Jue in June 2011 - not even our growing bumps can stop us from wittering on

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Onwards we go with the 2nd trimester...

lol @ motherofsnortpigs husband.
I'm not doing great on the pelvic floor thing just now - it's going to go horribly wrong soon - had a couple of 'incidents' already

Yup, I hear ya, people. Sneezing is my enemy! Pretty soon I'll be taking a change of clothes for me as well as DD every morning.

Are any of the south oxon aquanatal classes at weekends? I didn't bother investigating this time round, because I know last time I couldn't find any that didn't require taking time off work. Any change in that? Could easily do Wallie, Didcot, Berinsfield, or even Oxford. (Or the big posh golf club sports centre in South Stoke - if I can find my tiara and pearls in time!).

Clarkiee - I agree with Banana, check your contract very carefully! I advertised with an agent on a sole agency basis and according to the contract we would be liable for their fees 6 mths after we took the house off the market

Feeling better today after a decent nights sleep, DS had kept me up previous 2 nights.

Still full of cold though!

Lisa not as far as I know. The ones on my list are...Didcot 10.30am Wednesday; Berinsfield 7pm on Monday; Abingdon Monday midday; Marlow Weds eve; Bracknell Saturday am; Wycombe Thurs eve; Reading Weds am.
Did you know that you are actually entitled to time off work for antenatal classes as well as health appointments? I dont think I'd push it that far but Sarah who takes our class says it is actually an entitlement...my boss is a bit of a tyrant so I wouldnt even ask (I'm my boss, I'm self employed!)

Have a good day everyone - off for a walk in the frost
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Hello everyone, just realised I haven't been on since my scan last week, baby is fine and it looks like we are having a little boy. So I'll have one of each!
Hope everyone is feeling well.
stargirl x

Hello ladies,

I have read all your posts but can't remember who said what! Congratulations stargirl on your little boy. At the moment I am going to find out at my scan on 7th Feb and DH is not ... not sure how that's going to work, but at least it'll give me plenty of opportunities for teasing . If he makes me laugh until I pee I can get him back, I suppose

Had my 16 week mw appointment yesterday (at 17+1). My midwife is nice and she was keen to let me hear the heartbeat, which she found immediately. Everything else was all fine, although I nearly didn't make it because I work over an hour away, tried to leave early and got collared by a student and then couldn't find the car. Found it in the end though!

Felt very hormonal yesterday for the first time. Two of DH's 3 sisters had a go at me and their other sister for no good reason (in fact, I won't bore you, but they are about as much in the wrong as it is possible to be, and I am usually the Queen of Self-Doubt on issues like this). Got very angry (didn't tell them, just fumed about it at home) which is rare for me, then cried for ages before I went to bed, all the time knowing it's just a storm in a teacup and will be forgotten about by the weekend. Still feel bruised today even though I know, logically, there's nothing to be worried about. I am very rarely hormonal, hardly ever get PMT or anything, so this is a bit weird for me! Working from home today so at least I can try to chill a bit! Anyone else feeling like this?

Got my flu jab later. Will try not to shout or cry

Banana there is a thread in the pregnancy section recommending good DVDs for prenatal yoga. I have a history of buying exercise DVDs in good faith, and then watching them once then letting them gather dust. I think that as I have done yoga before, and also done prenatal yoga, a book would be good just so I can check I'm getting things kind of right and jog my memory a bit.

Supersunny sorry to hear about all your uncertainty, I share your pain, as still no news on my redundancy. I don't have any experience of moving a long way away when pregnant, but I didn't really stay in touch with anyone from my antenatal classes, as I was accidentally put in too ealry a group, and then my ds was really late, so he was a couople of months younger than most of the children. I joined a couple of baby groups as soon as I was ready to venture out with ds, when he was about 3weeks, and made some Mummy friends through them.

I hope you start getting some clarity soon on what is happening for you all .

It would appear my post that I sent yesterday didn't seem to register - weird!

Anyway, I had my flu jab yesterday and today I'm feeling GOD AWFUL. many of those working Mums out there, I'd suggest getting it on a Friday as I've had to take today off. I feel so bad :( I was off last Wednesday too. My Doctors have been so bad with me, I was reduced to tears this morning. I had to call my midwife to see whether she thought it was wise to go into work or not. I didn't sleep a wink as my arm, shoulder, neck and back pulsed with pain all night :( At least I'm covered for swine flu now.

mrswantstobeamum I Inboxed you xx

swanny oh no, sorry to hear you've had a reaction. If you do get a reaction does it mean anything...like you werent immune before? Just wondered if it is significant? Good that you're having a sofa day.

My question for the day (which I've also posted on a general forum too). Do anyone elses nipples look like a child has attempted to crayon round the bottom half very badly with a dark colour? The actual colour of the nipples are the same as they ever were but outlining the lower semi circle of each one is a thick dark line, kinda mole coloured that bleeds downwards. I thought they looked bruised but it appears to be pigmentation....is this normal or have I got some weird nippleitis?

jasmine51 Apparently some people can get quite bad symptoms. Shouldn't last more than 48 hrs apparently according to my midwife. Docs said 5 days... yeah right!!!

On the nipple front, mine have gone quite dark and there is some pigment bleeding that you mentioned... All part of being preggers I think!

xx

Stargirl for the scan news, how fab!

