Nov 2011 - Mat B forms are in and time is flying not long now

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Sorry just went for a new thread as I couldn't see another.

Hope you are all well this morning

H007 crossing my fingers for good results for you.
snoozle i did the same youtube thing but with hypnobirthing.....its one of the things that sold it to me....how calm all the women seem to be. still made me feel a bit queasy though! cant believe how fast the weeks seem to be going now.....[starts hyperventilating in panic at the thought of actually giving birth]....oh god theyre looking at forceps on the sex ed show (gulp!).
Hope all you london ladies are keeping safe....scary stuff! i left work in leeds early today as it was starting to kick off in town and the police said get out by 6pm! hope it didnt escalate in to anything, havent seen anything on the news so hopefully it calmed down! wasnt going to stick around to find out though.

Gah - what an evening!
DP works in the Arndale Centre, and got sent home 5.5 hours early when they battened down the hatches.
As he walked out they'd started smashing the doors to the centre and windows of round-lying shops and police were pushing looters up Market Street towards Picadilly - the direction he was heading in!
I was bricking it for about 15 minutes - he phoned as he got out of the building, and 15 mins later to let me know he was on the train.
Luckily he is a 6'6" ex-ice hockey player, so he waded through it and got home safe.

Madness.

Saw a consultant today who told me to just think happy thoughts and my depression would go away. DP nearly throttled him. I just nodded and smiled (I've been suffering from anxiety and depression since I was 14 - not the first time I've been told to "get over it") and then told the midwife I wasn't happy with that, and that I'd go to my GP to continue the treatment. She also referred me to the Community Midwife so she can come and see me at home for extra support.
Got Aspirin for my high platelet count, too - but my iron levels are good again!

I can't believe that Caliphora what a rubbish response! Hope your GP can offer you better support than that, especially when you are trying to get things sorted pro-actively.

Thanks for the heads up TwoJacks on the MAT B1 form. Luckily I work in HR so have a bit of breathing space, plus we have so much going on at work at the moment that this is fairly low down the pecking order of things to do. One of the directors I work with today asked me if I could just stay at work and not take any mat leave. We are struggling a bit to find a decent person to cover my leave, really good (as in, business savvy) HR people are hard to find!

It feels a bit quieter in London tonight, although it was a bit odd that so many places shut down early. Lots of the agencies in town were closing at lunchtime and sending people home so our sales people had whole afternoons of meetings and presentations cancelled. There is a much bigger police presence too, even in our little local area there were at least 5 or 6 uniformed police on the high street when I got home from work.

I'm quite excited to have booked a little mini-break for DH and I at the end of this month. We were toying with going abroad but he's not a keen flyer and lots of people have advised me that I won't be up for flying so we've decided to head down to Cornwall for a few days instead. We are staying at the St Moritz hotel and have booked in for the 'parents to be' package, which includes spa treatments (they have a Cowshed spa) and nice dinners. Plus we're going to break up the journey by staying at the Kings Arms in Bath the day we travel down, which will be really nice to. We've got the nicest room and it has a roll top bath in the bedroom - can't wait!

Is anyone else planning to go away before the baby arrives? I'm wondering whether we might also fit in a long weekend just before to make the most of being just us and really take time out to let it sink in!

Caliphora my blood boils on your behalf! Think happy thoughts indeed....bet you never thought of that eh? Strangely enough, I suffered from depression from my teenage years too. Then after I had my daughter, the depression just went away, I honestly haven't had it since - I've felt down, as anyone does, but never depressed. But....within about 48 hours of giving birth, I developed terrible anxiety instead. Hormones are funny old things.....

Bump that's fantastic news. I am so glad that things are looking up and that your team manager is supportive.

Kate oh, that means I'll have a Sex Ed show to watch tonight. Exciting :)

Sorry that there are so many scares in the UK. I feel deeply saddened by what is happening and really hope that everyone in affected areas can stay safe

Cali I can't believe the consultant . How dare he, or anyone else?!

Truffkin Your break sounds very nice. But what is a "roll top bath"?
We are going away in 4 weeks for a babymoon, but we are flying. That will be our last break before bubba arrives, as I'd rather have DH home for Christmas.
However, DH may take some time off to spend at home prior to November. As we are already in the tropics we don't need to go away luckily IYSWIM.

