3rd Time Lucky Club

[Poshie]

Morning girls. Brrrr it's another cold one. My early morning walks with the dog are difficult I must admit. The sky looked lovely though, all red and orange, wish I'd taken the camera.

Wow Omi, you are looking very organised! Nursery looks fab too and you did well to kit it out on that budget. So could you describe what bits of kit you have there - I see a chest of drawers, a cot and a changing table/drawers is that? No need to apologise, I can understand your excitment, it's an amazing thing
We have a chocolate Lab, so between us we have the full compliment of colours

I'm only working til 12.30pm today and then I'm off to do a food shop, then back for midwife booking in appt. She's coming to my house between 2-4pm.

 

[beachlover1]

Morning all!!

Omi...great pics.....VERY ORGANISED!!

Haha we have a 3 yr old black Lab called Kiwi!!!! (myhubby is from NZ) he is crazy, nosy, has to be amongst it always, but also sooooooo gentle. im currently trying to be really strict to make him stay downstairs...he has a habit of scampering up and sitting at the top of the stairs. I am going to get a baby gate....I need to start getting him trained for a TOTAL dog hair free zone up stairs xxx grrrrrr they are messy.

Have a good day!! I have a scan today, i almost forgot, one last one at the EPAU at the local revolting hospital before I have my dating scan at my proper birthing hospital ;-)

Thats me with a scan a week for this week, next week ( private nuchal) and the week after (dating) so im sorted for scans!!!!! ;-) ill let you know whats going on later xx

 

[Poshie]

Wow, lots of scans! best of luck with them all Looking forward to hearing the latest update.

Labs are gorgeous dogs, great temperments aren't they. The down side (as you know) is the massive amount of hair shedding! We washed ours (in the shower with DH!) and she shed so much hair it was unbelievable. Her coat is looking beautiful now though. We have a Dyson Animal to help manage the hair, but you can't quite keep on top of it.

 

[lil_angel]

Hey Poshie.....you ok? Ive not been on here for 2 weeks....so much to catch up on. See your scan went well then? Have you got a preg journal now then?? Lil

 

[Poshie]

Lil angel, that is such a coincidence that you should post! I have literally just posted in your journal! Thanks for checking in

 

[lil_angel]

LOL ive just seen!!! Just found your journal too! Posted in there!!!!

 

[samzi]

morning!!

my anti's have started working it didnt hurt when i went for a pee this morning got to finish the course tho which is about a week but yay, no more pain!!! and we have snow!!!! it looks so pretty!

 

[Poshie]

on the pain free weeing Samzi! What a relief! Hope I can join you with that when maybe my medicine might start to work

 

[OmiOmen]

I have read and been told that Labradors personality's vary on the color and I was not convinced it was true until I had two and my black one does fit the over-excitable but very affectionate stereotype where as my golden one is more "normal". I hear chocolate lab's are more greedy (which is hard to imagine they can be any worse). The shedding depends on if it is a farm or show bread I think. My golden lab is ridicules with the amount of shedding she does but my black one is not too bad and if I am told right my golden one is a farm bread and the black is a show (although always thought it was the other way round). We are planning on getting a new animal hover before the LO is here, we struggle to find a hover that is actually good enough when Holly is shedding.

I hate the snow, more so when it becomes ice.

Glad to hear about no pain when peeing samzi!

I think the reason we are fairly organised is because I was so worried we would not be and it panicked me. We got a pack of baby-grows after the 12 week scan but nothing else until after the 20 week one so we have done a lot in the past two weeks but have planned it for a while. We got the chest of draws (£119), the cot (£79), the matching changing table (£59), the single bed frame (£29), the mattress for the cot and single bed (£39 and £49) and then other bits like the changing mat, curtains, single bedding and rug which came to £448 which is not too bad. I love Ikea though! I can't wait until my next lot of clothes arrive and to start buying my real nappies.

beachlover, tell us about the scan and good luck with it. Poshie I hope your booking appointment goes well.

 

[Poshie]

Thanks Omi. I'm off to Tesco's now minutes then mw appt. I'll check back with a report later.

Haha well I can say that greed is my dog's main issue. She is unbelievably greedy and all she ever thinks about is food. I know most dogs are dustbins to a degree, but I'm pretty sure my dog is champion in that department. There are however, 2 food stuffs that she will not eat (well she'll chew it and spit it out) and that's celery and raw parsnip. Other than that ANYTHING is game. That's interesting on the shedding. Our dog is from a show dog line (her sister was at Crufts) and she has a very thick coat. In fact I've not met another Lab with the same. She has a really thick fluffy undercoat (lighter in colour) and a gorgeous dark chocolate coarser top coat.

That's great work on the nursery, you have definitely done well.

 

[OmiOmen]

Have fun.

