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Coronavirus ROI/NI part 3

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YoungsterIwish · 23/05/2020 18:47

The 3rd thread Brew

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/craicnet/3874978-Coronavirus-in-ROI-NI-part-2?pg=40

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LillianBland · 24/05/2020 21:58

‘@Mummsnett’, if your partner is already working and mixing with others, I hope he’s taking cautions and being very hygiene aware, when he is at home. Regarding his granny, if she’s that I’ll, then let him go. At this late stage, even if he had Covid19, in these circumstances, it is not the main concern.

Are your mum and dad going to self isolate for two weeks before your expected date. It would be advisable, in order to decrease the risk to you and your baby.

I don’t know much about the furloughed system, but can your husband ask to be furloughed, work from home or a mixture of that and holidays, on the run up until the birth? You don’t need Covid19 this late in the pregnancy.

Congratulations on your pregnancy, from another (NI) resident.

LillianBland · 24/05/2020 22:07

@Mummsnett

Iblinkedandiamold · 24/05/2020 22:22

Oh that's a tough one @Mummsnett. What if he is Asymptomatic and his Granny doesn't die but he ends up giving her Covid and she dies from that. Him going down is such a risk to everyone if he's still working. He needs to protect his family, it's not about him getting it but him passing it on. It's not enough to say "well I dont have it" he could still be carrying it. He's not supposed to be coming down here anyway, if he gets stopped he should be (hopefully) turned back. Unless there's a loophole there too.

Meeting family outdoors is fine but how do you stop a toddler running up and hugging someone or them hugging him. Guidance here is meeting outdoors if fine but keep 2m apart and stay within 5k from home. Which is sort of difficult if you're in the country.

MindyStClaire · 25/05/2020 06:49

Mummsnett I'm in a similar boat - 33 weeks with a two year old. I'm vulnerable, more due to asthma than pregnancy, so DH has been doing all shopping and we've both been wfh since Paddy's day.

As I'm sure you know, groups of up to 6 are allowed to meet outdoors in NI now, so long as they remain at 2m. There's no distance restrictions for travel within NI.

My PIL (70s, so more vulnerable than anyone in our household) came up yesterday for a BBQ and I have to say it was one of the loveliest days I've had in a very long time. The adults all stayed at 2m, and none of us have been anywhere so the chances of us being infected are slim. PIL brought their own plates etc, we sat at different tables more than 2m apart. They only went inside to use the downstairs loo, which I cleaned before they arrived and after they left (we used upstairs).

We were happy for them not to distance from DD since she's so low risk, and they were happy to get close to her since she hasn't been anywhere other than our walks. Obviously there's no way a two year old will social distance so that was agreed in advance.

Wrt meeting your parents, if they've been following the guidelines then they're very low risk to you, and meeting them outdoors is allowed now (although obviously if you have the toddler with you, social distancing could be tricky - a walk with the buggy maybe?). Pregnant women were included in the vulnerable group as a precaution. The risk is more likely to be to your parents, especially if they're older, and even more so because your DH has been out working so your household is more likely to be infected than theirs. Similarly, I'm more worried about picking covid up in the hospital and passing it to PIL who will likely be caring for DD than them bringing it to us. The risk to both me and the newborn is very very small indeed.

I've found the RCOG guidelines helpful, they have some very informative stuff on their website.

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 11:08

Watching Friday's Elaine, I wish I wasnt too old to be a sugar baby. Then again there a lot of grooming I would imagine involved in that. Also the sugar babies are probably slim and beautiful. Actually forget it way too much maintenance. Grin

eggandonion · 25/05/2020 11:18

You know in soap operas people suddenly inherit loads of money from some aged relation they didn't know existed? That's my dream (I'd feel sad I'd never met the aged relative).
I can't look in the mirror, if I was a cat people would say I was lovely and fluffy with fabulous markings. My hair is horrendous and my hairdresser has vanished.
We have no relations nearby, so I can't advise. MIL is having a birthday tea in the garden, 300 miles away!

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 11:53

I dream of winning money in the lotto. Not even the jackpot, just enough to buy a nice little house and pay off my debts. I would be happy with that except I dint do the lotto often ad I feel it's a waste of money. Grin
A few time a Nigerian price has contacted me and I won the spanish lottery a few times even though I never played it.

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 12:19

Waiting to hear from work about what's happening on after 19th of June. We were meant to be closing for the summer then. I have days worked up from extra hours I had to do.
Trying not to think about Sept. I work full time during term, preschool and afterschool. Will we have after schoolers? Should I be going from preschool to afterschool. Will I be employed full time or part time. Will there be scheme to pay my wage if I'm not working full time due to restrictions.
No point in worrying now. I start virual gealtacht tonight, an hour long class. I've written about my family for tonight in Irish because when I am called on I get nervous and stutter.

