Lise, your pregnancy massage sounds wonderful. I didn't know about boy's genitals being larger after birth; that is very funny. How is your new Mac going now? I've never had one before but I have heard that they are pretty user-friendly? They are very cute computers I booked in today for 12.5 weeks for the nuchal scan. I was told as I am carrying twins there is no point doing the combined bloods as they wouldn't know which one might have higher levels - or something like that. I am only worried due to my age, being a dinosaur at 37! And therefore higher risk of Down syndrome etc.
Londonmiss, thanks for the good advice re listeria, antenatal classes, yoga classes etc. I am glad that your little girl turned xx.
Chrissy and Glenny, I'd love to do pregnancy yoga but I would have to check with my FS first, given being on home bed rest till week 12. Definitely think if we're all going to NWPH then we should try to get into the same antenatal classes. Sounds like fun. Chrissy, how cool that your birthday coincides with your week 12. Thanks for still wearing those horseshoe earrings. That combined with me wearing my horseshoe necklace must be helping! The power of positive thoughts, hey? But I'm not buying anything baby related till a lot further down the track. I can't bring myself to yet. Re booking into hospital, I got a booklet from Kris which said to book from week 12 to week 15, and I'm sure it also said to book into antenatal classes at the same time - but I'm not sure when they start, ie what week in the PG.
Chrissy, I've not put on any weight either - in fact, I've lost one kilo, which worries me because the twin/triplet/multiples books I've been reading say how much extra weight you should be gaining. I am eating all the time, though, and making sure to eat all the right things. Plus, it's not like I'm active; I only sit or lie around. I will have to talk to my FS the next time I see him (next Tuesday) to see if he is concerned.
Renee, sorry to hear that you are still suffering from MS, but a few good tips have been given to you so hopefully those tips will help you.
Sorry, wantbaby2, I havent' heard about a growth scan, but itsounds like common sense that if you were a small baby, and you are very petite, then the baby is going to be small too.
Leabie, I think your ticker is really cool. It took me about 2 hours to figure out how to do mine, and I can't make the thing smaller because if I do the site I use drops out relevant stuff from it. I don't think anyone will be offended. Good to hear your levels are what they are supposed to be. My old FS (now my current FS; long story) used to be like that, too, and just say that the tests were fine, yet when I changed FS (the one who got me preganant with twins and has now nicked off to Greece for a holiday!) is completely different and tells you all the levels. If you want, just be proactive and ask for it. It's your PG and your body.
Better sign off as my eyeballs are falling out of their head - literally. Have a good weekend, ladies!
LondonMiss, thanks for all the info you've been posting -- very useful (and I'm finding your humour very amusing, too). And thanks to everyone else for posting such useful tips about everything from scan dates to the size of baby's genitals!
Also thanks to everyone else for piping in with their favorite books. I ended up borrowing a book called The Pregnancy Bible from the library last week, and finally finished it last night. I thought it had some pretty useful information, along with some informative, if not downright eyepopping, pictures & charts (including some graphic pix of childbirth and sex positions for pregnant ladies - lol, that made me wonder how they found willing models). I was able to download the American version of WTEWYE from Amazon to my Kindle for $9 (USD), so I figured I might as well buy it despite how controversial it is. (I'd like to see the Aussie edition, too, since I'm giving birth down here, but haven't had a chance to search for it yet.) I haven't read all that much of What to Expect yet but my initial thoughts are that the current (4th) edition seems to be a bit of an improvement with regards to some of the stuff that was causing criticism in past editions. I think the author's tried to tone down the fear-mongering, for example. I do find the tone a bit annoying, but for $9, I'm not really going to complain about having another source of information.
AFM, happily the results of my BT on Thursday were good - HCG rose from 260 last Thurs to 4200 this Thursday, and progesterone was at 240, which the nurse said was great. So that calms my mind a bit that things are progressing as they should. It's so hard to tell in the early days, isn't it, and I think I'm a little paranoid after seeing so many IVF stats where live birth rates are quite a bit lower than the initial pregnancy rates. It really drives home that getting pregnant is only half the battle! I think what I appreciate about being in this Pregnancy after LTTTC thread is that you all understand how tenuous pregnancy can seem to to us LTTTCers, while in some of the "regular" pregnancy threads, girls are already talking about buying baby clothes the week they find out that they are pregnant. Not that I resent that -- I wish I could be that carefree -- but I find, and I'm guessing that some of you are or were probably the same, that I won't really believe that this pregnancy is legitimate or a permanent condition until I get more confirmation that it's not going to be taken away from me.
