Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #8

[LondonMiss]

Hello Persephone! I thought you were missing in action! Funny, my boobs are one of the few bits not providing me with any problems at the moment....! But I will start slathering on the cream more religiously at night from now on. I've just scared myself silly reading my maternity book. I do not like the full-frontal-bloody-head-sticking-out-woman-screaming-like-a-banshee shots. I don't think there's any reason to a) have your picture taken then, it's not a snap for the family album is it, or b) to scare pregnant women with it... On the upside, I've finally got an appointment with the hospital at the end of the month. About blumming time, frankly. Of course, it's the one week that DH is away in India on a business trip. Do you think it would be better to take someone else or go on my own? I feel a bit of a spanner doing these things on my own.

Gosh, I wish I had a mango tree, that sounds amazing. Lucky you. Tonight is Friday and that means curry night in the London Miss and Mr household. Happy days

belly rubs to all, hope Smithy and Poppyfairy both feeling well and not worried about us taking bets on their race ha ha only joking

[BOC]

Hiya!

Seph: back hun! I have often wondered what happened to you and was hoping everything was going swimmingly! Good luck on your scan, wow feels like only yesterday you were tentatively dipping your toes in this thread after receiving your !

Smithy: Hey there goober girl! I have to admit I was at the thought of you chasing Coops around waving bits of CM! Oh and v. jealous of the junk food for lunch! Would kill for some hot chips & scallops but Captain Heartburn says no

Poppy: Love the pics! How is your furbaby coping with the impending arrival? Mine isn't too fussed, very wary of entering the nursery but loves napping across my belly and playing kicksies with Cookie. Sending sweet labour vibes your way!

mitf: I had the same thing around 8-12 weeks at night. Kind of felt like someone pulling your hips apart. I was told it was that they were starting to move to make room for bub. Just try not to lay on one side for too long. Easier said than done though, I know!

kyra: mmmm smoothie! More a berry type myself, and loving fruit crushies too! Just bought myself one of those freezie mugs today so lots of crushy stuff for me YAY!

Green: Glad to hear you're relaxing. And don't worry, I couldn't nap in the beginnig either, took a little practice. I started by allocating an hour a day just sitting back in the recliner or laying on the bed with furbaby even if I didn't sleep I was resting. Didn't take too long before I started dozing off. Good luck!

LM: Hope you enjoyed the waffle... I mean walk ;-)

Hi and to everyone I've missed!

Well last night's antenatal class was interesting. Instructor was abit of a wet dishrag but nevertheless went through some stuff. I think I'm just way too overinformed cause I'd already read up on a lot of it. Most intersting part was the video. In a room of about 10 couples, all first-time parents, some with no idea what goes on in labour (how thoey could've read nothing yet at 30+ weeks is beyond me but anyway) when the video played it was DH who went a lovely shade of grey and almost passed out! Yep my hard-a*se macho DH who has been present for childbirth before! I was flabbergasted! Anyway gives me lots of ammunition to torment him now *insert evil laugh* but at least he said he was really glad he went and he got a lot out of it as things have changed quite a bit in 27 years.

And as for today, been a busy little bee. I went into my hossy bags checklist and realised that bar the gatorade and muesli bars, oh and the birth plan a.k.a "wish list", my labour bag is ready to go! So it's now all packed and even the other hossy bag for me & Cookie is 2/3 packed now too! Very proud of myself! And feel a big sense of relief too, knowing that I could go anytime now and at least be ok and comfy for labour.

A little bit of a scary thought, one of my friends who is also 27 weeks and is having #4 is already 4/5 engaged!

Anyway hope you all have a great weekwend! I'm picking my parents up from the airport (they've been to a family wedding in Sri Lanka) and will prob spend a couple of days there. Catch you all soon

[kyrawolfe]

LM -=- I definately agree with the full frontal image of agony and gore.. But dont wry, You wont be seeing it from that angle so as painfull as it is, it wont be half as scary

Id take someone with you if it were me.. If not for support, but even just to have someone to share the excitement with and have a chat to about it after

poppy -=- the snow pics are great puppy looks a little curious about the belly my furbaby cuddles upto me on the couch at night and gets a confused look on her face when bubba boots her in the side

BOC gatorade and muesli bars is a great idea! Dnt mind if i steal it when i start to pack my labour bag (not for a while yet i hope, but you know ) ROFL at DH turning all grey and nearly passing out at the video! Lets hope he handles the real thing a little better hey!

