MARTIANS 2014 - Thread 9: Heartbeats, hormones and more Gregg's pasties than you can shake a stick at!

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Welcome Martians!

Also - I'm going to invest in another freezer and some foil containers, so about a month before the birth I can do some batch cooks then we can just wack them in the oven for the first month or so and neither of us have to think about shopping or cooking

Probably depends on the size of your family and the size of your freezer but excluding the carbohydrate bit I can fit a month of dinners in one of the very deep drawers in my freezer. I have to confess to having a second freezer though as in preparation my last pregnancy I made about four months worth of dinners and packed lunches.

I'm pretty much past the sickness mummybee (although I did spew yesterday), infact it's only when I stop eating that I get sick anymore! But I'm too knackered to think about and/or prepare food still. I just need it presenting to me near constantly

BWP you're my kind of gal! I may do a trial run in the next few weeks and see how much I can fit in the normal one - but i may need to get eating to clear out what's in there :D

Wow, you guys are posting faster than I can keep up!

Champ sounds amazing. I want some! Also, whoever recommended dried apricots thank you because it's really working... If that's not TMI.

On mat work clothes, I don't get nice cheap shops like Next out here, but Bellybutton were so good that I bought 2 pairs of trousers. They're so comfy I barely even feel preggers anymore.

You can fit more in if you freeze the meals flat in ziploc freezer bags but I definitely don't recommend that as it is then rather time consuming/faffy removing them from said freezer bags to use them.

Baking dried apricots also have the benefit of being high in iron which is useful for pregnancy too.

Is anyone else not feeling pregnant :( i just feel normal im the same weight and just a flabby belly.

hope everyones ok how exciting that people are finding out gender already i can still remember gettin my bfp i was in shock lol

chipolatas for dinner tonyt yumyum x

Marvellous, and I love apricots anyway. [virtuous face]

Pram the only thing I can think of to do with a car is one of the many car chases in the Blues Brothers. I'll keep an eye on bbc news in anticipation. All other ideas involve bulk buying heavy stuff from the shops. Too boring for words.

I have a chest freezer although OH has been busy hunting/fishing so need to empty out all the game and mackrel before I can even consider cooking anything!

maybe I feel your pain. I'm 17wks tomorrow and spent all last night up to the loo to throw up. had to call in sick again today as threw up 4 times between getting up and getting dressed so gave up. I'm on metoclopramidehaving been on somethingelse before that. everyone said it would ease by week 16 but I'm as sick today as I was 10 weeks ago. have eaten a lot of chicken soup over the last 11 weeks!! hope it eases soon for you x

Fuck me! Those 1950s broads knew the score..Fox, I squealed at your 'don't rape your wife' tip You will all be shocked to know that I espouse the very old-fashioned notion of servicing your other half even when you don't want to It doesn't take much to satisfy this strange species called Man.

Speaking of satisfying men I have that cranberry, marshmallow, hazelnut and fudge chocolate fridge cake in the ..er..fridge as we speak An elderly customer of th'usband has been sending him home with her version of it and I'm damned if some stinky old piss-flaps is gonna satisfy my man above me

Gawj, has your jailer boyfriend kicked you off facebook? Not seen you there for a while and I would love to see what a twenty year-old's 'flabby' belly looks like

Baking, whilst driving to the shops earlier some utter twat pulled out right in front of me in her monstrous, gas-guzzling cunt-carrier. She braked and I braked and I screeched like a fucking banshee until she reversed looking like she had met her Maker (which, if you think about it..she had)

i just called to say

KEGELS.

F&W, where are you? Let us know you're okay. Okay?

Moosey!! Not long now until you know whether it's a boy or a girl or a hermaphrodite

MarbieHasThreesomesWithKenAndHisDad, please don't think I am ignoring your sickness, I just do not know what to say or how to advice. I'm so sorry you're so unwell in the head Here, have some of my fridge cake:

*advise

gawjus I don't feel pregnant either, just like I've been on the pies.

Pram will you be my driving assertiveness coach?

Kegels... Harder than I thought

prammo i am so excited, but i am trying to ground myself thinking they might not be able to see today as at the last scan they were an uncooperative little bastard so i don't see why that would have changed! but secretly JKDSJFGSDAJMCVBGBHJDVSJSMNCFBVB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! leaving in 45 minutes, downing half a pint of water in preparation and praying to sweet baby jesus that we're able find out! we've booked a dvd recording, i am going to watch it all evening probably...!

a PINT not half a pint

Oh, Moosey, I think I'm almost as excited for you as you are

Any time Baking..

gawj My day-by-day pregnancy book suggested that I might not be feeling pregnant just now. It said 'now that your symptoms have passed but you don't yet have a bump you might not be feeling pregnant'. I must admit, I snorted at in derision at this as I still feel like shit and do have a bump, but there you go - it's obviously very normal not to be feeling it.

I'm still not feeling pregnant due to feeling so much better than previous times (I even would have gone to toddler group on Friday but figured I shouldn't be potentially spreading slapped cheek around somewhere where there's a high chance of people being pregnant) and this one being unexpected so I haven't had it planned in my head for ages. It really goes against my crazy planner tendencies to not be planning but I just can't really believe that in less than six months I'm supposed to be having a baby. I did nearly start looking on ebay for bundlers last week as we only had two last time and they were great but I've decided to wait till we get the all clear on the slapped cheek before I do that.

Hi all!

Still feeling rough here too at 16+3. If anything it is getting worse. Think I am getting used to the drugs :-(

on a brighter note, when is everyone thinking of going on mat leave? id give anything to finish at xmas as can't remember what it feels like not to be sick and have a feeling I'm going to be one of the unlucky few who is sick the whole pregnancy...but we just can't afford it.

Becca, some people do have the peak slightly later than typical and it doesn't necessarily mean it won't go. Some people do seem to find that a specific medication stops being effective after a while though so you should definitely go back to your Dr if you feel what you have is becoming less effective.

Babybear, I wish I could afford more time off but my company only pays the first 6weeks at 90% then it's straight down to stat. Mat pay which won't even cover my mortgage, if me and oH can save and reduce our outgoings by EDD I'm hoping to work as close to my date as possible then take some of my holiday pay then start mat leave but including leave i will probably only scrape six months with bambino :(