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	Age: 35 Country: england Province/region: City: Partner: Dave my yummy hubby Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Not anymore Due date: 31 Aug ,2007 Occupation: mommy
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This is us on holiday in Tunisia in September 2006

Hi everyone & congratulations to all the new and expectant mommies and daddies out there!!

I AM PREGNANT!!!!! PINCH ME PINCH ME!

I say that as me and my hubby Dave have been trying to get pregnant since we got married in 1993....i have p.c.o.s,which was diagnosed when i was just 17, i suffered depression and panic attacks trying to deal with the symptoms as there is no real treatment for it, and then i was told i would need help to get pregnant... so i knew it wouldn't be easy. I sort of got used to the disappointment every month and almost resigned myself that it would be just me and Dave. We had always done things really quickly..we got engaged after being together 2 months , and moved in together a month after that. We got married 14 months after we first met too! We just knew we were meant to be together. But the baby we wanted so much never appeared!

We really wanted a little addition to our family, but we are really lucky to be happy just on our own..just the 2 of us. We are very much in love , so being on our own was never a big issue (even after all these years!) He is so good to me too so i am already very lucky!

We decided to have more tests just in case there was something else now wrong and not just the pcos, so 1st i had the tube test (the one where they inject your tubes with a dye and scan you to see they are flowing ok) that all turned out ok. So i got my clomid at the ready to start taking them when my next period arrived in mid december.....
Christmas came and went, but no period....I thought that my dreaded (arrhgghh) irregular periods had started up again and was so annoyed with my body! I always thought i would know when it "happened" and i felt at this point totally normal and not how i thought i would if i finally was at long last pregnant.

Just before New Year (no period still but felt like it was on it's way) Dave said he was going to get me a test. I told him not to, as we had so many disappointments in the past, and we hadn't even had a pregnancy test in years!! I hadn't even started the clomid yet so it was ridiculous to even think that i might be pregnant! But being a man, he took no notice of me and went and got one anyway!

I went on my own to the bathroom to do the test as i didn't want him to see the disappointment on my face....20 seconds (that fast!) later there was the positive sign! I shouted for Dave to come and have a look and we both literally sat there for a few minutes in shock with me saying it must be faulty!
We worked out i concieved approximately 2 days after the tube test!!!!

Because of my problems and how long it has taken us to get this far, i have had 2 internal scans already..one at 5.5 weeks (saw the heartbeat) and at 8.1 weeks where we actually saw the little miracle wriggling around! It was amazing!

Of course it is hard not to worry that something is going to happen as i know that m/c rates are much higher if you have pcos and i do panic everytime i get a twinge and ache (which was very often in the first 9 weeks) but the docs said it all looks just as it should..so i keep clinging to that thought and waiting for the day when my 12 week scan appointment comes through, which should be any day now.

Anyway that brings us just about up to date (8feb). I have been feeling icky in the evening though!? But i haven't actually been sick once (yay!) and i was sooo tired but that is slowly easing now and i can't wait to get a huge baby belly (fingers crossed)

Thanks for reading my story, i hope it gives all the ttc couples a bit of hope.

It would be nice to hear from you all so please get in touch.

Laura and the little bun in the oven xxxx

P.s baby dust to all still making their own little miracle......

Update...12 week scan date is 20th Feb... so excited..wish me luck girls!
update 2.....three days till my scan and counting the hours! xx

Well my scan is tomorrow and i am quite apprehensive..i know i am lucky to have seen my little bundle a couple of times already, but i suppose its normal to be worried! its taken us so very long to get here and i can't even bear to think about anything going wrong.....fingers crossed eh?

` Update 21st Febuary......

little bun at 12.5 weeks legs straight up in the air lol!!!

Well we have had the scan yesterday at 4pm and it was fantastic!!! Yippeeeee!!!
I am probably going to ramble on here as if i am the only woman ever to get pregnant, so please forgive me! lol!
But it was amazing! He-She was so active and everytime i laughed it was like they were bouncing on a springy bed! We even saw the little mouth open and close like a yawn and their legs were straight up in the air and stretching! So sweet....we have got a pic and i am trying to work out how to upload it..so watch this space!
It was so unreal to feel so attached to something so tiny and to know that we have got to wait so long to actually meet them! I felt all happy and sad all at the same time last night when i was lying in bed thinking about it..i think its almost like i want to protect them already and other than looking after myself there is not a lot i can do! Hormones eh!??
Anyway i feel a BIT more relaxed now and i have already got my 20 week scan booked which just happens to be 2 days before we fly to Florida for our holidays (no rides for me though!!)
Ooooo and ps; they also changed the due date now to 31st August as the baby is the size of 12.5 weeks (as of today) but that would mean that i would have conceived even before the tube flush test that i had, which i have only just worked out, so i am a bit confused about that and will mention it to my midwife on tues when i have my appointment, as i am worried that would harm the baby etc...we'll see though they will probably change the date again at my 20 week scan!
Anyway that is enough of my going on! Please get in touch would love to hear from you.
Laura and the little bun in the oven xxxxx

