Pregnancy after LT TTC #14

Hello lovely ladies!

Have been laying low and trying to keep up on the news in here, not much to report from this end though.

Airline - congrats on finding out its a boy, and congrats on hitting the halfway mark! :clap:

Grub17 - thats great news that you found an OB up there. GL with the packing and partying, it sounds like the next little while will be a bit of a blur. Re the % chance of survival thing, I totally understand - that's me! Once I hit 28 weeks I just sort of relaxed, knowing that in all probability (touch wood), I'm gonna have a baby to show for all this... LTTTC makes you think in a different way to others! A friend just announced her PG on Facebook, she was only 7 weeks at the time, I panicked on her behalf as it was so early in the piece!

Brunette - glad you enjoyed your baby shower, games included! Sounded like a lovely day. And the photo shoot - how great that you could have that done. A real keepsake. FX that the placenta has moved when you have your scan tomorrow. And congrats on finishing work on Friday!

WW - yay for finishing your stats exam! :dance: I couldn't imagine studying right now, I'm hard pressed remembering where I left my keys, let alone regression analyses, p values... eek! Although I do worry that my brain is turning to moosh, I should work it more. Glad that you're feeling a bit better, I saw something on PND today on the TV, they said if a feeling lasts 2 weeks or more, then you should see someone about it. Only a yardstick I guess. Its great that you are aware of your feelings, thats a big hurdle that some women don't even get over.

Lairdoz - enjoy your trip to Sydney next week, I hope our weather improves for you before you get here! Spoil yourself, and relax.

A big HI :hello: to everyone else I've missed.

AFM - like I said, not much to report from this end. FINALLY getting over this blasted cold, its been 4 weeks, and ended up needing antibiotics which I wasn't thrilled about taking, but what can you do? I feel like I've cracked a rib from sneezing and coughing so much, but I'm sure its just a pulled muscle or something! :D Finished our antenatal classes last night, and did a yoga course on the weekend about yoga and breathing for labour, so we're as studied up as we're gonna be... just have to wait til the baby comes now, so can forget everything I've learned!

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 :)

ABJ - congratulations and welcome! Blackmores Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Gold seems to be recommended over Elevit as it has more iodine (I think). Although some people get a bit quesy on it.

Hi girls,

Glad to hear everyone is moving along nicely. AFM I haven't been able to shake this cough / sinus thing. Went to Dr yesterday who said I was this much (about a cm with the fingers) off having pneumonia. So on antibiotics and told to take it easy ha ha as we are moving this weekend! Was also meant to work this weekend but probably won't the way I am feeling at the moment.

Will write more when feeling like I can... For now off to the lounge....

abj - i take blackmores preg and bf tablets but make sure you don't also take folic acid tablets as well. read the warning on the back of the bottle. :) and Congrats. Your worries and concerns are very normal - i'm still in worry hell atm but fx for a h and h 9/10 months :)

Leabie - i had to laugh at your comment that you can't even remember where your keys are... preggy brain hit me hard yesterday .... I had to google "how many weeks in a year" :ROFL: Couldn't remember if it was 52 or 56! and with DS, i once came home from work and put my handbag in the freezer, lucky DH saw me do it or i'd never have found it!!! lol I think you'll find the yoga will really help. I used Juju Sunjin's birth skills book and will again this time. It was all about distracting your mind with breathing, chanting, repeating movements etc and with a tens machine and the gas I was able to birth DS within 7 hrs of going into labour (i know, very very lucky lady to have such a short first labour :) )

kellyd - that sounds like a great deal! and a good idea to get the seats that sees them through to 7 as well. I can't imagine the logisitics you have to now consider with 3! and I agree, I get girl vibes from you too. :)

maggiepie - do rest up love! pneum is hte last thing you need right now! (obviously!!, i like to state the obvious, makes me feel needed lol). I do hope you feel better soon love.

hi to all the other girlies. Fingers crossed ds doesn't have another huge morning sleep so we can go to playgroup. Oh and the nausea has stepped up a notch lately to little throat voms... mmmmm tasty. hahaha

oxoxo

Here is the most updated version!!!

Miss K 5th Nov 2010 - It's a ???

