MSE Parents Club Part 10

SugarSpun

Krystaltips wrote: »

Did I ever mention his Mum had Munchausen by proxy? It has a lasting effect...

REALLY? How interesting! Did she invent his illnesses or cause harm, if that's not too personal a question for the internet?
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BrunoM wrote: »

And a small thing to amuse you - I was on way home from work and OH asked me to stop by the Sainsburys Local and grab her some sanitary pads. I do not know much about sanitary pad brands and quality. I know OH does not like wings! There were only two sorts on the shelves, so I bought the un-winged....
I brought them home and OH came out a few minutes ago cackling because I have brought home incontinence pads instead it seems :embarasse
It didn't say so on the packet!

:rotfl: I let out a cackle too.

Krystaltips wrote: »

LOL! Dave loves films too... I tend to talk through them a lot... He gets a bit irked when I do it in the cinema

That irks me too. OH can't sit and watch a film, he has to be asking questions or performing a commentary or bouncing around or passing comment on something. GRRR :mad:

(He just called from the hospital, he isn't having a heart attack, they gave him hardcore laxatives to treat his diawoowoo (where's the rolleyes when you need it?!?!) and is currently waiting for an ultrasound.)

Oh, JM, what cute boys! I love the red hair, too

scruffy96uk wrote: »

So carried on with El on the loo and a VERY loud female voice came on and she was petrified and fell yes you got it down the loo!!! Poor kid that is the 2nd time I've let her fall down a loo :rotfl:I'm sure she will be scared for life now!!!

:rotfl::rotfl: Sorry. Sounds very scary.

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Small silly question - we took a risk on Wednesday. When can a take a test?

emlou2009 wrote: »

Probably me

We had decided to wait til after the wedding and preferably when Seth starts school, but after a few glasses of wine best laid plans go to pot OH suggested MA-pill but I felt like too much of a naughty teenager to ask!!

Very jealous of you two ladies

MM, I'm sorry it didn't go well but at least it went and it's over now? I can't believe you have to get to 4cm to be in labour. It took me 13 hours of induction to get that far and I'd already had my epidural :eek: I blame my situp habit, years of that has got to be bad for the flexibility of my insides or at least their willingness to stretch and ruin all my hard work.

Tara, great news on Poppie, she's doing so well :j I think scarring is minimal when they have surgery so early. I had surgery at <12 hours old (em C-section and doctor sliced half my ear off when opening the uterus) and there is no scar.

:j WELL DONE BENJAMIN!!!!! :j

:mad: at Beenie's neighbours.

How annoying Weezl and :mad: Hopefully your manager is understanding.

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

I am not sure I can grow a hitler moustache (can't believe I have used that word twice in one day) but I sure can kick my legs high :rotfl:

Hitler? Or moustache?

MadDogWoman wrote: »

Oh at that meeting last night I asked about Tara's dilemma (as a hypothecial) and they were just as amazed as we all where - one person said he shouldn't even be a minister if he wasn't prepared to do a baptism!

My thoughts exactly.

So today's all about waiting for the ultrasound and seeing what they say. Off to make a to do list... throwing things out while OH is safely elsewhere :rotfl:

Edit: Sorry, jackson's mum, I forgot to say welcome

SaliMali

Morning Folks

I was determined to join in more, instead of just reading and lurking, then went back to work and seem to have had NO time to even read much. I think I missed over a weeks worth of reading and the opening of a new thread - this thread moves so quick!

Thanks all for the replies (aaaggggeees ago) about teeth, she has one just poking through now, and it's making her a poor miserable little so and so. She has also taken two or three 'steps' over the last few days and discovered that she can climb the stairs, what happened to my baby that would stay where I left her? She has also taken a liking to kissing our faces, but she's a bit of a snogger and drooler and almost drowned me by dribbling up my nose! Lovely.

It's great to hear what everyones up to, and while not wanting to fuel the debate that's been raging recntly - I think each individual has their own way of parenting, just like we have our own way of cooking or cleaning or whatever - we each do what's best and will realistically work for us and our families.

Also, just wanted to add that I hoping for the best for Poppie, she already sounds like a little fighter!

Love to all

Sal x

SusanC_2

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Krystal- while you are here please can I ask you a BF question? Henry is pretty much sleeping through the night, typically 7-5 so when I wake up in the morning my boobs are at bursting point. He then has a good feed but usually only off one side. Will my supply settle down so I'm not so bursting in the morning? Thanks Hun x

That's how I got such a freezer stash of EBM - I used to express from one side and feed from the other every morning. At one point I was getting 7-9oz each morning.

BeenieCat wrote: »

I think we should ask the MSE bosses if we can see who is viewing the thread.

Most other vbulletin forums have that feature, why not this one

I think that would be good - I'm still paranoid my mum might find and stalk me on MSE.

Becles wrote: »

Sorry I'm not keeping up again.

Not feeling too good at the moment and been tired and tearful a lot. Going to the docs in the morning.

Been giving things a serious amount of thinking, and think I'm going to give up uni. I just haven't got enough time to do everything that needs doing in a day.

