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This is our third and we are shocked! I won't bore you with the details but this pregnancy was meant to be. My husband was also scheduled to get his vasectomy but due to a friend of his that has one first, and it going quite badly, he backed out of his and HERE WE ARE! There goes the guest room!

We were just so set on not having anymore that even though I am at 12 weeks I still freak out everytime I think about the fact that we are going to have another. I have a four year old and a 1 year old already. Our youngest will only be 21 months when the third one is born. We are going to have our hands full. But we love our babies more than anything in the world and have no doubt this one will be the same.

Also, I am quite lucky because a good friend of mine is also pregnant and has a due date 8 days before mine. She tends to go late and I tend to go early so who knows....

Congratulations to everyone...

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KarenVG - Saturday, 10 May
ooh you lucky thing having a boy! I am so so so hoping weare having a boy this time too!
Have lots of fun with him!

sparklyval - Friday, 9 May
Hello! Nearly the end of another week - I can't believe how fast time is passing at the moment.
Library work is a bit tedious (and quite frankly dull at times!). I ended up in the Computer section by accident when the University went through re-structuring and the section I worked for merged with the main computer support team. I was very apprehensive about the change, but on the whole it has been a positive move. I have learnt much more through changing job roles and I think if I had stayed working in the library field I would have got a bit stuck doing the routine things that I already knew how to do! I am not sure that I am 'techy' enough to be working in computer support, but I seem to cope with most of it and I can bluff my way through the rest! :-)

Wow! Your presentation sounds like quite an ordeal. I hate having to do anything like that. It has been quite a long time since I had to do a big presentation thank goodness. I am sure that you were relieved to get it out of the way. It annoys me that other people seem to take pleasure in trying to make others look stupid - it sounds as though you dealt with them very efficiently! Well done!

How was your ultrasound today? Did they manage to tell you what sex the baby is? I can't wait to have my next scan on 22nd May. I am definitely going to ask, although I really don't mind having a boy or a girl. I think for my husband's sake a boy would be good as I am not sure how he would cope with 4 females in the house - he is already pretty out numbered! Please let me know how you get on/got on with the scan today - scans are always so exciting!

Well, I am not sure how like your friend I am but I do love the outdoors! We live in a fairly small village in a rural area, with a field directly at the back of our garden and a canal at the front. It is lovely - very peaceful. I don't have any dogs, but we do have two guinea pigs and a hamster. I would have more pets but my husband has asthma and anything too furry makes him sneeze badly!

How are things with you and your family? What are your two children like? Are they old enough to understand about the baby or not? Are you feeling a bit better (not so squashed?) My baby has been moving about a fair bit recently, but I actually feel a bit more comfortable now which is nice....maybe everything is loosening up a bit more!
Have a great weekend. Val x

jutterback - Thursday, 8 May
I go to the doc on Monday, i will definately ask him about Nexium. This is my third baby too, it was durring my first pregnancy that i developed heart burn and pregnant or not i get it pretty bad, but right now its the worst its ever been. so thanks a bunch!

SStephanie - Thursday, 8 May
I completely agree with you about kids not being watched over and protected. My husband is actually the one who notices the most, I guess all the paternal instincts are kicking in, and it might be a girl so watch out! lol. It sickens me to see very young kids running around in the middle of the street or anywhere in public where they can be hurt or even worse abducted, and either their parents are no where in sight, or are and just don't care enough to pay attention to them. I think from what I've seen, some people just don't love or care about their children like they should as parents. A lot of what I see are the girls who get pregnant and have kids as a form of a paycheck from the government so that they don't have to work. They never wanted their kids for the right reasons, so they don't treat them like mommy's like us will. It's sad and I feel sorry for the children, but I vow everytime I see that to always protect and watch my baby no matter how busy I am. Congratulations on your 3rd baby! Wow! Any advice on the damn headaches!? Thanks!

Mikchi - Thursday, 8 May
Congratz!!!! Do u feel baby movements? I m not yet.

mrskcich - Wednesday, 7 May
Read your post about the kid walking behind the parents and them not really giving a hoot. I am the same as you.

My husband likes to say I'm over protective because I keep such a close eye on my kids. I see people like you described and it bugs me sooo bad. I end up watching their kid to make sure no one takes them or they get hit by a car. It's unreal how some parents are so clueless.

I'm with you on all of your feelings concerning people that feel their kids aren't as important as they are.

sparklyval - Tuesday, 6 May
Hi Sarah, thanks for the message. I am completely with you with what you say about losing someone - there are many times even now, two years on, when I still think about the friends that I have lost. There are things that I would like to say to them or ask them and I have to remind myself that it isn't possible. I guess I have been lucky in life that up until the age of 35 I hadn't ever lost anyone close to me. I feel that I have grown as a person as a result and I have a much bigger appreciation of life - especially with having the children now. It feels very special to be pregnant again and I am very excited at being able to create a new life.

