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Post by netty on Feb 21, 2006 19:06:40 GMT
Hiya! Thought I would start a thread where we can all post about everyday things that we have been up to, life in general etc and most importantly keeping a thread going so we can get to know each other! I have had pnd following ptss after the prem birth of my second child. Life has been really tough. Im now planning my daughters christening..im so excited! Im gonna go to m&s and get a fab cake made for my special girl who is a little fighter! Daddy is bathing her at the mo. She is covered in ezycema..poor thing. The itching is driving her mad so we have gone back to good old calamine! She off to the hoppy tomorrow so will get them to have a look at her. Please come and post on here!! nettyxx
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Post by cheshire on Feb 21, 2006 21:12:20 GMT
Hi Netty, I know I had PTSD historically before the birth and probably had it after - evolving into PNI. Well, my eldest is 5 and my youngest is 18 months - how about you? I had a good day, 1/2 term and all that, so just enjoying being 'mummy' (hubby at work, no school runs and me not at work!) Oooo yes, my youngest suffers eczma too, poor love. Pop some oil in the bath and use cream - any other tips appreciated! How do you spend your 'spare' time ie. the 20 mins after clearing up and needing to go to bed, lol! For some strange reason I watch documentaries and cookery programmes (I need a quick plot to take my mind away and after 18 months have started to enjoy books again) ..and of course come on here to chat to my friends... I love films, but rarely get the chance to see them through unless it's Friday.. Do you like music - seen any bands live? I never have, but would love a recommendation! I am 35, it's about time I did! I have just gone back to work - how about you? Did you say you were a HV? I think this thread is a great idea! Hope this post tells you a bit more about me, lol. Would love to hear about you too Love Hopefulx
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Post by susanneb1984 on Feb 22, 2006 10:01:17 GMT
Just on the eczema thing, Thea suffers with it, so I bought some natural porridge oats, and found an old pair of tights. Fill the tights until you have a small ball of oats, tie the tights off and swish it in the water or even better leave it in while the baby has a bath, worked wonders for Thea!
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Post by cheshire on Feb 22, 2006 12:18:53 GMT
Wow, not tried that one Thanks Sxx
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Post by netty on Feb 22, 2006 12:35:24 GMT
Hiya! Wow..lovely to hear from you both!! Just a quickie..as Im trying to get ready for the hoppy this afternoon!! Its been snowing here in the west mids!! its soooo cold!! I will catch up but wanted to say ''hello chatters''...anyone else like to join in..we would love to chat to you all! Tell us about your day, things you are planning..funny stories! anything!! I love to chat! Catch up later..dont be shy! ;D nettyxx
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Post by bam02 on Feb 22, 2006 13:31:26 GMT
Well been out alone today!!! Wow so strange as a mummy to be out alone or at least not running back for nursery or school!!!DH was off today so i could go out this morning.
I bought 3 books for price of 2 at Waterstones
The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time MarK Haddon( fiction on Austism- as my son has Aspergers syndrome)
Fingersmith Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet Sarah Waters too
I had just read Night Watch by Sarah Waters and loved the talk of women in War time and the differing sexualaties
Saw Tipping the Velvet on TV - but not all the series.
Now I am interested in womens roles throughout time. Could be a real sociologist -
Suddenly back into books - but they do take up house work time oh dear!!!lol.
Speak again girls.........
A-M
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Post by Veritee on Feb 22, 2006 18:25:19 GMT
Hi Netty and everyone Its a great idea for a thread and I love a chat myself and look forward to posting on this thread. But I have to say that where it is did cause me some concern as administrator as to if it is the right place or section? Rather than interrupt the chat on here which is not what I want to do - I have posted about what my thoughts are in the this in the 'forum debate' area. Below is a link to what I have said I would be pleased if members would read it and tell me what they think? veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=complaints&action=display&n=1&thread=3964&page=1Thank you VeriteeXX
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Post by netty on Feb 23, 2006 10:31:54 GMT
Hello ! How are you all today? Im abit wobbly today..dont know why just cant pick myself up today My daughter got on well at the hoppy..she now weighs 18lb 4oz! Cant believe she is 1 in april. They have given me some more creams for her skin..if these dont work then its wet bandages. Still snowing here. Its not staying put though. I love shopping! but hardly ever get to go alone! I love watching girlie films as well. Nanny Mcphee is lovely! I love watching antiques programmes! You never know what you might come across at a car boot. Have any of you ever found something of value at a car boot? I never have! Im still off work at the mo- yes I am a hv! Prob go back sept time. Catch up later! Gonna have a cuppa! love nettyxx
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Post by sarajay28 on Feb 23, 2006 15:49:53 GMT
Hi all,
I suppose i should introduce myself abit first before i join in the conversation. I am 28yrs and mum of 3. Cameron is 9yrs, Kirsty is 7yrs and Nathan is 7 months. This is the 2nd time of me having PNI, i have had it this time since Nathan was 6/7 weeks old and am now nearly fully recovered. I say nearly as i'm having a crappy week this week, can't work out what it is or why but just feeling pretty down and unmotivated. Anyway I work part-time as an auxilary ambulance driver although our division is going through many big changes and we are hardly used these days, which i'm not complaining about as i'm basically getting paid for doing nothing!! I keep thinking i 'should' maybe look for something else but i'm not sure if i really want to. My partner Robbie is a student (electronic engineering) and i'm lucky that he also works part-time so i' don't need to work for the money, we aren't well off by any means by we manage. I have been seperated from my 2 eldest kids dad for nearly 3 years now and am currently in the middle of a divorce!! and its pretty much well known that i hate him and that he is a crap dad! who causes me a great deal of stress.