Having the mango tree is definately great! Ive been snacking on mangoes so much haha every day! So I somehow doubt Ill be having any mroe of those toilet problems Todays been a quiet one for me... Just cleaning up spending time with DS and furbaby and takeing the chance to enjoy the peace of it all ..

catch up soon <3 Ky

[Greenslw]

kyrawolfe the booting does stop followed by intence wriggles. not sure which I prefer. Hope tonight is more peaceful for your bladder.

Mitf I started feeling sore around your time. I saw the physio monthly for a while then fortnightly then weekly. really helped if you can get there. if not DH massage would be good around your hips too. Just watch out mine always end in two outcomes or zzzzzz for me.

Welcome back Persephone glad to see your motoring along. any feeling re pink or blue?

Bun thanks for the helpful hint re napping, I'll give it a try. Wow your friend is already 4/5! can you stay like that for a while? I found Antinatal classes the same. only didn 2/4

All this talk of the tropics is making me so jelous. I fell in love with Darwin just need to pick the right time to move.

ATM today is way hotter than I thought and I'm regretting not shopping last night cos I want CHIPS! I took a walk outside and don't think my need for chips is as great as my need for cool.

DH is on a boys trip today picking up a car for a friend he'll be gone the whole day I don't know how all you ladies with DH working away do it. I'm a mess. Enjoying the house to myself but because he's so far away the 'what ifs' creap in. Mum's always close though.

No labor signs yet, really don't know what to expect anyways. I'm trying to sit on the couch and do nothing but it really isn't in my nature and I"m struggling.

Hope you all have a nice Weekend.

[barney]

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to all my beautiful pregnant girls,
wow is it hot or what ,im doing the same sitting in the a/c all day .
thank goodness we dont have long now girls IM JUST SO OVER THIS
i did end up trying sex with dh last night and lets just say ..how embaressing pmsl i said to dh lets try to get rid of the rest of this plug OMG funny yeh didnt work and IM NOT TRYING IT AGAIN LOL.stuff that.
anyways my lovelies have a nice weekend and belly rubs to you all.

[saph204]

Smithy you make me laugh, I was thinking lets give it a try as we have been advised against it because of my pelvis and to be honest it is so painful who would want to. So we have a DS free night tonight (the first since he was born) so I though tonights the night nice movie nice dinner bit of romance. Well sleep over has been cancelled and I have thrush from antibiotics. Night cancelled. Poor DH he has had any for months.

[BOC]

Oh girls, glad to see I'm not the only one!

Mine started off more psychological. I had a couple of friends mc within a couple of days of DTD and since then I have been so scared something would go wrong and hurt the baby. In the first 11 weeks I wouldn't let DH anywhere near me. Then we had a little weekend away and kind of got caught up in the moment... a few times but since then I reckon I could count on one hand the number of times we've attempted it. I'm in the mood and everything but once we start I start worrying then panic and then it's just not an enjoyable experience. Plus now with my back problems it's just plain painful. Poor DH, he's been so patient but the other night the evil little Chucky came out with some smart a*se remark about not getting much these days.

Hmmm maybe I should take a leaf out of Smithy's book and start chasing him around the house with bits of CM, maybe that will turn him on

[LondonMiss]

I can barely type I am laughing so much the mental images are wonderful. Girls you are so funny. Poor men, we get them into a habit of DTD all the bloody time when TTC, and then suddenly, it's leaving them alone for a while and pretending we don't know what's going on

[saph204]

I have to share this little gem with you. I am sitting in the office reading Well hiding actually. And all I hear is my three year old running up the hallway yelling bugger bugger bugger and then I here his banging and crashing in the toilet still yelling bugger bugger bugger.OOPS I'm thinking there is a little deposit somewhere as DH walks past after cleaning it up. I am rolling around laughing as I hear a triumphant YAY and the toilet flushed a few times. It's times like this that make all the pain and no sex (yeah boys we miss it to) and other general cr@p worth it. Better go check the damage.

