Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #8

[barney]

Smithy - had a chuckle at the DTDing. DH and I tried the other night to try in order to get things moving but frankly it was embarrassing. We almost found it hard to look at each other in the eye the next day! LOL!! Won't be trying that again until the bump is definitely gone!! Looks like it is going to be acupuncture for a natural induction for me then!!! LOL

DH and I are having lots of lovely nights watching DVDs and eating lovely food together! He is going to take me on a date to my favourite Chinese restaurant on Tuesday night. Cannot wait!!!

at you hun,i was just the same with dh i could barley look at him i was so embarresed didnt know really if i should cry or laugh to be honest lol.yep no more trying here either,i felt like dh was rideing a camel.
and many labour vibes for you darlin,your doin so well bub will be here very soon ..maybe baby just knows its just to cold rite now
hopeing your chinese meal might just do the trick eat something spicey ? could work
anyways thinking of you heaps take care xoxo

a big hi to all you beautiful girls.

[saph204]

Smithy your belly is almost as big as mine. I feel like I am almost dragging it around on the floor.

Well we are just back from the hospital tour and I thought we were leaving it til late with 3 weeks to go, there was a couple who are due in 5 days.

Well I dont know if my thrush is thrush, usual treatment is not helping so I will ring the midwife tomorrow. Oh a day stuck at home tommorow with DS plus my two nephews as I have to sit and wait for our cord blood collection kit to arrive. Must mean it is getting close now.

[LondonMiss]

hello all. Saph - could you tell me a bit more about the cord blood thing? Sounds interesting.

Sorry to hear of the DTD disasters! Poppy fairy, your belly gets more impressive everyday. Yay for your Dad's news. That's great. Glad he made the break.Instead of DTD to bring on labour, perhaps you should go back to the curry idea! I'm typing lefthanded as I am sucking my first in twenty fivr yrs homemade ice lolly! It's not an icecream but frozen breakfast juice is probably better for me! So hot here still. Not been out all day, how you all doing??? Is it hot everywhere today?

[barney]

LABOUR VIBES FOR POPPYFAIRY AND GREEN

thinking of you darling girls...

[saph204]

London Miss- we origanally stored Campbells cord blood because my dad had parkinsons. They are doing a lot of research onto stem cell use and cures for this and many other diseases. It could also be used in Campbell got sick with some types of Cancers. He stem cells would be compatiable with both DH and I amd possibly other members of the family. Our parents, brothers and so on. Since my Dad has actually passed away but we cant do it for one child and not the other. It is expensive about $3000 for storage for 18 years but I couldnt put a price on my families health. We have used Cellsence, but there are a few others out there as well. There is also the option of using the public donation system but you have no control over who uses the blood then. Hopefully our two boys never need their blood and no one else in the family needs it either.

Oh yeah, Its a simple procedure. The blood is collected from the umbilical cord after the baby is born. Our OB is doing it or someone from the storage place can do it. The courier just picks up the box from the hospital and takes it away. We dont have any storage facilities here so ours goes back to Sydney. You may want to find a service in Melbourne. Hope this helps.

[saph204]

Well my nephews went home early. My SIL was induced last night that is why we had the boys. But they sent her home today as her cervix wasnt opening. They are going to try again tomorrow night. So I get them again tomorrow night. DS is so exhausted he left his lunch for rest time and promptly fell asleep.

Oh I have my growth scan today, so I can tell you what size elephant I and breading this time. And I am still waiting for the cord blood kit to arrive. Oh well life is about waiting.

[Ella'sMum]

ahahaha you girls are too funny! Me and DH DTD on Saturday, for 2 reasons, a) to get things moving and b) DH has been working away so it's a very rare occasion that we get to! Like you guys Things DID NOT go well, nor did it start labour, HOWEVER, it did start to give me period type pain and back aches for the rest of the night so maybe the prostglandins (sp?) have kicked in after all.
Anyway those pains were back again last night so hopefully this baby is coming very soon!
Have also tried 2 doses of the dreaded oil to get things moving about 3 hours apart each, a word to the wise, if you have a fairly "strong" stomach (and are not usually very regular) the only thing this is going to do is make you gag because it is nothing short of Disgusting!!!
So DH is home again tonight and i'm praying that DTD one more time will get me to the place I want to be, pushing a watermelon out!
Anyway , Can't wait to hear the next lot of wonderful news take care everyone!

[saph204]

Well Girls its offical we breed elephants in this house. No nice little 6/7 pounders in this house. He is currently weighing approx 7 pounds 6 or about 3.4kg. And techniqually we still have 6 weeks to go. His tummy is measuring 39 weeks. He already weighs about 1.5kg more than I have put on. Ouch my poor lady bits.