Fang-tastic fannies, Baywatch Blowjobs and good old british summer (arse) rain). It's JSing Grads 30!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 30th grads thread... celebrating the success of Just Shagging in getting us viroids upduffed!

For those that don't know, a 'viroid' is from the original JSing thread 1, where someone was trying to type ladies (in reference to all the JSing ladies), but their phone decided to call us all viroids instead!

The name stuck and we've been the JSing viroids ever since.

The thread we have graduated from is here in its 48th outing. WARNING: they're all a bit kerazy not to mention randy!

There is also a Just Mumming thread here for once your babies come along, or to keep up with the graduated graduates!

There is also a private facebook group (so it doesn't give the game away in your news feed!)... if you want to join to see photos of new babies etc, just ask in-thread!

Here is the stats list, please update your own spot with any updates: Stats

Jelly despite owning a cat for my whole life and only ever eating rare steaks, I've remained toxo negative. I downgraded to medium steaks for the duration of pregnancies - enjoyed them less and am still negative. I wish there was a vaccine...

They test for everything monthly here too, Gouda, so much blood!

Oh pix (hug)

chat how are you today? Is it windy in Belgium or has summer arrived?

I made the mistake of ordering well done steak fairly early on... Then vowed I would just wait until after I pop and can have it medium-rare again.

Had a lovely time catching up with a colleague who is on mat leave today. She made me realise I do need to start to really think about when I'm going to start my mat leave and how to plan my annual leave etc. There was me thinking I could go on until 37 weeks at work but my job is physical and I'm on my feet all day- I think I need to think again! I just don't know how I'm going to feel in third trimester- now halfway and starting to get tired and achey in the afternoons at work now, but coping, how much worse will it get?

pixie sorry love. Same situation here and worried there will be triggers.

pud? I'm not even veggie I just fancied the tofu ones. Weird preggo food wants.

That is weird Pretzel!

Also not looking forward to internals (but pretty sure no one is!) If consent is discussed before hand and it is explained why each one is needed I think I will feel better. Going to put a note to this effect in my notes/birth plan and also considering typing a sign to put on the labour room door. (Is that mental?) Remember that you can refuse them entirely if you want to Viroids.

Just seen niff's post about harmony, viroids did many of you get this sort of testing? I'd never heard of it and know no one who had it, but it's all the rage over on the January thread everyone seems to be getting it. I thought downs and other chromosomal issues were rare, especially in women under 35 ish, was I being naive? Hadn't even considered having any extra testing other than the NT, and I know dh won't go for a test which costs hundreds.

Evening ladies (big wave to Pud!) and thank you for your welcome. And congratulations Before! Reading through all your news viroids is making this pregnancy thing seem real. Bought some redbush tea today, taken my new vitamins and quietly told a couple of people at work. One was my boss who did a fairly good job and pretending to be happy for me before she started to panic about my maternity leave. In the end I had to ask her to calm down and wait and see as it is still very early days.
However I'm completely shattered and just want to curl up and hide for a week. Don't remember being this tired this early with my first DC, so going to assume it's all the emotions of the last week.
Jelly I had never heard of the steak thing. However our cat did a huge runny shit on the floor and I quite enjoyed telling DH that is was now his responsibility .

We are not having harmony Looking, but then we chose not to have Down's screening either (had everything else though). V personal choice to each person though. I know someone who did have it but she was v anxious due to late loss of a previous pregnancy.

Thanks for new fred, tee - am confident it'll be a lucky one for you and cym !
Off to hospital tomorrow for an extra scan to check on growth, so keeping fingers crossed. Bump has definitely mushroomed, so hoping that is more baby than fluid.

I did have the harmony test, but only after the standard downs test came back high risk in my case. (1:85) however, I am an old gimmer (38) which probably didn't help. I was in the lucky position that we could afford it and it was worth it for peace of mind, but I'm the control freak's control freak and deal better with definites than options.
had the standard downs test dot on 12 weeks, and the harmony one about 10 days later and got the results - which were fine - in just over a week.
so if you are worried about timing, my personal experience is that you can have the standard nhs tests first and then see how you feel, so don't feel pressured into anything too soon.

Thank you pud and deeply. deeply did you get your NHS results back that quickly then? I thought it took a while. Like you I'm a control freak too and need to know everything, but we've agreed to have the amnio of the NT test comes back high risk.

Yes, they were very quick - if i remember rightly, they did the test on the Thursday and rang me on the Monday or Tuesday the next week. My understanding is that my trust try to ring you quickly if the results are high risk, and let you know - by post? - within about 2 weeks if they are low risk. So whilst i really didn't want to hear quickly, i suppose that i was grateful really that i knew sooner rather than later so i could look into my options without delay making me feel worse.