Well today i have taken Nathan and my sister and her 2 kids to Mother and Toddlers which i am starting to enjoy again. I came home and coloured and highlighted my mums hair for her, i am proud to say it actually looks really nice.
I love reading too, its my favourite pastime. As for films, i like most things and on Tuesday night i went to see Brokeback Mountain with my mum. We have just borrowed Nanny Mcphee from my mums boyfriend to watch with the kids this weekend. I also like watching soaps on the tv and have found myself engrossed quite a few times in a good antiques program!! Your right Netty about the finds you can make at car boot sales although sadly have only ever bought sh**e myself!! hahaha
Hope you enjoyed your cuppa, will be back tomorrow no doubt for a 'chatter'
Loadsa Love
Sarah.xxx
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Post by susanneb1984 on Feb 23, 2006 16:20:54 GMT
Ok, I'd better introduce myself, although I'm sure most of you on here know me, I'm on enough! pmpl
Ok, so I'm Susanne, and I'm 22 years old, I have two daughters, and I live in Liverpool with my partner Alan, whom I've been with for 2 years. Thea is 3 and she is wonderful (most of the time), she's borderline gifted, and at school 5 afternoons. I first got PNI after her birth. Georgina Joan, or GJ, is almost 6 months, and a little bugger! lol
I love music, and seeing my friends, I love been on here, and I am training to be a counsellor, and I am hoping to specialise in pni.
Anyway, that's all for now. xxxx
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Post by AUSSIE GIRL on Feb 24, 2006 5:58:09 GMT
Well i love a chat It's a beautiful hot day here in the land of OZ and my eldest son is enjoying a water fight bub is in bed and i'm eating chocolate and on this forum. Had a good day and played netball which was good. I love shopping, music, films, cooking and (oh dear) reality tv and trashy magazines. I also enjoy picnics with my family and when i well love socialising with friends over for a BBQ. Please forgive me but what does lol mean?? Cheers Aussie Girl Tracey
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Post by Veritee on Feb 25, 2006 14:25:21 GMT
Hi Everyone Aussie Girl LOL means laugh out loud! Well it is hard to think of what to say about myself that is not already known but I will just do a brief intro like everyone else has .......... I am 53 married to Barry with one child nearly 17 called Caja with whom I had PNI. I wanted more but fertility problems meant I did not have Caja until I was nearing 40 and her birth seemed to trigger an early menopause so more children were not to be I am a qualified teacher - Cert Ed done in the days when degrees for teachers were only just being phased in but on my intake I was not offered a degree in the Roehampton Institute. But it was not the cert ed undertaken these days it was a university level course for 3 years full time and I passed with merit and I am also qualified as a youth worker and I have an HND in a completely different subject, multimedia and web site design, which I have drawn upon to start and run this forum. As you can see - my education is very important to me as defining who I am and continues to be - probably due to being considered to have learning problems at school and then leaving school to work in factories at 14-15 until 25 when I did my o'levels etc and began to educate myself. I founded this site and forum about 1998 but I will not go into the reasons why as it is said elsewhere - under forum history etc - but running this I count now as my main occupation ( unpaid ) and have now signed up to do a BA Hon research degree and my area of research is PNI and I will use some of the things I learn here for my degree - and I am very excited about it. As I have said elsewhere I have worked as a teacher and I have lectured but spent many years as a youth worker specializing with work with young people with mental heath issues and abuse issues, but left the youth service in about 1999/2000 after I was transfered from the project I was assistant co-coordinator for in West Cornwall - the project specialized in providing therapeutic group work for 'troubled' young people with social and personal issues - I was transfered to a 'normal' youth club as this project lost its funding I was by this time a bit burnt out and bitter about some things that happened re my work when I had PNI - so I felt I did not want to work in a 'mainstream' youth club environment and all specialized youth work had lost its funding - so it was time for me to go This biog leaves out many things like my abuse as a child, mental health issues when in y teens that took me a while to get over - but was absolute fine till PNI hit me in my late 30s - but it has all been said elsewhere ( I find it really hard to be brief - sorry as I am sure you are not interested in all this, I will not repeat it) Anyway, now as I live up an unmade track in rural Cornwall and am disabled by and accident 3 years ago some e of my social needs are met on line - I run this forum but I am in