TTC graduates!! "It's like party poppers in here, first PinkB, then Bodkin, now Chooster, who will be next?!!"

[BabyMadandBIGbump]

PREDICTIONS

BabyMadwithBump on Thu 24-May-07 14:57:52
I've been dreaming of a baby girl, 9lb 2oz, on the 27 July with dark black hair, but I predict a baby boy, 8lb 1oz, also 27 July, with very light hair! We'll see!

Chooster on Thu 24-May-07 15:08:03
Oh, predictions!!!!
For me, I reckon boy (guess that's in the bag), 23rd July, 8lbs 2oz

MrsMcJnr on Thu 24-May-07 15:22:29
I'll be brave and have faith and predict for me:
Boy, 6lbs 10oz, 13/1 (11/07/07 I?ve changed my mind about my bean ? think it?s a she)

KitKat30 on Thu 24-May-07 15:26:29
Ooooh predictions... I reckon for me:
Boy (err that was an easy one)
2nd September
7lbs 12oz

firststar on Thu 24-May-07 15:47:32
Hi ladies
first of all let me get business out of the way....predictions...for me a boy 7lb 2oz (going against all my big baby comments) 22nd July (early I think) , upping the weight prediction of mine to 8lb 6oz.

seaside72 on Thu 24-May-07 16:18:25
predictions - arghh - I have no idea - if we get there I am sure I will be late - 24 January is my prediction
weight ??
sex - would be lying if I did not say girl - but thats more about preconceptions and imagining rather than what I actually feel - Chinese cal says girl but realstically I think prob boy - my DH is convinced it's a boy already!

honeyapple on Fri 25-May-07 08:29:20
I predict to be late... as was VERRY late with DD... also predict baby to be a bit bigger... 7 lb 10 maybe?
How about 31/10/07 7.10 girl (changed to BOY 12/07/07)
(halloween baby!)

fettleandminifettle on 11/07/07 25th September, 8lbs exactly!

greedy - my prediction for my little one is
girl, 1st Oct, 7lbs 14oz (can i change it? i reckon i will be early now! sept 20th!!!)

Due Date's

June
Pink Butterfly, born by C-section on 18/06/07 little girl 8lb 12oz!

July
Bodkin, born at home on 09/07/07 little girl 7lb 6oz!

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
iwillbe Due 27/01/08

Feb
Beansprout Due 01/02/08

chooster i xposted with you! i thought of you and ds1 when i saw the camper van t-shirts in the boden catalogue!!! glad to hear you have had some post partun action in the bedroom!!! and how sweet of your dh to get you that cake for your anniversary! bless him!

I must be tired this morning - I'm sure Greedy's post was doubled!!!

Boden stuff is expensive - i'm a sale only shopper with them!!! Except for that jacket, as I couldn't resist and we had bought absolutely nothing for this little one!

Seaside - good to hear from you! Great news on the scan and actually seeing yourself that it is a little boy! The sonographer even pointed it out to me, but I couldn't see, so I'm still a bit open-minded to the fact it might be a girl!! If you can afford it, I'd go for another scan - as the others have said it is your first and deserves more special attention!

Chooster - how romantic is your DH!! Glad you had a good day with your mum yesterday - it's been lovely weather recently hasn't it! Glad you've braved the bedroom action - your DH must be pleased. My poor one is getting a bit frustrated, as I'm in no fit state for anything - hips, pelvis, bump, pillows - not really any room for lying next to each other, let alone anything else at the moment, bless him. He's pretty much said categorically that he is never getting me pregnant again (have to say I agree with him, it doesn't really agree with me either!!). But I'm not allowed to take the pill due to the obstetric cholestasis, have a phobia of IUS, so the only other real option is sending DH down to the vet (as my uncle would say), but it does seem rather final! Could try the TCOYF method, but to avoid pregnancy, rather than to conceive, but could be risky with my long unpredictable cycles!

