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...

Hi everyone
I'm feeling frazzled! Went for a lovely peaceful walk with friends this morning then went for a pizza...in a restaurant full of kids. When we got back to my friends house her daughter was there with her two kids and the volume level was beyond belief. Tell me kids do come in different varieties and not all of them screech ALL the time! Thank god DH wasnt there, I think he'd have freaked.

Anyway - I went back to the baby place but there were no workmen there there over the weekend. I'll take a wander down there again in the next couple of days. Yes there were some double buggies there so I'll see what they are.

Bit worried I havent felt bub somersaulting today...maybe he was scared by all the shrieking too. Hopefully when we go to bed he'll do his usual trick of waking up then.

Have a good week everyone

jasmine51- sometimes i think i havnt felt baby all day when im busy running round after DD, but once shes in bed and i sit down to relax the kicking usually starts and then doesnt stop lol

jbells I think ive eaten so much pizza that theres no room for him to wiggle. I'll see what happens at bed time, hopefully he'll be dancing away by then. Did discover the other day that he liked Madonna as he was jigging away to 'True Blue'!

lol, maybe stick some madonna on loud then, cant believe im not supose to see my midwife now till 28 weeks last time i saw her was 16 weeks, youd think they wud want to check uwere ok in that time mite book myself an appointment at 25 wks to pick up my MatB1

jasmine51 Don't worry - I detest other people's children :) Can I meet you at the marina tomorrow? I'll only have DS with me... I'll send you a pm.

jbells I haven't seen my midwife since my first appointment at 8 weeks. She said that my pregnancy was low risk so I didn't have to go back to see her until after 20 weeks. I saw the sonographer and the antenatal unit midwife at 12 weeks and then the sonographer last week at 19.5 weeks for 2nd scan, but other than that haven't seen anyone.
I suppose that by now your MW has a good idea of whether there are any risk factors or issues for you and so must feel comfortable that everything is OK unless you tell her otherwise. Strange how it is so different in different areas though!

My first few scans were great but my last two were awful (even though both times I found out the next day everything was fine). So at the moment I dread them, hopefully I'll start to enjoy them a bit more soon.

OMG HEARTBURN!!!!!!!!1 I hate it !!!!!!

79monica / jbells my care plan sounds similar to monica's, this is my 1st pg and I'm classed as low risk too.

8 week booking, 12 week scan, I did have a 16 week appt but it was no longer than 5 minutes, 20 weeks scan and then my next mw appt is 24 weeks.

Aren't you supposed to give your matB into your work by 25 weeks as you mentioned? Not sure what happens if it's after that but suppose it depends on your workplace/HR dept's attitude to these things?

banana- ye thats y i am going to go at 25 wks as i want to get my mat pay sorted midwife told me not to go till 28 weeks tho and even then that is just for my Anti D injection, i dont want to out of being able to sort out my mate leave till nearly 30 wks tho

that last sentence made no sense i dont want to not be able to sort my matleave out til 30 weeks it shud have sed :)

Haha thanks for the translation :)

Yeh it does seem a bit odd considering (in theory) you could start your mat leave from 29 weeks!

i know and id like to start mine around 33 weeks i think hopefully if all goes to plan

im soooo spotty on my forehead lately its driving me nuts and i keeps scratching and picking then

V. jealous, 38 weeks for me but I am fortunate to have a pretty unstressful job working with lovely people!

One side of my face has come up in the most unattractive giant spots, literally like boyles (sp?), I now have 3 and feel like a bit of a right minger. If DP goes to squeeze them once more this evening we're seriously going to fall out.

I've just spotted an October bus thread! We'll be onto 2012 babies soon, makes me feel like an old hand at this :)

pg is so attractive isnt it, i feel like a spotty disproportioned whale huge boobs, big belly, big but and skinny arms and legs lol, only 24 weeks tomoro and already fed up of having nothing to wear, i took my mat leave at 38 weeks last time, and 2 weeks hols b4 that, thinking i may end up having a c-section this time tho, so wud like 5 weeks of b4 baby comes even tho it wont really be relaxing a 2 year old def does not do relaxing not my DD anyway

motherofsnortpigs Mad? Stark raving bonkers more like!!

Ah that#s a bit bum for those not seeing gp until later in their pregnabncy. GPs can also fill in matb1 forums if you need one a lot sooner. I'm under consultant led care so I'm annoyed the otehr way round as have antenatal appointments every 4 weeks which wil turn into every week around week 35. This is a mega pain as the midwife appointments are at the hospital and i have to take ds1 and wait for aaaaages, for a 2 minute appointment where they only seem to weigh me and check my bood pressure and measure bumo then send me home. oh well, if its best for bab y then I'll go along with it.

