Younger Couples Chat ~ June 2008

[Early Kids]

hey hey!!

mum2maddieand1, i'm so sorry *hugs* Focus on Maddie and try not to dwell on what could have been. I found it easier to "get over" (i never will, but you know what i mean) my mc when i focussed on brendan.

Welcome Kristale and bjrose! More the merrier!!

Bjrose, congrats on your lil family! I look forward to chatting!!

Kristale, congrats on your daughter

My news.... My best friend gave birth to identical twin boys on sat night. I'm so happy, they are gorgeous. She was 36weeks and 4days, so an excellent gestation for twins... and they were 2.57kg and 2.34kg... so great weights as well! I'm so proud of her Twin 1(smaller one) spent about 36hrs in the SCN with some breathing difficulties, but otherwise both are healthy and they are all doing well

While I was at the hospy, I visited the SCN where Brendan was and it was interesting, for the first time since his birth I didn't feel emotional walking through the doors. yay for me!!

Take care everyone

[~clover~]

Thanx heaps everyone.

Brendansmum - Everyone's having twins. DH's cousin & his DF had identical girls on the same day I had DS. 7 1/2 weeks early. They spent 5 weeks in hospital, just over 1500 gms each, but home now & perfect.
And a close friend had a boy & girl back in January at 37+2. Both 4 pounders. I dunno how they stayed in for so long. She is about a size 6 normally & was fullterm size at 5 months. Porr thing looked like she was about to pop. They are nearly 5 months & trying to crawl.
Both have 3 kids under 2 & both are younger than me. I dunno how some people do it!
Cute as twins are, Glad it's not me!

[mum2maddieand1]

hey girls,
thanks for your lovely regards you all sent to me, amazingly im feeling alot better and focusing on Maddie has helped heaps. so thanks again for all of your support.
Welcome to bjrose and kristale and look forward to talknig to the both of you soon.
well i went to my young mums group today and we had 2 women from ngala talking to us and it was very interesting and great to get some hints on how to deal with those little things that babies do that can frustrate us mums so much.
hope you all had a good day.
Amy x

[Early Kids]

Hello everyone

Cute as twins are, Glad it's not me!

Ditto to that!!

Mummatotwo, welcome!! I think that you are only as old as you feel! Plus these days 26 is still young for babies!! Look forward to chatting!

Emma, i'm sorry for you what you are going through, but look on the bright side, if you do give birth now you have given bubs a really good start in life. Do you know how much bubs weighs? I can't remember are you having a girl?

Sal, happy birthday for next week!

I've been trying really hard to get brendan to give cuddles and blow kisses, but he just isn't interested. We've also been trying to teach him "high fives" but he's not really getting the idea of that either. On a good note, well sort of, he's started to stamp his feet to music, ect... down side being he now does it when he chucks a tantrum too!!
hehe cheeky boy!

How is everyone else?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

hrrrmmmm whatta day!!! it so annoys me when ppl tell other ppl that u said something when u didnt..why do ppl even do that...? *sigh*

anyway..ill get to personals later bubs been kickin heaps latley which is awsome

[Early Kids]

Hollye, Hugs!

Not a great deal happening here. brendan has an apt at the hospital on Monday with the occupational Therapist, my friend is being transfered to the local hospy today as twin 1 isn't gaining any weight. So i'll visit her monday, if she's still there. She was supposed to be discharged on Wednesday .

Anyway have a good weekend!

[Serendypyty]

Hi Sally, hope your friend's babies are doing ok... and good luck with Brendan's appointment on Monday as well...

I had a birthing class today with Luke and while some of it made me feel awkward I do feel a bit better and a bit more in control about how everything actually happens. Most people have a rough idea of what happens when labour starts but not a lot of knowledge, if that makes sense.. so now that I know what happens at each stage and what I can do to help it along, I feel heaps better.. even though after they told us about pain management, they went on to say that if you're induced, it's going to hurt a pantload more YAY for me!

I think that my DH feels a bit better knowing what's going to happen as well and has an idea of how he can help out. I think as long as he has a packet of ice cold Tim Tams in his hand ready for me, he can't do anything wrong

I then went and had another routine CTG and blood pressure check. My blood pressure was surprisingly good today, 130/70, which is the best it has been in weeks. It really surprised me seeing I had been in the hospital late during the week due to high blood pressure...

The doctors have said to me that they aren't overly happy with the baby's growth and can't see much of a change in the past fortnight based on the measurements taken at the ultrasounds... so I am little concerned about that. They have said to me that they are going to let me go for another week and see how it pans out. But I think at this stage I might be having a June baby instead of a July one If they are going to induce me I might ask for the 1st of July

[Kristale]

Emma- I was also told that my baby hadnt grown much in two weeks when I was 36wks and they were pretty concerned because I had Gestational diabetes but when I had a full growth scan it showed her measurements were all average. We were soooo worried she had stopped growing and it all turned out to be fine. I was induced at 38wks due to the GDM and her CTG's were non reactive in the two days before so I was induced 2 days earlier then originally planned.
I was also told about being induced hurting alot more but when you have nothing to compare it to you dont know do you.
I had a good birth experience so dont worry about it too much. My birth story is posted in the birth story forum if that might help to.