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50ftQueenie · 26/01/2010 13:55

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
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 Oct) - 50ftQueenie - 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

Hope this is ok ladies.

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StarExpat · 03/03/2010 08:52

x post csws! for the horrible night. If it makes you feel better, I was up every 1.5 hours at least, too. But... I'm not pg. And I don't have a 4 year old as well... so, I guess I can sympathize, but not empathize.

StarExpat · 03/03/2010 08:53

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aubergenie · 03/03/2010 09:29

Ouch ouch ouch - I've got a horrible bout of cystitis and it's very painful. Been constantly running to the toilet needing to pee since about 3 am. Have been to our lovely new "walking" clinic and the doc has given me some medication. I just need it to work quickly! Good news is that I've got a Stan free day as, although I've had to take the day off, we've taken him to the CM so I can get loads of school work done, in between running off to pee.

Star - poor Q. I really hope this new prescription finally sorts him out.

CSWS - Ugh. How awful for you. Is it actually the bed do you think, or is there something else bothering D?

50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 09:58

Just dashing by, taking poor little M to be stabbed in a while.

Star - I wondered about ab resistant infection but know almost nothing about it so didn't mention it. It's fabulous news that you've got something else to try should you need it and even more fabulous that you saw a doctor who took you seriously! that you had to pay for the privilege though.

Aubergenie - Ouch for cystitis, hope the medication works soon (drink lots of cranberry juice)! And I notice that I seem to have coined a phrase..... Get me, I'm all Shakespearian!

CSWS - What is going on with that boy of yours?! Oh I have read recently that dairy intolerance/allergy is linked to insomnia........ But I strongly suspect that you could write a book about diary issues so you probably know that already!

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50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 10:00

Oh and I meant ot link this. I haven't read it but seeing as we were talking about this stuff a little while ago I thought it might be interesting. It's about agave nectar..... Didn't want to be mysterious then boring!

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StarExpat · 03/03/2010 10:10

I use agave instead of sugar quite often in recipes. Will look at your link.

ouch for cystitis, aubergenie Good that you got meds straight away!

50ft - I'm also and that I paid for the privilege of that dr. My insurance doesn't cover a one off consult like that but will cover the private ears/nose/throat dr if we are referred and this dr if we need further care. But I hesitate to use private insurance or even pay privately and try to use it as little as possible because I think it is so horrible that better care is only available to those who pay for it . And I also think that it is becuase this system exists and that people are willing to pay for it that it exists and ... ugh. will stop going on now. I just think everyone deserves the same quality of care end of.

aubergenie · 03/03/2010 10:22

I'm so annoyed with myself 50ft - while I was waiting for the pharmacy to open I popped to the supermarket and forgot to buy cranberry juice. What an idiot! Not sure I can face going out again as it's quite a walk away and I've got a lot of abdominal pain. I'm drinking lots of water to help flush it out. I've got quite a bit of blood in my urine. I'm wondering whether it might be something to do with the mooncup. I was a bit slack about emptying it on the last day of my period.

Hope M is OK. Is it the MMR?

50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 10:25

Totally agree with you Star. It's a catch 22 though isn't it? If less people abused the system then maybe the NHS wouldn't be in the state it's in and everyone would have access to good doctors. Don't feel , it's not your fault that you have been saddled with a rubbish GP who just fobs you off rather than taking a proper look at what's going on. You did what you needed to do for your boy, anyone would do the same I'm sure. I'm a right old lefty, but I would have paid in your situation.

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ronshar · 03/03/2010 12:06

Sorry been awol again.

CSWS, it took me about two weeks to get W properly settled in his bed. He loves sleeping in it but unfortunately unless he is realy tired he is a bit like a jack-in-the-box. We close the door when he first goes down as this is his go to sleep prompt. I have tried leaving it open but he just wonders out with a big grin on his face and his teddy in his hand!!
Also for day time sleeps I often have to stay in with him for 10 mins or so. Just to get him settled in.
I would say stick with it. W doesnt do change and it did take a while for him to get used to it.
I remember that D hasn't always gone straight down in his cot so perhaps it just feels worse because he can get out, maybe?
Do you need another buggy? How many do you already have? Could get a buggy board for D as he will nearly be 2 he could walk & ride.

50ft. I (re mooncup) sometimes I find that it can get a bit stuck behind pubic bone. So just bear down a little, use those pelvic floor muscles, and it should just ease out a bit more for you to gentle pull down.
Have you seen Doc yet? (over glasses etc)
That bed is a massive dust trap. Just think of the extra cleaning it would need

Sorry Star. How is Q today. We paid privately for DD1 to see ENT surgeon for her ears. It would have been a 18month wait, due to only one doc at local hospital. Never feel guilty for doing the best for your child. Look at it another way. It means that someone who can't pay now gets a bigger chance of seeing the doc you would have been!

Hello Jenwa. How are you all getting on without your doggy? Very sad to loose a family pet.

All you teachers I do feel sorry for you. It is bad enough being a parent and worrying about parents evening, let alone having to tell 30 parents your child is a little bugger and you should find a place in borstal for her Or is that just me??

Ladies. My little sis has just found out she is pregnant. With Twins!!! She is only just 24 and was most definetly trying not to be pregnant. I feel so sorry for her as she had such plans for her life. She was sent for an early scan by the pregnancy advice clinic. So at 4+3 she knows it is twins. It has made it so much more difficult for her to try and make a decision. I think that because it is twins she will carry on with the pregnancy. She isnt even really in a "proper" relationship with the father, he has had a bit of commitment phobia. Now he has stepped up so good on him.
I dont understand some women try hard for years with no luck, other women try hard not to and end up with twins. Ho hum, life eh!

ronshar · 03/03/2010 12:09

Myjob is N allergic to sweetcorn? Have I forgotten this bit of info?

