Hi! Intro!

[brusselssprout]

Happy to be here and looking forward to sharing a warm fuzzy snarky 9 months with you all!

Still a bit in shock from the peeing on a stick yesterday, but the queasiness won't quit, so I guess it's for real!  EDD 07-October I believe, although my doc won't see me until March 1 so we'll get a more accurate due date then.

I have a DD who is 22 months and is already in prime terrible twos, glad to lend my thoughts from the first time around to those FTMs out there. I'm American, living in Belgium.

[adouces06]

Welcome and congrats lady!

[caer]

Welcome and congrats!

[nshepz]

Congrats!!

[calliemarine]

Congrats and welcome! How long have you been living in Belgium?

[brusselssprout]

Let's see... I guess it's been 5 years wow! We were in the Netherlands for 3 years before that, so in Europe for 8 total.

[kelpsu]

Welcome and glad you are here!

[brit365]

Welcome and congrats!!

[WittyLittle]

hey! Welcome! Great to see someone from my neck of the woods (do people still say that?). I'm living in Holland (Maastricht)! Congratulations on your bfp!!!

[brusselssprout]

WittyLittle, Cool! My DH still works in NL, in Den Haag. Getting all set for carnival?? I hear it's a big one in Maastricht.

[macaronmama]

Welcome, and congrats!

[WittyLittle]

Jan 29, 2016 10:23:14 GMT -5 brusselssprout said:

WittyLittle , Cool! My DH still works in NL, in Den Haag. Getting all set for carnival?? I hear it's a big one in Maastricht.

Eeeeeeh nope! We baricade ourselves indoors for the week as much as possible. Too much dumb going around and the music makes me slighly homocidal!  
BXL doesn't celebrate carnival, right? I can't figure Belgium out sometimes so diverse!

[brusselssprout]

Yeah, there's not much carnival action in Brussels itself, but there are nice ones in Flanders and Wallonia. We went to the ones in Binche and Malmedy, much calmer and smaller, village celebrations - steeped in medieval tradition.

I can't figure out Belgium either - very diverse - should be 2 countries really, or perhaps 3.

How long have you been in NL?

[hikingmama222]

Welcome and congrats!

[mamagerman]

Welcome!!

[raechay]

congrats and welcome! I had "mittelschmerz" once. That's the word I know....it's probably not Belgian is it?

[brusselssprout]

Jan 29, 2016 17:09:07 GMT -5 raechay said:

congrats and welcome! I had "mittelschmerz" once. That's the word I know....it's probably not Belgian is it?

I think it's German? sounds German anyway... sounds painful too! youch!