Do you have total work apathy and kind of wish maternity leave was here already?

[jaggythistle]

I remember being a bit fed up the last few weeks when pg with DS.

This time around I have about 10 weeks work left and really can't be bothered it's awful!

Am I the only lazy fed up one? :(

Oft, sounds like you've had a fair amount to content with Oltob
Yep, 6th May is D Day, although I have a strong feeling (don't ask me why right enough) that I will go early. DD was 10 days early. So, I have predicted I will go on 24th April. I had a low lying placenta but my scan at 32 weeks showed it had moved up, so that's one less thing to worry about.
Fingers crossed indeed for head down at your 36 wk scan.

I finish on Friday 13th. Annual leave tomorrow so only 8 working days taking into account the easter public hols

Blue sorry to hear you might have a UTI Hope it's not causing too much pain and discomfort (like you're not in enough as it is already!) And whoohoo to your last deadline passing without drama (although, that e-mail you got re the change in time must've had you sweating for a bit!! Jeez)

I missed my last parenting class on Tues due to having a sickness bug, so will have to find some breathing/relaxation resource cd or app to prepare me for labour. What have you got Olt?

Ooh...breathing/relaxation CD sounds good...in fact 'bliss' at the moment (watches out for CD recommendations) ...especially as first batch of queries just landed from the Client BUT looks as though we're in a strong position so I don't mind them so much when it looks like we might be in with a reasonable chance of securing the project...long way to go yet though (at least it'll keep me busy until I finish though )

Oltob that sounds tough...hoping LO makes their move into a better position and soooon too!

missg DM keeps reminding me she was early (3 weeks!) with me and with my brother so I guess there's every possibility the same could happen to me! Though my bump is under strict instructions to wait until DM flies in from overseas (when I'm 37+4) as she's only seen pics of bump so far and not in RL yet! As soon as she's here then bump is allowed to make a move

I bought this it was recommended on here, as I said it's not out the wrapper yet though so can't really comment on how good. I have already found some of the breathing we've been doing at yoga helpful for when I can't sleep at night as well.

With DD I did hypnobirthing but with one-on-one sessions & learnt some techniques, I found the relaxation part really helpful, particularly in the run-up. For pain relief in labour it saw me through ~12hrs but I had a really bad back & sciatica too, so ended up with an epidural when I was at 8cm - apologies if tmi.

blue fingers crossed on the bid, great to finish on a win. Mine I think will be more of a fizzle.

missg better get that bag packed...

can also recommend the natal hypnotherapy cds. i have used the pg relaxation one and also have the birth preparation one for vbac. just hard trying to get time to listen to it! hopefully will be easier once i am free on Monday!

had day off today, just been stressing about how I'm going to get everything done as i seem to have no organisation skills at all. :(

on phone but will try to catch up later...

I'm freeeeee!

come on TLA, you can do it! just keep counting those weeks and days...

now if anyone has any ideas on how to sleep without everything hurting, let me know

Congrats Jaggy you made it!
Once today is done, I have 7 working days left

DH downloaded a hypnobirthing iphone app, but I keep laughing every time she gets to this bit where she says "floppy floppy floppy" (am such a child!) Going to look into the recommendations above too, thanks.

Got a cuddle from my friends new baby on Saturday, only days old! So tiny and gorgeous! I bought raspberry leaf tea at the weekend after a week of sleepless nights. Decided I'll do anything to help this wee guy on his way - the kicks are bloody sore now! Jaggy, I also bought a body pillow and a 4.5 tog duvet at the weekend. The light duvet is so much easier to move when I try to turn over, and I think it is helping.

well done jaggy and not long now missg

16 working days left here...though I think I can rule out one of those for MW apps etc, so that will be 15 days then

Just had an email about my 'farewell meal' being organised...scary stuff!! I seem to be very hormonal and emotional at the moment though so nearly burst into tears when I got the email the guys here are normally useless at organising anything like that (I normally have to do it!!) so was v suprised to get the email!! I think it is just starting to dawn on me that I am leaving work, that I will be at home for +/- a year and have no idea whether I will like it or not and that my plan to come back 3 days per week still hasn't been fully agreed to by work as my job doesn't really work on a part time basis so still needs some 'creative' thought as to how we can make that work...so...there is always the possibility that I won't be back to work here again which is a little, if not to say, very, scary in the midst of the usual first time Mum panics about whether I'm actually going to be any good at giving birth, breastfeeding, being a Mum etc etc etc !!! Poor DH, I was in tears on and off about all of this for most of Saturday and suspect there could be another bout this evening I blame the hormones and lack of sleep not the fact that I'm a control freak and am getting a little petrified about the uncertainty of, well, the rest of my life