Anyway, I have my first scan on Weds, so that will be the big test, I suppose. I'll be exactly 6 weeks along that day. I'm a bit ambivalent about going in so early; I could have booked it at 7 weeks, and certainly would see more then. But I am anxious to talk to my FS since I have chronic high blood pressure, and want to get his input as to who would be skilled at dealing with that before I book an obstetrician. In light of my health issue, I feel like I need to get my future medical care sorted out ASAP, although I am frustrated that this means I probably won't see all that much at my scan.
Well, better run, as I have to be at acupuncture in 10 minutes. (Luckily it's only around the block from me.)
Thanks Leabie and Lise i am willing to give anything a go at this stage. Today seems to be a good day, we actually managed to go out for breakfast, so if i can get a couple of good days a week that would suit me!
Pregnancy Yoga
Okay - tried to find some Brissie northside ones:
yogababy: Welcome to yogababy - Presbyterian Hall, Corner Maygar & Whish St Windsor/Grange
Thursdays 6:45pm - 8:15pm $189 for a block of 9 classes (they allow you to catch up on a maximum of 2 classes if you have missed them and they supply your equipment)
Yoga Living - Holy Cross Heritage Hall, Chalk St, Wooloowin
Thursdays 7:00om - 8:15pm $140 for 10 classes
Australian school of Meditation and Yoga. Meditation and Yoga classes, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney - 23 Kurilpa St, West End
Hatha Yoga - Easy (for pregnancy)
Tuesdays 5:30pm - 7:00pm
$60 for 6 classes
I'm thinking that I wont book anything until I get to around 15 weeks. That was about all I could find for the northside (or close to).
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How are you all?? Sorry I have been MIA! Welcome welcome to all you ladies this is fantastic having soo many in here now you all deserve it very very much!!!
As for yoga I am looking into doing Brisbane Active Birth & Yoga out at Capalaba because the northside is too far for me to go! and I am thinking starting this monday!! So excited!
Sorry no personals I am trying to catch back on the thread!!!
Brunette - I didn't even think about how having twins would impact on your NTS, very silly of me! I will suggest to you though NOT TO GOOGLE TOO MUCH when you get your results back - wait until you talk to your OB. Our results were fine (eventually!) but in the interim my OB thought the measurement was on the higher end of normal and even called a specialist to see what they thought (this was before my blood results were in). I of course panicked and worried and spent the entire time anxious until finally our results came back okay. Even so, compared to some of the younger girls on the thread I know our 'risk' was much greater than theirs though within acceptable limits. A very long winded way of saying don't worry too much (I hope I haven't made you feel worse!).
KitKat - there's not that much to see that early on, they all look like blobs, but you should still be able to see the heart beat and that's the best part of that scan! So I wouldn't worry about having the scan at 6 weeks rather than 7 - just enjoy
Chrissy - pregnancy yoga sounds great, I wish i'd started it sooner, well actually at all! I was going to do it this term but the classes I wanted to go to clashed with our antenatal classes and I would have missed too much and I figure it's a bit late to start going at 35 weeks...!
Renee - glad you're feeling a little better xx
Leabie - like the new ticker! Always good to have a laugh about what we're all going through
To all the girls worried about not putting on any weight - it didn't really happen for me until later on in the first trimester, and even then by my 12 week scan i'd put on just under 2 kgs. I'm now almost 35 weeks and have put on about 14 kgs, so it does happen eventually, don't you worry...!
AFM - my sister has given me a new nickname - buttercup! I was telling her that I was a bit freaked out last night because for the first time I noticed I was leaking colostrum!! I know that for some ladies on here it's been happening for ages, and I know it's perfectly normal so not sure why i'm so weirded out by it, but there's something about liquid coming out of my boobs before the baby is even born I just find a bit freaky!! Good old sis decided I was now as good as a cow, hence the nick name buttercup...
