MSE Pregnancy Club 22

Kira000

Mimi, PP, i hope you manage to sort out your OH's. Being PG does not seem an ideal time to have to go through horrid man stress- but i guess it is the time which will sort the real men from the boys. I hope it all comes out how you would like it too.

I'm having a mixed day/few days. I'm dead chuffed that i spoke to my departmental head today, about my M/L and finish dates, return plan etc, and he agreed to EVERYTHING i suggested, and a bit more. I proposed that i start work from home on email and dialling in for meetings from about end of 1st week of December, and just come in for important meetings, and then take the last week off as leave. He has suggested i work from home from the start of dec, and doesnt see any reason for me to have to come in at all! And that i neednt use any leave at all before my M/L. Result. That means i'll have 31 days of this years leave- nearly 6 weeks, that i can take at the end of M/l to get the money back coming in a bit sooner! Or i'll take 5 weeks of that, and keep the remaining 5 days + the 4 days accrued whilst off, to effectively do 3 or 4 day part time for the first month or so, at full pay!
Yay!

On the downside, i feel like a total blimp. I'm a fairly large lass anyway before PG, and now at 21 weeks, and my bump just looks like fat not bumpish at all. A few people have asked me when i go off on M/L, i replied, december, and they went, " oh that long?" like i have a huge bump. Really depressing i must just look like such a bloaty heifer. In actual fact, i'm still in my same "normal" trousers and not Maternity ones, its just my tops that are maternity due to my swelling bazookas, i'm the same weight now as i was at 4 weeks, and my sister and mum who ive not seen for months, SWEAR i look thinner than i did before bean. Totally confused. And hideous. AND i have huge puffy cankles and feet from walking too much when i had to go into London yesterday by Tube.
GAH!

Ok., Rant over.

katchambers

hi everyone,

Can I join? I am already 24 weeks along, but I have been reading this board for a while and you all seem so lovely - such great advice!

I am due on December 1st so would love if you could add me to the EDD list - thanks!

Me and my hubby were trying for 2 years to get pregnant and I had a miscarriage so I feel so happy and lucky to be pregnant. :j

Kat xx

jenjade

oh sorry to come and rant but i am so fed up.

work is doing my head in. As an expectant mother I have been risk assessed must not work with people with unpredictable, violent or agressive behaviour, wont be working on uneven surfaces, will have access to toliets at all times etc... anyway once a week i am working with a group of young people with unpredictable behaviour and recently displayed agressive behaviour. going to be doing this group every week. managers answer if anything kicks off walk away and lock yourself in the office... i am also lone working so who is going to explain why i have locked myself in the office and that the agressive person has to leave?
this week i need to run a group in a woods 3 fields away from the toliets from 9.30 until 3pm!! not allowed to leave them unattended so wont be able to come in for the toilets. also ground will be uneven and no where for me to sit down for the whole time with my varicous veins!

I have booked the doctors for after the group as i know i will be in a state and my legs will be at the worse hoping he will sign me off for a couple of weeks until the new member of staff starts! do you think i am being unreasonable or is work being a nightmare?

sorry for the rant just needed to vent. roll on Mat leave

jenjade

hey welcome Kat course you can join. congratulations how are you feeling? i am 22 weeks i think! did you have a scan do you know if you are having a girl or a boy? i am expecting a daughter!

Lozzy88

EDD List

harieta - 7th August 2011
c l a i r e - 14th August 2011 ?
Doglover - 17th August 2011 :male:
jcr16 - 21st August 2011 :male: Scheduled C-Section
caelshorn - 18th August 2011 ?
Clarieloo - 19th August 2011 :male:
laura237 - 22nd August 2011:female:
Kellpea - 23rd August 2011
lozzy88 - 28th August 2011 :male:
forumgrazer - 30th August 2011?
ecoelle - 2nd September 2011
*twinkle* - 3rd September 2011
twi1ight - 7th September 2011 :male:
little angel - 10th September 2011
Puzzledbubbles - 11th September 2011 ?
killiegirl - 13th September :male:
Missyy76 - 14th September 2011
Elmo1985 - 15th September 2011
ddebski_us - 17th September 2011 ?
hayleythedaisy - 22nd September 2011 ?
bella2121 - 23rd September 2011 :male:
jacobsmum - 26th September 2011
mirrorimage - 29th September :male:
MrsT110309 - 29th September 2011
ClaireyBear - 30th September 2011 :male:
Skint_Catt -1st October 2011 ?
alison 2020 - 2nd October 2011 :male:
Flower08 - 4th October 2011 :male:
Sefilby - 6th October 2011 :female:
durham05 - 7th October 2011 :male:
Mancbird - 8th October 2011 :male:
Winnie in Pooh - 10th October 2011 :male:
RedwoodBrook - 11th October 2011 :male: - Scheduled c-section
DebDay - 13th October 2011 :male:
SVSandy - 14th October 2011 :female:
waitingforpost - 19th October 2011
sohurtandlost - 20th October 2011 :male:
Kandboys - 28th October 2011 :male:
Keggsy - 1st November 2011
boat girl - 3rd November 2011 :female:
Eyelinerprincess - 15th November 2011 ?
kimmilew - 19th November 2011
missymoo81 - 20th November 2011
Lynn11 - 23rd November 2011
neas - 29th November 2011 :male:
katchambers -1st December 2011
Lirin - 2nd December 2011 ?
mr_knight - 3rd December 2011 ?
TinyTink - 6th December 2011 :male:
Emily926 - 8th December 2011
Blue Monkey - 11th December 2011 ?
Hippychick - 11th December 2011 :female:
Wonder Womble - 11th December 2011
jenjade - 18th December 2011 :female:
Kitten_Pie - 20th December 2011 :male::male: twins
KeelyKat - 21st December 2011 :male:
Delain - 21st December 2011 :female:
Seafarers_Wife - 21st December 2011 ?
Mimi Arc en ciel - 26th December 2011 :female:
vic_f - 29th December 2011
Kira000 - 30th December 2011
LauraLou - 30th December 2011 :female:
4annabella - 22nd January 2012
AmandaD28 - 28th January 2012
blackkat - 29th January 2012
Gillyx - 6th February 2012
RLV-88 - 23rd February 2012
emmigrant-immigrant - 20 March 2012 (date tbc at scan)
emilyxxx8 - 14th April 2012 ?

