Getting Ready For Baby Challenge - Thread 8

I am exhausted. I've been falling asleep upright on the sofa since 8.45 until eventually I've gone to bed.

FX we all sleep better tonight

Oooh I love crumpets. What did you have on them?! Well done for surviving the day, that is an awful long time to be on your feet lovely. Rest now my lovely xx

Lol parsnips gutted for you! Did you eat it anyway?

Jb isn't that a book? I want to watch!

confused as if you are 16 weeks?! Time is flying ridiculously quick x

Evening Girls!

I survived my full on day, but I've been the grumpiest cow ever! Just got back and had crumpets for dinner cos it requires no brain power!

Fx for good sleep tonight (for everyone!)... it really makes the world of difference!

Just zoning out in front of masterchef!

Oh no parsnips!!! I'd be fuming! Did you get a takeaway instead?

tigger snap! We are just looking in to releasing equity on our home to do a side extension. I really want a downstairs wc and utility room before baby.

Glad your feeling more rested Jupes, I'm sure telling work will feel like a big weight off.

Wow grumpy that sounds a super busy day. I don't know how you do it.

Love that photo parsnips, is it the same app grumpy has?

In the spirit of things DH and i are just about to watch 'what to expect when your expecting' 😂.

Hope you're OK dancing these thing are bound to play on your mind. Keep going lovely xxx

I'm gutted I'm out of data until next week, so unable to read along during the day! Argggh!!

Jupiter glad you are feeling better and come to a decision about telling your boss. Think it will put your mind at ease. Nothing worse than worrying in the middle of the night xxx

Grumpy my dh is exactly the same. He has been off all day yet I came home and cleaned the minging bathroom and hoovered the hall! Although he's done all the stuff on his list! We can't even get mad at them tho as there has been scientific studies and men just don't notice things the same as girls. It's annoying! Haha!

Yay Penguin so happy for you! (i might have already said that but baby brain is too much!)

Sorry today was shitty Dancing

So glad ur mortgage offer went through Tigger home improvements are so bloody hard to afford if you can't do things like that!

Buzz i'm so glad it isn't just me that has a massive stash of BFP's in the bathroom cabinet lol

I get what you mean Grumpy and how can your boss be annoyed if you are travelling for work?

I've got my 16 week appointment tomorrow so I have spent the day researching different trusts policies on managing PAPP-A of 0.31... i'm taking my mum in with me too as she is good at asking questions the only thing i'm nervous about is if they want me to have Amnio/CVS as i really don't want it and Harmony is £400 at our trust so we arn't doing that!

Glad your afternoon was better dancing that must be the shittiest thing ever :( so sorry :(

Afternoon was a lot better thankfully, and not meeting friends for dinner. Would have had my next mw appt this morning, so think that was playing on my mind.

Tigger that's great news about the mortgage. Nice to be able to plan things for the house. I'd love a new bathroom. Oh seems not so bothered.

So sorry it ended up being a busy stressful day grumpy. Sucks when you've been away, even when it is away for work! And my oh is the same- he'll happily do things if I ask/make a list. I'm like, how can you not realise these things need doing?! Lol.

Jupiter I'm glad you've made a decision about work. I was so much more relaxed after I'd told my boss. Made a huge difference to my state of mind! Hope you get the same. Hope you're feeling better now and get decent sleep tonight!

Haha mummy I kept my tests by the sink in the loo just so I could look at them every time and remind myself that it was actually happening!

grumpy sounds very stressful! But sounds like you're superwoman too! Men are useless I don't know how they cope without us!

jupiter that's really exciting, and I'm positive that she'll be delighted for you and absolutely fine about it!

trigger fab news on the mortgage offer. Always a massive relief!
grumpy sounds like a stressful return to work, and I know what you mean about men and not being able to multitask particularly at work. It hasn't quite sunk in that I'm pregnant, I keep looking at the tests in shock.
Reassuringly I have no signs of AF for tomorrow, just lots of white CM, normally I would be getting brown discharge by now

Tigger awesome about the mortgage! That’s so exciting :) What home improvements are you planning? So hope you get your BFP this month, sounds like it would be perfect timing.

