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Babies due in May 2014 - Definitelies enroute to the Drop Zone....

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ClearlyMoo · 28/03/2014 17:19

WELCOME! Cake This thread is for ladies expecting Maybies babies in (and around) May 2014! Please come and join us.

Everyone welcome, especially if you're new to MN and are just peeking in. Pull up a pew with a (non alcoholic) Wine or (decaf) Brew.

Our group Stats Page is here and for fruit & veg comparisons check out The Bump

If you're new please introduce yourself and join us as we head towards the "Drop Zone" 37-42 weeks! This has been likened to the classic Top Gun

Headin' into twilight
Spreadin' out her wings tonight
She got you jumpin' off the track
And shovin' into overdrive

Highway to the Danger Drop Zone
I'll take you
Right into the Danger Drop Zone

Happy Chatting Maybies

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NannyPlumForPM · 05/04/2014 18:29

Hope nobody pops before Monday!! sarahjinx , isean, moomin, bornin, clearly, dobe et al I have forgotten to namecheck I hope you have a less painful and good nights :(

Bornin1984 · 05/04/2014 19:31

Tmi but I feel like my foofy is having a prolapse !!!ShockShock

PotatoPolly · 05/04/2014 21:21

evening all! can't believe how soon we could all be having our babies!
been started on iron tabs, am taking them with orange or apple juice as directed, any other tips for taking them?!

Xavielli · 05/04/2014 22:23

Thanks for asking Isean ?? the Urso has brought my bile acids back within normal limits and the ALT to below 100 so no one is panicking anymore :) sadly this doesn't mean I'm not insanely itchy all the time. I'm still only taking the piriton at night otherwise I'd be no good for looking after the kids.

I can't stop buying craft things! I love to crochet so decided I should learn to knit too for more choice in garment making so have ordered a set of knitting needles in varying sizes. Then of course while browsing those I saw the crochet hooks with the lovely handles. I have a perfectly good set of crochet hooks (and some to spare!) so have bought the fimo to put handles on them myself. I guess that'll keep me busy for the next two weeks (then I'll not have time to make anything.... Unless I can learn to crochet and bf simultaneously )

Xavielli · 05/04/2014 22:25

I feel like that too Bornin. It's a baby position thing, if I sit down for more than 10 mins then get up it really feels like everything is going to fall out

MoominIsEightNinthsManatee · 05/04/2014 23:57

I need to keep off Facebook. I'm boiling hot, having tightenings and headache & earache and it's turned me into a really irritable person! Just had a go at someone (well deserved) in first year on my course for having a go at one of my friends and making some completely ridiculous and incorrect claims. Angry I feel really on edge tonight! Parents are visiting tomorrow, hope I'll calm down a bit.

snoozysleeper · 06/04/2014 00:33

Hello all
[waves]

I've not been here for a long time as work has been so hectic Sad but now I'm on maternity leave!!

Could not be happier was getting v swollen and uncomfortable but still have a mountain of pre-birth stuff to organise Confused

I hope you've all been keeping well and moomin I hope you feel better by tomorrow, you did the right thing to stand up for your friend Flowers

Squiffie · 06/04/2014 01:18

Just finished my last shift at work. One or two people wished me 'all the best' the others just said 'bye' as if leaving a normal shift. I waited until I got into the car and cried. I didn't expect a fuss but a bunch of flowers or something might have been nice.

Bornin1984 · 06/04/2014 01:49

Thanks squiffie xxx

I didn't get anything either as I'm on the sick although I was
Told a tea party was planned! Great!! I work in a hospital, the one where I'm having my baby ! Diabetic and they was having cake and tea! Shame I couldn't eat it because I'm being really good
X

Squiffie · 06/04/2014 01:53

Honestly, people just don't think! I'm ok now after getting home to DH who was all luffly and cuddly. Thanks for you too bornin X x

mrsmummytobe · 06/04/2014 08:00

squiffie I know exactly how you feel because I was also in tears about my mat leave & felt really down about the whole thing. Remember you are leaving for a wonderful reason to have a baby! We won't care about people/politics at work when our LOs have arrived!

nanny your FIL sounds vile! The last thing you need to put up with for a whole day in late pregnancy! We're all here to support you so feel free to rant away Thanks

I had a dream that I went into labour at 39 weeks. I'm 35 weeks today. Sounds like it won't be too long now until some of these maybie babies start to arrive :)

SarahJinx · 06/04/2014 08:28

mrsmummy I reckon we might get one this week, i think we should start a sweepstake!

I finish work this week, was laying in bed is morning wondering how I'm going to get through it actually, the thought of dragging on a pair of heels is making me weepy!

There is a guess the weight, date and sex of Sarahjinxes bean sweepstake at work, they're all guessing massive, lovely. squiffie I'd feel like you too if I just got a quick "bye then" we spend so much bloody time there, least they can do is get you an effing card.

dobedobedo · 06/04/2014 08:32

Aww squiffy don't let the bastards get you down. You won't even remember them when you have your gorgeous baby! Now that we are on maternity leave, it's time to watch TV and read all day, get our homes in order and get into mum-mode. Those sad sacks are still embroiled in work politics and tasks and you are in a different place in your life now! Grin leave them to it!

dobedobedo · 06/04/2014 08:34

How many of us are on maternity leave now? snoozy, squiffy, bornin.... Who else? Also, how are we going to fill our days?!

