Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #5 - 2009

Well girls,

I'm back. Finally. So good to see everyone still here and CONGRAD'S!!!!! to everyone who has had their little darlings.

I have been through some god-awful ****e but everything is ok now. Started out with a failed root-canal and ended up with me in hospital with bright red urine (full of blood) and kidneys that werent working properly. I did not think I was going to be having this baby and was too scared to log on or post.

HOWEVER, thats all over now, I'm fit as a fiddle, kidneys are fine and baby is going great guns. I will be 17 weeks this coming friday and I am overjoyed. I even allowed myself to buy some baby clothes and nappies :)

I really am so grateful and happy to be posting again. Hugs to everyone.

Sammie

oh that's just so wonderful sammiejam!!! let's hope it's all smooth sailing from here on in lovely. oxoxox

all is quiet here. thanks for all your support girls! had a resonable weekend. didn't sweet FA lol.. oh i went to big dub and spend $200 on baby stuff, fat lady pants and stuff for our hospy stay.

Poppyfairy - you inspired me with the early packing, but i'm waiting til 34 weeks to finally sort it out. that's when i finish work so should be easier on the clothes front.

yayayaya BOC for the movements!!!

and completely off track, i think my fur baby is missing DH too, she's inside and is working her "oh, poooorrrrrr mmmmmeeeee'' look to try and get up on the lounge or my lap. I'v given in a few times,,, but you should see the sad little face i get when i say no! jack russels sure know how to work the guilts on you! if the dog can manipulate me, imagine what a toddler will do!!! eeeekekkkkk

Yay BOC for the movements! The best feeling in the world isn't it!!!

Hi Ladies
Well yes im STILL lurking!!

KellyD- Goodluck for tomorrow, it will be such a memorable day just breathe and go with the flow. Cry if you want, laugh and be in total awe of this beautiful thing you created! I still do everyday.

Murph- Dont stress too much my bub was 2.8kg and they put roughly a kilo on in the last month anyway. I still get small comments as my baby is a bean pole like his dad...very long and skinny.

As for the caesarian..well i dont regret it at all because at the end of the day im fine and so is Jacob and thats all that matters. It feels a little weird but your so focuused on the baby you dont care! I was the only new mum doing laps around the ward on Day 3 because i was bored and wanted to go home. After 4 weeks i was back at work doing caring but i think pain tolerance is different for everyone.

Azz- What a suprise to see youre little boys are here and very cute names too, i hope you have them home with you soon.

Well i think thats all, Jacob had a very busy day today going to his godsisters 1st birthday party and while feeding is a constant issue for us we are seeing a fab paedatrician in Perth, but soon enough ladies your bubs will be here and growing everyday.

Big Belly rubs to you all!

Love Bee

Hey Murph - just wanted to send you a reply about the breech and possible c/s that you are looking at.

The reason Asher did not turn on her own was because she had a problem with her hips which required her to be in a palavik harness for the first 6 weeks of her life. Sounds worse than it was - if you want more info on that let me know.

I've PM'd you a copy of my post from C/S support.

X

BOC congrats on feelng the movement. I? felt this baby move at 11 weeks which I thought was insane but I asked at the 12 week scan and they said where he is sitting I was definently feeling him. I think going through the whole IVF thing makes us more aware of our bodies and we feel everythong sooner and so much more.

KellyD - good luck for today.

okay just wanted to have a bit of a pity party seeing i've got noone to lean on atm (dh can't answer his phone during the day unless emergency). and i knowo you girls won't mind.

so i'm home alone. 7 weeks. not happy. first weekend goes fine. just lazy, watching dvds and ate some junk i shouldn't have. Gets to sunday night, didn't take my nap cos i wanted to make myself tired as don't sleep well without dh here (worked sat night a treat).

so am tired and just make some scrabbled eggs on toast for dinner.... start to feel unwell half way through eating the eggs. dog gets the rest (highlight of her night tho).... within the hour am on the loo with a bucket. yep got freakin gastro/food poisoning or something AGAIN!!! that's twice in two weeks! wtf??????

both ends this time and all night! finally got some rest about 4.30am :crying: :crying:

had to call in sick to work as its lingering but not as bad as last night. I'm a very sooky sick person, particularly when vomitting and really really wanted a hug from DH. :crying:

Poor Grub :hug::hug::hug::cry:

That really sucks...maybe you still had something lingering in your gut and the eggs set it off again. Drink lots of water if you can handle it. If not, sips of gatorade will do. Don't get dehydated.

