Hiya

Some (but not all) will have older kids. If like me you had them young you will be dealing with teenagers??/

I have daughter 16 and son 14, they are pretty good kids but its the running around and mates in and out of house I find hard to deal with. My son Chris is also dyslexic and ADHD. He is on lots of medication as Asthmatic too and its keeping it all to hand so he remembers to take but also out the way of my 3 and 2 yr olds.

i am soo tired on afternoon but they come in from school like a whirlwind and through bags around and then raid the kitchen and then they need runs to drumming, sailing, riding, footie etc etc... I am like a bloody taxi driver.

Also :evil:this makes my blood boil.....I make a meal and they all eat at different times. Young ones early, me and Oh bit later and teenagers whenever they feel like it.

Sorry to rant off but I could scream...........

i was admitted to hosp yest for obs as i had nasty pains in side I got in last night and did anyone ask if i wanted a cuppa or if there was anything they could do for me?????NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rant well and truley over
PS..love them all to bits really

I know how you feel...though luckily am not quite so much of a taxi driver...though on Monday after appt with consultant ande more tests etc I went to pick up 8yr and 12yr old from friends house...8yr was staying there as it was youth club & 12 yr old wanted to go, but wanted to come home and change and then get dropped back...normally not a problem, but I was knackered and hungry and it meant that I had to deal with the 3 dogs on my own...plus as much as I love my land rover discovery I am not particularly tall and so have to have the seat so far forward that bump is dangerously close to wheel and it isn't as easy as jumping in a car and off you go...it takes me ages and a few hops to even get in the bloody thing - I must look a sight.
Then the 'boy band' turned up for a meeting with my hubby and took over the kitchen and I swear ate their way through 18 packets of crisps...meanwhile I am starving and cannot even get into my own kitchen to make me, the pregnant one, food...then hubby gets in a strop that I haven't eaten...the house is complete and utter madness! Then the lead singer gives me a hug and a kiss and tells me he is coming to stay this weekend with his girlfriend..AAGGGHHHHHH...if I am being induced next week, then the last thing I need is this...but because we are older mums, we just take it all in our stride and get on with it...

Oh it feels good to have a rant doesn't it! I love my kids and my gorgeous husband and I love the boy band (retirement fund hopefully!) and I cannot wait to meet my new little baby...xx

am totally confused about boy band??? is it your OH business or your sons??? confused??? Mind you everything confuses me these days.
I have to taxi our kids as we live in Bahrain in the Middle East and buses just dont exist! Taxi drivers are too fast and have no seatbelts so the only option when the weather is in the high 40's is to drive them. It is cooling now to low 30's so they can start biking around but if its over a high way I have to drive them. A lot of expats here have drivers but thats a lot of money and I am not sure I want some stranger driving my car and kids around. may do it for few months when have baby.
Any news on your induction???? I not due till March. i had to go in for emergency on Tues but only in 12 hours for obs. No idea what was wrong in the end. Think baby on a nerve or something but I coulc barely walk nor get my breath.They tested for appendix, gall stones, kidney stones, blocked bowel etc... all fine. Mystery. Told me this one a big baby (my last 9lb 4oz) they will induce me 2 weeks early though to prevent a too quick labour (last one 2 hours) which could result in a delivery at home! They dont want this as I had PPH after delivery!
anyway keep in touch and will I know this boy band or have they not cracked the charts as yet???
d xxx

I only have one teenager (plus 2 step children) and I don't feel quite as bad now.... have to do running around but not in the heat and I don't have to use hubbys range rover (cant get into it anymore cos of my SPD) .. so altho I'm taken for granted quite a bit of the time - its prob not that bad......Gd luck to you both - we need to get them all on our side don't we?!! x

Hiya

It is trying isnt it???

