Heeereee comes June, its the home streeeeetch!

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Here ya go, new thread! We're almost there!!!!!

Right I'mjust going to start and see if I can move pages as well,

Bunnymother- dd1's middle name is Alys it's also old english/ welsh.

Ineed -at beating up Davina McCall, don't know why but I just can not bear to watch her so double

June- dh referes to my state of mind as baby brain or if he's being insulting (as if he dare, I'm a sackful of hormones dontca know!) it's maternity mong. Oh and just to warn you, my brain just seems to shed brain cells with each baby.......

dreamy- [shack] what a nightmare the joy of any close contact with children bleurghh!!!!! hope they ease for you, don't know whether you could use any anti-itch cream like eurax, in the affected region???

I can't work out how to carry on and move pages so I'll carry on in a mo....

Right I offically give up!!!!

I just can not keep up.

Laura - don't fret it's problably a work related question that should wait!!!! Hope you feel a bit better soon.... rest rest rest, and don't let work get to you. You have to put you and your LO first cos they surely won't!!!!

Hi to everyone else I'm really struggling (again) today with energy levels, had a sleep at lunchtime ( weds is the only day dd1 stays for a full day at pre-school) when dd2 went for a nap bliss, but by 5pm was knackered again .

Have not talked anymore about names with dh, we have a bit of a quandry as have several girls names- beatrice flora, or florence rose but are struggling with boys (still) my favourite is Edward but dd1 has an E name so dh is unsure.....

Still waiting for the maternity grant people to get back to me....watch this space.

Can't think of anything more so night all

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I am just putting them together now.

Whoever said they don't like being photographed pregnant, I feel the same. I hate being photographed, and my bump isn't attractive to me...I love it, but I don't love the look of it.....but....I was surprised how lovely the photographs of my friend turned out which is why I wanted to pursue this further.

louise my cousin works in disaster prevention - undp - do you know them?

laura - Be strong. Are you feeling bullied by them? That is not right. I remember when I was young and working with a young team, one of the six of us fell pregnant and was constantly off sick. It was hard on us, because we had busy jobs and often worked late, so the extra workload was a bit much at times, but we never would have said anything to her, let alone treated her any differently. I guess it's your boss's attitude that can make all the difference. But at the end of the day, you don't care less about the job, were thinking of changing anyway, they can't do anything to touch you because you are so heavily protected by law, so if you can dissociate yourself from the vibes, just hold your head high, be proud, smile, be polite & civil, keep explanations brief and to the point, and see it out....it's not long till you finish.

After all, you are unwell and needed mothering....so you went to your mothers. Logical.

mrsmcjnr - hello - cartoon for the day

Sorry - haven't had a chance to catch up properly, 29 weeks tomorrow

Oh and doris - Edward - will you call him Ned - that wouldn't really make them seem as if they start with the same initial. I think it's when families have three common initials that it can start to become tricky at times, two isn't really a big deal - just my opinion. Both our first names start with a K and we chose a C name for our daughter, not crossing our minds that even though it is a different letter of the alphabet, they actually all sound like they start with the same letter - so we thought maybe this time K & C names were out. But maybe our 'F' son will feel left out

I wasn't designed to be pregnant, after a good phase I am back to feeling utterly and completely crap and am looking forward to retiring from baby making after this.

I agree, there is no way to keep up!

I hope everyone has a great nights sleep (me included!) and a wonderful day tomorrow!

thanks everyone for your replies, just hate feeling the way I do now, but i'll call the office first thing in the morning to get this sorted. If they make a fuss or make me feel uncomfortable then i'll just start my mat leave in 2 weeks rather than 6 weeks time would prefer not to start early as I'd go back in feb 2010 instead of march2010 but hey I have the choice dont i

Everytime I try and catch up I keep missing things...my aim for the rest of this week is to keep up and reply to everyone

Thanks again, bug hugs to everyone x

Yep, hard to catch up now

laura glad you're feeling more reassured, please don't worry, have a rest and a good night's sleep

Tee you too, hope your night is better than yesterday's.

