Mother of all conception months Graduates

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thanks madcat am dead proud of myself...I even admit to been more worried about the GTT than labour which is really bizare but the I never worried about labour when having Oliver so I guess it could be kinda considered normal for me I suppose

I cant wait for our scan on Saturday its at 4pm so I reckon we will probably head straight there when I fininsh work I got a letter confirming everything and asking me to take a can of coke and bar of chocolate with me as this gets baby moving Am not sure as to what sort of checks they do as this scan is more for the fun aspect than medical iykwim however I do know I have to take my hand-held notes with me and fill out a form with my MW details incase there happens to be anything picked up on the scan but as far as I know the sonographer is trained to a high standard however wont discuss any medical opinions as this is not the purpose of the scan so I dont really know to be honest. Am sure she will talk us through everything though and am dead excited to hopefully see his face at long last

 

[gilz82]

Molly hope everything goes ok at your hospital appointment

Madly glad your GTT wasnt as bad as you were anticipating, although not so good you aren't feeling very good now

Vbaby hope you aren't waiting too long at the garage, but nope still no movements here yet. I asked the consultant about it yesterday and she said there's a chance if he stays breech I won't really feel anything until really far along when basically he's run out of room inside me

Madcap what have I missed? Are you going for a 4d scan?

Ok bump pictures now.... the first one was at 21 weeks the second today so 23 weeks just after my lunch

https://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g413/gdonald20/ad3ddd03.jpg https://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g413/gdonald20/66610ee2.jpg

 

[PeanutBean]

ooo Gilz I definitely think you look bumpier!

Yay madly for it all being over and nearly 4D scan time! I think you were probably worried about the implications of the GTT on your labour even if you thought it was just the test itself. All over now though.

Hope your appointment is ok molly.

I've had such a busy day and I've STILL not started on my strategy. I want to get a big draft done to send to my manager tomorrow. Eek! I've spoken with my union and the rep was as baffled as me! We had a good chat and she said that if anything does happen they will certainly get involved. Aside from everything else that I'm being investigated behind my back is definitely cause for grievance.

I've spoken with Toshiba. Apparently my repair disk won't work because it is CD and not DVD and the repair stuff doesn't fit on CD. WTF? Could it not tell you that like before you start making it, or after when it didn't fully copy??? I suspect it won't make any difference anyway but still, I just look like an idiot! It was clear I'm not when I launched into options for retrieving my files. Found the USB is not reading to boot even if it is set to default boot option so my mum has said to download ubuntu which is a linux thing and I should be able to boot from it and have a virtual desktop and access my files there so I can copy them off to USB (assuming the boot issue isn't a driver or USB issue). THEN I can do YET ANOTHER complete format. What if I had my life saved on this laptop? Good job I don't!

Besides these two rather in depth phone calls I've done loads of work too! So that's good. At least I don't need to feel guilty as well as stressed about this stupid strategy. I've decided to pare it down anyway and make it very strategic i.e. write down all the work that needs doing and not actually do it myself now! (Sorry mat cover!)

Anyway, enough of the bring ins and outs of my work mediocrity!

 

[madcatwoman]

Madly, ive read a few times that on the few days lead up to a 4d scan its advisable to drink plenty, being hydrated beforehand is supposed to help get clearer pictures, i dont know if this is true or not, but ive started doing this anyway as of today(even if it does mean a million loo trips!).
I'll have a drop of coke about 15 mins before and take the rest with me.

this is what our scan place says about them

PLEASE NOTE:
We consider all our scans to be diagnostic and never scan just for entertainment. The health of you and your baby is our primary concern, so our sonographers will be checking that your baby is developing normally, including the following:

•The placenta site and fluid around your baby
•Your baby’s head and brain structure
•The heart
•Your baby’s spine, stomach, bladder and kidneys
•The umbilical cord
•All four limbs and the position of the feet
•Your baby’s growth rate
•We can also tell you the sex of your baby if you wish

the woman is very good there, really knows her stuff, even written and sold books on it!.

