MSE Pregnancy Club 24

silly_moo

WW2B - congratulations to you, Mrs WW2B and the baby! Well done!

BB - hope all goes well for you and you'll soon have lots of baby cuddles!

jediquigley - I stopped working at 36wks but one of my work colleagues worked until she was 38 (and her baby came at 39 so she only had a week off :eek:).

Well, that's me finished work! The next two weeks I'm off on annual leave and then in July my maternity leave kicks in. It's too surreal to believe - it will be weird on Monday being able to stay at home and waste my day on MSE and FB Since I left work baby has been going mental kicking and stretching non stop. Do you think it knows it's getting long lie ins from tomorrow?

Had my 36+1 MW appointment today. Baby still head down but is now almost back to back (it was "the proper way round" when I had my scan last week :mad:). Also, the baby was 1/5 engaged last week but isn't any more.

Asked my MW about my back/butt/leg pains and she said it does sound like sciatica and that there's nothing really I can do about it. She advised me to walk less so I'm glad I don't need to go out any more.

Labour vibes to all who want them!

twinklie

Told my hubby he'd fall asleep watching the England game, he said he wouldn't. Well now I have a snoring dog on my feet and a snoring hubby more or less on my shoulder. He shoved the remote control down his pants so I can't turn over though. Ha ha.

sexymouse

Congratulations to ww2br and your wife on the birth of your little boy. Hope the feeding becomes easier soon.

Fingers crossed that things progress for you BB and choclover and to any other boldies.

Pleased to hear all went well with the consultant twinklie - do you think OH's placing of the remote was a deliberate ploy to get you to put your hand down there?

Popped into my agency after work today to deliver my timesheets and see them in person - one of the ladies has been dying to see my bump! lol They asked me when I may go on maternity leave (I'm technically employed by an umbrella company, so haven't had to send the agency my MATB1 form - I checked in case). I told them that unless there was a rule that I couldn't work up until my due date on the form (28th September - my original due date in my maternity file), and as long as I was feeling physically able to, that I'd like to work right up until this date. Of course, if the baby is born earlier than this, my maternity leave will start then. They were fine with this, and said that there's no rules saying I can't work (some places won't insure you in your last couple of weeks), so I'm hoping that the majority of my leave will be taken after Bean is born rather than taking much beforehand as it will also be nice to have a bit of income coming in for as long as possible. Normally the first few weeks of term are quiet for supply anyway, so don't expect I'll be that busy anyway.

In other good news, the omeprazole is definitely working - yesterday I didn't take any Gaviscon at all, and didn't get any heartburn last night either (not even in the middle of the night). I didn't bother carting the bottle into work today, and worried this may tempt fate, but again, I've got no heartburn.:jJust waiting for some chocolate profiteroles to defrost for our dessert. It's so nice to be able to eat and drink again without worrying about the consequences!

Thanks for the tip about the phsyio Elelyn - my back is hurting again today (it seems to be worse if I've driven as I think I may be slightly twisting in my seat and also when I try to lie on my side in bed), although not as badly as yesterday. My midwife appointment is on 29th June, which isn't too far away, so hopefully as it's a different midwife, she may be more sympathetic and get me referred then.

Well hugs and labour vibes for those who want them.

sexymouse xx

moneypuddle

Hmmm .. update from me

I'm 24 weeks and a day today, and a bit emotional. I seem to swing between being so excited, and then being incredibly nervous - not just about having a baby to look after but about the fact that my life is going to change so much, and wondering how I'll cope with it. I've worked in the same incredibly busy advertising agency for the last 5 years, and that's all going to change. I'm not sure I'm ready to slow down.

I'd posted a little while ago about not being sure about what happens with my holiday etc that I have remianing. I got my boss to agree today to pay me for 2 days per month for my first 5 months of maternity to top my pay up a bit. She's going to say I came in for the Keep it Touch days but has said I dont actually have to come in, and she will pay me for them anyway. Plus she's going to give me another 5 or 6 days worth of pay on top, in the first month so that will help a little to ease the strain of a HUGE paydrop each month!

OH's company made big profits this year and have treated all employees to a £250 bonus at the end of June which will be nice.

But *sigh* ... I think i might have overspent. We wanted £6k in savings before the baby gets here. We've got just over £4k at the minute but HAVE got all our major purchases. Ive got pay dates at the end of June, July, August and September before the baby comes (plus October will be at usual pay rate really anyway, with my bonus), so we need to be putting away £500/month for each of those into savings to be able to do it. Thats fine and do-able but I have to stop spending too.

I'm also disappointed because my NCT classes have been cancelled due to poor attendance - and I've been shifted onto another shorter course but the dates are in september and my baby is due Oct 4th so it all feels a little late :-( Nothing seems to be going right.

But I will get there, and will have my beautiful baby boy here is hopefully 111 days

Well done and congratulations to all who have given birth - can't wait to join the mummmy club every time I hear about someone else having their little one

RebekahR

Oh my filthy mind is working over time!!!

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sexymouse

lol Rebekah - it does look an awful lot like something to be used in the bedroom!:rotfl:

bikelesschick

Congratulations whowants2brich!

Labour vibes to all who need/want them!

I haven't been able to post much but have been reading most days. Not much going on this end. I'm still at work and having another zillion things to do and no energy so everything feels a bit of an effort at the moment.

**warning - I've posted this on the 12-24 wks thread a couple of days ago so apologies if you're reading this again!**

I had my 20 week scan on Tuesday which was lovely. I had some skittles beforehand to make sure baby was awake and ended up he was bouncing like mad! Maybe I should have had the skittles a couple of hours before the appointment rather than on the way there! It was great anyway and we have some lovely pictures.

They also changed my EDD to 19th of Oct (emsbet can you please change my EDD on the list? Thanks!) which makes me 22 weeks today (I think!) rather than the 22+6 I thought I was. Not great but baby wouldn't stop moving at the 12wk scan so we've been going by my last period. You can't win them all!

I'm knackered so off to bed now. Good night!

RebekahR

jediquigley wrote: »

BB - glad to hear waters broke naturally, hope things speed up for you. i have visions of this happening to me at work eeekk! i have actually thought about taking a change of clothes in incase it does lol

Rebekah - thanks for the info on SPD, the past week i have started to get bumb pain and have struggled to put knickers, trousers on balancing on one foot, so might be the start of for me. hopefully wont get too much worse before baby comes

Oh yes thats a killer and putting on shoes is the worst for me. Sit down to do trousers and kackers

twinklie

SM that was the origional reason the remote went down there! Ha ha. But now it's just annoying.

I just bought my pram! I'm very excited. This has been a good pick me up day after such a cack week.

RebekahR

moneypuddle wrote: »

Hmmm .. update from me

I'm 24 weeks and a day today, and a bit emotional. I seem to swing between being so excited, and then being incredibly nervous - not just about having a baby to look after but about the fact that my life is going to change so much, and wondering how I'll cope with it.

I am almost 35 weeks and I still think the same!!!I am assured once the baby is here you will be too busy too worry and instinct just takes over.