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Hi everyone :)
I hadn't been visiting the PALTTTC for some time now, but am so happy to be in here now and catching up with how everyone is doing. It's wonderful to see so many new lovely ladies - it's just so pleasing to see the thread so full at the moment! I hope you're all feeling well in yourselves and managing with all the pregnancy "niggles" ok. I will post personals when I have caught up properly and feel immersed in the thread again.
I want to apologise for disappearing a while back without any notice of what was going on for me - I just kind of shut down and stopped communicating bit by bit until I was off BB altogether for quite a number of weeks.
I had somewhat of a slow meltdown which resulted in me being diagnosed with depression, although I have been seeking professional help and started writing in my blog again which has been such a cathartic, helpful thing. I do know that there is wonderful support here on BB, and that I would have had so much of that here in this thread, but I just took everything internally and slowly stopped dealing with things effectively, externally. I'm sorry I just disappeared! :redface: The circumstances of moving into our own house (rental) here in the UK and getting all our furniture back from Australia after 8 months living out of suitcases (as well as trying to adjust to the huge amount of change and events in our lives in the last 12 months - including pregnancy) seemed to be the trigger.
I am so pleased to be able to say that CB is doing really well! Kicking occasionally despite the lack of room now, but squirming like a trooper the rest of the time! I was diagnosed with GD last week after being given the all clear for my 28 week GTT and have been testing my blood sugar levels all week - and hopefully I'll know later on today whether I need insulin or not. Growth scans indicated that CB was getting quite big (more like a 36-37 week size at 34 week scan), hence I was tested again for GD. Induction is looking likely, particularly if CB wants to keep comfy past my due date. If I have to go on insulin then induction at 38 weeks is likely (less than 3 weeks away!) I feel well physically - certainly not like a diabetic! - although I am really waddling quite a bit now, with quite a lot of Braxton Hicks (varies quite a lot from day to day) and find unbroken sleep is generally quite novel experience now! Just really starting to get excited about meeting little CB soon!
Anyway, enough waffling/rambling from me - I am really looking forward to catching up with everyone and following your journeys again - I'm sorry I haven't been able to for a while, but I'm excited to be here now to see how you are all doing!
Big hugs and belly rubs,
Miss C :hug:
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Devon, Thanks hun...Yep i am very confident with my diet...my mother worries for me- completely unfounded. I have all the nutrition i need and I take really god care of myself. I have had to cut back on Dairy and don't touch soya because of estrogen dominance, i think that really helped me. It is funny, all our little bodies are just that bit different but i think the biggest gift is to know yourself as best you can. Yeah but mum is fine, I am alternative health and mum is very alternative..we just have a few conflicting views and she is very passionate about it. Love her though, she is just trying to help. I can't even remember what i said a few pages back now...but thanks for thinking of me hun.
Hun, I am sorry for the GD scare...hope all works out ok.
Miss_c...glad to have you in here hun and hope you are doing well. Boy i hope i avoid GD, you are handling it so well though. Boy i believe 3 weeks....so so close now.
Love Hm oxox
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Hi Ladies -
I have been MIA this week, travelling for work but back in rainy Melbourne again - no place like home :)
So many posts this week I'm sure I won't remember all the personals but I'll try!
Bel - hope you are okay, thinking of you. Take care of yourself and great news about the bubs.
Shannon - congratulations on Julia and Owen, georgous names :)
TL - thank you for letting me read your blog, you have had such an amazing journey. Your blog gave me confidence and really helped me feel in better spirits about the spotting.
BG and Nic - great news on your scans, it must feel great to be able tell the world your good news.
On_Trak - thinking of you for you scan on Monday
Kahlan - great news about your levels - you must feel much better now. When is your first scan?
Janie, BW and Devon - hi and hope you are well.
I know I've missed some, Sorry! Sending belly rubs and happy mummy thoughts to everyone.
AFM - had some more spotting this week but it never gets any worse and pg symptoms are there every day so I am trying not to freak out every time I get a spot - easier said than done ! We have our first OB appoitment on Tuesday at 8 weeks and I think he will do a scan (or I am going to ask for one) so looking forward to making another milestone. Still :pray: and hoping everyday for everything to be okay.