Gilz...yeh ive had a 3d 4 d scan booked for about 3 weeks now, its booked for this sunday morning.
thats a lovely little bumpage you got going there (although i was never that slim before getting pregnant!), youre going to be one of the lucky ones who springs back into shape afterwards!!

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

aw well done madly!

cant wait to get to the point where we are booking scans look how much of a newbie i am compared to you ladies i have my BOOKING IN appointment tomorrow lol must seem like ages ago you lot were doing that lol better late then never lol!

i am so proud of my dh we both worth for a company who see its employees purely as numbers and are horrendous to work for - in fact i joked with dh that he when he finally hand his notice in that he should put his employee number as opposed to his name lol

anyway he just got a call to confirm that he has a final stage interivew for th emost amazing restaurant it is the best in our town and is very very very high level on food and service and they treat there employees are family! not even just as people! as family! its amazing i really hope he gets it - it will literally change our lives. he is so stressed with work at the moment, he hates it so much and although in our line of work you are always going to be stressed theres the type of stress that comes from a good days work and doing a good job and theres the stress of having someone literally swearing in your face and threatening to fire you for thigns that are so unbelievably insignficant! grrrr!

got my fingers crossed so hard for him!

 

[madcatwoman]

nomore, i remember exactly where i was at 8wks pregnant, i was on holiday in london, and i remember thinking that the end seemed so far away i couldnt even see it!, i had to break it down and look as far as 12 weeks, and after that 20 weeks and so on.... i still do that now...my next point is about 30 weeks. the time is better to digest that way!!.
But what i didnt appreciate on that holiday in london was how mobile i was and very able to pound those streets each day, if we had left that holiday until now i wouldnt have been able to do any of it!, so get all your activities in while you still can!!

 

[pinkclaire]

Hello Ladies!

Well the move is going semi ok. The car decided to break earlier but DH got it started again!

I'm at work, so I'm hoping hes done most of it by the time I get home! I'll be doing all the cleaning I expect, but thats ok cos hes crap at it!

Nomore your post about your DH and DS made me laugh, it sounds like my house! My DH lets James bite him and also sometimes lets him touch the TV etc, and then wonders why he really plays him up! I keep telling him he has to b consistent. I had to stop the biting thing as I can see him biting a child at nursery, its all payful not nasty, but still. Same with food, he never plays me up, but always plays DH up and chucks it all on the floor! They are clever arnt they. I think I will be known as mean mummy when hes older!

I think it will be funny seeing the differences to how he reacts with a girl? Cos hes always saying hes a boy hes meant to do that.

Madly glad the test is over for you hun, fx'd for the results!

Love the bump pics, I must take a new one soon!

I am not really focusing on my pregnancy this time and its flying by! I'm convinced I will be late again so will get quite a surprise if I am early!

to everyone and sorry to who I've missed my brain doesnt work well atm xx

 

[molly85]

I'm back it was fairly quick couldnt believe awoman was winging about time and work, She is still being paid to betheir dozzy cow. When i did my sample (yummy) there was som blood in the loo, it was very sad poor woman must have been petrified/upset with all those bumpy ladies in there. I saw the obs registra abby sounds fine but she has requested a 32 week scan, intresting i thought no idea why but we love a scanplus its for a week matts off work so hae can come. My thyroid is on form and nothing is changing there and the Endo guy looked at my GTT results and said Deffinatly not diabetic lol so all round an excellent appointment.

Yay for 3D/4D scans girls.

Looking good for the job Nomore.

Thanks again for you support.

Gilz besides the worry this consultant care ain't bad is it. I am thinking of moving into the hospital lol so many appointments

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

ha ha pink claire, im going to have to get stern with him soon though because it is easier to be bad and i know it will seep into other areas of life, when hes with me, nursery, school, when we visit people, oh embarrasing it would be to be the mum with the child who bites eeek

madcat thats what i do, was 8 weeks, now its 12 then 16 then 20 then takes a big leap to 30 then its countdown to mat leave lol

xkx

 

[vbaby3]

Glad you'd a good appointment molly!
Glad your gtt went ok madly,hope you get the all clear and thats the end of it.
Yay for your bump gilz,and yes I agree you're gonna be 1 of them very lucky ladies that just springs back into shape and back into your old clothes in a wk!!i'm jealous!!