I';m still here! Still getting mild contractions and cervix/pubic pain, but no baby as yet. Getting very antsy.

:hug: big hugs grub xoxox

Thanks guys, had some more tapping last night at church, Cookie must have liked the music (we have like a rock band that plays) Obviously going to be a musical bub LOL. :lol:

Oh Saph that is almost word-for-word what I said to DH the other day. I asked the OB about it at my 12wk scan too and she said that (1) because of where Cookie is sitting in my (backwards) uterus and (2) being that I'm an IVF-er it is more than likely I will be feeling movement a lot earlier than others. We just become so in tune with our bodies after IVF that we learn to recognise every little bump & change and "normal" people don't get that. I'm just so sick of ignorant people telling me it's really only wind or that I just need to go to the toilet. :rolleyes:

Grub: You poor thing :hugs: hope you're feeling better soon. What a crappy time to get gastro!

Smithy: I had a giggle at your BOC comment. Nope, I had nothing to do with the sponsorship although it may be possible that DH might have as he, like BOC makes lots of gas :rofl: Week 14 pic coming soon hun!

Feeling a little heavy and uncomfortable today but happy as all my errands have been done and I'm working at home for the rest of the arvo so I've hopped into my jammies to do so! Feel sooo much better! Ahhhh the joys of working from home!

Funny story, DH's adult son has developed a rather annoying habit of just rocking up out of the blue without a phone call and walking through the garage straight into the house without knocking. It's not a huge issue, and I'm sure he still feels like it's "his" home, but still a little respect for privacy would be nice. The past couple of years I've always tried to be decent just in case they turned up but this year I told DH "Stuff em!" (especially come summer) if they want to wander in and find me sitting around in my undies, big belly & all (or even better, find us DTD ;)) well so be it! I'm sure it would only happen once before they would get the idea :D

Hope everyone is having a happy Monday!

Hi everyone,
Grub so sorry to hear, big hugs.
BOC, yay for more movement, and I'm like you, am lovin' the undies, in fact am in my undies right now lol, yes home from work :p
Smithy, love the updated belly pics, that is one cute belly you have there!

I feel a bit guilty if I can't do perssies to everyone, I read everyday but have been a bit busy, so tend not to post if I can't say hi to everyone.

Though....big HI to everyone.

I am feeling great, have a goal that I want to have everything sorted out by 26 weeks, nursery decorated, hospital bag packed, baby shower done, all things purchased, looks like I am well on my way, just want to be organised in case I have any issues, some of our other lovely twin mums have been in hospital from 27 weeks, so I am getting prepared for all eventualities.

DH and I have booked 10 nights in Fiji as a babymoon :dance:, only 3 weeks until we leave, so lots to look forward to.

Will be back when I have a bit more time, lots of love to all xx

yay for my dh :dance: hes started painting our little girls things today cot ,change table and wardrobe :clap: we went out today got all our paint and were off woohoo its FINALLY ALL HAPPENING :dance: ive taken some before shots of everything and will post them later in my site and when all finished ill get some of finished projects. also bought a few prettey things for charlies room some big butterflys and small ones for decoration and a flower that wraps around the cot as im not going to actually use my change table ( i know :rolleyes: ) im going to have all charlies creams and things on that ive never used one before soooooo itll be like a little dressing table.

hello bd...thanks chikey babe.

Hi everyone and thanks for the words of encouragement. It really means a lot even when you think you don't need it.

Thanks also to Nixon for posting me that advice on the c/s. I remember Asher had to be in the brace for her hips after she was born. I really don't want to try manipulation because it just seems too risky and too rough with so many unknowns. Then you find out too late that there was a reason for the breech position like with Asher and maybe you create further problems. Bring on Wednesday and lets just see what's going on in there so I can prepare for the birth one way or another.

