It fell out! 2 births so far! :-)

[gegecomom]

I've always wondered how much this affects things.

 

[Waitin4astork]

Hi girls. Sorry I haven't been on for a while- Christmas was a bit crazy. Had our first ever Christmas at home (we always go to my mum's down south usually), and I even cooked Christmas dinner! It all seemed to go well thankfully but it was a very busy time. Only just starting to get back into a routine now.

Ink, I'm so sorry how things have turned out for you. Life can be so unfair
Mamadonna- glad you're recovering now.
DG- I'm sorry to hear you've had some disappointing test results. I hope that the doctors can do all they can to help things to improve.
NAT!! Oh my goodness, I can't believe I missed your V Day!! Congratulations! How are you getting on with buying things? I got our pram when I was 24 weeks but to be honest, the rest came a lot longer afterwards lol

Alex is doing well- he turned 5 months old last Saturday which just seems crazy! We've started weaning him now too. He's becoming such a big boy He has baby porridge in the mornings, and a fruit or veg puree at tea time and he absolutely loves it! I'm still managing to breastfeed him, but now that he's having solids they're a lot less. I think he'll end up weaning himself off me in the next few weeks. He's developing such a personality now too. He giggles all the time and even has a favourite tv programme- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. When he hears the music, he looks up and smiles like mad

Ooh Nat, meant to ask- have you picked out your baby names yet?

 

[mamadonna]

Wow 5 months already!Alex has such a gorgeous little face,its lovely when u hear them giggle

 

[Nat0619]

Hi Ladies

Kim, glad you had a good Christmas, bet it was fantastic with it being Alex's 1st It does certainly sound like they grow up very fast, can't believe he's 5 months already and is weaning He looks and sounds a very happy little chap

Funny you mentioned buying your pram as that is exactly what we ordered on Sunday Mummy and daddy kindly buying that for us, plus the car seat. We've gone for the Silver Cross Surf with the MaxiCosi Cabriofix car seat. I also bought a little mirror to put on the back seat so we can see baby from the front and a changing bag too We've got 3 big drawers full of stuff in the spare room - stuff like clothes, toys, bibs, nappies, wipes, toiletries, blankets plus bottles and a steriliser. I do plan to try breastfeeding but got bottles and a steriliser in case it doesn't happen and also so I can express milk if I do get on ok with it. We got quite a few pressies for little one for christmas from people which was lovely

The urgent thing we need to do now, and we are slowly starting on, is sorting out the spare room so we can clear it of stuff in there and start decorating, ordering cot/furniture etc. We have seen the cot and furniture we want (it's the Winnie the Pooh dark wood furniture set in Babies R Us - cotbed, wardrobe and dresser with changer top). But we need to sort room and decorate before we can get that all ordered.

Kim, re names, we have our names set I think and have done from the start amazingly! Aidan Thomas Robert for a boy and Ciara Margaret for a girl.

x

 

[mamadonna]

Love the names Nat

 

[Nat0619]

Thanks Mama We both have predominantly irish families and like irish names.

The reason the boy's name has two middle names is that Thomas is after my dad (and his dad) and is my brother's middle name too, so a strong family connection on my side, and Robert is OH's grandad who sadly died a few years ago OH never knew his dad (didn't want to know and also died when he was a baby) so his grandad was his father figure and he was extremely close to him.

For the girl, Margaret is the name of both my mum and OH's mum, so is after the two grannies

x

 

[mamadonna]

Ah i love that your names come from family names,my boys names do too(well middle names anyway)apart from my eldest who was named after my grandad .if i had another boy i would like to call him Thomas as my brother is tom as is my granda on my dads side

 

[Nat0619]

Hi Ladies

How is everyone?

I am doing fine, 27 weeks today now I've finally remembered to take another bump pic, took it this morning.

