The all new rat smacketers thread, this way for a 2012 BFP we are BROOKING NO ARGUMENT

[farfallarocks]

Just wrote a blardy long message before getting the 'thread full' message so here we go.................

leaping up and down stairs

Imps am brooking hard and fast for your SIL.

I think a trip to Smiths of Smithfield may be in order....

Mmmm steak

Tbh the only flats I wear are fleepflops... Despite being 5'8" I always feel uncomfortable without heels

Oh socks with heels are going to be in this spring apparently. Honest!

My left boob is itchy today, does that mean anything (other than I've dropped toast crumbs down me top lol) soreness usually starts 5 days or so before af.

Cross post, big FX for your sil imps x

Wow Imps she must have some real grit I am brooking extra hard for her.

popcorn that steak advice is sadly misleading....there is a risk of toxoplasmosis if you eat any meat that isn't fully cooked....there is another section on that website re it...they really shouldn't have contradictory statements on like that as someone could eat it thinking it's fine and it could be anything but....i think from memory toxoplasmosis can cause miscarriages/ prem birth/stillbirth...either way as much as i love rare steak, i didn't have a single once when pregnant with DS and i shan't with DC2 - i would never forgive myself if something i ate caused harm to my baby. I am just counting down to September when i know my hunnie will go and buy amazing steaks from our very pricy butcher :)

Nooooo don't say that loopy

I guess it's probably one of those things that they reckon you can get away with, but it's probably safer if you don't? :(

Along a similar vein, I have to go to one of those buffet type restaurants at the weekend - the ones where they cook the food then stick it under a lamp for a few hours
Anyone have any recommendations of what would be the "safest" food?

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Toxoplasmosis/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

all i can suggest is you read this popcorn. Not trying to be a party pooper, but all serious stuff on there.

another thing to watch out for is mr whippy's/mcdonalds milkshakes, listeria risk. salmonella from undercooked eggs. and pate and certain cheeses.

not a clue re buffet stuff though !

Oh, god, I'm going to totally fail at being pregnant. There's too much to know.

Is it a Chinese buffet Pops? I'd probably avoid rice and fish and maybe meat, if so. No idea though really

It's a big place, lots of different kinds of food I think.

Mr Whippy can give you listeria? Seriously?
You're probably right though loopy it's only 9 months after all...

Imps the website says, "Everything from Chinese, Indian and Tex-Mex to piri piri chicken, pasta, pizza and traditional British food."

I'm even a bit wary of salad, might be unwashed and all that

Oooh, yes deffo avoid the salad (more because it's winter and freezing than for any other reason )

Surely a vegetable curry and a naan would be okay??

That's a good idea Imps ! I think they do nachos with fake-cheese too, that has to be safe :o

PS loopy I've read the website and you're defo right :(
It's not worth it for a steak. The scariest bit is that there might be no symptoms so you wouldn't even know to get checked out

Yes you've got to be okay with that!

I'm unsure how the French have any population at all given the sorts of foods they eat, presumably when pregnant.

It's best to be careful - raw eggs, liver - also ones to watch out for. And basically cooking at home is best. But bad luck like salmonella etc can happen to anyone - pg or not - and is highly unlikely. Don't go over the top. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I ate liver by mistake and had about a glass of alcohol each week when diffed. But my DS survived. Having said that, I'll end up living like a nun if I ever manage to fertilise a beanegg ever again.

Keep well Pops - you'll be fine.

And Imps - really, all you have to do is grow your tummy. (Oh and meditate, do yoga/swimming, stop yourself from thinking scary thoughts about illnesses, paint the nursery, keep your ankles thin... hmmmm, list lengthens.)

Dog walk.

xxx

I think they have said that rarer steak is better than other rare things (like burgers) as the inside of the steak is fairly sterile, and bacteria would only be on the outside IFYSWIM. Plus most retaurants have to cook their meat to a certain internal temperature to ensure it is safer to eat too. I also quite like how you are allowed to eat sushi too. Nom.

I must say I am not a fan of the fake cheese. But stick a lump of guacomole on it and I'm there

Any news from you SIL Imps?

Hi gals, sorry for going quiet, was away with work very suddenly without lap top and blackberry was tooooo sllloooooowwww!

Firstly huge congrats to Cakes yay, another BFP, whoop whoop

And to pop still very very happy for you indeedy.

imps lots of extra hard brooking for your SIL, she is made of stealy stuff and sounds like a brooker to me! And your sore boobages sound ace to me!!!

Thanks for all thinking of me, you are loverly. I need to catch up properly and work is manic but pleased that generic and little are able to smack the rat with abandon now :)

Things are okish here, DH is clearly having some mega self esteem crisis. I think he resents me a bit if I am honest as he sees my life as much 'nicer' than his. He is having some sort of manly crisis about the fact I earn more than him/am more successfull than him as well. Added to that all this TTC pressure and I think he feels like a failure. We have not DTD since our weekend away 3 weeks ago (!). We tried last night (instigated by me) and we had a sex fail. He felt awful about it and I think he things it is the 'right time' which it isn't at all yet. I am walking on egg shells around him and its all a bit crap. So TTC taking a back seat until we can sort him out I think. He is not the best communicator and tends to just sulk or storm off. We are stuck in a grim rut, oh dear!

Oh Far, it is so good to have you back, but I am sorry to hear DH is still having issues. Seems a bit like you're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't at the moment doesn't it. Would he consider some counselling maybe? Or just a trip to a sympathetic GP?

Gosh far do you think he would benefit from some counselling of some sort? He sounds really down and really stressed :( I think you're right to prioritise that over ttc tbh.

Ahh bean the voice of balance and reason :) Though I'm not sure I'm brave enough to eat sushi when I'm not pg maybe :o

xpost! Great minds think alike :o

They are very great indeed Pop I love sushi, but it is far too cold outside for that!!

Think I am going to head home soon. I have almost done a full day, but now my heads banging, I feel sick and my boobs are sore to the point of being annoying. And I am having puppy withdrawal symptoms

Thanks maybe ..... we are going to the cinema tonight and I'm going to get a plate of fake-cheesie-nachos I think :o :o
(is it too soon to start with the, "baby wants nachos!" :o )