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

Yeah ? thanks Greedy I do have pals warning though apparently they are cranking up our internet security tomorrow so I hope this won?t be a blocked site

Autumn ? that?s pretty, she might have lovely red-brown hair like fallen leaves and galaxy chocolate brown eyes I knew a Canadian girl called September, I also know a Scottish Easter and lots of Junes and Mays Didn?t know you had an Ellis Hope you got my email ? you?ll want to reply

Re Firsty and Babymad ? Mumpbump was saying the same about Firsty. I know she has a MW appointment today. As for Babymad, no news for the Aston so I guess there is just no news there!

mrs - your message confused me! what do you mean about having pals? and how did you email me? are you getting me confused wiht someone else or am i a complete idiot?

complete idiot I'm afraid Greedy - no one else has posted today so I thought I had no mates and I sent you an email via Mumsnet team yesterday as I found something in a magazine that I just had to scan in for you so that I could email it on to you - you didn't get my email then??!

Where is everyone today? Are you all off having babies?!

Thanks for all your support re moving around - guess I should be happy with my lot then, if you are quite happy and normal!

Think DD is just so utterly shattered - she's had another bad day at nursery, crying at absolutely everything and even pushed a younger child who took a toy away from her, which is completely unheard of for DD. Quite shocked the nursery staff and me, when they told me. She cried herself to sleep in the car on the way home and went straight to bed - so has already been asleep for an hour now - 30 mins in car and 30 mins in bed! hopefully she'll sleep through til morning now.

Anyway, not much to report here really - although I can appreciate your frustrations with staying with your mother - any idea how much longer you'll have to be there for? My mum (bless her) has announced she will move in with us from early sept, to make sure she's there for the birth to look after DD! imagine if I'm 2 weeks late, that's 6 weeks before the baby's even born that she'll be living with us, let alone how long she stays afterwards - how do I let her down nicely, politely, but also let her know that I'll probably love a (short) visit post-birth for a bit of support? Very sweet of her, as she doesn't want me worrying about childcare for DD when I go into labour, but I'm sure our new neighbours will be fine - we'll have had a chance to get to know them by then and besides DD's God mother will be living 20 mins away from us at that point, so could get there before we have to go anywhere!

sorry, I'm waffling - just lonely.

I hope your work don't ban the site Mrs - our internet security has been increased, but I can still access MN, but I am logged, so if they wanted to they could tell how long and how often I log on, which is why I've had to cut down my daytime trips on here, as I'm supposed to be a responsible manager now!

take care all
xxx

ps I want an e-mail - someone send me an e-mail!!

Feeling left out!

xxx

Ooh, tricky one about your mum Fettle - but I reckon you need to be firm if you feel its going to be too long. There's going to be quite a bit of change for you all at that time and perhaps another person in the house may not help .

Thanks for all your good wishes for my mum - am sure she'll bounce back in no time

What a wierd thing for that woman to say Greedy? I mean what did she expect you to say - "Oooh, yes good point - maybe three kids is not a good idea after all" - Strange woman. People do say the oddest things to pregnant women dont they .

So there's a few of us who moved around - naybe thats why we are so fond of our virtual MN friends . Not littlewoods Greedy, Dad worked for IBM.

Oopps little man is waking up... Oooh, and its eastenders - see you later x

Hi just a quick hello realy tired so planning on going to bed early after I grab DH again, had afew pains today feels like AF is coming kinds pains, we'll see, trying not to get my hopes up or DH's! MrsMc JUST been thinking about you we got to know each other this time last yr been though alot haven't we, we all have! If I dont go to bed or pain kick off "i'll be back" on LOL!

babymadxx

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Hi all

Firststar- hang in there hon - your turn will come eventually - it has to!! Hope it is soon though!

Fettle - yep - Mums coming to stay is a toughy- My mum lives abroad and has already announced her intention to be here for the best part of Jan waiting with us and then who knows when she will go home! I am not sure how I feel about it - Actually - I do know - I am planning to build a granny annexe in the garage!! That woud be be best case scenario - she will be brilliant and I am sure I will need her - but also know DH and I will need time alone in our own house with new bub? - Solution - granny annexe- now just need to win lottery and find an architect to do me some plans (been trying for 9 months to find a good one -seems to be near impossible!)

greedy - any builder news - how goes the site! Another Mum dilemma- can't live with'em can't live withour 'em!

