Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #8

[lise]

Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh, who do I leave it so long between posts that it takes an essay to catch up?! I'm in awe of you ladies who manage to stay on top of it all!

kyra - I know this is going back a bit, but good on you for going back to study, I think it's good you'll have something for yourself! And you reminded me I need to look into uni closing dates so thanks

saph - congrats on being an aunty again and not long now till you'll have your own little bundle in your arms, so exciting!!!

green - i'm planning a visit to Canada too, though we have to go this year for my BILs wedding! And you have got to stop going out in public by yourself or you're going to have this baby on the street

babydreamtime - hope you and the girls are going okay!

melbel - how are you looking with dates? Has it changed again? Hope you're not feeling too big and uncomfortable.

seph - yay for having a boy! It must be lovely to know. Our 20 week scan is in a couple of weeks and I think we've finally decided that we'll find out, though we're going to tell everyone else that we haven't cos I won't be able to keep it a secret if people know I know...!

grub - hope ashton has settled for you and you can get some more sleep!

mitf - have you had your midwife appointment yet???

paula - not long now till you can see your little one, how exciting!

wantbaby#2 - I wish I was craving all those good foods! Although I am eating them i'm also eating waaaaaaaaaay too much ice cream. At least it's calcium!!

londonmiss - i'm jealous of your tummy, I think I just look fat! And I don't know how you do without your mum, I talk to my mum several times a week and couldn't even contemplate having a baby without her living in the same city. Very brave of you, especially since you'll be in India!

smithy - hope you're holding your princess right now

Hope I haven't missed everyone, it's taken me about one hour to write this in between supervising DH cooking dinner and a very very slow computer.

To all you recent mums - hope you're having a blast!

AFM - I felt the Chicklet move for the first time this week so am very excited about that!! Finally starting to feel a bit more real, though I feel like my tummy has been the same size for ever and I really want it to grow! lol, remind me of that ladies when i'm complaining about being too big...!

Hope you're all going well, sending belly rubs to all.

love lise xx

[melbel]

melbel - how are you looking with dates? Has it changed again? Hope you're not feeling too big and uncomfortable.

We saw the obstetrician on Friday and she said I was looking bigger than full term.....measured me at 42.5 weeks at 34 weeks exactly...yikes!!! She said I was about the size she would expect to see someone of my gestation who is carryin twins...and just looking at BD's beautiful belly shots I think she is right.

She says if I was to come into the office at 36 weeks and say I cant take anymore she would completely undertsand and symapthasize and would be happy to deliver from that point on...that's Friday week....OMG!! I'm gonna be a mummy soon...

My personal goal is hopefully 37 weeks for good lung development but we will see...at the moment it is day by day. We are now on twice weekly CTGs and once weekly umbilcal artery flow scans to keep an eye on bubs.......fun fun fun..between those and ob appts, diabetes specialist appts, chiropractor, acupuncture and myotherapy pretty much every day has something packed in there!!!

Since Friday I have been getting swollen ankles and feet by the end of the day but it seems to go down overnight....the right foot worse than the left...anyone else had lopsided cankles?!

Oh and to compare here is my 34 belly shots..only one there and pretty much as big as BD

http://www.facebook.com/melbel69#/ph...3&id=613507035

The one awesome thing I am very proud of is I am 40 years old carrying an elephant of a baby and I have not yet got a single stretch mark...I love my mum for giving me such good elastic skin!!! now you watch...I will have jinx myself ands and wake up tomorrow with a belly full....LOL

Oh and GO SMITHY!!

[TaRhLi.]

Melbel: Cute belly shot, did you see mine that I posted I was huge before Tara arrived and she was only a 7lb'er (we thought she would be huge) the night before delivery we measured how big I was around at it was 124cm, which equalled on me the height from the floor to my shoulder. Oh and as for stretch marks, I was fine up until week 37 and than they kicked in. I delivered Tara a 38 + 3 and I think that helped them from getting too bad, not that I want to jinx you but just wait they could still arrive.

Here is the link again for my huge belly.... Welcome to Facebook | Facebook

[Ella'sMum]

Hi Ladies,

Hope everyone is well, thought I'd do a AFM and let everyone know our wonderful news.
At 8.51 pm 19/01/2010, Emme Scarlett was born by c -sect she is absolutely amazing and so far a perfect baby.

Good luck to smithy and green!

[Neptune]

Ella's mum, a huge congrats on the arrival of Emme. Well done

[Neptune]

And Melbel, I was 41 weeks at birth, 40 years old and DID have a 10 pounder......check out my belly. Yours looks pretty good to me! All the best

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[Mummy-Lani]

Congratulations to Ella's mum on the safe arrival of your little princess Emme Scarlett. What a beautiful name. Enjoy xx