Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #3 - 2009

Hi to all you lovely preggie ladies in here!
I was just hoping I could join you all, I finally conceived naturally after 13 long years TTC.
It's been lovely reading about all of your experiences, I've finally been able to have a good laugh... lately everything has been making me teary! Saw the Woolworths add today for about the 100th time where the mother is appling for a job and low and behild, I'm a blubbering mess! Surely this couldn't be normal???
Everything seems to be going smoothly, Had crippling bad cramps to start with but it turned out to be constipation from the elevit tablets, so thats been easy fixt now! Sorry, TMI :redface: Also have bad MS all day and tender boobies. But hey I'm not going to complain, After such a long wait, I'm just going to try and enjoy it all... After all, it hasn't all been bad, how about those cravings??? And it's SOOO acceptable! :dance: Fed my DH hot apple pie and custard the other night for dinner cause that was what I felt like and now today he send me a really nice text telling me all the lovie dovie stuff and it made me think of mud cake! So, If off now to bake a mud cake with a very thick layer of ganache icing!! YUM! (oh and I have had healthy cravings too! cabonnara for dinner tonight!)
Really looking forward to hearing more about everyones experiences!

wow, 13 years... how wonderful to see you here daytona! enjoy that cake.

oh the joys of constipation. i'm just sitting here enjoying a glass of prune juice myself... and i hear you about the cravings... i'm nuts for pasta too so i'll just be over for dinner me thinks! my dh doesn't eat pasta :( boo hoo.

the food cravings are quiet disturbing... sausage rolls, mini pizza and hot chips... all naughty naughties!!! but i think i'm just parlaying my love of those foods into "cravings'' so resistance is the key for me... i'm armed with fruit, tuna, cheese and crackers for when the hunger hits.

anyone else been hungering for certain foods?

:pregnant::cheer::bluecheer:hello girls....
im ver happy and soooo excited to be finally joining you all.
very frightened but im taking the plunge and popping my head in why not IM PG :dance: FINALLY PMSL..
i hope im here for a very long time :pray:

Daytona: Welcome to our group. What a fantastic result after 13 years to have a natural miracle on the way.

Smithy: Good to see you back Girlfriend. How fantastic for you to get a BFP on your first FET. Did you have 1 or 2 of your frosties transferred??

Now cravings, while I was suffering from MS all I wanted to eat were Carbs. Potato Cakes (or potato scallops for the non Vic girls) were a god send. But now I have had no specific cravings, just eating what I would normally eat although some of the foods I ate prepregnancy do make my stomach turn just at the thought.

My theory is that if you are craving something, just have it but not to extreme as you will only crave it more and then pig out. Considering I was eating heaps of Carbs during the first 12 weeks, I lost 2 1/2 kilo's in weight and even now at almost 21 weeks I am still 1/2 kilo off my starting weight. So bubs is making sure she is taking everything she needs and I haven't been left with the weight (yet)...

Oh God, I've put on 6kgs, and that's from hardly eating anything extra - it's all baby though. And now after reading, I really really HAVE to have potato cakes. Yummmmm

SMITHY - Welcome, welcome, welcome and CONGRATS!!!!! :clap: So pleased for you.

Daytona - welcome, all the best for a H & H 9 months. 13 years, wow. You enjoy every minute.

Only got a minute, so hi to everyone else. Keep the fart/wind jokes coming girls, they are great!

just a quickun to say HI SMITHY!!!:dance:

and welcome a thousand times over. so glad you are here.

:stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesgirl:

Hi girls, you have all been very busy in here today!

A huge welcome to Daytona and Smithy! Congratulations and very best wishes for a wonderful pregnancy. :confetti: Daytona, 13 years is a long time TTC... you must be such a patient woman! Smithy, we've crossed paths before and you are always so positive... Awesome news for you, hun!!

