Babies Born September 2007 #43

hi girls!

thanks oz for seeing us slip under!

well....we got RED slurpee last night YAY YAY YAY! the poor man had to have 2 going at once to keep up supply. and i must say that he looked pretty smug when we went in there! LOL!

MD: oooohhh wooooo friday the 13th huh? wooooooooo. i dont really imagine you seeing too many step ladders or black cats in the OR though.

MM: oooh M's bouquet is gunna be gorgeous!! how exciting! we also did one for our little flower girl (there was nooo way i was going to pay for a big fancy florist one!). and it looked so pretty. thank you spotlight LOL!

AFM: well i am in a slight dilemma. meant to be inspecting a house but miss L is fast asleep. do i wake her or leave her be? she only does one sleep a day...arrghhhhh! couldnt she of waited like 30 minutes?!?!!! LOL!

ROFL MD! WTG on calming her nerves, Mister Surgery-date-booking-guy. If you think of it this way, if you were in America on that day, it would only be the 12th ;)

Oh no nearly off the page again.

I hope everyone is ok, especially those suffering in the heat.

MD good luck with the OP might be a weird date but at least you have the date now!

I am buggered so night night all.

Katie your the Thread Saver - I'll have to sew you a cape LOL.

Trill, yep and if I was in Spain I'd have to make sure I didn't get married or take a trip on Tues the 13th LOL. I don't really mind because it will be Dr HH surgeon doing it, he's really good (he's who I would've gone to privately if I could've afforded it) plus I'll have Dr Junior Lovely Surgeon attending to me afterwards (*blushes*).

Clare, I'm PMSL that the quikimart dude had to get both tanks going on RED. Is that cos you went up there and dripped on him in your bikini? LOL BTW now I'm dying of curiosity. Did you go to the inspection? Did you find a house???

Hi girls!

well it HAS been mighty quiet in here....especially from rainy.

MD: no unfortunately i didnt go dripping in my bikini...but i did take the dog and being as big as she is maybe, just maybe i looked kinda scary...doubt it, stella is the lick monster 2000.

and yeah, went and saw the house...what a joke! the 'bathroom' was at the back of the house separated by a shower curtain wall...yes, i did type that correctly. and it consisted of a bath tub and a toilet. oh, and the laundry was in there as well. so for 2 bedrooms and a non bathroom/laundry they want $600k+. i walked out laughing.
we have seen a really nice place in brunswick though...so might have to take a dabble at the auction...

AFM: well things here have cooled immensely. so i can think again which is nice. we are in need of a new hose and some of the plants may be burnt beyond recognition, but that is ok. and we managed to thus far avoid blackouts.

Leila is all sugarness and light but has had for the last 2 nights brief wakeups. i have been giving her water as the heat i think was the main factor and bingo. she drank a whole sippy cup both times.

hope everyone is great (oh, and so think the cape idea is awesome. i want one so i guess i will have to search for a superpower....hmmmm) LOL!

Hi everyone, hope you are all surviving the heat wave. I guess I should stop complaining when it hits 25 degrees here lol

Ozstar, how is the 2WW going? When do you test?

Clare, glad you finally got your red slurpee lol

MD, yay for a date for your op. Don't worry about Friday the 13th - people are more aware of 'bad luck' on that day so are actually more careful than usual

MM, glad your sisters found some nice bridesmaid dresses. Not long to go now!

Rainy, how are you feeling today? I am happy that you have a nice air con unit now.

Ange, I have found W suspiciously quiet eating lollies behind the chair before, he was very happy with himself lol

W is getting more and more words, he parrots back a couple of new things every day. I guess his word count would be around 50 now, he is always blabbing on about something lol. Yesterday mum told one of the dogs 'down', now he keeps saying 'down woof'.

Do you think it is very likely for morning sickness to start after 9 weeks? I have had a few days of feeling really average but nothing like last time, I am starting to think I might be in the clear! I am not even that tired! I am having a lot of trouble finding anything I want to eat, but that is about it.

As for our nights..... it's working!! I kept up with offering the bottle and now he is not waking until around 4am! Last night he slept from 9pm-5am, he stirred a couple of times but I just shushed him back to sleep. That is 8 hours! Two weeks ago I had no hope of getting to this stage, I am so happy with how it is going.

