Pregnancy post mc: Totally's grads continued part 6...

[Lotta123]

New thread!

Tuesday's list

toomuchteaching - baby#1 41+4 wks EDD 5th January - awaiting news!!
Dorcas111 - baby#1 38+4 wks EDD 28th January
Ba8y1 - baby#1 37+4 wks EDD 4th February
Lotta123 - baby#? 36+5 wks EDD 10th Feb
Clareanna - baby#2 (1DS) 36+4 wks ADD 10th Feb
Muser - baby#1 34+2 wks EDD 27th Feb
Northerngoldilocks - baby#1 31+3 wks EDD 18 March
Magic8ballhastheanswers - babies#3&4 31 wks EDD Anytime!
Lia - baby#6 30+3 wks EDD 23rd March
Hopefully - baby#2 29+4 wks EDD 2nd April
stuffedmk - baby#2 29+1 wks EDD 4th April
Osch - Baby#3 28+2 wks EDD 10th April
Ivysedai - baby#2 26+5 wks EDD 21st April
PenguinsMummy - baby#3 26+5 wks EDD 21st April
VivClicquot - baby#1 25+1 wks EDD 2nd May
Loopymumsy - baby#4 24+5 wks EDD 5th May
Tigerbear - baby#1 22+6 wks EDD 14th May
Caribou - baby #2 (DD, 3yrs) 22+6 wks EDD 18th May
appleblossoms - baby#2 19+3 wks EDD 11th June
crochetcircle - baby#1 19+3 wks EDD 11th June
LittleMiss - baby#1 17+3 wks EDD 24th June
Wobblewatcher - baby#2 17 wks EDD 27th June
Inbetweener - baby#3 14+2 wks EDD 17th July

Waiting to join the list:
emmywoo
Purplehibiscus
Nickstermum
Lucysnowe

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
Totally with daughter Faith Juliet, 9lb5oz born Tuesday 16th February 2010
Amyboo with son Matthew James, 4.714kg (10lb3oz) born Tuesday 30th March 2010
Hoops with son Benjamin Scott, 7lb4oz born Friday 2nd April 2010
Memorylapse with daughter Olivia, born Friday 16th April 2010
Jacanne with daughter Lotta Eliza, 8lbs 5oz born 20th April 2010
Becky78 with son Thomas Christopher born 22nd May, 9lb 1oz
Meita with son Ianto born 23 August, 7lbs 4
Boodleboot with daughter Alice Elizabeth born 10 Sep - 8lbs 2oz
LeeWT with son Andrew Anthony born 28th Sept 7lbs 14oz
TFLS with son Charlie born on 30th September, 6lbs 8oz
SamB with daughter Ruby Mae born 19th October, 7lbs 10oz
Effilump with son Arlen born 16th October, 8lbs
Sarahlou8 with daughter Emily Isabella born 21st October, 7lb8oz
Unbuffy with son James Anthony born 3rd December, 6lb8oz
HappyGirl with daughter Ciara born 10th December, 8lb2oz
Malteser1981 with son Eli born 18 December, 8lb 6oz
Zayja with daughter Winona born 19 December, 7lbs 11oz
Sparklyrainbow with son Alex born 28th December, 9lb 7oz
GoodLuckBear with son James born 25th December, 8lb
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October

We share the pain and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, Freezing, BarrenBrook, MsJL, LadyBee, Banana87, BatteryHen, HairyTriangle and Waterplate

orange go get yourself a doppler fix at MW! I was there every week at that stage! and you wombo.. you are getting to that stage too :)

apples careful, hold your horses lassie.. 20 weeks on sunday, lets not count our chickens
Still undecided, dunno if i want to know, if i do find out i will prob keep it quiet and tell no one.

moo sometimes limbo is the best thing! Not long now though my love, when do you finish?! Know what you mean, boys names i have no clue.... loads of girls names though! Must get out my book.

Thanks for the google tip ivy will do...!! Granny squares, sounds like my big knicks i am wearing

littelmiss nearly 26 weeks... wow, I remember when you got your bfp. I was lurking i think!!