Doris hope you can also rest and feel more energetic tomorrow

Daisy great cartoon! I must admit I don't like chocolate, though (yeah, I know, I'm an alien!)

Waves to all the ladies, have a great night's sleep, until tomorrow!

bunny tommy stuff arrived today , not had time to open the box yet though!!

Laura It's a good idea to go and see a physio. I went to see a one for pelvic pain and I'm a lot better now I'm doing the exercises she's given me and she's explained how to be aware of my posture etc.

Tee Hope you're enjoying your time off and getting better.

GTT went well, the results should come in tomorrow.

The appointment was at 9am, it didn't start really well as at the receptionist sent me waiting in the wrong room, at 9:30 I went back to see her and she just went "oh" and sent me to find the midwife, who then told me she "had been waiting for me for half an hour" .

mrsmcjr
I had my first blood test at 10am together with my 28weeks bloods.
She gave me a sweet drink straight away, not too bad tasting.
Followed by two hours in the sun reading my book (quite enjoyed that too!)
And a final blood test at 12 where I got to jump the queue 'cause I was doing a special test...

We asked the book keeper to come an hour later than planned, dh and him got started and I caught up with them when I got back.
We spent the afternoon on it, got loads done but that was still only one third.
I am truly shocked at how badly the old bookeeper was doing her job. My first three months of pregnancy would have been a lot less stressfull if she'd been on the ball which makes me quite .
Well at least it's getting somewhere now and it's very positive. It should be running well enough for me to take some time off round about June ;)

We then drove to the office to pick up some cheques (yay) and had dinner at our favorite chinese which we hadn't been to in 3 years!
I think I made up for yesterday's and this morning's fasting ...

I'm gonna have to check whether they want a full bladder or not for that 4d scan.

Hope everybody else is ok!

doris my energy levels are really low too. slept most of monday afternoon, tuesday afternoon and I really could have done with a nap today but had to get on with work. Looking forward to my bed now!

Hey ladies went to my first AN class today, it was funny! There were so many couples there and poor DH didn?t understand a word but he?ll get there. Also got my DS fitted for his first pair of proper shoes today , where did my baby go?? Time goes sooooo fast

Laura ? I hate to say this hon but I can?t see you making it at work until 6 May. You are in so much pain and feeling so exhausted, something has to give. Re the call, you are allowed out when you are on sick leave you know and maybe the phone call was about something you were working on? Try not to worry; you are well within your rights.

Hey Tee ? how are you feeling? Better I hope.

Naat ? yup, tomorrow is buggy day

Insy ? sorry to hear you were up in the night it?s awful when that happens isn?t it? That must have been very stressful with DS2?s name.

Hey Choccie

Bunnymother ? not sure about Artemis to be honest

Ermintrude ? how was lunch?

Ineedmore ? poor you it was really stressful appointment for you and DS though; I imagine I would have been exactly the same. Glad for you that it is over. Lunch with your bro sounded lovely so glad to hear that FIL is doing so well

Hey Sweetbroody ? ?happy birthday Mums? ?? confused.

Loooouise ? lovely idea of the writing on the bump for your friend .

Hey Doris

Daisy ? thanks very apt cartoon ? I am having some galaxy!

June ? glad the tests went well, wow results tomorrow, hope they are fine. How come I have to wait 10 days for mine I wonder? so in the UK its 2 blood tests and here its 4? typical Spain grrrrrrrrrrrr ? bureaucracy central ? today at AN class we got a list of the 6 people we have to send our birth plans to in advance of the birth!!

29 weeks tomorrow for me?..!

Morning all!

I myself slept fairly well, with only one hour awake between 3 & 4, mostly caused by the loo run followed by entertaining baby kicks!

june glad you're new bookkeeper is better than the old one. Totally sucks that the old one stressed you out so much. And YAYAY Chinese Food!

laura I would have to agree that I can't see you making it to May. You really must put you and the baby first.

naat ::waves::

mrsmcj Awww shoes. How old is DS? I can't wait for my AN classes, but they don't start until 5th May, which seems waaay late to me!

