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largeginandtonic · 26/02/2009 19:47

Right now she has her own thread lets meet her

When did Cruz and Mateo arrive in relation to due date?

CM you only need one hand to bake a cake

AM called for a chat today she is coming to see me next week

SKY my lovely so sorry i missed your post, how are you about it now? Did i thank you for the gorgeous jumper you sent for Indie? It is so sweet, thank you.

She needs feeding in an hour, you boobies still work right?

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SKYTVADDICT · 26/04/2009 20:43

Many congrats PJ - so happy for you x

JamInMyWellies · 26/04/2009 20:51

Go PJ, Go PJ, Go PJ oh and MrPJ.

AprilMeadow · 26/04/2009 21:48

YAY Pink, am so pleased for you and M. Sorry i couldnt talk for longer this afternoon but we were waiting for the 3rd race of the day to start. Am so excited for you though sweetie - back to real food now

LG&T - i can now slow down but not for long as we are off to Disney, Florida on Friday for 3 weeks. Would love to meet up when we are back. Last week of May.

Am totally shattered, back aches, hips hurt etc etc moan, moan, moan. Jack was a nightmare this weekend at the races and pushed it way too far! Racing was fab, even got a pole on the 3rd race which was fab - dh and i were on ITV4 in the background. Our 2nd driver is the brother of Mel C and she was their this weekend with her gorgeous little girl Scarlett. She is such a lovely down to earth lady and we had some nice chats and she even came over to me before she left to thank me for a great day and gave me a kiss goodbye.

Am 20 weeks tomorrow and having my scan at 11.30 . Place your bets as to the sex......... i think boy and dh thinks girl.

Off to bed now xx

JamInMyWellies · 26/04/2009 21:59

bloody nora 20wks already. Lovey you do need to slow down remember Ella came early cause you were such a busy bee. Try to take some time out when you go to Florida. By the way whereabout do you go we are thinking of maybe going there this summer?

largeginandtonic · 26/04/2009 22:04

BOY BOY BOY BOY

Fecking holiday again ffs, pack me will you

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AprilMeadow · 27/04/2009 07:12

erm...... i havent been on holiday since November.....

I ache a lot this morning, baby has shifted fairly high and seems to be squirming rather than kicking (although was booting me last night as if it was telling me off).

I know 20 weeks seems to have gone so fast although 40 weeks still seems so far away!

Dh told me off for doing so much so hopefully this week i can take it fairly easy as i have done most of the packing

JAM, we stay at Disney everytime because we bought into their Disney Vacation Club (timeshare of sorts). Although we have some friends who have just come back from Florida and hired a villa for 2 weeks.

Pinkjenny · 27/04/2009 09:40

I'm going with girl, definitely. I am so jealous of Disney, I can't wait to go with L when she is a little older. We have booked a lovely 5* all inclusive in Menorca for 12th September, not quite Florida, but looking forward to it all the same. Hopefully I won't turn into a lunatic like I did last year!

Not sure if I was testing too early, or whether all the water I was drinking because of the Cambridge Diet was diluting my urine. Dh wants me to do another test, he is dubious about the accuracy of the first one!

Mel C alsways seems so lovely, she is a scouser (of sorts - she's from Widnes) so what do you expect?!

twelveyeargap · 27/04/2009 12:05

Girl, I reckon, due to heinous morning sickness. How did it go AM? Hope you have a lovely holiday.

LG&T, I don't know how you manage without a cleaner. It must take you all day just to do the laundry. Your tooth shouldn't still be hurting that much. (I have had two wisdom extractions, one out as an emergency, and the other three under sedation.) I would call the dentist and ask for advice, in case there might be an infection.

CONGRATULATIONS Pink! You can't get a false positive, only a false negative.

Lydle, sorry for your troubles. Its sounds like you have a lot on your plate. I hope things start to look up soon.

SKY, you need some time off! Getting out of the house and away from the children may help, but it brings its own stresses too.

When is your GP back MrsJB? Is it today?

DH has had a couple of interesting interviews. One of them was pretty informal, but with a very big institution so things are not all bad. It's a little more hopeful he can get his employers for unfair dismissal. Or better, can frighten them into paying him off. They've basically made up reasons to make him redundant and he has plenty of email evidence to contradict them. Fingers crossed.

