woohoo Mako and Kelly! Fantastic news but I can understand how terrified you must be. Big hugs coming your way. I am praying for a healthy happy bub for you both. Kelly, don't beat yourself up about DS being a terror - you haven't done anything wrong, I think they just know when we are on edge so push us even further!!
Deb - how are you going?
Lee - I loved reading your post just now. It is great to hear you sounding so happy and so in love with your gorgeous little man. I saw your pics of your fam on fb - beautiful! And hehe on the dog eating the poo - yuck!!
Janie - how are things going?
Lisa - come on bub!!
bek - wow, what a clever little girl!! That's a lot to learn in a week, she must have been busy working it all out!
Hi to everyone else.
We are still going well. DD has finally started sleeping through most nights and it is amazing!! DS still only needs two night feeds which isn't too bad and he settles really well after the first feed, just not the second. I actually feel fairly well rested for a mum of a newborn
Lee - OMG....I would literally have PUKED if I'd seen that!!! I take it the MIL is a good cook??
Kelly - Quietly very excited for you over here and ready to hold another hand! We all know how awful this time is and I pray that it passes quickly and uneventfully for you.
Lisa - What's doing girlfriend?? Any action??
Bun - Thrilled to hear DD is sleeping through - well done!!!! Sooooo exciting when it finally happens. Can't wait for it to happen here again. The night waking is starting to take it's toll here. He usually only wakes me twice a night but last night was 3 times and I'm starting to get tired. I had such hopes for this kid, thought he'd be the one to sleep through 'early' but apparently not
Bek - Wow, sounds like Eva's been a busy little bee!! How good is it when you get an explanation for the lack of sleep? Kinda restores your faith a bit. Can I ask how she's going overnight these days? Guess I'm just wondering if I'm doing the right thing here and if there's hope in sight. Do you feed her to sleep if she wakes at night? I know D is only 7 months and I am happy for him to feed overnight but I'd realllllly like to cut it down to one feed if I can.
Not much happening here - had a mummy meltdown day yesterday. A short list of my misadventures - Slept in and was running late for school run, sat on the lounge to put my shoes on as we're running out the door and sat on a sippy cup of water, popped the lid off and covered myself in water so had to get changed with minutes to spare, left my phone on top of the car and drove down my street before I heard the 'clunk' and remembered, had to retrieve said phone (in 3 pieces) from the middle of the road while the kids yelled at me from the car, got to school and double pram wouldn't unfold so had to put baby in ergo, toddler on foot (NEVER good) forgot to book the boys into the creche at the gym so had to go later than planned which meant waking D from his sleep. The boys slept at the same time after lunch so the afternoon passed without incident until I put the boys in the car to go to school and D did a number 3 - all over himself, the car seat and ME....it was 3pm and I had to run back inside, change us both, clean the carseat and get to school I was late and DD was none too impressed Then we're getting in the car to go home and she starts screaming at me that she needs to go to the toilet NOW or she will wee in the car... thankfully my friend was there and she just lives on that street and offered the use of her toilet. The day ended with DH at training and both boys crying in bed for me at the same time
Today's gotta be better, right??!!
Last edited by Willow; March 16th, 2010 at 06:34 PM.
Willow - Wow.. that's one hell of a day you had. Hugs. Surely today has to be a whole lot better.
Lee - I'm so glad you've got your MIL there, it will make a massive difference. LOL at your post, strangely, it cheered me up!
Bun - Woo Hoo.. sounds like things are going really well!!
Lisa - C'mon little one, time to make an entrance!!
Mako - Yeah, I started taking the asprin straight away and am waiting to hear back from my OB as to when I need to see her. I'm really trying very hard to live in the land of De-Nile.. but it's hard... Michelle... I need your help!!!
Bek - Well done Eva.. what a cleaver little girl!!
Sorry, don't have the energy for any more personals. I'm really tired already and don't feel so good. I think it's just the nerves, worry and dealing with Mum going. There were more tears this morning, I miss her terribly and keep wondering what we're doing living over there. It's getting to me again. Just when I thought I'd settled in really well and was dealing with it all, I now feel like I'm back at square one and maybe not dealing with the move as well as I thought. Being pg again doesn't help though. I'm all over the damn place.
