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

choosterchops!!!!! PMSL at the woman covered in tapir piss!!!!! how funny!!!! not for her though i expect!!!!

fettle - best of luck with whatever happens tomorrow. i just had a real moment of panic when i actually took a few minutes to think about the albour and giving birth............it all came back to me in horrible vivid detail and i started to get really scared!!!.......................but.............i guess thats not what you want me to be saying to you at the moment, sorry. you will be fine with whatever happens and just think how soon you could be meeting your little baby boy!

thanks girls!!

Hopefully see you later and yes greedy I'm suddenly remembering labour in too much detail!!!

But the outcome is worth it!!!

take care all
xxx

Good luck Fettle!!! - looking forward to hearing your news soon

chooster - you at the zoo again?! PMSL at tapir piss! What do you mean you're not an earth mother - no baby wipes yet?! I have used a fair few when out and about, but mostly use cut up fleece squares which go in the nappy bucket and used again

Honeyapple - hope those aches and pains aren't giving you too much grief.

Lovely to hear that MrsMcBump is really showing now... It would be lovely to meet up one day wouldn't it - but we couldn't really all be any more far flung could we - from Scotland to Cornwall! We'll have to meet in the middle somewhere - who's that? I think Firsty is in the midlands somewhere isn't she? Get the kettle on luv! Hope you're alright - be good to hear from you, and Babymad, Kitkat, PinkB etc....

will go and say hello to Ready now, if I can find that thread....

Hey ladies hope all is well, going to try and catch up, back soon

Phew caught up now ? things are getting exciting on here, I daren?t be absent again (sorry I worried you Fettle ) Honey ? hope all is ok and it was all a false alarm, Fettle ? everything crossed for you hon, will be sending lots of good vibes to you for the next few days Greedy ? so glad you are finally giving up work ? bet baby is holding out until Sat!

Hey Fettle on the jacket front, I went for the green ? I know it has pink lining but hey, it?s still boyish enough if Beanie is a boy (Chooster thinks she got the boy vibe from me ) all the stuff in Boden is just gorgeous. DH and I have so much stuff from there and it lasts so long and washes well so I didn?t really mind paying that for the jacket. My Sis and I always buy each other?s pressies from Boden ? I think their shoes are quite pricey and DH doesn?t like the fact that the trousers aren?t finished but other than that ? love the stuff! Especially the sales! I?m still wearing my indoor pull ons hoping they?ll last me for the whole pregnancy (Chooster ? that?s what I was wearing yesterday ? honestly, they are not PJs! ) . Does work feel like a distant memory yet? I like Toby how exciting that you might see him so soon

Your hospital does sound good ? mine has wards of 4 beds (Chooster ? let?s hope that my companions are not like the ones your friend had!) Sorry to hear about the liver enzymes, I?ll be thinking of you at the consultant today. Oh god must check the PG after MC thread ? hope Mumpbump is ok I?ll email you Ready?s address from home tonight and give you an update then.

Hello Seaside so pleased all went well with your scan I keep wondering now if because I didn?t see anything maybe Beanie?s a girl but I really wasn?t looking. Wonder how the private scan went it is lovely to spend more time looking ? my scan lasted 40 mins and it seemed like 2! LOL l I?m imagining a meet up with a load of babies in teddy jackets for identification

Hey Chooster was really lovely to see you yesterday!! DH just grinned when I told him that you?d got a blue vibe off me but he was very jealous not to see the little man sleeping on the grass! DH thinks yours gets lots of points for the anniversary pressie! thanks for your nice description of me! LOL at the Tapir piss will keep my distance from them!!

Greedy I agree about the temping and the TCOYF dates too ? funny isn?t it! I am positive I ovulated late and now Beanie is measuring up to 5 days ahead of EDD on some measurements! Sounds like you are Superwoman to me! I?m reading that book on how to baby proof your marriage; it makes some interesting points on the differences between the sexes when it comes to parenting.

Hey Rainbowdays glad all is good with you.

Hello Honeyapple ? you take care!

Hello Bodkin ? I really don?t mind what I have but I will be surprised if mine?s a girl ? just a very strong boy feeling! a meet up would be fab wouldn?t it!?

