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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

bodders - i agree with you about that programme! i like routines, but not THAT extreme!!! i should have guessed she didnt have any kids of her own!!! i said to dh " how many programmes do you think it will take them to realise that a little bit of each method is the best way to go!!!" i hope some people dont watch and start doing any of the methods too strictly or there will be some seriously messed up babies around!!!

chooster - i used to get really worked up with ds about not eating his evening meal and being fussy, but when dd came along i have always been so much more relaxed with them both and if they dont eat it i just say "ok nothing till breakfast time then " and they say "ok" and arent at all arsed........and i dont get stressed about it any more!!! they then eat tonnes for breakfast!!! they always make up for it somewhere. i WISH i had been more relaxed with ds! it would have saved me a lot of stressing! mind you both of mine are HUGE so i dont need to worry anyway!!!! how is operation christening dress coming? i will be joining you soon with operation wedding outfit for 20th oct!!

sorry mrs - MA is maternity allowance for us self employed people!! i use the clarins oil too! is it the squirty one in the red bottle?!!! i LOVE the smell of it!!!

fettle - i cant believe we were going to have these babies together and little toby will prob be going to preschool before my little marcy is out!!! i bet you couldn't imagine still being pg now like poor old me!!! i am now SO ready to meet my tiny baby!!! dh has told everyone tomorrow is the day apparently, so i doubt if ti will happen then either!!! i dont want to wait for honeyapple...........no offence honeyapple........unless you fancy giving birth tomorrow and then i dont mind!!!

Morning all - just checking in before going back to bed - another really bad night last night! Need to alter his wakefulness at night to daytime, but can't quite remember how I did it with DD, or whether we never actually had this problem. Have to be honest though and say that he doesn't actually cry very much, just let's his discomfort be known, with some very cute groans and moans (if I ignore him, in the hope that he will settle off again, then he does start real "give me my food, Mummy" crying!). DD was like this, so hopefullly it means he'll be as happy as she was and not really cry unless he really needs to - makes for a more calm feeling throughout the house!! Having said all this, he'll probably scream like a banshie all tonight!!!

Greedy - you getting there yet - have already signed up Toby for pre-school, starts next week!!! Can't believe that it's been a week since i've had him - these first few days go so quickly, I'm almost clucky again!!! I'm so determined to enjoy these first few weeks, as I was so scared with what I was doing with DD, that before I knew it she was 3 months and an entirely different kind of baby!!

I didn't watch this parenting programme - glad I didn't, sounds as if I'd have switched it off due to utter annoyance within minutes! Not very good at being told what I do is wrong and other people's way is better!!

Mrs, are you going to get baby's ear pierced then, if it is a girl? interesting decision, if you are planning on living in Spain full-time, you don't want her to be the odd-one-out, but i'm not sure i could inflict that pain on my daughter - but then I'm such a wimp, it might not actually hurt as much as I found it!!!

Bodders - how is Nelly? Hope she is better and able to go to pre=school.

Chooster, i had something to ask/say to you that I thought of in the middle of night (weird I know!!!),b ut I can't for the life of me remember what it is!! If it comes back, I'll pop back later!!

Honey - is operation curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea all on for tomorrow? Are you going for a homebirth? Can't remember?

Hello to Firsty, Kitkat, babymad - hope you are all doing well.

take care all
xxx

Thats odd fettle as I thought about you guys when I was up feeding Theo. I was going to ask you how your brother is doing??? And also to say how sweet that was of your mum to leave milky bar buttons in your bed (yes, I know greedy, obsessed with food again ) Sorry you've had another bad night, its still early days though - he'll get night / day the right way round before you know it .

I was also thinking of you firsty - what are your work plans?? I'm fairly sure you were thinking of going back soon-ish? How's Ty??

Hang on on there Greedy!!!!! Thanks for your words of wisdom with DS1 and his food. Like you I think i've worried too much in the past about it and therefore made it worse... which is why I want to get it right. I think you are right, being calm and relaxed is the way to go. He did well last night though, maybe because I had a little bit of egg in a cup and toast soldiers with him - purely for his benefit of course . Needless to say operation christening dress is not going spectacularly well

Hey Mrs - you packed yet???? Very of you getting away to the sun!!!!!

Ooops, that was meant to say "hang on in there Greedy!"

Morning-

Fettle- unfortunatley I am only 36 wks tommorrow... NEXT friday is the start of the raspberry leaf tea etc .

