Haven't been updating as I'm not on the laptop much anymore, tend to use my iPhone while feeding but that's about it.
Good to hear everyone's doing well!
Got a bit of interesting news, as some of you know DH is quite a lot older than me & has 2 adult children & 3 current grandchildren. Well grandchild #4 is ready to pop any minute (she was due Mon & been having pre-labour since Sat). It's going to be interesting having our bubs just weeks apart. As it is we kinda have a love/hate relationship, and throughout my pregnancy there were a lot of problems. But at the moment things seem good. Hoping it will stay that way. Smithy you & I need to have a chat sometime LOL. Anyway just waiting for the phone call to say he/she has arrived & that JD is an uncle LOL
We are good here. JD going great guns, laughing and showing real character, entertaining us every day! And today we had our first full roll over! Time to batten down the hatches
Seem to have settled into a routine & happy to say we're getting 2 x 1.5hr naps daytime & going 5-7hrs at a stretch of a night, gotta be happy with that.
Speaking of which, someone has woken up & is a-hollering, better go!
Happy EOFY and hope you enjoy the rest of your week!
wow BOC, an uncle already! (so, hang on, you're a grandma then...?)
Grub, if you're interested, this thread has a couple of contacts with accurate information on medications when breastfeeding. Most are actually fine, though the manufacturers will slap a not safe when pg or bf label on them anyway.
I know I havent been in here for so longggggg, sorry. My life has been turned upside down since the middle of March and I havent had much of a chance to take a breather. I have missed BellyBelly lots and decided to log on today and see how everyone has been going.
Kelly - We are friends on facebook so I get to see what you are up to which is good Sorry to hear about your cycle. Hopefully things will work out in the next few weeks with the new (old) protocol. Good luck. xx
Murph - You have had such a tough road and I admire all your strength and courage. Thats such good news to hear that Jazzy can get the cochlears. Lets just hope that Medibank do the right thing.
Grub - WOW, your thinking of trying too later this year, how EXCITING!!!!! Ideally my OB wants me to lose 25 kgs before we try for No.2 and DP is sticking to it but I havent done much about it I really want to start trying sooner rather than later especially since I only have the 1 ovary. We arent using anything, just the withdrawal method, so may just get DP drunk one night and forget to pull out, LOL!
So good to see some other girls in here from the pregnancy thread
AFU - well Trent is just more and more gorgeous everyday. I love him SO MUCH. I barely am away from him and if I do have to do something, I only leave him for a short time. He will be 8 months on Sunday, I cant believe how quick it has gone!!!!! He started solids at Easter time which was 6 months. He is in the 95% range for his weight so the MHCN said to hold him off till then. He likes his solids and has liked most food. He didnt like avocado or potato but I did mix the potato with pumpkin and he ate that. I try to give him 3 meals a day but sometimes it doesnt quite work out that way, depends really on what I am doing as Im really busy these days He sleeps through the night and generally sleeps anywhere between 12 - 14 hours.
Since the middle of March we have had DP's 16 year old daughter living with us. When she came to live with us, we'd only met her twice so didnt really know her. DP had a DNA test last year and only met her in February this year at which time she was living with her boyfriends parents. Then they ran away from home and the bf's parents said she cant live with them anymore so we were it. Since then our lives have been turned upside down. She has had a traumatised past. DHS have been involved 13 times since she was very young, she moved around lots and went to 9 different primary schools. Her mum had several partners alot of whom where violent and her mum didnt treat her very well. So basically she has a low self-esteem, no confidence and no discipline which has made it very hard to handle her. The 2nd night she was here she spent in the hospital as she was suicidal and she spent the weekend in a mental health facility so she could be supervised and since then we've had to take her another time to the hospital as she took a bunch of valium tablets. She sees a pyschiatrist on a weekly basis, she is on anti-depressants and anti-psychotic tablets. She has trouble with schooling so we now are trying to get her into a Tafe course starting mid July so she can get a Year 10 equivelant hopefully. I basically run her to school everyday, plus her appointments including GP, dentist and specialist appointments as all of them had been neglected by her mother. And all the while poor Trent gets dragged in and out of the car to and from places. DP and I are constantly fighting about things regarding her and our relationship has suffered greatly. But we cant turn our back on her. Thats what people have done all her life but it is difficult. I have delayed my return to work as I cant see how she'd get to all her appointments etc plus we struggled to get her to school so I physically dropped her at the gate so she'd go. We are now struggling financially and cant buy a house as we are down to 1 wage which has to support 4 of us. The bank has told they'd only loan us $100,000 to buy a house so that dream has flown out the window for the time being. In such a short time we have built a good relationship with her but its been VERY hard. Her traumatic past dictates most of how she acts and her counsellors have said its going to take YEARS to undo. We are trying our best but sometimes I dont think its good enough. We are new parents with a baby let alone a troubled teenager. Trent adores her and she likes Trent which is good and she helps out with him when we ask her. So thats basically whats been happening in my life
I'll try to pop in when I can. I try to jump on facebook regularly to keep that up to date and upload photos of Trent. If you'd like to be friends with me on there, just PM me as I have my profile set to private as Ive had some stalking issues on there in the past but thats ANOTHER story, lol
omgoodness missy tania! what an amazing year you've had. from no kids to 2!