Greeds - I never have any emergency childcare available - it's what I'm most scared of - I have people who have said they don't mind, but all of them are not available all the time. My sister is away with work all the time, my best friend's DS was the cause of DD's tantrum today! I so wish my mother lived nearer by - beginning to wish I'd taken her up on her offer to move in for the whole of September now, but as she reminded me last night, I'd said that I would have been irritated by that!. I'm sure I didn't actually say that to her!!. She must have paraprased and taken that is what I meant!. hopefully she'll still love me! She's willing to come down next week after wednesday, as she has a hospital check-up herself and stay as long as I like. It would be good, as DH is supposed to be away on his team building thing on the Monday night, so she would be here. I have to say (and please don't be shocked those of you natural childbirth people!), that I'm kind of hoping that the consultant on Tuesday will give my an induction as then I can plan my childcare arrangements etc. So i'm with you, not ready this weekend just yet! But we are officially term now!

Had the name discussion last night:
me: "what are we calling this little one then?"
DH: "Toby, as we'd already agreed?"
me: "Had we really made that decision final then?" (I don't remember that part!)
DH: "yup"
me: "no further discussion necessary then?"
DH: "Nope, now can I watch the rugby?!"

So, there we go - I'm not 100% sure - although I vowed not to tell anyone, you lot are special - what do you think of Toby? Bear in mind that it is the same name as the youngest son of my manager/friend at work (she knows that we are thinking of Toby and doesn't mind in the slightist), but what would people think of that?!

Hurrah!! DH has just come down to tell me that he has finally changed the light fitting in baby's room, so I can now put his lampshade up - just need to get the curtains changed to put up the Noah's Ark ones we had made for DD (she's now got pretty pink princess ones in her room, with yellow walls, all chosen by herself - looks lovely actually!!!).

DD slept from 7pm til 745am, so think she was utterly shattered yesterday. So hoping yesterday's tantrum was a complete one off (need to ask forgiveness of the person who's grave she was lying on while throwing her arms and legs around screaming her head of yesterday, as we took a short-cut through the Church! hopefully whoever it was loved children and would have understood!).

Right busy day ahead of us - house-sorting, swimming and then a tour of the delivery suite this afternoon - again our childcare arrangements have fallen through, so DD will have to come with us - hope she behaves!

another epic from me - sorry!
Take care all and have a good weekend.
xxx

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! why do all my patients have rancid garlic breath this morning!!!! i could really do without it!!! i bet my next one is stinky too!!! can you tell i am pissed off with being at work?!!! i have decided next saturday is definately my last day of working!!!! and i feel so much better for deciding it!!! i have got such a busy day next sat at the moment that i know i will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad to finish!!!

fettle - i am not officially term until tomorrow!!! i was thinking about you again this morning!! isn't it strange that we both took our temps so religiously and were so convinced we knew EXACTLY when we ovulated and so sure of our due dates, but as soon as we had our scans and they got changed we went with the new due dates!!! i keep thinking that my due date according to TCOYF is 5th oct! i really hope this baby sticks to my earlier date!!!...............do you ever lurk on the oct thread? someone who isnt due till 26th oct had her waters go and is in hospital and loads of the other women are convinced they are in labour all the time!!! its getting a bit scary!!!
PMSL at the image of your dd on someones grave!!! not really funny i know, but made me chuckle!!!

i have a fun weekend of painting our new dining room, and sorting through baby clothes and putting the cot together!!! i am VERY excited about sorting out the baby clothes i have to admit!!! do you think when i only put the pink ones in the drawer my ds will realise we are having a girl??!!! i SO hope we really are having a girl, cos both dd and ds are desperate for a baby sister and not a brother!!!

my stupid dh has now decided (after watching the rugby last night) that he likes the name Etienne for a girl!!! i like it too actually, but dont think i could be arsed spelling it all the time and its a bit too french for me!!

not sure what happened with my post from last night sorry ladies!!! it was late...what can i say?

i am truly getting VERY addicted to MN again!!! its worrying!!

Sorry, I am still incommunicardo with no phone line at the new house. So I have not had a chance to read back too far. But I am getting really excited with Fettle and Greedy being so near to popping....

I am now feeling guilty as this morning I realised that I have not taken folic acid since I moved house a week ago.... guilt guilt guilt. Life has been hectic as you can imagine.

