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anyone due June 2004?

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hana · 09/10/2003 20:46

I thought for sure someone else would have posted this before me! I am 5 weeks along (sounds so insignificant.....) and am seeing my doctor tomorrow to get things going. Am really excited and am hoping that things go well! According to those pregnancy charts, my edd is June 12.
So come on mumsnetters, who else is joining me here?!

hana
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scampadoodle · 23/02/2004 17:30

I've been trying to do my P.F. exercises but they make me feel dizzy.
I was suffering from horrible nauseous indigestion the other week but began having those little probiotic yoghurt drinks (such as Actimel, yakult etc) & haven't had a problem since. Could be coincidence, but they're good for you anyway so it's worth a try.
Is anyone else addicted to Cadbury's Mini Eggs? I sit & trough kilos while ds is having his nap.

Anna01 · 23/02/2004 18:25

Mini eggs! I have to have the full-size ones and can still get through a big tray of them. I have experimented with other types (caramel ones, dream eggs) but there's just something about that sickly centre I can't resist. My other craze is Cadbury's Frys chocolate cream. I've never met anyone else who likes them.

Cavy, I'm afraid I quite like having my tummy finally bigger than my bum!

Don't know if I want to know the answer to this but have you all put on lots of or (spit spit) just a bit of weight? I've put on just under 1.5 stones. Blimey, I need another Cadbury's egg to console myself...

secur · 24/02/2004 10:06

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Anna01 · 24/02/2004 16:39

Believe me my bum is nothing to shout about but it's a novelty for it not to be the thing that dominates (not in good way) my whole body (and anything to take away any attention from it for a few seconds is nice)!

Gomez · 25/02/2004 10:23

Oops sorry ladies - just catching up from last week and realised that my last post appears completely self-obsessed. I didn't preview and lost my questions/responses to others

Sorry......

secur · 25/02/2004 11:29

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Gomez · 25/02/2004 11:44

Secur that wasn't what I was getting at so please don't think about it. I was just blushing as I had been such a twit! Take care.

secur · 25/02/2004 12:51

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Gomez · 25/02/2004 13:21

Secur in comparision to your current issues falling out with PsIL is not a problem. I have stayed away from your 'thread' as I don't know you, your DH or DD and I really believe that you need to know the indivduals involved to comment usefully. Having caught up this morning I do think there have been a few OTT reactions and sorry perhaps I should have offered you my support there as I feel more akin with the might it have been an innocuous (really shouldn't use big words that I can't spell) encounter with a dodgy (adult)interpretation. Please try and look after yourself.

secur · 25/02/2004 14:34

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Gomez · 25/02/2004 19:41

Secur though I had better do some work but now at home. Aside from PsIL drama, things are fine for me. Pelvis still splitting and causing great pain. Officially 9 weeks to go at work but now thinking might go a bit earlier - i.e. end of March. DH got a lot of travelling lined up for April (in anticipation of not doing any in May and June) and the issue with PsIL has caused a few childcare problems so all in all life would be much easier in April if I wasn't working. So think I have pretty much made-up my mind - just need to tell work now they will not be chuffed to say the least! Also feel lazy finishing work so early (30/31 weeks ish) but hey I am sure I will get over it.

Right off to veg out in front of TV. Have the added bonus this week that Uni is cancelled due to striking lecturers to no homework so can watch some crap telly tonight.

Cavy · 25/02/2004 20:11

Hi Gals. My DH is also the biggest source of stress in my life, secur. One day he is all lovey-dovey and the next day he is horrible to me & kids alike -- goes all moody, sulky, irrational, demanding. Then the kids start fighting and I just yearn for peace...

secur · 26/02/2004 11:29

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Anna01 · 26/02/2004 14:25

And I thought the hormones were supposed to affect us pregnant ladies and not everyone else.

Can I join in the bashing your dh/dp please? We've had no end of arguments which is not helping my blood pressure or temper in general, especially when he knows my dd1 has decided to go through a being very very naughty and bolshie stage - not good when you have to deal with it alone most days.

I would agree about work as well - sod them cos they probably wouldn't bat an eyelid if they had to get rid of you for any reason (I'm not saying you're not valued or invaluable, but we are unfortunately all dispensable).

Can you tell I'm being grumpy old cow this week....?

Cavy · 26/02/2004 14:39

I've been a Grumpy Old Cow for at least 5 months now, you know! LOL.

