MSE Pregnancy Club 25

colli

Rups32 wrote: »

do you know ladies, i STILL end up waking up on my back on most days? I get so uncomfy while sleeping and somehow just wake up on my back!

yep, me too! Nothing I can do about it really, I just wake up and there I am!

*Twinkle*

Hi all, sorry its took me so long to get back on with news
I gave birth to a little boy on 17th oct, he was 7lb 1.5oz and is a little cutie.
had a bit of a drama in theatre during the section but alls well now and i'm loving having a baby around again.
gonna try and catch up now he's asleep

Nephthys

missbunbury - hope your friend and her son are doing well. On the positive side at least they recognised there was a problem and got baby out safely!

Pretty sure I don't get bank holidays but might look back into it. Except it makes my head hurt! Lol!

Bleuch to the commuting thing - so glad I live here! Underground is a good thing (on the 2 times I have been to london) but I'm not sure I'd like it in rush hour!!

CL - glad you are feeling a bit better. When do you stop work?

Nephthys

*Twinkle* - congratulations! Glad you are both doing ok! What a lovely dinky size he was too!

Bamama

Aida - Hard to explain as it's dependant on when your work year starts/ends but if you're saying you have 29 + standard bank holidays then you have 29+8 = 37 (this year 38 for the Jubilee). Any holidays that are bank holidays/saved for Christmas... will be yours to take before ML, or some carried over depending on if your employer allows that.
So say you've taken all your holidays except for Christmas and your year ends 31st December then, you'll have 2 bank holiday days and the 3 days in the gap, so 5 extra days left.
Did that make sense?

Rups - is that a 5 day week? Mmm I'd prefer a KFC!

Bamama

God I missed loads typing that!!!

Congrats Twinkle!!! Hope you'll post up a birth story for us all to read? Even when they scare me I love reading them.

Neph - If it says you don't get bank holidays, I'm pretty such they're breaching your legal rights.

I've been asking loads of questions else where about holidays because my boss wasn't sure... So I do apologise for ranting on about it. Just want you all to make sure you're getting what you deserve

colli

congrats Twinkle, sorry to hear it got a bit hairy in theatre but glad all's well now

Rups32

yay twinkle! a huge congratulations to you. hope you are ok and enjoying those cuddles. Looking forward to hearing from you about in later on. xxx

nephthys, where do u work? i am so lucky (NOT) i get to use the bus, train and tube and oh walk to work frm when i get out of stupid kings cross too and meet people rushing around everywhere.:( hate it hate it. i woud try 8-4 but i am sure it is still busy as from Croydon, the trains are always packed, no matter what time i have left i work 2 days from home but think will up that soon and ask my manager.

fluffnutter

Aida wrote: »

Bamama,Fluffnutter and CL, thank you for your reply. My normal holiday entitlement is 29 day per calendar year plus we get the bank holidays.For Christmas and New year's day because the business is close, we take 3 days off from our holiday but we get 5 off in total (so the last working day is 21 Dec and we come back on the 2nd of Jan). Any ideas if that should apply to me too?Have the extra 2 days on top of the bank holiday?

Are these extra 2 days taken out of your annual leave entitlement of 37 days (29 plus 8 BHs) or are they goodwill 'freebies' given to you by the company each Christmas?

If they're the former, then they're your contractual requirement. If the latter, then they're not.

Basically, it's not really that important when the days off are usually taken, you've got to look at your overall time off in conjunction with your leave entitlement and pro-rate your holiday. This can be a little complicated by the fact that leave is not taken regularly throughout the year but instead taken at any point (business needs withstanding). Say the leave year runs from Jan 1st to 31st December and your maternity leave starts on April 1st and runs for 8 months. You can't, for example take 29 days off between Jan 1st and 31st March and then say 'can I have 8/12 of my leave entitlement added to my maternity leave' because you've already used all your leave for that calendar year. Your leave entitlement will continue to accrue whilst you're on maternity leave reduced by any days you've already taken off. If your leave year expires whilst on maternity leave, you *should* be able to carry over your unused leave to the next leave year, even if your contract explicitly precludes carry-over.

Bank holidays don't have to be taken on the 'actual' days. Your contract is for 29 days plus bank holidays giving 37 days in total. This is your contractual leave entitlement you should use for your calculations regardless of whether you've actually been away on a bank holiday or not. However, if you add all of your leave entitlement for that year to your maternity leave and come back, say, on December 1st you can't then say 'well, 25th and 26th of December are bank holidays so I'm not working those days'. You'd have to borrow leave from the following year because you've already used your complete entitlement.