Update 27 feb.....
hiya the midwife has just left...and i have a lovely bruise forming where she couldn't find my vein to do my blood test! All in a good cause! I focused on the scan pic which helped me through the jab! which i have got to have redone on fri as no blood would flow! Oh well!
She also confirmed that my new date was right but i must have concieved right after the tube dye-flush test! And it must have been there in waiting as i had it done! As long as no harm came to the little bun thats ok methinks!
The midwife also tried to find the heartbeat using the doppler machine and she warned me that at this stage the baby often is so well buried inside that you cannot hear anything and lo and behold all we could hear was my heartbeat! She reassured me that often happens and i am trying (and failing) to think that is ok! The baby was so good at my 12 week scan and we got such a lovely pic , so i can't expect him-her to be good all the time!!! I have got another appointment with her in 2 weeks time so she said we could have another go then......Anyway thats all for now and i will be 14 weeks on fri!!! yippeeee.......keep in touch , laura and the little bun in the oven xxxx
ps my jeans are a distant memory already and i love it!! lol!!

14 weeks today! Just had blood test done and it went in 1st time! yippee!!! xx 2nd march

6th march update....... right girls i am now 14 weeks and 4 days and am panicking as my symptoms have nearly all gone! I am not feeling icky (not that i did much anyway) and even the tiredness has eased,(that was my worst symptom i was knackered constantly) all that's left is the slightly sore nipples..so why am i panicking!!?? You are supposed 2 feel better in the 2nd trimester ..right?? It's hard not to think that if you feel like crap then the baby must be fine, but as soon as u start to feel better, you start panicking that something is wrong! Bloody hell! i'll have a day feeling like poop 2morrow and then i'll wish i felt better again! lol! bloody hormones!!! Can't wait till my midwife appointment on 16th, to put my mind at rest..... for the day!! lol xxxxxx

7th march update...i have been feeling a fluttering feeling when i lie on the sofa at night! I've been on the net and most websites say that its about 18 weeks before u can feel the baby unless its not your 1st then it can be a lot earlier...a mom- to- be on here (hi laura!) said it felt like a goldfish inside fluttering and that is exactly it! Anyone else felt it at under 15 weeks?? keep in touch laura and little bun xxxxx

This is me and Dave about 2 months before we concieved..if only we knew eh??!!! I love my man so much after all these years!! kiss kiss to you Dave xxxx

17TH MARCH UPDATE.....
hiya all!! I am now 16 weeks!! Yippeeee!!! Had my midwife appointment yesterday and it went really well..they had to repeat my bloodtests though as the last lot weren't (for some unknown to me reason!) acceptable to the labs ..and they had right trouble finding my veins again and had to stick me in the same place twice and ...well...ouch! All in a good cause as i kept telling myself! My iron levels are good even though i have had severe anaemia in the past....and the midwife says i dont need the sickle cell tests as they came back normal and my blood pressure is good even though i weigh a bit more than i should really (oops!!) I decided against having the down's blood test..i discussed it with the midwife and she asked if i would have the amnio if i came back at a risk and i said no so she advised that its not good to open that can of worms and i did agree i didnt need the worry!
Anyway...the midwife found my little buns heartbeat straight away! I was so relieved after last time!! It was a special moment to hear it for the 1st time and i wish i could have lay there for longer!
I have got quite a tummy coming on me now too which i am really pleased about, hopefully by the time i go to florida in 4 weeks i will look properly pregnant and not just at the is she isn't she pregnant stage!
everyone take care and thanks to everyone who has sent me messages...i love to hear from you all! xx laura and the little bun in the oven xx

update 20th march..as it was mothers day on sunday ..i got a card from my little bun in the oven saying that he-she "cant wait to meet their beautiful mommy and cuddle with me" and a beautiful bucket of roses..it was signed from the bun... but my suspicions are that my hubby had something to do with it!? what do you think? lol...what a sweetie xxx I can feel the tears starting again when i think about it! hormones hormones!

update 23rd march.....
hi all nothing to say really except that i am 17 weeks today! My belly looked huge last night, its quite hard when i stand up, but i am still reckoning its too much dinner! lol! My clothes are now well and truly maternity i have been wearing a pair of my old "fatter me" trousers and i cant even do them up now as they dig in when i sit, so looks like another shopping trip on saturday for trousers! Any excuse eh girls!? Has anyone here bought a doppler? i was thinking about it for when i get those panicky moments, but it might make it worse! Tell me what you have found if you have one! Ok i'm off now take care and keep in touch..laura and the little bun xxx

update 27th march.....i finally worked out how to add pics onto my page and when i was loading the scan pic i had another look at it and it amazed me to think just how much i love that little baby thats not even here yet so much! Its scary really that we are putting all our hopes into everything being alright, but thats all we can do.....i just cant wait to meet him or her! xxxxx

This is our blue staffy puppy bluebell....we were really sad last year as both our "furry babies" died.....Rosie the cavalier king charles spaniel who was 10 and Holly our staffy who was 14. They died within a few months of each other...we bought bluebell about a week before we found out i was pregnant and she has added to my stress levels quite a bit,by being particularily naughty but i keep telling myself she is only a pup and at just over 4 months she has plenty of time to sort herself out!! Naughty naughty girl!!!! lol

