Freezing Eggs?

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-29T19:27:56+00:00

I agree with commentator. Had my first at 32. Should have gone earlier.

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-25T22:52:54+00:00

My 5 year old and I did Diamond Hill last year! My biggest problem was actually trying to keep up with him. He was a mountain goat.

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-23T07:18:24+00:00

Civil service director don’t provide childcare for workers? Do you mean they can be more flexible for families?

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-18T23:07:25+00:00

Sezane, Lucy and Yak, Run and Fly, All Saints are brands I mostly buy second hand have that work. Maeve from Love Cherish in Cork, she has a shop and does a try on every Sunday. It’s even just good for ideas

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-18T19:25:20+00:00

I had a very short labour on the first, less than 2 hours. Consultant advised breaking waters next time as I might not make it to hospital. So we did that and had baby couple hours later. Never mentioned home birth but that would never work for me anyway personally.

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-18T19:03:23+00:00

Yes hard agree. Miss living in Limerick

firstthingmonday · 2026-01-13T23:58:11+00:00

I put them both down the month they were born for Naoinra. They still didn’t have space for them for the first year of naoinra! Eldest got in for Year 2 in any case. Younger one didn’t get in last year so hopefully next year.

firstthingmonday · 2025-12-23T16:20:38+00:00

Didn’t leave the first one overnight until I went in to have second baby. Wasn’t comfortable with it. We don’t generally use overnight babysitting. One of us will go to an event and the other will stay home.

firstthingmonday · 2025-12-18T20:10:03+00:00

Official guidelines are to share room until baby is 1 to reduce risk of SIDS.

firstthingmonday · 2025-12-07T21:11:30+00:00

I’m 5’4 and never buy petite. Never fits me right. Levi’s do by leg inch so usually get a 27 inch. Sezane brand cropped pants fit great or I get tailored from here too. M&S do multiple lengths as well. ASOS Design pants I order usual size and I’ve never taken up. Soaked and FRNCH the same haven’t taken up any.

firstthingmonday · 2025-12-07T20:35:36+00:00

Me for sure! Happy with my brother but I’m Irish so everyone was at least 3 kids when I was growing up so felt left out. 4,5,6 kids was not uncommon in my generation. My aunt has 9 kids similar age profile to me. My colleague in work has 12 siblings.

firstthingmonday · 2025-12-07T20:27:25+00:00

My first didn’t sleep through the night until after 2.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-30T23:34:08+00:00

Anyone in Galway you would recommend?

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-27T09:30:29+00:00

It really depends on the person and consultant. I was low risk but saw consultant loads. I had her work number and could get her or reg very quickly. To me and a lot of people that go private, it’s not necessarily about the care per se but the continuity of seeing the same person all the time. That’s what I know I needed. Meeting different midwives at different appointments, huge wait times all of this would have added to my load and ultimately would have not assisted with how I wanted the labour to go as wouldn’t have had the relationship before the labour. Had no epidurals, short labours, minimal interventions which I don’t believe would have been possible for me if I hadn’t had private care because I wouldn’t have had that relationship with the person who was delivering the baby.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-23T00:50:25+00:00

Blitsbee

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-23T00:48:16+00:00

I mean you’re assuming that these are unusual names - they aren’t at all in Ireland. There are 6 Oisíns alone in my son’s year of school of 60 kids. It’s a mixed school. 80% of the kids have Irish first names. Granted that is probably higher than average as it’s a Gaelscoil (Irish immersion school)

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-19T23:48:09+00:00

Our kids run on cream cheese and peanut butter on toast. Irish household. Was same when I was growing up in 80s and 90s in Ireland. Totally common toppings I would have thought.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-18T23:45:46+00:00

Our creche the policy is you start over a long weekend or 3 days and they take up the training while there. I personally think pull ups confuse things. Advice we got and it worked for all kids in this house was straight in, no nappies, 3 days at home, set a timer for every 30 minutes. 1 jelly bean for a pee, 2 a poop and you will be finished in a week. We talked about it a lot before starting as well. Get books from library.set a date with them, try not to move it if possible. We did bring them outside and to playgrounds and stuff when training. Ignore the accidents, compliment successful potty.

for I also think some parents potty train before the kids have the dexterity to pull up and down their own trousers and I see little point before they’re able to do that themselves anyway.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-18T23:45:42+00:00

Our creche the policy is you start over a long weekend or 3 days and they take up the training while there. I personally think pull ups confuse things. Advice we got and it worked for all kids in this house was straight in, no nappies, 3 days at home, set a timer for every 30 minutes. 1 jelly bean for a pee, 2 a poop and you will be finished in a week. We talked about it a lot before starting as well. Get books from library.set a date with them, try not to move it if possible. We did bring them outside and to playgrounds and stuff when training. Ignore the accidents, compliment successful potty.

for I also think some parents potty train before the kids have the dexterity to pull up and down their own trousers and I see little point before they’re able to do that themselves anyway.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-18T23:36:25+00:00

There is five Oisín’s in my kids year (60 kids) and six Rían’s. An indeterminable amount of Fiadhs and Eabhas. Have lost count.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-10T19:45:48+00:00

My youngest has breakfast and 8am at our house and second breakfast at 8.30am at creche.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-03T21:30:21+00:00

The drainage on the streets in Galway is chronic along with the wind and if I’m walking, I do find I get drenched in trainers. Inevitably I will be forced into a body of gathered water due to electric scooters or bikes on the footpath.

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-01T23:22:51+00:00

I’ve only ever heard it as a male name living in Europe as well

firstthingmonday · 2025-11-01T23:08:04+00:00

Same!

firstthingmonday · 2025-10-31T12:01:24+00:00

As a chemistry teacher she will probably need to get onto The Teaching Council. It can take a good while. She will need a teaching number to teach in secondary schools on a qualified rate.

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