Due August 2011, third and final trimester here we come!!!!

[KLou111]

Oooooo ladies, an exciting time for us all either already here or speedily arriving.
Can't believe how quick it's all going.

Bubbas will be here in no time!!!!

I've been at the grunting stage for ages now. Also feel like crap. Took DS to his swimming lesson this morning, he whinged and moaned through the whole thing; came home and started feeling faint; now he wants to go to the playground (15mins walk down/up hill). Hooray!

Sorry for the whinge. I just want to sleep.

Another grunter here! Feel so sleepy all the time as I just can't get comfy...our double bed seems so small all of a sudden... [wishes she'd bought a king size before spending stupid amounts of money on a double memory foam mattress]

Klou, i'm thinking of getting the same scan - where exactly was yours as my parents are in the midlands and the price you mentioned seems great! Only thing is, how easy is it to stay in team yellow? Really wouldn't want to accidentally find out....
Also, not sure if I'm being dumb but I could only see pics on your profile, no vid?!

Grunter here too!!!

Annie, link above on one of my previous comments :)

Wow, Klou, that's amazing. It must really help with bonding. so cute to see him / her sleeping and dreaming.
I'll give them a call and see if they're are open the weekend I go up there :o)
I guess it would help DH to feel involved too.

I've finally got babies room cleared out of junk :) just need to strip the paper so DP can repaper it. Travel cot ordered, Cot coming from FIL's so need matress for that but at least I will have somewhere to start putting all baby stuff now rather than have it everywhere!

Annie DPs looking forward to our scan as he says he'll feel closer to it then. He loves hearing the HB and feeling kicks :)

Klou - Your pics got me booking a 31 week 3D Scan for us right away!! I cant wait now - im going to have mine on the 6th of June!!! :) Seems like a long long wait now! your little bubba is gorgeous and I agree 'it' looks like a Boy. We had a private 20 week Scan at the Fetal Medicine centre where they have us 1 3D pic then and our bubba (who we know is a boy) looked similar! But then maybe all babies look the same :))

Oh we finished painting and laying new carpets in the 2 bedrooms over the weekend. Well the decoraters did it whilst i was away on a hen weekend! Now I can begin shopping!! woohoo

When i got home yesterday evening DH had cleared up all the mess, set up the bedrooms, hoovered the floor (wodden floors in the hallway and living room ) and wiped them clean with dettol. He had also lit candles in the living room, and had cooked us dinner! That was so thoughtful of him and it set me blubbing off and HOW - whoa not a reaction DH expected at all!!! But that was the sweetest thing ever - my hormones couldnt handle it ;)

Oh, everyones getting really excited now!!!

Hi All,

So many replies since my last one, I can't reply to everything! We're entering a really exciting time now, it's going to be so exciting in 3 months time when we are all popping out babies left right and centre :o

Finally had a midwives appt today after what felt like forever (nearly 12 weeks!). All is well, although I had to ask her to listen to the heartbeat as apparently it's not routine to do that anymore Apparently it's better to judge wellbeing on the movements the baby makes... that's all very well, but after 12 weeks (8 weeks since scan), I still wanted a little reassurance!! Next appt is in 6 weeks time at 34 weeks with the consultant where I suppose I get to find out if I'm having an ELCS or not, eek!

winter i must admit that I instruct my toddler to pass me/ pick up fir me anything below knee height!

klou beautiful pics! I may indulge in a 4 d scan now!

Sorry bringing the grumble back as I'm in a really bad mood.

Agree with you all and simply feel knackered all the time. Can't sleep properly and have tummy ache a lot. That combined with my hormones didn't help me dealing with the following this afternoon.

So DH called me to say he has some bad news. Not only do we not get the 2 weeks paid paternity leave planned and expected, we now get nothing!! Nothing! Thankfully he has holiday left to take but that means not taking any time off ffrom now for the rest of the year. I'm so angry and p-ed off. Turns out he hasn't been with the company long enough - 10 months is 2 weeks short of the time needed apparently. 2 weeks! If I do happen to be 2 weeks late he gets it, but by then he'll have saved his holiday anyway. Huh! Sorry. Really shouldn't be reacting this badly and it's not DH's fault - he just didn't read the smallprint properly. huh. Sorry for rant!
[disappears to eat contents of kitchen cupboards in a bid to cheer up and try in some way to control hormones and not cry again]

:(

Can he just take the paternity leave but later? Book it for when the baby is def here and he qualifies??

rudgy - for the statutory I believe there is no time frames on it - and if there is it would be the same as the maternity leave (6 months prior to the due date iirc? (rusty on it thou)

I'm also moaning & groaning atm, doesn't help I currently have a baby kicking my rib cage and 2 dgs who think an hours walk isn't enough. :( least DS went to bed without a fuss tonight - better remember that tomorrow - DS 1 hours bike ride at 4pm = sleep time! lol.

Good question captain, I'll ask, but somehow doubt they'll let him do it. Thanks for the idea though. Cheering up now promise. Sorry again for such a big over reaction. I'll get things into perspective soon.

awww don't worry about it - it's to be expected.

awww thats crap :( your allowed to be upset and hormonal. DP's self employed so unless there is no work for him after the baby is born he'll be out at work so not taking any leave.

