April 2011 - Babies turning one, shopping to be done, toddling, tantrums and talking to come

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New stage, new thread!

whatever takes your fancy

Shit! I'll need to go buy one. But I'm nipping to asda soon. Please don't get excited, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm just beginning to feel like myself again.

It might just be your body settling. We are all here for you. Hugs.

Oh, Fizz. You will have to poas, and keep us posted.

You're too far away: I've got 12 upstairs! TWELVE!

It is quite likely to be PMS though.

Oh yes, definitely POAS - for the rest of us POAS-addicts, lol

I found one upstairs when clearing out my bf bras, it's got a date of 03/2012 on it, should I save it for a dubious am i?/aren't i? POAS next year?!!?

No rush for number 4, dh still not really convinced, so i've got some work to do there anyway. I want DD to be in nursery a few hours a week at least, so that's Sept 2013. I don't want to wait too long though as I want to be at this point and moving on relatively soon - whilst not wishing away number-4's babyhood!
I dream of the day I can actually get rid of stuff as it's grown out of, not just store in the loft.
And just think, whatever gender number 4 is, it doesn't matter. A girl - I can get rid of DS2's boyish stuff as he grows out of it. A boy - Ditto re DD's stuff. Win, win, yey

I had a rummage I. The bathroom cupboard and found one from testing for b. it's slightly out of date, so I don't think I would trust it anyway. Sorry I feel like I'm always coming here with a drama.

It's a year since fil died today and I think I'm more upset than dh. He is just seeing it as another day. I sat with b this afternoon and went through photos, our wedding, when be was born, because I think it's important he know about his granda G.

Enough self pity, we have a birthday party tomorrow and it's our village gala day. So it's guaranteed to rain, but we'll head down to the field anyway and see what's what. :)

Oh ffs, I just lost a long post.

Fizz - Give it until after the weekend, then if no AF, POAS. Probability is it's pre menstrual symptoms. I did laugh at your use of the word 'incident'

Why do you have 12 tests UBW? Planning a big family?!

I like the win win situation JKS

getting rid of the big baby equipment is great. The second Baby I has stopped using something I have sold it or given it away. I am finding it very liberating and not at all upsetting. I have kept some of the boys favourite clothes though. A know a lady who makes patchwork blankets out of baby clothes, they're beautiful and will be something for me to weep over when the boys move out

I like the idea of strapping our babies to our backs and jumping through the tree tops

POAS POAS POAS!!

I have been idly considering POASing as my period is now 12 days "late". That's not quite as damning as it sounds though as I have PCOS and before I had J my cycles varied wildly and had been as long as 9 or 10 weeks. I've only had 3 periods since I had her which means only two gaps before this one and both were 36 days which is about normal for me in my whole history of periods but perhaps on the short and regular side compared with the two years leading up to conceiving J. (Aren't you glad to know such riveting details about my menstrual cycle?). Am now on 48 days which is,what, 7 weeks? Hmm. Maybe I'll POAS for fun anyway. Think I've got a spare in the cupboard.

Would be nice in principle but we're still in our bloody one bedroom flat (with small business run out of living room). Can't remember if I said we were due to move, but we were days away from exchanging contracts a couple of weeks ago when the buyer pulled out. We've just this week had an offer accepted on another place but we're back to square one, will probably be at least three months before we can move. If we're lucky. There will be no more children until we've moved!!!

Oh yeah and the most obvious reason I can't be PG is I've got a coil . Forgot to mention that.

Out of date test negative, but I don't trust it. While I was poas dh has taken it upon himself to go to asda. So I'll need to get one tomorrow.

Can DH not get one whilst he is in ASDA? [impatient emoticon]

Fizz, no wonder you're feeling a bit wibbly. It's lovely to show B the photos.

ILike, I bought a pack of 15 cheap ones off Amazon when we decided to stop being so careful and to start "trying" in 6 months. It had taken my little sis 8 months to conceive her DS, so I expected that my advanced age meant it would take us longer.

They arrived on the day I was already 6 days late. And the first one came up +ve! (I had to do 2 more to check I wasn't imagining things!).

So, yeah, I've got 12 up there. Just waiting. And we're not planning on needing them for another 3 years.

ecuse, I think you should POAS in support of Fizz!

Does anyone want me to send them a test?

He doesn't know I'm panicking.

Fizz - i just had this thought of you texting him 'oh DH, forgot something, can you pick up a pregnancy test? xx'

That'll freak him out!

JKS!

Just checked, my 12 tests went out of date in April.

Might wee on them for fun. Or take them to school as an example of chromatography.

The line came up in the first box and I really panicked then I realised I was holding it upside down.
Thinknill hang fire til Monday now. I'm not due until Sunday at the earliest.

It wouldn't be a disaster if I were pg, just unplanned and unexpected. :)

Maybe I'll do a first thing in the morning POAS in solidarity :-)

Oh yes, morning is the most sensible time

I have a 20month gap between DS1 & 2. Totally not planned so soon, I must've got pg from DTD on day 10, which was totally impossible given my previous cycles
I spent the first few days just walking around saying 'bugger, bugger' as my plans for a boozy summer disappeared

POAS negative from me

Ah well ecuse. I'm still symptom spotting and trying to ignore the fact I was sick this morning

Gala day here and so far it's stayed dry. B is in his Sunday best and I'm hunting out the Wellies!

Fizz.

Oh blimey Fizz . You've got balls of steel, I would HAVE to test.

I love your aside comment about the coil excuse

I have just got back home after spending 5 hours at A&E with M. He has a cast from his armpit to his wrist. They now think it is his elbow that is the problem,not his wrist as originally thought We have to go to the fracture clinic on Tuesday and we are supposed to fly out on holiday a week tomorrow

Eek fizz

Oh poor m ilike

still no af. I am leaving it til Monday. If still nothing then I'll do a test.

Lovely day today. Gala was good. I've even caught the sun a bit. B slept through it all but there wasn't really much to see tbh. Now watching football.

I go AWOL for a few days and there's all sorts of POAS action and family drama on the thread. Pah...that will learn me!

Need to stop procrastinating- we've got friends coming round for brunch in a bit and we're all still in PJs and the house needs a tidy. Argh!

Fizz cant believe you can wait!

Late night so slow and tired today, kids of course are not - fun.