We have had a major declutter over the weekend. Almost completely cleared stuff from the spare room so we are nearly there in being ready to start decorating One of my friend's chaps is a carpenter and we are going to see if he can come round and quote us on doing some wood panelling around the bottom half of the walls. We want to then paint that a silvery grey and will then paper the top half with the white and silver Winnie the Pooh design paper from Babies R Us. Then need to see what colour carpet will go best.

DG, is it tomorrow you see your consultant? Do keep us posted what they say, hope all gets sorted for you very soon.

Here's my bump!

 

[deafgal01]

Lovely bump! Wow 27 weeks Nat! I can't believe your baby's almost fully ready to come out.

Yes, it's tomorrow. I'm excited to finally have some kind of plan in terms of helping me conceive my baby. Little nervous about the results- I know my results are all normal except for the heart shaped uterus and my DH's results are not as excellent but I'll find out tomorrow what exactly they can do to help whether it be unblocking something down there for him or just taking sperms from his testes if there's any. I'll definitely keep you all posted.

 

[mamadonna]

Bumps coming along nicely Nat

 

[inkdchick]

hi guys hope you are all well Nat you are coming on nicely so exciting about the nursery wow sounds nice !, well im ok not trying anymore but am happy and looking forward to working eventually when i get the call and doing more tattoo designs for people which are getting more now so really happy xx

 

[mamadonna]

Hi ink,lovely to hear from you.

My eldest is currently looking for am apprenticeship in tattooing,we got him the kit for Christmas,he's coming on great

 

[deafgal01]

They need more info but basically looks like we will eventually be referred to infertility specialist.

 

[inkdchick]

Hi ink,lovely to hear from you.

My eldest is currently looking for am apprenticeship in tattooing,we got him the kit for Christmas,he's coming on great

Hi honey thats great the only way he can get an apprentiship is with a tattooist studio and tell him not to give up and keep trying as its illegal to set up anywhere even at home without being qualified and registered and he really needs the apprentiship to get qualified once he does he has to take a form the tattooise gives him to the local council who will then give him his registered certificate , i hope he gets a placement its a hard thing to get into but as long as he keeps going for it he will do well, tell him the best of luck from me.

 

[inkdchick]

thats great news deafgal best of luck xx

 

[mamadonna]

Hi ink,lovely to hear from you.

My eldest is currently looking for am apprenticeship in tattooing,we got him the kit for Christmas,he's coming on great

Hi honey thats great the only way he can get an apprentiship is with a tattooist studio and tell him not to give up and keep trying as its illegal to set up anywhere even at home without being qualified and registered and he really needs the apprentiship to get qualified once he does he has to take a form the tattooise gives him to the local council who will then give him his registered certificate , i hope he gets a placement its a hard thing to get into but as long as he keeps going for it he will do well, tell him the best of luck from me.

Thanks ink,he's trying bless him,hopefully he'll get sorted soon.I've never know him be more serious about something so i hope the determination pays off

 

[inkdchick]

youre welcome hun with the state of the economy there should be an opening with a tattooist somewhere that has quiet times to teach him but he must never give up does he have any himself

 

[Nat0619]

Hi Ladies

Ink, good to hear from you hun

Mama, hope your son gets an apprenticeship sorted soon.

DG, what further info are they after? Any timescale for seeing a specialist?

I'm OK. Since I put in my application for maternity leave last week my head just isn't into work at all I'm already winding down to finishing I think! Got about 7 weeks to go yet though.

We've got a 4D scan booked for Sunday evening Should get a 20-30 minute DVD of our little one and loads of pics I'm hoping they may also be able to tell me if my placenta is already moving up out of the way a bit. I'll post some pics from it early next week.

I've then got a spa day on Monday (OH bought me a 'beautiful bump' spa day for Christmas ). One of my friends is now coming with me too which is good so I'll have company there

x

 

[mamadonna]

youre welcome hun with the state of the economy there should be an opening with a tattooist somewhere that has quiet times to teach him but he must never give up does he have any himself

Yeah he has both bottom legs done,had his first on his 18th

 

[mamadonna]

Can't wait to see the pics Nat