We've got fire in our bellies, we're incubating our little Penis Dragons #5

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Thread number 5!

We're still going strong and nobody has even given birth yet. New graduates welcome!

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MelleG thinking of you today, I can't do more than echo what everyone else has said, it's a horrible awful thing to have to face but I think you are so strong and amazing. Massive hugs for you and your DH today, we're all here to hold your hand whatever the outcome. I really hope it's good news for you or that the decision regardless is taken out of your hands.

Good luck today Mlle you'll be in my thoughts all day. We're all hoping for the best possible outcome for you but no matter what, you will get through this and we will be there every step of the way. Sending you love and support.

Sorry Fox an ELCS is an elective c-section.

mlle thinking of you today. x

Just spoke to mw about fainting who told me not worry, prob low bp, just eat regularly and have soemthing salty to eat/drink as well.

Mlle I'm thinking of you today xx

Mademoiselle - Will be thinking of you, fx, and hugs!

I told my parents at the weekend! Then promptly burst into tears! It was my dad's 65th birthday last week, so I asked if he felt old, then asked if being grandparents would make them feel older. they seemed pleased but surprised - not sure why!

OH is feeling a bit better today, what a rough night he had though Think it's defo been food poisoning. 3 more sleeps then it's scan day

Morning all! Wow I've been awol the whole weekend and missed so much!
Went to see Aerosmith on Sat, it was bloody AMAZING! Steve Tyler has still got it ;) Felt really wrong being at a gig/festival and not chugging cider all day though!

mlle I am thinking of you today.

Almost 7 weeks here and I THINK the ms might be kicking in... might not be as I felt sick a couple of weeks ago for one day and then it went so was probably something else. But feeling quite delicate this morning and the only thing that is helping is constantly sipping decaf tea! Makes sense as tea was my failsafe hangover cure whenever I felt a bit chundery. Works like magic!

Urrghhhh Monday :(

Starting my day in floods of tears, work are being horrible. Ugh.

Hanflan I am sooo jealous that you saw Aerosmith. I saw them years ago on the nine lives tour when I was a teen but haven't managed to see them again Definitely the soundtrack of my youth!

Chilly where have you been? Good to see you back

Glad your OH is feeling a bit better Linda

Fox what's up?

I had a really rough night so I've been trying to either call in sick or see if I can work from home - I daren't even try driving in because I'm extremely dizzy and nauseated. They're refusing to answer the phone, work policy states that an unreported absence is treated as a sanction and formal warning - you HAVE to speak to a line manager. So I'm facing a shit storm when I get back into the office.

I know they're both in, as I've spoken to other staff but they keep giving me excuses as to why nobody will speak to me. I have no idea what to do. People in that office stopped pretending to like me ages ago, but the few people that make things difficult have really ramped it up since I've been pregnant.

Hope your work colleagues aren't being a bunch of dickwads fox

I had tears this morning too, woke up to find lots of angry red stretch marks all over my boobs, was gutted because Ive been religiously moisturising and yes they're a bit bigger but am guessing they'll expand even more as pregnancy goes on. So was having a snivel and a moan to DH and googling how to get rid of stretch marks on the bus into work. Went to the loo at about 9am and had a look again and they'd magically gone, turns out it was sleep crease marks from my pyjamas. Oops.

Oh no Fox what a pain in the arse. Could you email your line manager and let them know you've been trying to get through. Why are people so horrible? I had a similar situation years ago at work and I ended up being so I'll with depression, I left in the end. It's the best thing I ever did!

Zermatt that made me laugh! The only place I have slight stretch marks from last pg is on my boobs but they come and go. I call them my tiger stripes!

fox what a bunch of wankers! My work are being arses as well with workload but at least they're pretending to be nice!

I agree with Poly, send an email and explain you've left messages and requested a call back but no one will put you through or call you back and you have done all you can and it's now their duty of care to call you.

They do sound like utter dickwads.

Wow fox what utter spiteful dicks :( I agree with the emailing thing. You can't get into trouble if you have been trying to call in!

Well...I managed about an hours worth of 'work' before needing to come back home for a sit down and some food and a nap. But still, that's more than I've managed on some other days recently so I shouldn't really complain (it's must annoying when I've got so much to do and really want to get on with stuff but I just have no bloody energy! Grrr.)

I agree with the above fox, email the line manager and tell them that your friendly dragons say that the rest of the staff are dickwads for not passing on a message...not much more you can do if they won't answer the stupid phone!

fox agree with the others, send an email explaining - then there is a record of it. Do you have an HR department you could call as well?

Finally got through. They've decided not to let me work from home at all, so it's either in the office or off sick.

This is meant to be such a happy time :(

Sorry for the moan, ladies.

If you feel unwell just don't go in, and as hard as it is just remember that you and the baby are the most important things and have to come first. You've done nothing wrong, are under the weather and need a day off.

How long have you been there for? Do you have any confidants at work? Are they just unfriendly or is it bordering bullying? If the latter does your company have a HR depart to seek advice from?

It's a weird place to work, rife with office politics. Basically if you don't join in with 'the clique' then you're on your own. This clique likes to bitch and be generally negative, which I didn't sign up for, I just want to do my job. It's nothing more than petty spite that usually goes straight over my head, but I think added hormones are making it tricky.

Oh gosh - thank you all so much for the hand-holding. Could you come with me to the actual scan please?
Meeting dh for lunch. We wrote a list of 1 billion questions.
Weird and sad day today...In a way, while I don't know, all could still be well...!

I am thinking about your decision not to get any tests done at all a lot Poly and it is starting to make sense to me. You are a brave woman regardless and I feel like a hypocrite and a really shitty Christian for even considering our 'options'... (I PM'd you ages ago btw when you asked me about something in particular 0 just in case you're on the app as it doesn't tell you!)

Please keep everything firmly crossed for us all. I'll report back this evening but expect to be there until at least 6 pm.

And sorry to hear about your shitty workplace fox - hope it gets sorted!

Just catching up. Fanny massaging made me LOL at my desk!!! Dont know enough about it but not for me by the sounds of things

anyone following bounty munity? Im obsessed!

good luck madem I keep checking back for an update xxx