Part 8: Due December 2017, Jan, Feb and March 2018

[dancingdiva88]

Hi ladies, lots of talk.about mat leave.
Oz is really good personally and I'm lucky being a teacher. I get 14 weeks paid leave at my salary or you can opt to take it at half pay for 28 weeks And any school holidays that gall during your leave is not.included so you can paid your full wage again but it doesn't come out of your maternity leave. Then we can access the 18 weeks government funded minimum wage after that.
I technically got paid for an entire 12 months (took my 14 weeks at half pay over 28 weeks and got paid at full pay 6 weeks of school holidays plus 18 weeks minimum wage by the government) with my DD. I'll be doing the same again and get paid for a year off. My husband gets 1 week at his wage being a teacher also or 2 weeks at half pay then can access the 2 weeks minimum wage from the government. He had a month off (took his employer wage at half pay) when my daughter was born. I'm so sad reading how behind some countries are with mummies bonding with their babies!

[AshFind]

Blue I like that with the trundle that's nice sometime all 4 of mine like to have a "sleepover" with each other!


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[mommaxo3]

Ash-I believe we bought our girls bunk beds at Big lots. They are a bit high so we now just use them as regular beds so I get wanting to see it before you buy it.

LMSM - I get trying to keep quiet about a pregnancy. You want to shout it at strangers and everyone you know lol. We waited until 11 weeks because I had a miscarriage the year before. We sat them on the couch and filmed it. I was going to show them the u/s but I didn't think they would understand fully what it was. Thankfully they aren't asking all the time when the baby will come. They did that for the first 2 weeks after telling them though, I just kept saying after your birthdays. My youngest's birthday is in December and my oldest is in January and this one will be in February. So Dec, Jan, Feb lol.

[4blue2pink]

totally get keeping quiet, we dont announce at all until after the baby is born, our oldest 4 kids last time walked in after school and nursery (she was born while they were out) and met their sister and were like "whats that?..its a baby!..can we keep her?" haha though my eldest 2 did double check that we weren't swapping our then-youngest for the new one

thats a nice birthday pattern mommaxo3 ive got two who weirdly both have the same birthday 5 years apart!

[Skyblue]

Hello Ladies. This pages in our group move so fast. [emoji4]
Pbn - Such a cute bump. You look
Amazing.
LMSM - Waiting to know your result. I
m so excited. [emoji4][emoji4] And your 10th Anniversary coming. Yay. I
Am sure it will be a lot of fun.
Mommy - Boo for af showing her face. Hugs. Come on next cycle. 🤞🤞
Shann - Awesome that you cleared your glucose test and other blood work came back normal. Such a relief.
Hope you get rid of the itching soon.
Lolla- Happy Birthday in advance my friend. Have a wonderful time at your birthday dinner.
Ash - Did you finally eat that donut? You should. No one knows the value of eating anything sweet right now better than me. [emoji52][emoji52]So indulge a little my friend. Have one for me. [emoji4]
Iwant4kids- Do you have names in mind now? [emoji175][emoji175] I bet you can't wait to start shopping. It's double the fun shopping for girls for boy moms. [emoji4]
Momma - Hi. Missed you last time. Sorry. Your due date is feb 5. Right? Mine is 8th but will have a schedule c section on 1st. [emoji4]
How is everyone else doing?
Can't wait for more u/s and test results. [emoji4]
It's a super hot week here in CA. 107,109 [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]Trying to stay cool.




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[Mommy2apples]

Thanks Sky! [emoji1317]oh wow yes stay cool sky! That's way too hot!


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[Skyblue]

I know. I told dd to stay in shade at school. Sunscreen won't work for the whole time. She just started first grade so longer hours in this heat. [emoji15]


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[Mommy2apples]

That's awful, will they not keep them in the air today?


2003 [emoji1349]2009 [emoji1407] 2012 [emoji1406] 2015 [emoji1406] 2015 [emoji1356] 2016 [emoji1413] 2018[emoji120] for a [emoji1405][emoji166]to fit into the mix of our crazy bunch and complete our beautiful family! [emoji7]


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[4blue2pink]

sky i dont know how you cope in that heat! the temperatures you guys get blow my mind! haha anything 80+ here is considered roasting hot (and pretty rare)

[Lolabelle]

Sky & LMSM-Thanks for the bday wishes! I think I'm going to do my Facebook preggo announcement on my bday tomorrow! [emoji4] I'm excited to go out for a nice dinner with DH tomorrow night & then just relax at home with a movie without distractions. I know my sweet distractions will be having a blast at my mom's house! They love going to her house!!
Sky-wow & I thought it was hot here in SC! Try to stay cool & hydrated! It seems like the heat is unbearable at times when preggo. We've had a heat index of 107 recently, but temps in the 90s. This week has been a little better though...around 88 during the day, 75/80 at night!
Ash & blue-love your bunkbed choices. I may get something like that in the future! For now, DS1 loves his queen size bed & it doubles as a guest bed when they visit.
LMSM-hope you get your results back quickly!! So excited to hear your results and how your girls react to the news!!
Blue-I nursed DS2 for 2 years & pumped at work. Luckily work ie very supportive with pumping needs, but definitely a challenge! A maintenance guy accidentally walked in on me pumping...apparently missed my "Do not disturb sign" and unlocked the door with a master key. It was an honest mistake...I'm only at that school 2 days a week, so he didn't think anyone was there & was going in to fix the air vent. AWKWARD lol!
Mommy-I'm sorry, I was really hoping the spotting would go away!! Fx for your new plan doing the trick!!