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KitKat30 · 18/05/2007 08:59

Thread number 3 ladies... good grief we can chat!!!

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KitKat30 · 22/05/2007 10:44

Morning all

Just a quick post to say hello and to let you know that the appt went well yesterday. And you were all right - didnt have to show my lady garden to anyone!! Phew! All well anyway - heard the baby's heartbeat which was just lovely.

I cant believe how quickly these due dates are coming round... it's so exciting!!! I'm going to have to start knitting some virtual booties!!! (Ahem...cant really knit - virtual or in RL!)

June
Pink Butterfly C-section 18/06/07 (GIRL)

July
Bodkin Due 15/07/07
Chooster Due 22/07/07 (BOY)
Firststar Due 26/07/07

Aug
Conkertree Due 01/08/07
Babymad Due 03/08/07
KitKat Due 29/08/07 (BOY)

Sept
Fettle due 29/09/07 (BOY)
Greedy due 30/09/07

Oct
Honeyapple Due 27/10/07

Jan
Mum2Sam Due 16/01/08
MrsMcJnr Due 15/01/08
Seaside Due 20/01/08

Iwillbepg - when's your due date?!

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firststar · 22/05/2007 11:42

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MrsMcJnr · 22/05/2007 12:55

Hey ladies hope you are all well. Sorry I have been AWOL for a few days, busy weekend! I had my scan yesterday. We saw a gest sac and yolk in the right place but no HB or fetal pole. I was measuring 5+2 which I think is about right based on OV (would have been 5+6 based on last AF) so the Consultant started me on my Clexane injections and so far I have administered 2 myself and they are not too bad! Have to go back weekly for blood tests and have a re-scan on 5/6 when I should be 7+3/8 to check for viability, fingers crossed!

Now I?ll try and catch up with you ?

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greedygreedyguzzler · 22/05/2007 14:02

mrs! i am soooooooooooooooooo pleased to hear that everything was exactly as it should be at your scan! you must be relieved to get that first hurdle over with. you sound very relaxed about the injections too which is good to hear. i hope time flies for you until your next scan. cant believe after what you went through you are now only 15 wks behind me!!! how exciting!!!

chooster - sorry to hear your bits are still hideous! i think bodders has been spending your charity fund on baileys by the way!

twix - glad your appt went well and your modesty remained in tact (for the time being!!!)

greedygreedyguzzler · 22/05/2007 14:10

ok...............a slightly different slant on things!

Pink Butterfly C-section - less than 4 wks to go! (GIRL)

July
Bodkin - less than 8 wks to go!
Chooster - less than 9 wks to go!(BOY)
Firststar - just over 9 wks to go!

Aug
Conkertree - just over 10 wks to go!
Babymad - just over 10 wks to go!
KitKat - just over 14 wks to go! (BOY)

Sept
Fettle due - 18 and a bit wks to go! (BOY)
Greedy due - 18 and a bit more wks to go!

Oct
Honeyapple - 22 and a bit wks to go!

Jan
Mum2Sam - less than 35 wks to go!
MrsMcJnr - less than 35 wks to go!
Seaside Due 35ish wks to go!

Iwillbepg - when's your due date?!

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KitKat30 · 22/05/2007 14:23

Phew... I can handle 14 weeks... far enough away to be not too scary!

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greedygreedyguzzler · 22/05/2007 14:32

yes firsty - you MUST be strange!!

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Chooster · 22/05/2007 14:46

Mmmm, I'm not sure I'm looking forward to the birth Firsty, but I'm not dreading it either! On the one hand i wish it would hurry up and get here, but on the other hand I'm really looking forward to that month I have between finishing work and Chooster junior popping out.

So, Baileys eh???? Here am I with my hideous bits (thanks Greedy!) crying into my pillow every night because my lady garden is so ugly and Bodders is getting smashed. I see......

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iwillbepgbydec2007 · 22/05/2007 15:55

sorrys girls i havnt got time to post properly will do later tonight if i can stay awake! hope you are all well! mrsmc great news about scan!

