Freya - Sorry, that was my fault! LOL. Nothin' better to talk about than my boobs!
And ermmmm, NO! I think it would be amazing. I'm a total sook so I don't think I could leave my kids for 2 weeks, but I'd love to! 2 days is about my limit so far
After my run of bad luck these past few weeks and the amount of naughtiness theyve displayed 2mths sounds better than 2wks
Ryan said flat out no but I told him if I save the money Im going. I'll save my child care tax rebate that I get back quarterly, by the start of next year I should have about $4000 saved, enough for airfare and some fun! Its MY ftb paying childcare so I figure I can do what I want with the rebate.
Hi Ladies!
I had a faint second line today! I am keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't disappear again. I will test again tomorrow and see if it gets a bit darker. It is still 3 days before AF is/was due.
Thanks Anna we think he's pretty spectacular ourselves LOL! Oh, and I think you should save and go on a holiday for sure!
Willow, you made me laugh so much with the talk of your boobs, THANK YOU! I am seriously short on laughs ATM, I think DH is despairing, so thanks
D was weighed last night and has gained 35g, so going well! I think they're checking his SBR again today, hopefully he won't have to go back under lights, and we can take his velcro dots off. I wondered if he looked a little yellow again yesterday, but hopefully it was just the light
Time's up (so soon!!!) must go and express and get organised to go in. DH had to work today!!!!!! So I'm doing it on my own again
Janie Daniel sounds like he's doing so well hun. I'm so pleased for you. Bugger about DH having to work today though. I'll keep my Daniel doesn't need to go back under lights today
Freya How exciting that you're planning a trip away on your own. I have to admit I don't think I could do that either. Not sure I could leave Sage for that long. It broke my heart when DH and I went away for 2 nights without him lol.
Willow OMG on the new bra. A 10 is fantastic Not sure I'd be happy about the GG though. I know DH would be impressed about that part though
I hope L is feeling better today.
Laney WOOHOO on the 2nd line. I hope it stays that way for you and you have a very sticky bub in your tummy
Kelly I've been meaning to reply to you and I've been a little slack. I'm sorry.
I really do hope you managed to catch that little egg before DH went away. It sound very possible that you could have. Make sure you keep us in the loop of what is happening. I hope you are having a wonderful time with your Mum even with all the awful weather you are having atm. Oh and WOOHOO to Luke on his TTing .
Hi to everyone else. I hope you all had a good weekend.
Thanks Mako!! We're having such a wonderful time with Mum here, it's brilliant. But yeah, the weather has been TERRIBLE. I'm still praying for a miracle BFP in the next week or so. Am going to try not to test too early but we'll see. I'm hopeless. As for the TT'ing... it's all taken a turn for the worst.. sooooo frustrating. He was so ready and even did poo on the toilet but now won't have a bar of it.. I was just about to give up and he's started wanting to go again... so confused and so sick of cleaning up wee... LOL.
Freya - I say GO FOR IT!! Sounds like you might need a little break away.
Janie - Fantastic news about Daniel and once again, let me know if I can help you out in any way. I'm even happy to come along for some company if you want... let me know!
Laney - Ohhhhh... sounds good. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Michelle - How are you??? Hope all is going well.
Lisa - Anything happening yet??? Thinking of you!
Hi to everyone I've missed. Hope you're all well.
AFU - Having a great time with Mum here but still can't stop thinking about whether or not we caught that damn egg... I hate being like this. Will probably test in just over a week. Scary. DH and I went out to the movies and dinner last night, was amazing... love having Mum here. As I mentioned above DS's TTing isn't going so well again now.. very frustrating.
Sorry, I need to vent! Poor DS, he is so up and down ATM, he is either being so cute and devine, or an absolute terror. I really feel sorry for him, but I have zero patience for the terror stuff ATM, and when I'm on my own with him and he's being 'naughty' I find myself flipping out at him. Just now I put him in his room because he kept trying to throw the pump on the floor and I left him in there for the last 4 minutes of expressing . I HAD to or I would never had got that last bit of milk. It feels like DH is always effing working, and I'm so over it. I know he can't help it, he's already had so much time off. And he stayed with us the whole week in hospital etc. It's his own business, if he doesn't work we don't eat! But it is soooo hard being at home alone with DS. Everyone keeps telling me to rest and relax etc etc, but when the hell am I supposed to do that???????
Dont you have any family or friends to help Janie? That is a pet peeve of mine when people say that, you kinda think HTF am I supposed to do that!? Instead of talking at me about it how about lending a hand. I wish I was down there to help you!
As for Ds, totally normal behaviour but it doesnt make it any easier to deal with. Such a difficult age in top of a difficult time for you. I think your doing a great job; dont be afraid to cry for help though if you can get it
(FWIW my boys have had numerous times locked in their rooms for a few mins if I needed to do something they were hindering, I think you gotta do what you gotta do. He was safe atleast and you got your expressing finished. It wasnt for hours so dont feel bad!)
Freya, we have so much help it's ridiculous! Seriously, we are so lucky. But I feel like we are pushing our luck as it is, we need someone to look after DS1 5-6 days a week ATM, and it's usually for about 6-8 hours, so no walk in the park. And then I need a lift into the hospital on those days, which takes anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half, depending on traffic. So I feel like we're asking enough as it is, I can't ask people to come and sit with me from whatever time DS1 wakes up in the morning!!!!! I just cannot wait to be able to drive again, only 9 days to go That has been the only real PITA about the caesar, not being able to drive.
