Dec 08 mums - any more for any more?

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New thread! Hope this is ok :)

I love Freddie (obviously), Felix and Reuben.

Arti - if you can't handle labour you take the drugs and the pain goes. There are no medals for managing without if you need them. You will know what he name he looks like once he is here. Don't give yourself added stress. All will be well.

Arti you've handled 2 labours before (or was DD1 ELCS? Anyway, you've handled at least one) and delivered 2 healthy babies, and you did what you needed and opted for what you needed at the time to achieve that. Just do that again

My favourite name on your list Alexander, but you have 6 weeks to find his perfect name

DD asked me how I knew her name the other day - and I said when she was born we chose the name that suited her best. She replied 'I knew E was my name already, so why didn't you?'

I like Freddie and Arthur. You'll be fine, don't worry. That's what drugs are for (tra la, sung to that song, 'that's what friends are for'). Take em, take em take em. You'll cope and it'll be horrible, but you'll have a gorgeous son at the end of it - HURRAY! Thinking of you xxx

PS I also love Alexander. It's on our list too. X

We've rather anally almost decided on names already. If a boy, Edward or Alexander and a girl Victoria, known as Tor.

Final post: you can bet your arse we change our minds on the day. DD1 was Victoria for 24hrs!

Beans, I wanted M to be called Edward, but DH vetoed it.

Thank you lovely ladies. I'm now in hospital waiting room awaiting second sweep of the week and I still feel really anxious. I hope they don't take my blood pressure as I'm sure it's through the roof, my heart is racing and I am all figity.

I just did the school run and a mother fromDD1's class who I hardly know came up and said "do you know your DD1 has been moved down a group for literacy?". My normal response would have been to think (a) I'm pretty sure she hasn't and (b) what business is it of yours? And (c) it's not a huge deal even if its true. But as I'm feeling so odd I got all teared-up and had to run off feeling an utter fool. I seriously need some Valium or something but instead I'm having a bloody cervical sweep! Aaaggghh.

Beans, I like Edward too and Edwin and Edgar. I also thought about Hector shortened to Tor. I'm so impressed you have the patience to keep the gender a surprise.

Hi all have had a really shit arsed buggered up 36 hours and can't stay long but wanted to comment on the names! Alexander (dh middle name and nearly ds's first) its my fav by a country mile. I also like Oliver and Max
Beans I love Victoria.
Good luck today Arti.

Arti can you go and have a manicure or something utterly relaxing and calming which is just for you? Thinking of you sweetheart X

Oh Arti
Poor lamb. Deep breaths. It really does help. Close your eyes and try to think about nothing. Sounds suspiciously like meditation, doesn't it? Don't worry, you're perfectly normal to be going through all this. Nerves + hormones = crap. Lets hope the sweep does the trick, then anything else will seem like small potatoes.

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Arti that women is an ucking b with an itch. In your shoes I would have teared up too, why did she feel she needed to tell you that and why doesn't someone more appropriate tell you! Sorry but that has really annoyed me, was she being helpful because she thinks dd1 shouldn't have been moved down or is she just evil.

On the name front I love Alexander of course but Reuben is also a fav with me.

Sorry to go awol but we only have Internet when we go to the cafe pool area and yesterday we went to some volcanoes and then I went for a super long run in this brilliant forest behind our cottage was so great apart from a little rain.

Still undecided though erring on the side of not. Lots of reasons like money (when we go home we will have to pay for montessori education), I also feel we have a good little unit at the moment. Also I feel like I have just gotten my life back I'm not sure how I feel about losing that all again. Also ds2 is driving me a little crazy, he has a very whingy nature & it can get quite grating on the soul. Aargh I don't know will have to think further. Need to talk to dh about it more. We haven't really properly discussed it he just dropped the revelation the other day. Bleurgh

Kayz I've not been to sSF but sure you would enjoy it, but the jetlag from over that side is a bitch. Worse than coming back from Oz for me. Took me a week to get over it.