Had my lovely MW around my house this morning, delivering my home birth pack... A HUGE pag of all sorts of medical things and lots of those pad things... like pampers care sheets... Feeling quite excited about the whole birth now! Maureen (MW) is off work the week I am due which is slightly a pain... although she did say to still phone her cos she would like to deliver me! Have been instructed to buy plastic sheeting from b&q, an angled lamp, and a small stool for MW to sit on... have to get a gym/birthing ball too.

Got to go get DD from school, back later
x

Ooh sorry Honey getting ahead of myself there!! - sounds as if you've got a lovely MW though - I've yet to see the same one twice this whole pregnancy!!

Brother is doing a bit better, thanks Chooster. Feels a bit better about work, and I think his happy tablets are kicking in, so he feels slightly more in control - still sad about his girlfriend, but no tablets are going to make that better.

Eaten all the buttons now - it was a huge bag, didn't know they came in bags that big!! YUMMY!!!!

Mrs - did you have a scan today? Not sure why I think that - having lots of random thoughts today - haven't had a nap in the end -had some phone calls I needed to make this morning, but that's all sorted now. What time are you off tomorrow - so want to come with you - I'm so cold here!!! But that's partly due to tiredness I assume!

toby's been awake for over an hour now!!!!!!! He's happily lying on his playmat looking around now - going to have to inflict pain on him in moment and put his eye drops in - feel so mean, when he is so happy - but he's just slept for nearly 4 hours (why won't he do that at night?!). Will it just suddnely switch over, or do I have to do something to change him? I do all the, make daytime feeds more interactive etc and don't really make much conversation at night.

Greedy - any luck today so far!!!

xxx

Afternoon ladies growth scan went well this morning, the baby is quite big for dates and they seemed pleased. It was kicking about, yawning, drinking etc, looked really human, it was fantastic I?ll post new pics as soon as I have time. I think the baby?s profile is just like my DH?s. This was where the fun ended though, went to see my Consultant who took one look at me and asked if we?d been away, when I said we hadn?t and that I thought being brown was a nice side effect she got quite worried and looked at my scars to see the pigment. Apparently this coupled with my sudden high blood pressure could mean that I have Addison?s disease which I understand means that your adrenal glands don?t produce enough cortisol. So, they took a whole load of blood and because it wasn?t long after my daily heparin jab, the blood wouldn?t stop flowing which was a bit messy. Then I had to have a very sore cortisol jab in my bum DH found that very funny. Then we had to wait 30 mins to see what happened before more blood tests. I felt so weird like I?d had a few cans of Red Bull and Beanie was kicking like mad! We go to Spain at 5am so they are rushing the results through this afternoon but chances are if I need medication, I?ll need to get it in Spain. What a palaver! Anyway, I shall try and catch up before I sign off for a week but I do have loads of work to do so I hope you all keep well and whilst I will try and log on during the week, I might not be able to.

Greedy and Honeyapple - I'll be thinking of you! xx

In case you are interested here are the details of the baby?s growth:
weight was 0.78kg?s so 1lb7?! the liquor volume is still fine and the placenta is far away from the cervix. They also showed us the measurements on a chart (head circumference ? 229mm, Biparietal diameter of the head ? 61mm, abdominal circumference 206mm and femur length 46mm) and all the measurements are in the higher but still normal range for dates and apparently that is good.

Greedy ? my oil is in a glass jar with a white lid, don?t know the red one and there was me thinking I was a Clarins expert?! I really will be thinking of you lots over the next week!

Oh Fettle ? sorry to hear the night?s still aren?t great, I hope there is some improvement soon. Not sure about the ear piercing, have a funny feeling it?s not worth worrying about this pregnancy . You take care, I can?t believe Toby is a week old! Glad to hear your bro is doing a bit better, must be hard. It is cold isn?t it!

Chooster ? sorry that you are worried about Max?s eating, it must be hard. All my sister would eat when she was small was boiled eggs, she hates eggs now! DH and I are really keen on all we?ve read on the nature?s nest, would also solve some of our problems. Might need to bend your ear when we get home about that! Not packed yet also bad news, the church are not in a position to bid on Tuesday we are astill going ahead with the closing date and the other couple won?t know they are the only bid but if it isn?t enough, we?ll have to think about another one. Luckily, there is another guy in the wings who like the church is interested but can?t bid yet. I?ll keep you posted

All that prep sounds very exciting Honeyapple ? I so hope it all happens how you want make sure you?ve got some bubbly in the fridge too!

