Due in Dec 2007. Enough already, bring on the babies!

[suey2]

hellloooooo?

oh suey what thread did you start?

Veyr funny - do you think she is still here under a new name and we dont realise.

Tell all suey

Wasn't me - promise! My goodness, imagine getting that worked up about Mumsnet! And imagine being on it for 6 months when you hate it that much - v. odd behaviour. No wonder this post stuck in your mind all that time Claraq.

anyone seen skid?

i did an AIBU thread.
Basically i was a bit peed off with a few of the threads I ahd contributed to and was making the point that we should support each other and respect our differences. so the title was .... to be fed up with the 'them and us' attitude displayed on some threads

thread here

A perfectly reasonable thread there Suey, and very politely put may I say.

6 weeks until my Mat leave starts too Insy! You are due 9 days before me!

Speaking of people who used to be on the thread, I am sure there was a lady near the beginning who was expecting twins, can anyone remember her?

Very reasonable suey

I Think skid has her pedal to the metal right now- didn't she come on last night after finishing a hectic day? I think she is trying to finish things off at work

Blimey Suey... just read some of the other thread that they were referring to... ridiculous the things people will argue about.

I think your post was very well put.

I find that the ante natal boards are the safest place. I have been slated on other threads before and I always always state that I am expressing my own opinion only and even tone it down so as not to offend but people still shout at me.

Agree, MM. It is always a challenge whian I am a bit knackered not to go onto the active convos- I get really riled and I can waste loads of time reading a really long thread, consider the position, put what i think, and then be called scummy scum just because, for example, i confessed to being a natural tory voter- even when I stated my work ethic and meritocratic reasons. In fact, someone responded who entirely agreed with my position, but voted labour so it was a worthwhile conversation.
The alcohol in PG lady really pissed me off too- although i got good feedback for my post, the OP was an american doing research and you just know she would have taken the vitriolic responses out of context.

Well the domestic godesses on here made me feel very guilty about the state of my house so this morning I gave the bathroom a proper clean and also cleaned the whole of the downstairs carpet [pregnant woman down on hands and knees smiley].
I then had a very bad backache for which i hold you solely responsible but a long soak in bath sorted that out, at least until it came to getting out when i was somehow wedged in and had to forcibly yank myself up, causing a tidal wave in the process.
On the subject of cleaning, how are you all managing to vacuum the stairs? My bump is still quite teeny but i feel very unstable when doing the stairs and it really hurts both tummy and back. A job for dh i think...

Insy thats crap about the insurance

Fifi, we are also now a three buggy household! Have dd's big pushchair that don't really use anymore, her stroller which is used almost daily and now a double too. I was lucky in that my cousin also had children close together so sold me hers v cheap-It's the Jane powertwin which I would never have got if i was buying otherwise. It is light and easy to push but does scare me slightly at the moment!
We also have 2 slings
Was thinking of getting rid of dd's big pushchair but then decided would be more sensible to keep it for when i want the option of either of them in it-with either baby in sling or dd walking.

Oh I remember pmsl about that thread when it all kicked off, there was a similar one recently about how MNetters are all middle class bores - very funny too .

Clairey - I've got my SIL staying tonight so I had a bit of a frantic clean of the flat last night. Trying to put on a show of cleanliness - her house is always perfect. Can't wait til she's gone, then DH and I can revel in our own filth for the rest of the weekend .

I still do the stairs. DH always tells me not to and that he'll do them but he never does. If you try not to bend too much when you lift the vacuum cleaner its not so bad as you don't put weight on your tummy muscles.

I'm usually too scared to get involved in controversial discussions. I do like to have a read and a chuckle though

Clairey - you notice that mine is a Post Natal Plan tho not something i am currently doing....

On the subject of cleaning, i can only just manage the stairs, dp keeps telling me to leave them for him to do, but they would never get done, ive been waiting 5 weeks for him to put the shelves up in ds's room.
I've been right through the house for the past 2 days, purely just to keep busy it didnt really need doing.

lol fifi - I've just shamed dh into going to the garage and working on ds'd cot bed... remember how I said ages ago ds was going to be in it by end of september

claireybee - i know still bout insurance, made myself feel better by ringing legal and general to tell them how rubbish they are and then the charity 'mind' to get some advice, they were lovely

beckle even more so that you are working so close, I thought I was pushing it! I'm getting worried I won't have enough time to sort everything, how about you?

DH does the stairs - I have refused to carry the hoover up them since the day I found out I was pg! He is not too regular with doing it but new cream carpet (DH's choice I hasten to add...) is finally being laid on Saturday (bought it 18 months ago, the joys of living with a builder!) and I imagine that will show up everything so DH will have to do them more often!