I am good. Had a big meeting today i was worried about so DH bought me some new isabella oliver togs, splashed out on new make up and for tramplike working mummy thats quite an effort!! Felt really good confidence was up there and the meet went really well.. hoorah apart from the fecking IT company witch of course, but thats par for the course.

Hope everyone else is fab xxxx

Thanks Wombat Moo and Apple it's good to know I'm not alone. My scan was less than 2 weeks ago, and even looking at the screen I couldn't believe what I was seeing, so it's hard to keep the belief

Littlemiss glad you're covered on private, I hope it helps

Apple yes I couldn't believe the Irish-ness the first time I went out. I still have a stinking cold so may have to give it a miss :( am glad you're feeling better, and note taken of pelvic floor exercises!

Nix I have MW tomorrow :) am bricking it a bit to hear HB. What a lovely DH bless him, good to hear the meeting went well

For the last year we've just casually speculated about names, and in all that time we've only managed 2 boys names no girls!

nickster I had one of those isabella oliver wrap tops that's like big bandages you wrap round (Think it is meant to be practice for a baby sling!) I wore it to a meeting with my CEO to feel super smart and came out realising the wraps had moved and I'd been exposing my belly button all meeting - the shame!

moo the childbirth forum has lots of helpful advice for people considering VBAC? What are your main pros and cons and worries?

lovely to see peeps taking tenative steps from the freak out room too!

Can't believe we nearly need a new thread - lots of babies arrived on this one and I'm so excited for more lovely news on the next thread!

Grr... just lost phone post.

Just popping in from the feeding frenzy on the other side to say congratulations to all the new grads, it's great that the list is filling up again. And wowzers at all the moving up that's been going on, I clearly haven't been paying attention.

12-20 weeks or whenever it is that you start getting regular movements is really tough, I feel for all you ladies stuck in that limbo bit. But do remember to enjoy yourselves before you're the size of a whale!

J is doing well and I'm loving it, exhausted and a bit braindead though. She has conveniently (as ever) decided to go back down to sleep just as I'm too awake to try again myself. Oh well.

Good luck to northern and lia, hope things happen for you soon, and see you in the postgrads.

Am a little :( at a new thread as I'm the "awaiting news" at the top of this one, always makes me smile. But as clare says, there'll be lots of lovely news on the new thread too... looking forward to it!

Obviously I spoke too soon there... can someone please tell her that 12 minutes does not constitute a morning nap!?

PMSL at clares belly button story... yes one of those wraps! But not the bandage one....! Tis like a ballet cardi where the wrap bits are quite thick...although have not been brave enough to wear that one yet!!

Middle of the night insomnia again...but baby was wriggling and some very dull kicks

TMT 12 mins... eek. My DS had a 45 min sleep cycle, but 12 mins...yikes!

loopy there is time for lil loopy to turn yet. Would you have her turned if need be or go for a CS?

orange good luck for MW apt, go with a full bladder :)

Mornin'

I too am going menkul as I've not had a scan for all of 2 weeks!
So glad I'm "normal" but do they not realise that I'm crazy and need reassuring.
I thought I may have felt a little flutter the other day but it may have just been my tumbly.

One of the beautiful skinnie minnies who works for me said my tummy looked rounder.
I PMSL as my tummy has been round for,oooo, 15 yrs.
I can feel a hard bump under my belly button though.
I hope it's still growing nicely.

Off to Docs in a bit as my hip/pelvis aches when I stand for any longer than 30 mins or so.
As I'm on my feet all day, tis not fun.
The aching I can deal with but the area above my left knee is numb and my ankle is swollen and itchy.

Luffs to everybodypeeps, I must go shave my legs as I'm sure Doc will want a flash of ma sexy knees.

Happy St Patricks Day everyone ! Although it will be more than today.

Hi everyone- thought I should post quickly before new thread. My beautiful baby boy was born at home at just before 4 am yesterday morning weighing in at a massive 9lb 6 oz. He's lovely although accept I may be biased!

Lovely news Northern.
Congratulations on your big boy! Xxx

Oh northern - that's wonderful news. Hope you're having lots of cuddles with your little man. Do pop back and fill us in with more details. xx

wombat - I didn't put a single pound on until maybe 18 or 19 weeks. Enjoy it while it lasts.