Fettle - I love the name Toby, my nephew is Tobias but we have always called him Toby (now a strapping 18 year old!!).

Well got to run again, I hope to get back to you all again soon.

Morning all,

Fettle- Toby is a great name, would you go for Tobias in full? Apparently it's the name my parents would have called me if I'd been a boy!

Greedy- I havent looked at the Oct thread for donkeys years... who's waters broke??
I went to my sisters last night and we had a real laugh going through all the bags of baby clothes she has hoarded in her loft... there were lots of my DSs stuff (8 yrs old). I have just washed and hung up a gorgeous line of babygros and vests in my garden and it is making me smile .

Rainbowdays- good to hear from you, dont worry about the folic acid... but try to remember from now on!

My other SIL had her 12 week scan the other day, and the scanner said it looked like 70% a boy... so that is 3 boy cousins within 6 mths!

Right got to go tidy the house as MIL is coming over...

Hi all

Great to hear all going well with you Rainbowdays! Wouldn't worry too much about your folic acid - as long as you've been eating lots of healthy green veg and breakfast cereal, you'll have been getting some - but as honey says make sure you keep taking it now

honey - I read your post about your SIL and thought it said it was 70% boy!!. Then thought well what would be the 30% girl part!!! oops - definintely getting more pg!!. Exciting that you are starting to wash baby-gros - you'll probably have your little one before Greedy and I!

I sometimes read the Oct thread, but don't really know anyone on there - did see that several kept thinking their labours were starting. but then every twinge I get, I think could be?!! Think an ant or a spider was crawling down my leg last night, as I thought there was a trickle of water - now that was scary!! - more when I realised it must have been a creepy crawlie, not water!!!!

Greeds - I'm glad you're giving up work next week - I'm not sure how you've managed so long. I'm so much more energetic since giving up work and as i've said before any swelling i had in my feet and ankles has subsided - spending too much time on MNs though!! I know what you mean about our due dates - my calculation was 2nd Oct! Very early scan moved it to 1st Oct, dating scan to 23rd Sept, so consultant just randomly decided on 29th Sept! Very scientific I'm sure!! He said early scans were more accurate than 12-14 weeks (so why not give everyone a dating scan at 8 weeks then?!).

Found out this afternoon that the hospital I'm booked into is one of the top 5 places in the UK to have a baby (I assume that means it is in 5th place, as why not say top 4 etc etc...), but even so that's pretty good. All private ensuite delivery rooms and then the ante/post-natal ward is 27 single rooms and 4 x 4 bed bays - so hopefully if you're lucky you get a single room afterwards if you have to stay in - you can pay £100 to book a private room if you want! Think i've been very lucky where I've had babies - Durham was a really modern lovely delivery suite as well where I had DD.

Glad you like the name Toby - don't think we'll got with Tobias. We called DD Alexandra, although I always wanted her to be Lexi. I thought a serious 25 year old, might want to have a more grown-up name than Lexi, so she has the choice, but I don't really like Tobias, so he'll have to live with Toby!!

Take care all
xxx

Hiya,

Had a biggish lump of mucous plug come away this morning... mentioned it to MIL today and she started making me feel a bit worried saying I should contact my MW asap... having a few cramps this evening... but no blood or anything. I will see how I feel tommorrow... am seeing MW on wednesday anyway.
What u guys reckon? Didnt babymad have a bit of goo come away early?

Keep an eye on it Honey - you can always ring the labour ward and see what they say - but if you're not having contractions yet, see what overnight brings. What are you, 32, 33 weeks?

but then, what do I know, I was induced last time, so have no idea what natural labour feels like!! (I had some mucous, bit like EWCM (remember that!!), this evening too, just decided to ignore it!). But when I saw it, I remembered that Babymad had seemed to have had these on regular occurrances and was told not to worry about it, but it may have been earlier on in her pregnancy?

Maybe, I shouldn't have said in my last post, that you'll have your baby before me and Greedy!

Look after yourself and try and sleep well.

xxx

Well I havent gone into labour overnight! Feel fine, no more goo! It was very weird though... like a lump of hardish jelly- def not just CM.

