Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #6 - 2009

Hellooooo!

Wow Neptune! Thinking of you & wondering if/how it all went!

Lani: Welcome back! We missed you!

Bella: Preggy massage sounds divine! I really have to try and find someone here that does it! Also going to look into AquaNatal, aquarobics for bellies!

Murph: Deep breaths hun, hope it all passes for you soon! Wow 10 days now! OMG you must be so excited!

KellyD: Yay! Glad to hear all is good, great that you're getting into routine!

BDT: Where in Fiji are you going? We had our honeymoon at Shangri La on the main island and also Musket Cove Island. I loooove Fiji so much would go there again in an instant! We're booking a babymoon too, but only to that beautiful little resort we went to a few weeks ago, and it's only an hour away! We'll be there in Feb which is great as the resort has a beautiful pool all the way around it, which is where I'm betting I'll be most of the time!

:hello: to everyone else! Big :bellyrubs: to you all!

AFM went to my folks place for the weekend, had a few people to catch up with and more shopping to do ;) Lay-byed a swing and we've picked a cot out too (my parents are buying cot as a gift) just have to wait, my friend is giving us a beautiful Boori chest/change table and just have to wait & see what colour timber it is before we get a cot. In all my superstition (apparently bad luck to have a pram in your house before bubs comes) I have left my pram at my folks place. Well the cat was over the moon, thought it was a new bed for him! Very cute seeing the little head pop up over the bootcover :lol: Not so impressed when we kicked him out! Oh and my Mum got to feel a kick! She was very excited! Now just gotta get DH to be around for the kicks so he can feel one!

Now for the not-so-good news. DH has been offered a new job. Good because it is better money and means I may not have to go back to work after Cookie arrives but bad becasue it includes away work, a week at a time and he seems to think it will be 1 or 2 trips a month! I really don't know what to do, he is just so miserable where he is now and jobs that pay his kind of money with no qualifications are very hard to find, especially at his age! Anyway being that I'm of a HR background he's agreed to have the boss over one night to explain all the details and conditions & then basically IT'S UP TO ME to decide whether he can take it or not! Talk about pressure! I really don't know, I mean I can deal with being on my own with a newborn, it will be hard having noone around to help me (my folks live 2hrs away) and that's not such a big deal, I just hate the thougth of him missing out on Cookie growing up. Anyway, please :crossfingers: for me that the right decision is made!

Haoppy Monday everyone and hope you all have a great week!

Happy Monday to you all girls!

what a fantastic day it's been up here. Started the day by getting myself out of the house and off to the beach....ahhhhh, the best therapy in the world. the weather was perfect, got to hang out with the furry kids and DH and laughed so much at their antics. There is nothing as fun and carefree for me. Lotsa laughs and our last preggy photos, some really nice ones to frame and have by my hospital bed. got the belly out too:D Then, we came home from Cow Bay and it bucketed down...woohoo, haven't seen rain for sooooo long. It arrived in a windy swirl, coming in every window so we were running around madly and yelling at old Huey to send it down. DH ran out to wash the car in the rain and I put buckets everywhere to catch the precious stuff. I can't even explain how bizarre it is to be going through a drought in the wettest part of the country that receives 4000mm of rain per year, but there it is, the driest winter ever recorded this year with only 36mm since June.

Sorry for the weather report, but it's our big news at the moment, daggy as it is.

My advice to all who have been in the dumps like me....do that thing that you know makes you smile. I should have been regularly going to the beach to keep me out of the clouds. I'm certainly going to take Jazzy as often as I can.

More later, but going to hang out with DH while it's just the two of us.

Lots of love from a totally blissed out Mumma:loveshower:. xoxox

P.S Kelly if you still reading...what was your hospital case like:redface: I have 2 bags on the go, one each for me and Jazz. She has packed way heavier than me;) but I have two bags like carry on plane luggage, bulging at the seams:doh: did you use all the stuff they tell you to pack and have to take lots of back ups? Thanks so much for your updates, you're a champ! Don't buy into the comments about whether your baby is a "good" sleeper and sleeps through the night or not. she will do what she needs to do in her own good time.xox

:crying: :crying: just got off the phone with DH... they've extended the course by 5 days so means he won't be home til December 4 - that is TEN DAYS before EDD :dunno:

i just feel shattered and so upset. i feel so scared of being alone for the birth of this precious one and not coping. We are supposed to be doing this together! Not alone, isoalted from all my family and friends.

i think he is going to come home now for one weekend.. that's a friday night, saturday and leave again on Sunday.

