Juniper - glad to see you over here! Wishing you a very happy and healthy pregnancy!!
Paula - the weeks are going quickly aren't they, but at the same time I still wish they'd go faster. I really need to stop that and just enjoy my last few weeks of doing my own thing...
Brunette - is it 28 Days? Hope you enjoy your jail break
Hello to everyone else - feeling a little lazy and sleepy today so off for a nap after I investigate what has happened to my ticker...???
Hey Juniper, Congratulations! That's excellent news. I had a good feeling about your changing FSs and about this cycle being the one for you. Well done and welcome.
My jail break was great. Only stayed out for a couple of hours but it was soooo good to get out of the house, even if only to get to get money back for medical bills and quick lunch. I even started singing the song "Jail Break" when mum turned up at the door. Very sad really
Sorry I've been MIA the last few days. Have been keeping up with the posts but haven't really had the time to write one myself. Anyway, here goes:
Juniper, a big congratulations to you! I saw your Beta # and your levels are looking great. Well done!
Brunette, I'm happy to hear you've made it out of the house again. I can totally understand how frustrating it must be for you to be so helpless right now and dependent on others. After we moved to Oz, there was a point when DH went back to work and I hadn't started looking for a job yet, so I was just home without anything really to do. I wasn't even stuck on bed rest like you but found it really depressing being by myself all day without a real purpose besides trying to keep the house clean and cook dinner every night. So I can only imagine how much worse it must be for you when you're forbidden from even doing things for yourself! Just remember it's all for the best cause of all, sweetie, and soon enough you're going to be busier than you can imagine with two little babies to look after!
Leabie, congrats on your scan. Hooray that all was looking well!
Lise, the new ticker is really cute.
Hi to everyone else . . . I think I'm too far behind to comment on some of the stuff that took place days ago now.
AFM, I had my first scan on Wednesday at exactly 6 weeks. I'm happy to report that it went great. We were able to see the flickering of what is the beginning of the little speck's heart beating away. There really wasn't all that much to see, but my FS said that the shape and size of the amniotic sac looked really good, as well as the size of the little being starting to take shape inside. He said that sometimes the sacs are smallish and oddly shaped, but that mine was big and really symmetrical, and that he thought that boded well for a good healthy baby down the track. Yay! He even gave me a pic to take to DH since DH wasn't able to come to the appointment. Of course, DH, who is actually quite interested in what is happening, took a look and said that he couldn't really see anything. Oh well. The FS also gave me some info about the different OBs that are available at John Flynn, which is where I want to give birth, and I'm happy that I was able to book in with the OB that I wanted although he won't see me until I'm around 13 weeks. Next up for me is another scan with the FS at 8 weeks. FX that things continue progressing well!
Hope some of you have fun plans for the weekend. AFM, I have to read about 150 pages of extremely dry and boring material for work, so that's what I'll be doing the rest of the day. Fun, fun, fun.
Right hello all, hope you are all well! Juniper - how lovely to see you in here. What fabulous news! This really must be the best month ever, Australia's suddenly had a population boom! They should put this news on Channel Ten, its more interesting than some of the boring sport they keep babbling on about
Kitkat- congratulations on the scan, yes symetrical sounds good! Hope all goes well with the little codger! Brunnette - glad to hear your mum didn't kill you with her wheelchair driving!! Getting out the house must be so good for your well being. Hope it was fun and next week's trip doesn't seem too far away.
Smithy - oh my goodness, is Charlie really 18 weeks old now??? That is amazing, time has flown soooo quickly. I hope all is going well? Tell us about a day in her life.. I want to look forward to these things!!
Wantbaby2 - ha ha I thought the same thing about Lise's rugs when I read that.. bit worried I have serial killer tendencies
How you feeling now Lise? All of a sudden everythings just got another 'degree' of hardness, e.g. walking, sleeping, moving, etc. Worst job of all, putting tights on (but lovely when they are on) or picking stuff up off the floor. DH is away for a week from Tues, and I need to make sure he gets down a range of oven dishes before he goes and a load of loo roll off the top of the bathroom unit before he goes!
Everyone else, hello, sorry if I've missed you, I'm all scrolled out!
AFM. As above really, just getting tired. But not 'over it' like the books say so many people feel. I've REALLY loved having my friend here all week, although I think I must have been a v boring person to visit, but I've done too much really and am looking forward to a week of just pootling about the house. She left at 1pm and I've slept for nearly 3 hours! I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. x
Last edited by LondonMiss; May 30th, 2010 at 06:43 PM.
