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

your scan photos are lovely seaside! i just had a look!!!!! how much did that lot cost you though!!!!???? we have to pay £6 per photo at my hospital!!!!

Hi All

Have to be quick as off out tonight to some music & fireworks (and its raining - fantastic!!!).

I agree with you all re TTC boards, but I do still very occasionally post on the temping buddies thread, as I don't want those who we knew on there, such as rah, ready, minxi etc to think we've just got pg and simply forgotten them - hope they don't mind that I do? But Ready do stay over here for a chat - you're the one I really really miss the most!!

DD's decided to go back to pull-ups!! Two nights with wees and she's not even stirring when she does them, so no idea it's happening. She already only has a tiny amount of milk - but her problem is she doesn't wee very much during the day (has a bladder like a horse!,s o when she does finally go, it's amazing - surprised she doesn't flood the loo!!!), but It hink she is "saving" up her weeing til night time in a way - need to approach it at some point - but 3 weeks before we move, is not my ideal timing!!!

bodders so jealous you back in your jeans already! Take me years!!

Must dash - love and hugs to all
xxx

Evening

Hi again to Ready. Glad to hear your GP has been supportive and you have a lovely fertility person to check you both out, good luck with the further tests.

Mrs- I'm not completely surprised that some women on the TTC boards might have felt a bit grumpy about PG ladies posting... As Seaside said, FTC does tend to take over your mind and send you a bit loopy. It is hard to see the bigger picture when you are stuck in the middle of it.

I am yet to enjoy our new 6foot bed... no mattress yet. And I cant get through to the blooming delivery people to check when it's due to come, and we are going on holiday on weds. Also a bit worried that the mattress isnt going to fit up the stairs. I bought a cheap clothes rail thing as a temporary wardrobe since DP demolished ours... and its CR*P. Completely falls over if you put more than one thing on it. So our bedroom is a bit of a bombsite at the moment. Rant over.

I am seeing MW on tuesday... first time since 16 wks. Hope all will be well. Just want to check BP really. I know that LO is ok... he dont stop blooming wiggling and kicking.

Need to find something to eat...
Love to all xx

PS Bodders- what nappies are you using at the moment on Isla?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.................one of our bloody stupid builders fell through the floor today!!!!!!!..............luckily (for us!) it was on our neighbours side, but it means he had to go to hospital and they are not sure when he will be back!!!! i am hoping it won't slow things down too much!!!..........................oh, and i guess i am hoping he is ok too!!!!

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firsty - i really hope you dont go overdue. it gets a bit depressing. i was 8 days late with ds and every night i went to bed i was expecting it to happen that night (i was just expecting a massive contraction or my waters to go....something dramatic anyway, not the gentle start i had in the end!). and then every morning when i woke up i was depressed that it hadn't happened! i felt like i wasted a week of my life just WAITING!!! try and organise lots of stuff to do if you have the energy and hopefully take your mind off it a bit. so your due date is next week is it?

one of my friends was 3 weeks early.............she went for a 4 mile hike and climbed over lots of styles etc the day bafore she went into labour!....she always reckons that is what kickstarted her labour!!! (she always is a bit too full of energy though!)

i had the shits and was puking everywhere with dd, and i am sure that is what kikstarted labour for me!!!........so i would recommend either eating some dodgy prawns or going for a hike!!!!! (or possibly just realaxing and enjoying your last few days without baby!!!)

Hi all

Hope you're not all flooded - our work building started leaking very badly, so we were all sent home at lunchtime - DD and I just got back 2 hours for a 40 min journey. Pretty heavy going at times, but at least we are cosily home.

Greedy, I hope your builder is ok, but how frustrating for you - no sign of our work starting yet. But now not living in the house, I'm hoping it is not flooded!

Firsty - I hope it happens for you soon - I too am worried about when to know when labour has really started as I was induced in a very controlled manner in hospital with DD, so don't know what really happens. yet because this is my 2nd, noone really gives you any more information!

