Hi all just lurking seeing that all you lovely ladies are doing well. Dont wish you time away as before you know it it will all be over and the routine of feed change sleep will set in. ( Baby sleeping that is not you) Dont get me wrong i absolutely love it especially the night feeds when all through the house not a sound can be heard. It is just so peaceful just me and Xavier no interuptions.
JBM Thankyou so much for checking on me. He is still gaining weight and I have stopped topping him up but he is still not back to his birth weight. He is so tiny compared to Campbell. Speaking of which must be off someone needs a bath and a feed before I retire for the night.
Morning all. Wa hey it's friday. Anyone in Melbourne, what a storm yesterday eh? That was the biggest electrical storm I've ever been in. Never seen rain like it, felt like I was right underneath the centre at one point.
What have you all got planned for the weekend? Saph, I'm guessing you'll be breastfeeding mainly and not off out clubbing I love the image of the peaceful hour in the night. I can't wait..... I'm counting down the days until the dog goes (v sad) and until my scan (v excited). no wonder I've got a headache....
London Miss~ YOU have a headache? My head should explode with whats going on in my world right now.Tomorrow i have to attend a wedding in which 2 people whom i have had my problems with,will be attending.My husbands ex girlfriend who is a psycho and tried to break us up for our first 2 years together,and our best mans,45yr old drunk of a girlfriend who lashed out at me one night because she was 'high' for no reason.We havnt spoken since. The only thing that makes me feel comfortable is turning up with my DH on my arm and my clearly showing belly.The ex said i would never marry him or have babies with him and the 'drunk' told me once that i didnt have a baby because i wasnt trying hard enough or simply didnt deserve a baby!! I had been through IVF,IUI etc but i didnt want it enough,APPARENTLY! (Stupid B!!!H)
Lastnight a solicitor turned up with papers of intent to possess the house as our lovely? landowners have not paid their mortgage since we began our rental agreement 6 months ago! Not sure if we need to move out or not but hope not as its too stressfull,we have no money and Connor just started high school here.
Last of all...finally...because the list of dramas is getting toooooo long in my life...my 12 year old car has just died so i rely on my dh to take me to scans etc in his company work TRUCK or i just stay at home.
Lets hope tomorrow goes o.k,the owners pay their debt and i find a nice 2nd hand car for under $15000 as that is all thats in my life savings!
Gee i have a migraine just typing this stuff.
Hope you have a great weekend.The storm sounded fantastic and scary! I love a good storm.I didnt sleep at all lastnight as it was soooo hot and my hips were killing me from sleeping on my side. I dont look forward to bed anymore with my legs hurting so much.
OH and the forgetfulness!...Last week i left the gas stove on from 7pm til 3am when DH got up for a drink and saw the blue flame burning.yesterday i almost fed my budgie,washing powder instead of bird seed and i just questioned DH over the phone about what he wrote,then scribbled out,on a note i had left him,only to be told i must have written something myself because he didnt.I remember now that i did.
Must go as i just realised i forgot to eat my breakfast.
xx
You are quite right, I shall shut up! You poor thing, what a list of dramas! I hope the wedding goes ok and without incident, and that the landlords and car purchase get sorted out to a satisfactory outcome.
Wow girl.. sounds to me like your having a bit of a shocker
We had to move out over christmas and it was both really stressfull and really exciting at the same time . we had no money for the move either and were at the time trying to get my son in with specialist all over to find out why he wasnt growing.. I guess when things are out of your control, try to see them as a blessing in disguise. If you get kicked out maybe its because there is a new house around the corner that you are MEANT to be in and bring your new lil one home too It took us months and months to find a place, and everytime we got knocked back I thought I couldve tore my hair out.. but then as it turned out we got this place.. which I now call my white walled palace Its simple and pretty close to a main road..the rent is higher then the last place and its by no means secured to us (its a demolition site they are planning to knock down when they get the go ahead for a new highway, tho its most likely not going to happen or affect us for at least 5-10 years..well heres hopeing) But ive never been more fond of a house or felt more at home in my life! and Im soo happy this is the place our little jelly bean is coming home too
Whos wedding is it that your going too? It sounds pretty ugly to be having to face such heartless women.. Maybe it would be better if you just didnt go, if thats an option I mean.. If they were that horrible to you and you havnt spoken since maybe the bride and groom will have to understand that by inviting them its made things too hard for you at this crucial time to be stressing yourself out to make an appearance? Do they know what happened or are they oblivious? I dont know.. It sounds pretty dodgy to me.. If you do end up going I suppose just ignore them and remember there attitudes are just reflecting on there own problems, stand by your husband and talk to everyone else.. make sure they see just how happy you are and just how invisable they are to you
If it makes you feel better our old heap gave way last night too!! haha! Im the only one with a liscence and will to drive out of me and DH, and on thursday nights he works till 9pm so I put Sleeping DS in the car and pick him up at about quarter past.. Well we made it there last night... he hopped in and .. .. we didnt go anywhere! LOL. The steering gave way and basically fell out of the engine as I was backing out and made the entire steering wheel completely stiff!! (not so surprising as the car has done over 500000k's!) So we only got home at midnight last night and now we dont have a car at all! We also have absolutely NO savings to get it fixed or replaced :s MIL and DIL are comeing to the rescue for us but it still is going to be a few weeks before we have it back! So today I walked down the shops with my son and the tandem pram to pick up some groceries.. And tell you what.. a tandem pram with a 3 yo.. full of groceries and with a 29 week preggers belly on my front.. well it isnt easy to get 2km in the sun up a hill! But hey... I guess it will do those ever growing thighs of mine some good!
