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

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100years · 17/09/2011 13:00

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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Quodlibet · 22/09/2011 12:21

The other thing is that we never know how we're going to feel once it all happens - I've known people who thought they wanted to be SAHMs who found it drove them bonkers and career-women who suddenly found they didn't give a crap anymore!

SPR have you managed to sort things out at your work so you don't get landed with the fallout of the under-staffing?

WhyWait · 22/09/2011 12:21

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minipie · 22/09/2011 12:23

Ah SPR, see I'm sort of the reverse - I'm worried I'll end up having to be a SAHM because DH won't do any of the childcare and will leave it all to me! I think I'd love being at home for a year or two, but after that I would want to work again, and if I take any longer off than mat leave it will be hard to get back in.

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Quodlibet · 22/09/2011 12:26

The other thing is that we never know how we're going to feel once it all happens - I've known people who thought they wanted to be SAHMs who found it drove them bonkers and career-women who suddenly found they didn't give a crap anymore!

SPR have you managed to sort things out at your work so you don't get landed with the fallout of the under-staffing?

Quodlibet · 22/09/2011 12:27

Duh.

bebeballroom · 22/09/2011 12:44

Right, take 3!!

WW - At least our friend knows now that she can get pregnant, having been told her chances of ever having children were less than 20%! Here's hoping that when she is settled & in a good relationship she will in the future be able to try again.
Try being on all fours a bit, gives baby more wriggle room apparently! Hmm

Quod - I have no advice I'm afraid. We only got so far as to work out that me going back to work at all was not going to be financially worthwhile. I didn't have a career though, just a job that I hated!! :o I like being a SAHM, but I am a bit rubbish at housework. Quite good at being a mummy I guess & I think I'm a pretty good cook!! :o I think you can only plan so far, you just don't know what the future will hold or how you will feel when you 'get there'. If your work would be more flexible than your DHs then it may well just work out that the majority of the childcare will be in your hands. I have to say, my DH is pretty rubbish at making decisions re:childcare! BUT he's a great Daddy & DD adores him. I never imagined my life would be like this!

100 - You should be so proud of your boobs!! :o Edith is clearly a very clever little girl doing all that growing! I was looking at DDs red book (checking on when her next jabs are) and at 11days old she was 7oz below birthweight! (Also discovered that she was 1oz lighter at birth than I thought!! Ooops! Blush) Glad you are feeling better & that whatever the bug was has now buggered off. :)

SPR - Fingers crossed that you can be a SAHM! Wink I bet you are counting down the hours til you can leave your job?! Have you made arrangements/spoken to them about not having a ridiculous work load?

I'm off on holiday tomorrow, feeling rubbish & full of cold! :( TTC would be off the cards for me for the next couple of months anyway (trying to avoid specific dates) so I'm going to leave it a while to bring it up with DH again. Let the dust settle & hopefully things will start picking up again!

Apologies if I've missed anything/anyone, was trying to remember what I said before plus adding on other stuff! Brain too full of cold to hold too much information!!

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ShaggingProducesResults · 22/09/2011 15:15

The job stuff is all a bit odd at the moment!!

My line manager (who is leaving) spoke to me last week and said that from now on I would be handling events for the business unit (something I have had a lot of experience with, enjoy and am, if I do say so myself, quite good at) It means I can work from home and won't have to take on a whole heap of PA stuff or deal with the crappy workload.

However....... HR (who you may remember are not my favourite department after their inability to keep my personal information personal) have yet to advise me of my new job title. Today the HR Director had a very cryptic phone call with me this afternoon to tell me that one of the HR people was on their way to me for our meeting (nobody told me!!) and that he didn't want to reveal anything before she had spoken to me but that it was very positive and exciting.... blah blah blah. She was at Swindon and hoping to get to Bristol before the end of the day but if not then she would meet with me next week...... So I really have no clue as to what my job is or is going to be........ Bunch of fucking jokers!!

Bebe - you are clearly an excellent cook and mummy judging by all the pics of yummy food stuffs and lovely outings with DD. I really hope that I can be as successful at motherhood as you clearly are! Grin

WW- Fishfinger Sandwiches.....? Really? Grin

bebeballroom · 22/09/2011 15:23

SPR - You just made me cry! Thank you! :) I'm sure you will be a fabulous Mummy too! :)

How cryptic of HR Hmm You would think that since it is about you they could at least let you know what it was regarding! How difficult is it to give someone a job title?!

WW - I LOVE fish finger sandwiches, they are one of my comfort foods. (Along with banana custard, Butterscotch Angel Delight (guilty pleasure that one) and mashed potato with gravy) I especially love them with lots of vinegar & ketchup! Yum yum yum!! :o

Quodlibet · 22/09/2011 15:32

Bebe I'd say the same as SPR - the thought, care and love you put into your family is really inspiring. I don't know if you read Kelle Hampton's blog but the sentiment reminded me of this post which I really liked.