:grouphug: You can always take it up again in the future can't you? FWIW, I've always been really impressed that you work part time and do Uni as well as having Charlotte and the boys. Having done my degree as a full time student I can't imagine how much work it must be doing it on top of everything else so I think you've done really well to get so far.

weezl74 wrote: »

HR have thrown a spanner in the work now though by saying that the letter I received and based all my calculations on about when to begin notice of maternity leave etc isn't right! So they can theoretically require me to all of a sudden have to find 4 more working weeks out of nowhere and fit them in before my Mat leave begins :eek:. Going to have to phone my manager today.:(

:eek: If it was their mistake and they told you in writing then surely they can't get away with changing it?

SugarSpun wrote: »

I had surgery at <12 hours old (em C-section and doctor sliced half my ear off when opening the uterus) and there is no scar.

:eek:

SugarSpun

Becles wrote: »

Sorry I'm not keeping up again.

Not feeling too good at the moment and been tired and tearful a lot. Going to the docs in the morning.

Been giving things a serious amount of thinking, and think I'm going to give up uni. I just haven't got enough time to do everything that needs doing in a day.

I wanted to give this post its own reply - if you want to, you can go back when the littlies are bigger littlies, but I'm worried at your tiredness and tearfulness - is there any support available for you when things start feeling like they're getting on top of you? Would your OH be able to look after the kids, say, one evening a week so you could keep up with your reading or would that not be enough time or not work? I'm trying to find ways around the situation because deferring or withdrawing is such a hard decision to make.

Big hugs are insufficient, but you're welcome to them :grouphug:

weezl74

SusanC wrote: »

:eek: If it was their mistake and they told you in writing then surely they can't get away with changing it?

Apparently they can. I rang a legal helpline last night and was told that it's only contractual if the letter is deemed to change the agreement between us, at the level of 'was that what the employer intended to do?' If they say, oh no we weren't making a contract with her, it was an admin error. Then there's no case.

Gutted Also don't know how to fit in the extra work now before mat leave or arrange for care for Fergie so I can.

Millie's_Mum

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Where did Millies Mum disappear to? Did you get my PM MM??

I went to bed, no I didn't get a PM, did you send it to the other Millie's Mum, (the one who doesn't use punctuation or capital letters)?

Glamazon

I have spent hours deliberating on whether to post this or not but I think I need to for two reasons - to explain my crabbiness yesterday and also to get it off my chest. I was crying at 3am this morning and I'm getting upset even writing this little bit! I am a very strong person who rarely gets upset over things - I've only cried twice since having Jack and once was OH's fault. I didn't think it affected me that much but considering I've thought of nothing else since Sunday and the tears rolling down my face right now show that it obviously has affected me.

Thanks to the delightful 'other' thread I now feel like a bag of !!!!!!. I cried at 3am because I was giving Jack a bottle of formula something I've been doing for months. It never really bothered me before as I knew I was doing what I had to do but due to the comments made and the stupid website links that I clicked on I know feel like I shouldn't have had my surgery, that I was selfish for putting my own needs before those of any children I might decide to have in the future and that I am now a bad mum because what I feed my child is inferior. I can't get that word out of my head 'inferior'

Feelie - I know you were hurt and upset by what Em wrote but you don't realise how much you have hurt and upset ME by your constant 'any one can BF with the right help' attitude. I couldn't BF and am upset by it so I can't begin to wonder how upset those people are that could BF initially and then stopped.

I'm not looking for sympathy or anything I just wanted to get it off my chest otherwise it will keep rolling around and around in my head.

Right, my crying has now woken my little man up so I better get him dressed

My_Fathers_Daughter

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

I went to bed, no I didn't get a PM, did you send it to the other Millie's Mum, (the one who doesn't use punctuation or capital letters)?

Must have done - oops - she must think I am a right nutter!!


HUBBY IS COMING HOME!!! MUST SHOWER!!! TESTED BUT NEG!!!

Krystaltips

SugarSpun wrote: »

REALLY? How interesting! Did she invent his illnesses or cause harm, if that's not too personal a question for the internet?
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That irks me too. OH can't sit and watch a film, he has to be asking questions or performing a commentary or bouncing around or passing comment on something. GRRR :mad:

She started to raise concerns with him, but then his little brother had a febrile convulsion and things kind of shifted and spiraled with him... Then she started with his baby sister but she was fortunate enough to be taken into care quite early... His brother is damaged from a lot of the prescribed drugs he was on (and also the one that he wasn't prescribed that was found in his blood stream when social services stepped in! :eek:)

You'd hate to watch a film with me then... I'm all about passing comments lol...

Yay for Benjamin Mfd any news on hubby this morning? Pee'd on a stick yet? <edit> You wrote while I was posting... Yay for hubby!!

Weezl, have a ((hug)) I can't believe how much your work have messed you around over everything... Is there any way you could put in a complaint?

SugarSpun

Glam you're doing what's best for you and Jack. Not even the super-hardcore breastfeeders would expect you to try and feed a baby with no supply, and from what you've said your surgery was necessary. And even if it wasn't and there had been a choice of feeding methods available to you, it would still have been a valid choice to formula feed him. Formula's not inferior - it's different, is all.


Please, sweetie, don't feel badly about feeding your son - it doesn't matter where his food comes from so long as he's healthy and happy, and we know he is.