Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #8

Poppyfairy congrats on you birth. Boys are very special and love mummy cuddles.

Well off to the ob today, If it looks like this baby is going to be as big as Campbell I am going to ask for a CS. Not for me but for baby. Campbell got very stuck and didnt breath and ended up in ICU because of how big he was I am not going to do that to another child if I can help it. We will see what happens today. Well need to go get ready I am going to the Casino for lunch today with all the girls from work. Yeah a bit of me time.

Hi Dusty,
I only had a very very quick scan at my OBs between 12 and 20 weeks, sort of, ok, there is one, there is the heart beat, there is the other, there is the heart beat, that is all, otherwise it was the official 12 week NT and then the 20 week morphology. I did find it very hard to wait between the official scans, 8 weeks is a long time, and did/do find myself worrying. I am counting down days until my next official next Tue, as am dying to know what size they are and that growth is on track, I guess the worry just doesn't go away. Hope you are keeping well, GL for tomorrow. Make sure you look out for the nubby if you want to try to guess gender :lol:

Smithy, OMG, so excited for you too!

Saph, GL with your OB appointment and hope you can book your C section in.

Hi to everyone else, I am tracking along, very excited am 34 weeks today, now I can have the bubs on the Gold Coast and not be shipped up to Brisbane. I guess is just a matter of time for me too, just trying to hang on as long as I can now, I have 36 weeks as a goal in my mind. Still hoping they will flip so I can do a VB, but I have a feeling my OB will be talking C section next week, I will be asking for a date at 38 weeks hoping at least I can go into labour naturally before that, and also give the girls as much time as I can in case they do flip.

Belly rubs to everyone xxx

poppy fairy -=- BIG CONGRATS HUN ON THE SAFE AND QUICK ARRIVAL OF ROBIN !!!
:leap: :leap: :leap:

0 hour labour huh... hmm. what exactly happened there??? cant wait to hear more and see some cluck inducing pics :p

Dusty -=- Good luck with your 12 week scan tomorow! Hope everything goes well and you get a good look at lil phoenix! I only had the standard 12 week and 19 week scans after I got the all clear from the EPU ( I had a few scans between 5 and 11 weeks to clear for misscarriage as i had a few bleeds..) Dunno If that helps in any way.. Ive always gone through the public system in hospitals so I dont know too much about birthing centres and how they go about it all.. tho they sound good!

Smithy -=- 29th of jan isnt too far away at least! Sounds like ur having a terrible time with all the sickness.... How about I send you some general health vibes along with the labour ones!

saph -=- sounds stressfull hun :hug: just do whatever you think is best :) good to hear your getting a bit of you time today! I had my child free tuesday yesterday and spent it over at my gfs catching up with her and our other two gf's that were heading over too NZ for the next 3 weeks! So we made the most of it :D those 3 are a crackup when we all get together!

Hey baby dreamtime! Woot for 34 weeks! thats doing realy well for twins! GL for the next few weeks hope everything works out for you!

..trying to get my lil one too nap. It sounds funny that I still try to get him to nap seeing as he's turning 3 next week.. But when I dont he falls asleep at 5 or 6 then skips his dinner and shower to sleep through the night. Its a bit of a struggle seeing as he loves to fight off the drowsy eyes and keep playing, but If I can get him there it will all be worth it!!! Its really hot today and the comp room is the only one with air con.. Ill probably be sneaking in here once he does go to sleep so I can feel a lil less sweat monster myself! Had a wonderfull cuddle from DH today before he left.. Hes being really sweet, after trying and failing to get a cuddle and kiss from our indepandant thinking lil toddler (hehe) he came over to my belly leant down and gave jelly bean a big snuggle and goodbye as well.. and told him/her he was proud of how strong s/hes been and that he cant wait to meet him/her. :heartbeat:

:bluecheer: Congrats poppy on the safe arrival of Robin. I can't believe that u had what they class as no established labour. Well done. Enjoy spending the time with your little man.

Smithy not long to go now n I hope u feel better soon.

Ella's mum, green & smithy sending lots of labour vibes your ways as u all race to the o
line. Good luck xx

Sorry I have not been on for a while well I have been reading the posts but haven't had the time to respond. I can't believe my little man is already 4wks old the time has flown. He is growing and changing everyday. I am enjoying motherhood even with all the challenges.