Hope everyone manages to enjoy their weekends if a bit wet.

take care
xxx

hello girls!!!

i am back online woooo!! a very good friend of dps came roundlast night and sorted out puter out!

seaside - i loved your description of having your scan - it is such a special moment isnt it?! hope you are feeling well? how is the sickness and hows your bump developing? any thoughts on names?

mrsmc - enjoy the wedding i hope the weather improves - its been unbelieveable here! torrential rain and thunder really hope you figure out how to change the format of your pics i would love to see them! as for posting on the ttc boards, do not let it bother you it is just the ladies that clearly do not know you or know what you are about getting arsey. most on here know what a kind caring eprson you are and what is said is said from the heart not to rub peoples noses in it.

bodkin - how you have described pregnancy and childbirth from your experience sounds perfect. isla is gorgeous you must be beaming with delight! and you are back to your old jeans welldone you!! lol at the poo incident - i guess thats one way to show daddy she loves him

chooster - i hope you are bearing up and you are recovering from labour. it sounds really awful what you had to go through but
all so worth it. theo sounds like a sweetheart - will you be posting pictures?

greedy - very of you watching shrek 3 i soo want to see that! my friends just laugh when i suggest watching it and dp actually got quite annoyed when i suggested it so looks like i will have to have a sneaky dvd moment when it comes out. YIKES! at the builder falling through the door, sods if he is ok - is this going to interrupt the schedule?!

firststar - i really hope you dont go over due, you have certainly had your fair share of suffering through this pregnancy so i hope little one decides to make an entrance soon. does the spd dissapear after you have given birth?

fettle - i hope your move doesnt go as stressful as it sounds. i must admit though 3 days does sound rather a long time to get sorted. your dd sounds so cute organising whos going to carry who when baby arrives. it must be tough for a little brain trying to cope with the thought of another child coming into their mummy and daddys world.

big hellos to kitkat and honeyapple hope you lurveloy ladies are doing ok?

ready - HELLO!! so nice to hear from you. i didnt realise you and dp had started having tests. its a step in the right direction and i hope you get some answers and that all important bfp!! say hello to rah and minxi and mum03 for me. look after yourself and dont be a stranger xx

i havnt said near enough of what i have wanted to say sincei havnt been online to you all but i have just mentioned what i could remember. i had my booking bloods done on tuesday, student midwife couldnt get blood out of one arm so my midwife tried the other and still couldnt get blood apparently i have "bad veins" so i have been sent to the hospital to have them done i will go next week but i am the biggest baby when it comes to needles. boohoo!

also had my scan yesterday it was perfect!! i am measuring bigger fpor dates and they have put me at 13 weeks today. i am incredibly relieved and excitement has crept in now...i have booked a sexing scan for the 18th august. it finally feels like this pregnancy is going to happen.

hopefully should have the keys to our house in 3 weeks, but dp has to do all the work so probably wont be in there for 2 months yet.

can i ask a very personal question. how did your dps feel about sex in the first 12 weeks? me and dp have done it once since i got my bfp! and the one time we did it i bled. we have never been this long and i asked him to "put it in" whilst doing other things but he wont because he said he is scared about hurting the baby he said we have to be careful. i just wondered if any of you had this reaction? i havnt actually been that bothered as my sex drive has been minus one million - but now we have the all clear from the scan im hoping for some action this weekend!!!

Hi Iwillbe

Great news that scan was good - can understand the needle phobia - had my 24 week blood tests (at 29 weeks!!!) taken this week and he made a right mess of my vein - I look like a drug addict now!!

As for sex, I don't think it is uncommon for DP/DHs to go off the idea of sex during pg, as they feel it is a bit 'intrusive' shall we say for the baby! Your sex drive will return, I promise you!! I didn't feel like it much in the first 12 weeks, but also was worried due to previous mc's. [now it is almost impossible for pelvic pain reasons!!]

