Those who are waiting to TTC

dreamdreamer

Loving the birth stories thanks ladies! I'm not particularly afraid of childbirth, I'm much more afraid of the after-effects on my body. I have visions of being a stretch-marked saggy incontinent mess! Not that I'm an oil painting now but I value my bladder... I've been watching too much embarrassing bodies!

Kalama wrote: »

euronorris - I'm in Kenya. Today I really know I am in Kenya as the power failed at work at 10am and then the generators failed and then the computers failed... Twas great fun especially as when we have no power none of the doors work and none of the bathrooms have windows or emergency lighting.

Whereabouts are you Kalama? I lived and worked in Kenya in '05/'06. In Kitengela and then in Nakuru. Had a brilliant time! I was only meant to be there 3 months but wound up staying over a year.

You sound like a globetrotter - NZ pic looks amazing!! Will you keep that up once you start TTC/having kids or do you plan to settle somewhere? My parents took me all over the place as a child and it definitely gave me the travelling bug! Sadly my job and debt-free mission have meant I haven't done anything adventurous since I went to Japan in 2008. Itchy feet!

Super duper tired here - did a 12 hour night shift last night and another tonight.

Me too, feeling the burn as I'm on my 4th (and final!) 12hr night. The colleague I've been working with this week is nearly 5 mths pregnant and she looks ready to drop by midnight bless her. She's keeping the nights up until her 25th week to keep her pay up (unsocial hours allowance drops if you quit nights while pregnant) for her maternity pay assessment and then dropping them like a hot potato!

Right, off to get ready for work. Have a good evening all!

Dreamer xx

Kalama

confuzzled - it's our jobs (we work for the government). That and we really like to travel! For my current job I cover about 12 countries so I get to go on a fair few business trips - to lovely places like the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you want to be more nosy (:p) and know more pm me!

as to weight loss - I am doing my first weigh in on Saturday so will post here....I really hope I have a loss!

T - sorry to hear you are so tired. If you don't mind me asking what degree are you doing? Congrats on the weight loss xx

Kalama

dreamdreamer wrote: »

I lived and worked in Kenya in '05/'06. In Kitengela and then in Nakuru. Had a brilliant time! I was only meant to be there 3 months but wound up staying over a year.

You sound like a globetrotter - NZ pic looks amazing!! Will you keep that up once you start TTC/having kids or do you plan to settle somewhere? My parents took me all over the place as a child and it definitely gave me the travelling bug! Sadly my job and debt-free mission have meant I haven't done anything adventurous since I went to Japan in 2008. Itchy feet!

I'm in Nairobi (traffic :eek:). We are very very lucky to have been able to travel lots - it's pretty much the only thing we spend money on! We will (if things happen how I hope) have a bubba out here then prob go back to the UK for a bit at least. We are hoping that we can continue the travel but it very much depends on how everything goes money wise over the next few years.

I went to Japan in 2008 too - amazing place. Was devastated about the earthquake

Triangle

dreamdreamer wrote: »

Me too, feeling the burn as I'm on my 4th (and final!) 12hr night. The colleague I've been working with this week is nearly 5 mths pregnant and she looks ready to drop by midnight bless her. She's keeping the nights up until her 25th week to keep her pay up (unsocial hours allowance drops if you quit nights while pregnant) for her maternity pay assessment and then dropping them like a hot potato!

Right, off to get ready for work. Have a good evening all!

Dreamer xx

Wow Dreamer, four nights is hard going! I used to do this job a few years ago and go back to do the odd shift here and there, been very helpful to a poor student! But its so hard getting back into night shifts, they mess up my sleeping patterns for a few days. Have a good night

Kalama wrote: »

T - sorry to hear you are so tired. If you don't mind me asking what degree are you doing? Congrats on the weight loss xx

Hi Kalama, I'm just about to finish an MA in Social Work, been very lucky to secure a job recently and can't wait to start in July

T
x

Jen151

mintedby30? wrote: »

I know, I'm scared to do it again too but you just have to think about holding your baby at the end of all the hard work... although that's really just the beginning of the work!!!

my goodness Jen what a birth story 9.9 1/2!!!! hats off to you. :T
thanks for sharing yours too confuzzled. lovely to hear! x

dreamdreamer wrote: »

Loving the birth stories thanks ladies! I'm not particularly afraid of childbirth, I'm much more afraid of the after-effects on my body. I have visions of being a stretch-marked saggy incontinent mess!

:rotfl:

totally agree with you (except scared of childbirth too) :eek: am terrified of losing my body!!! but the urge to make babies is stronger


Interesting to hear about all your travels ladies. I'm going to India for the first time in June woo hoo. Can't wait. Its a work thing but we'll get some time off to explore too.

Kalama your job sounds amazing.

Jen xx

Kalama

Triangle - wow. Will you be working in that area? I have enormous respect for anyone who does - my job involves me working with Social Services in the UK reasonably often and the situations they have to deal with leave me speechless.

Jen - your job sounds amazing too - business trips to India!!

Right ladies - anyone know where I can find out good info on when I need to start taking vitamins etc in prep for TTC? I'm probably dashing back to the UK at the end of August which is likely to be my only chance to stock up.

It's chuffing freezing this morning - huge heavy black rain clouds as well. Oh well - I have a weekend of nothing but cooking, film watching and exercise to look forward to!

Metranil_Vavin

Hello ladies :wave:

Thought I'd pop a quick post on here to say hello. I'm an old timer from the ttc, then pregnancy and now parent thread.

I had my beautiful son in january this year. He is simply glorious, and I am already feeling broody for no 2!

We are going to wait until next year, but I can't afford to hang about too long as I am 38 now, so time ticking on!

Fuzz - great to see you on here! You never know, we may end up on the ttc board together again! :rotfl:

Kalama

Hi MV! I have to admit - I remember you from your posts on the TTC thread. Yes - I've been lurking there for quite a while! Congrats on the birth of your son xx

*tries not to look too creepy*


Do come and join us here until you are ready to TTC - we can pick your brains and drive you potty with questions

clearing_out_my_pockets

I want to sign up to fertility friend - I feel like I'm missing out!

Would be a bit pointless at the moment though!

dreamdreamer

This is TTC and MSE related, get me all on-topic! I've just switched to first direct for my banking and OH had the lovely idea of marking the next chapter in our lives (the debt free baby making chapter) by opening a saving account and putting the £100 welcome bonus in as the start of our baby fund. We want 3k in it ideally before I'm pregnant so that we can just enjoy it without worrying about whether we can afford things.

Also looking at going to Egypt in November but not sure as if pregnant I would not fly there.