TTC GRADUATES! Who's baby will we be welcoming first? Mrs? Seaside? Iampg? Beansprout?

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Morning all

Dex did another stupendous sleep... had to wake him up to feed him and take DC to school. Fingers crossed this is a pattern he is going to stick to.

Fettle- hope Toby is ok with the jabs... Dex has got his 2nd lot next week. What is the third injection for? Did they do the polio one in his mouth yet? Dex only had 2 jabs first time around. That Messiah was a bit gruesome!

mrs- any action overnight?

Seaside and Iampg- a lot of the lovely ladies on here were early- Bodders you were 38 wks, i think??

Sorry- so excited about the pending births that I cant remember what I was going to say to anyone else!

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all had good weekends and that the weather held up for you. It was nice here, a bit chilly though!

Chooster - Well Fathers day went down quite well actually. Pushed myself and made DP a big fry up! Couldnt stomach it myself but he certainly enjoyed it!!!!!!! Gave him his card and present from baby too, which he loved, lol. He was thinking about how next year it'll be for real and that baby will be able to give him something really special. Aw bless! Hehe, i did worse when telling DP. He had to work the Saturday morning when i was due to do my test but i'd been having such period cramps that i thought i was wasting a test (you know what the temptation is like though girls!) Well i did it and a faint line came up. I did the whole sitting on the side of the bed, looking at it in different lights and at different angles and decided that there could only be a line IF the hormone was actually present in my body. So that was it, i txt DP and told him! He didnt know what to say and working in an office meant he had to keep his cool! He said he just stared out of the window for 5 mins and carried on! 2 days later i was due to do a clearblue digital, i wanted to see the words! I woke up at like 3am though and needed a wee so i woke him up and said it had to be now! I went for a wee and did the test to walk back into the room and he'd gone back to sleep! I said "i've done it" which startled him and he got up instantly! Well there that fateful word was! He believed me after that!!!!!!!! Are you sure you dont want any more kiddies? I dont know how many i'll be wanting. I always wanted a big family but with how bad this pregnancy has been i dont know if i'd cope with doing it too much, its been awful. Well done on the Moonwalk, go you! Glad it went well for you and you can enjoy your spa day now as a reward!

Fettle - i am afraid i didnt win the lottery, not even £10! Did you win anything! Not that you'd come on to post to us if you did win, you'd probably be in the maldives or something by now!

Greedy - what do you feel about the masters? My sis has just finished her PHD and i've got to give it to her, she worked all the hours God sent and didnt have time for any kind of a life. Do you think you'd be able to juggle it well? Good luck to you if you do, you'll do great!

Hi Bodkin, thanks, i hope it goes well too! Awwww Isla sounds sweet, how old is she?

Well, best get back to work!

Speak to you soon.

Hi Cityangel - didnt see your post on the next page, sorry!!!! Ooooooh, your day is so close! Are you excited/nervous? I know my day is so far away but DP and i watched that programme called pramface babies last night and watching them going through labour freaked me out a bit. Thing is i went to sleep and all night i obviously dreamt that i'd had my baby and i kept waking up wondering why he/she hadnt woken up in the night. I got really distressed until i woke up for real and realised i was still pregnant! That teaches me for watching tele late before bed!

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Hi again! Firsty - lovely to hear from you - Ty sounds adorable - gosh he's got his molars early - hope they didn't give him too much grief coming through! Glad the move went well.

Chooster - well done on the walk - must have been hard work and knackering - hope you've caught up now. thanks - you're right about Isla, I'm sure she'll eat when she's ready! I met a mum of another Isla at baby group today (although hers is 20 months) but her Isla was the same, didn't eat until 14 months - so I was much reassured!

Greedy - a masters? I think i missed that in my last skim-read... sounds like hard work with 3 kids, but am sure it would be worth it.

Babylove - lovely to hear your story about finding out your were pg - it's so exciting seeing it for real on the stick isn't it. As for mad dreams - they just got weirder as the pregnancy went on I found.... I dreamt I was breastfeeding a cat when I was pregnant with Isla!

City - glad to hear you're not suffering too badly towards the end of your pregnancy. good luck with the mw on Friday

First birthdays coming up wow...

babylove yes it does seem quite imminent now time is really marching on!

I have set asside some Mumsnet thread reading maternity leave time so I hope its not early!

Hey everyone,

Well it is another nice sunny day.......let me guess, this is all we'll see of the summer?!