Pink Butterfly C-section - less than 4 wks to go! (GIRL)

July
Bodkin - less than 8 wks to go!
Chooster - less than 9 wks to go!(BOY)
Firststar - just over 9 wks to go!

Aug
Conkertree - just over 10 wks to go!
Babymad - just over 10 wks to go!
KitKat - just over 14 wks to go! (BOY)

Sept
Fettle due - 18 and a bit wks to go! (BOY)
Greedy due - 18 and a bit more wks to go!

Oct
Honeyapple - 22 and a bit wks to go!

Jan
Mum2Sam - less than 35 wks to go!
MrsMcJnr - less than 35 wks to go!
Seaside Due 35ish wks to go!
Iwillbepg - 36 weeks to go! (just under)

MrsMcJnr · 22/05/2007 16:58

Had some lovely news yesterday, my friend whose baby was still born is pg again so brave!! She?s due in the same month that she lost her baby too which will be hard for her.

Oh Chooster blame the row on the pregnancy hormones! How is the baby?s room looking? Review was fine thanks worst thing about DH and his sis being so close in age is that my MIL is manic-depressive and had awful PND after SIL, she was told to wait at least 3 years to have another for the sake of her mental health but as FIL was ?old? (40 I think) they decided to ignore that advice and she consequently spent the first few years of DH?s life in an institution Funnily enough, I am the shouter in my relationship with DH and he is the sulker! I am sure your DS loved his camper van cake moved on from buses then?

KitKat hello! Hope the appointment went well.

Firsty ? positive vibes here, promise! great that your LO is looking so strong I?d give anything to hear that right now. Consultant told me yesterday that my risk of MC will diminish after 20 weeks - that 1st September, so far away!

Hey Greedy you are an amazing mother, I?m sure of it I cannot empathise but I can sympathise, children can be very, very annoying and try your patience and given everything else you have to contend with, its hardly surprising that you felt the way you did, you are only human after all and kids do need to learn in my opinion that if they make people angry, there are consequences whether it?s at home or in the playground. Hope you have forgiven yourself

Bodkin bring on the waffle! Love the idea of unleashing VERY SCARY MUMMY from time to time, I?m scared just thinking about it! love the idea of you and your little chum pottering around, how I want that!

Fettleandbluemini (never feel I can leave him off the name now! ) I love SkyPlus too! Every night there is a new-old episode of OC to watch I loved what you said about your babies I want to love this baby but am subconsciously holding back, I guess I fell in love so hard with Ava that I am trying to stay undifferent. My Mum said she used to cry when she was pg with my next sis down because she was so worried that she could never love another baby as much as she loved me, like there was no more room in her heart but then when my sis was born (and I hit 2 a month later!) I became a monster and she didn?t feel the same Remember that Gin is affectionately known as ?Mother?s Ruin?! I?m usually a large G&T fan too!

Hey Seaside buddy how are you? like you, I have been known to be harsh to my furry pussy cat babies, I shout at them sometimes and they hide from me but always forgive me and come and give me tail tickles and that makes me feel even more ashamed Chooster?s met my furry babies! Re alcohol you can have one or two units a week if you want it and some say a glass of red a week will do you good, personally I?ve been living on 0% alcohol Cobra beer at the weekends (all 2 of them!) I really hope you can keep the stress to a minimum, I really do feel that that is important. As for a scan, before you pay for one, why not chance your arm at the EPU? The fact that you have a stressful job means you have to minimise it in other areas and if a reassurance scan would help then I think that?s a good reason to get one. Fab about our May hat trick! That Panda delivers!! (everyone will wonder what the hell I?m talking about!! ) Awful about Lottie I did have a feeling that that might happen. I wonder if we?ll here very shortly that she has fallen in love in Spain and is expecting? fingers crossed. I?ll look for her post, I love Lottie

Oh Juicy hello!!! Got my BFP (well, it was quite faint actually) on 10/5 so not that long ago Thank you for your good wishes and thoughts, so how are you???! Mat Leave ? hmmmm can?t wait!

