Due March 2007 - Heading for the third trimester

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Thought I'd start a new thread as the other one's about to run out.

Eids, whereabouts in Oz are you? I spent six months there many moons ago, 3 in Perth, 3 in Sydney. Had my one and only (so far) hot Christmas in Perth and loved it. It was the only time I've ever been in the sea - pissed as a fart, amazing I didn't drown - on Christmas Day. They do a Christmas Day swim where I'm from originally but not a cat's chance in hell you'd get me in there in December (although I seem to remember promising my sister, who does it most years, that I would this time .... am I glad I've got cast iron excuse now! ).

26 today! Am I now in third trimester or does that start at wk 28? My birth book says wk 28 but I've heard some mention on here of it being 26.

Btw, I was reading back some of the threads I missed out on before I joined this group and now I feel I know a bit more about some of you! There seems to be quite a few people who haven't made it through to this stage though.

Off on travels again today though sadly only to Dorset not Italy

amie and muppet - i'm so sorry for your losses. I hope you are both doing OK.

hope everyone is doing OK, I've just skimmed the thread but preg brain means I can't remember anything unless it's actually in front of me, maybe I will have to start printing out the thread!

I checked out the beach snaps, eidsvold, it seems a world rather than half a world away! I am jealous and want to go to the beach! Your kids looked so chilled out there. All this talk of holidays is making me want to go and relax by a pool in the sun. wish I could. Mind you, we are going to centerparks in January - does the lake district count as exotic?

this is not a good week for me, depression has struck, it's funny how you can be bumbling along quite happily then suddenly hit a bit of a wall. I'm trying to jolly myself along but keep bursting into tears. One of my focuses for tears is ds1 and his consultants appointment at the end of dec which I'm getting well worked up about. Probably we will start him on a different drug. he has kidney problems and one of the main side effects is kidney damage. Great! hard to be over enthusiastic really about starting him on it. also I'm worried they will want to do a biopsy. there is a risk with a biopsy that they will find out he has a much more serious condition. i'd rather keep going with my head in the sand, lalala, so I'm dreading that part as well. But actually half of this is just hormones I think so I'm trying not to take it all too seriously. Sorry to ramble on, it's good to unload it all, sorry it's on you guys!
on a positive, yesterday we went to the DR Who exhibit - I know how jealous some of your kids will be"! It was hilarious seeing the kids running round and getting their photo being 'eaten' by a slitheen etc. ds2 who is only 2.5 was very brave about it all.
that's all the gos for now, my bump is huge and I keep getting those 'march, really!' faces too - like, how big are you going to be by then!!!

Morocco, poor you. My dd1 has had uti and kidney probs, but they seem very small compared to your poor ds.

There seem to be alot of us feeling low. I know that I am becoming rather fond of shopping in order to stave off the blues. It is a bad habit and I must stop.
Like you morocco, I read everyone's posts with interest but can't hold anything in my headenough to reply properly. I am very sorry to those who feel ignored by me

Foxy did you get my email yesterday?
Baby's woken, see you all later

Morocco - that's a lot to deal with, you poor thing. Please let us know how DS gets on at his appointment.I get very upset when children are sick. They are so brave about it aren't they?

Much less serious than your DC, but DS had tonsillitus for a year with ear infections and problems breathing. He never complained once and just lived on soup and yogurt as he couldn't eat. He was really small and thin, but just kind of accepted that eating hurt and never once moaned about it and took all his medicine without any protest

I hope the appointment goes the way you want it to.

Kitty, I e-mailed you from home, so can't check my home e-mail until tonight unfortunately, so will read it when I get home from work. Thanks for replying though and I must remember to print off that list of "intelligent questions to ask Doulas"

Kitty - know what you mean about spending money... up until today, there has been very little to spend money on frivously out here.... HOWEVER.... my friend has the grand opening of her little boutique shop tomorrow. She has loads of really beautiful textiles and stuff she has had made like bunting and cath kidston/liberty shirts/dresses for kids. I am going to be spending tomorrow ...

