due march 2005

[misdee]

is anyone gonna join me?

due 3rd march.

Hi everyone, hope you are all feeling wonderful and blooming. My morning sickness has disapeared only to be replaced heart burn but the fact that I look great at 24 weeks compared to my last 2 pregnancies more than makes up for this (vain, I know!) When I went for my 20 week scan everything went well and I found out the sex of the baby. I am delighted at the fact that I'm having a lil' boy. Things at home are a little topsy turvey as my dh has decided (with a big push from me) to get the house in some sort of decorative order before the baby arrives. So far my bedroom is done and the kitchen has been totally refitted, just the bathroom left to do now. Whilst the house was upside down I found a pre wedding gift that my work mates had given me last year December which has come at the perfect time...an evening at the sanctuary spa worth £150! I couldnt get to the phone fast enough. So I am now counting down the weeks till my spa treat.

Has anyone thought about maternity leave yet? I've decided to work right up to 35 weeks, I considered leaving it till a bit later but I'm sure that with my hormones running riot a college is not the right place to be. I've come very close to inflicting various injuries on some of the students.

Spa sounds like a great idea!

I am also feeling great a the moment and trying to make the most of it by going out and meeting friends as much as possible! I have put on 1kg per week for the last 3 weeks!!!! I guess that's normal (?) but it's pretty scarey!

As for maternity leave I am hoping to be able to work right up to the last day since (I live in Switzerland, not sure what the rights are in UK) my company pays 3 months maternity pay which counts if I take the time off before or after the birth! I am already planning to take 3 months off unpaid after the birth to make it 6 months (I am determined to enjoy the summer!). Does this sound mad or did any of you experienced mum's work up to the last day?

Hi all,

Im a tad late, bit of a newbie to mumsnet and have only jost found this thread.

Anyways I am due 25 March, first baby, very excited and want a girl! partner wants a boy so we even it out!

We decided upon names last night and not a word of a lie ALL night long I dreamt and thought about the names, I even woke up repeating them over and over in my head!

Does anyone have boobs that do not tingle, hurt, burn, that havent darkened or become bigger?! My boobs are the same as they have always been and I'm a bit worried.

Thanks - Good luck with all your pregnancies.

Love Tam x

Hi Tam and congratulations on your pg. Are you going to find out the sex at your scan or wait and see?

I would think it's just as normal for your boobs to pretty much stay the same as not - most things seem normal in pregnancy! Mine have got a bit bigger, but not dramatically so, and do not change in a particularly noticeable way. Dh complains that they get 'lumpy' the further on I get, but that's men for you!

Zoe

Welcome Tam - good to have you here. Legeola - I feel exactly the same way about work - everything just seems to be an effort and I'm counting down the weeks until I finish. ALthough I worked up to 3weeks before with dd I am finishing early as poss. this time so will not be going back after Xmas. Can't wait!! Hope everyone is doing ok - I'm feeling much better, tiredness has lifted at long last..

Thanks Bonym! Nice to know I am not alone. Unfortunately they 'reorganised' on Friday and my project manager has 'disappeared' this means I am left responsible now! Normally I would be jumping at the chance, but I was hoping to survive until Christmas doing as little as possible and then come back in January and disappear behind my desk and really do NOTHING (except look at all the baby and pregnancy websites all day!)

As for the boobs, mine have done everything! I had to buy new bras some time ago and got breast feeding ones hoping they would last, but I think I will need another shopping trip this week as they seem to be too small already. But a friend of mine is due less than a week after and says that hers are exactly the same as they always have been. I think it just depends on how your body reacts to the hormones.

What about weight? I am in 24th week and have put on about 6.5Kg. In the last few weeks I have put on about 1Kg per week! I feel as if I have got big so quickly that my mind can't adjust quickly enough to the changes in my body. This morning when I got up I felt incredibly unattractive and unsexy!