ETA, Clare, an auction will be so exciting! What is the house market like there now? Have sellers dropped prices much? It is a great time to buy with the interest rate so low!

MD I would like pink and yellow sequins on my cape please ;)

L is calling will be back for more later lovelies

When was the last time it was this quiet in here????

Hopefully those in Vic have just lot power and cant log on.

Clare you come up with a superpower yet???? LOL

Arte I tested on Monday. Your little W is sooooo clever, I have no idea how many words L has but its nowhere near W. L babbles loads though. Woo hooo on missing out on the MS, do you think it could be a pink bundle??? Are you going to find out?

We are off to the park for a play. Have been cleaning up all morning so time to relax.

Oz: nup, no superpower just yet...unless you call couch surfing a superpower...hmmm fat chance!

yeah where is everyone? it seems when i dont log on it's action stations and then when i am its ghosty hollows. um, hmmm, maybe i smell! LOL!

we were threatened with blackouts last night as the fires approached the main elec station. but we are all good here. but maybe for rainy it ain't so wonderful. that side of town seems to have gotten hit worse by the looks.

I've been out most of the day and the rest of the time it's been too hot to sit here. But I am alive LOL

Clare - Good luck with the auction. House prices are so high arent they! Mind you now is the time to buy, as they say. As for night time wake ups, we've had them the past two nights & I am blaming the heat as well. I could barely sleep myself let alone expect M to sleep. Listen to me, the weather we are experiencing over here is nothing to what you guys are getting over there lol!

Arte - So glad the night time wake ups are improving for you, you must feel like a new woman in the morning when you wake!

In law vent coming on (sorry girls so many lately)!!! Why do people insist on giving your child sugar & complete & utter junk food!? I've had the in laws here today & they have been feeding M chips, choccy biccies, friggen hard nougart of all things (uhhh choking hazard or what, I wasnt at all embarrassed to whip it straight out of her mouth!!) & lemonade all day, even after me asking them not to!? Gahhhhh drives me insane. This is our child, maybe we parent differently to what they did, but surely they can respect my wishes as M's MOTHER!?! I mean my own parents do, they never even think of offering M such foods. She doesnt need it, doesnt know any better. Of course I am not completely paranoid & do give her treats, but all in moderation, I certainly dont stock her up on junk all day long anyway. So needless to say its 8.30pm & M is soooo tired but just boucing off the walls, I have to work tomorrow thank you very much in laws.

oh MM that just sux! kinda like my grandparents trying to tell me that milo doesnt contain sugar and we need to give it to her to stop bandy legs...

hello hello
sorry i have read everything bu thave such preg head at the moment everything goes in one ear and out the other... i am uppingth fish oil intake so my brain may be back soon LOL! had a great weekend away, first nigth a bit of a disaster as we were staying in an awfulplace that was so hot and unsuitable for babies/toddlers but we moved the next day and it was wonderful. the bub we were with is sooooooo adorable DH and i got v excited about our little bundle. Ngot rather jealous so we better think of ways to help him with that LOL!
MD YAY on a date for the op... and to having the HH dr to do it. i am glad H settled well into school and you love her teacher, that must be a big load off your mind. when do you start uni? have you got FDC or something for Miss E?
Clare - glad the slurpee situation got sorted, sounded like desperate times LOL! how are things with DH?
Arte - woo hoo on feeling good. i reckon you have escaped the ms though you never can be sure... are you havinga scan at 12 wks? sounds like you have sucha clever clogs there... N is also so verbal and i love it.
Katie - did you meet the other M/wife?
MM - grrrrrrrrrr at the inlaws... oh that would bug me. i hope M slept eventually.... i thik it is hard for them to see their kids as parnets sometimes - though that is no excuse really! how is M going at creche? how many days are you working and how are you finding it? woo hoo on the bmaid dresses - not long to go now!
Rainy - where are you?? hope you are ok in the heat...
Since Ange also isnt on i am thinking you 2 have lost power??? oh i hope not... that would be too mean to our heavily preg buddies!
hi to everyone else - better go do some work. will be back on later xxx

Hi lovelies, still here, had a big weekend though. Wedding last night as well as a couple of bbq's over the weekend. I'm exhausted and my cankles are about to engulf my feet, but just popping in to say i'm alive. Having a couch day today i think........