Today is another completely exhausted day and I am trying to muddle through.
This week is going to be really draining, as well as next week :(

Bump really glad your work situation is getting sorted. Though if they tolerate your "colleagues" bad behaviour I reckon you could get away with murder and blame the hormones

Just a quick note fro Edinburgh and surrounding areas. I emailed the pregnancy and parents meeting re times for the sling meet on the 4th Sept, it is at 13:30h after the home birth support group.

There is also a Real Nappy and Sling Day on 30th October, when they have their nearly new sale. That will be getting close to B-Day but I'll go if still able to walk.

Also breastfeeding workshops on the Wed 7th September and 16th November 6.30-9pm - these need booking the other events above don't.

Have a fabby day everyone. Remember if you feel low, just remember that gorgeous baby lying nested in your belly waiting to smile at you - not long now :)

It isn't right just to say think happy thoughts - tactless. If I stop for 2 minutes in my day and talk to The Boy I do feel happier with the day. Sometimes he kicks a reply

H007 fingers very much crossed for good biopsy results! Will be thinking about you.

Bump glad you're being looked after.

Work has been a bit strange this week (in Birmingham city centre) to say the least. We got sent home early last night and even then DH was standing at the front door waiting for me to get home. It's eerie around town during the day, when people are trying to get on with their lives but struggling to take in the damage that's been caused - and it's still nothing on London where people have lost their homes.

On the news this morning they reported that three men have died - they were walking along a pavement, just generally trying to keep an eye on their neighbourhood, and a car drove off the road deliberately to hit them on the pavement, and then drove off. Police are treating it as a murder enquiry. I really think this could be a tipping point - either because it sobers people up or because people retaliate in a really awful way.

I used to live in Bahrain and experienced the civil unrest there, but at least then I could see that there was a political battle behind it. In Birmingham they're not rioting, they're just nicking stuff.

PMA - am starting to feel more alive - only woke up three times during the night last night!

Woohoo! Officially in 3rd trimester today - eek!

H007 fingers crossed for good results, my thoughts are with you.

And good luck to those in riot areas, it sounds awful on the news. It really is just mindless violence. Keep safe

I've had really achy legs and feet the last day or so. Think I've been doing too much stuff the last couple of days, might put my feet up today.

stace Modom also decides on occasion that my bladder makes a very good trampoline. I keep thinking that'll be great when she turns, but then the ole ribs will get a pummeling :(

Cali what a rubbish consultant, typical arrogance. Perhaps you should find a professsional therapist to talk to?

Take care everyone, now we're in the final straight :) xx

Morning, just wanted to post to say that I hoped that everyone in any of the areas affected by the recent 'riots' was keeping safe and well. I cannot imagine how it must be. Hopefully this will be an end starting to come round. I have colleagues in both Manchester and Liverpool and we are getting regular updates about how they are getting on etc, still very scary!

The weather is miserable and its starting to feel 'Autumn' like, very scary! These restless legs are driving me nuts. I am going to have some stuff that might increase iron levels and see how that goes - thanks to everyone that suggested things!!

27+1 today. Lordy me!

cali hugs; I cannot believe that the consultant was so ignorant & rude -well, I can but it is such a shame that professionals still have such an outdated view; it is hard enough for general people to come out with sucj comments but a consultant is just diabolical!! I hope that you MW & GP continue to be supportive x x

I too have a trampoline for a bladder at the mo - baby is not helping my SPD pain by making me need the toilet so often due to bladder bouncing (a catheter is becoming a tempting idea

Hope eveyone is keeping safe x x

bump that is a bit drastic!

Funniest thing last night. DH has just started talking to the baby a bit now, and laying in bed last night he bent down and weent "HELLO BABY" Really loudly, then put his head on my belly and got an almightly kick in the ear! He was so amazed and excited! Especially when I told him she hadn't been kicking up to that point! He thinks he might have woken her up! I did read the other day that our bumps will be responding to loud noises etc now!

I am really starting to feel like there is an actual baby in there now, not just a work in progress!

Cali at least you and DP can see what a numptie that consultant is and you know you have him and midwife etc there aswell. Some people are just clueless!

Not so productive day today, esp as the cricket has started so I have that running in the background on my laptop! (don't tell my boss!) Off to cinema tonight to watch super8 though which will be nice!

