To all you army wives and girlfriends....

LucyluvsPoppy · Jul 13th, 2010, 10:54 AM

I think you are so brave xx
We've jsut found out my BIL is off to Afghanistan 2 weeks after our due date and we are gutted - he wasnt meant to be going until December.
We are really hoping that baby times his/ her appearance so that uncle Josh can meet him/ her otherwise bubs will be 6 months old before he gets a cuddle.
Its bad enough with my BIL going out there, cant imagine what its like to have OH in army xxxx

msmissa · Jul 13th, 2010, 10:56 AM

Big hugs to you and your family. My hubby goes 2 months BEFORE our due date.

Again big big

LucyluvsPoppy · Jul 13th, 2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by msmissa

Big hugs to you and your family. My hubby goes 2 months BEFORE our due date.

Again big big

Oh no

see, thats what I mean - at least Josh has a chance of possibly seeing his niece/ nephew before he goes but im still gutted.
Will your hubby get any leave? x

zoe87 · Jul 13th, 2010, 11:03 AM

big

to you, my brother served in Iraq and I thought about him everyday. My close friend has also just had bad news about her husband out in Afghan Im hoping & praying hes ok

ClaireNicole · Jul 13th, 2010, 11:07 AM

When your an ARMY wife... you just gotta be a trouper I think! I make myself happy by telling my OH I'm gonna break his knee caps if he gets sent over

Hes not scheduled to go till 2011!! We know a lot of people over and that have been over now days though and its not supposed to be as dangerous... and a lot of the people that I know then went over had a blast! So I'm sure your BIL will be fine and you will just have to buy him a webcam and have webcam dates!!! Thats what OH and I do!

debsbaby · Jul 13th, 2010, 11:16 AM

I totally support you all as well considering I have been not only an army wife, but also an army brat (child of military). My father didn't see me until I was 7 months old due to being off in Vietnam, and he wound up doing 3 seperate tours there for just over a year each time.

My ex-husband had to go away to a 3 months school when our youngest was 4 months old. It was tough being 1,200 miles away from family and having 3 children under the age of four. Trips to the grocery store were pretty much a circus!

Unfortunately, my ex-husband's deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 cost us our marriage. He left me while he was over there for a female soldier he met 3 weeks after deploying. She was only 20 (he 40). They wound up marrying. The casualties of these wars go way beyond the human lives lost. So many families are destroyed.

RileysMummy · Jul 13th, 2010, 11:33 AM

Aww hope your babys come in time to meet his/her uncle

My hubbys regiment found out today who is going and what they are doing, hubs is definetely going next summer sometime. Gutted but glad he will be here to see his daughter born. xx

divershona · Jul 13th, 2010, 11:47 AM

i support everyone who is an army wife or girlfriend and all of those who have family and friends away fighting, one of my best mates is over in afghanistan at the minute and i worry about him all the time, luckily he gets back 6 weeks before his daughter is due to be born so he'll get to be there

Eskimobabys · Jul 13th, 2010, 12:05 PM

im a navy wife and my DH is going on deployment 3 or 4months after Emmy's born and he'll miss her 1st birthday

she be a little over a year when he retruns

she wont have any idea who he is

but i guess im lucky he'll get to spend a few months (hopefully) with his baby girl before he leaves!

sammiwry · Jul 13th, 2010, 12:17 PM

My OH is going to the Falklands when our little one will be 4 weeks old

He's managed to escape Afghan again for a while so at least that is something.

To who ever said they know people that went over and had a blast I'd love to know what they actually did out there. My OH has told me bits and pieces of what he saw and did but wouldn't tell me much as he found it at times very distrubing.

Jul 13th, 2010, 10:54 AM	#1
LucyluvsPoppy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essex with OH, cat dog and 2 rabbits plus foster bunnies Posts: 2,687	To all you army wives and girlfriends.... I think you are so brave xx We've jsut found out my BIL is off to Afghanistan 2 weeks after our due date and we are gutted - he wasnt meant to be going until December. We are really hoping that baby times his/ her appearance so that uncle Josh can meet him/ her otherwise bubs will be 6 months old before he gets a cuddle. Its bad enough with my BIL going out there, cant imagine what its like to have OH in army xxxx

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Jul 13th, 2010, 10:56 AM	#2
msmissa Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York (Wherever the Army sends us) Posts: 1,235	Big hugs to you and your family. My hubby goes 2 months BEFORE our due date. Again big big

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Jul 13th, 2010, 11:03 AM	#4
zoe87 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Co Durham, England Posts: 1,819	big to you, my brother served in Iraq and I thought about him everyday. My close friend has also just had bad news about her husband out in Afghan Im hoping & praying hes ok

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Jul 13th, 2010, 11:07 AM	#5
ClaireNicole Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,308	When your an ARMY wife... you just gotta be a trouper I think! I make myself happy by telling my OH I'm gonna break his knee caps if he gets sent over Hes not scheduled to go till 2011!! We know a lot of people over and that have been over now days though and its not supposed to be as dangerous... and a lot of the people that I know then went over had a blast! So I'm sure your BIL will be fine and you will just have to buy him a webcam and have webcam dates!!! Thats what OH and I do!

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Jul 13th, 2010, 11:16 AM	#6
debsbaby Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 719	I totally support you all as well considering I have been not only an army wife, but also an army brat (child of military). My father didn't see me until I was 7 months old due to being off in Vietnam, and he wound up doing 3 seperate tours there for just over a year each time. My ex-husband had to go away to a 3 months school when our youngest was 4 months old. It was tough being 1,200 miles away from family and having 3 children under the age of four. Trips to the grocery store were pretty much a circus! Unfortunately, my ex-husband's deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 cost us our marriage. He left me while he was over there for a female soldier he met 3 weeks after deploying. She was only 20 (he 40). They wound up marrying. The casualties of these wars go way beyond the human lives lost. So many families are destroyed.

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Jul 13th, 2010, 11:33 AM	#7
RileysMummy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 9,682	Aww hope your babys come in time to meet his/her uncle My hubbys regiment found out today who is going and what they are doing, hubs is definetely going next summer sometime. Gutted but glad he will be here to see his daughter born. xx

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Jul 13th, 2010, 11:47 AM	#8
divershona Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: in the jungle of my back garden Posts: 3,860	i support everyone who is an army wife or girlfriend and all of those who have family and friends away fighting, one of my best mates is over in afghanistan at the minute and i worry about him all the time, luckily he gets back 6 weeks before his daughter is due to be born so he'll get to be there

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Jul 13th, 2010, 12:05 PM	#9
Eskimobabys Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 8,139	im a navy wife and my DH is going on deployment 3 or 4months after Emmy's born and he'll miss her 1st birthday she be a little over a year when he retruns she wont have any idea who he is but i guess im lucky he'll get to spend a few months (hopefully) with his baby girl before he leaves!

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Jul 13th, 2010, 12:17 PM	#10
sammiwry Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Surrey <3 Posts: 3,578	My OH is going to the Falklands when our little one will be 4 weeks old He's managed to escape Afghan again for a while so at least that is something. To who ever said they know people that went over and had a blast I'd love to know what they actually did out there. My OH has told me bits and pieces of what he saw and did but wouldn't tell me much as he found it at times very distrubing.

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