Dk20 · 25/05/2020 13:33

I have a sick baby today Sad not sure what's wrong with him, hes just been really upset. It started yesterday afternoon and this morning he was inconsolable and just has that sick look in his eyes. I've booked him an appt at the gp for this afternoon.
I'm having one of those days where I just feel horribly anxious, probably because of the last minute change in routine. I was WFH, started at 8 am as normal but then had to stop at around 9 to give full attention to the baby.

eggandonion · 25/05/2020 13:35

I work in a small business, no idea what is happening there, I'm getting a bit too used to not going to work.
I do the lotto occasionally, and am always worried my numbers will come up if I haven't done it. They never have.
Fifty euros would be a takeaway, five hundred a weekend, five thousand is a nice holiday, fifty thousand a posh car and extension, five hundred thousand a better house, five million living my best life!
I'd like the five hundred thousand best I think.
The inheritance from an unknown relation may or may not involve a suitable house/holiday home.

Dk20 · 25/05/2020 14:03

Wow @eggandonion you've really thought this through Grin

MehMehMeow · 25/05/2020 14:23

Many years ago there was a euromillions massive jackpot so I asked my granny back home for her lucky numbers. I wrote down the winning numbers but realised I’d left my ticket at work. Then I heard on the news it had been won locally. Got to work slightly hopeful got the winning numbers out of my bag, checked it against my ticket, and almost had a heart attack - all the numbers!! Jackpot baby! About two minutes later, doubt set in - the handwritten ‘winning numbers’ scrap of paper was actually granny’s winning numbers I’d written down on another scrap of paper and I hadn’t even won £2.00

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 15:20

@Dk20 hope baby is okay. I'm waiting on a call back from the dr. I dont feel right, very tired and my tongue is a strange yellowish colour. The left side of my face is sore.
The secretary didnt ask any questions just took my name and number. That was at 1pm.

eggandonion · 25/05/2020 17:06

I hope the doctor gets back to you soon. I grind my teeth in my sleep at times and get a sore face. (If that helps!) nurofen is good for face ache.
I have prize bonds, I won 50 euros five years ago.

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 17:34

@eggandonion sinuses infection diagnosed over the phone. On antibiotics, anti inflammatory and an oral solution for my tongue coating.
I have 2 praise bond too somewhere, never won anything as far as I know anyway.

GiveMeAllTheGin8 · 25/05/2020 18:50

No new deaths today Star
Brilliant news, hopefully we are now on the right track Gin

eggandonion · 25/05/2020 18:50

It's amazing how they can diagnose over the phone! That's very sore, my dd2 had her sinuses 'cleaned out' last summer. She is supposed to do a saline wash every day, but doesn't!

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 18:59

I just did an online Irish Class, makes me proud to be Irish when I see people from all over the world learning Irish and they are better than me even though I've been learning since 4. Book Irish is what I have

AvocaLove · 25/05/2020 19:13

@eggandonion your lotto planning is excellent, bar your €50,000 plan. A posh car AND and extension?!! Not possible I’m afraid, unless it’s an extension for a lego house.

Dermot would have that money spent just putting fecking windows in!

eggandonion · 25/05/2020 19:17

OK a posher car than the seven year old Auris with more scrapes than car, and a small extension - not Dermot windows because I don't have a lovely garden. The plan is old, I should update it (and get my daughter to marry a builder).

AngelaScandal · 25/05/2020 19:25

I’m obsessed with ‘Cheap Irish Homes’ as my new property programme. I love Maggie and Kieran. DH baulks at the idea I might want to buy somewhere to do up. He loathes DIY.

Iblinkedandiamold · 25/05/2020 19:41

I'm obsessed with .aking chocolate chip cookies and eating them all. I notice I am making them bigger too. I regret nothing.

Smurf123 · 25/05/2020 20:27

Thanks @AvocaLove and @MehMehMeow I'll havent been at the shops since St Patrick's Day weekend.. Mum is going through cancer treatment so we started lockdown a bit before everyone else... At that point we started with the thought of we would all stay home for 14 days and then we could socialise together in one of our houses - it's within walking distance but then lockdown was introduced so we have been sticking to the rules. At this point we are trying to continue with the online deliveries etc in the hope that eventually bubbles are allowed and we can go see my mum, dad, brothers properly - they all live at home and dh family live abroad so would literally be just us and them and hopefully ds can give them a hug soon... He's only 2 so he can't understand when we went to their garden on Sunday why he can't go up the steps to them and hug them.
8 new deaths today in ni seems like a big jump compared to 1 yesterday 😔

Cheeeeislifenow · 25/05/2020 23:09

Hi everyone, wanted to see if there was a thread on Leo V here. But there isn't?
He is no Dominic Cummins anyway 😂

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 25/05/2020 23:45

Did you see this though? 🤣

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3919718-to-think-Irish-PM-Leo-Varadkar-should-hold-a-press-conference-to-explain-why-he-flouted-his-own-lockdown-rules

Tbh, I think he's more than entitled to a day off, but honestly, I don't want to see any man, a high level politician least of all, topless in the park.