Hey to all the ladies being quiet ? hope you are all ok. x

Hey girls - I'm back home!!!! Eating orange chocolate biscuits from waitrose!!

liver enzymes are still up, but down from last time, so no immediate panic. Doctor (slightly unsympathetic, registrar from yesterday, not my normal ineffectual consultant) did an internal and apparently my cervix is still high and back, so no sign of labour just yet! She's booked me in for an induction next Tuesday - no room at the inn on Monday!! I've to go back for baby monitoring and blood tests every other day until then, if any more increase in liver enzymes or any substantial increase in itching or reduced baby movements, I'll be induced earlier, so still not 100% sure what going on (bit like normal, natural labour then), but either way will be in hospital trying to have this little one on Tuesday next week.

Feel relieved, but also a bit deflated! Was all organised for today - but at least now I can go back to bed for a couple of hours now to rest before picking up DD from school.

Mrs - great to hear all is well with you. Wonder why we are all so sure you're having a boy - you do realise that means you'll have a girl!! Wouldn't worry about not seeing anything on your scan meaning anything - I had this little ones bits pointed out to me and i still couldn't see anything!!!!! [Hope he's not going to have a complex when he's older!!]. We've gone for the green jacket too - I felt the dark brown looked too much like an actual bear jacket! What's a bit of pink to a boy anyway - DH wears pink shirts on regular occasions - he's happy with his sexuality!!

Chooster - tapir wee!! I would not have laughed if i'd been that woman, I would have been so annoyed and embarrassed - thank goodness you kept your boys away though! I must admit i didn't realise that about Tapirs - will avoid approaching them next time I meet some!!!

Bodkin - you really are a mother-earth type!!!! We must look into reusable nappies - thought the first few weeks it is easier with disposables, but then we must make the effort - quite shocking that DUMPED programme wasn't it?, if you saw it.

Thank you so much to both of you for your realistic reassurances that it will all settle into a pattern with DD and baby. Not quite so scared on that front anymore!

So, Greedy - you've now been given a bit more time to get ready - does next Tuesday sound ok for our births?! You'll probably still beat me to it though!. As for being scared about labour, I suddenly had hysterics last night as I was going to bed, saying that i was scared of dying!. Where did that come from? think I must have been really pretty worked up about everything - feel much calmer today! STill think you are super-woman though, with everything you do!

Honey, hope the premature labour and SPD pains are subsiding! heard any more about your neighbour across the road who gave birth suddenly? Glad the amby looks good!

Do hope everything is ok with our non-regular posters! Hopefully it is just due to having a real life, rather than anything too serious!

Take care all
xxx

Hey Fettle - well at least all is well and you know you will definitely be having this baby this time next week Glad to hear you are feeling more relaxed about how you'll cope with 2.

Chooster, I forgot to comment on how lovely your DHs anniversary pressie to you was... soooo thoughtful.

Mrsmc - I've got 3 Boden e-mail offers waiting for me to spend! can't decide on what thought!

Yay Fettle !! So Tuesday is the big day then!! (or maybe Weds ) that?s great news! Nice that it is not going to be such an emergency too, better for you and DD to accustom herself. Take it Wales is out for DH! LOL I don?t know whether it?s because I was so sure Ava was a girl but I almost feel entitled to one of each! Now, that would be beyond a surprise!

This race between you and Greedy is SOOOO exciting! Chooster and I were saying yesterday how much fun it is with everyone having their babies ? wouldn?t it be wonderful to get Ready and Rah on here with us by the end of the year, and 3cats

Hey Bodkin ? I have one too but not worth getting anything for me at the mo!

fettle - i can't believe you have got a date for induction....whats the date next tue, hang on............... 18th Sept! what a lovely day to have a birthday!!! you are really lucky to know when it is all going to happen (i think). not sure how i would cope with being given a date though, makes it seem so real......i thik i am still in denial at the moment!!!! and i am not expecting mine to come until my due date now!! NOT FAIR!!!! mind you i have been painting all afternoon, so i am doing my best to bring on labour!!!!! Next tue would be quite a good day for me actually cos my mum always comes over on tuesdays so she could have the kids for me...............i fancy a daytime labour too, so i dont miss a whole nights sleep! why does it always seem to happen at night hey? i would like to go into labour about 9.30am, have a few mild contractions and then push her out at about 11am!!! what do you think? sounds good to me!!! right..............you have got me psyched fro next tue now!!! that means lots of sex and curry on mon for me!!!!

