Babies due in November 2016 #4

[FuzzyOwl]

New thread for us to chat and if anyone else also wants to join the secret Facebook group just send me a private message with the email address that you use to login and I will send you a link.

Congratulations for all the happy scans! We have ours tomorrow and I'm simultaneously excited and terrified! Can't wait to tell my friends tomorrow night more than anything so just want the all clear to share the news!

My sixth form class went out and bought me a giant takeaway waffle dessert from our local American style restaurant with milk and white chocolate sauce, strawberries, M&Ms and a big pot of ice cream to have for lunch as a thank you for all the work I've done for them whilst feeling crappy. (They knew my favourite one because a student works there and served me before) I burst into tears and promptly ate the lot! All in all, a very nice afternoon

Jam what an amazing bunch of kids! Good luck tomorrow.

This thread moves so quickly, hopeeveryone is doing well.

Great news from everyone on the scans and results copper, smells and tired ( sorry if I missed anyone), always a big relief.

So fed up and stressed with work at the moment, had a bit of a cry when I came home. So fed up of sitting in traffic most the way home and I've got so many time sensitive projects to get done but I'm just so ill and tired. They're getting done but I'm just constantly stressed, my manager doesn't quite seem to understand how pregnancy is affecting me currently. I think I've decided today that I'm going to take maternity leave as early as possible which would be the end of August.
Sorry to moan, just fed up :(

Moan away Bob I totally understand.

I'm currently in pre-holiday work panic mode. Next Monday is my last day in the office and I've got two away days to run, a presentation, a team meeting and a paper to write and present on a project I should have been working on for weeks but haven't yet actually touched...

What I've actually done today is some online holiday shopping and worked out how many weeks I've got left until maternity (22 weeks and counting)

It's funny; I was so so driven before but I can already feel a mental shift has happened.

I'm on leave for the best part of two weeks and I've already decided when I get back I'll be cutting back where I can.

I hope you manage to get everything sorted, you have my sympathies.

I'm also in the ginormous sore boobs club! Mine are just ridiculous at this stage. They're EVERYWHERE.

Work is also super stressful. I got a huge tightening on my belly at a stressful point today. It was horrible :( however, I'm off tomorrow for a scan :)

Ahhh fedup thank you for thinking of me. I'm still struggling tbh. My mouth is far from healed (11 lb down in a single week!!!) and that's the hardest bit. I'm still suffering nausea when hungry and can't get enough food in me to prevent the hunger! Tonight I've managed 3 desert spoons of cheesy mash and half a banana custard pot! I'm hoping I hear from neuro oncology tomorrow with some kind of plan but in a way I'm dreading it as it might mean some very difficult decisions. Sorry to bring the mood down!!

Little grey- I've been thinking of you. I can't believe what a hard time you must be having. I really hope your appt goes as well as possible. We'll be thinking of you. Xx

Oh Littlegrey no need to worry about that at all, that's what this thread is for - offloading.

I hope you get the call tomorrow and they are able to offer you some positive options.

Good luck for you scan tomorrow Beelzle and everyone else with scans this week.

LittleGrey I've been thinking about you today, too. Wishing you lots of luck for tomorrow, let us know how you get on.

Thinking of you tomorrow littlegrey. Sending you lots of positive vibes and I really hope you get good news, and you can start to eat properly soon.

Thank you everyone!! I'll update you when I have news x

Consultant appointment was fine yesterday. Lots of waiting for a five minute appointment and then she signed me off until 40 weeks.

Hope everyone else has positive appointments.

spotty do you mean you don't need to see the Consultant again until you're 40 weeks or that you've been signed off work for the rest of the pregnancy?

littlegrey good luck today, I've been thinking of you loads. Have you thought about starting a thread in the health section to see if anyone has any experience of what you're going through (I absolutely don't mean you shouldn't post here or the fb group, we're always available for handholding and venting) And I hope you manage to eat something soon!

Thinking of you today LittleGrey I hope you can get some answers/a plan of action.

Hope today gives you some positive steps LittleGrey will be thinking of you

Good luck LittleGrey. Lots of positive thoughts coming your way.

I've just had my booking in appt with the very lovely midwife. The heartbeat was proper galloping horses! I was hoping for the birthing centre but she said the demand was so high that chances were extremely slim. But we can hire a birthing pool to guarantee a water birth - all other things equal. So I'm much happier about delivering in the hospital now. I'm vaguely considering a home birth. Any thoughts?

In other news, DH, who has been overseas since last Tuesday, got a call as soon as he landed to say he had to go back for the rest of the week. Argh! So lonely without him :( although I am enjoying having the bed to myself. I even made cupcakes for him so will have to force feed myself all of them before they go off. Dang!

Copper, I've got some red patches under my boobs as well. Not itchy or anything so I'm not concerned but I'm rubbing in the bio oil all over.

Sorry! Don't need to see the consultant until 40 weeks!

Isn't that cutting it a bit fine Spotty? You might have given birth by then!

Good luck LittleGrey. Hoping to hear back from you with positive news later.

Iittle grey you're not bringing the mood down one bit. Thinking of you every day xx

I'm a nervous wreck this morning. AGAIN!

that's Ok then spotty I thought I'd missed you being really ill and needing to be off work for the next 6 months!

is it a scan this morning beezle? I Think almost everyone is really scared before a scan. Good luck!

Hope today's scans go well.

Good luck little and to all of those with scans today

Good luck with scans today! One thing I really really wish I'd done is got DH to take a little video of the monitor so we could have that to watch, so do that!! I had planned on it but forgot to set myself a reminder need to wait for the Doppler in 2 weeks.

I think I can feel my little guy this morning!! It feels like a cross between a really faint muscle twitch and a really gentle tapping from the inside. It's a totally new feeling and it's where my uterus feels more firm right now. Is that what it feels like?!

Thank you for all the opinions yesterday. I've decided to leave the scan for now, I don't want to take up resources and I don't feel like I need it to be honest, there's something telling me I don't need to be worried so I'm going to listen to that.

smells, just got a bit teary at the thought of baby tapping from the inside... like it's saying 'hello, I'm in here'! So lovely. Also I'm an emotional wreck. I cried huge, heaving sobs at Leicester City winning whatever they won and as you can probably tell, I have no interest in football whatsoever.

Good luck for your scan today Beelze! Just realised I've been calling you Beezles all this time and that is not actually your name! I was terrified before mine yesterday too, I agree - think everyone is!

fuzzy that's what I thought. Went to 41 + 2 last time so think she's expecting the same!
Huge already though... Maternity leggings on today.