Eep Deeply 1:85 must have been scary!

I've never heard of harmony before either. I'm very lucky in that my screening came back as a chance of 1- 75000 with DS and 1-125000 with DD! Think it went up a bit because the pregnancies are close together and I became a year older
Bounty people are evil! They prey on the vulnerable and exhausted. We spent our last £60 and the pictures though nice weren't great as DD was still covered in funky stuff as we couldn't bath her for 24 hours after delivery. Plus because she'd been delivered by forceps her little face was all battered and bruised too
Don't think we'll bother doing it this time, but then I'm racked with guilt as to whether DS will think we love him less because we haven't made as much of a fuss (no baby shower, no bounty photos etc) it's a bit of a tricky one.

It was, rather. But as someone pointed out to me, if you went to a bookie and put money on a horse at 85:1, you'd be pretty amazed if it then won. So i kept clinging on to that logic whilst we waited, but was still pretty relieved to get the harmony answer of 1:10,000 instead! DH and I thought we had reached the conclusion that if it had been positive for downs, we would have carried on anyway, but I'm grateful that we didn't have to put it to the test. I think positive for Edwards or patau syndromes would have been much harder decisions for us, at least, but i think it is a situation where there aren't any wrong answers and only what is right for you and your family. And i hope it isn't a situation any of you have to face anyway!

I didn't have any tests. Each to their own.
The bounty woman can go to fuck.....after she's given me my pack of free shit. I didn't understand why she was in my room taking photos 8 hours post partum.

Just catching up. We didn't have harmony or nifty testing - I can't recall what my nuchal test stats were, just that it was low risk (although it wasn't as low as some on the June bus, some had 1:25000, mine had less zeroes). And that's good enough for me!
Had my lovely friend over today, she put me together an amazing hamper of stuffs, including bottled gin and tonic,various boob creams, unicorn period knickers, nightlight, Reece's pieces, craft cider for mr tee and treats for the cats. And her mum made me a huge cake and some smaller fairy ones, whole thing was so thoughtful I could have cried! She is the best. We had nice picky lunch and then spent all afternoon gossiping, was lovely and I feel slightly less tightly wound than I have all weekend. Tomorrow's fun thing is getting my nails relaid and shellac'd. Can't decide what colour to go for, they're currently a nudey beige at the moment.
Back really, really hurts today but I think it's down to walking too much yesterday. Had a couple of squeezy pains as per, but nowt else again. He's bloody locked himself in!

Quick catch up - pixie sorry I didn't mean to come across as flippant about dildocam, just trying to reassure the newbies with humour that it's not as bad as they might think. Obviously some people are more likely to find it very stressful I'm so sorry xx

Bounty are the pits. I'm so sick of the emails and I've heard they are totally pushy on the wards. They'll get to to get tae fuck when I have baby!

I had standard combined test for downs. Again i think it's v personal what tests you feel comfortable having.

MiniLa is sitting awkwardly and making me v uncomfortable. I'm getting to point where I'm feeling clingy and just want to be with my dh. Does anyone else have that? We had last nct class tonight. Ticking off the milestones...

Meeting my maternity cover tomorrow because she's coming in to visit. Weird! Dulcet I'm with you in that I feel a bit sad about leaving my job. It's my job and I don't want someone else doing it :(

Lion stamped eggs are fine. They go through stringent processes. There's been no salmonella in eggs for many years

Duck eggs definite no - they are more porous and so take in more bacteria, plus ducks lay in random places rather than nice clean nests

Pixie, just take your own pics - he'll never know the difference. I think Bounty are banned from hospitals up here.

Just been covered in vomit. They joys of a middle of night bed change.

The pleasure of slipping between clean sheets is probably somewhat lessened at 3am eh?

Pixie I am a second child and there are pretty much no photos of me as a baby/young child without my brother in existence. I certainly didn't feel any less loved by the fact! A baby is also going to be clueless as to whether or not you had a baby shower. Neither of mine got one - doesn't mean they aren't loved.

Sounds great Tee! Although what are unicorn period knickers??

Here you go pis
www.harebraineddesign.com

Double gusset cartoon knickers for that 'special' time. They're a bit in your face but humorous, if the unicorn ones are comfy i might get a couple more.

Well my phone didn't like this thread at all. Would let me in and then just disappeared from the list in antenatal clubs when I knew I had seen it! Found you all now though!

You're on the 6 week count down then to get that name in then before. Have your family been trying to get involved? That might annoy me if it was me!

