March Mama's! 2012 :) - 33 pink , 24 blue and 17 yellow bumps! 33 Babies!!

[firsttimer1]

Cupcake - did you freeze your wedding cake or just wrap it/store it?]

edit to add: yup we are catholic i so wanted digs christened on our wedding anniversay which would of been sunday 4th june..... but as its a silly leap year the 4th falls on the monday! so will be the sunday before or after

 

[Mrs Cupcake]

i just wrapped our cake in clingfilm. The fruitcake should be fine and i will just re-ice it nearer the time. If it looks manky (i havent checked on it) then i will make another cake. I made my own wedding cake, nothing fancy just a three tiered fruit cake with white icing. I had sage green ribbon around it and fresh pink flowers on top.

We got married on june 13th so i expect the christening will be near our anniversary date too.

i suppose i ought to go and get on with my ironing.... but like nic says 'its the thought that counts'! im feeling lazy today!

 

[firsttimer1]

ah brill - we kept a tier of our wedding cake too (the top small tier was fruit) but i didnt freeze it as my aunt said just to wrap it - so thats good! Will use that on christening day plus i will make a christening sponge cake with some rosary beads on

Infact im going to check the fruit cake NOW!!!!

 

[firsttimer1]

this is interesting..... apparently from 1st april the NHS will no longer tell you the babys gender at the 20 weeks scan.....

https://www.babyandbump.com/pregnancy-third-trimester/915131-nhs-new-policy-scans.html

unsure of truth in it - but there we go

 

[lozza1uk]

I seem to have done most things on that 101 list already!

Glad to hear those cookies can be frozen though, i might make another batch tomorrow but today I'm just going to lie on the sofa sniffing and trying to get over this cold!

Excitement this morning though was being in costa coffee with Roy Keane and his loopy alsation (met him out running once and he assured me it only bit men!). One of the antenatal girls turned up with her 2 week old baby. She was 10 days overdue, labour lasted 5 days on and off but she still only needed gas & air. Another antenatal girl had her little boy on due date on Saturday so think there's only 3 of us left now (1 due same as me, one on 16th). Have arranged to go for a walk tomorrow!

Oh, and MrsC - I managed to track down that cake magazine today, what a bargain for
99p, thanks for the hint!!

 

[Glowstar]

Morning AGAIN lads...I went back to bed at 9.00am and have only just got up

Cupcake - sorry you couldn't get your S&S. At least you know you have a week MAXIMUM before 'something' happens...it's not long at all but I am with you on the boredom

Nik -glad you are feeling better today

Lozza - sorry you have a cold I've had one on and off since before I went on Mat Leave. It goes for a few days and then seems to resurface for a day or 2

Well we managed to DTD last night...doggy style of course obviously it's done absolutely nothing...had a few tightening's after but that was it. Mind you I'm not really expecting anything to happen as I'm not even due yet

Well I'm off to get dressed and head out for a Costa and a wander round the retail park.....boring but will pass the time

 

[kymied]

Mitch and Loo - congratulations!!! Two beautiful little girls. We want pictures and names! (When you're both rested and up to it of course.) Much love and

Cupcake - I think it's completely normal to get a bit down when the baby hasn't arrived and you're past your due date. I'm glad there are still enough laddies here with positive attitudes. (Our numbers are dwindling fast)

Today I really have to get those curtains done. My mother is coming over again to paint but the closet still isn't ready for paint. Hubby put the plaster on so thin that it takes so many coats. JUST GET IT DONE!

I really should double check my bag and make sure my birth plan is ready. The hospital has us preregister and the doctors send over our records so they already know we're coming. My bag feels rather empty but I'm told the hospital gives you lots of free stuff so to leave extra space to take it home. And if there's anything I need after the baby is born my husband can go home and pick it up.

Also: install the car seat (and make sure I know how it works).

Can someone send me this wonderful cookie recipe?

 

[lozza1uk]

Kym - i'll PM it over as it's Mitch's recipe and imagine she's a little busy today!