Anyway ladies, hope you're all having a lovely weekend and belly rubs to all xx
but so wonderful to see..
a big hello to all you new girl joing this thread and i wish you all a wonderful pg.
also a huge hi to all my old girls its been a while but ive just been reading up on some posts and your all going so good.thinking of you all girls chins up and enjoy the ride
love smithy
KitKat, not long to go will your first scan on Tuesday. You and DH will love it. Do you mind if I ask what our "chronic high blood pressure" is? I'm normally 120/80 but since being pregnant have been 140/80.
Renee, glad your MS was better yesterday and you had an enjoyable breakfast.
Chrissy, thanks for looking into yoga classes. As I said earlier, I don't think I can do them but am still keen to do antenatal classes together if possible. Some nights wil be difficult for my DH as on certain weeks he works nights (Tues, Wed and Thurs) and plays touch footy on Monday nights, so it might have to be weekends for us anyways. I don't know when we are supposed to start them but a book I read about twins said I should do mine early, like around week 16? Anyway, I'll do some research into this.
Lise - aka "Buttercup" - thanks for relating your experience about your nuchal scan test. I do admit to being worried due to age. It's so unfair that we're considered over the hill when you reach 35!
Hello all. Don't worry, most classes don't start until about week thirty/ thirty two although best to be signed up to them by week 20. In answer to a belly button question, yes, I had pain under mine for a while and now what looks like a dark smudgy ring of make up after a big night out round it. I'm assuming its just bruises from stretching but I like to think of it as my fairy ring like you get in a lawn. No one in the medical profession seems the slightest bit interested, so I just rub cream on it... my best friend from the UK arrives today and I've got a sore throat and a sore head (I think we know the source of the crime) and I'm miserable. And I'm fed up I'm miserable on such a day.... : (
Brunette - my chronic high blood pressure has varied in severity over time but I've had it since I was a teenager (it runs in my family and there doesn't seem to be any cause other than genetics as I'm not overweight, work out (and used to be very athletic at the time it was first diagnosed), never ate salt until I met my DH, etc). Anyway, when they first caught it when I was a teenager, my BP was around 160/100. All through my early 20s it was like that; sometimes I'd go to the doctor and it would be as high as 170/100, which is really bad. For years the doctors had a hard time getting it under control even with medication, and it would go up to the levels I just mentioned. Finally I found a GP (who was also a cardiologist) who was more aggressive in treating it. After that, as long as I was on medication, it hovered around 110/70. I should note that this doc takes a very aggressive view on treating high blood pressure; under my old doc, my BP, when I was on medication, was in the 130-140/90 range, but this doc thought that was still too high so he kept fiddling with my meds till we got it to 110/70, which he thought was perfect. Interestingly, I talked to him about what would happen with my drugs and everything should I get pregnant around the time DH and I first started TTC (way back in 2004!). The doc mentioned that I wouldn't be able to take my drugs b/c they can cause birth defects. In fact, he had a patient who was a Broadway actress who insisted on staying on hers when she was PG b/c it also controlled her stage fright, and her baby was born with a hole in its heart. However, the doc said that the pregnancy hormone tends to naturally suppress blood pressure during, at least, the first half of pregnancy, so he said that his first instinct would be for me to go off all of my drugs when I got PG and just monitor things. We never got beyond that in any discussions since I never got pregnant before I left New York.
