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The infamous Wagoners are welcoming new bumps, new babies, planning a wedding and, as ever, there's always shopping!!!

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SESthebrave · 12/08/2011 21:06

This way Wagoners :)

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cantmummyhaveabreak · 16/11/2011 22:17

Bumps- sorry to hear the birth was traumatic but well done you!! Lovely name, and take your time to recover, i still remember the pain of stitches from DS almost 7yrs ago!!

Diege- yes, i went back and found your birth story- well done to you also, again a lovely name, is Louis middle name then? we'll have to arrange a meet-up in Liverpool again sometime- i need to squidge your new boy!! Grin

Rugby- sorry to hear of problems at work- it's hearing stuff like that that actually make me glad to not work- why can people be such idiots just because they're higher up than you??? grrrr!!!

Yes, as for potty training, we had 2 accidents the first day, 1 accident the second day, and now on day 4, with no accidents today or yesterday, including school run trips etc, no accidents while having her nap either so think we've done it. A few months ago she was petrified of the potty though, would scream like she'd been shot if it was mentioned, or even in the same room... so we've come a very long way in a very short time really!!

DH's work.... well it seems a bit quiet, he got a first written warning from the disciplinary, he's appealing but not sure it'll change anything really. DH has an interview for a job at our local hospital... but the wage is almost half what he's on- i honestly dont think we'll cope financially with such a loss in income, i could only have an evening job to increase income (so not to spend my wage on childcare) but DH says he doesn't want to come home and me leave for work and him have to sort the kids tea and put them to bed on his own... granted he can't cook to save his life, but i gather the stress of working all day to come home and be a full time daddy on his own would possibly be just as stressful as going to work as he does now but coming home to me doing 95% of everything, he plays with the kids, but i mostly do everything, cooking, cleaning, bathing/showering etc... so it'd be a whole new ball game for him. so we're weighing up our options.

We need him to keep his job on a decent wage in all honesty, but he says if he's too ill to do his job he should be off sick- can't afford to be on £320 a month sick pay.... or he needs to step down to AM- again the much lower wage problem.... I suggested a request to a fairly close smaller store (smaller store, smaller warehouse, smaller workload) but he's done nothing!! Not even brought the subject up at work- so i dont know what to do.

I'll be honest the way he is i can't do anything right, i offer to go and work evenings so he can get a lower paid job, he doesn't want me to, i suggest a change of store, he does nothing to help himself... if he gets the job offered to him at the hospital i know he'll wanna take it to get out of his current situation- but i think it's more than just his work if i'm honest and i'd hate for him to leave such a good, respected and well paid job for little over minimum wage, when in 6months he may feel much better and regret it. If he took a lower paid job i'd have no option but to get a job in evenings/nights so we can afford to pay the bills and have a reasonable amount of money to eat, keep the car and have some sort of life outside of work... but with his attitude to not wanting to do anything for himself, or to look after the kids so i can work i see it ending badly- i've already considered walking out at times, it's breaking me. He's like a kid- he comes home from work and just sits on the laptop or his PS3... i put on a brave face but in all honesty i just wanna give him a slap and tell him to grow the F* up... i know this isn't really him, and he will get better and hopefully return to his normal self in time, but i'm not sure how much longer i can put up with it.

Anyway it's bloody late for me as i have to have the kids at school early for 'fit for fun' club... so best go. Hopefully i'll be able to find some time tomorrow to pop on but i have someone coming for me to do their hair. :)

cantmummyhaveabreak · 16/11/2011 22:26

Kayz- i'd go for a careful GOF... so more a FWC (F* With Caution) Grin... i used to bleed after a GOF when pregnant sometimes... i did at least a handful of times in each pregnancy, got so used to it by pg 3 that i didn't even bother about it really- it became 'the norm'.

Anyway- it gets me very Envy talking about GOFing as since DH has been ill i can actually count the amount of times we've GOFed on one hand :( in 7 months!!! :( :(

warmandcosyhellokitty · 17/11/2011 11:15

hi ladies Grin

cant - must be so hard for you!!!
always here if you need to talk

did betteware this morning Grin
getting lots of orders at mo Grin

Rugbylovingmum · 17/11/2011 14:22

Hi all,

had my 12 week scan this morning and we have one very shy and sleepy baby due on 20th May Grin. It was really difficult for the poor sonographer to get good measurements as the baby was curled on her tummy with her arms over her head and didn't want to move. She had to get me to move around a lot and poke me a bit to encourage baby to move but finally got some nice pics. It was lovely - I didn't realise how nervous I was until she said that she could see the hb.

That makes me 13+4 today so I'm really hoping the ms eases up soon!

Tink - I'm glad you are getting lots of betterware orders.

