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merryberry · 08/02/2010 14:41

New thread idea good jfly!

See what I did, now we are two - for those with new number 2 and expecting number 2.

And all the rest of us who get at least 2 tantrums a day from the 2 year olds.

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Ewe · 03/03/2010 07:40

I did fall a few times when pregnant but it was always back/hip that took brunt of it. Not sure about forums but at the moment I don't want to google anything as it all looks a bit grim and it's quite possibly just nothing. I'm under private healthcare so will all be very quick regardless!

Thanks turtle, I did think it was going to be a routine it's a cyst appointment. Hadn't even really realised that you get nasty lumps in knees! Managed to sleep in the end but very very tired this morning, at least it's a work day, marginally less tiring than being at home with DD

Dontpanic · 03/03/2010 13:15

oh ewe here's hoping it's nothing much at all, & just the drs usual doom n gloom potential. Keeping everything crossed for you x

megonthemoon · 04/03/2010 12:17

oh ewe - that sounds grim. i do hope it's all a false alarm and that actually it's icky but easily resolvable rather than anything worse. fingers crossed.

scan here this morning - one baby, heart beating, bouncing around, all 4 limbs, and cute button nose I was bang on with my dates (said I'd be 2 days ahead of calced ones and I am!) so baby due 12 Sept. My birthday is 8th, and I am fully expecting to give birth then and never have a day to call my own again - my brother did this to my mum, so there is family precedent!

pantshavenames · 04/03/2010 13:07

meg really good to hear eveything is going well
ewe and turtle I hope all doctors appointments go well
I dodged a bullet vis-a-vis world book day as when I apprehensively asked DS what he wanted to go as he said Slinki Malinki so one black t-shirt and trousers combo, a cat mask and a black feather boa for tail and job done. when I think of what he could have asked for.....
Just as well as I have felt like crap all week with toothache- had a tooth prepped for a crown last Tuesday and it's been really painfull ever since. Got an emergency appt yesterday for a temporary crown . which has reduced the pain to doable- I'm not pacing the floor like a junkie waiting for the minute the 4 hours is up and I can take some more paracetamol.
DD has twigged that now the stairgate is off her bedroom door she can go downstairs by herself in the morning but DH are so far resisting the urge to leave some kind of breakfast out for her the night before. Some kind of hansel and Gretel trail of cheerios

merryberry · 04/03/2010 13:38

wonderful news meg

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timelordvictorious · 06/03/2010 18:54

meg that's fab news, am so happy and excited for you. Glad things are going well for you, and hope you'll start properly enjoying being pregnant. (ie eating delicious treats and demanding your own way because of your delicate condition)

ewe you seem very sensible and calm. Have everything crossed that it is something non-nasty.

merryberry sorry about the job. How is your shoulder now?

dontpanic are you all better now? How is E? Is Monty still with you? Thinking about you loads - what happened is my absolute worst nightmare.

Sorry for relative silence here. Very busy week or so. Course is starting to really heat up, and while I'm definitely finding my study rhythm, it is bloody hard work. ( merry, cannot recommend return to study enough, if that's the way you're leaning. This week I was in a room full of recently gained Oxbridge 1sts and won the argument debate, which was utterly exhilarating!) And I also find myself really excited about Thursdays with Ff after two days at uni, so think am getting best of both worlds.
But, along with the freelance work it is quite a busy time.

Do we need to copy the birthday list so we can see all the birthdays approaching? Who is next?

Meg, your story about DS is hilarious. Ff is staying in the cot for as long as possible. Bloke has even considered building one big enough to hold her until she's ten. Ff's speech has improved hugely since her birthday, and today, just as we were convinced she was going to call me Mama forever, she's switched to Mummy. Am a bit disappointed actually. Bloke has been Daddy for ages, so was quite fancying myself as a Mama. Makes me sound far posher than I really am...

Hope you're all having a good weekend.

ilovegreenbeans · 06/03/2010 19:56

really good news meg.

just lurking as am fed up and due tomorrow! Big hugs all around and hopefully will be back soon with more news.

megonthemoon · 10/03/2010 10:15

ilgb - any movement from the baby? Maybe he/she wants to share DD's birthday and is trying to hang on for a while longer...

Off to Ireland tomorrow for cousin's wedding. I'm not sure whether Irish weddings are as fun when you're the only sober one, but it will be great to introduce DS to his wider family including lots of American great aunts and 5th cousins etc.!

Nuchal results came back and I'm super low risk for Downs (1:10,000 versus 1:500 for my age) and the others so I'm just starting to feel like maybe this pregnancy is going to go okay. I feel like I can start planning my escape from work maternity leave now

ilovegreenbeans · 10/03/2010 13:59

nada, nothing. Sweep today- anyone got any tips to help me get this baby out of here!!?

timmyinatizzy · 10/03/2010 14:28

Pineapple, walking and a chinese meal helped the day I had my sweep. DS popped out at 6am the next morning! He was 1 week late.

megonthemoon · 10/03/2010 15:47

Sweep followed by sex did it for me!

turtle23 · 10/03/2010 17:39

ilgb...Seriously...enjoy the silence and let nature do its thing. In a few days' time you will never see H in the same way again. Enjoy her. She will be this massive grown up girl and you will miss spending as much time with her. Promise. xx

ilovegreenbeans · 10/03/2010 20:32

thanks for the wise words turtle et al. It's just so hard to be patient!