Miss Magpie, 4th November and counting. That's really exciting. :dance:

Grub, it becomes so much more real when you can walk into a set up room just waiting for a little one to arrive to complete it. Enjoy getting set up!

Bella, hope your tiredness subsides for a while now as you move into 2nd tri. I found I was absolutely exhausted up until 12 weeks and got back loads of energy once I was into my 2nd tri. Now I'm onto the home stretch, it's not exhaustion just being out of breath to do the most simple things like making the bed that slows me down.

Misty, hard not to be anxious when you've been LTTTC. The first few weeks are hard because there's no obvious symptoms of PG. Try to stay positive and focus on little milestones along the way. I still celebrate every Friday because that's another week down and a step closer to meeting our little ones. Are you having an early scan? It may help to alleviate your anxieties and give you something to count down towards along the way to the magic 12 week mark.

Hi Kelly, Neptune, BG, Janie, Possums, MHB and Mels. Hope you're all doing well!

AFM, ob appt yesterday still shows everything to be on track. Growth scan in 2 weeks to make sure babies are still playing nice and sharing nutrients. Finding sleeping to be a bit of a problem. Rolling over I have to do a 6 point turn and end up waking poor DH in the meantime.. I think it's preparation for when these little ones arrive. Enjoying time off at home and spending a lot of it getting ready. Finished sewing some wraps and doing more washing today. Aim for tomorrow is to get hospital and baby bags packed and ready.. not that we'll need them yet!

Take care all. Goodnight ;)

Hello everyone,
I've read everyone's new posts but I won't go over what everyone has said, cos they beat me to it and I am studying (psych exam tomorrow....arrrghhh).

Daytona and Smithy, huge congrats and welcome. I will add your EDDs to the list by day's end!:clap:

Miss Magpie, no way! You were behind me, now you're jumping before. Well I think I may have to have elective c/s too so might just beat you yet! I'm actually getting to a point where I can think of the birth part. I never really read or look ahead, just keep up with where I am so I don't get stressed. OMG reading BGs birth story, she is one hell of a fighter. Give me the drugs and wake me up when it's over. I have no warrior in me. Just want a safe and happy life after the birth and would happily give someone else the job of labouring for me! Have I failed the sisterhood or what??

Grub, I'm so jealous of you setting up a nursery. I'm on really shaky ground cos we don't know if we will be living up here still or moving or even what hospy Jasmine will be born at (maybe she'll be born on the daintree ferry stuck in the mud). exciting times ahead! I love a happy Grubby, it's really catchy and makes my day when you are so positive! Enjoy that amazing feeling. I'm feeling it too in the biggest possible way. Life has changed so much and DH is just absolutely blown away with how real it all is.

Cravings, yep I had em all. what is it with chips, potato and gravy, potato cakes...they are the universal craving and so damn hard to resist? One of the girls suggested boiled eggs and vegemite soldiers. I live for them and it gets me through lots of meal times now without the crazy sickness of hunger and gotta have it...NOW! It sets up my day and I can even make it til lunch now which is quite amazing.

Misty - As for not worrying...too much reading and too much information can be a bad thing. I remember one girl was told rather soundly..."Stop googling". You will always find something to support your case of negativity if you look hard enough and you can do a lot of damage with stress, trust me.

Better go...although this has been as always a lovely distraction.
Belly rubs to all.xoxox

ooo, i've got goosebumps! smithy, congratulations!!! :clap:
and daytona, also congrats to you too! :dance:
hope everyone is well.
mels xx

Smithy, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!! :happyforyou:

So happy to see you in here :dance:

Here's to a H & H pg


Tania

P.S. Murph - 4 Nov is only a "tentative" date at this stage. I'll only be 37.5 wks so my OB may change it to the following week depending on how Im going so you may beat me in the end!!! It will be a busy month in here in November :lol:

:hello: to all of you preggie ladies

Im so sorry I have been MIA but alot has been happening but will fill you in at the end of my post.