Oh Willow, I know the feeling when your day goes crap from word go. I reckon you handled it beautifully! I hope you got a good nights sleep and today is going better!
Kelly, I definitely think you need to come and visit us tomorrow . If you don't mind seeing my boobs hanging out LOL you're welcome to come anytime between 11.30am and 5! Hi everyone else, sorry i'm not around, been flat out. D is going SO well, we're trying him on all suck feeds today! He's so beautiful cannot wait to get him home. 3 weeks tomorrow!
Mako: they are great numbers babe. I hope and pray the scan next week puts your mind at ease.
Kelly: I think it is totally normal to be all over the place given all you 've been through. I hope you start to feel better soon and sending
Bun: great to hear DD is sleeping through again. DS is still feeding during the night also.
lee: ha gotta love a good poo story. Glad to hear your MIL is there, hope she starts cooking delicious meals soon.
Willow: what a day babe!!! Hope today is better.
Janie: WOW!!! Your little man is on full suck feeds is amazing! What a clever little lad and Super mummy.
Bek: your little girl has been super busy by the sound of it. As Willow said it's nice when there is a reason for the sleep interruption.
Well I'm a little annoyed. My usual GP ( who is also a lactation consultant) was booked out today so went to see one of the male Drs. Ben seems to have a bit of an upset tummy so just wanted it checked. He proceeded to tell me that feeding a baby any more often then 4 hourly is 'unusual' ( his exact words) and that becuase I'm demand feeding I've given him the runs'. WTF!!!! I put him in his place and said that advice was wrong and antiquated. He didn't listen to me. I just thought if I was a first time mum that would really worry me that my baby was 'unusual' and that I was giving him an upset belly. Utter crap!!! I'm going to tell my usual GP who owns the surgery and make sure he isn't passing out that rubbish advice to anyone else. Get with it drongo.
DS also has decided to totally reject me and only wants Dad ATM. He has told me ' I no love you Mummy' which I know he doesn't understand but it cuts. I have no idea where he has heard it but I'm trying to ignore it and not get to me. He had a bad dream last night and I went in and he screamed for Daddy. He has never ever done that before. Poor little Mum is on the outer for the moment.
Just a quick post, because I'm sick and feeling blah today I've got this horrible cold thing, so got even less sleep than normal - I could only get to sleep on the lounge so that meant I was up and down to E whenever she woke for a feed, which as usual was every couple of hours. Oh well....cr@p happens I guess.
Kelly - Congrats on the BFP hun! Sending you heaps and heaps of sticky vibes
Spring - OMG what an idiot!! Good on you for telling your usual GP, that is scary that a dr is giving out such outdated info.
Janie - Yay, go little man!
Willow - Oh dear what a day Hope today is heaps better.
BekZ - Wow what a girl. I think E is going to be the same, she wants so much to crawl ATM but can only manage to go backwards LOL
NOt birthing bub ladies, making fish for dinner But things are definately feeling tighter and lower down there after todays uphill walk backwards!! It was a good hour or so and more of the same tomorrow with some reflexology!!
Kelly - im jumping up and down inside, and praying like mad that this is going to be Luke's earthside sibling
Spring OMG I can't believe the way that Dr treated you yesterday. Good on you for standing up to him though My heart goes out to you on what DS1 has started to say. I'm sure he doesn't mean it though
Kelly hun. You are going through so much atm. How are you feeling today?
Megsmum I hope you're feeling better soon. You guys sure have had more than your fair share of sickness lately
Willow OMG I can't believe your day got worse. I hope yesterday and today have been much better. How is D going with his sleep?
Lisa Last night must have been the night for fish. We had fish for dinner too More L.V's for you. How is Miss A doing?
Janie Well done to D for being on all suck feeds.He sounds like he's doing so well hun.
Loula Thank you for you kind words.
Things aren't too bad here atm although DS and I am sick with stupid colds and sore throats and DS has an awful cough. MS is consistent of an afternoon and night too as is the all day exhaustion.
Hi to you all and thank you to everyone for all your support and kind words lately. It really means so much to me
Sneaking in very quickly while at work....... (busted), for some LISA updates.......
