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Durham / North East Meet Ups - 2012

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juneybean · 19/12/2011 20:47

Hello hello! Here I am with good intentions to behave and show up to some meet ups since I utterly failed in 2011! Grin

So we need ideas for daytime meets and of course we must not forget our night time meets Wink

[b]Daytime Ideas[/b]
Beamish
Saltwell Park, Gateshead
The Giants Den, Team Valley
Botanic Gardens
Beach (in the summer of course, unless we want airborne children!)

Okay so ideas for January daytime, I think cake is definitely in order so I propose the one that's next to Ebony, the huge place, down some steps, uhh... Slug & Lettuce is it? CAKE!

January night time? Is this something we want to plan? I know we're always poor after Christmas!

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juneybean · 29/01/2012 21:51

Any one fancy coffee and cake on the 13th? :)

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KaraStarbuckThrace · 30/01/2012 17:39

There is an LLL meeting to be held on Monday 6th at the Slug & lettuce.
My fault I suggested the location lol.

Juney - sorry as I will be in Durham on the 6th I won't be able to do the 16th. Unless you wanted to meet up for lunch after the LLL meeting?

Indith · 30/01/2012 18:35

What time will the meeting be?

Kara we've been all bugged out recently, when do you want to meet up? Think we are almost all healthy again, or at least only have colds/bad backs rather than tummy bugs.

MischeviousMum · 30/01/2012 20:23

Is anyone in the Teesside area? I'd love to brave a meet up!

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juneybean · 30/01/2012 22:17

Sadly funeral is the 6th, but throw some dates at me for after that!

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juneybean · 30/01/2012 23:10

This thread made me want curry, let's have curry? March?

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Indith · 31/01/2012 10:46

Mmmmmm curry. Forgive me if I don't commit to a date in March though Grin. We actually have a bunch of uni friends coming up the last weekend in March for a reunion! I have convinced them to all book themselves into the castle while the students are on holiday though so we don't have to put them all up and can just go see them when we want to.

MischeviousMum stick around, we are pretty spread out over the area and there are some out your sort of way.

Juney I hope the funeral is a lovely time for remembering your gran and telling stories :)

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juneybean · 31/01/2012 18:52

-pokes your bump- how's it doing? Nothing happening in the next 9 days I hope?! (your thingymabob for midwifery is the 9th Feb isn't it?)

Thank you Indith x

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KaraStarbuckThrace · 31/01/2012 20:48

MischievousMum whereabouts in Teesside? I am in Thornaby.

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 31/01/2012 20:54

Might come to the LLL meeting but it depends how DD is feeling after the op which is on Fri- it is going ahead! Hurrah! She might still be on the poorly side on the monday.

juney- hope your nanna gets a good send off.

MischeviousMum- I'm further north but am happy to travel to meet ups. Whereabouts are you?

Indith- as of tomorrow it will be the month that bump is due- it seems to have flown over! It is nearly squidgy new baby time. Are you ready for it yet?

Think I could be persuaded to have curry in March. Work is just so busy I think I need a chance to let my hair down.

Indith · 31/01/2012 21:24

Yay for the op Spiggy!

Everything washed, birth boxes here, box prepare with old sheets, towels, stuff for me and stuff for baby so dh knows where it all is. So sorted on the baby front. Except for putting the cot together again and I need some bungees to lash it to the bed Grin.

Just the interview to get through

Dd still shitting everywhere. Need to go out and do something tomorrow, I'll kill her if I have to spend another day in the house with her. Hopefully she can go back to nursery Thursday. Hopefully.

KaraStarbuckThrace · 31/01/2012 22:44

Indith, I will come over next week if that is okay with you and drop that bag of clothes off (with your grobags in)
Best day for me would be Tuesday, I can come over after dropping DS at nursery so be at yours around 10, will need to leave at 11.30 to go pick DS up at nursery. Will this suit you okay?
Spiggy - great news on the op, hope it all goes well!

Indith · 01/02/2012 10:40

Hmm I need to leave around 11 to pick the girl up from nursery so that makes it rather short. Unless you want to do an afternoon and have both big ones. Or I stick her in for her lunch and we meet at the NCT bumps and babes group as I was going to try to fit in a pre-baby visit to it. Up to you :)

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 01/02/2012 20:44

interview will be fine- you are not going to be squeamish at the video except maybe when you realise that you are going to go through it again in a couple of weeks and you have a good understanding of what midwifery is about to be able to say why you want to do it. You'll be fine Smile

I'm broody.* I know, I know Grin but I am. Indith is having a baby. Vikinglady is having a baby and my baby is big and crawling and trying to stand up and not a baby any more. I need help don't I? Can I borrow your snuggly new baby when he arrives to put me off?

