back from my hols and at the pages of posts that i have missed....have attempted to catch up but became scared that it would take too long and i ran the risk of continually refreshing to find more.....so apologies if i dont respond to something important!
i was so sorry to learn of the difficulties some mners have had over the past week and send you all love, peace and better experiences in the future. i frequently wonder whether the societal 'norm' of not discussing pgs pre-12 weeks means that many women (and their partners) don't get the level of support they need at such a critical time....my dh was quite taken aback that i was posting on this thread from 5 weeks when we wouldn't tell anyone in RL until much later but i think the support and information sharing is probably more critical at this stage than any other....
...which is a very long winded way of saying "thank you" to all you other lovely due-in-June ladies - I'm so glad we can share our journeys in this way!
i'm not being sick, although am feeling pretty nauseous a lot of the time; not putting on too much weight (although 10 days of holiday eating has contributed a few pounds!), the stupid levels of exhaustion have passed so back to normal tiredness and the really grumpy hormones are easing off slightly (i think! ) so it must be a boy...
very envious of those of you with skiing holidays coming up...i've decided not to go boarding/skiing with a bump but am a bit gutted at being sensible. dh is a bit narked with me for buggering up the summer, as we won't bother going away with a newbie...i'm trying to convince him this means we should have a sunny holiday around easter instead ...not sure he's buying the "think of the money we'll be saving over the summer" argument, especially as i've found out that due to company takeovers etc my maternity benefits this time will be much reduced from previously (about 11 weeks of pay difference )....irritating...
just phoned the ante natal clinic at the hospital to discover they hadn't received the referral from my gp. Now, last time she forgot to refer me...this time I would like to blame the postal strike Anyway, they let me self-refer (yay) but its still going to be another 4 weeks before my scan. They did say I could have an early scan if I turned up and asked for one...I can't take the time off work but would that be helpful for any of you going through a hard time at the moment?
Cadmum - fingers crossed for you..
Barak - likewise...
...argh...wanted to respond to other people and can't remember a bleeding thing but really should get back to work now...i don't think this is even pg brain, just me being crap!