Sorry self absorbed me at the mo. didn't read your next post.

Def don't worry. That woman needs a slap. How would she know anyway.
Little cute baby boy shortly will make it all better x

Crossed Vag. I totally get all that.

Oh and regardless of whether Rubes can get you a deal or not I would go with virgin. Your paying a lot of money anyway you don't want your trip ruined by a bad flight. The 10 hr flight to & back from LA was actually quite nice, really comfortable seats and nice cabin staff. I was travelling with the boys and it really wasn't a chore. Dh flew with American to NY and it was pretty rough. I wish virgin flew to Australia. Unfortunately I think I'm going to be flying to Oz with China southern, that is going to be a killer 34 hrs.

Thanks Vag. Cheered my day
You really must come with me to Aust sometime if you can be flexible, it can be cheap.
When are you going next?

July 16th or there abouts. Can you imagine us on a flight together rubes we'd strap them in shove in their headphones and then pickle ourselves.

Arti hope the sweep is okay. That woman is an interfering biatch!! Fecking competitive parenting...what business is it of hers. Just ignore it. Thinking of you x

Can I just add DS had a play date this morning... He was brill shared loads, took turns no aggression...love him he's trying his very best!!

That's lovely news about Dudesboy. Go him!

Are you OK Rubes? What happened over the last 36 hours.

Midwife appt matched the rest of my day, I.e it was pretty poor. She gave me an internal ex as she swept me and basically said my cervix is less favourable than 48 hours ago (or she just made a mistake 48 hours ago!) then she found loads of blood and protein in my wee and said it was probably an infection and to get ABs from my GP. I pointed out its Fridsy and is never get an spot and asked whether, given I was in a hospital, I might get ABs there but apparently that was a voice idea. Plus she used dirty paper towels to cover me as she examined me which was really beyond what is OK.

Thanks for kind words re the interfering Mum too. She's always appeared very nice if a little mad so I have no idea why she told me like that. She said her DD told her. Why she needed to tell me I don't know. It seems unlikely as six weeks ago at parents eve the teacher told us that DD1 was really strong at literacy and I know from her exercise book that she has got 100% on every spelling this term. If she has moved down then that's fine but would you tell another mum their child was struggling on the strength if what your own six year old had told you?

Loads of predictive text robs with that post. For "voice idea" read "naive idea".

Arti Rufus, Rufus, RUFUS! I absolutely love it. I like all the others too. Dd2 would have been Wilfred/Freddie. I like Rufus as it is a name everyone knows but it isn't v common.

Wow to the school mum. Why on earth is that any of her business? Hope she was just insensitive rather than a cow.

The midwife should have referred you to a consultant at clinic. Crazy to send you to the GP. They'll prob send you to the hospital.

Deids That's brilliant. Your ds is a lovely boy, preschool are the problem!

Three and I'm out.... can anyone recommend any apps for an Android phone or ipod for dd1 to keep her occupied on our train journey to Italy? I haven't a clue about apps but I know she likes doing drawing and matching apps at preschool on their iPad. Can you get similar for ipods? DH and I are technologicly challenged!

Waaaaah, not getting to my big catch up yet.

Arti, my faves are Rufus and Felix. Actually Felix was on our boy name list as I like Roman names cos they sound so elegant. But I don't dislike any of the names on your list, with the possible exception of Reuben (I quite like the sound of the name but I have never liked the look of it written down if that makes any sense). What that parent did was SO not on, whether or not it's true. Unbelievably spiteful. And the midwife appointment.... Sybs is right. If it gets too much, drugs all the way.

Victoria is a really beautiful name, Beans, I have always liked it. Unfortunately I knew a really hateful Tor though and every time I see that name written down I still bristle with fury (sorry, nothing to do with actual name!)

Vag, obviously I would love you to go for No. 3, especially if we do

DB - I am so glad DS had a good morning. It will give him a boost.

More later hopefully.