Yah smithy its great to see you are finally here:dance:

:welcome: Daytona that is fantastic news.

Murph that is great news we all deal with situations differently if you need time to put your head in the sand then do it and YAH a beautiful GIRL Now you can sit back and enjoy a beautiful ride of your life. You and your DH must be over the moon:cheer:

Kaydee you sound so organised and making your own wraps whaoo thats great to hear your little ones are on track I also hope they are playing nice and shearing there nutrients. I am finding it hard to roll over also I am only 16 weeks & 5 days i can imagine when im 20 or 30 weeks OMG.

Missmagpie OMG 4 Nov thats great its good that you are moving now instead of later on so you can relax in your new house and set up your nursery how exciting. Great to hear you little bub is doing well.

Now as for cravings hot salty chips and cheese and bacon pies was my first trimester and now its back to normal but have gone off pies and cups of tea now love milo.

OK heres my story I hope I don't bore you. I had a problem with my 12 wk scan the twins were 7 days apart and 1 twin is to big it had a bigger nucal (not sure if thats how you spell it) and the other was normal so they gave me a 1:25 increase of Downs my OB said she doesn't know why its so high because they are Identical and they should be the some so they wanted me to have an amniocentesis they also suspect it could be twin to twin transfution syndrome which is when 1 gets to much nutrients and fluid then the other which is why 1 is bigger then the other and has a biger nucal then the other which can lead to heart problem and other things. My DH and I decided to have the amnio which was yesterday and like murphy said it was painless the only thing was me freaking out, but other then that it was ok im resting up today and we will be geting our results in 48hrs hopefully. I have had 4 scans already and alot more coming up every 2 weeks I need to have these scans just to monitor their fluid and growth. Its amazing to see 2 little babies bobbing up and down I can now feel them moving around and kicking. I will keep you all posted.

Hi Bella, Jenc, Mel, Neptune, BG hope your everything is going OK, Grub, Kelly , MHB and anyone I have missed

Hi Ladies

Could you please add me to the list as well? EDD 28 Jan 2010.

I don't know how I am going to get through this experience with my sanity intact! I have been feeling a bit nauseous and I definitely get full much quicker. And I have this very weird thing - I cannot get any of my hair in my mouth, not even one strand, it makes me want to run to the loo and puke!

The second I feel fine, I worry that something is wrong. Having lost one before I am starting to get more and more nervous about it happening again. My symptoms have been stronger this time around, but I still wonder.

My other symptoms are breaking excessive wind!! I mean really!! The second I eat! And the sore boobs. Oh and I guess I am a bit more sensitive to smells now. I wish I had a crystal ball to tell me everything will be ok in the end!

I love reading your stories, sorry I am a lurker most of the time but I am just too tired at night to post something myself.

Spookie

Hi and welcome Spookie, Come and join us in belly buddies, We're due about the same time.
Sound like most of us are having the wind problems, I'm just so relieved i havn't had the issue immerge out in public... Yet!
Wow kaydee, making your own wraps, I wish I could, last time my mum tried to teach me to sew, I sewed my fingernails together stuck onto what ever it was I tried to sew.
I havn't got a co-ordinated bone in my body! I actually think I've gotten worse since being pregnant! Even making mistakes when I drive and little things.. I was in a rush cleaning up the kitchen bench, picked up a bunch of my DH's mail and threw it in the toaster... Down the button went in 1 swift move! Wasn't long B4 the smoke alarm went off! and just as I ran out, up popped the "TOAST". It's like my brain has made a nest in my as# and decided to stay there!

Hi Daytona

I have joined the Belly Buddies due Jan 16th to 31st. I'm just not terribly active in posting at the moment. I don't usually have time during the day and I am too tired at night.