Swanny I had a reaction as well, felt rough for a couple of days and my arm felt as though someone had tried to ram a steel pole through it. On the plus side it didn't last that long. Hope you feel better soon.

TTL Being hormonal is a bit of a nightmare at times isn't it. I feel your pain and hope you start to feel better soon. Have you ranted to your dh about it? I always feel better after my dh gets an earful of whatever I'm stressing about :)

Really sorry for those of you worrying about redundancy :( Hope it all works out.

Thanks knackered. Yes, I ranted to DH and he ranted too but he's brilliant at handling stuff like this and started diffusing the situation. I, on the other hand, have just sent reply which was supposed to also be diffusing but came out with a little passive-aggressive sting in its tail. then I sent another reply immediately apologising for the passive-aggressive one, and am going to be in trouble with DH too now. I am an idiot and need to stay away from the internet and my phone!

Oh no jasmine51! I had my flu jab an hour ago - only the swine flu bit though. Maybe I can blame myself on the jab . I really hope you feel better soon.

Lisascat Thanks for your experiences of the JR. I did the comparison thing of maternity hospitals on the NHS website, and they scored really well until it got to the bit where staff had to say they would recommend the hospital to family and friends, when it was a terrible score. On hygiene and skin to skin contact and specific maternity stuff it was good. So I am going in knowing it might be a bit less than I'm hoping for, and stories from people who have actually gone there help a lot; basically it's not a great place but it does the job is the general view I think. Really happy you had an ok experience.

Mother To answer your question about why an epidural, well I am still fairly ignorant of a lot of the details, as I'm a bit nervous of falling into a google pit until I'm doing nct classes and can get good information. So, it's not in stone, just instinctive. I'd be, as I understand it, on gas and air until about 5cm, then the epidural (which I won't even be able to see so can't freak about) at about the time that the pain becomes most unbearable. In a perfect world, it'll be timed so it wears off towards the last two hours and I'll be able to push my baby with full feeling. I want the light one, where it diminishes the pain a lot but doesn't paralyse you. But it's one of those things I think, like finding out the gender of your baby, where people fall into such different categories and I know a lot of people who believe in keeping it all drug-free, and people who prefer not to know the gender. Bottom line though, I'm a pain wimp, simple as that. I wouldn't have the courage to do a home birth.

Hello ladies! Sorry I haven't been around much. Pregnancy and all had made me completely forget that I had to do a tax return so I'm in a bit of a hurry to get it done over the next couple of weeks. I've also not been as organised as I should have been with my records so I'm having to trail through months and months of paperwork

Stargirl Congratulations on your baby boy and Moog on your baby girl!

Swanny I think I'm not too far from you. I live Croydon way. I'm glad it's not just me with a great big bump and a baby sitting under it!

Moog don't worry about not feeling the baby for a few days. I saw my Dr today as I have (another!) UTI and mentioned that I haven't felt any movement for a couple of days. He explained that they move around a lot at this stage and the chances are he was somewhere where I couldn't feel him. Apparently they also very often spend more time moving while you're asleep as you moving around rocks them to sleep. He found heartbeat with no problem.

I'm really feeling for those of you who still have MS. Mine's just about gone now, thank god, although I'm still off most food.

Anyway, must dash, school run becknos.....

Hi everyone,

not posted for ages but pop on everyday to check how every1 getting on. Had 20 week scan today and everything went well were having baby girl so have one of each now!! so so happy xx

Oooh Gillzz and Stargirl huge big congratulations on your boy and girl!!! ..

Just trying to catch up...

That's fantastic that the scans are going so well. For all of you who found out your baby's gender, did you find that any of the old wives' tales held true? Did anyone with no morning sickness find they were having a boy, or anyone with loads find it was a girl?

I find out in a few weeks, but tried half the online 'predictor tests' and of course, more confused than ever. No sickness though, so have decided it's a boy .

Thanks for your warnings about estate agents. Had a good look at the contract and it only basically says 'if you sell when you are under contract, irrespective of source, then you have to pay the fee.' So thats why we are cancelling before doing anything with the private buyers who are family friends. Going to keep it very quiet!

Jer79 I had no sickness whatsoever and I had two girls in there! I think you are just going to have to wait

well I had no sickness with boy or girl although I have felt a lot more sick this time with girl! They say a girl robs you of your beauty which couldn't be more true with me right now I look a mess and have a fresh spot everyday!! I sailed through pregnancy with no changes with boy xx

I have been very spotty during my pregnancy- it's really irritating!

I'm planning on being organised enough to book into NCT classes locally - need to pull my finger out!

I had a very disappointing 2 hours at the group maternity physio yesterday. I'd been waiting weeks after a referral due to expected back problems at my booking in appt and have had actual back problems for about 2 months now.

Physio can't do anything for me and so yesterday was a painful waste of time - actually got up and took painkillers half way through :(

Wish I could be off doing pregnancy yoga classes etc but atm am just about managing to get to work (most days)

Also annoying is my propensity to burst into tears in car parks recently for basically no reason!

What online predictor tests are there? Sounds fun :)

Sorry to hear of your pain gdmts

I'm still totally knackered- where is my second trimester boost of energy? Anyone else lacking it? I feel so guilty because other than walking around a far bit I've not done any specific exercise since finding out I was pregnant.