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oh kelly, i reckon i had the exact same epiphany! when i was getting my care through my IM with DD2 it was like the BIGGEST lightbulb moment: i couldnt believe that i had NO IDEA how amazing and wonderful the support was. i had no idea that it could be so amazing. it makes the birth process so much more special and secure...
21 weeks???!!! YAY!!!!
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21 weeks - your pg is flying by! Just finished watching Rhea on the FOB experts DVD. Sounds like you have an amazing team.
Birthings mag arrived today and our story and photos are there! So exciting!
We have our HB get together on Thurs and I can finally give back the children's books that DD1 lost and I found online.
Also, I found second hand birth pools on Gumtree - for those of you who might be looking for one. If I'd known about that it would've made things easier when we were looking. Although I did well being able to borrow ours.
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Jen I just had a look online and the new magazine is not on there yet, so chuffed that you got your story in there, she will love that when she grows up. I might email them and see if I can buy it that way. I have already read through the ones I ordered plus all my old ones..
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Hey girls. My story got published on a gf's blog called Greg - arious peach. (spaces and dash added for privacy.). There are some extra bits to the story, mostly at the start and end, plus lots of beautiful photos.
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How's DD2 doing now, Bella? I'm off to see your photos especially!
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Shes much better today. Fever completely gone, so I am happy.
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oooohh thanks for the tip Bella...I am off for a looksie!
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Hey ladies! I was just trying to sort out when this baby "should" be coming, and realized it could be in anything from 4 to 10 weeks. Hard to know what to plan for! I have an ultrasound date, and a LMP date, and the baby could come at anything from 37 to 42 weeks by either date. I just washed all the little pink sleepers and hope to get the cradle ready soon.
By the way, has anyone else noticed that they get more Braxton-hicks when reading birth stories? I sure do!
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Photos look lovely, Bella! I wish I'd had my sister at my birth, to do both video and photos. I'm happy to have the ones we did get, but hers would have been better.
Next time, if there ever is one!
Cricket - wow, at least you won't be too focused on a particular date! I was only nervous about baby coming early, I really wanted to get past 40 wks (strange, I know). Knowing how small I cook my babies, I'd like them to stay for as long as possible.
DD2 weighed in at 5.745 kg clothed yesterday, which means she doubled her birth weight in 11 weeks.Admittedly, she was starting from a low base! But she has chubby rolls and elbow dimples - totally kissable!
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Jennifer - you must be feeding that little lady nothing but cream.
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Just saying hi girls. We moved into our new house last Friday. I moved us without hubby and with just one gf for support. My mum played with the baby in between bf's. It was hard work!! Anyway we r in now and whilst a long way from completely unpacked, I am pleased that we can live in the house comfortably now. It is an amazing house and we r so blessed! I will come back and say hello to u all later. Thinking of you girls who are close to due. xx
Sorry all about me this time
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Well done, Bella! Did it make you a little sad to leave your old house after birthing there? Silly qn I know, but we rent and I'm a little disappointed that I didn't birth in our forever house.
How are our May Mummas coming on? Your time is soon!
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Fantastic Ambersky!
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I wasn't sad to leave our old house. It was a lovely home and a lovely birth. But I have it in my heart. BUT I am very sentimental person about houses.
Hello everyone :wave:
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Hi all,
All good here. Am 33weeks now so not long to go, or depends which way you look at it as the end can drag. Bub is head down. And all else is good as far as we know. DD has miraculously started to sleep better over night and if DH gets up to her he can usually settle her so haven't had to feed her overnight for the past few nights.
DH and I got into an argument the other night as he said we won't be cosleeping with this Bubbut he was at my MW appointment yesterday and she said no she's allowed to til at least 4mths! Woohoo I love my MW so that's now given me 4mths which is better than none! Glad DH likes to listen to her!
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Jen: i have wondered that too about leaving our house. i have had to wonder alot recently as it is a 2 bedroom terrace and 3 kids sharing a room could be a pinch as they get older...but i dont want to leave! such a lovely birth (and hopefully another!), so many memories. it is our first bought house, so maybe that is also why i am sentimental.
Em: 33 weeks????!!! wow, it is really coming up noware you starting to get into the zone? i love it when the bigger kids kick into a nice pattern before bub. we had that with DD1 and her TT. it came together in the month or two before and was a relief!
Cricket: and you too! so so close now!!! sending you lots and lots of birth blessings in this final countdown to bringing this wee one earthside
Ambersky: ooohhh it sounds so promising with your IM
AFM: travelling along well here. my homeopathic treatment is holding up so am feeling pretty good morning sickness wise. i havent really thought too much about the birth or anything. still too surreal and being so far from home it is hard to get into that space IYKWIM. i hope that by the time we get back that i am in the right headspace ITMS.
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Lovely ambersky! You must be so excited!
Talking about excited Em it must seem so close to you now!! I love hitting that 30 week mark. It feels real and so close, but not so close that you feel like you have to be completely ready.
Wow Cas!! 9 weeks already! it just goes so fast!
Jen- I am sentimental about the house, but that being said, I LOVE our new house to bits!!! And I have so much video and photos of the house and the space that it is ok for me if that makes sense.
Talking about video's if you girls would like to see mine it is here..... Madeleine’s Birth – a HBAC video | Gregarious Peach
I hope you all swoon, cos I think it is a divine film. I was so blessed that my videographer is very very talented! So if any of you are brissy or surrounds girs, and want a birth video go talk to georgia at her blog. She is lovely and really "gets" birth.
Well it has been another really lopng day here, so I am headed couch side.
xx Bella
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Bella- yay!! I'm dying to watch your video later today when I get a chance. Your birth story is amazing. I was thinking, your birth is more than a VBAC (though that is obviously important), to me it's also about birth after trauma. Then I got thinking- we need an EBAT acronym (empowered birth after trauma). Those are birth stories I'd like to read
We most likely wont move back into our old house. I don't feel too bad about that because I don't want to live there forever so eventually we go huh? Just have to take the precious memories with us. I kind of like that we had a HB there and then we're handing the house over to others. Good energy to leave behind
ETA: Oh. My.God. Bella!!!! You're freaking amazing! I'm all snotty nowI fell in love with your husband too I'm sorry. God I love these men the way they sit there with such calm and smile back after hours of watching their treasured women labour. I'm not sure I'd be as good at it. And your sister is awesome for making such a fantastic video! i have serious envy! The snippets of your daughter and the dogs etc- those were all the bits I would have liked captured too. That was just a magic, magic video and you are one strong, beautiful woman Bella
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