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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 18:47
Hi DC- I've been away so don't know if this reply is too late but I found www.ivf-infertility.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=2 totally invaluable. And still do. Wishing your friend luck.
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Latest post on 15 May 2011 - 12:23
Am sorry to hear that BA, how heart breaking. I don't know if it helps but I am 6 weeks pregnant- and that was my third time with Dr. F. Maybe 3rd time lucky...
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Latest post on 14 May 2011 - 20:41
Just seen this so don't know if I'm too late but.... Dr Christian Josza at Healthbay Polyclinic on Al Wasl (my regular gynae) discovered previously undiagnosed endometriosis and then did my laparoscopy surgery. Would recommend him. Good luck.
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Latest post on 13 May 2011 - 21:53
YellowJellyBean- You have mail. DubaiCat & YellowJellyBean- Feet up ladies and get those husbands pampering you and generally earning their keep. All the best.
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Latest post on 13 May 2011 - 16:10
YellowJellyBean- if you post your email I'll send you a short article I saw on this earlier this week and sent to one of the other girls on here. I know she found it reassuring.
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Latest post on 13 May 2011 - 14:27
Oh YellowJellyBean- how frightening for you. I don't have any advice, having not experienced this, but would say that you do hear a lot of people bleeding in perfectly healthy pregnancies and everything works out just fine. Sending you lots of baby dust...
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Latest post on 12 May 2011 - 17:55
Gosh, congratulations to YellowJellyBean, Kylie and Enigma too :)
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Latest post on 12 May 2011 - 14:08
Lovely news, congratulations :) I have my first ultra sound on Sunday (will be 6 weeks) so am hoping to see a bean!
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 22:05
have i gone into your spam folder perhaps (have tried checking the spelling)?
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 15:46
I know that Emirates allow it in the hold on certain routes.
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 15:45
You have mail...
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 10:46
Not sure but would try Craftland in Jumeriah Town Centre and also the 2 or 3 shops in Satwa that do all the haberdashery stuff.
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 10:42
No problem. If you put on your email address I'll send you the article so you can see it in black & white for yourself.
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 09:29
My trick with aggressive drivers up my a$$ is to squirt my windscreen water. When they're ridiculously close they get it too which tends to annoy them and make them drop back ;)
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 09:26
Can totally relate! I am 40 in September and my DH is 35 today. I have put on a stone since starting 3 rounds of IVF on 3 January this year and very few of my clothes fit. You are not alone!! On the upside I had my hair done the other day (grey roots now covered again) and that made me feel a lot better (though still feel rank)- so maybe try something little.
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Latest post on 11 May 2011 - 09:23
Morning. Was just reading a pregnancy magazine (ridiculously early at 5 weeks 4 days I know (especially with my history) but couldn't help myself) and saw a bit about bleeding.... An obstetrician says "it's often seen in healthy pregnancies. [At your stage'> its the developing placenta attaching to the uterus and releasing some maternal blood in the process. At 12 weeks the placenta is not invading so aggressively and bleeding is more commonly associated with just a small area that has separated from the uterine wall. The placenta is more than big enough to provide plenty of nourishment and a small area of separation usually does not enlarge and has no impact on your baby's growth or development." Am sure you'll know all this but just made me think of you and thought it was reassuring. Hope you're doing OK today. x
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 20:57
I am very sorry to hear that you may need one and hope that things work out for you. I had one last year and was covered under SAICO insurance. I had it at that funny hospital on the outskirts of Satwa (on the same road as Rydges Plaza or whatever that hotel is called) with Dr Koster from Dubai Polyclinic and have no complaints. All the best.
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 20:54
I can only imagine how frustrating that must be for you. Rubbish. I have been with Dr. Fakih for 3 cycles and have to say they always call when they say they will and I have never had a problem getting an appointment. Good luck.
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 20:29
Yep, City Hospital. And I'm 12 weeks pregnant, but I had a bleed the other day and it seems the placenta has come away a little bit on the edge, so I'm back on the Cyclogest to try and keep things stable. Fingers crossed! Fingers definitely crossed for you. You do hear of so many people bleeding and things work out just tickety boo. Stressful for you though! All the very best.