[Greenslw]

Smithy I miss read your post and thought you said you are now trying it again. Glad you're not it doesn't sound good. Maybe some rasbery leaf tea is less vigarous?

Saph our bodies aren't with us are they? bloody thrush is awful, hope you've got something to help. Saph I love it bugga bugga bugga! I just saw a glimps into my future and I"m giggling like a school girl. EXCELENT! Also well done on the hiding.

BOC, Thank you for sharing your story. I guess mine is different but I was scared in the begining my IVF dr said that DTD was good for keeping baby up there, who knows. all I know is now at this end DTD can help bring things on. It is so amazing to hear that every body has a different expereince and they are all righ for them.

LondonMiss I have a theory, if men truly understood us they probably would all be gay!

Well DH is on labor watch and it's scary. I poped outside to hang up some washing and well didn't hear the phone so he phoned both my mobiles and my mum! SO I guess I need to keep my phone on me more. Good to know he's as anxious as I am.

[wantbaby#2]

Im so glad im not the only one putting my dh through a sex strike! LOL My dh is driving me insane,asking "can we have sex yet?". We havent had sex since before the et so its been 8 weeks.The longest ever.hahaha

[Loveinamist]

Just a quickie from me to let you know I am still here and still waiting!!!

Green- good to see you are off work and relaxing!

Seph - good to see you back!

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

BOC - funny how they show those vids. I mean what is the point really? Everyone's labour is different..how do they choose the 'textbook' one for the video!!??

Saph - Poor you with thrush. You must be headed for a calm easy labour after all the trouble you have had in this pregnancy! Surely that is how it should work!!

Mtif - I did some sort of damage to a buttock muscle at about 13, 14 or 15 weeks (can't remember exactly) I was starting to get all that relaxin loosening and I squatted down quickly to get something out of the oven and I got a sudden pain in my bum that didn't go away for ages. I went to the doc and he said to take paracetemol and relax. It eventually went away but I remember thinking I was stuck with it for the whole pregnancy! You just need to be careful in your movements while your muscles are all loose.

Londonmiss - hope you enjoyed the icecream. I had my cold weather version yesterday. DH made mango and blackberry jelly (his own made up recipe using agar agar and mango juice and the blackberries we had frozen from our foraging in late summer!) He then chopped up bananas and put them on top and we had it with fresh cream! Yum! Like a sort of melted icecream sundae!!!

Kyra, Wantbaby and everyone else my 'fedup with pregnancy' brain might have missed, Belly rubs!!!!

AFM - seem to be having these weird nightly pains. I think they are like contractions because my belly goes all tight and they sort of are a wave going up my belly. Sometimes I need to stand up and walk around to feel more comfortable. I get them about every 15 minutes, sometimes every ten but nothing really regular. Then they disappear. Has happened two nights in a row now. I seem to spend all day with period type cramps (which for me is an almost constant dull ache low in my belly) and then this performance at night.
DH was laughing at me because he cannot believe that a woman who is 9 months pregnant can honestly believe that labour will not start soon. But I tried to explain to him that I feel exactly like I used to for 7 years looking for pregnancy symptoms. For 7 years I would feel sore boobs, urgent need to wee, funny cramps, metallic taste....the whole shebang of pregnancy symptoms and for 7 years they were always false symptoms!! So now when I am looking for labour symptoms I am finding it really hard to believe that it could be the real thing! Especially since so far what I thought was my 'bloody show' turned out to be a cervical ectropion and my contractions so far have disappeared or turned into gas!!!! LOL!!! I am still getting around to the idea of the inevitablity of this baby. It has to come out someway and at sometime but can you get this head to believe it????

BTW my Dad has decided not to come down until after our babymoon!!! Yay!!! 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!!!

[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.