May 2016 - May the sickness end soon!

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Hello!!
Thought I better start a new thread before the other one is full up.
If anyone wants added to the FB group PM me, can you say what your profile pic is too so I can find you, thanks!
Hope everyone has a good day today, any scans happening?

Pearly I'm 24+3 and have 9 weeks left at work :) so excited now it's on countdown.

I have a close caboo that I was given by a lady in my DS's antenatal group which I am so chuffed with and then will probably look at a connecta when he is bigger.

It's suddenly all going really fast!

My ring sling arrived yesterday. I need to work out how to wear it comfortably as it hurt my hips. I'm sure I'll figure it out. DD2 liked it and protested when I took her out!

Having a rubbish day today. Woke up with vertigo and was completely unbalanced. Have managed to get through that, but the children are being difficult (DD1 drew on the walls again ) and my jaw is clicking out of place when I try to sing along to Bowie. Not happy!

Hope your days are better than mine has started.

Just over 11 weeks left at work for me and I'm already counting down! I had a fall on the walk to work yesterday which is making me glad I'm finishing at 36 weeks. I somehow managed to stumble and fall into a brick wall so I now have a massive red cut and bruised lump and my forehead and my full weight fell on my knee which is now swollen, bruised and painful to walk on. Working from home now until everything heals. Luckily I didn't fall on the bump but I'm now being extra cautious.

frozen glad to hear you are resting up at home and grouchy sorry about your rough morning!
I was awake half the night and ENRAGED my DP by not only waking him up but also daring to get up and eat cereal in the night (second time in my entire pregnancy....) which will no doubt end in my spiralling weight gain and having to be wheeled around by him on a truck, haha....
Meanwhile I'm knackered thanks to lack of sleep, mega stressed because our supposedly 4 week long kitchen rebuild that started at the end of October has just been delayed by a further week (at least!), plus I've started to be sent CVs to review for my maternity cover....and I think everybody is wrong wrong wrong!! How will I ever be able to review them when I am a total control freak?!

Cant I'm a control freak too and it's a nightmare recruiting for maternity cover. Mine hasn't been advertised yet but it will be an internal secondment and my (big mouth!) manager has already started telling the people she want's to apply. I think they're all wrong wrong wrong too!

The kitchen rebuild sounds like a nightmare too, I know so many people who have had the same thing happen and it's dragged on and on. So frustrating!

Sorry to hear people are having a rough couple of days. My last day in the office (I wfh but you get what I mean) is 8th March so not long at all. Would have gone longer but I have holiday owing from last may leave that I need to use or lose before the end of March. Can't wait now though.

Wore DS out at toddler group this morning and he is having a nice nap while I MN and browse baby clothes . Actually I wish I could justify buying more baby clothes especially as I am having a girl this time but one of my nct friends brought round 5 bags of her DD's clothes and they are all the right season and we have a similar taste in baby girl clothes not too pink or too frilly .

Glad you're ok after your fall, frozen.

How is everyone sleeping? I was doing ok but the bad dreams have started. Had a horrible one the other night that actually woke me up as I was wimpering. :/

Re pink and frilly: I was quite adamant that DD1 would wear a minimum of girly clothes but then she decided to look utterly adorable in pink things that were given as gifts so I've now given in.

I'm sure the pink will work its way in grouchy. I'm just trying to hold off as long as poss before Disney princess obsessions set in!

Is anyone hypno birthing. I was certain I wanted to this time and a friend lent me the book and CD but I'm not really sure it's for me. However I have just found a pregnancy relaxation class which is much cheaper (£30 for 4 hrs) run by the hypno birthing teacher my friend used. It looks like a bit of an intro to her full course so I think I'm going to try that and see how it goes. Really want to not feel as tense as I was in my last labour especially if things don't go quite to plan and I end up being constantly monitored on a bed again rather than in the pool.

Another one here that had good intentions but caved on the pink and frilly! (Maybe not so much the frilly, but definitely a lot of pink).

cant it could be a bonus that the applicants for mat cover aren't quite right? Make work appreciate you all the more

Odog I'm not sure about the hypnobirthing. I associate it with my horrible first labour in the same way that most people associate/ blame hospital. I'm doing pregnancy yoga this time and reading juju sundin's birth skills, which fits a lot more with my previous experience of labour so I think I will probably stick with that (plus drugs in the spine once I can get access to them!) I use / teach relaxation skills and mindfulness a lot in my job so I'm happy I can draw on those too. That sounds a good price for the relaxation course so I would go for it plus use the book/CD to have another tool in your kit. I paid £200 for a 1:1 hypnobirthing course and had probably less benefit from it than a friend who used just a book and CD, so don't worry that you have to pay loads to make it work.

Pikz I am also considering a close caboo if I think I won't get on with a stretchy wrap sling. I think Bish said on the FB group that she has heard good things about them.

Grouchy hope your day is improving!

We were given so much pink stuff for DD, although I did manage to avoid disney princess stuff until last month. She was given quite a bit for christmas, but mostly pajamas so I don't really mind. She's 2 next week, which is insane. No idea how that happened.

Had a bug at the beginning of the week and couldn't even stand up for more than a few minutes. I think the bug's gone now, but I'm still exhausted. On the plus side DD slept through for the first time last night, which gives me hope she might be sleeping before this one's born!

Finding maternity cover sounds very stressful, I hope you all sort it soon! It all seems to be going very fast.

Woohoo to sleeping through gunshot. DS has only managed a handful of nights ever in his 19 months so I appreciate how good it feels when it does happen.