Worst time is when I put my 2 and 3 year old to bed my 14 and 16 come into tv room and want to chat which is lovely but my head is done in by then and I end up in bed feeling guilty for not talking to them properly! Think when you have more than a couple of kids guilt is something you just live with!
Last night we took little ones to halloween party. my 16 year old was helping out as 200 kids going. My 14 yr old son had party to go to but as we were busy i booked taxi (hate doing that but used reputable driver) and went on our merry way. On way home checked phone and had 10 missed calls from him. I rang him and taxi had not come for him so he missed party. When we got in he was sat there all costumed up and looking very glum. I felt SO bad!!!!!!!!!! He was very good about it but that made me feel so much worse!!!

Know what you mean about car. OH has pajero (think its a shogun at home????) and I cant climb into it. I 5ft 6 so not small but its just so bloody high. I have toyota previa and it has electric sliding doors and electric opening boot so its so easy to use with big family as it has 7 seats too. Cars are cheaper here and petrol is 14p a litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now you really hate me:lol:

d xx
ps are you all finding aches and pains so much more than when you had your other ones when you were younger???? I feel so sore and unfit this time round!

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How true... pregnancy when I was 21 was a doddle! I wish I had appreciated it more at the time! My last pregnancy was ok apart from ending up on crutches with SPD - but this time I feel v v v v v old!!! Needless to say this is def my last child

Ps....As for the fuel issue - ive just filled up my corsa with diesel and the cheapest i could find was 98.9p per litre (105.9 at our local station! ) Thats another reason I dont use hubbys range rover - i couldnt afford to go anywhere!

Em


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I am also soooo tired this time. i have no energy at all. I NEED a sleep in the afternoon but rarely get one really. My littlest sleeps but joseph who is 3 does not. I try to put him in from of dvd so i can have 40 winks but he usually wakes me up to tell some thing interesting like......I just had a wee wee! or look mammy the car is fast!!! usually cute but when i tired i dont have the energy to jump up and run round the room cheering.
d xx

im not an older mum as im 22 but my partner is 43 with two teenage son (12 and 15) whom live with us and lo on its way in 19 days, so know what its like for them to come in and out of the house music on full blast giving me head ache and all their mates coming in making noise and knocking on door it like being a yo yo answering the door every 5 minutes hopefully changes when lo comes again i hope...

viv

Yes, I am going to put a sign up saying 'BABY SLEEPING RING THIS BELL AT YOUR PERIL!!!!'
Or put a pet cobra in the fridge and a pit bull in the kitchen to keep them all out!!!
d x

Hi dee dee

Boy band are really a rock band...but they are to do with hubby's work. So demo tapes are being done at the moment and videos etc and fingers crossed they will do well!!

I was back in the hospital today and they will my bloods seem to be behaving themselves and am feeling Ok as long as I do nothing...as soon as I do anything I feel terrible and have to sleep! So I am 36 weeks tomorrow and should have her within 2 weeks.

Right I need to get off this as my daughter needs to log on and wants to use my lap top rather than her pc! Great!

Hope you are well and will catch up soon!

C.x

HI
Yes I fine and well thanks.
so tired though. I hate feeling like this. Am 21 weeks and hoped to be feeling great by now.
I look around house and see loads of stuff to do...dirty windows, and dust on things and i just have no energy to do it. Going to pay my older 2 to wipe skirting boards down. Its something i always do before Xmas decs go up. My mum always cleaned house for xmas!!!!! no idea why I copy as it ends up filthy but I think its just so it looks its best. Want to get a bit of decorating done too. We away end of month so think will buy the paint then leave for decorater to do while we away.
After xmas i will start to sort things for baby. Want to be done by time i about 34 weeks as that is when i will flag! Though I am now so god only knows how I will feel by then. God talk about whinging old woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care of you and rest up.
Good Luck to band!!! My 16 yr old daughter wants to know if she can have autograph now so that when they make it big she was in there first
d xx

glad im not the only one having nightmares with teens,lol
my daughter is nearly 16 going on 25! and a total pain in the **** at the mo (i was never this horrid)
my son is 11 he has adhd and asd and babe is 14m nxt babe due in april
nice to have somewhere to come and moan,lol she should have been in at 9pm and its now 9.30! tears before bedtime i think (and they wont be mine) im thinking of selling/trading her on ebay, do u think lovely teens exist? xxx