CK77 Dec 19th 2010 – it's a ??? - Munchkin
Brunette Dec 24th 2010 - it's a ??? - Double Trouble
Renee Dec 28th 2010 – it's a ??? - Little Bug

Glenny C Jan 5th 2011 - it's a ???
Leabie Jan 11th – it's a ???
KitKat Jan 19th - it's a ???
S’Rose Jan 20th – it's a ??? - Little Monkey

Juniper76 Feb 2nd - it's a Girl!!
Maggie Feb 2nd -it's a Girl!!
Worrywart Feb 7th - it's a ???
BJ*81
MissAma – LHB
Lairdoz Feb 24th - it's a ???

Lisa B Mar 5th - it's a ???
MaggiePie Mar 22nd - it's a Boy!!
Jaki80 Mar 28th - Little Man
Airline Mar 30th - it's a Boy!!! - Baby M

Kelly D May 28th - it's 2x ??? - Bubble & Squeak

Grub17 July 1 - it's a ???

BABIES BORN
Emerald Star --- Welcome ???
Loula---Welcome William!!
Nix76---Welcome????
Paula---Welcome Tiana!!!
Dusty---Welcome Freya!!
Ninah---Welcome Dylan!!
Seachange---Welcome Thomas!!
Londonmiss --- Welcome Charlotte!!
Wantbaby#2 ---Welcome Ellie!!
Wishes --- Welcome Casey!!
Mitf --- Welcome Luke!!
Lise --- Welcome Finnian!!
Mrs Slyder welcome two lovely girls!
Persephone --- Welcome Archie!
Kyrawolfe--- Welcome Tristan!
LilMissHaveachat --- Welcome Ethan!
Sammiejam - Welcome Colt!
BOC - Welcome Jagger Dylan!
BDT---- Welcome Sophia & Aria!
Saph----Welcome Xavier!
Greenslw---- Welcome Lincoln!
Smithy---- Welcome Charlie!
Ella'sMum---- Welcome Emme!
Poppyfairy---- Welcome Robin!
Grub17---- Welcome Ashton!
Laniwantsababy---- Welcome Jett!
Bella55---- Welcome Jack & Samuel!
Miss Magpie---- Welcome Trent!
Murph01----Welcome Jasmine!
Neptune----Welcome Adam!
KellyD---Welcome Tara Rose!

Our thoughts and prayers go to those beautiful mothers whose precious babies have been taken too soon.
Much loved & wanted son of Frosty'sMum, Benjamin born sleeping @ 14 weeks 4days. Our thoughts are with you.
Much loved & wanted daughter of Hippy Mum & Hippy Dad, Georgia Ariela taken too early from this earth 12-03-09 @ 22wk 6d
Much loved and wanted son of Chez67 & her DH, Ryan Patrick, born sleeping 17-03-09 @ 18wk 1d

Hi ladies

Sorry i have been MIA lately, i have been stalking you all!! I have had a rough month!!! But hopefully everything is back on track and I will be popping in a lot more.

Welcome grub17 (sorry i know it's late) i have added you to the list hope that is ok.

I have gone through and updated the list as best i could with dates and genders!! Let me know if i have gotten something wrong.

Everyone seems to be going great which is wonderful. Will catch up with you all soon.

Ooooh very slowly moving up that list ;)

Oh My Gosh!!! I'm Number 5 on the list!!!!

Thanks so much Jaki80, Grub17 and CK77 for your lovely comments and info re the vitamins. I'm sure I'll have many more questions later. Just getting my head around the whole BFP thing. Feel a bit shell shocked that its finally happened! :)

Hey Everyone

Well, I finally got a BFP on Tuesday, so I am about 4 and a bit weeks pregnant. Now I just have to keep the baby growing!! I've been ordered to rest lots and take it easy!! So that is what I am doing. Thank goodness I work from home!

abj: welcome and hape you have a h & h 9 months. I also take blackmores gold pregnancy, I used to take elevit but they make me sick. As i'm having twins my Ob has also put me on additional calcium, folate & iron supplements.

babytruj: Congrats & welcome. I know your journey has been a long on to get here but you did it.... Now make sure you follow Dr's orders and rest up.