The stove story makes me cringe a little.. You are lucky to still be here!! When we were living in our last place which was a wooden highset.. I took my son out one day after makeing toast and we played int he yard for half an hour or so... When we got back I could smell plastic burning.. So I put DS to bed but i couldnt figure out where the smell was comeing from.. By the time I realised it was the kettle and toster cavity I opened it to see melted plastic everywhere (from the chord which was wrapped around the metal, a small flame coming up OUT of the electrical chord and the top of the cavity catching alight......
I was really happy we had an electrical fire ext that day.. It happens sometimes.. Spose to keep us on our toes.. glad to know we both made it through tho huh!
Hope this all makes you feel better.. I know its not always easy to have a whole heap of crap hit you at once.. But just think.. pretty soon you can have the last laugh and realise just how lucky you really are when your holding your healthy lil baby in your arms. I promise It makes it all worth it! Take care hun <3
Hi ladies just popping in to post more photos to remind you all what you are working towards!!!! You have seen some of these but I have added more over the last three weeks. Looking at them I can see how much he has grown and it makes all those cluster feeds worth it!!!
Gotta love the ticker ticking away the days until the expected arrival day. Well Xavier is two weeks old today. He is feeding well and should be back to his birth weight by now. He was 140g off on wed so three more days and he should have made this up. He is still our tiny little bubba.
Have about 10 of my work buddies coming for arvo tea today to meet our newest addition. I also have a three year old going to a good home, and at times I am willing to consider a bad home even. His sleeping routine has become erratic so he is extremely tired and grumpy. Oh and very loud, Who needed to pay $90 to get Xaviers hearing checked, just let Campbell scream and watch him jump. LOL
Well I should go and finish cleaning the house. I know no housework for months and now my pelvis is feeling 99% better I am back into it.
Oh just a word of warning if you have any stitchers down there make sure you report anything different asap. My stitchers came undone and I got an infection. I caught it at the early stages as I rang ob as soon as it felt different. Have been on mass dose of antibiotics and poor DH has been having to check it everyday. I keep telling him it is the closest he is going to get to it for a very long time.
poppy thanks for sharing your pics hun there just beautiful,you have one very cute little bubba there hun and i totally agree on the clucter feed when you look at them it make it all worth it .
Morning ladies - what a wet weekend, well at least here in Canberra! It hasn't stopped raining which is great for my garden
LM - my MIL lives 5 hours away so I see her maybe 2-3 times a year max. DH and I don't have a landline, and neither do his parents, so they call DH on his mobile and I speak to them only when we visit. We don't have a relationship at all, and I don't think we ever will, so I'm probably not the best person to ask.
wantbaby - hope you survived the wedding without any painful incidents. You definitely have heaps going on in your life at the moment, I do hope it all sorts itself out sooner rather than later so you can have some peace of mind.
kyra - glad you have in-laws around to help you out for a few weeks and you don't have to walk miles up hills with your DS and a huge belly!
smithy, saph and poppyfairly - glad you're all going well. Love all the photos - can't wait till it's my turn, but trying very hard saph not to wish the time away and just enjoy every moment!
AFM - not much happening this week after our big splurge last week! I'm impatiently waiting for all our goodies to arrive, but they did say they could take up to 12 weeks! Am very glad we ordered everything now if that's going to be the case. We have our next OB appointment on Tuesday which i'm looking forward to since we haven't seen her since 12 weeks. I guess now we'll start seeing her monthly which will be nice for that extra bit of reassurance.
Hope you're all enjoying Valentine's day! DH surprised me last night with my fave chocolates and some gorgeous books for the Chicklet, and a card this morning that made me cry. Not that that's very hard these days!
saph: lol at husband doing the checking of your stitches, maybe you need to buy him a girlie mag . poor DH. it was the same for me with first baby. DH had to stay away. and even when i thought i was ready , i wasn't and made him stop. LOL . he got over it. was good support for me. most of the time.