Thanks for your wise words Fettle... think I will leave it until I see the MW (unless anything else happens). I am 33 weeks and a couple of days, so would like to make it a bit further!

Hope everyone is well and going to have a fun/peaceful (delete as appropriate) sunday.

x

Morning Honey - as I keep being told, keep an eye on baby's movements and give the day assessment unit at your hospital a ring if you are at all worried. Mine have been great monitoring me twice weekly since my itching started last weekend (although I feel a fraud and would happily stop going, they won't let me and say they want to keep an eye on me!).

Hope you have a fun/peaceful Sunday - it was supposed to be good weather here today, but it is decidedly cloudy at the mo!!

Take care all
xxx

Evening everyone - good days?

We braved Ikea for last bits and bobs and finally bought a cot mattress as well from the new Mamas and Papas that has opened next door.

Midwife from the hospital just rang, although my bile acids are low, one of my liver enzymes has gone from 35 (very top end of normal) to 58 in 3 days! Got to go back for more blood tests and more monitoring tomorrow and then see consultant on Tuesday, but I would imagine that minifet will be with us around next weekend! Bit scary - i'll let you know more as soon as I do! Feel a sense of relief in a way, as I really felt I was wasting their time, but the lovely midwife said you must never ever feel you are wasting a midwife's time - they are often accused of over-treating pregnant women, but better that than missing something - made me feel a lot better!

Now I'm also scared of course, as I haven't really felt mini-fet move very much for the last few days, but we've been rushing around and he was in fine fettle on Friday morning at his check-up.

Take care everyone.
xxx

Hope you are doing ok honey... I'm sure baby mad had something similar, at least I've heard of someone having that kind of hard lump of goo come out. Fingers crossed its nothing to worry about and you've got a few more weeks to go.

And, Fettle - it seems like your little Toby will be on his way soon. Sorry to hear about the results going up but you do sound a bit relived that you may soon know the date you will be having your little one. By the way, I like Toby - I had an ex-boyfriend called Toby and he was a cuddly cheeky guy, so that name always reminds me of someone who is really good fun and happy . It goes well with Lexi too.

Welcome back Rainbow! It sounds like you've been hugely busy! I know the good advise is to take the folic acid but I missed quite a few days too. I started to worry but then when I looked into it you can get a lot of folic acid from a good diet, as Fettle says. So you will be getting a far amount anyway.

SOOOOO, pleased you have decided on a finish date Greedy! You need some time to yourself with out garlic breathed people! I was worrying about you and your work... Do you DC not know they are getting a baby sister?? They'll be so thrilled when little Marcy / Etienne pops out. I like Etienne but I must admit to spelling it wrong when I first typed that .

All good here, Had a lovely weekend! Spent yesterday on the beach near us and DS and DH did a far bit of cycling. Then we had friends round for dinner for the first time since Theo arrived, and he was really well behaved . Actually he's already in bed so I'm hoping he'll go for a few hours now. DH is out so I'm probably going to head to bed soon and watch 'Bend it like Beckham' in bed.... First I've got to do some work and send my boss an e-mail about a project I was doing before mat leave. Bugger.... Hope I can remember what it was all about Cant believe Theo has his first immunisations this week!!! The time is flying by isn't it.

honeyapple - i have been getting quite big globs of mucus/goo (yum!) coming away too! i keep expecting to see blood too, but none so far. i know that some people can have a show a few weeks before they are due cant they, but i know you aren't due for another 6 or 7 wks yet are you? dont pop just yet, ok??!

oh my god fettle - how exciting/scary!!! so you reckon you will be induced next week then.......................AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! nice if you know when its all going to happen though, but then you wont have the time to post on here as much and i will be left being the only obsessive everyday poster!!

chooster - we havent told our kids that they are having a sister cos we haven't told ANYONE (except for you lot of course!!) for some reason, i keep lying to my midwife too and telling her we dont know, not sure why really!!!! you sound like you had a lovely day. nice to have people for dinner too, very civilised! makes you feel a bit more normal again doesn't it?