Grub - I'm not much good at gratuitous RL hugs (outside of the family I mean) but in your case I'd make an exception right now. Oh what a rough "trot";) Sorry couldn't resist:lol: Hope you are feeling a bit better. I guess the stress doesn't help the situation either. take care of yourself, you know it just takes a little while to accept the way things are and move through it. Let your dog give you lots of cuddles and make your sadness a little easier to cope with. You'll be right, if anything happens while DH is on his course, they'll send him home I'm sure.:hug::hug:

I've been feeling a lot better, but have had to accept a few things for what they are and manage. For one, this reflux is not going away so I have to manage the times and amounts and choices of things I eat. By taking full control I have been sleeping really well. still sick and still have to really fend off the feelings but mostly under control and feeling better. One other thing is really getting on top of constipation. Oh what I'd give for a good old fashioned loose stool:dance: when it gets to this end of the game, I have found there is no such thing as TMI girls so I'm not gonna apologise. anyway, that's coming together for me too now that I've decided to have brown rice as the base for every meal. Tonight I ate rather late as we tried substituting brown rice for arborio in a recipe and took about twice as long, so my rule of eating early was blown and yep, I am suffering now. At least I know I brought it on myself.

I won't mention you all now (who ever can these days?) but just a quick shout out to Poppyfairy. I'm now imagining you on that English design t.v show, (my fave when I had t.v). damn, can't think of the name, but I imagine you out in a rural setting in your version of a tree change. Grand designs! I was jealous of your big wash day but then the sunshine was too damn good today not to waste a bit of precious water and wash the baby clothes...yay:dance: they practically dried before I hung them all out (who's jealous now!) I thought the singlets all hanging up were ridiculously cute and DH got a real wake up call stringing up all these silly tiny things and it hit home to him how funny things are going to be, then I hung the socks and we rolled around laughing. The pegs were bigger. How bizarre, these tiny things are soon going to be part of our everyday lives.

Thanks again for your advice and comments this week, I have only got until wednesday to wait now so I'm not quite as anxious.

Can't wait to hear about Kelly's bub. Smithy, you're the birth tracker, we're relying on you if we don't hear it here first;)

hey murph - good to hear you are feeling a bit better about the whole situation and i agree with your decision to not go with teh manipulation - i hadn't thought of those reasons, but supppose things are so for a reason. not sure if that makes sense lol.

and i had to laugh at your socks hanging story... Poppyfairy you caused a rush for the washing machine me thinks lol. after sunday night's horrid loo sleepover, I freaked out - "what if they put my in hospy'', ''what if something happens to bub and he has to come early'' etc. So yesterday i washed all his 0000 and 000 clothes. Murph, I ended up hanging his socks up in pairs as it just looked like a waste of a peg for just one sock lol. But what a satisifying experience to see a line full of baby clothes :)

good luck tomorrow love - i felt that virtual hug, and i laughed at your bad joke. If your DH came up with that one i hope you echoed "dad's joke" in the spirit of fast forward? lol. (did you have a tv in the late 80s/early 90s heehee). But i'm feeling better about DH being away. I knew the first week would be the worst. I have plenty to occupy me - finishing work, mum visiting, sister visiting, baby shower and then he's home.

have you tried mylanta for the reflux? i found that does help. and I agree, small snacks regularly do the trick and stay away from the tuna wrap at subway lol - it's not pretty after th 10th re-tasting :)

oh smithy that is super exciting - what colour are you painting? i was thinking white when you said the cot was being done ;)

kellyd- thinking of you sweetie! can't wait to hear your news. ox

bdt - how did you score a babymoon and to fiji! you lucky lady lol. have fun organising everything. you just know your bubs will behave and arrive on time or late now you have gone to all that trouble to be prepared lol. be safe on your trip and careful what you eat - don't want another tummy bug croney in here.

hey boc -i agree with your 'my house, my undies' rule. they'll soon learn to call or knock lol. how much longer do you have at work? i'm going to 34 weeks and have already had to go back parttime cos of being so tired... and only you know what you are feeling regaring movements! i felt a few things i wasn't sure of about your time but by 17 weeks it was pretty obvious. I hate how people dismiss you or just laugh at you when you say something... ie we're doing cloth nappies response: "hahhaa yeah right. that won't last long''. it's just so rude. bbrrhh. just tell em you know the difference between needing to do a **** and your baby moving. okay that's not very tactful but still!

