Verso that's so out of order - I think the real slap in the face for me would be that the vacancy is still open, as Invisible said earlier. It sounds to me like it could have been taken out of your boss's hands and someone further up has said that they want someone in post asap, and that way they don't have to recruit for maternity cover. Could that be it maybe? It can't be a reflection of your abilities as they wouldn't have made such a big deal out of you applying - but that in itself is frustrating, and of course impossible to prove. Try & get them to give you some feedback in writing if you can - they might just say something they shouldn't. I'd be furious too after putting in all that extra work when you could have been winding down, and how disappointing that it means DH won't be able to go part-time.
Veggie sorry to hear about your DH and his dad - must be really upsetting for him. Sorry for being nosey but what happens if he's still alive in 5 or 10 years' time (or even 1 year's time when he's no longer at the age he's been told he's going to die)? Will he get in touch himself?
Turnip/LadyT smashing to see you both at our small but perfectly formed meet-up on Friday. How was your birthday party Turnip? And sorry to hear about your eyeball-popping experience LadyT - that'll teach you to eat healthy madam!
trace, penny & Amy welcome aboard, and welcome back kutilputil & lal07. Trace, fingers crossed for your mw appointment tomorrow.
pixsix I must admit I was a bit puzzled by them changing your due date at 27 weeks - the whole point of dating at 12 weeks is that babies grow pretty much uniformly until that point then follow their own trajectories and diverge wildly. I would absolutely not let them pressurise you into an induction without making sure this is revisited should the time come.
Can I join the fat arse club? My inner thighs are starting to get a bit too closely acquainted and I have metamorphosed into a woman of many chins. Now I'm used to the big belly comments but one I had the other day took the biscuit. I told some random older woman at the toddler group that I had 2 months to go and she did the usual "Are you sure there aren't 2 of them in there?" line (except most people are joking when they say that - she totally wasn't). Then she went on to say "Yes, I was exactly the same as you when I had mine - gained 4 or 5 stone and never lost it again"! And she was pretty rotund I can tell you. I must admit it prompted me to get on the scales for the first time in about 4 or 5 months - and I've gained 1.5 stone! Okay, I had half a stone of baby fat still hanging around from last time so I guess you could say 2 stone but really!
Hmm well weight loss after birth. I'm amazed at 3 stone during labour artichokes - I managed a measly 10lb (and almost 7lb of that was baby). As for breastfeeding, well I have to say that it wasn't a magic weight loss pill for me at all - lost next to nothing for the first 4 months, but then I hardly moved from the sofa cos I was too busy round-the-clock breastfeeding. At 11 months (when I got pregnant again) I was still breastfeeding & still had half a stone to go, which probably doesn't sound much but is quite a lot on my small frame.