I guess you could say I am also becoming a tad clumsy - I spilled tea all over myself yesterday and I was getting so cold because I was walking around with a wet skirt! :doh:

hi spookie! and welcome.

daytona - are you calling us a bunch of fart asses?? lol. and i hear you about the absent minded professor - not as good as mail toast tho... but glad wrap now lives in the fridge, dinner plates in the bin and hand brake on a hill... well you realise once you start rolling forward. lol.

azzrenae - i'm sooo sorry to hear you are going through the stressful time. completely understand why you were MIA... i hope your results come back better than you expect (remember ms murph was thinking horrid things and it worked out for her). i'm praying for you and your bubs to be H and H. :pray:

miss mapgie, i reckon you could take murph out on the race to the date! lol. (sorry murph).

Murph - where would you move to??? would you stay up north?? i'm so glad you are feeling heaps more relaxed and you and dh are able to enjoy this time.

kaydee - that's most excellent news about the scan. and good on you for making the wraps. I was going to make my own flanelette nappies but worked out it was cheaper to just buy them. are you planning on making any baby clothes??? my mum made a lot of my clothes when i was little and they were gorgeous!

hi to all the other girls. must run. dh just home and we are going to look at another pram. we have one, a running one but have decided to get a smaller one cos the jogger takes up my entire boot space! so just buying second hand.

just want to say i really enjoy this thread because of you girls. you are all so supportive and positive of each other. and i find myself thinking about you all and how you are doing etc. so thank you.
oxxoxox

oh and my new saying regarding chips/sausage rolls and pasta is star trek inspired: "resistance is futile''.... lol. (what a dork i hear you say!)

hey girls

just want to say you are all doing so well :) i am in here everyday reading up on you all

just want to say a shout out to smithy, its so awesome to see you in here hun xxx

hopefully at the end of next month i will be joining you all again ( fingers crossed anyway :))

take care xxx

Azzrenae. I completely understand the reluctance to talk. You are going through probably the worst time of your life and I only hope it is as quick and painless in getting the results as possible. I'll be thinking of you every step of the way and hoping both your little ones are healthy and happy. I hope that my talk hasn't upset you over the past weeks as you have been dealing with waiting to have the amnio done. anyway, good luck. My sister had flowers delivered to me with the note, "chin up, belly out and smile". Hope it's the best outcome you can wish for.

Daytona, your brain has made a nest in your what??? that was the funniest visual since the Californian redwood growing out of Jen's perinium!! this just keeps getting better.

I'm off to update three new 2010 baby's EDD. xoxo

:dance: thank you very much for adding me hunny im sure your very busy so thank you xxoo.
me ive made my milestone today :dance: 5 WEEKS woot woot :clap:
hope you all have a wonderful day im off to buy something for constipation :rolleyes:

Azzrenae - Im so sorry you've been having a tough time. Im praying all is alright. Thinking of you. Please take care. x

Daytona & Spookie - WELCOME :D Its very common to feel aprehensive waiting for the 12 wk mark. Hopefully it will fly by for you! Take care and enjoy the thread :dance:

Hello to everyone else. Have a great weekend :D


Tania

Hi ladies

Welcome to all the new mummies-to-be! Congratulations! Wishing you long, happy and healthy pregnancies.

Azzrenae - thinking of you. Please let us know the results. I hope you're doing ok.

AFM, well, same old really. I'm even boring myself at the moment! My back is still so sore, so I'm not doing much at all. But I've been thinking of you all and thought I'd race on to catch up and say hi. I think that as soon as I can get some proper sleep things will look up. At the moment the pain wakes me up so I'm pretty useless all round.

The boys are really kicking now! It's the coolest thing. I have found myself just staring down at my tummy waiting for the next one. My skin actually moves!

And yesterday I wrote a letter to them. I thought I would probably keep a preg diary that they could eventually read, but it's been such a tumultuous journey that I'm not sure I want them to see all that. So I wrote them a letter instead, and it felt lovely. I already love them so much :)

Anyhow, thanks ladies for the thoughts and the giggles. I hope to be back properly soon.