My teenager is lovely (at the mo).... the fact is he stays at his aunts most weekends as she lives closer to his girlfriend, on week days he leaves the house in the morning at 7:25 for school and doesn't get back until 6ish and then he stays in his room apart from the occasional visit to the rest of us to get something to eat!!!! So for the half an hour I see him each day he isn't too bad :)

Also do you think the fact that its his birthday next month has anything to do with him being on his best behaviour at the mo????!

ha ha could be, my nightmare is 16 on dec 3rd so hoping for an easier time running up to b/day,lol xx

My daughter is 16 and will turn 17 just before baby 5 born!! She is not too bad really. Could be better but ooohhh could be so much worse.
My son who is 14 has dyslexia and is ADHD. He is on Ritalin and this keeps him sort of calm but hate him taking it. Feel like it robs him off his soul! Helps him to do school work though. He only takes it on school days. Tempting to give him full time but he is so funny at times and on Ritalin he is quite serious and bit dopey looking!!!!!!!!!
My 3 year old and 2 year old love their big siblings. they dont see enough of them which is shame as by time in from school, homework, after school stuff and then mates then there is not much day left! On weekends they tend to do own thing too. Over here weekend is Fri and Sat so on Fri we have family day (or try to) !

have 20 week scan tom so fingers crossed all good.

d x

good luck at scan hun. xx

Hi Dee Dee

Good luck for scan tomorrow! I am back at the hospital tomorrow and should hopefully get an induction date. Then I just have to work out the mothers!!! My folks are great and my hubby loves them to bits...hubby doesn't really get on with his folks, but they are so excited as it is his first child. I get on with them fine and make the effort so hubby doesn't have to!but mil is really keen to be here when baby is born....but hubby would rather my folks be here! His live an hour away and mine 5 hours away so having a date for induction means we can guarantee that my folks can get up here...but then have to worry about upsetting the in-laws who are welcome to come up...but I dont want them staying over! Best thing is our parents have never met...so have all that awkwardness to deal with - deep, deep joy!!!

xx

Hi dee dee - hope your scan went well. My induction has been booked for this Friday, so it is panic stations all round!! Thankfully my parents arrive on Thursday! xxx

hi everyone i have a son 14 and a daughter 12 as well as los who are 5 and 2. My oldest 2 are swimmers and they train 6-9 times a week so my house is always total chaos with no one ever being in at the same time and meal times together are a distant memory, there are always wet towels and swimming kit lying everywhere. my oldest has just started year 10 and has gone from doing zero homework to having to do it everynight and my 12 year is a walking mass of hormones. My 5 yr old is an angel and im trying to potty train my 2 year old who i think has 3 6s under his mop of angelic blonde curls. in the middle of all this i am ttc no5 !!!!!!!am i mad i said i would retire from babymaking when i was 35 (which is on sunday) but i dont feel ready to quit yet. how do you all cope with teens and pregnancy? love leigh ps i do love them all really x

hi hun, i think pregnancy is a doddle compared to having a teenager in the house,lol
my daughter is 16 in a couple wks and has been a nightmare recently wich has made me feel a little more worn out, have to say though that my 11yr old who is adhd and asd has been a godsend at times, playing with 14m old while i have a bath,cook diner or finish the decorating, he will make a lovely husband one day (he reckons he is never leaving home though,lol) good luck ttc no5 and hope to c u on the preg forum soon :-)
xx

thank god im not alone,my eldest son is 14 who i had when i was 18.My second son is 9,i had him at 23.Now baby number 3 is due on jan 3 ill be 33.what im finding hard is juggling the different needs of my sons as well as pregnancy and a job.My teenager can be a model son one minute and then a moody grunting selfish sod the next My 9 year old is lovely but has so much energy and im knackered.They have had to give up there own rooms for the baby as its going to be a girl so a whole new load of problems there!But i wouldnt change a thing ha ha.

