March 2013 VI: cooking, crocheting and chit-chat

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Aww thanks. I figured it is probably normal, just feel really weird. I think finding out the gender has just made it more real - I'm going to have an actual baby to look after! Someone also made an odd comment on my scan photo which threw me a bit.
Ohh yes, spots, I have awful ones.

Hello all, have missed the weekend of posts and will never catch up properly - suffice to say I read everything but as to namechecking in replies - today ladies, there is no chance. I cannot remember my own name!

love the baby ballet pics. I'm a former dancer so sometimes teach when pals need class cover Inever get bored of seeing gorgeous little ones in their outfits with their 'good toes'. Conversely with the adult beginners classes the women invariably turn up the first week in tshirts, yoga/gym wear and by week four you can guarantee that 90% have pink ballerina gear - right down to the legwarmers. They tell me they always wanted the ballerina outfit! Warms my heart. I can tell you ballet pink and bump on me not a good look.

I have a wonderful rash across both cheeks - nowhere else just prominent and red on my face looking like nappy rash in the place one would usually expect freckles. Hormones!

I think it was ethel who asked about theatre - I'm always up for a bit of theatre going myself but its an expensive hobby to have without ones of pals in the business ( I am spoiled and don't pay for tickets very often). Enjoy JCS when you go!

gender defender seriously this makes me so cross - a friend of mine stood next to grandparents who complained bitterky that their daughter had just delivered a perfectly healthy and beautiful baby boy...they had 'hoped' for a girl. what a pile of tosh - slap em with a wet fish I say... or point them to the fertility clinic and the special care baby units down the hall as my lovely pal did. I'm with you ladies - healthy, happy and hopefully someone who I bond with would be just fine.

I'm off oop North for work for the rest of the week (or down south for you aberdonians!!) so hope you all have a glowing, fabby dabby doo week til I post again! Those who are poorly - feel better those who are feeling the glow - hope it remains xx

Appt v quick when I eventually got in today's Doctor was nice and checked I had referrals for the SPD. Checked heart beat and I felt baby try to escape her! Am back in 5 weeks.

Well just had a large breakdown and cried for about an hour- ooops !! Sick of feeling awful, being exhausted, stabbing myself in belly with needles and putting huge tablets in places things shoud not go in topped with trying to eat dinner and throwing it all back up! Poor DS1 has announced he is never getting married and having children an DHput me to bed with a rocket ice lolly for fluids I think to get some peace And quiet

Bit of a bad day today at work and dh on biz trip for a week in states so on here for bit of a me post and tea and biscuit support (don't know how to do those emoticons on the phone!)

This is of course dc4 and I think I have mentioned before that I have quite a high profile job in the city.... Senior mgmt being fab but one member of my team being a . Went thru this before after ds2 when another guy pulled similar stunts and ended up leaving the firm. Was in tears today with my boss which is not very professional of me but its hard not to take it personally. All a very difficult situation ad my alternate is also going on mat leave in November so this is very disruptive for my team.

Anyhow sorry for the dob story - sometimes just helps to get things out!

Love the scan stories - cant wait for mine...

Still got bad ms just like some others here and it's brushing my teeth which is the worst thing for it!

Sob story not dob!!!!

Hi all

Goodness I think we are all having emotional days! ZOey glad your DH us looking after you!

sheldon yes, I think it's really normal to feel overwhelmed. With DD that was the one thing I found hard to deal with, not the sleepless nights, more just the responsibility! But it's totally normal. I'm sure at some point it will hit me that I am soon going to have a 3 yr old to entertain as well as a newborn. Arrrggghhh!

Interesting re gender stereotyping. I am pretty keen for DD to gave a mix if toys although I have to say there is A LOT of pink in our house, most of it not bought by us!
Our friends have 18 month old twins, a boy and a girl. They have access to all the same toys, yet the little boy gravitates towards the things with wheels, cars, trikes etc! It's quite funny to watch really!

dame that is lucky re: the theatre tickets! I don't get to go that much now, but before DD came along, I used to spend a small fortune on theatre tickets for both pro and amateur productions. I do love it though, when you go to see a great production, and come out of it so uplifted, or moved!

Back to work tomorrow. Boooo. Counting down the days til DH is home (and til I see the midwife!) only 10 to go!

Hope everyone is doing ok.

As always, apols for numerous typos...

Hello Everyone,

Really sorry to hear about everyone's emotional days. It might be caused by pregnancy but it doesn't make it any less real! Here's to good nights and better days tomorrow!

Shattered today so will have to keep it brief. Can someone remind me how to join the fb group? Big news here today is that my boss announced she is handing her notice in. Big whoops of joy from my colleagues as soon as her back was turned but from a selfish pov I'm worried that loads of major changes will happen when I'm off on maternity leave.

Interesting to hear about heartbeat thingys. I'd love one but I'm scared that (due to user incompetency) I won't be able to find s heartbeat and then panic. It took the mw ages to find baby's heartbeat at my 16 week appointment, so I can imagine I won't be much good at it! But maybe if I practised....

Better go as I'm falling asleep. Night night all!

Stealth sorry to hear about your work situation, sounds awful, there is always one a%$€hole isn't there? Excuse my language!
Zoey feel better soon!

I'm not 100% sure but I think the baby has started 'flumping' around. It's not painful but mostly feel it on the right side about 10-15 mins after I eat food or at night when I'm chilling in bed or on the couch. Doesn't last for very long but I am noticing patterns. Very similar to a belly flop sensation??? Am I going bonkers or does that sound right??!

I've lost a post, I posted this morning and can't find it

Rainbow I knew you were team rainbow just doubted myself when I was typing you were having a dd

I must remember to put myself on stats thread, how many definites have we?