When I moved to Australia, my BP ended up lowering a bit on its own -- must be the more relaxed Gold Coast environment compared to working at a high-stress job in NYC - lol. My new GP here in Aus. clearly did not appreciate how bad my BP had been despite my telling him my entire medical history and giving him a copy of my chart, so it took a bit of fighting over the course of several months for him to give me the prescriptions I needed. It seemed that he couldn't believe that a young, healthy-looking person needed those kinds of pills; he just told me to exercise more and cut out salt, which was a total joke considering that I never even touched salt until I met my DH, and used to work out 3 hours a day with the varsity crew team when I was in uni (at which point my BP was very high). Anyway, I finally convinced him that I needed some prescriptions even if he wouldn't refill the exact dosages my NYC doctor had been prescribing (very frustrating), and we got things back kind of under control (keeping in mind that he thought it was ok when my BP was at 135/90, whereas my old doctor was adamant that that level was too high). Then we started TTC more seriously again, so I had a whole new rigamarole when I asked the doctor what medicines would be safe if I was TTC (since I was back on the one that causes the birth defects). Basically, the doctor was clueless. I can't believe he had never had to consider the suitability of BP drugs in pregnancy before. He even told me the drugs I was on were fine, although I knew they weren't. After he told me they were class A (safe in pregnancy), I came back with printouts showing that they were both class D (teratogenic -- ie, causes birth defects), and he was just like, "Oh, I guess I was wrong." Great, and imagine what would have happened if I had beenn dumb enough to listen to you, you dope! I brought in print outs from legitimate medical websites listing the handful of blood pressure drug that are known to be safe in pregnancy (Aldomet/methyldopa and labetalol, in case anyone is curious) and he poo-pooed them. Instead, he told me I had to ask an OB/GYN what I should take and gave me a referral to the most clueless OB I've ever met, who just said, "Why are you asking me? Your GP is the person who should know this". Thanks for taking my $220 for nothing, doc. (This was the same OB, by the way, who at the same visit refused to do a pap smear, which I needed, and had me do an FSH test but then didn't tell me till 17 months later when I finally went back for the pap smear that I had high FSH, should have started TTC with AC the year before, and would have no success with IVF b/c the stim drugs wouldn't work on me. Like, thanks for being so on the ball to tell me this at the time I did the test, dude.) Anyway, I went back to the GP with a big stack of research, thanked him for wasting $220 of mine for nothing, and pretty much told him that since no one here seems to have a clue about high blood pressure in pregnancy, you're just goig to have to do what my research says: put me on Aldomet (generic name methyldopa) so that if I fall PG and don't find out right away my baby won't be injured. He then, finally, tapped away at a few medical sites on the computer while I was sitting there and says to me, as though I had never told him about this drug before, "According to my research I'm going to switch you to this drug called Aldomet!". DUH. Anyway, I did switch to Aldomet. It did an OK job of controlling my HBP, but, unfortunately, I had to go off it because I got this bad form of anemia that is potentially life-threatening that is a known complication of the drug in 25% of women who take it. (Then the same GP started telling me I had to spend $$$ working with a hematologist to figure out what was causing the anemia! Needless to say, I refused to go to the hematologist and the anemia cleared itself up once I went off the drug.)
Right after the Aldomet debacle I started working at a local university and was able to start seeing this great GP at the uni medical clinic. This guy, like my old cardiologist, has a much more "modern" view that even levels in the 130s/90 range are too high. So he put me back on the stronger drugs I was on before and I got back down to the 110/70 range. Before I started fertility treatment, he just told me to let him know right away if I got pregnant (since he knew I was trying), and that we would adjust my drug regimen then. Interestingly, when he gave me my referral for IVF, he just told me to mention my HBP to the FS, and indicated that the FS would tell me what to do about the drugs if I got pregnant. However, even though the GP mentioned the issue in my referral, the FS never once even mentioned my BP to me. Granted, I didn't bother asking him either except for at my first meeting with him when I mentioned that it might be an issue, so I can't pin all the blame on him. I should have insisted on speaking to him about it at some point before I got my BFP, but I somehow thought I would jinx things if I did, so I didn't. Anyway, clearly high blood pressure in pregnancy is a bit of a black hole in that the GPs think it's the pregnancy docs' problem, and the OBs seem to think that garden variety high blood pressure (not pre-eclampsia) is the GP's issue.
