M04 - congrats! Welcome to dear sweet Xavier! I am soo so very happy for you. A keeper - how very cute.
Jenna - all good here! God to hear things are ok with you.
Laney - glad things are settling into a routine with Grayson and Brexton.... i am keen for another bubba at home, but often wonder how I would cope..... So you have my admiration.
Jo - it is awesome that you are a NORMAL patient - but I too went through that realisation.
OMG I can't believe I missed your BAs Laney and MO4!!! Huge congrats to you both and I hope you're enjoying your beautiful boys! I'm currently in China (might as well be on Mars hehehe) so haven't been on belly much (only when internet decides to work!!).
So happy for you lovely ladies :)
Hi to everyone else & welcome to the newbies, hope all goes smoothly for you ladies!
PS Great news about your scan Jo!!
B xxx
beata, how are you liking China?
dory, you would be fine with another bub at home. For me, the newborn thing is the easy part now. I have all that stuff figured out. Grayson is the challenge. It is the toddler stuff that is pretty new. It is not easy but I am really thinking about a third!
jo, are you back to work full time this week?
We are finally getting some sleep around here. Brexton is starting to get into a good routine at night. He sleeps for 5 to 6 hours, has a bottle, and goes back to sleep for another 4 to 5 hours! I am keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this great at night.
Hey Laney! China is another world, I can't describe it really. Cam is like a celebrity here (Brad Pitt haha) as they love his blue eyes and blond hair. I am a pretty private person so am finding all this attention a bit hard, it's hard going anywhere as they all want to touch him and poke him. He's not a piece of meat damn it! lol.
I love your pic of Grayson and Brexton, they look so adorable together. I bet you're a pro now with the two munchkins!! Brexton is so adorable hun, I remember Cam that little, it seems like a century ago! lol.
Big hugs xxxxx
Beata - poor Cam and you - being such celebreties and getting so much attention.... where abouts in China are you?
beata, I guess you just have to think of it as an adventure! I would have a hard time with all of the attention as well. I hate it when strangers touch my babies! I am sure it is taking some getting used to. Are you only there for 6 months or is it longer?
Hi Dory and Laney! I'm leaving to go back home next week so we're back home a week before xmas, and then maybe back again in January but I'm trying to get out of it as I really don't like it here. DF will be back in early January for about 8 weeks. I miss him heaps when he's away but I think I'll be happier back home. It's going to be freezing here in January whereas at home it will be a nice hot summer. It's already pretty cold here. Today we went to see the pandas at the Shanghai zoo, it was fun but bloody cold!! Can't wait to be back home and put up my xmas tree :)
Hope your wee ones are giving you plenty of joy! Cam is so cute he's becoming a real little boy instead of a cute little baby!
Big hugs xxxxx
MO4 - congratulations hun, xoxoxox
how is everyone going, i havent beenin here for ages
JLK - hard to believe Tehya is 5 months old already - but then Hannah is 12 weeks tomorrow ( not according to my ticker tho.. not sure what's going on there). All good here. Guess you're too busy to drop in more often?
Beata - that sounds so cute - seeing the Panda's in China. We saw some at the San Diego Zoo when DH was living in the US and I was over visiting. I know what you mean about missing them but being happier at home. Hope you enjoy putting up your tree... we've gotten ours out of the cupboard but it's not up yet.... perhaps this week? I love christmas but have never really enjoyed putting up the tree. Guess I had better get my mojo there as it's something I am looking forward to doing with Hannah. Are you sad that Cam is not so much a little bubba anymore?
Laney - hello to you and your gorgeous boys.
M04 - hope you are managing the sleepless nights.
All good here. Just tired. So taking it easy. Might brave the shops to get a photo with Santa today, or maybe not. I had been hoping to go at 10 ( it's now 11.15 ) but Hannah was asleep but has now woken up.
Hi!
Just wanted to drop in and let you know that I had my final ultrasound yesterday and all went to plan :dance: My cervix is holding strong at 4.1cm and bubs is growing perfectly. So, no more scans needed and we wait to meet the little one now in person...
I have been living a pretty normal life the last couple of weeks, back at work 5 days a fortnight and getting out and about so it was good (and a bit of a surprise) to see that none of that has had an effect on my cervix. What a breeze this pregnancy has been in comparison to last! We dont plan to have any more so its nice to think we might be able to farewell this chapter of our lives with a somewhat "normal" pregnancy :)
Beata, hope you enjoy putting up that tree and the hot weather! Do you guys have a date/month in mind for when you will start trying again once your DF is back for good?
Dory - great to hear things are going well with you and little Hannah. Did you get your santa photo? I dont think we will bother this year; trying to get Kaitlyn to hold still for a photo at the moment is just impossible and she doesn't seem too keen on the man in red either lol.
