January 2012 - The one with the heartburn, kick counting and bump-gropers losing their hands...

[shonnomanom]

There we go, a nice new thread.

The BIG Question??? Will the first baby arrive during this thread???????

greenlady78 I had mine at 28 weeks I had no side effects I really hope it stops me getting ill this winter.

nanny - gosh, that's really tough. I hope it works out.

ah, also very late but hello murriams, welcome to the threaddddd!

fish can you send the massage lady by post too, pleaseeeeee?

Hi all,

Lots to read on here tonight-sorry to hear of your troubles nanny a tough decision to have to make.

missA sorry to hear of your granny-she sounds lovely btw, I hope she makes a speedy recovery.

cakes BSM is "bat shit mental" I believe :)

Had my last long day at work-they did ask me to cover next thursday but I said NO-it was hard because i'm waving goodbye to £75 but I just can't do it-the group were really tough today-had to have one of them in the office by 11am little minx she is. Really horrid teenager. They ALL annoyed me so much today-they are on a childcare course-we were doing different activities for bath time for children-soap making.You'd think teenage girls would really enjoy that. Oh my god you'd think i'd ask them to eat shit the way they carried on-"ew it's under my nail, ugh this stinks, this looks like shit, OMG I have glitter in my hair" etc-I am so glad I don't work with teens full time anymore. Grrr. Ungrateful little buggers-they were lucky I didn't slam them with numeracy and literacy assesments all day. So all in all it was an easy decison to say no-another day of that this laste in my pregnancy and i think I might have snapped and gone BSM myself.

OMG - wish I hadn;t started reading this thread about mistakes and outright lies on maternity notes - am now seriously considering photocopying my notes and checking their accuracy. I suspect they'll be OK because I;ve had community led care and that seems to be a bit more accountable, but it makes me nervous all the same!

Nanny - will PM you about FB.

I think we're all ready to wind down and begin our maternity leave by the sounds of it!!!

I had a good day then my deputy Head spoiled it when she decided to snap at me and shout at me in the corridor. Being hormonal and tired and exhausted, I naturally melted and had to be consoled by my partner Y1 teacher's TA!!!

We're planning an 'event day' tomorrow for Armistice Day that involves VIP, emergency services, war veterans and the RAF (a fly past apparently - that is if they're still not grounded!). We were given the timetable this morning and I spotted mistakes (my class are seeing the police and Fire Brigade TWICE). I tried to speak to the Head, but she was busy so i left the message with the secretary. She too didn't manage to speak to her. A colleague said "See xxxx" to which I said, "I'm trying not to. She'll only shout and get arsy" 9she did the timetable apparently). In the end, I had to and she stormed off saying "Go twice then!". I walked back to the office feeling deflated, upset (?) ad cross that my class were not getting a variety of activities. So I managed to speak to the Head who said straight away "It's not changing!" To which I replied "But I'm seeing the police and fire brigade twice". She realised that it had to be changed so we set about doing it which meant a swap with a Y5 and a Y2 class. As I was about to ask the Y2 teacher, the deputy head came storming down the corridor (in front on other members of staff) shouting, thrust a 'new' timetable in my hand and stormed off claiming it was because my class and another has the same initials. Stupid thing is, her 'correction' was still wrong as there is no Year 3 class with my initials as she put down instead!

I ended up in absolute floods of tears. I didn't get a chance to tell her that the Head had sorted it so now I'm confused whether to go with the original timetable, the amended timetable as agreed with the Head or the other one done by the Deputy. I daren't ask now because I'd get my head chewed and tomorrow the Head will be stressed out as it is and won't have time to speak to me - she'll probably end up snapping too.

So do not want to go in tomorrow. but at least I have my PPA in the afternoon. Considering hiding in my car to do my planning!!! I was so worried about Peanut but he/she has just let me know that he/she is still there - healthy I hope. Annoying thing is, I haven't even had a chance to tell the Head that I have pre-eclampsia. She's been so busy lately that when I do try to have a word, she's in a meeting, on the phone, speakingt o a parent or off site - as what happened tonight when the incident with the Deputy happened!!!

Hi all sorry it's been so long since my last post but everytime I manage to catch up I sm too tired to respond or just forget what's going on think I need to start taking notes!

Sorry to hear some of you are suffering and feeling shite!

All is well here bump getting bigger and measuring well. Smurf is booting me a lot during the evenings when I'm relaxing and behaves when I'm asleep but sure this could change over next few months. Starting to think smurf could be a boy as always thought I'd have two boys and feels really similar to my first pregnancy.

Got 5 weeks left at work and just can't wait! Got all the jamboree nursery range from mamas n papas but just need to paint and prepare the nursery as full of boxes etc.

Cakes, can I be invited to the fb group as I'm on there a lot more thanks.

Will try best to get on here more often.

Enjoy your evening ladies I am now trying to motivate myself to go back to work for our autumn school concert.

X

hi ds is nearly 13 but I'm not really ready to cut the apron strings he is still so loving. I am now starting to have something on for most weeks are other people having the same?

Mum2be you must tell them about pre-eclampsia it is serious. you must start taking it easy. I think you will be glad to be on Maternity leave.