SO, after this long and convoluted tale, what's ended up happening with me is that I realized about 2 days after my positive blood test that I better stop taking my meds, so I just stopped them cold turkey before I even had a chance to talk to a doctor. I realized that very early pregnancy is the exact time when they do the most damage, and, in fact, I'm kicking myself that I took them at all during the 2nd week of the TWW. Well, I just have to pray that 2 weeks or so on the drugs didn't do the embie too much harm. Then I went in to my GP this past Tuesday to let him know I was PG and discuss the drugs. First, he was shocked that the FS had blown off the stuff he mentioned in the referral about my HBP. He said the FS should I have been on top of that even if I wasn't nagging him about it. After the confusion my with old GP and old OB/GYN, I just said that I wasn't surprised. Second, he mentioned that his natural instinct would have been to put me on Aldomet, since it's safe in PG, but that he couldn't since he already knew I couldn't tolerate it. (How nice to have a doctor who listens to what I tell him, unlike my original GP down here!). Then, he said that his next instinct was to keep me off drugs at least for the first trimester and see how I did. I mentioned to him that that was my old cardiologist's plan, based on the fact that HBP supposedly naturally goes down in PG, and he agreed. However, he said this would all be dependent on my BP actually lowering on its own. If not, he said that he would refer me to a cardiologist to see ASAP, with the idea that the cardiologist would find some other drug to put me on and would monitor me closely during the PG along with whoever I get as my OB. If my BP was OK, however, he said that he would be comfortable not to give me the referral and just to continue monitoring me himself. So, the big moment was when he took my BP. On his first try, it was 136/90. He was that was too high, and that if I was consistently over 135/90, he would be sending me to the cardiologist. 5 minutes later, he took it again, and it was down to 127/79. He was happy with that. He told me I'd have to monitor it daily, however, and if it crept up to the point where it was consistently over 135/90, I had to call him immediately. Since then I've had readings the past few days in the 120/80 range, including 118/80 when I went back to the med clinic on Friday (2 days ago) at the doc's request and had his nurse take it, and 120/72 yesterday when I got back from acupuncture. I've never had my BP that low without medication since I was about 13 years old, so I guess it's true that pregnancy really does naturally lower blood pressure. As for you, Brunette, it's interesting that yours has gone up, but I suppose with all the stress you've been under with your pregnancy, perhaps it's not surprising. Is your doctor concerned about it? 140/80 really isn't all that high, esp since your systolic # (80) is still looking great, and I suspect that if it's only like that for a few months he probably won't do more than monitor you for pre-eclampsia. As for me, that's my biggest concern: the fact that people with chronic HBP like me have a heightened risk of pre-eclampsia. But I'm not going to worry about that until I'm a lot farther along.
Sorry for the long story, but I thought this might be interesting not only for you, Brunette, but also for anybody else dealing with blood pressure issues. (Actually, Brunette, I suspect this level of detail was way more than you wanted to know, but I still put it in just in case it helps somebody out there!!)
LondonMiss - sorry you're feeling sick. I hope you are nevertheless able to enjoy having your best friend out for a visit!
Smithy - nice to meet you.
MissK - thanks for the welcome and nice to meet you!
Lise - you gave me a laugh with the Buttercup story. It must feel quite odd indeed to be leaking before the baby is even born!
Renee - just congratulating you on managing to make it out to breakfast. I hope you continue feeling good!
A big "hi" to Glenny, Leabie, CK77, and everybody else.
Smithy~ Wow,Little Charlie has grown so fast! She is such a pretty little girl too.You are right in being so proud.She is adorable.
Londonmiss~ I hope your feeling better soon.I was looking at your ticker and it seems like yesterday that we were all so early on in our pregnancies.It seems ( well at least for me) to have gone so quickly.I bet now that i have said that it will S-L-O-W right down. Its weird for me because i know i have 10.5 weeks to go but if little miss peanut doesnt grow i might only have 4 weeks to go.Fingers crossed i have the 10 weeks for her sake.(health wise)
Lise~ I am 29.5 weeks and have gained 9 kilo's. I hope i can put on some more.Since my appointment and having been told...YES..TOLD to eat more mars bars (due to my perfect GTT) i have been eating like crazy.I can hardly move im so bloated.If it helps bub to get fatter then all the better.Im sure i will soon rolling instead of strolling down the street..LOL.
Hoping all is well.Not long to go for you either.Will have to log back onto fb to see your bub when he is born.Has Kyra posted pics of Tristan?
Miss K~ I cant believe your 16 weeks already! Well done.That has gone quickly too.
Well i hope everyone is doing well.
As for the weight gain/loss questions by the newbies,i lost 2 kgs in the first trimester and didnt start gaining til 12 weeks.I didnt have sickness,just lost my appetite in a huge way!
