Sorry for hogging this thread but I have to share this: just getting ready for bed and see there's an email on phone- fucking pg announcement from colleague!! Grrrrrrr. Baby number fucking two due in October. This woman is onto her second in the same time that we have been trying. She'll only be back just over a year before she goes off on maternity again. I expect it's a case of instantdiffage, like my other colleague who announced she got pg really quickly second time round and had no problems. I literally wanted to reach across the table and poke her with a fucking stick, instead I smiled through it, when she left I felt like a train had hit me... No tact, no possible inkling that a woman who's been married a few years now might herself be trying to get pg and possibly having problems. I sometimes think we're like the underclass that people forget exists, I mean why would you think about us when everyone else gets pg within a few mths, oh to be 'normal'.
New announcer is a lovely person but I remember last time her announcing and thinking this should really be me. God even the fecking young one who's engaged will prob be the next to announce instead of me, if her wedding isn't til next summer then me and dh might be in with a chance. Failing that I'm going to announce, by email to include those that haven't already heard, I'm going to have a fur baby.
The email was to cover those of us who hadn't heard and so we didn't go back to school not knowing.... Hmm maybe this is a blessing in disguise as we don't have to have the whole announcement thing in school. I really hope all the staff room conversations don't revolve around babies and labour stories for the next 6 mths as I just don't think I'll be able to take it and now that my head is deeply into a swirl of downward spiral negative thinking, I may as well say it too, her growing bump is going to be an absolute fucker to look at it if this Ivf doesn't work. Nice little reminder, here's what you could have won. Anyhow, on a positive note this person only works three days a week so will be able to avoid her a bit and there's summer hols away from it too, part from that's when next door is going to drop hers. Whilst I'm venting, the other thing that drives me potty, and I'm sorry if you think it's ok, is signing the email from her, her dh and the one year old child...it's putting on the child's name that pisses me off, I just find it really nauseating, same as people writing cards from us two ... and bump. Yuck yuck yuck. Still maybe when I get my time I will be guilty of these transgressions.
So that's two announcements, there'll be a third lurking somewhere, let it be one of you lovely ladies, I won't be jealous or grumpy about that.
Dh is now snoring his head off and I am now wound up and irritable, where's the angry face emoticon 
shit, shit, fucking SHIT!!!!!!!