Hope everyone is enjoying their pregnancies. :bellyrubs: to all

CONGRATULATIONS Poppy on the safe arrival of little Robin!

:hooray: :leap: :loveshower:


Smithy you poor thing! Hope it's only a short wait for you now.

Sending labour vibes to ellasmum & greenie too.

BDT: :crossfingers: you make your 36 weeks and VB!

Saph: good luck with the sizing!

Dusty: I had the 12wk scan, but made it very clear I wasn't interested in taking it further if anything came back. They pretty much knew I was only doing it to see Cookie. But then again I'm going private so I guess as long as I'm paying the $$$ they'll do what I like.

:hello: to everyone else!

AFM, having an interesting day. Today is my due date for the angel bub I lost back in my first round. I fully expected to be a wreck today but surprisinigly I'm ok. I guess I've had long enough to prepare for it. We will probably just light some candles and have some quiet time when DH gets home.

Appointment went well yesterday. I think the Ob must have said something to the midwife cause she was ever so nice, even asked how my back was going. A couple of things have come out of the visit, firstly Cookie is definitely breech. No surprise there I have suspected it for a while now and I was a breech myself. So the plan of action is to monitor position at every visit and then at 36 weeks if he/she hasn't turned the call will be made to "exit via the sunroof" (as someone so cleverly put it before). Again, surprising myself, thought I'd be upset at the prospect of a C-sect but am surprisingly chilled. And now just got a call to say my diabetes test has come back high so have to go back for more, this time the full GTT. Ho hum, ahhh the joys!

Had a really amazing moment the other night, had been sneezing all day and suddenly sneezed again, put my hand on my belly and I could feel the head! Clear as anything, the little round hard head-shaped lump in my hand, in the middle just up under my stomack! I almost cried! Those awesome moments are what it's all about! Funny though, I was determined to get DH to feel it too so every time I had to sneeze I would go running to him, grab his hand and put it on my belly then procedd to spray all over him :rofl: He wasn't impressed! But hey, I said "honey in a few short weeks your gonna have more than my sneezes all over you" lol.

Obviously not meant to be napping today, tried to lay down for a nap 3 times now and every time someone either calls or comes to the door :angry:

Hope everyone's coping well in the heat, our Southerly has just come through o thank goodness it's cooling down a little!

Have a good evening!

Poppyfairy Congratulations :leap: Guess I lost my money ;)

BabyDreamtime Me PLEASE :pray: Glad you made your mile stone, much easier to have bubba close to home.

Goodluck with Scan tomorrow Dusty are you going to find out phoenix blue pink?

Smithy so it's pre 29 or out comes Charlie how exciting :D

Saph good to make a decion that works for you and bubba.

Boc :hug: for you and angel baby it's so hard, but being pg really helped me through. So nice you can feel your bubs head :D

ATM not coping at all! I lost it at the kitchen bench after dropping DSS of to work, I can't drive, I can't sit, I can't lie down. My belly is so sore, it feels bruised and what's worse I can't find anything on the net that sounds anything like what I feel.

OB tomorrow and bubs is still very active so I'm not phoning the hospital who will probably ask me if I'm in labor when I say NO they'll say just REST!

WELL (big sigh) I have been, I gave up work, have done sweet FA for a week now and it's getting worse!

The pain is mainly on my left side around belly button height and lower, when I get up I feel like my muscles have shrunk and it takes me half a dozen steps to straighten up.

I've also had BH but that is totally different. My OB siad it'd go away if I stopped work SHE LIED! :cry: I don't want to rush Squeak but I can't do another 2-3 weeks of this!

Oh green I so feel for you, my BH are very intense and they always come when I want to rest.

Got to do the AFM bit now, My incution date of the 4/2 has been cancelled. With all the problems Campbell had because he got stuck I have now been booked for a C section on the 8/2 feeling ok about this as DH and I discussed the possiblity last night and decided that is this baby looked like being as big as Campbell we were not willing to subject him to that trauma. OB was very positive about it all and reasured me that I would be ok. I was a bit peaved when she said why didnt you tell me Campbells shoulder got stuck, I felt like yelling at her I have told you a thousand times and specifically said I didn't want a repeat.

BOC you still have time for bubs to turn, a friends bub was breach the week before she had him and he turned that was at 36 weeks.

