Comments on: twenty days https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Nilou https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/#comment-56063 Nilou Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:57:05 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2587#comment-56063 You've been in my thoughts. Wishing you a happy and healthy delivery! And, here's hoping the bug situation has been resolved. You’ve been in my thoughts. Wishing you a happy and healthy delivery! And, here’s hoping the bug situation has been resolved.

]]> By: Heidi https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/#comment-56035 Heidi Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:16:04 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2587#comment-56035 Could it be ants? They DO bite. Hope it gets resoled soon!!!! Could it be ants? They DO bite. Hope it gets resoled soon!!!!

]]> By: thisfish https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/#comment-56018 thisfish Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:35:57 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2587#comment-56018 12 weeks, unpaid. The government really only guarantees that they hold your job for you for 3 months. But you take it 100% unpaid. 12 weeks, unpaid. The government really only guarantees that they hold your job for you for 3 months. But you take it 100% unpaid.

]]> By: Heather https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/#comment-56016 Heather Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:59:56 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2587#comment-56016 Hi Heather, out of pure nosiness, whats your maternity leave entitlement in the good old US of A? I've heard that it is generally not that great. Over here in the UK we are really lucky to get a statutory 9 months paid leave (equates to about $200 per week) with an optional additional 3 months unpaid. Plus most employers give additional financial allowances in the early months. It certainly helps out a lot, although cost of living is so high that many women are forced to return before the 9months in order to make ends meet. Best of luck with the final weeks weeks of the pregnancy and I wish you a safe and healthy delivery heather Hi Heather, out of pure nosiness, whats your maternity leave entitlement in the good old US of A?
I’ve heard that it is generally not that great. Over here in the UK we are really lucky to get a statutory 9 months paid leave (equates to about $200 per week) with an optional additional 3 months unpaid. Plus most employers give additional financial allowances in the early months. It certainly helps out a lot, although cost of living is so high that many women are forced to return before the 9months in order to make ends meet.

Best of luck with the final weeks weeks of the pregnancy and I wish you a safe and healthy delivery

heather

]]> By: Melissa https://thisfish.com/twenty-days/#comment-56009 Melissa Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:09:57 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2587#comment-56009 There is a chance your bites could be Erythema Nodosum, which is just a scary name for inflammation of fat cells directly under the skin. It can be triggered by pregnancy, among other random things. If the welts are mostly on your shins, get bigger and become tender, and if the Dork Lord does not have any bites, it may be worth a visit to a dermatologist. I went through something similar to what you describe and turned my house upside down looking for fleas, bed bugs, spiders. Nothing. The MD I saw said they were bites but he couldn't say what kind. Then they got bigger and started bruising so I went to a dermatologist who finally diagnosed it as Erythema Nodosum. It is not a very serious condition and it will go away after a few weeks. Just thought I'd put that out there. Good luck! There is a chance your bites could be Erythema Nodosum, which is just a scary name for inflammation of fat cells directly under the skin. It can be triggered by pregnancy, among other random things. If the welts are mostly on your shins, get bigger and become tender, and if the Dork Lord does not have any bites, it may be worth a visit to a dermatologist. I went through something similar to what you describe and turned my house upside down looking for fleas, bed bugs, spiders. Nothing. The MD I saw said they were bites but he couldn’t say what kind. Then they got bigger and started bruising so I went to a dermatologist who finally diagnosed it as Erythema Nodosum. It is not a very serious condition and it will go away after a few weeks. Just thought I’d put that out there. Good luck!

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