18 weeks pregnant with my little bun ..18 weeks today! Look at the size of me!!!!Every week feels like a mini-event! I am so happy to get to the end of each week and i can see the length of time till i meet my little precious bun getting shorter and shorter! I was a bit worried about feeling him-her earlier in the week but i am trying so hard to chill out a bit! Felt quite rough a couple of days ago like i had a hangover but much better now. Roll on 20 week scan in 19 days!!!
19 weeks today!! 6th april...
been feeling a bit down this week not sure why must be the old hormones playing me up a bit! It's my birthday tomorrow, but instead of the usual celebrations it will be a curry and a dvd! I am so happy this baby likes a curry and i don't suffer for it afterwards! My bump is growing and i am so glad! I don't like looking just chubby! My 20 week scan is slowly approaching and is only 12 days now yipeee i hope i can begin to relax a bit more when i have had that cos i am always panicking something is up! Its not easy being preggers girls!! xxxxx

hiya everyone i am 20 weeks today!!! 13 april......my belly seems to have popped out a bit more this week again and i am so happy to see it! i cant wait for the kicks to properly start so Dave can feel them too, i wonder how long that will be now? I have my 20 week scan on wednesday and i'm still of course worried, but i cant wait at the same time! The moment i am looking forward to the most is when we are walking back to the car with our scan pics in our hand hopefully knowing if its a boy or a girl!! I wont be able to update next week as we will be on our way to hols on friday, Florida yay!! But i will definately update in the week instead with news and hopefully pics of my scan xxxxxxxxx

19th April....went for our scan today and the little cheeky monkey was hiding!! The scan has got to be re done in 3 weeks time. But at least i know our little bun is alive and kicking, he-she had a full bladder which we did see and Dave said he saw the spine , a foot and his-her ribs too.....i will just have to be patient for 3 weeks time and at least i get to see him-her one extra time!!! Wont be updating for a couple of weeks now as we are off on our hols but will be posting more pics when we get back..everyone have a great 2 weeks and we will catch up soon ....laura and the little bun xxxxx

scan at 22 weeks and 4 days..see if you can see it!! its of her whole face looking slightly down and to the left! no one i have shown so far can work it out apart from Dave me and the bloke at the ultrasound place! lol ! xxx

update 6th May ..... 23 weeks 2 days.....
hiya folks i am back from sunny florida!!! Had a bug for the 1st 9 or so days and hubby's family were driving me mad ,but other than that i enjoyed the lazing round the pool and the sunshine and the shopping of course!!!
We had a scan done while we were there ,at a place called "prenatal impressions" as we couldn't tell the sex at the nhs scan here..i wasn't even sure they were allowed to do one for non-residents, but there was no problem at all....anyway, he was such a nice man and really took his time trying to make sure it was accurate and after much persuasion (as the little bun was still all curled up with legs firmly shut)...he confirmed 100% that we are having.....a little girl!!!! I really cant believe it, as i was convinced she was a boy due to Daves family record of mostly boys but i was so wrong!! I would have been estatic at boy or girl but have secretly always wanted a little girl for as long as i have wanted a baby!! So we are over the moon! We went to a teddy bear factory as soon as we found out and had a bunny made for her wearing a pink babygro, so that will be hers! And got our first few outfits too for her the little madam.
My tum has got a bit bigger since i last updated, so when i can find the camera (out of the still shut suitcase) i will post another pic and the one 3D picture we had done too of the little bun..lets see if you can see it cos none of daves family can see her face on it! I have got my 20 week scan again on friday so i hope she cooperates this time to get all the measurments done .
Hope u are all well and feeling good.....love to hear from you soon.....its a girl...OMG!!!!! xxxxxxx p.s in the last couple of days i cant believe the change in the little buns movements! i was hardly feeling anything then all of a sudden in the past 2 days its grown much more stronger and more often too...yesterday i dont think she slept at all! xx

24 week bump picture
24 weeks today and i have got my repeated 20 week scan in an hour and a half, bit nervous but no more than everyone else probably is when they get theirs done! The little bun finally kicked me (repeatedly!) that hard last night that i could feel it with my hand, it was like a little alien trying to escape!bit of a weird sensation i must say but i was happy to feel it and know that she is getting stronger by the day. We are off to the baby show at the nec in b.ham tomorrow so hopingto pick up some pram ideas etc as its a minefield out there girls! Speak soon xx

scan went well....she is still a little girl! the measurments etc all came out normal which we are of course relieved about. She had her back to us though so we couldnt get a profile pic but one of her back and she looks like she is relaxing with her arm up against her head. I dont think we will see her now until she is bornand i cant wait....ps still getting pain in my tailbone..i.e..bum!lol xxxx

Update 18th May

Well i am 25 weeks today!!! When did that happen? I read somewhere that the time goes by in a way you never experience other than when you are pregnant and that surely is true! The first 3 months absolutely dragged and now these past couple of months have flew, i think i also read that it goes back to dragging again for the last 2 months!

Anyway quite an exciting week, Dave felt little bun move for the 1st time on the 16th and he also saw her jiggling about too..its grown much much stronger in the past week or so and when she is really kicking me, i find it a real strange sensation and sometimes it makes me feel a bit icky, but i am so glad for it at the same time as i know she is getting stronger. My bump feels smaller this week than it did a couple of weeeks ago, but maybe its just me getting used to it? Hope everyone is feeling well. bye for now xxxxx

update 25 may

26 weeks belly!

