Minster's 9th Side Car - who runs the world? Girls! (Where are all the boys?!)

[larrythelizard]

Babies Due: 👶👶👶

@feliznavidad2 5 July 💗(induction towards the end of June)
@paintfairy 24 July 💗
@Vil10 1 August 💛
@Juno231 11 August 💗
@kaylsd 15 August 💛
@larrythelizard 18 August 💛
@Inkypaper 28 October 💛
@BellatrixK 15 November 💙
@Somatronic 2 Jan ish (I think!) 💛

Babies who are earth side:

Kirky658 11 August 2021 💗
Kate105 14 October 2021 💙
Justanothercyster 10 November 2021 💗
2020Mission 27 December 2021 💙
blackcurrantqueen 17 January 2022 💗
Crazydoglady123 29 January 2022 💗
Haiyaa 1 February 2022 💙
becarefuloutthere 26 February 2022 💗
Lexber 14 April 2022 💗💙
Minster2012 29 April 💗
bez91 8 May 💙
DKDK123 10 May 💗
whatwonder 7 June 💗
2under2 10 June 💗

@Minster2012 poor you! Your parents sound like my Dad. I foolishly mentioned that I wasn't sure where I'd park going to a gig a couple of weekends ago and had to listen to an endless fucking monologue about parking spots in the city. I was losing the will to live listening to him.

@Juno231 I'm glad all is well with baby but that's such a shame about the water birth. Hopefully they'll see sense and let you do it. I had hoped for one too but apparently they're not allowed here for some bizarre reason.

@DKDK123 so stressful! 7 day periods shouldn't be allowed.

@Soph0105 a year with the in laws! You'll go straight to heaven.

@Somatronic omg don't start my dad on parking 😹my DH & I have a running joke that we are pretty useless at DIY so if we want a job doing properly we call my dad (ex engineer) HOWEVER if we were for instance hanging a set of shelves, the amount of "see what I'm doing here is XYZ because of XYZ and if you don't then XYZ" lecturing that goes with it that you are expected to endure to "marvel" over his brilliance means you'll want to hang yourself off the shelf by the end of it...the shelf will be hung beautifully but you will have lost an entire afternoon & the will to live 😂

@Juno231 oh noooooo that's rubbish, so you can get out of the induction if the movements are ok but not the water birth? Hmmm def argue it as much as possible and really hope you can get it. Oh god Theresa no added value, in fact it's just repeating stuff it's so annoying! We are going to the algarve in mid sep

I did get my dad to stand on the end of the ladder whilst I chopped the wysteria though which is better than being up a ladder when it's just me & B here I guess

Ahhh the elusive pool birth @Juno231 😬 you're probably better served than us, but when I was expecting J I was trying not to get my hopes up about a pool birth because there's only 1 in the hospital lol so if it's occupied when you get there it's tough luck!

Of course, entirely irrelevant in the end because I had to be induced etc etc etc. I was in for 2 days trying to produce J and THE POOL WAS FREE THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME

Funny that they're not a thing over there @Somatronic is this the Catholic Church again?! 😂

Quick finger fasting update for you... I am disappoint. Clicked on the link and answered 28 questions about my lifestyle and weight etc to get my tailored diet plan... I was not asked about my finger length at any time 🤷🏼‍♀️ pass

Aha I have a dad in a similar mold @Somatronic @Minster2012 @Soph0105 - despite the fact he currently lives on the other side of the world, telling him if any upcoming journeys involves him giving me directions, advice on the weather and dire predictions about traffic jams!!

My parents were here quite a bit for the second part of my mat leave with DS and would show up everyday at nap time...you know, the only 2 hours you get to yourself all day @Minster2012 so I feel your pain!!

Oh fuck @Juno231 can you get on the NICE guidelines to understand the rationale and then argue your case??

I genuinely love my in-laws @Soph0105 but don't think I could spend a year living with them!! Quite exciting you get to start over with the house - I grew up in a farming area - hope your MIL is better with you changing up 'her' house than a friend of mine...that all got very stressful 😬

@Minster2012 I was counting on a few grant added, but he gave me practically the same quote, about £80 more, oh no to your parents ruining the day, my fil is a bit like that, he has to do it himself plus lecture us on top
@InkyPaper my cat was actually ok with baby until about 2 years old then refused to be in the same room as ds until about 7 years old, then wouldn't be separated from him until car died, we will get a kitty once the work is done
@Juno231 definitely fight the point, do what feels right

Nothing new here, feeling more nauseus today but less crampy, but no af yet

@larrythelizard after 20 years of living in England, my fil still lectures me about the way English people are from that time in the 60s he spent a day and a half in Liverpool, even my bils telling to shut up, it's so cringe

@Soph0105 yes the Catholic Church feel it's unbecoming for a birthing mother to be larking around in a bikini. No, actually some hospitals here do have them but a lot don't because the delivery suites are upstairs and the floors can't bear the weight of a pool. In my hospital the pool room was turned into something else during covid and I don't know if it's been brought back into commission yet!

