MSE Pregnancy Club 18

delain

We know it's not ideal to be moving when pregnant but we really have reached 'crisis point' with space. There's barely room to walk in this house!

I did tell the agents in my rightmove email, so that if it's not OK we don't waste anyone's time!

Glad it's not just me who gets some HB, I feel like the poor relation sometimes in the family board, so many people are homeowners

rach

delain wrote: »

I've said it before and will say it again, the tesco value sanitary towels are exactly the same as maternity towels only about two thirds cheaper. I did not know this when I had my 3, only found out when I sent a man to the shop (I know, I know!) He came back with those, and my first thought was OMG maternity towels :rotfl:

thanks, I hadn't seen that before! good to know!

CAFCGirl

delain wrote: »

We know it's not ideal to be moving when pregnant but we really have reached 'crisis point' with space. There's barely room to walk in this house!

I did tell the agents in my rightmove email, so that if it's not OK we don't waste anyone's time!

Glad it's not just me who gets some HB, I feel like the poor relation sometimes in the family board, so many people are homeowners

If its any consolation, we're going to end up relying on benefits, something which i never thought would happen to me, until we reach a point where i can go back to work.......

And we'll never be homeowners, unless we end up achieving the real dream of emigrating :A

rach

we rent too, and are currently 'throwing away' as dh puts it almost £12k a year in rent (it's just a flat, not a palace...). we have saved really hard and were on course to hopefully buy somewhere small this summer but we've just discovered that mortgage lenders will only lend against mat pay not full pay so we're now renting for at least another year.

i don't know if anyone watched the last pre election leaders' debate but there was a woman on there who said her dh was a chartered accountant but they couldn't afford to buy...same boat almost exactly as us . and now it looks like any child benefit and bits of tax credits we'd have got will probably be withdrawn too!

xmaslolly76

Delain if its any consolation ive been there done that and lost the lot and i shall never buy another house again unless i win the lottery and can pay cash which is never likely to happen as i never buy a ticket lol. :-)

xmaslolly76

rach wrote: »

and now it looks like any child benefit and bits of tax credits we'd have got will probably be withdrawn too!

Why would that happen?? you thinking the ogvernment are going to stop it all they would be commiting political suicide if they do !

rach

I think they will means test it which will most likely cut us out, as there's no london weighting...so we earn a decent joint salary but it buys us rather less down here than other places!

redmel1621

As far as I have read it is families with incomes of over 50k that will be affected (for now?)

As for home-owning, there is nothing special about it...and you don't actually own the house anyway...the bank does. They can decide not to renew your mortgate or if you get into difficulties paying there is NO help at all...I have been there and got the grey hairs to prove it:p

delain

redmel1621 wrote: »

As far as I have read it is families with incomes of over 50k that will be affected (for now?)

As for home-owning, there is nothing special about it...and you don't actually own the house anyway...the bank does. They can decide not to renew your mortgate or if you get into difficulties paying there is NO help at all...I have been there and got the grey hairs to prove it:p

Yes I like that about where I rent now, It's just one bloke who owns the house, no agents involved, and if something breaks I just have to send a text and he either comes out himself or sends the plumber (the heating and plumbing in this house is an absolute disaster, am on first name terms with the plumber now ) and it's occurred to me that I could be the one paying an extra fortune to make the bloke tea if I owned the house :o

I think it's good that nothing like that comes to bite me

CAFCGirl

ok peeps gym ball question

should i be bouncing up and down, rocking forward and backward or rocking side to side on it?

trying to invite my wee one to nestle downward, and start to engage ......