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898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Hi,
I've been asked to introduce myself so here we go and sorry I didn't do it earlier. Originally from Belgium, living in the UK for over three years, I learned spinning in New Zealand and did my first firespin in South Africa. Best spinning experience was @ Burning Man 2002 amongst 500 others (hence the pic). I've met a lot of Hoppers recently and had much fun @ the Brizzle JC.
Oh, oops, ok, here we go:
Name: Firetramp (Ann)
Location: Isle of Wight United Kingdom
Hometown:Antwerp
DOB:30/06/74
Age: Hey, u can calculate that yourself
Sex:I'm a lady
Occupation(s):Teacher
Favorite Food(s):Pancakes
Favorite Color(s):Blue
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Travelling, sleeping, looking for shooting stars, spending time with Indigo
Education: Teaching, globetravelling
Favorite Book(s): The Drifters (James A. Michener)
Favorite Movie(s): Orca
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) Be a good mum and run my own hostel.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Smoke City
Favorite ice cream flavor(s):Strawberry, lemon, chocolate, pineapple
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Nutella
Favourite website: www.couchsurfing.com
EDITED_BY: Firetramp (1177148029)
Hi,
I've been asked to introduce myself so here we go and sorry I didn't do it earlier. Originally from Belgium, living in the UK for over three years, I learned spinning in New Zealand and did my first firespin in South Africa. Best spinning experience was @ Burning Man 2002 amongst 500 others (hence the pic). I've met a lot of Hoppers recently and had much fun @ the Brizzle JC.
Oh, oops, ok, here we go:
Name: Firetramp (Ann)
Location: Isle of Wight United Kingdom
Hometown:Antwerp
DOB:30/06/74
Age: Hey, u can calculate that yourself
Sex:I'm a lady
Occupation(s):Teacher
Favorite Food(s):Pancakes
Favorite Color(s):Blue
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Travelling, sleeping, looking for shooting stars, spending time with Indigo
Education: Teaching, globetravelling
Favorite Book(s): The Drifters (James A. Michener)
Favorite Movie(s): Orca
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) Be a good mum and run my own hostel.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Smoke City
Favorite ice cream flavor(s):Strawberry, lemon, chocolate, pineapple
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Nutella
Favourite website: www.couchsurfing.com
EDITED_BY: Firetramp (1177148029)
Ask a question and be a fool for a minute...don't ask and be a fool your whole life.
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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
Happy Birthday Gorgeous.
I hope you have a wonderful day and a wicked party later.
Happy Birthday Gorgeous.
I hope you have a wonderful day and a wicked party later.
Gayle.....!
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Non-Https Image Link
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Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Ok, so I'm due today but...nothing's happening yet
Very exciting though...!
Ok, so I'm due today but...nothing's happening yet
Very exciting though...! Ask a question and be a fool for a minute...don't ask and be a fool your whole life.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Good luck!
You having a hospital birth or some other new fangled option?
Good luck!
You having a hospital birth or some other new fangled option?
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Hospital please!
Hospital please!
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
is it on it's way!?!!!
is it on it's way!?!!!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Oooooh coool ... we having another baby!!!!
Oooooh coool ... we having another baby!!!!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Have you popped yet?
Have you popped yet?
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I'm still pregnant 
A week overdue and still nothing! If nothing happens by the weekend, I'll get induced on Sunday but then I can't go for a waterbirth. Well, c u all at Ashton Court on Saturday then...
I'm still pregnant A week overdue and still nothing! If nothing happens by the weekend, I'll get induced on Sunday but then I can't go for a waterbirth. Well, c u all at Ashton Court on Saturday then... Ask a question and be a fool for a minute...don't ask and be a fool your whole life.
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
you're still preggers!! what a lazy baby!
I dont blame the little babber, I wouldnt want to come out. It's probably really comfy in there and quiet, mmmmm.
you're still preggers!! what a lazy baby!
I dont blame the little babber, I wouldnt want to come out. It's probably really comfy in there and quiet, mmmmm.
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hang in there honey. If you want any info on induction at St Michaels pm me. Oh, and if a waterbirth is really important to you, you can refuse to be induced- nobody told me that last time. Apparently they have to offer you induction, but if you say no they will give you more check ups instead.
As for it being comfy in there Jo- I dunno, I still have 6 weeks to go and my babe has pretty much run out of space! Imagine not being able to stretch out for weeks on end....it must be horrible!
Hang in there honey. If you want any info on induction at St Michaels pm me. Oh, and if a waterbirth is really important to you, you can refuse to be induced- nobody told me that last time. Apparently they have to offer you induction, but if you say no they will give you more check ups instead.
As for it being comfy in there Jo- I dunno, I still have 6 weeks to go and my babe has pretty much run out of space! Imagine not being able to stretch out for weeks on end....it must be horrible!
XLenX
Devoted although mostly absent owner of the 1, the original... Asena
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I know you can refuse the induction but the risks of stilbirth go up then. I just don't want to take any unnessecary risks. I had a miscarriage three years ago so me wanting a waterbirth only comes second really.