Ah thankfully we dodge that one @larrythelizard because we are skipping a generation- we've bought the house that H's nana lived in before she died. ILs have always had their own house nearby and didn't fancy the reno work now they're pushing retirement so are staying put (except with us as lodgers hahahaha)

I fear there will be much ranting online before all is said and done 😂🙈 I also love my in laws dearly, but I suspect that living with them will be a completely different story...

Ahhhhh that makes sense but is a bit crap @Somatronic ! Now I'm wondering if there's a patron Saint of water births... 🤔

@Minster2012 soooo... I'm not sure. I suspect the cats will keep their distance as historically they have been terrified of small children 😂but my mum is convinced that because the baby will "smell like me" they'll be all over her, so only time will tell, I guess! Might be like @Franklydear 's cat, attentive until they get to scary mobile toddler age and then make themselves scarce? Hope X has had a good birthday! 🥳

@DKDK123 Urgh, I do not miss 7-day AF, here's hoping it won't go on into day8!

@larrythelizard it's just absolute chaos isn't it? At one point it felt like we were just surrounded by mountains of crap and I had no idea how we'd been storing it all 🙈 done a million runs to the tip and to the charity shop and yet somehow there's still more to be donated/taken to the tip and I do not understand how this has happened 😂

@Juno231 it was a bit of weird experience! Felt a little overwhelmed with it all afterwards, so I'm glad she sent through the letter. That sucks about the water birth - seems a bit harsh to say no to that but say you won't need the induction if the movements go back to normal!

@Soph0105 I'm genuinely disappointed it had nothing to do with finger size - I was looking forward to hearing what crackpot theories they came out with!

@InkyPaper @Franklydear that sounds like our cockapoo who sits close to the children when babies but as soon as X started to get mobile was like "fuck this shit I'm off behind the sofa" 😂whereas the pointer takes all the crap X threw at him in a more tolerant way than me! Mind you, my friend was told by her HV that "cats are sneaky & can attack babies so watch out" 😳so you better watch out! Oh and you'll get it all looking pristine again, no crap out then I guarantee you it will be full of crap again when baby arrives... presents sat around, things strewn everywhere, washing out (either clean& not put away or dirty) but maybe that's just me

If my parents showed up every day at nap time I'd shoot them @larrythelizard 😂

@Soph0105 I also couldn't remember if it was in laws house but thought it was older, do they have emotional attachment to it like did DH's dad grow up there (or mum?) I too will have to live with In-laws but hopefully not for that long, how much work does this farmhouse need?? if there is a patron saint of water births they clearly hate you 🤭😆wait hold on, the finger fasting thing just told you to eat more vegetables like @InkyPaper's stupid health professionals? That's really disappointing 🤨

@Somatronic well if is unbecoming clearly! But I think falling through a ceiling with your faff out giving birth is probably more unbecoming 😆, please tell me your local one was turned into something fantastic but unlikely like a dog hydrotherapy pool during covid?

I've now got "intermittent fasting according to age"
Basically it's just telling me to not eat. Great stuff, well if I had the will power to do that then I'd be a size 6 already ffs 🤦🏼‍♀️

Also just done some more gardening after bedtime & my indiscriminate chopping makes me chill it seems, no idea if it's any good I work on the basis of "if it's brown cut it down" but that doesn't work for wysteria so we'll see how my "chop chop" approach goes. Last time I cut it up 30foot ladders I didn't know I was pregnant but was 8dpo & felt a little nauseous up the ladder 🤔this time just unsteady!

@Juno231 please don't be cheesed off with yourself for checking up on the wellbeing of your baby, you 100% did right by going in.....infact had we known you'd felt reduced movements since Monday there's no way we would all have let you wait this long to go in, we'd have pestered you to go in on Monday! I know its disappointing the thought of not having your pool birth, but they're maybe concerned that if you can't feel the movements like today when baby was moving but you couldn't feel it, then you won't be able to alert them if movements change and baby is in distress during labour so it may be safer for them to monitor. Totally not what you want I know and it's gutting when your birth plan doesn't go the way you want. Keeping everything crossed for you that your movements go back to normal again.