contact with many people from all over the world through other forums and yahoo groups that I belong to. But I am quite a gregarious person so I do have 'in person ' friends too and go out locally when I can to local pubs that have bands on and other entertainment and I write for the local paper sometimes so I am quite well known locally - put it this way if I walk down a street in most local towns I meet at least one of two people I know to stop for a chat - Cornwall is rural but I do not find it isolating as long as you get out and about, once you have become established as every one knows everyone else except in the summer when our numbers are swelled by visitors. Anyway today I am catching up with my personal admin paying bills etc and helping my daughter with her college work, she does not ask me often now - but today she wants my help I look forward to a chat in the future VeriteeXX
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Post by cheshire on Feb 25, 2006 14:36:49 GMT
Hi
I just noticed the new title for this section - 'tea, coffee, wine and chat' - love it!!
Hx
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Post by cheshire on Feb 25, 2006 20:33:11 GMT
Well, I have just pulled my chair up with a glass of wine... Hey Veritee, I hadn't realised that you started this in 1998, I suppose that's because your membership says 2002..that is amazing. How long did it take for people to start using the site? Was it instant? Did Caja finish her homework ok, by the way? Hiya Aussie Girl - I love BBQs, bit of a tradition in our family. I love the summer when we can eat outside and cook stuff like this..I miss it in the winter. I love music too, it really can help change my mood. Well, today, as ever on a Saturday, I am Cinderella - clean, wash, iron and cook. ..hubby took children to the library and food shopping, which was very good of him I am excited about going away next weekend and next week is busy, but I don't feel daunted just yet! What would I take to my desert island..if one thing - a great book, if 5 things (in no real order): - photographs of loved ones - a great book (maybe the bible as it is so clever and the Worlds bestseller) - my favourite music - good bottle of port - paper and pens to write What would you take? Love Hxx
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Post by Veritee on Feb 25, 2006 21:33:06 GMT
Hi Hopeful Ive got my glass of wine too - a nice red Shiraz -it's going down a little too easily!!! Yes I did start the web site about about 1998 and the forum pro baby late 98 early 99 - but I did have a home page before this from about 95/96 which mentioned PNI and had a link to what was called a womans survivors Usenet group hosted by MSN newsgroup servers - this was not my group but one for women who had survived all sorts of things from abuse, mental illness, PNI, - I was new to the web then so did not really know who started it or how it works - it is where I met a lovely woman from Toronto, who really helped me to understand what I had gone through and to begin to come to terms with it. - thank you 5 elves, wherever you are! The reason my membership says I joined in 2002 is because before ProBoards we used a different board system - run by BeeSeen boards. But out of the blue they closed down and we lost everything - every single post ..............They did offer to continue to host it if we paid but then I had no money for it at all and could not afford what they asked. It was so upsetting , it was a month or so till I found another provider and set it all up and some of the women did not come back although some did - however it was not as well used as it is now I have learned a lot since then about running forums.... and it could happen again as we do not host our own forum but used ProBoards and they do not let us archive anything on our own computers unless we just copy and paste it to a word doc. So if there is anything anyone particularly wants to keep - I would copy it as you never know one day we may lose our forum provider again and have to start from scratch!!! Sorry there I go again -obsessed with the forum I emailed Netty earlier partly to let her know her thread had a new home - I do hope she will join us again So exciting about your few days away - I wish I was coming, I am sure it will be fine The trouble is the only thing I would want on a desert island that I could not do without would be a computer with an Internet connection as absolutely everything else I would want could be found on there - music, books, news, information, conversation, the means to write - everything! But I suppose even if I could keep it going with solar power and a big satellite for Internet access would need some other things I would like some wine and in fact the rest would be the same as yours. I am going off to watch a bit of TV before bed now as I still get tired and I have been quite busy today -Caja is still ding her home work she had all half term to do it but she is cramming it into one day - typical Love Veritee
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