I love working at the University too - your friend sounds very like me! In fact I have never had a 'proper job' :-) I have spent all of my life since the age of 18 either studying at or working at Universities. It is really nice to be surrounded by students - I laugh at myself sometimes because I think that I am just the same as them, but of course I am not because they are only 18/19 years old - not far off 20 years younger than me!

How are things in the 'real' world of work? I hope you are keeping ok. Have you been feeling the baby move at all?
Best wishes, Valerie.
PS - the disaster plan I wrote is very dull !! Its all about how best to deal with wet books and how to dry them out...not very exciting reading, but thanks for asking!

Charlee2008sMummy - Monday, 5 May
Hiya im mow coming into my week 17 can i ask wud u sau u r big yet? I think im too small :o?

blessedmommy - Sunday, 4 May
How are you doing? I hope all is going well with you and your little baby growing within you. I am very excited about being pregnant again I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and then I feel my stomach and realize it is real. I have a sonogram on May 20th they are hoping to determine the sex for me if the baby is in the right position because I am going home to New York to be with my family over the holiday weekend so I hope they can determine it Grandma and Grandpa are so looking forward to finding out LOL
Well take care, and talk to you soon
Bless you

sparklyval - Friday, 2 May
I'm really sorry to hear about your friend, it must be so hard - especially as you had been friends for so many years. It sounds like she must have been a real fighter and I am sure that you miss her a lot. 2006/7 was a bad year for me as I lost 3 friends in the space of 6 months to cancer. Two of them were the same age as me and my other friend, a colleague from work was just over 50. It was a really tough time. The run helped me to focus my thoughts and put my sadness in to something positive. When the time is right I will do some more running for charity - it is a great sense of achievement!

Wow! How great to live in Kansas. I have of course heard of Kansas because of the fantastic Wizard of Oz story. I have read the book to my daughters and they really enjoyed it. We also watched the original Judy Garland film...it is a very magical story. Are there any 'Oz' tributes in the city or around where you live?

7am is so early to start work - I can't believe you have to start then - I guess it is because you work in the financial sector. I originally trained and qualified as a Librarian in 1995. I have worked for several different Universities since then, but for the last 7 years I have had a job at the local University in Lincoln. To start with I worked in the library team, about 4 years ago I transferred to the IT support team - we provide information, help and support to the Uni students and staff. We also get to install new computers and carry out first line fault diagnosis and fixing. Pretty dull to be honest :-)

I have had some experience of writing disaster plans, as the Uni Library didn't have one when I first started working there. They needed one to be produced, so I got the task. It involved going to quite a number of regional meetings and undertaking some research. I really enjoyed the project, and the disaster plan is still the basis of what is used now. The remit was a little different to yours - but basically to get the library up and running again following flood, fire etc.

Well, I seem to have gone on a bit. I hope you have a great weekend. We have an extra day in the UK as Monday is a Bank Holiday - yay!

lilm@m@ - Friday, 2 May
I am on #4 and also quite shocked we weren't planning on having anymore! But my daughter was only 19 months when my youngest son was born & it was not too bad, I felt bad for her not getting to be the baby for as long as I would have liked but the cool thing is they are BEST friends, they can play together for hours and not fight, they literally are thisclose! They are 5 and 6 now & here we are having another!! Good luck ;0) xoxo!

sparklyval - Wednesday, 30 April
You're not kidding! I never ever imagined that I would ever be able to run! When I was at school, I was the person that thought up every excuse imaginable to get out of doing PE! I have always been 'reasonably' fit because I have always done a fair amount of walking, but when I first tried running I could only manage about 4 minutes and I was bright red in the face and completely out of breath!
The only reason I stuck with the running was because I had signed up to run the 10k to raise some money for our local hospice. A close friend died from cancer a couple of years ago at the age of 35 - he only lived for 3 months after being diagnosed, so it was all very sudden and a huge shock. He spent his final couple of weeks in the hospice and the staff there were amazing. I felt I wanted to do something practical in his memory and the run for the hospice seemed very fitting. Between my husband and I we raised about �400 which we were really pleased about. (I was less pleased with my husband though as he was undecided about whether or not to run with me on the day or try for a faster time. When it came to the actual run, almost before we had crossed the start line he had sprinted off into the distance and that was the last I saw of him! He finished the run about 20 minutes faster than me, but even though I got a slower time I still think it was a bigger achievement for me than it was for him, besides which it was my idea in the first place!)