Oh Ange - elevate those cankles!

Hope Rainy is OK too.

MD - yay for getting a date. Wow, next week - how long after the op until you are able to indulge in Haigh's?

MM - hope Maddie calmed down last night and you got some sleep. That is excessive sugar, one treat maybe, but not all of that!!

PP - glad your weekend away turned out OK. Hope those fish oil tablets work!

Clare - yay for red!! Poor plants getting burnt, they really would have had no hope would they?

Arte - wow, so many words!! We're still waiting here, although DH thinks he heard a few ta's on the weekend. Massive WOOHOO to the 8 hours sleep!!! Awesome work W!!

AFM - well K was bitten twice last week by some little kid at childcare. The second time he was in the cot in isolation because the carers were busy doing sunscreen and nappy changes and couldn't watch him. K took him a toy and he pulled her arm in and bit it!! Poor carers, they are trying everything they can but he doesn't seem to be getting the message. Anyway, K bit me on the weekend (hadn't done it for ages), so I made a very big deal about how sad it made mummy, just like when Tyler bit her. Hope the message sunk in.

And DH knocked his thumb at cricket. Doesn't think it's broken again, but it's swelled up big time! We also took K down the beach a couple of times, she just loved it. Straight into the water, wasn't at all worried by the waves.

tip for anyone struggling to think of entertaining bubs - I had K's mattress out because she wet it, but after I had cleaned it up and dried it, she spent more than an hour playing on it on the floor. Bouncing and rolling and putting bears to sleep etc. So cute!

hi girls
i'm still alive! just popping on really quickly to let you all know i'm ok
am dying to have a nap with lewis but i can't cos there's a fire in my street and i can't go to bed until it's safe. there's 3 firetrucks there now.
might have to leave soon, will wait and see what happens in next hour.
hope everyone has survived heatwave, i have found it absolutely brutal being this pg

Rainy I hope everything is ok with you guys and the fire keeps at bay. :pray:

Rainy so glad to hear you're ok but I'll be anxious for a bit now wondering about the whole fire situation. Do hope the cooler temps (and did I hear someone say rain?) help on that front AND make everything more bearable down your way. xxx

Ange, you sound like you earned your cankles, I didn't do half that much and I'm still pooped this morning! LOL

Clare, how you doing hun? LOL at the milo and the bandy legs. I guess they prolly knew a lot of bandy-legged kids back in the day. These days girls just get osteoporosis from drinking too much diet coke LOL.

Katie, well you'll get your cape when I learn how to machine-sew sequins then! LOL

Cally, that's rotten about the biting. Not nice! I think I'd be a bit tense dropping her off, hopefully she doesn't start biting other kiddies too LOL. Great tip re the mattress, we had one in E's room the other night (so H could sleep in the aircon) and E just loved it!

PP - I hear you on the fish oil, I think I'm still deficient from not remembering to take my preggy vits every day. Not game to take them lately with the gallstones, so I'll have to keep being a bit daft for the next coupla weeks then I can get as fishy as I like LOL. No still haven't got my FDC sorted, I've got another few weeks but I'm only doing parttime subjects so can knock that over evenings and weekends if I have to.

Arte, you've definitely acclimatised to NZ if 25 degrees seems hot! LOL Well done on the sleeping progress, I bet that's a huge relief, plus you won't know yourself with all that extra sleep. Hey how's life in the new house? RU loving having your own little patch of green NZ turf?

MM - I agree that's excessive amount of treat food for a little girl to be having! Maybe you'll have to be upfront and tell them BEFORE they next spend time with her. Better still, get DF onto it.

Rainy I hope everything is ok.

Ange hope the cankels have eased.

MD so are you off to spotlight then so you can do my cape???? I was even going to buy some pink sparkly undies to wear over my tights.

Cally thats no good about the biting. L loves to play on his mattress too, I usually put it on the ground when I change the sheets.