Belly Button question???....mine started to hurt at 20 weeks when the uterus reaches that point.My ob said iits normal for itching and pain there as its just stretching.Like London miss,i have a brown smudge where my outie once was.Its now flat.
Well after a long day of shopping and eating im going to do some ebay shopping for more sculpting supplies.
gee, it's a bit quiet here at the moment - hope that's a sign that we're all going along so swimmingly well that we have nothing to say
I'm typing this on my new laptop - forgot who asked me (sorry, bad pregnancy brain!!) but I am definitely enjoying the Mac! DH is taking a bit longer to adjust, but that's because he works from home sometimes and needs word etc., and is having trouble without the usual shortcuts...!
Wantbaby - hope you're feeling okay and not too roly poly with all the additional food you're consuming! Thinking back properly, I don't think I did actually gain any weight in the first trimester either, it's all since then, though I don't think i've put on any weight lately and i've been continuing with my Nestle milk choc bits on an almost daily basis (it's embarrassing I know ) so not sure how i've managed that! No pics from Ky yet, will let you know if she posts any.
KitKat - wow, what a saga with your BP! I'm definitely counting myself lucky that mine has been fine in pregnancy, it can sometimes be a bit high but since i've been pg it's been low and although i've read it should start getting higher as you get closer to the end it's even lower than ever! Will be curious to see how I go at the OB today. Anyway, hope your BP continues to stay at a good level.
LondonMiss - hope you're feeling better so you can enjoy having your friend around! I thought of you on the weekend when we had a garage sale of my grandfather's old stuff - in amongst everything DH found a little bell which he presented to me. He clearly wasn't thinking at all as i've been ringing it constantly when i'm on the couch or in bed and am too lazy to do something,
Brunette - DH and I have just finished classes, we started at 32 weeks, but we didn't really have much of a say when we did them as the hospital enrolled us in these classes when they sent us all our admission papers, which my OB gave us at our first visit so we haven't really had to do anything ourselves... Not sure if this is normal for private hospitals (or any hospital really) so not very helpful sorry!
smithy - my goodness Charlie is getting so big! And she looks so much like you
AFM - have an OB appointment this afternoon. I don't know why I look forward to these appointments so much, it's not like she really does much, maybe it's just another way of marking time and feeling like we're finally getting closer to the end.
So on the weekend my sister and a family friend were trying to guess names - DH and I have chosen but we're keeping them to ourselves. My sister wrote two names down, male and female, and would you believe she was spot on! I denied it of course, so she's still none the wiser but I just couldn't believe she guessed exactly what they would be!!!! She'll laugh when I finally get to tell her and my mum will just shake her head in resignation. Although there's 4 years between my sister and I we think exactly the same and my mum thinks we're like twins as we often say the same things at the same time in the same tone, freaky!!!
Anyway ladies, can you tell who's at home on mat leave with nothing to do today?! I'd better let you all go. Hope everyone is well xx
Hey Kit Kat, thanks for your info on raised blood pressure. I am glad yours has come down with pregnancy. Don't kick yourself about being on your drugs for the first two weeks. There is nothing you can do about it now, and it seems like everything is all good so no harm done. I saw my FS this morning and mine also had come down to 110/70 so that's good. Have you had your first scan now? How did it all go?
Wantbaby, eating Mars Bars and fattening up the bubs sounds not too bad, but I totally understand your concern/anxiety about bub being born early. Because I have twins I too will have uncertainty throughout the PG about EDD. FX for you that bubs keeps growing.
AFM, as I said, I saw my FS this morning and had another scan. I had a fair few questions to ask, esp about me losing and not gaining weight but he wasn't at all concerned that I had lost a bit of weight. He just said it's the babies growing - which they have! (Thought this might help others in early pregnancy who are experiencing same thing). Two weeks ago the babies were 14 mm and 16.6 mm. Now (although FS said just very rough measurements) they are 35.8mm and 33.2 mm. The larger one looked was sitting up and looked like he/she was waving his arms around, but the smaller one was on its side and looked like it was sleeping! This caused mum some concern as I would have liked some action from the smallest of the two but on the good news front, all the internal blood seems to have gone. I can again do a jail break this Friday to the shopping centre in a wheelchair and have lunch! Yay! So excited!