MoominIsEightNinthsManatee · 06/04/2014 08:46

I have another week of uni left, then two weeks off for Easter holidays, and then I have an essay due in on the 30th April and a logbook and essay due in on the 16th May... considering I'm being induced on April 28th (all booked and sorted apparently! Shock ), I'm not entirely sure how that's going to work Grin

Bornin1984 · 06/04/2014 09:08

I officially start my leave tomorrow ;-)

NannyPlumForPM · 06/04/2014 09:09

Awww squiffie that sounds rubbish. I was on sick too but they were angry at me for that so in glad I wasn't there!

moomin there is no way you can fit all that in.... Unless you can maybe produce baby as 'physical evidence why essay was unobtainable?' Grin what essay is it? Maybe we could all do a paragraph each haha

Well mission to finish cleaning the house is started.... Washing up done, kitchen shiny, cobwebs dewebbed, dd looking marginally less dirty acceptable until coco pops spread themselves out everywhere. Last visit mil bought her cleaning clothes to 'give me a hand' I had spent 4 hours cleaning pre arrival.

And I went to the loo and she had popped a 'blu loo' cleaner thing in. Now I have very clean toilets.... I even have a clean toilet BRUSH. Wench.

Oh god I've woken up angry. Not good- where is dp you might say??! Oh in bed before his relaxing shift at work starts Hmm

Twunt

Bornin1984 · 06/04/2014 09:10

I've spent the time baking and decorating cleaning and catching up on sleep that I don't get in the week!!!

8 days to go!!! Need to redo my bag this week and sort the dog

Bornin1984 · 06/04/2014 09:12

Nanny go hoik that duvet off
Him!!

NannyPlumForPM · 06/04/2014 09:13

I can't- I may accidentally twat him in the face and it would just cause a row Wink

Bezzabelle · 06/04/2014 09:14

I've finished work now too although looking after ds is sometimes harder work than being at work! Just vomitted my breakfast up in the shower- brilliant!

Bornin1984 · 06/04/2014 09:14

Have the row then you can conveniently climb into the bed and he can entertain ;-)

MoominIsEightNinthsManatee · 06/04/2014 09:31

Nanny one is about what I did and how I progressed during the run up to the production we're doing next week. As head of marketing, my response is "I didn't do a lot" Blush we're going to have a lot of empty seats

And the other is a logbook and essay about my 60 hours worth of work experience... I'm doomed Shock

As for your DP... maybe it's time to clean some pots and pans... loudly... in the bedroom

Spirael · 06/04/2014 10:28

Aww, Squiffie! Having complete apathy from work is horrible, I can definitely relate! However they may yet redeem themselves by sending you a lovely bunch of flowers/hamper/gift or similar after the baby is born, or have a gift ready for if you pop in with the baby after the birth? Some companies prefer to do things that way around.

I finish work a week on Thursday (Friday is the bank holiday) and I'm not expecting any particular recognition from work on the day. After all, they completely missed the fact it was my birthday earlier in the year, despite me bringing in cakes for them all! Not a single well wisher - and it's not like I was keeping it a big secret or anything.

Was it you saying DS was being a nightmare yesterday, Bezzabelle? Was it a full moon or something? My usually very sweet and lovely DD was a complete menace as well. Even laid back DH had to tell her off at one point! Hopefully she'll be better this afternoon, as I'm on my own with her. I have, however, cheated and bought Frozen on Bluray to zombify her with. Wink

My main rant at the moment is that I get the feeling my pregnancy might as well be invisible. Work have barely registered it, or the fact I'm starting maternity leave imminently. I still don't know who I'm handing my work to, my big project deployment isn't scheduled before my departure date and I ended up working a thankless 12 hour day last Thursday due to issues someone else had caused.

I commute on the bus and I can count on one hand the number of times I've been offered a seat when the bus is busy. The morning commuter bus is the absolute worst - even asking just gets you a row of blank faces. Similar when waiting in queues for the toilet, not had a single occasion where I've been permitted to go in front. Just had to stand there with my legs crossed, hoping LO doesn't suddenly do a flying headbutt into my bladder!

NHS seem barely interested in my pregnancy and the stock response seems to be "Live with it" to any issues - including the fact that there are days I can barely walk thanks to PGP. Apart from online, I haven't been able to make any 'Mum friends'. My IRL friends are childless and, in most cases, single. They don't seem to get that I'm tired and struggling, so I'm not doing as well as usual with the hobby we participate in together. They've gotten stroppy with me over it more than once!

DH is lovely and supportive and doing the best he can, but with DD around, while both working full time and trying to keep the house running, it's a constant uphill battle. We have no family nearby and when they do visit I end up running around looking after everyone and keeping them all entertained, so I wind up more tired than if they're not here!

Hopefully things will ease up a bit once I start maternity leave, because at the moment I'm doing my best to keep going as normal and it's leaving me feeling stretched to breaking point - and I haven't got half the complaints that a lot of you have!

Sorry, long rant there. But it does feel a bit better to get it off my chest. :) Cake for anyone who made it this far!

MoominIsEightNinthsManatee · 06/04/2014 10:54

Sounds rubbish Spirael, hugs and Cake. People not understanding/caring is one of the most difficult things I've encountered - it's this stupid "pregnancy isn't an illness" attitude people have, which is fair enough, but for a lot of people it does trigger illnesses and things that can make you feel unable to do anything! A little more understanding from people costs nothing Angry (and I can completely empathise on having no 'mum' friends, most of my friends are still at the getting drunk and sleeping with someone new every week, and while I wouldn't change a thing, I envy their freedom a little bit).

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