TMAM, well done on your running. I did 10 miles by mistake the other week. That is, I was supposed to do 9, got lost on Hampstead Heath and had done 10 by the time I got home. That puts me a couple of weeks ahead on the mileage build up, so I'm going to focus on speed (in the loosest possible sense) for the next few weeks. I managed 7 last night at an average pace of 10.40, but I did about 4 of those under 9.30. Couldn't do any further as was still suffering the effects of my 5am end to Friday night and started getting light headed. Oops. I'm hoping to do the half marathon at about 10.30 pace. DH is doing a 5k in a few weeks and training for sub-20 minutes. (FFS). I can't even do one mile at that pace.

DD1 is home from school with tonsillitis and hogging the telly. I've already endured Sweeney Todd this morning. A bit too much gore for pre-lunch I reckon. I took her to the doctor this morning to get anti-biotics and blardy fell down the steps outside the surgery. Wasn't going to say anything to them, but realised that if I'd been elderly, I would have broken my hip. They have these visibilty strips on the edge of the steps, which apparently become highly slippery in the rain. I have a bruised arse and elbow (and ego) and grazed wrist for my troubles.

MmeJaffaB · 27/04/2009 14:02

Rubbing shoulders with the celebs now AM.... get you! Sounds like a nice day though. I'm thinking girl too....

GP back today today yes, I have phoned he said he hadn't been able to check anything yet as he was just back from holiday. Phone in a few days he said!
Yeah right, I told him we'd been waiting three weeks and wasn't waiting any longer, well at least I think thats what I told him. He said he'd check the pc, tapped away for a few seconds and then said "Ah bah oui ah" Charantaise for Oh yes! All OK, nothing to do now, no problems..... well at least I think thats what he said... Phew!

TYG and TMAM, you are both amazing with your running. I think I've done well cycling 20km can't imagine running 16 of them. I tried and tried with the running I just can't seem to break the barrier and start enjoying it like I do on my bike. 1.5stone down now and back in my jeans from last april so happyier.

kids driving me nuts, damnnn holidays. raining today which doesn't help.

MmeJaffaB · 27/04/2009 14:03

here have another one...today!

AprilMeadow · 27/04/2009 14:34

Sorry for delay, popped into office to tell the mothers!

Scan went well, she has a very big head 95th & tummy centile. Nothing to worry about just yet, hope it slows down mind you .

Was convinced it was a boy but dh said he knew it was a girl. He saw THE lines before i did Will upload piccies later

JamInMyWellies · 27/04/2009 14:57

ooh lovely another girly.

Megglevache · 27/04/2009 15:12

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I was WRONG

Congrats AM.

JamInMyWellies · 27/04/2009 15:14

Oh and thats brilliant news Mrs JB so pleased.

AprilMeadow · 27/04/2009 15:14

Thanks Ladies

Nice to see you on here Meggle

twelveyeargap · 27/04/2009 16:33

Phew MrsJB! That's wonderful.

Congratulations on the lovely girl AM. Glad all is well.

lydle3 · 27/04/2009 17:03

Congratulations, AM another girly lovely ! I love having a sister and a brother, i like the dynamics of it !

Phew, finally got Colposcopy Doc, he said basically what i thought, he will look on Thurs, if it looks bad he will do a biopsy there and then, wait 10 days for result.

If not leave it and test through pregnancy. He did say it may not be CIN3, which i was a bit ???? he said it can be better, less than 1% chance worse. I did think "oh dear, what are the statistics for children getting childhood brain tumours" but no point worrying, will have to wait till thurs.

Had hosp today, 2 appointments, had to wait 40mins to park this really is the most frustrating part of having to there all the time. I think with all the time i've out in over the last 9 years i should have my own i may put forward a case. . . . .

Also congrats to PJ . . . there is something in the air !!

Great news MJB, you can sigh a big sigh of relief !! I love your FB pics by the way, you are very glam, i love your hair do !!!

