27 Weeks Pregnant

Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work I go!

I REALLY didn't want to go back to work on Monday, I felt like if my maternity leave had started I would have been perfectly happy.  And after a week back at work?... I still feel the same.  The business is going through some radical changes and everyone's running around talking about 100 days plans and the like.  Unfortunately I'm really struggling to share their enthusiasm.  I am trying, but it's very hard.  To make it harder, I'm dealing with two members of my team who are behaving like squabbling toddlers.  They are both in their thirties and just won't stop bickering.  Apparently while I was away they actually had an all out row over the desks!  You'd think that they could be mature about it and work it out for themselves, but no, they have to tell tales about each other to me.  I really feel like taking them into a room and saying "do you really think I bloody care?!"  But that's probably not the right thing to do... any suggestions?!

To top it off, I spent Friday afternoon with one of my best friends, the one I went to Spain with (although after my comments on that holiday you'd be forgiven to laugh at the "best" comment)....  Anyway, turns out that she's been trying for a second baby for the past 5 months.  Poor thing, I know how she feels, it's so hard and I'm glad she shared it with me.  The thing that worried me more though was the fact that she told me she's having counselling, for "low self-esteem and a fragile ego".  I guess that explains some of the behaviour on the holiday, but I feel a bit guilty about some of the comments I made now.  She's also told me she's going on Weight Watchers.  Normally I wouldn't have an issue with that, but she's probably about 7 stone already.  What really makes me angry is that her husband is letting her - apparently they are doing it together.  Now, he's a bit of a lump, so that's fine, but how can a man know that his wife is having counselling, wanting to have a baby and trying to lose weight when she's already underweight not want to do anything about it?  She says that she doesn't want to talk about things with anyone and has been in denial about her feelings.  I just hope that she will talk to me in the future and not go down in a spiral of weight loss and depression.  It makes me realise how lucky am with my hubby, not only for how we work as a partnership, but also how we can talk through issues, whether they are at home, at work, with friends or family.

So, apart from my day to day life, the pregnancy is going really well.  My only issue is my weight issue, but I suppose it's not as bad as it could be.  I will just have to ensure that I'm extremely focussed on getting back to a happier weight once the baby arrives.

So, this is me at 27 weeks pregnant:

This week, according to BabyCentre, my baby now weighs nearly 875g and will probably measure more than 36cm from head to toe. His eyes open and close, he sleeps and wakes at regular intervals and he may suck a finger or thumb. I'm certainly feeling lots of movement and can actually see him doing his daily aerobics a lot of the time too. It's such a wonderful feeling and I'm really going to miss it when it's over.