Thanks for the welcome ladies! I felt a little apprehensive about joining in, not that I thought anyone would be unwelcoming, but more that I feel guilty about bypassing the LTCCC and AC thread and achieving a natural BFP. It happened to a number of people I know and my response to each one was to laugh and say that would never happen to us... And while we are over the moon I really think I'm even more anxious and paranoid this time round. Oh well, only 9 more sleeps until our first scan
Anyway,
JBM - hope you're feeling better soon and that DH and your boys are looking after you! Have you made plans to see your sister and new niece yet? Lucky you don't have too long to wait for your own little bundle
Me+him+bub - hope your bub comes soon!!! I had WEEKS of cramping before I had DS but the good news was I was 4cm dilated before even going into labour, so I'm sure something productive is happening inside!
Just thought I'd pop in to see how everyone is going. Yogi I was so excited to see your bub is doing well. I can imagine each passing week results in another sigh of relief.
Me+him+bub I hadn't realised you were so close.
JBM and Loops glad to read everything is going well and JBM congrats on becoming an aunty again.
My little girl is 9 weeks now and starting to smile more and becoming less unsettled (thank god).
Lori
DD1 - 14yrs
DD2 - born 30/8/11 after a 4yr journey to concieve
dreamrise: wow 9 weeks already, thats gone so fast !! for us anyway maybe not you ? lol. yeah i love being an aunty again and can't wait to meet baby and give her cuddles. it's good to pop in and visit us who still have babies on the inside. he he he. hope you and your family inc baby are all well. x o x o
lise: we are so excited to have you here. hooray . I have plans for seeing baby neice next Mon ! .best of luck to you and lots of sticky vibes. x
AFM: still sick............ am over it. i feel huge too ............ grrrrrrrrrrrr
Congratulations Auntie JBM!! Sorry you are still sick, hope you are feeling better soon
Welcome lise, congrats!
dreamrise thanks for popping in. Great that all is well with your little miracle bundle of pink
nothing2lose, thanks too for stopping by and wishing us well. I keep praying for you and hope you can join us very soon
M+H+B how are you going? Maybe you are pushin and puffin and pantin and screamin right now!? Can't wait to hear your happy announcement soon...all the best.
Coral, how are you?
Yeah has been a bit quite in here. I'm still hangin in...but starting to get those anxious feelings creeping in again, dont know how i'm going to get through another 2 weeks without seeing bub or hearing a heartbeat. My belly is growing by the day and starting to get more 'fluttering' feelings and stretching pains. My placenta is at the back so am hoping i will be able to feel movement soon? When should you be able to feel anything? and what does it feel like?
Yogi, how many weeks are you? I felt DS move at 17 weeks exactly. I was at acupuncture and very relaxed and I felt my tummy growling like I was hungry except it wasn't making any noises. Finally realised it was DS!! If you need some reassurance could you maybe see a midwife? At around 16 weeks I was very anxious and had a melt down, I rang my ob and they said could come in and see a midwife. She was able to hear the heartbeat and assure us everything was fine.
JBM, Have you found you're much bigger with each pregnancy? I can imagine you're feeling well over it, not too much longer to go, and only one week of work, woo hoo!
Big hello to everyone else, hope you're going well.
Nothing really happening here, just counting down the days till our first scan. I'm not feeling pregnant at all and am trying to remember how I felt before!
lise: i am about the size now that i was when i had DS 1 . so yes i do think you get bigger with each one. lol. i am OVER it at the moment but it is mostly cause i am feeling sick and tired with this runny nose.......etc etc........ at least my eyes are clear this morning though. counting down. i remember those days. i am still counting down but for different reasons now. he he. best of luck for the scan. x
hey ladies I am still waiting DF finishes up at work on saturday so maybe it is a mental block? once he is done maybe I will relax and bub will come.
yogi: I didn't feel my first until 23 weeks! this time I have placenta low and at the back but still didn't feel bub til about 19-20 weeks. You will soon enough
Hi Lovely ladies
Sorry I've been MIA, work has cracked down on how much social media we use and thats where I do most of my posts because I work by the computer all day everyday so when I have my days off I just like to chill and do other things. thanks for all your lovely congrats again!
JBM ~ congrats on becoming an aunty, that name is gorgeous and I'm sure she is. Hope that cold goes completely very soon.
Lise ~ hi hun, great to see you in here especially with a NATURAL MIRACLE, like me Congratulations!! I know it hasnt quite sunken in with me yet either because to fall pregnant naturally with male factpr issues I thought would be pretty much impossible.
Dreamrise ~ thanks for popping in. Great that all is well with your little buby girl
N2L ~ thanks too for stopping by and wishing us well. Fingers crossed tight you will join us soon hun.
M+H+B ~ Shouldnt be much longer no matter what! Can't wait for the announcement. All the best with delivery hun xo
Coral ~ Hi, hope you are going well!
