Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??
- Thread starter bbymc
- Start date
Hi ladies How are we all? Think I am officially a hormonal pregnant woman! Been feeling crappy all day and had tomato soup and toast for tea, it's been threatening to show itself again all night and then I was sitting in the bath and burst into tears! Like actual uncontrollable sobbing! Thank goodness OH was out as I still don't know even why I was crying!!
Anyways good luck to everyone with booking in appts and scans this week and LJ good luck with your interview!! Xx
Anyways good luck to everyone with booking in appts and scans this week and LJ good luck with your interview!! Xx
bbymc
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2012
- Messages
- 938
- Reaction score
- 2
Lol, I was feeling a bit like that today. Sad blubbering at nothing lol. Luckily I was on my own lol. Even then I still felt like a twat though. Haha!
Lj, glad Shaun is ok after his tooth incident! Good luck tomorrow too!! I was meant to have a interview today but I totally didn't realise it was today and missed it. Totally gutted. Guess it wasn't meant to be. So annoyed with myself though. I never usually forget important stuff.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. Here's to a good day for all of us tomorrow.
xx
Lj, glad Shaun is ok after his tooth incident! Good luck tomorrow too!! I was meant to have a interview today but I totally didn't realise it was today and missed it. Totally gutted. Guess it wasn't meant to be. So annoyed with myself though. I never usually forget important stuff.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. Here's to a good day for all of us tomorrow.
xxHormones have yet to hit me although I de remember crying at the strangest things last time, which amused my wee sisters loads. You will laugh about it one day, I promise! Lol. In the meantime, enjoy it. After feeling shitty and sick, a good cry in the bath is just what you need 
Get rid of all the stress before bed.
Get rid of all the stress before bed.I am not having a good start to the day. I tried on my suit jacket to see if it matches the new trousers and it won't button up because my boobs are so big now! I didn't even think of that!! I have no idea what I am going to do other than going shopping in Livingston before the interview. Nightmare!!
I thought about that but I'm sure it looks silly. I dunno. I think I'll go for a bath then maybe try everything in my wardrobe on. See if I can get away with just trousers and a blouse with my overcoat.
It's not even as if I can say 'Sorry for my appearance, I'm pregnant and nothing fits me any more' lol. It might explain the burping and hiccuping all the time though!
It's not even as if I can say 'Sorry for my appearance, I'm pregnant and nothing fits me any more' lol. It might explain the burping and hiccuping all the time though!
The trousers look ridiculous lol. The material is so strange, like jogging trouser material! I tried on all my other trousers and they won't even fit with an elastic band. I had no idea I had put on so many inches! I have lived in jogging trousers and sports bras because I've been ill and have hardly left the house. I don't get it at all....I have lost half a stone lol. From where???
bbymc
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2012
- Messages
- 938
- Reaction score
- 2
Any word on the interview yet?
I'm feeling pretty shitty today. Sicky and a bit dizzy I've had a blocked ear for 3 days too. Tried putting warm oil in it but that never worked. Duno if it's pregnancy related or what. It's annoying though. I can't hear much out of it.
Gotta phone my work today and tell them if I'm gona go back next week. If I do go back though, I wont actually be at work as I'd requested next week off as a holiday ages ago. Lol. Feel a bit shan telling them I will be back at work and then reminding them that despite being back, I'll actually be on holiday lol xx
I'm feeling pretty shitty today. Sicky and a bit dizzy
I've had a blocked ear for 3 days too. Tried putting warm oil in it but that never worked. Duno if it's pregnancy related or what. It's annoying though. I can't hear much out of it.Gotta phone my work today and tell them if I'm gona go back next week. If I do go back though, I wont actually be at work as I'd requested next week off as a holiday ages ago. Lol. Feel a bit shan telling them I will be back at work and then reminding them that despite being back, I'll actually be on holiday lol xx
The ear thing doesn't sound good. Get yourself off to the docs and get it checked. Sure you haven't put a pea or something in it? Lol.
A weeks holiday is just what you need. Maybe after a proper rest you'll be feeling better and ready to go back.