i havent got any boden clothes! not fair! i am going to get myself some cos otherwise i dont feel a proper member of the ttc graduate gang!!!

i bet we would all hate each other if we actually met up....what do you think??? it would be lovly to find out though wouldnt it!!! not sure i could get used to using rachel, amanda, flora, fiona though!!! (dont hink i know anyone elses RL names!!!)

gotta go and admire my newly painted walls!!!

oooh - I can't remember which of us is Rachel!! I could hazard a guess, but my memory is rubbish!!!

i think we'd probably be very different, but it would be fun to meet up - as Bodders said though, the practicalities of it is difficult! Let's all get our babies out and then see how we feel!!

I'm sure your painting is perfect - you probably don't even need a ladder do you - superwoman would be able to hovver at the right height!!!

Not sure i'll be having a quick labour - read the induction leaflet. Have to be there at 8.30 am - then have prostin gel inserted and wait 5-6 hrs - if no luck, have another internal and more gel if necessary. [I'm not sure anyone can have any idea how much I absolutely hate internal examinations - practically need a general for a smear test] If nothing happens within 4 hours - I'm rested until the next day!! Could be there days as I was last time, but this time as i'm later, I think the risk of C-section if it doesn't work on Tuesday may be higher - come on cervix ripen!!! Better eat curries and have sex as well then, shouldn't I!!

xxx

Oh F- it... I just lost my message....grrrrrr. Will try and piece it together again... something along the lines of:

Cor Fettle - what a palaver! Better bring some reading material for while you're waiting for things to kick off! Don't envy you all those internals... I'm thinking about gettting a coil fitted, but I really don't fancy all that jiggery pokery down there!

Baby in bed at 8pm tonight! Hurrrah! this could be the turning point [hopeful] I may even be able to go out for a pint sometime in the near future [double hopeful]

Between us we all we must be keeping old Johnny Boden very comfortably! just orderedthis as well as a few other bits and pieces to use up my offer.

Oooh, Skins later, I think it is something to do with hankering after my teenage years as well (although I was far geekier )

its a bit quiet on here! actually i dont normally post this early so thats prob why i think its quiet.

well i am officially shitting myself today!!! my poor nan has been in hospital for 3 weeks and last night we got told she only has a matter of days left bless her. so i am trekking up to norfolk today to visit her. i am VERY scared that something might kick off whilst i am in the car for 2 1/2 hours by myself (actually 5 there and back!) but i have to see her and say goodbye. i know i sound like i am being very selfish, but i cant help having these thoughts. she wont even recognise me cos she has alzheimers and hasn't really been with it for a few years now. its heartbreaking cos she used to be so sharp and witty. she cant stand to see my kids and has only met dd once and then it was all a bit too much for her (too much noise and activity to cope with). i think i am going to see her to ease my conscience a bit really cos i would feel terrible if i had had the chance to say goodbye and not done it. so..........an emotional day for me in store...........no painting though! YIPPEE!!!

anyway, have great days everyone!

and hannah! how could i forget you!

Greeds - you've probably gone, but i hope today is not too emotional. You're right though if you don't go, you'll regret it. Drive safely though.

We made the decision very quickly to take DD to see my grandmother (who lives in Germany) 2 years ago. DD wouldn't remember it, but we thought we'd have the photos of her and her great-grandmother. Anyway, I'm so glad we did, as she died less than 1 week later. She wasn't ill or anything, but had been going downhill for about a year. it is one of those, "what made us think about going then and not putting it off again" moments - fantastic!!. At first she didn't even recognise me, but just as we were leaving and she was lying back in bed and I'd kissed her goodbye, she suddenly went "fiona" - it was amazing. She then hugged me extra tight! Oh poo - the emotional pregnant woman has started crying again!! She died nearly 2 years ago now!

anyway, off to have my hair cut today! Prepare myself for post-natal photos!!! Had some pretty strong BHs yesterday and feel really sick as well - hoping that stretch and sweep yesterday isn't going to start things off just yet - I don't want my waters breaking at the hairdressers!! And my Mum doesn't arrive until about 9pm tonight!!

