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lol@father's day lesson - step 1. He's a lucky man to get breakfast in bed. My DH requested something 'other' this morning but I had to decline as it's still not Christmas by my watch I am of course joking.

I've bought DH a card and the new coldplay cd from the children, although DSS has signed the card also from the dog

Don't think DH will cause a fuss at the hospital he really isn't that kind of person. He's so laid back he's horizontal. He's just doing his protective father routine I think.

johnworf Milk mix ups do sometimes happen sadly we are all human and when in a hurry we can grab the wrong one think most of us have done it or nearly done it at one point or another. I remember so nearly doing it and only realising at the last minute because I knew the Mum of the baby I was giving it to had milk the colour of double cream and this was like skimmed.. Someone had put it back on the wrong shelf and I had just grabbed it because I was busy without checking the bottle as well as the label on the shelf

They will have to talk to the other Mum probably check they do not have an infection (very unlikely) and possibly a milk sample too for the same reason. Katherine will be fine though I am sure and I am also sure that this is will blow over with your DH too men often need to be able to "do" something and this is something he can feel he is doing something about.

Hope you both have a great day with Katherine. We used to make cards from the babies pics in for fathers day Hopefully they do too and this will help make his day

Father's Day.....EEKK!! Poor DP...I'd had great plans to make a card from the girls...pah! Done nowt but feed and change nappies and haven't been able to get out without him...so bang goes any surprise. But he did get a super doopa colander....it's tres flash...he likes his nice kitchen gadgets

Welcome back senora pwcbird are you resplendant with casternets, donkey soft toy and HUGE sombrero? I do hope you've got a fine tan too....Des O'Connor orange or perhaps Dale Winton Mahogany....

JW I like a woman who keeps her man waiting.....but until Xmas....are you sure? I googled Mike Oldfield.....Mmmmmm, Perhaps you ought to bring the Xmas deadline forward a bit....save on the dreams erotica!

As for the milk....I'm sure that it's an easy mistake. There were two people in SCBU with my last name (and it's not very common outside Scotland) and we both realised we'd been labelling our milk the same - and not putting the baby's name on it...oppps. The fridge was often choca-bloc with the stuff.

Both DC are asleep....wow..it's a miracle!

Wow, it's almost a full house in here today

We've had a chat with the Registrar today and all is coolio as they say in...err...gansta records It's just one of those things and yep, the mum has been tested for all the big diseases and she's not infected with anything so I'm sure Katherine will not be affected by the mix up.

The nurses did indeed make a card for DH with both her footprints on it! DH still does not believe that a) I didn't make it and b) it's her footprints! Unbeliever is what I say. Still, it was a lovely touch. They also changed her ventilation tube last night and her hat so I've brought said hat home and it smells so luvverly of my little poppet I'm just walking around with it sat on the end of my nose.

Glad to see that you've got both the LO's trained up already jeanjeannie

No sex yet on the agenda here. It's still Ruby Tuesday here if you know what I mean so until that sorts itself out I'm off limits. I'm sure he'll get over it. He's waited this long and he wasn't due until December so anything before September is a bonus

I'm having an afternoon of putting my feet up today and relaxing. I've had a guilt by pass so it's great!

Hope all you girlies have done the card/prezzy routine for the man in your life - their ego's simply won't take it otherwise

Hello all,
Poor DH had to make do with prizes from Mr Tesco as, what with coming home from hols and all that there was no time to go proper shopping. So a nice card, a book on WW2 bomber pilots (yawn) which he seemed rather pleased with and a bottle of booze. Did get DS to 'draw' a picture though.

Holiday was totally terrific, weather 100% perfect and am a mass of freckles and generally very well and healthy looking. Won't last of course. Don't get time to sunbathe anymore with DS and evertime I lay down by the pool he thought it was an great game to jump on me and my lovely cushiony looking belly. . DH sat there in cricket hat looking 100% Brit with his William Shatner Star Trek Book that he took for his holiday read. I tried to pretend I wasn't with him...

Love the card with footprints johnworf, how lovely of them.

Now off to be Mrs Hausfrau and clean and hoover. Why is it when we go on holiday we come back to so much untidyness never mind the washing and ironing? I'm sure I left the house nice. Is it punishment for having a holiday? Still, I have to say it's preferable than sloping off to the office like poor DH had to to this morning looking super glum.

hehehe pwcbird I love your take on returning from hols. I doubt we'll be having a holiday for quite a while as when we go away, unexpected things happen, like coming back with a baby (!)

How do you cope with your DH on that level of geekiness? I love geeky men but really, that's taking it a step too far even for me

Katherine has a spot of nappy rash today (weird for a breastfed baby) and has some oedema. They're giving her a diuretic today. I feel so sorry for her. In her short life so far she's turned into a human pin cushion now with a sore botty So unfair.

Our new sofas are arriving today so I myself have to do some cleaning. They've come 3 weeks early - funny how things in my house come early (insert DH joke here). So it's a little excitment for me - I have to get my thrills where I can these days.

pwcbird the vision you paint of your DH makes me howl! In my head I've got a blend of David Tennant...Roy Cropper (Corrie st) and Mr Mainwairing (Dad's Army) I'm expecting you to tell us he's swapped the family people carrier for a WW2 tank!