Hello and cheerio to the rest of the gang xx

honeyapple - when i was supposed to be having dd at home my MW was on holiday the week i was due too!!! she told me to ring her anyway and she would deliver her but when i tried i couldn't get through, so i hope yours sticks to her word more than mine did!!! not that i ended up having a homebirth anyway!!! i was told to buy a shower curtain as my plastic sheeting and that was all! did you get a placenta bucket delivered???!!!

mrs -really sorry to hear that you could have addisons. not what you want to hear at any time but esp not just before you go on your hols. try and have a great time anyway......how long are you gone for? i will try and poop before you get back

whoops! i will try and POP!!! obviously i will poop!!!

got loads more to say, ut no time..........off to a friend house to play (kids, not me1!! i will sit and drink tea and moan about being fat!!!)

t'ra all!

Mrs - sorry to hear about the Addisons - what is that exactly? You seem pretty sure it's not a girl - did you see something at the scan

Greedy - hope the tea is flowing and the biccies are good and the kids are playing nicely

Fettle - just go with the flow for now - but try not to let him sleep longer than 3 hours in one stretch during the day, hopefully he'll get the hang of day/night soon enough!

Chooster - egg in a cup- yum!

Isla has a snotty cold poor thing... but on the upside I think nelly's impetigo is not quite as bad as i first thought... phew!

Evening all,

Greedy- no placenta bucket! Perhaps they will bring that along later?

Mrs- you are going through it a bit with this PG- but great that your docs are all on the ball and getting you sorted. Never heard of addisons- hope it isnt too serious. Scan sounded good. How many weeks are you now? I think we need an update list... Hope you have a great time in Spain, and hopefully I will still be PG when you get back, but Greedy wont be! Good idea about the bubbly in the fridge!

Bodders- poor Isla with her snotty nose... hope you dont get to the sucking snot out with your mouth point...Nice. Glad to hear the impetigo isnt so bad though.

Fettle- hope you have a good night tonight and Toby manages some long stretches.

Chooster- hope you have a good night too.

I watched that silly baby programme last night on catch up TV. That women was bonkers (the strict one)... not cuddling babies...or picking up a NEWBORN when it is crying etc etc bonkers. Mind you I dont fancy carrying my LO around all day for 6 mths either!

Hi to all the other girls, hope everyone is well.

Hi girls

Brrrrr - I am cold - just suddenly turned cold last night - so off I trot to turn on the heating - press the button - nothing... nada.... caput - needless to say pg hormones kicked in and the tears flowed (the boiler is only 2 bloody years old and I have already taken out the British Gas service thingy cos it stopped working in April - grrrrrr) Anyway man coming tomorrow - wlll see what that brings more £££ I am sure.

fettle - hope got some power naps in today and that you have a better night tonight hon xxx

Bodkin - sorry about Isla's snotty nose but glad Nelly's impetigo is not as bad as you feared

Chooster - Did DS1 manage his egg last night - that whole food issue is so fraught isnt it?? I think DH and I are preparing for a skinny one as both of us were skeletal babies - I can only imagine how frustrating it will be - my childhood egg memeories are of pink scrambled egg (with ketchup - the very thought of it makes me heave now!!!- although I still love eggs )

honeyapple - whoa - scary home birth pack!!! I so know I am not up for it with number 1 - maybe number 2 - scaredy cat that I am

MrsMc - glad scan went well and bub is all healthy - boo hiss about poss Addisons disease and jabs esp bum jab ?? hope results come back all clear hon - fingers crossed. OMG you are off to spain tomorrow - wow have a fab time Thanks for the info on the bugaboo - I know we will not be ordering ours until first week of Nov as we wil be away - hope the wait list does not increase !

greedy - I am thinking downward/outward/ pushing thoughts for you

Well I had a lovely trip to the job centre today to get some advice on the MA for self employed bods - the woman there seemed as clueless as me - great!! Anyway think I have filled it out OK but everyone seems confused about whether I am technically 'working' or not - as a landlord of course I still have income coming in - although am geting DH to do all the dirty work and I am just doing the paperwork. Of course we are mid way through a development which it is not feasible to just stop but again I have had to pay for more help than normal - anyway we agreed I would put my claim in asap so effectively my mat allow could start at week 25 (in theory anyway!!!) as I have already turned down my other reg freelance work that comes up in Nov and Dec as it invloves long days and is v physical (merchandising and window dressing) but I have better prospects of work closer to home and more enjoyable in April/ May time so seems better to get what I can now?? Anyway still v confused and sure they will find a loophole not to pay out but heyho will give it a try. Never straightforward - grrr!! And if your experiences are anything to go by greedy I will prob still be waiting for an answer in Jan!!