Take care all
xxx

Ps - Maybe we could write to Jonny Boden and volunteer as models for him with our little babies! Persuade him to do some maternity clothes for Mrs, Seaside etc who still have a few months of wear left! Or at least, he could offer us some discount for the amount we buy between us!!. DH has just ordered me a lovely dress from there, as a congratulations you're nearly there present (in other words, the quicker you lose your bottom, the quicker you could fit into this present!!!)

Morning ladies ? too much work to do so running scared to you sounds like a plan for Tuesday ? best of luck! LOL once a Boden shopper, you?ll never go back! I don?t think we?d hate each other if we met up, we already know so much already, boy would it be noisy though!? I am SO impressed that you remember all our names ? I know Babymad?s name ? wanna guess? Hope she?s ok, she?s very quiet. So sorry about your nan hon can a friend chum you just in case? Would be good for company on the drive and peace of mind too.

Fettle I know who Rachel is it would be quite fun to meet somewhere half way ? Chooster ? we could go together please wait for me to pop first too!! You?ll have to get really active after that first dose of prostin gel, don?t let them tie you to a bed with a baby monitor (see all my Birth Stories viewing is teaching me something) ? my friend went home for dinner ? that brought the contractions on!! Have you started on the raspberry leaf tea? Hate internals too ? do you think I can make it the whole way through pregnancy and labour without one? Doubt it ? you?d think someone could invent a less intrusive way of measuring dilation wouldn?t you! That?s lovely that you made it in time to see your Gran every time I see my two remaining grandparents I make the most of it just in case, my Grandpa gives the best bone crusher hugs even at 84 (he is so funny actually ? military man all his life and when we were kids, he?d round all the cousins up ? 7 girls and 3 boys ranging from 15 to 1 year and teach us several ways ?to kill a chap? he?s a legend ) enjoy the hair cut (before my EDD I?ll be having a manicure, pedicure and eye lash tint I?ve decided, I look so piggy eyed without mascara!) just cannot imagine what BH feels like. I keep getting shudder/tremor like feelings low down ? could beanie have hiccups? Great idea re getting in touch with Boden ? what a story for him ? women meet on the internet and share a passion for Boden ? I see that all the baby models are friends? babies not actual models. Which dress?

Bodders ? I?m impressed, baby down by 8, what a baby ghuru! I have that jumpsuit in my ?desired? section of my baby file it?s so cute - I love all that theme, especially the sweatshirt with the mouse eating cheese!

I?m beginning to feel like a hippo ? last night I shaved my legs etc for Aqua Natal tonight and put it this way, I really struggled with the ?undercarriage? - already ? I?m only 22 weeks!!

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Me me me - I'm Rachel - my previous /mn name, Rachel Rose kind of gave - it away . I think I know babymads name is it aleisha (sp! Sorry babymad, I'm sure the spelling is wrong. Please come and let us know you're OK!)

So, next tues fettle! Very excited for you all. At least you can prepare dd.

Sorry about your Gran Greedy... I had a similar thing with mine who lived 2 hours away in newcastle. She hadn't known me for a couple of years before she died but I went to say goodbye before she went. Hope the day is not too sad...

I reckon we'd all get on if we met, but if we took DH's too I think they would be VERY nervous about what we all know about them and the rows we have etc... . Its a lovely idea to think it would work .

Good to hear from you firsty!!! Theo's reflux is getting better and his hernia hasn't got any worse... He had his first set of immunisations today so I'm on cuddle duty today - one handed typing as we speak!!!

Yes zoo again bodders - its about 10mins away from us and we are members so are very frequent visitors Hence my exstensive knowledge of tapirs . Good on you for getting isla to bed by 8pm. Theo was in his hammock by 8.15 too - up again at midnight, then 3am, then 5am, then 7am.... Grrrr. You'll be out for that pint in no time

I may just have a sneaky look at boden website - if I'm going to model for them I'd better start those sit ups too

Hi all

I thought you was Rachel, Chooster!! But now I can't for the life of me think who Hannah is!!! I'm rubbish at names at the best of times, but this is really unfair. I think I'm right in thinking that Firsty stayed incognito didn't you, so maybe Kitkat?