Its not like your just being lazy Janie, its a difficult and delicate situation so Im sure everyone would understand that you need more help than a lift to the hospital or a pat on the back! You had a csection for a start; then your expressing frequently; lots of travelling; lots of time spent with D, Im betting you are exhausted. If someone didnt understand your need for 10min to yourself then they arent worth your time, if someone offers take them up on it! I would take N for you if I lived down there on my non Uni days; one more kid makes no difference to me and he would prob have a ball with my boys You deserve a medal for going through this my dear; I would have had a meltdown in the first 5 min.
Janie - I'm glad you have lots of help but it's still hard hun. Very hard! I agree with Freya, I would have lost the plot by now. I remember what it was like having D in special care. If they'd have sent me home without him I'd have lost the plot and the hospital is only 5 mins from us! You are doing an AMAZING job!
Arrrgh, gotta go, sick baby just woke up waaay too early. Poor bubba Off to the drs at 11am.
We're off to the Drs at 2:15 too W. Stellan has a bad cold, Im starting to feel like crap, Ripleys nose is now starting to run. Honestly whats next!? Im going to have to miss another day of Uni tomorrow because Im betting atleast one of the boys wont be cleared for daycare *sigh* Im starting to think I should just pull out while I still can.
Laney - oh so exciting, good luck I will cross my crossables the line gets darker!
Oh sweet Janie big cuddles... I really really really get what you are saying. I had similar with my four at home when I would go home for breaks. Mostly it was DD14 she was nightmarish whilst I was in hospital as all the attention was away from her...
You are going to get through - just do it however it is you can honey. Your son is playing up because it's a big change & Mama is not as available. You know that - but just hear that you are feeling very very normal & behaving very very normally. It's a stressful, anxious & exhausting time.
I remember so well the 2nd hourly over 24 hours pumping... I feel so much for you honey... Remind yourself that this is your gift to your baby - and your other son had this gift too. Now it's this baby's time & that beautiful milk is his way to a healthful beginning. Janie he looks so so so beautiful your baby Daniel! He is so yummy! You grow gorgeous boys!
Thankyou for your text - I am exhausted here - just keeping it together. DD14 is still quite ill & very very time consuming... Lucy still has sutures & her wound has broken down - it was a high possibility due to the depth and nature of the lac but still it's so upsetting for anal me! Not to mention my poor little Lucy who is such a tough little engine. Of all my kids (aside Immy) she's the toughest... *sigh*
I feel wrung out and beached right now... I would love a fairy to land and grant me 3 wishes...
Willow, I am so close to losing the plot. But I just can't, you know. After sending DS to his room again while expressing I asked DH to take tomorrow off, so he's trying to organise that. I hope to god he can, otherwise I might just break down! At the hospital now, that always improves my state of mind
Janie: You are going through such a lot at the moment, tired, emotionally exhausted, recovering physicall from the C-section I think you need to be gentle with yourself. If DS spends a few mins in time out then don't beat yourself up over it. You are doing an amazing job given how much you are trying to do at once. My DS was being a right terd this morning and I lost my temper with him. We are all human, tomorrow is a new day.
Laney: Whoo Hoo honey, a line is a line babe. I hope it continues to get stronger, I'm so happy for you
Michelle: Where for art thou? Miss you babe.
Freya: Man, you're doing it tough babe with all the sickness. Just think, once everyone is better and sleeping the night through again, just having to do uni will be a piece of cake.
Inanna: The universe has to swing back in your favour soon hon. Do you have a diagnosis for DD14? I hope that she makes a full recovery soon. You breed em' tough love.
Willow: 10GG Wow, you put me to shame. Even breastfeeding I'm a C or D at a stretch. One hot Mumma.
Kelly: I've still got my fingers crossed for you babe Glad to hear you are having such a great time with your mum.
Mako: when do you expect the test results from Dr S? I hope it is soon and it is all good news.
Well same same here. I have my MIL visiting on Wed which as some of you know is always an issue for me. Hopefully the kids are enough of a distraction. B is doing great, growing bigger and bigger and such a relaxed little boy. Nothing seems to bother him. O is great, allbeit a bit cheeky but to be expected at this age I guess. I'm sick of being so fat so I'm of to the gym this arvo to have my post baby check so I can get back into it. Scared that I"m going to look like an unco flabby whale but you've got to start somewhere.
Thanks everyone. Deb, I had a similar thing to Ruby when I was 16. I kept coming home from school and going to bed and sleeping for hours on end. And then complaining that I was still tired! I felt pretty awful. Eventually they worked out that I'd recently had GF and that I had a post-viral type thing. I hope your girl is feeling better soon, it's tough. For everybody! Xoxo
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we think he's pretty spectacular ourselves LOL! Oh, and I think you should save and go on a holiday for sure!
Daniel doesn't need to go back under lights today
Not sure I'd be happy about the GG though. I know DH would be impressed about that part though
and I left him in there for the last 4 minutes of expressing
. I HAD to or I would never had got that last bit of milk. It feels like DH is always effing working, and I'm so over it. I know he can't help it, he's already had so much time off. And he stayed with us the whole week in hospital etc. It's his own business, if he doesn't work we don't eat! But it is soooo hard being at home alone with DS. Everyone keeps telling me to rest and relax etc etc, but when the hell am I supposed to do that???????
I'm glad you have lots of help but it's still hard hun. Very hard! I agree with Freya, I would have lost the plot by now. I remember what it was like having D in special care. If they'd have sent me home without him I'd have lost the plot and the hospital is only 5 mins from us! You are doing an AMAZING job!
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