dh just said something about baby 'macey'......................see what a DIVVY he is!!! i shouted "it's MARCY not MACEY you idiot and i REALLY like it so get used to it!!!" he looked a bit shocked at my outburst but he has really pissed me off this weekend with his baby comments!!! yesterday i asked him to get the baby clothes, moses basket and cot down from the attic for me so i could sort the clothes and put the cot together and he was moaning that he didnt have time cos he had to get on and paint the outside of the house and make the fence. he said "you aren't due for another 3 weeks you know what is the rush!!!"............i could have killed him!!! i keep telling him this baby could pop at anytime (not that i think it will yet, but thats not the point!) but he doesn't seem to get it!!! he is going to amsterdam tomorrow on business too which has annoyed me!!!!!!

anyway, enough moaning about dh, let me moan about decorating now instead!!!!! I AM SICK OF PAINTING!!!!!! coffee cream and moonlight blue today!!! all the walls in our new dining room have the middle strip painted and then i couldn't be arsed to bend down and do the bottom, or stretch up and do the top!!! i will leave that for dh to do!!!

i am miserable again tonight aren't i??? sorry everyone!!!

i half packed my hospital bag today too, so i am almost sorted now!!!! (babywise not housewise!!)

anyway, i am off to bed now cos i am cream crackered!!!!

i hope kitkat adn babymad are ok.........they havent posted for ages. which isn't unusual for kitkat, but it is for babymad isn't it? i hope she isn't still feeling emotional and teary.

oh, Greedy!!! Hope are feeling better now. DHs don't really understand the stress of these last few weeks do they? No timetable to work to. how long is he in Amsterdam for? I'm not sure how happy I'd be with DH going abroad just now. I was worried about him going to Wales for 1 night next week! Although he's now admitted that after my call from the hospital, perhaps he won't be going!! Your house though sounds as if it is going to look lovely when finished! Shame we can't all come round to see when it is finished - although i'm beginning to think that Bodkin's dream may be right - how can you have the energy and time for work, 2 children, being pg and all this painting!! you must be a fraud, or a pretty amazing person!!

I had a little go at DH yesterday as well, as i feel a bit like I'm having this baby on my own and he's not really showing any interest and it really shocked him that I was thinking like that. But since we found out I've got cholestasis again, he's kept saying how excited he is, that we might be having this little one really soon - personally i'm suddenly terrified! Scared of labour, scared of something going wrong, scared of having another little baby, scared how i'm going to cope with 2, scared how DD is going to react, scared .... actually that's probably enough to be scared of, isn't it?! Tell me it is alright Chooster and Bodders - having 2 is easy = you've both got a similar age gap to mine and you both seem to be coping admirably, but you are both probably real mother-earth types. DH assures me i'm a great mother, but at 4.30am, it is easy to feel unsure!!

Chooster - sounds like you had a great weekend - hope you had a good night with Theo.

Right, i'd better try and get some more sleep - this is the first night, I've had complete insomnia brought on by thinking too much about things, inability to get comfortable and itching! hope you are all sleeping soundly!!

Take care
xxx

Goodness Fettle that was an early morning post, hope you managed to go back to bed. Very exciting that you might be having your wee one soon, but sorry it's due to your cholestasis returning. Keep us updated!

No more lumps of goo for me, interesting to hear that you have had some too Greedy... mind you only 3 weeks to go for you! Hope DH starts behaving himself and getting up in the attic for you . I feel quite organised really. Washed vests and babygros ready... car seat ordered and awaiting delivery... amby hammock arriving soon (yep chooster I have gone for one... 2nd hand though)

OOOHHHH!!! Big knock at the door and my hammock has just arrived! Spooky!

Got to go and have a play with it...

OOOhhh Fettle.... minifet will be here in a matter of DAYS. Now I know you are all worried and panicky about it, but it will be alright, honest! and better than that, it will be lovely, and sooooo much nicer 2nd time around, so don't compare it to when you had DD1, cos this time you KNOW what to expect and you know what to do. As for your DD1 - am I right in thinking she's already pretty good on the pooter? Cos mine spends up to an hour on the Cbeebies site on her own now, while I'm feeding and changing, and it's a godsend! So get her really confident on it now and you'll be fine! BTW love the name Toby - I have only ever known really nice Tobys (Tobies?!)