 

[firsttimer1]

Lozza, Roy keane? Cool

oooo yes kymied - thats a good point, ladies check your carseats! and dont forget to also make sure you know how to adjust the little baby harness.... some of them are real pains in the butt!!!! We put ours in the car yesterday

Cupcake - just unwrapped my wedding tier and it looks lovely.... im not clued up on icing.... do i need to re-ice it? It will be a year old on christening day. sorry if thats a stupid questions i just honestoly dont know

Hope mitch and loo are enjoying heaps of baby cuddles

 

[Nicnak282]

Kym - i'll PM it over as it's Mitch's recipe and imagine she's a little busy today!

Hehe, do you reckon!!!!! Any chance you could also send to me too hon? I've spent the morning preparing a mexican meal for dinner and now need something else to pass the time and cooking is SOOOOOOOO much more lovely than hoovering and scrubbing floors!!!!!!! Huge thanks!!! Xxx

 

[lozza1uk]

I've sent it to both of you hopefully! Let me know if it hasn't arrived, happy baking!

 

[firsttimer1]

Nicnak i forwarded the cookie recipe xxx

btw ladies the ones i froze were double milk chocolate (had no white in the cupboard) but im sure it makes no difference to freezing

i defo feel ''heavier'' down below today.... which is interesting as my bump has 100% not dropped.... i think im carrying the official march mamas giant baby!!!

DH is now convinced we will labour tonight.... ..... i told him i really dont think we will, but he is SO excited and SO impatient now bless him. Im going to make him do a HUGEEEEE food shop with me tonight to take his mind off it

 

[firsttimer1]

Oh lozza i meant to ask, when do you see your MW for a s+s? was it tomorrow? x

 

[lozza1uk]

Oh lozza i meant to ask, when do you see your MW for a s+s? was it tomorrow? x

Wednesday afternoon, so I'll be term plus 7. I think induction here is now done at term plus 14! Everything I heard was +12 but sounds like it might have recently changed, might end up with an April baby if so!!

 

[kymied]

Thanks for the recipe, it looks delicious. What is muscovado sugar though?

The tree is finished! The animals are stick on. I also have a giraffe with a monkey sitting on it's head and some more butterflies and ladybugs but I'm waiting until there's furniture in there to figure out where they go. I've been eyeing another pack of monkey decals so I might get more.

I also am putting on a picture of my breakfast. It was delicious and fairly healthy. That's fat free yogurt and angel food cake.

We didn't save our wedding cake. We did a cake from Coldstone creamery that was cake layered with ice cream. It was delicious but not a layered cake. We did two sheet cakes and a small one for us to cut. (Cutting a frozen cake is not easy.) It was good we didn't save the cake because we lost power for a week in October so it would have melted (if we didn't eat it). We're planning on picking up a new small cake for our anniversary. I don't think we're going to do a christening. Hubby is Christian but not specifically Catholic so he wants to do some sort of welcoming or naming ceremony.

 

[firsttimer1]

really? ive only ever heard of +12 as i thought they like you to be actually labouring at +14? thats a shame

Mind you, i might be +14 if they cant ''fit'' me in by tuesday.. not sure if that ever happens (that theyre too busy) but i suppose i should keep an open mind

an april baby is unlikely though isnt it..? as even if they dont induce until weds 28th latest (term+14).... still got until the 31st to give birth to a march

besides, chances are you will have a successful sweep on weds and that will set off your labour!!! i hope so

 

[firsttimer1]

Kymied - im pretty sure Muscovado sugar is the same in america.... its brown in colour and gives a syrupy sugary taste to cooking. If you cant get any on the baking aisle then i think you can just use dark brown sugar.xxx

The tree is gorgeous!!!! well done you

as for your naming ceremony.... make sure you still have CAKE!!!! yum

 

[Skadi]

Congrats Mitch and Loo! Can't wait to see your little daughters!

 

[lozza1uk]

Should be ok for march, it's just if the induction takes a while to work and then labour is slow. Unlikely i know!

Kym - tree looks great! Breakfast far too healthy though! I decided last night to have pancakes for breakfast but forgot this morning until after I'd eaten porridge. How disappointing!

 

[firsttimer1]

Oooooooooooooo ive just realised something fun i can do tonight... seen as we are food shopping.... i can buy.......drumroll.....

PATE AND CAMEMBERT!!!!!! AND I CAN PUT CHAMPAGNE IN FRIDGE!!!

stuff i have truly missed and can look forward to sometime later this week or next week.....