OMG Blue! Are you me?!? I am also hoping to come back 3 days a week, but not sure whether it's possible (we also have to be creative in working though how it could work, and my boss has used my application as an opportunity to explore his own wind-down-to-retirement options, which may well affect my ability to return part-time. Great.) and have spent most of the weekend in tears about, well, nothing in particular really, it seems anything sets me off (DD not emptying dishwasher before going out, DH suggesting I might get the train somewhere, DH putting onions in the macaroni cheese... DH is very patient )
That's really lovely your colleagues have organised a dinner for you, how thoughtful. They obviously think a lot of you Mine won't do anything like that for me
I think it's only natural to have panics from time to time about how things will pan out, especially as you edge closer to the big event! You WILL give birth successfully (well, he/she's got to come out somehow!) you WILL be a fab Mum, and you WILL try to do your best for your little one. Breastfeeding works for some and not others. I am determined to give it my best shot, but watched my SIL struggle for too long (I suspect under the pressure of certain family members and work colleagues expectations - she's a nurse) to know when to stop (I think). You just won't know until you try.
I am giving into the crying now. Just have a greet when you have to. I always feel better afterwards (well, when I says always, I mean sometimes, but sometimes I feel a bit stupid too especially when the things I've cried over are really quite pathetic) . But when you're over-tired and sore and stretched and uncomfy and have piles , it can't be helped!

16 days!! Whoop whoop! Keep your chin up. You will be awesome!!

Thanks missg it has been such a rollercoaster of a year getting to this point and I think it's all finally catching up with me!! I had a bit of a cry when I got home tonight and suspect there will be more tears to come in the next few weeks but no doubt it's all part of the process of getting our heads around it all!!

The stressing about leaving work thing is a bit unexpected as I really don't love my job that much and am thinking a change of direction would be great in the next few years but I think it's the security of knowing that's what you do Monday-Friday IYSWIM...but what a pain about your boss!! Really hope that all works itself out ok for you!

And being over-tired, sore, stretched and uncomfy doesn't help at all as you say...and sorry to hear about the piles...not fun at all!!

I think you're probably right, the fact that we are actually about to have our wee babies after the heartache of getting to this point could be partly what's behind the emotions. I was so tearful when I held my friends wee girl at the weekend. I love babies at the best of times, but this was different. It's like the worst PMT x 1000! I really struggled to control myself.

Anyway, have spent most of this morning procrastinating: e-mailing friends, e-mailing DH, reading stories about gigantic snakes etc etc. Should really get some work done. DD off for Easter hols. Studying (not enough in my opinion but, according to her, waaaaay more than any of her friends ) for her standard grades. On the plus side, she can bring me my afternoon cuppa and drinks on demand

Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.

Nearly 4pm...my worst time of the day as I seem to totally crash from 3pm onwards...not finishing until 5:30pm...yawn...

Aaaand another chunk of one of my back teeth fell out this morning so worried it's going to get infected...dentist appointment next Thursday but not sure if they'll be able to do anything given that the existing filling will need drilling out first, and probably an x-ray, aneasthetic etc etc etc

But...on the positive side I have just 14 working days left...which is reduced to 12.5 actual days worth of office time due to MW appointments and now the dentist as well Flip side of that is that I am losing ALL motivation to get any work done at all...despite actually having quite a lot to do!!

How's everyone else plodding along?

hello, still lurking even on day 3 of mat leave.

i am almost relaxing and starting to get work out of my head...

the community midwife has sent me for some pregnancy reflexology, had my first appointment today. supposed to help me try to avoid another back to back baby apparently. i didn't know what to expect but the MW therapist was very nice and a bit of a 'character'!

my motivation and effectiveness decreased as i got bigger and closer to finishing, it sucks blue!

ouch for your teeth!

Blue a bit of my tooth fell off (into my cheese baguette) at the airport on the way home from Lanzarote in October. As the tooth had an old type of filling it it Dentist said the guidelines for pregnancy were to only remove and replace only if absolutely necessary. As it was just a corner of my tooth that came away, the filling was intact and I wasn't in pain (and the rest of the tooth was healthy - makes you wonder why it fell apart then?!) he just patched it up with white stuff and said it can get done properly after birth. Good luck!

And, Ohhhh... I like the working day adjustment to account for appointments. I have a 36 week scan on Tues, and my boss is taking me out for lunch on my last day, which means (including today) I have 3 full days and 2 1/2days at my desk. YIKES!!!!!!

