nothing can drag you down when you're not holding on...

[chocoraisin]

Hello :)

I've decided that blog or no blog, I can't imagine not having all of you fabulous people to turn to in the next couple of months while I count down to baby arriving. So I've jumped ship from the old thread and decided to set up camp here.

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good luck, hope it all goes exactly how you want it to :)

Hope it all went well Choco xx

Thinking of you Choco xxx

Hope everything is going perfectly x

Yet another lurker coming out to wish you and your boys all the very best! You're such an inspiring woman and you clearly are (and will continue to be) an absolutely wonderful mum!!!!

I hope all is well following the birth. Enjoy all the scrummy newbbornness!!! It doesn't last long :-) x

who else is a bit envious of Choco today even though they have more than enough DCs already ?

:) I keep thinking "What time is it over there?" and "I wonder if they're all settled into the bed, now, all snuggled up..."
So yeah, definitely a bit jealous of Choco today. Well, not the abdominal surgery part. But the new baby part!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Baby Bean! :)

Oh yes Bean definitely been here a few hours I should think! Happy Birthday mini choc!

I was just watching tv and it made me think of choco and if baby bean has arrived safe and well. Cant wait to hear all about it - minus the C section part!

Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary - so this little baby will be remembered each year, so I bagsy godmother duties.

Standing by for news! Hope all is well with the mini-choc, and that ex-h has been as undickish as he is actually capable of (i.e. not very).

Hey Choco,been thinking of you today. Hope everything went well and you are enjoying meeting your lovely little boy. He is going to be part of a wonderful family. Your boys are very lucky to have such a superb woman as their mum xxx

Hope you are enjoying lots of snuggles with a gorgeous new little one. Xx

Aww, yes, I hope you're having a gorgeous day together, and you aren't too sore. xxx

Any news anyone?!!

Awww come on Choco, don't they have internet at that hospital of yours!? We're all bursting here :-)

Hope all is well Chico. Your audience awaits you, lol.

Oops Chico! Haha, wasn't he that annoying Pratt on the xfactor?!

Choco!! It's Choco time!

You'd think choco had something better to do than update us on her baby!

Hope you are well choco.

hello!! sorry all, my bloody phone wouldnt load a post lol. third time lucky ;) im on the weird patient computer tv so apologies for the typos!

Baby Bean arrived at ten past eleven, on tuesday morning. All 6lb 8oz of him with a shock of dark hair and big solemn eyes. DS1 has been loving his brotherly duties, especially opening and organising beanies presents hehe. when asked if he likes the baby, he gave it considerable thought and decided on balance, no. BUT he is still proudly telling all the nurses that bean is HIS baby . I am doing ok, the section cut hurts like billyo but my spd is much improved. Spent yesterday in a fog of oromorph and tears but am a bit more sane today.

Mum has been amazing, here every step of the way and keeping DS1 on side. H has been twice, in the evenings with MIL. Ive been ok with it surprisingly. I find it sad, but not heartbreakingly so. I know i can do this. Me and my boys will be ok. I feel more of a family now without him, knowing my little ones need me... Im proud of us.

You've all had me grinning from ear to ear and feeling a bit teary with your messages. Thank you all so much! Anyone who waants to know his name can pm me and i'll spill the beans x

Congratulations Choco & boys!! Ahhh glad a ok & hope you're a bit more comfortable today. Glad you sailed through the twunt visits like a dignified yacht!

Congratulations Choco and DS1, and welcome to Baby Bean!

Ah bless congratulations! Love little DS deciding he doesn't really like him, but he's still HIS baby! He will love him to bits before you know it.

Glad you're coping ok with the X situation, we knew you would, and hope you're soon feeling better. Loads of love to you all.

Is his name 'bean' based at all? I'm thinking Heinz!

CONGRATULATION!! And welcome to the world baby Choco

Please dont spill the beans, it may hurt them!

Congratulations, and well done to your Mum!

HURRAY!
[grabs Pom Poms and does a celebratory shimmy}
Congratulations, choco - glad the SPD is easing, I hope it's soon a distant memory and your C-sec pain too! Wonderful that your Mum has been there and so great - and wonderful that you are looking forward to the very visible manifestation of the future with his big solemn eyes .... aaaah it's so lovely!
[happy weeping] :)