All those online for NZ timezone!

[buzzybee]

Hi all. Used to be a regular on MN when I lived in London but since moving back to NZ have found it harder to make the connections due to all the brits being asleep when us down under are online! So if anyone is keen to start a thread for those of us in this predicament please reply! My DD has just turned 5 and started school last week (scary). Have just found out I'm expecting number 2 - due roughly Xmas day...

Hi all. Just to report that I have received a reply to the letter I sent to the hospital raising my concerns about my ante-natal treatment. It is actually quite a good letter I feel. It states that the consultant in question was "under supervision" during the times I saw her, as my experience "was not an isolated incident". (basically it says that she was in the process of being managed out - but unfortunately this took 6 months to achieve, precisely the period I was treated there) Supposedly she was "undertaking very limited clinical duties" so it seems doubly unfortunate that both Shells and I struck her. Apparently the measures they had put in place included making sure the Fetal Medicine midwife was present during almost all consultations. This was true in my case although I'm not sure it helped hugely as the balance of power clearly lay with the consultant not the midwife.
Finally it apologises, states that my letter will be put on record and will be taken into account when considering future applicants for specialist posts at the hospital.
Overall I think its probably as good as I could have expected. After all what's done is done now. I just feel sorry for her patients at whatever hospital she is now working at.

Glad you got a pretty good response re the consultant, Buzzy. Sounds like they realised she was fairly useless but couldn't actually say that to you. Bad luck for you adn Shells that the short time she was there was while you were both pg!

Not much news from here. Amelia rolled over for the first time yesterday

Hey Anna - well done Amelia! The days of immobile baby are coming to an end...
Buzzy - think you're right. It was about as good as you could hope for. Did she go to Australia? I can't remember. We should find out in case we need to warn other MNers. I still think the hospital were negligent in letting you have that VERY stressful experience and not supporting you through it. As you say, midwife couldn't over-ride her. My experience with her was negative, but in the end, I only had to see her once and she'd gone by the time I had Rosie.

Brisbane I think - but my memory could be faulty there. No idea what hospital either.

Well done Amelia! Had coffee with a colleague yesterday who has a 9.5mo baby who apparently rolls everywhere! No sign of crawling as he is happy to use this unusual technique.

I can't see Bea being an early roller/crawler/walker. She is much too interested in her environment to concentrate on things like that.

Aaaaaaaargh

We just went out to the cinema, first time we'd left Amelia with someone other than me or dh. Left her with a good friend who has 3 teenagers of her own and is fantastic with babies.

We got back at 8.30 (she normally goes to bed about 7.30) and she was still up cos she was upset and had been crying. I dont' mind her still being up but I mind her being upset!

I know I'm being overprotective and overanxious and all that but PLEASE tell me it gets better...please please please. I feel shit she was upset. It does get better...doesn;t it?

Ignore my last post

Amelia's absolutely fine and I was beign very overprotective!

It's not like I'm going ot be with her every second of every day for the rest of her life, is it?

Oh I know that awful feeling Anna. It ruins your evening out doesn't it. Inevitably she'll be confused that you're not there but she'll be better when she's a bit bigger, and you'll get better at not worrying. Lol.

Buzzybee, possibly I am out of line here but have you noticed there is someone new called Buzzzybee who does not, uh, appear to be generously cerebrally endowed. Have you asked her to change her name?

Here is a ring that looks like a pair of boobs, just in case anyone is thinking of hinting for a "thank you for breastfeeding my child" gift.

cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Vintage-Art-Deco-Platinum-Diamond-IN-Pearl-Ring_W0QQitemZ370030 781184QQihZ024QQcategoryZ52581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Damn, it's such a shame I have a 16-year-old's brain inside a 36-year-old's body. The other way around would be so much more attractive.

Poo, sorry for fluffing the link.

boob ring

boob ring very styley!!!

Maybe if I got one my ds could fiddle with that and not always trying to get his hand inside my top. Been a year since I bf him but he loves a grope, dirty dog.

Papillon, I have heard that there is another buzzzybee - didn't think I could ask for MN to do anything about that tho?! I have not actually read any of her posts...

Sorry, ninedragons!

I lurk on this thread but never post, but that ring had to have a post - lovely. Waves to all the others here in kiwiland.

I don't know if MN will do anything about it, but I have seen posts in Chat and other places asking newbies with similar names if they would mind changing them.

You wouldn't want people thinking you used text abbreviations!

I have sent MN an email asking if they could contact her. Did a search for her posts and all the recent ones seem to relate to bereavement so didn't really think it was appropriate to barge in ask her to change her name!

I love that ring - bargain at only US$625 too!!!

Anna (and anyone else!) I am definitely coming to Auckland on April 20, and staying til 23rd. Would any of Mon, Tue or Wed of that week work for you to meet up somewhere? Maybe suggest a cafe in Ponsonby?

hey sibble I never lurk here but decided to look this morning cos there are over 700 posts and thought what are they talking about?? boob rings amongst other things.. all good! Start my 30 hour a week job at native nursery tomorrow, can take kids along to job... sweet
havent forgotten your offer of catalogue re facial products etc, but been feeling poor and renovations on the house about to start and all available cash gonna pour in there... oh kjm come tomorrow for 4 days off in the house truck to the beach for the weekend YAH

Nice to see you Papillon and Sibble. The conversation is highly evolved here as you can see. 30 hours a week! Good for you.

lol at 'highly evolved'
yes it's all very erudite

are you ILs back now Shells? mine are actually behaving themselves since the whole open door/weeing incident. they took DD out for 3 hours today - lovely

wow paps good on you and being able to take the children - fantastic. have fun with kjm. well as you are starting working I'm winding down. so looking forward to spending more time with ds2 I know the next 18 months will fly by then I'll be home alone . Asked dh at the weekend whether we should have another, after he'd picked himself off the floor I was told in no uncertain terms NO WAY. I know I don't really want another but 3 is just such a cute age. I sometimes they would pop out at age 3 all cute and interactive. Had great fun yesterday making robots out of boxes. He made me a robot head arms and legs then made my try to walk around the lounge. He meanwhile was a robot kangaroo hop hopping.

Oh dear, Buzzy, I didn't twig that she was hovering in Bereavement and now I feel guilty for being so harsh about her text abbreviations.

Mrs JC. I have 10 more days. Not that I'm counting...
Actually they haven't been too bad either. I've got loads done. My house is clean! as I'm constantly avoiding sitting with them and listening to the inane chatter, so I actually do housework. Very unusual for me.

Hi all

Sorry, have been a ghostie as it's hard to get to the computer except during childcare times.

Am in great excitement as I have a new programme on the cochlear implant processor and suddenly I can hear music! So I've been listening to Beethoven's piano concerto no.5 and having weird flashbacks to when I was a teenager and fell in love with it.

Not that I'd want to be a teenager again < shudders >

yes my house is clean too!

wellie, that is SO exciting! I can't imagine not being able to hear music and then hearing it again - how amazing

at MrsJC and shells with your clean houses. Want to come over and do mine too?

Listening to music is amazing. I had forgotten what it's like to listen instead of just remembering. I sit there all goosebumpy.

I still can't hear a lot of detail and I can only really listen to stuff I already know - so part of it is still memory - but even so!

Wellie - I am feeling tearful with excitement for you! What a wonderful thing to happen. Has made my day .
But can't come and clean your house. It only works if in-laws are present. Will be back to slobbish self soon enough. x