26 weeks today....is it right that i only have one week to go (after this one) and i am in my last trimester? I think the time has gone so fast that i cant believe it. Little bun has been kicking me quite often now and i am sort of getting used to it, at least it doesn't make me feel sick anymore! She was quiet over last weekend and i would have given anything to feel her, so i think that suddenly made me get used to the feeling very quick, as i was so relieved when she started again! Dave has been putting his hand on my belly and feeling and seeing her move and kick quite often.
I did admit to him in the week that i am quite aprehensive about him seeing me in all kinds of uncompromising positions when i am having her, and in pain etc, but he seems to be cool as a cucumber at the moment (which is how he is usually) and i should be grateful really , as i wouldnt want him flapping and panicking?? He isn't in the slightest bit squeamish either which i am thankfulfor as we have all heard the fainting in the delivery room story! I think he will be ok though, he hasn't let me down yet in 15 years.
Hope all you mommies to be are well and feeling fine and not suffering with your back and bum like i am! Hope 2 speak to you soon, laura and little bun xxxxx ps my babystrology has finally hit less than 100 days left too! yippeee!

Just back from the midwife and I heard little bun's heartbeat, which is only the 2nd time i had, so that was really nice and it was normal so thats all goody. I have got a bit of protein in my weewee, and having suffered with kidney probs in the past , at least i know what to look out for. Apparantly she will test me again at my next appointment in 2 weeks time....bring out the cranberry juice!

This is the set that we have bought for the little buns room..it is so cute i couldn't resist! All pink and with bunny rabbits! Awwwww!

Hi everyone its 1st June and i am 27 weeks today!!!!

Had a bit of a miserable week, been in agony with my back and pelvis area, went to the out of hours doctors on sunday and she reckoned my problem is my pelvis is doing a very good job of stretching in anticipation of labour..not so good for me now though! My bottom of my spine she said is really tight too....I have been walking with a waddle and it feels weird like i am not lined up properly!? Oh well! Its a right chore to move in bed and i think i need a hoist!
Congratulations to Wendy with baby Jaden he is gorgeous!
Little bun has been moving well all week. I am really happy to feel her!
Thats all for this week. hope to hear from you soon you lovely mommies! xxx

28 weeks bump picture
hiya everyone....i'm 28 weeks today...8th June ...last trimester! Woohooo!
Had a bit of a scare last night, had really intense pains in my stomach when we got home from shopping. Little bun moved a bit after, but nowhere near as much. So i went to bed and didn't feel her once all night when usually she is constantly on the move whenever i get up to go to the loo. At 5.3o this morning, i woke up and still nothing, so i drank loads of cold water, did all the tricks i know that usually work and nothing. So dave rang the hospital and we went at 6.30 to be monitored. that journey has never taken so long and we both had such grim little faces. Anyway, as soon as i was strapped up there was that gorgeous galloping horse sound (well the 10 seconds before i heard it felt like an hour!) and we were sooo relieved. She only took about 5 more mins to start moving and kicking after that too the little monkey! Everything was fine and i went home an hour later. It's horrible though . the things that run through your head are just frightening. Anyway all is well other than that, and I am even feeling slightly better in the back and pelvis area..well i can get up off the chair now! It's official though my little bun is a little monkey! Loadsa love Laura xxxx

Little baby bun's room...i love it in there! Just pottering about!

29 weeks bump pic.
15th June Update..29 weeks already.....
Hi all..hope you are all well? Nothing much to say really this week. I bought my breast pump this week and a couple more outfits for little bun. An old lady my mom knows knitted her 4 cardigans and booties which arrived this week, they are so sweet, and old fashioned looking bless her. I am sure little bun will look really cute in them though. Been sleeping quite well this week with the odd weird night when i wake up feeling quite rough with leg cramp also, and averaging 3 trips to the loo now. Feeling lots of movements this week, the weirdest is when she kicks really low and when it feels like she is rolling around too..thats bizarre!
Roll on next week and i will be 30 weeks omg!!!! xxxxx

30 week bump picture
Hi everyone its 22nd June and i am 30 weeks today!!!
As it was fathers day on sunday little bun decided that was the morning that she would kick her daddy in the back for the very 1st time to wake him up while we were cuddled in bed! I was still asleep so it was their very own shared moment....she is going to be a cheeky girl this little bun!
I am still the same really, aches and pains and all that and walking down the road is getting a bit harder, but its all fun and wouldnt swap it for anything.
Hope everyone is feeling well loadsa love xxxxxx

29th June and i am 31 weeks today!! My bump doesn't look that much bigger this week. I had my midwife appointment this afternoon and had the measurments done, and she reckoned probably due to the position little bun is lying in, she is measuring a little bit small and has only grown 1cm in the 3 weeks since the last time. Thats also why my bump isn't so much at the front at the moment as she is lying all at the back...So I have got to do some movements over the next week to try and encourage her to change position (her back is up against my back and that is why my belly isn't looking that round at the moment ) I have got another appointment next fri..so fingers crossed that she will have got nice and chubby by then! Other than that the appointment was good and she got her heartbeat straight away and it was the loudest I have ever heard it. xxxxxxx

33.2 weeks pic

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!!
33 weeks today omg!!
Midwife appointment went ok last week, she said little bun was measuring normal so was very relieved about that as you can imagine! We went and bought the pram and car seat on sunday, it was really exciting, we went to visit family at the same time, so we made a weekend of it. Little bun went quiet so on the way home we popped to the hospital and got monitored, but all was well. We were meant to go to the labour ward tour but we missed it, so have got to wait a month now, i have a feeling i will be huge by then lol!
Wanted to say congratulation to 2 lucky mom's this week.... Becky with her gorgeous little Olivia who made a surprise early appearance and Van also with a little girl Rebecca. Congratulations to you both!! xxxxx
P.s I have the lurgy this week so feeling and looking like poop!