Scan on wednesday, can't wait

I meant midwife in that first sentence. And also measure bump, not bum!

Morning all
Just a few days until DH gets home on a months leave...last time before 'the event' (if he gets home in time for that!)see below...

I found out from my Mum yesterday that in 3 generations of my family there has not been one male baby born after EDD. Most have been born at least a week early, latest was day before EDD. That would suit me well as long as DH is home at the time as he will certainly be going back very soon after delivery.

Still havent felt bub move. Worried myself awake last night but I have a bad tummy again so he's porbably being lulled to sleep by my gurgling guts!

Right - to work....

Morning all!

Dh and I had a nice weekend, but the hotel was a little disappointing. The swimming pool felt very cold to me. We also had booked dinner, bed and breakfast and the dinner menu was very limited! Still the food was very nice and the room was nice (apart from crap view over the car park!) and the staff were friendly.
Only thing that spoilt it was me coughing really badly all weekend.

Happy Monday, one and all. I'm off work, because DD was throwing up all night (first time was a projectile all over me and our bedclothes - lots of effort went into not gagging and being sick myself. Yum), and now seems to have some mystery thing. She's absolutely fine, quite perky and happy, but just had a mouthful of toast, which immediately re-appeared, along with the last remaining contents of her stomach.

Oh and you know the scratchy scalp? Not pregnancy scratchiness...it's was nits. FUCKING NITS. Excuse the language, I bloody hate the little fuckers. Nothing short of a nuke seems to work on them. Once I found the nit comb, there they all were. Dozens of the buggers on both DD and me. DP only had a couple of babies - I don't think they like his hair for some reason, and jump ship over to us as soon as their bastard legs can carry them.

Having spent 3 years teaching DD how every living thing deserves to be looked after - even the snails have a right to exist in my garden, despite being bloody annoying when they eat my veg - suddenly DD sees the dark side to me, as I explain in minute detail exactly what torturous revenge I would like to exact on these bugs, and deliberately try to extract them still alive just so I can drop them in boiling water and see them die in agony. (Am obviously crediting them with a nervous system here, they probably don't really care - one more reason to hate them!)

So headlice and mystery tummy bug, awesome. Parenthood rocks sometimes! (Just not at this precise moment in time.)

lisacat- i also woke up to a cot full of DD's sick this morning which also nearly made me vomit myself, i have tried her with a couple of rich tea biscuits so far so gud (fingers crossed) just really hoping i dont pick it up, like your lil one she seems to be fine very perky running round the house like a loon still

im plucking up the courage to go and sort the sick out in her bedroom it stinks :(

I'm starting an ebay auction for my 20 weeks scan appointments! After all the fuss about not having one, then getting one for 24 weeks I now have been sent 3 in the next 3 weeks! Does anyone want one? Honestly...lots of arse and elbow comments...

Now, do I have them all and take the average of all the comments or do I do the honourable thing? Actually the girl on the phone said to make sure I go to the first one successfully before I cancel any of the others. So anyone in Oxon...if you have been wondering why the JR scan unit is so busy...

jbells ewww, I don't envy you. At least mine is gone now, and it's just the poorly girl left to deal with. DP has just recommended flat Lucozade, but that's going to require getting dressed and walking to the shop - I'm quite happy in my dressing gown.

Jasmine after the nightmare car park story the other day, I'd wait until closer to the date to check you won't end up trapped in the JR car park overnight before you pick which appointment to attend!

lisacat- me to doubt ill be gettin dressed or leaving house today

Hi Ladies.

Moufflon how horrible. I hope the awful thoughts in your head will pass soon and you will be left with the lovely memories of your friend.

Clarkiee try to ignore people?s comments about your bump. I have a long torso too. With dd everyone commented on me being too small. But this time I am apparently too big. Maybe if I get pregnant again I will be the ?right? size!! Re heartburn ? have you got some gaviscon on prescription? If not I?d really recommend it. Kdrank it in large quantities during my pregnancy with dd and have just started to need it this time aswell? 

Whoever was asking for essential items. Breast pads were essential for me as I seemed to leak constantly for the first few weeks? nice.

Sasamax - I know you posted some links to sling websites and I can?t find that post now? would you mind posting them again if you have them to hand please?

Somebody recommended the Angelsounds Doppler to me and I now have it and am sooo pleased! Rather than spending ages lying around waiting for baby to wriggle I can just quickly check for the heartbeat and then relax.

I am heading out for a run at lunchtime ? haven?t been for weeks so no idea how that is going to go ? wish me luck. Have to do something ? went for a short swim at the weekend and was exhausted afterwards ? so unfit. And am putting too much weight on which can lead to a big baby!