it is a juggling act thats for sure. Feel like one of them is left out at all times. I find hardest when little ones in bed and all i want is to have a bath, tea and toast and chill out. However, older ones want to chat and tell me their news etc.. usually watch a freinds dvd or something we all enjoy so I can chill out while spending time with them all. Would be nice to have bit of ME time now and then. Like you say though would not change it for anything.
d x

my lil bro as adhd and im a young pregnant girl im 17 maybe if u got an msn my mum n u can chat or summit teens will be teens just let them kno u love them n the baby aint gonna change ya love 4 them they may feel as if they wil b left out

thats really nice for you to day.is your mum supportive of your pregnancy??? i hope so! i was bit older at 21 when I had my first. it is a bit scarey having them so young but the good thing is you have loads of energy for sleepless nights. My daughter is nearly 17 and we have great relationship since to her I am a young mum. Most of her mates mums are in late forties and I am still in thirties.
I dont have msn sorry!. Tell your mum to come on her and she can be our young grandma!!!!!!!!!!!
all the best with your pregnancy
d x

just deleting my post, read caz4mark post on support

sending big hugs to u hun. xxx


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hi, i havent been on the oldermums page before and I feel so much better for having found it!!
Im 40 and have 15 yo, 13yo and 2 yo and due in a couple of weeks.
I hate the word old when I think of myself as I still feel so young but the girls think anything over 20 is pretty much past it!
Will deffinately check this page out more often.
meg xx

hi megmum
How are the older ones coping with the news of another little one. Are they all from same dad (sorry to ask) or did you re marry??
I think we are quite unusual that they are all from same dad. We had lauren and chris and while preg with chris my husband was diagnosed with cancer. he was very ill and it was touch and go for a long time. Anyway, he recovered but we were told due to the large amounts of chemeo he prob cant father another child. We were advised to have a sperm test but never got round to it. anyway, ten years later we find out Joseph is on the way. when he was just 7 months I was preg again with Charlie and now here we are again with number 5 due in march!!!!!!!!!
Its bloody hard work isnt it???
I was just falling asleep on sofa then and 16 year old came in wanting a lift... we live in middle east and there are no buses here and you really would not let them walk anywhere alone! So, up I haul my HUGE bump body and take her to rugby club! come home to 14 year old needing feeding! 2 year old in bed (where i should be) and 3 year old dressed up like bob the builder and fixing the house.
Would I have it any other way????hmmmm ask me later?

Hi Dee Dee
Yes all that sounds very familiar lol!
Im slightly different in that the 2 girls are my step daughters. Their mum died a number of years ago from breast cancer. She and I were friends and worked together so Ive known the girls all their lives, we've grown up together. Their Dad and I just grew closer and closer after their mum died, first I used to just help out with the girls when needed and then he used to ring me to talk about anything that was bothering him and eventually we fell in love, ahhhh!
It was all very scary at first and wasnt a bed of roses, the girls missed their mum and I suddenly had a ready made family. But with loads of give and take, arguments, compromise, laughs and crys we get by. We are good friends. The girls are turning into lovely people, not your typical stroppy teenagers. I think they had to grow up much earlier than their peers considering what they've been through.
They love their little brother and have both started to use the excuse that they are talking for him and now call me mum, which is so touching, it was never something I even thought they would want to do. But they maybe see me as being a little bit their mum and to me they are just my girls.
They are the ones who nagged us to have another baby as they love the whole family thing, and they are very open about sex etc, too open sometimes!! The 13 year old loves to come out with things just to embarass her Dad!
Its a load of hard work but is also wonderful that we are a growing unit of fun an laughter again where there was once such sadness - I feel priveleged to be part of it.
Meg

what a lovely story!!!!!!!!! Bet your friend is thrilled that her family are in such good hands. To be honest once you have 3 another child will just slot in and complete your family. When are you due and do you know what you having???
d x

hi Dee Dee
Im due on 1st Feb but went to clinic yesterday and head still high. Ive to go back on thursday and if no change will be booked in for section on Tuesday.
Had same problem last time, think my pelvis is wrong shape.
I really dont mind to much but had hoped for a try at normal delivery. But you just have to be sensible dont you and do as they tell you.
Will keep you posted. How are things with you at the mo?