I've had the name books out tonight, still no further on

Sorry to hear so many are struggling

Just popping in to say hi and will catch up tomorrow. Today been bonkers. Working on book almost exclusively. Done almost pre-delivery admin tasks (making sure my List of Illustrations matches the captions, getting all my pics in order, checking all the significant peeps have life dates and bios at first mention and not later, and just deleting a ton of queries that if I don't know the answer to now I never will - that was quite liberating!) BUT I have a couple of paragraphs and one section still to write - WhyTF am I doing this backwards?! I think I know - it's a bit I'm not confident about so I'm limiting the time I can spend on it. It is a very good place to be though. Thanks for all the good wishes, you lovely people!

Spent evening with DH getting his CV + covering letter ready for the first job he's applied for in over a decade. It's been a long process but we had some excellent feedback on last draft from our mate who is a careers advisor. It's really good and he's just sent it off.

Another day at home tomorrow, but we've got our decorator in doing all the woodwork in the downstairs/upstairs hall, stairs, and our four 1930s doors. We're rushing round doing late-night cleaning and moving bits of furniture!

Hope tomorrow is a better day for those who've been struggling today. and to those who need them. Catch up properly tmrw. Night night.

jojo that makes sense - it would be baby getting a sugar rush after food and doing back flips. Oj gets a good reaction too if later on you want to check moves.

Phew stealth I thought I was going nuts, I noticed it after a coke too so the sugar rush makes sense!!
Another day, another early drug filled start - though not as early today I slept until 4 then absolutely couldn't last another hour until pain relief so have been up since 5!
It's getting better though, it's improved from 2am :)
I asked oh to do my injection yesterday... NEVER AGAIN :D
I that've this huge bruise on my thigh where he literally punched the needle into my leg, I'm sure he others its just skin and won't put up any resistance to the hideous sharp pointy thing!!
I'll pluck up the courage to do my own injecting today, only 4 more days of it to go :)

Typos... I just can't be bothered to correct :(

Just quickly popping in to say I had my 16 wk midwife appt yesterday, met my MW for the first time (she was on holiday at booking in scan) and was able to hear heartbeat - BabyBoo has a good aim and was able to kick the Doppler, I even felt he/she do it! Made a racket though :)

Has anyone else had anything mentioned about the whooping cough vaccine, it was all over the news last week but my MW had never heard of the reports. I've booked in for my flu jab and she said I should make enquiries about getting the whooping cough vaccine but only cos I work at a uni. Kind of thought it would be as important as the flu jab?

Morning all

Hope everyone has a better day today.

Hermione I have booked my flu jab for next week but you don't need the whooping cough vaccine until after 28 weeks. This is the best time for it to cross over & protect your baby after it's born.

JoJo good luck with the injecting and ow to your bruised leg!

Zoey ewww to being woken up by a bearded dragon balancing on your ds's shoulder!!!! Does it walk around the house?!

No Pink its got a viv but my darling son gets it out all the time and brings it around the house with him, last night it sat on his lap to watch the Simpsons in my living room! However i do double check everynight its in viv and the door is totally shut!

Got doctors today as sick of this headache I have had since Friday then off to my mums as its my little brothers birthday today.Cant believe he is 13 today - makes me feel rather old as I remember the day he was born changing his bum and being disgusted at the black tar poo, lol! To be fair I was 15 though so it wasnt something I knew happened!

I just converted my weight at my 12 week scan to something I understand and had put on 3lbs by then, much MUCH less that I thought I had :o) I put on 1/2 lb between 10 weeks and 12 weeks. I haven't weighed myself in the month since then, but pleased I hadn't put on very much after living on carbs for the first trimester, I am quite overweight so didn't want to put on too much.

I am nervous about midwife appt on Monday, pretty sure I am too big to hear heartbeat.

Zoey hope all goes well at GP!

Anyone know much about requesting flexible working? Just been told they are going to refuse me. Two girls in my team work part time and they have now decided it doesn't work :(

Morning all, I feel much more positive and energetic today! I guess I can expect more days where the fear sets in :) I hope you are feeling a bit better today zoey.
JoJo I definitely think you should do your own injecting now :)
I hope you get to hear the heartbeat today sundae. My mw had to search around a bit and found it off to one side. My scan on sunday showed the placenta is at the front so this makes sense. The sonographer also thought it made sense that I had felt movement at the sides too.
Glad you heard heartbeat Hermione. Noone has mentioned vaccines to me at all, not even the flu jab. I will mention it at my next appointment I think.

sundae I've no idea how big is too big to hear a heartbeat, but I had no trouble at my 16 week appointment, and was just shy of an obese BMI at booking in if that gives you an idea of my size. So you never know, you might be absolutely fine. :) Also massive yay for you not having expanded dramatically!

zoey that bearded dragon sounds pretty cool, actually. I'd be tempted to get one, but I can just imagine the look on the cats' faces.

JoJo I get that too! I'm assuming it's a baby back flip, because I'm pretty sure my intestines can't do that.

We have a house viewing in an hour. From what I can see from the photos of the place, there are no radiators. Would it be completely mad to not have central heating these days?

They are giving whooping cough jabs 28 weeks + I think.

sundae put in a written request prior to returning to work. Allow plenty of time for them to object /you to appeal just in case. Loads on the employment section about it. Work should have a policy if they are big enough too.
My job is a .5 contract and although loads do it, it doesn't work well. I was going to ask to increase then found out I was pregnant.

Jojo - a quick one. Gently with the injections! It's punching them in that gives you bruises. Hold a small roll of fat between your fingers, test gently with needle to find good spot, push in slowly. I inject twice a day and have no bruises or marks.