PinkElephant ? sounds like we are going through similar things I have had an initial scan to show the location and that was fine, am going back for a viability scan in 2 weeks. I too have a cyst. Mine is on my right ovary and I was told that it has only been commented on as an observation and that is was a second egg that didn?t get fertilised (nearly got my twins!) I was told that it was nothing to worry about, that I probably would get no symptoms from it and that it will probably disappear as the pregnancy continues. I don?t have any cramps from mine at the mo. How are you feeling about it all? I?m flying up and down from the country on business in the next few weeks and off to Spain on hols in 4. I spoke to my consultant about it and she seemed relaxed as long as I wear my special stockings and take heed of all the usual advice re DVTs, she said I?d be fine.

Iwillbe so pleased to see you here, congratulations again hon I hope and pray we all make it through together!! I think you can choose hospitals but I don?t know if there are any rules around that.

Hey Honeyapple

Hey Babymad

Think I?ll come up for air now and finish catching up later on

greedygreedyguzzler · 22/05/2007 17:01

WOW MRS! you can talk!

greedygreedyguzzler · 22/05/2007 17:03

bump measurement is just the biggest measurement i got round the circumference of my 'waist'. so what are everyone elses??? mine is a whopping 42" and considering i am only 21 wks thats not bad!!!

has anyone ever been on babycentre by the way? i strayed this afternoon i am ashamed to admit! But it was so twee i couldn't cope! i will stick with MN and MN alone!

honeyapple · 22/05/2007 19:11

Evening...

That was a long one Mrs... you have reclaimed your crown (Firsty was wearing it for a little while...).

Greedy- i have never been on the chat rooms on any other site... however babycentre does send me a weekly update on the LO which is quite interesting. I did look at one site where there were all these pictures everywhere and timer things on people's posts... very twee indeed. Much prefer the old bags that hang around on MN .

My waist measurement is crap, so no point posting it. When you say waist- what do you mean? Tummy button or hips? My bump is all below my tummy button still.

Very sad to hear that Lottie has split from her fella- but not completely surprised. She did have a few wobbly moments with him as I recall. I think TTC puts pressure on even the happiest relationships. I hope she catchs herself a fine Spanish sailor.

Mrs- Glad to hear your scan went well, and that you are managing the injections.

Been a lovely day here. I have knackered myself by doing loads of gardening. Had a lovely time though.

Hi to everyone else. xx

fettleandminifettle · 22/05/2007 19:52

Good to have you back on top form Mrs!! You sound so much more relaxed and happy. I completely understand staying unattached - we certainly did with this little one and I have to say that I still feel a little unattached, but as I feel him move more and more consistently, it's getting easier. But I agree, I think it is a survival technique, you feel you will cope better if it does go horribly wrong (which it won't), if you don't let yourself bond with baby. Try and not let it spoil your pregnancy though - that is going to be really difficult, as I'm still not totally relaxed at nearly 22 weeks. We're all here for you, as are the ladies on the pg after mc thread - they are really great on there for those days when you feel really low and worrying about everything - firststar will agree with me!!

Greeds - I am bigger than you, but then I have preexisting love handles, which I don't think count!! My actual bump is quite compact I think, or stretching into my bottom, so you can't really see it!! Definitely smaller than I was at this stage with DD and still in some pre-pg clothes, other than trousers, just need the comfort of maternity trousers. BTW, have you any McTimoney contacts in and around Newbury? Bodkin was scarily right - it will be possible to work out who I am now from all i've let slip over the months on here!!!

It is a shame about Lottie, but you're right not unexpected really - so hope she meets some hunky spaniard - not a sailor though, she said they were all very dull albeit very good looking!!! Besides she did the spell with Seaside, so it's worked for Seaside, it must work for Lottie soon - but I hope she's settled with a lovely man first, who will give her the stability she so deserves.

Chooster - sorry to hear you are still not better with the old lady garden - Bodkin - you must try harder with the charity work and stop drinking the proceeds!!