@larrythelizard argggh annoying you're having to be a pin cushion. Hopefully all ok 🤞🏼I itched a LOT towards the end and nothing untoward

@Minster2012 the dreaded gaviscon infant, hate it! Is it making B constipated? The leaflet says can cause constipation in 1 in 10,000 babies or something yet 9/10 I know have had it it caused issues . DDs sleeping still up and down 😩 this week she likes to wake up any time between 4-5am, waltz into our room and be really loud which unsettles Z. Think I'm going to force the issue with my dad to have her for a night because no offers are coming this way 🤦🏼‍♀️

@DKDK123 with you on the single parent thing! DH has finally got the fact that when he comes in from work that he is responsible for 1 child so I can get stuff done like cooking dinner 😂 that sounds lovely for DS, he'll love it! DH taking DD to see Paw Patrol too in a couple of weeks, hoping I can take her somewhere just us two later in the summer as you're right it's really important they get that one on one time with all the changes, starting school etc! DD still at nursery a few days a week but much easier to get out for walks when just me and Z so also waiting for school to start to up the anti on exercise. Think longer AF is a thing, mine have been longer and a ridiculous 20 day cycle last one!

@Juno231 yes definitely speak to MW about it and see what they suggest/can do! Each consultant has differing opinions which is annoying when they're so far from each other. The one that booked me for induction insisted I had it, turned up and the one on shift said was I sure I wanted it because they didn't see an urgent need 🤦🏼‍♀️ try though, I've found with pregnancy and birth it you don't ask you don't get 😊

@Minster2012 I've never seen a cat attack a baby, even when said baby was pulling on his whiskers, ouch, because baby is carried by you @InkyPaper the cat will think is some sort of special important creature, obviously you should never leave a small baby unattended with an animal, just in case
@Juno231 true @DKDK123 is right, and that would have been your advice to other people too, the most import thing is baby is safe

And yes awake at 4 in the morning again, is it worth trying to sleep some more, in my defence, I feel unregulated being out of the house in my normal routine, as in not on a holiday

@DKDK123 I can't believe it either, surely that would be the last thing you'd want or need!!! Oh a night away with DS and DH sounds lovely, don't worry about DD she'll be absolutely fine and I completely understand about wanting to spoil DS and make him feel like it's all about him for the day/night!

@Minster2012 crazy isn't it!! The kid sounds like a right little shit and j feel like there's always one isn't there?? But I've been loving the pics from xanders birthday, he definitely looks like he's been having an amazing time and he's just so cute🥺

@larrythelizard I honestly cannot fault him, he's been like a machine, up at 5 to walk the dogs and eat, gym, work, then home to do jobs, doesn't stop until 10/10:30 but I've hardly heard him complain! Oh I bet the sparkling house was a dream to come home to, I was contemplating getting it done as well but with things still left to do in the house and not knowing when I'll go into labour I think I've left it too late, but definitely something I'll consider, we want someone to come in and clean the carpets as changing them is next years job! Sorry you're feeling crappy, any better today?? And a scraped car is never what you want and always something that really gets to me, hopefully you can find the letter for the cover🤞🏼

@Franklydear im trying, it's so hard to just laze around whilst watching people do jobs😂 I'm glad you've got a good builder, they're hard to find these days!! And bonus that insurance is paying too!!

@Soph0105 Thankyou lovely! I don't envy you having to pack up, it's literally the worst thing in the world, I thought we'd be in our house now for years to come and OH made a comment the other day like "it isn't our forever home" and the thought of moving again with a child is horrendous😂

@dmb91 I hope whatever they give you works🤞🏼 luckily I never suffered with morning sickness but I know it can be awful!! And 9 weeks will be a really good time for a scan!!

@becarefuloutthere heyy!! Glad to hear you're both doing well, and Ruby is just adorable!!

@larrythelizard glad your bloods were okay and nothing to worry about!!

