April 2009 Episode 14 "Operation Kill is standing down."

[AuldAlliance]

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Auld :( Very stressful. Your poor first born :( hopefully it will clear itself up quickly. Fingers crossed.
Any hope of getting a replacement bike with insurance money?

Poor DS1 Auld. Have they got him on antibiotics yet?

Difficult decision about travelling. Arguably having a child with a chest infection sleeping sitting up in a car where you can keep an eye on them is as good as them being at home. Not so sure about the flying though. Is he breathless? The relative lack of oxygen in a plane cabin would not be helpful if so. It's actually quite temperate here at the moment! Mostly sunny and "warm" with the odd shower.

Bicnod, those symptoms are sounding very encouraging! Any developments? I though I was all systems go last night - slightly painful BHs and a bit of a show, but it's all gone again. I'm a bit early at 36+3 too I guess. Will need to try and be patient. I'm glad I'm not down sarf in your heat though.

Puzzle what were you away to moan about? Room for more than one moan on this thread!

I'm glad I didn't vent after all, a good night's sleep has put the world to rights. What a difference a day makes.

DH and I went to parent's induction this morning. I We have bought the first bits of Ellen's school uniform. We are incredibly excited, not least because the school and the staff are fabulous. But my god did I sob when she tried her stuff on.

Dh took us here on Friday evening for a break It was so very lovely. I really really needed it. He said he looked all over the place for hotel that had a lovely big tub that I could 'wallow' in because I was upset that I don't fit in the flat's tub any longer. It was such a nice break to be away from this flat. :)
However after going on to Zurich to visit some friends of his on Saturday and driving back yesterday I am totally exhausted and feel very fragile. The ups and downs of pregnancy

How funny, I just discovered DH and I have won a night away with dinner and breakfast at a boutique hotel in Devon.

Looks fab Bebe. A real tonic.

Sorry for posting and vanishing. Thanks for your responses. Puzzle, what were you going to vent about? (nosy emoticon)

Doc put DS1 on ABs, but blood test showed it was a virus. So he's now on a useless 10-day course of ABs. I bit the bullet, he has gone to Edin, and is fine according to my Mum. Stress over nothing, really. A got the virus, too, and had a scary night with choky coughing fits and tough breathing, but he too is OK.

Motorbike wasn't insured against theft, as the premiums are so high it' silly. So it's a write-off in all senses.

Back home for a week, small mountain of work to do before leaving for Edin on the 12th. Zulu, I'd suggest a meeting, but timing seems a little off! I have a school reunion to attend, it's 20yrs since we left school.

Honestly nothing that I wouldn't have regretted. I have ceased bf'ing after an unbroken 4 yrs 2 mths, needless to say I am a bit of a psycho hormonal at the moment. Poor DH has been brilliant.

After a bit of a stop start couple of weeks I am on day 5 and still agonisingly engorged. Tell me this is normal?

I'm glad the boys are getting better. Have a fab time in Edinburgh. School was 17 years ago for me. I would have to be dragged kicking and screaming to a reunion but funnily enough when I took Ellen to her last hospital appointment (asthma) the consultant was being shadowed by an old classmate.

It certainly sounds normal to me Puzzle (e.g. the engorgement) I remember being quite 'endowed' for a good couple of weeks. I would hand express just a little (maybe a tablespoon) if I was really uncomfortable. I was still getting milk leakage now again (especially if I was by preggy women or bitty babies) until the colostrum kicked in with this pregnancy. I was also up and down emotionally for a good couple of months. Poor dh.

Auld glad the boys are recovering. and hope you manage to get enough done that you can relax properly while you're back in Edin. x You need a nice break. x

Thanks Bebe

This baby is hanging out down low today :( Not been comfortable. Really starting to think this one's going to be early... I really hope I can hold out until I get home [confused}

Hello
I have had a sort of mini nervous breakdown and been signed off for a month.
Help.

Boff!
What happened? What can we do to help?

Sending supportive vibes from afar... (A is in bath trying to flood bathroom, will try and post later)

Oh Boff, you poor thing, that does not sound good :( tell us what's happened - and if there's anything any of us can do to help x

Puzzle - I remember being engorged when I stopped feeding O for about 5 days. I gave him one last dream feed after 5 days of enduring the agony and then it stopped. How are you feeling? I sobbed and sobbed when I stopped feeding O.