Firststar - well done for the moving house! DP and i bought our first one last dec and moved from our rented flat. It took us ages to get sorted out and there are still bits where i walk past and think "yeh, i'll get to that drawer on the weekend".....its been 6 months! Glad to hear Ty is talking, oh it sounds so cute! I wonder what my little ones first words will be, probably something in-appropriate knowing my luck!!!!!! If daddy has anything to do with it then it'll be a Tottenham Hotspur related word......hes researching the baby grows online! I said i'd use it for when the baby is sick on the others, lol.

Bodkin - Oooooh Isla's obv dont eat then, must be a trend! Im sure she'll eat when shes good and ready, they already run our lives at such a small age dont they?! Hehe, i cant say our "pregnancy finding out" was the best! If i had a penny for every test i'd wee'd on when we'd been trying then i'd be rich and every single one just had one line. I was like "nooooooo, there are seriously 2 lines, are my eyes playing up?!" hehe. It was the morning so i couldnt blame it on drinking! As for the mad dreams, we're doing alright now, im sure plenty more will come. Seem to have some rather explicit dreams sometimes but i've just read in pregnancy and baby magazine that its normal! Phew! Mind you, if men get to have them without Q then so should women!

Cityangel - what date are you due? Have you started maternity leave? Im planned to start mine at 38 weeks with 2 weeks hol before bringing me to 36 weeks. Do you think thats too long?

Take care and have good days!

Hey Babylove I think with ML its whatever suits you individually. I live near the office and the pg has been ok so I am working quite late. Due 23 July working up until the 11th. I wanted to aim for more paid time with the baby after the birth. Am banking on it being on time or late

There is a another lady in the office that has had a tough pregnancy + commute and is leaving much earlier so it all depends.

Hi Cityangel.

Im the same, im trying to gain more time with the baby rather than before the birth. Im one of those people that can quite easily become a hermit if i dont push myself to be out and socialising and i fear that being at home before the baby is born, DP and my parents will all be working and i wont have anyone popping in to keep me company. I am bolting 2 weeks hol on so will finish around 36 weeks.......

My main concern is driving! I have a 25 min commute each way which has to be done by car, there are no buses or trains round here. I have short legs and already have to sit quite near the steering wheel! Bump is about 4" away at the moment, i know you cant drive once it is touching it too much so i dont know wot im going to do!!!!!!

Wow 23rd July, a real summer baby! Are you hoping its a boy or girl or are you not fussed?

hello all!

chooster - glad the walk went well, and a spa day to recover sounds great! i would LOVE a spa day..........why didnt i think of that on my birthday?

bodders - nice to have you back! glad work is busy for you...........are you still getting some MA even though you are working............i am which i dont quite understand, but i dont want to question it too much! isla will be running around before you know it.....you poor thing!!! marcy still just SITS! she seems to have no inclination to move at all which is fine by me at the moment!! i might start to worry if she isnt doing anything in a few months but at the moment i will enjoy it!

marcys canines have just popped through at the top and they look way too close to her inscisors to me! think she might have funny looking teeth. do you think the way that baby teeth grow affects the adult teeth? hope not too much for hersake!

OH MY GOD!!!! i just gave her about a million strawberries (7 actually!) and she wolfed them down in about 30 seconds!!! i cant believe the speed she eats sometimes!

babylove..........i am sure you will want more babies after this one. its amazing how quickly you forget how horrible pregnancy can be!

cityangel - hope you get some time on here before baby is born and that you dot desert us afterwards like so many of the first time mums have!. hows ready doing by the way and 3cats?

discussed doing a masters with dh and he thought i was mad! so i guess its a no go! he is probably right cos i moan about not having enough time at the moment anyway............not sure what i was thinking really! a moment of madness!

better go, marcy is trying to tell me she is tired in her ever so nice screechy way!

t'ra!!

Sorry girls - not been around much. Very hectic this full-time mother/housewife stuff now I'm doing it properly!!! Last paid day of maternity leave day!! From now on, I'm unpaid!!!

Just about to make DD a head-dress of leaves as she has to go to school tomorrow dressed as something you would find in a garden, so she's going as a tree!!! (other people are going as princess fairies; dogs/scooby-doo; witches; tigers, and my lovely DD wants to go as a tree!).

Cityangel - can't believe that you've not had your little baby yet, but in 4 years time, he/she will be in the same school year as Toby, Marcy and Dexter!! So exciting though for you, getting there now!!!