@InkyPaper it seems like everyone on here has had the same idea of making a mess in the house/house moves before a baby comes along, nothing like stressing ourselves out😂

@DKDK123 shock attack of af does not sound pleasant!! I'm dreading it!! Also saw your post yesterday about the sun shade?? So glad you love it, I ordered a Dooky shade for the pram instead of a parasol and didn't know whether I'd made the right decision! I also panic ordered a clip on pram fan when we had the heatwave last week but now it looks like I might not need it😂

@Juno231 I'm glad you went in for the reduced movements, it just isn't worth the worry!! And I'm glad she's okay!! However rubbish they've said that about your pool birth, i'd definitely bring it up with your midwife!! They said the same to me if my strep b swab was to come back positive I wouldn't be able to have a pool birth and it really upset me but I sent my swab on Monday and they said if I don't hear back within 1-2 days to presume it's negative so I'll wait until the end of today before getting my hopes up🤞🏼

Well I decided to have a sweep yesterday, as my back has become horrendous these last few days, with the history of my back problems I've been so surprised throughout pregnancy that it hasn't been bad but this last week or so I can hardly walk on my left foot it's just awful, so accepted the sweep and the midwife again on feeling my stomach said babies head felt very low, when she went up she said she could feel where the head was but my cervix was too high up to reach to actually do the sweep😒 but to be honest it didn't really feel like she was trying, she was an older woman and made her feelings known to me about sweeps before 40 weeks, said she doesn't understand why they offer them from 39 weeks etc, so whether she just didn't want to try? I spoke to my midwife friend after and she said the same, said she won't have wanted to make me uncomfortable so won't have given it her all especially with me not being over due yet and her not agreeing with them, I felt slightly disappointed when I left too but baby will come when baby is ready and all that, I'm just in pain and don't want to go too much over! My cold is slightly better today though so that's a bonus!

@minster2012 happy 4th birthday to X I hope he had a lovely day yesterday!
@juno231 I would ask for a re assessment of your pregnancy risk as going in twice for monitoring is unfair to dismiss all your preferences to birth? The justification of going in for reduced movements when they always tell us to go straight in if we are worried seems really unfair :( sending lots of hugs I hope it can be sorted out in due time, if you have to be induced at 39 week could there be an odds on bet that me & you & @vil10 could all have our babies in the same week but hopefully @vil10 little one comes on time and can be the next bundle to join the team 🥹
@DKDK123 I hope you invested in a nice glass of wine and chocolates for AF being a pain in the arse :(
@soph0105 I take my hat off to you hunny I could not live with my inlaws for a year 👀
@larrythelizard I’m glad you got the green light with your bloods it always makes me abit nervy when they recall to do bloods! Last time I had to be bled 3 times as they forgot to put down my date of birth apparently 🙃
@vil10 it makes you think if she wasn’t wanting to perform the sweep in the first place with what you’ve said hunny? I find as much as they are not allowed to have bias reviews the midwife’s at my trust do let out the odd sly comment towards things -.-, I hope your back ache settles soon sweetheart and I’m glad to hear your cold is getting better! Not long now missus as you are next on our list eeeekkkkk so excited 🥰

Sorry I’ve been quiet ladies, been dog sitting my mums dog and mable and they don’t particular see eye to eye 🤣. Bella is 9 and like a little old lady and mabes just wants to play so you can only imagine! I also found out last night that breach babies run in my family 🥲 my dad passed away when I was 13 but after that my dads side of the family cut us all off other than my cousins and my grandma. Well my grandma had a breach baby being my auntie but my dad was fine just big at 11 pound 🤣 my auntie had two breach babies being my two cousins, and then my female cousin had a breach baby who turned whilst she was being wheeled down to her c section 🤣 so I’ve got a feeling it may be the shape of my pelvis inherited off my dads side which may contribute to my breach little bubs than anything else with how much it’s followed down the female side! Nothing much to report really ladies, going out for tea tonight as a last catch up with my girls, going to a food festival Saturday with DH for a last date day & then I’ll be heading up to try the nesting life they speak of as I’ve got my pre op next week and MW then week after is ELCS week 🥹❤️❤️

I am here. I am alive. I do not know how you guys with babies find time to come on here! Literally my minutes/hours/days all roll into one. I also am functioning on zero sleep. And even though last night she was better- i can't physically sleep! I'm too past it. 🙈 Thank you for your comments! I do keep trying to half read. And I am going to find time to catch up later I hope. DH has took the dog to the vets (still not right with his breathing and I think the baby stressing him has made it worse) and I need to drag my arse out of bed and downstairs....... 😫
I hope everyone else is doing OK.

