hi lovely ladies, i'm going to do persies but i'm a fuzzy brained woman at the moment so forgive me if i miss anyone etc ox

murph - that is excellent about your tvle trip. sounds like the baby shower was a blast! my sister's best friend, who lives this way, has offered to host one for me... i wasn't expecting one at all so am super touch and super excited about it not sure if we'll have rum liek yours tho lol! and i agree about everyone feeling ok for the occassion "me rant'' ... we don't mind and if you need it, go right ahead.

mhb - i'm really sorry to hear you have hit yet another hurdle and it's so frustating the docs didn't pick it up. how are you going at the moment? thinking of you oxox

kellyD - yay for the name and for the time you've had with DH! and how exciting that its all coming to an end and you'll get to meet your baby soon !!! i'm super jealous! lol oxox

oh greenslw - that is terrible, i don't blame you for being cranky about it. I have to go to my appointments in oct/nov alone cos dh is away and we've no family here so i really understand how you feel... it's such a spesh time, you can feel very alone without that support... at least my DH has an excellent excuse tho! hope it all goes well and work is treating you okay.

oh saph - what a naughty little boy! but i suppose it's a pretty scary time for him with all the change that's coming but he must be picking that sort of stuff up from somewhere (ie another child or such). I hope you can figure out some way to help him through this time. Sorry don't have any suggestions with no experience in that area... maybe a post in the general forum might throw up something you will find helpful. I really feel for you love and sending you a hug oxoox

miss magpie - i have nothing nice to say to you lady! weekend away, preggy massage, finishing work soon, sleeping well pft pft pft you very spoilt woman - suppose you'd better lap it up while it lasts tho lol. serioulsy, good on you for enjoying this time, i think that's an important part of being preggy - to look beyond all the stuff that's happening to our body and just step back and smell the roses (which can be hard when you are trying not to vom, i suppose and then can't get back up from all that smell cos you no longer bend in the middle lol - still you get my drift right?)

hey neptune - hoping things do happen on the home tidy front. that's no good about the swelling, suppose the warm weather of late isn't helping too much either. but the 2.5weeks of work left sounds wonderful!!!!

jen - what doing? have you overheard any good gossip while sitting there in hospy? figured out who is who and which nurses to avoid etc? lol. I hpoe you are taking care and not going stir crazy. What's the latest in terms of arrival times (sounds like you are a tarmac when i say that lol).

smithy- how's the ms going thesedays? hopefully its gone and you are well.

hey BOC - sorry don't know much about dates and such. we've only ever been changed once, by one day very early on (i suspect a miscalculation on the fertility nurse's part). Have you been able to ask any more questions about the whole shebang yet? but whoo ooo for the good heartbeat sounds!

sammiejam - how you coping lovely? hope it's all okay for you at the moment. did you have the other scan this week?? ox

bec - hope you are well enough to remove yourself from the office floor! has ms settled down sweetie?

shout out there to bella! and where's Two Mums gone to???

I know i missing out heaps of people but, well, you all know....

afm - not much to report. reflux has arrived; appetite has settled; grunting when moving on the rise; zits have arrived and have now employed my DH as my personal ''deforestation'' man due to all that lovely extra hair. He offers a great service, even did my kini area for free (it was a selfless act where he copped an eyeful and wore a very cheeky, crooked grin the entire time).

one question - i find i get really really painful crampy things across my lower belly. they feel like what i think a contraction would. i didn't think BH hurt so not sure if its them. they usually hit if i get up too fast or in an odd manner (ie when i kinda forget i'm pregs and jump out of the car/off my work chair like a bandit escaping a bank). Anyway, i got one cramp so bad as i got out of the car i dropped my shopping list - and all you preg ladies know that means i bought $100 worth of groceries and forget the 5 things i really needed to get! i think it's just muscles straining but today's took my breath away... anyone else getting this?

we're off to syd this weekend for a christening but not looking forward to the 2 hr car trip. ... Murph how did you go sitting down for the tvle trip?

oxoxo