Best & worst bits of 2010, and hopes and fears for 2011.

Best Bits 2010:

Getting engaged

Deciding to try for a baby early in the new year

Celebrating H2B turn 30 in style

Having a very supportive family and group of friends through everything that we have done.

Worst Bits of 2010:

Dad's emphysema progressing to the stage that he needs constant oxygen.

My constant agonising about living 100 miles from poorly dad.

H2B's grandad passing away

Lots of stress with poorly pets

Hopes For 2011

To get a quick BFP

To have a fab wedding and honeymoon

To be able to manage a move to Leeds to be nearer my dad

Fears for 2011

That the BFP doesn't happen (family history)

That Dad's condition keeps worsening at the same rate

Best bits

Getting BFP in March and Sophie arriving in November

Seeing J with her baby sister and watching her grow into the amazing little girl that she is

Converting our garage into a playroom and utility room

Worst bits

Being burgled in July and all the sh*t we had to deal with afterwards

A very traumatic time on the day that S was born

Having a hard time getting BFing established

Hopes and Fears for 2011

Hope - Watching my beautiful girls interact and grow together

Enjoying life as a family of 4

Fear - How we'll cope financially when I go back to work (nursery fees are going to be astronomical)

How we'll cope logistically when I go back to work

PS - Great thread!

Best Bits

Marrying my best friend

Finishing my foundation degree

Getting my BFP

Worst Bits 

My sister and her very dramatic life

My mum and dad's health due to above

Hopes for 2011

I have a healthy baby 

financially we will be ok

I'll finish my full degree in May before baby comes

Fears for 2011

Worried about my unborn baby 

Money worries 

How my sister's live will impact on everyone elses.

Best bits of 2010

Feeling complete with our family of 4.

Seeing my brother get married.

H getting a new more stable job after being laid off in his old job.

Worst bits of 2010

Still having debt problems.

H being laid off for 7 weeks again by the same company that did it last year.

Still having hospital visits and referrals for Connor and blood tests for various things.

The mum of an ex dying suddenly. I got on with her like a house on fire and often wished should could have been my MIL (without having her son in on the deal!) Even after all these years we still spoke.

Hopes for 2011

All blood results coming back normal for Connor. A positive appointment for our next referral.

Finding money issues a little easier.

Fears for 2011

Connor's results showing up something, possible needing medication for a long time.

Best Bits of 2010

Having Olivia

All the babies my friends had this year.

Just a generally happy year

Worst bits of 2010

Olivia having cataracts and spending a lot of time in and out of hospital and the guilt that went along with it.

Hopes for 2011

That I'll cope working full time 

That we can jiggle our finances to try and save so we can move

That our holiday in July with friends is awesome

That after February the hospital will give us a break from appointments every week or two weeks

Fears for 2011

That nursery fees will kick our asses so we can't save

That I will crack working full time without a good family balance

Great thread

Best bits

Getting my own business up and running, helping a client to motherhood that this time last year was totally not likely.

really seeing hannah grow and enjoying her, seeing my husband just be amazing an supportive.

Taking hannah to meet all my irish family and realising that all was not as bad as i feared after my sister's funeral.

finding out that i finally have several awesome partners in the gp practise i have finally moved to, and medics who listen, take me seriously and treat me like an adult who wants the best for her health, not a neurotic twit.

Low points

Health worry after health worry, culminating in reoccuring uti that took 4 lots of health antibiots to get rid of

worrying about test results to come through on jan10th.

realising that i really do need another shot at councelling/ though that was an upside as realised i have found awesome gps.

High points for 2011 will hopefully be getting pregnant very soon with number two.hopefully finding managable ways to develop my yoga teaching and reiki

low points involve knowing that my cousin only has weeks to live and that i also have no way of getting to see her.

wishing all you hitchers a happy and healthy new decade with much love and success

xxxxx

Best bits of 2010

Seeing my sister get married

Having M

Worst bits of 2010

Uncertainty due to restructure at work

Supporting my mum after Dad's death in December 09

Lack of cash due to mat pay

Hopes for 2011

To conceive a sibling for M

To watch M grow into a lovely little girl

To move house

Start own business so I can work round M's needs

Fears for 2011

That H won't agree to move as we've already discussed (long story)

Putting M into nursery so I can return to work

Cash flow due to mat pay!