Cant - I'm sorry you are having such a stressful time with DH. Has he seen his GP to talk about counselling or medication? My uncle had reactive depression and found it really difficult to approach his GP but the doctors were brilliant and the antidepressents really helped him to manage his stress (his was also set off my problems at work combined - bloody managers Angry). I know he also found it difficult to see any solution he could cope with and so he was just going in circles and getting nowhere. The ADs weren't a magic cure but they helped him feel able to face the issues and find a solution that worked IYSWIM. Hope things get better soon.

Kayz - I'd also go for a FWC (great acronym cant) if they didn't see anything to worry about on the scan

Diege - thanks for the threadworm info, she didn't seem itchy yesterday or this morning so I'm going to see how she is today. How are you feeling - a bit less bruised I hope

Star - hope you got a better nights sleep last night

warmandcosyhellokitty · 17/11/2011 15:31

rugby Grin
great news sounds like u hv a gorgeous one Grin

bumpsnowjustplump · 17/11/2011 16:22

Thank you all for your lovely comments. DD2 is a total night owl so sleep is very limited at the moment but when things settle down a bit i will be back on.... DD had her 5 day weigh in today and is 9lb 1oz so I am so pleased as she had so many problems with feeding in the early days that we thought she would lose loads.... Milk is in now so dont think she will lose any more whoop whoop xxx

GingerbreadLatte · 17/11/2011 19:38

Morning all -(OK so its evening now, I wrote this at 8am but didnt hit post and its sat on my PC all day! )

Bumps :) congratulations but what a story. I hope you are on road to recovery now though. looking forward to stalking on FB seeing some pics soon!

Rugby- sorry for sickness re-appearing. Keep the work countdown going!

Ses- hooray for being able to announce the news! How lovely :)

Cant- great to see you here again but sorry things are so tough.
I hope that you are able to get sometime to look after yourself. FWIW, I think you are doing and saying the right things with regards to your DH. Do you have someone to talk to in RL. Maybe he needs to understand how hard it is for you? 7 months is a long time.

Evening addition!
Rugby- hooray for the scan. great you have a due date now :) Tink is right baby sounds so cute curled up :)

Bumps- hooray for milk arriving!

Im loving the new FWC acronym :)

Hope everyone else is ok. Am going to re-read now in case I missed anything.

Kayzr · 18/11/2011 08:26

Morning.

I am starting to get a bump already!! My clothes are getting tight and it's really too early!!

Rugby, that's great news about the scan!! Grin

warmandcosyhellokitty · 18/11/2011 10:55

hi bumps Grin

kay - i showed alot earlier with dd2 then one

cantmummyhaveabreak · 18/11/2011 11:39

Morning.

Kayz- with DD2 I had a massive bump by 8wks- I think I posted a pic and someone's DH thought I was 6m pg!! Same with SB, was in maternity clothes before 8wks pg!! First 2 though, wasn't showing at all by 12wk scan... Hmm

Rugby- Glad scan was good, i loved that first scan :)

Bump- Glad to hear all is well if a little tired due to a little night-owl... hopefully you'll start to get a bit more sleep now milk has come in as it should fill her up a bit more :)

As for the DH situation, My parents aren't the best people to talk to about it as both have them are being treated for depression themselves, it's a bit much to offload onto my sisters when I enjoy the time with them for 'normal' adult chat etc... But my friend (who I had SB for) is very good and knows the whole situation and as we speak almost daily still in one way or another I offload to her a bit at a time... Though, I swear he must have seen my ranting post, as since then we've GOFed more than we have in the last 3 months!! And he seems to have adopted a slightly more positive attitude to work... We did have a very long discussion after I posted about how it'd be if he left his current job... He decided not to go to the interview as he knows we can't afford the loss in wages if he doesn't want to be looking after the DC's while I go out to work, he's considering requesting a move to smaller store after Xmas... it's all very strange!! but i wont complain while things are on the up.

Oh and Rugby, he has regular counselling sessions, see's his GP every 8 weeks currently and has been enrolled on a sell confidence building course for next year... so all positive on the treatment front really... except he's not taken his AD's for about 2 weeks now... which does seem a worry, however I'd not noticed any difference and when he told me I had no clue... and to say he'd been on then for around 4/5mths he's not gotten any worse for being off them... But I said he should obviously tell his GP on next visit, he said the DR had said that when he felt ready he could stop taking them and see how he gets on, but to go back if he needed to go back on them... so the Dr must feel he's ready to start facing his illness without medication I guess... :)

Kayzr · 18/11/2011 13:34

There is a pic on my profile that I took yesterday of my bump. It's quite scary!

warmandcosyhellokitty · 18/11/2011 16:24

cant glad things more positive
kay very good

SESthebrave · 19/11/2011 18:11

Kayz - I have a ridiculous bump already and this is only DC2 Blush

Cant - great to hear from you and that you've had a better conversation with DH.