Feel soooo stressed about it all and just have a terrible ''feeling'' that bluey will arrive early.

thanks for listening. must go find fur baby for consolation. ox will be back in a more upbeat mood later.

Grub so feel for you, Campbell came 2 weeks early praying bluey holds on.

Oh Grub hun :hug::hug::hug:

What a crappy thing to have to deal with! Vent away hun, that's what we're all here for!

Hopefully you found some solace snuggling into furbaby, they are sooo good for that!

I have to ask though, if you do go into labour early, are there provisions for DH to come home early?

:pray: for a good outcome for you.

Murph: Gotta love daggy weather reports ;) glad you got to do what made you happy! For me that's "retail therapy" so thank you for giving me permission! Not sure DH will thank you though :lol:

I'm off to bed now, have a great night!

PS: Photo site FINALLY updated with latest pics plus pics from our 12wk scan!

Sorry but cant keep up with all that is happening.

Will just do a quick update of me. Really still struggling. Physio is not really helping, They have now put me on a anti depressant (which I nearly had a heart attack over), Apparently pain management clinics use it all the time as it relaxes muscles. So far it is not helping the pain but I have been sleeping better. Last night had to get a up to DS and I was swaying because I was asleep on my feet. Tonight I am upping the dose so had told DH he is in charge of night duty. Also now permanently on attibiotics for sinusitis. Along with all my hay fever meds this is helping. I am taking so many pills I almost need a timing pill box. On the up side am talking about delivery at next appointment, she is planning on doing and approx birth weight at 36 weeks and getting him out at 37 this I am excited about.

We have finally got rid of everyone elses stuff and will be painting and then setting up the nursery this weekend. We have brought the whole calypso range of nursery stuff. it is the ocean theme it is gorgeous.

Hope everyone is doing well. Neptune thinking of you. My DH cousin was induced on wed with gel and sent home she didn't have bub until sunday. I am being induced this time, buit for me this will be a relief as I am being induce because of how big Campbell was. This bub seems to be big already.

:dance: boc loven the new pics hun oh i love stickybeaking :clap:

afm.. spewing here still OMG mum says its ok luv least you still know charlie is ok ...yeh thanks mum pmsl.
i think im gonna be just like the other girls ill spew till i actually go into labour lol.

Smithy have they given you anything to stop you spewing. I take a maxolon every morning half an hour before I get up, without it I spew every day.

hun thanks for careing :hug: BUT MAXALON FOR ME :rofl: have tried them so many times been in hossy dont know how many times with maxalon through a drip doesnt help never has this is just how i always get when pregnant ;) i dont just get sick like i wanna spew.... i wanna pass out spew all day not matter what i do i get the worst headaches, in all my years of being pregnant i would never say ive just suffered from m/s i would say i feel like im dyeing some days and thats not a joke :D but thanks hun ive just learnt this is just me nothing can help me pmsl.....

Hi Murph

O.K the hospital packing....We went with a Private Hospital so they provided all of the clothes Tara needed for her hospital stay, including bunny rugs and spew rags. They also provided us with the first 3 days of disposable nappies as well (or if you are using cloth they provide those as well) so all we needed for her during the stay was extra nappies for the extra days in hospital (I worked on 8 nappies per day) and clothes to bring her home in.

As for me, I had a clean nighty for each night in hospital and a change of everyday clothes as well as by day 3 you will really be sick of sitting around in your nighty and want to feel more normal. Obviously you will also need the fun things as well, I took in heaps of Maternity Pads but found that my loss wasn't as much as I thought it would be but they say with a c/s the loss is less. I didn't even use 1 packet of 10 before going down to Super size and now I can use ordinary pads. I now am using the extra maternity pads as a padding for my wound while it heals completely.

I don't know if this helps, but I packed more than I needed and ended up bringing a lot of stuff home clean and unused. I'll will be waiting with baited breath for the 29th to arrive to here the good news about Jazzy's arrival.

MMM, I would guesss that Neptune is now spending some precious bonding time with the new man in her life. Can't wait to hear the news.

Wonderful news ladies

http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...91#post2018491

YAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!! :loveshower: Congratulations Neptune on the safe arrival of little Adam!

Look forward to hearing from you soon xx

Wow! Where to start?

Congrats Neptune on the safe arrival of Adam!