Highs of 2010

lucy being born at 39 weeks in may

finally moving house in September

being made redundant

meeting Madonna ) the hitched one)

worst bits of 2010

the way my employer treated me when I told them I was pregnant

Eleanors hearing getting worse

being made redu dant

Eleanor being ill and having spells on home oxygen again

my family really not understanding how much extra work Eleanor is

hopes for 2011

Eleanor gets the help she needs to access communication and gets a cochlear implant assessment. I find something to do other than being mummy, we enjoy our first holiday away as a family of 4 to france. And finally I hope mr s doesn't get made redundant.

Best Bits

Every second of life with I and H.

Getting a promotion at work and surviving Inspection with a fantastic outcome.

Paying off a huge whack of debt and finally having money!

Getting a wonderful BFP after only a month of TTC.

Worst Bits

I not walking and Dr wanting him to be tested for MD

H becoming increasingly frustrtaed with work and not knowing if he'll have a job after Jan 2012.

Things being a bit *odd* for a time with the colleague/friend who didn't get the promotion.

Seeing my best friend being dragged down by a man with substance issues and feeling powerless to help.

Hopes for 2011

A healthy, sticky pg resulting in happy healthy baby in August.

Longer ML this time - see above better financial situation.

H getting the fab job he has an interview for in Jan. Only downside is that it is at a top London Uni and we live in Cardiff. Oh well - things will work out.

Having a lovely time in Barcelona in April - just H and I and bump so no Sangria for me!

Hope that everyone's 2011 is a fab one!

XX

BEST

resolving our complaint about L's birth resulting in a policy change at the hospital

WORST

pretty much from jan 09 till may 2010 whilst involved in huge complaint, very stressful times

AF going AWOL from April till June

the 19th of october when we found out there 'could' be a problem with William.

20 nov when we terminated

30 nov at his funeral

culling a good load of friends who have either been inappropriate or shown no interest

spending all of Xmas crying knowing it's never going to be a happy time ever again

attempting to leave here so many times as it's becoming so dufficult to post what I want.

HOPES

to get a bfp, for all scans to be fine ( I know that still doesnt guarantee healthy baby but it gives you hope doesn't it), healthy baby, a chance to smile again

FEARS

I won't get a bfp, or worse I will but itl be a repeat of what happened to William and tbh I'm really not strong enough to have to burry 2 children

Best of 2010: Surviving the year! Watching my 2 lovely boys grow so fast and healthy

Worst of 2010: Thought H and I weren't going to make it through my PND and his inability to understand

Hopes for 2011: That we get through it happy, and perhaps with a little extra cash injection from somewhere...I would love to go to NYC to visit my brother this year.

Fears...that we don't get to see my brother again, and the year is as hard as this one has been

Good luck to everyone in 2011 x

Best of 2010

My dad coming through 2 operations for cancer after 12 months of treatment

BFP in October

Really good year at work, hopefully resulting in promotion early next year

Christmas with Danny has been wonderful

Worst of 2010

Friend being diagnosed with cancer and things not looking great for him right now

Hopes and fears for 2011

Healthy baby being born in June

My BIL and his lovely girlfriend getting engaged/married and/or pregnant

Fears for my dad's health - we're expecting the cancer to come back at some point but no idea when

2010- Best bits

Having my gorgeous boy

Going to my brothers wedding, seeing E as a flower girl.

Going to my Cousins wedding at The Dorchester

Worst bits

Loosing H's gran

2011

The worst thing I'm dreading is going back to work next week[:'(].

I'm really looking forward to seeing Bon Jovi in June, we have VIP tickets so will be right at the front. 

We will be going to Champagne for the weekend with my family.

Best bits:

M coming home

Worst bits:

M in NICU

Joe's Birthday

Worst Bits of 2010:

Aug: my Mum unexpectantly being diagnosed with Lung Cancer, 3 weeks Later 19th September She passed away.

Jan-Jul 2010: My husband being depressed and nearly loosing my marriage.

Best Bits of 2010

My kids, all 3 of them for keeping me smiling.

2011: I don't know.