Due In May :)

[Powell130]

We're not quite finished, I still have to wash and put away some clothes and get some stuff to hang on the walls (any ideas?!) but it's so close to being done, have to show someone! lol

 

[Hann12]

Great photos Powell!

Yes I think that weight sounds about right! So exciting to think that we are talking about the final weights as its really not long now!!

 

[Jary]

Looks really lovely! I can't wait until we get the cotbed all set up and the Moses basket

I need to get into contact with HR at work today...I got my maternity allowance letter and I think I'm being paid too much! If its right I'm not complaining but I don't want to accept it only to find its wrong and I have to pay loads back. Gah, wish it was simple!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

That's lovely Powell I can't decorate the nursery till the bunk beds come and DS can move into DDs room with her!

Jary you usually get the first 6 weeks at a higher rate. Hope it's not wrong though!! X

 

[Hann12]

Jary I remember thinking the same thing but it was right - if you get any sort of bonus that is used in the calculation. It's worth getting them to explain it though.

My DH has gone away on business today until fri and my parents are coming to stay until thurs which is good. I start my Nct classes tonight, 7.30-9.30. I really hope it's nice people, my first Nct experience was okay but some of them were quite bitchy so it would be nice to meet just nice people. It's for second timers so they should al be in a similar(ish) position to me!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

When I was pregnant with DS I was a lot better off on SMP than my normal wage as in the qualifying weeks I picked up loads of extra shifts which counted towards my SMP I'm losing out on quite a lot this time because I've been on the sick since 17 weeks

Hope you have a lovely time with your parents Hann! I found the same at our NTC class, we only went to one with DD and didn't bother with DS. We were very you g and found everyone else looked down their noses at us especially as OH looks ALOT younger than he is hope the classes are good this time x

 

[Sass827]

Dylan's measuring in the 77th percentile. Not sure if she will be one of the ones that levels off early or if she will jut be big. Either way, I'm happy she's thriving and viable at this point.
I hope the people at your class are nice hAnn! It's like the bitchy people on some of these boards - I just don't get it! I get being emotional. I'm so emotional. But being bitchy to other preggers? Just seems pointless....

 

[Sass827]

Oh and great nursery Powell! Congrats on the successful shower! I can't figure out what to put on the walls either. I was originally thinking one of those sticky murals of a tree, but now I'm thinking of a large canvas black and white or sepia print from the baby's first photo shoot. So torn!

 

[Hann12]

Thanks - it's funny but the whole mummy club is quite cliquey, some mums just take an initial complete dislike to you straight away, others just pair up and don't want anything to do with anyone else. There was a girl on mine last time that made it clear that she only rally wanted to be friends with one of the other girls (who she thought was of a similar wealth to her!) and she actually told me she didn't like me but her reasons for not liking me were actually not me if that makes sense - she had 'decided' what I was like and I wasn't like that but when she came out with it all, looking down her nose at me i had decided i didn't like her anyway! The girl that she was friends with I thought was okay but turns out she wasn't - she was setting up a cake business and I asked her to make a normal Victoria sponge for the party, nothing fancy, just as a favour to get her business started, and she said she would do it for free, I said i would pay the cost of ingredients and then after she had made the cake (which was No better than what I could have done) she told me the cost of ingredients was £35 which I was astounded by so just said I was surprised it was that much as a professional company would charge that for a finished product, she agreed it seemed a lot so she went away and recalculated the amount and came back saying the price was £87! I think she tried to charge me for the baking trays she bought, full size ingredients, the cake tin (which I returned), basically the start up costs to her business. Needless to say we aren't friends anymore!
Hoping this time to just meet some normal people lol!!

 

[nearlythere38]

We went to the hospitals antenatal class ehrn having our first. found it pretty useless Tbh. And there were some proper daft people there. One guy actually asked what happened if the delivery suite was on fire!! The most useful thing for me was the tour of the delivery unit. Didnt go when we had our second x

 

[Hann12]

I'm only doing it to try to meet more local people as we only moved here last year so I only have a few local friends

 

[nearlythere38]

That wasnt an NCT class tho. Just hospitals own. Dont know if NCT ones are different?

 

[Hann12]

The Nct classes are just more in depth I think. I have 5x 2 hour sessions. To be honest the thought bores me a tad as I did the classes less than 2 years ago so I'm just hoping the people are nice at least!!

 

[Jary]

My boss says the average they gave me is for the first 8 weeks only which I get at full pay and will be before tax. So that makes sense but its cheeky because they should say 'this is the average for the first 8 weeks' then 'this is the average for the next 16 weeks' etc etc. it makes it look like that is the average you get for the whole maternity leave. I'm going to see my boss later to try sort it out so I can have it spread out equally rather than loads at the beginning.

Happy 31 weeks due date buddies! I'm getting lots of prodding and rolling around today

 

[Hann12]

Jary I think that's how they all pay it - mine was like that and I just had the budget the amounts so I kept money for later in the maternity leave

Happy 31 weeks!

 

[Sass827]

I know what you mean Hann. DH and I only over here two years ago. We have some friends from his work and some from our neighborhood. Luckily there's 4 preggos in our neighborhood and 2 others with 1 year olds. I hope having the babies bring us closer together. But DH and I are considering moving again to get into a bigger house as all this baby stuff is starting to make us feel crammed!

 

[Powell130]

Thanx ladies. That's a good idea about photos from baby's first photo shoot i may do that for 1 wall hehe
Happy 31 weeks ladies! We're getting so close

 

[Jary]

Hann we can have equal amounts each week. Some of the other nurses have done it but its just a case of me finding the right person to contact lol

 

[Hann12]

That's good then Jary, I don't think my work would have done that!

 

[mathgenius33]

Has anyone else had to take off your wedding ring? I had to today because it's getting more difficult to take off and I really don't want it to get stuck so they have to cut it off or something. Anyway, it's weird, but it's just 2 more months.