New thread for TTC graduates - PinkB, MrsmcJ, Bodkin, Fettle, Chooster etc!

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Hello! Thought we should leave those lovely TTCers in peace!!

Hi!

Firststar - sorry you've been feeling a bit down - hopefully you'll be back to your normal self tomorrow

We are off to Whinfell in the Lake District - in fact I should be completing the on-line regisration now but thought I'd pop on here for a mo... We have kind of decided on DS2 name, although not quite as definately as we indicated to my mum. I just knew it was good button to press with her - She's fab really, just very easy to wind up... Anyway the name we are probably going to go for is James Henry. James is the only name that DH and I both like and goes with our surname and Henry was my Grandfathers name and the name we gave to our little one who didn't make it last pregnancy. Its got quite a nice ring to it...

Honeyapple - Its a tricky one but at least your LO's will be old enough to appreciate the concept of there being a baby around soon. We told my DS (2.9yrs) and he just pushed my tummy and said "go away brother"... Mmmmm not a good start!! I think we'll leave it for a while and tackle the issue a little nearer the time.

Oops, never finished my post last night as DP walked in in the middle of it (yes, to my shame I am STILL a furtive poster....) Anyway, can't remember what I was rambling on about now...

Lovely name Chooster - and they sound great together. Boys names are so hard I think, we are still all over the place with names, but i'm quite enjoying the situation none the less.

Glad you got over your cold in time for your holiday - mine is now receding (thank god) but still FULL OF SNOT. Where is it all coming from?!

Oh God I know - I was full of snot for ages - its only just clearing up and I can finally breathe through my nose at night.

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will be thinknig of you tomorrow firststar, my Lo would have been due 11/3 and i cant sem to stop thinking about it! Just want to have this lo in my arms now!!!

I am only going to tell you lot my names, as RL people have always put a downer on them!!

Hope everyone is well xx

wow such a lot to catch up on being away for the weekend.

sorry to hear about things being uncertain babymad and mrsmc - really hope everything works out well, and that the next week or so doesnt drag too much.

my nose is all clogged up too - was hoping it might go when the rest of my cold did, but it seems to be hanging around a bit longer.

read on here once about names, that if you tell people before the baby arrives, everyone has an opinion and will tell you quite happily, but if you wait till its born, they tend to just accept it as being the chosen name and dont comment in the same way - although going by some of the threads of peoples reactions to pregnancy etc - maybe there are still some who would be forthright about their opinions.

dh and i are still very much at the early list stage, and i've wanted to sit down with a baby name book for so long, so think we might do that once i'm past the 20 week mark. will need to discuss boys names with my sister (due a week after me) cause we'd both like to make sure we get the name we want, and dont have to compete to get the baby out first to get the best name - although i'm sure the babies will have their own ideas of when they are arriving.

Anyway - hi to everyone and hope you are all having good days

MrsMJ - just seen your post . Got everything crossed for you hun. I know how awful the waiting for the next scan is.

Take care of yourself. xxx

Sorry you are feeling down Firststar, and I'm sure you'll be brighter later in the week. I can totally understand why you feel emotional about the anniversary tomorrow. I know that for me it just brought a whole heap of emotional stuff to the forefront - the memories of losing him, the sympathy from other people (which I found hard to deal with), and also remembering that had that pregnancy continued you'd be in a much different position now. I really think these things affect you more than you realise and I know, looking back, DH and I were more tense around that time - I think because I was a lot more tense and not that tolerant!! (not suggesting thats how you are)
Hope tomorrow passes OK.

Being pregnant does take a lot of getting used to. I certainly found it hard with my first pregnancy (DS) and I felt I'd lost control of my body! This time I'm handling it OK, but like you my tummy sticks out more than my boobs. So even though mine have gone up from 34c to 36E my boobs are dwarfed by my bump! Anyway, none of this is probably helping, just want to say that people on here will understand.

Pinkranger - good idea to keep the names to yourself. You lot are the only ones I've told about names

Hope everyone else is OK... Greedy will be probably be on the beach by now... Aahhhh Think I'll go get a cream egg to cheer myself up

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Firststar - maybe this time its a combination of lots of different emotions mixed in with pregnancy hormones and struggling to get used to your new very pregnant body. Just make sure you look after yourself and you'll be fine in no time!

On another note I've just had 2 creme eggs and a flap jack feel a bit sick now

ooh creme eggs - what a good idea. my dh is away at a conference tonight - think i might have to stock up on some chocolate or ice cream on the way home as a little treat.