Hi everyone else, hope you are all growing nicely...

AFM: Well it seems I'm getting my energy back - 12 weeks on Saturday - so today I've spent the morning cleaning and vacuuming our station wagon and putting Tara's new car seat into the car. I went out yesterday and put on layby our pram (not much out there for twins and a toddler) but managed to get the Valco Baby Twin with Toddler Seat for $300 off. Still expensive but any saving is good, and I also bought Tara's and laybyed to babies carseats. I mananged to get 3 Babylove easy combo booster seats which do from 8kg-26kg for $190 each, so as we will hire the capsules for the first 8 mths then all the kids will have the same seat and we don't have to think about upgrading when we need the booster seats.

So now looks like I have got the pram and car seats for less then I was looking at spending on a pram alone and now all I can think that we will need is another portacot (we will have one in the lounge room for during the day and 1 in our room for night as they will share) and then don't have to worry about a second cot and bed for Tara until the babies are around 6mths old. It has taken a load off my mind now as we thought we would be spending so much having to get extra stuff, but we are pretty much done....

I hope you all have a fab weekend, we have a long weekend this one for Ballarat Show Day so DH is home for 3 days....

BabyTruj - welcome :dance: and congratulations!!!!

Kelly - I picked up a portacot from the recent Target baby-thon sale $89, has the bassinet level, the change table, and a big deep pocket on one end for bits and bobs (not sure yet what those bits and bobs will be....). Already set up in the loungeroom for daytime sleeps (and to make sure our dog is fully prepped for baby's arrival in a little over a month.

Renee - welcome back, hope you are well. You'll have to hand over that list soon!!

Grub - I'm on the Blackmores PLUS a folic/iron tablet as my iron was a bit low at the last blood test a few weeks back. I hope I'm not overdosing on folic acid, then again I *may* sometimes forget to take the tablets even though they are in plain sight on the kitchen bench....

Poor MaggiePie, hope the drugs kill your bug quick smart.

Had my 34 1/2 week appt the other day, my OBs is at a conference in the States so there are midwives covering his appointments, and it was THE BEST appt I have had! She manipulated my belly, told me where everything was (head is right down the bottom, here's an arm in between my fingers, here's a knee.. that kind of thing). She spent time asking us if we were excited being that this is our first, have we sorted out the nursery, how we enjoyed the antenatal classes.... it was the 1st time my appt has gone longer than 5 minutes (except for a 32 week scan). The only downside is that the appt was $40, all of which is non claimable by medicare, as medicare treats midwives differently apparently. I have another appt in about a fortnight again with a midwife. If the next midwife is as good as the first, I reckon I should be hoping my OB is out of the country for the birth!!

Thanks Guys for the welcome

CK77 were you in the LTTTC thread?? I was there earlier this year, and for my cycle in May, but this time, I just didn't want to talk about it. Didn't even tell friends and family exact transfer date!!

Congrats and welcome to Babytruj and abj!! Babytruj I remember your name from the LTTC threads, I felt like I lived there for years...

Hi to Renee, nice to see you again and hope you have a smoother couple of months ahead.
I was going to write more but my DD has decided to have a melt-down behind me soI had better get going!!

:)
xxx

Hi Lairdoz, so nice to see familiar names in here. And to see the BFP's! I just have to hope mine sticks this time!!!

Congrats abj and babytruj!! :confetti:

abj, my OB recommended the blackmores gold. I also take an extra fish oil supplement with it because the blackmores gold has less EPA than I was taking before starting it.

airline, congrats on your little boy!!

Hi to everyone else! :hello:

Sorry for the brief post. I've been reading but am still crazy busy with work. OB appt tomorrow and should get GTT results. Do you think they'd have called as soon as they got the results if I failed? I'm hoping not hearing from them means I passed. Guess I'll find out in the morning...

Thanks ladies for your welcome backs.

Welcome and Congrats abj & babytruj:dance: hope you have a H & H 9 months.

