MARTIANS 2014 - Thread 7: Are you due next March? Do you have wrecking balls for breasts? Getting moist over iCandys? Then come and talk shyte with us..

[PramQueen1971]

Thread 6

How far along are you coolhand, mummy and lyra? Must be really exciting to feel movement.

I had the swine flu jab when I was pregnant with dd. I thought my arm was going to drop off! I couldn't dress myself or lift ds into his cot. It was seiously painful. But I didn't get swine flu!

I'm 13 weeks today BN.

BN, I'm 15+5.

Ooh mummyPig that's really early! Must feel great.

Lyra I am 15 weeks today feeling nothing yet :/

It's dc3, I felt dc2 at 15 weeks. So I guess I am looking out for it!

Lyra No advice about the legal situation but what a knob.

Mummy I had swine flu, bloody awful! Can't imagine it on top of pregnancy.

Can't wait to feel some movement!

So, this is number 3 for me. I first felt very light movements at 11 weeks. Super-early.

So, this is number 3 for me. I first felt very light movements at 11 weeks. Super-early.

I had swine flu when I was 6 months pregnant with DD. I'd been initially told I didn't need the jab but they changed the advice after that. It was AWFUL. DS had it, he was one and a half, poor lamb. We both got tamiflu which helped us recover. My friend also got it and it caused her to have her baby prematurely at 34 weeks. Everyone - get the jab!!!!!

Pirates when are you getting yours?

It's done now Cool. Was so proud of myself I took a picture after! I even made lasagne from scratch after finishing it. When I think back to the fact we couldn't get in the room this morning, it definitely makes me look at it as a job well done

BN 15 weeks here as well. Have felt things earlier this time round - felt consistent flutters with DS from 16/17 weeks which I think was fairly early for a first timer. The fact that he always suddenly woke up when I drank a cup of coffee made it fairly easy to spot!

Interesting, I'm also 13weeks (this is #2) and I've had a few flutterings but just assumed it was wind . I'll try and pay more attention next time.

Mummy Cool and Lyra how amazing that movement/fluttering must be!

Im 14 wks today and all ive got is the odd stabby feeling on the left hand side

Is that normal?

Lib, could be ligament stretching. It's hard to identify early flutters if you're a first-timer because they do feel very much like wind.

Oops just spent far, far too much buying maternity clothes and shoes online. Justified to myself by saying I will probably return most of it- I shop online a lot, and usually do return 80% so that's not complete self delusion. Ho hum.

RockChick, nowt wrong with council houses (I was brought up in one) but may I ask..how did you get one when your husband works?

Lyra, yes, Gumtree will be a solution I'm sure. We can't have any of the white goods from here as the landlord is installing them in the six new houses he will be building on this land What the hell is your ex playing at? What are you going to do? I wish I could help with proper advice but I haven't got the foggiest about child maintenance payments.

So...ladies with kids already are feeling this baby kick, am I right? Are there any first-timers amongst us who are feeling movement? I can say for definite I am not and I don't expect to for another three weeks.

Ice, maternity shoes?

Pram, I don't know what to do. He says his legal advice is that he's not legally obliged to pay me anything as we currently have a shared residency order (though the children spend at least 80% of their time with me). I've tried reminding him that he has a moral obligation, at least, to provide for his children, especially as he's a high earner and can easily afford it. I need to consult a lawyer.

pram i thought i felt the bubbles the other day but haven't since and am not 100% it was that!

Yup, maternity shoes. An essential

Pram where I am the cut-off point for eligibility for council housing is pretty high - think you are eligible if you are in receipt of any benefits so our tax credits mean we could apply. So your DH's working tax credits would mean you could apply. It took us 6 months to get a house as band C applicants (based on priority of how badly you need rehousing, A is highest, D is lowest) and on the criteria where we are, you would be band A or B. Definitely check to see if you can get somewhere, we have a 3 bed semi for £460 per month, if we rented privately we could only afford a 2 bed flat!

I'm having a day off work today as I feel absolutely exhausted and so dizzy/faint. Feeling majorly guilty though!

Feeling faint is a damn good reason to take a day off! I know what you mean though, I've always felt major guilt if I call in sick for anything other than full blown flu.

Look after yourself; ensconce yourself on the sofa, complete with duvet and snacks, and watch crap telly. jealous

Just relax and enjoy it comms. Ds is at school today, dd and I are going down to the toddler group I run, well today is my last session, to hand over keys. I will not be sad to see the back of it tbh, I've run it for almost 5 years and its time for someone else to take a turn!