Hi girls,
Wow Cindy, how exciting. Will be sending you lots of calm and relaxing vibes for a nice speedy labour on Thursday/Friday... Can't wait to hear which name you have chosen. I love all three you listed, but I especially love Gabrielle! I have a really nice association wiht that name. My cousin named her daughter Gabriela and she's known as Gaby. She's now 11 and the most gorgeous girl. I guess I've left it to late to guess your delivery date now you are being induced. My guess for your bubba's weight is 6lb5oz.

Kristie, Hope Dylan decides to get a move on. It must be really hard waiting the last couple of weeks after Louis came early. he he. Must be too comfy in there. Sounds like you are trying all the tricks in the book to bring on labour, so hopefully things will start to happen soon. My guess for your delivery date is next Wednesday and weight for Dylan is 7lb 4oz.

Rachael, Sorry to hear your little man scared you with his escape. So good to hear all ended well and that Milo is safe and sound! Gussy often tries to make it onto the road in front of our house, but so far we've managed to intercept him first. We have a staircase from the house down to street level and then a gate onto the street. Gus's legs are still a bit too short for him to get down the stairs quickly as has to commando climb down. Thankfully this seems to slow him down enough that we can get to him before he gets to the street. Your story has reminded me that we need to really keep an extra close eye on him. xx

Linda, Hello... Hope you are well. Great to see more of you in here. xx

Tracey, How exciting to hear Jordan's walking. What a clever boy!!! Doesn't it make a huge difference to his interaction with the world! Wow our bubbas are all growing up now aren't they!

Melissa, Congratulations on your new job. How exciting! How many shifts will you be able to work? Will they all be at night? That sounds like a great way to make some extra $ without having to spend on childcare (asuuming your DH can watch Benjamin at night)...

Nikki, you are a super mum. Sorry to hear Corey is challenging your patience. Kids seem to intuitively know which buttons to press to get us really wound up don't they! Little monkeys! Sounds like a great plan to keep the numbers in your house down for the next little while. You are juggling so much at the moment. Congratulations on the house settling. How exciting. Clever idea getting C and H into childcare, will make your painting soooo much more efficient. When do you think you'll move in? Fingers and toes crossed that the next Target catalogue has some pictures of Chantelle (and Tori) in it.

Well as for me, I'm still in limbo. I'm not really feeling pregnant - but then I don't think I really did with Fergus either. I had a hcg blood test yesterday (my first this preg) so am now waiting to get a call with the results. My gp doesn't think it's looking good based on the most recent u/s. Apparently the hcg levels should be in the thousands by now if the preg is ongoing. Fingers crossed. xxxxxxx

Gussy's still having probs with his infection. The operation involved three incision sites. It was to repair bilateral hydrocoele and to excise two sacral sinuses. The two hydrocoele incisions are healing well however the site of the sacral sinuses excision is infected. Poor little man has a couple deep pockets of infection beneath the incision which are causing him an amazing amount of pain (and not to mention pusss etc). He can't sit down or lie on his back comfortably as it seems to put to much pressure on these areas for him to handle. Things are improving, but not as quickly as I'd like. We were back at the dr yesterday and he said that he wants me to squeeze the incision at every nappy change to help the pussy muck drain away. That's easier said than done as the incision site is literally in the cleavage of his bottom cheeks - and as it's painful, Gussy does a really good job of keeping me well away from it. Blahhhh. He's such a little darling and tries to be really brave. I hope he's ok again soon. He's still not eating (at all) or drinking anything other than a few sips of water, so there were no Easter things that tempted him at all. I don't know what we'll do with that boy! He is currently cutting his 2yo molars - so has a full mouth of teeth, but won't use them! Little monkey.

Here's hoping my preggy advice/instincts are wrong and that my Nov bubba in tum is safe and sound. Will pop back in a bit later. Sorry this has turned into a HUGE post. xx