LittleMoog

1. izzydogsam - 24th October 2012 :male:
2. Taadaa - 24th October 2012 :female:
3. scottishchick27 - 27th October 2012 :male:
4. Dribblekitten - 5th November 2012 ?
5. alamaya - 8th November 2012 :male:
6. Maddie - 12th November 2012 :male:
7. catbag - 12th November 2012 ?? (twins)
8. CherryDrop - 12th November 2012 :male:
9. LittleMoog - 13th November 2012 ?
10. Kimmilew - 14th November 2012 ?
11. spudthedog - 15th November 2012 :female:
12. Babynumber4 - 16th November 2012 :female: (scheduled c-section)
13. dizsiebubba - 17th November 2012 :male:
14. Cake4brains - 18th November 2012 :female: :female:(twins)
15. kavics17 - 23rd November 2012:female:
16. savageHK - 26th November 2012 ?
17. missbunbury - 26th November 2012 ?
18. Sa-ra-ra-ra - 30th November 2012 :female:
19. Myatt - 1st December 2012 ?
20. jonno7 - 1st December 2012 ?
21. cazza1973 - 3rd December 2012 :male:
22. colli - 4th December 2012 :male:
23. DayDreamBeliver - 4th December 2012 :female:
24. got-to-spend-it - 6th December 2012 ?
25. LadyMorticia - 7th December 2012 :male:
26. martafdz - 8th December 2012 :female:
27. CL - 10th December 2012 ?
28. mlbarrett - 10th December 2012 :male:
29. Cupcake88 - 19th December 2012 ?
30. MissKeith - 21st December 2012 :male:
31. Bamama - 22nd December 2012 ?
32. Rups32 - 24th December 2012 ?
33. lozzy88 - 24th December 2012 :male:
34. bezzyk - 26th December 2012 :male:
35. Aida - 26th December 2012 :female:
36. welshgirl78 - 1st January 2013 ?
37. Canucksfan - 3rd January 2013 ?
38. mayforher - 4th January 2013 :male:
39. maddnessandmayhem- 10th January 2013 ?
40. hngrymummy - 10th January 2013 ?
41. Jenjenf21 - 13th January 2013 ?
42. Missus Aka- 15th January 2013 ?
43. walby1993- 15th January 2013 ?
44. mountainmum - 16th January 2013 ?
45. cali77 - 19th January 2013 ?
46. Elisabeth854 - 22nd January 2013 ?
47. mintedby30 - 24th January 2013 ?
48. Nephthys - 25th January 2013 ?
49. mrs_B - 29th January 2013 ?
50. zcrat41 - 30th January 2013 :male:
51. ellionic - 30th January 2013 ?
52. babymonster2 - 30th January 2013 ?
53. morocha - 1st February 2013 ?
54. b_girl - 11th February 2013 ?
55. countrybum - 12th February 2013 ?
56. tattoo - 13th February 2013 ?
57. jwil - 20th February 2013 ?
58. JT100 - 28th February 2013 :female:
59. ellie1788 - 1st March 2013 ?
60. Sarahs999 - 12th March 2013 ?
61. MrsHaworth2b - 13th March 2013 ?
62. findingmyownway - 15th March 2013 ?
63. lkmc01 - 15th March 2013 ?
64. 2ba3c -17th March 2013 :female:

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BIRTH LIST

:male: NBirdy - 26th August - 4lb 12oz
:male: Breast Cancer Survivor - 27th August 3:55pm - Harvey Stephen John 7lb12oz
:female: Kitten_Pie - 28th August 2012 - Naomi Lily - 7lb 2oz
:male: rjh090384 - 29th August 2012, 1:08 am - 10lb 10oz
:female: beanymagoo - 31st August 2012 - Amy - 8lb 13oz
:male: Elelyn - 4th September 2012, 1:20pm - Theo Henry, 7lb 13oz
:female: emweaver - 6th September 2012, 11:07pm - Isabelle, 6lb 15oz
:male: kittycat1977 - 9th September 2012, 8:51pm - Zachary Aaron, 8lb
:female: Bellola - 12th September 2012, 11:18pm - Scarlett Eva, 7lb 7oz
:male: emsaint - 14th September 2012, 12:02am - Noah Michael, 7lb 13oz
:male: emsbet - 16th September 2012, 8:17pm - Connor Stephen, 7lb 14.5oz
:male: milliebob - 17th September 2012, 10:20am - Oliver Jack Albie, 7lb
:male: Mishkanorman - 20th September 2012
:male: twinklie - 21st September 2012, 9.49am - Archie James
:male: Shery - 24th September 2012 - Jude 5lb 5oz
:female: MissMonkeyMoo - 25th September 2012, 12.40am - Gracie, 7lb 10.5oz
:female: SamW - 26th September 2012, 00.00am - Elizabeth Jane
:male: sexymouse - 26th September 2012, 9.32pm - Jonathan Ian 9lb 7oz
:male: MummyOfTwo - 28th September 2012, 6.59pm - Elijah Ruairi 9lb 1oz
:female: KatyLiz - 28th September 2012, 8.49pm - Eliza Grace 5lb 6.5oz
:female: Carrie80- 29th September, 7.40pm - Lara-Rae 6lb 15 oz
:female: Snowyz81 - 30th September 2012 - Daisie Mei 7lb 9oz
:female: bikelesschick - 3rd October 2012 - Sophia 3kg
:female: toni_ - 3rd October 2012 - Maisie 7lb 10oz
:female: punkpink - 6th October 2012 - Tylah 4 lb 10 oz
:female: Candycane - 6th October2012
:female: snowbean - 6th October 2012
:male: ikkle87 - 15th October 2012
:male: moneypuddle - 16th October 2012 6.38am - 8lb
:male: Twinkle - 17th October 2012 - 7lb 1.5oz

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

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happy8178 - 27th August 2012 :female:
shell_girl - 30th August 2012 ?
The Next Verse - 12th September 2012 ?
tigerwhite - 26th September 2012 ?
fozpot - 27th September 2012 ?
will-be-debt-free - 1st October 2012 ?

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