Thanks for making me feel so welcome everyone. It is great to be able to talk to people about this, as we have decided not to tell family and friends yet, but I am the type of person who can't keep a secret!
LondonMiss - great to hear you are using TENS, I used it for my first labour and it was effective for many hours, until the pain got worse then I used the gas. The good thing about it is that you can move it to where the pain is - on your back or tummy and you can turn it up with each contraction. Hope the waiting goes quickly for you. Sometimes we get so impatient waiting for bub to come we forget to saviour that time when they are still tucked up nice and warm, as once they come out it gets alot busier - that's what I did for my DD, then for DS I was determined to enjoy the last few weeks and he came early!
Brunette - I remember feeling the first movement at 18 weeks exactly with my DD. I was a bit unsure at the time if that's what I was feeling, as I had never had that type of 'pulsing' wind movement before. I don't think I could feel movement on the outside for quite a while after that though... It's very exciting isn't it when you do get that first movement - makes it feel so real!
Yogi Bear - thanks for your kind words. I hope the 7 week scan goes really well. It will be so special to see your little bub. Let us know how it goes.
AFM - went to Dr yesterday and got referral for blood tests, urinalysis etc. She said she would call if there was a problem with tests otherwise will go back in a month.
Hope everyone is going well, and by the way what is this 'planning fee' you are all talking about. I will be going to GP and then midwife clinic so don't see OB privately but it sounds ridiculously expensive!!!!
Londonmiss~ I really do hope that your bub comes before Friday,when mine should make its grand entrance via the sunroof at 8 am ish. I dont want you to be upset with me going before you.Im sending you HUGE labour vibes,so that im not in trouble.LOL. You do seem to be handling things very well though.Its understandable you are emotional and over it but i think your doing great.xx
As for me im counting down the days til Friday.As far as i know im to be at hospital at 7am and am second on the list.I will get a confirmation call on Thursday and i also have to head in on Thursday too,so i can get my blood grouped and held(in case of transfusion)...(no wonder im scared).
Yesterday i was having a really bad day,crying and being angry and moody but today after a long chat with the higher power via prayer,ive woken feeling more positive.Before that i was so scared of things going wrong,that i was focusing more on the operation being scary,than the gift of my baby.My fear had clouded the positives and the real reason behind the whole thing.
Im still scared but am focusing on everything going well,and being positive that this birth will be much easier and less stressful than my sons birth which frankly was a nightmare!
Well im off now.Heading to the post office and then might go for a drive to get out of the house and enjoy some sun.Dh is working night shift so maybe he will take me.My belly barely fits behind the steering wheel.Oh and i might check out what our car looks like with the installed baby seat in the back.Dh went to a fitting station and had it fitted yesterday but i stayed on the couch all day so i havnt seen it.We have our "baby on board" sign too,which dh said is on the window.cute.
Have a great day girls.xox
Belated hello and welcome to you MaggiePie! You're right - thanks to the medicare changes OB = ridiculously expensive. We'll be paying $2750 for our management fee and I think we get something like $450 back from medicare.
LondonMiss, I promise not to ask you how it's going. I will just wait for you to tell us the good news! I can imagine it must be frustrating to be couped up in a small house with everyone anxiously awaiting the big event. Can you let her know you need some "me" time and shut yourself in your room for as long as you need whenever you're getting tense?
Lairdoz, I've been too scared to work out what this bub will have cost us. This was our 5th IVF, so it's been a big investment if we include the entire TTC process. Not to mention that DH has gone into "nesting" mode. New fence last week, a quote this morning to fix the roof (which has needed work since we moved in 4.5 years ago) and he intends to add a (large) covered patio before the year is done.
Still laying low here a little. Had b/w taken for the NT scan this morning. NT scan is next Tuesday. We see the OB for the first time on Friday, which seems an eternity away. I keep telling myself there's no reason to expect anything has gone wrong in the last 1.5 weeks since the last scan, but I can't help but worry. Work has settled down now that the project-from-hell is finished (hopefully - I ended up having to do it twice last week). I've got an urgent task sitting in my inbox (boss wants it by 11am, which is 25min away), but he's only sent me half the data so I can't finish it.
I'm trying to keep up with everyone here, but my brain just doesn't seem to absorb information at the moment and I have to re-read everyone's posts about 3 times, which I feel bad about. So, sorry about the limited personals again.
LondonMiss - thanks for the advice! Don't worry not much cleaning happened anyway, but at least you can actually get through the front door now! It's great that you have a 'deadline' now but I am hoping your bub kicks into action before that anyway. I was induced with my second as he broke the waters 3am Sunday morning and despite contractions every 20 minutes until Monday nothing progressed so they induced me. They hooked me up to the drip at 10am and he was born at 1pm! It was a much better labour than my daughters which dragged on for 19 hours. I think if you do get induced the drip makes everything move along a bit quicker. Apparently that can be more painful (which I was really worried about) but for me it wasn't, and because it was quick I didn't get exhausted like with DD. I just used TENS, back massage for pain then close to transition just some gas. I really hope your labour will be everything you want it to be, will be thinking of you.
Wantbaby - good luck for tomorrow, hope it all goes smoothly.
still reading ladies, but nothing to post, i still just keep it to my bellybuddies thread but god to see you are all doing so well, and that there are so many of us in here.
Congrats to wantbaby on your beautiful daughter. Hope you are enjoying this most magical time!
Welcome to Jaki and congratulations!!
CK77 - how exciting, hope he loved it I remember my DH had a little tear when he felt it for the first time, I guess we are the ones who experience everything physically so it's amazing for them to feel it too.
Renee - I will keep my EDD as the 24th until proven otherwise! Thanks for doing the list too.
Hi to everyone
AFM - Had my 1st Ob appointment yesterday, my splodge on his ultrasound is 4 days ahead of where I thought I was but he told me not to worry or think about it as it's a different machine and was abdominal rather than vaginal so can be different this early (it was a FET but as we also try each month naturally we won't be exactly sure of the date). He was sooooo lovely after my grumpy FS - it was nice to be around someone positive and supportive. Even though I still have two weeks and 6 days (not that I am counting) until my 12 week scan, I feel a little, teeny bit excited now which is nice because like all of us here, I think I deserve to get a little bit happy about this.
You do seem to be handling things very well though.Its understandable you are emotional and over it but i think your doing great.xx
I remember my DH had a little tear when he felt it for the first time, I guess we are the ones who experience everything physically so it's amazing for them to feel it too.
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