The Listmakers World Cup: Slatterns 4 - Areas of Doom 1!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Welcome to the new thread everyone

All newbies and lapsed members welcome!

Need a kick up the bum or a shoulder to cry on, this could be the thread for you.

Mini - 2 very close friends have miscarried in the last few months, one of them at 16 weeks, so there will be a lot of wood-touching being done for some months to come yet.

I am so tired today, cannot stop yawning.

DONE
Pick up parcel from sorting office
Unload dishwasher
Clear up from breakfast
Have a shower and get dressed
Clean bath and shower screen
DS nap
Sainsbury's for birthday card for DS and a digital pg test
Finalise Ocado order for tomorrow
Book car in for service - a week Monday
Spot clean living room carpet
Lunch and clearing up
Pay Green Thumb

TO DO
2 loads of washing
Take back incorrect plumbing fitting
Wrap DS' presents
Clean living room carpet with machine
Get spare room a bit more sorted
Dinner

Have tested again BFP! Darker line than this morning, and 'pregnant' came up on the digital one in about 20 seconds.

Yay!

Yay, Ali - tbh the bone-weary tiredness of the beginning worries me with 2 to look after now, well so much of being pg again worries me, but it's not putting me off lol!

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• me & DS2 to speech therapy (10am) DONE
• sort ebay stuff DONE
• PO to post 2 ebay things & 1 foreign bday card DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap (remember to wake him up promptly, yesterday i didn't and he was lively until 9pm!) DONE (oops forgot again, got carried away with my desk!)
• doom clearing DONE
• afternoon; friend with 2 DDs coming DONE
• boys & girls tea (pasta & sauce) DONE
• garden time DONE
• tv time Doing
• boys bath & bed
• water plants
• DH home late + our dinner

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 1 Selling; 1 Sold waiting for payment
• package up sold & paid for item x2 DONE
• package up & post next 2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• collect hospital records (tomorrow probably) (and it'll prob just be one page of nothing very interesting!!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Landing: 3star top of dresser

JKS there is a lot I'm worried about too. Puking for 2 months, couldn't drive after 24 weeks before because of SPD, could barely walk by 35 weeks because of SPD. Hideous labour and emcs. Not so much for myself, but for the impact that it might have on DS.
I am healthier and stronger though, and much fitter than last time. Determined to keep up the exercise and I don't think there is any reason why I can't keep losing weight slowly during 1st trimester - well if I get bad ms then there will be no choice!

A silver lining to ms - positive attitude

I didn't have ms with either. the things worrying me are:

• disturbed sleep (both when pg & with newborn)
• tiredness + 2 DC
• weight gain & the effort of losing it all again
• the fight i'll have with the nhs to get a home birth post emcs (HBAC)

Ho hum. been doing OPKs the last 2 days, no line yesterday, a faint one today, so pretty sure it's coming, just have to catch that egg

oh and like you

• will my SPD return?
• will it be worse (as i was lucky and it was mild last time)?

Ooh JKS good luck!

See I am not bothered about a home birth at all. In fact I'm giving serious consideration to an elective. A good friend of mine ended up with episiotomy, forceps, ruptured womb, emcs to repair rupture and not being able to even cuddle her toddler for almost a month post-birth when she tried for a VBAC. Gah.

Evening. HAd a right crappy day. A good enough walk to the supermarket and back though, but then all crappy after, I'm in such a grump.

Ooh, I didn't have full on SPD, but if I forgot and pushed myself out of of bed with just one leg, the front of my pelvis would feel like it was ripping. I could almost feel it just now.

OUCH! Wasting, my pelvis is cringing in sympathy!!

Ali - I totally get that, i think each to their own, as long as it's an informed choice. No doctor should be telling us what we can or can't do!

