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Passed first time BUT - I started driving immediately I got to the UK on an international driving licence. I drove everyday (work) for 9 months before starting lessons. I had 25 lessons of 2 hours each time and my driving test was done on a day it snowed! It helped me as I took my time to do every single thing! It took me 4 months. You can do it. Practise, practise, practise and you will succeed!

P406: Justwise,
I need your advice on something . my wife is a nurse trained here in Nigeria and now we decided
she should do a BSc program in the UK. we got this program at the University of Worcester that is
called a top up program for BSc Nursing that is one year. Now I thought we would go through UCAS but apparently we are
just to pay fees then the application for visa.
I am set to make the payment but I thought it may help to get some other peoples opinion.
I hope this is for real. Your help is much appreciated.
thanks

The school is real and the course is as well. See this link http://www.worcester.ac.uk/courses/nursing-studies-bsc-hons.html
My sister is just rounding up from Worcester and 2 friends have just finished the Nursing course too. It has to be the overseas Nurse course option 2 if she plans to work here after. Make sure you check it properly!

Oops sorry Justwise, I know it was directed to you!

I applied from the UK so not sure if the process is different from applying in Nigeria. I applied in December 2012.

I submitted:
3 passport photos
National passport which should be valid for at least 6 months from your proposed return date
3 months bank statement
Marriage certificate - cos my passport is in maiden name and UK visa in married name and was travelling with hubby
Itinerary - I included the booking from the travel company. It was all paid for upfront including flights
3 months payslip
Health insurance

It was issued after 2 days. We spent Christmas and New Year there so it's recent.

My father is not the oldest male in the family so I called his uncle and discussed with him. I informed stylishly in the discussion that:

1. I am coming home primarily to pay my respects to the family and not sully their name so they should please reciprocate
2. Any mention of box or clothes list, I will cancel my ticket cos I'm already living with him
3. We have paid for the white wedding (didn't marry in church, had a civil ceremony in the UK) so if dem no gree, I will still be married in the eyes of the law
4. We have no money!

He agreed with me and said the family's desire is to see all their daughters happily married and if that is what I wanted, I'll get it. I didn't believe initially. He had some years earlier almost stopped my cousin's wedding midway cos the grooms' mother's goat ate his crops and she refused to pay donkey years before that day!

Come wedding day, no mention of clothes, boxes, yams, goat or even palm wine. Yams, goats and palmie were still supplied by the groom and his small delegation that came. Bride price was N200 negotiated down from N50k. I was even happy to plan with my hubby to pretend to walk out if they were intractable! Luckily, it didn't come to that The total cost of our traditional wedding was N250k.

Ladies, it is in our hands. I always tell my female friends that our blessings are not supposed to make us suffer. Marriage is indeed a blessing, why would I want to spoil it by not speaking up to remove any angst and potential worries for the sake of just one day that will be remembered by only both of us?

Fresh pineapple contains bromelain which causes contractions. Juicing it removes that enzyme. My consultant has asked me to drink lots of pineapple juice to aid implantation. I drink a litre daily diluted in a litre of water so that's my 2 litres of water done.

favored gal: I assume stimms is for ivf? Its well with you. Your bfp is around the corner

Amen my dear sister! Our BFPs are here. This is our year!!! It is for IVF o

@ Beetle, I am getting there slowly and surely. Day 4 of stimms today and I can feel the effects on my left side. Headaches from DR finally gone thank God! Thanks for asking my dear! How is everything with you?

Spent the bank holiday in Devon so away from housework and the garden! Also feel a bit rested so ready for my students tomorrow

twingirls: @ all, weldone o, its well

@ iyabetajos, God wil help you o, dt bmi na obese o, I'm sure its contribution to ϔ☺ΰя̩̥̊ irregular period is like 80 percent, pppls take ϔ☺ΰя̩̥̊ diet a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ excercise serious, I'm sure by God's grace ull conceive easily if you can loose Ĵüs† 10 percent of ϔ☺ΰя̩̥̊ pppresent body weight, it ωȊ̝̊̅ℓℓ be benefical to ϔ☺ΰя̩̥̊ pregnancy (complication free) if U̶̲̥̅̊ can loose d fat.  wish you well, triplet fit U̶̲̥̅̊ o, dem go make U̶̲̥̅̊ loose weight even more a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ ppls stop d soft drinks, its deadly fo our health

@ aLl, pls dis metformin dat makes everibori loose weight so fast, wat is it ‎Fø̲̣̣я̅ a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ can i use it wout docs prescription?

Metformin is used to regulated the cycles of wowmn suffering from pcos. As you know pcos causes weight gain, irregular periods, hormonal abnormalities and hair growth in undesireable areas eg face. It is also used to treat diabetes. I will strongly urge you not to take it if it is not prescribed. Remember, you are trying to get your body ready for conception not the other way round!

