October 2013: Almost halfway!

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I get on the tube to work, long stretch of northern line and then either Victoria or District line. The Victoria is just a crush of people so I usually go for the district line even though it takes longer. Northern line isn't too bad for seats, but the district line people just look through you!

Personally I don't think I'd like to live in London. And now with what your all saying I don't think its for me (Couldn't afford it anyway!!) I have a lovely garden, I drive 5 mins to work and we live right next to a large field and pond with a park. Think ill stick to the midlands.

I lived in London for 5 years in my early 20's when I first got my flying job, I loved it then but always missed home and northern way of life, and the people too. I never got to know any neighbours all the time I was there, my neighbours here are like my closest friends....I love visits to London it's a beautiful city but it's always nice to come home.

I wish I could move. But we can't.

this sounds blissful haylebop. I hate my daily commute. I have about 35-40min on Northern Line everyday (and the city / clapham stretch is so busy with all bankers commuting back and forth that most days I have to wait for 2-3 trains to go by until I can finally squeeze in), then I have to walk 20min at quick pace to DS's school to pick him up, and then 10min to get home. Usually get home around 6.45pm and collapse. (before putting DS to bed and jumping on calls with the US). Big belly makes it extra difficult.

This is why I don't want to go back to work after DS2 is born. Bring on the maternity leave!!! Anything will be easier than this

flyer747 you just can't beat scousers you see!! (I consider myself an honorary one!! )

Good luck on your scan cazboldy :)

I could not live in london, I have always lived less than 5 mins from the sea. I live less than a 1 min walk atm. (It makes the council house part of it bearable) I love going outside when the harr is in and everywhere smells of the sea. Its funny because the house right next to me are all in the 250-1m price bracket lol very odd, one of which used to belong to gordon brown. (you will all know where I stay now lol)

I looked into aquanatal roofio but i can't find a local class :(

clapham I live just outside Kingston so there are nice green spaces but we're still too close to London for property prices. We'd love a house and a garden but our flat will have to do for now. A baby doesn't take up much room, right?!
I get the bus to work which can be fine, but a pain when it gets really busy. Dreading it when it starts to get hot though!

It sounds like getting to work is a job in itself and a nightmare being pregnant trying to do it. I love visiting London, haven't been for a few years mind. Closest city to me in Birmingham and even that's 30 mins away!

falcon if I wasn't such a home bird and as close to my parents as I am then living by the sea sounds perfect.

I'm so lucky regarding commuting, I live 5 mins away by car so it takes me no time and I get to leave at 10 to 9, so not much traffic. I also get to go home for lunch too which I love.

I used to work in London before this job and did an hour's commute in every day. I couldn't have done it at all in the first three months when I felt awful. I still feel queasy in the mornings now, so I'm not sure what on earth I would have done about it. I probably would have quit to be honest as it was frowned on to take lunch at my last place and I ofetn finished at 8pm. So glad I left!

I feel for you all commuting in London - I lived there for a year and felt so claustrophobic, although it was nice having everything so close.

I commute an hour each way by car now, but have just been signed off work for the rest of this week as driving in rush hour traffic is making my SPD flare up. I have a physio appointment for Thurs morning, but am in total agony at the moment. I actually cried all the way home yesterday which is very unlike me, so it must be bad.

My manager is being really lovely though, and seemed happy with my suggestion that I might need to work from home a few days a week from now on so I'm not commuting every day

I live in at albans which is a beautiful, family friendly place to live. I can drive into London easily or get a train in which is great. I currently work in Henley on Thames though so have about an hours commute each way which is tiring on top of a 10 hour working day. I am very lucky to be able to live where I do though.

If I was travelling by train I would have no hesitation in asking for a seat if I needed one. SPD is a killer and I would have no issue with asking someone to move. It's either that or cry.

Roofio scousers are the friendliest bunch aren't they! You are in Maghull is that right? I'm actually originally from Cheshire (a village near knutsford) met my DP, on the Internet (I still get embarrassed telling people that) 3 yrs ago, he lived in Liverpool and has his own business, house etc so I relocated here, I love it though. I still can't get over how glammed up scouse dress for a night out, where I'm from Nice jeans and heels perfectly fine for a night out, here my goodness the girls would think you are insane dressing so casually on a Saturday night, and then there is the big hair!!