@bez91 the gaviscon does make her constipated if i do two sachets which she should have but I still give her one, which I guess is why it's not working very well 😂🤦🏼‍♀️I have no idea how much she weighs either. Def force it with your dad, the early wakes as an older child are a killer worse than a baby I think as you actually have to play with them /entertain them (or try to reason with them with us impossible of course!)

@Franklydear im pretty sure you don't hear of many cat killer incidents & I joked saying well our HV won't be impressed by the (then) 8 month old VERY excitable big dog when X arrived 😂

@Vil10 she was lecturing you as she did it?? Wtf?? I hate ppls attitudes to telling women what should and should not happen, same applies for @Juno231 when they tell you to go in with any changes but then it compromises what you want it's just not on. Maybe get OH to have a right good feel around inside 😳😂

The nesting life @kaylsd that sounds like fun! As does the food festival, it might be a pelvis shape thing but there's still time for them to turn 🤞🏻

@paintfairy oh no the dogs is not what you need!! Btw there is NO NECESSITY for you to go downstairs 😝and yep everything rolls into one!! For a long time I'm afraid that's why Insta is hood cos you can put little updates/pics on there we can awwww over & know you are all ok without you having to keep up

So at the beach again, woke up with a pounding migraine but I've reduced it to a headache but a few ppl & kids at the beach I have to be social with is not what I need 😬then when we get home at 5pm there's a guy coming round to talk about our septic tank. It's all glam here 😂

Beach life

I really hope I'll be a parent that respects my children have grown up when they do @Franklydear...!

I love the Irish insight you bring @Somatronic - lolling at the birth pool comments, it's madness!

Aha phew @Soph0105 that is one less area of potential contention!

We've got loads of stuff in the garage that needs to go to the tip @InkyPaper 😬 I might take it but might just leave it for DH to deal with! Have finally won the battle about a second freezer in the garage though so I'm quite pleased about that!

I quite enjoy the intermittent fasting by body shape adverts @Minster2012 as they're such nonsense!

Apparently the MW who took my blood will call me later with the results @bez91 - I'd be surprised if she did given at no point have they been that on it!!

Sorry to hear your back is so bad @Vil10 but you've done well to get to this point without it flaring up! My experience of labour is very much that baby will come when baby is ready but would recommend lots of bouncing on a birthing ball thing!

Ah interesting @kaylsd - the sort of thing that would have been useful to know earlier (like my Mum couldn't breastfeed and never thought to pre-warn me with that piece of info!). Sounds like a lovely week or so you have planned.

@paintfairy pleased you're OK, you'll find your groove but it's very much like being hit by a bus to start with! Don't put any expectations on yourself, just go with the flow - if that's hanging out in bed all day so be it (as long as DH is bringing you food and drink at regular intervals!)

Ergh on the headaches @Minster2012 hopefully the sea air clears it.

I am on a late pregnancy hormone rollercoaster just recently - today I'm a combination of tired, grumpy and mega anxious...what an absolute delight! 37w though so in the drop zone. Whilst I do want an ELCS if baby wants to pop out before the booked date then I can roll with that (not that it's booked yet 😡). No DS here today so need to pack hospital bag and finish sorting out the nursery. At the moment I'm watching a film whilst eating pombears...

@Vil10 that's disappointing that you couldn't get your sweep. Hopefully baby decides it's getting too impatient and wants to come out soon so that you don't need to suffer with your back for too much longer.

@kaylsd exciting you're so close! Glad you've got a few days put planned before then, definitely make the most of it

@paintfairy no need to get out of bed, the early days are about survival only.
Get back into bed armed with snacks, drinks, TV remote or netflix on a tablet and all you need to focus on is feeding baby and resting. It feels like you'll never be able to survive on so little sleep and you'll never be able to do anything functional in life ever again but trust me it does get easier than this and you'll soon be surprised just how little sleep your body can begin to function on, how quickly you'll adapt to doing everything on handed with baby in the other, and sadly how quickly it all actually passes and your baby will have grown so much before you know it and you'll wish they had stayed little for that bit longer despite how hard it felt at the time.

@Minster2012 I agree, I'd take the baby waking any day over the older one that needs entertained. DS came bounding through full of energy at 5am this morning hyper about going to the hotel tonight........its been a looooong day already and we've not even reached lunchtime yet 😫 Enjoy the beach hope the weather stays good for you.

@Vil10 it's annoying on the sweep but yes I'm sure she didn't want it to be painful for you. When is your next midwife appointment? Your DH sounds like he's getting top brownie points, long may it continue!

