Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #8

[lise]

CONGRATULATIONS Ella's mum, so exciting! And a gorgeous name, love it. Hope all is going well and Emme stays perfect

Mitf - glad the appointment went well and you don't regret the change. Now just think of all the gorgeous baby items you can buy with that money!

BDT - love the nursery, just beautiful.

Green- glad DH has the car, hopefully that slows you down, though are you in walking distance of any shops?!

Ladies - love all the belly shots! Makes me feel positively tiny and dainty, which is not at all true (well it might be true of my belly, but not the rest of me!). Here is my comparatively insy belly at 17 weeks exactly:

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Melbel - hope you get to hang on till you want to - just keep those legs crossed! Hehe, will keep my fingers crossed instead and see if that helps...

Smithy - any news???

AFM - DH and I are going out for dinner, which used to be a weekly event and somehow hasn't happened since my birthday, just before Christmas. I'll see if I can manage to stay up past 10 for this special occasion - I seem to be just as tired now as I was in the first trimester! And another quick gripe - do the frequent nightly bathroom visits ever stop? I was (probably naively) under the impression the urge to pee constantly diminished in the second semester and have been sadly disappointed that i'm still up several times a night. Clearly I still have much to learn...

Belly rubs to all,

love lise xx

[LondonMiss]

Hey Lise - can't get into your facebook page - it says I don't have permission!

I'm still weeing in the night too, I was hoping it might go if I wee'd just before bed. But no, 4am.... Worse, I'm so paranoid about waking the dog up that I have to tiptoe like some demented Disney character down my own hall

[lise]

Argh, damn facebook, I just changed the settings!! Should be good now!

And glad someone else is up during the night too, well, you know what I mean...!

[LondonMiss]

sadly it still doesn't like me!

[TaRhLi.]

Hi all,

I have the very very VERY grand privlege of announcing the birth of a gorgeous Miss Charlie Isabella

This beautiful little girl was born 5:23 this afternoon. Weighing in at a very healthy 6 pound 10 ounces.

Congratulations wonderful Smithy & Super Cooper! Welcome to the world little one. We have been waiting for you

PS I thought you would appreciate the above in magenta Smithy..lol

Hi Girls

Look what I found in another thread.. Thought you all might have been waiting to see it.

Congrats Smithy, I am so happy that Charlie has finally arrived...

[JustOneMore]

Hello lovely ladies,

I am not Pregnant (I wish) but I have been on the 2ww thread for well over a year now. I have seen familiar names and also new ladies come and go when they get their BFP and Its always been lurking in the back of my mind, what did they do to get there BFP.
So I suppose I am asking this question for all of us on the 2ww, in hope to get some answers.

The question I would like to Ask is:

I was wondering, what did you ladies do to get your !
Was there something different that you did that month that you didn't do before.
Example: acupuncture, took special herb medicines, went on a long holiday, a round of golf perhaps, went on a roller coaster ride or hung upside down or was it just the right little Embryo ?

My sisters friend had been trying for 10 years, they decided that after this last IVF cycle if it didn't work then they would quit. Well on her very last FET she fell pregnant.


So we don’t Clutter up your thread could you ladies please post in the below thread:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...fferently.html


Any information is greatly appreciated .

To all the ladies who have found my thread and put there story up there - Thank you


Moderators: I Private Messaged Marcellus and she said it was o.k. to do this.

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Another way is at the top of the page you will see the Forum Information
click on Pregnancy After Long Term TTC (it is underlined)

It will take you to all the threads that are in that forum
Then scroll down until you see my thread:

PG After LT TTC - What did you do differently ?

Every little bit of information helps.
Thanks again everyone

[LondonMiss]

Hey Danyelle - I can't get your link to work. If you repost, I'll start typing now and then copy and paste into the correct thread.

But Smithy finally she's out!!! What a superb BB day - two babies! (well I know you might not have actually given birth on the same day but we found out on the same day!). Hope all went well, and hope you both put pics up soon

[wantbaby#2]

CONGRATULATIONS SMITHY!!!! Wow 6 pound 10..what a little sweetie.

Danyelle~ Tried to reply but the link was broken?

Just a quick one for me tonight.I have a headache due to the heat today but wanted to post quickly.Had my first antenatal app today and everything looking great! Bub was moving around alot then turned his/her back to us!!! The sonographer however was soooo irritating.She basically rushed us through,didnt measure bub,took a pic of the back view which is really blurry.She did however say bub looked good and the hb was great at 160.We heard that thumping away like galloping horses and did pick out bubs feet and hands.Bub really didnt appreciate the scan,moving away and turning around.(poor bub)

So 12 weeks and 1 day today and a healthy active baby.im sooooo pleased to have made this milestone.We are telling my whole family on sat at my nans 80th so will be lots of fun seeing everyones expressions.cant wait!!
Hoping everyone is well.Must go and lie down to ease this stupid headache.xx

[Loveinamist]

Ella's mum well done! Welcome Emma!

Smithy Yay to beating the induction!!! Welcome Charlie! Cannot wait for pics!!

Green -

Wantbaby - we had a sonographer like that too. We had to actually ask at end of scan if we could try and see his face. Which she huffed at and gave us a twenty second view! The best sonographer we had was one who used to be a midwife. They tend to be more interested in the actual baby and not just the technical side of their job.

mitf - Japan is my favourite place in the world!!! DH and I regularly go there. I speak japanese though so it makes it a bit easier. Last time we went we hired a car and drove from Tokyo to the southernmost island to visit my host parents down there. However even if you don't speak Japanesee the Japanese are very hospitable and they have everything set up for comfort. You go into a restaurant and get looked after straight away (hot tea and towels in winter and cool water and cold towel in summer!) japan is the last place on earth with good customer service (in fact excellent service!!). Hotels are good (although I would recommend looking for Onsen spa hotels, usually only Japanese go to them so they are cheap and a real cultural experience with the hot baths etc......look for the little hot spring symbol on a map and there will be at least two or three there.) The Japanese love babies so you will have no trouble there. Japanese children and babies get treated like little kings and everyone you meet will love to see a western baby! I wish I was going!!! Can I come as your guide!!!??

Green - labour vibes!!!! I hope those BH are like mine and are actually real labour (my midwife dismissed mine right up until she saw the baby's head!!!!) and they are doing most of the work of cervix dilation so you don't have sooo long in the labour ward. My advice...you know what your body is doing....don't listen to them. I knew I was in labour and I knew my pains were doing good work but I listened too much to a person who had no idea what MY body was doing. Remember your body is doing what it needs to do to get your baby into the world. Regardless of what some medical person calls them. BH or contractions your body is getting ready for your baby's birth!! Each pain is a step closer. It is happening!!!!!

AFM - just come out the other side of a....wait for it.......24 hr feeding frenzy!!!!! Yes my little man has been on the boob continuously for exactly 24hrs. I think there was a break of about half an hour and maybe give or take ten or so minutes for nappy changes etc but literally he would go on, come off after twenty minutes and then cry to get on again five minutes later. I think it was the 10 day growth spurt. Good news though...my midwife is happy with me and bubs and he has lost the right amount of weight and then gained the right amount and she has asked me to give a breastfeeding demonstration to her antenatal class on Friday. Schnim and I have been practicing our demonstration technique.........brush top lip with nipple...wait for open mouth and shove it right in!!!!! Not sure the antenatal ladies want to hear about the 24 hr feeding frenzy though!!!