Aw...poor Katherine...a sore botty is nasty.
New sofas - how fab. Ours have got manky throws on them and they keep slipping off to reveal the grotty underneath...and it always happens when polite company turns up DP says there is no way we're getting nice furniture with two pen-wielding toddlers!

lmfao@jeanjeannie Yes! I had Roy Cropper (plus his old tatty shopping bag) in mind but didn't want to offend pwcbird

Ah yes, the dilema of nice furniture v crayons/felt tips. I think Katherine is a long way off weilding either and DSS knows better! We just have to be careful where we tread, especially when half asleep, as we're inundated by WWE wrestling figures. Nice sharp angled fingers etc that stab your feet. Think sticklebricks (do people still buy them? Do they still make them?)- many a stab wound in the dark from those things too.

Know what you mean about hiding stains. I've got a nest of tables that have a cigarette burn on them (someone drunk at a party many years ago) which has a strategic box of tissues on it. They're going as well. Also my floor lights. I'm having a mass clearout and buying new stuff. It's a hard job but someone has to do it.

Point of note: when I ask DH about colour of said new lights etc he feigns deafness/blindness/coma. Anyone else have similar problem?

You know, I could go on forever about DH's geekiness. It is amusing but I must add he is lovely and super and all that. But... he is a geek (and would readily admit it). On holiday the biggest thing for him was that he couldn't get a decent WiFi on his PSP so that he could (or in fact couldn't) download a film clip that was in the 'news' of an alien at a window. Honestly! Plus he was having 'internet withdrawal symptoms'. He looks quite normal, not really geeky at all. It's just inside him...

I am a bit mean with DS and drawing. I only let him do it in the high chair and place it in the centre of the room so his little hands with pens attached can't reach anywhere. Thing is, he sits in a booster seat at the table to eat now, but I keep the highchair for drawing purposes. I do feel a bit like a mean mumma though and he has managed to find pencils and draw on the table a few times.

Oh I love a new household item. Sofas, white goods, oh anything. It's just another form of shopping. Lovely.

Roy Cropper! Hee Hee. I'm glad to say he doesn't look like that. He's actually quite nice looking and even reasonably trendy (apart from when on holiday as he has that white Irish skin that goes bright red when in the sun so keeps himself utterly covered plus factor 50 suncream like some kind of mad person). You'd never know that beneath the reasonably cool exterior lurks a geek of momentous proportion.............

To join in the geek conversation my BF looks bookish, like Louis Theroux, which I find quite sexy, but when he puts on a sun hat, he turns into instant nerd, which is repellent. I've tried hiding the hats, which are very English, and a real turn off, but to no avail. We're off to California in a couple of weeks, and I'm wondering what to do about the hat situation, as he's very delicate and can't handle the sun. Is there such a thing as a sexy sun hat?

Short answer Msdynamo.. NO. I am totally with you on hats as that is the exact problem with my DH. I told him he was only allowed to wear the hat on the beach/pool and was not allowed to wear it walking around or in the town etc. To compensate though he smothers himself in high factor so there's no chance of him even looking vaguely sunkissed. Maybe there is a gap in the market here? Sexy sunhats for men?

No idea on the sexy sun hat front. DH wears no hat on beach and subsequently fries his head off. Then moans rest of the week that I'm not rubbing the after sun on enough.

At least your DP's don't wear white tennis socks (pulled up as far as they'll go) on the beach with trunks. Mine does. Oh! the shame!!

Still, lovely new sofa's have arrived whilst I've been out at the hospital. They're shiny, new and smell of newness!

Oh, and Katherine opened her eyes today for the first time What a fantastic day today is !!!

Downside is I've lost my wedding ring in the neonatal unit - again. DH not impressed. Thankfully they've found it - again.

Dh says I'm not allowed sharp things or real pens now or anything that costs more than 10p

msdynamo Sexy sun hats for men? Well, in my 15+ years as a fashion journo I can safely concur with pwcbird that the answer is NO! Good Lord, that's it...THAT'S my money making scheme to earning me a million....design a sexy sun hat..ah ha...*rubs hands in glee & grabs paper and pencil

Mind you - if you're off to California then i suppose you could make him wear a baseball cap (UGH) Then he'd fit in with the locals. Don't forget to accessorise with a larger-label 'wife beater' for maximum effect Beer belly and beard are optional extras!

Johnworf ...er...floorlights?????? What are they then? Are they like a runway on the floor...in case of low landing aircraft..??!! you fascinate me....tell me more

pwcbird sorry about the Roy Cropper reference....couldn't resist! I like the idea of a good-looking geek....definately NOT Mr Roy's Rolls then! Anyway - no-one man can carry a bag like Roy.

BTW...Verity has the most explosive bottom of any baby....EVER It's barking mad...constantly f*rting like a bloke on 10 pints of Bass. Could it be something I've eaten?

Oh WOW! She's opened her eyes! JW that's FAB news!!!