Welcome tamula! I keep having name dreams too, though we are by no means decided and plan to go on dithering till the last possible minute. Well, until the baby turns up anyway. Though I also know several people who named their baby and then changed their minds a few days / weeks later!

Leogaela - I've just told work I'll stop at week 38. I wanted to do another week, but it coincided with half term, when dp (who is a teacher) wants to go away. So a good excuse for me to stop.

What are you all going to do about a winter coat? I avoided this last time with my July baby and am really too mean to spend any money on a coat for 2 months. Am just wondering how long I can go on squeezing into my increasingly tight winter coat!

i'm useless me, lost track of how many weeks gone i am. due 27feb-4th march so thats makes me errrrrrrrrrrrr...............

Pidge - on the subject of winter coats I have seriously been considering buying a poncho - although don't want to be mistaken for a fashion victim! Probably wouldn't get one if I wasn't pg, but think it might be the ideal solution with a growing bump.

i bought a coat from tescos last week. its lovely and warm, got it 2 siz3es larger than needed so have room for bump. was £30.

Hmmm a poncho ... there's a thought! And misdee that coat sounds like a bargain. I really need to sort myself out. At the moment I don't use one very much, as I'm cycling to the station on work days, during which time I just wear a thin cotton top, then I put on a jumper and my waterproof jacket (how elegant!) which is getting increasingly tight!

Misdee - I'm due March 2nd and am 25 weeks tomorrow - so I guess you're around the same or a bit more.

I recommend a poncho highly. I bought one 5 years ago now, when pg with 1st and I am still wearing it. Its quite long i.e. below the bum and thick black rib with a loose polo neck. So easy.

All the shops have them now and they are quite cheap. Also you can layer really easily underneath them without looking like a stuffed chicken.

xxxxx

cheers pidge. scan dates place me a week earlier than LMP date. so am 25+1 by LMP. i always knew it was a monday that my week started iykwim.

hi marchers. glad to see you on the thread Tamula. i keep thinking that everyone will have their babies early march and i'll be left on my own, so a late in march is most welcome. how selfish of me! i know none us really know when our little ones want to come out but it's nice to have similar dates with others .
i'm having a major stress head at the moment. 3 or more months of builkding works to commence next year, trying to sell my flat (wil have to wait till after the building stuff), fiance changing jobs and perhaps having to commute from about 2 hours away, looking for a new house and moving quite a long way away, without the capital from my flat, thinking of ways to release capital without getting financially in a pickle, trying to work out where to live oh and of course leaving work and having a first baby, but those 2 wee all know about. also lots of endings with various groups. Troulble sleeping no surprise coz of all this. I think i'm going off my rocker......aaaaaaaaaccccchhhh!!!!!www.mumsnet.com/te/5.gif

Sweeney - mine is due middle of March (12th), so I am a bit closer to you! Sounds like you are having a nightmare, but usually solutions to the practical things come up one at a time and it gets easier. Somehow for me though I get much more stressed about everything at the moment than I ever did before I was pregnant, things look worse than they really are. Dp is good at putting things back into perspective.

Pidge - Good point! I should check how much holiday I can take!

The Poncho sounds like a really good idea - but are they really warm enough? I started looking at cheap winter coats but have no idea how big I am going to get so no idea how big to buy. I was half hoping to be able to get away with my ski jacket but that seems to be getting a bit tight already.

Feeling much better about everything today. Mondays are always bad days! Also I have been given me magnesium to take and my bump already feels a bit softer and more a part of me - I am starting to like it and my new shape again!

Sweeney - have you though about renting your flat out and releasing equity with a buy-to-let mortgage? Market seems to be pretty slow in most areas at the moment as everyone's waiting to see what happens with interest rates. I know all about this (it's my job) so if you want to know more, feel free to CAT me. Sorry to hear about all your stresses - Being pg can be stressful enough on it's own without everything else you've got on your plate - hope you manage to sort everything. BTW I'm due 25th (or 28th by lmp) so am probably going to be one of the last on here to pop!

