dec '05- xmas babies! arent they great!!

[ei23mummy]

hey girlies!!
new thread for a new week!!
with our heads held high and our bumps pushed out we can happily say sod 'em to all those grumps who think crimbo is a bad time for new babies!!
whaddya say??
yay to our xmas bubs!!

flutter, one q (cos I am thinking of doing similar) how does it work being on mat leave when you are miles away? I mean I guess you have to keep the move a bit quiet from work?

oh you good girl Nems! re bedroom, yes, they do adapt really quickly don't they! They hate change .... for about 5 minutes. Good, I am glad he's settled in.
I am off tomorrow so may be a bit quiet from me! :-)

ninah u need to get set up at home for when on mat leave..lol

I havn't told work that I am moving, DH and I decided to keep it quiet for now just in case work found some loop hole about my maternity pay. I am going to give 2 weeks notice towards the end of my maternity leave as per normal government guidlines.

If your work pays any extra on top of the Government maternity pay if you decide not to go back you will have to pay it back to them just though I would mention that.

rightyho, thanks fb!
Normal is 90% salary for 6 weeks then something like £100 a week up to the 6 months, I am right?
I know, I need to do lots of planning, not even sure where 'home's gonna be yet tho

I am 8.3 on tp,not sure if thats gd or bad....am knackard...

that's v precise ebbie? what kind of tp are you using, is it calibrated lol
Sound about same as me tho

Lol,itscheap stuff fromnetto,but not nasty at all....lol,just dd uses nearly a whole roll every 2 days so cant afford to keep getting it every 3 days or so....lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DQ!!!! Mines in 3 weeks!! Will be ancient 27!!!!!!!Hope you have had a special day!

EI, What a result! you go girl, now what else do you want to get whilst DH is listening finally??
Nemo, Glad Adam had a good night! Heres to many more!

Not much going on here, have my GTT on friday and really cant stand the thought of 2 hours in a doctors waiting room on hard plastic chair! Do you think i should take a pillow?? Got to go for a full blood test tomorrow too! I HATE NEEDLES!!!

Some one i know who was due 11th december had a baby boy this week too by emergency cs. Maybe its same person Nemo! Baby and mum doing fine too!! Scary though isnt it!

Gonna go listen to my bot read now! See ya

Evening ladies. D working late so might not get to go to my book club now so thought I'd check in.
Just did the tp test and I'm 8 and almost, ish a half.
I'm going to miss my bump, even though I'll have my loverlieee baby to cuddle I'll still miss my bump, I love it!

Can someone explain how I do the TP test I get what it is but don't know where to measure from and to and really really want to join in.

flutter - just wrap toilet roll round you - at you widest point of your bump.

Thanks sh I shall do that next time I'm upstairs

I bet u forgot...lol

LOL, look at everyone talking about the Tp test as if it was normal!!! every time my dh catches me desperately trying to reach round myself to get the end of the Tp he just shakes his head and mutters about mad pg ladies
he was horrified I had introduced it to you all!!
flutter, glad youre free from work now...hurry with that move so you can be in and settled before baby
would you be moving closer this way (towards me, southampton I mean) ninah?
bonkerz, I was having a lovely day, totally ruining by you claiming 27 was old!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cheers!!! I'm now 33, and actually, all jokes aside, dont care abit, not quite yet got to 'omg I'm how old' sure it will kick in next few birthday tho!

evening all!!
had a long and boring day in uni and then had the worst headache ever when i got home!! gosh i dont know how you girls cope with the travelling etc everyday- i think im too lazy to do any of that now!! bubs keeping me up again and iv got heartburn that wont go away!!
yay flutter for pullin a sickie!! tell them witches to pee off!! i bet you feel dead proud of yourself!! im so iv still got 9 weeks to go... i might just pull a sickie aswell! y know jus for the hell of it!! ah well i might give another go at trying to get a full nights sleep again in a mo- yeah right!! it doesnt seem to be happening for me recently- this child must just be a night owl so iv got to get used to no sleep i suppose!!

morning all
hope we are all well this morning

nothing going on here apsart from going to break another physio rule and go shopping need to as we have not a lot in..lol
Adam was great in his room last night nearly back to normal just woke at 6.40 instead of 7.30 of past few weeks...but thats better than all night. Although I woke loads cos dh agreed to take a friend to the airport at 5.30am and he sleeps through alarms so I woke up every 20-40mins to check the time..sigh

Oh dear - I can feel another very loooonngggg and boring day coming on!!

It's not even 10am, my trays are empty, my desk is tidyed and my files are organised ready for my maternity cover - trouble is she doesn't start for another 5 weeks!!!!

Let's hope you lot have a day of nothing to do too

morning!!
how is everyone??
i had the worst night sleep ever last night!! a new tenant has moved in to the flats opposite our house and thinks that 1:00 in the morning is a great time to practice the drums!! i could hear him through his double glazing AND ours!!! what and idiot- seans gonna knock and have words when he gets home later!!
anywho, rant over!! whats everyone doing today??

you can come and sit in for me in my lectures today if you fancy it s/h!! iv got another hosp appt at 2 aswell so busy day for me!!
nemo am glad your ds has settled into his new room!! bet your made up!!

Hi all, also haven't had great nights sleep the last 2 nights, dh has a stomach bug and has been up and down out of bed. just hope I don't catch it, last month was bad enough.
So dd is at home looking after dh today, and she's going through all of her old baby clothes which had come down from the loft, seeing which ones fit her dolls......good thing I hadn't gone through all the bags yet and started sorting
Regarding occupational maternity pay, not all companies expect you to pay it back if you choose not to go back to work - good thing to check with HR though and get their answer in writing, just to cover yourself - one of the first questions I asked them

I get additional mat pay and it's not in my contract that I have to pay it back if I don't come back to work. Although I think my boss would be very annoyed if I didn't as I'm the only member of the company who gets extra mat pay!!!

How is everyone today?Got a little time to chat as dd at busy bees for an houror so....Have rearranged my bk garden,cut front and bk lawn,Rearranged dds room and put in a camp bed under high sleaper so if anyone stays...And started clearing out the nursery.....
Just my room to do today,but boy do i ache ALL over..lol
Hope all is well..

ok all am really trying to kick my butt into gear and go shopping but i just feel physically exhausted

You are all busy at home! I'm sitting here at work thinking about the jobs that aren't done at home. & then when I get home at 6pm and organise dd and she's in bed, by 8.30pm I haven't got the energy to do much - frustrating really!
SH, I work for a v. large company, so it will impact on my team if they need to find a replacement for my maternity temp, but no one else really, if I don't come back. & I'm at the point now where I don't really care
9wks tomorrow until I finish, happy to be in single figures now