Her coat sounds a lot like Holly's, I become genuinely shocked that that she can shed so much and still have hair. I am sure people have told me wrong and she is the show bread (she also came from a more reputable breeder than the other) and she has a really big problem with greed! Jet on the other hand can leave her food and pick at it through out the day and has very smooth looking hair that does not malt as much, I would have though she would be a farm bread since she is much stockier.

I can't get into work tonight because of the snow and I live about 2 miles away so would normally walk in when taxis are not running (I only ever got half way through driving lesones at 17 with my Dad who was an instructor so am having to start again in a month when we get a car) but I don't want to risk going up and down hills in snow and ice while pregnant. I'll have to fill out a stupid going back to work for now.

 

[beachlover1]

Dont talk to me about dog hair!!! we have a wooden floor all downstairs...i reguarly see small balls of fur rolling across the floor and as for under the sofa...dont even go there!

Had my scan....all looking good!!!! yey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bean was rolling and turning and jumping about, still dead on the dates for growth...41mm now WOWZERS!!! wouldnt stay still long enough for an accurate HB rate ;-) it was steady and speedy though!

Bean has 2 arms, 2 legs so all i need now is a good nuchal result next week. Poshie whens your nuchal....are you having one?? im having one being 35 when i deliver i thought i better had!! OAP and all that ;-)

Everyone ok today?? xx

 

[Poshie]

Yay for the scan BL, how cool! That means my bean should be a very similar size then, 4cm now!

Yes I'm having the nuchal scan and blood test on 19 jan. I will be 34 when I give birth, but I'd probably have gone for the test mo matter what my age tbh. When is yours then?

I felt shite after I left work today-you know, the usual ill feeling.

Mw got here about 3.45pm and I was big and brave for the blood tests seemed to take an age though! We filled in my pg notes too and I asked her advice on Thailand. She thinks we should go. So I've booked flights tonight, dh just needs to pay tomorrow then we've got that to look forward to.

 

[beachlover1]

Yay for the scan BL, how cool! That means my bean should be a very similar size then, 4cm now!

Yes I'm having the nuchal scan and blood test on 19 jan. I will be 34 when I give birth, but I'd probably have gone for the test mo matter what my age tbh. When is yours then?

I felt shite after I left work today-you know, the usual I'll feeling.

Mw got here about 3.45pm and I was big and brave for the blood tests seemed to take an age though! We filled in my pg notes too and I asked her advice on Thailand. She thinks we should go. So I've booked flights tonight, dh just needs to pay tomorrow then we've got that to look forward to.

YEY for Thailand!!! when are you going? I love Thailand....I met my hubby there whilst i was on a round the world trip 5 years ago when I had a year out.....oh how things have changed!!

My nuchal is on the 14th, I had the blood taken yesterday for it and they will combine it with the scan so i can have my result there and then! im a bit scared!!!!

yep 4.1 cm MASSIVE eh, yours will be the same....bean was sucking its thumby bit too, v cute!!!!

xxx

 

[Poshie]

London to Bangkok on 31 jan, stay for 1 night. Then off to Koh Samui for 9 nights, coming back on 11 feb. Really looking forward to getting some sun!

I will be having the scan and blood test both at the same appt.

 

[Drazic<3]

Hey girls,

Omi, your nursery looks gorgeous! and Poshie, your holiday sounds amazing.

Been a bit stressful for us already I am afraid. I started bleeding yesterday so went down to A&E and they checked my cervix (well, HE did. Poor lad. Felt WELL awkward!) and took swabs, took bloods and told me it was too early for a scan (even though I had one with Edan at this stage) and to call on Thursday. Blood was very red and in my knickers, but slowed off to brown by the time we left hospital. I have booked the week of work to relax.

So, being me I ignored them and called the EPU this morning and they said. "Are you sure your only 4 weeks?" and I said "Urrr no, I am around 6" - The bloody Gyne told them I was 4 weeks even though I told him my cycles had changed , no wonder they wouldn't scan me! She said I had enough HCG in my system that they would expect to see something on the scan, so I am back in that horrible room tomorrow morning. I am so scared, really was wishing and hoping for a boring pregnancy.

Just hope bubs is still going strong

 

[OmiOmen]

Glad your scan went well BL and that your appointment went well too Poshie.

My 0-3 month clothes finally came today!

 

[OmiOmen]

Aww, Drazic I hope that everything is ok.

 

[beachlover1]

Hi drazic,

I did post on your board post, but I really hope all is ok and its just one of the blips we have to go through!

It does sound more promising thats its stopped now, just lie down and relax and let us know how you go!!

thinking of you....god I hate first tri!!! I want to sleep and wake up at the end of it!!!!! xx

 

[samzi]

goodluck tomorrow katie