lol saph strikes again! are you getting a complex yet love?
gotta love kids' priorities - private school for the cool playground haha.
oh murph you've done a lot of relocating over the past couple of years, so it's going to be tough. the best thing about us moving about is how close dh and I are as a couple cos we have only got each other... well know we have the two little souls witth us too.
ash is nearly 19 months but yeah, am loving him at this age... but i find i've got to be super strict and tough or he just walks all over me!
Well if you haven't heard yet, I indeed finally popped. and it was a biggin! lol Imogen Grace arrived on July 1 and was 4.6kg.. that's 10 pound 3 and 51cm I managed to get her out without a tear or even a graze (and yes dh was making all sorts of crass comments post birth, men!). The birth centre was fantastic and i did most of the pushing part in the bathtub just needed a bit of gravity at the side of the bath to get her shoulders out.
We just can't believe we've got our little girl. it was such an amazing moment to look down and see that little fanny lol. I truly feel so very blessed to have been allowed to mother these two wonderful little souls.
oh and Ashton climbed out of his cot 3 days after immy's arrival... he's currently asleep under his "toddler bed" (the cot with the side removed). and we can't reach him to put him in bed so he's staying there!!! hahahaha. mean parents.
Well I'll strike while the iron is hot. Day 2 of glorious sleep-in. Not that she is an early waker, she just wakes up properly 11.5 - 12 hours from when she goes to sleep and there's no complaints, it' s just that it's full-on from there.
Grub that's priceless! Jazz has the cot with no side too but she can't get under it as I have a swag there for her to fall on. She has however taken to curling up anywhere she decides lately for a power nap, which includes moving the pots aside and closing the kitchen cupboards, or lying on the bottom wire racks of the baker's stand that also serves as her favourite seat. They are pretty cute little souls, mastering so much.
Wow! No wonder Immy has so much of that lovely fat you wanted. What a healthy little chubba That's exactly twice Jazzy's birthweight so you can imagine she had no fat whatsoever, hence rugging her up against the Daintree summer! Your body is definitely not letting you down in the birthing stakes, that's a great story. How good is a bath hey?
Before she wakes, I'll update you on the ears. It's been a long time so you might expect, like most people, to be blown away, but it's been a long hard road to here and we are really only just getting good evidence of what Jasmine is understanding and able to repeat in these last few amazing weeks. I think that beyond any doubt, she hears and understands every single thing that we say now and that's just beyond anythng we could have imagined. she has been "slow", for want of a better word, to actually use her voice and show us what she can say and that has been concerning to all sorts of therapists and specialists in NSW and added to my sense of doubt in my own abilities. However, as Mums just know these things, I know she takes in everything and is processing it all. Her Dad didn't speak until he was 3 years old and his first word was a sentence, (complete with giving his Mum the forks and spelling out his words!!), so I allow some room for individuality and I know that she has never been one to vocalise or even cry compared to other deaf babies. She's a watcher, not a doer. So I spend a bit of time defending her and explaining what I know about her, which is that she is growing everyday and I have no fears for her future. She is loving books now and making unprompted animal sounds (like your babies probably did a long time ago) and she has a few solid words and actions in her daily repettoire, so it's all coming together and although I need to aim higher in order to get her to the standard that in NSW they expect her to be at, I'm thrilled and amazed and incredibly happy. And of course, so is she, knowing she is mastering so much and learning how her voice has power to get what she wants.
So that's the nutshell version and now I should be able to jump back on from time to time and catch up with you all.
Yep getting a complex. Hope everyone is doing well esp all those with new bubbas. Its a whole new ball game with 2.
Let me update you. We have been extremely busy. DS1 has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder. It is on the spectrum of autism. This is ok, it has helped us to understand his odd litlle behaviours. It is hard to explain with peoples preconcieved ideas of it being associated with autism. He will function normally, ge3t a job all those normal things it just explains why he is overly sensitive to noise ect. They explain it as being afraid of life. We have also found out that he is hypermobile likle me (That is the reason I have so much trouble with my plevis.) So what does that mean for us, lots of money. He is having OT once a week, doing listening therapy, we have had to buy equipment to help with his hypermobility. but all in all it has helped us to better understand him. I feel so much closer to him, he is not being naughty and this is not bad parenting (guilt guilt), but it is also giving us stratgies to help manage his behaviour.