CK77 - Hi i know we are getting awfully close to the top of that list. Most midwives are great hey, I'm doing shared care and love my GP but when i have to go to the hospital the midwives up there are always lovely. Sounds like everything is going great with you and bub, not long now:D

Hi to everyone, hope you all have lovely days!!

just regarding folic acid and the vitamins, I must admit I was also doing both! until DH read the back of the bottles (hey i lost my glasses for a fortnight and that print is really small, plus who reads the warnings! pft) which said not to combo the folic and vitamins cos it's cos folic in it. So freaking out i'd killed our baby I googled and it said you can't relaly overdose of folic acid and if you are carrying a bit of extra weight (yep, thanks to last baby lol) then also taking an extra folic tablet might be a good idea. hope some of that makes sense and puts your minds at ease if you are being a good mummy and taking very vitamin known to man! lol.

hi babytruj - it HAS stuck! we just need it to hold on :) positive thoughts love and really enjoy your moment. No matter the outcome which you can't control anyway, you're carrying new life and you've got a bubba inside you. But i do know the worry, it's so hard!

thanks for the list Renee! hope you are well.

CK - lol wait til you're at the top and then some blighter who is supposed to be waiting HER turn comes and steals your thunder lol. Happened to me I went over and a few people went under and booooyyyyy I was dirty bout that lol.

juniper - get the results yet?

kelly - that's so great you got that all sorted. yeah once i sat down and thought was we really need for number 2, it isn't taht much cos we have got lots of stuff as it is!

I told DH last night i'd changed my mind about finding out the sex. we were going to find out but not tell anyone we had and obviously not share. but now i think i want the surprise completely. I love love love surprises and this is the ultimate and may be my last baby so i think we might not find out.... and in 12 or so weeks when i'm having my20 week scan, who wants to bet i can't help myself!!!

poooeyyy i smell a poo. better go change my stinky little boy.

oxox

I hate it when I press the wrong buttons and accidentally close the tab I was typing in...

Passed the GTT!! But BP is up. :( I'm hoping it's just stress-related (due to the crazy busy work situation), but I guess time will tell. The OB didn't say anything about it. Adding to my stress, I just had a call to let me know that Dad has been admitted to Bundaberg hospital, possibly with a collapsed lung (which he's had before - a legacy of being a smoker as a young man). I have to wait for this afternoon to find out more.

On the folic acid thing, I did some reading which suggested we should not go above 1mg unless under Dr's orders. Women with a history of babies with neural tube defects may be put on as much as 5mg, but the normal recommendation is 500ug (from memory). I think Elevit has 800ug and I was taking about 900ug during the first tri (which is when it's most important). I now don't take any extra folic acid - just what's in the Blackmore's gold. On the subject of folic acid, I think green tea may inhibit the absorption of folic acid, so avoid that (or ask your OB if it's true - I've never confirmed it with a reliable source, but my acupuncturist told me not to have green tea, she just didn't say why).

Okay, have to get back to work. :( Hopefully the craziness will be finished early next week (report is due Monday). I might even ask for a couple of days off to de-stress? We'll see. Only 30 work days left...

Hi lovelies!

Grub - you crack me up! :rofl: yes, who does read the warnings on vitamin bottles?! You are also my hero with your 7 hour birth, my first lines of defence are breathing, movement, TENS and then gas. So pleased to read that you got through it with just those. My friends are all "just you wait"-ers, and although I know I need to be flexible in my ideas, they're convinced I'll be screaming for an epidural within 5 minutes of labour. Maybe I will, who knows?! Just annoys me that they poo-poo all my other ideas.

Renee - great to see you back in here! Hope its smooth sailing from now on for you, and you can relax and enjoy these last few weeks of pg.

abj and babytruj - a huge CONGRATS :dance: and welcome to the thread! So wonderful to see new faces in here. Girls, I think every single one of us in here can relate to feeling anxious / shellshocked / nervous when we got our BFP, LTTTC is a hard road. I remember reading in this thread PUPO - pregnant until proven otherwise, and I found it really helped me when I was feeling panicky. Just try and take one day at a time, and remember to breathe! abj - I too am taking Blackmores, I think its a great all-rounder.

MaggiePie - big hugs :hug: you poor chook. I had that same thing for a month, ended up taking antibiotics, and as much as I hated having to take them, they worked wonders. Hope you're feeling much much better v soon. GL with the move (just point and direct!), and don't even think about working on the weekend, girl! Be kind to yourself.