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 17:50
The good news: I was just at City and they have Cyclogest. The bad news: I am now back on it! Does the bad news mean congratulations are in order?? Is that City Hospital you mean?
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 12:58
I read (and tried) little baby powder in your hair, comb it through. Looks like has just been washed. Don't know why this has been suggested in stead of dry shampoo, now that read about that... :) Dry shampoo contains talcum powder. The advantage is because it is an aerosol it comes out a lot finer and so is less likely to show than just straight talc. The Boots Expert Dry Shampoo is my current favourite and cheap as chips. :)
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 12:30
I am prone to it also but no worse than usual at the moment. I am a big fan of disguising it with dry shampoo. Have you tried it?
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 11:29
Haven't been in a while but the few times we went, we just arrived so no tickets necessary. Quite nice to get there early though so you can have your choice of beanbags and get drinks and snacks etc. I'd also check as they don't run it through the Summer months so you'll have to see if it's still on. If I remember correctly, they have a FB page. Enjoy if you get there. That's really helpful, thanks Clair. They are running it till the end of this month. What made me think tickets were required is that Dubai92 were giving away tickets the other day. But I think your information is still correct as I have not seen reference to tickets on all my searching. Thanks again. It's one of the things I have been meaning to do and as we leave in 2 months I'd better get on with it.
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Latest post on 10 May 2011 - 08:38
Hey BA Do you mean that your HCG was 27 at 11 dpo (days past egg retirvieal)? If so, it soulds like that little bean is rocking ;) So, here's hoping that Thursday's result is c. 81. Thanks for asking after me... today I am 5 weeks 3 days!! I have another progesterone intra-muscular at Dr F's today (as had a single tiny spot of red blood on Friday night) and then another beat test tomorrow. Saturday's beta showed the required doubling so am praying tomorrow's will do likewise. This is cycle 3 for me... am really hoping 3rd time lucky! All the best, x
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 20:19
Here, every contract I've ever signed has been for a fixed period of a year. I wonder where this came from? Because it was a landlord's market here so they were able to insist on landlord biased contracts (and not just as to the term- as we all know). One would hope that the balance would change with the oversupply but I'm not holding my breath. So, unless the OP's friend has a break clause her best bet is to try and negotiate with the landlord as to early termination or getting someone else to take over the lease. Anyway, that's me property-ed out for today!
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 19:58
pls explain your fixed term contract.. Fixed term means that there is a period of time where you can’t move out without breaking the lease and paying the costs associated with it. In most cases people sign such contract for a year- such as the case we are discussing. Periodic tenancy (or rolling tenancy) means you are renting on month-to-month (or week to week etc) basis. I hope that helps as there is a clear legal distinction and pros and cons to each type of tenancy.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 19:49
I think it's a little bit unique here in that rental contracts are typically for a period of one year. At home in the UK, my parents have tenants in a house who don't have a fixed term contract but just have to give two months' notice to leave. Is that fairly standard elsewhere? This is exactly what I am referring to.... Aha. Difference is they are not fixed term contracts.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 19:45
I think it's a little bit unique here in that rental contracts are typically for a period of one year. At home in the UK, my parents have tenants in a house who don't have a fixed term contract but just have to give two months' notice to leave. Is that fairly standard elsewhere? That's not uncommon in the UK, often after an initial fixed term has expired people go on to such rolling tenancies (I have the same there). But here we are talking about fixed term contracts which, of course, have less flexibility.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 19:22
Really? I thought there was a rule by RERA that if you give 2/3 months notice, there would be no penalty. Friend pays in 4 cheques, so she only paid up to August now. But, if she gives notice now and wants to move out in August, would she have to pay 2 months of extra rent? Would be nice but RERA do not even have jurisdiction over landlord and tenant matters... If you think about it such a rule would make lease agreements entirely unworkable from a landlord/investor perspective as they need certainty as to their income stream. well it works perfectly well in other parts of the world..... "certainty as to their income stream" ...come on.! :\: I am not aware of parts of the world where tenants can end fixed term contracts before the end of the term by serving notice. I have, however, only worked in 2 jurisdictions so maybe it does work elsewhere- would be interested to know. In my experience in the 2 jurisdictions I have worked, a tenant can only end a lease early if they have a break clause allowing them to do so or they negotiate with the landlord accordingly. Or, of course, if the landlord is in significant breach of the contract. <em>edited by dubai71 on 09/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 19:13
