WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - MAY 2007 (Part 1) - Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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New thread for May.

MrsR - Freecycle sounds great. I'll probably dispose of our bendy bus now, then another buggy once DS2 can sit up. They are old so unsellable but both a very sturdy so it would be great to think someone else could use them for free.

Nanou - I was in Halfords on Monday (buying windscreen wipers LOL!) and there were at least six cars in the car part with very young children left alone in them. We were there for 90 minutes (having wipers fitted) and some of the kids were left for that long!! One was a baby - I am always shocked by that, but was really a bit surprised that more people are not experiencing the paranioa that I am (and you are by the sounds of it). I spend all the time fearing the Dc's will be:

run over
abducted
lost
become terminally ill - that is if I dont' die first of some horrid disease!!

I'm deffo at the neurotic end of the parenting scale

Her poor parents must be suffering such unimaginable fear and regret - its so awful

I just hope she's still alive and can be located.

Sorry to go on...

What's a Loola BTW??? MrsR

No I love ginger - kept my morning sickness at bay! I'll try some.

foxie, you've reminded me, I've got to go to Halfords, I went to pump up the tyres on the bikes at the van and the pump exploded on me - I only brought it last year so I'm going to try and get a new one.

this

(not that I'm actively looking you understand )

That looks ultra cool MrsR - buggies are so attractive nowadays aren't they? We spent longer choosing our buggies than choosing a car!!!

BTW when you say "I love Ginger" I presume you are referring to me?

foxie - . i can hardly believe what you are saying.... welcome to the paranoia club . poor poor parents; they must really be kicking themselves.... ivf baby too.... so so very precious . is there a thread about her? or messages of support for her parents? you can see i dont hang around much on mumsnet these days.

MrsR; why are you looking at prams? you're not pregnant again are you?! sorry - do i sound a bit blunt?! did not mean too!!!!

No unfortunately not, I'd love another one but medically impossible for me (too much scaring). I'm just a pramaholic (aren't we all).

of course I was referring to you Foxie!!

was she an IVF baby Nanou!!??

yes lots of thread - in "active convos"

BTW my P&T has just arrived!!!!!!

must dash to GP now....

i have had a look at the cost of ivf in switzerland and guess what... it seems it's half the cost than here did not buy a pram first time around and have regretted it a bit... so watch that space next time around!!!!

yes she is - and so are the twins...
so... how is it? looking good ?!

Ah, I wondered if they were ivf kids (since the younger two are fraternal twins).

Although, I must say I don't thin it really matters how you got them when your 3 year old is gone. And, sadly, I don't think the prospects of her coming home alive are very good. So so so sad. And, yes, I tool look at her and think "Oh GOd, she could be (insert my DD's name)"

hi ele . a 3 year old is a 3 year old no matter how it came to the world. true. but you are saying that because you have been able to conceive naturally and have beautiful smart kids. anyone who has been struggling in any way to have a child would probably say to you that their child is a "miracle", be it ivf, adoption etc... not sure i am making sense here... for me any child is special, sacred... one must keep hope and think that she is ok. i am hoping that she has been "borrowed" for a few days by someone who is desesperate to be a parent and is not. that she is being well looked after and her adbucter is now realising what they have done and are scared to bring her back. that is what i am hoping because anything else is too painful to consider.

Hi Nanou.

Hmmm.. I don't know. I appreciate that IVF is difficult road which I never had to travel. So, you probably are better suited to comment on the subject than I am.

Just meant it's horrible for anyone. We all love our kids endlessly.

You are right about the tragic possibilities being too horrible to even bear thinking about. I started to well up at work earlier when I saw the picture on the BBC of Kate holding one of her soft toys.

It is unthinkable, and I will most certainly not leave my kids unattanded in a hotel room while I eat dinner. That isn't to say this is their fault. Just that in light of what has happened I couldn't possibly do that now.

The poor McCanns. My heart truly goes out to them.

this is the worst thing that can happened to any parent... i think everybody will agree on that... I hate to think what must go through their minds... poor parents indeed... could happen to anyone.... am off to check the web for any update.

Looky here - a whole debate on whether IVF kids more precious

IVFthread

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madelaineupdatethread

hello everyone

back from dentist was seemed to have had fun stitching my gums - got supply of drugs to keep me happy.

i have so many mixed/ strong feelings about that abduction
first as a mother i looked at my child an can clearly picture the distress and what that little angel might be going through, not to mention the parents agony

however, children have going going missing for years in the algarve and other touristy places, but they are mostly local, the investigations die down because it would stir/ damage tourism.

where i grew up a friend of mine, a young priest, got involved working with street children, he was threatned and beaten a few times, there was a huge sear campaing and the bishop moved him, he had started to uncover a peado ring.

there is also a huge scandal going on since 2003 involving many well known people, from government,church and entertainment that if it weren't for some brave investigative journalist would never have been uncovered, they used orphanagesnasty people

and no one trusts the police

smear i meant, poor man he now works for an NGO in Africa, one of the loveliest people i know and very brave

hi y'all..
foxie..a p&t..you trendy wendy, you!

why-oh-why does dd have to get chicken pox while dh is away? to quote catherine tate's granny:"It's a FARKING liberty."

sitting here trying to work, a tad bleary-eyed.dd is fine during the day, then spends most of the night wailing. nice one..
yes, the madeleine abduction taps into everyone's worst nightmare, doesn't it? have been shocked how even this has degenerated into a shred thread, though. we all make mistakes but most of us have the luxury of them not having terrible consequences.

better do some more work...
toddlepip

Foxie,
I think I can do with being more careful with dd. I think I take too many liberties with her.

I don't think one would love one's child more because s/he was an IVF baby. I do think that, with all things, if one has tried to succeed at something for many years and encountered many failures before reaching success, your achievement at the end is far more precious, at least before it fades into a distant memory.

sfx,
What happened to your friend is really sad.

Foxie,
I think I can do with being more careful with dd. I think I take too many liberties with her.

I don't think one would love one's child more because s/he was an IVF baby. I do think that, with all things, if one has tried to succeed at something for many years and encountered many failures before reaching success, your achievement at the end is far more precious, at least before it fades into a distant memory.

sfx,
What happened to your friend is really sad.

Oops, I was obviously so impressed with my post I posted it twice.