Pregnancy after LT TTC #10

[lilmisshavachat]

Sorry Smithy my dear but still no bub... Still getting the pains but nothing regular just tiring and frustrating... I'll definitely let you know what the real thing starts... If I can work out what's real and what's not...lol...

[LondonMiss]

Morning ladies. I hope you are all well. It's really autumnal here in Melbourne, quite a lovely morning. I had what I think might be a practice contraction yesterday, which seems a bit early, although I might have been imagining it. It felt like someone cracked an egg on the top of my uterus, and a strange sensation passed down it from the top. Is that what they feel like? I was in a taxi at the time so couldn't really investigate with some poking of the belly

I started thinking about my packing list yesterday. You know you are British when one of the first things I packed was some decent teabags in a ziplock bag.... When my friend was in the Royal Womens last year, I kept getting given tea so weak, it would have counted as washing up water in our household, so thought I'd better do that. I'm quite sure that their baby delivery skills are better than their tea making though... hopefully!

How are you all? I'll be on here loads this week as I am having an essay crisis.

[wantbaby#2]

Hi Londonmiss~ Im not sure about how the braxton hicks contractions feel....its been way too long since having my son..LOL Im a newbie all over.
A good cup of tea is a must although i havent had one since i became pregnant.I only have had maybe 1 glass of cola this whole time,but have been getting my caffeine dose in the 2 lindt bunnies i have eaten

Had a trip to the hospital last friday.I think i may have lost some of my mucus plug but when i went to the delivery ward,i had an internal check and my cervix was closed.(Thankfully) so im not sure what it was.I always check when i wipe or anything and didnt notice anything at all until an hour or so later while preparing dinner,i looked in the toilet before going and saw a small bloody mucus bit.The thing is...i had been cutting the bloody yuk bits of the chicken i had been preparing and mum thinks it may have stuck on me and fallen off while i had been emptying my bladder!!
So its a mystery....chicken or plug?? Sounds soooo weird typing this...almost a comedy skit. BUT it did scare the crap out of me and i was in tears heading to emergency.I wouldnt DARE to tell my ob that it could have been the yucky chicken bits i had been cutting off.Im sure he would cross me off his list!!The nurses were fabulous and i checked out in a much better state.Bubs heartrate was great,lots of kicks etc and a closed and firm cervix so who knows.I would have died if Peanut had made her entry as she is too small to survive.The nurses said 25 weeks is the very earliest a bub 'may' survive.Its scary thinking we are all dying to get to the 12 week mark,before we think we will be o.k only to start worrying again about preterm labour.Now im madly counting and wishing i could hurry and get to the 28 week mark where survival (should anything happen) is alot better.Oh the stress!! It never ends.

Anyhow i have been fine.no weird feelings,no discharges,lots of strong kicks everyday so am feeling better.I have another app this thursday with my ob.

I have good news too...DH and i have FINALLY picked a name for our little girl.Im so pleased.I just hope we dont change our minds or she is being called 'Peanut'.LOL

[kyrawolfe]

Hi girls -=-

Wantbaby no.2 I hear ya hun Every trimester theres a new reason to panick and worry! then when bubs arrives you get a whole new reason to wry.. every lil sneeze cough.. funny looking thing on them etc etc etc You will be ok tho Im sure peanut is just playing games with you

YAY went to my OB appoint today midwife tells me Im 3/5 engaged and not to wry bout going over my due date! she said she wouldnt be surprised to see me back in the next few days! Im so happy to hear that my fingers and toes are completely crossed that this will be happening very soon!

I feel like a ticking timebomb just waiting for that first contraction or for my waters to break like they did with DS

Catch up soon just wanted to spread my happy news

<3 Ky

[barney]

Hi girls -=-



YAY went to my OB appoint today midwife tells me Im 3/5 engaged and not to wry bout going over my due date! she said she wouldnt be surprised to see me back in the next few days! Im so happy to hear that my fingers and toes are completely crossed that this will be happening very soon!




<3 Ky

yay sweety best of luck and hope to hear a b/a very soon
and also thinking of you lill miss labour vibes to you hunny.

[BOC]

Hi girls,

Just crashing the thread to check how you're all doing.

LM: Not too early. I had my first BH @ 18.5 weeks, I was standing at an outdoor wedding, it was in the middle of the ceremony and it was quite a shock. I was trying to keep a straight face so not to scare my friends. I had them every few days from then on and at about 28 weeks I had one afternoon where they got so regular I started recording and had my DH & mother on standby! But my Ob (and some internet research) said we actually get BH from around 8 weeks, but they generally can only be felt by the mother from around 20 weeks onwards.

Wantbaby#2: Hope everything goes ok and that it was just yukky chicken bits! I must admit, I did have to laugh though as that is totally something I would do! And I can just imagine the look on your Drs face if you had told him the chicken story!

and to everyone else!