Jenxx

Just jumping on the neew thread and sending you all lots of :bellyrubs: :bellyrubs:

Big special mention to Smithy....it is GREAT to see you on this thread :happyforyou:

Baby Aaron is doing well can't believe he is 3 weeks and 1 day already.
Life is crazy but am finally finding the house again.
Best advise I can give you ladies, is get as much sleep in while you can.....I honstly can say 3 hour blocks are not the best but the joy of waking up to a beautiful baby makes up for any lack of sleep or a messy house ;)

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!

Smithy - Congrats babe - So happy to hear that you got your BFP. All the best for a H&H pregnancy.

XX

Hi ladies

Thanks alot for your kind words, I am feeling really good im just going to get on with it til I get those darn results. I have my DD to keep me on my toes

Murph No your talking did not upset me as I didn't know then but it really did make me more aware of it so thank you for that, I was also thinking about you while this was happening and wondering how you were going. It happened so fast it took a week from start to amnio I didn't really have time to dwell on it which is a good thing in away.

Nicole 3 weeks already whaooo time goes fast. 3 hourly blocks I so know what thats like I think I was a walking zombie for a while. But close to 3 months DD started to sleep long as you drop a feed which makes a hugh difference there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Hi Everyone

Just popping in to say a big hello.

I'm exhausted today, spent most of yesterday washing a heap of clothes, towel, wraps etc for the baby so that they are all done and I don't have to worry about it so much now. Only problem is that I am shattered today, you just don't realise how much energy you lose when pregnant.

Just a question?? How long did it take for you all to start feeling movements. All I seem to feel at the moment are little tummy flips (like a rollercoaster) or twinges but nothing stronger. All the books and websites say that we should be feeling movement most of the time now, but just wanted to find out when everyone really started to feel those kicks & punches.

I know everything is going fine as this little one just keeps growing and I'm starting to feel pressure under my ribcage now which is quite uncomfortable. I have also noticed that early in the day my tummy is smaller but by the afternoon it is stretched really tight like she has moved out of my back and is out there on show.

kelly D - i didnt feel definate movements until 23 weeks, before then it was maybe once or twice a day from about 20 weeks i thought maybe thats the bub but give it another week or two and you will feel definate BANGS! its quite a shock sometimes at how strong it is, i thought i would never get here but now i wish he would tone it down a bit!

im having a yucky day :( home alone waiting for DF who I had a fight with to come home ( an hours drive away ) to take me to the ER in the last 24 hours i suddenly got achy body, cough, bad cold, sore throat and headache, now my temp is around 38 cant get it down and my face is BURNING its so red and my pulse is up, to top it off i have 3 exams this week one TOMORROW, secondly the one day i decide to go out to the shops which was saturday i get terribly ill, i really hope it isnt swine flu, my baby hasnt moved much at all today and im very stressed and teary, i dont want to have to go to hospital but i know I should. i have so much study to do this is awful.

mhb i would go to the hospital sweetie, just to get checked out and to also put your mind at ease, you probably wouldnt get much studying done anyway as you would be distracted worrying about bubba! you have been through so much already you dont want to put you or bubba at risk.

you poor thing, i hope you feel better soon and please let us know how you go

take care hun xxx

oh MBH, so sorry to here you are unwell and having a tough time. I have 1 assignment due and know what you mean... I am just want to get it over and done with... cos I am so scared bub might want to come out early and I would really be so distracted and might not complete my school work.

Hey Smithy, glad to see you in here... now my one wish is to see Possum in here and to remain here until she gratuates.