@Chocs01- The Rent Committee (part of Dubai Municiplaity) hasd exclusive jurisdiction with regard to landlord and tenant [u'>disputes[/u'>. RERA does, however, have involvement in service charge issues. I am only trying to help so no need to be so inflammable. @DubaiCat- Quite right.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 17:30
Do you have any recommendation for an'' affordable'' lawyer? I would be interested to have your mail also. my mail fjimran at gmail dot com Cooly- I would suggest that for your purposes a local law firm would serve you better than an international firm. I do not propose recommending lawyers/firms but suggest that a search on the internet will reveal the key players. As for "affordable", you'll have to discuss that with the various firms but legal advice is, of course, not cheap- we study and train for years so necessarily the costs are passed on. Also if you pay for monkeys, you get monkeys. For personal reasons I do not want to get involved in your, or anyone else's, case on this board in detail. I was only trying to give a couple of pointers in my free time. I hope you understand and good luck again.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 16:59
Really? I thought there was a rule by RERA that if you give 2/3 months notice, there would be no penalty. Friend pays in 4 cheques, so she only paid up to August now. But, if she gives notice now and wants to move out in August, would she have to pay 2 months of extra rent? Would be nice but RERA do not even have jurisdiction over landlord and tenant matters... If you think about it such a rule would make lease agreements entirely unworkable from a landlord/investor perspective as they need certainty as to their income stream.
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 16:56
'> Chocs01- I did not mean to offend/ get your back up. Your reference to earthquakes etc led me to believe you were talking about the accepted doctrine of force majeure in more advanced legal jurisdictions. I am a real estate lawyer out here so have advised on many such cases and was just trying to help. Anyway as I said, good luck with it. Dubai71, I'd like to contact you as we need a real estate lawyer. Can you please email me arancher at hotmail dot com dot uk Thanks You have mail...
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 16:43
Bump...
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Latest post on 09 May 2011 - 00:09
Thanks BrownEyedGirl. I had seen that but am still unclear if you need tickets. If it's free you'd think not but Dubai92 were giving away tickets today implying that you do. Sorry if I'm being silly.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 23:26
If the landlord pursued this they would have to do so via the Rent Committee and frankly their judgements are anybody's guess. So the safest route is decide before verbally committing to anything.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 23:22
Evening all ladies! Would anybody be able to assist me with this: if I agree to renew my tenancy contract verbally for another year (haven't signed anything as it's not up until July), but I then find somewhere else to live, can I move? Or am I tied to the first place by a verbal agreement? I haven't agreed to anything yet but can't decide whether to give my two months notice and stay here, or move somewhere else. If the landlord pursued this they would have to do so via the Rent Committee and frankly their judgements are anybody's guess. So the safest route is decide before verbally committing to anything. In terms of two months' notice, is that what is agreed in the contract? Because the law provides that a lease shall automatically renew unless terminated by either party by serving notice at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term (unless agreed otherwise). So, 90 days notice is required unless your contract says otherwise.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 22:39
I checked the Screampoint reports on RERA and the latest says 23% complete. If I remember rightly, the last one done before that said 21% complete. So, technically, I guess they can't say no work has been done! :\: Thinking about it, I wonder if they do that so they don't have to cancel the project and go through all the fuss of refunding/not refunding/admitting they've spent the cash? I know Screampoint are supposed to be independent but I don't think that word means much here. Lots of developers are doing the bare minimum to prevent cancellation... Nay a happy situation.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 22:19
