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Due November 08 - we're a bunch of worrying fusspots who don't know we fancy to eat, but pass us the ginger biscuits purlease while we wait for 12 weeks

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Heartmum2Jamie · 26/03/2008 19:32

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Heartmum2Jamie · 09/04/2008 18:10

Mmmmm, cheese! I would much rather be having that for dinner than blardy fresh fish. We are not reallt fish fans, but feel that we must make an effort to eat a portion every few weeks.

As for peanutbutter on toast I would LOVE some, but haven't been able to eat peanutbutter since before ds2 (who will be 4 in June)was born. We have a strong family history of allergies/asthma/eczema and I was told to avoid peanuts. Sadly, I was not very strict as fell in love with snickers (PMSL!) and at 18 months ds2 was diagnosed with multiple food allergies including most nuts It may have nothing to do with what I ate, but I can't help feeling guilty, so definately NO peanut products for me this time, although I have been told other nuts are fine.

I am sorry so many of you are feeling so sick and having a terrible time. I feel I got off incredibly lightly, even by my own pregnancy standards. However, I am paying for this with wicked evening headaches, pelvic girdle pain (pain in the buttocks, a bit like sciatica) and hayfever!

The boys and I spent this afternoon potting our tomato & sweet pepper plants into grow bags and the have helped me sow some sweetcorn, cucumber & courgette. Tomorrow we will sow the salads, radishes, spring onions and baby carrots. They also planted a pumpkin and sunflower each as part of an experiment/competition, lol! Hopefully the weather will be decent enough tomorrow to finally get my spuds in. Grrr! I am blardy late this year! Still, all this is well worth it when you eat your own stuff, I can't wait (and no, we don't have a huge chunck of land, just a normal sized back garden with lots of pots on the patio and a raised bed tucked into a corner of the garden)

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mad4mybaby · 09/04/2008 18:52

mummyhill, sorry havent read back in the history , have you actually been being sick? Ive just put another post on to find anyone with any pearls of wisdom to help with the ms as im really worried about the fluid issue. Just wondering if doc only gave to you as you're being sick?

Roca · 09/04/2008 19:19

Evening cheese addicts!

I actually ate a whole packet of feta cheese throughout the day yesterday - with a rocket salad and drizzle of oil for lunch, the same for tea and on toast for supper!????!????

I am at work in London at the mo and have to drive home but am sooo washed out - my brain is dead, my face feels drained of moisture and my legs are exhausted. Everyday I feel so hungover - if only I fancied a glass of wine - that would be nice!

I need a McDonald milkshake! Can't tell you the last time I had one but I need one NOW!!!! And a burger - a massive burger (not the bun coz am allergic!). Or chips dipped in egg - oh someone get me home please!

dozymare · 09/04/2008 19:35

I think you are all obsessed with cheese ...not wrong with that just when you mention that you have it with that other "thing"..You all know what I mean!!!! yuck!!!!!

I am with you all on Peanut butter.....also I have gone of meat...DH is having a big juicy steak (PUKE) whilst I have just had egg and cress sarnies with vegetable crisps!!

Do you think we are all obsessed with food BTW?!!!

DM x

juanitad · 09/04/2008 19:39

Lolabella, do you know anything about maternity pay for Leeds teachers? Have just spent half an hour trawling the internet trying to fin out what I'll get - I've tried Leeds City Council website as well as Education Leeds, but can't find anything. I've had no luck when I've googled it either - is it something you know much about?

dozymare · 09/04/2008 19:40

lolabelle and junitaid have you discovered yet if you are at the same school???!!

MrsMattie · 09/04/2008 19:41

Boo hoo. I have to leave you all as I had my dating scan today and I am due early Dec (saw heartbeat - was wonderful).
I'll pop in now and again, though. Good luck all Nov 08-ers xxxx

Roca · 09/04/2008 19:43

hey MrsMattie - make sure you pop back now - congrats on your scan

Roca · 09/04/2008 19:44

hey DOZYMARE - you still got a problem with rice and cheese?!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Will someone please come and give me a lift home - you are not very helpful are you?!

Roca · 09/04/2008 19:45

plus you didn't turn up to watch the kids yesterday so I could sleep - I'm not happy

Lolis · 09/04/2008 19:48

Hi I'm due on November 10th with my first, very very fed up with the tiredness and nausea - so tired all the time!!! 3 weeks to go til 2nd trimester yay!

dozymare · 09/04/2008 19:50

ROCA YUCK YUCK YUCK...definately not coming to pick you up now or watch your kids!!!

DM x

dozymare · 09/04/2008 19:51

Hi Lolis Welcome...how are you doing??

LolaBella · 09/04/2008 19:51

Juanitad i think we get 4 weeks full pay, 2 weeks 90% pay then a further 12 weeks half pay plus stat Maternity pay, then it goes down to SMP for the remainder of the weeks (can't remember maybe another 26 weeks). I think that is the same for all teachers but i might be mistaken. Not that great though is it?

dozymare we don't know if we are at the same school yet as neither of us has told our school's the news yet so watch this space

I'm at that stage where i don't feel preg at all. My appetite is back, not a hint of MS for a good week (.)(.) still a little sore but on the whole i feel quite well and i don't like it!! I want to feel pregnant anybody else know what i mean??

Lolis · 09/04/2008 19:52

And I'm with you on the cheese thing...cheddar sandwiches is just about the only thing I want to eat at the moment! Started off craving steak and now can't think of anything worse! When does the weird dysfunctional relationship with food end??

Roca · 09/04/2008 19:59

Lolis - welcome - I think the food thing got normal with me about 13 wks last times.

But then the chocolate thing kicked in!

LolaBella - you're due early Nov aren't you so prob a bit further on than some of us so prob starting to feel a bit more normal! I know what you mean though about needing to feel pg - that big ol' bump will soon be there to remind you

yeah yeah dozy don't need your help anyway!

am off home now - will see you in a bit when I get there - hope no traffice jams on M25 or I may nod off zzzzzzzz

lackaDAISYcal · 09/04/2008 20:01

heartmum, we have just built a 5x1m raised bed in our garden so we can grow more veg this year. i have some peas and courgettes and pumpkins, as well as tomatoes ready for potting out, but it's still too cold in the grim up north for it.

I'd love to grow more spuds but they take up loads of room, so we just do them in monster tubs. We've got onions, leeks, radishes, garlic and carrots plus DSs favourite "runaway" beans to go this year as well, and i already have quite an established herb garden. We're doing the garden this weekend I hope (weather permitting)

i had rice and cheese (with a bit of chicken thrown in) for tea....yum yum!

Heartmum2Jamie · 09/04/2008 20:11

Oh yuck, not the talk of rice & cheese again! Cheese is fine on it's own, no need for rice, lol!

LackaDAISYcal, you sound as busy as we are. I forgot the my garlic are out already, my strawberries are trying to take over an entire little bed and are quite welcome too, strawberries are gorgeous! I need to fix up the onion bed before I can get them in, hope to do it this weekend weather permitting. My leeks are growing on my windowsill. We also grow spuds in HUGE tubs, old bins and even rubble sacks, we're not fusse! Even with the horrendous blight infestation last year, we still got a good 50lb to tatties, lasted months and were sooo good! I want to get my herbs more established this year as they are growing in a pot right now. At least we had fresh chives with dinner. It's a start! Gardening for us is quite a challenge and we have to rabbits with free reign over the garden, lol! We just keep inventing new and ingenious ways to keep them out.

Lolabella, I am 10+2 and don't really feel the least bit pregnant either, just a little fat! Strange as I know I haven't gained any weight yet. I am sure give it another week or 2 and we will suddenly feel pregnant.

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juanitad · 09/04/2008 20:13

Lolabella, wow, that is much lower than I had thought. People are always saying that teachers get amazing maternity benefits, but they don't seem so amazing!! If all is well with this pg (everything crossed!!), then my intention would be to work up to Oct half term, (taking mat leave from the first day after the holidays of course!!) and then go back in July to get pay back up to normal before those wonderful summer hols. What would your plan be?

Lolis · 09/04/2008 20:14

My husband just came home and told me to ask if anyone else made their baby on Valentine's day? I'm pretty sure we did!

Emmanj · 09/04/2008 20:17

Hiya Lolis, welcome. Im feeling very sick this evening, it actally tends to get worse in the evenings ive decided.
juanitad - theres some good info on maternity pay etc on the department for work and pensions website, heres a link to the maternity page
www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/famchild/fc_expecting_a_baby.asp
theres also some good stuff available from the NUT or whichever union your in.

Rice and cheese...ohno not this again!

lackaDAISYcal · 09/04/2008 20:18

oh, we have garlic too, and wild strawberries. I'd love some big strawberry plants, but we are running out of sunny spots. We are going to plant a new hedge with rasps and gooseberries in it as well as some of the brambles that are threatening to take over our entire garden. Our neighbour will gt some of the benefit of that though!

of course if the weather is as bad as last year we might get nothing again.

lackaDAISYcal · 09/04/2008 20:18

we did Lolis

Ash80 · 09/04/2008 20:19

Hi all, today has been awful day of MS, i feel like i used to when i was a student on a night out and had mixed too many drinks (tequila, wine etc!!) aghhhh its awful. Also very moody, my poor ds has had to bear with grumpy mummy ..

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