big hugs im sorry about your grandad.

its a pretty dress though

I think I'll wear the dress to the funeral - I dont always wear black to funerals TBH but I think it'll be nice.

i think itll be lovely

Me thinks you should wear it too hun

I've been a woman on a mission this weekend.

I decided that I wanted to start getting things moving in terms of rearranging the bedrooms ready for the baby coming. Emily currently has the room next to us. We have 2 spare bedroom - one is tiny and thats the office and the other is downstairs (the house is built in to a hillside) and thats bigger and the shower room is down there too. I wasnt sure about Emily being down there and us upstairs but one distinct advantage will be being able to have normal volume sex again!!! The wall between our rooms is toooooo thin and we have to keep it down!!!
So I rationalised my wardrobes. I have plenty of space in my room so I shouldnt really need to spill over into that spare room. The charity shop is getting all my old stuff - size 10's that I wont be in again for a very long time!!! I havent had them on in 2 yrs and I think it'll be another 2 before I get any where near that again - if ever.
My wedding dress is boxed up and I sorted out photos and stuff to go in the attic.
Emily spent nearly all day in her room doing the same - a much bigger mountain to climb.....anyway she managed it and I think we will be able to move her at half term. She's going to Ibiza with my parents so we'll move her while shes there.
I managed to tick a few more items off my list for the baby. We have all the bigs stuff sorted now. Just need to get clothes, bedding etc now.
The Mamas and Papas factory shop is near here and I'm told its great for blankets and so on. I'm gonna wait till after the scan on saturday before I get clothes so I can get some girl/boy specific stuff.....getting excited....

Harry was moving about this afternoon - I'm feeling him more regularly now which is lovely. Mainly when sitting/resting.

I finally 'feel' pregnant!!! That may sound silly with me feeling the baby but the minor heartburn and breathlessness after the spare bedroom sorting really made me feel pregnant!

My friend is getting me some peppermint oil tablets for the heartburn - she used them for IBS but her friend is pregnant and she said its excellent and safe.

Just dropping by (now I finally found the journals) to give you a big

Today I finally got my risk assessment done at work. Only because I wrote a snotty email to my line manager who's been supposed to do it since I told them when I was only 5 weeks pregnant!!! I also copied one of the deputy heads in too - she rang me within minutes being all arsey and booked to do it over lunchtime today.

My main area's of risk without boring you, are from heat in my office - its like a bloody oven and everyone comments. It's unbearable in summer and windows open and fans make no difference. The sun shines in all day and its mainly windows so has a green house effect. I've complained to no avail for 3years but now they have to listen.....ha!

The other area put simply is stress. I usually have 2 other people to help me through my busiest time (I am responsible for exams in a large high school with up to 400 kids doing exams in any one sitting) and due to one leaving and the other recovering from a hysterectomy, I'm on my tod. As exams run up until lunchtime and then start over the lunch break, I dont get a break. Any issues come my way from behaviour to kids doing the wrong paper as the buck stops with me. So I cant be unavailable over lunch and even though I'm entitled to a break its those kids future so I feel like I cant just down tools. I know my boss ( the deputy ) really appreciates that I dont and he always tells me to go home early whenever I can/want to.

When we were doing the risk assessment the line manager basically said that stress is part of the job when you're preganant or not - yes I can accept that. But what I cant accept was that in her summary she said that stress isnt going to do me or my baby and REAL harm. I just need to learn how to deal with it.

I dont really care about what it does to me - as she said, its just part of my job. But a bit like smoking, my baby doesnt choose to be put under stress.......

Pfft I take it she's never had kids then!! Everyone knows that stress does do your baby harm... and employers have no option but to recognise this and make their pregnant staff as comfortable as possible. What a witch.

Well at least it is all in a risk assessment now, so hopefully your Health & Safety Manager will recognise the issues then your line manager has no choice but to lift some of the load off you.

I hope it gets easier for you.

Thanks hun

She does have kids, she IS a witch and SHE'S the H&S manager too!!!!!!!!!

NOOOO!!!

That's my idea down the pan

Well I hope she comes to her senses then and it gets easier for you.