PP I need to take some fish oil, I dont eat any seafood or get much in the way of Omega 3. I am meeting the midwife I chatted on the phone to tomorrow night, very excited.

MM I would be so mad at the inlaws. I am with you and think everything in moderation.

In one of those meh moods tonight, bored but not motivated to do anything.

Ohh Rainy & Ange I am really feeling for the both of you in this heat. Rainy I hope the fire has been kept at bay & your house is safe, how scary. Do you live out of the city a bit?

Cally - Oh no biting is horrible, it hurts too I'm sure. M has been bitten twice now, once at daycare and the other just at mums group & they always seem to leave a bite mark that lasts a few days. Horrible to think how it makes them feel. Poor K, I hope they can sort out the little boy, I've heard that they do it for attention and out of frustration though, so I dont think he is doing it to be mean? I dont know, its a hard one isnt it. I'm sure no one wants to hear that their child has bitten another.

PAP - Ohh how exciting for you, we both get all clucky around young bubs these days too. Wow you must be looking forward to welcoming another bundle of joy. M is fine with daycare now, crys a bit when I leave but apparently it stops very soon after I've left. Of course I get the guilts though. How is N going with it? I am still just doing the two days and wont do any more than that. How are you going with work? Will you keep working once the second child arrives?

Clare - Bandy legs!? What the? I gave M some warm milo once in winter, but she didnt seem to like it, not such a bad thing hehe.

I am still feeling a bit angry about the giving M junk food situation. Also I'm anxious as they are coming up again this Sat, & going to the footy with DP & taking M along. I wont be going as I'm going for my hair trial & I know they will shovel chips and junk down her throat, DP drives me nuts as he says I am being paranoid & wont stick up for me. I just wish that they could respect my decisions and go with them, they've had their turn at being parents 4 times. Just because my MIL has terrible eating habits doesnt mean I want her to teach my daughter those habits as well grrr.

G, I hope they got the fire out and you didn't have to evacuate :hug:

H, I have the same problem with my Mum. No matter how hard I try to tell her, as soon as she gets the kids on her own she just lets them eat crap all day or just not stick to a regular meal time and she just doesn't *think* kwim? And to make it worse, she's diabetic so you would think she'd know better. I have come to accept that no matter how much preaching I do at her she wont change, although she's not really like that with Alister cause I told her he has food allergies ;) *shhhhh*. If they wont change all you can do is make up for it afterwards and totally eliminatte anything less than ideal from her diet for a few days to let her get over it all kwim? I think the problem too is not so much that it's the food they eat that can make them bounce off the walls (although it will affect different children in different ways) but that they get soooo overstimulated too. While ever they are there in your presence, just don't let them give her food - make excuses like she's only just eaten, or she's about to have lunch etc and they wont get offended that way or make a compromise, like after she's had her lunch, she can have half a biccie etc.

Cally, I hope they get this little boy's biting issue sorted soon for K's sake!

Had a day out in Wagga yesterday - had to see my gyno for my follow up appt after the surgery. He showed me loads of pics that he took during the surgery and it looks like I have adenoymosis as well as the endo - that's when the endo grows into the uterus because the inside of my uterus has all these little red splotches all over it. It was kinda cool to *see* inside me and inside my uterus. He showed me where the scarring was and all the work that he did. So for now, we're leaving things as they are. He thinks the IUD has given me an irritable uterus, hence the cramping and pain during sex so I have some stuff to take for that and we'll see how it goes for a month and then pull it out if it doesn't improve. I also need BT done for hormone levels to see where I am at and if menopause is closing in and also for PCOS. So over all a good outcome.

And I also got to meet with the gorgeous Amysarah for lunch. She's wonderful - just like she is on here. We're going to meet up again too. And then I had a bit of shopping and browsing to do too - I was on my own so I made the most of it ROFL.

