Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! Part 3

becsxxx

Congrats on the scan sophiasmum! Was logging on from my work Halloween party last night to wait for you!

Fingers crossed for everyone having scans today too.

11 weeks for me today! Symptoms have definitely died down again, so just can't wait for next Friday now x

neverdespairgirl

<glug glug glug>

If someone sticks a pin in me later, I'll burst with all the water sloshing around!

claire16c

sophiasmum wrote: »

She said I could either wait 2 weeks and come back with a full bladder..(honestly no one would think I already have 2 children!) or have an internal scan...No choice in my book! I wouldn't have slept for 2 weeks. She did say a lot of people turn the internal scan down. As you say not the most pleasant of experiences but I got the end result

Just lurking and had to post - that really shocks me- how or why on earth would you turn it down? It's just a scan how could you go on for 2 weeks not knowing?! I mean a baby is gonna come out of there and if you got pregnant something has been up there already!

So pleased it was ok for you.

moonbabe58

Sophiasmum - glad the scan went well Can't understand why someone would turn down the internal scan if needed?! I have had one before (not pregnancy related!) and yes it wasn't the most pleasant thing, but it is a medical procedure that needs to be done!

I am getting symptoms with vengeance today! Every time I cough or sneeze it really hurts my lower tummy muscles. Plus feeling ultra nauseous! Even eating copius amounts of ginger biscuits isn't helping like it usually does! Role on 5pm when I can go home and rest a little!

claire16c

marywooyeah wrote: »

Neverdespairgirl I didnt realise you were a barrister! Alot of my graduate friends are doing their bptcs now. Its quite sad watching them as I know I'll never be a solicitor now due to this pregnancy, you're lucky that your career is sorted before you have your baby.


I'm actually dreading tommorow and having done the sums there's no way I'm going to manage on maternity pay. Looking like I'm going to have to go back to work once my two weeks are up. And to top it all off I've put on a whopping two pounds!!! What a crappy day!

Great news about your scan sophiasmum, must be a relief to have your edd! X

The first 6 weeks are paid at 90% aren't they? So I don't think you'd need to go back after 2? Plus you could tack on some holiday after that if you wanted so say make it 8 weeks total.

samtoby

What is the minimum you have to take after having a baby? Is it only two weeks?

I will get 90% for 6 weeks and then SMP as I have only been working for this company for 11 months. You have to work for the company for 2 years to get the full package which is very good but it is what it is. I hope we will manage on my OH paying what I can't. TBH I have not thought about it because that would be me getting carried away.

Still feeling so sick. Was very tired again, it comes in fits and starts.

Can not wait to hear scan news.....wonder who will be first.

11+5

samtoby

Re:turning down internal scans - some people are funny but they may have a good reason I guess. I can't think of one personally. I have a retroverted uterus (tilts backwards) so baby can not be seen early on.

samtoby

moonbabe58 wrote: »

I am getting symptoms with vengeance today! Every time I cough or sneeze it really hurts my lower tummy muscles. Plus feeling ultra nauseous! Even eating copius amounts of ginger biscuits isn't helping like it usually does! Role on 5pm when I can go home and rest a little!

Had that a couple of days it was really painful. I sneeze really hard as well. Poor babies must jump when it happens! :rotfl:

glimmerofhope

I found out yesterday I am being made redundant at the end of March. Not entitled to redundancy as only been there 13 months cme March and needs to be 2yrs. So not really sure what now as only work pt and not sure I would be ideal for employment being pregnant.
I would have got smp but guess it will be MA now?
Lurking for scan news :j

sophiasmum

sorry to hear about your job glimmerof hope....Yes if you don't get a job you will get MA.
SamToby - Im exactly the same...I 'know' the details of maternity leave but haven't even dared think that far ahead. I 'may' go into work and try to work out when I can leave on Monday though!!Get a countdown going. With my company its full pay for 6 weeks then SMP - we get the difference between our salary and SMP repaid to us over a set period when we go back to work (you have to stay a year or repay). We have started to save - that's one thing even I couldn't go into denial about! As every penny will count with buying baby things (Ive got rid of everything bar the cot from my previous 2) and money for when Im not earning.

The woman scanning implied that women turn them down because they are scared - I couldn't get my leggings down quick enough!!!

Just phoned up and changed my next scan date to 20th Nov - when I should be 12 weeks 5 days....