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Hey Chooster, is your creme egg fetish cos you're not supposed to eat runny eggs when pg? Got visions of you dipping toast soldiers in it just like on the old ads!

Mmmmm, toast and creme eggs - I know it is turning into a bit of a fetish. I was a bit late for a meeting the other day and the guy phoned me up and asked when I'd be there. I told him I had to finish my creme egg first then I'd be down... After I put the phone down I realised that wasn't very professional

DH has obviously realised my new found joy and came home with a pack of 3 mars bar eggs... YUM!!!!!

no creme eggs last night but i did eat half a tub of haggen daas black forest gateau ice cream. kept thinking - i'll go and get a bowl and then that will limit how much i have, but then by the time i'd eaten a wee bit, it seemed silly to put so little back in the freezer - cause after all it would probably just sit there for months and then eventually get thrown out.

just as well dh isnt away for more than one night or i dread to think how many tubs i'd get through.

Hi
Not a regular poster on here, but many of you know me I think. i just wanted to see how you are getting on.

Mrs Mc -I'm devestated to read your news not being what it should. I really hope it works out. The waiting is horrible, and yes you need to try and not think about it. I wished i had something really positive to say to you, but I tend to be on the negative myself.
I just hope it is meant to be ...[hugs]

Firstar- sorry you are sad, it is a bit of a limbo time-you have a lost and you are gaining and sometimes that feels weird, especially with due dates. You are going to be twice as emotional and overjoyed when that little baby arrives though, and you are over half way there.

Babymad -hope you are doing better now.

Hi to everyone else.

Hello ladies, just popped in to say hello to you all. I miss you a lot but think not posting means not thinking too much about what could be and might not be so I think I?m doing the right thing. Doesn?t stop me from scowering the internet for anything that will make me feel more informed though. Hey ho.

I haven?t caught up at all, sorry, I only read yesterday?s posts so hope everyone else is doing really, really well and that Greedy is drinking a Virgin Cocktail thinking about us all!

Hi Uki, thank you for caring. I think we all find our own way of dealing with things and I tried to face the unhappy path at the weekend and it just didn?t do me any good so I?m staying as positive as I can and hoping that things work out and if they don?t, I can deal with that then. In fact, yesterday I bought my baby her first babygro. Yes ? I am insane (and probably a sadist) but my thinking was that it is a symbol of hope for me and a gesture of belief in her from me ? all for £7. Coggy laughed at me when I told her and told me my son will look lovely in a pink babygro with ?Daddy?s little princess? written on it! How are you getting on?

Conkertree ? I like your style love Hagen Daaz! hope you feel much better soon.

Hello Chooster ? really looking forward to seeing you soon! Shall we skip coffee and have crème eggs?!

Firststar ? you are one of the reasons I popped in today, I was so sad to see you were down and wanted to offer my support and send you hugs. I hope today is not too hard and please remember we are here for you.

Thanks JL2 thanks for your email too.

Pinkranger ? hope you feel ok on the 11/3

Well this time next week, I should no more, very nervous about that already.

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Thanks hon, you too. x

Good to hear you are keeping positive Mrs, i do think that is important. I am also VERY impressed at your use of the accent on the "e" in Creme egg. My mother would be so proud of you (she's a French teacher)!

Hi Firsty - thinking of you today. I think what Uki says is very true.

Good work on the ice-cream conker - now you see, there you've covered a lot of your essential nutrients needed in making a baby - Calcium (milk, cream), one of your five-a-day portions of fruit (cherries), iron (chocolate).... I can put a spin on anything!

Hi everyone else

thats so true bodkin - am going to use that next time dh looks questioningly at me as i head to the ice cream section of tescos

I was likewise very impressed with MrsMc's use of the accent in creme. I was even more impressed when she turned up for our coffee / chat yesterday with a bag of mini creme eggs!!! Mmmmmm, MrsMc you are a wonderful caring lady

I had a bit of a giggle with my DS this morning relating to eggs.... He was downstairs and I popped back up to get his clothes and brush my teeth etc. He'd been really quiet and when I came back down he'd pulled the chair from another room into the kitchen (under the 'treat' cupboard), climbed on the worktop and was standing there (naked) eating a creme egg! He was sooooo excited "Look mummy - look what I found!!!!" What can you do apart from help him finish it - It was only 7.45am.

Needless to say we are going to have to either move the treats or not have any in the house ...

lol chooster. my sister's ds has rather stranger taste for treats - she has found him before standing in front of the freezer, chewing on a frozen roast potato quite happily.

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