Hi ladies, im also an older mum, im 41 in feb and have 5 children, all from the same dad! My eldest son is 22, then daughter 19, daughter 11, son 6 and son 9 mths. I would really like one more but hubby says no way, so im working on him!! lol. Its wonderful having older children because they just want to be involved with the younger children and help out where they can. They all want me to have another baby so at least i know they are on my side. My eldest son went through a few rough teenage months but nothing too awful and now hes a manager for m & s, so it worked out ok in the end. My 19 yr old daughter is also a manager, she works in claires accessories, she also got engaged at christmas, i suppose i could be a grandmother really!! Not yet hopefully im not quite finished being a mum. Debs xx

Hi debbie...wow 5!!! I looking forward to having 5th but under no illusion that it wont be hard work! One thing to bear in mind when deciding whether to have another is that I was reading an article about Richard and Judy off tv. She was asked what her biggest regret was...her answer? Not having one more child! I think that says it all. When I announced I was having number 5 i was shocked at the amount of people who said they wished they had had one more. If you can talk OH round then do it before your body says NO!!!!
Good Luck

dx

Hi dee dee, thats something that i thought to myself the other day that if i dont go ahead i will regret it later on, just got to convince my oh now! Hes keeping well away from me at the moment! lol. x

Well good luck. Get him drunk and pounce one night!!!! I 34 weeks and finding it hard going. i really hate the last few months. I full of cold and chest infection so feel rough as hell.

Megsmum...any news????????? had check up today and baby head still very high and sort of semi transverse. They think placenta still low lying so i have scan next thurs to check it out. If so or if head wont come down then they will put me in for section at 38 weeks rather than an inducement then. I have biggish babies, PPH, quick labours and group strep b. Never had section and not sure what I think of them. I dont mind the proceedure its the recovery time. I usually sore but up on feet and in the bath few hours after birth. With section i will be in bed unable to get baby out of crib etc... Also with 4 others to care for.....more so the nearly 4 and 2 year old... I am not sure its good idea. As we live abroad and have no family support. have friends who I know would help me out though and have home help.
Ah well, what will be will be as they say.

d xxxx

Hi Dee Dee (callyb but changed user name!)

Cannot believe how quickly time is flying!!! Violet will be 3 months on sunday and is having her 2nd lot of injections tomorrow! Am also considering baby no. 4!!!!!! We aren't using any protection so guess what will be, will be!!!

I have been so busy sorting out our business and trying to get planning permission for change of use for the weddings and also sorting out some music festivals...all seems to be going in the right direction, but just bloody hard work. Am hoping that by working like mad this year it will mean that I can look to employ some help next year.

Are you feeling ready to pop yet???

C.xxx

Time has flown hasn't it. You must be enjoying her to be planning another so soon!!!!!
I not great to be honest. Had scan on thurs at 34 weeks due to low lying placenta at 20 week scan. Now its complete previa which means section and probably hospital addmission on bed rst. Have repreive till sunday as specialist was away on holiday. He is a very cautious man and I know friends here who have had any difficulties have been admitted on bed rest. There are no blue light ambulances as such here so if i started to bleed it could become critical before I could get to hospital. Was in total shock and really upset on thursday.
After lots of thinking time and research have decided to tell them to preform hysterectomy should the bleeding become a major problem. The risk of bleeding to death is a real threat and more so since I older and having my 5th! Never had section before so that will be different. Just hope he will wait till at least 36 week till delivery. have been told he will not let me past 37 weeks so in either case baby will be here by 6th march one way or other.
Will let you know
denise x

OMG Denise, that is a nightmare. I dont know what to say, apart from if I was in the same position then I would opt for the hysterectomy option too. I didn't realise the sort of problems you mentioned, maybe I need to consider carefully if we go for no 4. I guess you need to be prepared that in less than 2 weeks you will have your little one - will you be OK at home for help? I am guessing that your teenagers will pull together and suddenly become the best kids in the world to help out.

Let me know what is going to happen - and take it very, very easy.