Jaggy, Hope the reflexology works, is your baby lying back to back just now? Have heard of website called spinnning babies, about trying to get babies into optimum position. No idea what it's like though - might be total whack! Hope you're sleeping a bit better. My pattern seems to be 5 rotten nights followed by 2 decent ones (out of sheer exhaustion)

Missg we do seem to have some parrallel goings on which is a bit odd as it was in October that the first bit of my tooth/filling fell out too though my dentist said that tooth had so much filling in it that it was probably safe to leave...and has been fine until yesterday! And since I must've swallowed the bit that fell off I'm not sure if was another bit of filling or actual tooth this time...just hoping it doesn't decide that the middle of a bank holiday weekend is the time to get infected or turn v painful!! My sleep patterns seem to be roughly every other night is ok-ish, bad, ok-ish, bad etc etc

for 2.5 more working days!!!

jaggy hope the reflexology does the trick and that you get to enjoy relaxing too!

Right...let's try and actually do some work

yeah, baby has been back to back the last couple of appointments.

the reflexology thing seems to be about me relaxing my pelvic bits. the MW therapist gave me some exercises to do too and seemed convinced after poking my feet that my cervix area is v tight or summat. i now have once a week appointments to see her till hatching occurs.
i have indeed been on spinning babies. apparently there's no guarantee they'll behave and stay the right way, but i figure a bit of messing about can't do any harm!

i think i am sleeping a bit better just due to not worrying about leaping up for work. no 'Sunday night feeling'

just watching DS eat a cheese sandwich by dissecting it. we're onto the bread now...cheese gone. done some baking this morning too, really need some more calories...

8 shifts

Right, I have done some work. Am back to procrastinating.

My DN does that, Jaggy takes his food apart and eats it bit by bit. Can get messy but, then again, what little boy isn't?!

8 shifts marbles whoohoo! I just realised I finish an hour early today. How lovely!

Just thought I'd share my latest annoying late pregnancy complaint:

• painful stretching feeling across top of bump. Added to which is an area which feels completely numb to the touch. Have googled (obviously! ) and it seems quite common. Wonder if it's more noticable as I've been siting at my desk a lot more? It's sore when trying to sleep as the stretching feels worse when on my side. Have been propped up with pillows trying to sleep half-sitting but that's not comfortable either. Grrrrrr...

Also just ate an empire biscuit and it has given me really bad heartburn! This is the first time I've had it since getting omeprazole from docs. I bloody love empire biscuits, but that's them off the menu for the time-being (to cries of THANK YOU! from my what-once-was-a-waist)

Morning all rather sleepy and achey over here in Blue-land! My new irritating symptom is lower back ache to join the pelvic pains...have a feeling that beany may have been doing some tumble turns though and decided that head down isn't wuite such a favourable position and may now be transverse so that could be the cause of the pain!! Or it could be that DH and I somehow managed to DTD twice this weekend which could easily have caused my sore back too

Hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend? Our's was busy with family visiting for the day on Saturday (with 18mo DNephew) and then again yesterday (with 9yo and 7yo DNephews and 4yo Dneice!) which I think is why I feel utterly wasted and sooo tired this morning! But...it's a short week and then a crazy busy weekend

missg not long now how's the stretching feeling going?

jaggy hope you are enjoying relaxing and not having the 'muct get up for work feeling'!! I am SO looking forward to that!!

marbles for 8 shifts...or did you have to work over the weekend and therefore have less to go now? Hope all is well!

Right...really ought to do some work but maybe, just maybe, that last chocolate mini egg Easter cupcake in my lunch bag might help give me a boost

Can't believe this is my last week! Madness! Have just e-mailed a bunch of folk advising of my leave and cover arrangements - am now hoping that I don't get inundated with responses asking me to do stuff before I go!!

Blue Sounds like a full on weekend for you! 4 or 5 people I saw over the weekend told me my bump has definitely dropped. This makes sense, as I am feeling more pressure lower down now, and the need to pee (thimble-sized amounts, annoyingly) has increased. I think this might be why I have this stretching feeling across the top. It's sore. Although, in saying that, I am still getting seriously kicked - and HARD - under my ribs. I am only 5' 1/2" so I suppose even when you do 'drop', the baby still takes up all the space in a short torso. The kicking in bed last night was really sore actually. In fact, you could hear noise from it . I don't know how to describe it, but it was almost like you could hear the thud/crunch against my ribs/innards Actually, that's a rubbish description but I don't know how else to put it. That's the first time I've heard it. DH could hear it too. It went on for hours too, so very little sleep for me last night.

Hope everyone else is enjoying the countdown, or the freedom! Roll on Friday!

Last week missg the way I feel today i could very happily wander out of here on Friday and not come back for a year Hope the handover continues to go well!

I just read somewhere else about baby dropping and after my earlier comments am now wondering whether that might've happened to me (cue some concerns about early arrival since according to DM both me and my brother were 'several weeks early' ) I am only 5'2'' so I guess would also still get the kicks (which I am!!) even if LO has dropped a bit...speaking of kicks I was in a meeting this morning trying v hard to a) stay awake and b) stay focused whilst I was getting booted about from the inside...I have another meeting this afternoon so this could be interesting! I do find myself rubbing my bump a lot in an attempt to soften the blows/encourage LO to go to sleep!! Am sure it must be a tad off putting to the guys at work (I work in a pretty much male dominated office!)

Needs must Blue! I have been in the embarrassing position of visibly jumping (and letting out a little yelp I think) in a meeting. I think only a couple of people noticed and smiled knowingly. I didn't even want to look at the men at my other side .
I was trying to rock (not in the musical sense! Or in the sex sense either, at which I must say at your weekend antics!! ) in bed last night to try to get this wee one settled. That was the most painful few hours of kicks I have endured so far. He seemed to be doing some sort of mexican wave across my bump - from the top, along under (and out from) the ribs, and down the right-hand side with his feet. Yeeeouch!

hi all!

yes it's nice to be off. :)
week 2 is proving to be better than week 1. it was a bit mental with DH and i falling out all the time last week and DS forgetting how to nap quite a lot. i think i said that DH is a SAHD and has been dreading me being home to make a mess and wreck their wee routine.

we also had a bit of crossed wires in that i wanted to collapse for a few days and he wanted to bash on with diy stuff leaving me chasing DS.

a bit calmer this week, and touch wood DS back to usual routine the last couple of days. the poor wee guy has been saying 'mummy/daddy is being grumpy' way too much so i hope we look a bit cheerier now!

glad to hear these last weeks are coming round, soon you'll be free too!

sorry...

Just having 'one of those mornings' am soooo tired, DH was in a pickle last night so we ended up chatting until midnight and then I didn't sleep well (again) due to grim heartburn waking me up several times. Cue slight oversleep this morning, v sore pelvis so decided I should have a bath rather than a shower to try and relieve the pain a bit - which did actually work - but meant that i was then running late...at which point everything seemed to go wrong...nothing major, just small irritating things meaning I left the house feeling v stressed and was late into work Arrived to find that people were waiting for me and some info that I had for a meeting that no one had told me about so had to dash straight into that...upshot is that brain not really functioning, have loads of urgent work that needs doing and I have my dentist appointment this afternoon so have hardly any time today and will probably have to lug my laptop home with me to try and work at home after the dentist appointment (I was planning to sleep!) but of course not sure what if anything the dentist will do or how I will feel afterwards!

Boss and everyone at work seems to be conveniently avoiding the fact that I only have 2 weeks left and a LOT to get done on very little energy with a small excitable thing inside me prodding and poking and generally distracting me most of the time! Cue a 'fun' hideous endurance test couple of weeks ahead! I may even start counting the hours left soon rather than just counting days

Hope everyone else is doing better than I and that missg your penultimate day is going well!!

Hope you got on ok at the denstist Blue? It sucks that you're being worked so hard in the run up to your leave.

These last couple of weeks have been a mixture of manic working and sheer panic, scattered with periods of indifference and procrastination. Yesterday was manic, far busier than I intended it to be. But, today, I have just got to hand over my cases to my colleague and discuss a few things with her, e-mail a few people advising them of my leave and cover arrangements then go meet my boss for lunch.
AND THEN LOG OFF FOR A WHOLE YEAR!! Crazy!
Have been getting e-mails and phonecalls from colleagues wishing me all the best. It will be slightly odd though, as I work from home and no-one will be in when I finish, so it won't really feel like the event that it is.

Hope everyone else is doing well, and is glad it's Friday.

And hope those who are already enjoying their maternity leave let us know when LO makes his/her appearance!

Thanks missg the day did get slightly better yesterday...thankfully! I'm just hoping that all this work leads to us winning this project as I'll be pretty fed up if we come 2nd (which has happened a few times recently!!). The dentist has done a patch repair - ie cleaned up and then put a temporary filling in without removing any of the old filling so I have the pleasure of that to come after LO has arrived but at least the big hole is filled and chances of infection are substantially reduced! I took my laptop home but then needed a little sit lie down on the sofa when i got back from the dentist and fell fast asleep so didn't actually get anything done apart from a couple of emails as felt so groggy/still shattered when I woke up...oops!!

to it being your last day though missg are you doing anything nice to celebrate this weekend, or just putting your feet up and breathing a large sigh of relief?

8.5 working days to go...aaaand counting!!

jaggy and everyone else already on mat leave - hope all is well!