I'm with you and Babylove, I worked as late as I could, but in both cases I ended up having my babies early, so didnt' actually get that much time before relaxing as I'd planned! (with DD, I actually had to go on maternity leave earlier than initially planned!). I also had a long commute in the car this time around (about an hour both ways), which was knackering towards the end, but luckily my legs are about 10ft long, so no problem with the bump and steering wheel!.

Chooster - glad you survived your walk - hope your spa day recovered you well!!

Greedy - would be good to do a masters, but I think DH is right, you dont' really have the time at the moment, maybe when DD1 is at school? You would have more time to yourself during the day then? I'm still wondering what on earth I'm going to do - definitely need to do something a couple of days a week for my sanity and for more money, as I don't think we'll survive for too long with our expensive tastes and one salary (I'm dreaming of a hot holiday, but they're on hold for the time-being!!). By the way, met a really tiny 10 month old today, who just sits and does nothing else. Difference between her and Marcy is that she is so diddy that everyone thinks she's about 5 months and that's why she's not crawling yet!!!

Bodders - glad work is busy for you! And well done Isla for walking - she'll be doing the Moonwalk with Chooster next year at this rate!!!

Firsty - great to hear from you - can't believe that the HV is worried that Ty's not saying anything yet. He's not even one yet, is he? Just ignore her!!

Honey - how are the house exchanges going? Smoothly I hope!

big hellos to everyone else I've not mentioned, but I really ought to go finish DD's lunch for tomorrow and get Toby's stuff ready for nursery and make these blasted leaves!!!

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Ooh - forgot to say to Greedy - that Ready is doing ok, but trying to take a step back from TTC and relax. She's just started a new job, so i'm keeping everything crossed for her that relaxing and starting a new job will be just the trigger she needs! (worked for me anyway!)

Evening all- I have not deserted you fettle - promise Just still not enough hours in the day - as I always say - I take my hat of to all you mums of more than one. hope DD's day as a tree goes well

So exciting to see posts form cityangel and babylove I am getting quite nostalgic about my preg! city - if baby is in wrong position I have lots of tips - Cassius turned at 34 weeks after lots of effort including DH holding me up in a headstand!!!
Be careful with that driving babylove!

bodders - Well done Isla for taking steps! she will get into food when she is good and ready am sure, and how funny about her namesake being so similar
Belated happy birthday honeyapple how goes the house moving?
Well done on your house move too Firsty - I do not envy you - I hate packing and unpacking - we emptied our old flat last week so it can be rented - the spare room is stuffed with bags and I have no desire to go through any of it! Seem to me like HVs are there only to make you feel bad/inadequate - mine always questions me in that weird probing manner as if she is analysing my every word - it makes me really self conscious

LOL about Marcy and the strawbs greedy! Dont know much about babyteeth except dont let a dentist pull any out as that causes loads of trouble when the adult teeth come through. I am sure they will sort themselves out.

Chooster - well done on your moonwalk Want to hear all about your spa day!

All is well with us now after getting over yukky colds last week. We have started weaning -so exciting - it is brilliant fun - Cassius and I just spend the whole time giggling and laughing. Today he sneezed carrot all over me and thought it was hysterical DH and I have decided that he is our new best friend - how sad are we!

He is sleeping pretty well but has started waking everyday at 5.30am I know I cant complain but 6.30 would be so much better. I am still doing a dream fed at 11pm as well.

I am still having a nightmare with our properties and other work. I am definitely having trouble allocating my time at the moment the problem is that in our relationship I pretty much do everything from being main breadwinner/business brain to housework and all the bill/ finances etc - My DH is wonderful but useless at all things practical although he does try sometimes and he will do anything I ask him to do - but its that age old issue of by the time I have explained what to do I may as well have done it myself - yes I am a control freak too - but am working on it!! It is so funny how having a baby changes you - previously I have always been totally content in the role I have but I have to say there are times now when I just wish there was someone to look after me ifkwim? It's not that I do not want to do anything but I wouldn't mind a year of only being responsible for the house and Cassius. Does that sound spoiled?

better go - need to get 3rd wasing load of the day out and write up minutes from a PCC meeting - grrr

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PS sorry if I missed anyone

PPS - loads of love to Ready if you are lurking

hey seaside! thought you had deserted us like pinkb, kitkat, mrs and babymad did! glad you are still here! cant wait to hear all about your second pregnancy when it happens! cassius sounds cute and its lovely he is your best friend......i always say ellis is my 'little mate' cos he is so loving and giving. gets hard when you have more than one cos you have to be so careful what you say to them so that the others dont get upset! was ok when i had ellis and kiki cos ellis was the 'best boy in the world' or my 'favourite boy in the world' and kiki was my 'best/favourite girl'........but now i can teven say that...has to be 'you are the best baby in the world' to marcy rather than best girl so no one gets upset! mind you..............kiki won the prize for being the whingiest girl in the world yesterday and i didnt mind telling her either!!!

