Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - June 2008

[arielle]

Hey there! Still here!!

Scooby, I found the seabands helpful too. I also found accupuncture incredibly effective. Hope you get some relief soon, but do be reassured that for MOST people it does get better, usually as the 2nd trim begins.

Nic - hope your foot rub was nice! Please send her my way once she's den with you. LOL!!

Shannon - bet your belly's looking bewdiful!! Has milk helped with the heartburn at all? I find it great, aswell as the Rennie tabs.

BW - those extra scans are very reassuring for sure. Yay for your ob!!

Went to my ob today, and all is well. He didn't even do an internal. He says there's no need to "pick on baby," just yet, as is confident labour will start on its own some time over the next week. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease let him be right. Thank goodness he's on call this weekend, so I don't have to cross my legs for a couple of days.

Belly rubs all 'round!

Arielle
xo

[arielle]

STILL HERE!!!
Moonstone, hot curry, DTD, and long walks not helping thus far. I guess baby has other plans. Who am I to interfere!!??

Have a great weekend everyone.

[mako]

Arielle I'm sending you lots of gentle labor vibes hun.I'm sure it won't be too long and you'll be holding your gorgeous little bundle in your arms.

Nic How are you doing?What date is your C/S booked?

BW Good on your OB for booking you in for 2 scans.I found it was the frequent scans that kept me as sane as posible during my pregnancy lol.

Monnie you are such a sweet woman.I'm pleased that you keep popping in lol.I have to admit that I'm addicted too

We are doing well.Sage isn't sleeping too much but I'm used to that now lol even though I look and feel like I've been hit by a bus lol he's certainly worth it though.
I absolutely love being his mummy.I often think how lucky DH and I are even after the long and bumpy ride we had getting to this stage to have a beautiful baby in our lives.
Oh and how fast does the time go and they grow soooooooo fast. Sage will be 8 months old on Monday.

I hope you are all well and can't wait to see some B/A's very soon.

[smegs]

Hello everyone

I have not posted in here in a long time. After I got my BFP, I also got a little paranoid, and was afraid to post or speak about my pregnancy. But we got there in the end and I had a little boy on March 18th. He is the joy of my life.

I wish everyone here the best and hope you all have happy and healthy pregnancies. And when you get that little bundle into your arms at last, well, it is worth everything that you go through when you're TTC.

love smegs x

[nic]

Oh wow Mako, can't believe that Sage is already 8 months old!! My c/s is booked june 30, only 8 sleeps to go (if I ever get some sleep tonight that is!)

Arielle, hope all is well your way, I will have to check out the BA thread to see if there has been any news since your post

Well, DH finally finished bubs room! We painted some clouds on the walls (after a huge argument) and have put up the curtains on one window, with me having to track down some more supplies to hang up the 2nd set of curtains. Cot went up tonight, just have to bring home the mattress, and the change centre/bath got put together as well, with me supervising DD packing if full of goodies. Just have to pack some clothes into the drawers and it should be all done. Setting it all up today, made if feel real, which is something I think I've been missing. All of a sudden I'm kind of starting to feel a little calmer about the c/s, which is nice also. Hope it stays that way LOL!

Ok, off to check out the rest of the forum and then hopefully off to bed for some well deserved rest

Nic

[arielle]

CONGRATULATIONS Smegs! That's such great news, and very inspiring for me to hear right now @ 4 days past my due date. Thanks for sharing! I wish you all the best in the future!

Nic - glad to hear reality is hitting. That's when it starts to get very exciting and scarey all rolled into one. Thanks heaps for your kind words in my blog. You and all the wonderful other chickies have helped me keep sane!

BW, Shannon & everyone else - how are you travelling?

Mako - thanks for the gentle LV's! I need all I can get right now.

STILL nothing happening at all!! Ob moved things around a bit yesterday (I am assuming it was a S&S), and I had a bit of bloody discharge happening. He also said my cervix is nice and thin, and I'm 1.5cm dilated, so I was sure we were going to get some movement at the stations very soon. NO SUCH LUCK!! Looks like bub is trying to teach Mum a very valuable lesson about patience. Something I've always been hopeless at. LOL!! Atleast we know that we'll have bub by Tuesday next week at the latest, as we're booked in for induction that day if nothing has happened. The bonus there would be that it's July 1st. Something, I'm not overly fussed about, but hey, would be nice for a little extra cashish all the same.

Hope to be back with some good news soon. I'm off to see the accupuncturist.

xo

[lismith25]

hi everyone, wow arielle 4 days over already...im so sorry for being slack. I have been popping in but Emma pipes up everytime I try to type and she is a "hold-me-constantly-mummy-nevermind-the-rest-of -the-world" baby. So i am doing my best.

I will say this, prepare for the worst or however long they will leave you, then anything else is a bonus...remember emma was 11 days overdue and even then she didnt want to come.

I cant believe you and nic are nearly there, my how the time has flown....but Emma is a month this week can you believe it!! good luck with the labours ladies...remember its like doing a big poo (lol how romantic!!)

And congrats to all the newbies, this thread was looking a little desparate a while back.

Wow mako, sage must be massive now, we are still in 0000 and 3/4 of what we have is 000 and above so she is getting swamped...8 months already seems like only yesterday.

Belly and baby rubs Lis and Emma xx

[butterfly_warrior]

Have been sadly neglectful of this thread lately... but the reason for the insane tiredness became clear yesterday. I'm severely anemic! Have started on iron tablets and hoping for an improvement soon. I'm sick of sitting around feeling breathless, tired and dizzy!

We had another scan today... and our baby is now person-shaped! We got to see it move... all curled up in a tiny ball as though it was trying to sleep! Measured a little bit behind dates, but they tell me that's nothing to worry about, as long as it's within a week. Heart rate was 160bpm... seems incredibly fast!

Off to rest some more...

BW