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Welcome!

Rosa, I'd be fuming. There is a saying though that "niente nuove, buone nuove"

DH is fuming saying siamo andate privatamente ma per cosa???? DOcv did reply said nothing back from the lab ...

It usually takes one week doesn't it? I'd be very angry. And nervous. Well lets concentrate on tomorrow.

He just called......... all ok officail results per scritto coming in 15 days he stressed that once the lab has been wrong and the sesso........Well I will be knitting in the same colour as my name !!!
Girls a peso has left my spalle and I might even be nice again !!

hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fantastic news Rosa (and dd2)

fantastic news! un'altra bimba!!!

congratulations rosa!!!!!! a little girl, how utterly lovely!

Thanks ladies I/ we are still in shock convinti that it would be a boy !!

Today I wore finally nice comfy clothes instead of jeans and let my tummy hang out then spent Eu 28 on Prenatal knickets with the guiana ( I cannot spell that ). DH said you don't need more than 1 pair do you ??????

I remember I got one pair when expecting ds, as I had lots of braxton hicks and thought guaina might have helped...

I bought the band on its own and it was rubbish it kept slipping and digging in.
I was working with dd1 and did lots of standing up so the pants were an investment but I wore them over tights ( with knickers underneath !!). Its going into summer and seeing as all my bits are floppier the second time round I thought it best to help them be propped up a bit. Thing is they prop up the ciccia as well

great news rosa !! yuppie!!!!

can I ask opinions ladies?? I have had the same cleaner for a year now. my dp has always been against her having a key (he's the paranoid sort)and I want to put my foot down! It's a pain as means I always have to be around. Do any of you guys have cleaners and if so do they have keys?

I have had one for over 5 years now same lady . On and off sometimes as she goes home a bit ( she has a 10yr old son there) She is from the Ukraine and very very trustworthy. SInce she has been in Italy she has rebuilt her house and is currently studying law to return to Ukraine with a 'future'. I had no qualms about giving her the key in fact she used to collect the key weekly when I was at work .
Its all a question of trust if you feel you can trust her then fine why does dp have doubts ???

Busy day ahead Gio have a fantastic time in the UK and spend lots of money ( on you as well as Ds!!)

My mum has had the same cleaner for more than 15 yrs and she'll have occasionally the keys (the cleaner leaves the keys dalla portinaia if my mum is not home), and she occasionally has them to feed the cat if my parents are away (rare occasions)
Most of my friends with cleaners leave them the keys. I noticed that often the cleaners are upgraded to the status of babysitters...

I had a cleaner for a while in the UK when the dc were little, she came once a week in the morning, so I was usually at home. We got into the habit of having a cuppa together and we became very good friends. She is a yoga teacher now.

'often the cleaners are upgraded to the status of babysitters...' that's us!
Ours always had keys from quite early on tbh. we are the very (too much at times) relaxed tipes - money and passpors left around from day one. Never had any problems.

A tip: please if you haven't already do read 'A diary of a provincial lady' by E.M. Delafield. You won't regret it.

thanks, will look out for it!

Brilliant news Rosa! Una doppietta

at all you lot with cleaners. I must get myself sorted out for next year, when we'll no longer have nursery fees. DD's babysitter was our cleaner before that, although she was afraid of the hoover. How often do you guys get your cleaners to come?

I second recommending that book, I read it many years ago, it's very amusing.

no, I don't have a cleaner at the moment... if fact it took me half a morning to clean the floors... as I spent most of my time on mn

mine comes once a week and it's the best day of the week! I HATE housework but also hate a dirty house so I tend to have a quick clean each morning, without too much effort knowing once a week it'll get blitzed. Best money I spend! Think will give her the keys, thanks!
Rosa-dp has doubts because he is a dick! (hope my words won't come back to haunt me ) who despite his oh so liberal lefty persona outwardly, inwardly doesn't trust anyone who wasn't born and bred in zona, preferably lo stesso palazzo!

What nationality is she Gio? I must admit I too have weird prejudices - for some reason I trust pretty much anybody Asian (particularly Filipinas and Indian sub continent) yet am oddly wary of Western Europeans. There is no scientific basis for this prejudice, it's probably because we had "staff" when we lived in the Far East so maybe I'm just more used to them. Also, I once had a Romanian cleaner, who was lovely, but she had a really dodgy husband, so I tended to always be around when she cleaned. I really hate being around, though, I feel like Hyacinth Bucket!

filipina
I know what you mean re hating being around, I loathe it, feel incredibly guilty as if she is looking at me and thinking dirty, lazy English cow!

Filipina will be OK, they are usually lovely.

I always used to have a quick scoot round before the cleaner came (and this is from someone who does no housework whatsoever) as I was embarrassed about the mess. I used to hate it when she made my bed too, always had to do that myself.

lol at gio's dh being suspicious! gio, when are you off?
Dh is back obviously without the dresses from Topshop. What a coward!!

i'm the one who blitzes before and while she is there - trying to help - if i'm in! the one we had here were all either polish or other eastern european countries.

both daughters decided to vomit the entire content of a full stomach, one all over my trousers and jumper, the other on my bed within half an hour.
I feel a hundred y.o.!!!

Oh dear. I don't like cleaning vomit...

Dh came back from the UK with vogue, living etc and the guardian