Having said all that, my DH is definitely not put off! [sometimes when I'm really tired, I wish he was!!!]. I'm sure yours will come round, it is a weird thing for them to get used to, their partner's body being taken over by an alien!!!

take care
xxx

rain may be calming down here at last!

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Morning. Raining again here this morning. DD and I got caught in a massive downpour yesterday whilst out shopping. She didnt want to wait in the shop and so we ventured out, only to make it to the cover of another shop doorway a couple of metres away. It was the heaviest rain I have seen for a long time.

Iwill- nice to have your computer back. Glad to hear scan went well. Regarding sex, we didnt have any for the first few weeks, maybe once at about 12 wks... I was just feeling like cr*p so wasnt in the mood... but unfortunately now I have my sex drive back and DP seems to be off it a bit. Have only had sex a handful of times so far this PG (26wks now). I think one of the problems is that I keep going to bed too early! However DP is being very cuddly and loving (most of the time).

Firsty- I went nearly 2 wks over with DD it was horrible! I ended up having a sweep which was great as I went into labour that night. Like Greedy, started having little contractions in the morning, and by the afternoon I went to hospital and she was born at about 5pm. Whereas with DS (first baby) my waters broke 2 weeks early and my labour was very slow and didnt progress at all... ended up having an epidural and forceps delivery . So, in the end, for me, going over my due date meant that LO was ready to come and she came pretty quickly. And then of course you forget about all the waiting!

Going to my SILs for nieces 2nd b'day... hope the rain stops. Supposed to be having a BBQ. This time last year it was the hottest day of the year.

Hi hope every one is fine and well,

I've got a few mins so I thought I'll let you know still not had LO don't worry I'm still here just been really busy and tired, when I have had 5mins I've been resting like a good girl, been off it for a few days I really do feel my body is gearing up for this baby lots of strong BH's, lumps of CM "show" and backache and so on, also other feelings I'm getting , woke up this morning at half 4 could not get back to sleep I was wide awake so at 7 I set off for the "NEXT sale" and spent £85 but that was on top of the £174 I spent on Wednesday in the bleeding sale as I got a "VIP sneaky peak look and order" that I get due to being a very good customer so you can say DC wont be needing any clothes for a long time, I got 5 outfits for a boy and 5 outfits for a girl, all this wondering what LO is, is really killing us but on the other hand it feels like Christmas waiting for this little gift to be given to us, I just cant believe that any time soon I will have me LO in my arms feeling all hormonal now, again, Got to go off to a party that MIL has done for us bless!

DH said "dont worry he'll let you know ASAP when I go into labour (he's a MNers himself so he know's what to do or should that be dad'sNER!) but no webcam lol!

Babymadxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi all - loads going on for you ladies! Tried to catch up with the posts, its just been a bit busy here... Theo has been such a good boy and he's giving us loads of time to spend with DS1 too with all his day-tiume snoozing! I think it was Greedy that said that you really must try to enjoy every minute with your first born. It really is such a special time when you can devote your full attention to the LO. I'm loving having the two boys but it can be a bit of a juggling act .

I will post a picture once I ask DH to help with loading it up. I was going to do it now but Theo has just woken so I can't be too long. Good job too as my boobs are starting to leak a bit they are so full - ouch!

Good luck Firsty - I also check on here to see if there is any movement of your LO!!! As has been said you'll know when its kicking off. I was induced with DS1, but waters went with DS2 at 1am and I knew straight away what was going on and felt really calm. I'm sure it'll be a slow build up.

Mmmm, 6ft beds!!! I've got one too! Fab and great for the 4 of us

Hope the scan was good MrsMc???

Good to see you posting on your own pc iwillbe!!! I think from hearing other people that your DP's reaction to sex is perfectly normal - especially after the bleed. He'll be so worried about hurting you or the baby. I'm sure he'll feel more confident as time passes.

Sorry to hear about the builder Greeds!!!!!

Bodders, interested to hear what you are using for nappies? I'm on the look out for real nappies but using diposables for now.