Rugby - congratulations!!!! Great to have an official EDD isn't it? You're due exactly a week before me :)

Star - Am I right that you have now finished work?

Bumps - that's a good weight for 5 days old. Now your milk is in she'll start piling it on and hopefully sleeping a bit more at night for you!

tink - did you get your boss situation with Betterware sorted?

Hello Diege, Ginger, Smithy and anyone else I've missed :)

I've done a big online shop today for some maternity clothes. I'm due some travel expenses from work so hoping that will ease the impact on the bank balance! I've ordered some basic tops but also this coat

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warmandcosyhellokitty · 19/11/2011 20:39

hi ses Grin

ye to shopping Grin luv the coat

yes betteware sorted big boss finally monday
got books etc all sorted
thanks for asking

got my hair cut this morning in supercuts Grin
then dyed hair at home is a reddy brown colour looks nice Grin

i hv been buying xmas pressies for girls online and clothes from next

Kayzr · 19/11/2011 20:51

Ses I've just got that coat too. Its so nice. Grin

Kayzr · 20/11/2011 19:48

I finally had my booking in appointment today. I have the same MW I had with DS2 which I am really happy about. She is absolutely lovely. DS1 was super and looked after me very well when I had my blood taken. He also gave the MW some sweets.

She said that she is going to fight my corner if she needs to for another home birth as she knows that after having a big baby once I should be able to do it again with no problems.

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.

Kayzr · 20/11/2011 19:51

Oh and DP is home tomorrow!!!!

I must try to stop actually drooling over Harry and Robbie on Strictly. I had my first vivid pregnancy dream last night which involved both of them GrinBlush

SESthebrave · 20/11/2011 20:02

Kayz - glad your booking in went well and you have a supportive MW

I've also been getting vivid pg dreams. Friday night involved a debate about whether I wanted a plastic or wooden coffin but at the time didn't really seem in bad taste Hmm and then last night I was having another CS and it was a girl we called Isla!

I really do think this is another boy though and Isla is nice but never featured on our potential names :)

DS's favourite toy at the moment is a small cuddly Mickey Mouse ("Kiki Mou"). DH just overheard him in his cot talking to Mickey Mouse about his day - "KiKi Mou, went for a walk with Daddy. Saw a tractor it was green" - exactly what happened this morning!

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Kayzr · 20/11/2011 20:48

OMBLOODYG!!!!!

We have decided to go to Cardiff for our honeymoon and we have booked tickets for Strictly live. GrinGrin

warmandcosyhellokitty · 21/11/2011 09:59

kay - glad appmnt went well
yah for honeymoon Grin and dp home today Grin

ses - ds so cute
going to c steps in april Grin
mum here today

SESthebrave · 21/11/2011 10:10

Morning tink :) Steps used to be a guilty pleasure of mine!

Kayz - yay for honeymoon and SCD live show :)

I hve a few days off work this week (except for training course in Leamington Spa tomorrow and evening meeting on Wednesday Hmm ) . My car is being serviced today so chilling at home catching up on a few jobs.

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Kayzr · 21/11/2011 10:28

Ses do you know if I can have the boots cold and flu lemon drink things? I feel awful and just want a cup of that.

SESthebrave · 21/11/2011 10:41

It depends which one it is - look at the active ingredients. If it's paracetamol and ascorbic acid, that's fine. If it also has pseudepherine / pseudoephedrine in, then you shouldn't take them.

Hope that helps!

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Kayzr · 21/11/2011 10:52

Yay thank you. It's just got paracetamol and ascorbic acid in it.

Diege · 21/11/2011 12:53

Hello!
Hope you feel better soon KAYZ - great advice as always from our resident pharamcist Grin
SES, I have to admit that I have all of Steps' albums Blush. I've always liked them and thought they did some great songs Grin. Enjoy TINKS, am very Envy
Samuel had his kidney scan this morning, and pretty encouraging. The right kidney is still a little bigger than they like to see (dilation in renal pelves is 7.8mm when it should be between 4-5mm) but not massive and no different from when I was36 wk pregnant). Upper ureter is 'involved' but right kidney normal, bladder normal, and no lower ureter involvement which is all good. Dd1 had this (her largest kidney measured 15mm at this stage and the other 11mm) and she was put on ABs and had some quite involved bladder scans (painful) but now things are treated more conservatively apparently so he will be seen in clinic in a few mths, then possibly rescanned at a later date. Will also be seeing a urologist from Alder Hey, but dr, doing scan was very positive and stressed how minor the dilation was. So pretty happy with that Smile.
Hope everyone is well! Saw lots of nervous pregnant ladies in ultrasound and am quite pleased that I won't have to go through all of that again!

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