i was so excited (saddo that i am!) about going into work this afternoon cos i had a 3 week old baby booked in.......but, shes (well, her mum!) cancelled so now i only have boring big patients who can talk and wind me up!!!

fettle - you must have handed in your notice now then have you? enjoy doing nothing for a while over the summer when the weather is nice (!?)

honey - you have been quiet recently too. i think this thread will go very quiet in the summer hols when we are all busy with kids all the time. how are your three doing? are the last few weeks of school always really hectic? i remember xmas was a nightmare and now we have loads of stuff coming up before they break up this term. is it always going to be like this? it is isnt it!!

chooster - we finally booked our next centerparcs holiday. we are trying out one in holland. hope its ok! its much cheaper than over here and we thought it might seem like more of a holiday if we went abroad!

better go i guess. boring stuff to do before work!

did my post make it sound like kiki was never the 'best girl'??? it wasnt meant to! i was just trying to explain what i meant in my normal garbled way!

Hey Everyone,

Who enjoyed the rain yesterday?! Other than the ducks!

Greedy - Haha, more babies?! Got to be honest, i always knew i'd settle down early and start my family and yes, it probably included 3 or 4 kids but i always thought pregnancy would be a breeze. I reckon i'd be alright if i hadnt have had such bad hyperemesis. I seriously felt like i was dying, i couldnt move some days, i lost 27lbs in 9 weeks and i just couldnt think about anything, i'd have moments when i was so out of it that i started hallucinating! Dont know whether i could go through it again................ As for your masters, maybe now is not the right time but make sure you keep it in the back of your mind for later on! You never know how you'll feel

Fettle - Wow, how does it feel to be unpaid, lol?! Awwww im sure your DD will make a wonderful tree! I remember when we'd dress up at school for something like that. One year we had to make a hat to wear and my mum made a leisure centre from lego and bits, stuck it on a dinner tray, stuck the dinner tray to a wicker fruitbowl and that was my hat! I dont think they do enough stuff like that with kids these days! Got to say, lucky you with your 10ft legs!!!! Argh, im so jealous! Mine are like miniscule, im only 5'2 and most of it is back not legs!!!!

Ready - I remember you! If you're lurking, i hope you're well! Would be great to hear from you, you gave me such support when we were TTC before, you kept my spirits up! If its any help, it was the new job that worked for me! I worked in my last place for 6 yrs and 2 of them we were TTC and got literally nowhere, my cycles were all over the shop and it was a lost cause even with ovulation tests. They found i have PCOS but the stress of the job was what was causing it to be so bad. Changed jobs in Nov, cycle went back to 30 days spot on instantly and got pg in 3 months! Hope it works for you when you want it to!

Seaside - hehe at the headstand! Whatever works is good! Dont think i fancy doing that though, doubt my hands would take the weight!!!! Hope the weaning goes well, im looking forward to that bit too (probably just so i can eat what they leave ) I've made a pact with myself to make big batches of homemade food and have even bought myself the hand blender and little pots to freeze them in!!!!

Right, must get on, lots to do!

Take care everyone

Hi all, just a quickie from me to say hi... Great to hear you all in good spirits!! You sound SO happy seaside!!! And Cassius sounds like an angel . Sorry to bring up a not-so-happy subject, but how are the cottages doing? Are you going to have go to auction?

And you seem really happy babylove! can't wait to hear more as your pregnancy progresses. Any preference for a boy or girl?

So, you're not going to divulge your names eh City?

I know what you mean greedy! I alsways catch myself calling Theo my best boy, so have to quickly say "my best BABY boy", Max is my best big boy . Actually speaking of Kiki and her whinging, Max has been a HUGE whinge today, and he's been in nursery fro most of it . I think he was fine there but he was grumpy as anything this morning and had a major meltdown because I wouldn't let him eat the baking they had done at nursery before his dinner... Anyway, cue big paddy (sobs and everything) and of course he didn't end up eating his dinner out of stubbornness... . Hoping for a better day tomorrow.

have finally found a christening outfit for Theo that is not totally horrible!!! I can't believ some of the things they try to sell for a baby boy who is being christened. .