35.2 week bump
Well I never 35 weeks pregnant!! Am feeling ok, in quite a lot of pain when i walk anywhere , and i am waddling like a duck..but thats ok as i know its all worth it in the end. I went to get monitored again in the week, as our naughty little bun went all quiet on us again for the day, but all was well. They are sending me for a scan on monday though just to reassure me more than anything i suppose and they can check her postion too which would be good as i am quite worried that she is in a really strange position!! It will be so nice to see her again before she arrives as i didn't think we would! I wanted to say good luck to Andrea when she goes to the specialist about her little Kyla.....I hope you have some good news hun.

update 31st july.....we went for the scan yesterday, and the horrible sonographer (she was very abrupt) told us that little bun was measuring small on a certain measurement...she left it at that and then made us wait for 35 minutes (panicking of course) we were called in by the midwife eventually, and she told us that comparing all of her measurments, using the individual chart not the the general chart, she is in the normal range, but more towards the small side of the scale. This put our minds at rest (a bit) her using the word normal, so all we have got to do now is sit it out until my appointment on the 16th of August. At least i have got a midwife appointment on friday, so I will have a chat with her then. .....
Congratulations to Juce who had her precious baby girl Rosie this week...she is beautiful xxxxx

37 week bump piccy
Hi all it's 10th August already and I am 37 weeks today!!!!
Had a midwife appointment earlier on today, which was an extra one, as I had some protein in my weewee last week, but all was ok this week, so that was good. Midwife said little bun was measuring at 36 weeks, but I take all that with a pinch of salt these days. I have got another scan on this Thursday, so we will see how she has grown since the last one a couple of weeks ago. I have been completing my kick chart every day and it is all done by 12pm! She has a right good wriggle and kick every morning after I have had my brekkie. I have been in quite a bit of pelvic pain again this week. and I get so tired and achy so fast. I hope all our babies arrive soon as i know we are getting impatient to meet our little bundles! xxxx
Nicky hun it's your turn next week! Little Milly is on her way!!

38.1 week bump pic
Nicky hun! congratulations to you!
Nicky and Brian had their little miracle Amelie this week! Hope all is ok with you and you are recovering from your c-section. Its so exciting and I cant wait to see the pics of your little girl! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Well this week, I went for another scan to check how the little bun is growing. What really pee'd me off was that the one measurment that was causing the concern was totally normal this week and had grown too much for just 2 weeks and the consultant said that the last measurment was probably dubious! ~ Hinting that it probably wasnt accurate! Grrrr! I was just happy that she is ok, if a little diddy! The fluid around her was a little bit low, so i have got to go back in 2 weeks if i havent had her by then for another check and possible induction. I also had an internal to check my cervix that was quite painful and less than pleasant, it felt like she was trying to pull my insides out!!! Little bun is really low, but my cervix isn't favourable apparantly (whatever the heck that means!)

Other than that I am just plodding on still, had a touch of tonsilitis this week, which has knocked me about a bit, which I am determind to get over before I have her, as i dont think i would have the energy at the moment! To all you mommies getting close, hang in there! We will soon be holding our little ones! xxxx

OUR LITTLE BUN.......ISABELLE GRACE IS HERE!!!!!
28th August at 4.06am weighing a little 6lb
Well everyone after a long time of 14 years and 9 months approximately, my little bun is finally here! She is totally gorgeous and i love her so much it makes me want to cry!!

I started to get pains in my lower belly like a cross between v.bad period cramps and stomach upset type pains on fri 24th Aug. What made it worse was that we had gone away for the night and were in a hotel as we were house hunting the following day (yes this close to my due date! lol!) They were coming every 7 mins, so i was a bit panicky at being away from home. I was also a bit scared as they didn't build up it was just like ......whammm!
I got up in the morning and they eased off only coming every now and then........while we were walking around other peoples houses i might add! lol!
Anyway we got back home on the Saturday night and they started up again with a vengence ..this was how i spent the next couple of days, i was crawling on the floor at one point, but the pains would stop and then come back again an hour or so later. It was really frustrating thinking i wasn't getting anywhere, especially when I called the midwife and she said they were practice pains, as they were not following a pattern. She kept telling me i couldnt be in labour...
Anyway i suffered till monday night, with the help of my tens (not much help) till i couldn't stand it no longer, i had not slept for what seemed like days and the pains were pretty bad. I called the hospital again and they said the same , because they were not regular, i wouldnt be in labour, but i could come in if i wanted to to put my mind at rest but they wouldn't send a midwife out as they were sure i still wasnt in labour.

