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Due October 08 - The Only Way Is Out!

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CantSleepWontSleep · 03/09/2008 21:11

Thought we'd go with twinklytoes suggestion since she's gone and got herself admitted to hospital in a desperate bid for attention .

Have left everyone on the stats for now, but will do another cull of deserters soon....
(and apols if I've missed off any of the recent joiners)

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jenwa · 03/09/2008 21:15

Yeh new thread

just typed this on the other one so have cut and paste!!

loulou did you take notes to consultant as they should document in there if babys head engaged? Mine ndocument everything in the section where it says your BP, appt details, how baby is lying and babys heart beat etc.

star I would like to live in that world too

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bethoo · 03/09/2008 21:16

str6 raspberry leaf capsules get from chemist or better still a health food store like Holland and Barratt usually next to pregnancy supplements. cranberry juice is good for cystitis and other UTIs.

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star6 · 03/09/2008 21:17

Yay!!!!!!!!!! new thread! And I got on the first page!
DH had first day of work today (history teacher)... .but he's still not home - I last got a text from him 2 hours ago... he was still setting up his classroom. I'm sure he's probably gone out for a drink or something but getting really worried as when I call it goes directly to voicemail and I just can't get in touch with him!! Starting to panic!

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bethoo · 03/09/2008 21:18

looking at the list, there is loads of us yet obviously the ones who are not on alot are the ones with a rl!
need to get out more

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pistachio · 03/09/2008 21:21

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jenwa · 03/09/2008 21:21

star I am sure he is fine, I bet he is doing what he can then will be home and has no idea how quickly time has passed. Maybe his mobile has died?? He is prob on his way home now, try not to worry although I know its hard.

bethoo yeh, sad hey!

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myjobismum · 03/09/2008 21:28

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sambrads · 03/09/2008 21:32

love the new thread name

some of us might have our babies by the time this thread is ready to change again how scary !!!!!

i am due in 27 days OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!

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star6 · 03/09/2008 21:47

still no dh! he takes a bus from work then cycles 10 minutes from there to our house (doesn't have his license here yet... still on US one, not valid here after a year... so quite overdue, but only one car anyway). I'm worried he's fallen from his bike or something.

Would I be justified in being angry if he is just out having drinks with his colleagues while his wife is at home 34 weeks pg? or not? I want to be reasonable. Isn't it LATE for a mid week night?

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CantSleepWontSleep · 03/09/2008 21:55

It isn't really that late star, but you would be justified in being annoyed if he's gone for a drink without sending so much as a text message to let you know. Possible that he has no signal? Or no charge in battery?

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star6 · 03/09/2008 22:01

Thanks csws - I guess you're right... not really that late. Do normal people stay out past 10pm on a week night? I have no idea... I've turned into such a home body lately

yes but why not ask a friend to text me from their phone? he knows my number. I know I'm paranoid for nothing... just know he's around all of these pretty and non-pg women and his single male colleagues. I trust him, but it's hard with the hormonal imbalance surge!

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LackaDAISYcal · 03/09/2008 22:04


lol at your thread title

but you should have added the "baby, for you and me now" as per the DReam song of the mid nineties
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1sttimer80 · 03/09/2008 22:19

Sambrads... hun I'm with you!! 28 days to go til due date ARGGHHH!!! lol

loving the new title thread at LackaDAISYcal's addition!!

Thoguhts are with you twinklytoes.

Star6... he's just being a man. Common sense should prevail, i.e. using a friend's phone to drop a quick text/call but he probably hasn't thought of that. I have this argument with my husband all the time! I'm sure he will be fine.

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star6 · 03/09/2008 22:35

He got home... went to indian restaurant for dinner with some colleagues and his phone died but he "thought he text me to say he was going to get dinner just before phone died".
PLEASE!Dinner from 6.30-10??? Ok ok ok I guess I've done that before.
But he's now been lectured about how to use someone else's phone and how I worry...etc. He's all bummed out because his employer has not given him the pay raise he was promised in June... a few other things that are not as they said they would be... and NOW they are saying he may not be entitled to his 2 weeks leave for when the baby is born since he's on the qualification programme for the next year...
So... well deserved few hours complaining with colleagues, I guess. I was being unreasonable.

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CantSleepWontSleep · 04/09/2008 07:24

Awwww bless star. If it makes you feel better, dh didn't come home at all last night, or the night before . It's his last trip until after baby arrives though - hurrah!

