Part 2 - anyone found out they are pregnant and want some buddies

[CL1982]

Hurrah! Here is to thread 2.

Any newcomers please feel free to join.

@blueobsessive I absolutely love law. I completed my first year with the open university of Scotland and then along came baby number two and I have had no time to complete year two. I will hopefully get back into it. Lots of love and cuddles to you for Sunday and look forward to hearing from you and hopefully drama free. Mischievous baby.

@SS81C A hugely demanding job. My friend is a midwife and was doing 60 hour weeks right up until she dropped. No idea how she done it.

@CL1982 And @Sussexgal Iv been in retail as well and the constant smile and smiling at people screaming at you is trying in itself. Same with you @Lauralou031986 Can't imagine working with drunken bums is easy.

Childminding isn't always what I done. I'm a nurse by trade but with hubby working away for so long and now baby number 3 on the way it made sense to do something I could do without costing massive amounts in childcare.

Goodness it does sound like we're all busy people! I'm also a lawyer, but I work in a university rather than private practice. I love it - hard work but its quite a relaxed environment and not too much clock watching which comes in very handy when I'm in half an hour late after doing the school run 😳.

Just catching up on all the posts over the past week or so. @blueobsessive I really hope things calm down for you, you've had such a stressful time so far it must be really hard, especially after losing Olivia. You sound like you are doing a great job in keeping it all together.

I work as a reporter (local rag, not the Daily Mail).

Switch between days in the office, days in court and the odd day in a muddy field/car/on a doorstep.

@FairfaxAikman That is still so cool! In my head you are Lois Lane. I think not working for the Daily Fail is also a definite plus point 😜

I have done the odd freelance shift for the DM though (long time ago when I worked for an agency).
They once paid me to sit drinking (non-alcoholic) in the Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh waiting for guests at Zara Phillip's wedding to come me back so could get the goss on the reception.
My relief turned up before any guests did

Ha!! That is classic :)

Goodness we are all busy people. Everyone's jobs sound super interesting. Think we will all need to make sure we look after ourselves.
I definitely won't be pushing myself to work as late as I did last time....currentky pondering if I can finish at Christmas haha!!
I'm having a family day today and then working Sunday Monday so if I'm not around much I'll catch up Tuesday!
Have a great bank holiday weekend lots of snuggles to you all.xxx

Off to work already for me!! Slightly nervous as I had spotting after work on weds and then had two days off to rest! Worried going to work will bring the spotting on again!! Will try very hard to have an easy day! Xx

Hi ladies can I join? Just got my BFP (#1) and feeling very happy but nervous. We have been trying for ages and have previously had a chemical. How to cope with the worry that this one may not be real either? I am only about four weeks so incredibly early days.

Sorry have been mia, have been absolutely knackered and the headaches not helping either. Hope everyone is managing.

It's lovely to hear everyone's line of work. Super moms we have indeed. I run a nursery school and it is noise day in day out.tbh l am surprised my head hasn't exploded yet lol.my 3year old dd doesn't make life any easier .

Have a great weekend everyone and waves @reluctant and congrats

Congrats @reluctantlondoner

I am tearing myself to a pregnancy massage this morning which will hopefully ease the headaches then hubby is treating me to a new hair day. Wooohoo. Have a lovely day ladies

Enjoy your day @mummy

Waves @laura

Hope no spotting for you @sussex fx

Enjoy your family day @ss

Any weekend plans ladies?

Thanks so much

hi all,

may i join? i'm 34yrs old, single and 12 weeks today with my first. Just got back from dating scan, all went well.

They had to get me to jump up and down on the spot so the baba could move for the nuchal measurement!

Yay congratulations Thai green curry!

@Mimilicious013 headaches are a blooming nightmare, we have a BBQ this afternoon and taking the little man to the sea life centre on Monday, you any plans? Congrats @thaigreencurry82

Hi and congratulations @thaigreencurry82 @reluctantlondoner

Hope you are enjoying your BBQ @laura.l am spending the day at home on TV.just dashed off to the shops to buy some goodies lol.more pounds 😃

This weekend I am mostly having a massive temper tantrum with my family 🙄. I've had really bad allergies all week, am totally congested, haven't slept properly all week and have had a horrible sinus headache for 3 days, so I asked my husband if I could go and lie down for an hour (after doing 3 loads of washing, the weekly shop at Tesco, cleaning the house and prepping dinner for 8 people tonight - he went on a 4hr bike ride). No sooner had I closed my eyes than I sensed the presence of a small child followed by the inevitable "Mummy...". I packed her off upstairs, but the pattern repeated itself for the next half an hour until I completely gave up and got up. Found my husband very "busy" being manly, doing vague manly things in his manly garage, all of which were so important that they prevented him from actually keeping tabs on his daughter- hence my temper tantrum 😡. On the plus side, they are no both so scared of me that they're giving me a wide berth for a while, so I now have peace to sit on the sofa and watch trash tv - hurrah, every cloud really does have a silver lining! Rant over 😂😂

@Mimilicious013 BBQ was good , nice to be out with friends didn't have a great lot to eat and now I want peanut butter and jam on toast lol

thanks @reluctantlondoner @lauralou and @mummyGof2boys congrats too! i have been following the thread for a while so glad to join in, seems a really supportive place :)

@thaigreencurry82 Everyone on here is lush 😊

@Sah2241 I am not surprised!!! Bloody men!!!! You were very justified ❤️

Urgh-I really want to donate cord blood when the baby is born but they only do it through a 'select' few hospitals-so frustrating.

www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/cord-blood-bank/donate/

Anyone got any ideas how I can still do this?

Hi @CL1982 am I right in thinking that you are in Oxfordshire? This is the ox uni trust's policy. Could you deliver in one of their hospitals (am v much in favour of large university teaching hospitals as they have a wide range of expertise, usually on site, if things were to go wrong - which of course is never the hope. Ive been served well by my local one this far, although now I'm kn first name terms with the reception staff and most of my midwife and obst team, it's starting to feel a bit too much like home. As someone who is no stranger to the inside of an ambulance I personally would not greatly enjoy an ambulance transfer mid labour).

www.ouh.nhs.uk/women/maternity/antenatal/documents/umbilical-letter.pdf

Failing that, any chance of your DH getting hold of some liquid N :)