So we grabbed the bag and off we went, leaving behind most of the little things we had bought to make the hospital stay more comfy...saying we will be back home in a couple of hours....how wrong we were! I thought we would be wasting the hospitals time when we got there.
I got checked by the midwife when we got there at 10pm and she was very surprised to see i was already 5cm dilated!! So that was what that pain was! lol! I read all the books on how regular your contractions should be, and that's a load of cobblers it seems!

Anyway, i battled on with the pain for a few more hours using the tens again.....and i was about 8cm dilated......and then just before i had my waters broken, i had the epidural put in (which i had planned to do all along, not wanting the pain to be the only thing i remembered about the birth) It wasn't too pleasant because as it was being done as a contraction started and i had to sit still and it was odd to have heavy legs but once it worked i was in heaven!!
The lovely midwife (who i had never even met before but was the nicest out of all the midwifes i had so far seen) broke my waters and then me and Dave had a little snooze for half an hour( lol! ) and in between i could feel a load of strong pressure down below every now and again. When the midwife came back in and checked , her little head was almost out!! I was laughing at how ridiculous that seemed, and every time i laughed her head came out a little more! I reached down and felt her head as she was popping out!!
I think i gently pushed about 3 or 4 times and there she was!!! I was so so grateful for that, for some reason that was the part i was least looking forward to.......No stitches too...i was so so lucky......! After the very slow start of 3 and a half days of on and off contractions, little bun decided she didnt want to hang around and arrived 6 hours after i got to the hospital.....Dave cut her cord and she was placed straight onto me absolutely screaming her head off.... Dave was a bit worried after, as i was bleeding pretty bad and he couldnt concentrate on the baby, but they soon sorted that out by giving me injections left right and centre....... and before i knew it i was being wheeled to my room to recover!
We left the hospital that night and i am so in love! I cant imagine life without her now, she was soooo worth the wait! I am knackered still feel a bit shaky and the 1st 4 days of breast feeding were hell, but we are getting there. What did i ever do without her? I am in pain a bit with my back presumably from the epidural and bit sore down below despite not tearing, but i have never felt so contented in my entire life! I love her so much !!

Big big congratulations to Lisa who had her lil Sam the very same day as Isabelle arrived! He is gorgeous luv! well done you xxxxx

I just want to say thank you so much to all my friends on here...Nicky what would i have done without you in the early days when i was panicking about the pregnancy and Lisa and Becky for sharing all our aches and pains of which there were many ,and Ann thanks so much for all your tips...keep em coming! And all the other mommies that i have been in touch with....you have made this journey so special and a lot less daunting that it would have been. I want to wish all the mommies still waiting to meet their little ones loads of luck, your little bundles will be here before you know it! lots of love laura and isabelle (little bun) xxxx

Well my little bun Isabelle is 2 weeks old bless her!!
I sit there wondering what took her so long?? That thought makes me cry, i am sad that she was a long time coming, but over the moon at the same time that she is here at all and so thankful! Hormones eh?? She is such a cutie! She is booby mad though!! Which is a good thing seeing as she was a bit small and needs to chubby up a bit for mommy!
She loves a bath, especially with her daddy and is usually pretty good at night so far and only wakes up once for a feed as long as i give her a good booby session just before bedtime! I found feeding tough going for the 1st few days as it really hurt and my boobs felt like they were on fire, (in fact it made the 1st week or so pretty unbearable unfortunately) but now its going really well. Well got to go Isabelle needs her booby top up (which i call snack booby! lol! ) before beddy byes ! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p.s after all the moaning of the last 9 months i miss my big belly too!

Here is my little munchkin she is now 3 weeks and 5 days old...I love her so much! Here she is in her red winnie the pooh dress! She is really good, but has had a bit of colic these past few nights which has made getting her off to sleep quite hard. Poor mommy at 4am! She is feeding really well though and is putting on weight. she is a boobylicious baby! lol! We went and registered her last week and we were so proud! We made an afternoon of it and it was lovely xxxx

Update 27th sept little isabelle was weighed today and she now weighs 7.5 lb! considering she went down to 5.5lb, and she has only been on booby, i think thats pretty good going. She is still tiny really, but seems so much bigger to me and Dave. We had a good couple of nights when she has slept for 6 hours, which made up for the late night i had the other night..she wouldn't settle till 6am!! Naughty little bun lol! I have tried a dummy on several occasions and she just wont take one...when u are that knackered you will try anything..I am now giving her infacol, and it does seem to be helping. I am still constantly giving her cuddles and kisses and i cant stop looking at her! lol! She gave me a proper smile yesterday morning and it definately wasn't wind...and it made up for the lack of sleep that night!
Congratulations to Hannah who had her litttle girl this week!
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hi all, Isabelle's 7 weeks old now...doesnt time fly! She was weighed last week and is now 8lb5oz so is putting on weight real well. Apart from keeping mommy up with colic she is a real good girl and smiles all the time. For some bizarre reason she loves it when i sing the theme tune to the addams family lol. she didnt look to happy in this pic as we had just put her in the car seat, but she nods off in as soon as we move. xxx

ps anyone else reading this have a colicky baby?? would love some advice please xxxx