Brunette - that is fab news that both of your babies are growing and doing well. Have a great day on Friday, i'm not on bed rest but pretty much have been for MS reasons so i know how exciting it is to actually make it out of the house! To be able to put make up on and have a purpose for the day feels great!
Lise - hope your OB app went well. Wow how uncanny is the thing with your sister! How are you finding the mac, i want to get one as my next laptop but not sure how i would go i use microsoft office for work all the time.
wantbaby2 - I hope you are feeling a little less worried about things, by the sound of your size i agree with the others that bub prob just takes after you, however enjoy eating a mars bar a day! I have not put on any weight just yet, which is surprising considering all the crap i am eating!! DH thinks i have lost weight, isn't he sweet!!! I have an addiction to burger rings ATM, i figure as long as i can get in 2 pieces of fruit and veges with dinner i can eat them!
KitKat - OMG what an ordeal you have been through, my DH would prob have taken me to anger management classes after all that i would have been soo mad. Glad that things have settled down now, you will just have to have more babies to keep your pressure down!!!
Londonmiss - thanks for the bellybutton advice, i haven't noticed it this week. I hope you are feeling better and are enjoying having your friend visit.
CK77, Miss K, Leabie, S'Rose, mitf, glenny C - to you all hope you are all doing well.
To anyone i missed i am sorry but hope you are also doing well.
AFM - I have a rotten cold which i ok cause it has been raining for days and it is nice to stay in bed during that sort of weather! Not much MS over the last couple of days but im not holding my breathe, it will be back im sure! I am however sssoooooooooo hungry all the time, has anyone else experienced this? Anyway will catch you all later
Hello all, I'm always hungry!! DH had flu for a week, I had a cold for 36 hours... typical. I borrowed a humidifier thing from a friend who has children, plugged it in over night, slept in a mildly damp rain forest atmosphere, cold completely gone in morning... so if you know anyone who has one, I highly recommend borrowing one given our only other cold medicine is water and sleep. Hope you are all well. I'm shattered after quite a lot of touristic activity, just got to sleep last night and Yarra Trams decided to do some more maintenance at middnight, but only for 5 mins. Just enough to wake me up and keep me awake for an hour. If you were on a jury and I killed the lot of them, would you regard this as provocation and let me off, I wonder????? It really is very tempting.
Smithy great to hear from you. That photo of Charlie is truly adorable. Such a big girl already. Alicia sending you hugs. Hope your feeling a bit more at ease and enjoying all your chocolate. Im sure that your lil girl is just genetically tiny like her mum Leabie great ticker. Wonderful news on your HCG levels! KitKat best of luck with your scan today! lise i have a MAC too at home. They are the best! I totally agree with looking forward to obs appointments. Im in and out in 5 minutes but like you said, its like we have reached another mini milestone or something. Brunette wonderful news on the twins. They certainly are growing nicely. Woohoo on going out for lunch on Friday. Enjoy! Renee hope you get better soon. This weather, as miserable as it is, is great for staying in bed
Have been MIA for a little while too so its hard to catch up with everyone but a big hello and hope you are all doing well
Had our 4D scan on Saturday and to say it was amazing is an understatement. Definitely recommend it to all! Was wonderful to see our little girl (got it re-confirmed) so clearly. Her little nose, lips, ears, jaw line just all her features in general. Was truly a magical experience. We got lots of cheeky smiles out of her too. She had on foot by her chin and we even caught her licking it..LOL.. So very cute already! If you have Facebook PM me as i have uploaded all the pics on there.
This Sunday i have my baby shower which is being held by my beautiful cousin who is going to be Tiana's Godmother. Cant wait. Just hope we get nicer weather so its not a miserable day but not looking that way unfortunately. Either way, REALLY looking forward to it
I booked in today for 12.5 weeks for the nuchal scan. I was told as I am carrying twins there is no point doing the combined bloods as they wouldn't know which one might have higher levels - or something like that. I am only worried due to my age, being a dinosaur at 37! And therefore higher risk of Down syndrome etc.
but so wonderful to see..
) so not sure how i've managed that! No pics from Ky yet, will let you know if she posts any.
to you all hope you are all doing well.
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