MrsMc - How are you doing - noticed your queries on SMP etc - I have no idea about it as am self employed and am sure I will get precisely nothing??! Hope you figure it out - I am sure you will not get taxed at 40% on £112 though?
I got all my bloods test results form the mw and she was really good at explaining them all - mind you I did ask loads of questions Also found our my blood group (O Pos) never knew before! Apparently I was tested at the scan for the Trisonomy 13/18 and the risk was good 1:10,000 - I just did not know that was the what the result was for! I also had extra blood tests for my liver cos of itchyness - but they all came back fine. Oh and yippee - I do not have HIV of Hep - thats a relief! \How is your bump looking - mine is there for sure - but just looks like I have a pot belly- Have bought 2 pairs of jeans a sze bigger than normal as can't do up any of my old ones without hairband and flying low - but new ones dont stay up- arghhh! So much for my plan of nice summer dresses - too cold!

Any Babymad news!!?

Chooster - so sorry about your Mum - what a nightmare - I hope her recovery is swift.

honeyapple - hope you have a fab holiday - France is scorching right now - very . Mind you I spent about 5 hours on the internet yesterday researching what may be our last holiday for DH and I as just the 2 of us for a while - planning to go in October - I should have been working but was getting very excited - I love planning hols! Am an obsessive internet researcher

Had mw appt on Wednesday (managed to go to the right place for this one ) Heard heartbeat - god that is so nervewracking waiting for her to find it?!!! Is it like that everytime? She said our bean is a character as he was moving around and hiding - still cant feel a thing I dont think? I have always had vocal and active bowels (IBS etc) and am used to feeling rumblings in my abdomen so am sure I will not be able to tell the diff for ages??! Heartbeat was 146 bpm - I thought it sounded a bit low but checked it out and 120-160 seems normal range?

I have not posted on any of the AN threads (feel happy and comfy-cosy here and am not that great at posting anyway!) but I have lurked and bit and just looked this am to see news that goingfor3 has lost her dear little one at 16 weeks just so shocked - how awful. I am so sorry for her loss and it just makes you realise everytime you begin to feel safe there is always a risk - it's rubbish
(Sometimes I wish I was a pg 19 year old who knew nothing, in the days before the internet?? Not really - but YKWIM )

Right - off for a shower and then MUST work!!!

xxxx

Hi all - v. quick cos I can hear a baby snuffling on the monitor...

Seaside - you should be able to get Maternity Allowance as a self-employed person - £112 a week. You have to get the form from your local Job Centre Plus and need to send them your MatB1 when you get it from your MW (around 26 weeks ish I think) Greedy will know better than me. Anyway, as long as you pay your Class 2 Nat Ins. contributions you should be eligible. 39 weeks of it as well WoooooHooooo! I am being nosy, but am really curious what you do as a self employed person. I know what everyone else does here more or less (although Firsty's always been a bit secretive - I think she might be miss Moneypenny )

Goodluck Babymad - hope it's something happening.

Hello everyone else.

Hi Chooster - have you put those pics on yet?! I'll put a more recent one up soon.

Sympathies to all those having/about to have nightmare mum scenarios. It's a tough one. My mum has yet to meet Isla as the traffic was sooo bad at the weekend we put off making the journey to hers - so now her nose is majorly out of joint that all of DPs family has met baby and she hasn't . Hopefully she;ll come and visit next week and alll will be well.

Oh yeah - had Isla weighed yesterday - she's up to 8.5lbs now - nearly a whole pound since birth - go boobies!

Sorry about typos! Gotta go xx

Hi ladies!

Still here, had a very bad nights sleep AGAIN so feeling like shi£! With DS's I never had this "is this it" feeling at all, so feeling very dishearten at the moment, DH said must be a girl because baby has been a pain in the bum from the off, but I'm unsure! I did have a long think last night about what is to come, the PP bleeding, night feeds, new born cryingand so on, so I quickly thought to myself I can wait as long as it takes, Fristy has waited longer than me to see her baby, so I would like not to go before her/you, so fristy routing for you chick, I'll try and keep my legs crossed untill you've had your LO, any way they cant stay in there forever, LOL!

Back l8er!

Bodkin I wanted to ask you about your waters, did you get any pains or sensations before they broke? and, was it alot of water? also what did it feel like? With DS#1 I don't know when they broke and his head stopped most of the water coming away so it was just trickling down my leg in small amounts, at first I just thought I was weeing myself at first, with DS#2 they broke just before pushing so I was in alot of pain due to a very painful contraction that came with the braking waters, so didn't pay any attention to how it felt when they broke it was "just give me the god dam g&a" LOL!

