MSE Pregnancy Club IX

Sami_Bee

candice56 - could you ask/afford to work less hours/days? maybe if you do half days until your original ML date you would find it easier to cope?

Ickle - well done on keeping them cosy in there my hands and feet swell every night now without fail and I wake up about 10 times in the night for random reasons - I'm knackard!
Are you getting panicky at all? I was in denial towards the end with Chris but I'm already worrying about the birth this time:o

Krystaltips

Me too Sami! I think it's because we know what to expect... Kind of... I'm trying to focus on the baby at the end of it... And the joy of not being pregnant... But that labour is getting ever closer

I actually wrote a list of things to get ready for my hospital bags last night... Getting closer to packing them!

candice56

Hi Sami, I could afford to finish now as weve been very very fortunate to finally sell our campervan but I dont want to waste money and Im more concerned about whether hanging around is taking the mickey....im not really doing anything much now!!

Ive read you have to give 28days notice my official ML starts on 18th May so I could finish this Sat if they shifted hols etc forwarf too but does that class as notice???

Well done Ickle I was always sure that twins being early was a definate but youve done really well!!! House sounds great too.

mountainlioness

Candice - I know you're customer facing but are there other tasks you could be allocated so you could work some time either out of the public eye or at home? That way you'd be earning but not under so much pressure?

MrsTinks

candice they don't have to move your holidays too I'm afraid... if they don't have enough cover then they can refuse your holiday request - especially at this short notice. Your best bet is speaking to them and explaining that you are struggling at the moment.
I went on annual leave friday before last and start my ML on the 10th of may (I had a lot of leave to take tho!) and I would have been happy to carry on working if only work had been sensible with allowing me to work from home - alas they decided to be stubborn and so I'm at home with my feet up hohum!

jillie1974

morning all.

candice i know how you feel. Have you spoke to your manager? is there another role you could do for the next couple of weeks (if you cant finish earlier).... i work in travel agents and a few weeks ago really had enough of all the constant pressure to get people to book, not cancel their holiday etc. targets that were based on a year ago when no-one had heard the words 'credit crunch'. as i have high blood pressure and really dont need the stress i moved into a back-office job. now i work mon-fri, 'normal hours' instead of trafford centre hours. and no pressure. i have specific thngs that i must do in the day, but anything else is 'if i have time'. dont think i could have coped for longer with the stress of selling. now my manager has been great. even said that if work is getting too much for me that i can drop a day if need be. Although some part of me thinks she is being extra nice cos i'm doing a job that no-one else wants to! lol!! (i do enjoy it though)
mum and sis have now gone (5.45 am) and i really miss my mum. she is sensible and wont let me buy things she knows deep down i'm buying on impulse. just hope she'll be able to come over more in the summer as i get further along. MIL is fab but i really would like my mum to be here with me.

tarajayne

I saw my mum on Sunday at my brothers twins christening. She didn't even speak to my 2 youngest who were with me although she did come and say hello for a couple of minutes. Only thing she asked about pregnancy was whether or not the baby was planned :mad: felt like saying 'oh no, it's not OH's, I've been messing around!' Asked after my eldest but not the others, never even acknowledged my OH either. I get cross when it happens then come away thinking I must be such a horrible person if she doesn't want anything to do with me.

kathy72

Congratulations AM :beer::j:beer::j

Kathy x
37 + 6

Sami_Bee

Candice - like Tine say's they don't HAVE to but I'm sure if you spoke to them they would be much happier with you trying to sort out an alternative as the other option is that you could get signed off sick and that would be much more of a pain for them.
Tara - SHE is the horrible person for treating her daughter and family like that!

mookiandco

Afternoon all,

Back to work for me today. I have to say that i'm 31 weeks this Friday and I am finding it really tough. I am really working my little socks off but thats just the nature of the job. It doesnt help however when ungrateful client's scream and shout at you.

I am sorely tempted to ask if I can work from home on Mondays but that was what I wanted to do when Beanie came so i'm not sure if I would be pushing it to ask now. I know the big bosses have expressed a fear to some of my colleaugues that I will go into labour in the office and give birth near their desks (they are men - can you tell!!) as I was working until the day before my due date so I might take advantage of their fear!!

My hubby has an interview at my work place today, so everyone keep their fingers and toes crossed for him. Its a position he really really wants. I'm not sure how I feel about working in the same office as him everyday but I will cross that bridge if it comes to it. It also means that in about 9 months time he will be working for me in my department for a short time but he says its just work and doesnt matter. He will be in my office today at 2pm and then I am going to ask if I can go home with him. Will let you know how he gets on.

Hugs to those in need xxxx