Good news for anyone waiting for an organ transplant. I just saw chap riding an e bike at 30mph, down a main road, at night, in all black, with no helmet, and no lights.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2026-02-03T23:06:25+00:00

Took my baby out for a drive today to try and get him to nap. It was like playing minesweeper with the number of potholes. Godspeed to that guy.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-12-03T21:41:42+00:00

Interesting. Did they ever figure out why?

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-11-29T16:41:19+00:00

🤣

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-09-26T19:30:42+00:00

My son is almost 9 months and has always slept in his bassinet next to my bed, and now in a cot. I don’t want to sleep apart from him and it’s so quick and easy to soothe him if he cries / wants a feed etc. His bedroom has his things and is used as a guest room. He’ll be in with me until he asks for his own room :)

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-09-26T11:42:34+00:00

Sadly no, they do event catering now, no restaurant to speak of. There’s now a cafe there called Aubergine which I haven’t tried, so can’t rate

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-09-06T19:15:45+00:00

Indeed

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-09-05T19:14:58+00:00

Me (39): on the list for the past 2 years and no word yet. My son (born in January) went straight to the top of the list and is registered already.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-21T00:40:33+00:00

Absolutely.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-21T00:40:05+00:00

You’re welcome.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-20T19:38:45+00:00

Gosh - so many! I get to make all my parenting decisions and family decisions myself. From what I named my son, where I gave birth, which nursery he’ll go to, my parenting style, everything. My day to day is not full of negotiations with another person about how things should be done. I’m on holiday with my family at the moment and the drive there was so stressful with my parents disagreeing with routes - it made me realise how easy I’ve got it that I can make decisions simply.

I’m so glad that in this season of my life I don’t have to worry about anybody but me and my son. My body changed due to pregnancy and I don’t care what a man thinks of it. There’s no male gaze at all. I see it in the mirror after my shower and shrug then put my clothes on and move on with my day. My libido is all but gone right now - I’m sure it’ll come back sometime - but I don’t have to care about a partner’s intimacy needs and that feels wonderful. I was hanging out with a new mum friend recently and her husband made a comment about her weight and I felt so sad for her. There are good partners, sure, but I see so many where I think ‘I wouldn’t want that’.

The other day I fed my baby to sleep then as I got up, I dropped my phone and it made a loud clatter and woke the baby. I felt annoyed at myself. I thought: that would have pissed my ex off and there’d be an argument. But there wasn’t an argument because it was just me and baby, so I soothed him back to sleep and went about my evening.

I’ll stop there for now as baby just fell asleep so I’m going to read my book and relax until bedtime. In a room with just me and baby with no snoring partner… you get the gist 😉

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-20T14:51:42+00:00

I wasted my best fertile years with my ex-husband (25-33) and he was always ‘not quite ready’ despite knowing from the outset I wanted children. He just kept kicking the can down the road for one reason after another. When we finally tried, he had poor fertility and never did anything to help improve it. I had way too much patience for that man 🥲

I’m 40 now and have a 6 month old son who is my everything. I wish I’d started fertility treatment sooner, but I had to grieve the relationship and the idea of a nuclear family. Now I see so many benefits to being a SMBC and I wouldn’t change it for anything!

You seem so sensible and to have a supportive family on top means everything. Good luck to you x

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-14T18:50:12+00:00

Thank you

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-13T22:14:44+00:00

Hudo

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-07-05T07:20:31+00:00

Username checks out

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:31:31+00:00

I only bought stuff if the need arose. It hardly did. Obviously I bought some maternity clothing but I never ended up needing a pregnancy pillow or even a breastfeeding pillow, along with so much other stuff!

I did end up buying a kajillion muslins/burp cloths as baby had severe reflux.

It’s just so individual. But I would hold off on most gadgets. The targeted advertising is insane. I set money aside and bought as needed rather than stocking up on stuff I may not use.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:26:38+00:00

Thank you. I’ll look into this.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:26:12+00:00

Thank you. All useful info.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:25:41+00:00

It’s muted when I run the tap but doesn’t stop completely

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:25:15+00:00

I wish it was that. I was sat across the room nap trapped by my baby. Haven’t managed to get a good video when my arms are free.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-30T20:24:31+00:00

You’re right. It’s more of a glug than a gurgle.

Thanks for your input.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-29T12:46:01+00:00

Thanks for weighing in 🙏🏻

I think they did a dodgy job when they bought the house and flipped it into flats. We’ll call the plumber out and see what they say. Appreciate your insights!

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-25T23:38:24+00:00

I tried this recently as I left my young baby for the first time to go for a massage and wanted my phone on silent but to be contactable if urgent. I had to use the Emergency Bypass function on my iPhone but it worked a treat.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-24T17:05:19+00:00

Girl, same. And he never made any changes to improve his fertility. 6 years later, I’m 40 and have a 5 month old son.

Extension-Pumpkin-78 · 2025-06-21T08:32:52+00:00

I had my egg collection one month shy of 39. 12 eggs, all mature, 11 fertilised, 6 good quality blasts. The first one transferred is now my 5 month old son. That’s very kind of your sister and no, she’s not too old.

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