The Elderberry Helicopter #3, in which we continue to fret and play 'guess the sex'

[Boomgoestheweasel]

Open to all elderberry grads and anyone who fits the berry criteria: over 30, pregnant with #1 after trying for a loooong time, and nervous as hell. Come on in for handholding and nub theory!

You did do the thing where you hold the cat and weigh yourself with it didn't you merk?

I don't own bathroom scales so yes I was wrestling cat onto kitchen scales!

ha ha ha! sorry! the picture of you trying to weigh a cat on kitchen scales is quite amusing!

dogs r stupid merk mine will also do anything for food so we just put any tablets into a piece of cheese and it goes straight down!

Mission accomplished. Had to de-traumatise one cat with ham, and the other cat is no longer talking to me but still!

Good lord kitty, you mean I was RIGHT??? Lovely news!

I'm obviously the mean pet mummy around here, cats get wrapped in a towel between my knees and pill forced down throat then mouth held shut until they swallow! They're far too clever for me to hide it in food and lick each other if I use spot on. I do give them treats afterwards, honest!

Done all my wrapping this morning, now having festive bath in an attempt to unwind. Jealous of your octopus tum merk, mine are still limiting themselves to the odd shuffle but few and far between! Come on babies!!

Think you'll be right with mine too boom although my dad is sure I'm carrying his first granddaughter

Well jell of all the chilling out. I'm struggling with strategy docs. In between the skiving of course....

thunder I thinks it's being preggers and it being Christmas! Feeling very happy!

boom yes! You were right! Tbf though thunder is only going off family history. If the flat forehead thing is true then she's actually in team pink!

So took this afternoon off to do all my housework /wrap presents before my dad gets here. Instead I've slept on the sofa all afternoon...oops! Ah, let's blame it on being pregnant!

Ahh kitty snoozing on the sofa sounds marvellous!

Anyone do the wedding ring gender test? I thought I'd try it for a laugh and would the ring move at all??? No. Hmmm

thunder whats the ring test?! could I use my engagement ring? not married yet!
or would someone else's wedding ring work?!

I'm not sure what the rules are puppy cos it's actually a load of codswallop but you dangle a ring or a needle on a thread over your belly and stay still. If it swings in a circle it's a girl and in a line like a pendulum it's a boy...

My mum told me the 'rules' were it had to be a gold wedding ring and nylon thread. She gave me the rage being utterly convinced it would work and texting me crap about it for hours

And I heard the swinging was clockwise for one and anti clockwise for the other

I might try it for fun! my mum goes on about the way im 'carrying'! at 17 weeks not sure how you can judge this as bump is just visible thru clothes!

mothers! although she did know I was pregnant before I told her...

Apparently you can do it when not even preggers and you can dangle it over your wrist as well as your belly.

I'm not sure what it means when the ring doesn't move at all though?

Did you try it merk? Let's test it out... We know the gender of most babs on here now after all...

Quite definitely clockwise for me. Also just paid for NCT classes, they are £££

So yes, it appeared to be right as circles = girl

my wedding ring is stainless steel, I wonder if that'll work?

Try it tally! I didn't read it needed to be gold but there seem to be a few different rules out there...

you can tell I'm still at work here...

I paid for my nct a while ago merk and was equally

I'm also picking up on a distinct tension between mws and nct- somewhat disapproval from mws... Maybe boom knows more about this?

My DH nearly fell over when I told him how much it was and promptly informed me that he could teach me how to breathe I'm going to one where I will prob be the last due date (mid feb to mid march due dates) as it was the nearest one to the new house and the only one that didn't start on my birthday! So 11th Jan is the first session. Pleased to hear they have 4 breast feeding counsellers in the area, will prob get my money's worth from them alone!

That's soon merk, how scary exciting!! Mine start early feb. I think it should as be good for meeting new people in a similar boat as all the advice. I'm going to the free ones at the hospital too.

I agree merk that there seems to be disagreement between nct and mw. I never did nct as I didn't know about it until it was too late. The main reason why I regret it is that I heard people make really good friends there. Wow January huh?!
When is yours thunder?
You should put your bump pic on our fb group. You look stunning

think my nct starts in Feb too. or possibly March. I didnt bother with membership so saved £40!

Happy christmas berries