HI all - it's taken me all day (in between work, admittedly) to get through all the posts I missed while on a photoshoot yesterday! Phew...
Mrs Fish - You're a fellow graphic designer! That's cool! There don't seem to be many of us having kids - I'm only the second in my company and the only deisgner they've ever had go on maternity leave - and they've been going 18 years... How mad is that?
All though worrying about food poisoning from cheese - I had food poisoning from indavetantly eating non-pasturized mozzarella at a fancy italian restaurant in Notting Hill. At least that's what the doctor thinks it was.
My boss took me there by way of celebration about the all-clear on the Edwards we'd just received, and ended up poisoning me... Typical!
I can assure you there was nothing 'invisible' about it. It was like something out of the exorcist and I didn't eat anything for about 5 days. Even with being so ill the Doc wasn't very concerned about my doing damage to the baby - just warned me to keep hydrated. Seems the placenta filters out a lot of the nasty stuff... And two weeks later at my 20 week scan all was fine.
So if you'd been poisoned by brie, I reckon from experience you'd know ALL about it... and bubs would probably be fine anyway...
Polarmummy - let us know how you get on. I guess we never realise how much we rely on those regular wriggles for our own peace of mind, until they're not there... Baby's probably just moved to a position where you can't feel the movements at the mo - hope so... let us know?
And re: fetal alcohol syndrome - my poor mum had terrible morning sickness for the whole 9 months with me, and the only thing she could keep down was cream label stout... and I'm just fine... (a bit short maybe!).
Well, I think I'm just fine - others might disagree....
Apricot - with you on the apostrophes, although my usual accuracy has been badly affected by preggy brain - as has my typing... (which you've probably noticed in my erratic posts). Have you read 'Eats, shoots and leaves'? If not I recommend you get a copy. As a fellow pedant I think you'll love it .
Muppet - also feel enormous - especially after seeing myself in severl test shots done by the photographer yesterday. I look like a whale . Bump measures 40" round, which I'm convinced is far too big for 24 weeks.
I'm blaming my 6ft 4" rugby-playing south african husband for givign our baby his giant genes... I'm 5ft 1 and a half... Convinced our kid will be taller than me by the age of five.
Going shopping with mum for baby stuff tomorrow armed with my mammoth list. Can't wait .
Meanwhile DH is stuck at home with the bloke we've hired to strip the wood-chip wallpaper off our hallway... We're normally avid DIYers (well I am) but this is not a job for the faint hearted so we've temporarily become GSI-ers (Get Someone In). It's got a bout 20 layers of paint on it, poor bastard.
Will try and check in more regulalrly though, or I don't stand a chance of keeping up with you lot!
Big hugs all round
DB
xx