Fettle ? MN is fine for now ? yippee! but lots of my other regular sites are now banned happy and normal? wonder it I am being logged? tricky about your Mum, that is a long time. Maybe say that you want to make the most of time when it is just you and DD at home and therefore before the birth is all about that but you would love a hand afterwards when you cannot dedicate all your time to DD? what do I know? My folks hate staying with people, they won?t stay anywhere for more than 3 nights! Bliss!

Chooster hey you!

Feeling a little emotional today, not looking forward to parents in law coming over, just their presence puts me on edge at the mo which is really mean of me, tried to explain to DH how I felt and got tongue tied, then found out this morning that Goingfor3 lost her baby boy at 16weeks and my heart broke for her and then filled with fear for me and before I knew it I was crying at my desk because I am worried that I already love Beanie too much and because I still love and miss Ava so much. Managed to get to the loos without anyone noticing only to be congratulated by a colleague on my bump which only made me cry more ? she must think I am really odd.

Hey Babymad you are right, what a lot has happened this year! Hope the waiting isn?t getting too much

Hello Firsty ? ohh that feeling sounded odd but promising! Keep those spirits up!! Any salons near you? How about a nice manicure and pedicure?

Hey Seaside ? my Mum?s abroad too but still the 3 day rule applies ? also my Dad hates to be alone! Said he could come over too but he doesn?t want to that direct gov site had some good bits for self employed people too by the way. Crazy though it sounds it does look like I will get taxed at 40% on that ? can you believe it? What good is a reimbursement in the next tax year when you only have £60/week to live on from Jan until April!! that?s great that your MW explained all the results to you that?s good news about the Trisomy 13 & 18 ? can?t remember what those are, is Down?s one of them or are they Edwards and Pataks? great result though hon! and two less things to worry about, well 3 with the liver results, 4+5 with HIV and Hep B! My bump does seem to expand by the day, DH loves it, he says it makes it all real for him A holiday in October will be lovely for you we go back to my mums for the first week in October. Wow! I hope I get to hear the hb at my MW appointment next Weds! Sounds like poor Goingfor3?s news rocked you in the same way as me

Hey Bodders PMSL at Firsty being Moneypenny and your go boobies comment!! Isla must be getting lovely and rounded

my condolences to goingfor3 I feel so sad for her and her family, had alittle cry myself , oh god makes you think about these safe points we set ourselves, just cant wait to have my baby in my arms now!

Totally feel the same about goingfor3 news Mrs Just when you let yourself get a bit excited??
I felt a bit like this before we started TTC - I was scared to try and and scared not to try if that makes any sense?? - obv with hindsight I wish we had started TTC asap rather than waiting those extra 3 months after the wedding but hey ho. I am here now and over the moon but its like I am a bit scared to get too excited but also dont want to regret not being excited IYKWIM?? - cos the excitement is soo much fun - like holiday planning! I love making spreadsheets and dream shoppoing for all the stuff - but kind of havent let myself get into yet. But then I thnk there wil never be a time when I am not worried so best to just get on with it?? So confusing!

Think Trisonomy 13/18 + Edwards and Patau syndromes? 21= downs I think too? Dont quote me though!

Thanks for the info Bodkin- ohh - how exciting I might actually get "paid" again even if it's only a few ££ I would love it! Will have to pick greedy's brains
I am a bit of a hotch-potch as far as employment goes. I am a landlord and have 3 properties (we renovated and they are now rented out). I also work with a couple of local builders and developers helping them with the interiors and plans for new builds. And I just bought my 4th property which is currently a building site (arghhh!) but will be renovated and spilt into 2 houses and hopefully will be on the market by the end of the year (knowing my luck it will prob all happen around the time I give birth !) This one is really scary as it is the first time I have done it as a proper business loan rather than personal mortgage and it is all very serious and business like!!! I also HAVE to sell these 2 rather than rent - much more pressure!
I also go up to London every now again and I still do freelance work up there for old employers etc. Bit of a jack of all trades me!! - anything to get the money and not work in an office or for someone else really.
(have you fallen asleep yet from my boring explanation!)