Sherie - soundslike a wonderful day! wow must have been amazing to see your 'insides'... sounds like a great GYN - so thorough! I hope the meds help... did you know all of this was going on with you and you wanted to wait til your baby making was done or has it crept up on you?
MM - grrrrrr at the ILs. I am lucky neither my mum or my ILs would do that... I must say though DH gives him more treats than i would like... not too bad though but i do think we need him to have good habits from now. N issuch a good eater i am not so worried about it as he gets so much goodness in but i do like to limit naughty things.. all in moderation! have fun at the hair trial - how are you doing it?
Rainy - i hope you escaped the fire and didnt have to evacuate, i know how terrifying that can be, cant imagine with a toddler and 36 wks preg.
MD - thats great you can fit the uni in at nights... perfect. i guess you willput E into FDC for some MD time though?
I am feeling so much better, my friend who is a TCM practitioner and naturopath (she is amazing specialises in fertiluty and womens health) has me on a good regime of supplements and i feel so much better... feel like i am forever taking vits etc but i do feel good for it. i was reading more about the fish oils yest, i cant believe how important they are... and i must be depleted big time LOL!
Cally - that biting doesnt sound good, and Katie sounded so sweet to be taking him a toy... N bites me sometimes and it sure does hurt!
I think the preg hormpnes are making my BBs smell good to N again, he constantly has his head buried down my top LOL!

hey everyone,
hope those near the fires havnt had to evacuate and all is well!!
asha had her first day at childcare yesterday.. she went really well.. didt cry when i dropped her off and went to sleep easier for them than she does for us!! apparantly she was a little angel lol that would be right!!
everythings good here.. same old same old cant get the house clean and its actually really dirty rather than just messy but every time i get up to do something i get dizzy, think its my blood pressure as i have naturally low pressure... waiting for that second trimester buzz so i can get things done am 14wks tmw so fingers crossed its on its way!!
sorry i really dont have the energy for personals just wanted to say well done md on getting a date booked for ur surgery u can think of dp and i when u go in haha coz thats the day we are booking our wedding for haha yes we are a little cooky!!
hope everyones having a good day!

PP, I have always had the issues since I started my menses, but having the kids sort of held it at bay for a few years. It makes it easier to treat now though that I'm done with babies cause we can look at longer term treatments kwim? LOL at N always being nuzzled into you - A will always put his hand down my top when I pick him up if he's a bit sooky.

Noni, its hard for anyone to have any energy with this heat, let alone when you're pg, but I hope you do start to feel better soon :hug:

OMG Noni did I read that right, are you getting MARRIED in 10 days??????!!!! :o Or just another Fri the 13th? yay for Asha's first day, sounds like it's going to be a fantastic arrangement for all of you. I hope that energy kicks in for you soon!

Rainy, thinking of you this morning, hope everythings allright your way. :hug:

Trill, far out brussel sprout at getting to see your insides! A friend of mine who was having a whole lot of not-right symptoms eventually found out she was having a premature menopause at age 37. That's how old I am. That would be bit of a psychological hurdle I reckon.

PP lucky you having a TCM naturopath for a friend! Yep still aiming to get E into FDC one day a week until I find my perfect job then it'll be work 3 days a week, E in care 3.5-4 days a week (so I still get my MD time) LOL. *sigh* Yep that means I'm officially job-searching now!

lol no woops march friday the 13th haha for some reason my brain didnt even think there was a friday the 13th in february haha but ofc there is.. sorry!!

Wow that's so exciting Noni! :clap:! How are the preparations going??

i'm alive!
fire was put out after about 3 hours.
my house is so messy, looks like a bomb has hit it.
still tired and hot around here
bbl 4 personals xoxo

Hi Girls,

Well we got back yesterday and OMG I am so tired. We had the most amazing time but I am really glad to be home. We left with 3 bags and returned with 9 yep thats right 9. The shopping was fantastic and cheap (come home with money). I bought 9 hand bags and have now 5 left for me. ( gave the others away to family as pressies) Liv and the boys got all new winter cloths and some summer ones too. DH of course bought all his Michael Jordan stuff lol. Only had One accident whist away. Jordy slipped on ice in flagstaff in front of our cabin and hit a outdoor table and cut open his forehead. Went to the hospital and he got 4 stiches( 2 inside and 2 outside). The hospital could not get a hold of my insurance people so I had to pay a deposit of $500 and they said they will post the other 2 bills. I asked about how much they said about $1500.00 and that was just the local hospital. Finally after 2days of trying I got a hold of my insurance people which was suppose to be 24 hr 7 days a week open and gave them a piece of my mind and told them that I will be giving them the bills to pay and they better refund me my $500 back. Jordy is great and got his stiches out today but Livi has an ear infection and wakes up screaming at night. Got AB's for her so I hope they kick in and get her better soon. Ok gotta go sorry Livi is crying. Will BBL.

