Get ready , a birth soon to be announced

nigglynellie if you read my 2 posts previous to yours you’ll see that THERE ARE NO CARPARKS at the relevant hospital no car park has been closed.

I agree sealing off the car park for maybe three weeks is way over the top, and I think it's this sort of thing that gives the RF a negative image. It's a pity they can't realise this. I'm certainly not a royal fawner, but I've no quarrel with them either, except over car parks!!!!!

There are no car parks!

No to read or comment if you have no interest.
Congratulations to all the expectant Grandmas I know how exciting that is.
Mission accomplished but sadly no media there to record our arrival. St.Mary's had no carpark merely a dozen or so metered spaces on the road that are suspended. I did grab a selfie in front of the doors but I quickly moved in case MI5 were watching and think I was casing the joint ?

Read about the parking restrictions and my thought was what the heck do other people do who are about to give birth, where do they park??? Why such restrictions for one person just because she married 'well'.

My lovely SiL's brother became a dad this morning - does that count?

Like glamma and gillybob I too am in an expectant phase - my eighth grandchild (a boy) is due to put in an appearance on the 27th of this month. Also, a couple of days ago my eldest son announced that his first baby is due in November (six years married by then). I'm very thrilled, but as my daughter wants me at the birth I can hardly dare to leave the house at the moment - she's more than an hour's drive away.

Most definitely glammanana ?

Thank you so much oldwoman70 for your kind wishes,we are very excited about the imminent arrival of our new baby we do not know if a pink or blue one,my DS1 and his wife also expect their 1st in May so we have a busy couple of months for sure.
Princess Charlotte was born on my OHs birthday and she is my namesake so wondering what name will be chosen for this Royal baby,thats a topic for another post don't you think anniebach

I wish them well but it's all so over the top

Queenie or Trump, that is a difficult decision , not

Paddyann Before you 'knock' the Royal family consider President Trump, and be careful what you wish for! The Queen has more sense and world knowledge in her little finger than he has in his whole body.

Oh not Brexit newnanny not Brexit , rather those doors than Brexit ?

Sealing of a car park for a royal birth....’just in case’....!!! Un...bloody....believable !! My 2nd was born on the day he was due and I took myself to hospital on a bus..got there at 1pm...gave birth at 3.30 ...and signed myself out of hospital at 6.30 , as the nurses refused to give bottle fed babies warm milk.... they were trying to brow-beat us into breast feeding!!!

I wonder if this will be there last baby or will they make it an even four.

Royals and their babies!! .... bring on the republic!!

I chuckled when I read your post Anniebach as I was thinking exactly the same thing; I wonder how long before Brexit is mentioned. Good luck to Kate and William and I hope she has a good birth. She certainly looked amazing when she left for home after having Charlotte.

Not even sure about “the son” either niggly . To be fair the royals do nothing to enhance my life in any way. They are just very rich people living in what might as well be another world from me. I don’t swoon over their photos and wouldn’t go out of my way to see any of them.

Well, I think a new baby is wonderful whoever they are. If the RF were to be replaced they would certainly not be found in a council house! They would be like all other redundant royals and live in some style, wherever, their own personal wealth would see to that! I personally don't want to see that happen; someone has to be head of state, and one of them will do just fine! I can't honestly think of any head of state in the world I'd rather have than H.M, who imo has served this country well for most of her adult life, as her father did before her, and her son will after her. Not sure beyond that!!!

As that is really neither news nor politics perhaps some posters are trying to inject one or the other into the thread.
MaizieD I think this would come under the heading of News - which is why I thought, when we had a thread about separating News and Politics a while ago, this type of item could come under News and not Politics.

News:
en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/news

Although some on this thread may disagree and think it is an obsession []grin]
or political

Do you think I will have to call her “Princess” while she’s wiping my bum Jalima ?

Typical of a Geordie to reduce the thread to bums and bottoms . I blame me upbringin’ .

We will need carers etc. when we are old so we really can’t start restricting births
gillybob I have put Princess Charlotte's name on the list of carers for you for when you are very very old

merlot, I think female royals get less critcism when adults, apart from their choice of wardrobe ?

^Third child
Shouldn't take long.^


GabriellaG my DDiL was mucking horses out at the stable she helps at. She was well into labour ( trying to take her mind off it she said ) her waters broke and things progressed VERY quickly ! She just made it to hospital with minutes to spare or my grandson might’ve been born in a stable ! Now where have I heard that one before ?

Why, Anniebach?