Congrats five and welcome over to the grads thread!

I didn't know that about duck eggs la! I like a duck egg but not something I have often and not since being pregnant so all ok but never even thought about it! Good luck with your training - it's quite stressful to train, finish work and write up notes at the same time!

What a lovely friend tee. Great idea, I will bank that for my next pregnant friend. Would they make you take nail stuff off at hospital? Sure I remember being told that but can't remember under what circumstances.

Bounty are bastards! I'm putting it in my birth plan that I don't want them in my room. We can all take photos without the crap from them. I am sure DS won't mind pixie, he won't know! Baby showers are for you really, not him and you can take some lovely photos yourself when he's less battered from birth.

I'm due a month today. Shiiiiiitttt!

looking I went for harmony testing. Our reasons - that it's better than the NHS one (i wasn't going to bother with the NHS one but then she whipped blood out of me before telling me what it was for and so I went with it out of curiosity!) and meant that I wouldn't opt for invasive testing which could harm the baby. Plus I am pushing 35 and was worried about my age.

We went to fmc in London, I think it was £500 for 2 scans (10 weeks and 12 weeks) and the test. The scans were amazing. The 12 week scan was as detailed as our 20 week NHS scan.
I was a little disappointed with our 12 week NHS scan, I know they have a job to do but our sonographer was mute. Said nothing at all apart from how to buy the pictures. I would have been so worried if that was my only scan.

Sorry pixie

I am a veggie so no meat worries. Just cheese, lovely cheese

Hello!

So...catch up time. Last week was nuts. Work, mum staying and baby stuff.

DM arrived thurs. dh left on wed for competition. Their team winning means they will get about £4k each in October - profits from running bar at a prestigious event. So we will hopefully be able to go on holiday! Not been on holiday since honeymoon and that was our first holiday together. We are normally the type to go off the beaten track rather than resorts but I think as baby will be little we will just go for a family friendly resort instead. Got to wait and see how much he gets.

DM has gone nuts buying for baby. She brought 2 bags down and one was just baby stuff. We did have a very civilised chat about the bf scarf and I explained my feelings about them. I think she understands now. She was brilliant over the weekend - she washed curtains and windows. Those jobs I knew I needed to do but hadn't got round to yet because of being busy.

On Friday we went to the O2 to see take that. We had amazing tickets and were right down the front! It was fantastic. It was hard going because it was so hot but I took my leggings and shoes off. Baby kicked all the way through the fast songs glad to know he appreciates mums love of the that! I was a right teenybopper when I was a kid. Hate any music like that now but take that will always be my guilty pleasure. Been to every tour since 1993

Went to bf nct workshop sat. It was brilliant! Dh had to go too. The instructor made it so much less scary and daunting. She explained all about biological nurturing here if anyone's interested and it made a lot of sense to me. She also talked about the role of marketing in why a lot of women give up bf before they are ready. I realised that subconsciously I'd just assumed I'd need to ff or combination feed and actually it might not be the case. I found the whole thing very useful and feel much happier that I know what to do now. I hadn't realised about supply and demand of milk, but it makes sense. Would recommend anyone considering bf to try a class as its answered a lot of my questions.

Last nct last night and everyone made it to the end. Nice group of people. One girl is pg with twins and she's tiny so really struggling! She's been told since 29 weeks that babies could come any day. She's now 35 weeks. Dh got to meet other dads to be and it was lovely to see him taking part and enjoying learning about the birth then taking care of baby. Before he'd been interested but not as engaged with it. I liked the exercises like Dh writing a timeline with the guys showing what they will do to support from first contractions through to coming home with baby. I think he enjoyed it.

On Sunday we went to Guildford shopping. I spent a fortune but got all hospital bag and lots of baby clothes. Still got a few things to buy but mostly we are now ready. 35 weeks today. Weird to think in 7 weeks I'll have a baby, possibly sooner!

Still can't do nursery as window not fixed :(

My friend wants to organise baby thing. I've said I don't want shower as I don't like them but I would like to get the girls together for cake and prosecco. I need a name for it - perhaps 'La's non baby shower cake eating party'!? Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue... The jizz fizz cocktail is going to need to make an appearance!

They want me to give them a present list but I'm really not comfortable doing that. Should I just give them Amazon ideas? I don't know...I hate having attention on me and also people being expected to buy presents. Have said absolutely no games!

My sil is still in labour limbo. So excited about being an auntie but we won't get to see baby until Christmas because of my dbro visa.

Better get up. Maternity cover coming to meet us today. Hope she's nice...