I know you can refuse the induction but the risks of stilbirth go up then. I just don't want to take any unnessecary risks. I had a miscarriage three years ago so me wanting a waterbirth only comes second really.
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2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
*comes in singing*
...must have made you their daughter! lord you've got what it takes to make a poor man's heart break.. da-nan-ban-ow...
sorry.. title of the thread dragged me in! best of luck with everthing miss!
*comes in singing*
...must have made you their daughter! lord you've got what it takes to make a poor man's heart break.. da-nan-ban-ow...
sorry.. title of the thread dragged me in! best of luck with everthing miss!
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
*Breaking news* (Literally)
My waters broke last night! Just waiting for contractions to start, hopefully before tomorrow otherwise they'll induce me anyway!
So, I'm not gonna make it to Ashton Court after all but I don't care anymore.
*Breaking news* (Literally)
My waters broke last night! Just waiting for contractions to start, hopefully before tomorrow otherwise they'll induce me anyway!
So, I'm not gonna make it to Ashton Court after all but I don't care anymore.
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lovin' it...
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom
lovin' it...
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom
Posted:
Good luck with everything. Hope Mother & Baby are well.
.....and PUSH!
Good luck with everything. Hope Mother & Baby are well.
.....and PUSH!
Live well, love much, laugh often...
Official O.B.E.S.E. cheerleader
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
My lower back just started really hurting! Might be beginning of first contractions! Wow, I'm going into labour live on HOP!!!
My lower back just started really hurting! Might be beginning of first contractions! Wow, I'm going into labour live on HOP!!!
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
wooo hooo!! Welcome new HoP baby!! Your mummy is ace!! (can you see the head yet?!)
wooo hooo!! Welcome new HoP baby!!
Your mummy is ace!! (can you see the head yet?!) Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
Good luck Anne. Hope it all goes smoothly...See you and the new buba soon
Good luck Anne. Hope it all goes smoothly...See you and the new buba soon
Gayle.....!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Best of luck, hope it all goes smoothly for you! And remember those breathing exercises!!!
Best of luck, hope it all goes smoothly for you! And remember those breathing exercises!!!
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Nothing, nothing, nothing! Really thought things were starting yesterday but then it all stopped again and I felt fine all evening and slept well at night. So, I was supposed to go into hospital this morning to be induced but when I rang them, they said the delivery ward is full and if I was allright with waiting till tomorrow. Fine with me. So...here we are, still pregnant, 12 days overdue. Going to Ashton Court Festival! Yeay...
Nothing, nothing, nothing! Really thought things were starting yesterday but then it all stopped again and I felt fine all evening and slept well at night. So, I was supposed to go into hospital this morning to be induced but when I rang them, they said the delivery ward is full and if I was allright with waiting till tomorrow. Fine with me. So...here we are, still pregnant, 12 days overdue. Going to Ashton Court Festival! Yeay...
Ask a question and be a fool for a minute...don't ask and be a fool your whole life.
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
The way to start of labour is to mow the lawn then eat an Egg Biryani, well that's what my sister swears by
The way to start of labour is to mow the lawn then eat an Egg Biryani, well that's what my sister swears by
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I ate a big pineapple yesterday and had a spicy curry for dinner but that didn't help.
I ate a big pineapple yesterday and had a spicy curry for dinner but that didn't help.
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Anne, do you want me to go in there and pull the blighter out?!!
This reminds me of trying to wake my brother up when he has to go to work, his alarm's going off, people are shouting at him to get up, but he's still fast asleep "i'm not getting out of bed".
What helps is if i go in and just pull my brother out from under the blankets.
So I think you just need to do the same, say you're fed up of waiting for them to come out and if they dont come out now then you're going in!!
Anne, do you want me to go in there and pull the blighter out?!!
This reminds me of trying to wake my brother up when he has to go to work, his alarm's going off, people are shouting at him to get up, but he's still fast asleep "i'm not getting out of bed".
What helps is if i go in and just pull my brother out from under the blankets.
So I think you just need to do the same, say you're fed up of waiting for them to come out and if they dont come out now then you're going in!!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Well, had a great time at Ashton Court Festival yesterday and I guess I'm going into hospital today to have labour induced. It's been three days now since my waters broke so...
Today!!!
Well, had a great time at Ashton Court Festival yesterday and I guess I'm going into hospital today to have labour induced. It's been three days now since my waters broke so...
Today!!!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I hope it all goes well hun
I hope it all goes well hun
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
IT'S A GIRL!!!
Indigo was born on Monday morning 24th July! Life is amazing...
IT'S A GIRL!!!
Indigo was born on Monday morning 24th July! Life is amazing...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Indigo!
Gorgeous name! Congratulations! 
Indigo!Gorgeous name! Congratulations!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Congratulations
Welcome to the world Indigo
Congratulations
Welcome to the world Indigo
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
CONGRATULATIONS
Indigo, what a beautiful name! any piccys yet?
Here's one for you:
https://www.homeofpoi.com/gallery/showpho...=500&page=2
CONGRATULATIONS Indigo, what a beautiful name! any piccys yet?
Here's one for you:
https://www.homeofpoi.com/gallery/showpho...=500&page=2
Gayle.....!