Carolyn.xxx

HI
Well he let me stay home but on bed rest. Can get up for dinner, shower etc but cant lift kids, drive or do anything strenous. Boring!!!!!!! dont mind getting out of some duties but awful when i cant pick charlie up as he only 2 and does not understand. I have to go in on 1st march with delivery 6th march. If any bleeds then this could change. he was very nice and put me at ease. he said hysterectomy will hopefully not be necessary but good to know I researched it and if needs to be done that he has my permission! they wont let Andrew in the op theatre which is shame.
I taking it very easy dont worry!
In laws are coming out next week till mid march. My sister then arrives 21st march. We also have a live in maid (common here) who has been with us 4 years so to the kids she is a grandma really. She so far been very good and bringing me cups of tea! Daugther is 17 on Sunday and she been equally as good. Friends are rallying around and running kids to all thier activities for me. Andrew dropping little ones at nursery and pre school then going to work till pick up time at 12 and then working form home. All in all going well so far.
Will keep you up to date. I regular on due march 08 forum so birth announcement should be on there!
d xxx

Hi All
Havet been on for ages as bby came along on 23rd January. Went into labour myself but ended with emergency section due to baby heartbeat disappearing - very scary but he was fine thank god. Called him Calum and he only weighed 5lb 11oz which was a shock as I had been huge and my other wee boy weighed 8lb.
es doing well but Ive had the dreaded pst natal depression again. I was half expecting it as had it before so was ready for it and started taking treatment straight away so feeling a lot better already.
Love to all
Meg

Congrats Meg.. my 2nd child was only 5lb 11oz. He was cute though and by about 3 months he had caught up.

Sorry to hear you not feeling too good though. Glad you recognised it and got help though.
Thats very important and means you can get on with been a mum without a black cloud hanging over you.
Was it an emergency as in you had to have general or was there time for a spinal?? As you may have read i have to have my first section which will be spinal and I scared stiff!!! Not of the op but of feeling something! Cant be worse than full on labour pains is what I keep telling myself. Oh not allowed in with me so thats upsetting me too. Also, not looking forward to recovery period. How are you feeling now a few weeks on???
denise x
ps welcome Calum x

hi denise
Thanks. I had a real emergency this time a sbabys heart beat disppeared so had general. But I had a spinal last time and didnt feel a thing just felt like someone was rocking the bed...very weird bur not scary or sore or anything. Dont be frightened and try to keep calm, I got slightly panicy at te thought of being paralysed but it did not feel like that at the time. Also you are in much less pain immediately afterwards as the spinal is still kind of working for a while and I had a quick easy recovery, up and shwered that night and I think the quicker you get on your feet the better. Havent got on so well this time as have a toddler to deal with as well as a baby so you obviously do to much and cant be avoided unless you have a load of helpers. One month on my wound has broken down a bit and am feeling sore again so try to take things as easy as you can. Dont lift things if you can help it and avoid hoovering and mopping and stuff like that.
Cant understand why your oh isnt allowed in with you, did they give a reason. Mine was in when I had the spinal but obviously not for the general.
All the best. Meg x

HI

he not allowed as they may be complications and they dont want to be worrying about him fainting. May need hysterectomy and they want to be able to get on with it without OH getting in the way. Also, here in the Middle East they are a bit behind on the whole men in the delivery room thing!!!!!!

He will be outside and if all goes well he can come in once placenta out and my bleeding controlled.

Very uncomfortable as baby very high due to the previa and my heart burn is awful at times.

I will be getting sterilised at same time so no more babies!!! Enough is enough.

Have in laws coming to help with child care and I will listne to your advice and not do anything!!!! I want to be well by end of march as my sister coming for easter.