Hope everyone has a good weekend,
Take care,
LNB
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LNB, hope everything will be ok. Concentrate on those hormone induced pg symptoms we all love to bits. Thinking of you hun xoxo
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LNB :hug: sweetie you are welcome glad you have a better feeling now
Miss C :hug: good to have you back
Devon :cheer: glad things worked out ok sweetie bubba will be here soon
:bellyrubs: :hug: and best wishes to all
Me: I have a finish date for work 13th March which will take me to the end of 36 weeks
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Hi Miss C! Great to see you back here. I must admit I am more a reader than a poster in this thread these days, it so busy its hard to keep up. But that's a great thing, I hope i just keeps getting busier!
Shannon - congratulations once again! Your bubs are very cute - great pics!
Good luck with your scan LNB, I had a small bleed and some spotting early on, but bubs is still doing fine at 30 weeks.
Devon, sorry to hear you had a rough week, but glad to hear the GD results are all clear. It feels exciting being in the 30's now hey! Weeks pregnant I mean ;)
BG love your new avvy!
Hippy Mum, Nixon, Buliej, Bel, BW, TL, on tra_k, Janie and Nicole - hope you are all doing really well :)
Just a question for those in their third trimester, does your midwife/OB do much when you see them? I've read a few posts about scans and urine tests etc, but all my OB does is manually feel bub, measure my fundus (belly) to check size, and listen to the heartbeat. She briefly did US scan last time to see which way up it is, but only for 10 seconds or so. I know she is very experienced and qualified - she says she can tell if the size is OK manually, and she always says me and bubs are going well. I haven't had a detailed scan since week 20. Just wondering what other experiences are....
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Numa, my OB appointments are usually really quick too. Blood pressure check, quick scan, sometimes I'm weighed (but rarely). We have a time where I can ask about anything that's been worrying me, she tells me about any test results we've had (if we've had any) and then we book in the next one. Usually in and out in under 10 minutes.
I figure it's fairly normal - I've not heard of much being different with other people around this time. The only thing that has varied for me is that we had detailed scans at 24 weeks and 32 weeks because of a single umbilical artery... They need to keep a closer eye on Munchkin's heart and blood flow through the cord, and despite some fears that he was going to be a small bub, he's now shaping up to be a rather big bubba. If you haven't needed the extra scans I guess it just means that your baby is healthy and there's nothing at all to worry about and you can just cruise along and enjoy a perfectly normal and boring pregnancy. In my book boring is good - things only get interesting when stuff goes wrong!
And some of us are still older than our number of weeks pregnant! :p
BW
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Numa...i want a ob like that!!
Hope all else is going well for you too hun.
xoxo
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Thanks BW and Hippy Mum, both your posts made me smile. I should just be happy everything is normal, but its hard when you are a natural worrier, and then being a LLTTCer as well :redface:. I forgot, she does check my blood pressure as well. I should really just be happy she's not overdoing it - she is the president of the OBs and Gynos organisation so I'm sure she really does know a lot! haha silly me
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oh bless you numa...she sounds like she will keep you safe. She sounds like she a lot of faith i you hun and your ability as a mumma. It is wonderful for her to be treating you as a pg woman and not a sick patient. It is all good hun.
Love Hm xoxo
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Hi Miss_c - lovely to see you back, I've been wondering how you were going. I can't believe you are so close to meeting your CB!! I'm really sorry to hear about your being diagnosed with depression, but I'm glad to hear you seem to be coming out the other side. Pregnancy can be a really hard journey, and with all the other stuff you've been dealing with it's no wonder you've had a hard time. It can't be easy to move to the other side of the world when you're pregnant. But it's wonderful to have you back now, and hopefully we can provide some extra support for you. I'm sorry also to hear about the GD, that sucks. I reckon there is something a bit borderline going on with my blood sugar levels, so I've resolved to basically eat a GD diet and do some exercise every day. How marvellous that you might have your baby here in three weeks!! I can't believe how close some of us are getting to meeting our babies!
