Due In May :)

[Jary]

Powell sorry you guys are having some issues. I agree it might be best for you both to have a break, take a moment to relax and then when you next see each other you can have a sit down and listen to both your concerns. It's not easy to talk about stuff but I find that it does help...rather than continuing to be angry at each other and avoid letting each other know how you feel.

On the other hand....cute doggy pic! I love dressing my mums dog up; he goes all sad and rigid and I can't help but laugh. Mean, but it's cute!

Congrats stevensmummy!

 

[Jary]

Hey ladies! Been quiet for a couple of days on here!

How is everyone??

 

[mathgenius33]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I miss this thread. How is everyone doing toward the end of the second trimester? I guess this is the easiest part of the pregnancy. Soon we'll all be huge.

 

[Hann12]

I'm still around! Been having some cramping and numbness in my arms, think its carpal tunnel, and my SPD is getting worse but my back amazingly is holding out for now! Seeing a physio on weds.

How's everyone else?

 

[mathgenius33]

I heard we are more susceptible to carpal tunnel. I don't think I have it, but a few days ago I woke up with a numb hand, probably from sleeping on it. I'm glad your back is doing fine.

 

[Jary]

Feeling a bit sorry for myself this evening it's OHs birthday so we've had a busy day (including buying a new family car) and we were off to see our friend play in his new ska band but about 15 mins in I started getting some uncomfortable cramps and back pain so of course it got me all worried. I thought it best to come home since I didn't want to make it worse. Home now and relaxing in front of the tv. Pains have gone but glad we came home. Just sad I couldn't stay for the rest of the gig!

Anywho baby gave us lovely kicks for daddy's birthday lol.

How's everyone else's wrigglers doing???

 

[cgav1424]

Hi everyone! It has been quiet lately! I guess after the excitement of gender scans, being out of the woods of first tri and yet to deal with the discomfort of third tri... we have nothing to complain about!

Hubs has a company party we have to go to tonight and I'm feeling like a fat cow and don't want to go, but we have to make an appearance. Luckily, I still fit into a dress I wore Christmas of 2011. I just had to get some tights so will hopefully be comfortable and warm enough tonight.

Hann - glad your back is holding up, but sorry about the SPD.

Powell - hope everything's better hon.

math!

Jary - sorry you couldn't finish the set and that baby was giving you some worries, but glad that everything's okay! What kind of car did you get? We need to start shopping for a car that's comfortable for all five of us.

Well, off to go squeeze into my tights and dress. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! xx

 

[Sass827]

Hey girls! Happy to hear everyone is doing so well. I hope things are going good for Powell.
Mixed bag over here. Feeling great. Dylan's kicking like crazy. DH was playing with her last night doing a little back and forth on my belly.
Mom is still being a monster. HAs officially cancelled the shower, but my aunt and godmom have stepped up to take over.
Went on a nice hike today with DH, friends and the dogs. Felt great, just a little scared of falling on the snowy rocks.

 

[Powell130]

Thanx ladies! Everything has been going really well actually. We had a heart to heart last night and things have been amazing since

My dad ordered our bed set off the registry today! Should be here between the 15th-21st! So then we'll be able to get the right shades of paint to match! I'm getting so excited!!

We let Phillip Jr decide where we were going for dinner tonight lol hubs would name a restaurant and we'd judge the kicks. Longhorns won for sure, he'd kick so hard when hubs would say the name lol

 

[Jary]

Thanks cgav! We got a Nissan Almera Tino....don't know if you get those in US? It's not a pretty car but its 2.2 litre engine, diesel and has lots of boot space for the pram. We had a Nissan Micra as well as my Peugeot but the Micra is sadly no longer road worthy due to rust. However the engine has been brilliant and I've never ever had any engine trouble with it. So I trust Nissan engines to be reliable.

Powell I'm so glad you and hubs are happier now! It's amazing what a good chat can do!


Changing the topic; I am SO looking forward to maternity leave. I'm miserable going to work >.< at the moment, I feel looking after a new baby will be so much more easier than trying to look after all my patients at work! It's so busy!

 

[shellgirl]

Powell: So happy to hear you and hubs are doing better

Sass: Sorry to hear about your mom, but that's great your auntie and godmother are helping out!

Jary: Ugh about the pains, but Woo-Hoo for a new car!

AFM, I went to a wedding last night and was having such a great time seeing all my girlies I don't see very often and haven't seen since I've been showing. They were all so excited about my bump! It was so cute. Well, we were seated at a table with 2 couples I knew and 1 I didn't. The girl asked me if I wanted to try her white russian. I said, "Thank you, but no. I'm pregnant." She congratulated me and we went on with our dinner. "The Way You Look Tonight" came on and my husband said I looked beautiful and asked me to dance with him. I was touched and we had a nice dance. When we got back to the table, the girl looks at me and says, "Wow. You ARE pregnant. When are you due?" When I replied June, she looked at me like I was an alien and said, "Oh my god. Is it twins?" I said, "No." Then she says, "Is it triplets?" SHE WAS SERIOUS!!!! I'm not even that big. Who the F does she think she is? She tried to back pedal and say I looked great and it was obviously all in my belly because she couldn't even tell I was pregnant when I was sitting down. I seriously wanted to reach across the table and punch her in her face. What's worse is, then when my husband wanted to dance with me again, I didn't want to because I was so self conscious of how I looked. My eyes filled up with tears uncontrollably (thanks hormones) and I had a hard time keeping it together. I love my bump and don't want dumb ass bitches making me feel like a big fat cow. When will people learn that it's not acceptable to comment on the size of a pregnant woman? The only comment that should be made when you say you're pregnant and your due date is that you look great. I'm mostly upset that it put a sour note on an otherwise wonderful evening full of fun with friends and romance with my hubby. Stupid bitch. End rant.