Hello to everyone and love you all

md - preparations are going well but its just a small registry wedding and we will go out for a meal afterwards but people will pay for themselves instead of getting us wedding gifts.. just a really small scale thing.. going ring shopping nxt weekend i think coz dps aunts want to buy the wedding rings for us even tho we told people we dont want presents they are insisting so why not hey? going next week to book in a time at the registry and look at some resteraunts in the local area but yeh not much planning to be done really.. a friend of dp at work has offered us their holiday house in port stevens if we would like to go their after the wedding so we are thinking about that too :)
sorry everyone must go.. have eaten so badly today (maccas breaky and pizza for lunch) and then i finally did some cleaning and now i am feeling really sick ahh gotta get this eating under controll!!

Noni, there is a Friday 13th in March and then another one in November too - so which one is it gonna be ;) It sounds lovely what you have planned.

Leanne, the US health system sucks bigtime! I would hate to live over there and have to deal with it all the time. Glad to hear it's healing well though. I hope Livvi's ear is better soon too.

G, I hope your house doesn't reek of smoke - I couldn't handle that.

MD, it's been something I've been thinking about lately, the whole menopause thing. Mum told me the other week that hers just stopped at 47 - no menopause symptoms or anything, they just didn't come back the next month. She did notice that they were getting progressively lighter each time though and only lasting 1 day. I hope I have it that good. My Aunt (mums sister) went through it years ago too but she started at 9. I suppose it's something you will have to start thinking about with H too!

OK, I have to admit that yesterday I brought Alister a pair of baby haviana's (runs away and hides from the jibes ;) ) But in my defence I only brought them because his size 7 flippers are too big for his current sandals and his toes hang off the edge now and it looks awful and I didn't want to spend $$ buying new leather sandals that he will only wear the next few weeks. I couldn't find any other little thongs anywhere with the elastic at the back, so I had to swallow my pride and buy them ROFL, but I didn't pay full price - I brought ones that were reduced cause they were the last in stock of that colour (navy blue).

Alister is being such a tyrant lately too and it's driving me mental!! Like today, he found a pool ring, went and got his hat on and walked around the house in the pool ring for nearly 1hr complaining and whinging at me cause he wanted to go for a swim. Plus he makes it impossible to get anything done around the house now, so it has to wait till he's in bed at night or having a sleep (today he slept from 11.30 to 3pm so I can't complain) I think it's mostly a developmental stage too because it's mostly communication that gets him cranky so he's picked up a few new words that makes it easier, but there is still so much he wants to say, but can't so he gets cranky when we don't understand what he wants right away.

I found out what he did yesterday in DH's care too ROFL - I took a photo of him out by the pool today in his ring and his boots and hat (cause DH left the door open and he got his gumboots on and escaped with the ring to the pool LOL - criminal mastermind in the making I think) and I had a look at the pics that were already on there and here's Alister, sitting in the dog's water bucket! The water was filthy too *Blergh!* i'll post it later on.

hey there,
well i finally managed to clean my bathroom yesterday.. i believe i asked dp to clean it two weekends ago because of the chemicals and stuff but i just couldnt stand it anymore!! so i got out my vinegar and my baking powder and it came up really nice haha!! hoping this is maybe a bit of extra energy kicking in coz usually i wouldnt manage to do anything lol.. i really wanted to do the loungeroom and kitchen but was too tired so hopefully i get to them today...
sherie - itll be march 13th as i wanna get married before this bubby comes :) Asha sounds alot like Alister atm gets cranky very easily because i cant understand what she wants alot of the time.. how cute he got his swimming ring and sat in the dogs water haha..
leanne - glad the trip went well. wow thats a big bill for a few stitches isnt it? hope u get everything sorted with the insurance company!
rainy - glad the fire was put out! hope you got some rest!
md - goodluck with the job searching
pp - ;ucky u having a natropath friend!! glad all the supplements are making u feel better.. im still not feeling good enough to swallow the iron tablets yet (makes me rech) fingers crossed i can soon..
mm - how was maddie after the junk food did she calm down for u? that happened to us at ashas birthday.. wed let her have her hands in the cake and shed got alot of sugar that way and then someone fed her red jelly!! needless to say she was bouncing off the walls for ages xmas too ppl just kept feeding her crap.. thats hard tho when its not just special occassions do u think dp could talk to them for u? or maybe you could tell them she got sick last time they fed her all that stuff?
katie - how was the midwife?
hello to everyone else hope everyones having a great morning..