From my point of view, I think I've reached the 'really quite bored of this now' phase. I've been pregnant since August FFS. Surely there can't be long left.... I also feel massive - after having a very low, albeit very big and pointy bump for so long, it appears to have risen in the last 10 days to create some kind of boob/bump hybrid, and I'm also really noticing just how much it feels like I'm carring a ten pin bowling ball in my belly.

As for names, we've kinda been sorted for both our names ever since the first pregnancy, so we've not really stressed about thinking of new ones. Our only dilemma was that as my best friend and sister were/are also having babies around the same time, I thought we should come up with some 'reserve' names, in case one of them gets taken.

In the event, our reserve boys name has now overtaken the main boys name, and will probably be the one we go for! Whereas we haven't even got a reserve girls name - although am fairly relaxed about that as my best friend had her baby boy (so no clash there!) and I know our girls name is not one my sister will choose, so fingers crossed we'll be fine...

Congrats Northern, look forward to hearing about what was hopefully a lovely homebirth. See you soon on milk and nappies thread

Lia you're top of the list now! And very quiet... I'm thinking easy labour thoughts and crossing fingers for another lovely relaxed homebirth

Woohoo! Northern what lovely news, welcome to your gorgeous boy and well done on getting a home birth :)

Lots of babies scheduled to arrive in April, tis brilliant :)

A new list for our new thread baby :)

Thursday's List

Lia - baby#6 39+1 wks EDD 21st March
Hopefully - baby#2 37+5 wks EDD 2nd April
stuffedmk - baby#2 37+3 wks EDD 4th April
Osch - Baby#3 35+4 wks EDD 10th April
Ivysedai - baby#2 35 wks EDD 21st April
PenguinsMummy - baby#3 35 wks EDD 21st April
VivClicquot - baby#1 33+3 wks EDD 2nd May
Loopymumsy - baby#4 33 wks EDD 5th May
Tigerbear - baby#1 31+5 wks EDD 14th May
Caribou - baby #2 (DD, 3yrs) 31+1 wks EDD 18th May
appleblossoms - baby#2 27+5 wks EDD 11th June
crochetcircle - baby#1 27+5 wks EDD 11th June
LittleMiss - baby#1 25+5 wks EDD 24th June
Wobblewatcher - baby#2 25+2 wks EDD 27th June
urbanlolly - baby#2 23+2 wks EDD 12th July
Inbetweener - baby#3 22+5 wks EDD 17th July
Nickster - baby#2 19+4 weeks EDD 7th August
Owlbooty - baby#1 19+4 weeks EDD 7th August
PrettyVacant - baby#1 16+4 weeks EDD 28th August
OrangeGloss ? baby#1 15+4 weeks EDD 4th September

Waiting to join the list:
emmywoo
Purplehibiscus
Lucysnowe
mamapower
pinkisacheeseaddict

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
Totally with daughter Faith Juliet, 9lb5oz born Tuesday 16th February 2010
Amyboo with son Matthew James, 4.714kg (10lb3oz) born Tuesday 30th March 2010
Hoops with son Benjamin Scott, 7lb4oz born Friday 2nd April 2010
Memorylapse with daughter Olivia, born Friday 16th April 2010
Jacanne with daughter Lotta Eliza, 8lbs 5oz born 20th April 2010
Becky78 with son Thomas Christopher born 22nd May, 9lb 1oz
Meita with son Ianto born 23 August, 7lbs 4
Boodleboot with daughter Alice Elizabeth born 10 Sep - 8lbs 2oz
LeeWT with son Andrew Anthony born 28th Sept 7lbs 14oz
TFLS with son Charlie born on 30th September, 6lbs 8oz
SamB with daughter Ruby Mae born 19th October, 7lbs 10oz
Effilump with son Arlen born 16th October, 8lbs
Sarahlou8 with daughter Emily Isabella born 21st October, 7lb8oz
Unbuffy with son James Anthony born 3rd December, 6lb8oz
HappyGirl with daughter Ciara born 10th December, 8lb2oz
Malteser1981 with son Eli born 18 December, 8lb 6oz
Zayja with daughter Winona born 19 December, 7lbs 11oz
Sparklyrainbow with son Alex born 28th December, 9lb 7oz
GoodLuckBear with son James born 25th December, 8lb
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz
Toomuchteaching - with daughter Jemima Ella Phoebe born 17th Jan 2011, 8lb1/4oz
Dorcas111 - with daughter born 4th February 2011 8lbs 5oz
Clareanna - with son Tobias born 10th February 7lbs 10oz
Muser - with daughter born 15th February 6lbs 12oz
Ba8y1 ? with son born Tuesday 15th February, 8lbs 11oz
Lotta123 - with baby born Monday 21st February
Magic8ballhastheanswers - Identical twin girls, born 27th February 6lb8 & 5lb15
Northerngoldilocks - with son born Wednesday 16th March, 9lb 6oz