DAISY - am I just showing my age? I only remember D-Ream doing 'Things Can Only Get Better'. 'The Only Way Is Up' will always mean Yazz to me.

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star6 · 04/09/2008 07:36

Is there a rule or a law or anything anywhere that is written that guarantees paternity leave for all men in the UK or is it just some places offer it? DH was told he would get this last feb... and now they are saying he won't!

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annwoo · 04/09/2008 07:43

Star - read this might make things more clear.
paternity leave

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CantSleepWontSleep · 04/09/2008 07:47

Sure that annwoo's link will answer for your circumstances star, but my dh doesn't get paid paternity because he's self-employed. He will take a couple of weeks off, but it will be unpaid holiday.

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annwoo · 04/09/2008 07:51

Wow new thread - will this be the last!?

Twinkly - sorry to hear you have to spend so much time in hospital - my friend had this condition last year and ended up spending 4 weeks in hosp!

Lozza you are going to cuddling your newborn next week! Hope your cervix 'ripens' between now and then. Bounce on your birthing ball if you have one.

To everyone still tending their 'lady garden' - be thankful they don't shave you before giving birth anymore. All your hard work would be in vain. Can you imagine they used to do this!

Hope no one else is experiencing dramas. Have a great day.

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ajm200 · 04/09/2008 08:30

Star, If you are brave enough to have a homebirth, you might get the rest of your MW appts at home.

I've just booked my home birthing pool, one of the heated type to save hubby having to run back and forth with buckets of hot and cold water.. don't trust him to pour it in away from me. He'd probaby chuck it over my back in his panic. He was a nervous wreck last time. Last MW appt at the Dr next week, from then on all home visits.

annwoo My mum is always going on about how much better maternity care was in her day back when a shave and an enema were standard on admission. They had to stay in for 10 days and do an exercise class led by matron twice a day.. Personally, I prefer the modern standard where even first time mums can escape on the first day if they are lucky and mums with other children can go within 4 hours.

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annwoo · 04/09/2008 08:44

ajm200 a shave and an enema that would make you want to run to the hospital wouldn't it!

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bigmouthstrikesagain · 04/09/2008 09:00

Haven't posted for a few days and there has been too much chat for me to possibly catch up!

34 weeks today and I am feeling very tired - this weekis a bit stressy as ds started school - he looked so grown up in his uniform but he was only 4 in August so he is so young really. No tears from him and me but there is so much to remember and get ready each day. He is not full time till January starting after lunch each day means I am stuck here as there is not enough time to go anywhere (I rely on public transport which is rubbish here in the sticks) and be sure o be back in time. Sorry mini moanathon.

I am feeling very lucky really as a mum I know who has a child in ds class and is due the same day as me - told me yesterday that her 'd'p had left her for another woman when she was 3m pg - after begging her to try for no 2! My worries about handling 3 kids under 5 seem insignificant in comparison.

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Jambers99 · 04/09/2008 09:01

Morning all - still here, so please don't drop me off the list CSWS! Work still absolutely manic and by the time I've sneaked some time to read all your updates, I don't get time to post!

Still 8 weeks to go until due date for me, and 5 weeks left at work - can't believe that I'll still be working when loads of you will already have given birth! Although work is very busy, it's just a desk job and I drive to work so don't have to fight for a seat on public transport.

Am finally doing a few things to prepare for the baby - ordered my TENS machine earlier this week, and bought a few packs of the dreaded maternity pads.

Not sure how DS is going to take to the baby - whenever I try and read him one of those 'new baby' books, he just throws it aside and replace it with Thomas the Tank Engine! Think he is in denial...

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hedgepig · 04/09/2008 09:05

Star is genrally standard in the uK but can depend on the contract. My DH is British but works for a international academic organisation in the UK and so doesn't get UK paternity leave in the same way he pays tax differently (deternmined by the rules of the organisation not the UK) so I suppose if your DH is on a training contarct it may be similar (is he paid as a student or an employee?). Does he work in a state school or a private one? Maybe someone on the employment threads would know more.
Last week at work this week I really need to leave I am so tired. I have nothing ready and only 4 1/2 weeks to my due date ekkkk.

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hedgepig · 04/09/2008 09:05

sorry "paterninty leave"

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