Hospital Bag list here

Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST

:female: Pixiepops - 21st July - Liana Evelyn - 1.32pm - 6lb 15oz
:male: Breast Cancer Survivor/I love Harrison - 23rd July - Harrison Marc Anthony - 4.15am - 8lb 3oz
:female: Apricot - 27th July - Lily - 4.50pm - 7lb 7oz
:female: moneysavingfamilycomp - 30th July - Daisie Elizabeth - 3.18am - 6lb 1oz
:female: Smileyface26 - 3rd August - Zara - 4.38pm - 8lb 1oz
:male: abby1234519 - 7th August - Joshua - 4.10am - 7lb 9oz
:male: Sequeena - 7th August - Thomas Emlyn - 7.42am - 6lb 8.5oz

PROBABLY GIVEN
BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list

hattifattener - 20th July 2011
liley9 - 21st July
pipersky - 24th July 2011 :female:



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carolineb23

emilyxxx8 wrote: »

Hi Ladies,

I found out i was pregnant on Saturday. I went to see my GP today and she confirmed i will be 6 weeks tomorrow! I feel so excited i want to start planning things etc. but i feel i can't get too excited as its still early days. This will be my first baby, I had an ectopic pregnancy is Sep 09 which resulted in my left tube being removed. I am hoping to have an early pregnancy scan soon to show where baby is, i hope all is ok because i have wanted this baby for so long!

I was just wondering what everyone else did when they were this early, do you wait until you know all is ok until you make any plans?
Also how do you keep it secret from everyone, only my partner knows, but i am dying to tell close family/friends!

Emily xx

Massive congratulations Emily, you must be over the moon, and extremely worried at the same time I'm sure. I had an ectopic pregnancy resulting in the loss of my baby and left tube in March 2010, and I was told once I was pregnant again they would give me a scan at 6 weeks to check the location of the embryo. I would get back in contact with your doctor (or your hospital's early pregnancy unit if you can self-refer)and make it clear to them that you will be needing an early scan to rule out another ectopic pregnancy. It shouldn't be a problem, with your history. Regarding telling people, I told my parents and a close colleague before my 6 week scan,then a friend. I didn't really say anything to anyone else until after the 12 week scan. Congratulations again, I really hope everything goes well for you. The odds are really on your side that this baby has made it to the right place. xx

Wonder_Womble

pigpen wrote: »

Womble he had moved 5 crates already but I had emptied those and he said he was going and I thought he had or Id have shouted him to come move that one..

Apparently I am not safe to be left alone because I do stupid things lol... I do them when he is here too so I dont see the difference.

He came back from tesco with flowers.. and pasta in sauce.. see.. he isnt ALL bad.. just little bits..

Ooops, sorry. I must have misread

jenjade wrote: »

work is doing my head in. As an expectant mother I have been risk assessed must not work with people with unpredictable, violent or agressive behaviour, wont be working on uneven surfaces, will have access to toliets at all times etc... anyway once a week i am working with a group of young people with unpredictable behaviour and recently displayed agressive behaviour. going to be doing this group every week. managers answer if anything kicks off walk away and lock yourself in the office... i am also lone working so who is going to explain why i have locked myself in the office and that the agressive person has to leave?
this week i need to run a group in a woods 3 fields away from the toliets from 9.30 until 3pm!! not allowed to leave them unattended so wont be able to come in for the toilets. also ground will be uneven and no where for me to sit down for the whole time with my varicous veins!

I have booked the doctors for after the group as i know i will be in a state and my legs will be at the worse hoping he will sign me off for a couple of weeks until the new member of staff starts! do you think i am being unreasonable or is work being a nightmare?