Such a busy day grumpy, you poor thing. Hope you get some time to rest this evening.

Feeling much more rested after a day being looked after by my mum and dad. Have decided to tell my boss on Wednesday (wish me luck). Not ideal as wanted to tell her after the scan but also want it all sorted before we go on holiday AND want today’s day off to be down as ‘pregnancy related’ so won’t go on my permanent record or count towards the ‘sickness occasions’ tally that they use in the NHS. It’s better she knows either way so I don’t have to worry about it anymore. Feeling calmer now I’ve made that decision.

Yay tigger what brilliant news! Hope bfp comes next months and everything falls into place!

Congratulations on the remortgage tigger that's great news. What are you getting done to the house?

Mummy has it sunk in you are pregnant yet? Are you happy? I was so freaked out for the first few weeks lol!

Buzz Mondays are truly grim. I think I'm getting a sore throat from all the air travel too 🤧

Absolute stress head today at work rushing around and had to leave early to get to the dentist so my boss was not too impressed given I've been out of office travelling for basically the last two weeks ... although I will log in later & probably have to work till midnight then pack for my next trip tomorrow night 🙄

Annoyed with DH who is never contactable at work even after 5pm - in the meantime between my 6 meetings today I've got 2 car quotes and arranged the stove installation! I wish he could just quit already but we probably should take advantage of his SPL pay. Why can men just concentrate on their work while I do everything else even though I earn 3x what he does?

He is getting better at picking stuff up to be fair when I'm travelling because he has to but ARGH

Woohoo our mortgage offer is sorted too which is a complete result wanted to release some equity for some home improvements etc while interest rates are good so put a high valuation on the house and it worked!

That picture is too cute parsnips!

Loving the positivity tigger and what a bargain! Sorry AF is here... onto the next cycle

Those lavender fields are beautiful! Love the idea of an engagement shoot somewhere romantic like that.

Sorry you're having a rubbish day dancing!

Ooh yay mummy dm us if you're happy to share info! :)

tigger what a bargain!!

dancing I feel you! Mondays are shit! I'm ready to go home now, had enough of people. Was on the phone earlier and a group of people decided to have a really loud essentially a meeting behind me and I wanted to punch them all, like dominoes would have been brill!

trigger what a bargain!

I've joined instagram 🙊

Woo, bargain Tigger.

I'm in such a bad mood today. Lacking any kind of patience... feel a bit sorry for the people I'm supervising at work. :s I need to try to get your positive outlook, Tigger!

Jupiter I hope you are getting lots of rest today. Don't feel guilty about phoning in, it's important you look after yourself.

Well this positivity thing is working so far af has arrived so popped into Superdrug to pick up sanitary stuff and a cb digital reduced from £29.99 to £3 due to damaged packaging! Buzz that's stunning!

tigger I lost 2 stone in 3 months on slimming world going from a 16 to a 12, so it's totally doable! You'll look amazing!
Can't remember where you are location wise but the lavender fields in Hitchin are beautiful! We're having sunflowers and lavender as our flowers for the wedding so would have loved to have a shoot there. Going to do a baby one there next year I hope :)

Buzz my overall goal would be 3 stone (think that might be too much) but want to get to an 8/10 for the wedding currently prob size 12/14 but that depends on if a small person makes an appearance. I'd like to be a stone and a half down by August which I think is doable (?!)

Parsnips we're having our reception in a tipi in a forest so think we're going to have our engagement one done in the forest too- might use them as save the dates.

I'm really trying with the positivity this process should be fun but so far it hasn't been so that's my mission to make ttc fun and to have other things to focus on to try and get rid of the stress.