Juniper - hope the OB appt went well and you passed your GTT?! FX for you. Hope work calms down soon.

KellyD - you are so super-organised! OMG, I feel so ashamed at my lack of organisation! It doesn't sound like having twins will phase you at all ;)

Glenny_c - I know, I'm right behind you at 6th on the list! Scary. Its the final countdown...

Have a great weekend everyone!

Juniper - just missed your post! YAY :dance: for passing GTT. So sorry to hear about your dad, that won't be helping your BP, nor will your work situation. Hope everything gets sorted out with both, very soon. Your BP might've been elevated if you were worried about your GTT results too? I think having a couple of days off sounds like a lovely idea, you be kind to yourself.

Juniper - I hope your dad is ok. Yay for passing test, bummer about BP but like you said it could just be a bit of stress. I'm sure doc would have said something if it was of concern. I think some days off sounds just what you need.

Thanks ladies. Got a message from my sister and apparently he's got blood clots. I'm yet to talk to mum or dad directly for details, but it sounds like maybe he was lucky to avoid being in much worse shape. Not sure how long they'll be stuck up there until he can drive home.

Meanwhile, I swear my beautiful breech baby is both punching and kicking me at the same time. (OB said not to worry about the breech position unless she's still there at 36wks)

Hey everyone.

You all sounds like you are far away from morning sickness, but is it a bit like being hungry, but not quite wanting to eat (also knowing you have eaten) feling naseous at the thought of food??

Babytruj - My M/S never really went away and is coming back strong again. Mine is kind of like that. You feel hungry but sick at the same time and certain foods def make you not feel like eating. The only thing i can suggest is to try all of the suggestions people give you for what has worked for them and maybe one will work for you. Dry stuff helped a bit for me, only because i knew i had to keep eating something. Hopefully you don't get it too bad if at all, it is a pain in the butt!!!!

babytruj - i have to ask you, did you mean to put the J at after the U or was it to be an E and you hit the wrong key? I just wonder about usernames and am thinking it was either deliberate, as in your name is Jane, or a whoopsy! lol. don't feel you need to answer. ... back on task - you just described my MS except all i want is icey fruit juices and fruit! and all the stuff that is $$$ atm too! watermelon, rockmelon, mangoes, grapes yummmumumum

juniper - great news about the gtt but crappy news about your dad! hugs coming your way! are you far away from him ie can you get up to see hiim for yourself. hope that bp comes down as dad gets better and work less crazy. ox

oh Leabie i am hearing you ggguuurrrllll-fffrreeeennnnn. I got poo-pooed when i said i won't be using anything but gas and a tens. But i must admit at 9.5 cms i said "give me an epidural'' lol, of course it was too late for htat! the shower was also good for pain releif and believe or not sitting on the loo. I used stress balls and focussed on hitting them on the wall and counting at first. Then used the tens, and then the gas (which we stared off very very low) with a fit ball which i rocked back and forth on.

then ditched the tens and used gas and shower and then it was show time! But i very much went with the mindset taht the gas was it and i had to try to get through it cos once the gas was dialled up that's all i had... at 9 cm you had to stand on my face to get the inhaler off me lol.

but my secret weapon was DH who looked me right in the eyes and kept me focussed with little chants/mantras "baby's going down''; deep breathes; etc I just would not have been able to do it without his calm and coaching. I made him read Juju Sundin's book that i mentioned earlier so we were on the same page. I know this time round I want quiet in the room for the pushing. Last time a midwife kept yelling at me to get angry and push push push and i kept saying "i'm not angry'' lol. I found it really distracting but i know heaps of people find it motivating.

oh dear rant! see this is why i hang around murph, we outrant one another lol.

off to dh's work chrissy party today at a bowls club! bub should have fun!

have a good weekend girls

oxox

girls......when I am having a quieter time in life, and check multiple times to see how everyone's going....it's all quiet on the western front! but now my life's exploding and DH and I are total stressheads everyone's joining and chatting and I'm missing out!!! my old mate who was in hospital now needs to go into aged care facility so DH and i have been organising that (paperwork paperwork paperwork) around work schedules etc. father in law arriving from overseas on Tuesday too................aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh........... ..

but WELCOME TO THE NEWBIES!! CONGRATULATIONS, MAY THE NAUSEA BE SHORT LIVED AND THE BUMP BLOSSOM!
everyone else, belly rubs, take care and at some point I'll get back to normal. xx

Was just told Dad does NOT have bloot clots - he has pneumonia! I'm so relieved! Who would have thought that pneumonia would be good news? Anyway, they expect him to be released from hospital tomorrow.

grub, I'm reading that book at the moment. A friend loaned it to me but my OB also has it on her recommended list. How did your DH feel about reading it? Was he reluctant at first? I haven't told DH yet that I want him to read it. Re visiting Dad, Bundaberg is about 4-5 hours drive from Brisbane. Under other circumstances (if his prognosis were worse or if I didn't have so much work to do) we would probably have gone up.

babytruj, I had all day nausea and a major aversion to all food throughout the 1st tri. I found it very difficult to eat anything during the day and had to force myself to eat dinner at night. I ended up losing 10kg due to the m/s, but since I started out with a very high weight that wasn't a problem. In spite of that, I found it quite manageable and I consider myself fairly lucky since I didn't have much vomitting (ie whatever I managed to eat, I usually kept down).

just popping in to see how you are all going and by the looks of thing you are all great and not long to go for a few of you.take care and i look foward to seeing some b/a.
ps:renee the list looks awsom hun ..good job and thanks for keeping it up mwah.

juniper - that is good news about the blood clots. hope he feels better soon. i just asked DH to read it and he said he would. Mind you he took his time but got it done. he says he didn't like reading it but just had to lol. I did suggest it become his toilet non-fiction lol and that seemed to work. i do remember giving him a lecture about me doing all the hard work and 9 months of uncomfortable preg and not to mention all the ivf stuff and all he has to do is reading a flipping book, "so do it'' :clap: so if he drags his feet, guilt trip him hahaha

hi smithy!

hi airline - that's no good about your friend. sounds like you are a good friend to have!

ox

Hi Luscious Pregnant Ones, is the Juju Sundin book called 'Birth Skills'? (sorry if I missed the original post a few pages back). Can any of you give me a brief synopsis of it? I've moved on from most of the pregnancy books and am now reading up on baby's first 3mths etc as at our antenatal classes the midwives said to not focus so much on that ONE day (being the birth), as in the grand scheme of things it is such a small part.......... but I dunno...... a small PAINFUL part and I do want to be prepared as much as possible and in control. And frankly DH and I are going through a 'patch' so I don't expect much support or understanding from him (1 x back rub this whole pregnancy and I think that was when I was about 5mths pregnant). So if this book can give me the skills to tackle this birth thing without relying on DH to 'centre' me, then I should probably read it.

Yeah?

Chrissy

ck - yep it's called birth skills and focusses on expelling the energy/pain through visulation, movement, voice etc. It promotes calm, drug-free birth but certainly allows for all types of pain thresholds and situations. But I must say, having a good birthing partner is absolutely key and while all the stuff is good, i needed DH to keep me on track sometimes as it's easy to lose control and focus when the ouchies start really ouching! So i hope you and DH get over your patch real soon! Plus he doesn't have much of a choice now does he lol

and that's great advice from the midwife. I was super prepared for my birth and am stoked that it went exactly how i wanted BUT as for breastfeeding, bathing, changing, no sleep etc i was completely unprepared. In saying that I don't think you can ever truly prepare for the massive upheaval and change you are about to go through either and it's stuff you really need to learn on the job. But i do wish i'd read more particularly about breastfeeding and feeding schedules and sleep schedules and options.

hth

Who's got what on this week?

ox

ps oh the voms have arrived here! lost my dinner last night - cleaning a dirty nappy was the culprit tho ugh.

oh no Grub! I thought you were supposed to be immune to the smell of a dirty nappy if it was your own child.... Am guessing morning sickness pulls rank then?

