Hello EV Wine Clubbers, Struggled with this for a while, but have populated the grid. All entries fully justified, although I had a bit of a problem with the definition of 41a, until I read "Our...
The time is near approaching when I we need to start buying baby things. Regarding cots. Is it better for a newborn baby to sleep in a Moses Basket or a regular cot? We were just going to get him a...
Hello EV Wine Clubbers, Jaques had me "doubting" for a while if I'd complete EV 856! After the initial quest for gifts, and no chance of even starting to populate the grid, I resolved the last clue of...
Hello EV N&Cers, My first pass through this one for the gifts from Salamanca, saw me with a sparsely populated grid. Gobi desert sprang to mind, but having resolved the 4 perimeter answers, things...
Hello EV N&Cers, Populated the grid quite quickly, but did not locate the three proverbial recommendations in such a rapid manner. Would have been quite elegant if the 3 had appeared in the form of...
Hello everyone - as usual, am supposed to be doing something else, but as test cake now in the oven thought I would see if the N & C had begun...................No? Well it has now! Haven't had a...
Relatively straightforward again, but took a while to spot the elegance/relevance of the letters bracketting 36a. But it would have been even smarter if 36a had been a down entry.
Not really a question but a post - to cruciverbalist, crofter, novalis, devadolly and others who used to help me with EV. My daughter, mini physicsgirl was born 10 weeks ago and I don't seem to get 5...
I'm now 40+ weeks (due last thurs). Keep getting hopeful as my Braxton HIcks have been quite intense and regular a times over the last week. Quite a lot of twinges in the pevlic floor area too. Have...
i am 29 weeks pregnant and started to get a slight discomfort around my pubic bone, just when i walk and get up from sitting, it is not painfull to touch and on a scale 1-10 the pain is about 1-2 (not...
I'm 28 weeks pregnant and my baby gets hiccups about 2-3 times a day! Does this seem normal? I assume its hiccups anyway, its faint and rhythmic but cant feel it from the outside. It just seems like a...
OK this is quite involved but here goes. Earlier this year my cousin got married and I wasn't invited where's everyone else including my mum were. I was told it was due to numbers, I could understand...
Thanks everyone for yor advice and support esp Red for the contraction timer! I went to the hospital at 9 on tuesday night, 13 hours after my 1st contraction and was pleased to be told I was already...
Here is this weeks enigmatic variations To any EV solver! I am undertaking the statistics for the Telegraph EV. This is because several people find the timeframe until submission too short and in my...
Thought we could do with an update on who's due when: Beverlymot - 19th May k8bailey 4th June Dakotas SIL - 17th June Jacey - 19th June I Love Snow - 23rd August want2findout - 17th September...
Anyone got any ideas of anything which can help with concieving naturally? I have been off the pill for about 18months and still no luck,is this normal? Any ideas appreciated thanks
I've posted on here before about trying for a baby - we have been for about 5-6months. So far nothing, I know that this is not unusual and that's not really my question!! This month I am just over a...
after a previous near miss (due to stress, I think), am now 8 weeks pregnant. Felling good, but until my first scan I feel as if I can't get excited yet. Very sore breasts, extremely hungry and...
How safe is it? I know it's meant to restrict blood flow to you and the baby but can it actually be dangerous & if so in what way? Last night I woke up on my back and I think I must have been like it...