Right off to pick up H and go to her SALT assessment. I bet she doesnt stutter once!

Oh and I made a rubbit run this morning. V proud of myself. Not finished yet but nearly there! I shall try & put a pic on FB so you can all laugh

StarExpat · 03/03/2010 12:40

stuck behind pubic bone. wtf? like nails on a chalkboard.

oh, congrats on being an auntie to twins!! Wow, what a nice surprise. I can understand the shock but I'm sure it will all work out. Even if the father is no good she has lovely family to support her through it.

actually I feel a bit badly for the person seeing my regular gp in my place...

Yes prepping for parents eves is a lot of work indeed and anxiety, regardless of how wonderful your lovelies are (and mine are lovely!!)

Myjob I didn't realize that N was allergic to sweetcorn? How unfortunate!

Aubergenie - Ihope you are feeling better and getting lots of school work done!

50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 12:46

Just popping in to say M was a STAR! She barely cried and wanted to get down to run around again straight away! DH remarked that DS is a big girl when it comes to jabs so I corrected him, pointing out that it seems that in fact, girls are tougher than boys.

Ronshar - I don't clean anyway so no problems and yes, I got my letter confirming my appointment with the specialist in three weeks time. I saw my GP last week. Twins? At least she'll have her big sis to help her out, yes?

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50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 12:47

WOOOOOHHOOOOOOOO AUBERGENIE!!! Looooooooook!!!!!

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CantSleepWontSleep · 03/03/2010 12:51

I'll have you know that I have been very reserved in my buggy purchases ronshar! We have a Mountain Buggy that has done both dc, and a little McClaren for trips to London and such like. I think that we will need more than just a buggy board for ds, as he's not as much of a walker as dd was, and I think that at times I will struggle to control all 3 of them out and about if I have nowhere to strap them in! At least with the baby jogger one I can use it as a single too if/when ds decides to walk everywhere.

Good luck with SALT assessment.

Thank you for your comments re the bed too. I guess we will persevere a bit longer.
50ft - you may well be right that the dairy isn't helping, as we seem to have been having lots of sleep problems of late. Either that or full scale separation anxiety. We really should go dairy free again shouldn't we, but it's so bloody hard with the carb restriction too, and ds seems to love mini cheddars! Will do some meal planning and see what I can come up with.

Fingers crossed for Q's new meds star.

Yuk for cystitis aubergenie. I wouldn't have thought that the mooncup was to blame. I am always slack with emptying!

CantSleepWontSleep · 03/03/2010 12:53

Oh forgot to comment on twins. That is v v early for a scan. I guess that anything can happen yet, as it's still very early days. Fingers crossed that it all works out for the best, whatever that may be.

50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 13:09

Oh yes, sorry missed that. Good luck with the SALT assessment.

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pepperrabbit · 03/03/2010 13:22

Afternoon all,
ronshar - my unmarried little sis got pg by accident when she was 19, not twins though, and she is celebrating her 20th wedding anniversary today. You would not believe the trauma we all went through at the time and the doom mongerers predicting she was wasting her life and the speedy wedding wouldn't last.
yah boo sucks to them.
though it does mean i was a very young auntie! and our younger brother became an Uncle at 5. At one point my mum had her son and grandson at the same school....
She finds that more amusing in retrospect.
CSWS - bleagh for the crap sleep and diet stuff. Sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm sure it's worth persevering if you can bear it.
star - poor Q, my 3 yr old goddaughter had her tonsils out last year after persistent tonsilitis was blighting her life. My friend really really had to push for it though and kept a diary of symptons to prove everything.
auberginie = ouch cystitis, but I have to say I'm cringing right behind star with the mooncup talk. I've got a po-face on just typing about it!
ekka. hope your neck feels better?

aubergenie · 03/03/2010 13:57

Ronshar - Your sister must be in shock. I remember a friend of mine, who had had IVF and was desperate to be pregnant, discovered she was carrying twins, and she was very upset and confused about it. Sadly she lost one early on in the pregnancy but continued to have one healthy ds. As CSWS says, it's very early days isn't it. I hope she works things out, whichever way is best for her.

50ft. I've just forwarded that to dp. We still haven't booked our Christmas present theatre tickets, so that could be fun!

50ftQueenie · 03/03/2010 14:05

We're going to try and get tickets too! I am stupidly excited!

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StarExpat · 03/03/2010 19:55

I'm curious about the speech and language assessment, too ronshar. Do come report.

ronshar · 03/03/2010 20:04

CSWS, I was being a bit cheeky. I find pushchair shopping very stressful so I just stay well clear. After I posted I had visions of you with D strapped to a buggy board having run after him, so not such a good suggestion after.

SALT assesment was great. Really nice lady. As predicted Harriet only had a tiny episode of stammering so was a little . The therapist was very understanding and said that H will need to come back for treatment. So at least something is happening.

Myjob I remember now. Poor N.

50ft was that the MMR today? Brave girl, hard as nails. Good girl for your appointment

Aubergenie, sorry I missed that earlier. Hope the antib's kick in quickly.

We are off skiing on Saturday. I cant wait. Staying in a hotel so I will have to do nothing. Bloody brilliant.

StarExpat · 03/03/2010 20:04

oh, and Q kindly waited to prove me wrong a bit. He didn't get the really raised temp until we got home tonight. He's not totally listless yet but getting dopier and less able to expend energy for long. Pharmacy is ordering the prescription. None of the 4 pharmacies surrounding me carried it so I just finally said to order and I'll pick it up tomorrow.

ronshar · 03/03/2010 20:06

Poor baby boy. I would start pushing for removal Star. It will take ages to get them to agree so you may as well get in early!

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