Firsty - great to hear from you and glad that you are sounding so much happier and in control. That infection must have been pretty draining. Good on you getting behind the wheel again!! I hope the DSDs have calmed down a bit. Wouldn't worry about any routines, you'll find one that suits you as a family over the coming months and there is no point stressing about it, if little Ty doesn't want to sleep when told. Read in my baby book last (suddenly thought, I'd better do some reading, as I have no idea what to do with a newborn anymore!!), that if baby is always asleep when DH comes home from work, DH should ask me to see if baby could have an earlier sleep so that he's awake when DH comes home - I mean who writes these books, even I know that babies sleep when they want to, not when their mothers want them to and certainly not when their fathers say so!!!!

Bet your boys love living so near to the zoo, Chooster - best way to see it little and often I'd say! Maybe when I next come up to see Mum, we could meet up there (persuade Mrs to skive off work now she works from home!!!).

Bodders (earth mother), you'll be out for a pint before the end of the month, I think!! - sounds as if Isla is good little sleeper now!

Had my hair cut and feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, literally. Didn't even have that much off, but it's been nearly 6 months since I last had it cut. Oooh, bearing in mind what greedy was saying a while back, perhaps I ought to go weigh myself and see if I've lost some weight!!!. hairdresser very sensibly advised me against having any layers cut in, due to the upcoming post-natal hair falling out!!! So looking forward to that (NOT!!)- although she did say she lost much less the 2nd time around with her son, than she did after having her daughter! But she said my hair was so shiny and healthy, it seemed a shame to thin it out!! I like getting compliments from hairdressers!!! - especially considering i'm a wash, shower, comb and go girl, none of this drying, straightening etc!

So who is going to write to Boden then - we should give it a go - if you don't ask, you don't get!!! But can I have a few months to lose some weight first!!

Right, off for a nap before getting DD.

lots of love
F&mf
xxx

Hello Hello!

Can I just say - before I apologise for not posting for aaages - that I am in complete awe of you mums who have more than one child!! OH MY GOD how do you do it??? My lovely, lovely little boy is nearly 7 weeks now, he is about the size of my foot, but he still takes up EVERY minute of the day!!! I dont think I could cope with 2! (Having said that i quite fancy another....but that would require sex and that's not happening for a while with my stitches!!!! ouch!!!)

I feel like the last few weeks have just flown past in a blur of nappies, feeding and sleeping/not sleeping (guess who isnt getting any sleep out of the two of us!??!). Whenever he falls asleep there is so much to be done (washing, cleaning, sterilising etc) that I dont seem to have had much time for myself - hence the complete lack of posts on MN. So am sorry girls for not being online - but you have to take into account that I am a clueless 1st timer. I've missed you ladies though!!

Having said all that, he is a lovely boy and worth every sleepless night!! He's finally settling into a 3-4 hourly routine - and wonder of wonders, last night he slept from 10.30pm to 4am!!! Woo-hoo!! Aarrgh!! I can hear him stirring!! He knows when I'm about to log on MN!!! I will just say quickly ... ...

Greedy and Fettle are you two the next to pop?!? So exciting, not long to go now!! So sorry to hear about your gran Greedy - hope the day is not too sad.

Chooster, Firsty, Bodders and Babymad - how are your little ones doing? Hope your nights aren't quite as sleepless as mine are at the mo!

Hellooo to everyone else - MrsMcJ, Honeyapple, Seaside and anyone else I've forgotten!! Hope you and the bumps are all OK

More later I hope!!!!

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

PS i'm not Hannah!!

