February 2014 - Part 5 - The one in which nobody has ANY vomiting, heartburn, or random leg injuries...

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Well, here's hoping!

My 16 week MW was a moody one too. When I asked questions she just said I'll need to ask the doc at my 24 week app. It was all a bit pointless.

She asked me to show her my letters about my blood results because she had no info and wrote them in my notes (could have just stapled them in myself.)

I'm still at the moody stage. Shouted at dh for losing the washing liquid measurer today (obviously worth shouting about...) then found it in the place I'd tidied it to. It was still All His Fault

We're going to spend the next 2 weeks arguing/sulking/crying our way around Italy. But at least there will be a) pizza; b) no work; & c) no house to renovate for a whole 12 days!

I am beyond moody, DH told me I was swearing too much so I told him to fuck off. Then this morning I saw a car parking space, turned around so I was pointing in the direction of home, stopped to let a car pass then the fucker took my space!!! I almost vomited bile over the dash board. Could he not tell from looking at my car that I am pregnant? Really wanted to key the fuckers car, which is a new emotion I'm not familiar with. Watch out residents of Shrewsbury, I'm one annnngry mo fo !

That means you littlestgirlguide!

On another note you'd think that Shropshire midwives would all have the same policy re listening to the heartbeat...? You want to get yourself out into the sticks like me! Mind you, they're probably a bit more cautious given a high rate of webbed feet and incest round these parts. I imagine.

Mmm burrito!!

I'm only 17+4 (I think) and have just felt baby move from the outside a few times!!!

My daily update on the 'what to expect' app has told me to stock up on healthy snacks...
"Including nuts, dried fruit, string cheese."

Why doesn't the nhs recommend cheese as a healthy snack?

Those crazy Yanks!

Will stock up today. Pizza flavour please.

Going back to the hummus thing from the other day, I just got an aptamil email specifically saying a good snack was hummus on crisp breads as part of a healthy pregnancy diet...

Mmmm pizza flavour! They used to be such a treat...

Dh cut out the slightly runny bit of my fried egg at the weekend. Not sure if he's concerned about the baby's welfare or just fancied it for himself

On a semi-serious food police note, do the rules about cured meats etc being ok in the uk count if you're abroad? Not sure if there's something about uk food standards that make hams etc safe that they might miss out on the continent to make stuff generally tastier?

Quite fancy hummus on crisp bread this morning. Anything to calm down my heartburn. Feels like I'm being corroded from the inside.

Aw milk - hope you got a good night's sleep and feel lots better today. Ashamed to admit I had a wee giggle over the punching yourself in the face and crying over cat vom. I am a Bad Person.

Talking of moodiness I find mine goes the other way too. Now i'll admit i am a bit of a one for having giggling/laughing fits usually over my own jokes but when I'm pg it's ridiculous. I have a few every week! Usually at work where I have to put my face on my desk and not look at or talk to anyone else cos they set me off again.

And props to shropshire for the epic "DH told me I was swearing too much so I told him to fuck off"

I was thinking the same thing re cured meats in the uk. Generally they are covered and in a fridge here. In Spain for example, the (delicious) jamon are just hung up, out and about. Usually I would dig straight in but maybe that is why advice differs?

Thanks Dawn my father will be so fucking proud after he ploughed all that money into my education!

Re cured meats in EU countries... this is not NHS official guidance, but as my aunt keeps pointing out "they do have babies in these countries too you know". I guess she has a point, but our UK stomachs might not be as well adapted as our French/Spanish/Italian friends? Am off to Italy for a mini break in a month's time so hoping I can indulge in something yummy.

at Shropshire's 'can't he tell from looking at my car I'm pregnant'!

Am so moody poor DH feels like he's in the doghouse but can't work out what he's done except for getting me up the duff yesterday he came to bed for a cuddle and it meant my back hurt so I huffed a little and he flounced off downstairs muttering. I am a Meanie.

Am halfway through my mammoth cross country journey. I managed to get a seat on the tube and kicked some poor students out of my reserved seat on the Bristol train. They should have known better than to take the seat of a pregnant lady

I feel a bit of a fraud with my tiny bump though! despite me wearing an empire cut maternity dress I still only look podgy. Woe betide anyway who gets on my wrong side on the way home when I'm tired and grumpy though

I went to bed at nine last night. It was lovely. I have now decided that nine is a perfectly acceptable bedtime. I officially love my bed.

I ate lots of cured meat whilst in France. including raw chorizo, salami, Ham etc. I'm afraid it was just too difficult to avoid

Nearly wetting myself at Shropshire's parking rage. I get this daily. I REFUSE to pay to park, it's a sodding market town FFS, not a capital city. This results in one-sided 8am slanging matches in the tiny streets behind the Dana, as I battle to reverse park my Landrover. God help me if the power steering ever pack up.

Braving M&S for a bra fitting today, then the library to return DD's books (due date for return: october 2012 ) and the hairdressers, all with DD in tow. Wish me luck!

I ate loads of cured meat in Italy too at the start of my pregnancy, it's really hard to avoid as it's everywhere and on everything! I tried to avoid 'home-cured' stuff wherever possible.

I think our Italian friends thought I was being ridiculously fussy.

Shropshire I've started sporting a 'mum to be on board' sign on my car, seems to have made a bit of difference.

I'm curious as to what the 'baby on board' badges look like that people wear on the train. I'm imaging one of the car signs on a big rope around peoples necks...

Be careful at M&S littlest they are known for measuring wrong - Bravissimo are the people to go to. There are loads of bra intervention threads on MN which tell you how to measure yourself properly.

I was measured in mothercare as a 38B(!?) when in actual fact I was a 32GG after measuring using the MN rules

Bit limited as to choice of bra fitters in Shrewsbury sadly. There's a couple of posh lingerie shops but they're way out of my price league!

Have you got time to measure before you go then you can try both sizes to compare?

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Oh dear milk hope today is a better day!

sunflowered my doctor told me not to eat cured meats anywhere, so I'm staying off them, despite cured meats being a huge part of the diet here! So boring :P - also should be mentioned that food safety stuff in Scandinavia is like in the UK, and everything is wrapped and sealed and kept cold, so it shouldn't be an issue imo.

Sorry to hear some of you are moody now! I got over mine from week 3-8 so back to normal now. It's nice :P My bf says I am moody "all the time" anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter to him

I must admit that now I'm way past 12 weeks I have given up on food restrictions. I never managed it even before 12 weeks with all the Thai and Indian buffets I scoffed. No wonder I've put on 9lbs.
This morning I sneezed and I felt a tear in my lower tummy muscles. It was bad enough that I yelled, woke up DP (who went into a major panic and subsequent mard) and had to breathe through the pain. WTF body. I am now terrified to sneeze. At least I still don't pee when I sneeze though. Small things to be thankful for.

Just tried the bra intervention way of measuring - works out at 36GG!!!!! now I know my boobs have grown in pregnancy but didn't think they'd grown that much.

Where the jeff am I gonna find a bra that size for a) not a lot of money and b) that doesn't resemble a 2 man tent?

I'm too scared to measure my boobs! I know they've gone up by about 3 inches since I got pregnant trying to put my sports bra on the other day was not fun!

Gosh I need to start doing pelvic floor exercises as I don't wanna wee when I sneeze either! Apparently there's a free app you can get which texts you daily to remind you to do them lol!

Are you guys buying maternity bras too or just bigger normal bras? What's the difference? Are maternity just not wired?