Foxy - you sussed me ! My DH is really the Dr Who enthusiast..... or is he. No, really DS1 is real and 10 and today.... very annoying

Eids - your daughters are lovely and look like they are having a great time. It is one thing that I will miss about Sri Lanka... breakfast on the beach !

OOOOOOOH bunting, I want soem bunting!!! I saw some lovely bunting for the girls' room today. V expensive though. I think I might try making some of my own. I LOVE textiles too. You lucky thing

hi just popping in to say Grandads out of hospital, not exactly out of trouble yet, but better none the less. Thanks for your thoughts, sorry to here about others grandparents, its so not a good time when they get ill, but these things do happen, i mean 'thats life' isnt it.

Quick question, i cant remember who it was that was talking about the swinging crib/hammock bed for little ones? Does anyone know what i am talking about and can give me a name for it? Ta

will try and get back on later

26wks - Boy

Eidsvold, what lovely pics! It's so gloomy and miserable here, you're making me !

Foxy I think I am "heavily" pregnant. I'm only 23+2. But that's because I was already quite heavy to begin with!!

Morocco hope your ds' appointment goes okay.

Laidback / Kitty, what's bunting?

I am so tired today I am so looking forward to the weekend, just so I can sleep! Fell over again this morning, near our house, too; second time this week . I can't get used to this new centre of gravity! Luckily it was nothing more than a grazed knee, but it did shake me up a bit!

It's half three now, only two and a half hours until home time. I have to write a marketing flyer about some amazing candidate blah blah blah... I'd love to tell the truth on these things: "She's looking to leave 'cos her boss is a d*ckhead and treats her like an idiot" rather than "she is seeking a position with more autonomy"

Moss - PMSL at your description of your candidate

I fell over last week and am still nervous when I walk around the shops. I'm glad I'm not the only heavy one

I'm working late tonight til about 7pm, but maybe 9.30pm if a a meeting goes ahead. I don't mind, as I can claim TOIL and take the time back during the day.

Moss when are you going on maternity leave?

ps bunting is fabric triangles on a string - Kitty JojoMamanBebe have some nice bunting.

Foxy, sorry to hear of your fall too!

I'm off on maternity leave at the end of February, giving me a month off work before I "drop".

Do you know, I'd love it even more if I could write job adverts like they really are:

Due to someone leaving because they hated it, this crappy company now requires another mug to work in a really miserable office. Your duties will include brew making and *rse licking. Must have previous relevant experience of spending every other lunch hour crying in the toilet. Salary dependant on experience but will be far less than you get promised at interview and the "built in payrise" will never happen.

When do you go on maternity leave? Hope you don't have to work too late. Dh is in public sector and he gets to take time off. I am !

Still only one hour two minutes to go... not that I'm counting

Meant to say "time off in lieu, too". I mean my employers aren't great but I am allowed to go home

Stop it!

I'm working till half term 16 Feb, 2 weeks before EDD, but might take annual leave for the previous week, depending how I feel. I took a month off B4 DS and got so bored I ended up community across London to do voluntery work LOL. With DD I worked until a week B4 and was so knackered I could hardly walk .

Its really hard to imagine how we'll feel at eight months isn't it?

I might see if I can wangle a bit of shirking from home towards the end, specially if my placenta is still low.

I'm getting very impatient now, are you?

commuting, not community

I can't help it - I'm filling up my last hour by writing all my adverts: half of them are made up anyway just to attract candidates I didn't say that by the way, and the other half are out and out rubbish, I would love to be able to be honest about what these companies are really like!!!

I am impatient, although at least now my ms has gone and I can feel him move I'm enjoying it a bit more.

I can imagine I will get bored in the final month, but I can take the dogs on some nice walks, do extra driving lessons (cash flow willing), learn to cook and go and see mil; she is retired and lives only 20 mins walk away, in fact I think they're putting on a bus from ours to near hers.