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Juniper congratulations honey it is great to see you over here.
and bigto everyone
I am going to build an ark today i'm so over the rain!! I always seem to speak too soon about my MS fading away the weekend was not a good one! Had a doc app last friday and she said all me BT results are good, I have O negative blood which she explained is quite rare and i will need a series of extra BT's and an injection of antibodies once the baby is born if it has positive blood. She said it is nothing to worry about these days which is good. Has anyone else experienced this?
Sorry no personals will catch up soon
Renee~ The blood thing you have is the rhesus factor.A belly belly member..Sammiejam,had that issue i think. I have read alot about it.Its lucky that they have found that out early as if they didnt it could cause many issues.Its good your ob knows about it because it is easily treated with injections etc.
Juniper~ welcome!
Londonmiss~ I can hardly move now too! Sore back,waddling,forgetfullness,cant shave my legs in the shower etc etc,but like you,not over it.Im hanging onto everyday as i need Peanut to keep growing.
Hoping all is well with everyone!
Juniper CONGRATULATIONS on you BFP!! Wishing you all the very best for your pregnancy. Brunette great to hear that you have a nice "jail break" LOL KitKat woohoo on your scan. Fantastic news! Definitely reassuring to hear that everything looks perfect. LondonMiss i stuggled so hard yesterday trying to put on a pair of stockings. Called out to DH, but like most men, selective hearing meant he didnt come to my aid so i huffed and i puffed and finally got them on! I guess these lil tasks will only start to get harder. Renee shame about the MS returning. Sorry but not sure about the blood group stuff. Your Dr sure sounds like he knows what he is talking about and all will be fine.
Had my baby shower yesterday and it went brilliantly. Nice high tea party with family and friends followed by the opening of the pressies which i was in awe at. Couldnt believe how many i got. It has been sooooooo long since i have had any party thrown for me so to have so many gifts there in my honour was just surreal. Tiana has been spoilt rotten. Got lots of nappies and baby products etc which is fantastic as they are the handy things i will be using lots of. Got some outfits but different things that i wouldnt have thought to buy not just the standard onesies which was great and also some jewellery for Tiana. All in all, beautiful day with surprisingly beautiful weather! Was told by my auntie that she doesnt see me making the next 11 weeks as my belly is huge! Umm ok. Im fine with her coming 2-3 weeks earlier but no more than that please and thank you!
Renee - I wouldn't worry about your O neg blood as what happened to Sammiejam was very very rare (if you even read back enough, if you haven't then ignore me!!). I've got O neg blood also and it just means that you have an injection at 28 and 34 weeks of anti-D and then again after the baby is born if the baby is rhesus factor positive. It's not a big deal at all usually but sometimes the antibodies can transfer between mother and baby and make one/both sick. Unless you've had previous pregnancies/problems then it just means another couple of injections for you.
KitKat - glad your scan went well, it's so precious seeing the heartbeat for the first time isn't it? I know DH and I were a bit teary...!
LondonMiss - you'll be sorry you asked how I was feeling! I go through phases where i'm okay, but most of the time i'm moody, emotional, irrational, uncomfortable, sore and just grumpy. I can't bend over to put socks, shoes on, I can't even sit in the bath comfortably because my tummy gets in the way. I can't get comfy lying down or sitting up, and walking around seems to induce the chicklet to push on nerves that produce the weird tingly sensations. Every movement I make is accompanied by a grunt you'd swear was made by a female tennis player. And poor DH, well he just can't do anything right at the moment. I accused him the other day of not buying anything for the chicklet and that I had to buy everything (because he wouldn't buy a $350 nappy bag!!!). We have separate bank accounts and poor DH is certainly NOT a cheap stake at all - he pays for the mortgage, the rent and our new car as well as having paid for our tickets to Canada, so I really should not be complaining at all. I was just being totally irrational because I wanted this nappy bag and I WANTED IT NOW!! Oh dear, I really can't wait for this baby to come out, and that makes me feel so guilty because I waited so long to get pregnant I feel like I should be relishing every moment of this pregnancy in case I don't have any more, but i'm afraid lots of the time i'm struggling...
Hello to everyone else - apologies for the lack of persies, i'm afraid after that rant i'm a bit empty of nice things to say to anyone other than hope you're having a good day
Lise~ haha....my husband calls me the fat angry lady! I too was saying to him the other day that i have bought nearly all the babies things! He,like your hubby pays the rent,bills etc but at that moment i was feeling like the baby is only MY responsibility.Its just hormones doing things to us....aahhh the third trimester...gotta love it! LOL
KitKat, great news about your scan. You must be thrilled! Shame DH couldn't be there because I think at the early stags it's easier to make sense of the bub on screen and a little harder to do so when you only have the pic to show people. Yep, definitely hard being home alone and then relying on DH to do stuff when he's had long day at work plus he's doing heaps around our new house with landscaping etc. I figure I have only a couple of weeks to go now before I might be able to go back to work on a gradual basis. I really, really want to just be able to drive myself somewhere. Never thought I'd look forward to going back to work either!