Murph that rain sounds brilliant. When we lived in Charters Towers I loved running about with bins and buckets catching as much as we could when it did rain! I still appreciate rain even though I now live in the rainiest country in the world! I was thinking about our tree changes and I loved that show Grand Designs too but my big favourite was River Cottage. Apart from the killing animals that is the life we want! We now sort of live in the area so we are getting close!!

BTW the car had to go as we couldn't afford it and we are trying really hard to do the eco thing as well. I have a whole ton of family and friends on their way out to see us over the next few weeks so that should perk me up. I read back a bit on these threads and noticed that you too have had a hard trot emotionally with your tree change. I just know that these changes we have made will be for the best in the end but the simple life is not easy at first is it!!!

Grub - That really sucks about your DH's course being extended. Unbelievable!!! Do you guys get paternity leave in Oz? He should take a whole month or so off when he is back and bubs is born. Really stick it to them!!! At least you know that more often than not babies come late so that could be some consolation as you will definitely know he will be there to support you in those miserable last days.

Saph - hope things get moving for you soon re gel etc. I hope the pills work too. Do you feel alright on them?

Smithy - that MS sounds like hell! I hope this is the pregnancy where it will ease off a bit! You definitely deserve it by now!!!

Everyone else belly rubs and thanks for your kind messages to my depressing post last time!

On that track and AFM - Had another bellybuddies session and felt a bit weird after it as I blurted out a bit too much to women who are not familiar with the ways my LTTC head works! They were supportive but I shocked myself a bit. We were chatting about induction and such and I casually said I hope mine comes early to avoid the whole drama of deciding about it etc. Anyway the lady who runs the group said when was I hoping to deliver. And I stupidly and sort of half joking said 'Anytime after 30 weeks I guess as he should be ok then' They were all shocked. She asked me why and eventually got it out of me that for most of this pregnancy I have counted the weeks until viability as basically I don't trust my body to nurture him properly. I sort of knew I had done that but for it to be said back to me made it seem really confronting emotionally. Luckily some of the other ladies had had the same doubts about their ability to breastfeed and to some degree about their pregnancies so I didn't look completely weird. However it was good I suppose for me to get to that point so that I could move onto a point where I could try and trust my body and nurture myself so that I can nurture this baby and try and enjoy this pregnancy. I also made an effort to get into the local community by offering to volunteer at the children's centre so that should help keep me busy as well.

Anyway I had my lovely acupuncture session and the lady was lovely and listened to all my blathering. I am now on a new blood nourishing and rehydrating diet of daily eggs and fish and miso soup and I already feel better. I am now ready to wait out this pregnancy right to the bitter end of 40 weeks! No more wishing for an early delivery!! My body is the safest and most beautiful place for my baby to develop!!! Now I need to say that 100 times!!!!

Love to all and thanks for your support!!!

:hello: ladies!

How are we all today? Isn't it great news about Neptune?

Poppyfairy: You poor thing, I'm sure if they understand your path just far and know you didn't have any bad intentions. But I get what you mean, even at the best of times my mouth is usually ten seconds ahead of my brain. But at least now we have an excuse!

Kelly: Thanks for the tips! I have been wondering what to buy for my bags! I can't seem to find any "practical" hospital or "what to buy for baby" lists anywhere that don't have everything under the sun. I just want the basics! Glad to hear all is going well for you & Tara Rose

Smithy: You poor love! I would say "hope you feel better soon" but I don't think that would be much use for you hun so have a :hug: anyway. Thanks, I love checking out other people's photos too. I'm going to start an album soon for the nursery too.

Saph: Sounds like you've had a rough trot! Good luck witht he delivery discussions! How exciting!

Persephone: How you hanging in there hun? Hopefully everything is going ok for you and the spotting has stopped :hugs:

To everyone else I have missed, HI!!!! Hope you're all :bellygrowing: away nicely.

AFM: Well am I having an ever-interesting morning! I think my brain has shut down and completely disconnected from my mouth! I am having trouble constructing sentences and even some words! I just booked our "babymoon" for our 1st Anniversary at that beautiful hotel we stayed at recently. I was such a mess the girl was almost falling off her chair giggling at me! "How many people?" "Yes... um no I mean twelve... um no I mean two" ??? :wtf: And giving my credit card details, well that was a whole other story LOL. But at least it's booked now and I am looking forward to parking my butt int he lagoon pool for 3 days in Feb. And as I type I am on hold to the hossy to book delivery and Antenatal classes :hooray: can't believe we're actually at this point!!! Oh and the decorations for the nursery arrived on Monday so I'm waiting for DH to have some spare time to help me put them up, as I am sooo not artistic in any way! This is the theme: BoscoBear Wall Decals - Under the Sea - Wallspace - Wall decor . So now I just have to wait for the other lamp & nursery items that are on backorder to arrive and then we can start putting it all together!