Oh bugger, Theo is stirring, something is bugging him tonight...

hiya- i am here- just cant get around to posting- and also nothing of any particular interest to say...

SEaside- agree with the rest- you sound so happy- lovely lovely... hope you have some luck with the properties.

Greedy- quite scary that it is nearly the end of school... Planning on a trip to lakeside anytime?

House selling/buying seems to be going ok- although DP just had an email from his mortgage broker to say that our mortgage company wont use our solicitor cos he is a one man band... sounds crazy to me and VERY irritating as our solicitor is already communicating with the sellers solicitor...and we have already given him some money... and it was our estate agent who recommended him in the first place... grrggrrrrgrggr [severely cheesed off emoticon].

Right i'm off to bed
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Hi Everyone,

Well DP and i went for a "hospital tour" yesterday. Got to admit, it was useful, they gave us a lot of information and showed us labour rooms, theatre, antenatal ward and post natal ward. However i came out at the end of it panicking and in tears. I hate hospitals like anything but i know i'd rather be there for the safety factor. The 1 thing that frightens me is that i cant stand being on my own. I never put myself in a situation where im left on my own (unless its at home or shopping or something) because i know i cant handle it. I have panic attacks and it makes me physically sick with worry. Hospitals are so strict on times that you can have visitors that i know i'll have my baby and within 2 hours i'll be on the postnatal ward on my own (yes i know my baby will be there) but i just cant do it. It probably sounds so silly to you all but its like my fear. If i choose to have my baby in hospital then im going to fret from now on until i get home with the baby (no joke). However if i opt for a home birth, i am going to worry incase something goes wrong. If it did go wrong i'd never forgive myself.

What do i do?!

I'm going to book a tour of a smaller midwife only run centre, my mum thinks they may be more open to my request of having someone stay with me because there are no wards, you labour in the one room and stay there until you go home.

Chooster - when is the christening for? DP and i went to one a few weeks ago and we were surprised how laid back the dress code was. The little one was just in a pair of trousers and a summer shirt. Of course DP had gone in a suit and me in a skirt and smart top with a jacket so we looked a bit odd!!!!!

Honeyapple - argh how annoying about the mortgage company! They're so picky arent they?! Cor i remember buying our house last Dec and i dont want to go through that again for a long time! It was a nightmare! Got to admit, our solicitors were a bit crap, i mean we didnt understand anything so we were hoping they'd almost go through it and 'dumb' it down but they certainly didnt. Infact after hours of reading paperwork, DP and i picked up on discrepencies - not them!!!! I hope it all sorts its self out for you.

Am off to see the inlaws this weekend, it is the nieces birthday.........will see if i can catch up, if not it'll be Mon. Have a good weekend

babylove- i think you may need to try to come to terms with your issues of being on your own- i've found that labour can be quite a personal experience- ie no one can really help you- you have to do it alone!
of course your dp will be there to support you- but ultimately it is an experience where you need to find a special strength within yourself. i reckon the MW unit sounds like a good idea- however i think you would have to be transfered to a hospital if you needed stronger pain relief.

greedy- i'm having a baby squeezing day- dex is sooooooooo scrummy.

Hi everyone

Honey - that sounds a bit stressful - but then I guess that's part and parcel of buying/selling. Hope things work out for you.

Babylove - I quite understand you could feel a bit panicky about being left alone after having the baby... The smaller midwife-led unit may be a better option - especially if they are more open to your DP staying with you.

However - having had a homebirth myself, I would say that is the absolutely nicest and best option. As for worrying about anything going wrong - well, in many ways you have more care and attention with a homebirth, and if there is even the slightest concern over how things are progressing, they would transfer you quick as a flash. Anyway - I think you should discuss it with your midwife and make it clear that this is a genuine issue that is troubling you.

Gaaah! Run oout of time, that took me so long to catch up with everything and now it's 8.30 and I must go and do some work! Will hopefully ahve this latest window finished soon so will be bakc abit more regularly

Hello everyone else - love to all the bouncing babies!

babylove- re hospital - I had a very positive birth experience in hospital BUT i have to say the very worst bit was that my DH had to leave me at 10pm and could not come back until 10am - I was in postnatal for 2 nights - the first was OK cos I just could not stop staring at Cassius and cuddling him - we did not sleep much due to other sounds/babies etc but I just had my little telly on all the time (It makes me feel less alone when TV is on iykwim?) The second was horrible and I cried when my mum and DH left cos I just wanted to go home and I began to feel like I was in prison!!
The thing is it really depends on what happens in your birth - and that is an unknown factor! I laboured through the night - into hosp at 5am, birth at noon - obviously your partner is allowed to be with you throughout labour. Now if I had had no intervention I would have been able to stay in the delivery suite for up to 6 hours and then go straight home. but because I had "intervention" ( no drugs but had episiotomy and ventouse at the end to get him out!) I had to stay in for at least one night - then cos Cassius did not feed well I had to stay another night.