MmeJaffaB · 27/04/2009 18:38

You must definately stay here with us Lydle... Thanks, I'm not really glam but please continue to think it. Fingers crossed for you now.

Tilly.... how you doing?

Themasterandmargaritas · 27/04/2009 19:08

at the glam. She is very glam and now very slim too.

Phew about the results.

I do hope dh doesn't have to go through all that unfair dismissal stuff TYG, would it drag on if he did? Is he at home now? Plenty of time for you then to get on with the running. I can't believe you did 10 miles wow you are awesome. Why not get into the ballot for the London Marathon next year? You have to be quick, it opened today!

I have been thinking about you Tilly the last couple of days, has everything settled down a bit now?

Get a cleaner LG&T, then you can really put your feet up.

Ooooooooooo another wee girlie. Jack is so going to love being The Big Brother. Congratulations.

Glad you got through Lydle, let's hope the statistics are all in your favour this time round, I reckon you deserve it, along with your parking space.

Help, I've lost Ellie It took J 40 minutes tonight to go to sleep. I have a feeling he might be out alone in the dark wet and rainy night. Or perhaps have been eaten by the dog. What do I do???

Themasterandmargaritas · 27/04/2009 19:41

Gosh how could I forget, good luck for your bro tomorrow LG&T and you, for your appointment of course.

MmeJaffaB · 27/04/2009 21:01

TMAM, I will look for an Ellie for you I promise, it's just that with school holidays at the moment I just can't face dragging them all round the shops. They go back next week and the hunt will commence. Unless; have you found one a french website? I could order it here for you and then post it on.

Thinking of you and bro tomorow lg&t. x

AbbyLou · 27/04/2009 21:03

Hi all.
TYG hope dd1 is feeling better soon.

MrsJB so pleased at your news. I hope you can all relax a bit now, you've had to wait sooo long.

AM, congrats on another wee girlie! How lovely, J having 2 little sisters to look after! C had a massive head when I had my 20 week scan but it was normal when they re-scanned me at 28 weeks.

Lydle, sorry you didn't really get any answers today and at the car park. I hope you find out a bit more on Thursday.

TMAM, remind me who Ellie is again? I hope you've found her whatever she is!

Today was ok for a Monday! Same old, same old at work. C is really ready for school now, I think he's getting a bit bored at Nursery. He still loves it and is very happy there but because he is a December birthday he has been there since January 2008. Luckily his fabbo cm does loads with them in the afternoons so he has very busy days.

Themasterandmargaritas · 28/04/2009 09:31

Oh MrsJB, I didn't mean for you to rush out and go hunting immediately Just if you spot one during your travels grab him for us. I can't find the blasted thing anywhere, Abby he is a cuddly elephant, the ONLY thing J sleeps with. He was awake at 12, then again at 4. Tell me it's a phase. I don't do waking children. Do you think it's because of being in the big bed?

MmeJaffaB · 28/04/2009 11:25

Poor J Tmam waking up. He will get used to it after a couple of nights.

Dn in for her OP today. recent tests have show that chemo has got rid of the cancer from her bone marrow and they are hopeful of removing all of the tumour today. Will be a long day!

Pinkjenny · 28/04/2009 11:37

Mme JB - that is good news, I think? She always comes across so beautifully on her FB page.

Fun and games here. L was ill on Saturday night, raging fever, shivering, vomited once. I struggled to get her temp down on Saturday, and it shot up again on Sunday afternoon. My aunty, who is an A&E nurse, happened to be at my mum's house, and she said that shivering was odd and could signal a kidney infection. So despite her being absolutely fine yesterday, I marched her to the doctors and stupidly mentioned to him what my aunty had said. Before I knew it it was all 'kidney abnormalities' and 'UTIs' and urine samples. However he was at pains to ensure that I didn't 'worry about it at all'.

Completely contradicts the last doctor who we took her to when she was little and had been shivering with a temp, who said to me, 'Well, do you shiver when you have a temp? Why do you expect her to be any different'. This is the same doctor who has misdiagnosed chickenpox and a squint in her and he drives me bonkers.

Rant over. Apologies to JB and LG&T who have already heard all that. Oh, and Scoot, who asked the on-call doctor at work for me last night!