 

[Powell130]

OMG That's awful!! I really hate that people don't realize how much of an ass they're being when they open their mouths when they say shit like that! I am seriously going to start commenting on peoples weight when they say something like that lol Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean your size is on the table for judgement!

 

[mathgenius33]

Sorry to hear about that rude comment, Shellgirl. Everyone is different during pregnancy and that should be respected. I hope you don't remember the wedding for that, but for the good things about it.

 

[Jary]

Don't worry Shellgirl! I'm sure you have a lovely bump. People do seem to forget to think when commenting on bumps which is annoying..I even had a patient call me a pregnant midget the other week! I'm short but not that short lol.


Getting all excited as me and OH bought a Moses basket today it's really cute and I keep looking at it thinking 'there's going to be a baby in there in 4 months time!'

Also bought some booties and muslin cloths...our baby stash is growing!

 

[Sass827]

I'm so sorry shell. I'd bet she hasn't been pregnant before. I hope she Gets as big as a pup tent when it's her turn!

 

[Hann12]

Shell that's rubbish that she said that and made you feel like that. It always seems to be women who make insensitive comments too!

Jary - yay for the basket! My parents are coming on weds and bringing ours as I left it in their storage. Very exciting! Not long left at work too

Sass - I'm glad your aunt had stepped in with the shower, just hope your mum comes around

Anna - glad you sorted stuff out with DH, it shows how much a good talk can make a difference!

My DH has been invited on a load of holidays this year, 3 stag weekends (one abroad, two here but not near home), a long weekend in ibiza and a week to Barcelona. He is going on the stags but has declined the others because a) we genuinely don't have the money, we might not have enough for our own holiday which obv comes first! B) he'd spend precious time away from our children and me and he doesn't see them enough as it is because of work. He apparently had been given a hard time by his friends which then makes me feel bad that hes being treated like that but then I also feel angry because none of them have any responsibilities, most are unmarried, and their money is just spent on fun stuff whereas ours has to pay the bills. really makes me angry that they say things like that too him as I worry that he wants to go but I'm stopping him. I don't think that is the case but I just hate the way they all gang up and make it as if I've said he can't go whereas the reality is that we just have very different lives now. I know one day when they have families of their own they will finally get it, I just wish they could grow up a bit now and not be such arses!!

 

[shellgirl]

Thanks ladies. I'm not one to take what someone might say about me so personally, but this really struck a nerve! I was so shocked, I couldn't even think of anything to say back.

Hann, I'm constantly irritated by dh's friends. They're all younger idiots who just get drunk all the time and listen to techno music all night. They have zero responsibilities and don't even have girlfriends. I hope your DH keeps his priorities straight and keeps those trips to a minimum!

 

[Sass827]

That's so tough Hann. For DH and I, the shoe is on the other foot. I'm the one with all the single friends who do all the fun stuff. I think you are doing the right thing by never stopping him and just letting him figure it out on his own. my DH never gets in my way, but usually I don't go so I can spend more time with him. And my friends mostly know it and have stopped asking me to go much anymore now. But it's been a long process, spanning over years. time will eventually catch up with his friends.

 

[Hann12]

Sass I think his friends will stop inviting him too at some point. Its the pressure that they lay on though thats upsetting and annoying. Girls at least are slightly better, boys just try to wind each other up and say nasty things. I'm hoping they just stop soon!

 

[Stevensmummyx]

Hann i'm beginning to hate OH's friends! They have no respect for the fact he has a family and he was up and one of their houses not too long ago and OH passed out and they got his phone and thought it would be funny to message girls on fb!! I do believe its them and not OH because they do it to each other even when OH isn't there! They messaged my brothers ex who was his gf at the time asking her to come and meet him and to dump my brother, luckily my brother knows it wasn't OH but wanted to smack his mates which I can't blame him for! And then a few days later I got messaged from a guy saying that OH had been messaging his GF asking her about her BF asking him to dump her for OH!! Anyway despite knowing it was them I had a go at OH because he knows what they are like, they can do what they want with each others phone but when they do it to steven (who is the only one of them who has a stable gf and son) I think its out of order and he should have told them that and put them in their place, but of course he told me I was over-reacting :/!

And Jary I get the whole 'midget' thing too, along with being fat! By my 6 year old sister and wee steven picked it up and calls me it too little shits lol xx