May 2009 - A new start. Mine's a large gin please.

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Here you go ladies.

he'd crashed out, half out of his duvet bless him now trying to finalize the crochet flowers for decorating the coat.. think i've cracked them at last.. only taken 12 different tries.. hopefully 13 is the one!

ses that must have been extremely scary for him frightening for you to come home to also. i hope he isn't too deeply burned and that he manages to find a comfy position to sleep tonight.

Tbh Fi , we got home and I saw a small bonfire in the front garden but no sign of DH and I joked with O that we needed Fireman Sam as there was a fire. DH then came round the corner (in fresh clothes!) and explained what had happened. He's doing ok now but yes, I think he may be a bit uncomfy in bed. Just so v v lucky.

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OMG ses just read about your DH

he was so lucky and quick thinking, hope he feels better soon

yes v lucky. it's not something he'll ever do again i'm sure.

Indeed he won't! I think he'll also start having a bucket of water to hand whenever he has a bonfire in future!

Hello looby! Hope things are going well with you and you and M are feeling less snotty!

still snotty but M is so much better - thank goodness

off to nursery tomorrow tho so bound to catch something else

good idea about the bucket of water

right I'm off to bed,really tired and DH has been snoring his head off on the sofa for the last half hour

Oh Ses how scary. I hope your DH is OK.

Belgina I had to post something about your midwifery skills. You were an amazing source of knowledge, advice and support during our pregnancies and I have no doubt at all that you are a great midwife. I think if you were supremely confident about your skills after a year or so off work then you'd be very unusual.

morning off out this am with G to local baby cafe.. last am she'll get me to herself as DS breaks up for easter lunch time today.

hiya looby glad to hear the snot monster is on his way out.

Morning girls.

Forgive me as I have only caught up from Saturday so not much NCing. Am also in the midst of the biggest laundry mountain at the moment. Grrrrr.

ses hope your DH is ok. SOunded v scary!

flip am on your behalf about your career break request. Thats rubbish. Is the suggestion that (was it) Llare made a possibility?

Oh christ I have now forgotten everyone else that I meant to NC. Brain is not working this morning at all.

Have put some pics on FB of the holiday so I'll not bore you with how fabulous it was on here. Oh there is one thing though

did a test on Friday. BFP!!!!!!!

But ladies, lets not get excited yet. With my history, there is a long way to go before I can relax in any way but I had to tell someone before I burst.

Oooooh Headless! Congratulations! Has anyone ever told you about low-dose aspirin in the first trimester? So happy for you. x

Morning all!

ses - how scary for your DH, hope he is ok.

headless - . Ooops, sorry, that was meant to be welcome back, hope you had a lovely holiday!

Thanks all for your hugs and thoughts. I'm just plucking up the courgae to phone my line manager to talk about this. I'm not sure that they'll let me have the unpaid time, because it's all counted as special leave (including career breaks) and I've been turned down. But I need to check.

The birthday was a success, DD1 loved her cake and we had a fab day yesterday going to the London aquarium - the same as last year but it was what DD1 wanted to do most of all!

Double oops! headless, I missed your big announcement! Congratulations, sending you very best healthy vibes.

Flip, you have a statutory entitlement to request parental leave. Have a look on direct gov for the details, I have to nip out now or I'd link directly.

flip- worth checking out the parental leave thingy- I know you would rather resign ATM than rush back, but it is unreasonable for them to have taken the time they have to consider your request, because even if you did want to go back, 3 weeks isn't long enough to organise childcare and get prepared for going back. Hopefully they will see that.

ses- poor DH and so glad he reacted quickly, although I am guessing there will still be some scarring?

headless- congrats on the BFP and hope this one will stick- worth thinking about low dose aspirin- I think i've heard that recommended before when there is a history of mc.

I held a month old baby on the weekend and he was very sweet and had that lovely new baby smell, but it didn't make me broody. I felt a bit that S was such an unsettled gripey baby and that i didn't enjoy those early months, as this LO was so "good".

We had another night without feeding but S woke at 11.15 and protested as he would always be offered a feed then. Finally fell back to sleep at 12.30 and slept til 7am although DH heard him at 5 but I didn't - I am a deep sleeper.

Ooo congratulations headless on your bfp will keep everything crossed.