Anyway, best be off....

x

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Hello all all fine here, just need to catch up. Firsty - was glad to see you at the top of the list, means (I think) that I've not missed anything major hope everyone is doing well!

Hey Seaside ? how is everything with you? I?ve been looking into yoga classes and am off at lunchtime to get the low down from one place I have managed to get one scan photo on my profile I think, I?ll do the rest tonight ? thanks for the tip! My dating scan went well on Friday realised afterwards that she never gave me my EDD though it is 15/1 though. Beanie/Skeletor was on its head wriggling its toes ? odd child! She showed me the tummy and we saw some swallowing, that was cool. It was bigger and ?whiter? (more calcium) than last week. Wish we could see it every week. Got to wait until 21 weeks now for FA scan . I wasn?t ever given my blood results but I saw in my notes that they were all fine ? I guess they work on the basis that no news is good news? I was advised by private clinic not to repeat the Down?s test and just to have the neural tube ones done if I wanted to be tested for that. Am undecided, the good Downs result has given me courage but if I get a high risk result, I?ll have about 4 weeks of knowing that before the FA scan and I don?t know if I can deal with the stress, it?s hard to know how to play it isn?t it? What a lovely idea about your bed frame I hope I didn?t come across as being critical of any of the TTC ladies, I do understand the FTC thing, totally, I was just being selfish, because the reaction made me feel sad when all I wanted to do was help and encourage

Hey Ready-to-join-us how are you hon? Any news on the house and club front? Our new boards with the new agents go up today so we are hoping for lots of viewers this weekend (and praying of course!) Life is so ironic that you probably will get pg in the middle of a move and I know that though not ideal, you won?t give a damn rubbing and hoping for you

Hey KitKat well said Ready belongs here! How are you feeling hon?

Greedy hello! Expensive photos at your hospital! all mine have been free (I think!) No way! Your builder fell through the floor Hope he?s ok and can get back to work very soon!

Hey Gilly lovely to see you here I didn?t mean you guys! I can?t go cold turkey on you lot, I?d miss you all too much I will still pop in and say hello to you. I think it makes a huge difference when you move from TTC after MC to PG after MC, when you know people already and people know your story. How was the move and have you started the new job? thanks for all your kind words

Hey Fettle how were the fireworks? I do agree with you about the pals on TTC boards, I don?t want them to think I?ve forgotten them either! Sorry about the pull ups but all sounds sensible! Sorry to hear you are being affected by the rain, nice to be sent home though!

Hello Honeyapple hope all goes well at the MW tomorrow and that the mattress arrives before you go away

Hey Firsty still bouncing on that ball?! hope you are feeling better now ? could be the start though?

Cool! Lovely long post from you Iwillbe so pleased you are back online, I?ve missed you! sorry to hear you have bad veins hon I hate needles but am kind of getting used to them, still can?t look though so glad the scan went well it?s amazing isn?t it? Sexing scan how exciting!! It?s all happening with you ? it?s exciting about the new house too, fingers crossed! I think sex in the first 12 weeks is scary, especially if you bleed. I did last time round each time and couldn?t bear to do it, DH felt the same. This time round, I haven?t bled but was too scared to O ? that?s all changed now though!

Hey Babymad you are still hanging in there too? Hope the party was fun

Hello Chooster so glad all is well FINALLY met BFs baby yesterday, at 10 weeks (the one that wasn?t accepting visitors ? remember?) he was sweet and she let me cuddle him though Scan was great thanks

We had a great time at the wedding over the weekend DH insisted on taking a photocopy of the scan pic and showing it to everyone sweet that he is so proud already I guess!

Hey all - good to hear all is well with you MrsMc!! Maybe your friend is feeling more confident around you now you are pregnant again and passed the traditional 12 wk mark? Its good you got to see her though and got lots of cuddles!

All is good here but my mum is still too poorly to come and see us - she is absolutely gutted but hopefully she'll pick up soon. Just hope it doesn't turn inot pneumonia again...

