S is obviously working on his Dutch tally 
(dit means this in Dutch)
ips I live for the days that M is at nursery and I?m at home (like yesterday and today). I either get loads done in the house, enjoy slobbing out or go out and have fun with friends. I love spending time with M, I love having family time and I love going to work, but sometimes I need space for myself as well (and I think that?s even more important when you?re pg!).
pen look after yourself. Glad the 2nd scan was more positive.
killa (you sound like a rapper!) part of the battle for me is that ttc last time (and our lack of success and subsequent mc) is what brought on DH?s depression. He?s not doing great atm (back to work after a great holiday, bald patch getting bigger ? he can?t hide it now). I don?t want it to get worse if we don?t succeed. Also his Ads affect his libido so getting him in the mood for DTD can be difficult ? I feel like I?m throwing myself at him sometimes! (and tmi I really think your 30s are a woman?s sexual peak ? I have a much higher sex drive than when I was in my 20s! Sorry for being so crude 
). I need to start testing for LH peak when I get back from England on Monday
We didn't do proper stopovers tally. Was planned to be 4 hours stopover in Hong Kong on the way, but flight from Holland was delayed so we had a manic 90 minutes as we had to get to the transfer desk (half way across airport) to get our boarding passes. On the ay back we did a 5 hour stopover in Shanghai. Annoying as you have to collect your luggage and clear customs and immigration and then check in again (there are only a few airlines where you don't have to do this) so if you can avoid Shanghai I would (though we do all have Chinese stamps in our passports now!).
M slept for 8 hours on our first flight, but on the next would only sleep for 2 hours out of 11. Luckily on that flight we had great seats (bulkhead) and it wasn't quite full so we had a spare seat between us. On the way back he slept for 8 hours on the first flight (had bulkhead/spare seat again). The 2nd flight was a nightmare to begin with. They chucked someone off the plane for ?bad behaviour? so we had to wait for them to find his luggage and by then we had missed our slot so were delayed for another 2 hours on the plane. Was really really hot as we waited and M just couldn?t take it. He was screaming and squirming ? overheating and dehydrated. In the end the cabin attendant took us to the front galley where it was cooler and he soon calmed and cooled down. We ended up taking on extra fuel and taxiing somewhere they could put the engines and the air co on full, and once they did that it cooled down and he was fine (slept for 6 hours)
You will have to get S his own seat. I think they recommend bring a car seat (I think penguin knows more about that) and then he?ll get his own meal as well (you were right duck - M was scavenging from mine most of the time...or asleep when they brought it round!).
Air NZ were fab and really accommodating. I would definitely fly with them again. KLM I was not so impressed with, but may also have been circumstance (both flights were full). If we went again (which we definitely will! Just not for 5 years or so!) then I would try and fly via Singapore as SA are great and the airport is so lovely.
We rented a car which we did through our travel agent. There?s always a one way fee if you pick up and drop off in different islands and we had to pay a small fee for the car seat as well.
I would spend as much time as possible in the south island (I can?t remember if you?ve been before). Next time we go we will fly into Auckland and spend a few days with my best friend (if she?s still there which I reckon she will!) then fly to South and pick up a car, travel for 2-3 weeks, fly back to Auckland, see friend and then fly home. Though Dh is also talking about stopover in Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia......(basically everywhere he wants to go in Asia!).
Just dropped M at nursery. One of his ?keyworkers? (don?t know what they call them here) is leaving to go to the BSO (after school childcare) run by the same nursery. A shame as she?s so lovely. She was supposed to go last week so was really pleased to see her this morning and say goodbye.
Plan of action for today is to check car, fill up, get some shopping in (for DH but also want to get some bits to take back to UK like cheese for my parents and nice biscuits as presents for Dsis, DGPs and friends I?m going to see), pack and make sure I have all paperwork.
Am worrying about the fact I?m taking M on my own on the ferry. He has DH?s surname on his passport and ID card and my passport is still in my maiden name. Will I get stopped by passport control? I know they get really worried about child abduction/one parent taking kids out of country without permission. Not sure if I should take a letter signed by DH and a copy of his passport. (one of my friends got stopped by US immigration for 2 hours when she took 2 of hers home for a short visit without her husband).
Epic post!