Yoy are getting on well, Shey na you don reach 68kg so? Just keep it at slowly and steadily and you'll get there!

[quote author=eaglechild
I felt awkard cause everyone was irritatingly polite.[/quote]Had a very good laught at that! I teach in a rural college. My students call me Miss and stop to say hello when they see hubby and I out and about. I found it very odd initially!

I live in a village of about 4000 people in the SW of England. There are only 2 blacks and I am the only Nigerian. Their figures are definitely incorrect!

My dear sisters, I dey o. Currently stimming. Downregging was so difficult and really stressed me out. Anyway, I am almost done!

Twingirls, massive congrats to you!!! Well done. You need to up your calorie intake o.
More grease to everyone's stomach!

T x

callmenow: How good is your knowledge. According to the Causelist of the Newcastle Crown Court, he was facing a three count charge. We may never what really transpired in this matter. Quick search on Google showed that he was a significant man. He has been donating books to University of Makurdi. He has also donated to other good causes. Death in custody in a police cell or prison is always referred for independent investigation. All the stakeholders in this forum must remember that death awaits everyone of us. Do not speak ill of the dead. People may also speak ill of you, when the inevitable occurs. We must also cut the Nigeria High Commission (NHC) some slack. UK is a sovereign nation. The NHC can not overstep their legal position by interfering with internal UK processes. A reputable lawyer should be procured to unravel what happened. Alternatively, his MP should also be persuaded to write to prison for answers, which by Law, they must provide within 2 weeks, or sooner. When facts change, be prepared to change your mind.

There are very few Idomas in the UK, I being one of them. 2ndly even though I haven't seen him for 3 years, I have known Bonny for a very long time. We both started our masters together in 2006. This was what we were told. 2 counts of rape and 1 of possessing indecent pictures of minors. To be honest, whether he killed himself or not is a moot point now, he is still dead. It's both painful and instructive that even though we (Idomas) have kept in touch sporadically, nobody knew he was going through this. Who knows, we may have been able to raise money to get a lawyer then and we won't be having this discussion as like someone said women are not above claiming rape. We have seen lots of that in recent times here.

By the way, I am not speaking ill of him. Who would procure the lawyer? Would you contribute if asked to? The NHC can still find out what happened and are best positioned to make sure his name is cleared if he has been unjustly accused.

To the best of my knowledge, he was denied bail because he was accussed of raping his flatmate. Apparently, she said no and he didn't stop. He was also accussed of possessing child pornography on his laptop. He apparently also committed suicide a day before the jury were due to reach a verdict.
I know him very well and can't say whether he did it or not. The Nigerian High Commission is not doing anything or even trying to get any info.
HMP is threatening to cremate him cos nobody is coming forward for the corpse. The Idoma community has decided to raise money to repatriate the corpse home.

favored gal: @all i fell off the band wagon this weekend. Ate about 4 or 5 slices of pizza, had maltina self.

Today i was afraid to climb the scale.

Its well.

We all fall off sometimes. Get back on the bandwagon! We dey your back

Merci, mon frere Sholay! Actually you make a good point about Francophone countries. I didn't think of that at all. He studied a bit of French at school so that maybe the way to go!

Hello House,

I need some advice please! My younger brother is currently studying an undergraduate course in Software Engineering at American University of Nigeria Yola. Their summer holidays are quite long (May to August). In a bid to keep him busy, I am proposing he learns a foreign language by going for an immersion language course for 8 weeks so he will live with a host family and attend 20 language classes a week in either Latin America or Spain for Spanish and France or Switzerland for French. Now the question is which international language is best to learn. French or Spanish?

Happy Birthday Twingirls! Dancing etighi for you!!!

Napa, apparently your BMI needs to be between 18.5 and 24 to be in optimum weight for ttc. I do however know a lot of women whose BMI is closer to 30 and have had successful pregnancies. NHS clinics in the UK stipulate that your BMI must be under 30 some private clinics will accept up to 35. However, I have not heard of any that will accept over 35. You can check for your BMI online. The maths pass my power!

I am currently 69kg and have stopped dieting so I know I won't lose more but my food portions are still very small!

Welcome Muma!

I dey o! Start downregging next week so have up my protein intake which means I have put on weight. Will sort that after ttc. I tried kettle bell last week and my muscles complained. Muscles I didn't even know existed!!!
Anyway, feel much better now and have started doing squats at home.
Well done everybody!
Twingirls, Two are you eating enough calories? Your metabolism slows down if you don't eat enough which in turn stops you from losing weight. It's a catch 22 situation!

When I first moved to the UK, I stuck to one energy supplier and consistently got ripped off until I was advised not to stick to one.

