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To want to go to this event??

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louloutheshamed · 23/02/2013 17:14

I feel torn about this. I work ft and have a 2 yo ds. I am also 11 weeks pg and feeling horribly nauseous and fed up. I am also doing a pt masters, but this term am only in uni two full Saturdays and one evening.

Anyway, the next full saturday at uni is in March. I have just found out that one of my favourite ever authors is going to be doing a talk in a bookshop 1.5 hours from where I live- it is my favourite bookshop ever and I follow them on fb. My best friend also Lives just round the corner from it. But it is at 5.30 on the Sunday after I have been at uni all day Saturday. So If I went I wouldn't see my ds much at all. My dh is happy for me to go, but I feel niggling guilt about it. But them I have been feeling down due to the sickness lately, and would really love to hear this author speak.

Wwyd?

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Ragwort · 23/02/2013 17:17

Yes, I would go, it will give you something nice to look forward to and hopefully you will be feeling a bit better by then.

It is never a good idea to be a martyr to parenting, your 2 year old will have a lovely time with his dad and presumably you will only be out from lunch time ish anyway?

Enjoy yourself Smile.

Pancakeflipper · 23/02/2013 17:22

Go, in about 7 months you will be spending a lot more time at home. So enjoy a few treats in life before the sleepless nights come round again.

ENormaSnob · 23/02/2013 17:24

Definitely go.

Hope you soon feel a little better Thanks

HarrietSchulenberg · 23/02/2013 17:25

Definitely go.

Bilbobagginstummy · 23/02/2013 17:26

Do you really never go anywhere apart from uni without your child? Shock

Go! Enjoy it! Stay over if possible and relax.

pinkyredrose · 23/02/2013 17:28

Yes definitely go! Soon you'll have 2 children and more sleepless nights plus you work hard and study too.

You deserve to treat yourself! Smile

MrsMargoLeadbetter · 23/02/2013 17:33

Goodness, you have a lot going on! To be honest I think you deserve a day in the spa! Go, sounds like a great opportunity. Just because you work full-time, it doesn't mean you cannot have any "me" time at weekends (if that is how you feel).

Sorry you aren't feeling great. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Muchadoaboutnuthing · 23/02/2013 17:36

You should definitely go but I understand the guilt thing. My children are 10 and 6 and it's probably only in the last two years that I started doing things for myself again and realising it was ok to leave them with their dad/grandparents occasionally so I could have some time for me. And I feel much better since doing it. You wont get much time for you once you have a new baby as well as your ds so make the most of the opportunity.

MrsMargoLeadbetter · 23/02/2013 17:38

I also had horrible sickness this pregnancy too and felt guilty about being so "absent".

The good ladies of MN helped by saying that is just how it is (and is nobody's fault) and to let DH (who is supportive, as yours sounds) take do the majority of childcare etc.

I felt better from about 20 weeks. Hope it passes for you too. Thanks

SkinnybitchWannabe · 23/02/2013 17:39

Definitely go. You sound so excited it would be such a shame to miss out.

quoteunquote · 23/02/2013 17:49

GO

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louloutheshamed · 23/02/2013 17:56

Pretty unanimous then!! I'll try and book it tonight.

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pinkyredrose · 23/02/2013 18:51

Smile you'll have a great time!

willesden · 23/02/2013 19:26

Go go go and enjoy it.

TastesLikePanda · 23/02/2013 22:03

Please go!

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