Yogi ~ hope those 2 weeks fly around and also hope that you feel some movement soon!
Hi to anyone I may have missed.
AFM ~ still kinda taking one day at a time but really wanting time to fly by, I just want to get to a point that I feel comfortable that all will be fine, think that will be a long way off. I know I need to be patient and enjoy the pregnancy but its very hard not to worry. Had OB appointment today but my NT scan and blood results weren't in grrr. Its been 2 weeks since the blood test and one since the scan. Im pretty sure I'll be low risk and fine anyway though. Now just a wait I guess until about 20 weeks for my next scan. Starting to look at buying some things which is exciting!
loops: the cold is slowly going. it's hard not to worry, it's our job as finally getting pregnant LTTC ers. he he. now we just counting down to feling first movements maybe about 16 weeks , then 20 week scan. best of luck to you. x o
me him bub: only 4 days to go now. lets hope you don't go over. you need to wear your best nickers as this is proven to make your waters break. LOL. i can't wait to hear and tell everyone. he he. we have done so much packing, i have been bossing and supervising, no lifting for me. lol. all is going well. not long til we move now.
AFM: had a lovely lunch date to celebrate anniversary today. it was so yummy. i am still full. baby is kicking heaps right now, i can see my tummy jumping. lol. he's saying hi to you all.
Hope you all had a good weekend. Ours was very quiet - DS has hand foot and mouth disease and is rather contagious so we stayed home and did nothing. I should of cleaned the house but I was feeling too lazy so it's still messy and starting to bug me. I need DH to vacuum and dust as I have severe hay fever but he was busy doing other things...
Hope you had a nice anniversary JBM! How many years?!
Loops, sooooo frustrating waiting for those results isn't it? They don't seem to realise how anxious we are to see that everything is fine (which I'm sure it is!) and how excruciating we find the wait. Hope you hear soon xx
M+H+B - hope you're holding your little one very soon, and that you're feeling well in the meantime!
Hope everyone else's going well. I think ms has started, I avoided it with DS and was hoping to do the same this time but it seems not. I don't feel too bad, just queasy most of the day and I have gone off red meat and vegetables and am craving chocolate and sugar. And DS is still contagious so I can't go to the shops to buy anything yummy, which makes me want chocolate even more!!!
Lise – Congratulations on your natural miracle ! Such wonderful news. I am in the same boat… managed to miss the morning sickness altogether with DS and this time round am finding it horrid even though it seems to be mild compared to some cases! I hope you are not feeling too bad and that it passes quickly.
We seem to be mirroring each other… DS had conjunctivitis all last week and was in total lock down. I am happy to report he has recovered now though. I hope your DS is on the mend now too..
JBM – Congratulations on your anniversary! Sounds like you had a great time with your DH. It is so important to celebrate special occasions and makes me think that DH and I are way, way overdue for a date night! Can’t event remember the last time we had one…. .
Loops – I also sit at a computer all day and never feel like getting on when I am at home! Finding it hard to post at work at the moment too as I am doing higher duties and actually have to do some work, he, he!
I am with you on wanting time to fly and to get to a point where I feel comfortable. Yay, for starting the search for some baby items… if you are anything like me you will buy the whole shop and only use half of it, he, he! What are you looking at at the moment? So exciting…
MHB – Hope you are doing well hun… thinking of you! So exciting that you are so, so close… any minute now . I will keep an eye out for the exciting news!
Yogi Bear – I didn’t feel anything with DS until about 20weeks so try not to worry too much . I know it is hard not too…. you think I would be better 2nd time round but I think I am worse! I bought a Doppler with DS and found comfort in using that every few days in-between Ob appointments. I paid about $170 for it on ebay (I can PM the website as they are now an on-line shop) if you are interested.
Hi to anyone else I may have missed .
AFM - I am feeling a little overwhelmed with things at the moment . I am doing higher duties at work (last week and this week) and am finding it really stressful. I am also working F/T for the two weeks instead of my usual 4 days which is taking it's toll (4 days is even hard!). Between working, DS and being pregnant I am really struggling with the whole exhaustion thing both mentally and physically.
Silly me also decided to use the doppler and of course couldn’t locate a heartbeat – arrgghh! I tried three times over 3 days and still nudda . I have been really stressed ever since but I know that it was probably too early to use it and we didn’t try with DS until I was about 16 weeks.
I really hope that all is ok…. I contacted my OB and had to confess to my doppler madness and they were kind enough to book me in for a reassurance scan tomorrow lunch. I am really, really nervous and am just ’ing that all will be ok. I have officially banned myself from using the doppler again until I am at least 15 weeks!
Feeling guilty about not eating as healthy as I should be too… I should know better but have been going for the quick fixes and comfort food lately.