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October

We share the pain and and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, Freezing, BarrenBrook, MsJL, LadyBee, Banana87, BatteryHen, HairyTriangle and Waterplate

Also Apples pelvic floor exercises, oh yes indeed - sneezing is not at all good without them

Yey northern many many congratulations. So glad you got your homebirth. Have one of these nice red is good for milk.

Thanks alba top of the list, OMG how did that happen? eek. Am very very ready.

Hi the everyone else, just popped on quickly so sorry for not name checking, hoping everyone with scans. appts gets good news and can relax.

Brilliant news northern, sounds lovely, can't wait to hear more.

Congratulations Northern!

PV good luck with the doc. I too am getting and itchy achey leg. Have some damaged veins since an accident a few years back so I fear I may end up on the blood thinners, but MW said I'll get to model some lovely support stockings as well. Can't wait

oooh Congrats Northern!! Can't wait to hear more details when you have time.

TMT lovely to hear from you from 'the other side' . 12 min naps are not good.. DS slept for a maximum of 45 mins day and night for about 3 months, I was shattered! But now at aged 2 he still has a 2+ hour nap in the afternoon as well as sleeping 7:30-6, every cloud and all that

Hope the doctor can help PV ... and 2 weeks without a scan, isn't that a personal record?!

nicks your tale of new makeup and togs inspired me, and I popped into town this morning and bought myself some new things. I'm not a makeup person (don't know how to make the most of it, rather than not liking it!), but this pale washed out look really wasn't working.... maybe I'll look a little more grown up and presentable when I go to the hosp on monday to see the consultant for my 28 week check (eek!)

(dramatic Moi!?)
I have meralgia paresthesia (trapped/pinched nerve) and there is naaaahsink I can do.
Not even sexy stockings.
Boooooooo!

Heeeeelllloooooooooooooo to Freakout grads, over here my pretties and bump me up the list thank you please.

Forgot to mention the other day, did Owl ackshuilly "squeeeeee".
Good heavens, what is the world coming too.
BTW Owl nowt bout my knees to admire, they have their own saddle bags.

Ahhh, and the nice doc said I had puffy cankles, aint that nice.
16+4 people not blardy 36+4 Gawd help me.

congrats, northern!

I feel like crap today, got rejections from both my midwifery applications and am a sobbing mess. :(
I'm wondering if it would be worth training as a doula? Somehow I get the feeling people will feel weird with someone who looks as young as me (I keep getting asked for ID for scratchcards...), and I don't know if there's any demand for it in this area anyway. shrug.

where are you ivy ? I am a doula. Thre is demand all over the country you would find. Any questions you might have may be answered here

here

best job in the world. :)

Loopy sorry you're having a tough time, I hope she turns for you
Clareanna what an awful thing to happen, but tis a wee bit funny :)
Nixs sorry you had a bad night, but sounds like for all the right reasons
PV I wondered if I'd felt a small tickle/flutter then wondered if it was gas! Duff news that nowt can be done, I'm sure your ankles are just fine :)
Northern congratulations!! Good size too!
Viv not long now is it? But then what do I know?! Good you've got some reserve names
Ivy sorry you didn't get better news. I constantly battle with looking too young for my job, but people come round when I get working with em

I had a super-quick 16 week MW, but then I didn't know what to expect anyway. I heard the heartbeat which was heavenly and she said I could go in once before my 20 week appointment so all good :)

Oh, and happy Paddys Day!