DH has always been moody, Secur, he's a Gemini! He also comes from a very rigid strict family, and big part of him is as absolutely intolerant and rigid about how to do things as they raised him to be. So he doesn't take well to things like... Kids stalling to go to bed (everything happens at precise times in his birth household), DS asking for a banana at bedtime (DH's family doesn't believe in eating between meals, although unofficially, they mostly do!!), and other stuff. I'm very relaxed and casual in contrast, which is pretty much how I was raised. When DH spends more than a few day's at his mum's he comes home and moans about how monotonous(sp?) their life is, but when he's stressed he returns to this mode of wanting everything to be totally predictable.

As if, with preschoolers in the house!

Anna01 · 26/02/2004 14:51

Does that mean most of us are going to have moody babes then, as they'll mostly be Geminis? Bah humbug, there's only room for one moody person in my household and that's ME!

Cavy · 26/02/2004 15:11

I am actually due on DH's birthday!

Anna01 · 26/02/2004 15:29

Cavy - do you know what your dh was like as a baby or would your PILs say he was the 'perfect' one thanks to their 'methods' (and that false memory syndrome I think some of the older generation can have)?

Claire5000 · 26/02/2004 16:18

hi !! I am due on 17 June and am currently sitting in the office trying not to stress over all my worries and am eating like a pig ! I was wondering if anyone else is feeling the same/has a similar due date and needs someone to moan to?!?!?

Anna01 · 26/02/2004 20:34

Welcome Clare

If you scroll down you'll will see that Cavy did a list of all our due dates.

I am eating like a pig specialist and anyone who doesn't and is pregnant is either a liar or someone I don't understand!

Feel free to moan away - if you can't do it now, when can you (er I'll answer that now, when you have to deal with a screaming toddler constantly tugging on your legs/arms/neck etc etc to name but one happy aspect of mumhood)

Enjoy!

Gomez · 26/02/2004 20:49

Hi Claire and welcome. Don't worry about eating too much I am sure I could probably give you and Anna a run for your money. I am working on the basis that I will be on a diet for the rest of my life anyway so hey-ho - who cares if I have 2 stone or 3 to lose (although to be fair the choice might be between 3 stone or 4 if I am lucky!).

Secur - how are you doing missy? The pelvis thing at work is a mare - special chair, support corset thingy (v. attractive), lots of mini-breaks (i.e waddles to the vending machine for mint Aeros), physio once-a-week, osteo once-a week and a bit of working from home to "rest" (i.e. skiving). Am keeping the crutches until I really need them!!!

A friend has suggested I should go off sick at end of March instead of starting mat leave - what do you guys think? I know mat leave will auto start at 36 weeks anyway so am slightly tempted to get a few weeks extra salary. Immoral? Or entitled?

Can I just come out in defence of DHs/DPs and say WHEN mine is in the country he is a wee star. In fact phoned me 3 times today to see how I was doing, I was starting to get well pi**ed off - woman hey, never happy

Anna - I am pleased to hear that the 'false memory' syndrome is not only restricted to my parents. We were all fabby babies, sleeping through the night at 2 weeks, out of nappies (day & night) by 12 months at the latest. All could read fluently before school and never gave them hint of bother. Yeah, right!

I am away to surf for an for Easter wedding which the Caterers won't mistake for the marquee!

Take care all.

Gomez · 26/02/2004 20:51

Oops forgot a rant I wanted to have about eating. Why if my metabolisim is working at something like to 20% more than usual and a PG lady at rest is using as much energy as a non-PG running up a hill am I only allowed 200 more extra calories a day???? Not right!!!

secur · 27/02/2004 10:13

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Jaffacake · 27/02/2004 14:08

Hey all,

I'm another newbie. Anyone mind if I come here to let off steam too? Keep wanting to jump in but have been a bit too shy before now.

I'm due on June 9th and am soooooo excited already and really wish I'd been born rich so I could finish work now! Ho hum. I am actually quite worried about how aggressively kicky my baby gets on the train to and from work. I can't work out if she loves it or hates it. Anyone got any ideas?

Jaffacake · 27/02/2004 14:12

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Gomez, you sound like a saint to me. I can't imagine that I'd have coped anywhere near as well as you've been. You deserve to give yourself a break.

Hey Clare! Good to speak to someone who is due in the same week.