Oh 4 d scans at wk end,can't wait to see your pics.Yes the lady told me to drink loads of water in the days running up to it,it makes the amniotic fluid clearer or something,!!!
And them to have something sweet about half hr beforehand.It took a lot of prodding for our lo to take her hand down from her face,she was hiding lol,and once she moved it we'd get a quick look and then she'd put it back up!It was cute!

Back from the garage,stuck there 2 hrs and came home with a list of stuff that needs doing before the car will pass the nct nxt month.About 350euro worth of work.
I'm raging.The car was brand new in 2007,I suppose I just expected it to stay new foreverIt seems everywhere I turn its just bills bills bills!!

 

[PeanutBean]

Madcat I totally didn't realise your scan was this weekend, it'll be fab!

Sorry about your car vbaby! What a pain.

I've done really well with my work, about doubled my strategy in an hour. The sort of way I used to work before pregnant! Now I'm going to read applications for my job and start sorting them and drink tea until DH and Byron get home. I've had a lot of tension relieved today.

Gilz, more laptop news for you! lol Technical help want me to to try a complete restore again from the partition but I needed to get my files off so my Mum recommended ubuntu which is a linux OS. Finally got that going and I STILL can't access Windows files. There's a big error message I need to chat about with my Mum but it does mention hardware errors so it could be that just this programme will resolve whether or not I can send it to repair knowing I won't get charged. Fingers crossed. The silver lining is all this stupid crap updates my fading computer knowledge.

 

[madcatwoman]

yeh scan has come around quite quick!

peanut you sound like you have been hard at work, youre always working hard (that company is going to miss you when youre on leave!).
in a nutshell(if you can) what is it 'exactly' that you do?? wish i had been brighter and in a better area to have gotten a good job!

 

[molly85]

Oh dear my ex boss just called to catch up with the fun events going on in my life. He has man flu so there i am having a serious conversation and matt walks through with the tag from the plumbs tucked under his balls it said "Golden Plumbs" I nearly pissed myself. Then he yelled oww my plumbs 2 minutes later, I was still on the phone. lol and he says he is all achey again and cold hes been told to take his lemsip and its not cold.

 

[PeanutBean]

Madcat I'm going to PM you not because I want others on here not to know, just that in light of recent events I don't want to be too identifiable!

 

[PeanutBean]

Oh and I'm going through applications. About three good ones so far and one clear one out of those. The type of person applying is totally different from last time, what a difference a tweak to the role makes!

 

[molly85]

half of us know anyway peanut we won't take it personally

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Evening Ladies :wave:

Lovely bumpage Gilz

vbaby I am so sorry to hear about your car but I can sympathise everywhere I turn its bills, bills and more bills at the minute and now DHs work are trying to down-grade the level of his bonus He works damn hard and they have a bloody cheek

madcat my scan letter doesnt say anything like that but there is an questions & answers page on the website Doesnt really explain what they look at though tbh....the scan place comes highly recommended from other bnb Leeds Ladies and has really good reviews and the sonographer lady has apparently worked there for alot of years Am sure if will be ok the letter is very friendly and very nice iykwim and the lady on the phone said their aim is to make it a relaxing visit so I guess maybe thats why It does however say to arrive with an half full bladder as this is all that is needed I was also told if for any reason we dont get to see Charlie properly ie his position of whatever then we will be able to re-book free of charge

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Peanut sounds like a very productive day

 

[gilz82]

Vbaby that's pants about your car it's so frustrating when you get hit with a big bill you weren't expecting.

Molly glad the hospital went well and yay for extra scans, I'm getting one too but at 34 weeks

Peanut my Linux experience is very minimal but it really sounds like there is something seriously wrong with the structure of the hard disk now, but well done for getting loads of strategy work done despite the laptop farse.

Madcat so exciting about your scan on Sunday, I never wanted a 4d scan but now that I know i can't have one I want one! It's so silly

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

My Mum keeps saying that we might find out we are having instead I said if he doesnt have a willy on Saturday I want to know where the heck its gone because it was def a willy we saw and two ickle balls of that I have no doubt