The fourth WIIT thread travels far and wide, with tales of new adventures to share.

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Hello Ladies,

Here is the 4th WIIT thread for our enjoyment.

Stats will have to follow at a later date, as I can't check back to see where everyone is accurately at the moment.

Get posting and lets see where this thread takes us. :)

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Hi all

Sorry I've been absent this week. Had a trip to London to catch up with friends and raid Topshop maternity!! Just back today and having a relaxing bath!

Holiday is to Mauritius and I can't bloody wait!! I'll be 25 weeks when we fly out there so well within the dates but am getting a "fit to fly" note from the GP just in case.

AC. Grrrrrrr at DH for chucking obstacles in the way of TBT...... Check out the BA sale as we're going World Traveller Plus and it was only an extra £300 pp return so pretty good. Think you can also pay to reserve seats on BA flights but your best bet is to call their booking line. They are so helpful whenever I book flights over the phone.

Forgotten everything else and am on phone so can't check back!! Would be keen for a meet up but maybe not if it's March!!! I'm in Bath, about 40 mins drive from Bebe I think.

Hope everybody is well x

Oooh enjoy the bath SPR. :) Lucky you having a nice holiday :) We still have to plan a holiday for us next year, not sure where it will be yet. I kind of miss the sun, but going abroad with a LO poses more 'challenges', I'd like to not 'stress' too much on the journey there.

Quod that is so nice to hear about your DP, sorry I didn't say so before, I just posted and ran. And in Paris as well - how romantic!

Guys thanks for your help and I am very pleased to announce that The Big Trip is BOOKED! We're flying Virgin Atlantic and we've paid £120 for extra legroom, which is much cheaper than premium economy. 5 May is the date, returning 19 May. Woo hoo!!

Excellent news AC :)

Like all our holidays it was booked by me while DH was out. He is now very excitedly looking at American hire cars.

Well done AC!! sometimes these men just need a big push to get on board!

SPR, v of ur holiday!! Have a fabulous time!

100, I'm near Gloucester but depending when meet up is I prob wouldn't want to be more than a couple of hours drive coz I doubt I'd be able to afford to stay over. Although my mum lives near Bedford so can stay with her if we meet up further afield or London way! Hope that makes sense!

Having a crappy day, finally succumbing to the dreaded lurgy that DH and DD have. My bank account has been changed to a new type of account which is utterly useless and I can only change it by setting up a new account and transferring standing orders etc across.
And to top it off the bank (different bank) have decided to take the overdraft facility off our joint account with 7 months left to review! Why????? When it rains it pours, it's the last thing we need! Sometimes I just wonder what we did to piss the universe off?

AC that is amazing news!! Hurrah for TBT next year :)

Bebe sorry youre feeling so crappy and that the crap stuff just seems to keep finding you at the moment. The universe desperately needs to make it up to you very soon. Think it could be time to think about euromillions tickets....?

Just heard that one of DHs really good friends and his wife (I haven't known his wife that long but we get on incredibly well) are expecting twins. So exciting to have friends with babies at a similar time and lovely for the boys to go through it all together!!

It looks like maternity leave is going to be a great year!!

SPR that's lovely news! Not sure if I fancy twins myself, even though it would avoid the need to repeat all this FOF madness with #2. It will be brilliant to have a RL friend to go through it all with.

God Bebe what are you going to do about your overdraft? I live in mine, I'd be stuffed if they took it off me.

SPR - That is so lovely, I'd have loved a friend with a baby/ies when I had DD. How exciting! Lots of long leisurely lunches and outings then! :o

AC - FOFF is not necessarily going to happen. DH had no FOF 1st time round. DD can be a handful but I don't think she is that bad, but she seems to have put DH off completely!

No idea about overdraft. We weren't due an annual review until end of May & despite all the crap we haven't really been stuck in it, just dipping in and out. Unfortunately DH has work 'issues' (legal stuff, getting nasty) with this particular bank & it all seems a little suspect TBH. Definitely time to think about getting a safe installed at home or hollowing out the mattress!

Right, off to make cupcakes. Diet has completely gone out of the window & the lbs are creeping back on :( Up about 8lbs on where I was a year ago! Bugger!

Bebe we have this dragging feet and general reluctance with everything and in the end I always force the issue and as soon as the decision is made DH is always perfectly happy bragging away to his friends as though it was all his idea all along. Silly man child.

I'm not sure a hollowed out mattress will give you an overdraft!

Well the bank won't either so not exactly losing anything!! :o

GREAT news on the Big Trip, well done you. Your DH sounds like he has Fear of Decisions generally rather than FOF specifically...

Bebe that's a nightmare. We don't have an overdraft on our joint account and it's so bloody annoying, we've got stung a few times for going overdrawn.

SPR your Maldives trip sounds lush. Winter sun is just so lovely. What is the limit on flying when pg, do you know?

It's great news on the trip but yet another at least six month delay on TTC. And that's assuming he doesn't put it back again.

SPR what date do you go? It can't be long now.

Well here it is. The first day of the new job! Now, how does one nonchalantly asked for a copy of the maternity policy ?!

Really bricking it that I won't know anything and they'll "find me out!"

Woohooo! Hope it goes really really well. I've got no idea how you get hold of that kind of thing, no-one ever offers it to you do they? Maybe in some recess of the HR server somewhere? Surely it should be freely available for staff somewhere, in principle?!?

Good Luck AC!!

Good luck AC!! Am pretty sure that it usually in the employee handbook (it has been at all my jobs) and so you could ask for a copy of that and make yourself look really keen!!

Hope that it all goes well today.

Ok I need a year's continuous service by the 11th week before the EWC, so if I've got this right, the earliest we could TTC and still qualify is 5.5 months from now, which fits in perfectly with our TBT plans!!

Whywait congratulations!! Ooh another baby WIIT! Lush!

Yay WW!!! Massive congratulations!! Clever you! :o

LOVE the name Edward, it'd be on my shortlist for a potential DS if it wasn't DHs nephews name! Love it! Love IT! :o And Teddy is a fab NN!

AC - Fantastic that the Mat leave stuff ties in with your TBT plans! Yay!! :)

Congratulations WW. Great name and well done you for doing it so quickly!! Can I order a birth like that please?!?!

AC. Perfect news on your maternity stuff all tying in with TBT.

WW congratulations :) Lovely name and a great weight :) Well done on the Tens machine and water birth :)

Only very briefly on here due to the time, will try and catch up tomorrow. :)

Congratulations WW! Edward is a great name, and well done on the birth. Looking forward to seeing a pic if/when you have time.

SPR - I think that makes you next in line to the birthing throne

AC - that's great about your maternity policy.

Congratulations WW! Lovely name, well done with your labour! I'm sure breastfeeding will become more straightforward as you both get used to it. Really pleased for you- it's the best feeling in the world holding your LO for the first time. Have fun and enjoy your new family xxx

Hope the new job is going well AC, I'm sure you are impressing everyone, great news about TBT and the maternity policy- almost sounds like fate.....

Sending some good luck vibes your way bebe- you are due for some good news soon I'm sure x

Don't worry about labour SPR- it's an amazing experience x