Cali I cannot believe that consultant! How can a doctor not know the basics about depression?

Stace I remember when I was pregnant with ds1, I got to see an absolute arse of a doctor who told me that there was an increased risk that ds1 might be deaf or have other SNs( Found out later that the risk was actually tiny ) So I was really worried. So I was at home, in the bathroom and accidentally knocked a bottle of aftershave off a shelf on to the bathroom scales below. It made an almighty crash and ds1 jumped inside me! It was a relief to know he could hear!

When I was making truffles last week I banged the chocolate bars against the worktop to break them up - poor Sprout woke up with a startle and started fidgeting about with dismay :)

I've seen therapists since I was 14 - the only thing that helped in the end was medication. I struggled against it for 12 years, but in the end it was inevitable. Luckily, my GP is very, very understanding and helpful - small single-GP practice with some of the best staff.

afternoon ladies,

bumps glad manager is being so supportive.

h007 hope the results come back quickly and are clear.

hope everyone is safe.

I can't believe the riots. Hope everyone and their loved ones are safe.

Weird question: Has anyone noticed that they are not losing hair at the moment? When I wash my hair I normally shed hair, hardly any for a couple of weeks now.

Evening all,

riots are scary!! Saw three police vans, two of which were riot vans outside Dundee which seemed to have been coming from Aberdeen with their lights and sirens on, hopefully there is nothing really bad going on here, but given everything happening it is worrying, everyone keep safe!!!

*moose&, i just noticed the same thing, how weird!!!

I have had a good day, the last couple of weeks, have been slowing down and have aches and pains which have been making me a bit low and very very tired, so today I spoke to my boss about finishing up on maternity leave a month before I'm due rather than the two weeks that I thought I might manage before. Am quite looking forward to it, I guess it's the only time that I will be able to relax and do what I want before the bump comes and things are totally totally busy and hectic!!

Caliphora hope today has been a good day and that fool of a consultant hasn't set you back too much. Very glad to hear that your GP and midwife are more clued in.

Hope everyone else has had a good day too. Was doing exams today, and ended up wandering round Belfast for a couple of hours afterwards, waiting for a lift home with DH. Was lovely to have a couple of hours to just wander round the shops. Wasn't buying much, but did give the lovely girl on the Bobbie Brown counter in House of Fraser a bit of a sob story about feeling dowdy and pregnant, so she did my makeup for me. I did treat myself to a wee eyeshadow, (as a reward for doing the exams, naturally) but had to draw the line at buying the full range of what she recommended - I think I'd have had to sell a kidney to afford it all......

Hiya,

cali I am glad to hear that the MW and GP are being more supportive. TBH I have found the MWs to be much more useful and supportive that consultants.

moose I am sure I read somewhere that a hormone kicks in during the second trimester that prevents hair falling out. I am sure that I have more hair on my belly (not that is was that hairy before in case you think I'm a monkey woman!), though DH said he hasn't noticed any difference. Anyhoo, I'll double check, but I think I'm right.