Honeyapple - I had my mucous plug come away when I was about 35 weeks with my DD1 (I was doing my Xmas shopping at the time and I totally panicked that I would be having the baby in Smiths ) But she went to full term, so I don't think it's anything to worry about too much - just mention it at your next MW appt.

Greedy/Superwoman... I am just in awe at your superpowers! Can't believe you are still lugging people around! And decorating. And looking after 2 small people. Can I just say that I thought Etienne was a boys name? I do like it though, but think I prefer Marcy.

Love that Teddy jacket - but its not very girly is it? Only in green or brown... where;s the pink one! It's funny, wiht my DD1 I always bought kind of tomboyish clothes, and definately noooo pink.... Isla is head to toe in pink! It does save a lot of trouble in the supermarket when the old dears come up for a gawp

Seaside - another Blue one for us...I'm sure the boys are outnumbering the girls now... what;s the latest tally... hang on...

PinkB - girl
Bodkin - girl
Chooster - boy
Kitkat - boy
Firsty - boy
babymand - girl
Greedy - girl
Fettle - boy
Honey - boy (is that right?)
Seaside - boy

Anyone else I've forgotton? Looks like you'll be having a girl then MrsMc, just to even things up a bit!

Hello everyone else.... better go and do some housework before I have to go and get DD1 from preschool....

Hi all

Bit of inconclusive morning report from me - minifet was a bit quiet at first, which concerned them, so they rolled me onto my left side and made me drink cold water - then he went crazy - so they were happy. Seems a bit cruel to him though - he was probably having a lovely kip!!

Saw a most unsympathetic doctor, who thinks it is nothing, but managed to avoid an internal then and there - had visions of her sweeping me and labour starting today - just not prepared for that!!

So here's what happens - if my liver enzymes have gone up significantly, they may well admit me tomorrow - how fantastic will that be - NOT!!!! What do I say to DD when I drop her off at school? I may or may not see you later darling?! Any advice on that one! Either way, unless it was a blip and the levels are back to normal tomorrow, I'll have an internal to see how "favourable" my cervix is and then we'll discuss and induction date in the next few days. I'd like to go for Thursday, please - as my Mum arrives late on Wednesday evening!! Until then, it is a bit all over the place for poor DD.

Anyway, I'm sure I'll be back on here later - going to go out and have a really good girly afternoon with my DD - it might be our last without a poey little brother hanging around!!!.

Honey - glad you've not gone into labour yet - sounds as if it is quite normal.

Bodders - thanks for your reassurances! You do make it all sound so easy!

Take care all
xxx

Evening

Fettle- when will you find out about your liver enzymes? Hope you are not induced tommorrow for your DDs sake... would be nice to have your mum about. Fingers crossed you can hold on a few more days...ooohhhh VERY excited for you though.

I've had my Amby hammock up in the sitting room today admiring it! DP approved when he saw it which is a relief cos I was kind of on my own with wanting to get it. Hope that this LO will like it and it doesnt become a great big nuisance object in our bedroom .

Fettle- quick question if you are about... SPD what does it feel like? I keep getting shooting pains around my pelvis and a feeling of weakness in the joints... also pains down my legs which i think is sciatica probably .

Would be nice to hear from some of the girls who havent posted for a while... where are you all? Hope they are all well and just too damn busy to bother with MN .

feeling much brighter today thank god! been another hectic day in the greedy household though!!! my ds started morning nursery (used to go in afternoons) this morning and my dd started afternoon nursery too (unfortunately at a different place!!!) so had to take him and then pick him up at 11.30 and take her for 12 and then pick her up at 3 and then off to karate afterwards!! i know everyone does it, but i am so not used to getting up and out in the mornings with them! i have never had to do it before and it has been lovely, but now its all changed!!! was fine this morning but can see myself getting VERY stressd out when trying to sort out this baby in the mornign as well!
dd was fine with her first afternoon at preschool, she was very quiet but didn't cry at all which is a big change from how my ds was!!! he cried at karate today though, because the shouting was too loud apparently! HOW have i managed to raise such a big softie? he makes SO MUCH noise at home sometimes i can't believe he cried cos it was loud, but he did!!!