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Hey ladies had a lovely time at Happy Hippos AKA Aqua Natal last night met lots of biiiiiiiggggggggg bumps, I actually felt like a fraud with mine, most people were due in the next 3 weeks though there were a few due after me. Everyone was really friendly and the midwife who took the class was lovely. We did some splashing and jumping about and some floating and lots of chatting. I was knackered last night and slept really well, also had a filthy dream about a young Pierce Brosnan ? not really up there with Sawyer but last night he seemed to be I am also sporting my new mat knickers today they are massive, very comfy and snug on the bump - doubt DH will like them though. Beanie has been relatively quiet since Happy Hippos which is scaring me a bit ? its probably more to do with the fact that I went to an AN exercise class and therefore ?tempted fate? in my weird twisted mind ? hopefully (s)he will give me soon reassurance now ? especially after my massive bowl of porridge and raisins. So how are we all today?

Hello Firsty a meet up at Johnny?s sounds good to me! I?m generally feeling good as can feel the baby move now which is reassuring but having a bit of a wobble today. I just keep thinking how central this baby has become to my world already and how awful it would be to not have it in our thoughts day in day out, I don?t mean that in a morbid way but our lives have changed so much already just knowing (s)he is on the way! Still injecting yes ? still in the tummy though the MW is telling me that I might have to swap to the thighs soon as it will get too hard to find somewhere loose to stab in my tummy soon I have to carry on until 8 weeks after the birth apparently. It?s reassuring to hear that you?d wind back time and do the labour bit again! When do you actually move? Your DSDs are around the same age that my sis and I were when our little sis was born ? I know we were rather over enthusiastic!! glad the periods for sleep are getting longer at night and that the infection has cleared You sound so happy and sorted hon

Chooster LOL indeed, the things we know about each other?s intimate lives! which reminds me, I?ve got to the chapter in my ?baby proofing your marriage? book about sex after kids, it says that women generally can?t be bothered and that men want it all the time! Odd thing is, I can still recall so clearly the TTC days when DH just didn?t seem as sex mad as I wanted him to be and even now, he really doesn?t seem that interested even though he does say nice things about me being pregnant and loves Beanie?s bump ? is this ok or should I be worried? Poor Theo with the jags, must be awful for you too hope he?s not had any adverse reactions. Think the zoo will be a great place for me once Beanie arrives; think of the toning on the back of the thighs with that hill and a buggy

Fettle a meet up at the zoo sounds good! can we not meet at the tapirs enclosure though?! thing is, when I am a home I am stranded as DH has our car all day so I have little choice but to stay put! Glad you feel better now you?ve had your hair cut, I last had my hair cut in May not really into hair preening myself either I have to say. I was in my 20s, highlights every 6 weeks but it was so expensive!! I?ll remember that about the layers, I normally have them cut into mine too. Your hair must look fab hairdressers rarely say nice things in my experience! How about aiming for an early March meet up/photo shoot with Johnny? seriously though ? what?s the harm in writing in? Do you want me to give it a stab and then post it on here for additions and revisals?

Hey Kitkat ahh 7 weeks!! Do you still have those stitches hon? ouch! Life sounds hectic with you but it sounds like you are taking to motherhood very well

Hello to all the others

A meet up at the zoo would be great! . it would be chaos with Max, Lexi and 3 babies

Your aqua natal class sounds great MrsMc! I didn't do anything like that but wish I had. I think when its your second (and third for some on here) you have less time to do these things so enjoy it all while you can. I'm sure beanie is just having a quiet day. Theo used to do that all the time the little tinker. If you can have a glass of cold water and just sit or lie down and do nothing for a bit and I'm sure you'll feel him. I know what you mean about when thoughts go to 'tempting fate'. But, really it will all be fine.

Good to hear from you firsty and kitkat. Your LO's are already sleeping better than Theo! His longest stint has been 6 hours sleeping but that has only been once. Now he does about 9pm-ish til about 1am then wakes again at about 3am / 4am and then he doesn't really settle well after that. From an early age I'd started bringing him into bed fora cuddle after this feed and I wonder if he's now objecting to being placed back in his own bed .

He was really upset yesterday after injections and now seems to have another cold - Grrrrr!!!!. He didn't sleep well last night as he was very hot so gave him som calpol. Hope today he is more settled. Poor wee soul... Firsty I can also see the white buds in heo's gum for teeth but I dont expect them to com through for another couple of months. Your big boy could surprise you though . How big is he now?? Theo is 12lbs 6oz which I though was pretty good but I guess Ty was that at about 3 weeks old? I saw on our July post natal thread that one girl's DS is 15lbs something at 9 weeks old.