Right, round of applause for me for finishing my daunting planning for the university module I start teaching next week .

On the list for today is 'go for a run'. Then I reckon that I too am due some fish finger sarnies later.

bebeballroom · 22/09/2011 15:58

Thanks Quod, I'm feeling all emotional! That blog makes perfect sense. It is a never ending race.

It's a lot harder with a toddler IMO, there is SO much more to do, SO much more input required! As much as I can leave DD to do things for herself, she wants to be involved & has opinions on everything!! It really does make it harder to get things done! It's a good reason to not have another baby til DD is at school...a toddler and a baby at home might tip me over the edge! (But don't tell DH I said that Wink)

ShaggingProducesResults · 22/09/2011 16:27

Ahhhh - loving the Thursday afternoon love in on the thread!!

Had the meeting and it's exactly what I was told last week..... Hmm There was a mention that I would also be PA to the HR Director but I have politely told them "No" as I can't bear him and there is no way on earth I would willingly work for him!

I am a happy bunny now that I know what I am doing :)

I LOVE comfort food. Mine is:
Saussages, mash and gravy
Steak pie and mushy peas
macaroni cheese

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Grin

bebeballroom · 22/09/2011 17:44

Ooooh Good News then?!!

Roll on Friday & my holiday! :o Feeling pretty rubbish, so I think an early night might be on the cards...although doubt it'll happen!

WhyWait · 23/09/2011 10:19

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ShaggingProducesResults · 23/09/2011 12:33

yep - good news!!

Had my 16 week appointment and hear the heartbeat this morning too so all good on that front :)

Bebe - hope that you have a fab week away and that minibebe isn't too poorly to enjoy herself.

AmandaCooper · 23/09/2011 14:58

Wow can't believe how much i have missed! You guys have clearly all got far too much time on your hands!. I'll have to catch up later!

ShaggingProducesResults · 23/09/2011 15:18

EGG WHITE EGG WHITE EGG WHITE!!!

AmandaCooper · 23/09/2011 16:27

Oh bog off I'm at work! Grin

ShaggingProducesResults · 23/09/2011 16:49
Grin
MrsSatsuma · 24/09/2011 01:29

Ditto AC's earlier comment! Busy week but have been reading - will post later!

AmandaCooper · 24/09/2011 11:15

Ok so a few years ago I ordered this thing off the Internet called a pee mate that's basically a tool that women can use to pee standing up. It's a long rigid tube with a funnel end that you position over your fanjo to catch the pee.

Anyway it seemed like just the thing to use to channel the egg white up where I needed it, so I whisked up an egg white in a jug, decanted a bit into a shot glass (DH in the bedroom all this time probably wondering what's going on) and then lay back on the sofa, popped the wrong end of the pee mate into the target area and poured in the mixture.

Got up to head back to the bedroom only to have it all gush out all over my nightie and dressing gown, all down my legs and over the sofa and the floor.

Jumped up, whipped off my nightie and dressing gown and chucked them in the washing machine, wiped all the whisked egg white off my legs and off the floor, shouted cheerily to DH "won't be a minute!" and started again with another shot glass of egg white.

This time lay down completely on the floor naked with my hips in the air as though doing the bicycle, and pushed the pee mate all the way in. Christ only knows what DH would have thought if he'd come to see what I was up to and found me, shot glass in hand pouring an egg into my funnel.

Anyway so I tipped in the whisked egg white and tentatively stood up. Success! Shuffled awkwardly back to the bedroom and engaged DH in very quick How's your father?, all the time wildly trying to distract his attention from the egg white mess congealing on his stomach and going squelch, squelch, squelch in a non too attractive way.

DH of course spots nothing amiss and completes the deed as though nothing is happening, not even curious later on when I am peeling flakes of egg off my thighs.

By the time I actually ovulated over a week later, he'd called the whole thing off again. Nothing to do with the egg - as far as I know anyway!

AmandaCooper · 24/09/2011 11:18

TBT is off completely by the way. Apparently DH "doesn't like holidays".

Quodlibet · 24/09/2011 11:29

Christalive that is hilarious. It's like something that should belong in the sequel to 'Bridesmaids'. Thanks for sharing.

It's amazing how blithely clueless they can be isn't it?

Sorry to hear TBT is off. Surely though if he doesn't like holidays then there's now no need to schedule TBT before TTC? Or would that be too logical? What do you want to do?

AmandaCooper · 24/09/2011 11:32

Oh I don't know, Quod. Maybe leave the crazy bastard to it and move on?