i can imagine the strain it's putting on your relationship and finances but just think, she's 16, you've really only got a couple of years to change the pattern and help change a person's life for good. Just a couple of years and we all know how fast that'll go! specially with little trent to keep you on your toes and fingers crossed another bub as well
but big kudos to you both. what a hard task you have but hopefully the pay off is a well adjusted young lady who becomes a real part of your family. and big hugs to you, i can't even begin to imagine how it would have tunred your world upside down.
as for weight loss. i lost 30kg several years ago (and have kept it off, mostly lol) and can only really encourage you to take the plunge and do it. what it does for your self esteem, your energy, mental health and happiness is amazing. Not only that it really does help in the baby making and with two littlies you'll probably need a pair of runnign shoes anyway lol. I certainly don't want to lecture you or anything and i'm sure you've heard it all before, but just wanted to share what my experience was. I've got weight to lose still from the pregnancy and am certainly going to try but probably not as vigorously as I would if i weren't planning to get preggers again soon.
any news step granny boc! hey that's two grans we have on this forum!!! just shows you how families come in all shapes and sizes - and ages
we are off to FNQ tomorrow and DH let me extend my stay an extra 5 days (he's still coming home on the original date but i'm staying on with the bub) so i'm super excited. been 18 mths since i was home and even then it was for just 4 days! can't wait to show off my beautiful, gorgeous baby boy and for my dad to spend some time with his grandson (he's only seen him once when ash was only a few days old). so i probably won't be on much... nto sure if we are taking the computy with us
Hehehe yes an uncle already. He already has two nieces and a nephew already, whose ages are 11, 3 & 10. I became a step-gran at 25, which was rather surreal but I think we're all used to it now.
Nope no news yet, they were here Monday arvo, she was in some pain. It has continued since then. They went to hospy last night, she was given a stretch & sweep & sent home again & told it should be some time early morning. They popped in on the way home to borrow my spare phone charger and poor girl couldn't get out of the car she was in so much pain. A bit annoyed they sent her home if it was getting close as it's almost an hour's drive to the hospital for them. But I guess that's the health system for you! Haven't heard anything today, but not gonna call, last thing they would want is to be bombarded with phone calls. Just waiting, waiting, waiting. Fingers crossed we hear something soon.
Oh my, what a few days I'm having. Teething, crying baby means dog going psycho (out of worry) & peeing everywhere inside & when outside, jumping against the window trying to get back in which means DH is seriously sh*tty and getting mad at me (yeah, like I can control either of them!) and I am just about losing my mind with the lot of them! I think a nice lunch out & some serious retail therapy is in order this afternoon!
I have a sleeping possum on my (dead) arm and not sure where she is in her sleep cycle so have been reading and can't post much now.
Thanks for all your thoughts and support on Jasmine. I got the final word from Medibank and it wasn't what we wanted or expected - my appeal was unsuccessful. I was bummed for all of 5 seconds before a whole swag of positives jumped into my head and I feel so thankful that she has nothing really wrong with her. I have always said that, but if saying no to us gave a seriously sick baby a better chance, then I can't possibly feel bad. I feel low about putting in so much time and effort, but now I am looking ahead to just waiting out the wating period until November and have set my sights on getting in a visit to the family in NQ for her first birthday and the worst case scenario is ears switched on for Christmas!!!!! I'm still pretty excited and I know how fast time goes. I was never going to be over the moon to hear that she is able to have the surgery this month. It's all still daunting so this gives us more time to just have fun and have a big clear window ahead where we don't have to plan around the surgery. I've already booked my cheap tickets to the Ville. Yaaay! It will be my birthday, Jazzy's bday and my Mum's all in the same week so very exciting for Mum to have us there.
Miss Magpie, I've missed you and read your story with amazement. I guess you have had to lower your expectations a bit and missed out on a bit and it was hard to read what you have been through. I'm really passionate about "growing people". I'm a bit of a mother hen or gardener if you know what I mean and I really salute your efforts of taking a troubled teenager who has been through the wringer and trying to help her to get on her feet and find love in your family. I can't imagine what it's like for you. My brother has taken in a heroine addicted baby that was literally dumped on their doorstep at a few months old and they have been taking care of her and loving her as their own for 6 years now. It is extremely hard on them and their relationship has taklen a battering after so many court battles with the parents wanting to regain custody, but she is in the best place and will hopefully avoid the life your DHs daughter has lived until now. she has all the similar symptoms and behaviours when not managed but she is a wonderful kid. I hope you can all find a way through and stay strong in all your relationships. Huge hugs. xox
Its been awhile......
Sorry to hear about your cycle. Hopefully things will work out in the next few weeks with the new (old) protocol. Good luck. xx
I really want to start trying sooner rather than later especially since I only have the 1 ovary. We arent using anything, just the withdrawal method, so may just get DP drunk one night and forget to pull out, LOL!
Haven't heard anything today, but not gonna call, last thing they would want is to be bombarded with phone calls. Just waiting, waiting, waiting. Fingers crossed we hear something soon.
(yeah, like I can control either of them!) and I am just about losing my mind with the lot of them! 
Hope you can catch a break soon.
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