Anyway better go, got some sleep to catch up on... By the way Honeyapple is Hannah

Hi all. Lovely to hear from Firsty and Kitkat again - you both sound like you're getting on great - and really, don't worry about routines, nap times etc. Easy to say second time around, but I think if you're still in your jim jams at lunchtime then good on you... I was the same with DD1. But there definitely seems to have been a turning point with Isla over the last few days - suddenly she is sooo much more settled in the evenings - colic has gone completely, infacol is in the bin and she's generally loads more content. I seem to remember DD1 being the same at around 10 weeks, so hopefully things will ease up for you guys in the next few weeks . Firsty - my sisters DS2 got his first tooth at 3 months, so they could well be on their way already!

Mrs - sounds like a good dream! Don't worry about Beanie - I'm sure you'll get some more wriggling later on - he/she was probably just very soothed by the aquanatal class and is having a good long kip!

Chooster - Isla had her jabs yesterday too! Hard to watch, but she seems ok, although she was a bit hot last night so gave her some calprofen. First of all I gave her to our friend to hold while I administered it, and as soon as i put it in, she spewed semi- curdled milk all over the friend! The second attempt she spat most of it out - she's well practiced at that from the infacol , so for the third attempt I waited until she gave a good big cry and squirted it down the back of her tongue (have a syringe thingy), just as she was breathing in, so she inhaled most of it and was really struggling to breathe for a few moments poor thing. What a rubbish mummy! Living near the zoo must be fab! Max and Theo will grow up knowing so many exotic animals!

Greedy hope your trip to your grans went ok and you're not too knackered after all that driving - mind you, 5 hours sitting still must be bliss for you!

Fettle - even I shed a tear at your story about your gran! That's so sweet. My hair hasn't started falling out yet, but I think it gets really bad 3 months post partum, so i should be constantly clearing out the plughole in a few weeks time!

Well, my poor friend has lost her baby i think she was 21 weeks. So, so tragic. I was in bits yesterday when I found out. I don't really know how she will cope with losing a second baby so late into the pregnancy. It is hard to know what to do to help, but me and the girls are getting together tomorrow to put together a hamper of food and things. I suppose the best thing we can do is practical things, because she has a 4 year old son already, and life still goes on, so we will have to rally round and help with washing, shopping etc.

Heh Chooster! Giving me away like that!

mrs- I think aquanatal sounds a real laff... dont think there is a pre-natal one near me though... .

Fettle- I bought my hammock via the for sale boards on here. Bought it for £75 incl postage and it is in fab practically unused condition...and I could always sell it again.

Just been fiddling with my new buggy as hadnt had it out the box yet. Took me ages to work out how to fit the car seat on the chassis as no instructions... slight problem with buying something from another country! Anyway, it is all sorted now and looks delicious, cant wait to be pushing my wee man in it!

Saw MW yesterday who said not to worry about the plug coming away as it replenishes itself apparently... so long as no blood tis all ok. I am measuring spot on despite every blooming women I see saying..."ooohh arent you small" GRRRRRR!!!!
It was starting to give me a bit of a complex, but MW says baby is very low in my pelvis so thats why its not sticking out that much, and prob why i'm getting some pain. MW is coming around to my house in a couple of weeks to sort me out for the home birth! Give me a pack or summit.

Anyway, enough of me!

Lovely to hear from you Firsty and kitkat. Glad to hear you are enjoying your babies despite the tiredness. I'm trying to not think about that part at the moment. (of course I am planning on having a baby that sleeps 8 hours from day 1 )

Anyway, got to go sort a few bits out before picking up DD from school...she is only doing mornings at the moment.

x

Crossed with you there Chooster. Gosh Theo's a good weight. I think Isla is going to be a skinny malinki, because she's still only 10lb 8oz! That means she only put on 3 oz a week for the last 3 weeks. My DD1 was the opposite - a total porker! I was a bit concerned, but the HV wasn't (surprisingly, but I think that was because she thought Isla was only 8 weeks and not 9)

Sorry to hear you had such a duff night. Isla was up at 5 and very unsettled until gone 6, so no doubt we were pacing around together at the same time!