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HarrietJones · 12/05/2011 06:47

Eek it's going so fast!

Well my night out has been cancelled so it's not an urgent rush round the shops but we are going to have z look for some summery clothes anyway.

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NoHunIntended · 03/06/2011 00:05

Cool! Will note it! :)

TribbleWithoutACause · 03/06/2011 10:04

NoHun About six weeks now, it feels like I've only been off five minutes. I've really enjoyed my time with DS, don't really want to go back. I'm going to expressing at work as well, so it's going to be interesting.

NoHunIntended · 03/06/2011 10:45

Oh my goodness, that is so close. Oh no!
Hope the expressing goes well.

HarrietJones · 03/06/2011 14:37

Turning into June makes work so much closer. I'm starting KIT next month & back approx 30 aug. Got my job allocation today & got my second choice so am ok with that.may even be more interesting than my old one as it's more multi agency.

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NoHunIntended · 03/06/2011 18:36

Well best of luck with it all.

Is anyone planning on being a SAHM?

HarrietJones · 03/06/2011 19:32

I wish! Never been able to afford it although when we first planned dd3 we could have but still planned me to work but v minimal. Always been the plan for dh to cut down & both work p/t.

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TribbleWithoutACause · 03/06/2011 20:14

Nohun I wish I could but I need to go back for at least a few months. DH and I have discussed it and have said that we'll revisit the idea towards the end of the year.

What are you planning on doing? Are you going to stay with your funktastic little man? Also how is project baby coming along?

NoHunIntended · 03/06/2011 22:53

Well, I am on ML til Christmas, not all paid, but most. No news to report yet on project baby. Am hoping that if we are not pg by Christmas, they'll offer me a redundancy package. If I am pg by then, I'll go back for a short while to qualify for the mat pay. Am also doing the Lottery! :)

TyNobdieJigz · 03/06/2011 23:00

I was planning on being a SAHM till my college course was excepted. I have been a SAHM with ds for 3 years so will miss it tbh :(

sam12 · 04/06/2011 01:18

I wish I could as well- never thought I'd say that- but unless we win lottery, which is unlikely as I never get a ticket, or a rich man whisks me away I've got to go back in 4 weeks. Can't believe how quick it's gone. But am so pleased we can afford, just about, for me to go pt in September and am too hoping to be pg again not long after that

TyNobdieJigz · 04/06/2011 09:25

Good luck to those with the pg wishes. :)
I look forward to hearing when you are pg.

SilverSky · 04/06/2011 17:28

Ditto here. Back to work three days a week in less than three months and from now on no money!!! It's Bank of Him Indoors!

We are also thinking about the next baby and trying to decide when is best etc as need the maternity money tho whether I go back after a second I'm not sure it will be worth it financially.

I'm in two minds with a second one. I want to enjoy the little fella I've got and I feel terribly guilty for possibly rocking his world with a sibling however I'd prefer for him not to be an only child and yet I don't want a massive gap if we do have a second. I'm not getting any younger either! Then I guess there is always the option of a third.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather whilst it lasts!!

HarrietJones · 04/06/2011 17:50

I have just under 2 years between my older two & that's a nice gap. IF we go for dc4 I will have to wait 2 years before getting pg to protect my c section & give me chance to get fit. I'd love to but we wouldn't be moving & only have a 3 bed house so we'd have a few squashed years before dd1/2 started uni.

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NoHunIntended · 04/06/2011 19:02

My main reason for wanting to crack on is my age (37). And I do like the idea of a short age-gap. I always hoped for a big family, am rather hoping we get triplets next time! :) :) :)
Am absolutely loving my time with DS, not sure how you can ever share yourself out with more than one, but hoping to find out soon.
Not going to conceive in the next week though as DH is away for work as of today.

HarrietJones · 04/06/2011 19:55

I thought you were my age nohun I'm 32 29.

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SilverSky · 04/06/2011 20:58

Hun ditto here I'm 36 this year. Crikey I've not even given ANY thought as to whether I need think about my CS! Hmmmm...... I too would love lots of kids but just don't know if my biological clock has enough batteries in it to keep it going. Then there are the associated risks of being an older mature mother. Sometimes wish we'd had kids earlier but I wasn't ready!