Hi all! Little bun is now 9 weeks old.
She was weighed on thurs and was 9lb 1oz....broke the 9lb mark lol! The docs were concerned that she might have a clicky hip, so she went for a scan and all was fine. The docs were fantastic though...yay for the nhs! She was seen for a scan and a consultant appointment all in one week. We were so relieved that all was well. Isabelle has also been given colief drops for her colic and they have worked like a miracle. You can get them on prescription too. Its a nightmare to get her to take them as you have to put them into milk, so i have to express some then put it into a syringe and squirt it into her mouth! She hasnt had a late night screaming session since so its well worth it.
I also got her a baby grow bag and she doesnt wake up cold anymore so that was a godsend! We are up to 6 hours straight through at the moment...aiming for more though lol!
good luck to Niki who has gone into labour today and her little Emogene will soon be here!
Bye all you lovely mommies xxxxxxx

little bun 12 weeks old all smiley for mama

Hi all i cant believe that isabelle is 3 months already. it seems like only yesterday we were driving to the hospital for my 1st scan. We have found some of it very hard and some easy. it all makes up for it when she smiles and giggles. We are looking forward to her 1st christmas and she has lots of christmas outfits already.

Isabelle's 1st christmas tree

Hi all and happy christmas.
My beautiful little bun is nearly 4 months. We love her so much, she is a little monkey sometimes and loves getting her own way already. She also loves looking at herself in the mirror lol. We love making her giggle, it is my favourite sound. We love it that its our 1st christmas as a family. She is going to be spoilt by everyone this year i am sure. We are spending christmas at her nanny and grandads.
Happy 1st christmas our little bun, we love you so much. xx

Isabelle's 1st santa ........................................ in her christmas outfit

Happy 2008
Hi everyone. We had a lovely first christmas with Isabelle. We stopped at my parents. I don't think i would have been up to cooking a christmas dinner at the moment lol.
Isabelle had so many lovely presents. She had a rainforest jumperoo, clothes, an activity table baby einstein cd's and dvd's , books and lots more. She was spoilt of course!!Hope everyone else enjoyed their christmas xx

Had Isabelle weighed at the clinic on thursday 3 january and she now weighs 11lb 11oz. still only diddy bless her as she is now nearly 4 months and 2 weeks!
I'm having a go at giving her organic baby rice once a day in the hope it will chubby her up a bit. We met up with friends over xmas who's little girl was born 6 days after Isabelle and she was 10lb 5oz when she was born, so my little bun has got quite a bit of catching up to do!

Well our little bun is now 5 months old.
She is now weighing 12lb 8oz still small, but she is coming on great having solids and of course loads of booby still....she does the funniest things, like when i go to pick her up instead of putting her arms up towards me, she tries to elbow herself up instead lol... and when i give her something to hold thats not a toy (the washing machine ball especially) she shouts out continuously until she drops it and then starts screaming instead... it has taken me and my hubby a long time to get used to being parents. we love her so much, but i must admit we had been together so long it was quite a shock to the system...we cant remember what life was like before she arrived. we love her so much our beautiful little baby girl xxx

hi everyone here is Isabelle playing with one of her christmas presents.
She seems to like music, and especially loves it when i play corrine bailey rae's album, she can be screaming at the top of her lungs at us, and as soon as i put it on she is instantly quiet and goes all chilled out! Its a miracle! It is literally the second she hears the 1st few notes! Her favourite song is "like a star" As you can imagine i know all the words off by heart now lol... we even took copies of it to mom and dad's for emergency purposes lol.
She is getting into some kind of bedtime routine at last now and will go to sleep on her own in her cot. It's taken a while, as i used to feed her till she dropped off then put her in the cot, and i thought i would have nights of her screaming at me, but she took to it from the 1st night, i am
really proud of her.

Update march 08
Isabelle is now 6 months old. she is such a sweetie. whenever we go out we are always getting stopped to be told how beautiful she is....gets that off her mama i say! lol. Her sleeping is still a bit patchy, but she is coming on with her solids. We had her weighed last week and she is now 13lb3oz. still on the lower end of the scale, but the health visitor said we will all be jealous when she grows up and is tall and slim....definaltely NOT like her mama!!

hi all, Isabelle is now 7 months old. She is getting such a good girl for mommy and Daddy. She loves being out and about, and loves shopping lol. wonder who she is getting that from? she loves it in the baby carrier so she can see out and tries to pick everything up when i look at things. Getting them out of her hands without a scene is more of a challenge. She seems to be a lot happier lately, apart from when her little toothy-pegs are hurting her. None through yet, but i dont think it will be long.Had her weighed on Thursday and she is now 1oz off 14lb.I dont know wether to stop waking her up for her last night feed now, as i did last night and she was well upset with me, it took me about half an hour to stop her screaming...She only had about 5 mins of booby before falling fast asleep again, so hardly seemed worth it after all the yelling! xxx15th aprilwe are moving house tomorrow, so wont be online for about 2 wks to wait for broadband to be set up. so will be back then. speak soon everyone! xxx ps the house is a tip wish me luck! xxx
2nd May....... i am back! took ages to get the internet sorted. We moved into our new place 10 days ago i think it was ( its all a blur) Isabelle wasnt too disturbed by it, she is a happy soul, but not sleeping too well at the moment (just when i thought we had cracked it) I felt the start of her 1st tooth yesterday when she bit my hand the cheeky madam. She kept us waiting long enough for it, i just hope she doesnt decide to bite me when i am feeding her! We are off to Turkey in a couple of weeks, i am wondering how we are going to cope with our 1st holiday with isabelle. I am sure its not going to be lying on the beach for hours soaking up the sun this time round, but i am sure we will have lots of fun. Bit aprehensive too about taking her, but we arent going alone, so thats good. xxx12 may...sorry i havent been online to reply to my messages. its been a bit manic lately. Poor little isabelle has been screaming nearly non stop for a few days with her teeth coming through and she has had a virus too, so its not been easy this week and we are also off to Turkey for 2 weeks on Thursday, so i have been trying to get ready for that in between the cuddles and feeding. I hope to be back online more often when we get back to catch up with everyone. xxxx