Hope everyone in riot areas are keeping safe and not being effected too much
xx

Evening all!
I'm so sorry to hear there are so many having to cope with the riots, it must be so nerve shredding for you worrying about loved ones. It's just so surreal, especially up here in sleepy fife, I can't believe the news footage it looks like a sodding zombie movie. Keep safe ladies.
Cali I'd like to echo all the other comments about what an arse that consultant was. Anyone who'd ever suffered depression would never ever make such an ill informed comment. I hope you find a way through it - even if it is without the help of a so-called medical professional.
H007 How are you? Sending good vibes your way.
Hairloss Lack of it is a classic pregnancy symptom, hormone related, and is the reason your hair looks so wonderfully full and thick. The bad news is that about 4 months after the birth, all the additional hair falls out in a very short space of time, and for weeks, after every shower your bath will look like it recently cleaned a yeti.
Finally a whinge, which seems very petty in the scheme of riots and other traumas, but I will happily blugeon to a pulp the first strapping young healthy male commuter I find in the buggy/wheelchair space when we go on a train again. Had such an awful day in terms of travel and the inconsiderateness (is that a word??) of others. First up our train broke so we had to troop off - another arrived and the only carriage fitted to take bikes, wheelchairs and buggies (which has big bike and wheelchair signs on its side so you know before you even get on) was promptly filled with assorted old ladies, families with children and no buggies and dozens of male, single commuters. Four women with babies in buggies then had to stand in the vestibule for the whole journey into Edinburgh. Including me, DS, and my almost 6 month bump. Gee thanks chivalrous commuters.
Then we queued in a cab rank (as I was late for the chiropractor) only for a very wealthy looking 50 something banker type to dash across the road, cut into the queue and try and take our cab! Pregnancy hormones and a very loud 'pardon me??' meant he did not succeed.
Then we went to a museum - it was packed due to the festival and the wet weather and the four lifts were filled with assorted people too overweight to much fancy the stairs, and then others who had kids aged around 10 or so who didn't fancy convincing them either. I wouldn't mind but there were escalators. We had to wait 10 minutes just to get in!!!
Then on the way home an old git had decided to park his suitcase in the only wheelchair/buggy space on the train (right under the sign that said this is for wheelchairs not luggage and one seat along from a nice empty luggage rack) and sit at the opposite end of the train, so I had to park DS in the aisle and crouch on the floor most of the way home. They might not riot but noone has much care for others any more, pregnant woman or not ... Those without buggies you have all this fun to enjoy in just a few months but at least we'll get to lose them one day - imagine if we were wheelchair bound! Sorry epic, epic rant off. humph

H007 Fingers crossed for you! Try to keep busy till the results are in on Tuesday.
Bump and TwoJacks I'm glad that your work are being supportive.
Pam Thanks for all the info!
Moosey and TwoJacks When you're pregnant far fewer hairs go into the resting phase and fall out - they just keep on growing. It's part of the pregnancy bloom! The downside is that after bubba is born, all the hairs that would normally have fallen out during the time you were pregnant all go then, making your hair noticeably thinner. It does all recover again, but it takes quite a while, so don't panic when the drain is clogged for weeks after the birth!

Stripey and Poppet xposts re the hair loss! Poppet what a miserable day you've had! Quite right to vent and get it off your chest. People can be so inconsiderate! I remember getting very cross with drivers (almost all male of the ones I saw) who thought it was fine to park their van/car on the pavement so that I had to push my buggy onto a busy road. Used to make me livid! More of this rain forecast for the next few days too. Glad I got my hedge trimmed yesterday. Did a deal with my neighbour that kids and I would sweep up both hedges if he would trim ours too. I had to insist on us sweeping as he would have done the lot. Still some nice folk around!

I have to go back to hospital tomorrow to have more blood taken to check my antibody levels, as the doctor didn't identify me correctly on the blood taken yesterday so it got chucked. Sigh. The nurse who phoned was so very apologetic I felt the need to reassure her that it wasn't that big a deal, and mistakes do happen. I can think of worse!

Poppy you know those cast iron, freestanding bath tubs? That's what I meant!

Restless legs - I'm getting this when I'm tired so am trying to get to bed earlier than normal. I feel quite heavy this week, although think it's a phase as I'm not physically any bigger than I was last week

Poppet sounds like a combination of annoyances for you today. Hope your evening has brought you better luck. I am pretty good at asking people to move on the tube if I feel like I need a seat (not all the time!) and tend to ask the people who are in the designated 'priority' seats as they are meant for preggos!

Can't believe we're only half way to the weekend. Two more days left and half of Friday will be spent at the hospital / travelling to and from it for the GTT. Hope Friday evening gets here soon!

Poppet how inconsiderate! Sorry you had a rubbish travelling day :(

knocked what a lovely neighbour, but a bit rubbish about the bloods. Though, as you say, mistakes happen

Truffkin I see. They are amazing! One of those would mean that I could cover even my bump with water....

Well, I think I managed to get a UTI, so whilst I am covering for my colleague (I already do 3 jobs, as I am the only staff in this office) I also have to try and arrange a doctor's appointment to get checked. And I still haven't registered with a GP :(

Hope everyone is safe

Cali can't believe the chap you saw was medically qualified. He sounds a complete idiot. Glad your gp is ok.
Poppet what a day you had.

We went out with friends who are moving to France this weekend last night so tired today as junior was kicking me from 4 am.

Just checking in quickly today -

poppet what a rubbish day for you! I have all that to look forward to!

So hungry today think it will be a two breakfast kind of morning!