Nanny I wasn't suggesting he was old enough to be cut from the apron strings just yet, sorry :) you said it would be not long after the baby is born, i was just wondering if he was old enough to understand the two aren't linked. It must be a really horrible decision to have to make, but whatever you decide will be in his best intrests.

evening everyone. forgive me for not catching up with everyone properly, i have read everything I just don't have any brain left today to deal with anything

i had a 10am-6pm rehearsal the other side of London today, and BOTH WAYS my line was suspended and I ended up having to take twice as long to get anywhere, and in RUSH HOUR. Only just finished my dinner and my OH is out and I feel like crying with tiredness

got the gig we were rehearsing for tomorrow night at the Barbican and I don't know how I'm going to do it, long soundcheck and a rehearsal and then the gig not finishing til 10.30/11pm!!!!!!

thank god for the weekend, it can't come soon enough. i am going to sit on my arse for 48 hours and do NOTHING.

sorry for ranting. will leave you all alone now!! I know others of you have had shitty days as well - hugs all round and big slabs of chocolate cake with extra cream. lovely to see you all on FB by the way, most of you are exactly how I imagined and you all look lovely Can't wait to see everyone's babies when they're out.

Sorry to hear you're so tired red - I heartily sympathise. Can you nap tomorrow pre-gig?
x

no never mind, just counting hours down til saturday....

Morning all!
I never got home from a birthday dinner until 1130 last night. The service was slow due to 'kitchen issues'. It's not a restaurant I would normally go to as they are usually slow but hey
Anyways dd also had a crap sleep last night so I'm shattered and have a late night tonight. Ready to back to bed already. If only....

Hope everyone has a better day today x

Last day at work today!

Keep focused on the fact it's the last day shon

Morning all.

I'm feeling good about myself today, despite the late night (couldn't get comfortable). When I was out on Weds night some random stranger stopped me to tell me I looked fantastic - it felt like a really genuine compliment and not creepy or sleazy at all and it's just made me feel really good about myself even two days later - I keep smiling at myself in the mirror.

With the discovery of two new stretchmarks this is a very good thing.

Hope you're all having a good Friday
x

Morning all,

Ofsted inspection imminent-looks very likely they will be coming out to me-I am so pissed off about it, I run one tiny little course for 5 students out in the community on one solo ten week contract with 3 weeks to run and no-one can say if they will be coming to me or not. Grr, no ones fault because at the end of the day the inspectors decide where they want to go. It's not even the actual inspection that bothers me at all, I have been through them before and on the whole inspectors are very nice-it's the way my bosses are running round like flippin loons, expecting a much higher standard than they would normally (4.5 page lesson plan for a 2 hours course anyone?)when the rest of the time I am ignored and left to my own devices-which suits me down to the ground. I deliver a perfectly adequate course for my students needs without jumping through hoops.

I was so stressed last night I kept waking up and my shoulders and neck and back are killing me today.

I guess I should be thankful for the distraction from my pregnancy symptoms for a change.

Just wanted to let off steam really.

:)

Hope today goes quick and as stressfree as loss for you fish

Thanks parsley

That's great cakes ! iv swapped nice compliments for pity complements. It's amazing what a pair of crutches can do to your image! 'oh Sho you look sore, are you tired? You look tired. Oh but your looking great. Not long to go' its always a variation of that. Why not just be frank a say 'sho you look like sh*t, get to your bed and stay there until January' I would appreciate that better.

Sho - well I did get a waitress express surprise that I wasn't due till January. Gee, thanks - the bump doesn't feel that big. I do feel like I'm glowing though, it's nice, I'm making the most of it before I get even bigger and start wishing the baby out!

fish - hope everything calms down soon - it's the last thing you need when you're at this stage.

Inspection is on tuesday if it happens at all-you know what will happen, If I take the risk and do nothing the inspectors will come, if I spend all weekend attached to the computer get everything ready they won't come. Can't take the risk though can I.

Wow cakes compliments are always good :)

I, on the other hand, picked dd up from nursery on Wednesday (on foot and stressed from the key issue) and one of the staff said to dd "look here's mummy, ooh mummy looks like she's ready to pop"

Oh Fish these things always crop up at the least convenient time.

I seem to have brain block from late pregnancy with dd, when am I supposed to have my bag packed by? And do you do a birth plan for a homebirth? I wrote one with dd but it didn't really get read at the hospital.

Morning all!

Warning - this may be very moany, feel free to ignore! Also, this may be old news to those of you who can see my facebook page...

So - after having our kitchen ripped out and put back together, we're still living in a sea of boxes. Nevertheless, we're having our bathroom ripped out starting Monday. As we'll be without a loo for four days, we're booked into a hotel.

We went to IKEA last night (1hr 30mins drive away) and bought a sink, so that's good. On the way home at 10pm, the battery light came on and 10 minutes from home on the dark A34, the car lights all dimmed. I pulled over, called the AA who marked me as a priority and told me they would be there ASAP but within the hour. We had to wait outside as we had no lights. 1hr 20 minutes later, they arrived and helped us home. I was freezing and hadn't had dinner so felt very grumpy when I finally got home at midnight (as an aside, fish finger sandwiches are brilliant).

The car needs repairing properly so it'll be out of action for an undefined time but we still need to get loads of stuff for the bathroom this weekend and the hotel we're staying in next week needs a car to get to.

I can hire a car and I've found a place that does that, but I could do without the expense and the hassle.

I feel like crying, there's so much to do and I'm so tired. I want to curl up in a ball and for this all to be fixed. :(

Sorry for not catching up with everyone properly. Welcome murriams! I'm not normally so self-pitying (I hope).

And here are we with a car we're not using because I can't drive. Irony.

Hope you've recovered from last night

Thanks Cakes yeah just about... Sorry, moaning about my car woes when I know you're suffering too. Hope it's not too isolating. I think this has made me realise just how car dependent I am.

Anyhow, there's bigger things to think about and remember today.

From another thread:
^"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill, August 20 1940.^