Has anyone considered changing suppliers? I change mine annually and pay less for it. I also fix the tariff for 12 months. I have never paid more than £100 monthly for electricity and gas and I have my heating on all year round.
Example - I was paying £350 for my home insurance, this year I used a comparison website and I finally paid £195 for the whole year. As I went through Quidco, I also got a £60 cash back.

I change my accounts regularly too. I am now with Satander and get cash back on my bills including mortgage and groceries. When they stop paying the cash back, I will close that account and move on. Loyalty to service providers does not pay. Shop around always.

Congrats Honeybony, have a stressfree 9 months! Wishing you all the best and strong sticky vibes!

Where is everybody oh
Twingirls and co, easter don finish and so has food jollification!

I have been away on holiday and off dieting and exercise. I am now back for another 3 weeks before I start stimming so I plan to shed at least 4 kg in that 3 weeks cos last time, I put on 7kg at the end of that IVF cycle!

Yesterday -
Breakfast - Milo and 4 biscuits
20 minutes walk
Lunch
Beans and chicken
3 cups of tea (I have changed to Raspberry leaf tea as it's very good for conception will stop it when I get to EC)
Dinner
Chicken and veg
2 cups of tea
i slice of chocolate cheesecake

Well done twingirls! We shall blast all the fat away!

I was too tired to post anything yesterday.
Breakfast - 1 pear, 1 nectarine, 1 cup of milo and 1 cup of fruit tea
30 mins walk to work

Lunch - 1 bacon, tomato and lettuce sandwich, 1 chicken and egg sandwich
1 hour aqua zumba - the zumba was more strenuous than I expected so not doing it again!
30 mins walk back home

Dinner - Thin sliced beef, soy sauce and yoghurt

Managed to drink 3 cups of water yesterday in addition to the 6 or so cups of tea!

twingirls: @ Ticha, my daily calories intake is to be 1,318, its not easy to calculate calories I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ naija food! I only try to estimate a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ try not to go beyond 1000 daily, are you telling me dis ϔ☺ΰя̩̥̊ scanty daily intake i see is up to 1300 calories? I was beginning to think you live on tea(different type) me na water o, but i wil increase my fruit a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ veggies a̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ see how it goes

Hehe, I am not quite living on tea yet! I may soon get there though! It is 1200 most times. Yesterday was 1520 cos the chocolates alone was 708!

I think 1000 is too low oh. Why you still dey shine eye at past midnight? Abi no work today?

Shebi you know that our weight fluctuates daily especially women, we can be heavier during ovulation and menstruation due to bloating. When do you weigh yourself? Make sure you do it at the same time that should also give you a true representation.

favored gal: i need to join this forum o! i and 6 feet 5 inches, used to weigh 68kg avergaely but became around 70kg/72kg when i started dating my husband, for the wedding i had 4 months of intense exercise and weighed 66kg.


After now, i have added 9kg and i weigh 75kg, its terrible, i have stopped exercising cuz it used to make my period disappear.
I eat once a day, but i hear its a recipe for disaster as it slows down metabolism. so going forward now, i have decided i'l be eating 3 small meals a day, eliminate rice completely from my diet, eat fish instead of meat and let's see how that goes. i am also on 1500mg of metformin

But i will do the one week of fruit diet t detox first starting on good friday

Welcome dear!

How often and how long were you exercising for? Strenuous exercise is not conducive for ttc oh. Food once a day? That is not good enough my sister. Your body needs vital nutrients to nourish and keep a pregnancy as well as produce a healthy baby. Eat as much as your body needs. If you will eat very small meals then it has to be more than 3 times a day so your body can get the right nutrients it needs!

@ Twingirls, you will be fine o. If you keep a diary, look and see what you have done differently and vary it. Sometimes, when we eat too little, our body responds by hoarding food which then makes you add weight. Na evolution - have you checked what your basic calorie intake should be daily? You should be hitting the calorie target daily and if exercising, then you should eat more to make sure you are not starving yourself.

So my calorie intake daily should be 1320 (for weight loss) If I expend 300 calories exercising, this means I have to eat 1620 calories for that day because my body needs that just to function - breathing, digestion etc

Hope I'm making sense, this week is being hard on me

Breakfast - very late 11am
1 cup milo, 1 fruit tea, 1 peach, 1 nectarine and 1 apple

Lunch
Nothing so I ate the 2nd half box of chocolates and 1 orange and 1 fruit teas

Dinner
Full plate of veg salad, 1 cup of fruit tea

Snack
2 teaspoons flax seeds

Exercise
1 hour Aqua aerobics, 30 mins walking

Mama Triplets no worry, you gat nowhere to run to hehe

I have been down in my mood most of today and hubby has an interview tomorrow so didn't want to bug him. I ate a load of chocolates and headed of to the swimming pool and burnt them out!