Cookie is still kicking away which is great, and now my Mum has felt a kick and DH is not sure but thinks he felt one last night when we were laying on the lounge. He said it was kinda hard to tell as I was moving around a bit too. But even then, I'm sure there are still plenty to come :biggrin:

Anyway hope you're all travelling well. So who's gonna be next??? I am so jealous of you lovely ladies in the latter stages, I can't wait to be there at that point!

Have a great day :grouphug:

Hi everyone,

Neptune BIG CONGRATULATIONS on the birth of your new baby boy Adam, I love the name, it is my brothers name too. Looking forward to hearing news of the birth and hope you are settling in to motherhood well.

BOC, loving the new pics, your belly is looking beautiful, and you are so lucky to be feeling movement now, I didn't feel anything until 20 weeks. It is such an amazing feeling. I work for Outrigger, so we are staying 6 nights at Outrigger on the Lagoon on the Coral Coast, will also have 4 nights on Castaway Island. I am super excited, and can't wait to do the same as you, pretty much nothing :dance:. This will be our last holiday for a while. Loving your wall decals, have fun decorating! And oops, my pram has been in our house for a few months now :redface:, might put it in the garage at least lol.

Poppyfairy, glad to hear you are feeling a bit better. I guess it is always hard for those that are not LTTC to really understand the fears that we have, especially after so long, you really do start to doubt your body. But I love your mantra, it is beautiful.

KellyD, thanks for the suggestions re hospital bag, if you get the chance can you let me know what kind of nighty you would recommend, I was sort of thinking it would have to have buttons down the front for breastfeeding/expressing/easy access for DH :redface: lol, just joking. I am more keen on singlet tops and pj pants, but don't want it to be all difficult and uncomfortable. What would you suggest? And for during the day, just trackies and a tshirt? Thanks! Hope all is going well with you.

Smithy, you poor love, I can't imagine, boy this little girl will be one loved baby after all the hard work you have done to get here her. I hope you can find some relief. Thinking of you.

Saph, I hope you are feeling better too, so sorry to hear you are having these issues, take it easy with setting up the nursery, hope it is lots of fun.

Grub, oh bugger, so sorry to hear re DH, that is so unfair. Hope your little bluey can hold on, can DH get home early if you go into labour? Arghh, I hope for some reason these plans change and he is home sooner. Thinking of you.

Murph, you have inspired me to get out and about a bit more, I have been so tired, all I do is work and eat and sleep, some fresh air would be great, will have to get myself down to the beach. Really happy to hear you have your groove back. Did I hear you say preggy photos? Oh I wish the bellybelly picture gallery was working so we could have a look.

Lani, that is great all is going well, gosh time gets away. Have fun at your baby shower next week, 50 people yikes! I hope you are not doing any of the work, how wonderful for lots of pressies. And take care with work, you are keen to go to 37, I guess if you are feeling good, go for it. I am aiming for 30 weeks, but not 100% committed. I laughed with DH yesterday saying that I felt the I would get all the way to 40 weeks and the girls just won't want to leave.

Bella, glad you feel good after your preggy massage. And have fun packing your bags, these next 5 or 6 weeks will fly by. Hope you are feeling ok and taking care. xx

MissMagpie, yay for having your nursery sorted out, very exiting. I hope you enjoyed your baby shower, not long to go now, we are counting down with you.

Greenslw, glad all is well with you, congrats on 26 weeks. My antenatal classes are Dec also, looking forward to it, but some friends have said it can be boring for DHs. GL with the Tafe job.

Misty, congrats on a baby boy, glad all is going well, hope that 2nd tri energy comes your way soon.

Seph, glad your scan went well and all is great. Loving the ticker!

Lilmiss, haven't seen you in here for a while. Hope all is well, will give you a call after we get back from Fiji to catch up.

AFM, I am going great, though have had a super sore back last couple of days after working on the house on the weekend. Just doing small things like packing boxes and some painting, and taking it easy as much as I can. The house looks like a bomb's hit it, dust everywhere, but it is great to see it coming along, very exciting.

Hi to everyone else. Take care xx

Good afternoon girls,

So much happening in here!