Kyra- My Campbell is 3 and has a rest time now not sleep. He lies in my bed with a movie or cartoons and has a rest for an hour. Sometimes he falls asleep but if he does he wont go to sleep until really late so we prefer him not to sleep.

Green - always thinking of you hope you get your VB. I have already had one and it was hell on earth, my ob said the C section will be a breeze.

Oh I had to laugh my OB said that if I have a C section All future babies will need to be delivered by C section. After this hell on earth pregnancy THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER PREGNANCY.

Hey girls, remember me?

I feel like a bit of an intruder but just wanted to say a huge congrats to PoppyFairy. What an amazing birth story yours will be. Congratulations on welcoming your gorgeous boy. Can't wait to see your rugged up photos (the polar opposite of mine now in the tropics):bluecheer::bluecheer: Hope we see you in the thread next door.

BTW Smithy I have posted a link for you again (cos you keep flattering me lol). It's mostly a folder for the family and not really sorted through but of course it's riddled with Jazzy updates. Thinking of you and hope you are not sick til the very end.

All of you other lovely girls, I'm not really up to date (just had a week in Townsville) but I hope you are all well and cooking away nicely. :hug::hug: for all the pain you are going through Saph and Greenslw and hello to everyone else. xoxo

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Hope this works! We are having all sorts of trouble uploading pics on our computer so there are not many. Just when we actually have something interesting to share (well we certainly think so!!!) :wall: Pics of Robin Fiona Shukie's Photos - Robin Patrick Shukie | Facebook
Labour vibes to Green and Smithy! Those low pains sound promising Green. I had a constant dull ache low in my belly like a period pain for about three days before.

Wantbaby- sounds like the placenta taking over

Sorry my baby brain (I cannot think of much beyond remembering which boob was the last one fed from and where the nearest muslin square is at the moment!!) means that is all I remember from what I have read. But belly rubs to everyone!

Poppyfairy. Robin is one little cutie. Congratulations I hope u are enjoying the first few days of motherhood xx

:bellyrubs: to everyone.

Congratulations PoppyFairy Robin is GORGEOUS.... And what an amazing Birth Story...

So the race is definately on now girls, Me, Green, Smithy and BDT (I have a feeling your going to be up there in the mix too).

Hope your aches and pains start to dull a bit Green doesn't sound like your having a good time of it at all.

AFM 39 weeks today and have been having that period type pain as well as back and thigh pain since Saturday... Everyday I wake up thinking is Today THE day? but no it never is, I was so convinced this baby was going to come early, seems I was wrong!
To make things worse, my OB that I chose to travel 40 mins for is going on holidays for 2 weeks at the end of this week Arrrrggghhhh, had I known that was going to happen I would have gone local! Theonly good thing about going overdue will be that he'll be back to induce me, always a silver lining I guess!

Hope everyone is doing well and thinking positive, better go, maybe today is the day, I assure you it won't be!

:clap: you two bring tears to my eyes showing off your beautiful bubbas they are both just the cutest little things and thanks so much for sharing girls especially with the links so i can see them :lol:

labour vibes ellasmum:)

OMG MURPH ive just been back to show my dh your newest pics and i only just noticed that one of the pics was especially for me with my name on it OMG HUN I FEEL SO SPECIAL AND I HAVE GOOSBUMPS LOL...aww thanks again my friend xoxo

Poppy: Robin looks beatuiful, what a special little guy you have.

Murph: Love the photo's of Jazz, she is so adorable. Wow your bump was tiny.... I've posted photo's of my bump for you to compare the difference. Login | Facebook

Welcome Robin Patrick.. Congratulations Poppyfairy... :happyforyou::happyforyou:


He's gorgeous... (for a little laugh.. I'm glad I previewed this before posting cause I had called you Poopyfairy which you may be by now ..lol...)

Greenslw - I hope that this pain your having doesn't hang around or that you go into labour sooner rather than later.. Good luck

Smithy - Not long now Hun... A little Aquarian.. how cute.. My Mum and sister are both Aquarians..

BDT - I'm so thrilled that you have made it to 34 weeks and that you can have your Bubs on The Coast.. Now i'm hoping that the first bub goes head down again.. I have heard that playing music down low can help them to turn as they try to hear the music and also you can put a cold pack near where you think there head is so they move away from it... Check out Spinning babies website.. They have some good info.. I think that the fact that she was head down before is a good sign that at least she can manage head down... How are you looking for Yoga this Saturday.. Giving it a miss? Talk to you soon..