Thurs:

• tv time DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• water plants DONE
• DH home + our dinner DONE

Fri:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DH to work
• PO with next lot of eBay stuff
• poss pop to town?
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• DH & I to Speech course (2pm)
• come home via hosp to collect notes
• rest of afternoon? friends meeting?
• garden time (& water plants)
• boys tea, bath & bed
• out to dinner with friends (sitter booked)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 1 Selling; 1 Sold waiting for payment
• package up & post next 2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• collect hospital records (tomorrow probably) (and it'll prob just be one page of nothing very interesting!!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Landing: 3star top of dresser

Wasting What's up my lovely?

DONE
Pick up parcel from sorting office
Unload dishwasher
Clear up from breakfast
Have a shower and get dressed
Clean bath and shower screen
DS nap
Sainsbury's for birthday card for DS and a digital pg test
Finalise Ocado order for tomorrow
Book car in for service - a week Monday
Spot clean living room carpet
Lunch and clearing up
Pay Green Thumb
1 loads of washing
Clean living room carpet with machine
Dinner
Run dishwasher
DS bath and bed

TO DO
Clear up
Wrap DS' presents
Get spare room a bit more sorted
Dinner

I think it's so important to be properly informed.

I'd consider an elective rather than risk an emergency, if baby was big and OP again.

ALI yey

Funny we had this conversation the other day, my motto is a happy mum means happy baby!
Well one of my friends is booked in on Monday for her baby and the other on Tuesday, and Ali is pg, JK TTC, I am beyond excited!!!!
And we are just back from Toy story!

And Alice is having her baby soon!!

Grabs Wasting to bossom and hugs her until she feel all warm and squishy inside!

Right have been up since stupid o'clock
left dh safely to airport
dcs are sitting half awake with toast watching tv

TO DO
get dcs washed & dressed
hang out washing (clear skies above suppossed to be a good day here)
put on another wash
unload dishy
load dishy
go to bank
pick up script & chemist
maybe visit a friend
home for lunch
hmm loads of other stuf CBA
collect dh

Morning! DS' birthday, can't believe my baby is 2!

Lots to do today, we didn't get enough done yesterday!

All up and dressed
Fold washing from yesterday
Breakfast
Give DS his cards and presents
Ocado coming 10-11am
Put away the shopping
Finish tidying spare room
2 loads of washing
Hoover and dust upstairs
Make up spare bed
Clean bathroom
Lunch
Clean stairs and bannisters
Dust downstairs
Living room blinds
Clean downstairs windows inside
Get DH to put new sealant round the bath
De-scale shower head
Fit in lots of playing with new toys etc between jobs
Roast chicken for dinner
Do some food prep for tomorrow

Happy Birthday Baby Baba!

Plum, eeee! It's all wuvverly.

• up done
• breakfast done
• fold dry washing done

• shower and dress
• get DS dressed
• put load in
• Childrens Centre
• lunch
• lots of activities for DS while
• I clean lots!

Ahh happy birthday baba, wonder why you didn't get much done yesterday Ali

Have you told anyone yet?

Morning

Happy Birthday Baby Baba.

DH and i are going to see Razorlight tonight (Yay!) so lots to do during the day to ensure DD is in bed by 6.45/7pm

DAILY JOBS
Make beds
Empty dishy
Hang out washing
Clear up after all meals
-load dishy
-wipe sides/hob
-wipe table
-sweep up spilt food
Put washload on (before bed)
Put dishy on
Sweep kitchen floor
Help DD put away toys (need DD to be more proactive with this, have sticker chart!)
Chuck junk mail/recycling
Put clean washing away
Clean towels and teatowels out every other day (ish) (more teatowels than towels as they get grubby)

DONE
Have breakfast
Chuck cat out

TO DO
Make beds
Hang out washing
Clear up breakfast stuff
Put washload on
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Clean loo
Put vinegar on sink taps
Go to Wiggle and Jiggle
Pick up posh new oil cloth
Look in cheap shops for cushions
Put clean washing away
Hang out second washload/tumble
Finish cleaning bathroom
Hoover landing and stairs
Sweep and mop kitchen and hall floors
Lunch
Hoover sitting room
Do horses
Get fuel!
Pop to waitrose for babysitters snacks
Clean throws on sofa
Get ready
Feed DD and get ready for bed
Go out!!!!!