Clare woot woo love the new av. I really need to upgrade and should do it now.

Noni good for you getting your bathroom done, mine is shocking.

Trillian L sounds a lot like A at the moment. I feel so frustrated some days when I just want to get something done and he wont let me. Its also such a cute age though isn't it, I am amazed by L every day.

Leanne good to see you back.

Rainy glad everything is ok. Not much longer to go now.

AFM seen the midwife last night, she was lovely and DH liked her too. She has an apartment overlooking the beach so I asked how much extra to use her place to homebirth lol. Better run we have lots to do today.

Hi everyone
Rainy - glad all is ok. has it cooled down a bit there? Not long to go now my dear! WOW! what did you decide re DH going away for the weekend (it is this weekend right)
Katie - woo hoo on loving the middie and DH loving her too, is he coming around to the idea of a homebirth?
Leeanne - good to see you back, sounds like you had fun and one accident in all that time with 3 yo boys is rather good!
MD - wow you will be busy! any interesting jobs around?
Sherie - i bet he looks cute in his havaianas... and well done on a bargain! so cute him standing there with his swimming ring on. its good you are getting things sorted health wise - i dont envy you!
noni - hope you start to feel better soon, i am finding this preg a lot harder than last time. i think it is not being able to have a break etc. i am off to preg yoga today, back into it - i find if i dedicate a bit moretime to do preg things i feel better - swimming, yoga etc. we have to nurture ourselves and these new babies!!! it is hard to remember that sometimes with a toddler around!

hi girls, sorry i've been so slack lately. just feeling extremely pregnant (funny that, huh?) and not coping well with the heat. it's a little cooler today- only 33 degrees :)

noni- your wedding sounds a lot like ours :) the registry was lovely.

clare- woo hoo! nice avi!!! did sherie do that one?

pap- yes dh is going away on sat morning till sun night. i am a very generous wife, i keep reminding him! lol. i'm going to stay at my dad's in case anything happens. i've got my dad to look after lewis and my doula ready to go with the birth, so i think we'll be fine.

Rainy yep you are a generous wife!!! i am sure all will be fine though and you do have a good plan if anything happens. wow you are kind of full term today - wow wow wow!!! now dont go disappearing or we will all wonder if it is action stations. will you text someone here and tell them when something happens?? i dont want to miss out on the news asap! (same for you ange but dont text each other as what if you BOTH go into labour and we miss BOTH announcements LOL)

yes i am full term today- crazy huh? it feels so weird, like i could go any minute. i'm still trying to do normal stuff though- went swimming this morning and playgroup tomorrow.
i've got ange and md in my phone, so i will text both of them :)
anyone else who wants to hear the news as soon as it happens, just pm me your mobile number, it's pretty exciting huh????
how are you feeling now?

yaaa hooooo rainy - so exciting it is all happening soon....
i am feeling a lot better now - think th 2nd tri energy is here and i am a lot more myself. think i have major preg brain though - oh did i say that already LOL!!

Oh all this talk of babies lol.

Rainy woo hooo on being full term today! I will have to remember to PM you, I would love to know when bub is born.

PAP I cant believe how far you are already. Your feeling big kicks and stuff? DH loves the idea of a homebirth and knows how much I want it. SO much to think about though.

Bored bored bored today!

no i am not feeling big kicks... it has started to get my nerves going actually that i am not feeling much at all... so trying not to focus on it too much as i am sure everything is ok... i do feel occassional little twangs which must be the mvts.. and i am thinking maybe i have (another) lazy one on my hands LOL!
Sounds like the homebirth is a goer then - yay!!