I would get in touch with who ever organises your shifts/ rotas etc and remind them of your risk assessment and refuse to do it. I have the same problem at work and feel like I'm constantly ringing up saying 'I've got a risk assessment that says I'm not to do that .....' but at the end of the day I don't care, mine and baby's health is more important.

Hi Kat, and welcome

I finally got logged onto Mamas and Papas website after resetting my password to the one it originally was.

BTW, if anyone has a Tesco clubcard I would recommend logging into your online clubcard account. OH did this at the weekend and he had £24.50 with off clubcard vouchers there to print off, dating back 2 years. He hadn't had any emails from Tesco to say they were there.

pigpen

jenjade.. it sounds like they are not taking the regulations very seriously.. you can either put up with it or be signed of or you can possibly take it higher up the management structure or to the union.

Kandboys

Evening all haven't read back but saw congrats are in order for Caelshorn. Welcome to the newbies. I'm shattered after walking around a farm park today for 7 hours but DS2 had a lovely day on his birthday. Catch you all later in the week hopefully xx

Kandboys

EDD List

harieta - 7th August 2011
c l a i r e - 14th August 2011 ?
Doglover - 17th August 2011 :male:
jcr16 - 21st August 2011 :male: Scheduled C-Section
Clarieloo - 19th August 2011 :male:
laura237 - 22nd August 2011:female:
Kellpea - 23rd August 2011
lozzy88 - 28th August 2011 :male:
forumgrazer - 30th August 2011?
ecoelle - 2nd September 2011
*twinkle* - 3rd September 2011
twi1ight - 7th September 2011 :male:
little angel - 10th September 2011
Puzzledbubbles - 11th September 2011 ?
killiegirl - 13th September :male:
Missyy76 - 14th September 2011
Elmo1985 - 15th September 2011
ddebski_us - 17th September 2011 ?
hayleythedaisy - 22nd September 2011 ?
bella2121 - 23rd September 2011 :male:
jacobsmum - 26th September 2011
mirrorimage - 29th September :male:
MrsT110309 - 29th September 2011
ClaireyBear - 30th September 2011 :male:
Skint_Catt -1st October 2011 ?
alison 2020 - 2nd October 2011 :male:
Flower08 - 4th October 2011 :male:
Sefilby - 6th October 2011 :female:
durham05 - 7th October 2011 :male:
Mancbird - 8th October 2011 :male:
Winnie in Pooh - 10th October 2011 :male:
RedwoodBrook - 11th October 2011 :male: - Scheduled c-section
DebDay - 13th October 2011 :male:
SVSandy - 14th October 2011 :female:
waitingforpost - 19th October 2011
sohurtandlost - 20th October 2011 :male:
Kandboys - 28th October 2011 :male:
Keggsy - 1st November 2011
boat girl - 3rd November 2011 :female:
Eyelinerprincess - 15th November 2011 ?
kimmilew - 19th November 2011
missymoo81 - 20th November 2011
Lynn11 - 23rd November 2011
neas - 29th November 2011 :male:
katchambers -1st December 2011
Lirin - 2nd December 2011 ?
mr_knight - 3rd December 2011 ?
TinyTink - 6th December 2011 :male:
Emily926 - 8th December 2011
Blue Monkey - 11th December 2011 ?
Hippychick - 11th December 2011 :female:
Wonder Womble - 11th December 2011
jenjade - 18th December 2011 :female:
Kitten_Pie - 20th December 2011 :male::male: twins
KeelyKat - 21st December 2011 :male:
Delain - 21st December 2011 :female:
Seafarers_Wife - 21st December 2011 ?
Mimi Arc en ciel - 26th December 2011 :female:
vic_f - 29th December 2011
Kira000 - 30th December 2011
LauraLou - 30th December 2011 :female:
4annabella - 22nd January 2012
AmandaD28 - 28th January 2012
blackkat - 29th January 2012
Gillyx - 6th February 2012
RLV-88 - 23rd February 2012
emmigrant-immigrant - 20 March 2012 (date tbc at scan)
emilyxxx8 - 14th April 2012 ?

Hospital Bag list here

Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST

:female: Pixiepops - 21st July - Liana Evelyn - 1.32pm - 6lb 15oz
:male: Breast Cancer Survivor/I love Harrison - 23rd July - Harrison Marc Anthony - 4.15am - 8lb 3oz
:female: Apricot - 27th July - Lily - 4.50pm - 7lb 7oz
:female: moneysavingfamilycomp - 30th July - Daisie Elizabeth - 3.18am - 6lb 1oz
:female: Smileyface26 - 3rd August - Zara - 4.38pm - 8lb 1oz
:male: abby1234519 - 7th August - Joshua - 4.10am - 7lb 9oz
:male: Sequeena - 7th August - Thomas Emlyn - 7.42am - 6lb 8.5oz
:female: caelshorn - 13th August 2011 - Josephine - 4.16pm - 7lb

PROBABLY GIVEN
BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list

hattifattener - 20th July 2011
liley9 - 21st July
pipersky - 24th July 2011 :female:



CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

Please post your birth stories here when you
have time/energy

MSE Parents Facebook group. Please PM Sami_Bee with your real name to be accepted.