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Firsty, so sick of this "is this it" moments I seem to be having, roll on tomorrow I'm always busy at the weekend so that will really take my mind of things, also so bloody sick of people asking, phoning and texting "have you had that baby yet", I've just started saying "so I gather you want me to be in lots of pain then" but I'm allowed to act mad I'm heavily PG and hormonal [hehehe] , At my next MW app I also have a sweep booked never had one so really not looking forward to that very much, but on a positive note I had both DS's in my 39th week so hoping for the same so just trying to get in loads of rest before my hours and mins are going to be taken up by other little being !

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DH boss keep saying "no sign of baby beswick then", he told her "why ask when you know your going to be the first to know"? DH rings up all the time (and offen wakes me up) just to ask "any pains yet" just the one and he keeps ringing ! MEN

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Evening ladies... I just wanted to pop in and wish you all well.

I am taking a wee break from MN, this ttc is getting a bit much for me, if I am honest. It's really getting me down, and it's most unlike me to be pessimistic and so mopey. So I need to recharge the batteries. It'll be CD1 tomorrow (already had the twinges, temp nosedive and spots to warn me) and I am fed up.

Sorry for the rant, just wanted to let you know I will be thinking of you all.

x

mrs - how did you send me an email? do i have to be all CATTED up, cos im not! i am REALLY excited about getting a personal message from someone! hope you aer feeling a bit happier after your emotional day. very sad about goingfor3 losing her abby, life just isn't fair sometimes is it?

seaside - we are still staying at my mums. builder said today he should def be finished in 6 weeks time!!! GREAT!!! i was expecting another 4 wks at the most! looks like i will be 37 wks pg by the time they finish and not up for much decorating! dont worry about the midwife taling ages to find the heartbeat, mine did too! i think when baby is still small it takes them a while, once he gets a bit bigger they will find it straight away............bit scary though isnt it! i burst into tears when she finally found the HB at my 16 wk check!!!

babymad - how sweet you waiting your turn after firsty!!! and how amazing that you have no idea if you are having a blue or a pink one!!!

ready - i hope the break does you good. you need to get back to your chirpy old self. IT WILL HAPPEN and you KNOW it will, just think of SEASIDE and her success story. take care.

firsty - i hope this weekend is IT for you! and then babymad......i hope you follow very shortly after!!!

fettle - mums hey!!!??? mine has been lovely today....but thats probably because we went out at 10am and didnt get back till 6pm!!! actually managed to get sunburnt...............yippee!!!!! she did have the cheek to IRON my kids clothes yesterday when i was at work!!! HOW DARE SHE???????..........i NEVER iron anything!!!! and she made me feel like a complete failure as a mother!!! i am SO ungrateful aren't i?!!! I LOVE HER LOTS REALLY!!!!

Evening all

Just had my mad aunt, uncle and one my cousins round for supper, so they could have showers and use our washing machine - still got no water where they live, poor people. It was so lovely to see them - they only live 40 mins away and we haven't seen them at all since we moved here and we move away in 2 weeks!

What awful news about goingfor3? Why is life so unfair. Just when you think it's time to relax as well.

Ready - hello!! I'll miss you. I'm sorry that you are feeling so pessimistic - it is so not like you, so you're right to be taking a break from focussing on it all too much. I hope your tests goes well - pop back and see us and you'll be with us soon, I'm sure. I have faith for you! Take care.

Babymad, Firsty - wouldn't it be cool if you both gave birth at the same time, then neither of you would be 2nd! I have to agree that those rubbish comments on haven't you had the baby yet are just pointless. I was asked yesterday by one of our field force, whether "I was back already". I had to say, back from where, until it transpired she thought I'd had the baby and was back at work already - obviously has no idea how long a human pregnancy is!!!. But then someone else who sees me everyday asked why I was not going to be in the office in September. I mean has he seriously not noticed that i'm pregnant - please I don't just look fat!

MrsMc - big hugs to you. Down days hit you hard from nowhere after previous mc, even now you're pg. Thank you for my e-mail - so excited!!! DH was even excited when he told me about it!!

Seaside - I agree with Greedy - it is awful when they dont' find the heart beat - on one of my appointments, the doppler didn't have very good batteries and it was heart-stopping until finally she got it to work properly.

Now I've calmed down, I'm quite looking forward to my scan in a few weeks, as it will be nice to see minifet again! Be able to definitely tell he's a boy this time around!!!

Thanks also for your advice, re Mums - she's coming down on Sunday for a week, as DH is away again. Think I'll tackle the subject then. After the birth would be great, but beforehand is unnecessary!

Anyway, take care all and I hope you all have great weekends - anyone got anything exciting planned?
xxx

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