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Rat
Ship's Rat
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Originally posted by Flausa:
How did your midwife visit go?
Fine, thank you. She says my bump is just the right size! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
She also claimed she could identify the various bits of the baby just by poking my tummy - bottom, legs and head - which I thought was amazing. Apparently the baby was lying head down during the visit!
I'm anemic though, so I assume that explains how exhausted I've been. I've been eating pretty carefully, so they've prescribed me supplements to help. I'm actually kind of relieved to realise I'm not meant to feel this bad.
How are things with you?
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Flausa
Mad Woman
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The wee wan's kicking as I type. Ten pm, which is bedtime for me most nights, seems to be an active time for the sprog. Though there have been some early mornings (3am-ish) where s/he's waited until then to do something akin to the can-can.
As to supplements, I took the folic acid vitamins for the first three months as recommended then stopped because Dr and health visitor said I could. But my energy levels plummeted, so I started taking them again. Have felt so much better since (well, apart from the stupid cold). But I do feel like I've been eating healthier as well. Eating two pieces of fruit while at work during the day, sometimes another piece at night, eating more veg, and particularly carrots which I can eat 'til they come out my ears.
Took, you must be getting close now, how are you?
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Fool of a Took
chock full o' nuts
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It's officially Always the Weekend but Never Sunday™
I'm due next Thursday, but my blood pressure has risen over the last week. If it stays high, Doc will want to induce on or before the due date. We'll make that decision on Monday.
Home Care nurses will be coming daily to check blood pressure, and for the protein in my urine (yay, more peeing in a cup...) that would suggest pre-eclampsia. If either looks bad, I suspect the next course of action will be induction.
It all seems like so much drama- but since it is centred around high blood pressure, getting anxious about it only makes it worse. So, I'm trying not to. I have good friends praying for us and hope that I can let it go, knowing that others are doing my fretting for me.
Meanwhile, when the Doc checked this morning I was about 2.5cm dilated, and softening. I understand this state of affairs can last a while, but it does mean that if it comes to induction, I've at least got a natural start on the process.
I'm hoping that the Babe (in real life, I've been calling it Sine Nomine, but that just doesn't work around here ) will get things rolling independently, but if it's a punctual, cooperative little creature, those aren't traits it inherited from me.
Failing that, I've got 13 hours of Firefly, 3 Seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the first season of the Muppet Show, a pretty decent rental place just a short walk away, and a comfy sofa. And I'm enjoying everything I eat now, because once these occasional irregular twinges become proper contractions I'm supposed to stick to liquids. And there's no point still having no-sugar-added chocolates in the house once I come home diabetes-free.
How many times in my life will everyone agree that I should just sit on the sofa eating bonbons all day?
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Good luck, Took. I hope everything goes smoothly for you whenever the Babe makes his/her entry.
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Bronwyn
Shipmate
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Took oh HOW exciting!!!!! May God be with you and your baby. May the delivery be uncomplacated. May you cope with the wee one.
Our wishes are with you.
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Tropical Beachcomber
Shipmate
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Good luck Took. You're already more dilated than I was after 3 days of induction!!
I'm interested in the size-of-bump discussion. I too tend to err on the plump side of things, and being over 6' tall didn't show much till late on. Even at 42 weeks pregnant, my bump only ever measured 40cms. And I weigh less now than I did before I got pregnant, without having tried to lose weight at all, so it can indeed be a good weight-loss programme if you're lucky!
JJB
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Jillyb
Shipmate
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thinking of you took, hoping all going well xxx
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chukovsky
Ship's toddler
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Originally posted by JJB:
Even at 42 weeks pregnant, my bump only ever measured 40cms.
I got the impression, though I could easily be wrong, that you were supposed to measure 1cm per week? in which case that is almost exactly right??
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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Congratulations Took, hope all is going well. xx
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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Vikki Pollard
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Sheesh, I threw up hourly for the first six months and STILL managed to put 3 stones on! (42 pounds).
(Now they're both adults I have finally taken responisibilty for the excess weight though, and am losing it steadily. )
Bronwyn, are you about 20 weeks now? I grin daily as I think of you. (That's almost like something St Paul wrote, innit?!)
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Jillyb
Shipmate
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*Bump*
any news anyone on took???
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I don't do posh!