I keep thinking of you Firsty!! Every time you go away from MN for a day or two everyone here will be on the edge of their seats!

Hey ladies Thanks everyone for the good wishes for the tests - I keep trying to tell myself that it's still early days. The average may be 12 months, but 3 years can be perfectly normal! I am trying to remain positive that we will get there.

MrsMc - Still no news on a club, where's the ARGH emoticon when you need it? But we have accepted an asking price offer on the house. Phew. Fingers crossed that all goes through. Good luck with your new agent! In homage to your bump rubbing for my baby, I will rub my wall for your house sale

Gilly - I hope we can both graduate here for real soon How's your new job working out? I've missed you on the ttc number 1.

Fettle - I love it when you pop over to Temp buddies to say hello. But I understand why some of you might feel odd - there are lots of new faces now. In fact, they are all nice, but it just reminds me that I am still there. Hope you are ok?

Firsty - I hope I have jinxed myself too

Bodkin - I looked on your profile, hope you don't mind - what beautiful daughters you have! You must be very proud - and you should be

Chooster - Looking forward to a pic of Theo (great name by the way! - any Arsenal fans influenced your choice?)

Who's next on the list to pop?

Evening,

Nothing much to report. DD had her sports day today, rain held off until the end which was great. She won her sack and obstacle race! [Very proud mum emoticon]. I ran in the mother's race, rather slowly!

I hope none of you are suffering with floods where you live. It is bloody awful seeing the pictures on the news. We are off to France on wednesday, but not expecting much better weather there .

Firsty- any news?? Sorry, I won't ask again!

Hi to everyone else and lots of love as always.

Hi all

Glad all sounding well with you all.

Totally shattered tonight, so just wanted to say hello!!

Not actually flooded here, but had a hairy drive home on Friday and our main road into town has been closed all weekend and most of today due to flooding, but DD and I still made it round the back routes to work today! Dedicated or what [what=stupid!!!]

Got consultant's appointment tomorrow, going to have to 'fess up to having had itchy hands and feet for the past week, I think. Although nowhere near as bad as when my cholestasis started with DD, I can't ignore it anymore - poey!! hopefully it is psychological and is just normal pregnancy itching!

Take care all

xxx

ps congrats to your DD honeyapple - I think you can be a proud mother over winning races!

Hope we can make DD's rescheduled sports day as it is the week we are moving!

xx

Hi everyone - a gorgous sunny morning here - phew wish it would last but know it won't This summer sucks!!

I am not sure where everyone is around the country exactly but hope no one has been badly affected by the flooding. Sounds like you are close fettle - you are way to dedicated about getting to work!

honeyapple - wel done to dd sports day triumphs

firsty has been absent for a day!?? some movement maybe!!

Chooster Theo sounds ike such a little angel- looking forward to seeing a pic on your profile!

Iwillbe - great to have you back in pc land! Nightmare about your blood tests! I have skinny arms but good veins on my right arm apparently!

greedy - what a nightmare about your builder hope it is not messing with the schedule too much. I remember that happened when my folks were building an extension - I was about 12 and having breakfast in the kitchen and suddenly a builders legs were dangling through the ceiling!!
I know I got 8 scan pics - we paid for the scan in London (Fetal Medicine Centre) cos they did not do the nuchal fold etc in Cornwall on the NHS, it was £150 (would have been £160 in Cornwall private!) and I have to say it was soooo worth every penny - as we were in there for nearly an hour and got to see so much.

Babymad - any movement for you too??? Well doen on the Next spree! That's great that your DH is a mner too!