Anyway, I have some work I need to do tonight - very busy few weeks coming up now - must try and stay calm with it though!!

Hello everyone I've not mentioned!! hope PinkB is ok - anyone heard from her recently - really not long to go now for her!

take care all
xxx

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MrsMcJnr · 23/05/2007 12:24

I know I can talk Greedy!! can?t wait for a bump I get the weekly emails from Baby Centre but I don?t chat on there.

Honeyapple there was just so much to catch up on?. In fact, I think I still have to go back and read a few more posts! My wishes exactly for Lottie

Fettleandbluemini thank you, I am happy! thanks for the tips, I do really want to enjoy this pregnancy though it is pretty uneventful at the mo, as it should be I love the support you all give me, I don?t know what I?d do without you. Don?t be offended by my next question but I?m only asking because you said you had pre-existing love handles; when you get a bump, do they smooth out or ripple on top? I have a fear of having a roll on top of my bump, good for injecting but not so good to look at!

Firsty thanks, you are so right baby steps!! Hey hon, just think back to the days when you were at my stage and couldn?t wait to be big, the bigger the better I am sure it is hurtful and you are feeling sensitive but I have had friends who have been small and constantly told so and they got really upset too, I guess people should learn not to make personal comments I went to see Wedding Daze last night, it was very silly but there was a funny scene with a lady with a bump! Hope you are back to yourself very soon

Back to catching up????..

theheadgirl · 23/05/2007 12:28

Ooh, quick message from an interloper!! Mrs Mc good to see you've moved on to a thread like this! Hows things? Are you injecting clexane these days? Hope all is well xx

MrsMcJnr · 23/05/2007 12:43

Firsty ? how exciting being all ready for the LO God knows where we will be living when this baby is born (see positive thinking!) hopefully in a rented flat about to leave for Spain so bubs won?t get a proper nursery until we get there. I cry at many, many things in TV! My Dh would never give up booze with me but he has cut back

Greedy ? I hadn?t thought about what other people would think of a lady with bump having a drink. I wouldn?t like it either, I care too much what people think for my own good It is funny to be exactly 15 weeks behind where I was!! Loved you weeks to go list!

KitKat ? I am so glad that the appointment went well

Off to see Chooster for lunch now

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Bodkin · 23/05/2007 13:36

Hi all - sorry haven't been around for a day or so - only just come out from under a mountain of Bailey's bottles....

Chooster - the fundraising is still going to plan - I've mananged to rope Cheggers in for some celebrity endorsement... Happy birthday to your DS for the other day, sounds like you gave him a lovely day.

Re bump size - mine is still pathetically small (you'll all hate me, but it is annoying getting the, gosh, you're not very big are you, do you think everything is ok comments) 38" around the middle (over belly button) and 13" top of pubes to top of bump, which is 33.5 cm (which, fact fans, should roughly equal the no. of weeks you are, so in fact am a bit bigger than 32.5 weeks)

Mrs - good to hear you sounding so positive and getting some good support from those that have been through the same thing. Well done on the injections too, they sound a bit grim (I read some of the posts on your other thread on here)

Firsty - good to hear you letting it out! It is frustrating when everyone feels you are public property to comment on. I think people forget that there is actually a person behind the bump! The number of times I pass people I know on the street and they look at the bump before they look me in the eye!

Fettle - detective Bodders on the case!! Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out! I just remembered that you had said you were in Wiltshire before because you are probably the nearest person geographically to me on here (Dorset), but then I find you are at the Berkshire end, so put two and two together.... I have given up trying to remain anonymous, I was very cagey at first, but now, well if anyone reading this knows me, Hi!

Sorry, loads more to catch up with I know, but DD is looking very bored and i have promised her we wil eat some cherries in the garden...(sunny here again )

Oh one more thing, Firsty and Chooster, are either of you getting kind of period-like pains, almost like mild contractions, occasionally? Don't really remember getting them with DD but sometimes at night they are quite painful. Panicked I was in early labour the other day...!

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