October 08 - Toddling round the Christmas tree & Ooooing at the lights!

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10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz
28th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - RachieW - Boy - Jack - 7lbs 4oz
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

yes myjob but you wouldn't like it when you fluctuated back up! That's the part that sucks so horribly! I hate it. It's quite noticeable and I don't like it at all. I nearly always get comments - "wow, you've lost a lot of weight recently" or "you're looking healthier now, you were looking too thin a few weeks ago" (which is really a nice, underhanded way of saying "you look fat now").

That's because you're so slim to start with Star. A little weight either way makes a big difference.

Myjob - It will happen......

No clue about stones. I just want to stop the gaining periods of time! It's not about overdoing sweets or cakes or menstrual cycles either... it's totally random.

pistachio - yes I weigh less in the morning, too. I think we all do. Even if I eat nothing I weigh more a few hours later

I have this dress in 2 different sizes. I literally have to wear the bigger size during the fat period and smaller during hte thin period. It's that obvious.

I feel that, myjob! It would be nice to be tall to distribute the weight a bit more!!
You are slim, though, myjob. I know it's all about how you feel but you look great. Really!!

I'm a 4 shoe or 4.5 in clarks often. A 7 sounds normal. I have a friend with size 9s and they don't even look big to me!

I was just reading this thread because I have nothing better to do, DH is out getting something to eat and well, I'm pretty lame... but anyway what does it mean to "blank" someone? Is that like the silent treatment or cold shoulder? Does it mean you fake a smile without eye contact sort of thing or just totally ignore them and pretend you don't see them? Or something different. I just want to imagine what this woman did...

Neither of you are listening to me are you?!

Star - You are human, made of flesh that can retain water, get gassy lots of things. You are not made of wood or metal. Flesh changes and you have to just accept that. Or you could get as fat as me and even if you lost or gained 3 stone nobody would notice!

Myjob - It will happen, if you are expending more energy than you are consuming you have to lose weight. Unless...... unless you do have a thyroid issue. Is it worth checking out, just for your peace of mind.

You skinny minnies should stop worrying about your weight. I have about three million stone to lose, it's going to take about 8 months to do lose everything I need to. But THEN, I think it might be time for a meet-up. Only so we can coo over the newest member of the CSWS family of course.

Star - Totally ignore them, they smile at you, you look away or don't even look at them at all.

oh that's so rude! To anyone! wow!
MN is a really good place to learn "street smart" sorts of things.

So, update of the issue I was having with friend before. She wouldn't answer me when I asked what had happened the night before? Why she just didn't even send a little message saying "can't do tonight"... anything. She didn't answer me. But text abbout other stuff. So, I asked in another way after a few hours... still blatantly ignored me. Finally said I can see you're blatantly ignoring me. Is it a) something horrible happened (which is what I worried about all night causing me not to sleep at all) b) you forgot that we were meant to meet for dinner after your counseling session c) you found something better to do.
She said she couldn't remember what happened, she was so upset after session...etc.
Then we agreed to have dinner on thurs night. But she was going to be alone for 2 hours and said she didnt trust herself to be alone so could I come over. So of course, I did, at a moment's notice. As usual. Because I am there for my friends when they need me! She's having a rough time, which I understand - this time of year is really difficult for her.
I asked her why she was shutting me out lately - being distant... she said "oh I'm doing that to everyone" so I said that's odd, then something must have changed, because previously even when "everyone" else was too much, you could always talk to me.
AND she said "I just can't take anymore right now" but all I had been saying was, "I'm here for you if you need anything" I told her this, but she ignored it. She only pays attention to what she wants to, really. Anyway, she's away for a week now. I think the time away will be really good for her, emotionally. She said we'll get together lots over the holiday when they are back, but I'm not holding my breath!!! I have xmas presents for them and I worked really hard to save for and think of a nice gift for her since she means to much to Q and I... so I hope I at least see them to give that to her.
It's a bit better now, she finally opened up about things with me again...
it's weird. We've been best friends and had a mutual trust... and it's just really hard to want to confide in someone who is holding back from you when it was previously mutual iyswim? Or aibu here?

oh and the only reason I asked about what had changed, why she was being distant...etc is because she's always saying "nothing has changed" ...etc. And it's obvious that it has. BEfore I brought that up, all I had been saying to her was that I was here for her anytime if she needed anything, even just an ear or a shoulder and not to hesitate to use that support.

Hmmm..... Could she be going through something you're not aware of and that she doesn't feel she can even talk to you about? Is she depressed and withdrawing into herself? I know when I am feeling really down I shut off from everyone, even from my best friends. My boss at the Home Office used to tell me off for it as it was very noticeable and apparently made me difficult to work with sometimes. I do understand what you mean about not wanting to confide in someone who is not being completely open with you. It feels too one sided, it has to mutual.

Myjob - I have size 2.5/3 feet, more a size three since being pg with M, but I am so fat that I look like I am walking on thimbles.

No, it's the same old crap.

I've heard that people's feet sometimes grow when pg... tht didn't happen to me, but I recall buying a pair of trainers a half size up for that reason and never got to wear them so returned them several months later! For a full refund!

Star - My feet got wider rather than anything else, but to be fair they might go back to normal once I'm not so fat. Well, I bloody hope they go back to normal, I would cry if I had o eBay my shoe collection.

For anyone who hasn't seen my fb update, I have gestational diabetes again, already.

And without commenting on the name, and saying only what you thought of and not going by what others have said, what, if anything, would you shorten the name Jeremy to?

I know a Jeremy and he shortens his name to Jez. I like it. Apart from obviously feeling sad, how are you feeling about having GD again? I hope you're feeling positive because you know you can control it with diet, hard as it may be. Give us a list of everything you can't eat and we'll not mention those things on this thread. It can be your safe haven. In fact, it might do me some good to join you in your dietary suffering.