Kitkat - hope your belly rubbing works for Ready

MrsMc - gald all went well with dating scan - it does seem like we (as mothers to be) are on a need to know basis on information doesn't it? I do feel constantly like I am in the dark and someone is going to say - well havent you done this etc and I am going to be like - no? - no one told me to? I hate being under informed IYKWIM! Well done for the scan pic btw! My DH is the same with our pics - showing them to everyone - I have put one in a frame on his desk!
IKWYM about wanting to see it every week - I thought after 12 weeks I would feel relaxed and I did for a about a week but now I am desperate to hear the heartbeat again just to make sure he is still there! (BTW I think you asked why I said he - they told me at my scan 70% sure it is a boy so will go with that for now anyway!)
I got my booking for my 20 week on Sept 10th (will be 21 weeks) seems far away and I am actually really nervous about it ....again. It is really hard with all the testing - I think I will have an AFP (?) blood test next week?? ( I guess mw will tell me at appt tomorrow) and not sure what else?

Totally understand what you mean about trying to help TTC - you are really loved and apreciated over there though I know - and are a briliant support

Waves to Ready (will catch up later hon!) We all cant wait to get you over here and it will happen soon!

Gilly- same goes for you too - so lovely to "see" you as well!! and yes - how IS the new job (or maybe you have not started yet?) Any joy on househunting in London etc?

We have been inundated with kids staying the past 2 weekends - all our smug friends keep saying "Oh your life will change, nothing will ever be the same!! etc" and DH and I are like "we know" but until they do we are going to keep enjoying our normal tv (rather than round the clock cartoon network) and our lie ins!

Did anyone watch the Dispatches programe last night?? I tried not to but couldn't help it - scary! I then went on to have a really weird dream last night - that I gave birth early to a baby girl in a odd cramped ward - I did not actually dream the birth but dont remember any pain !! It was quick and I was on my own. Then I tried to breast feed and it was OK but then hurt like hell. Then I waddled down a hallway and asked for a private room which cost me £170 (I wrote a cheuqe!!)? Also we had nothing prepared as baby was early and had to borrow a car seat to get her home and use a cardboard box for a cot!! Well strange! Sure it could be dissected by a dream analyst!

Still feeling really lucky with symptoms - really have none - boobs not so sore anymore just a bit bigger, bump growing gradually and if I eat too much it feels really tight! Need the loo loads and yesterday and today have flushed pink cheeks?? Sometimes the lack of symptoms really scares me?
I am back at yoga twice a week and it feels good although I am really quite restricted at what I can and cannot do - but it is like your body (or rather belly) tells you when to stop or not try something which is good.

Right enough of my marathon post - sorry I only seem able to post like this - need to get the hang of little and often I think!!

Love to everyone else !

Hey ladies wearing my work mat trousers today and am soooooo comfy

Hey Chooster she didn?t know I was pg, only told her on Sunday. She was a bit cross that my baby is due when she goes back to work. I felt sorry for her though as she is not getting out and doing anything with the baby, she just stays at home all day on her own and doesn?t see anyone and then when hubby gets home, he won?t help with the baby as he is too scared to bath him or change his nappy so she feels like he hardly knows his Daddy Sorry your Mum is still unwell, she must be so disappointed too

Hello Ready the wall rubbing sounds like a good deal glad that side of things is going well for you hon, things come in 3s let?s hope the other 2 are just round the corner

Honeyapple sports day sounds fun and congratulations to you and DD! The flood damage does look awful; it?s amazing to think that we are in the same country.

Fettle ? hope the appointment goes well and that it is good news. Keep dry hon!

Lovely long post Seaside we are having a lovely day here too I am going to the races this evening with clients so hope it stays this way. That?s so sweet about your DH and the scan photo on his desk . How exciting that you know it could be a blue one ? I don?t want to know but always think it?s a boy on screen (and not because I can see anything) It?s great that we are so close in dates and are going through things together my 21 week scan (same as you not 20 weeks) is 4/9 and I have MW appointment next Weds 1/8 and am sure she?ll want to do the testing then. It is all nerve wracking, I agree. Didn?t see Dispatches but I am having lots of very odd dreams Sounds like you have lots of normal symptoms to me hon.

Firsty ? always on my mind