Hello all

Just a quick post, me, me, me, lol!

Busy day at uni today, am already in and should be here all day... BUT, Ireland tonight!! Woo! Only bugger is we're flying to Shannon as soooo cheap and then getting a bus to Galway, we get in at 10.30pm and bus isn't until 12.45am! I'd prefer to wait and get it as otherwise we'd have to get into Shannon, find somewhere to stay and then go to Galway in the morning... but, all that waiting!!

Anyway, it will be worth it I'm sure!

Now back to data analysis and graph making...

Oh, and still feel nauseous quite often in the morning, hello? I'm in my third trimester.

Insy, haven't had a chance to send that book bbut will do so next week on my return!

Hi all

mrsmc lunch was very pleasant thank you - the excitement of being outside the house was enough for me . And my companion was a bit more talkative than usual so it was quite an amusing hour and a half.

You're going to given the runaround even more now that your toddler has proper shoes

june at least you've replaced the book-keeper now, so things will be straight when you go off. I've often found that in book-keeping someone who's been doing things 'their way' for years has in fact been doing things 'the wrong way'...

naat can you please pass on some of your anti-chocolate feelings to me? I can't resist at the moment.

laura hope you get to speak to your boss today and find it's all ok; I'm sure it will be - being able to pick up a scrip and go to your mum's is not the same as putting in a day at work. It would be a shame if you had to curtail your mat leave with the baby, but it is a question of balancing how stressful things are at work and whether you are wise to stick it out for 6 wks. If you can though, great.

doris those are lovely names. Our DD has Beatrice as a middle name and one of the others you mentioned is our front runner for first name if this one's a girl; we must have similar tastes. For a boy I love Ted but am no keen on the names it's taken from and don't think I'd just have Ted on the birth certificate -although no reason not to, I guess.

daisy5 I'm totally with you on the relief I'll feel at hanging up my gloves after this one. My labours have been good and my early time with my babies has been lovely but I'd conveniently forgotten about just how yukky I feel when pregnant. Nevermore!

Bit foggy and chilly here today; maybe I'll even get some work done.

MrsMcJnr Well, we'll see if I actually get the results today, I doubt it from previous experience.
At the 12 weeks blood I was told the results would be in the next day as well and that I would get a call.
What really happened was that I waited anxiously all day and no one called.
I called the next day only to be told that the results would come in the post withing 7 to 10 days.
Nothing came in the post so I called again and was told that "if nothing has come through the post it usually means that everything is ok" and that I'd find out at the next mw appointment. (where the midwife said it was never going to be sent to me in the first place and she didn't know why anyone would tell me that - in a sympathetic-to-the-pregnant-woman-who-is-clearly-not-thinking-straight "you must have got it wrong" tone.)

I hope I'm proved wrong and get that call today ;)

29 weeks on Sunday :D
It already seems like it's gone too fast and there is almost no time left.
I think dh and I ought to take a weekend away or something. I always fancied a weekend spa but everytime I look at the prices I always end up thinking "I could go to spain for a week for that money".

Right, back to work.

we had a full nights sleep last night! its so hit and miss, but had breakfast at nursery this am with my boys for mothers day which was lovely, they have only been going for a couple of months so it was nice to see them there and how obviously happy they are after a horrible settling period (to point it was too emotional for me to drop them off so dh has to do it I blame pg hormones too ineedmore) starting to feel bit guilty about taking them out when I stop work but trying not to dwell on it as who can afford £900 a month on fees when not working...

ineedmore I have to say I always wanted 3 but dh wanted 2 but really wanted a son so after 2 boys he said he was happy to have one more to try for girl but only if I was happy to have 3 boys which of course I am, it isn't that I'm not happy to have 3 ds's more that I'll be disappointed not to have them and a dd too. hope you get some more sleep too, I end up on floor by ds's bed, I don't think the noddy bed could take my weight!