I started ante natal yoga and want to try to go again but it's quite early on a Saturday morning and it's hard to motivate myself to get there as we tend to have lazy mornings at the weekend and/or bike rides. Think I'll try the relaxation course since it's so cheap and go from there.

I have heard good things about close caboos too. I was going to get one for this baby but 2 baby wearing consultant friends convinced me that a stretchy is better once you master the tie (it's actually quite more straightforward than I thought) as it's cooler for summer months, in one piece and easier to pop baby in and out of once you have it on. I think they are much of a muchness though and obvs the caboo doesn't require any ties.

Hope your energy comes back soon gunshot. Great news about DD sleeping through.

Odog being cooler for summer sounds an advantage of the wrap slings. DD was an autumn/winter baby so heating up with her in the ergo was a bonus, but I did worry about her getting sweaty when it was warmer.

Glad you're okay after your tumble Frozen, sounds scary. I almost slid down the stairs this evening and that was frightening enough!!

I don't envy those of you having to find maternity cover, would be one more thing to worry about. You need the right balance between good enough to do the job but not so good you get constantly compared when you finish mat leave.

I'm thinking of getting a hypnobirthing book/cd but DP keeps looking at me like I'm a nutter. I think being able to relax would be a very good thing.

I was browsing slings on the internet today and so torn as all the branded slings are super expensive but there are lots of cheaper stretchy wraps and ring slings about. Don't know if it's better to buy a good one and be assured of the quality or better to buy a cheap one to use for a while and upgrade if I like it?!

I'm not expert parsnip but I know there are lots of fakes about on the internet that haven't been safety tested etc. I would try to get something second hand. Check out the selling sites I mentioned up thread as they tend to be good for a bargain.

Hope you are ok Frozen...falls are scary

I am tired today. Feel like if someone told me I could be off work I would. I don't remember being this tired at this stage last time but then maybe I didn't have a toddler getting me up at 5.20 to do a wee

So, I've just twigged that if I want any maternity pay I need to keep it open as to whether or not I'm returning to work. For some reason I thought I could still get statutory pay even if work knew I wasn't going back. This is pretty annoying as firstly I don't want to mess my team around, and also I will now have to be organised and save the excess maternity pay so I can pay it back, and then claim the tax back. On the plus side I suppose its a safety net in case I need to change my mind...

On the subject of work...

I am SO.EFFING.OVER.IT - maybe it's just this week but it seems like anything that could go wrong has gone wrong this week - maybe my sleep problems are giving me a sense of humour failure??
I have been awake since 4.30 this morning and came in to discover about 5 crises happening simultaneously and I just want to put my coat on and walk out the door!! Pregnancy grumpiness is not helping...

I remember eating like that last time cant. I just lost the will to live with work by this sort of stage. Part of the reason I ended up going off earlier than planned. This time, I never really had much will after I went back after may leave in June. Luckily I only work 2 days and can do most of what I need to do between 10-3pm and a I wfh so is not too bad. Still counting down the days though. And I'm going super early this time and hopefully will get made redundant while I'm off

Thanks everyone, I'm feeling much better now although still bruised and a bit sore. Now being super cautious everywhere I walk.

I'm also feeling totally over work. I just can't be bothered. They're advertising for my maternity cover now and I can't even bothered to get involved anymore or to do a handover/training up the new person. I know I don't want to go back to that role as my manager is trying to change it to involve more events work which will mean more overseas travel and evening/weekend work. Got to find a new job while on maternity leave!

25 week midwife appointment on Wednesday, time is going fast.

Re work: I didn't have a chance to get to that feeling with DD1 as I ended up going on bedrest at 24 weeks. and I've been a SAHM since then. I think part of it is that something much more important is happening and you only want to prepare for that. Perhaps.

Had a driving lesson this morning - first with the new instructor - and I really expected to be an emotional wreck afterwards, but I'm feeling pretty good about it. Hope I can do the test soon, before I'm a whale.

Glad you are feeling better Frozen! It's my 25 wk appt next week too, but not until Friday.

Grouchy, good luck with the driving

We didn't get any snow where we are over the weekend, but there was a little on Friday so DD got to make a snowman.

I remembered the name of the nursing bras I mentioned up thread - bravado body silk. Unfortunately I can't find my old ones so ordered some new ones this weekend.

Ahhh call the midwife is too emotional to watch while airing through baby clothes!

Anything with babies gets me emotional!

I've started packing my hospital bag I know its very early, but there are certain bits like breast pads (I bought loads for DD and didn't really need them) that I can grab now, but will probably end up in the bottom of a cupboard under DH's junk when we move! So I'm getting them all together now. That's the practical reason, the emotional one is that I don't need to buy anything as we can reuse DDs stuff, I can't set the moses basket up or prep the nursery until we move, and I want to do something!

I'm glad it's not just me that thinks time is going fast. With DD it felt like the slowest 9 months ever, this time is very different!

I meant to watch call the midwife last night but totally forgot. Will have to get my tissues ready if it's going to be weepy.

Had a grand total of 3hrs sleep last night due to weird pregnancy insomnia. I never have problems sleeping!! Thank goodness I'm on annual leave.

Gunshot that is super organised, but definitely a good thing. You don't want to be rooting around after you've moved for all the important bits.

I'm starting to get all excited about getting baby stuff. Have "accidentally" ended up with 2 changing bags though (one was a super-bargain at £13 reduced from £50 and the other was reduced to £20 and DP loves it). Oops. Have been really lucky as SIL is giving us a cot, MIL is lending us the family crib and some of the lovely ladies at work are giving me some sleeping bags & baby clothes. I kind of just want all the stuff now so that I can put it in the spare room and coo over it.