We're multitasking by crocheting and blood testing our way through pregnancy. We are waiting for our clutch of Christmas babies to hatch while our newbies are gearing up for scans, it's JS Grads 42!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 41st 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 41sr grads thread is HERE

The thread we have graduated from is HERE in its 55th 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. (Except it's not because I don't know how to link to the stats sheet!)

Yes Fruit definitely ignore the 'your bump is so big/small/high/low/out the front' nonsense, it is all meaningless! You mw will start measuring you at some point, and even that is fairly inaccurate!

Pretzel don't fret, there will be much more opportunities to make friends when baby is here. Now everyone has a million things to do, so they don't really care about much else, but once baby is here, your whole life will temporarily be focused on it, so everyone will be more willing to talk/make friends. I struggle to make friends too, but I know I'll have that chance when I have a newborn again.

Fruit I really wouldn't worry. Every woman carries differently. Just because she's a nurse doesn't mean her comment is more valid!

So fed up with peeing every 15 mins...

Oh goodness ... pregsomia .. or was it my first coffee in eight weeks that kept me awake until 3am last night? Zzzzz. Literally just wide awake when I got into bed last night even though I'd been knackered all day.

Carrot –this weeing thing means I get nothing done. Up and down day and night and I'm not even very far along!

Fruit –don't worry about the bump size thing. I'm no medical expert but everyone's body is different and uterus stretches in different ways :)

Woop! Finally got my booking-in appointment (next Wednesday) - I only had to make 3 phone calls to get it sorted!!

I'm so tired today! Barely slept a wink last night due to hip and feet pain :(

Had my final scan of the pre eclampsia study today. Unfortunately baby was really low down in my pelvis and in the "optimum birthing position" which means the most we got in terms of seeing her was her nose (which is super cute). So no scan pic but it's crazy that the next time I see the people for the study i'll have a baby!!

Amusingly she's estimated at 5Ib at the moment, which is in the 56th centile. So quite average!

I've also put on 2st 10ib so far!!!

I can definitely join you all in the tiredness camp. Absolutely exhausted and I slept well last night and even got a little bit of a lie in. Only 4 hours and 9 mins of work left...

I woke up repeatedly last night because I was worrying about movements a bit. In the end I have decided that Baby has changed position hence change in type of movements.

So I had a 2.5 hour nap on the sofa instead.

Thanks, I will try to ignore the comment. I've also just been shopping and now have a very full fridge so hopefully something will tempt me.
Sorry for the viroids who haven't slept. Nice that you got to see her again jelly.

Update from the MW, all good, booked in for a S&S if I want one next Weds, then they will offer two more before induction at 40+14. Having previously said I would deliver on boxing day as most first time mums deliver at about 41 weeks she now thinks I will have delivered before the appointment on Wednesday. (Eep!) Although her reasoning behind this is that I am 'in the zone' so not very scientific ha ha!

So sorry ill

Guess who's having a baby next week? Hospital called, they can bring me forward. Pre-op tomorrow. Still don't quite trust it won't get changed again but keeping fingers crossed. Nice bit of news after crying all last night and today. You guys will think I'm an idiot but dropped some stuff off to Dh's new place and it's such a horrid little room and he had nothing to eat because someone had nicked it and his car is dead so he can't go anywhere and the room next door has a toddler so he has to listen to someone else's child whilst missing his own. I know he did all this and I shouldn't care but I can't bear him being so alone when he should be home with me. Still think it's some sort of depression, just really wish things weren't like this. I'm so sad I can't make him safe and happy anymore. Just wanted to give him a cuddle and bring him home

Not an idiot, just too much empathy Molly which is to your credit.
You're going to be too busy as of NEXT WEEK to be so nice, so I hope he's making the most if it the selfish wolly.

And eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee exciting!
Let me know what pre-op involves. I can't remember, do,you know the sex of this baby?

Way too much empathy. And hormones. I know this and I know it's his own stupid doing but Christ it hurts!

Nope no idea of sex. I think girl but probably only because I've got a boy already. I'll let you know about pre op, have already had mrsa swabs (the one down throat was awful and made me retch) so I'm guessing I get the tablets I need to take and maybe some bloods taken? All will be revealed I guess!

That's lovely molly how exciting!! Defo not an idiot, you are just human and I think you are showing such amazing strength

I'm so sorry to hear your sad news Ill, it's just a shitty heartbreaking situation. Look after yourself, rest and do whatever you need to do, thinking of you.

Loving all the chocolate around at work this week ... Sweet stuff makes me feel better. That and really really vinegary crisps.

I'm on Christmas holiday yay!!!!

pret I'm also someone that can struggle to make lasting friendships (except a few best friends from childhood) ... I always see people click and forming groups and I've never really been good at that iyswim?! Ive always been much more comfortable with one or two close friends. I've met some lovely friends since having DD though .... We met at nhs ante natal classes but we didn't really meet up or anything until we had the babies and as we were all on Mat leave it was easy to make plans etc. you will be fine, honest!

Molly fabulous news! What's the new date?

You can't help feeling bad for your H, I know, but I agree with Thursday, you'll be far too busy for him from next week.

I understand where you are coming from with DH Molly, it must be hard to see someone you care about living like that. But I also want to give you a hooya as he doesn't deserve your sympathy and certainly doesn't deserve your tears! You need to focus on number 1 now! (That's you!)

Weeeeeeee! So exciting about baby though!! Do you know which day? I am hoping that I won't be far behind you... I had lots of BHs last night after a walk; I knew they weren't anything exciting and that they would go away when I slept (which they did) but I am getting them again now so a bit of a pattern emerging.... Gx!

Tuesday 22nd. Feel like I'm jinxing it just writing it down!

And thank you for hooya, I know I know. Just feel like if he is ill then he's not really responsible either. He's got so little self worth he doesn't trust himself to be happy anymore and is out to punish himself as much as possible. It's horrible to watch and feel so powerless

I think you'll have to embrace that Molly. Like it or not, you are powerless in this situation. So don't waste mental space trying to fix it, or solve it. You can't. He might be able to at some point, but right now you can't.

Instead, focus on Tuesday. That's going to be your babies date of birth. How exciting! That's five days time!

You feel like that because your a nice human. It's says more about you than him. Eeee so exciting for you pet!!

I just made and ate the most amazing bubble and squeak. I want more but can't as the whole point of it was to use up leftovers waaaaaaa

Molly it's so exciting your date has been brought forward! Wahhhhhh! Will it be before Christmas Day do you know? As for your H, you're a seriously kind, empathetic woman. I guess you can't just turn your feelings off towards someone after being together for a long time and having a child(ren) with them. Sending a hug.

On another note....why is AIBU full of such twats?? Twatty post about childbirth at the moment. Got my goat.

TUESDAY!!
So exciting.

Nearly as exciting as Countrys bubble and squeak - please tell me you had a fried egg on top?

Do you mean the thread about honesty surrounding childbirth feathered? I actually read that thread with interest, I think it raises some important points!

Unfortunately not. Being pregnant has caused me to properly go off eggs