Kelly, I felt movement definitely at 18 weeks but only when I lay down. Felt a lot more movements after 20 weeks. Now, she wouldn't stop moving and sometimes when I am out shopping she would choose that time to elbow me in the bladder (mummy does not like, does not like you hear me! :doh:)

AFM, Well 37 weeks for me and only 3 more to go. Every is frightening me with the prospect of it arriving early. DH is away this week and I truly hope she stays put until he returns this Friday. Bub is definitely bottom up (since before 28 weeks) but this week I feel her heavy down there, got a feeling she is now engaged. Seeing OB tomorrow so might ask him then.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Kahlan

:dance: kahlan ..woot woot 37 not long to go hun :dance:

MHB..:hug:oh sweety i sure hope all is ok and i hope you get some help at the hossy.
a big hello girls have a great week ;)

Well Smithy hoping to join you in her soon. Got results today hcg was 42 so another test on wed and as long as it doubles i will be in here with you. Hope you are keeping well.

thanks for all the kind words ladies! i felt so special!

i got the temp down caved in and took some paracetamol ( been trying to avoid ALL drugs when possible) and had a cool shower so avoided the ER, wish me luck in my exam today i know ppl will look at me and think i have swine flu :(

saph - YAY! i really hope this is it for you, hope to see you in here again

OH im in 3rd trimester as of today YAY

MHB: Good luck with your exam and yay for getting your temp down. I know we all try and avoid any medications but sometimes it is the only thing to do.

Well, so much for little tiny movements recently. I think my little girl has realised she has legs...... at 2.30am..... She kept me awake for about an hour last night having her own little dance marathon and no matter what position I moved to she kept on going and going and going. I know I was looking forward to feeling her move, but during the day is much better than in the middle of the night IFKWIM.

OB appt on Thursday and then off to Perth next week for a weeks break with my sister. Although she is paranoid I'll catch Swine Flu and bring it over to Perth. Then 1 more 4 weekly appt after that and then onto 2 weekly appts. I think this second 1/2 is going to fly by (hopefully).

:dance:KELLY D... yaya go bubba girl enjoy those kicks sweety.
MHB...you go girl with this exam youll be fune keep up your fluids.
SAPH.. omg cant wait for you to join me chicky babe yay :clap:
afm.. all is good im hopeing to get a hair cut today heheh i sooo need one lol.

Hi Ladies,
I got my FISH results back yesterday and everything is fine :dance: We are both really wrapped. I also got told the sexes as well we are having BOYS
So bring on the blue clothes. Im still on cloud nine but feeling really tired as I didn't get much sleep lastnight.

Thanks for all your support.

I have to get back to my springcleaning while DD has her avo nap.

Azzrenae, that is fantastic news. So glad everything is ok with your little boys. Now you can relax and enjoy being pregnant again. :clap:

Kahlan, hope your ob appt today went well and shows bubs engaged and ready to go! Not long now.

Saph, GL with your BT tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Hi to all the other girls in here. Hope you're going well. :bellygrowing:

I'm still going along ok. We've past 30 weeks which was a little milestone last Friday. Still getting lots of back pain but I know it will all be worth it. Ob tells me it's my ribs because they move to allow everything to expand.

Yayyyyyyyy Azzrenae!!!!!!!!!!! Even my DH is happy for you, knowing how much of a fantastic feeling it is that you can relax and enjoy without the worry hanging over you (us). Twin boys, what a laugh. Your other half must be rapt. Congrats and enjoy the feeling, I'm so happy for you.

MHB - so relieved that you didn't get a full blown flu, but remember there are always special circumstances where you can sit your exams at other times and deal with your illness if you really have to. It's our body's way of making us slow down and look after ourselves (and babies). Besides, next semester some of us will be having our babies and they might just not want to cooperate at exam time. Mine is due smack bang in the middle of them, so should be fun! Hope you are on the mend.

Kelly - no movement from me yet either. I barely know I'm pregnant apart from my bulgy belly. Yep, unlike some, I have that little pouch out front that must just look like I've had a few pies too many! I'm wearing it proudly and really loving the whole feeling of dressing for the bump, but I envy girls with that real developed no mistaking bump.

