October 14, Fred 10. waddling our way through trimester 3!

[mrsb87]

New thread ladies x

me all sounds quite scary. Hope you recover soon.

pebble think we are all having a good whinge about stuff at the mo so you aren't alone!

Weirdest dream last night. Gave birth to a girl!! But it was my husbands sperm with either mine or my sisters egg - we didn't know. And I carried it. We didn't name her on the dream but I definitely poster on here that I had had her.

me sorry to hear you're having such a rubbish time. Hope you get home today and feel better. Are you still working or have you finished now?

How are you today me? Hope you're ok.

I've hit that "really fed up of being pregnant now" stage. I'm 34+3 so I think I've done well to get to this point. Just consistently uncomfortable, over night and all day too. My hips are killing me and I'm waddling like a demented duck!

Glad things seem to have settled down me

I was chatting birth preferences with Mr Handles and pretty much my only preference is that I want an epidural this time. I've given birth on gas and air twice now and, quite frankly, I want the good stuff this time.

Thinking of you me. Let us know how you are today xx

buggerlugs I have a voucher for a massage that I was given from my brother for my birthday, I'm booking it in for when I finish work! I am meant to be finishing end of next week bubut things are such a mess at work at the moment that I've In a complete moment of madness offered to do the odd day to help out for as long as I can. I'm a bit concerned my manager is going to have a mental break down!

I am apparently jumping myself ahead a week. I'm 33+3. Wishful thinking there I think!

mrsb my work are also desperately busy and have no one to do my mat cover but I am finishing with a clean break on the 29th. They've known I was pregnant since March and it was up to them to sort out resources. I've done my best to recruit someone but it's been v hard to find a candidate.
So I'm just doing v good handover notes and walking out the door and not thinking about it for the next 12 months.

me hope you can escape soon! Anyone, how many cotton hats do I need initially? Thought just one, have ended up with three as didn't realise a newborn sale pack had a hat in, all newborn/up to one month size. Could take pack 2 pack and swap for something else. Also all hospital bag list I've seen say 5 babygros and 5 vests, seems a lot?!

Yep, same here with mat leave. I'll hand it all over on 19th September and that's that. My replacement is going to be hard work for them but ah well. I started off wanting to go in for some mornings etc from January, but since I've been on summer holiday, and have made some friends nearby, I'm out until June 1st next year! I switched off all my email diverts already, and have taken a hiatus from the governing body. I was so worried about filling the time, but I'll be decorating a house, so all good. It's 9 months, it'll fly by (far faster than the last 9 months!!)

Happy - I put in 3 tiny baby vests, 3 tiny baby sleepsuits and 3 of each in newborn size. Boyfriend will be able to pick up more if needed.

taking and goats unfortunately a lot of what's happened has been out of my poor managers control! Our assistant manager is off after a food operation and won't be back til at least the end of September. We have taken on a key holder to help support her when I go but I'm a bit worried he has a serious lack of experience and the whole lot is going to go down the pan, especially as now we are starting to plan going into our peak season. I'm too nice for my own good. What can I say! Lol

happy - I think the 5× of everything is because you don't know how long you'll be in hospital for. Personally, I'll be going with 3x and DH can bring in more if we're kept in. Last time, I hedged bets with sizes, too - having a set of tiny baby stuff in case they came out really little (he didn't).

Thank you for the welcome, everyone. I'm still on my Oct13 bus, which has been an incredible source of friendship and support, but now we're getting to the business end of the pregnancy, I don't want to bother them with my worries/moans as already it is a distant memory for all of them!

Fab thank you everyone, was thinking I could send him out for things, no tiny baby stuff so maybe should get a packet. Trouble is was planning to not wash everything so keep some ready to take back but seems as I have gone for limited amounts I might just have to wash it all and just deal with the fact I can't take it back if he/she is bigger.

I've bought newborn stuff, but borrowed tiny baby stuff. If I didn't have the borrowed option I'd have just bought a packet of 3 each from Mothercare - not very much money in the scheme of this baby-setting-up cost!

sparkle - I had that same assessment with an anaesthetist last year for similar reasons and was given the ok. She really spent a lot of time reassuring me, though at the time I was adamant I didn't want one!
I hope your consultation is as useful.

sparkle - I had that same assessment with an anaesthetist last year for similar reasons and was given the ok. She really spent a lot of time reassuring me, though at the time I was adamant I didn't want one!
I hope your consultation is as useful.

So i have decided to take my maternity leave early :( went back to work after 6 weeks wed & thurs but my spd is just too bad to carry on, i was due to finish on 15th september but my mat leave will start officially on monday. I will go back the middle of may next year until the end of june then i will be off for 6 weeks for summer holidays, i really was looking forward to going back for 4 weeks to pass the time quicker ! But i need to listen to my body and it is deffo not fit for running about after children in a nursery, im struggling to look after my own DD .. Last time i left work on the wednesday and went into labour 4 days later!!! I know its going to drag in now as im not able to walk very far or do much around the house to fill my time... Very frustrating !!

Thanks everyone, sadly we are first for close friends and family (or people are still using their baby stuff) so no borrowing option as yet anyway. Good point will have better idea of size nearer the time (Although slightly hoping not to need a scan as that would only be for growth worries or positioning worries as am low risk). Poor you stigz hoping mine doesn't go the same way although sounds like you have a more energetic job than me!

Sounds like you're in the best place me I hope they get you some answers soon.

I am going to the MLU but as it's attached to the hospital I don't feel I have had to make the decision to entirely rule out an Epidural. Very interesting to hear you say it was calming Pregnant.

Sorry to hear Pebble but yes plenty of people here seem to be really feeling it too right now so you're not alone.

My gripe of the day is thumb pain. Can only think of Carpal(sp?) Tunnel. It hurst SO much last night. Anyone else suffering from CT?

Aaah stigz - good decision, but frustrating! I'm worried that I'm going to be in the same boat. I go back in a couple of weeks, but want to work three before going off. At the moment I'm exhausted, last thing I want to do is be dealing with a massive class of 7 year olds. Urgh. I don't even want to do handover lessons with my replacement.

MrsB you are a saint! The girl who's mat leave I have been covering is coming back the day I leave, but she's only coming back 2 days a week and the other member of team is on holiday for 3 weeks in September, so there will be practically no marketing team- or a 2 day a week one where two of us doing 50+ hours a week are struggling to keep up!

I feel guilty when I see my colleague stressing (trying not to count down the days in front of him) but my contract ends of the 7th September and I have holiday to take, so finishing on the 3rd is my only option. I'm also struggling so much with the drive in with my hips and back I don't think I'd do much longer anyway, end of contract or not. 8 working days left after today

Stigz it must be frustrating but you need to do what's best for you, your body and your baby! Can you get someone to go to the library, or go down yourself and stock up on loads of good books? My Mum brought my Chalet School books up with some fairytale and baby books and I enjoyed the easy reading over the last few days I was off (went through 3 is 2 days so need a BIG stock of books for 5 weeks or more- of mat leave!). I just want to be a school girl at the Chalet School now though

Had a bit of melt down last night after watching OBEM about MLU v Epidural, went to bed in panicky tears. Have woken up with a clearer mind, I don't like the hospital but love the MLU so have decided, like Yellow says just to see how early labour goes. If I scream loud enough I'm sure I'll get the ambulance transfer. DH thinks I'm going to cope a lot better than I think. We have done some endurance challenges where I was terrified and thought I would never cope and actually enjoyed the pain and suffering. One lasted 19 hours and was agony, but I enjoyed it and managed the pain, so I'm thinking of it as an endurance challenge and see how I go!