HM - thanks hun! Yes - I really began to suspect that the high levels of soy in my diet were having an effect on my fertility. I brought dairy and eggs back in to get some more varied sources of protein. I really do think it may have helped. Plus, knowing I'm having a boy I don't want too many of those phytoestrogens floating around.
LNB - I hope the spotting goes away really soon. It seems a good sign that it hasn't gotten any worse. When I was in the early weeks of this pg I had a bit of brown discharge, so old blood, and it just went away. It did come in patches and totally freaked me out, but all is going well so far - I'm sure that all will be well for you too. Most women who bleed during pg do not miscarry. Best of luck for your appointment on Tuesday!! Sending you loads of :stickyvibesboy: :stickyvibesgirl:
TL - yay on having a date for finishing work!!! So glad all is going well for you after a bumpy ride.
Numa - heh heh - yes very exciting to be in the 30s! Chronologically I would prefer to be in my 20s, but in a pregnancy sense it is great! At each appointment I see the midwife for about 5 mins, she does a dipstick in a urine sample, checks my blood pressure and weighs me. Then gets any paperwork ready for ob. Then I see ob for about 10-15 mins. He talks about any issues that have come up, then does a 2 min scan, a bit of question time and that's it. They all seem to have their own particular way they do things. And like BW said, the more boring the better!! Yes, if she's the president of the ob/gyn association then I would think she's pretty skilled!
BW - yep, I'm still older than my number of weeks pg too. Not for much longer though...
Feeling a bit emotional today, it feels like pregnancy is getting a bit hard again - I suppose that easy time of the second trimester that we're supposed to enjoy is over now. It's all getting a bit much. Only three more weeks of work - I cannot wait!
:bellyrubs: to everyone I've missed. Hope you're all having a lovely Saturday.
Devon
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Hi All.
Apologies for not being around. I am in renovation nightmare land (again). The place is a mess ! I have had the quick glance through everything every now and then but am totally out of the loop - but thought I would let you know we found out last monday and we are having a GIRL. I have to admit and am ashamed to say, I was so positive it was a boy and had convinced myself and my friends and DP that it was the only option that I cried after the scan. So stupid. DP told me he would give me one day because of the shock.
Everything is perfect with her which I am blessed to say and I felt really bad. The day after I was much better and now I have totally made up with my baby girl for wishing so much she was a boy. I am starting to buy some things so happy now. DP didn't care he is just so overjoyed to be a dad fullstop.
I will be offline again for a while in the next day or so as hopefully the builders broken foot repairs.... so apologise for no personals. Due date still 12 April at this stage.
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Devon...too right hun re the phyto-estrogens etc...you are on my wave length hun.
Oh i hope you have a few more weeks in you yet of having some pg fun. I know my sil struggled as time got on too. I am thinking of you and sending you happy thoughts.
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Been TTC for 4 years after a miscarriage, tomorrow I will be 6 weeks..... Its such a miracle, now everytime I feel something I think is that normal.
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CONGRATULATIONS PINK! Great news...now it is time to go with the flow...easier said than done.
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I m trying to stay calm and not worry too much ... so hard to do.
And so hard as I have no one I cant ask my sisters if certain things are normal, we are waiting till we are 12 weeks to let the family know .
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Pink...Well hun you have BB girls here for you. But if you need someone you know to talk to, then maybe in time you might feel comfortable to tell your sisters. After waiting so long, sometimes it is nice to share the news with a couple of people and have that support network around you. I also understand the need to be careful and avoid 'untelling people'. So you have to do what is right for you. I have not got your strength...so i told a few people.
There are lots of niggles in the first 12 weeks and the girls in here can help you with all of them...they are all veterans at this!! So feel free to let it all out and let BB help you.
Take care hun and try not to worry too much, just let that bubba know you have it all under control and you love it being apart of your life.
Here for you HM xoxo
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Thanks Hippy Mum ... still new at posting on here trying to work it all out.