By the way, I think I would go to bed at 8.30 if I had to get up at 5.30 - that is SO early! I am totally rubbish at early starts. I go to bed at midnight and struggle to get up for 8am! Do you have a long journey for work or do you start very early in the morning. Your job title sounds very exciting!

BabyMomma1008 - Wednesday, 30 April
I get those annoying little bumps on my forehead too! What is that?! I get them on my chin and jawline too...

annamomma - Wednesday, 30 April
I wish my husband would give into nagging but that never happens. :) I dont have patience either...so we will see who is still standing in 5 weeks. LOL! Yea the pic is at my friends lake house....I know pretty depressed I cant do it this year. Talked to my Doc though and I can have a non alchy beer everyonce in a while because it still has less then .5%. So I might just break into one of those.

annamomma - Wednesday, 30 April
I will have to talk to the hubby...he is all about saving money! So more then likely he will make me wait. thanks for the tip though!

becki20 - Wednesday, 30 April
that dont work with me and i dont like taking pain killers incase it harms the baby i dont even have pain killers when i have an headache lol wb soon

sparklyval - Tuesday, 29 April
Hi! You don't sound like a big baby at all to me. I spent the first threee months complaining and being grumpy about everything!! I thought I was going to end up being a single parent as my poor hubby had to listen to me moaning about feeling tired and sick all the time. I have to say, I think pregnant women are entitled to be grumpy! Men don't have to go through all of this afterall! I was just so relieved to get safely through the first 3 months and to escape from feeling totally exhausted and sick all the time, that the ailments I have now seem much more bearable!

I am with you about the gym. I have actually cancelled my membership - to start with I was just too tired to get there, and now I feel too round to go! I haven't really missed it too much, and will get back to some proper exercise when the time is right. I have been walking a lot instead - that seems about right just now! In a way I feel a bit sad as a year ago I managed to run our local 10k in just over 1 hour. I had trained really hard for it - running a few miles 2-3 times a week. My fitness was really good because of it. I worry that I may never get like it again, but there are lots of years ahead...my body is occupied with something just as demanding at the moment.
I hope you keep well through your pregnancy. Best wishes x

becki20 - Tuesday, 29 April
i hate being small me cause i always get the mick taken out of me this is my first pregnancy and suffer really bad back pains

heavensent - Tuesday, 29 April
Hi there! I have to agree i am 5ft3 and im so.....squished. Went to the physical therapist today due to my pelvis and hips hurting and she said it was because i was short and my pelvis has popped out of place. I too feel like im about to explode after i eat and cant breath but im still hungry. So i completely understand, this is my first and it will be a while before i try for another! Be Blessed!!!

catamy - Monday, 28 April
I think that a lot of people are in the same boat as you. I am one of them. I'm 5'3", and I have gained about 13lbs. I feel so squished that my rib cage is starting to hurt from the pressure. Don't get too frustrated. Between your uterus expanding, the water and blood retention and the baby, it is totally understandable to feel squished. Your body will learn to stretch and soon it will start to feel better. Take care of yoru self.

sparklyval - Monday, 28 April
Hello! Congratulations on your pregnancy, I hope that you are adjusting to the thought of having your 3rd. I am expecting my 3rd too - I have two girls already, but there are big gaps between them - my eldest is 8 and youngest is 4. I wish I had been able to have my children closer together, but I really wanted to keep my part time job and we couldn't have afforded more than one lot of childcare. I think it will be amazing to have all your children close together in age - it will be lovely for them as they grow up. I guess it will be hard to start with, but its amazing how people cope!

I am 5ft 3 and although I have only gained about 3-4lbs I have already got quite a large belly and I reckon it is the baby that is occupying most of the spare space! Like you, I feel a bit squashed and after eating a 'regular' meal I feel over-full and ready to pop. I have always thought of myself as being fairly fit, but today at work I had to go up 4 flights of stairs and I was really out of breath, as though I had run a few miles. I don't remember feeling like this so early on in my last pregnancy....there will be no hope for me when I am 7/8 months! I hope that you are feeling ok! Best wishes, Valerie.

lauren232m - Monday, 28 April
i feel ya! im also 5'2 and already i feel out of breath and squished. ugh just wait another month..

becki20 - Monday, 28 April
im 4ft 11 and my pregnancy is hard i feel like i want to pop

Nina-first-time-mummy - Monday, 28 April
hiya im 5ft 1 and im having a rough time too!

i feel squashed and out of breath to and ive had on 4 occasions this dizzy spells where i feel like im hot and the room starts to spin and sometimes my vision gose funy and i have to sit down before i fall down im going to the docs on thursday so im gonna mention it then i hope this helps take care nina x

preggomego - Thursday, 24 April
yeah i totally agree with you. just be careful with little ones and glass bottles...you know a few are bound to be broken ;)

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