MSE Pregnancy Club IV

Krystaltips

Sorry MFD, I forgot your Angel child will pop out with minimum fuss and effort...

Piccies will appear on facebook later when I have someone to take one... Not doing it myself, I hate the posed look

I just saved a fortune on white blouses for Aimee for next year and the year after from Adams, got 8 blouses and 2 pairs of pumps for less than £11, I can't believe it! They've got buy one get one half price on everything too... Not much unisex baby stuff though so no good for us...

cazscoob

there was a lot to catch up on there only on quick as i need to eat lol!!

feelie i wore pjs after the birth as i found them more comfortable and easier for feeding! try primark etc for them:D

got a big surprise this aft when my HB kit turned up?? no warning nothing! so have 2 big blue boxes and a big green bag lying around lol!

went to see doc BP still slightly higher than normal but everything else is fine, baby is def not breech however when they were checking and pushing about i dont know what they did but have felt lots of pressure all day(feels like someone has kicked me up the backside lol??)
will be back on later xx

MrsTinks

Well spoke to work today about KIT days and apparently I get my SMP pay so £137/5 = £27.4 for the 4 days and then the day I have a KIT day they make up to my salary (so for arguments sake £100 daily pay net) which would give me for a week when I do one KIT day I would get £209ish instead of £137 (or whatever SMP is) - so there is NO interest really for me to do any KIT days whilst I am on 90% or even 50% company maternity pay... My only incentive is when I drop to SMP... silly them

feelinggood_2

I don't understand this baby. I've got kicks or something very low down, just above my pubic bone, but also something wedged under my rib. How is he managing to do both at the same time?

MrsTinks

Oh forgot to add... apparently they won't let me take my holidays after my maternity leave - anything accrued up till I go on mat leave has to be taken before then... This means I have to have a month off before the baby is due! Apparently they won't even let me start holiday a week before due date and then start mat leave when my holiday finishes 3 weeks after my due date...
That's going to make life interesting as we have still to get someone in as maternity cover and then I need to train them! Leaving me uhmmmmm 3 months to find them, HR to do the paper work and let us have them start AND train them to handle our biggest and most difficult client (and ideally 9 other clients too...)...
Super!

Krystaltips

I don't know FG but I think my baby is lying the same way! I also think mine must turn around sometimes... or at least go sideways... I just feel everything go really heavy and stretched... It's not gone head down yet though, all kicks are still low...

Tine... I didn't understand a word of your post...

elle_gee

MrsTine wrote: »

Well spoke to work today about KIT days and apparently I get my SMP pay so £137/5 = £27.4 for the 4 days and then the day I have a KIT day they make up to my salary (so for arguments sake £100 daily pay net) which would give me for a week when I do one KIT day I would get £209ish instead of £137 (or whatever SMP is) - so there is NO interest really for me to do any KIT days whilst I am on 90% or even 50% company maternity pay... My only incentive is when I drop to SMP... silly them

Even better to do them when you're on the unpaid three months if you're staying off that long SMP is £123.06.

feelinggood_2

Krystaltips wrote: »

I don't know FG but I think my baby is lying the same way! I also think mine must turn around sometimes... or at least go sideways... I just feel everything go really heavy and stretched... It's not gone head down yet though, all kicks are still low...

Tine... I didn't understand a word of your post...

Is it normal for some movements to tickle? I get normal kicks, strong kicks which hurt a bit, kicks which make me laugh out loud and big rolling movements that make me feel like I'm going to throw up. So many weird sensations!

Sometimes it feels like he is there stretching out both arms and legs, trying to make my bump as big as possible!

MrsTinks

elle_gee wrote: »

Even better to do them when you're on the unpaid three months if you're staying off that long SMP is £123.06.

Thought it was going up in April? Not due till May But I could have my figures muddled... I often do!

You're right it's going up to £117... (wooooo how exciting... wonder where I got £137 from lol)

elle_gee

MrsTine wrote: »

Thought it was going up in April? Not due till May But I could have my figures muddled... I often do!

You're right it's going up to £117... (wooooo how exciting... wonder where I got £137 from lol)

Going up from £117.18 to £123.06

Only those giving birth in the next four or so weeks will get £117.18. Everyone else should be working on £123.06.