I've heard about the low dose aspirin too and for ladies who have had 3+ mc's i'm sure there is something else you can get that you don't qualify for until you've those mc's.

how did the phonecall go flip dd's birthday sounded lovely

sounds like you're making real headway on s's waking pula only up for an hour then through to 5am is great!

Just rushing on to say congratulations to headless, I hope all goes well xxxx

flip Hope work 'works out' ok, what a bummer

ses Bloody nora at your DH, I hope he's ok (the silly sausage)

loobs I hope M's a little better

Nothing exciting to report here.....

headless, WOW! that's great news and I wish you all the very best baby glue, good health, etc.

I can't believe that for my last 2 pregnancies, I was pregnant when my dd's were 11 months old... not this time .

Flip, I hope, hope you can find a solution to your job prob. it seems a shame to have you resign but eveyone is right, 3 weeks is too short to make a decision.

pula, glad you made up with your DH.

i got in an argument with mine over sex because i was too tired and wanted to sleep instead; poor DH feels rejected. I keep telling him it's me not him. i just have no interest at the moment (hope this changes soon) so it's just as well we aren't planning any more babies

Belgina, you are an excellent MW. I think going back to work after mat leave is difficult and then you're in a new place as well. you're bound to feel insecure, but i hope that passes soon.

looby, glad you and M are better.

Ses, hope your DH is better - how scary for that to have happened!

Fi, hope you finished the flowers.
Hi to everyone else!

got to go now, it's very quiet upstairs (not a good sign for a 4 year old and 2 yearold) so I should investigate.

we put up bunk beds over the weekend and moved dD1&2 to the bigger (what was a guest) room, bought them Hello Kitty duvet sets and they're both over the moon. It's a perfect play/bed room so think they'll go into hibernation quiet often.

on the H side, she's clapping now, too, belg. this started just a couple of days ago and she's very proud of herself.

hope all are well. ladyH, hope you're relaxing!

13th flower wasn't a charm.. haven't had a chance to do the next one.. but really hopeful that no 14 is the one as no 13 just needs tweaking

Singin, only just realised I xposted .

Hello ladies,

I'm having one of those days "sods law" days - i'm not expecting any sympathy ladies as it was self-induced and was a good thing to teach me a lesson.

It was a very wet morning, and for the first time ever I parked on a yellow line near my DDs school which I always avoid even though there's usually at least 3 cars who park on it as space is limited near the school. I decided to park there as only half the car was on the yellow (yes, still illegal i know). I felt guilty but not enough to move, and rushed off with DD to school so I could get back to the car quickly. But another mum chased after me and said "can you give me one good reason for parking on a double yellow line". Of course I couldn't and just stared blankly, and then she went on about how dangerous it was, that i might knock over small children etc. Anyway, after feeling suitably ashamed and embarrassed and a let down to my DD who pointed out the line and I said "it's ok" I then was so anxious about where I parked when i went to pick up that i moved my car on (even though where I originally parked was OK really), and then banged my head on a branch getting DD into the car. I now have a throbbing head and feel sick. Won't do that again.

Pula,
just forget about it. ok? It's not a big deal now. no one was hurt (except for your head, ouch!).

I don't understand the mum chasing you - how is it dangerous?

gosh, we sometimes park halfway on the double yellow in front of our house when other drivers have used nearly the entire 2 spaces with one car.

don't worry about it.

younger- thanks, I keep trying to forget about it. She was muttering something about children crossing the road but i didn't think that was a valid argument but i didn't want to rise to it. there's a pedestrian crossing nearby and the yellow line is to protect the junction and not to provide a place to cross. but i was a good 10m from the junction, as like i said there are usually at least 3 cars lined up.

younger I meant to say earlier that I currently have little interest in sex and I think it's best to not even try because if you're not in the mood then it's not going to be good. Hope your DH can understand and sorry it caused a row . Luckily mine is pretty tired too so doesn't have much interest either.

I'm just trying to find some energy to take S upstairs for his bath and get him to bed. He's having a lovely play on the floor without being clingy like he was earlier. I think he might be teething again, and I'm having doubts about the cc. We've decided the main things are not to feed him and not to bring him down to our room but if it means he needs some cuddling to sleep or us going in more often then we'll do that for now.