On that note better be off to get organised to do some more home therapy with him before Dh gets home with him.
wowzers. that's a brilliant effort! A woman in my mother's group managed 4.89kg at 39 weeks. Thought that was pretty special. Mine were both 42-weekers so it's not remotely impressive to crack 4kg.
I'll try harder next time
OH. I don't know gestation, but the woman DH took over from at work had a 12-pounder. Im.Press.Ive.
My grandfather weighed in at 7.0 kilos (natural birth back in the day too....scary stuff!!!!) There have been a few anxious mother's to be in my family, hoping they'd luck out with a petite 5 kilo bub instead.
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: I suck!
Oh how time flies. We have just sold all and I mean all our baby stuff and just bought Xavier his big boy bed and furniture. How easy was it to spend $5000 in one afternoon. Thank god for interst free.
Hope everyone is doing great. Looks like we are all super busy with our lil ones.
yeah saph I have already sold my bassinette and we are having a garagey in a few weekend's time and i'm putting all the baby stuff we are not using again in it! it's scary but liberating lol. All our 000 and 0000 clothes have been sorted and soem are going to my sister who is nearly 20 weeks and the otheres in the sale!
murph! wowsers! 7kg... now that is ouchy!
Immy had her 1 month check about a week ago, she's nearly 6kg and 59cm! is wearing 00 outfits already lol. and doing great
ash's teeth are playing up and he's been a little terror... lots of attention seeking but he's not jealous of immy,,, just a bit of a handful lol.
the other day he woulnd't settle for his arvo sleep and me, running on 6 hours sleep in the past 48 hrs, resorted to locking him in his room with some snacks, water and a very large toy box for 30 mins before i fell over from exhaustion... i was so worried he'd be upset or not okay, but when i opened his door i merely got a glance and we went back to playing... came out by himself abou 10 mins later! lol.
Grub dont feel guilty. We do what we have to do. I dont envy you and Kelly having the bubs so close. There is just over three years between my boys and it was tough.
hi ladies , just stalking you.
all my boys were 8 pound, 9 pound and 9 and half pound babies. DS 1 was 3 wees early and 8 pounds and 52 cm long. he is just about to turn 13 and only 2 cm away from being as tall as me and i am 176 cm tall !!!! now thats scary. i am taller by 1 cm than DH ( why i call him short. LOL ). i am scared of another BIG BOY again. but i told DH since all the boys were early i am going 4 weeks early this time !!!
i am feeling pregnant now with my little belly and people are starting to notice my pot . :-0
can't wait to join you guys. if i do go 4 weeks early then i may be in here sooner than we think ?!
Hello ladies! I finally have some free time to log on, Finn has been a very active and busy little boy and I barely have a second to myself during the day. He's at childcare at the moment - I start back at work in a couple of weeks and wanted to give him lots of time to settle in before I go back. So far he hates it, I think he cries for most of the day, it breaks my heart. Financially I have to go back, I've been on unpaid leave all year and we just have no money and mounting debts. Anyway, I'm sure he'll settle in soon and if not my mum will take him from October onwards until we can find somewhere else.
Enough of me, I hope everyone is going well! It's been so very quiet in here lately, I hope it's just normL crazy busy life keeping everyone away.
Must go finish the painting - trying to air the house to get rid of the smell before Finn comes home!
JBM, good luck with the last weeks of your pregnancy and see you in here soon
It has been quiet in here - I have just been flat out. I do read a lot still just often don't have the time to post.
Hiya JBM - looking forward to you joining us in here - you are over half way now!
Hi Lise - It is so hard when they start at childcare. Go with your gut on it as the crying etc can just be all part of the settling in process. By that I mean - what is the feel that you get from the centre. What is it that they do with the children. You really want to make sure that they are being stimulated not just 'babysat'. Jazzy took a while to get used to the process and now virtually pushes me out the door. It is great that you have put him in a couple of weeks early - I really wish I had done that myself. Jazzy loves her days at 'school' and does a lot of things there that I just don't get around to doing at home - you know a lot of messy play. She has learnt so much from being there and the really lovely thing is that she has formed some beautiful friendships - both with children and carers. But those early days were hard and filled with guilt for me. I am pleased that we perservered as it really does work for us now. It is great that you have got your mum for back up if needed. Are you going back to work fulltime or part time?