To everyone else I hope you are all cooking nicely.. I read how you all are but am really cr@p at posting.. Thinking of each and evey one of you...

AFM - Most people think I'm huge and that I won't make my due date.. I love it.. My cousin who is due 10 days after me and has a bit of a bump thinks I look juicy.. lol... I have been pretty sad and a little lost lately as my fIL passed away with my DH and I holding his hand after a 4 month battle with cancer on the 3rd of January... My baby would've been his first Grandchild... He was so excited and tried so hard to hold on but just couldn't... It will be a bittersweet day for DH when Lil Kracker is born...
Take care ladies.. I will stalk away...

CONGRATULATIONS Poppyfairy!!! He looks just gorgeous, and i'm glad that you and DH can enjoy your babymoon with the three of you for a little longer before your dad comes to stay.

No persies today, but I do want to say lilmisshavachat, i'm so sorry to read about your FIL. I hope you and DH are looking after yourselves :hug:

I've been a bit down myself lately - my grandfather passed away last week - he had pneumonia a month before Christmas, and they discovered cancer throughout his body. He went back into hospital on Christmas day and then last week when we thought he was doing well he went rapidly downhill. But he had 4 of his 5 children at his side, and a number of us grandchildren (including myself) in the hospital room too so at least he was surrounded by love, and is now with my grandmother. But it's such an emotionally draining time and when I came back to work on Tuesday I found out a good friend has breast cancer and was having a double mastectomy that day (she hadn't told anyone before cos she didn't want to worry any one!!). Needless to say I went straight back home.

And then just because i'm a goose I woke up this morning convinced there was something wrong with the Chicklet (i've been waking up in a panic in the middle of the night feeling like i'd stopped breathing, and when I weighed myself this morning i've only put on 1kg so far...) so rang my OB and am just back from seeing a midwife. Glad to report all is well and although I felt like a goose i'm glad I went. On a positive note, I had to buy mat clothes last week cos mine are getting way too tight and uncomfortable!!

So Dusty - my advice to you is that if you can then make an appointment with your OB for about 16 weeks cos it's waaaaaaaaaaay too long between the 12 and 20 week visits.

Anyway, to all those ladies who are nearing the end of pregnancy - sending labour vibes your way and hoping this little creature finds you very very soon :stork-boy::stork-girl:

To everyone else, hope you're all well. I'm sorry for the lack of persies - I was doing so well with staying up to date, and as per usual, although I haven't posted over the last week i've been reading about what you're all up to.

Afternoon ladies :)

Just a quick note to say

poppyfairy -=- Robin Patrick is beautiful! Seeing all these new babies all you girls have been having has gotten me so impatient to get through the next 15 weeks! They are all just so gorgeous!

Cant write a book today.. DS is waiting for me to come and play trucks :p ahh the duties of mummyhood ;)

Me and DH were talking yesterday.. And hes agreed to help me save up to finally apply for TAFE next yr and start off on a veterinary nursing cert to boost me up to a vet course in uni! After my 2010 break to stay at home with DS and Jelly bean of course.. So that was another lil thing to look forward to :D Im going to start gathering all the info I need about how to go about it over the next yr so I can jump in the deep end in 2011!

Anyway must go.. Hope you are all feeling well today, and grnslw, Im Hopeing today is your day!

Ky

Kyra that is fantastic that you are going back to study. It is really important to have something that is solely yours outside of the children. TO have your own identity other than such and suches mum.

Thank you saph :hug:

I spoke to a careers counsellor today and worked out a gameplan.. Ive had a rocky start to education so its a long road ahead.. But there IS a road :) Ive decided while on my year off Im going to individually try to do a bit of self study and practise on maths and sciences so I can get myself a head boost and be ready for some of the things ill be takeing on. Its all a little scary and I have some feelings of self doubt because I was never the best maths student, not even in the easier maths subjects..and part of what ill be needing to study is maths B.. But Im puting that down to slacking off and going through some things back in high school that im not going to have a problem with now, especially with a set goal in mind.

Sorry to rant.. wish me luck anyway! Hope everyone is feeling ok :)

Ky