to Dubai71: could you please advise me the steps to terminate our contract. we have signed a tripartite agreement with a clause stating that after the grace period, the present agreement will become null and void but the bank does not want to take any action as they already paid 25% and we paid 15%. again we are ready to loose our 15% down payment, we only to have this contract terminated as the developper is in breach with it. thanks. Cooly- There is no way I (or anyone else) could advise on the basis of some extracts from a contract. One would need to read the whole contract, any correspondence between the parties and the related banking documentation. If I were you I would go to a lawyer for a preliminary consultation (giving them your papers in advance). It will, of course, cost you but if you think you have an exercisable termination provision it might be worth it. Call around some of the local firms to arrange. Also as I said before, it's worth a trip to RERA. Good luck. <em>edited by dubai71 on 08/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 21:55
dubai71, how do you know which legal system I was referring to? I have gone through all these issues HERE in Dubai! Our arbitrator told us flat out, that the courts here will not accept FM as an excuse anymore. Of course it all depends on the wording of your contract, my lawyer said she's never seen anything quite like my contract and although anywhere else I would have a water tight case to terminate - the bank also said this - the sheer cost of bringing a case, plus it takes around 9 months to get anything through arbitration and then to the final court, it wasn't/isn't worth it. Chocs01- I did not mean to offend/ get your back up. Your reference to earthquakes etc led me to believe you were talking about the accepted doctrine of force majeure in more advanced legal jurisdictions. I am a real estate lawyer out here so have advised on many such cases and was just trying to help. Anyway as I said, good luck with it.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 21:36
DubaiCat- Have you checked the RERA site to see what stage they consider development to be at? This is the link: www.rpdubai.ae/rpdubai/home/projects.do?lang=0 Please note that it is not correct that investors cannot terminate. Rather it depends on the wording of the contract and some, albeit very few, Dubai contracts do have exercisable investor termination provisions. It is also incorrect that developers cannot rely on 'force majeure' provisions. Again it depends on the contract wording and sadly force majeure is often so widely contractually defined (unlike the legal doctrine utilised in more advanced legal systems to which Chocs01 refers) that developers can avail of it. Good luck to you all.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 21:03
Depends on the contract wording. However, most contracts here do not have a break clause so the fallback position is that the tenant is liable for rent for the duration of the contractual term. Accordingly the best bet (subject to contract wording) is to seek to negotiate with the landlord....
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 21:00
I agree with the others. Only other thing I can suggest is to go visit RERA with all the paperwork and see if you can get any help there. I wouldn't hold your breath though. <em>edited by dubai71 on 08/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 11:12
Thanks Dubaicat- think I'm Ok at the moment but will bear you in mind in case the situation continues. In case anyone else is stuck, MoE pharmacies are all out but the pharmacy at Mecarto has 15 boxes left. Thanks again to everyone for their replies and much luck to the ladies like me on Cyclogest or something similar.
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Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 10:47
thanks ladies, will try your suggestions
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Latest post on 07 May 2011 - 12:15
Thanks v v much lemondrops :) You have mail.
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Latest post on 07 May 2011 - 09:34
Morning I cannot find Cyclogest in any of the Dubai pharmacies I have tried. Does anyone know where there is some available or have some left over that they do not need?? MTIA
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 19:25
aha, another dr fakih patient ;) is this your 1st time? 5= pregnant. it's a low start but it's extremely early days and it's not the start number so much as the rise that's important. so now you just have to keep praying that the numbers rise as they should. at 6dp 3dt mine was only 3.4 and i was convinced it hadn't worked again but now i'm 4 weeks 4 days pregnant and on tuesday my beta was 93 :) so, i am likewise hoping mine continue to rise as they should good luck to you. the 2ww is grim- there is no polite way of dressing it up. hang in there. hope that this is the lucky time for both of us. x
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 11:06
That has relieved me a little as I know morning sickness is supposed to be a good thing but I haven't got it yet so was getting concerned. But I am only 4 and a half weeks. Just anxious as 3rd IVF cycle (2 BFNs) and a miscarriage before that. Praying that this time is our time ;)
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Latest post on 04 May 2011 - 15:49
DH keeps telling me I look more like I have gained weight than lost any. Your DH sounds delightful. :\: I agree with DesertRain (well done on the wight loss by the way DR!), it's not necessarily how much you eat or indeed whether you go to the gym, it's what you eat and what exercises you are doing. If you're not noticing a difference some diet/exercise expertise should be called upon as DR and Fit Sweet suggest. Think of it as an investment...
 
 
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