Well life is just full on, but great here. We are almost ready to move into our beautiful brand new townhouse that we have been building over the past year. Finally we are almost there. Certificate of occupancy should be issued any day now and then settlement date will be about 2 weeks from there. We are so excited, but it is very full on organising everything. We are not only moving, but we are converting our apartment where we currently live into an investment property, so we are having to organise everything involved with that. But it will be all worth it. I have been having loads of fun shopping - bought a new sofa and a sexy new french door fridge that I am totally in love with (I know - sad!)
Jazzy is just awesome. She has some typical terrible twos moments, but as a whole is a very good kid. She is talking up a storm - her language skills just develop by the day. She is the dancing queen - manages to make me laugh all day every day. We are in two minds about going back for a second go - in a lot of ways I really want another baby, but in other ways I am just so happy with my life and my little family as it is. I guess that means I am not ready! But I am turning 40 in a month so I really need to start thinking about making a decision one way or the other. I certainly never intended for Jazzy to be an only child... oh what to do!
I thought I'd join you all now that my bub is almost 2 weeks old and finally has a name!
My journey to concieve her was a bit different as I am single. I spent 2 years looking for a private sperm donor who I trusted and felt had good genes to pass on. Then I did one year of DIY AI with an interstate donor - who has proved to be a truly great guy and even after I had to stop trying with him, he has remained interested and supportive. Anyway I then did 1 year of IVF with anon donor sperm (3 full cycles and 1 frozen transfer - no left over embies). Finally concieved on my last full cycle.
I had 2 major bleeds at 7.5 weeks and was told I had lost the baby or babies (I'd had 2 embryos transfered and had been due for my first scan to see how many had attached when I had the bleeds). Luckily bub hung in there and when I had a scan the next day it was amazing to find there was a healthy heartbeat.
Anyway I gave birth to her on the 30th August. 2 and a half hour labour and the last bit was really fast (went from 4cm dilated to the baby being out within 10minutes). She was born in the bathroom off the labour room when I was briefly in there alone, so I actually caught her myself as she literally fell out! The midwife ran in the door in time to see me catch her! She was only 6 pound 13.
I found it really hard to name her as I made up my 14 year old daughter's name and thus I wanted to make up this baby's name but nothing sounded quite right. It was agonising... I choose her middle name before she was born. It is Kohana (pronounced Ko-ha-nah) and is Japanese for little flower. I had wanted something unusual which started with a K and meant something which could be her special symbol. My 14yr old's middle name is Kimana which is native american for butterfly. It's also interesting that the first country I ever travelled to overseas was America and then the first country that my 14yr old and I travelled to together was Japan so both my children's middle names also relate to my travels.
Anyway I didn't want her first name to end in an a sound and as our surname ends in an e sound I couldn't have that either... so this just added to the stress I felt.
One of my friends commented on how my 14yr old's name is really pretty and I would never be able to make up another name as pretty... and this made me even more depressed. My 14yr old is called Ashalyn (pronounced Ay-shar-len)
Well it was a big relief last night when I finally settled on a name that my 14yr old approves of.
My baby girl is called Danicia (pronounced Da-nee-sha)
And now she is starting to stir so I better go... look forward to getting to know you all and reconnecting with some I recognise from the pregnancy forum.
Lori
DD1 - 14, DD2 - 13 days
Country Vic
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Hi guys, I also thought I should join in here. I didn't think LTTTC would affect my post baby life, but I'm finding that it is and thought it would be nice to be among others in the same position.
So briefly, we were ttc for two years, three miscarriages in that time, one at 8 weeks and two chem pregnancies. There is infertility on both sides for us; DH has 96% anucleated sperm, which basically mean 96% of his sperm have no heads. Seeing as the head is where the genetic makeup is, the 96% are useless. I have polycystic ovaries, although apparently not the syndrome. I also have scarring in my uterus from an infection after a D&C, and suspected endo, which I was going to have a lap for but I fell pregnant with my DD instead
I thought that once I finally had my own baby, the feelings of jealously over women who could fall pregnant easily would at least dissipate, if not go away altogether. But Isla is 3 months old, and from the day she was born, that I've still found myself feeling jealous and resentful over people that fall easily. Does anyone else still feel that, and does it ever go away? Xx
Reply With QuoteThat's exactly twice Jazzy's birthweight so you can imagine she had no fat whatsoever, hence rugging her up against the Daintree summer! Your body is definitely not letting you down in the birthing stakes, that's a great story. How good is a bath hey?
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