
Beach (in the summer of course, unless we want airborne children!)

Okay so ideas for January daytime, I think cake is definitely in order so I propose the one that's next to Ebony, the huge place, down some steps, uhh... Slug & Lettuce is it? CAKE!

January night time? Is this something we want to plan? I know we're always poor after Christmas!

Hi everyone

Can I come too? Unless I am in labour at the time that's picked, obviously... (hint to the bump to hurry up). Won't whinge too much about wanting it to damn well hurry up now as it rubs it in too much for Indith!

And I am already getting those text at 37+4. I reply by saying I have asked Bump, and she doesn't want to say, but we'll def let them know. I'm expecting to resort to violence by the time I'm as far along as Indith! I'd never get convicted, surely? Hormones are such a great excuse!

I'm free next Monday (5th) How does that work for people? Slug and Lettuce? Might be able to do the Fri if that better for folks.

Viking- If there are women who have gone overdue on the jury then you would definitely get off. I would question your ability to inflict violence though. I suspect that your victim would have time to escape before you could get to them Have you not had that baby yet?

Get in line Viking, you are NOT allowed to go into labour before me .

MW tomorrow, stretch and sweep is on the cards.

Hope not though, appointment is at a bloody inconvenient time so if I could just go into labour tonight please that would be grand.

If I'm still pregnant I can do Monday.

Chips and mayonaise please.

I'll be in a foul mood though. You won't want to sit with me.

-thinks happy labour thoughts- come out baby!!

I should be okay for Monday as long as I finish my essay -kicks it-

It's ok Indith, you and Viking can be miserable together Surely it should be chips and curry sauce? With pineapple cake to follow? And pineapple juice to wash it down with.

I'll stop teasing before one of you hunts me down

Is D settled better at nursery now?

Yes she is thankfully :) Stayed for her lunch last week and loved it (the extra hour was rather nice for me too) so for future morning meet ups that's what I'll do :)

I must say:

Baby 1- raspberry leaf capsules from 37 weeks, had ot get that uterus toned! As I got overdue lots of bouncing on ball, twiddling nipples, baths with clary sage, cohosh, sex.

Baby 2- raspberry leaf sort of taken sporadically when I remembered. Sat on sofa and ate cake (though she didn't really give me time to get desperate)

Baby 3-huh? ways to get labour going? Nah, all old wives tales and i can't be arsed.

Can I add:

Baby #1 says mama for the first time: oooh he said mama, grab camcorder, bore tell everyone about it.

Baby #2 says mama for first time: Tell your mother as she'll be interested. Feel pleased that she's saying it

Baby #3 says mama for the first time: Tell him to lie down and go back to sleep as it is 3am. Wish he had shouted daddy instead.

grin

I can do the 5th, can't do this monday as hosting a coffee morning for local breastfeeding mummies (which if you fancy a trip down to Stockton you are welcome to come along to).

Actually, Indith &viking, Balfour Beatty have been digging up the main road near my house and have done a shit job of resurfacing, maybe driving up and down it a few times might start things off?

5th IS this Monday

MW couldn't even reach my cervix, she said pointless her shoving things up firther and trying as a) it would hurt and b) it would probably just push the cervix up past the baby's head.

They will send someone here on Friday (at plus 10) to see how things are going but she isn't all that bothered about rushing for induction, especially since I've gone to +14 before, she's all for just being monitored and letting things happen :) (and it was her who started the discussion not me!)

Aww that's good though, I hear so many stories of women being herded in to be induced!

Is LLL on this monday?

Indith - no one could reach my cervix at +10 and MW told me I was almost certain to need the induction (as I recall I posted on here!) yet Thea turned up two days later. I generally think cervixes are a bad indicator of readiness! (Oh yes, and the MW who checked my cervix in early labour and said as it was only 3cm the baby wouldn't arrive for aaages ... pah!)

I agree that cervixes are deceitful things. I walked around at 3cm for weeks with Rebecca ... !

I'd love to come along to your meet up if that's ok. Would be good to meet a few more people up here...and I am familiar with the Slug and Lettuce

Good luck Indith, this time last year I was +14 with number 3. But she came out eventually and rather speedily, I went in for a reluctant induction and was 5cm on examination. My cervix was completely high and closed the day before I had her too, so there is hope.

Spiffy your post made me laugh, DC3 took her first steps today and even my MIL was a bit 'whatever' about it!

Hello everyone, on't think I can make Monday :( I will need to definitely make the next one!

:) that will be great hackney, although obviously I will not be there because I bloody well will have given birth by then.

Oh look a pig just flew past the window.

SPB you really need to quit that job, it just gets in the way of cake.

No LLL on this Monday.

Juney - I meant I can't do this Friday! You know me I am easily confused!

Indith - fingers crossed for you, good they are not rushing you.

Hi, do you mind if I join? I have an 11 day old girl, Constance. Would love to join cake meetings in Durham when am feeling a little more sane!

Sane? What's that?

Welcome and congratulations on your dd. Absolutely beautiful name :)

by the way hackney, you'll find us them in the downstairs bit on the sofas attempting to tell the children to stay on the carpet bit rather than hunt for mice (no I don't know why either, think it was my dd who started it) around the entire restaurant. Seems to make for a good exclusion zone around us .

Oh Alysia just saw you posted on local, tis a bit dead on there we all hang out here. Bumps and Babies is on a Tuesday 10-12 at teh church up North Road. I hope to be going soon myself if I ever get this child evicted as it was lovely with my eldest.

ooh congratulations Alysia :o
I might have to resign as you suggest Indith if there are going to be one (or two!) tiny babies there.
Why does having a baby this weekend mean you can't come? We'll let you off if you're actually pushing, but other than that, be there!