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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MrsS - hope everything is ok? Are you alright?

AC - Fab news re:job! :) It may delay TTC, but hopefully you will be in a happier & better position when you do!

Strawberry - lots of walking, housework, curry, pineapple etc......Oh and sleep....while you can! Fingers crossed LO doesn't keep you waiting much longer. Have the MWs said how long they will let you go past your EDD before they think about induction?

Things were very awkward at the party, not helped by DD being still a bit under the weather so v clingy & stroppy! But we got through it!

DH is even more mega stressed than usual, the workload he has right now is enormous as they try to salvage what they can & try & come up with a plan B! Just hoping that something presents itself & that we can actually enjoy Christmas!

MrsS - hope that you are ok ((hugs))

AC - amazing news on the new job. Well done you! :)

Bebe - am keeping everything crossed for you that something good happens soon. It's about time and you deserve it!!

Strawberry - sending positive vibes to you that LO comes out soon and that you can avoid induction to get your dream birth.

Waves to everybody else!

All ok over here. Working form home this morning as had a pretty active weekend and feeling a bit under the weather. I think that someone from HR is going to call me this afternoon about the chat we had so will be interesting to see what happens there! She has clearly spoken to the MD though as he is responding to my e-mails with 1 or 2 word replys. TWAT!!!

Only 4 more sleeps until the 20 weeks scan - very excited!!!

Quod, sounds like you had a busy holiday, was it good? Glad it's the last month of DP being away a lot.

AC Congratulations on the new job.

Thanks for all the congrats on the run, I will take it easy, but it's so nice to head out and do something for me and to get me fit again.

SPR, sorry you are having a shit deal at work :( That is really really bad, I hope it all works out in a positive way for you. Wow for the 20 week scan, that's fab, can't wait to hear how it goes.

Bebe :( blinking heck for your DH and his work. I really hope it doesn't get to the food being a problem stage for you.

strawberry, wow a week overdue, that's amazing, gone really quickly, but then everyone says that. For me non of the old wives tales worked, but was fun for me. Re baby monitor, we don't have a video monitor, we have a BT 150, which is fabulous and was recommended by lots of people.

MrsS, hope you are OK.

Hey, so we had a weekend away and LO had a fab time, appears to like her travel cot, sleeping in it for 6 hours the first night - yes that's 6 hours in one go!!! OMG, that was pretty amazing. Think we are getting into more a night time routine, which is lovely, although it's not exactly the same every night, it's quite predictable now. She's started smiling properly :) She makes lovely little happy chattery noises. Loves the bath, loves kicking on the play mat or on the floor. Is happy to stay there while I eat my tea :) So long as she isn't hungry that is. Wind issues seem to mostly be settled now, fingers crossed and I'm getting used to which noises mean what. She's very placid and chilled and only really cries if she is hungry or windy, and fusses a little when she is fighting sleep, but I think we are having it very easy.

Went to church yesterday and we sat under the organ, she slept through the whole thing!!! So she obviously loves noise around her :) Good job really I'm not a quiet person.

Anyway I got to go and feed her now, so I'll check in again later.

Well the deal DH was working on to try and tide us over seems to have fallen flat and just found out that our mortgage is going up! When it rains it really fucking pours!

Will be back to post nice non depressing things later when I've had a few vodkas chance to calm down!

It's me.... keeping with the 'fruity' theme but name changed as I was bored and also want to be slightly harder to identify....

Oh bebe :( poor you. I do hope the sun will come out soon for you.

Sorry to be so vague in my last post. Basically.... I have been having doubts about DH for a while. Been feeling weird. Feel much stronger than I did, because I've got over the anxiety, so I'm not anxious - and I'm worrying about how much I relied on DH and how much that was part of our relationship, and so whether it is now gone. I've just told him that and he is utterly shellshocked and crushed. Atmosphere is horrendous. It has been complicated by the fact that I have let myself get too close to a friend, which has also made me question my feelings for DH. DH doesn't know that bit. The first issue is the cause of the second, rather than the result of it. I am an awful, horrible, bad person. Not expecting any sympathy at all... just explaining why I've been off for ages.

Hugs bebe. Sounds like you're having a really bad patch. :(

Fruitloop, all that matters is you take care of yourself, I won't ever judge anyone for the things they do re relationships, only you yourself know what you feel and how best to look after you. I hope you get things straight. No flaming from me. Hugs.

AC we cross-posted, CONGRATULATIONS on the new job! That's fantastic - and sounds like a much more friendly place to eventually become a parent. Maybe things are working themselves out for a best-in-the-long-run scenario? Realistically, what's their maternity qualifying period likely to be?

Bebe sorry things are still so horribly stressful your end. ((hugs)).

Fruitloop, no flamings here either. Finding your emotional landscape changing can be so hard to understand and it doesn't automatically make you a bad person. You sound full of care towards your DH still. I hope that you find a way through this confusing period.

100 holiday was lovely thanks, a great week. DP came home last night after a week away with lots of travel and hardly any sleep (and of course he is tired and ill and immediately creates a giant mess ) but I was very pleased to see him nonetheless. He's away next weekend and then that's it for a while.

Fruitloop - sorry to hear that things have been so tough for you and that you've had to work through it all yourself for fear of a flaming.

Relationships are such personal things and nobody else can tell you what is right for you and your DH. I am sure that you are handling everything in a really kind and caring fashion and so hopefully the putcome will be whatever you want/need it to be.