Hi my loverlies, sorry for the me post, I don't have much time at the mo to catch up, will be back soon, but had to post some more pics of our girls, I am still in heaven, they are going great and putting on weight and sleeping between feeds, so I am getting about 7 hours sleep a night, pray to God this continues, I can't believe how lucky I am, touch wood.
Morning all! Thanks for all the lovely links - I got back from a lovely weekend in Daylesford last night and had a massive nesting session, cleaning out loads of stuff for the bin/ recycling/ charity shop/ roof respectively, then felt really lethagic and bored. But found all the pics to look at and that was wonderful. Like someone said I can't believe I'm going to have one of them.....! It's amazing how quickly they lose that slightly wrinkly professor look and get plump. Wonderful.
I'm wondering (and slightly worried) that I'm not going to get a good nights sleep from now for about another year and a half. I can't seem to sleep for more than an hour, between wildly varying temperatures, crazy dreams, sore belly, getting up to pee, rolling onto back and waking myself up, cramps in my legs and just plain not sleeping. Any advice gratefully recieved as I think I shall go stir crazy if this continues.
I'm getting the familiar excited/ nervous anticipation for wed's scan. I don't know why I get nervous, as if someone's going to look in my eyes and say "you've been eating ice cream again and not blueberries" and catch me out. DH is coming and I'm so hopeful we get to see the gender. Fingers crossed. Anyway, have nice Mondays all x
London miss~ Regarding your leg cramps,do they last most of the night? Im about to call my dr as the pain down the sides of my legs are bringing me to tears.I even get up and have red pressure areas on my thighs about a hands width down from my hips.It is becoming unbearable.Im getting really worried.I still get up to empty my bladder nearly every night too but i can handle that...not these sore hips though.Even my calf muscles are starting to hurt.Through the day,the pain eases but still hurt til after lunch.
I hope you have had a lovely weekend and a special Valentines Day. It was so wet here that there wasn’t much we could do but hide in side. DH and I don’t really celebrate valentines but we enjoyed spending the day together, going out to breaky and doing a bit of shopping. We officially reached the 20 week mile stone, so we are now on the homeward stretch!
LondonMiss – weekends away are always lovely. I have started nesting too and have been cleaning out the cupboards in the bubs room. I t is amazing how good you feel after a good clutter cleanse! I haven’t been sleeping the greatest either. I am learning to live with and have been trying to keep my mind clear by writing things down before I go to bed. Good Luck with your scan. We have ours on Friday!
BDT – thanks for the photo update. You little girls are so sweet and you look amazing for someone who has just had twins!
Lise – wow 12 weeks! I can’t believe you have to wait that long. Good luck with the OB tomorrow and the chocolates and books sound lovely!
Poppy – thanks for the photo update too. I love looking at everyone’s photos. We hit 20 weeks yesterday so begin the downwards slope from half way. I can’t wait till I am sharing photo’s of my own!
Wantababy – I was having hip pain at night and we switched to the softer matress from the spare room. You could try putting an old doona or something under your sheet to get the same effect. Also, sorry to hear you are going through a tough time at the moment. I hope the wedding went ok and you didn’t let those horrible people get to you. I have got to a point in my life where I am not going to let insignificant people like that ruin my happiness. I hope you have managed to sort the house dramas out with the landlord to and this week is going to be much better for you.
JBM and kay kay – I hope it is not long till you ladies will be posting your wonderful news in here. IVF does work and I hope everything lines up perfectly for you both soon. A positive mind is sure to help too so don’t give up… sending lots of baby vibes your way xx
Green – thanks for sharing your birth story. It's great for giving us first timers a bit of an idea on what to expect. I hope everything is going well with Lincoln and you are loving every minute.
Last edited by mitf; February 15th, 2010 at 12:06 PM.
OH OH OH can some one please send me a pm with the actuall link to bdt photos on f/b would luv to dee the girls .
BDT 7 hrs sleep with 2 babies omg hun you are doing so well luv to you all .
WERE IS MY BOC.. gee i sure hope all is ok with her
I love the image of the peaceful hour in the night. I can't wait..... I'm counting down the days until the dog goes (v sad) and until my scan (v excited). no wonder I've got a headache....
Its simple and pretty close to a main road..the rent is higher then the last place and its by no means secured to us (its a demolition site they are planning to knock down when they get the go ahead for a new highway, tho its most likely not going to happen or affect us for at least 5-10 years..well heres hopeing) But ive never been more fond of a house or felt more at home in my life! and Im soo happy this is the place our little jelly bean is coming home too 
poppy thanks for sharing your pics hun there just beautiful,you have one very cute little bubba there hun and i totally agree on the clucter feed when you look at them it make it all worth it .
LISE... your a gem thinking of us all hun thank you and yes i cant wait till its your turn either 
cant wait to see your bubba pics .
Anyway, have nice Mondays all x
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