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I'm in awe of your weight loss Ryedalema! I'm 38 weeks pregnant so have it all ahead of me but, like you, I'm struggling to see how I can fit any exercise at all into my day. When I go back to work I'll be up at 5.30am each morning, leave home at 7am. Drive to work dropping off my baby at nursery en route, take half an hour lunch break so I can then leave at 4pm to collect baby from nursery and pick up my 5 year old from school. Then my OH doesn't get home until around 7pm, by which time I'm exhausted! There is the potential for doing something at the weekends if my OH is supportive, which I think he will be. And I can accommodate exericse into my maternity leave. But the day is so back to back once I go back to work I don't think I can do it. And as the weekends are the only real quality time I spend with my babies I kind of begrudge giving that up.....but I think I'm gonna have to if I'm going to shift any of this baby weight! All I can say is I totally get where you're coming from.

Au'lait - I'm so impressed! Fancy doing that all by yourself - you must be one strong lady! You give me hope that somehow I might get through my labour.....totally dreading it at the moment. Huge congratulations on your baby boy - I hope you've had a good couple of weeks with him.

I too had a difficult first labour and had to spend a week on the post labour ward at Kings and my memories of it are not good. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant with my second and share your anxieties snowboarder. However, I have just spent several days on the post labour ward in Kings suffering from kidney infection/stones. It was as busy as I remember 4 years ago but it was much quieter and I overheard women who had just had their babies getting one to one help with breastfeeding. Every mother seemed to be offered it. The food was marginally better. And I would say that I felt I had more attention from the midwives than I did last time round - that isn't to say they weren't completely rushed off their feet, but it didn't seem quite so bad. The hospital also seemed cleaner. Good luck with everything.

Ladywotlunches - I agree wholeheartedly.

Birds Eye or Sainsburys own.

Cod in butter sauce - boil in the bag I'm afraid! Pasta with sacla sauce Cereal if I am too tired to cook and she won't eat pasta And she loves a good chinese or pizza!

Glad I'm not the only one! I furtively sip it from the bottle at work.

Congratulations jollybaby - I hope you are feeling ok and don't have to stay in hospital for too long. Welcome to the world Baby Beatrice :) Another beautiful name.

This is amazing! I'm about to go on maternity leave so perfect timing! As and when I find out about other stuff going on I'd be very happy to add to this.

I'd love to meet up again, but full time work plus evenings out, plus truly worryingly enormous tummy just don't seem to add up for me. I think I'll have to stick with the daytime get togethers! Have a lovely time though.

Me too.

Are the Jags lessons at weekends at all bawdy-nan?

There's a function room at The Herne Tavern - they'll also cater if you need them to.

I'm spending my last trimester in leggings with dresses over the top - if I get too hot I can always take the leggings off and pop them in my bag! Topshop has great for some cute maternity dresses.

I cna't make the 7th or 8th but would love to come along next time!