The bus isn't just for me because I'm pg, btw!

I've probably already asked this but my brain is dead, what do you work as?

Hi All
Our book is for kids aged 3-6ish. Its basically a hard back picture book with windows which are illustrated it comes with a special torch which is used to project the Pictures onto the wall or ceiling.
Its called 'Geep and the Scary Shadows' you can see it here-
www.whatsinthebox.co.uk
Although I don't want anyone to think I'm selling to you guys! I have enough of that during the day with bookshops.
Website contains a cringey local press photo of me and the hubby holding the book. We've had to do that kind of thing for publicity. Decided not to tell any press about bump though!

Its been going well so far, but involves loads of work. If anyone knows of any great bookshops in their town can you let me know the names? We've got it in some great shops so far.
But I do wonder what I'm doing some days when I look down at bump and panic and think god I've got to get a proper job.

Zombiebridepenny, we have a great little indie bookshop in St Helens:

Wardleworths 33 Westfield St St. Helens, WA10 1QA, 01744 737713

Like the look of the book btw!!

There's 'bags of books' south street lewes BN7, they are a nice little shop that just sells children's books.
It all sounds amazing!!

I like all the true descriptions of jobs. I've often wondered what it would be like if you were able to write a truly bad reference when it was deserved instead of cloaking thing in nicities.

Jay did you mean an amby natures nest? They are baby hammocks an are really good.

Kitty yes how funny would that be?

Had great attendance and punctuality = turned up on time, but then talked all day and didn't do any work

Worked well on own initiative = everyone hated them and we couldn't put him/her in a team

Penny - here goes, this is a fabulous childrens bookshop:

The Lion and the Unicorn
19 King Street
Richmond
Surrey
Tw9 1ND

0208 940 0483

Mossy - that's so true LOL

I'm head of a small department in a housing association. We deliver European funded employment and training schemes, plus all sorts of community stuff: youth clubs, after school clubs, community venues, consultation - the government call it "community cohesion" nowadays.

I love my job but really want to work p/t not f/t. Am obsessing about moving out of London and having no mortgage.

Has anyone else moved from a big city to the sticks? What was your experience??

I'm scared of change and fear I might regret it. The scariest thing is having to find a new school for DS and DD.

hello everyone... remember me!! I'm slowly catching up on all your news, hard to believe that some of you are thinking about your maternity leave. That's scary. It means I won't have the joy of getting up and going to work (sounds good) cause I love my job and I think I will miss it. We are looking for my replacement atm and I don't think I need your help writing an advert Mossletoe!! Congrats on another girl Diva - you sound very happy. I'm envious of your time at the beach Eids, the girls look like they are having a ball.

Off to try and read a few more posts.... back soon .

Welcome back kiwi!!!

Foxy, I was born and brought up in London, I moved to Brighton about 10 years ago and after three years there moved to a village in between Lewes and Brighton. It's not completely in the sticks, it's a bit of both. There is no way I could live in a city again.
I'm glad the children are growing up not batting an eye at cows, tractors and hay bales. The kids are much more aware of the seasons for instance. It's a treat for them to go on a bus , what cheap dates they are

Mossletoe - I sometimes get to interpret all those candidate descriptions and read between the lines to get to what it really means. The last one I had was a classic - a few excepts from it:

At his best, he is .... (= you're not likely to get)

He uses his thinking to run as much of the world as he can and seeks to control the world around him with structure and discipline. (= not a team player)

is in his element when a situation needs to be criticised
and
As he lives by a rather strict set of rules he may expect others to do so as well (= likely to atagonize those around him)

with a hearty and frank style (= may cause offence)

To manage his tensions (= liable to get angry)

And it went on it that vein. Needless to say we didn't offer him an interview

Thanks for your shop ideas, It already in Bags of Books they are great, will check the others out though.
Got a headache tonight might go off to bed soon, pregnancy is such fun.
24wks today.
A Boy.