Sorry that was boring wasn't it

I watched that prog with DH last night too - Actually I though it was kind of ineteresting to see all the diff approaches and While the 50'swoman was shocking in all that leave the baby dont touch etc - I generally thought there were some good points to take from everyone and that seems to make the best method?? naive? - moi? - of course

Can I just say " placenta bucket" !!!! my mind is conjuring up all kinds of visions

Right off for a bath to warm up- at least we still have hot water - for now - phew!!

Any movement yet greedy?

Good to hear from you Seaside - another nice long post! Grr, about the heating though. I know its turned pretty chilly hasn't it? I've just bought one of those temp gauges that shows the min and max temp that the room gets too at night an last night our bedroom dropped to 16 degrees. Very chilly!!!! So heating on tonight - Sorry Seaside, thats rubbing it in a bit isn't it!! Also, can I ask you if you in any way worry about the latest news items about house prices stagnating / falling as you obviously own a few properties. I ask because my DH and I still have our 2 flats in London that we rent out so thats us with 3 mortgages. I do worry a bit about it but you sound far more experienced as a Landlord - just wondering what your take on it is???

So, you'll be shoving those last few bits in as we speak / type MrsMc!!! Sorry to hear about the Addisons worry - Have you heard anymore?? Enjoy your holiday though - a rest will be lovely . Oh, and good luck with the house!!!! Fingers crossed

Sorry about Isla's snotters Bodkin!! Its really annoying isn't it . Theo has had about 3 colds since he was born. Unfortunately its also meaning my mum can't visit as she can't afford to get pneumonia again - haven't seen her for ages.

Any news Greedy - sorry, hope we're not pissing you off just waiting for something to happen . We're an impatient lot!!

Hi Honeyapple - So it looks Like MrsMc will be another amby convert . Theo is still happy in his - who know how he would be sleeping in a cot but so far he's been great. I saw there was an amby thread on here the other day and it was getting positive feedback. Wow, it all must seem so real now you have your 'giving birth' pack! Is DP looking forward to it?

Mmmmm, egg in a cup - Yup, DS did eat it yesterday and I pushed the boat out today and made him a fish pie (I'm normally such a seriously bad cook) and it turned out pretty well . AND HE ATE IT . I think tried to make a marsbar krispie cake and it turned out like rock - wonder what I did wrong - not following a recipe perhaps . Anyway, like I say I'm really really bad in the kitchen.

So, both DS's are in bed and DH is out, and I have a new Boden catalogue - wonder how much I can mentally spend tonight

I must must must read my posts before I send Hope it made some sense!

Made perfect sense Chooster!

Mmmmm - property- well I'd be lying if I said I was not a bit bummed out but tbh I am not at all worried about our 3 rentals - (2 in London and 1 down here) _ I am in a lucky position with the mortgages that all are quite minimal and imo if there were a major crash that will only mean repossessions and more people needing to rent (sorry that is well hard hearted isnt it!! but business is business) Added to that I really only think there will be sig drops in value in the areas that were last to increase iykwim (eg North East, Wales etc) and lets face it - people are always going to need to live in London one way or another.

On the other hand I am v stressed about our current development as I have a massive business loan on it and must sell both properties when they are finished (around Xmas - great timing - NOT!!!!) - there is technically good profit in it and enough to absorb the interest rate rises etc but I am more worried about just not selling them and rental is not an option on these financially - arghhhh. I wil be even more worried if old Golden Brown calls an election soon as in my books that means he knows some inside info from financial institutions that is not good. Those stiupid HIPs thingies aren't helping either!!

Anyway - enough of my diatribes!

• yep - it is def cold now -hope British Gas man hurries up this morning- thank goodness it is sunny down here as that warms our living /kitchen area and conservatory and makes a world of diff

Morning all...

Very impressed with you two and your property tycoon ways! MA sounds complicated for you Seaside, but you never know, you might confuse them so much they just agree to give you the cash
I am dry-heaving at your pink scrambled egg! Mind you, I like a soft-boiled egg floating in my heinz tomato soup, which i suppose is the same thing

Poor Theo having all those colds! When theyve got older siblings they are so much more susceptible to things arent they. As well as impetigo flare ups, and eczema, Nelly also has this grim thing called molluscum. i'd never heard of it before, but it is like loads of clusters of warty things all over her legs, and now her tummy! ~Its a virus that goes eventually, but takes about a year to go. the poor darling is basically a seething mass of yukkiness at the mo.... but i still love 'er hope isla doesn't catch that too.... its hard keeping them apart though.

