MSE Pregnancy Club IX

jennynoo

Glamazon wrote: »

Jenny - noggle is very original! Where did that come from?

No idea but OH calls me noo or noogle so I passed it on to the baby.

mrsapple wrote: »

When is it normal for your breasts to get bigger?

Only ask as mine already feel heavier and fill my bra better ... sorry for tmi

Mine went up one cup size in the first few weeks then I've had nothing since, AA - A

bargain_carly wrote: »

and the worst thing is none of that extra weight is on my boobs - which have virtually stayed the same (36A )

Thank goodness someone else is the same as me but very disappointed that I might not get bigger boobs, always wanted some.

Greent - so sorry to hear what you are going through, I just can't imagine why anyone would do that the their pregnant partner. I don't really know what to say but if you need any support from us on here I'm sure we will do our best to help.

Sami_Bee

MrsTine wrote: »

Pilon is pay in leiu of notice Sami

ahhh I should have known that!
I did well out of my redundancy when I was on Mat leave with Chris I was gonna just resign but thought I'd give it a go first but it turned out they didn't need/want me so I got nearly £2k which paid off my car loan nicely :T

suckers2008

Okay have worked out that my test period in the 66 weeks is from May 2008 to August 2009 of which I was employed so just need to give them my employers details and choose 13 weeks of which I earnt the most amount of money - I got threee good bonuses month on month so will use that and then I will find out but looks like I will get maternity pay of £123 a week which is cool

Sami_Bee

suckers2008 wrote: »

Okay have worked out that my test period in the 66 weeks is from May 2008 to August 2009 of which I was employed so just need to give them my employers details and choose 13 weeks of which I earnt the most amount of money - I got threee good bonuses month on month so will use that and then I will find out but looks like I will get maternity pay of £123 a week which is cool

don't forget to apply for the HiPG - Health in Pregnancy Grant its non-means tested £190 one off payment details on the link I posted earlier

mrsapple_2

Suckers - that is good. And remember you will also get child benefit - so won't that be 143 in total a week?

I have just read that i will be entitled to leave but i feel funny as my dad put so your going to start and then turn round and say by the way i am pregnant ...

candice56

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

suckers2008

yeah

Mrsapple thats why I didnt bother looking as I think some employers might be a bit miffed - Anyway my job was so stressful that I dont think I would still be pregnant if I was working - me and hubby had been trying for over year and a half and I am positive thats why I couldnt get pregnant - stress!

Sami_Bee

mrsapple wrote: »

Suckers - that is good. And remember you will also get child benefit - so won't that be 143 in total a week?

I have just read that i will be entitled to leave but i feel funny as my dad put so your going to start and then turn round and say by the way i am pregnant ...

Have you had an offer in writing? once they have given you that or even better your contract there is nothing they can do anyway. I wouldn't worry about it personally I was out of work and looking while TTC so I couldn have been in the same situation - at the end of the day you have to be selfish sometimes and I think this is one of them!

Sami_Bee

candice56 wrote: »

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

doesn't necessarily mean an early baby unfortunately - don't get too excited, its a good sign but thats about it

weezl74

candice56 wrote: »

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

It kinda sounds better than it is! 4/5ths means four fingers of the babies head are still palpable above your pubic bone, ie 1/5th of his head is engaged in your pelvis.;)

Still a good sign though, this happened to me 10 days before my baby came.

Hope that helps...

eta: sorry sami, crossed posts with you