neptune - thanks lovely. now get that baby moving! lol. well maybe things have started to happen since your post? have you tried all the walking, sex, curries etc? (sorry i can't remember, i think you asked about these the other day).

greenslw - doing any other shopping at the weekend???

bella - yippee for bubs following the rule book!!! that must be very exciting. How are you feeling in yourself? do stay in touch love. ox

hi saph, poppyfairy, sammiejam and all the girls here.

afm - as you can tell feel a bit better today. voms stopped but runs remain. wnet to the gp and she gave me a whole week off work! a week! but i'v got stuff i HAVE to do today, so am working a few hours from home. Got a good sleep last night but still a bit dehydrated. So doc has ordered heaps of fluid and heaps of rest. poor DH, what a drama queen of a wiffey he has! i just hope i haven't made him worry too much as he's really got to be concentrating on his course. It's his bday this sat too and he'll be all alone - that makes me sad.

oxo

;) grub glad you a bit better today sweety and yep going all white with pink acceseries :dance: dh has done a fab job :clap:

murph pmsl hun im thinking of her to ( kelly lol) and im on the watch :D how exciting

Poppyfairy, you know your pg when you want meat when you're a vegie :lol: Good on you and DH for seeing the light side of all of this I think that's good, hopefully you find some non poker face mums to be. Frowns=wrincles!

BOC :D glad you felt something, I don't think it's early I felt very clearly at 16weeks and I have alittle extra padding. It is the most amazing and distracting feeling isn't it.

Samiejam well done on 17weeks

:hug: grub hope you're feeling better soon.

Baby Dreamtime babymoon sounds so nice

Murphy :hug:

Hi Smithy, Neptune and Nixon and anyone else I've missed.

Today is back to winter :( just when I felt the sun on my face it vanished. I know I'll be cursing summer but I can't wait for no more winter!

Hi ladies,

Grub - hope your feeling better it is horrid having gastro - i have had it twice so i understand.

Murph - hope you to begin to get some relief - i can understand how uncomfortable you are - isn't pregnancy glamours!!

BDT - babymoon to Fiji WOW!! I had the same grand plans of having everything done by 26 weeks - my nursery was and i tell you what - i'm so glad! I haven't quite packed the bags yet but i have made list after list of what i need!

big hi to everyone!

AFM - i am sooooo uncomfortable! I had a bit of a melt down yesterday i cried and cried - my back is killing me and have been having some rather uncomfortable BH. i have just got home from the hydro pool and am hoping i have a more comfortable night. I can't stand or walk for very long now as the pelvic pressure i get after is too painful but if i sit / lie around all day i get stiff and sore - i just can't win.
I feel like i shouldn't complain as we are so blessed to be having twins - well to be pregnant at all - but i can honestly say i am very very over it (i swore i would never say that and found it really annoying when others would say that when we were TTC!)
Anyway i have booked in for a pregnancy massage on Thur and if i like it i have told DH i don't care about the money i will go every week til i deliver!!!

Anyway thanks for listening :rolleyes::rolleyes:

xxxxxxxBella

Just a little something I wanted to repost as I would say it would affect the majority of us. Thinking of you all today.

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberence Day. Say a prayer for your family members & friends who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. Thinking of our little angel & forever thankful to have been given a 2nd chance.

:grouphug::hug: to all the little babies and the families whom have lost a child my heart goes out to you xoxox

thanks boc;)

Hi everyone

Just a quick drop in to let you know our princess is here.

TARA ROSE was born at 9.40am on 12/10/09 weighing 3.2kg (7lbs) and 50cm long via elective c/section.

We are still in hospital but I am recovering extremely well from the c/s and am only really suffering from after pains when feeding which are just like having period pain. It was also good that we opted for the c/s as at delivery it was found that we were in fact placenta previa and also that the lower part of my uterus wasn't correctly developed (hence no head dropping in to place).

I'm thinking of you all, especially Neptune as you are so close and once home I will hopefully get time to write up our birth story.

Lots of Love and belly rubs to you all. Thsnk you for your caring and support during our journey.

Kelly, DH and Tara

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