Dontpanic · 11/03/2010 14:50

ilgb nothing will work if your baby or you aren't ready for it, so all you can do is relax as much as possible, get any childcare arrangements sorted out or any little things niggling you that may be keeping the baby in subconsiously. And relax even more!

Dontpanic · 11/03/2010 14:54

meg great news all round, enjoy the soft drinks and make sure you've got a nice room to go to when everyone else is pished out of their heads. It'll go on a while

tlv still got Monty, but having him put to sleep, probably next week when i can take a day off & not sob my way through work. Our decision, rather than rest of the family's pressure, he's old n grumpy and in pain, so may as well give him a dignified way out. Rehoming too much stress for him we figured. I won't be in a talkative mood for a couple of weeks.

merryberry · 11/03/2010 21:26

oh dp, poor wonderdog and poor you. You've had him so long. I hope he passes in comfort.

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turtle23 · 12/03/2010 08:19

DP- oh I'm so sorry. That truly is horrible. Big hugs.

JFly · 12/03/2010 12:25

Oh DP. I can't even imagine. That is too terribly sad. He's had a great life with you and you can tell how much you care about him. Will be thinking about you this week. xx

Ewe · 12/03/2010 19:24

So sorry to read this DP, you're doing the right thing, even though it's really really hard

xx

merryberry · 13/03/2010 12:33

Wishing you all a wonderful mothering sunday. My mum is here as well, double whammy. Triple whammy when you take into account we're celebrating GG's birthday today as well.

Was up in Muswell Hill present shopping this am. Picture the scene, walking past a verrr verr nice shoe boutique:

Random child: 'Daddy, look! Why don't we get mummy some shoes?'
Random daddy: 'Um, I think mummy might like to choose her own shoes. Let's get the flowers, we know where we are with those'
Random merryberry: 'Shoes, choose the shoes'

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timelordvictorious · 13/03/2010 21:59

Seconded, Merryberry. Happy mothering Sunday to you all.

And happy birthday, GG. Have you had a good day?

I'm so sorry, dontpanic. I hope it's peaceful. Be kind to yourself.

On a fairly shallow note, how much hair do your toddlers have? I am starting to get genuine hair envy now, and am desperate to give her bunches. But nothing-Bloke and I both have loads of hair, so I am starting to wonder if perhaps we have it all, so there was none left for Ff. Sigh.

megonthemoon · 14/03/2010 17:09

Oh DP. So sorry I think you are very brave for choosing this option as it would be easier not to face this although it is probably on balance the right thing to do for Monty from what you say. I hope you enjoy the remaining time you have with him and take good care of yourself.

Wedding in Ireland was great fun. I lasted until 10.30; the bride until 5am . DS charmed everyone, including the 4 year old flower girl who kept lifting her skirt to show him the butterflies on her tights!

megonthemoon · 14/03/2010 17:10

Oh: happy birthday, GG and happy mothering Sunday all

Ewe · 14/03/2010 19:04

Happy birthday GG and hope Mother's Day has been restful and enjoyable for you all.

We had a birthday tea with mainly old ladies (she has about 9 Grandmother types) this afternoon for DD, was very pleasant, LOADS of cake and she was spoilt rotten as ever. J currently trying to get her asleep, she is very overtired and crashing a bit from all the sugar I suspect!

Impressed with bride lasting until 5am! DD is a flower girl in October, I can't wait, I love weddings

Blood test results came back and my white blood count is good which is on the whole positive news! I am very anaemic and a few other irregularities but nothing pointing towards leukaemia or bone cancers which is good. More likely to be either nothing at all or an immune/blood thing which I can deal with. Into hospital on Thursday to have lump removed and feeling a bit more relaxed about it all.

J spent his first night at his new flat on Friday, second will be tonight, despite moving all of his stuff out a few weeks ago. Weird but very peaceful and tidy!

merryberry · 14/03/2010 21:24

good luck with the op, Ewe. how will you manage with childcare when you're recovering?

we had a wonderful birthday party for gg yesterday, really funny and topped off with my favourite grown ups staying til late night. i really enjoyed our mother's day as well. my mum was here as well, and she drove us over to hendon raf museum and dh and i gossiped our way round until i got distracted by the science games and the chewy roast beef dinner. the boys were so happy there, and the sun shone, and i pinned them on the sofa under popcorn in front of toy story later afternoon. So damn peaceful.

it's just been such a relief from the 2x kiddie bugs going round us all for 2 weeks. dh being ill as well was a slog, but thank god it's all over now, and i've only had to delay a week with my immunosuppresant meds, so the lack of cover from them shouldn't be as bad as last time. i hope, live and learn.

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