[wantbaby#2]

BOC~ I love seeing all the pics of Jagger that you have on Facebook.He really is a cutie.
Yeah,i think it WAS the chicken and not me..hahaha.I was cutting all the yuk red bits off the chicken and constantly going to the loo,washing my hands in between every slice of the chicken so it s possible thats what it was.I also check EVERY time i empty my bladder that there is nothing strange an there wasnt that day.The nurse said (presuming it was the mucus plug)that as it was bright red,that i would probably have some lighter brown blood in the following days which i havnt had. I think on Thursday i will keep it to myself..LOL

Everyone else...why so quiet????

Was watching Kerrianne this morning and they were discussing cravings.
Just curious,What cravings have all of you girls had? Anything strange?

[BOC]

Awww thanks Wantbaby#2

Cravings... Ohhhh I had heaps...

At the very beginning of my pregnancy, from about 8 weeks on, I was craving barbecued onions! Poor DH had to cook them for me every night. I also craved red drink (which I never used to drink before), Subway and throughout the whole time I was getting 3am cravings for Coco Pops (again, which I never used to eat). I also developed a bit of a sweet tooth for cakes & biscuits, where I had formerly been a savoury person. I also don't eat eggs, the taste & smell of them makes me heave, but while pregnant I craved mini-quiches!

Towards the very end it was McChicken burgers with Sweet & Sour sauce instead of McChicken sauce on them.


One strange thing though, I actually went off chocolate! Used to love it, and do again now but couldn't stomach it thru the pregnancy.

[Lenny]

Seph - I know you are happy for your friend. Of course you are. But you will never not be a LTer. It sticks. Even once you have gone on to have a beautiful bub and you are totally in love with your little family - you still have twinges and pangs each time you hear someone is pg. It's natural. I still do it. I don't wish my journey on anyone - don't get me wrong. But I do have a bit of the green-eyed monster, when I hear the 'omg, i'm pg and we didn't even try!' stories

It's good that you can recognise it, and accept that it's a result of your own painful journey. Just as long as you don't beat yourself up, y'hear!
Hugs from me.

[kyrawolfe]

hello my bellies <3

cravings Ive had included raw potatoes... chocolate.. curry.. red rooster and sweet things

TBH I have to admit I think Im getting a little bit of anti natal depression.. I really wanted to avoid it this time its so awful every day feels like such a drag and you start to have all these really bad thoughts about everything everyone and every situation

I had it with DS for the last couple months of my pregnancy but I only feel like Ive started to feel this way the past week or so. Its an odd feeling.. Like your always alone and restless.. wanting to get out but at the same time couldnt be bothered doing anything.. feel like you have no friends and no one cares even when they are constantly getting in touch with you and catching up. I feel so intensly needy and mopey all the time and heavy and unable to move.. Like this big fat whale that sits on the couch all day and cant do anything for herself.. iTS PROBABLY JUST A REFLECTION OF BEING FED UP WITH BEING (oops caps) pregnant and wanting things to move along.. being unable to drive or walk anywhere and not having anyone to take me out (dh cant drive) and unmotivated to get out of the house even tho im sick of the four walls, trying to deal with my toddler alone while DH is at work while finding it so hard to because im so uncomfortable and tired.. and just all round over it and wanting to get my body and my life back. Im always a very restless kind of person and I like to keep my life busy with different things (work/kids/ friends/ errands/ outings etc etc) but these last weeks ive given all of it up and am just at home twiddling my thumbs.. Im willing to bet its exactly why Ive come crashing down with such a miserable mood.

Im so glad I can vent on this forum.. sorry to bring the mood down I could really use some feedback if anyone has any suggestions on good ways to shake off depression for these last couple weeks I have to continue to live this way ?? I dnt know.. I really dnt wanna have to talk to a social worker or counsellor because I hate the feeling they give me like Im being put on the spot questioned and then lectured on what I need to do by a complete stranger.. Ironically Im tsaying this to complete strangers but this is different.. I feel more in touch with mumto bes on here then some counsellor that I know is only talking to me because its there job..

And I dont really see how I can try to "keep myself busy" which is what would work really.. because I just dnt have it in me anymore to walk 3 km just to get out to dinner or shops of a friends place for a coffee. I really wish DH drove at this point so he could take me out somewhere. He really wants to but again, Im not up for walking and what is he gonna do carry me? lol. I dnt want to start bugging my friends to whisk me out because I already bug them enough to come over and do things with me and after a while I just start to feel so needy.

wow this is long and probably getting a little on the repetative/boreing side.. So ill stop it there.. I just figure some of you can understand what it feels like so I dnt feel so crazy and alone with all these funny emotions.. Fingers crossed bubs pops out of me real soon

OH and BTW lil miss Im sending you big labour vibes today hope to catch u all soon <3 Ky