Auld - glad DS1 seems ok. Sorry about the motorbike, that is pants.

Schulte - are you lurking? How are the girls? I miss you! Don't think we'll manage to meet up before DC2 arrives but we should definitely meet up soon after. Do you work from home any days? Once the baby turns up maybe you could pop over for lunch to meet him/her on a day that you're working from home and O is at the childminder?

Bebe - what's your due date again? And when are you back in UK?

Zulu - every day now I think it's going to happen. And of course then it doesn't. I'm not actually due until next Thursday so need to stop hoping it will happen early or I'll drive myself nuts.

O is sort of dropping his post-lunch nap :( he's only on half an hour now anyway but I've been clinging on to it in the hope that on the days he's not at the CM (he's doing 3 days til end of August and then down to 2 days) I'll get some respite but he keeps coming back from the CM having not slept and admittedly he does sleep better and for longer at night when he does skip his nap. Oh arsebiscuits.

Too many :( - here's a few happy ones to make up for it :) :) :)

Boff :( Hope you're alright. Do you need to vent? we're always around.

Bicnod you're so close now! :)

I'm due the 18th of August. I was hoping to come back around the 26th of July (with my Mom in tow to help deal with Moo) But things are complicated with me leaving early (logistics and trying to get the right cert. etc. if I want to fly) I really don't want to take the train after I found out the timetable I'd be working with... Driving back wouldn't necessarily be difficult but we'd be travelling with Mom and Dad so it'd get expensive as we figure it'll take 3, if not 4 days so as to not be overly uncomfortable for me (plus we have space issues in the car because of Moo's carseat). Feeling stressy abt it currently, but hopefully we can sort it all out in the next week! Any of you want to drive to Germany and escort me home ?

Bebe - I would love to hare up and down the Autobahn but the seatbelt is agony across my boobs right now.

Boff - Please come chat. I hope you are ok?

Well, various things happened at work that I can't go into here (basically two years' worth of rather bad treatment coming to a sudden head), but I went postal in my office mid-afternoon, things were thrown, desperate tears happened, and then I had to call DH who had to come up from London to drive me home, along with my stuff and my entire personal academic library that I had got someone to pack in the meantime (actually 1/3 of my stuff is still in boxes in my office). The union and the equality officer are all involved, it could well go legal, and I am very . This is not like me. I don't really know what to next.

Can you get away for a bit, maybe take a holiday? Sounds like you need a rest and some distance. Have you got support at home?

Quite good support at home, short holiday booked but tbh I almost am too knackered to go.

I swear by a change of scenery. Even if all you do is sleep in a different bed. Nowt wrong with going away and doing nothing. That's my kind of holiday.

I am crap at being on holiday.

Good morning. 4 nurofen and a two very strong g&t's took the edge off last night. Boobage still wierd and lumpy though.

Boff - How are you this morning?

I quite agree with Puzzle. Take that holiday even if all you do is sleep and read.

...I was getting to the end of a very frayed rope when dh took us to Lindau on Friday. The serenity I found after one night away from everything was amazing. Even after yesterday with a very stroppy Moo I went to bed thinking how wonderful the bed/sheets of the hotel room were and how sweet the sound of the water lapping on the boats in the harbor and I fell asleep much quicker despite being neurotic with the idea of going into labor early with no one to watch Moo.

Have you been to the GP?

Lots of hugs as I cannot offer/don't know what else to suggest. x

Glad the ibu and G&Ts have helped Puzz :)

Oops sorry Bicnod, just saw your post. I have been a nightmare frankly. DH was expecting as much though and has kept the cupboards stocked with wine and cake.

How are you today? Enjoying mat leave? How are your tomatoes? I don't even have flowers yet, although I did plant about 5 weeks late.

MIL just sent me a message saying I should have come home with them when they visited at the beginning of June rather than be looking at my leaving options now while so heavily pregnant. ...she's very helpful... So helpful in fact, that I think I might just ignore her for a bit