My house is in dire need of a thorough clean at the moment and is making me a little depressed but I just don't have the time to do it! Daytime work is so busy that as soon as I put my rubber gloves on the phone rings and I have to take them off again and evenings are either taken up with working or ironing. Roll on mat leave when I can blitz it all! On top of that I seem to have done nothing but argue with DS1 for the last week . He has done nothing but answer me back and be nasty to DS2 and I am at the end of my tether with him. Sat down and had a good chat tonight and told him how much I dislike arguing with him and he agreed that he would try not to shout at and hurt DS2 and in return I would not shout at him. I hope it has worked, I feel like a right fishwife at the moment.

Insy - I think we may have wires crossed a little, I am due in 10 weeks (was just shocked earlier that others were due in as little as 6!) so I will have 4 weeks mat leave beforehand. Looks like you are only giving yourself just over 2 weeks before LO's arrival! I worked until 2 weeks before with DS2 and TBH it was a bit much for me - plus I am 5 years older this time too so don't want to push it!

sorry beckle I got confused its claraq thats due in 6 wks 2 days I should read the posts better! sorry x
yep 2 weeks is pushing it but today I just dropped from 4 days a week to 2.5 days by using up some holiday (and the monday ds will be at childminders so I can spend day cleaning - agree with you its hard finding time - and getting baby stuff ready) and by pushing mat leave so close if I go back to work I get to start after xmas 08....

Evening everyone

DH off work this week so we've been out and about all day.

Poor DD (20 months) is suffering with her cold and cough but is doing her best to keep a smile on her face. I'm feeling a little better after taking Insy's advice and having hot ribena (thanks!).

Can't remember Skidaddle mentioning she would be away so I do hope her and baby are ok. We're at that stage now where I'm half expecting to see a birth announcement or start of labour announcement on the thread when I log on. Most other antenatal threads have someone delivering really early so I feel it's inevitable it will happen with our group too... just wonder who will be first (oh heck have I jinxed myself to being it now?!). I remember when I was expecting DD I was on another forum and a girl who was due mid Jan said "wonder who will have their baby on Christmas Dady"... you guessed it she ended up going early and it was her delivering on Christmas Dad.

Suey- not sure I read that right - are you having to delay your mat leave because of the postal strikes or because of the advert cock up? Happy for you that you're moving soon, you'll be able to maximise your nesting urges on mat leave!

Hope everyone else is doing well, I'm off for a hot bath and enjoy the lovely new sheets on my bed - isn't that just one of the THE best things !

Morning ladies!
Hope everyone is well... as can be!
My Dh is in charge of the hoover, but we are total slob compared to some of you, that it doesn't get done that often
Work is very trying - Suey2, empathasise on the whoe recruitment thing - one of my very recently recruited lab techs has quit, bascially he can't cope with the job, it is a very busy lab and our staff have to multitask, plus he is oversensitive and the rest of the lab team have quite strong peronalities. Plus the drivers and operators can be rough and ready! So he feels he doesn't fit in. From my perspective, I was unhappy with the fact that I have to spell each task out to him, and doesn't appreciate that we have very tight deadlines on analysis and so is far to laid back. He is fine if you give him one task to do, but when other tasks of greater priority come up he will not do them. He is more of a hindrance that help to me and the other lab staff. I was prepared to give him another chance by getting to work with my lab supervisor but he has beaten me to it by handing his notice in! But the comments I have from most of my lab team is that he just didn't seem to be able to multitask, and didn't seem to have a lot of common sense! Oh well, he'll be going back to his old job of data entry in a bank, I guess!
In addition to this it has now been decided that my site needs to go to 24/7 working, which means that no only do I have to recruit a replacement but I also have to find 2 more technicians!!! I asked my boss a few days ago about the timescale for this, and he said his boss says asap! Which means I need to recuit now! Boss & I have filled in relevent paperwork but now his boss is backpeddling and saying, we need to consider different structures! WTF?? I have to get these people in and start their training and leave out some kind of plan to move forward to 24/7 (working 12hr continental shifts) in the 6 weeks I have left!! He is really is an utter knob.
Sorry for the long ranty post, just bloody glad it is Friday, been having a horrible week! Good news is I'm off to a wedding reception tomorrow!

Oh dear BouncingTS, that does sound very dire. Hope people see sense soon - otherwise you'll just have to make it clear its their problem to sort not yours.

Saw MW tonight and yes as expected she's referring me to another hospital consult. Seems to think there's a chance LO could be born as early as November - i.e. at least 3 weeks early. I suspect some of you others due very early Dec may still beat me to it though!

I have not really given my work a finishing date. Just told them when my due date is and said I'd work as long as I felt able. They're pretty good at being flexible and letting me work from home. So if I do end up being induced or having an elective on, say, 1 Dec will prob work up til the Friday before that. I'm not too worried about being prepared - having a fixed date would be an advantage in that respect.

It's Labour Day here in NZ on Monday so a long weekend, yay! 3 Nov is my birthday so planning to take 5 Nov off as holiday too. Makes the next few weeks not look so daunting.