fettle and bodders - if i was superwoman i wouldn't be permenantly knackered and moany would i? i am only doing so much cos i HAVE to not cos i want to! and i only work part time anyway! but i can tbe arsed to do ANYTHING tomight apart from maybe taking dds curtains up! so nothing too strenous!!! if you lived closer honeyapple i would ask you to do it, cos you are good at sewing aren't you and i am CRAP!!!

fettle - cant believe you were on your pc at that time this morning!!! if i ever cant sleep the last thing i would think of doing would be to come on the pc!!! i would just huff and puff a lot and make sure dh was awake too!!! he has only gone to amsterdam for the day, he should be home about midnight tonight. dont think i would be too happy with an overnighter at this stage either! i keep telling him he isn't allowed to go into his office either cos it is miles away and takes him 2 hours to get there and i worry that if anything starts it could be all over by the time he gets home!!!
i feel EXACTLY the same way as you with dh too by the way! i moaned at him last night that he was completely uninvolved in this whole pregnancy. i told him he had no right to even suggest baby names cos he has been so uninterested!!! (bit harsh maybe?!!) he has only been to one antenatal appt with me and 2 scans and i think first pg he came to EVERY single appt!!! he must have felt a bit guilty though cos he was actually talking to my bump for ages last night in bed (to the point where i was thinking 'ok, just fuck off now, i REALLY need some sleep!!") but he hasn't done that for weeks, so i must have hit a nerve!

anyway, enough about me me me!

cant wait to hear your news tomorrow fettle. if you do get admitted how will you let us all know?!!! do we just assume if we dont hear from you that you are being induced? i can't believe it could all be happening so soon for you!!! and you will be absolutely FINE with the new baby and your dd. she will adpat and so will you. its really not as hard as some people make it seem, just a bit of a shock for a few weeks and then it is just the norm! you will be a superstar mum of two, dont worry.

hows the hammock honey? feel a bit odd calling you honey, if you know what i mean sweetie!!

crossed with you honey! glad you and dp like the hammock!

from a chiropractic point of view SPD is normally pain at the front of your pelvis on your pubic symphysis ( hence the name, symphysis pubis dysfunction). it noramlly hurts more if you open your legs, so dont go spreading them too wide if you do have it! but fettle and other sufferers will be able to describe it better than me, although i do think i have had a touch of it recently too! sciatica shouldn't give you pain down the back of both legs, only one leg normally. hopefully the pains are just a short term blip. your pg seems to have been quite nice and uncomplicated so far lets hope it stays that way.

Hi Greedy!

I just looked at the oct thread... and they have wiped me off their stat list ...
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Thanks for the info Greedy. I guess it's prob just my joints relaxing and baby getting heavier... I get some odd painful twinges and shocks especially if I have just got up and generally when I am walking. The pain down the leg does seem to be down oneside if I think about it . Definitely not that much of a problem, just hoping it doesnt get worse.

Bet i've been wiped off that stats list too then!!! Suppose technically I'm not due in October anyway though! too emotional to check though, might make me feel very unloved!!

Honey - SPD feels like a burning sensation right between your legs - could at first think you might have an infection, IYKWIM!! I too get sciatica type pains down the sides of the my legs once I've been lying on one side for two long, so that's what makes me have to roll over at night - it would be fine if i didnt' have to move at night - it is so Fxxxing painful turning over. So hope it goes as quickly as it did with DD after i've given birth. If you think you've got it, mention it to MW on Wednesday - she'll give you advice, but as Greedy says just keep your knees together at all times - remain ladylike!!

Part of the reason I was awake last night was the pain was unbearable, coupled with itching and lots of thoughts I came down to watch the telly, but even with Sky, there was nothing on except the news and I didn't really want to know about some Pakistani president who was going home from exile or hear anymore about the McCanns, so I started surfing the net and thought I'd pop on here - quiet at that time of the morning though!!