Haha flyer I know, I've been here nearly 8 years and I still can't believe how dressed up they get!! I've definitely had to up my game!! yeah I'm up in maghull, its where dp is from and his family are all up here so we've settled here (my family are all over the country!) I came for uni and never wanted to leave!!

For the last six years, my commute was either a 5mile cycle or run across the River Mersey and through nature reserves into the outskirts of central Manchester. The weather could make it a bit grim at times, but it was pretty good for the soul, otherwise.
Now it's a smelly bus that takes twice as long

I lived in Liverpool in the 80s when I was a kid, before we moved down south, and I could never have imagined making my life in Manchester! But I love this city and it's been a good place to live (though DH still pines for his Shropshire home).

I'm so jealous of your country living girls although don't want to be ungrateful as I live in a lovely area in London.

I love so many parts of the UK. In my years in the UK I first lived in Wales for a few years as I did my uni there (loved it although I've never seen so much rain in my life...! :-) especially shocking after years of living in Italy!), then different parts of Surrey and then South London (Balham and Clapham) This country is so beautiful. But why why why is it soooo cold in late May...???

I live smack bang in between Brighton and Portsmouth in a small town. So I'm like half hour drive from Portsmouth and half hour from Brighton only problem with living away from major cities in crap public
Transport but fortunately for me I don't work so commuting etc isn't a problem for me. I can't imagen moving away from here London stresses me out even if its for a weekend away lol

We haven't heard from any of today's scanners yet? X

Hello,
Feel like I haven't posted for ages, but have been lurking and catching up on all the exciting news. Sounds like there's going to be lots of baby boys in October!
Welcome to all the new ladies and congratulations to everyone who's had good scan/amnio news.
I've got my 20 week scan a week today and I'm starting to get excited. It will be a relief just to here the heart beat as my midwife didn't listen in at 16 wks, and I'm not due to see the midwives again til I'm 22 wks. I'm not planning to find out the sex, but my DD is convinced it's a girl, and my DS is convinced it's a boy, so I'm wondering whether some advanced notice would be good as someone is going to be disappointed... :) Hopefully it will short-lived disappointment either way.
Sorry Orange that you're having such a hard time at work. I'm finding things a bit tricky too, as I started a new job in January and then got pregnant pretty much straight away. Have just got my contract and the mat leave is not as generous as I hoped / and was led in interview to believe it would be. I've spoken to my union and they've advised me to send it to them so they can have a look at it. In some ways I don't want to make a fuss about it, but I'm worried about finances too. Have you spoken to your union yet Orange?

Sorry too for all the London commuters. I was down recently visiting family and ended up on an incredibly packed train laden with bags, desperately trying to keep a hold of my DD so she didn't fall over. To be fair, it was so packed that we jammed by the doors and it would have been near impossible for someone to have got up to given us a seat, but I was glad it was a one off, and I wasn't haven't to do the journey every day.
Lots of my family live in London and I would love to be closer to them, but I don't think we could afford more than a 1 bed flat there and definitely not our nice house with a garden and good schools.
My brother's stuck in that situation where if he wants a home with more space/a garden for his kids, he'll have to increase his commute so much, that he'll barely see them during the week. It must be really hard.

I could have asked someone to give me a seat

I do this without a moment's hesitation, to shame the buggers into giving me a seat. I'm a brassy old bird

Oh and since we're on commuting, I currently have a twenty-minute walk to work, but the new job will take it up to an hour on the train. Luckily I work from home three days a week. It's a pretty ideal set-up actually.

I used to live in London, in your neck of the woods clapham I know what you mean about commuting. When I was prgnant with dh I asked people to get up and they did! Once I almost fainted on a train though and no one got up! A lady did ask me if I was ok and offered me some of her water. I always get up for people and ask if they need help with buggies etc (usu get my dh to do it then)

Congrats on all the scan news. Still don't know whether we ll find out sex. Scan on 5th June

God luck caz

Ha ha pregnant with dS