Coral, great to hear from you, but sorry that things are a little hectic for you at the moment.
All the best for your scan today. Funny you should mention the doppler cause i was only searching for one on ebay yesterday, but have decided not to get one for the very reason you described!! If i couldn't find the heartbeat i would only freak-out even more! I must admit i'm getting anxious again these last few days, even thinking i might try and see my Ob this week just to hear the heartbeat, even though i'm seeing her and having a scan next week. Wish i could just relax and enjoy this a bit more, i am really trying but i'm just all too aware that everything can be taken away in the blind of an eye....life is just so precious.
JBM, congrats on your anniversary, hope you had a nice lunch.
lise, yeah am thinking of seeing my Ob this week to hear the heartbeat, just to have the reassurance to get me through another week! Sorry to hear DS is sick, hope he gets better soon. When is you first scan?
M+H+B....thinking of you xxx
Loops, did they say when will you get your NT results? I'd be chasing that up if i were you, they should have them by now? I hope you get good results But even if you dont....do what i ended up doing and throw the stats out the window!!!
Am i missing anyone? or is our little preggers group getting smaller? Hi to everyone else anyway
I thought i had felt fluttering sensations over the weekend but last few days nothing again, so just dont know what to think? Just cant wait to see bub again at scan next friday....ahhhh the waiting it just never ends!!
so today is my due date and still nothing I have another appointment tomorrow so hopefully something will happen. I have developed a MASSIVE thrombosed roid and it has had me in tears for 3 days it is so so painful I have tried everything and I cannot imagine trying to give birth with this "thing" sticking out of my bum it is constant throbbing I have hardly slept I don't know what to do any ideas? I am too far along to have any type of surgery or banding, I just want some relief so I can at least walk into the hospital when it is time!
mhb - oh no, that sucks! Maybe there's some sort of cream you can use? No idea really, sorry. Hope you're not waiting too much longer
Yogi - hooray for flutters! How far along are you now? I didn't feel anything at all until 23 weeks, and to be honest I still don't feel a whole lot during the day, mostly just at night.
Coral - hope your scan goes well today - I'm sure it will If it makes you feel any better my midwife had trouble finding a heartbeat at my 28 week check, even though we could both feel baby moving around - my placenta's at the front so it gets in the way a bit! Hope work settles down again soon.
lise - hope your ds is feeling better soon, and the ms stays away!
JBM - congrats om your anniversary
Loops - it's hard not to worry, it's taken so long to get here! Hope you're well
afm - waiting, waiting, waiting! I'm getting worried that I'm not big enough - bubs was measuring over a week behind at my last appt, and I look more like I'm 6 months rather than close to 8. Always something to worry about isn't there? Next appt Friday, so hopefully she's caught up a bit
kass – Thank you . I hope bubs catches up by your next appointment and can put your mind at ease..... It is hard not to worry about things so big .
MHB – OMG you poor thing… that sounds extremely painfull. I know when I had one after giving birth with my DS they gave me some cream which seemed to help but mine was not as painful as yours. Have you rung your Ob or MW? Maybe they can suggest something? It is hard enough being ready to pop without having to be in pain with no sleep on top of it! ((GBH)) for you, hun.
Yogi Bear – How exciting! I think it would have been bubs you felt – yay . On the doppler note… I agree with the freaking out if you can’t find the heartbeat so not such a bad idea to not get one! I never had trouble with finding it with DS but now that I couldn’t with Little Bean I am too afraid to use it. I would book in for a scan if you can just so as to put your mind at ease. The waiting in-between appointments is just torture and I believe that it should be a given that all LTTTC’ers should automatically qualify for weekly scans due to our tendancy to overstress !
AFM – I had my scan at lunch and am so, so happy to report that Little Bean is looking great and I even shed a little tear. DH was also extremely relieved... I think he was more worried than he let on cause he swore in relief when I called him! Heart Rate was 168 bpm so I am sticking to the high heart rate = girl, he, he! DS was only ever 140 – 145bpm so let’s hope the old wives tale rings true in this case .
Feel so relived and now have my NT scan scheduled for next Friday so not too long to wait until we get to see Little Bean again – yay!
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DF finishes up at work on saturday so maybe it is a mental block? once he is done maybe I will relax and bub will come.
Congratulations!! I know it hasnt quite sunken in with me yet either because to fall pregnant naturally with male factpr issues I thought would be pretty much impossible.
! Such wonderful news. I am in the same boat… managed to miss the morning sickness altogether with DS and this time round am finding it horrid even though it seems to be mild compared to some cases! I hope you are not feeling too bad and that it passes quickly.
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. I will keep an eye out for the exciting news!
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’ing that all will be ok. I have officially banned myself from using the doppler again until I am at least 15 weeks!
But even if you dont....do what i ended up doing and throw the stats out the window!!!
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