@kaylsd maybe it is hereditary! Little babies not wanting to be upside down 😆 sounds like lovely plans on the 'wind down' to nesting 🥰 cannot wait for the next lot of bus babies! Loving seeing all the newborns @paintfairy it's making me a bit broody - how can this be, it's only been almost 12 weeks 🤣

@paintfairy absolutely no need to get out of bed! Stay there and rest, there is nothing you need downstairs. DH can bring food and drink, no need to rush to any sense of normality.

@minster2012 glad migraine has gone although still having a headache is no
Good (but better) love a septic tank 😂 I have to contact manage the ones we have at work, the amount paid in repairing pumps I'm sure it would have been cheaper to connect to mains! X sounds like
He's having the best birthday week!
The latest issue I'm forcing with my dad or trying to is that he wants me, DD, Z and my brothers GF and her child to go out next week to a theme park. I don't like 'SIL' (in fact neither does my dad but he's a nice man and wants to treat everyone equally) but the crooks of me not wanting to go is that what's the point in taking a 12 week old to be pushed around all day who will just interrupt the day of DD and her 5 year old as I'll have to stop to feed etc, I've told my dad to not work plans around us and him just to take DD but he's not getting the hint. I'm not sure how much clearer I could have been? I categorically would not leave either of my children alone with said 'SIL' which she'll keep insisting I do because she's a bit of a psychopath so I just don't want to go as it won't be enjoyable.

Fingers crossed for your phone call @larrythelizard 🤞🏼

@bez91 ergh yes your dad should just take DD!

I know what you mean @DKDK123 I'm finding that boundless energy of a 3 year old quite challenging this week!

Nursery now 90% sorted, splashed on a fancy new steriliser and have started getting stuff out for the hospital bag - obv starting with the stuff DH couldn't be trusted with like my toiletries! @DKDK123 @Minster2012 any ELCS specific recommendations? Have peppermint tea in.

The nursing bras I own are all a 40 back and I'm nowhere near that these days so need to try them on and see if there's at least one that's passable, don't really want to buy them unless breast feeding is a success!

@bez91 definitely ask your dad to have DD for the night. I’m sure he’d be happy to and it’d be nice for her to have some time with him surely? Your dad taking DD out for the day seems like the perfect scenario. Maybe just be direct and ask?

@DKDK123 your trip with DS sounds perfect. He’s going to love it! He’ll probably feel so important going away with just you two! Hopefully he’s calmed down a little as the day has gone on? Or is that really unlikely?!

@Vil10 your OH sounds amazing! DH is similar, he’s really stepping up. He can be so laid back at times but I told him that I wanted the baby room sorting ASAP so that I can spend some time over the summer sorting things and he’s got his dad around tomorrow to posting the wardrobes with him. Whence moved in last year, we spread our stuff around the whole house and it needs a good sort! I totally get why you feel disappointed! You went in for a sweep and didn’t get one done properly. That’s really not on. It sounds like your little one is definitely getting ready now though!

@dmb91 9weeks is perfect for a scan. We got a private one at 8 weeks and it gave so much reassurance. He really looked like a tiny baby too, which I wasn’t expecting!

@Juno231 definitely the right choice to go on for reduced movements. I can understand that you’re gutted about your birth plan being altered, but it’s definitely better that you got reassurance. Although I’m sure it doesn’t feel that way right now. Maybe try to raise it at your next appointment?

@Minster2012 happy birthday week to X! Your pictures on Instagram look awesome! He’s one lucky boy! We are going to have an excited 1 year old pup when our baby arrives too… but your stories about your pointer and X have reassured me about that! Try and relax if you have a migraine though. Can DH take over anything - maybe the septic tank?

@kaylsd you have a busy week! Lots of nice things in there with a girly catch up and a date night. I get the dog incompatibility! My Bella is a playful pup and all the other dogs in the family are grumpy old ladies 😂

@larrythelizard film and Pom bears for the win! Things will get done, so enjoy the moments of peace when you can.

@paintfairy no apologies necessary at all! It’s nice that you’ve popped on, and I’m loving the Instagram updates. Relax and concentrate on your only 2 jobs: looking after your gorgeous girl and getting others to look after you!

We are back from Cumbria and it was so lovely- such a nice break! Our dog has literally slept all of the honey home and every second since we’ve been back- we must have tried her out! To be fair, the walking and driving tired me out too! So it’s equally good to be home and relaxing. Also I have officially hit 24 weeks now which feels like a major milestone.