Don't stop posting on here though - we're all pretty good at listening :)

(((hugs)))

Bebe - that is really shitty news. (((hugs)) for you too. Is there a plan B?

Oh Fruitloop :( What a horrid thing to be going through. Relationships do change & it can be worrying & unsettling when it happens, but it isn't always a bad thing. Take your time to work out what is best for you. No one will flame you xx

Thanks for the hugs & kind words everyone. Feeling a bit miserable today, but trying really hard to perk myself up & be posiitive.

(SPR think we are on about Plan F right now!!)

100 - Edith sounds adorable! I remember the first night I got 6 straight hours sleep after DD was born, bliss. Before I had a baby I never thought that 6 hours sleep would be so marvellous!

SPR - Did HR call you?

Quod - How do men do that re making a mess?! I swear DH comes home from work & within minutes the house looks like a bomb has hit it, he's worse than DD!! Glad you are going to have him around a bit more though. :)

I've had an e-mail battle with the Assistant MD today too as he had a deadline to get important info to me by Friday and he hasn't even started working on it and won't have it to me until tomorrow evening.

I really don't know why I bother as nobody else here seems to give a shit!

There have been a couple of amusing moments today though. I have got to input the feedback from some company roadshows and one question was:

"What did you hope to get out of the Roadshow"

some of the answers I have received so far have been:

"nothing" "food" "a gift" "cake and a gift" "not a lot"

I wish that they had names attached to them!!!

UPDATE: They have come back with a counter offer for me that is quite a lot lower so I have suggested we meet half way and I leave straight away. If I can get that as a tax free payoff then it is equivalent to 12 months on full salary and I will still be able to claim MA when LO arrives - making me a happy bunny! Fingers crossed everybody!!! ;)

Emma has arrived! 13:45 yesterday weighing 7lb 12oz. She is doing great, we had the home waterbirth we hoped for and are probably still a bit in shock! Will let you know more details soon.

Massive congratulations!! And brilliant news that you go the home waterbirth that you wanted - I'm thrilled for you :)

Can't wait to hear more about your experience and love the name

Hurrah! Well done Strawberry and congratulations to your family.
Looking forward to hearing more when you've settled in.

SPR sounds like you've got a possible brilliant settlement on your hands there...

Yay! Congratulations Strawberry & welcome to baby Emma! Love love love the name, classic, it is one of DDs MNs

SPR - Any news? Hope that they came back to you and offered you more money & that you can enjoy the rest of your pregnancy in a stress free enviroment! :)

Bloomin freezing here, I am not putting the heating on til the end of the month...11 days and counting! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Sooooo cold! our heating comes on for 15 mins in the morning and 30 mins at night but most of the radiators are turned off so it's only really the towel rails that get warm.

Am trying to resist turning them on and so it's wooly socks, blankets on the sofa and lots of layers!! I know that if I turn it on I'll just get too hot and have to wander around in a vest top so this si the best option for now!

Waiting to hear back but hopefully it'll be resolved by the weekend and I can get on with fun stuff!!!

bebe, it's only happened once, but it was good, would have been better had I not woken half way through for a wee, but you can't have everything. She's generally pretty good at night,occasionally feeds a lot and have a disturbed night, but on the whole she is fabulous. Get that heating on!!! LOL

Strawberry, congratulations, that's fab news. Glad you had a water birth :) I'd like that for my second one (wanted it this time but couldn't) but as the first was so quick I'm not sure if there will be time! Not got to think about that for a little while though!

I just missed the perfect smile on camera opportunity :( Bummer, she was grinning away on her mat, kicking and chatting and smiling, got phone out for pic and the smile went away, I reckon she must know!

I've put our names down to do the EAT study. Hopefully we can help in the research for future generations to know more about allergy/intolerances.

Had a long lie in bed this morning. She generally sleeps more in the morning than the afternoon, so I took advantage of the fact she was sleepy this morning, fed her lying down, then fell asleep with her till almost 10 :) She still slept after that! I need to get dressed and do some kitchen work though now, am being a lazy bum today after a day out yesterday!

And I'm using the bouncy chair as a way of getting half an hour on the internet [bad mummy emoticon] she's sat in it, I'm bouncing it and posting on here. I really should have been posting while she was on her mat as she was very very happy there, but she will only play for so long there, although it is a while. It's nice because I can put her down and leave her play, she isn't always after attention, but does love the attention she gets :)

Well........

It's not official yet but I've had a call and they have offered me what I was expecting them to come back with and I have accepted it. They are going to send me the agreement to have legally checked and signed and then I'm done! Quite shocking that it's all worked out how I hoped and they have put up no fight what so ever (other than bargaining)

Don't want to celebrate too soon as we still have to cover all the legal stuff but I should be out of here on 31st October!!!

Better start looking for a part time xmas job!!

SPR glad you got what you hoped for.

WW great news about position :) 34 weeks, yay hope you don't find the last few weeks more uncomfy. For me weeks 35 to 41 were the best out of the whole pregnancy. And yes she is a bit of a dream, feel really lucky.

Go check out my profile for a smiley pic :)

Thanks ww :) I really am :)

100 she looks so much like you! Such a delicate little face, so sweet.

Scan all done and everything looks fine - big relief! There is a pic on my profile of Mini waving hello!!!

I can't see scan photo!