I'm not expecting to hear about the job any time soon. I'm beginning to wonder if I actually want it. I do want a job, of course...but this particular job involves a lot of lifting and it's very physical. Plus, as it's for the NHS, if I get offered the job I'll need to go to their Occupational Health for sign off, which means declaring the pregnancy when I would prefer to wait until I was a lot further along!
A weeks holiday is just what you need. Maybe after a proper rest you'll be feeling better and ready to go back.
I'm not expecting to hear about the job any time soon. I'm beginning to wonder if I actually want it. I do want a job, of course...but this particular job involves a lot of lifting and it's very physical. Plus, as it's for the NHS, if I get offered the job I'll need to go to their Occupational Health for sign off, which means declaring the pregnancy when I would prefer to wait until I was a lot further along!
bbymc
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2012
- Messages
- 938
- Reaction score
- 2
Hmmm, well just wait and see then. No point worrying about what you will do until you know if you got the job. Wouldn't be great if there is lots of lifting though cos ud not be able to do that. Whatever happens though, the interview is always good experience!
My ear is still blocked. It's not sore but I think if it's not gone by Monday, I'll go back to the docs. Spoke to my work too and it might be that I need to continue on sick leave rather than use my holiday cos otherwise I'll be in my 2nd period of sickness in 12 months. You are only allowed 3 periods. I would have thought the rules would be different if you were pregnant, but it appears not. Bit annoying really! Xx
My ear is still blocked. It's not sore but I think if it's not gone by Monday, I'll go back to the docs. Spoke to my work too and it might be that I need to continue on sick leave rather than use my holiday cos otherwise I'll be in my 2nd period of sickness in 12 months. You are only allowed 3 periods. I would have thought the rules would be different if you were pregnant, but it appears not. Bit annoying really! Xx
Sickness absence
Special rules apply to sickness absence which is related to a woman’s pregnancy or to her having given birth.
You should record pregnancy-related illness separately from other kinds of illness and should not count it towards someone’s total sickness record.
You should not pay a woman who is absent for a pregnancy-related illness less than the contractual sick pay she would receive if she was absent for any other illness with a statement of fitness to work (‘fit note’
.
You must not take into account a period of absence due to pregnancy-related illness, or maternity leave, when making a decision about a woman’s employment, for example, for disciplinary purposes or if you’re selecting workers for redundancy. Treat sickness absence associated with a miscarriage as pregnancy-related illness.
Special rules apply to sickness absence which is related to a woman’s pregnancy or to her having given birth.
You should record pregnancy-related illness separately from other kinds of illness and should not count it towards someone’s total sickness record.
You should not pay a woman who is absent for a pregnancy-related illness less than the contractual sick pay she would receive if she was absent for any other illness with a statement of fitness to work (‘fit note’
. You must not take into account a period of absence due to pregnancy-related illness, or maternity leave, when making a decision about a woman’s employment, for example, for disciplinary purposes or if you’re selecting workers for redundancy. Treat sickness absence associated with a miscarriage as pregnancy-related illness.
bbymc
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2012
- Messages
- 938
- Reaction score
- 2
Yeah, that's what I thought. My manager is off for 2 weeks so I spoke to the other manager today. I didn't mention the reasons for me being off but I assumed she had been told. It's possible she doesn't know I'm pregnant though. Maybe that's why she explained it like that.
I'll need to tell her when I phone back on Monday I reckon, to make sure she gives me the right advice. She was really helpful and doesn't want me to lose out of anything so she may just be misinformed. I bloody hope so anyway!
I was thinking though, if I'm off a lot during the pregnancy, will that affect the amount of maternity pay I'll be entitled to?? It better not. I'm never off sick usually! Xx
I'll need to tell her when I phone back on Monday I reckon, to make sure she gives me the right advice. She was really helpful and doesn't want me to lose out of anything so she may just be misinformed. I bloody hope so anyway!
I was thinking though, if I'm off a lot during the pregnancy, will that affect the amount of maternity pay I'll be entitled to?? It better not. I'm never off sick usually! Xx
If you are entitled to standard SMP, your last 8 weeks earnings before you go on maternity leave will be used to calculate your average, you will get 90% of that for 6 weeks then £135.45 a week after that.
As long as you aren't off sick for the 8 weeks before you go on leave you will be fine!
As long as you aren't off sick for the 8 weeks before you go on leave you will be fine!
