12 to 24 week pregnancy thread

lozza1985

Does anyone know when tesco usually do the events for doubling up your vouchers - they usually do another near Christmas don't they?

bride2be2012

Thanks everyone, I've decided to finish as soon as possible. I'm only working part time, so the difference between my smp and weekly wage is only about £50 each week, so for the 4 weeks difference, £200 is a small price to pay for not having the stress and grief. I spent most of yesterday in tears about the whole thing, and this morning I feel like a weight has been lifted and I feel so much happier knowing I've only 4.5 weeks to go there!

lemonmelon_2

Hello there,

Sorry I've been quiet for a wee while - I have been reading along with not much new to say.

B2B sounds like you've made the best decision for you there - I left my job in Feb and the sense of relief I felt was brilliant. Happy mum = happy baby too and you will have plenty of time to sort everything out without rushing around!

All you ladies seem so organised, We've not bought a single thing yet! I get so confused/overwhelmed about baby stuff and what you need/don't need/mothercare would like you to believe is essential/a waste of space. I know I'll need to face the music and do it soon though!

My mum is also in the habit of calling me up and saying 'I bet you don't know anything about...(insert scary sounding baby routine here) yeah you're right mum I don't, because I haven't done this before - when you had me you didn't know anything either and you managed!

The Big Scan for us on Thursday - I'm very very anxious about it despite the odds of there being a problem being very low and the odds of any problem meaning the baby wont survive even more so I cant help but get my worry head on.
We are going to stay team yellow though all being well, I think I could be persuaded to find out but OH is refusing to persuade me! I don't normally like surprises but this seems like a nice one to wait for!

Hope all mums and babies are keeping well :-)

Lemon (19+5)

vic3

A wise decision I think b2b.

Just a thought, this thread used to have a list of everyone's due dates and lily has just started a lit on the less than 12 weeks thread- why isn't there one on here now?

Vic 13+6

BeNiceToMySelf

glad you feel better Bride2Be - sounds like you made the right decision for you

lemon good luck for Thursday

AFM I'm back at work and still amazingly hungry! I had cereal and toast for breakfast and was hungry at 11! 21+4

Angelmommy

Does anybody feel that they're trying to get things sorted in their lives before it gets all hectic? Financially - I've told hubby he needs to really work as much as possible before birth in October (I work full time but hubby's work is sporadic!). Also, my MIL was extremely rude to me a couple weeks ago, more so than usual and it was humiliating as well as upsetting. I want to get this sorted out before baby as I know what will happen; baby will come and she will demand to see him/her and we will be bullied into it from SIL and BIL. Hubby has no back bone when it comes to his mother and she scares me as she hit me years ago. We didn't see her for years but its harder now we live back in same town. Sorry for long post but been so upset over this and hubby has said that me and the girls just won't see her anymore (know this wont be the case when baby is born though) and best friend said just to leave it. I don't know if its my hormones/nesting telling me this is not acceptable or whether I should just carry on being ignored by her?

Flower08

Hi all,

Haven't been posting much but am lurking, just don't seem to have a lot to contribute at the minute!
Finally starting to relax a bit and believing that this pregnancy will go well, has only taken me to get to 17 weeks

In slightly rubbish news, we have just been given notice to move out our house, so we have 2 months to get something sorted. Not great timing, but at least I have found out before I started turning spare room into a nursery for the baby. Wont be easy moving when 6 months pregnant and with a toddler though!

sweaty_betty

AngelMommy wrote: »

Does anybody feel that they're trying to get things sorted in their lives before it gets all hectic? Financially - I've told hubby he needs to really work as much as possible before birth in October (I work full time but hubby's work is sporadic!). Also, my MIL was extremely rude to me a couple weeks ago, more so than usual and it was humiliating as well as upsetting. I want to get this sorted out before baby as I know what will happen; baby will come and she will demand to see him/her and we will be bullied into it from SIL and BIL. Hubby has no back bone when it comes to his mother and she scares me as she hit me years ago. We didn't see her for years but its harder now we live back in same town. Sorry for long post but been so upset over this and hubby has said that me and the girls just won't see her anymore (know this wont be the case when baby is born though) and best friend said just to leave it. I don't know if its my hormones/nesting telling me this is not acceptable or whether I should just carry on being ignored by her?

So sorry about this, your MIL sounds rather unpleasant and :eek: to her hitting you - how dare she??

It's hard to give advice without knowing all the personalities involved, but if it were me I would want to sit down with her (and others if necessary) and explain why her attitude and specifically what she said recently is unacceptable. Depending on her reaction, I'd be tempted to lay down some ground rules on when/if she can see your children and that you will cut off contact if she oversteps the line in anyway.
Unfortunately if your OH doesn't stand up to her, this isn't particularly helpful. Why will your BIL and SIL bully you into seeing her? What do they think of her attitude to you?

I think this is a bit of a nesting, protective instinct kicking in, but there's nothing wrong with that IMO.

continualdiamond

AngelMommy wrote: »

Does anybody feel that they're trying to get things sorted in their lives before it gets all hectic? Financially - I've told hubby he needs to really work as much as possible before birth in October (I work full time but hubby's work is sporadic!).(

Yep....

We had bad news in the middle of December in that my hubby found out he was being made redundant in February. Then middle of January we found out I was pregnant, we'd only been trying for 2 mths and had been realistic and thought it would be 6 mths - a year before I fell pregnant. So we thought we had plenty of time for him to get a job before a baby would be around.

So bit of a shock in January to find out so quickly we were having a baby. He's still out of work, trying to stay positive that he finds something before beginning of Sept as that is when I go on maternity leave and I instantly drop to 90% of my pay.

Only thing keeping him sane is doing up the spare room into baby's room, but of course got to be careful that redundancy money doesn't disappear completely.

That's life I guess, always keeping you on your toes.

Luciferswench

Absolutely shattered thanks to baby bean i hope this isnt a sign of things to come. Last night i tucked a pillow under my bump for support and baby bean spent all night kicking it. If anyone touches my bump and puts pressure on it bean boots them off my OH has been kicked in the head loads
Apart from being tired i really am enjoying this pregnancy its my 5th with be 4th baby. Now the sickness as gone its a breeze unlike the last 3 mini me's where i vomited throughout.
22+3