Breakfast
1 cup milo, 2 cups fruit tea, I nectarine and 1 pear

Lunch - 1 fruit tea, 1 orange, 2 ryvita biscuits and 1 apple

Dinner - Leftover quinoa and chicken stew

Snacks - 1 tablespoon flax seed and half a box of chocolates

Exercise - 1 hour walk - to and from work
Aqua aerobics deep water 1 hour

I feel wiped out and I know I shall sleep like a baby tonight!

Onwards and forwards sisters!

@ Blessedmom, twingirls is right oh. Do not skip meals if you feel hungry. You can nibble or snack on healthy foods otherwise your body will go into starvation mode and start hoarding food by converting it to fat and storing them which of course will undermine your good work! When I was starting out, I ate like 5 or 6 times daily so ate like 4-6 fruits in a day topped up with salad and the weight still dropped off. I never ate enough to fill me but enough to stop me feeling very hungry, tired and having headaches.

Breakfast - 1 cup of milo, 1 cup fruit tea, I banana and 1 peach
Lunch - Quinoa, lots of veg, chicken and tripe soup
Dinner - cheesecake (my pudding from lunch)
2 cups water, several cups of tea
Exercise - Cleaned the house from top to bottom and spent the afternoon playing with my friends daughter! Even me tire

Smiler and Amazeballs, it is just a matter of time. That BFP will come. Ehugs to you both!

@Tanidabi, it's IVF and I am hoping that all the BD this month won't waste either !

Where is everybody? We have to keep this place going oh!

Friday
Breakfast - cup of Milo, 1 banana
Lunch - Bacon, chicken and lettuce sandwich
Dinner - Scrambled eggs (2) and 4 slices of plantain
Snacks - 2 scoops ice cream, 10 brazil nuts, 2 jaff cakes (I know! Pigged out )
3 cups of tea and 1 cup water
No exercise

Today
Breakfast - cup of Milo, one banana
Lunch - grilled fish, kale, baby potatoes and dill sauce
Dinner - None (Lunch was heavy!)
Snacks - None
Exercise - 45 mins on in door bike
4 cups of tea and 1 of water.

I'm off to shop for next week!

@ Smiler, you post put joy in heart this afternoon! It will be good news for you tomorrow!
I have had a rollercoaster 2 weeks. One of my students is pregnant and is 17. She is also in foster care and has been since age 3. I have had to attend scans with her cos no one else will and uptil yesterday, she wasn't sure if she would keep then baby. She is 24 weeks so can't terminate now.
Of course, being in a postion of authority over her, I can't even advice unless I wan lose job!
Then went for my appointment and consultant wants me to wait till next cycle before starting again which is mid next month. It seems so far away!
I'm taking the opportunity to eat right and lose another 2kg off my weight.
Remain blessed all and baby dust to us xx

Hi ladies,
Work wan kill me! Phew at least the Easter holidays has started. 2 weeks rest!
Wednesay meal - breakfast hot milo one mug, banana and one apple.
Lunch - didn't have any. Was so busy time just passed
Dinner - Cous cous with left over of Tuesday's meat stew
Snacks - one packet of chocolate
Exercise - none. I even drove to work!

Thursday
Breakfast - Milo one mug and 2 cups of tea
Lunch - fruit salad 2 bowls
Dinner - carrot and tomato soup with bread
Snacks - 2 bites of chocolate
Exercise - 1 hour walk - to and from work
Aqua aerobic - 45 mins
Had my appointment today and BMI is just under 27. Need it to get to 25 before I start down regging in April!
We will get there! Onwards and forwards!!!

Twingirls, underweight never near enter the matter. Last time, I went up 7 kg during treatment and of course I wasn't exercising at all then and I was eating lots of protein to stimulate good egg production. God will help us!

Well done everyone and welcome to the returnees!

My dear twingirls na work stress oh! I'm marking and being moderated at the moment so no time to chop!

Yesterday's meals

Breakfast
I mug hot chocolate and 1 cup of tea plus 2 ryvita and 1 banana
Lunch
2 yooghurts - 125g and 4 teaspoons flax seeds
Dinner - I serving of pasta with pesto, vegetables, diced heart and chorizo
Snacks - One traingle of toblerone and 10 brazil nuts
Drinks - 6 cups of tea and a dash of milk in each 1 sugar
Exercise - 30 minutes walk morning and evening

Hehe twingirls, I will help in any way I can. Yes you can use the indoor bike. It's same thing as cycling outdoors without the fresh air

I am happy to post my food intake and I just downloaded a calorie counter for android to help me not under eat especially while ttc cos our body needs the nutrients!

Yesterday, had 2 cups of tea in the morning.
2 pots of yoghurt for lunch 125g each
Roasted fish and veg for dinner
Was still hungry so had 2 squared off a bar of chocolate

Exercise wise
30 minutes walk in the morning, 15 minutes at lunch time (went shopping) and another 30 minutes walk home. Then went swimming at 9pm for 1 hour.