I had such a full on day today but I want to tell you a little story about my spoodle (that's a ****er spaniel crossed with a miniature poodle) and a long drawn out lasagne saga. Our day was huge, in Cairns for my big scans..yay...we left home at 6.00am, and then I had an exam at uni later so didn't get home until around 5.00pm. It's an off shopping week so the groceries are low and I was planning to make that damned lasagne I've been putting off while there's been study and work. anyway, the thought wasn't looking great as I was tired but I'd committed to doing it...until we got home and saw Charlie's reign of destruction. she had fretted (which was fair enough), she's never done it before and it was a looooong day for a lonely pup. It' s the longest we've ever left the dogs in the house but there was no avoiding it as we don't have fences. Ever so systematically charlie has gone through the rooms she had access to and brought little trinkets and placed them in a nest of shredded toilet paper on her mat (a full toilet roll) and the one cupboard left ajar in the kitchen contained ...you guessed it, the lasagne sheets. Gone! so were the stock cubes and salt...oh dear. After trying to work out how to parent that behaviour, we had to laugh at the irony of that doomed lasagne. We went to the local pub for tea after all that :dance.

My scans were like some of you have said, pretty amazing to see the little human inside you. she was incredibly active and didnt stop once. the stenographer had never seen such a wriggler and was a bit frustrated. It took about two hours of prodding and looking and trying to get her to stop long enough for measurements but it was all okay by me. I was just awestruck seeing all that detail in something still so tiny (250g) now. we got some beautiful ultrasound pics and some bizarre 3D pics that are so clear I have no idea how they can do that. Still a bit skeletal yet but still very cool.

Now we give Jazzy her privacy and we don't see her now until she is born. Seems so strange we now just step back after all this monitoring. Now we just wait for the crazy kicks and to feel movement.

thanks for listening to my loooong post, you can tell I'm hyper after finishing my last exam today for the semester and seeing Jasmine literally in the flesh. Good luck if you are still studying!

P.S a little shout out to Two Mums - I haven't heard from you for a while and have been thinking of you and hoping you and Kim are both well :hello: and to everyone else, I will get back to you in my lovely 5 week break!

azz- congrats on the boys! it seems to be mostly blue around BB at the moment!

murph - my bub is due in between my hospital placements but my uni has a policy where we cant go out until 6 weeks after the birth and i have no classes coz every one else is doing their placement at that time and i have mine in november december but should still graduate the same date as everyone else so should work out although i have 4 weeks of hospital placement in august and will almost be popping out! also dont stress about the bump mine is still not distinct, (retroverted uterus) and im carrying high and in the spine so often feels like bubs is kicking my in the bum! you will get there

AFM - not soooo bad today although still feel crap :( another exam this arvo, then a day off!

haahhaa murph - how gorgeous of your little pup!poor little might. our dog STILL collects our shoes left at the back door when we are away and sleeps with them... carries them around the yard etc.

congrats on finishin your exams :clap: and :dance: a big woot woot for active-jazzy! lol. you soooo deserve to just sit back and relax a bit! (and i think you hit the wrong key... sonographer, not stenographer! unless you've got some shorthand written across your belly of course ;) )

azz - WOOOHOOOO!!!! i'm so relieved for you! and boys!! how fun! now you can get out there and start shopping! yayayaya.

oh MHB - sending you a hug... just try and look to the end... it'll be over soon! and as for exams when bubs here - i wouldn't worry about that now. just look after you. :hugs:

kaydee - :clap: for reaching 30 weesk... on the home stretch now!! but not so great for that whole sore back/expanding rib thing. ouchy! hope you get some relief. one of my friends said leaning on an exercise ball or on all fours helped her back pain as it took pressre off her back etc.

kellyd - sorry, had to laugh at your sleepless neight. what a lovely problem to have! (glad i didn't say that to you at 3am the other day, probably would have got a filthy look eh? lol). hope your appnt goes well... let us know if you get a chance before jetting over to the west! and have a FANTASTIC braek with sissy.