Honeyapple - i do hope maureen keeps her promise and delivers you!

back later...

Aaah, I see what you mean Seaside. Fingers crossed for your latest projects. Are they near where you live? I think you're right about the rentals in London. Mine is in Bethnal Green in East London and there is already a push to get the area looking good for the Olympics so I'm hoping that will really hold value, if not make me a fortune! [hopeful emoticon!]. DH's is in Twickenham and they've just done the stadium up there so thats also looking good.

Grrr, sorry to hear about Nelly's oozing - poor wee soul. Is she upset about it or dealing with it OK? Kids seem to be able to handle things like that fairly well dont they.

Oh, and before i go - soft boiled egg in tomato soup .

I've put another couple of pics of the boys...

Yeah, she's cool as a cucumber about it all - I'm the one that's all a bit "yuck" everytime I see them!

Cute pics - Theo's changed so much [stating the obvious emoticon] but ykwim! Will see if i've got any more recent ones to add.

I know, it sounds grim - it was my sister that got me into the soup/egg combo and I was a bit until I tried it...now I can't go back!

Found one! Sorry about dodgy comedy captions - I can't resist...

bodders is right, Theo has changed - hasn't he grown and his ball control looks fantastic!!!! (well at least that's what I first thought, but I've only just got up - the joys of having support at home still!!)/

Mum goes to see my sister tonight in London and then back up home on Monday - going to miss her, but DH has next week off work, so hopefully he'll be as helpful as Mum has been.

Bodders - very cute! And love the caption!!! Sorry to hear about Isla - she really is going through the wars - but I'd be with you, not sure i could cope with the yukkiness either!

Waiting for Toby to get all the colds of winter - DD has already had one since starting school, but no sign to Toby yet - he does the most cute sneezes though!!!

Ok then girls - what on earth is a "placenta" bucket?!!! honey - bet you are excited though, going and buying your stuff for labour!! I'm a bit weird in that I'm slightly jealous of all you still waiting to give birth! I know I said it hurt, but it was so worth and that feeling of euphoria when you've done it, is addictive I think - I think DH is going to take himself to the vet secretly or else I'll be hankering for another baby sooner than we thought (which was never!!!).

Seaside/Chooster - I was wondering all that about house-price dropping etc - we obviously don't have any rental properties, but we bought this property to get on the property ladder, but could be living pretty cheaply in army accommodation still - hope we've not made an error, but then it is nice to live in your own house for a change as well. I'm not liking the sound of these HIPS though -sound complicated - I'm not convinced they really will speed up the whole selling process either, as I always find it is the solicitors dragging their feet that take the time and they don't take any of that malarky away (do they?!).

What exactly is egg in a cup? Is it simply a boiled egg in an egg cup, or do you do something else to it? Lexi loves boiled eggs and dipping her soldiers in = DH found some (horrifically expensive, but extremely yummy!!), blue eggs last weekend (apparently each hen has their own house, complete with DVD (ok might have made that bit up, but it sounded luxurious!!). But the blue egg shells were a hit - she always eats 2 eggs! Not sure I remember eating the white so easily, but she does. Our problem with her, is not eating, it is her table manners - I know she is only 3, but we try to eat together whenever we can to improve her table manners, but she is always slouching in her chair, with her feet up on the table bar and consequently swings on her chair. It's not helped with while I was in hospital last week, DH decided that it was ok that she could do "little" swings!! i was so when I'd found out he'd made that faux pas, how is she supposed to know what a "little" swing and a "dangerous break your head open type" swing is?!

Anyway, i know she is still young and I'm not too worried about her table manners, but DH does get a bit worried and cross about it all - I feel if she is happily eating at a table for all 3 meals a day. Does with prompting say thank you for the meal and can she get down, we're not doing badly - and she is perfectly capable of laying the table too - a bit of procrastination, eating with hands etc is acceptable - what are your thoughts? I think anything too much more is expecting a bit much of her currently.

blimey - not sure where that came from - obviously been on my mind though ! sorry!

OUr garden designer rang while I was asleep to make an appointment to come see us next week with her 3 plans for our slopey garden - she spoke to Mum and said she was really excited about her designs, particularly one, which builds a slide into the hill down to the river!!! Sounds interesting! Mum said to make sure it was suitable for adults too - can you imagine the adult garden parties - sounds like a drunken accident waiting to happen!! But we'll keep an openmind!!!

right must get going,

Keep pushing Greedy - I'm getting very impatient waiting!! Only joking, but hurry up eh?!

Mrs - hope you manage to enjoy your holiday with everything going on? Are they really sure you have the condition? Seems so unfair on top of everything else you've had to deal with, but then at least they have picked it up, if you do have it and therefore can do something about it, as necessary? Have you had any of the other symptoms of Addisons - weight loss, sickness, diarrhea, low blood pressure and chronic fatigue? I suppose at least some of those can also be put down to pregnancy symptoms! Isn't it also normal to get discolouration of patches of your skin during pregnancy - I certainly have a couple of patches on my neck that go much browner when I'm pregnant - cholestoma, or something like that.

Right, one of my boobs is about to explode as nocturnal Toby has not fed for about 3 hours, so think I'm going to change his nappy and persuade him to eat!!

take care all
xxx

Hiya,

Bodders- just to say that my DS had molluscum when he was about 3. The GP didnt even know what it was... I had to look it up on the internet and go back to GP with my findings! Then his playgroup rang me about it cos they thought it was chicken pox... ANyway, it did last for quite a few months... if your DD lets you, give the big ones a squeeze, very satisfying when the middle plops out (then they heal quicker).

Fettle- that slide in the garden sounds cool!Isnt a garden designer going to be a bit pricey though? Hoped you arent too shocked at the costs. Nick the ideas and then get DH to do it!

Got to go look at these updated piccies...

DP is picking up kids today from school and I am going out shopping with my 2 PG SILs! Cant wait!

Hi Honey - we're prepared for the the priciness of the garden designer, but the garden really needs some serious landscaping - well beyond DH's capabilities - it is a blank canvas of bad quality lawn and a steep slope down to a river, with some very unsafe steps - our neighbours spent £20,000 on landscaping their garden as they had the same problem when they moved in - it really is the selling point of the house though, so worth it - we're not going anywhere near £20,000 though, I hasten to add!!! Much more respectable figure - we'll see what she comes up with!

Enjoy your shopping!
xx

well i am still here!!! have been trying EVERYTHING to bring it on but i reckon i will be overdue again now!!! getting a bit pissed off with putting my whole life on hold waiting for this baby to pop. i did get strangely excited earlier when i went for a wee and wiped and saw a big glob of mucus!!!! i THINK it might have been some of my plug coming away, so went running downstairs to tell dh and he got strangely excited too¬!!! these last few days of pg do weird things to your mind!!! i am having a lovely lazy afternoon (after spending far too much money this morning!) chilling out with the kids while they play beautifully in their new playroom!!!!.........wonder how long it will last??!!!

honeyapple - sucking snot out with your mouth ???!!! YUK and DOUBLE YUK!!!! never had to/ intend to do that as long as i live!!! and honey......i have just read further on..............now you are talking about squeezing the middles out of molluscum..............YOU REALLY ARE TRULY DISGUSTING TODAY, what is going on?!!!

seaside - arwe you sure you can start your MA as early as 25 wks, i thought 29 wks was the earliest......not that i have got any of mine yet and my account is getting further and further overdrawn every week..................been on 2 big spending sprees yest and today (not in the same league as mrs and her buggyu!) but i spent enough on cute little girls clothes for dd1!!! ( i say little but she is already in age 4-5 and she isnt 3 till jan!!)

chooster - hope you had fun mentally spending last night! i find internet shopping is a bit like mentally spending, it never seems quite real which is how i always manage to get so overdrawn!!

bodders - ah! bless your seething mass of yuckiness!!! what a beautiful description!!! and YUK!!!! to egg in soup..........you aren't pg anymore you know girl!!! i think you can only get away with that sort of thing when pg!!!

i love the new pics by the way chooster and bodders! CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!

i have wondered if just pushing as hard as i possibly can would start my labour off!! what do you think???!!! worth a try??? might get another curry tonight............vindaloo???

ds keeps asking me when 6 days is up cos i told him the other day that baby should be out in 6 days time. he has got his first ever school assembly next tue and i really dont want to miss it!!!!......he keeps telling me that its ok and no one will mind if the baby pops out in the middle of the assembly so i can still come anyway!! (think i might mind a bit though!!!)

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE JUST COME OUT BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fettle - i am not talking to you by the way!!! too jealous of you already having your lo!!!