KEL _ Stress less my friend - the more uptight you get with Luke, the more your stress levels escalate & that is NOT good for you, Luke or little bubs. I know it's hard - but please think of yourself a bit. Take Luke down to the park & let him burn off some duracells or something & then sit down & do some puzzles or something with him - just to shift the focus.
JANIE _ you're going to have a chubba bubba soon - love it!
WILLOW _ Sorry, am PMSL at the number 3. Gotta admit his timing is priceless!
Well, I have to say I'm feeling a little more relaxed today.. it helped having Luke in daycare (LOL).. have had a really great day that included some lovely cuddles with Janie's adorable little Daniel!!! He's so gorgeous and still sooooo tiny but doing incredibly well. Janie looks absolutely amazing too and it was so precious to see her cuddling her little man. It was such a pleasure to give her some company today... I really needed it. The rest of my day included lots of lying on the couch watching TV, something I never really get the chance to do during the day, and I'm not feeling guilty about it either!!!!
Mako - Hope the nasty bugs are gone soon. How are you going?? I'm trying so hard to keep living in that wonderful place of De-Nile but I'm not very good at it!!!
Jayne - Naughty girl logging on during work!! Thanks for your advice though.. I really need to do exactly that and calm down a little!!! I've been shocking!
Lisa - C'mon little bub!!
Loula - Thanks so much.. I've been wondering how you're going.. glad to see things are still ticking along for you! Hope all is well.
Megsmum - Hope you're feeling a bit better today!
Spring - I've had many a day that Luke's said similar things to me and only wants Daddy and although you know they don't mean it.. it still hurts! Little buggers!!
Willow - Hope you've had a better day!
Janie - Thank you so much for letting me come in to visit you guys... and for the lovely cuddle with Daniel. I'm so impressed with the way you're coping with everything and I'm so impressed with your little man.. he's amazing!!
Well.. as I said, I'm doing a bit better today and am going to try to relax a bit more. I've got my first scan booked in... two weeks today. Just hope that somehow it goes really fast!
Willow - Re night feeds. Eva is still feeding up to 3 times per night and she rarely sleeps longer than 4 hours. Recently I've had a few people comment that she "should" be going longer and I've been wondering if I should be trying to re-settle her instead of offering a feed. I am exhausted atm because I haven't had decent sleep for donkeys
Oh Bek - no wonder you sooo exhausted hun. DD was waking only once at around 5am for a feed at around Eva's age, maybe you should try re settling to see if that will work.
Sorry for lack of personals right now, just too tired and busy at home. No movement at the station ladies, everything seems to have stopped and bubby is fairly quiet so Im hoping he/she is just gathering some energy before d day. Went for a walk last night and going again for a bigger one today in the hope of speeding things along.
Off to make a chocolate cake for later, PMSL its not even 9am!!
Re: Parenting after Miscarriage or Loss ~ February/March 2010
Mmmmm - chocolate cake LOL Sounds wonderful. More acupuncture if you can get it. And as weird as it sounds, make peace with the path your baby has chosen. Be happy they will come when they are ready and in the manner they choose. You have done everything you can to prepare for this birth. Now is the time to trust in your little one and give them the control. It wasn't until a chat with Deb and resigning myself to following the path of the baby that Lily made her grand entrance. I had to let go and in doing so released the tension and stress that was making her think twice about arriving.
BBL girls. Feeling ok today. Omar has been more active and mummy is slightly less stressed. At the beauticians too for a pedicure which is always good for the soul!!
Quietly very excited for you over here and ready to hold another hand! We all know how awful this time is and I pray that it passes quickly and uneventfully for you. 
I was late and DD was none too impressed 
. If you don't mind seeing my boobs hanging out LOL you're welcome to come anytime between 11.30am and 5! Hi everyone else, sorry i'm not around, been flat out. D is going SO well, we're trying him on all suck feeds today! He's so beautiful 
I've got this horrible cold thing, so got even less sleep than normal - I could only get to sleep on the lounge so that meant I was up and down to E whenever she woke for a feed, which as usual was every couple of hours. Oh well....cr@p happens I guess.
what an idiot!! Good on you for telling your usual GP, that is scary that a dr is giving out such outdated info.
My heart goes out to you on what DS1 has started to say. I'm sure he doesn't mean it though 
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