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

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Welcome Martians!

Ouch kara - that's really naughty of them. I'm not too hot on Scottish law unfortunately In England we don't have to tell our employers until something like 24 weeks and I reckon that's the only thing that stops them doing things like this more often. Because you can bet your arse they'd have an 'alternative version of events' that has nothing to do with your pregnancy and worm their way out of it. Did you receive a formal offer letter from them? I'd imagine if you did and you quit a different job to be there, there's something that can be done on the legal route to do with loss of earnings, even if you can't get them on discrimination. That's a proper sucky situation.

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Can I join you? I'm due on the 30th March, with my first. Can't wait to get a couple of weeks ahead and hopefully get rid of this tiredness and sickness (or some of it at least!!!)
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I've just skimmed so sorry if I've missed loads! was at a wedding which was not designed for preggos, about a mile walk up a hill in wellies in the countryside to stand outside for the wedding (i sat on my coat for a bit) then walk back down, then standing drinks and stuff then dinner with lots of antipasti, some weird ed sheeran thing, then more drinks/standing, then a band/dancing etc but it was beautiful and i had a good time but my back is paying for it now!

welcome kara, faster and hugshugs and don't worry if it moves too fast just pop in whenever you like!

kara me and rock are finding out gender next week on mon/tues! ahhhh!

saggy the ultrasound / glow in the dark made me laugh, imagine!

yay for all the new cars! pram hope the house hunting went well! and everyone else who's moving! it's all go in here!

lumpy love the nana tips!!!! keep them coming!

hot are you feeling any better today? hope so!

today i am just going to watch the derby in bed - dp is a united fan and i'm city til i die and all that joll we have banned any football based stuff before the baby's old enough to choose as there would be a riot.

Welcome hugshugs! We're due date buddies - I'm also due on 30 March and it will be my first.

Yeah 15 weeks before the due date but I didn't want to have them think I'd decieved them also I thought I would give them time to find someone to cover my mat leave. Honesty is not the best policy whilst your pregnant as far as I'm concerned! Never mind give me plenty of time to be organised for sprog and I'm not to sure that job would have been compatibale with pregnancy and also meant relocating and it was tearing me thinking about leaving my lovely little cottage so I guess everything happens for a reason!

moosey I love antipasti and wellies, just a shame about all the standing/walking! And I like that you will like your LO decide which team they will support :)

Grey - I did try putting a ban on the football stuff. I got laughed at and told 'you don't seriously think this baby is just yours do you' by my step dad. Though I have told the family I could always use some extra rags to clean the loo

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Oh, hell, I hadn't even thought of football loyalties! My nephew was supposedly a fan of Sunderland before he could crawl, thanks to his Dad and uncles . I may need to have words with dh to ensure no Everton stuff creeps in before child has enough language to accept or reject!

grey What was the weird Ed Sheeran thing? I love/fancythepantsoff him.

I'm feeling better, got send up to the out of hours clinic and they think i've got some kind of viral bug or food poisoning. Either way it's nothing to do with the baby so I'm happy!

Joll, just don't dress your baby in any football-related stuff if they buy it. They can't force you. DS2 wants to buy Chelsea stuff for our baby but I'm sure his dad would rather he supported Be?ikta? (Turkish team). Best to let the baby decide if he even likes football, let alone what team to support.

Kara and So, I've put a deposit on the Mothercare Orb. Love it

I'm having a lazy morning because I'm still dying of this cold (it's not so bad really but I hate colds and haven't had one in ages). I can't even take anything for it because paracetamol gives me horrible stomach cramps when I'm pregnant.

Wish it were that simple Lyra - when my mum told me what she'd bought I did originally say there's not a chance I'll put them on the baby. She responded with a knowing grin 'well the little peanut needs clothes for when nana's babysitting too'. So I've given up. I'll just have to accept I can't control everything, but I can take photos of said garments after an explodo-shit occasion and send them to whoever bought the offending piece of clothing

Yay ... happyhoppy. It's nice to know that someone else is due to late in the month too! How are you feeling at the moment? x

so when you call in sick to work you simply say " because of pregnancy im feeling (insert symptoms here) so can't make it in"

You don't have to prove anything. When you are next midwife appointment you tell them , as you would normally, of all your symptoms and how you couldn't get to work. Done

Think of it this way. Your company has to come up with evidence that they shouldn't be giving you shifts or at worst case end your contract. By not saying anything you make it easier for them. The more you say, record email etc it becomes proportionately harder fir them.

Eg you only say once "pregnancy related illness" = 75% more difficult for them. Imagine if you do more :)

I've heard a few bad things about the orb on the mothercare facebook page but I think you need to take bad reviews with a pinch of salt. My pram chassis has a specially designed suspension so that was important to me because of the lack of a road out here in the sticks!

What bad things about the Orb?

Watching hollyoaks and giving my bump an extra little cuddle here's hoping I don't get hit by a car! Hate to think about anything bad happening to my little bean :(

I thought as we're all due in March (I'm 22nd) I'd double check when Mother's Day is good news it's the 30th next year so hopefully those of us on baby number one will get to join in this year and those on second/third children will get even more gifts and cards!! OH would be unbearable if he got a Father's Day 2014 and I just miss out :) xx

lyra supposedly the wheels wear out really quickly but I think that has a lot to do with how you use the pram, if you misuse it, its gonna break. I had a run around the store with it and I tthought it was pretty fab although I did prefer the silver cross 3D but that's just my personal prefrence!

Just to make sure...it would be really stupid to eat my blueberry face mask wouldn't it? It's smothered all over my face and it's really triggering a craving

Hahaha Jolleigh I suggest you send your OH out for some blueberry muffins instead :)

I do think that's a better idea. Will text him to pick some up on the way home

I was gonna buy facemasks yesterday but OH always ends up using them before I get a chance... I have been eating so much junk today poss cause I'm really needing a fag! Mehhhhh!

Eighty-five posts since last night??!!

These'd better be fucking interesting....

We found out with ds1 but didn't tell anyone. It was lovely, our little secret. I completely forgot that no one knew when we announces his birth and couldn't understand why they were all so happy it was a boy!!!

I have my pram, it's an I candy apple. I got it as a bargain 2nd hand but it's at my mum and dads so I can't play with it!!!

Good luck with those moving house I love moving!!