Im sending a massive pile of chocolate, baileys, vodka & blue cheese, all with added babydust, a dash of hopefulness, & some suqeezy hugs to Jools, MLS & Monkey... You will get there girls I promise... Wish I had a magic wand for you, it makes me so sad to hear you all feeling crap & I remember it only too well & still live in daily fear as you know, cos even though Im pregnant the desperation to have this baby actually in my arms and all ok & healthy is just as anxiety driven as the desire to get pregnant in the first place... H U G S.. xxxxx
Vjay lovely lady, hope you are staying warm up there!
Mrskate so sorry to hear you've been feelin rotten, I had that same rotten knockout thing over christmas & its horrid! Roll on mat leave for you!
Cupcake Im so pleased all is well with baby cupcake & the feet are good angles, we all have our worry warts dont we? Glad that one is relieved for you! Hope you have some fab photos & are gazing lovingly at them as I type!
Gracie great to hear about your bf gf & baby after all their ups & downs, agree being a birthing partner at your stage not a good idea! I didnt know engaged heads could be like that for up to weeks?! DH is best man at his bf wedding, typically about 3wks before due date.. He was asked about a week before we got pregnant (the law of sod and all that ).. I havent really dared think that far ahead & we only discussed it for first time today, but I said, if babys engaged I wont go, if its not, I will, & that could be my decision gage, but apparently not! Enjoy your nesting btw but be careful doing DIY!
Buddha thanks for recomending that pillow, looks amazing & just the ticket! I went & brought a mothercare pregnancy pillow a couple of weeks ago which is basically just a 5ft pillow! I love the way that genie one moulds to you.. I'll see how I go, its ok when Im moving, then when I stop I start seizing up. My GP said my hosp ante natal does physio for it so will get referred asap.. Hope your grumpy but beautiful munchkin is enjoying your (.)(.)
Talking of (.)(.) I went and got meausured for maternity bras today Im a small girl, a B normally & therefore cant live without my ultimo underwired gel filled enhancing bras which Iv still been squeezing my growing boobies into..! Didnt realise you're not meant to wear underwire When she measured me over said bra I was an F when I took it off I was a D It was M&S & initially tried proper maternity bras, but after much frowning at my under enhanced boobs (from what Im used too) she found lightly padded moulded cups for me . I got plain white & grey & a pretty one.. They look like giant boulder holders compared to my little bras of old! love it!
That was my good bit of day, my bad bit was after manager failing to call me back, I called a friend/colleague who asked 'if Id heard the news?' Well, Ill try & keep this brief - Ive mentioned on here several times that worked at same company for nearly 14 yrs in same job, a new database for my dept was designed 2yrs back with a view to reducing headcount & automating alot, my job was specialised so remained unaffected, but they then moved it to west end office, so rather than commute I went to new area dealing with the 'transition period' which put me at risk, but came off sick with this preg before I started new role. Theres been alot of change in where the new database would be admin'd and who by, this is in conjunction with a swedish society so we thought, either there or london, but initially they were gonna outsource to Poland!!! Dates for new system kept getting put back over 2yrs & poland got dismissed so it was back to sweden or london again. So much kept getting changed no-one knew where they stood, we have all been in limbo for over 2yrs with a potential axe hanging over our heads.. Anyway, heard today from colleague that it was announced yesterday it will be sweden, so likely to be redundancy across the board in summer!
This will be just in time for babys (hopeful) arrival at beg of June!!! TBH its been in the balance for so long that Im quite complacent. Id actually read the rights & benefits section in my purple pregnancy book from the hosp yesterday & discovered that its only 126quid SMP a week so would be a stuggle as work only pay 6wks full mat pay.. It also said if you are made redundant up to 11 wks before due date you are still entitled to mat pay. Redundancy is decent, it would be 1month for every year, so over a years pay & not taxable either, so am wondering if this maybe a blessing as its taken so long to get to this stage (and please god let it all work out & baby be ok) I wont want to go back to work anyway so might just have to tighten our belts & find something part time when the money runs out.. Hey ho - cest la vie - thems the breaks - que sara and all that, I just pray this little one is all ok & we get to live the dream cos Ill believe its fate if this baba is alright...!