I was not confident enough to go for a homebirth and it was a good job I did not as I would have been in a bit of trouble had I been at home. Also I would have had to be transferred from the MW led unit too in the final stages - so hosp was the best place for me and I had made that decision anyway I wanted to be where all the options were on hand.

Anyway - I guess my point is - I won't lie and being in the PN ward for 2 nights sucked BUT in the grand scheme of things it was the best place to be to make sure Cassius and I were OK and although it was rubbish at the time it passed quickly and we were soon home. My birth in the hosp was really positive and you are not really alone because most likely you will have up to 3 other new mums in the beds next to you which actually is quite comforting! You will be mega emotional and exhausted and how I felt while in the PN ward changed depending on which staff were on (some were grumpy and horrid - some were lovely!) But the staff are tere to help you and it is good to be able to ask "dumb" questions esp when it is your first! I did get some good advice in there also.

Just reread this post and it is no help at all is it!! Oh well - sorry . Have a really good dicussion with you MW as she should be able to steer you as she will know how your pg is going etc. Whatever you do try not to get too stressed about it - I did not visit the hospital until I was 33 weeks and I tried not to think about it before!! Also just know however you get there the end result is you and your DP and beautiful baby at home - in love

BTW I am sure if you go for the MW unit your partner will def be able to stay with you the whole time. In general they send you home as quick as poss from the MW units and if you did have to stay in you would be transferred to the hosp I expect?

For those of you who asked about my properties - thanks - it is pretty sucky - I have reduced the prices by 30k each - have had an offer on one but will make virtually no £££ on it at all and will have worked a year for nothing but I guess in this eco climate it is not so bad as at least I am not losing money Still I know I will be kicking myself in 5 years when they are back on the market - grr. I am seeing if I can re-mortgage to keep one and rent it out but then that means having all our money tied up which is very scary. Arghhh

waves to everyone
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babylove - i know what you mean about being on your own, i hated the idea too and especially with a new baby to look after. BUT my hospital were really relaxed about partners staying it was only other visitors they were strict with so my dh stayed yill 1am first time and even when he had gone i dint feel AT ALL on my own cos there were so many other women on the ward and midwives bustling around making loads of noise!!! in fact i wished at some points i COULD be on my own so i could get some bloody sleep!!!! when i had marcy i was in a birthing unit and they were SO relaxed about visitors they didnt care who i had with me!!! so the midwife led unit will prob be more like that and sounds like a good option for you. try not to stress about it too much!!

honey - we should definately meet up again. how about in the summer hols? there must be a nice park or something that will keep all 6 (!) of our children entertained!!! you wont recognize marcy anymore....actually i am going to post another pic, but i think she has REALLY changed. she still cant roll over though!!!!! i think she must hold the record for the oldest baby ever NOT to roll over!!! oh, and i have been having a squeezy day too! must be something in the air!

chooster - feel bad moaning about kiki cos she has been a star today! i hope it lasts!!! she doesnt ever really have big paddies (cue one tomorrow as we are about to leave for school!) but she is SUCH a whingebag sometimes!!

hey bodders - stop working so hard!!

ok...off to eat pizza (diet has gone out of the window chooster!!!........someone help me get back on track!!!)...................and post a recnet pic of marcy!!! can everyone post some more recent pics please!!!

Hi Greedy... that was a very ! post . Would love to meet up again- park would be good... recent photo update is a very good idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Babylove- sorry if i sounded a bit arsy in my post about feeling alone- ignore me. I had HB with dex and it was great- but I would never have been brave enough to go for it first time around... or second time around for that matter... Agree with Bodders though- I had MUCH better care with HB than hospital births- complete attention of 2 MW and a student MW.

lovely pic of marcy- she's all blondie... Dex has gone blondie too .

greedy -fab photo of Marcy - she is so cute , your 3 all look so alike. Cassius is showing no interest in rolling so may try and challenge Marcy for the record

Honey - that is rubbish about the solicitor - surely as long as they are qualified what does it matter how big a firm they work for??