  • disclaimer. I wouldn't actually try for another and would be petrified and run away from home if I did get pg.
KaraStarbuckThrace · 02/02/2012 17:25

Indith, I could drop DS earlier at Nursery on Tuesday and get over to yours for 9.30? then I could go at 11am when you go pick up DD? I need to factor in that the children have lunch around 12pm and it takes over an hour to get to you. So if I leave yours at 11am, that gives me time for me and DD to have a spot of lunch before picking DS up.

Afternoons, I can't get to you before 2pm as the morning nursery session doesn't finish until 1pm (he has lunch there). DS is in Tuesday & Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoons. I could do Monday or Friday, and bring both children? What time do you normally get back from picking up DD? Although to be honest the same issue again is ensuring DS and DD have some lunch which means I still won't get to you until 2pm at the earliest.

Indith · 02/02/2012 19:00

What time would that coffee morning be Kara? Can you send me the link, I'm sure I've seen it on FB but I'm damned if I can find it now. Would that be easier for you do you think?

Otherwise morning best, if you can't get here until in afternoons then I leave at 2.45 to get ds from school! Feel guilty if it takes you over an hour, but then in reverse if I go to you I can't be back to pick up times. Argh! Why can't nursery be slightly more practical times.

Indith · 02/02/2012 19:02

Spiggy when he arrives I shall pass him to you every time he cries, sicks up or needs a nappy change how about that?

KaraStarbuckThrace · 03/02/2012 19:45

Hi Indith, I don't mind coming to yours for just an hour, no problem at all. I don't fancy dragging that bag all the way to the Slug and Lettuce as it is really heavy and I normally use the park and ride. And I don't want to carry it you certainly don't lol!! So I will come on Tuesday, if that is okay? Or would it be easier if we all came up during half term? The kids can all play and I can bring cake & bits?

Incidentally, it is 10am next Monday for the LLL coffee meet up and there is a LLL meeting at the Rainbow Centre in Washington next Saturday as well at 10am.

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 03/02/2012 19:54

don't think it would help- T still doing that and it hasn't put me off Grin

The tonsils and adenoids are no more. Hurrah! all went well- the benefit of getting them done young means that you get to be first on the surgery list so we weren't waiting around too much. They gave her a dose of morphine (!) so she's in no pain and is eating everything she can which is great for helping avoid scabs in the throat. Unfortunately she reacts like me to morphine and is throwing up a bit. But the morphine means she doesn't care! DH has been left on sick bucket duty at the hospital and all being well she'll be home tomorrow.

Indith · 03/02/2012 20:51

Ok Tuesday then :) Half term the dcs are being shipped off to my mum and dad's providing there is not baby yet.

I probably won't go to LLL in that case. I would like to at some point but just doesn't fit around nursery times. Rubbish.

Yay for the op!

Indith · 07/02/2012 18:13

Hello :)

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 08/02/2012 10:53

Morning Indith Smile Are you ready for tomorrow? I'm not at work cos I'm looking after DD but can arrange to be in Newcastle if you want cake afterwards. It'd just be me and DD as the boys will be busy.

When do we get to start pestering you about signs that the baby is on his way? Grin

Indith · 08/02/2012 11:00

Don't worry about cake, I have no idea what time it will end.

I am stressed.

You can start buggin me about the baby tomorrow night! He isn't allowed to come before then.

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 08/02/2012 11:34

You'll be fine, think about how brilliant a mw you'd be and how lucky all those women who are not even thinking of conceiving yet will be to have you as their mw. This is merely an administrative detail to deal with so they can get your help. Grin We had to do a training course on handling difficult conversations which involved doing role play with actors. I was petrified as I don't do role play but one of the actors gave me a really good tip. She said that if you are feeling wobbly then make sure that both your feet are firmly on the floor, particularly if you are sitting down. It makes your body more solid, helps you project your voice firmly and come across as more confident even if you are still wobbly inside. It really helps and helps nerves settle down more quickly.

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juneybean · 08/02/2012 21:38

"how lucky all those women who are not even thinking of conceiving yet will be to have you as their mw."

Like me! I'd have you as my midwife any day!!

Good luck xx

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