Martians 2014: thread 10. More scans, bigger bumps and eating for two! Nearly halfway there, ladies!

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Thread 9

Shiny new thread. Welcome all those due to pop out a baby in March 14, whether you're an old hand or a newbie, come join the fun!

Found you! Holding a lamb. Don't think I'll have that good a clue tomorrow!

Joll - I think the same about Somerset area I cannot even imagine someone reacting like that!!!

Kara I have the same with rubella - had the vaccine but not immune, def get the jab though, I get it anyway though (since living in medicated California and Being brainwashed )!

Inspired by pinky and the brains world domination attempt yesterday we need to organise our south west meet up soon, let's get going with something on the facebook and see what we can do - obviously if you're not on the Facebook come still haha!

grey, I'm definitely up for a meet up. I shall keep an eye on Facebook for updates. Let me know if you want me to scout out locations, help with organising, etc. How many SW Martians do we have?

Joll and Grey I agree with you. I've spent time up north and in the south west and can honestly say that everyone is lovely. This is very much a south east/London thing. And since working in London, I've noticed you just get miserable. When we go down to Devon and people say good morning, it makes me jump! Unheard of here!!!

Do i need to go to the GP if I have a temperature? I feel generally really unwell today but I don't want to waste their time.

I forgot to put the bin out so was doing a mad dash to the bottom of the drive got there at the same time as the truck and he told me I need to get out of my bed and stop watching jeremy kyle and them threw the bin at me when he'd emptied it, I had to pick it up off the ground whilst holding back A LOT of bad words.

I've lost a lot of people to cancer so big respect to you lovely lot doing your bit!

Maybs definitely go, especially with a temp. You're pregnant not time wasting!

marbs, I'm not sure if a high temperature might be risky for the baby. Maybe phone nhs direct and see what they say?

Ha Jol Prob won't be holding a lamb tomorrow. Prob won't be dressed like that either unless there's a freak blizzard.

London transport sounds horrific.

I can't imagine a situation where at a few people at least wouldn't get up so a pregnant woman would have a seat, let alone refuse when asked!

Nobody has mentioned anything about a flu virus to me? Is there a certain time you are meant to get it?

You're clearly a lot more even tempered than I am then! I don't think I'd have bothered to hold back the swear words, and would probably have thrown the bin back at the condescending little fucker's head. I can be a bitch at times...

Hottie There was a letter in the pack I got at booking in about the flu jab. You can get it at any time in your pregnancy during the flu season, which is just kicking off. I had to call my GPs to get an appointment.

Gotcha Foxy, I'll give them a phone

I would suck minge-rotted cock for a rare fillet steak, pepper sauce, and decent chips...

I squealed at this, Super!

Cool, I thought my fella was tall at 6'5"! He has a mighty schlong, too, but I combat this whilst riding him by squatting entirely on my haunches over his knob and hovering whilst he goes hammer and tongs. It means he never gets as deep as he would like (because I am controlling depth and my body is never actually touching his; I am simply holding his hips) but he can go as fast as he wants and hence cum. It's tough on the legs, though, and the hovering means your clitoris is never caught up in the motion of his thrusting (boo!)

Can't believe I've only just woken up...

Is anyone going to go with the 'wait and see what it looks like' technique of baby naming?

No, 'cos then we would all have babies called Pickled Walnut.

Eln, I love Marnie for a girl but my hairdresser just called her newborn that name and she's a fucking hateful slag (the hairdresser, not the baby).

Is it very wrong to skive a two-hour shift at the charity shop?

Just thought of another name I like, Wilfred. Dh won't go for that though the miserable sod. He's having all sorts of shit at work so I can forgive him for being grumpy at the moment. He may not even have a job next month, which will put us right up shit creek.

I was engaged to a Wilf. Dreadful name...don't do it, Mummy. Sorry to hear about your worries.

I would spell it Connor - if someone just said it, I'm not sure it would occur to me that there were spelling variations and generally I make a point of asking the spelling if I know there are. One of our criteria for first names is that it needs to either be one without common variations on spelling or else there needs to be one which is common enough that people would be unlikely to assume other spellings. People always spelled my maiden name incorrectly so I have a bit of a thing about name spellings (hence why I always ask if I know of variations).

grey I don't think it's morbid - I think it's very wise to make plans. We made a will after our eldest was born for that reason. Plus we bought life insurance so that if one of us dies the other will be able to manage and so that if both of us die, there is provision for the children.

I like Siobahn although it's a classic one for people mispronouncing. (Though possibly less of an issue in Scotland as people would be more familiar with Celtic pronouciation.) A girl on my PGCE course was called Niamh and at our graduation ceremony she was announced as if it was pronouced N-eye-am!

I was offered the flu jab when I was pregnant three years ago but not two years ago and not this time. I had the actual flu two years ago at six weeks though.

eln I'm apalled at the behaviour of that man! Some people are just too self centred. Paris travellers are even worse - I had my daughter get out of her seat on a bus because a lady with a stick got on and some able bodied woman already on the bus jumped straight into it. And on the metro people don't even move aside to let a child hold onto the pole nevermind give up a seat.

From what I've read, if you have a particularly high fever this can be a risk particularly in the first trimester. But if in doubt, phone NHS direct and they'll be able to tell you what to do and whether you need to see anyone.

Also, if you have the flu and are pregnant they can give you antivirals which shorten the duration of it but you have to be quick as they only work if started within 48 hours. I didn't have them as it took me longer than that to realise I had the flu and not just a really bad cold.

grey we had joint wills drawn up last November, main reason to set out guardians for DS. If you google Will Aid, there are quite a few solicitors who donate their time in November and the fee you pay goes to charity (ours was £135 for joint wills, I think single was around £90). It's a peace of mind thing.

Thanks pram. Ok I won't go with Wilf!

This is typical. Just booked the cat an appointment with the vet tonight because he is not himself today and has been lying in the same spot on my bedroom floor all day, looking poorly, now he has appeared downstairs looking a bit better!

super that'd be great! i definitely think theres a few of us as far as I've seen!

maybe i hope you've gone to docs, i think its worth just seeing what they say - you could always phone the surgery and ask to speak to a doctor when theyre available to save you/them pissing around if they don't think you should come in? i don't know though!

when we first moved to the sw dp looked at me like id just pissed in someones shoe or something when i smiled and said good morning to someone, he couldn't understand that i didn't know them IN ANY WAY.

jesus kara - that is madness!

all those with tall men in their life, when i met dp (5'10ish) i thought he was horrendously short. my dad is 6'4", all exes were 6'3" or taller so i just saw dp as some sort of tiny version of a man and was actually debating whether or not i wanted to date him because of this haha. i have readjusted now but still think he is quite short, he hates this but i find it quite funny.

pram did you go to the charity shop in the end?

thanks everyone on the will front - ice that's interesting and not as expensive as i thought, though i suppose id have to wait until the november after the baby was born so the baby's actual name is used? i want it done asap when the baby is born if this is the case as unfortunately there are some people we don't want to have a leg to stand on in bringing up our child in the worst case scenario!

mummypig he probably heard you. mine make miraculous recoveries when the cat basket comes out!

grey as long as you word it correctly, I think you can write it beforehand. Ours says things like "any surviving children" and the like so that it covers them all without needing to be updated every time we have another one. I remember reading that getting married invalidates your existing will unless it clearly anticipates the marriage and I think that the same kind of thing applies to having children but not sure so you'd need to check.

ooh thanks poem! is there a certain type of solicitor you have to do to? family law? i am clueless on this sort of thing and no one in my family has done it for many many years haha!