Ali Happy birthday to your DS!! They grow so quickly. My DS3 will be 2 in october and he will always be the baby in our family

Alive Razorlight!!

Breakfast
All washed and dressed
Clean kitchen post breakfast
Make beds
Put guinea pigs in run
Check when library books need to be returned
Wipe round bathroom
Write shopping list
Package up camcorder
Go to shop
Send camcorder to menders
Phone school to find out where DS1 report is
Decide what to have for dinner
Charge laptop
Hangout washing on
Fold clean washing
Put away washing
Run DW
Run WM
30 day Shred
Lunch
Clean kitchen post lunch
Dinner
Clean kitchen post dinner
Feed pets
Bath/wash DD and DS3
Story and put to bed
Cinema at 8pm

To Do This Week
Find a pick your own fruit place done
Wipe out fridge done
Make hairdressers appointment for DS1 and DS2
Pull out tumble dryer and hoover behind done
Wash DS3's blankie done
Make low fat strawberry cheesecake
Mini Dyson the blinds done
Add phone numbers to new phone book done
Check cinema times done
Clean under sofa done
Clean leather sofa done
Make a list of school uniform needed for new school year
Deadhead flowers in front garden

That should read Alice

Oh Alice there is a mumsnetter on another thread going to razor light tonight, sounds really good are you going to the race before hand?

TO DO
get dcs washed & dressed done
hang out washing (clear skies above suppossed to be a good day here)done
put on another washdone
unload dishy dsdoing
load dishy
go to bank
pick up script & chemist
maybe visit a friend
home for lunch
hmm loads of other stuf CBA
collect dh

Plum, Can I join in that hug! Made me lol.
We went to see Toy Story last night as well.

Congrats again Ali, and happy birthday to your DS.

I had 4 CS's, 1st one I felt guilty about but the other 3 were elective and I bounced back quite quickly. Still reckon I would be waiting to have DS 14yrs on if they hadnt done it because there was no way I was giving birth naturally!!

TODAY
Washing
Ironing
Putting Away!
Make Lunch
Tidy up after it
Down town

Of course squidges Wasting over to oneside plenty of room for CC

right I really must get going!

Morning

Happy birthday baby Baba

Fri:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed Done3
• DH to work DONE
• PO with next 2 eBay bits
• poss pop to town?
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• DH & I to Speech course (2pm)
• come home via hosp to collect notes
• rest of afternoon? friends meeting?
• garden time (& water plants)
• boys tea, bath & bed
• out to dinner with friends (sitter booked)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 1 Selling; 1 Sold waiting for payment
• package up DONE & post next 2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• collect hospital records (tomorrow probably) (and it'll prob just be one page of nothing very interesting!!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Landing: 3star top of dresser

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone DS is very happy with his new toys - he has got toy cleaning things and pots and pans, the Duplo big farm, some animal dominoes, a huge floor puzzle with jungle animals on, a whole pile of Chuggington stuff, a trampoline and other stuff for the garden, plus some more train track and Thomas stuff. God only knows where I am going to put it all! No more toys until Christmas!!

All up and dressed - done
Fold washing from yesterday - done
Breakfast - done
Give DS his cards and presents - done
Ocado coming 10-11am
Put away the shopping
Finish tidying spare room
2 loads of washing
Hoover and dust upstairs
Make up spare bed
Clean bathroom
Lunch
Clean stairs and bannisters
Dust downstairs
Living room blinds
Clean downstairs windows inside
Get DH to put new sealant round the bath
De-scale shower head
Fit in lots of playing with new toys etc between jobs - doing
Roast chicken for dinner
Do some food prep for tomorrow

Plum - no we've not told anyone yet. My parents and my brother (the nice one) and his GF are coming here tomorrow to celebrate DS' birthday so we are going to tell them then face to face. Really excited!!