d x

Hi All, i have not been on this site before but have read all the comments. I am 38 this year and a mum of 3, Corey who is 14, shaun who is 12 and Alfie 10 months.
After having my first 2 and getting my life back i was never having any more children, but secretley both me and my husban wanted a little girl so we dicided to try one last time. On my 20 wk scan i found out i was having another boy, i was devistated, but that was short lived.
being a lot older i found i was a lot more tired and dont think i coped so well as if i was 24 body getting older and all that.
the boys were very shocked when we told them but very excited, my youngest when through a stage of thinking that i would not be able to do all the things with him that we did any more, i explaind that nothing would change.
My first 2 births were natural, so expected that on the 3rd! not so simple, i had an emergency c section which did not go too goo, lost 6 pints of blood in theatre and was a right mess, the recovery was horiffic thought i would never get back to normal ever again, but did.
My youngest son is best with baby he helps out a lot, my eldest only when he is asked.
As for being a taxi service i know the feeling all to well, i am out most nights dropping or picking up, and with my husband working away it is even harder cause its just me.
Any way we would love to try again (for our little girl) but the odds are not too good after having 3 boys are they? Everyone says i have to have another, compay for alfie, i would then have my older family and my younger one. cant imaging having 4 though or 5, we would have to move house if i had another and we have 4 bedrooms already, cant imagine boys sharing they would kill eachother.
any way think i have gone on long enough, nice to find this site though. xx

Welcome joemill, my teenage daughter is brilliant. She also believes that things will never be the same, but i assure her that once my lo is a bit bigger we will have our days out together again. She is very good with Grace though. I would definitely love another, but i'm 42, so chances are it won't be happening. Al x

Hi,
yes i cant wate for the summer now so that we can go out and do things all together.(if we have one that is) How old is your eldest and your lo?
Joe x

Wel,. Amelia arrived safe and well (birth story on here somewhere) and is now 4 months. Been pregnant was hard but now juggling 2 teenagers who have broken up for summer hols and having 3 aged 4 and under is no bloody picnic! I feel sooo tired this time round. I turned 39 last month so that comes into it. Aches and pains and lack of sleep is giving me serious wrinkles, frown lines and bags. I had a lovely pic of me and baby but I looked really tired. i went onto photobucket which has an editing suite and wiped away 15 years...I look fab!!!!!!!! lol
how you all doing with the teenagers and babies / bumps???
d xx

Hi Dee how are all your lot doing? At the moment i have Ruby and Alex at home with some strange virus but it has not stopped Ruby demanding food at every opportunity Her fave is cheese and salad cream sandwiches! My biggest one Liam is doing his yr 10 work experience at morrisons and is loving it or as he says it is sick!!! and Saffron is slogging it out at school doing her end of year tests and moaning about the usual teen angst, i think she is a bit embarressed with having a pg mum she said im far too old bloody cheek i really think i may have scarred her for life hehe how is that lovely baby of yours ??? love Leigh x

hiya
she is doing so well. She lights up my day! Still cant beleive she is here. You have such lovely names for your kids!

What would you prefer this time round????

How you feeling???

d xxx

Hiya Dee i feel dreadful, i just feel sick constantly! the only thing that stops it is eating and if i keep doing that i will end up the size of a house. Im not too bothered about what im having but it would be nice to have another girl, the boys were lovely but so demanding and i know Ruby would love a baby sister. If i start craving extra strong mints then i know its def a boy xxx

sickness is a very good sign though!!!!

will you find out what you are having??? might be 2 in there lol!!!!!!!

Do you have a due date???

d xxx

Hiya dee i will def be finding out what im having fingers crossed its only one!!! i have not been booked in yet but the gp said i would be due around the 5th march but im hoping to have an elective cs so it will more likely to be february.
How are you and yours keeping ? have they finished school yet?

our kids finished 4th july!!!! already they have been off ages. Dont go back till 7th sept. No half term then off from 4th dec to 3rd jan. back for few days then off again fir 2days plus weekend. mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its all to do with ramadam and eid etc etc......

2 little ones been at summer camp 8 till 12 5 days a week. We come home 8th aug for month so really looking forward to that.

let me know how scan goes. I paid 60 for a private scan at leeds and at 7.4 weeks heard hb....it was amazing to hear it sooo early.

d xxx

i have a sixteen year old and her worst year was last when she was fifteen she seems to have mellowed or is that me. i thank all the honest responses about preg and teens at least i know i wont be alone in the ranting stakes. and yeah it is sooooo much easier ast 21 im 37 soon and lets say im sh******************g myself just a bit but i cant wait i so want to be tin the bump club