Due in December 07- we're almost halfway there!! NEW THREAD

[Caz10]

Hope this works....! Here's hoping July is the month for

• proper bumps not fat looking tummies
• feeling them move!

A little. Last night I kept smelling this awful smell and I was convinced it was DH, but he is quite open about these things and vehemently denied it, turns out it was me but I couldnt even feel that I was doing it.

I spent yesterday neurotically putting together a Post natal plan for wieght loss, house work, back to work plan, hobbies and thing to do with the children and proudly presented it to DH who promptly laughed at me. (I am 17 weeks)

motherofz - what a great excuse to eat a lot though! Make the most of it I say

mixedmama - ooh, send me a copy of your plan - sounds very useful and I know i'll never be so organised

Bloody hello mixedmama, you're organised! I can just about plan my meals for next week. Actually got this big Indian wedding to go to this weekend and have not yet decided what to wear! Hoping I can get something out of my cupboard that will fit me

The wind can be quite embarassing admittidley, must admit I thought my DH was bad, but NOW - not always!

I am not organised really, i am a list maker and planner and before havign DS used to be incredibly organised, however now I just make lists and write things down and then completely ignore them.

I put a lot of thought into communicating my post-natal working plans to my employer in the hope they wouldn't treat me like I was leaving, which was how I felt last time. I said I would go back after 3 months 20 hours per week, and given that 1 of those months is NZ's great summer shut down its really almost like an extended holiday for other staff members. But lo and behold today I got "we need to have a conversation about how we're going to manage client relationships" - i.e. he wants to take back some of the relationships I've worked so hard to build up. I understand how he feels to a degree but I'm going to resist to the nth degree. All that other stuff like loosing weight will have to take second place - although I am trying not to put so much on this time!

I hope the meeting with boss goes ok... seems a little weird that he is that concerned since it seems like you will only be away for 2 months really.

My plans are all complete rubbish, just being neurotic, this morning I am typing birth plan... just think I am bored.

Glad to hear everyone is getting kicked and tickled by their LOs! I was really worried over the weekend as mine suddenly went v quiet after having been quite active - MW listened in to heartbeat and all is well, she said at this stage (I'm 20wks) they have a lot of room to move about so he/she was probably just kicking "in the way".
Sods law of course, after going in to see her I got battered all day and it was even hard enough at night for DH to see little jumps on my skin!

Ooooh re the pee bottles - I pee in an old plastic tumbler and decant - much easier!!!

One of the key differences between my experience (so far) here and the UK is that my NZ MW comes to my house in the evening for appointments so I'm peeing on that dip-strip in the comfort of my own toilet! Very nice I must admit although it never bothered me much going to the local community health centre for MW appointments in the UK.

I can see I'm going to have to do some perception management work with the boss. He took 6 weeks off last week to go on holiday after all!! Oh well I always knew this could be an issue.

I am sure it will be fine, even if you do have to let him have more of his own way than you would like, it is only a few months and would be quite easy to get back in there and bring everything back to normal (although I make that judgement completely blind since i know nothing about your work or anything).

I am quite lucky in that since DS i have been temping so going to take time off until end of August 2008 and then look at going back to something permanent.

i have had a breakthrough with DH as well in that he is coming round to my choice of boys name (should we have a boy)so very pleased with myself.

Morning - just spent the last hour (well ten mins or so) catching up with you all - seems strange that we're now talking about kicking LO's, new baby things etc when it only seems a few weeks ago it was all at the 5 or 6 weeks stage of Oh my God - BFP

Appologies if I miss anyone but have been jotting down odd topics etc - how would I exisit without my trusty post it pad !!

Mrswizz and Mixedmama plus others - hip pain is a real bitch isn't it - I'd push to see a physio however minor your MW tries to say it is - it's not and it bloody hurts! Since i'm now tubi gripped from bum to boobs I must admit the real sharp pains have reduced a bit. Also, mine went left then onto right so I don't think there are any hard and fast rules there.

Cazzybabs - didn't realised you had joined me on 30th Nov

Buzzybee - with you on the work front. I started with my current lot last Oct and in addition to undertaking a specific project role I also have been the one lead for my sector in Scotland. Seems however that as well as trying to recruit someone to do my role, a senior Manager is relocating up here to take on the sector lead role. Must admit for a few mins I was mightily pi**ed off but then though , well hang on, I can't do everything, and if new bloke simply takes some of the crap off me, when I come back (planning 6 months) I can then focus on some key clients. How about trying to hang on to a few you really want to but off hire the ones whihc are more of a pain. Realistically (and please don't shoot me for saying it) we can't do everything and also we can't expect companies to not do a work around or swap our work loads round a touch. The few months will all go very quickly and once you are back at work, you'll be able to pick back up and re-establish relationships.

And just to finish to make you all smile. Another Mum at DD's nursery gave birth to scrummy little girl last week and DD seemed to have worked out the part that baby was in Hannah's mummy's tummy but was big enouigh for her to come out and say hello to her big sister. However, a few days later DD forcefully informed her babysitter that yes, Hannah's little sister had come out to say hello, but her's hadn't. No further discussion - just straight fact. Almost said as if Button couldn't be bothered to come and say hello so DD is now not bothered either about being a big sister!! Oh well - four months to go to work on it!

Hope you all have a jolly day - sorry for the ramblings

what boys name have you chosen?

Actually I found it weird coming back to work after M/L- it was like being the new kid at school again - trying to get used to all systems, reports, statistics etc and reestablishing links with various clients/departments etc. Plus on top of that the first month back I was missing DD terribly and that took the focus off my work. It took 2 mths to get my head around things and re-establish myself and not looking forward to doing it second time around.

Hi all

This little bean keeps worrying me by going quiet but Im only just 18 weeks to thats ok - isnt it?

Feel proud of my kids today and also a bit guilty, was SO knackered when they got me up I must have dozed back off and DD (7) took DS (3) downstairs and when I stumbled down at nearly 10 am they were sitting really nicely watching telly eating breakfast they have prepared themselves!

MotherofZ - I am half Turkish and hubby's family are from Bangladesh so have to come up with something that fits both cultures plus that my mum can pronounce.... and trust me she has difficulty with the easiest of Turkish names. I picked EDIZ which I think goes nicely with DS1 who is SAMI and if a girl will be AYLA.

Pecka and Beanster - your kids are all so sweet ahhhh.

Have to be honest tho never in a million years did i think i would ever have children called Ed and Sam....

altho hopefully they will never be shortened to those... altho i guess that is out of my control

do you know what the names mean? I know that with muslim names you're supposed to pick names wiht special meanings/significance

Yeah, Ediz mean high as in status and revered etc and Ayla means is a dear or a gazelle or something altho I suspect it has something to do with the moon as well. They are more Turkish names than Muslim names, in that they are more popular in Turkey than other Muslim countries. I do like the simplicity of them tho and in Turkey people focus on whether they are in the Koran in terms of not neccessarily as peoples names but if they appear as a word.

To be honest we have not really gone for meaning, we are not really all that practising rather what we like. Hubby likes some really traditional names like Hamza and makes me cringe every time I think about it, sorry to anyone with a Hamza!! So quite an achievement to get him to go for something a little more contemporary.

Oh and just found out that Sami means high / exalted.... and they put in pronounciated... Sah..mee love it the internet is a beautiful thing.

Has anyone else got names in mind, bearing in mind we could all change our minds completely by the time babys arrive.

Thanks mixedmama and beanstermummy. I agree I need to be clear about priorities. The problem is that although I'd like to focus on bean, I can't forget about my career since will be single mum with no financial support (haven't asked for any). I'm lucky in that I should be able to get by on 20 hrs per week for a few months even after paying for care. Unfortunately the client in question is one I've been working with for 4 years and have only just managed to wrestle away from the boss - as in I'm the relationship manager not him. Its important I keep these key clients otherwise I'll be back to square one - although you're absolutely right I should be able to build that trust up again fairly quickly when I get back.

I'm off to bed now - but just wondering if anyone feels like taking the plunge and starting a new thread, isn't there a limit of 1000 posts or something? I'd do it myself but can't think of a suitable thread name - something about the kicking maybe?!!

whoever does it please make it obvious... as i am rubbish

Oh names again - just have to post before climbing under the duvet!
For girls:
Amelia, nickname Mia or Amy (but maybe too much alliteration with my surname which starts with an "ME" sound?),
Abby (not Abigail as that means apple of daddy's eye or something like that, hardly seems appropriate in the circs!)
Aden, nickname Addy (can you spot the theme here?!) or
Eva, nickname Evie.

For boys I know I want to use my grandfather's name Colin (or possibly Cole) as a middle name but really don't have much of an idea about first names. DD wants Harry! I quite like Leo and Luke.

Buzzybee all lovely... i do love Eva.

Ok, have created a new thread... Due Dec 2007 - finding out the flavours see you all there

Link here

new thread here (I hope!)