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juce - Thursday, 17 July

What a cutie. Just loaded another photo of Rosie. I can't believe she is one in a week or so. How are you doing? I'm getting huge again. This time there are all sorts of different aches and pains. I feel like an old woman!! x

NIKI - Saturday, 12 July
Hey girl how it going? im pregnant again.... so they are gonna be close together.... no real symptoms as such. Take care xx

michaela - Thursday, 10 July

She is absolutely gorgeous and you are looking FAB!! Can you believe how quick time goes by?, are you planning a big birthday bash for Isabelle? Hope you had a great holiday. xxxx

juce - Tuesday, 1 July
Hey there. I will try and load up some recent photos of Rosie on our holiday in Spain last week. She is a doll and doing so much now. She gets better and better everyday. Well I am doing fine. Found out today we are having another little girl and I am so excited. My bump is definitely bigger although I appear to be carrying in the same way. My legs are finding it a struggle though and the varicose veins are showing through already which is a bit depressing. How are things with you? How is little Isabelle? Can you believe they are nearly 1......... x

hotmama - Tuesday, 17 June

what a beautiful piture laura, she so so cute, a proper little girly girl, i love it xxx

cheri - Monday, 16 June
hi babe, i dont get on here much either, im more on facebook, any way hows ur little princess she is so gorgeous. i just the bandanna's, trinity has them and i love them more than hats on her. trinity is crawling now and has two teeth and is my little angel. im the same as u i cant see myself with another i would never get any time for me and steve but im sure one day it will hit me and i want another. i just feel time is not rright now. i want to give everything to trinity right now. so how are u finging motherhood. xxxxxxx

ninny - Sunday, 15 June
hiya hun yea we went to benidorm end of april it was brill erin nvr cried on pllane or nothing she loved it an water too i send ya sum pics, were did ya goi on hols? how was baby miss ya lots i got lots pics,i go 4 scan on thursday i be 14weeks then yey lol take care see ya soon xxxx

hotmama - Thursday, 12 June

how gorgeous xxxx

hotmama - Thursday, 12 June
hey sweet, tell me about it not enuf time in the day eh!! glad u had a good hol. hows isabelle?? still waiting on sams 1st tooth, it has to appear soon im sure!! yeh im back at work full time i work 4 long days im knackerd, its a bloody mare. lol, i miss sam like mad when im at work but im doing it for him eh so he can have everything he wants!! he goes to my mums best friends 3 days & he loves it, & when i collect him he goes crazy his lil face lighs up & he waves his arms up & down with excitement god love him. wots new then owt or nowt?? xxxxx

bambino07 - Tuesday, 10 June
oh she is finally back to normal thank god. gonna have to start calling her big o lol she is such a big girl now. she is walking and chatting alot, still not to keen on lumpy food but im sure she will get there in the end. feeling really big now time is flyin by only have 8 weeks left at work befor i go on mat leave. lisa has just gone back to work last week said its like she had never been away hopi to go back to work after christmas but will have to see how things go, and how bald i am with two lol

ninny - Sunday, 8 June
hiya laura how are u were really good holiday was gr8 erin was fantastic nvr a murmur or nothing was brill i email u some pics erins good shes got 4top 4bottom an a back tooth now looks funny i send u pics im praying this baby is same as her lol,hows he babs is she good an u too u ok love hearing from u xxx

southstar - Monday, 26 May
sorry i took forever.....How's isabelle doing? my son is actually eating a lot more lately, but i think he is probably barely at about 16 and a half pounds. last we checked, he was 27.5 inches long. i see 5 month old babies that are the exact same size and it kills me.....but like you say, as long as they are happy and healthy.

bambino07 - Tuesday, 20 May
oh tell me about the sleeping thing, we have just been away for a week to scotland and since then she wakes every hour and i just cant cope so i put her in our bed, something i said i would never do be needs must at 3am in the morning, saw my healthvisitor about it and she gave me some info on sleeping have you spoke yo yours she might be able to help you. apart from that she is a darlin she is so funny all the lil things she does havent had chance to come on here for ages when i logged on i had 118 emails lol deleted them all so hope there was nothing important lol

hotmama - Tuesday, 13 May
poor isabelle bun, hope shes ok sending her a get well squash from sam xxx have a fab holiday too u lucky lucky bugger lol xxx

ninny - Thursday, 8 May
hey hunni i know how crazy no meds or nothing all by ourselves wrre made up im scared this time lol feel so ill havent been sick but feel it i can eat an that erins been gr8 has 8teeth her 4top ones looks ded funny hows bubbs she ok? love na hugs xxx

hotmama - Wednesday, 7 May
i mis uuuuuuuuu cry cry lol. xxx

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