Firstly a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Neptune on the arrival of Adam :dance: Hope your enjoying your precious bundle of joy and motherhood, take care :D

Smithy - you poor thing, you've had such a rough trot with your morning sickness. hang in there.

Murph - Your beach experience sounded TERRIFIC! I just loved your description :D I totally agree with you about some alone time with your DH before bubs arrives. Its so close for you now :dance: As for the hospital bag, my hospital even though its private too is different to Kelly's. They use cloth nappies which they supply for bubs but if I want to use disposables, I have to supply them yourself. Also I have to take in my own bunny rugs, jumpsuits, singlets etc for the baby as well. Ive also bought myself a few "nana nighties" with buttons down the front for easy "boob" access, lol Other than that, Im taking some everyday clothes for myself, as in tracksuit pants and loose tops.

Grub - :hug: That is such a bummer about your DH's longer stay. Fingers crossed bluey stays put until your EDD. Take care and know we are here for you when you need to vent. xx

Saph - sorry to hear your still in pain. I have a hard enough time taking my preggy vitamins and BP tablets let alone anything else! Hope your pain eases up for you soon.

BOC - I am SO jealous about your holiday!!! Its sounds terrific :D And how exciting on your nursery decorations, have fun with them! P.S. we all have "preggy brain" moments, lol

BDT - glad you travelling along well. Dont over do it! The back pain will only get worse.

Poppy fairy - good to hear the new diet is working well for you. Its good to stay positive. And dont worry about the stuck up english women! Its funny how different some nationalities are, lol We are here for you :D

Hello to everyone else! So many people that I have lost track!!!

AFM, well 2 weeks TODAY until bubs arrives, cant WAIT :dance: Im now into my 2nd week of maternity leave and am getting more and more uncomfortable and bored at home! I feel like Im in limbo just waiting, waiting. Did some more washing of bubs stuff yesterday and am off to buy some nursing bras tomorrow with my mum and then catching up with a g/f on Friday which Im looking forward to. I am getting so big that it makes it hard to get behind the wheel so cant drive too far so am mainly cooped up in the house. Had my baby shower last Sunday. That went well. Had 10 people all up and my DP's sister didnt bring her kids in the end and my DP took care of them after all, so all that stress for NOTHING!!! I was exhausted by the end of the day after running the games and baking earlier in the day but it was lovely to catch up with my g/f's whom I hadnt seen in awhile. I see my OB for the last time next Monday in which he will give me a detailed outline of the c-section and what happens. Its all becoming so real now. I cant wait to find out if its a pink or blue bundle. The anticipation is killing me!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your day girls.

Take care,

Tania

oh miss tania - i'm so glad your shower worked out and SIL did the courteous thing! and 2 weeks! where did the time go???

Some girls are talking about hospy bags - Big Dub has some maternity/nursing pjs, they are tops and bottoms and are pretty comfy. Our private hospy has baby clothes but not enough for everyone to use so they urge to bring your own... however the new mum who spoke to out antenatal class said someting really interesting. She wanted to dress bub in his own clothes and wraps/blankets for the smell when he got home,, he had something familiar... they also put the rugs/wraps etc in their bed for a night before the bub's arrival so he could smell mummy and daddy. I thought that was a good idea and am going to do the same.

bdt - make sure you take care of your back lovely. and now is definitely the time to whinge "that's too heavy, can you do it'' AND get away with it! rofl. ;)

boc - i'm sure DH will get his share! i must admit bub started moving about 17 weeks and DH has felt plenty of moves but it was only the weekend of my most recent gastro 'incident' that the movements really ramped up. All the sudden they are more deliberate and firmer and tummy contorting! lol. (and keeping me awake).

poppyfairy - it sounds like you feel very safe and supported in your belly class to talk so openly - lucky you! you know i also think the same thing... ''it'll be okay once i reach 28 weeks, after that he can come whenever''. and that's good about the visitors, but you know they'll drive you nuts! lol. when they all leave you'll be lovin your isolation hheeehee... i've discovered a week is all i can manage now... i've adjusted to being here with just me and DH. (spoilt!).

oh saph and smithy - i hope you both start to feel better soon. you are certainly strong women!

thank you all for your kind hugs and empathy for my situation. As you can tell, I've processed it and am feeling stronger now. and DH sent me a text that night which said: ''sleep well an know that my love for you knows no bounds. all will be well :)" I keep reading it over, it just makes it all better lol. the worst time is going to bed, i'm such an emotional preggie woman. the minute i switch the light off the floodgates open :*(

anyhoo, some of you asked if DH could come home if i do go early and the answer is yes,thankfully. DH said the minute i feel i'm no longer coping and need him, he will just tell his superior's he is needed. My only real concern is I'll go into labour and it'll take him at least 8 hrs to pack up and drive to the hospy. But he'd have to go back next year to make up for the time he missed, so if i can hold on it'll be much better.

