sweetnitanitro thanks for the link - have just been reading it. I'ver ead the company maternity bits and seems they only offer the bare minimum. I'm a bit muddled with SMP as they don't tell you anywhere approx how much of your wage you'll get after the first few weeks. I probably shouldn't disclose this type of info, but if I earn very approximately £1000 a month for part time work, does anyone know about how much I'd get in SMP? I mean, for all I know it could be £100 a month or £600 a month...a vague idea of what I'll need to be surviving on would be useful so I can start saving now if needed (assuming all well, I'm planning to take as long off as possible!)
ginafb the heat is very hard - I think it makes me feel worse. Here's hoping the weather breaks soon, although the weekend is set to be 30 here, sigh. Ice cold foot baths and lollies are on the cards. Oh - and a hint to help you sleep I always use. I buy these headache sticky pad things from boots (you can get them anywhere, but the boots own ones are really cheap - about 99p for 2) and I put one on my forehead and one on the back of my neck before I sleep and really find they help me feel cool. It feels a bit like a cool flannel and feels a bit tingly in a nice way. Actually, I'm not sure they're safe in prgnanacy thinking about it...but it's only a jellyish sticky thing that stays on your skin - it doesn't get absorbed or anything, so I assume it's OK (but best check the label!).
I'll just leave it with work now - they know what's wrong, they probably shouldn't have behaved as they did, I probably didn't have to tell them what I did (although I felt I didn't have an option) but I didn't want to make a big deal over not saying anything.
Btw - I have to admit (thus far) in general I have been bit better symptom wise than my last pg that ended in mc (when I say bit better, I'm still suffering terribly, just not quite as frequent (??) as at this stage before). Please humour me - if it's a bit better compared to last time at this stage, do you think it will continue on this vein, or might super super super badness soon hit? I'm looking for comfort here! Maybe it's just as I'm not working it allows me to rest and avoid stress, and I make sure I eat regularly etc...so this could be what has made the difference so far.