Laney - hope the good nights of sleep are continuing! Both your boys are just adorable.
Hi to everyone else, hope the week is going well for everyone :)
jo, I was so excited to see that everything went great with your scan! I figured now that things were "easier" this time around you would be thinking about another one after this :) Would you be okay with two girls?
I was thinking 2 would be enough for us but then we found out that we were having another boy. I never really cared if we had boys or girls but after we lost Shelby I wanted another girl. I know that I am very very lucky to have 2 healthy boys. I don't know if I am pushing our luck...
Funny you say that Laney - when I was pg with Kaitlyn I remember saying that I would be really upset if my only son was not here with us and that I would want another boy in the future. But then after Kaitlyn was born that didnt really matter to me anymore and it still doesn't - not sure why & maybe I will feel differently when this bub is born should it turn out to be a girl, but I just feel so blessed and Kaitlyn has brought us sooo much joy that now it doesnt matter to me what sex we have. I don't really see our future with more than 2 living children in it so I really think this is it for us!
Funny story about that - when I was pg with Luke I was getting out of the shower one day (probably about a week or 2 before we lost him) and I suddenly was struck with this thought that we were going to have 3 children. We had only ever discussed having 2 so it was a really strange thought and quite a strong feeling and I remember thinking to myself "thats weird, maybe we will really love being parents or something"... never would have imagined then that it might come true and 1 of our children we would never see grow up :( Weird hey?
jo, I think that maybe there is still a lot that I need to deal with after my losses. I feel very sad and a bit depressed when I am no longer pregnant (even with a healthy bub in my arms). Maybe that is why I am not at peace with the two beautiful boys that I have. There is no guarantee that I will ever have another healthy baby. Even if we have 5 more healthy bubs they might all be boys.
I have always had this feeling that I would have 4 babies.... weird. I hope now that it really will be 5 at some point.
Jo - awesome news about your scan and the ole cervix staying long! ( and closed). Well done! What a relief to be "normal" ... it is a good way to bring this bubba into the world. I did end up going to get photos with the man in red. Hannah was in the christmas dress that Grandma made for her and looked ever so cute. She didn't puke or poo on Santa so it's all good from there. The "grandies" are going to love the pic. I sent it to them yesterday.
I agree - not really worth forcing Kaitlyn into a photo with someone she's not too keen on.
Jo and Laney - I don't know what number of children that I think we'll have. I didn't expect to have 4 and only 1 at home. I do think I would like a sibling at home for Hannah so fx. Laney, I was pretty keen to be pregnant again too, despite how hard it is for me, I would and will do it again. The desire to be pregnant again seems to have lessened just a bit this last week or so, but I missed it so much. But for me it's also the "race to 40", so in a sense there is some self imposed pressure to get through another pregnancy before 40.
Laney - speaking of a lot to deal with, I had a counselling appointment today. I took Hannah who was a delight. I hadn't been since about week 8-10 of my pregnancy with Hannah, so there was lots to talk about. But I must have gone there today with a sense of peace. I used to always have one when I left even if I didn't realise I needed a counselling session, but today, I just came away with some good ideas on how to approach some things. But grief work is never done.....
Beata - did you get snow? did you put up your tree? Do you like bbq pork buns? San chow Bau? ( Not sure of the spelling) I love them at yum cha...
dory, I am happy to read that counselling has been helpful to you. i have never tried it myself...my doctor has given me a phone number to set up a counselling appt. many time. I just never had the courage to go. I might have to look into it again. I feel like I have been coping rather well but some good ideas on how to approach some things sounds helpful.
It is nice to know that I am not the only one who misses being pregnant. I was so uncomfortable and so ready for Brexton to be born by the end...but now I miss it :)
Hello lovely ladies,
wow lots of things have been happening in here, I now have plenty of time to catch up on everyones news. My Dr put me off work because my blood pressure is too high. But bub is ok and travelling along well. I hope you are all well, i better go cook tea now. I'll catch up later.
Laney.... it helps that I found someone I clicked with....
Sam - awesome look at you now 32 weeks! what is your bp? mine is still a little high... 138/75.... dr said might take 6 months to go back to normal after I developed pre eclampsia and hellp right at the end of the preg. good to slow down before bubbs comes anyway....enjoy it.
Hiya all again :) Sorry I don't post here often, I do read along at times though :)
Stupid doctor last week said we were supposed to book in for our next ultrasound for next week... but didn't give us a referral form :doh: Do you think if we called them, they'd let us in anyway? I want to see my baby again before the New Year! Or maybe after my little meltdown the other day, I could just go through the Emergency Department and say I've been having decreased movements? :think: