Hello all,
BDT so sorry that this little one has left you. Take care of yourself.
Lori - wow, what a mess, and not what you need. Hope that you are able to sort something out - with work and the unit! Glad that you are getting movement though - must be reassuring.
Oneday - congrats on the scan - glad that everything is well with you little girl
Kelly - those photos do not sound pretty - but good to have for the boy's 21st! Hope you get to have a bit of a rest as well as catching up on all that washing!
Grub - wow, does not sound like far to go now... my DS was born 48 hrs after my show (although I was 371/2wks) ...hope that your little on is going to hold on a bit longer! Hope your DS lets you to get some rest - put those feet up!
afm - nothing much to report. Just tired, feeling a bit sick but nothing bad. In some ways just wish I felt sick all the time so I did not worry about something going wrong Typical -never happy !
Hello to everyone I've missed with the personals, but DH has the football on and I really need to escape to the bath - and not sure I can really take the work puter in there
Take care everyone and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
farmgirl- if you are going to dropa puter in the bath, may as well be your work one i think that worry is pretty normal. I'm still worried about 'something going wrong' cos this was so "easy'' this time round in terms of falling! only been preg twice in my life... my first is sitting having a 'babycino' with daddy, the 2nd is doing some mean things to my bladder atm. i think it's part of the lttc with ac legacy. ox
mh - please don't talk pastry here!!! nom nom nom lol
trishy - oh i really feel for you. is your dd better today? and the further you get the harder it is to keep up with the llittlies. My DS now knows he can run away from me with a fairly good success rate!
lori - sounds like you are better off without that one!
aimee- yeah, i hear you! but I am planning to vacuum, tidy the kitchen, fold the washing, completely clean our very dusty room, clean the windows etc today. $50 DH intervenes and won't let me! but won't do it himself... not 'properly' anyway lol. Just do a little bit, sit down, little more!
I've been frantic with the cleaning lately! Last night i got an hour or two of mild contractions and lots of lower down discomfort, was concerned it was time!thankfully still here with bub inside I really feel like 'something' will happen soon as I didn't feel all this prelabour with DS. But I know it can go for weeks and I think the anticipation will be exhausting!!!
We both just have to be patient for about 10 more days til we hit 37 weeks and it'll all be good... I hope!!!
I bet you I'll now go 2 weeks over due cos i "think'' things are happening now, so early lol. just my bleeting luck!
farmgirl hope the bath helped and made you feel better
grub sounds a bit like your nesting.
AFM DD kept getting high temps so was vomiting because it, which set me off. Plus I think Ive hardly had any sleep that it makes me ill any way. Dreading tomorrow. Have GD test and if I am already feeling under weather I hate that drink
This might be another quickie - DS is asleep, but for how long, who knows. I survived the party of the year yesterday - weather and everything was awesome. Next year we will definitely be hiring a play centre or something. Can't see myself doing all that with a bub as well. So wierd to think that I'll have a 9 month old baby then.
Kelly - you are just unbelievable. Thanks for dropping by in all of that spare time you must have now. I will check your pics straight after this.
DR - what a nigthmare you are living. It is one thing after another. I really really hope everything is settled and sorted for you before your bub comes. Good luck
Trichy - hope your GD test goes better than mine did.
Grub - I hope you're not outta here too soon. Your DH sounds like mine. Loves to tell me not to do the housework (when I'm sick/pregnant/breastfeeding, etc), but never says "Let me do it" always says "leave it and do it later". Thanks! I'd rather get it done now. I;m sure your house will be the sparkliest ever by the time your bub comes.
Mindhugs - stop it with the food -you're making me hungry. How frustrating about your cousin. When people like 'us' are in here trying to get advice from other experienced LTTTCers throughout our IVF cycles and she has a real life relo who is trying to help and she ignores it all. It really makes you wonder, doesn't it.
Albi - oh my god, what an awful thing to experience. Like someone else (grub?) said, it must be a real mixture of feelings for you guys right now. Hope you can come in here and just feel pregnancy joy for a few minutes whenever you can manage it. Hope your scan goes well too
Hi everyone else - Oneday, Aimee, Trishy.....
Have the mega long wait clinic tomorrow and have to take DS with me just to top it off. I get to hang out at the hospital for a few hours with all the 'lovely' people. Can't wait. Take care ladies xo
My hips, my HIPS!!!! I've had 2 very rough nights of sleep. My bum and thigh joints are killing me. At one point when I rolled over last night I thought one of my hips had dislocated!!! Does anyone have any tips or solutions for this? Otherwise I'm off to the Physio..........again! Everything is cracking and moving, plus the pain in bum feels a bit like sciatica or something. Aaaaaargh!
Grub - you're next you're next you're next!!! Yew! Exciting. I remember when I came in here and you were past the 20 week mark, and I was thinking "I wonder what it's like to be that far pregnant". And now YOU ARE DUE! Gosh, just goes to show how quick it all goes huh? I'm finding the 2nd half of the pregnancy is flying. Good luck, if you have to slip out early to give birth, just know we are all thinking of you and very excited!!!
Farmgirl - I so understand wanting to feel some kind of symptom like MS to confirm that pregnancy is all good. But my god, did I have it bad. Not sure I would wish that on anyone. Mine didn't really start to kick in until the 6 week mark, so you could be in luck yet (sic). I'm sure everything is absolutely fine with your bub on board regardless
Kaybee - the long waiting clinic - ugh! My OB always seems to be running late from some emergency CS or something like that.
Trishy - takes it's toll being pregnant at this age huh. At least you got to experience what it was like to be preggers a few years younger. This is my 1st! The tiredness is kicking in, but I'm finding it hard to accept and try to keep going. Probably a bit silly of me. Hope little DD is feeling better soon.
Well I capped off my gluten run on the weekend with a home made sticky date pudding!!! I paid for it with my allergies, just some bloating and mild liver pain. Hope bub enjoyed it. I am aware I'll have to back off all my allergy food when breast feeding as well. Can I really go another 18 months or so being a good girl? Aye - so hard......
i still not have net at home
my EDD is still same at 6 jan 2012. all my boys were early so will not make this date anyways. lol
i have horrible evening sickness still . so so yuk
but hopefully i'll lose some weight cause i'm not eating as much. lol
trishy hope it all goes well today. when do you get the results? i really hope you feel better soon love.
albi - how are you doing love? i hope things went okay at the weekend. ox
kaybee - ugh, i really feel your pain regarding waiting for the clinic with a young child! at least our birth centre has a play room and DS is happy to go in there (so long as he can see me) while we wait... but mind you i only wait for about 10 mins each time, so gotta love that (sorry to rub it in). But with DS we'd regularly wait for our OB for 2 hrs or more... and we'd always know we were in for a long wait the days DH forgot to take his book with him lol
glad the party went well... my bet is you'll do it again next year cos 9 months old is better than preg lol
mh - hips. let's talk about hips. you are describing exactly what i had with both pregnancies but this one is worse. the only relief i get are pillows between my legs and not twisting ... so try to keep my legs even rather than one tucked into me and the other straight, which twists your hips. I also find putting a pillow under my right side so i can semi lay on my back but don't hae the pressure on that veiny thingy. It's very painful some nights but i find i get two or three terrible sleeps in and then through sheer exhaustion will get one great night's sleep! typical eh!
AND OMG mindhugs - are you trying to kill me!!! Sticky date pudding is like my favourite dessert ever ever ever. we even had it at our wedding cos i'm so in love with it!!! lol
jbm - lol i would give you sympathy regarding the evening sick but... well you know, i just can't do that cos it just means great things are happening in 'yer bellie'
aimee and kass - how are our lovely mummies to be?? you both do great persies and then hardly mention how things are going for you. Hope you are both well. oxox
hi dreamrise and oneday!
Possums - back to earth post holiday??? lol. how are you feeling! can't believe you are so far along now!
Hi farmgirl, hope that bath was great
Kelly - love hearing from you oxox take care of yourself, but i know your boys are behaving so nicely for you - pay off for all that hard work in growing them perhaps???
had some major prelabour stuff on saturday night and actually thought i was getting mild contractions but fortunately it settled down but feeling very very sore "in there'' and "loose'' lol iykwim. Feet are hugely swollen and it no longer goes down over night ugh. Have cut back from 3 playgroups/coffee groups a week to one as it's all too much. I forgot how tough the last month is, espeically with a toddler. but i figured i have 10 days til 37 weeks! so that doesn't sound long and then i'll be lodging the bub's eviction notice
on the plus side, i vacuumed this morning (ssehhhh don't tell dh lol) and got a heap of jobs done.. yes, Kaybee, DH told me he'd 'do the floor'... so he wet a mop and ran it over the floor but didn't bother to sweep first and then totally blew me off when i said he needed to sweep... apparently, no you don't and "i'll do it once a week and it'll be good"! WTF
anyhoo glad it wasn't the end of the world as i'm so keen to meet this baby
Aimee no I dont make them up, but they make me laugh too. Aimee I have a to do list as well. An a4 page filled on one side and 1/2 filled on the other. I am slowly making my way through it.
Grub I went a week over with my dd and then it was nearly hitting xmas and the ob took pitty on me as he was going away and induced me. Your mum will be here now. Hope that give you a bit of a break and you DS is having fun with your mum. grub your very close now.
JBM I would have major withdrawals with no internet, so chat away. Enjoy your sister weekend and hope you are feeling better. All the best for your scan.
Oneday its great you got to go away. I am hope for at least a date night lol. But DP is travelling so much for work still I'm not sure if it will happen
Bugs mum I should get my iron check, my stores are always on the low side and I have fainted a few time. yay to 3 weeks to go.
Possums yay to the extra scan, it so great to get another peak.
Lori thats really sad, but I am sure you will be there for her and support her like you do us on here.
Kass great news on the results, I've been a total slacker this pregnancy with exercise compared to my DD.
Aimee your nursery prep sounds like mine, our room was a storage room as well. Ive slowly started to clean it out. But we have some things that will have to stay put there as no were else to put them. Poor bubba.
I finally went and got my bassinet out of the shed to check it out and it need a wash as it kinda had like a water stain on the material. But now I have torn the lining that sits under the basket bit, argh I dont have a sewing machine to fix it. So have to put the call out to friends.
Aimee - good on you for getting in and cleaning up your nursery. I am absolutely stinging to do the same. DH keeps saying it'll only take a day to paint it - there's no hurry. You must feel so relieved knowing that it's done now. Now for the kind of fun bit - washing the clothes and stuff.
Trishy - oh no - what a drama with your bassinet! Hope you have a good friend there to help you out.
Kass - a wake up call is always good, I guess. I felt so much fitter and healthier in my first pregnancy from all the walking I was doing. Wish I was as motivated this time round! Good luck with yours - it's so hard in winter, isn't it.
Grub - 3/5 engaged a few days ago and no news since then. Have you gone and done it??!! Hope so luvvy. Can't wait to find out xoxo
Hello, everyone else - oneday, aimee, possums, kass, jbm, Lori, bug's mum - hope you are all cruising along nicely.
AFM - they have put me on more insulin as my sugar was going all crazy even though I have been sticking to my GD diet to a T. I'm not real happy about it, but as long as it means my bub is healthy, I'll do anything. Had a scan on Friday which showed baby is very healthy - on the small side but looking very good. So nice to see him/her - it's face was squished up against my placenta - eeewww! That also meant they couldn't get a 3D shot of the face. Oh well - only less than 8 weeks till I get to meet him or her!
Still getting very strong nesting urges but kind of waiting till school holidays so I can get stuck in properly rather than start a bit and have to leave it. Really really really hope no dramas happen in the meantime!
Anyway I am so tired and DH is working again so I'd better go throw DS in the bath and get some dinner on. Take care ladies xoxoxo
Kaybee yes a friend offered to help but she lives quite far away. Maybe we can meet in the hills which is half way for a coffee or lunch so that would be a good excuse. I hear you on the nesting though, I've been just doing jobs I can do. Like clean my linen cupboard, also went through my wardrobe and did a clean out. Not the things I want to do first, but it kinda tames the nesting beast.
DR- hope the scan goes well, it's always so great to see them...sounds like you've put in a lot of hard work lately
kass- glad you are travelling along well and yep, the movement is great when it happens
grub- you must be soooo ready to meet this little one! hopefully very soon
kaybee- i reckon stay away from work if you can and take time out where possible...not long to go! sorry to hear about your sugar levels
trishy- sorry you havent been well still...and good luck with the bassinet- be great when you can stop work
aimee- glad the nursery is taking shape... i am in full nesting/cleaning mode
hello bugsmum, oneday, JBM, mindhugs and everyone else!!
afm- am sitting here watching some alien like moves just under my ribs, lol...love the movement- scan on thurs to check on him, and the amniotic fluid etc, so looking forward to that. and DH and I did lots of work in the nursery on the weekend...it's starting to look great..we've ended up with a 'forest friends' type theme...and have a tree on one wall with a mum and baby owl sitting in it, over his cot...very cute and DH did a top job with it. I also started washing little outfits...they looked sweet on the line.
sorry for not being in here so much lately...work/life has been busy
possum: oh so cute nursery sounds. i luv the whole tummy moving thing and can't wait for it again. x
kass: glad all your results were good. yipee.
dreamrise: glad you getting some stuff sorted. x
grub:fingers crossed for thursday. come on baby it's time for us to meet you. x x lots of good luck to you. x
kaybee: you're only just buying stuff. i started to get some stuff 3 years ago when i did first IVF. so i have a few things, not much but some clothes and baby bag. good luck to you. x
aimee:hope all is going well for you. x
trishy:how are you going. hope all is well
afm: well i am back to reality now :-(
had a great weekend, movies, dinner, lunch, new hair style. i even felt my sis baby kicking ( 22 weeks) . it was so exciting.
but i had to come back to my real life though .
we have decided we are slack and need to do sisters weekend evry 3 months at least ?!.
all went well with scan, baby was moving round heaps and looks like a baby, was so exciting seeing it. yipee
now i just have to wait for my first midwife app?, they're calling me next week to book it.
i will be 12 weeks on friday !!!!
all is good
i am even feeling a little less sick and not getting up to go to loo 3 times a night also. even a couple of times made it thru the whole night !!
JBM, sounds like you had a great time with your sister. It's great that you get along so well and are able to enjoy such nice times together. I only have a younger brother who I don't really get along with at all. We are so different. He smokes alot of pot and has such different views on the world to me. It is part of the reason I was really hoping this bub wasn't a boy because all the males in my life (apart from my Dad) are drop-kicks so I was worried about having a suitable male role model.
AFM: Ultrasound yesterday went well. Bub is on track in most measurements - Real age was 30w1d and most measurements varied from 29w5d to 30w3d. However I'm a bit worried about it having a big head because it initially measured at 32w2d and then when she did it again from a different position it measured 31w5d. Either way it seems that is alot bigger in proprotion to the rest of it's body... great that will make it so much more fun to push out! LOL My mum tried to make me feel better by telling me that a family friend of ours had a really big boffy head as a baby "she was the ugliest baby I ever saw" my mum told me. But by the time she was primary school aged she had grown into her head and now she's completely ok looking (she's now in her late 30's).
Anyway I asked about the gender and the woman who did this scan told me they will never say 100% but "it looks like a girl". So hopefully that means it is a girl. She was so reluctant to comment on it. I told her how my first scan when I was pregnant with my daughter they told me she was a boy but then when I had a follow up scan 4 weeks later they told me she was a girl and the guy who did that scan said "Definately, 100% sure it's a girl and I've never been wrong". I guess I just wanted that sort of certainity again. It's probably worse because I had been feeling this one was a boy. With my daughter I was 100% sure she was a girl before the first scan. When my ex was pregnant I was 95% sure it was a boy and I was right again. With this one I felt 60% sure it was a boy so I guess with their wishy-washy answers on the gender it makes me feel more unsure. I really want a girl again but I just wish I felt more sure about it. The reason I had thought this one was a boy is mostly because the pregnancy has been so different to when I was pregnant with my daughter. It's like the opposite in almost everything so I thought that the gender must be opposite too.
I had really bad morning sickness with her until around 16 weeks (with this bub I've had none)
Once I got over the morning sickness I felt starving hungry all the time for the rest of my pregnancy - used to eat 8 weetbix for breakfast in the mornings (with this bub I hardly eat any more than normal - only 2 weetbix for breakfast).
I felt fit and healthy, no extra pains etc for all my pregnancy with my daughter - apart from the morning sickness (with this one I had those terrible unexplained pains under my ribs, thrush, back pain etc).
And for the past few weeks I've been getting extremely bad reflux? Acidic, burning feeling up my throat and feeling like I want to throw up. It makes me not want to eat anything in case it makes it worse. I never had this when I was pregnant with my daughter.
Hello all,
so sorry that this little one has left you. Take care of yourself.
i think that worry is pretty normal. I'm still worried about 'something going wrong' cos this was so "easy'' this time round in terms of falling! only been preg twice in my life... my first is sitting having a 'babycino' with daddy, the 2nd is doing some mean things to my bladder atm. i think it's part of the lttc with ac legacy. ox
and I think the anticipation will be exhausting!!! 
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