doris we've chosen Edward too dh announced last night it was the only one he liked as I love it, don't worry about initials I have same as my dad, only confusing sometimes with post when little, if you love the name them go for it, we'll be calling this one Bear as a nikname, Edward had so many nicknames too which I like

mrsmcj at proper shoes, we need some for ds2 he's been walking since christmas but everytime I get his feet measured they say they are the same size so waiting for a growth spurt. Name thing wasn't too stressful just felt that I hadn't given him the 'right' name but like I say its totally grown on me and really suits him

littlesarah have lovely time in Ireland, and don't worry about book I'm still reading the first one

laura hope you had stress free night, have you rung work today?

and who ever said they are shattered, I'm 27 wks today and feel like I'm on the downward slop of being nackered now, I'd forgotten about this part of pregnancy, I remember 32-34 wks being particularly hard as my due date still seemed so far away!

Hello ladies!

Insy that you had bfast at the nursery with your DC, so lovely! Happy 27wks!

littlesarah have a great time in Ireland! very very haha

ermin you enjoyed your lunch in the sun and I'm sending some anti-choc thoughts your way right now

Tee yay! A relatively good night's sleep for a change! I had a very kicky moment at 6.15, she was kicking so hard she woke me up haha, that had never happened before Hope you continue feeling well today.

June reading your post it was like reading a post from me! hahaha The same happened to me with my bloods from week 12, except that I had it worse in that they messed up the tubes and had to take some more blood on week 15!!! But the "result mess" part was exactly like that including the MW tone hahaha Hope you get the call, as they said, and if not, don't wait, just call them and nag!

Oh, and I'd also love to go somewhere with DH, a spaaaaaaaaaaaa, but the same happens to me, when I see the prices I ... budget budget budget!!!

MrsMc yay!! Buggy day!!! Please let us know when you have news So about your DS's first shoes! awwww... about your birth plan posting requirements! Bureaucracy central indeed! Happy 29wks!

Ineed your FIL is doing better, he's an ox indeed walking one day after his surgery Good genes! Oh, don't worry about the tears, it's allowed I'm just like that hahaha

Waves to all the ladies! Sunny day again here, but have work, French drilling and dissertation work as well so don't know if I'll be popping out (might do later )

june and insy, if it's any consolation, going to a spa when pregnant can be quite frustrating if you enjoy doing the rounds of steam room and sauna and jacuzzi/whirlpool, none of which are recommended. You can swim and have some treatments but I went with my sisters once and had to sit about in my robe while they had fun - and I love steam and sauna - so would rather go when not pregnant.

Before DD was born DH and I had a lovely few days in Wales, staying in a B&B, doing little walks and visiting places, and then having a couple of nights in a country house hotel.It was such a treat and not ridiculously pricey. We've only been away on our own for 2 nights since and that's not going to happen again for years so take the chance while you still have it!

Hi all, back from my shopping.

Popped into Dunnes to discover that all of their newborn/infant clothes are way reduced in price. I got 3 sleepers, 3 short sleeve body suits and 5 long sleeve body suits for under £10!!!

So get thee to Dunnes if you still need clothes!!!!

Tee thanks for the great tip. I was only thinking today that I must get to Dunnes and buy some newborn stuff as yesterday I went up to the attic and sorted through my old bits and bobs. I found that I have plenty of "up to 10kgs" but I don't have a any "Newborn" or larger sizes. That is such great value that you got there.

NOt a great nights sleep here. It ws verty foggy all night long (still is) and all I could hear were the fog horns from the boats at sea bellowing out all night long. Toi top that off DS2 kept waking up having nightmares....

The night before wasn't too bad; we slept all night but at 6am there were continuous banging noises nearby that at first sounded like gun shots . There were too many of them though so we figured it must have been something very odd altogether.

Laura - Please don't be worrying about work. Like everyone else has said, you are the most important person at the moment.Bugger them!