SMITHY - :dance: i'm still pinching myself for you! how are you trundling? hope you aren't stressing/worrying too much about things, although that's near impossible!

hi kahlan - hope bub is playing the game and staying put! and i really hope the weeks fly for you and you aren't too uncomfortable.

hi nicole and nixon and anyone else i've missed. where's miss magpie?? hope you are well ... and 2 mums oxox

we've got our second Ob appointment today after our NT scans a couple weeks back. not sure what happens but hopefully she'll do another little scan so we can sneak a peak (hehee). I'm super excited cos I think next appnt is when we should be able to find out the sex!!

some girls were talking about bellies - mine started to protrude at 11wks, which really really freaked me out. now it's quiet obvious i'm UTD. My appetite is insaltiable (sp) still and i still want carbs. It's stressing me out big time and seems like every day is a battle against sausage rolls, lasange and chips! brh. i've put on 3kg in the last 3 weeks! argh! but hadn't put on any til then. still, after years of good diet and lots of exercise to watch my weight, it's making me extremely antsy. still get tired pretty quick as well but otherwise feeling good.

how do you deal with a big appetite? is anyone else worried about putting on 500kg courtesy of the local bakery? everyone keeps telling me not to worry about it "you are meant to put weight on" and i know that ... but the amount of weight going on is freaking me out iykwim. anyhoo, there's not a lot i can do about it but just find it exhausting. not sure if i've made sense, I'm okay putting on 15kg for preg but at my curent rate i'll put on closer to 30kg so am just stressing.

sorry for the long post... again.
oxox

Hey Grub,
don't apologise for long posts or I would have to say sorry every time:redface:. I think I missed my calling as a stenographer;) I love having a good long read as well. It's not always full on action in here (thankfully) and sometimes the mundane is very refreshing as we all deal with the stresses that our little bundles of joy bring us! I can't remember the last time I thought of pram shopping, it seems like a lifetime ago I was all excited and then to go through all that frightening stuff, prams just kind of don't have any significance. I'm just so happy to have her in my belly and can think of nothing beyond that yet. I haven't bought another thing even though I know she is here to stay. I guess it's just that I've had such a shake that priorities change. I know that things will come together when I need them to, family will rally, money will fall from the sky and Jazzy and Andy and I will be fine so I'm not actually planning anything!

Bring on the bakery stories I say! As for your weight worries. If I remember correctly, you are a bit of a fit chick so it probably will come as a surprise that your body wants to fight you a bit. I gained a bit but I think it's kind of just for a limited time and then the baby ate into it and it evened out so that I have only maintained about 2 or 3 kilos of extra wight so far. Apparently she weighs 250g now and the rest is just padding and nutrients (read, good old fat). from what I have read, it's pretty normal to gain about 6kg in this trimester and then it settles down. As for what you eat, lay off the banana bread before a scan. i had a very hyperactive little girl and the sonographer :lol: told me it was because of what I had eaten. It made me think of what I put in and there starts the first stages of mother guilt....it's all down hill from here:doh:. First it's the alcohol and caffeine and next the banana bread, where does it end?? Moderation and common sense, the same as anything I think. Go the bakery, go the exercise and also try to work out your hero foods that stave off the cravings. Soft boiled eggs or hard boiled eggs are great for protein, greens and vegies, nuts and lentils, good bit of kangaroo steak (my favourite) for iron. chips and bad stuff when you need it but not for every meal and you'll work out a balance. Like I said, I'm no earth mother, I'm too lazy to be so damned good and we are deprived of all other luxuries, (alcohol, alcohol, alcohol....):doh:

Okay, I'm having too much fun with my freedom and better not hog the conversation.

Good luck with your exam today MHB and thanks for the reassurance. My placenta is apparently anterior and posterior and in a perfect position away from my cervix. Ohh I wish I had paid attention in sex ed. I have to go and google these things:redface: