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The Pregnant Womans Moan Thread.
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My moan of the day is that I'm 28 weeks pregnant and delighted to be here but due to some minor complications I've been advised not to exercise by some midwives. I've asked a few doctors too and they all seem to say it's ok so I'm getting mixed advice but the way I look at it I'd rather be safe than sorry. So I'm worried I won't be fit for labour...and also gaining weight by the second.
oh Lordy, conflicting advice is the pits
Without knowing what the complication is would pregnancy yoga still be suitable? Even doing the breathing exercises it uses? Supposedly the breathing alone can help massively for pain and mood management during labour (but it's my first so I could be all wrong and listening to too much from other people!!) 0 -
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Penny Dreadful wrote: »I can't wait to give up work for a while.
Its been really rough since November (got a new boss who is an ass on a good day) and while the intensity of the stress and situation has abated a great deal and I'm going to move to a different post within the same organisation the politics and carry on is very wearing.
I love when people say to me "well come September we'll see about xyz...." and I'm thinking
come September I'll be about ready to finish up for a year so I don't care":D
Aw penny, it's awful when your boss is an ass! You'll love that year off to spend with your baby
I'm lucky in that before I went on my initial maternity (1.5 years ago) I was pretty much my own manager in my own office so I didn't get too much grief.
However, so much has changed in that year and a half and I'm really starting to worry about my career. I'm sure you know yourself, the healthcare organisation is so dynamic and always changing... I feel I'm gonna be at a complete disadvantage when I eventually go back. And with another baby due in a week... It's probably going to be another year before I go back. That's 2.5 years I'll be out of it! Sooo much will have changed. I don't know what i'll be going back to. I worked really hard to get where I was in my career and its mad that taking a few years off to have a family can have such an impact. When I think about it it actually really gets me down. Coz you're kinda thinking... Will I have to start back at the bottom again!
Having said that tho I'm young enough (31). And I wouldnt give up the time I've been able to spend with my LO for all the money etc in the world. Isn't it just a bit(h tho we can't have the best of both worlds!!! I spose I'll just have to suck it up and work my arse off when it's time to get back into it. 0 -
Aw penny, it's awful when your boss is an ass! You'll love that year off to spend with your baby
I'm lucky in that before I went on my initial maternity (1.5 years ago) I was pretty much my own manager in my own office so I didn't get too much grief.
However, so much has changed in that year and a half and I'm really starting to worry about my career. I'm sure you know yourself, the healthcare organisation is so dynamic and always changing... I feel I'm gonna be at a complete disadvantage when I eventually go back. And with another baby due in a week... It's probably going to be another year before I go back. That's 2.5 years I'll be out of it! Sooo much will have changed. I don't know what i'll be going back to. I worked really hard to get where I was in my career and its mad that taking a few years off to have a family can have such an impact. When I think about it it actually really gets me down. Coz you're kinda thinking... Will I have to start back at the bottom again!
Having said that tho I'm young enough (31). And I wouldnt give up the time I've been able to spend with my LO for all the money etc in the world. Isn't it just a bit(h tho we can't have the best of both worlds!!! I spose I'll just have to suck it up and work my arse off when it's time to get back into it.
I was my own boss (more or less) too for ages and loved it. I was always at work and put in (more than) my hours so it worked well for everyone and I was left to my own devices. Then I got offered what seemed to be a great opportunity and it could have been but my then boss got a promotion and left. Then the new hateful boss came on board and things went down hill.
I think he realised that he was behaving very inappropriately and was well out of order and got scared that I'd do something official about it other than just say "no, you can't do that to me and I won't tolerate it" (that was like red rag to a bull for him) and so he wound his neck in big time at the end of January. To be fair he apologised too.
So that leaves me up in the air as the job I moved to in August under the previous boss just isn't going to work and I've been asked to take on something new that is up my street in terms of interest and experience and skill set and its a challange that I'm up for. However, they seem to be expecting me to write the job spec and do all the donkey work for them (i.e. the management team incl. my boss) which isn't right either.
With the whole issue of the groups coming about for the hospital network everyone is wondering whats going to happen to them, their job, their speciality, etc.
The way I look at it is - and this would be the same for you Sligo1, is that you are entitled to maternity leave and have a legal expectation to have a job when you go back. Anyone with an ounce of cop on isn't going to move some one like you or me into an area where we aren't needed or fit and leave something else (and they're all about education, policies, standards, etc thanks to HIQA these days) vacant.
We should enjoy our time off with our babies and expanding families and park the work stuff for as long as we can.0 -
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Penny Dreadful wrote: »I was my own boss (more or less) too for ages and loved it. I was always at work and put in (more than) my hours so it worked well for everyone and I was left to my own devices. Then I got offered what seemed to be a great opportunity and it could have been but my then boss got a promotion and left. Then the new hateful boss came on board and things went down hill.
I think he realised that he was behaving very inappropriately and was well out of order and got scared that I'd do something official about it other than just say "no, you can't do that to me and I won't tolerate it" (that was like red rag to a bull for him) and so he wound his neck in big time at the end of January. To be fair he apologised too.
So that leaves me up in the air as the job I moved to in August under the previous boss just isn't going to work and I've been asked to take on something new that is up my street in terms of interest and experience and skill set and its a challange that I'm up for. However, they seem to be expecting me to write the job spec and do all the donkey work for them (i.e. the management team incl. my boss) which isn't right either.
With the whole issue of the groups coming about for the hospital network everyone is wondering whats going to happen to them, their job, their speciality, etc.
The way I look at it is - and this would be the same for you Sligo1, is that you are entitled to maternity leave and have a legal expectation to have a job when you go back. Anyone with an ounce of cop on isn't going to move some one like you or me into an area where we aren't needed or fit and leave something else (and they're all about education, policies, standards, etc thanks to HIQA these days) vacant.
We should enjoy our time off with our babies and expanding families and park the work stuff for as long as we can.
Yea you're right Penny. And I def am enjoying my time with my baby. I spose it's just something that's always gonna be in the back of mind tho. But I am lucky that I def do have a job to go back to as I am permanent.
BTW... That's some work load they have you roped in to do. Bet you can't wait for your mat leave! 0 -
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Haha mystic meg I wish I'd have picked the winning lotto numbers for tonight
Ya it was supposed to be this week but wasn't favourable but regardless next tues night getting admitted for induction. Stupid sweeps do nothing for me!!!0 -
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It's not exactly the most comfortable thing in the world, and you can decline it you don't have to have one. And not to be recommended at 38+4 unless there's a reason for it
For my GTT I had to be fasting for 12 hours, drink 410ml of lucozade and then bloods an hour after finishing drinking it and another hour after that. That's in Kerry: my dads a type 1 diabetic so that's my risk factor my fasting bloods were 5.0 and 5.1 is a diagnosis of GD now. 0 -
It's not exactly the most comfortable thing in the world, and you can decline it you don't have to have one. And not to be recommended at 38+4 unless there's a reason for it
For my GTT I had to be fasting for 12 hours, drink 410ml of lucozade and then bloods an hour after finishing drinking it and another hour after that. That's in Kerry: my dads a type 1 diabetic so that's my risk factor my fasting bloods were 5.0 and 5.1 is a diagnosis of GD now.
Could have sworn my fasting bloods were more than 5.1... my second was 9.something and third was 7.something... going to have to check when I'm back at hospital... I didn't get a phone call so thought I was out of the woods.0 -
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