Thanks girls... last minute as always me, so I posted question then had to go half hour later to acu appt. ! Anyway, was on my back and was fine. I guess I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to feel well lying on my back or if it's bad for bubba. Anyway chilled out as always, and woke myself with a gentle snort at one point ;-)
CK good to see you back. How exciting antenatal class today...let us know how you guys went. I know what you mean about cleaning out the nursery, mine was FULL of craft stuff everywhere, ironing to be done, boxes of stuff for carboot sale (still not had it 2 months later), DHs keyboard....yeh, no idea where that's going etc.
Brunette...you have a lovely weekend planned setting up all the stuff!! If the weather is like it is here in Brissy it's the perfect kind, cool and wet, just the kind you want to be inside, warm and dry.
Hello to everyone else...
afm, some might remember I had part 1 of 3 parts of root canal work on my tooth, days before my transfer. The dentist was great, said it should last the pregnancy and then he could xray and finish after bubba was born. I got an infection, which antibiotics cleared up quickly, but now it's hurting again. I told the receptionist (gatekeeper, like at the FS) and she said oh he can see you in 2 weeks!!!!!! :-( So I said I'd take any cancelled appt. and have been considering just going and sitting in waiting room in case there's a gap when someone's late and I can be seen. I'm also worried I've not been cleaning as well cos of the constant heaving/retching/nausea malarky.
On the good side, I got my hair coloured (all my books said it's ok to do it, but I thought I'd wait till past 12 wks) and finally I feel a bit more normal when I look in the mirror. Bit of pampering goes a long way hey?! DH working weekend so I'm gonna iron and watch Desperate Housewives for a few hours. I'm also gonna fill in the forms for the hospital....still feels surreal cos there's no bump, no weight gain. Won't be long I'm sure.
Will pop in later and see if there's any posts, but it's normally quiet over the w/end. xx
Hmmm 3 hour antenatal class #1: didn't tell me anything that websites, BB and my pregnancy books hadn't already told me. Next week is the dreaded 'bring a doll' for nappy practice and breastfeeding. For anyone thinking of an epi, they passed around the needle and stuff that stays in your back and just for sh*ts and giggles passed around the pee catheter that stays in your bladder until the day after delivery.
Oh, and the midwife scoffed at birth plans as she said that people fill up pages with stuff that they offer as standard anyway: they prefer you to be in a dimly lit room while going through the stages of labour as it is more calming for Mum, they prefer skin to skin contact straight after delivery, they prefer to let the 3 of you have all the time that you need rather than whisking off the baby (she actually said that she (or midwives in general) are not a babysitter, "it's YOUR baby, YOU deal with it!!" which was pretty funny. They encourage you to tell them that they're all being too noisy and just shush for a while so you can concentrate on breathing or whatever. If you want everyone gone and the door closed, tell them. So it sounds like my birth plan will be very basic. Offer me gas, give me the option of an epi (which I hope to turn down).
I'll update you about the doll on my b00b next week!
CK interesting info cheers. sounds like my birthplan (not that I've got that far in the thought process) will be mighty similar to yours.... and theirs it seems. Are you in a city hospital or Northwest? I need to borrow a doll from my neighbours' girls to take to mine, look forward to the update next week LOL!! xx
BYO doll? We might have to speak to our 5yo niece to borrow one if we're meant to do that? Like airline, I'm curious to know which hospital this was at?
Airline the trick with the dentist is to claim such agony you just can't make it through the day! They always have emergency appointment but they don't want us to know that
brunette I hope you had fun with your nursery
Interesting info on the classes, I think my DH will hate it. But I'm gonna make him go!
Afm- had a great weekend away shopping in rockhampton, I got all the maternity clothes I'm likely to need. I love kmart!!! And pumpkin patch maternity was 30% off, woohoo! We also got a spare bed and a new lounge, but no baby stuff! Saving that for December.
True Jaki, may have to try that next time...I am in a lot of pain at times. Can't beat shopping eh!? You were up nice and early....I kept turning over and going back to sleep. aaahhhh lovely ;-)
Hospital is Nth West Private (classes were $200, 3 x 3hrs). Hubby was B-O-R-E-D as the info I'd been researching had been discussed with him anyway. I think next Saturday will be the eye opener.
Yep, gotta love the recent baby sales, Best N Less, Target - love it! and layby is my new friend :-)
Hey ladies!!
Its soo nice to see you all coming along soo soo well! I have been lurking rather than posting its getting closer to the end now for me I cannot wait till this little munchkin is here!!! We should do a brissy meet up would be fun
Lovely reading everyone's posts. I've been following along, with not too much to say. Nice to see everyone going along well.
Brunette, bugger about the strep B possibility, though it sounds like it will be taken care of by the antibiotics. I loved reading about your nursery. It sounds like heaven (for now, anyway!).
And MaggiePie, so sorry about your sister and thanks for telling us, even though it's horrible. It's better to know. Another thing to add to my list for the OB. Does this remind anyone of IVF sometimes? I always had a list a mile long, and because I'm anxious, I would rehearse my questions incessantly in my mind.
Leabie, enjoy Hervey Bay! Just soak up the relax. Lucky ...
Juniper, GL with your nursery set up and home renovations.
Hi to everyone else I've missed.
Oh Airline and Chrissy, I've finished True Blood now. I did love Russell Edgington as an old school baddie vamp. But the very end was slightly silly.
AFM, well, I've been having ups and downs and a few tears. I guess it's because I'm losing my confidence in myself a bit. I worry about lots of details and wake up in the night thinking about things like nappies and our cat, and how she'll cope with the baby. Plus my DH and I are like ... well, to be honest, us trying to DTD has become kind of farcical. Sorry if TMI, but I guess we always just liked ... um missionary style. And that's not working. So I try on top and he's like "I can't breathe" because my belly hangs down and weighs him down. It is actually pretty funny and we do laugh a lot at our ineptitude. I think we need to enrol in remedial sex school. Anyway, on a more serious note, it actually kinda hurts a bit - it's so tight and sore, and I think this relates to this constant thrush that I seem to have (worse in PG). Told OB & he just prescribed the creams etc. Temporary fix. Any bets I have strep B too, I'm sure I have every bacteria under the sun in there. Anyway. It's like if I just didn't worry about it, it would be fine, because I'm actually really happy with everything but .... except for the mammoth belly swell after, which is freaky (do people know what I mean?). Anyway, sorry if this chat is too much! Just needed to speak honestly, and I'm not that uninhibited to talk with my RL friends somehow ....
Hi Ladies
I just got the phone call with my blood test result and its POSITIVE!! Its our first ICSI cycle and I really thought it would take many cycles to get to this result. The two week wait was the hardest time. I wasn't sure where to post this, I just wanted to share the news.
I had a very hard time when I learnt that we had to go through ICSI and "Mumma Sue" and the other girls on this website were so kind and got me through it.
I really want to enjoy this time now but at the back of my mind are all the worries, that now I've achieved this what if the baby doesn't grow properly etc etc...
I'm taking folic acid and iodine but is it necessary to take pregnancy vitamins like the Blackmore vitamins?
Any advice would be welcome.
Cheers.
Congratz abj on your BFP!!!!!!!!!!! And welcome to our thread. Im so glad you found the TTC support you needed, And i know mummasue is awesome, she's my piggy
I would take a pregnancy multi-vitamin of some kind cause it covers everything.
Brunette- that cake sounds AWESOME!!! And how exciting doing a photo shoot, i really want to do one but i have stretch marks so im not sure if that'll turn me off..??
Airline....... Yay for a boy!!!!!!!!!!! A little friend for my Wyatt
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