TribbleWithoutACause · 04/06/2011 21:01

Oh I've already planned number two, I've also shopped around and found the best prams for when I get pregnant with no.2 Grin. I can share if people so wish. Wink

TyNobdieJigz · 04/06/2011 21:02

I have 2.4 years age gap with mine which was good, my sister had 14 months and she loved that. :)

tiredfeet · 04/06/2011 22:07

I would like one more I think. Dh and I are both from big families but have both always agreed we'd just like two children. Nothing against our younger siblings though Grin we just saw how much it demanded of our parents. It is great being in a big family though, if we won the lottery I might reassess Smile. It took us 18 months for me to get pregnant this time, so not sure when to start trying.

I always thought I would want to be a sahm, but after deciding to give this job ago I am really loving the balance of working part time. Ask me again in a few weeks though, dh is about to be crazy busy at work for a few months!

SpringFlowers · 05/06/2011 08:14

Hi Everyone,

Just back from holiday in France, drove 12 hours each way without any crying at all. We had a lovely time although the laundry's a bit overwhelming now we're home.

I'm back at work on July 1st so we are building up time with the childminder. It's not going brilliantly and there's quite a bit of crying. I feel awful. I would also like one last baby but DH is less sure - four children would be expensive! I need to do my new job for a while anyway so maybe in a couple of years.

NoHunIntended · 05/06/2011 11:32

HJ, oh to be 29! :)

Silver, that's it really - associated risks - I am very fit myself, am not concerned about my body handling ten more pregnancies, just the increased risk of abnormalities for the child is what will stop me trying for more babies once I get too much older. So really, twins or triplets next time would be fab - though of course I do know those pregnancies also bring risks for baby development.
I didn't meet DH until 2008, so we've moved decently fast, really. Though being this old does mean we are in a much better position financially than I would have been at 29, and we can therefore afford for one of us to stay home.

Tribs, as long as it isn't a bling pram, share away! Though if I get a singleton, I'm sticking with my Stokke, and DS will either ride on the boogie board, walk, or be slung.

Ty, glad you are pleased with your gap. DH's sister has a 14-month gap between her four!!! Well, fourth is on its way, but there will be 14 months between all of them! By November, she'll have four under four! I need to have my triplets to catch up!

How big a family are you from, tf? I am one of three, I always liked that dynamic. I'll be grateful for any more, but if I had my way, I think I'd go for four. Five is a nice number too!

spring, well done on not crying for 12 hours - you are a brave lady! :) Gah yeah - the laundry after a holiday is such a comedown, isn't it! Sorry to hear things aren't going great with the CM though. Hope that improves this month.

TribbleWithoutACause · 05/06/2011 12:03

NoHun You want to meet my friend, she has a housefull of kids. Actually I reckon you'd love it at hers, she has a big living room and kitchen and theres a few of us that all pile into her house at least once or twice a week to have lunch. Inevitably it ends up feeling like some sort of extended day care as all of us have at least one under three. I have done enough school runs with them all.

I have decided that I want an Uppababy Vista or a Phil and Teds Explorer. Both of them can take two kiddiwinkles on them. I think I'd go for a uppababy with a rumble seat and a buggy board. I can see myself loading up the newborn, the two year old and DS to walk them all for DS's first day at school. Like in the picture down at the bottom.

HarrietJones · 05/06/2011 12:05

Nohun- I really freakeddidn't like turning 30 so I haven't had a birthday since Wink

Spring- V brave of you doing that distance by car! 4 hours to Bath was plenty for me!

I was an only and hated it.

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MockingbirdsNotForSale · 05/06/2011 12:18

Gosh, you've all been chatting loads! I'm 33 27....that was a good year for me. I'm back at work on 24 Oct and then have until the end of 2016 to do then I get a pension as long as the current govt doesnt mess around with it. Not sure what to do after that...but the timing is pretty good, with DD only just starting school, so she can get some continuity of education. Its more than likely she will be a singleton.

HarrietJones · 05/06/2011 12:27

That will be good timing mocking will dh stay in?

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