Im slightly excited now, just won a lovely rocking crib on ebay for £26, it looks as good as new, so a clean and new matress and thats going to be in our room for baby to sleep in :)

rugby that is crap!! i think they should have to give him the paternity leave 2 weeks later though if he asks for it, like once he's qualified? they don't HAVE to take it from day of birth do they, although normally people do??

Hey everyone,
Your scan pics and vid are gorgeous KLou, I can't believe how much like a real baby it looks! Ha ha! I still think of mine as a little bean!
Sorry Rugby, that's rubbish. Hopefully you'll figure out a loop hole. My DP is just taking holiday as the pay for paternity leave is peanuts.
I've been busy writing lists of what I need to do and buy, etc. It's scarily long! When are people packing their hospital bags? Not that I have anything to put in it yet!
I'm definitely joining the tired, grumpy, grunting crew this week. I'm on holiday which is lovely but it has rained non-stop since I finished work...doubly-annoying as I worked flat-out during the heat wave! Ah well, I'm going to have another Becks Blue and pretend it's the real thing...

Dilemma of the day: as you probably know I'm having a crap time at work at the moment and have had a major fall out with my boss. Since then lots of supposedly unconnected things keep happening, such as my travel budget has disappeared (I was assured a few weeks before the fall out that it was fine) and I've dropped off the invitation list for some regular monthly calls (important ones). I suspected that this was deliberate, so back in April I asked on an email for the upcoming dates as I didn't have them in my diary. I was assured that there were non planned before the end of June and that I would be included in the ones set up after that. Today I was trying to schedule a call with my boss and I noticed 2 of the said meetings in her diary. OK, I though I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, so I emailed again to ask if the upcoming dates have been set yet (would be very unusual if not as the people involved's diaries fill up very quickly and one of the calls is next week). She's replied on email to say they haven't been set up yet. So what do I do?

I'd ask her about it KT unless you're not meant to have access to her diary. Sounds like a right bloody arse!!

Rugby that's not fair at all. I know the legal right to paternity leave was if you'd been with the company 41 weeks before the due date, so he is pretty close, but that is really wank of them TBH!!!

Lol Anu booking a scan. It was the most beautiful thing to watch ever, and I can't stop watching it and looking at the photos. Can't wait to meet him/her now, am so excited!!!!

Rugby - is it too late to 'adjust' your due date????? PL can be taken any time up to 3 months from birth of baby.

KT I would ask her about it, but best of luck......................

Re: mat bags. Dont bother with paper knickers unless you buy them about 6 sizes larger than your actual 'dress' size. Apparently not just my experience as my snooping around I discovered the cupboard in the bathroom at out local mat unit was stuffed full of packs size 10-12/12-14 that people had abandoned........

KT, Id tell her that you feel you are being treated differently, and that if it doesnt improve, you will have no choice but to take advice about this discrimination. Find someone you trust and take them along if you do this in person.
That should be enough to make her buck her ideas up. Save any emails, send them to your home as a backup incase she has access to your work account, and if you get no joy, go above her head.

KT so sorry you're going through that, you're getting some good advice here, really hope you can sort it before you go on mat leave.

rugby that sucks! It might well be worth seeing if he can take it later. My DH will take a couple of days leave around the time of the birth, but is taking his actual paternity leave in September as DD starts school and I don't want to have to be out the house with three children at 8:30 every morning when the baby is only 3 weeks old.

I am officially a geriatric. I got down on the floor to tidy up some toys and the thought "what else can I do while I'm down here?" actually went through my mind

sister thank you for the reminder about paper knickers, I'd forgotten!

KT that is shit of them. I second impatient1's advice. Might also be worth posting on the Employment boards on here for further advice?

Rugby my DH doesn't qualify for paternity leave either, but in his case it's much more clear cut. I really hope your DH can square it with his work, it's well tight of them to cut him off for the sake of a couple of weeks.

Got my fingerprick testing kit etc. from the dietician this morning...sigh.

hi all been reading all but not posting much, ive been on yet another hormonal nightmare rollercoaster mainly involving me falling out with dp constantly and being so upset and sensitive, plus i keep having migraines and constant headaches which make me so grumpy. We fall out constantly, its like we dont agree on anything and just rub each other up the wrong way and at weekend i was hormonally contemplating leaving him as he is so unaffectionate and finds fault with everything i do, he is very insensitive (always has been) on sat i asked him to get me a bar of chocolate when he stopped at a shop for dd, he looked at my belly and said "i think u have had enough" then later on i had made scones and i was whipping some cream and he walked in and said "nice bingo wings" i got really upset as he does not balance any of these digs up with nice comments, he never says i look gorgeous beautiful, he just cant pay me compliments, in 4 years of being with him he said i was beautiful once! Im usually a size 14 5ft 3, not really slim not really big, this is my 3rd baby, ive got 34F boobs which have seen better days, what does he expect????
Anyway i did something really funny but awful too on sat he pissed me off so much i threw a potty full of wee at him!!!!! (we are potty training DS at mo)
he can see the funny side now but my god he was mad! serves him right.

But we are friends now, i love him, i dont ever want to be without him, i just need to control my hormones and tell him to piss off without getting upset if he ever dares mention my body/looks etc ever again, btw he is no adonis be any means!!!!!!!!
sorry for epic post

yukana i got a gorgeous really soft blanket from tesco, its knitted and comes in yellow pink and blue.