Londonmiss, it's good that you are forward-planning for when your DH is away so you don't have to do all the bending etc. I must confess, though, that you and Lise are making me a bit fearful for when I (hopefully, FX) get to as many weeks as you both, with Double Trouble and all! Did you have trouble also sleeping during the first trimester? I drink a lot of water but I try to stop at about 4-5ish, although I have to swallow the usual 12 tablets with dinner at night, so I'm forever on the toilet during the night. Then I have to set the alarm to take a progesterone pess at 2 or 3 and after that I can never get back to sleep. So if I don't get a nap during the day I'm a moody, grumpy witch
Renee, seems like you've got some good advice already about negative Rhesus factor. I think one of my first cousins had this, too. Great you know about it now and it can be treated. Shame to hear your MS is back and still so bad.
Paula, your high tea/baby shower sounds like it went swimmingly. Sound like you have an auntie like mine - one who speaks her mind without thinking first ... I still haven't forgotten a comment from this particular auntie I'm thinking about when I was just a teenager and sitting on what was then called a "P-O-O-F" (probably not very PC nowadays) and she said, "Gee, you've got a big future behind you." How rude! Here's to Tiana staying put right until you want her to!
Lise, sorry to hear that you, too, are really uncomfortable with bub getting bigger. I totally hear what you say about the moodiness etc and your DH and finances. My fiance and I have separate bank accounts, too, and we've usually gone 50/50 in everything, except the very early days when he was doing the courting! For the first few weeks of bed rest, I took sick leave and then found out I could get 75% of my earning paid for by my superannuation. But I have to forego two weeks leave without pay first in order to qualify. So DH has offered to pay half of these two weeks and then half of the 25% of my salary that I will miss out on by being at home, but he has made comments about "subsidising" me. I am only at home because of doctors orders to look after our two babies. I have gotten so mad at him that I have threatened to leave a couple of times already! Apparently I'm very "high maintenane" but he forgets that his life has not changed; it's only mine that has completely changed. Sorry, doing my own rant today, too. I suppose I was just trying to say that I get where you're coming from. And I worry about how things will now inevitably change once the twins arrive (FX). I, like you, have wanted to have a baby and have tried many IVF cycles but it's this whole dependence versus independence thing I am really going to struggle with.
Well, after that cheery little post, I'll be off then!
Big hello and belly rubs to everyone else xo
Last edited by Brunette; May 31st, 2010 at 11:36 AM.
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Thanks ladies, I feel better already! Brunette - don't let LondonMiss and I put you off, it's not that bad, i'm just whingeing! It's not like i'm even that big, but i'm not very tall so my belly is just totally full of baby which makes bending rather difficult.
For those that are interested, here's a pic taken this morning, hopefully this link works:
Oh no, Lise is right, I don't want to put anyone off!!! I always thought that when I got pregnant I'd work until the first contraction... now I realise just how a) unrealistic that is, and b) how unattractive. I've just done a mornings work at home (tidying up questions that my useless boss should have asked me before I left) and now have 3.5 days to write two essays. It's just all a bit too much really. So my advice to you - don't be put off by my (our) whinging but to be better organised for the last 8 weeks than me and be prepared to take things slowly!!
I too have been truly horrid to my DH, and I do wonder sometimes how any marriage survives pregnancy. Your sex life goes down the swannie, I'm about as attractive as a pot bellied pig, the house is disgusting, my cookings gone to pot, the full range of my conversation is either about babies or horrid (and completely and utterly unlikely) things that go wrong in childbirth, I'm ratty and irrational all the time. And you snore and fart, and get varicose veins on your belly and potentally piles out your bum. (thank God none of the latter) (yet). One of the bits of reading he did actually manage to do was a woman who said she brought on childbirth by having sex three times a day. He's misremembered it as "people in the last trimester all have sex three times a day". Bless him, the sense of disappointment was palpable. If I ever find this woman, I might strangle her.... or just sit on her ha ha ha
I now have things in my fridge with a use by date after the babies due date : )
I just can't wait to meet her ... so near, and yet so far away...
no idea... the only thing happening three times a day in our house involves me and a bar of chocolate (just eating it.... not anything more.... um ... Clintonesque)
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glad to see you over here! Wishing you a very happy and healthy pregnancy!!
So excited to see you in here, congrats babe!
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to everyone else, have a good weekend.
Oh well. The FS also gave me some info about the different OBs that are available at John Flynn, which is where I want to give birth, and I'm happy that I was able to book in with the OB that I wanted although he won't see me until I'm around 13 weeks. Next up for me is another scan with the FS at 8 weeks. FX that things continue progressing well!
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