but we'll face hurdles as they come. and today i'm not worrying about all the 'what ifs' because i saw Bluey!!! had our 32 week scan and we actually saw his face for the first time... everyother scan he's had his hands in front of his face and turns away. this time he only got one hand up... so technicaly i saw half a face..

but I fell in love today

he's 1800 grams at 32weeks, which is on the small size of average. but all is good! his missing umbilical artery seems not to have an impact :) and i saw him doing his practice breathes!

hi to all, hope you are well.... don't be put off by the thread being so busy! just pop your head in and let us know how you are. oxoxox

Hello all and happy Wednesday!

Big huge hearty congrats to Neptune on your lovely big bundle. Ooh I hope he was caesarian after all as he is a nice healthy size hey?

Well as you get further down the list and closer to your due date, you might notice that you have less time to talk to everyone on the list and kind of seem to write more and more about yourself...to keep yourself sane half the time I think. Rest assured though, I am reading everyone's posts and going through all the emotions with you.

Grub, I had one sleepless night just writing letters to you in my head after hearing about your extended loneliness. Huge hugs. I guess you are married to the defence force and that's the way that life goes. They will never change so you can only change your expectations. I only lived that life with DH for a short time,but at times I hated it so much and it can hurt so much to feel you have no control. Hopefully you can take comfort in knowing that none of us really has any control and I know you would give the advice to others that you need yourself so I have thought of some positives for you to add to in your time of need.

Positives for Grub to think about:
1. At least he's not in Afghanistan and he is safe:D
2. You are going to see him at some point before the course is over and will be in contact
3. He probably won't have to work through Chrissy and will have some lovely time together with you both
4. It is most likely that he will be home, or will be allowed leave in the case of any sudden changes and he WILL be home for the EDD
5. At least you have your little man with you growing and bonding together, poor DH will miss the two of you (and furry mutt) so three time as much for him to miss;)

As for things to take your mind off, volunteering can be absolutely the best thing for getting over loneliness. Is there some community thing you can get involved with? I won't tell you the time will fly, cos it won't and sometimes 7 weeks can be just as hard to cope with as 7 months, but if you find some things to look forward to so that you can stay happy and write lovely letters to DH, it will really help. My DH and I have every letter we ever wrote over 7 months of him being in Rwanda in 1995 and it's a beautiful thing to have. we were writing like 4 times a day:redface: some days like diaries to each other. You'll find what works.

Kelly D - private sounds like the way to go hey? I don't think any of that is supplied at my hosi. btw, I can't believe how little Tara was, with all that carrying out front belly. Did I ever tell you that I wrapped the tape measure around to compare myself to you and held it to where you measured. DH was like "no way" cos until he started seeing ladies at clinic, he thought I was huge. Now he chuckles and compares (in fun), looks around the room at the most humungous tums that hang out like shelves on other girls and we sit back and chuckle at our little bump that BOC's put to shame at 12 weeks!! It's all good:lol:

smithy - I had no idea how bad your sickness was. that's absolutely cr@p hey? One question, don't think it rude. Do you still ever smoke the wacky weed? I heard of a really rare case where a woman in Australia couldn't stop spewing except in really hot showers and she would only present to hospital when there was no hot water left in the house. It was thought to be psychological cos it always got better after some time in hosi, however, she just had time for the mary jane to leave the system. The doctor who writes the stories for House (weird medical stories) was on the radio talking about it. Just a thought. apart from that, have you tried seeing an accupuncturist, chinese herbalist or something alternative to the regular pharmaceuticals?

Poppiefairy - no time now but you gave me goosebumps and your post was really lovely so I will get back to you later.

I wold love to do one of those posts where you go over every one's like I used to but you lovely girls are doing a good job of that and it will soon be time for me to step sideways like Kel and leave you all to it. There's always someone coming up through the ranks, which is great.

DH and I just had one of those moments almost at the same time of realising ...OMG in exactly one week we will have our baby, then we were like, oh no, it's Wednesday and somehow that made it easier to accept...8 days rather than 7:doh: I havent checked the list, but I think that I might be next.

Belly rubs and back massages (oooohh, massage) to all!