Greedy, if I'm admitted, I'm sure I'll be able to persuade DH to come on and tell you all what's happening - just be nice to him!! [and hope he doesn't scroll down to see what else I've said about him, as he really is a wonderful, supportive husband - i'm just an emotional, hormonal, sensitive pregnant woman!!! He's coming with me to the consultant's appointment tomorrow and warned work that he might not be back in in the afternoon!]

I kind of wanted one of those amby thingys honey, but they seemed so expensive - where did you get your 2nd hand one from? although technically I suppose i'm running out of time now to order one!!

Where's Mrs by the way? The others have days when they don't post, but I worry about her when she's not on here. If you do get this Mrs, would you be able to pass on any news from me to the mc thread - I think poor Mumpbump had some liver results today, so she has to go in for more tests on Wednesday and i think i've managed to scare her a bit! didn't mean to. Also could you e-mail me Ready's e-mail address. She said on another thread that would be ok to do - but do check with her first if you'd rather.

BTW, for anyone who knows Ready and Rah etc, do post hello to them on the temp buddies graduates thread (it's down the list somewhere!) - they love to hear how we are all getting on, but don't feel emotionally up to coming on this thread, which I don't really blame them for!

Right, got 10 mins to get to bed in time for Silent Witness!

Take care all and hopefully "speak" to you all tomorrow afternoon - just not ready to be admitted yet - I'd miss DD too much!! But at least we have 2 plans for cover for her, so I'm much more relaxed - just need to pack her an overnight bag to leave secretly at school on the off-chance that not even DH can get back tomorrow to pick her up! Decided not to say anything to her in the morning - she'll hopefully just be really excited to find out i'm having the baby that the fact that I don't pick her up will be ok, if that's the case.

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Oooooh, fettle, am so excited for you!!!! We'll be keeping fingers crossed for you either way. If your results are just a blip then at least you've got a bit more time. If not, then welcome Toby . I reckon you've got it covered with DD. If you warned her then she might get a bit worked up during the day wondering what was going on, whereas if its a done deal then she'll just be excited. By the way, my DH was the same with this pregnancy too - just less interested, but I guess its because the novelty of having a pregnant wife had worn off. He just ADORES Theo though.... And I've got to say having two is wonderful, it took a few weeks to get used to it, but I can't imagine life any other way now. Like you I was terrified about it all - worried for DS and really nervous in case there was a problem and I thought it would disrupt our nice little family routines. But its been great, tiring but great . And I promise I am not the earth mother type at all .

Honey, so glad you like you hammock - hope your DS does too! Theo loves his and I can't recommend it enough. He has no problem getting into it awake and falls asleep himself (as long as he's ready for sleep!) and when he stirs in the night I give it a little nudge and he can nod off again. I'm really really hapy with it!. It is a bit pricey Fettle but before I got mine I looked on ebay and they hold their value as most go for around £100. I'll be selling mine when Theo is too big.

Greeds, I'd love to see your house - it would be so nice to just pop in for a cup of tea. It would be great if we could all meet up wouldn't it

By the way I saw MrsMc today and she is doing really well - she looked the picture of health and happiness with a lovely little bump (got definate 'boy' vibes from her ).

Mmmm, you are right though Greeds, where is Babymad. I hope she's just busy and not suffering from PND.

By the way, the 4 of us went to the zoo yesterday and saw some animals called Tapirs - anyone else seen them? Its kind of like a cross between an aardvark and a cow . Anyway they were out in the garden bit of their enclosure and close to the fence when I told Max to stand away from the fence as their wee sprays out behind them. Just as I'd finished this tapir comes over and sprays a whole load of Tapir piss over the woman next to me. Uuuurrrrghhhhh, it was in her hair and everthing. I couldn't help but laugh. She did to but I think that may have just been embarassment more than anything. I just praise the lord it didn't go over Theo as I would have had a fit. I haven't even used a baby wipe on his skin never mind tapir wee.

Anyway, bed for me.... It took me 2 hours to do that work yesterday so didn't get into bed until midnight.... just as Theo was waking for his feed. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr