Due October 08 - The Final Countdown!

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Here we go again then ladies....

29th Sept perkypopsy first baby Surprise North Herts (Ware)
29th Sept WombFor1More 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
30th Sept Aubergenie first baby Surprise
30th Sept sambrads 1 ds Girl
1st CantSleepWontSleep 1 dd Boy North Herts
1st accessorizequeen 2 ds's Twins - one of each
1st loulou33 1 ds Surprise Southern Scotland
2nd snowymum first baby Boy Near Oxford
2nd 1sttimer80 first baby Surprise. Hydronephrosis discovered. Extra scan at 28 weeks (7th July) planned. Edgware (Royal Free, Hampstead)
2nd FranMum2B first baby Surprise Kingston
2nd my3honeypies 2 dd's Boy
4th minervaitalica first baby Surprise (unintentionally!)
4th hedgepig 1 ds Surprise
4th pistachio 1 dc Secret
4th annwoo 2 dc Surprise
5th myjobismum 1 ds Surprise Poole, Dorset
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's Boy Bristol
6th Bethoo 1 ds Girl Salisbury
6th iuseantiageingstuff 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
6th ronshar 2 dd's Surprise (with dangly bits ) West Sussex
6th hoff first baby Boy Spain
7th belgo 2 dd's
8th kookiegoddess first baby Surprise
8th Alexa808 first baby
8th Ksal first baby Surprise Hitchin
10th Lozza70 first baby Surprise NE London (Woodford)
10th emkay 1 dd Surprise West London (Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea)
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's Surprise
11th staceylouisex first baby Girl
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
12th star6 first baby Boy Surbiton
14th tedmundo 1 ds Surprise Bristol (Southmead)
14th twinklytoes 2 dd's Boy
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's Surprise Near Lancaster
16th moodywren 1 dd 2 ds's Boy Lincolnshire (nr Spalding)
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd Girl Mid-Beds
16th WheresTheAuPair 1 ds Boy
19th MrsTittleMouse 1 dd Girl
19th rach010 1 ds Surprise (but dp knows!) Lincolnshire
20th 07mumstheword 1 dd Surprise Bristol
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's Surprise Bristol
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd Boy
20th jenwa 1 dd Girl Worcestershire
20th firsttimer08 first baby Boy. Dilated renal pelvis - rescan at 34 weeks. Greenwich
21st hansnava 1 dd Surprise Luton
21st rowanmac 1 ds Surprise North Scotland
21st caramelbunny 1 dd Surprise Manchester
21st jess1996 first baby Surprise
21st GirlWithTheMouseyHair first baby Surprise (but written down in case of moment of weakness!) SW London (St Thomas)
21st lilbitmum 1 dc
22nd SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds Surprise Newcastle (Gateshead)
22nd wombleprincess 1 dd
23rd Sallypuss first baby Probably girl Herts/Essex border
23rd Emmsy1 3 ds's 1 dd Girl The Wirral
24th sparklesandnowinefor9months 3 ds's 1 dd Surprise
24th Personanna 1 ds Boy Peru
25th Flum 2 dd's 5th June Wiltshire
26th oliviaelanasmum/4andnotout 3 dd's Girl
26th mariekg 3 dc Girl
27th Rhian82 Boy
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)
?? mybabysinthegarden 1 dd

ask your mw for the MATB1, sometimes they need remindng!

myjobismum surely your fundal height is low as your babyhas dropped into the pelvis? i cant believe your lo is already engaged!

the mw only comes to the surgery on tuesdays and I need it this week... can any mw give this to me? If it's just a quick form that they can fill out for me, I was thinking I could just pick it up tomorrow at the hospital when I'm there for the scan... I won't be seeing the mw then.

hi
How do you manage to produce 2 pages of chat in less than 24hours?
star you get a Mat B1 from your usual midwife so prob try local surgery.

i'm impressed with what you all manage to do, mowing lawns and catching flying shopping trollies its definitely more sedentary here although I am still managing to swim twice a week. I'm getting lots of looks now though, I'm afraid I'm too tight to shell out for a maternity swimsuit so use an old tankini with the bump out the middle , not a good look but when I take my glasses off I can't see so continue in blissful ignorance.

Ds (age nearly3) stunned us into silence last night. We have an extra toilet which uses a saniflo (basically a very expensive mincing machine attached to toilet) so you have to be very careful what goes down it. Cost us £400 to replace last month after someone flushed a baby wipe down! So DS picked up a piece of plastic block and flushed it down! Its a sealed unit so we now have every thing crossed we can get a plumber to fish it out. £400!!

Done too much today so am sore but my mood is so much lighter as I couldn't have done anything without the brace. so really I'm the best I've been for months.

call up your med centre explaining and they should do one for yoy that you could pick up. i thought you had to hand it in 11 weeks before due date at the latest.

bethoo LOL at you flashing your knickers, I seem to spend half my life hoiking my jeans back up.

star - any midwife or doctor (GP / consultant) can complete the matb1. if you are going to see a doctor tomorrow, remember to ask. tbh its a bit slack of them. If not, ask at surgery. If it has to wait till tues I wouldn't worry too much. The employer needs it in order to claim back SMP from gov and as payroll is not likely going to run between now and tues, you'll be ok. the only other scenario that may cause issue is if you deliver this weekend but don't think thats very likely.

bethoo - you've had me in tears too.

had scan today and saw consultant. scan still shows low lying placenta but consultant thinks theres still scope for normal delivery. we'll make decision in 4 weeks. oh, got estimate on weight at present, I know they are sometimes out but currently the boy is measuring in at 5lb 4oz - so could be a 9lb er if we get to 40wks!

star - any midwife or doctor (GP / consultant) can complete the matb1. if you are going to see a doctor tomorrow, remember to ask. tbh its a bit slack of them. If not, ask at surgery. If it has to wait till tues I wouldn't worry too much. The employer needs it in order to claim back SMP from gov and as payroll is not likely going to run between now and tues, you'll be ok. the only other scenario that may cause issue is if you deliver this weekend but don't think thats very likely.

bethoo - you've had me in tears too.

had scan today and saw consultant. scan still shows low lying placenta but consultant thinks theres still scope for normal delivery. we'll make decision in 4 weeks. oh, got estimate on weight at present, I know they are sometimes out but currently the boy is measuring in at 5lb 4oz - so could be a 9lb er if we get to 40wks!

I've had my first week of feeling really, really pregnant. I know at 33 weeks I should have realised I was preg before now but I seem to have just got huge in the last 5 days or so and my feet have been swollen for 7 days!! I'm just an absolute joy to be around

Hope everyone is feeling much better than me

hello everyone

oh my god i just read 10 pages to catch up on whats happening

i had a good time away although my PSD has got alot worse
the weather was pretty shit and i found myself running to the car so i woulkd not get soaked well that happened twice as i can heardly walk now as i can feel my pevis grind at the front just above my bits its so so sore also i have a feeling of everything going to drop out as soon as i stand up its awful

i also have got my piles back again like you bethoo they are outward they are not too bad but i remember with ds i got constipated and i could not sit down for 5 hours after going to the loo and i cried my eyees out !!
loads of friut and veg for me

i have 5 full weeks left cant believe it and no that i will defo have a baby in 7 weeks if i go over .

thanks for advice re the matb1. I'll ask tomorrow. getting so hard to remember things lately....
Sambrads 5 weeks is coming up quickly!! How exciting!

twinkly did you forward it on? i think it is such a beautiful story yet sad. i was trying to hold back tears answering the phone today at work!

myjobismum that is worrying about the maternity grant! how do you know it is sat til september? are you defo getting it? at the jobcentre the guy there said i probably wasnot entitled. i am hoping i get it as need it for a double buggy, without it is cant afford one.

morning everyone...am really starting to feel the 3rd trimester now, had an evening full of weeping and being sent to bed at 9 cos I was so knackred - nowt else to complain about, just tired and emotional at nothing!

went swimming last night too so the maternity tankini I got in the sales (yay to a fiver!) has finally been broken into - my god isn't it bliss!! although I did feel about 5 stone lighter when i hauled myself out of the pool

myjob that sucks a bit about your mat pay...ugh HR depts are just rubbish

sambrands how bloody exciting that you've got 5 weeks left!!!

myjob you need to put a complaint in if you are not going to get paid on time,one of the jobcentre's core values is to 'ensure that customers get the correct amount of benefit paid at the right time, it wouldn't hurt if you mention that. You can go to your MP if you don't get the service that they should deliver, a nice letter from him/her will soon push them into sorting it out!
bethoo Think you are on about the SSMG (maternity grant) that is a one off payment paid by the social fund section. The MA that myjob refers to is maternity allowance, that is a benefir paid by the short term benefits section every 2/4weeks etc... SMP (statutory Maternity Pay) that is usually paid by an employer, they do have an obligation to pay the 'MA' on time
The SSMG (grant) that you have claimed should be processed straight away, as it is payable straight away if you qualify!

thanks emmsy i think i realised i had made a boo boo when i re read the thread! in that case myjob should really push that it gets sorted before she leaves. that is naughty of HR!
Getting uncomfortable sat forward and my legs are now hurting after cross trainer on monday! and i am supposed to be on it tonight!

didn't word that quite right!

MA is paid by JCP if you don't qualify for SMP(off an employer) or SMP is about to run out for some reason!
Hope thats a little clearer.

Hi all. Sorry to hear about piles/SPD etc. Star - hope you get the MATB1 form sorted - they were really good with getting mine done first time round.

Annoyingly for all you who are suffering, I'm feeling ok at the moment, but absolutely shattered as dd decided to wake up at about 1.30 this morning and not go to sleep till 4, and then I couldn't get back to sleep .

Its our 2nd wedding anniversary today and as we couldn't really celebrate much last year (when dd was only about 1mth old) we're supposed to be going out to dinner tonight as my sister is around to babysit. Problem is we're both so shattered that I have a feeling we'd both rather just get an early night - oh the joys of parenthood .

Got our faulty double glazing fixed this morning and dd has just slept through 1hr of the noise of breaking glass/power tools and workmen. Why she can't sleep so solidly at night is beyond me!

happy anniversary! have an early night with a bottle of wine/Schloer!

myjob 2 months! Regardless of what the woman/man is telling you, one of their core values is to pay the correct amount of money, on time! She/He would not wait for 2 months for their wages to be paid. You have the right to take it further (thats if you definately know that your payments will be late!)anyway its up to you how you handle it, I know what I would doThink it's best if you note down dates & times that you have spoke to JCP and where possible record the names of whom you have spoken to,good luck!

hi all

does anyone know anyone selling a bebe loola footmuff or a windoo carrycot for the loola??

i was on the classifed thread but you need to pay just to ask a question!!!

hope everyone is doing ok