Sorry Grub, but the chuckles have hit again... I told you not to wish m/s on yourself and I also added about the dirty nappy... lol

ck77: I agree with Grub you can only prepare so much for after baby arrives, having heaps of info to hand is great but these babies are just so hard to understand but you also have to consider that you now have a new person in your life and you have also undertaken a huge lifestyle change. All I can recommend is to "go with the flow" to start off with until you get to understand your little person and then start to get your routines established. I took us about 8 weeks with DD but by then she was sleeping through the night and having regular feeding & sleeping patterns. Before then she pretty much rules the roost....

AFM: Well we are now past that magical 12 weeks mark and we have our NT scan on Thursday... So looking forward to seeing the babies again.. It seems like ages since we last saw them..

grub - oh bummer to the voms appearing, although sometimes the smell of a dirty nappy will make me want to anyway!!!

CK77 - Hope everything is ok with you and DH :hug: I agree with grub you will need him during the birth. Do you have a back up support person you can call just in case or will DH be fine once he knows bub is on the way?

Juniper - glad your dad isn't as bad as first thought. Hope he is doing better.

KellyD - Congrats for passing 12 wks and GL for thursday, I can't wait to see and meet our little one.

Hi to all other lovely ladies :bellyrubs:

I had to buy a blow up pool on sat cause it is so hot here atm. $30 from big w and i sat in it all weekend!!! This way i can look like a whale but in my own backyard!!

Juniper – what is GTT? Sorry to hear about your dad, but glad he is doing better!

Grub17 – It wasn’t an accident, it’s a nickname I’ve had for years

Thanks everyone else for the welcomes!!

Well, I’m in Singapore, and as hot as it is, it’s miserable outside – been cloudy and raining all weekend.
I have a scan next Monday (22nd) – so just have to hold on till then. I‘m just so nervous!! Our first blood test showed HCG was 234.8 (mIU/ml) and progesterone was 821.83 (nmol/L). Progesterone was apparently quite high, so they reduced my progesterone tablets. I had another BT on Sat, and HCG levels were up and Progesterone was down quite a bit, but apparently all is ok (I don’t have Sat results as the nurse sent the SMS to my DH) I had a small amount of blood – pinky – yesterday, but it hasn’t come back at all. I think it is also as I am inserting Progesterone (Utrogeston tablets) and I may be tearing slightly when I do this!! At least that is what I am hoping. No more blood at all since then!!

Hey Renee - thanks for the hug. I think DH will be a fantastic father, but I am just not sure if during the labour he will be much help to me, but I would never begrudge him being there - I could never forgive myself. I just have to hope that he comes to his senses during labour and realises that it's all about me and my comfort.

Kelly - good luck with the NT scan on Thursday, hope it all goes well for you and the bubs.

BabyTruj - GTT is Glucose Tolerance Test. You quickly drink a very sweet drink, then an hour or so later you get blood taken and sent off to a lab. Depending on the results, you may be called back for a 2nd test which is much longer. (in very very layman's terms). I'm sure the small amount of blood was nothing to wory about, and sounds like you are thinking about it quite rationally instead of emotionally which is good. How long have you been living in Singapore? Knowing the weather over there, I will try not to complain about the weather here!

Brunette - any update on when your OBs thinks you'll be in for the c-section (if c-section is definite now?). And how is your placenta tracking?

AFM - have felt like I'm going to get my period all day. My sister reckons she felt like that then gave birth a few days later! I don't think I'm about to give birth but I'm certainly not feeling comfortable either. My 2 sisters, with their 6 kids between them, have all gone early (1 x 4wks early and the rest were about a week early). I'm hoping to continue the tradition, just not THIS early!! Give me about 2-3 more weeks!!

Hi CK77 - Been in Singapore for 3 and a bit years now, and loving it here at the moment! Yes, I am trying not to think the worst. I had a small bleed about 2 weeks ago now, just before the BFP BT, and I was in a state about that one too, but it could have been implantation, and was only very small, and very pinky....
Great, so sounds like I have lots more blood tests n store for me;) I guess wth IVF you get used to a needle pretty quickly. I'm still injecting Saizen (a grpwth hormone) for another week, and am on Utrogesten 3 times a day, progynova 3 times a day, asprin and follic acid/multi vit.!