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Fool of a Took
chock full o' nuts
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Swimmer has about 6 hours left to make this a DIY project. Doesn't seem likely- which is too bad; Tuesday's child is full of Grace.
Otherwise we're going in tonight to start induction. Prostiglandin early this evening, then back for the full-out-bring-it-on Oxytocin drip first thing tomorrow.
My sister was on the drip for 24 hours before anything even started happening, but we're expecting to be parents before Friday.
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Annie P
Ship's galley maid
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Wishing you all the best and praying for a good labour. Remember, his hand only exists for you to squeeze it, so squeeze away!
Seriously, really hope that all goes smoothly, and that baby is born without complications. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Flausa
Mad Woman
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Oh, Took. Am so excited for you. Will be praying that all goes smoothly and you and your new little one will be home safe and sound (in separate pieces ) very soon.
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Rat
Ship's Rat
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Oooh, exciting! Good luck, Took!
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It's a matter of food and available blood. If motherhood is sacred, put your money where your mouth is. Only then can you expect the coming down to the wrecked & shimmering earth of that miracle you sing about. [Margaret Atwood]
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Pants
Emergency underwear
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Took has had her baby! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
A girl, born February 8th, 2006 at 7:30 a.m. She weighs 7 lbs, 4 oz.
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Mother and baby are doing very well
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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Woo Hoo! Yay!
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Flausa
Mad Woman
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Happy, happy, happy! Congratulations to a mother who I suspect will be anything but inferior.
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ebeth
Shipmate
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Congratulations Took and family! My this just be the start to "...and they all lived happily ever after"
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"To eat bread without hope is still, slowly to starve to death." --Pearl S. Buck
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Suze
Ship's Barmaid
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Popping in to add my congratulations Took, God bless as you settle in to being a little family.
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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That is such great news, Tookie. Bless you all!
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Jillyb
Shipmate
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what great news - many congratulations to the took family
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I don't do posh!
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Congrats to FoaT, miniFoaT and DaddyFoaT.
May they float along gently, and live long and prosper.
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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FiliusSyon
Shipmate
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Yippee. Congrats.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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Congratulations Foat
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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WHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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Habemus Tooklet!!!
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Congratulations, Took!
(v. good, GK!)
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Amos
Shipmate
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Hooray! Every happiness to Ma & Pa & Baby Tookums!
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At the end of the day we face our Maker alongside Jesus--ken
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Emma-Jean
Shipmate
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Yay! Way to go Took, Mr.Took, and Little Miss Swimmer! We want pictures! We want pictures! you are awesome! Could hadly wait to hear.
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ebeth
Shipmate
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One more vital stat needed: Name ??
and I'll echo emma jean, a picture of baby would be nice too
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) to the Tooks
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Erroneous Monk
Shipmate
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Fantastic news - congratulations! Looking forward to the pictures.
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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Hurray!!! Congratulations!!!
Auntie Doris x
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Ann
Curious
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Ags
Knocked up
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Wonderful news!
Congrats to the proud Mum 'n' Dad
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Many, many congrats to the 'Tooks'.
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Looking forward to my rock moving closer again.
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Yipee! Welcome Swimmer and congrats to the Tooks.
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Left at the Altar
Ship's Siren
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Wonderful news, congratulations.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Brava! Congratulations to the Took family!
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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YAAAAAY! Many happy years! May the Tooklet enjoy a long, happy, peaceful, and productive life. And may the parents soon rediscover what "sleep" means!
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Dee.
Ship's Theological Acrobat
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Hooray!!
Welcome on board to the wee deck scrubber
Is'e cute??
Huh? Huh?
Can I have a hold??
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Adrienne
Shipmate
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Many congratulations - welcome to the little one!
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chive
Ship's nude
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Fantastic Took Well done
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Well done and many congratulations - may your family have many years of love and laughter ahead of them.
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40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
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Pants
Emergency underwear
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I have both name and picture! She is very cute!!
I don't know how Took feels about posting that on random website so prob best if you PM or email me and I can send it (at least until she arrives back!).
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MaryFL
Shipmate
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Congrats, Took!
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Horatio Harumph
Shipmate
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just to pop into this thread to give my congrats to the "took" family!
Hope all is well
Lookin x
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Chocolate is proof that God wants us to be happy.
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