Gosh Sweeney - everything is happening at once isn't it. If it's any reassurance it's probably more stressful in the anticipation than it will be in practice. Could you rent first until your flat is rebuilt and sellable? I guess that's a hassle too. Hmmm haven't thought of any magic solutions yet.

thedame - stuffed chicken is exactly what I do look like at the moment in my increasingly tight padded jacket - all round on top with two little legs poking out underneath!

have decided I'm going to postpone any coat-buying - a) until I literally pop out of my current garments and b) until I can summon up the will to go shopping!

thanks for the support ladies! much appreciated.
boneym, won't all the scaffolding and works put off people renting?

Oh, sorry Sweeney - missed the bit about the building work! Yes, I guess it probably would put people off - scrub that idea then! Hmm, I remember this from first time around - being pg seems to turn my brain to mush...

Hi everyone, sorry I never make any individual comments or responses etc. But tust me I check in here almost everyday to see how everybody is doing. I have to keep sneaking a look at this at work which does not help. Glad I am not the only one thinking about ponchos and houses- we are renting at the moment and have been given notice to leave by the first of Jan. To say I am having sleepless nights is an understatement. Considering I can no longer bend down - how am I going to pack anything.

Anyway I better go - work calls!

hi i'm expecting my first baby on march 16th.i'm so nervous.i'm 20 years old and the last in my family to have kids,you would think that would make it easyer,it doesn't.would love to here from anyone really.just to know all is fine and i'm notworrying too much.

Hi Aku & shortiemum - good to have you both on the March thread! Having your first baby can be very daunting shortiemum - it's all new of course and the unknown. Is there anything specific that you're worrying about? No matter what your worries are it's almost certain that there's someone on mumsnet who's been through the same thing and can put your mind at rest. Just ask!

morning girls
and welcome shortiemum!
has everyone organised their parenting classes? i'm boooked in to the hospital one's, but that's only three nights in february. so i thought i'd get on the NCT one's as well - except i've found out there's none running until april because the lady that does them is having a baby! just my luck! i was really hoping to use them as a way to meet people with babies in my area, since i don't know many. the nice lady i spoke to at the NCT said i should just come along to the coffee mornings etc to meet people which i will, but it would have been good to meet other people in the same boat. oh well.
i'm in my first maternity top today - finally realised that i'm starting to stretch all my normal tops so they'll be unwearable afterwards, and i'm running out of t-shirts that will fit over the bump. i'm off up to my mum's this weekend and we're going to go maternity clothes shopping. i've already got a pair of maternity jeans and a second hand pair of cords and two nice tops so i reccon i need a pair of black work trousers and about another 5 tops to see me though the next four months. how much has everyone else bought?
i'm starting to feel really big now - the last month has made a massive difference to my size. i'm abit worried about how big i'll end up if i keep expanding at this rate! on the plus side, i only put on 1/2 pound last week so i'm obviously not pigging out too much - just baby expanding. in total i've now put on 9 pounds (that's from the beginning - although i lost 6 pounds in the begining and then put them back on again so you could say i've put on 15 pounds). another 16 weeks to go so i hope i can manage to put on not more than another 16 pounds - god, that sounds horrendous! how is everyone else doing?

Hi Aku - not being able to bend over is such a good excuse for taking on a purely managerial role in house-moving! We moved when I was in the depths of morning sickness and I just floated about looking pale and nibbling on crackers telling other people what to do.

Welcome shortiemum and congrats on your pregnancy. You've found a great place in mumsnet - wish I'd known about it during my first pregnancy. It's a pretty daunting, yet exciting time.

I have my first meeting tomorrow with a midwife from the homebirth team ... I already have a long list of questions to bombard her with. The nice thing is she's coming to my house, whereas I had been told to expect to have to go up to the hospital for appointments.