AND news sofas too....yoh.....this is one hell of a Monday!!! x

Socks pulled up..WITH trunks...Mmmmm. that's special... Never seen my DP on the beach......I've not really been with him long enough to go on holiday somewhere sunny (unless you count Norfolk in a strangley clement October?!)as I've spent most of our time together preggie...

Ahh... jeanjeannie a beach holiday with one's partner is revealing in so many ways. A rite of passage almost.

johnworf fab news on baby Katherine. Totally excellent.

Oh and please don't worry about the Roy Cropper reference... Roy is beautiful on the inside! And as for DH, I wouldn't quite put him in the 'good looking' section, he's a 6-7 out of 10 as Trinny and Susannah would say.

jeanjeannie you've just forgotten with newborns on the sound and amount of poo they emit. I remember DS would trump and the house would shake almost It's just their little digestive systems I guess.

msdynamo as someone who gets sun stroke really easily don't worry about a sexy one just make him wear one so he is not ill. Any hat with a brim will do as a sun hat.

johnworf how lovely she opened her eyes they are tiny dark dots at the moment aren't they

Went to antenatal clinic at hospital for scan d consultant appointment today my blood pressure was up a little and I had protein in my wee still no glucose though ;) and blood sugar was 6.4 now have a little machine to do it at home and prove to the sceptical sods my blood sugars are fine Todays appointment was not too bad despite this arrived early (you can never tell what Bristol traffic is going to do esp on a Monday morning) was booked a 9.20 was in there by 9 girl that did the scan was lovely the gert big lump trued to hide by turning side on (was back to back for a short time) one fibroid has shrunk 2 others they can see are slightly bigger but I knew that I can feel them one at the back they cannot see. Was in seeing the consultant (yep the consultant ) by 9.30 and she was lovely accepted my explanation about why I did not want a GTT and my logic behind it. I actually felt listened to today which is more than I have done any other time. LO is 1/4 engaged she is seeing me in 2 weeks to make sure they are down lower and no fibroid problems and will scan me herself if need be Waiting for results of blood and wee to see if I need a 24 hour urine (rung twice was told results would be back by lunch time still not back now) Also have to have blood pressure and wee checked twice a week.

Wow kaz1967 you've been thoroughly checked over today haven't you dear? Glad to hear that everything is looking FAB and ready to rock n roll in a few weeks time

Yep, Katherine has these dark pools for eyes. They actually look a tad satanic they're so dark But it's lovely to see her with them open.

FYI jeanjeannie floor lights are lights that are on the floor. I think down south they might still call them standard lamps or something old fashioned. I've got uplighters at the mo but they're so passe Still looking for new ones to no avail.

Glad that verity is botty burping. Does she take after her dad? She would in my house

Wow kaz1967 you've been thoroughly checked over today haven't you dear? Glad to hear that everything is looking FAB and ready to rock n roll in a few weeks time

Yep, Katherine has these dark pools for eyes. They actually look a tad satanic they're so dark But it's lovely to see her with them open.

FYI jeanjeannie floor lights are lights that are on the floor. I think down south they might still call them standard lamps or something old fashioned. I've got uplighters at the mo but they're so passe Still looking for new ones to no avail.

Glad that verity is botty burping. Does she take after her dad? She would in my house

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johnworf Yep I feel today I have been looked after and treated as I should not dreading next time either as seeing the boss lady again not the monkeys

Just remember you can only see Katherine's pupils which is why her eyes look so black I suspect she will only open them when there is not too much light for a while so they will stay looking black. Give her a while and they will be beautifully blue

This thread is nearly full so starting a new one here

can someone please please explain to me simply what my problem is, i have had 54 cells grown for my cvs and 5 of them had an extra number 2 chromosome? what does this mean for my baby???
sorry, didnt explain fully....had a cvs cos of finding a nuchal fold, it came back as a mosaicism...great! that was the result as explained by a geneticist, but he was vague as to how it may manifest itself, he mentioned facial disfigurement! internal organ problems! learning difficulties or........ a normal baby!!!!!! HELP, im so confused! am having an amnio monday but he said the result wont really help in a diagnosis cos if its all clear, then that will yes rule out placental probs but wont rule out baby probs as the cells they recovered from the amnio may not of got the bit with the extra chromosomes in it! im so depressed. Have a heart scan for baby at 20 wks, im 15 wks now.Amnio was ok, but got to wait 2 long weeks now, am so so scared, ps im 41.

Sorry I haven't got a clue but this must be so incredibly stressful for you. I was given a 1 in 2 chance of Downs after my nuchal scan and bloods but after a CVS it was found to be all fine. So I have a little understanding of the stress of waiting. Unfortunately this sounds very complex and nothing I've ever heard of...and you could really do with a bit of support.

It may be an idea to post the question in the Pregnancy section under the title 'mosaicism' as there maybe someone (however old they are) who have knowledge or experience of this and can perhaps give you info.

Just another thought. It may be worth asking your GP to interpret what you've been told.

Sorry I've been unable to help.

Good luck and finders crossed for you x