Oh VG -- that is bloody awful for you.
I ended up bawling at their desk in Stansted a few years ago when I was 5 months pregnant and missed the close of check-in by 3 minutes.
And No1 - so sorry you can't be there either. At least the rest of us knew we wouldn't be able to make it.
Ann - we knew a genuinely nice version of Suki a few years ago. She worked with DH when I first had DS. She was and is a bloody gorgeous Italian woman with an accent to die for, a world-class intellect and a lovely disposition. On one occasion when we were out together and waiting at a train station total strangers formed a cluster around her to gawp. Anyway, she invited us to dinner and was cooking gnocchi from her mother's recipe. When she made a total balls of it, spent the day on the phone to her mum trying to sort it out and then had to order chinese there was some guilty satisfaction from the other women in the room. She is lovely, and now has as much weetabix in her hair as any other mum, but the pasta disaster was a moment of cosmic justice.
On a more sensible note, the comments and support everyone has offered here are kind and sensible to you and to DH and there's nothing much I can add really--as I've mentioned before DH and I found the adjustment to life with a very unsettled baby v. hard.
It's worth remembering too that the real tiredness of motherhood is kicking in now. Elation carries you so far in, but 4-7 months is the hard stretch and you are tired to the bone. You lost so much sleep even before Seb came along and you have been ill too. Be kind to yourself and talk it all out here too of course.
TS -- MrSurfer sounds lovely. What a kind thing to say. When we went through our spell of killing each other, DH used to pick quiet moments to come up and say 'I love you, and I don't care how tricky things are, I'll never leave you' and knowing that bond was there was so important.
Ataraxis, your post spoke very powerfully about how strong your relationship is with your DH. It was really moving. It's good to remember that we get in pickles for human reasons, not gender reasons.
Thanks for chipping in on the decision about beds the other night, and for all your kind words . DH couldn't believe you all responded. Then, just before bed, he tore himself away from writing his high-powered research article to ask: 'If I posted pictures of two pairs of my pants, would they help me to choose which one to wear?' He literally laughed himself to sleep over that comic gem. On a less giddy note, he also says thankyou very much and hello.
Cyteen- I've been meaning to post this for days. Would Joe take milk from a cup? I'm just starting to expressregularly for DD2 and she has got on really well with a 4 month plus cup I got at the local chemist.