Ladies due in Sept/Oct/Nov 2012, gather here!

[purplepoet20]

Flava - With both boys we did eat a lot of BBQ sauce. Sadly I gained 50lbs with each of them. With DS2 I learned to use just a small drop of if for every bit but put the BBQ sauce part on your tonuge first so the craving settles. BBQ Chips were my favorite. Realizing that maybe I did have cravings with the boys without realizing it. I couldn't eat salad or anything watery because it made me sick.



Speaking of BBQ sauce I am making a beef roast with veggies and the sauce is BBQ, A1, and Tomatoe Paste. Something DH made up in his single years but taste great.

We will be buying the clearance organic corned beef for freezing. But I soak mine for 8-12hrs in enough water to cover it and 1cp of sugar. It is to salty for DH if left normal. We cook it with potatoes, turnips, carrots, onion, and garlic.

[rainbowflower]

it's mothers day here today - so happy mothers day to all the mummies in here! DS and the bump both gave me a card (the bump's card was very cute - a special "from the bump" one!)

bit of a mixture of emotions for me, though, as it's 4 years today since my dad died and I'm excited about being pregnant again, scared I'll lose it, and also sad and wondering what my dad would have been like as a granddad (he never got to know my DS and none of my sisters have children yet either).

and I'm 10 weeks tomorrow... wow! just over 1 week to go until I reach my first milestone of when my first pregnancy survived to. Can't wait to hear the heartbeat at 11.5 weeks and be able to relax a bit. PLEASE God or anyone who is watching over us, please protect my little one.




pp20 - when is your dating scan?

[Mochagirl]

Rainbow - I'm sure your Dad is watching over you and your little one. Congrats on 10 weeks, and Happy Mother's Day!

[Hobbermittens]

Rainbow, I bet your Dad would be really proud of you. I hope everything continues to go well with your pregnancy!

[purplepoet20]

pp20 - when is your dating scan?

Dating scan was a wk ago... baby measured a few days early. I will also be 10wks monday. I am having a hard time finding an opening for 16wks to get an early gender scan, everyone is booked.

[TTC5]

Big hugs Rainbow xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[rainbowflower]

aww thanks everyone. We survived the day!

PP20- why did they arrange it so early? couldn't you have asked for it to have been a bit later? here they don't do dating scans until 11 weeks at the earliest

[Plum3]

Hobber, at least in a few days you can let the cat out of the bag and won't have to worry about hiding your tummy! Your dinner and dessert sounds delish too

purple, I think I would go for it

Flava, it is real! Sorry you are feeling that way. Have you got an appointment yet?

Jamie, congrats on your baby girl

Rainbow, yay for reaching 10 weeks. Happy Mother's Day I'm sorry that your dad never got to meet your DS, it must be very hard.

I have my obs appointment in 2 days. Excited about seeing baby again!

[HappyLea]

Hi ladies,

I really will have to catch up when i get sometime to myself. Im totally stressed out at the moment, tired is not the word for what i feel like at the moment.

Grandad passed away on Tuesday and feels like i am one doing absolutely everything, funeral all organised and i have to go back to Scotland Wednesday for that. I got back late Thursday evening and since then i am receiving phone calls from social workers in scotland as my step grandmother is being a pain and not accepting the care she is being given. She is disabled and grandad did everything for her. They say she needs be in a home but she is refusing. She is taking wrong tablets, not eating (she diabetic) and refusing to have a wash/shower. The calls are coming day and night, they woke me up at 10pm last night. Im exhausted!!!

Saturday mum's cat got poisoned and i had to deal with that also, trips to vets and had to transfer her to an emergency vet, sadly she got worse and also passed away.

My nan now just phoned me to cancel her appt with spinal specialist i was taking her too tomoz.

Can no one in my family do anything for themselves???

Im also feeling sick all day unless i eat so my gastric band isnt working like it should as im constantly snacking!

Sorry for my rant ladies

[Bumblebee]

aww hun *hugs* sorry to hear you're having such a hard time, is there anyone else in the family that can share the responsibilities with you? its an enormous amount of pressure that's been placed on you are such a time when you should be resting and stress free. I hope everything gets better and sorry about your mums cat aswell xxx