I don't know how you will work up to May with the SPD.Mine is getting worse by the day.I have spent the morning trying to get some last minute maternity clothes and I was in agony. Had to come home.Got a new top and a new black dress from H & M though

June hope you get the results soon.

insy did you try to "make" a girl baby?

littlesarah enjoy Ireland. I love Galway.

Mrsmc how is the weather over there? My parents are over there at the mo. They have a couple of apartments there so spend nearly half the year there enjoying the climate..

Hi to everyone else that I've missed.

By the way - we do live in a good area of Dublin.
Don't want any of you thinking I'm in a gangland ghetto or anything when I mentioned the noises that we had been hearing .

GRRRR...sorry everybody, total me post, but god, DOCTORS!!!

skip this post if avoiding angry people

Just saw my GP about my now chronic insomnia (I know I have plenty of fellow sufferers here). IN the past I have been on very very low doses of tamezampam, which I don't mind taking say, once every 4 days when I'm actually going mad from sleep deprivation.

But he was determined that I was actually depressed, and kept trying to give me anti-depressants and asking me if I were suicidal!! WTF?? I have experienced both stress and depression and they are markedly different conditions. It's true I was a little tearful (horrid row with my mum about babyfather invovlement - she is full of doom stories of court battles) but I felt really angry about his constant misdiagnosis. I am stressed because I am having a baby and my main supporter keeps telling me my baby will be traumatised by the fact its parents are not married!!! That is not depression! It's anxiety.

Right, sorry. Rant over. Red lights off. Thanks for listening.

Oh, honey... for you!

Bastard doctor! How insensitive of his not to LISTEN!!! Grrrr...

I'm so sorry your mum is giving you a hard time re. the baby's father... You were feeling so much better after seeing him last week and felt so reassured, the last thing you need is people being SO negative about it... Especially as nothing bad has happened, they're just getting ahead of things!

Don't listen to whoever told you (mum?) that your baby will be traumatised! That's complete nonsense, Loooouise. You will both be able to be great and loving parents... there are tons of babies out there with married parents who are direly neglected and sad! Being married has nothing to do, honey... Please please please don't listen to those comments...

I'm so sorry you're having so much trouble to sleep... what happened with the doctor in the end? Did he prescribe the drug you were taking before or did he refuse to do it (which would be too much!)?

Please don't worry, you're doing your best, everthing you can and you're a great mum NOW!

"him" not "his"! Too to think right!

Sending sympathetic thoughts Looouise!

Erm... what exactly does your mother suggest you do about your situation? If she has no constructive point to make - and how can she have? - why is she giving you a hard time when you can really do without it? Tell her to back off until she can think before talking. So there.

... and you're not being helped by a doctor who wants you to fit in with his diagnosis. We're all more prone to weepiness and heightened emotions at the moment and it's a shame your doc doesn't get it. Hope you get some sleep tonight and have happy dreams

Thanks Naat and Ermintude, I'm still sniffling!!

My mum is bang out of order I think. So much so, that I'm now very stressed about having agreed to move up north for 3 months to have the baby. They're expecting me when I'm 36 weeks, but the thought of sitting around for up to 6 weeks waiting for baby to appear while they harrass me on my life choices, is very upsetting. I have no friends left up there now, so I'll feel really isolated. It's true that I live alone here in London, which would be horrible with a newborn but I have so many great friends AND my two brothers around.

Am I being unreasonable if I say taht I have decided to have the baby down in London, in the hope that mum can take her paternity leave (she gets it in lieu of Babyfather!) and come and help me in my own lovely flat, and THEN go up north when the baby is 2 weeks old? This means I least have the comfort of my own bed after the trauma of labour. It also means I can negociate babyfather's parents' visits on MY own territory - which is much less stressful than them visiting my parents' house.

The fact is, if I back out of the 3 month plan now, i'll be accused of "breaking my mother's heart" and being "wilfully selfish". It's worrying me sick .

All at a time when frankly my baby and i should come first!!!