April 2009 - Chapter 1: We're not pregnant, just fat!

[PuzzleRocks]

We made it!

The fab April ladies and their blessed progeny...

12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: FELIX DEVLIN ALEXANDER 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
05 Apr: Mrsfossil: ISLA LILIAN 7lb 10oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: SpringySunshine: GEORGE NATHAN 8lb 15oz
11 Apr: RachelinScotland: CLEMENT JAMES 8lb 14oz
11 Apr: Lou031205: ISLA SOPHIA 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: Electra: ISABELLA CAROLINE 6lb 3oz
11 Apr: AuldAlliance: ALEXANDRE 7lb 6oz
12 Apr: Phdlife: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 3oz
12 Apr: BethDivine: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 9oz
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
14 Apr: Purlease: ADAM 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Juwesm: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN
15 Apr: HeidiT: HEIDI
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
15 Apr: Minush: ZAFIRAH ROSA 7lb 12oz
15 Apr: FatandFedup: EMILIA ROSE 7lb 6oz
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
20 Apr: LuLuBai: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Kittycatisgettingfat: GABRIELLA AUDREY BIANCA
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Schulte: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
23 Apr: Tristaleejac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
24 Apr: Soon2befamilyof4: TALIA 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Lauren61: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: VERONICA ROISIN 9lb 1oz
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz
01 May: Satheresitting: Name TBA BOY
03 May: Conkertree: Name TBA BOY 8lbs 8oz
06 May: Frekkles: HARRIS MERLIN 8lb 5.5oz
07 May: TarteTatin: ALBERT JOHN
10 May: Ilovesummer: Name TBA BOY

is anybody else ravenously hungry all the time??

i could eat 24 hours a day. mostly cake.
currently munching on peanut butter banana and nutella sandwich.

Oh yes - so much better here after the shower! And so nice of V to be so quiet and calm and let me have it.

Purple - what is boob group? Can I join? Is it like a book group - you sit around and discuss a particular set of boobs each week?

Can I just say that people with possible kidney infections, replacing their taps immediately after mad dash around schools etc maybe are pushing themselves a bit too hard? My mum is very tough and super pro bfing - for the mother as much as for the baby - but even she said to me the other day that she found it hard to do a lot else physical while doing it. she pointed out that it is known that being pg takes it out of you - well bf is taking more out of you because a. your baby is bigger now and needs more calories, and b. converting your food to milk before you feed your baby (as opposed to directly through the placenta) is less efficient. SO please all look after yourselves and don't try to do too much (easier said than done I know, but...)

So - everyone be kind to themselves as much as they can... even fanjo warriors need tlc

I don't know if I'm hungry all the time, I think I just got into the habit of eating a lot all day long when I was PG (am now paying the price, as have fat where I have never had any before, certainly not after DS1 was born).
I keep snacking, and cake is indeed high on the list of desirable foods.
Your sandwich sounds pretty damn good, purplemonkey. Peanut butter is like gold dust around here.
Nice cakes, however, are not. Luckily for my waistline, I have things to do and can't go via the pâtisserie to collect DS1 from school.

More viewers coming.
Am starting to wonder when owner and agents will twig that the price asked is clearly not right.

Hi Purple - yes, starving. I am going out for coffee in a bit, I think I will pretend I have not had lunch and have a second one or some cake or something while I am out.

ginger, I hear your wise words...I just am not sure how to do less.
DH has decided that as the tap doesn't leak if it is carefully turned off in a specific position, and we are being turfed out in a few months, it's not worth the faff.
Good thing he decided this before I piled Alex into the car, drove to the DIY store, dismantled the bathroom, etc.

x-posts: wise words re not overdoing it, obv, not re having two lunches!!

PS sorry to dominate the air space but I just wanted to share... I really don't know how I will stand it when V is a teenager. She is so clearly so completely exquisitely perfect and so naturally blissfully unaware of this that when she wants to drink and hang out with nasty low life boys who only want the one thing and wear slutty clothes and pretend to be half as clever as she is I will DIE OF ANGUISH.

Oh good, not just me troughing 24/7. I can't see how I will ever shift this weight.

Schulte - Don't be so fussy, there were some fine catches there. I actually felt spoilt for choice.

Auld - good news about the tap - I quite agree that you are putting enough energy into someone else's place as it is.

Viewers - ugh

Right I have to get going, don't want to miss the cake-portunity

Ginger - DH has shotguns for those years!

any ideas please

ginger - that is a VERY good idea to pretend to not have had any lunch! (get more lunch and THEN cake!)

'Boob group' is the Breastfeeding Support Group that I go to. though it's not so much as support group as a 'eat biscuits and drink tea and shoot the shit' group. I used to go with DS and met all my close friends there. It's weird being there again with different mums and different babies. it's just different. and I have to bring DS with me. it used to be in a room that also did a toddler group on other days so there were toys there but they've changed venues for the toddler group. disaster! no toys!!

Hungry yes but mostly I am constantly thirsty! Always have a pint glass of water on the go.

Teenage years... I think my girls will be quite good at looking after themselves. DD1 certainly is fierce and fearless I think the boys will have to be careful! I personally am looking forward to taking revenge and waking them up early on a Saturday morning when all they want to do is have a lie in.

i think DH will probably have a coronary when DD is older. He's very overprotective of me and his mom and we're grown women FGS. Have I mentioned that he's never really had much to do with girls before? he's doomed!!

Yes to eating all day.
Yes (yes yes) to cake.
Yes to taking it easy. I am doing enough taking it easy for all of us. I barely move.

Bronze - sorry, no idea, Immortality does seem to e the best way.

I have wondered about going to local boob group, but I a complete pansy when it comes to meeting new people. I like to have an existing friend to meet new people with!

M&B group today, but have missed that as am waiting in for buggy delivery which, it appears, will not be today. Weighing-in day tomorrow, which I will also not go to, due to waiting in for buggy tomorrow now. So will probably get earful from HV next week when she comes to administer the PND questionnaire and finds he's not been weighed for 3/52! Hey ho!

you should go juw! i knew nobody in this town before i went. of course it's a crap shoot as to whether the other mums will be cool or not. i lucked out last time. this time i don't think i'll find a BFF but it's a free cup of tea!

there are 2 HVs who run our group and they weigh the babies so you don't have to bother with the baby clinic (personally i do't think weighing all the babies in a group lke that is a good idea, it makes for competition but hey ho!) anyway, got Isla wieghed and she's 10.14 now! that was her fully clothed of course becuase she was asleep but still! i was hoping for a lovely petite baby this time. and i got me another moose!

(anyone have any cake they want to share??)

puzzle not just you just eaten pack of jaffa cakes

Purple - my parents have just come back from Waitrose with a lemon tart - want any?

yes. yes i do.
and some jaffa cakes.

I made a lemon drizzle cake last week, but I gave it all away Baby brain is clearly even more addled than pg brain. Best I can offer you Purple is a muesli bar or a green banana

Reeeeeeally want a chocolate milkshake.

oh YES milkshake!
(stop it now. you're just being mean)

further to my sling thread: what kind of wrap sling do you have? mine came with a DVD, i lend it to you if you like.

Mine is a Calin Bleu gauze and is approximately 27 metres long!!! How are you getting on with yours? I just can't seem to get it fastened neatly and tightly. Plus am being a bit pfb about it What kind is yours? Did you find the DVD useful? There are also loads of vids on YouTube, and the ladies in the sling cupboard are very helpful.

I have some strawberry Crusha if that will do? There may be some choc Nesquik at the back of the cupboard....

It's just not the same as a proper thick milkshake though With icecream......nom nom nom