Pregnancy after LT TTC #9

[barney]

Hi girls!

Just checking in. My BP went up again this time to 142/105 (normally 100/60) and I'm in hospy now, hopefully going home Sun. Man it's boring, nothing on TV but reading Pauline Hanson's autobiography which is very interesting!

aww no sweety,you poor thing i truely hope your gonna be ok hun but for now as boring as it is your in the best place and just know that smithy girl and baby charlie are thinking of you ok stay calm and rest up my friend,happy reading i wish i was a bit closer to you i could come entertain you with a silly dance or something so instead just imagine ive just come with some girly magazines and painted your toenails a prettey colour and i also bought you some nice flowers and chockys,all our love terrarne,coops and little miss charlie

EMERALD STAR... aww sweet heart you poor thing ,there is nothing more stressful than what your going through rite now BUT as easy as it is for me to say hang in there my friend cause as long as its brown stuff it maybe all ok thats so much better than red stuff and it could just be a bit of old yukky stuff coming away your numbers are riseing so thats also a good sighn hunny ,lots of rest and keep those feet up all weekend ok try not to get yourself to upset ok .
and also wear a pad all the time just so you can always know what youve lost.ill be truely thinking of you and oh boy ill be praying that this bubba is the sticky one ..love to you hun xoxo

[Emerald Star]

Smithy - thankyou for your compassion and encouraging words...i am still trying to keep optimistic..thankyou.

[Loula]

ES just to let you know your numbers still look great (far better than mone were) and i have been bleeding/ spotting red and brown since i got my 4 week BT. havent for the last three days and hopping it stays that way

Bleeding can be normal i hope you have the same result x

http://babymed.com/Tools/pregnancy/hcg/Default.aspx

[lise]

Sorry, duplicate post!

[lise]

Hi ladies,

BOC, sorry to hear you're in hospital but sounds like it's the best place for you right now. Hope your visit is a short one snd you can go home soon for furbaby cuddles.

Emerald Star - have no experience with spotting but can entirely understand your concerns. I think everyone here knows what it's like to panic the whole way through. I agree with the other wise ladies, sounds like as long as it's brown then it's all old stuff and you should be fine. Hope you get your reassurance soon xx

londonmiss - glad your furbaby is home for your last weekend, I'm sure you'll have fun.

kyra - your DS sounds most adorable, and sounds like he knows it!! Hope your walks are going okay and that your car is ready soon.

mitf - how did your scan go today???

Hello to everyone else Am having a lazy night on the couch. I know that I don't always have the energy or inclination to go out at night but think maybe DH and I need some 'normal life' time doing stuff with friends etc, I think we're getting too comfy staying in doing nothing and frankly I'm getting bored and we're getting irritated with each other.

Anyway, enough whingeing, I'm off to do something!

[Greenslw]

BOC hope you are able to relax hun, you're the most important person atm.

LM congrats on a girl

Hi to everyone else glad to see you are all motoring along, it goes too fast

Have a great weekend

[barney]

EMERALD STAR,was just thinking of you sweety and hope all is going ok today xoxo

[wantbaby#2]

Hi Girls.Sorry i havnt been on lately.For some reason every time i clicked the link in my email,the browser would close on me.
I see that there has been alot going on...

BOC~ I hope your bp returns to normal.I am thinking of you.Best of luck.x

EMERALD STAR~ Sorry to hear about the spotting but please try and be positive.I had spotting for 2 whole weeks when i was pregnant with my son who is now 12,and this pregnancy i had light brown spotting at 5 weeks 5 days then again at 8 weeks.Each time it was only a smear on the tissue paper but like you,was in tears,convinced it was all over.I am now 16.5 weeks now.Just relax on the couch and do some positive thinking.I have you in my thoughts.My ob also said that as long as it is not bright red,soaking a pad or with cramping,its almost always fine.I hope your bub sticks.xxxx

Loula~ Does your ob know why you have continued spotting for so long? Have you had your scans yet to see your bub?


I have my next ante natal this Thursday and am hoping to get another scan as my mum is coming with me.
I am still using my rented doppler...oh i love it.Every 2-3 days i sit down in a quiet place to hear my babies heartbeat...nothing is sweeter!
Have just been out to the baby warehouse to check out prams.The pram i want is $1499..... i think i will have to find something less expensive.My budget was $550 for a pram.
DH and i were disagreeing over crib colours.I want white as we are fitting the baby in with us and our room is dark and small hence wanting lighter furniture but he wants the really dark timber,which i do love but will make our room look cramped and gloomy.
We left the store with nothing,needless to say.
I even found...get this!... a cot sheet set with valance,bumper etc on the net for .......$900!!!!!!! It was lovely but $900!!!!! Aaaaahhh if only i was rich! Hehehe.

Has anyone else started buying for bub? My friend bought a crib,pram and car seat for a total of $300 of ebay.Bargain hunter,i reckon!

Just a quick hi to the mummys and their bubs too.Hope your little ones are bringing you all the joy in the world.xx

[kyrawolfe]

Emerald star -=- Hope things are looking up for you hun

BOC-=- Let us know how you go.. hopeing you'll be home from hospy soon and waiting a few more weeks before any more big news

Lise -=- I hear you about going crazy sitting aruond the place! It just so happens that at the same time the thought of being on our feet too long in action is mortifying at this point LOL yes my son definately knows all too well how cute he is.. and he uses it every day to get away with murder!


Wantbaby#2 -=- Gee that pram does sound a bit steep!! and $900 for a cot sheet set... gee I dont think Id pay that much even if I had the money LOL.. We got our cot for $300 on sale with a matress as well and the pram was 300 too.. I hear what your saying.. When you have dark themed walls etc dark wood would really bring on the gloom.. our cot is that dark wood but our walls are creamy white and we have white see through curtains and plenty of light in the house.. so it really just kindof contrast the room and gives it a nice airy feeling. We had a white cot for our son and it was very nice looking in the house we were in at the time which like you was more dark featured.. so Im with you on this one!

AFM -=- Not feeling all that hot today.. I cancelled going to my gf's 22nd bday bbq and stayed at home feeling miserable.. Felt bad because DS was looking forward to playing with her daughter.. But I have massive backache today and a huge stomach ache to fit.. My head feels all heavy and out of place and My whole body is acheing.. It doesnt feel like a flu or anything but I dont really know what is going on..

[LondonMiss]

Morning all. I did write a great long response yesterday but it disappeared and then I was too irritated to do it again. Stupid really why IT winds us up so much!

Emerald Star - I can't really add much to the excellent advice you've had above. I too sadly had a miscarriage and it was bright red - cut your finger red - so don't worry about any brown stuff. Just sounds like some womb renovations for the new occupant

BOC - It must be deadly dull in hospital, but I hope it's done the trick and your BP is normal again. My BF was in hospital last year for a month with placenta praevia and she watched the whole box set of Sex and the City. By the end, I think irritation with Carrie was putting her BP up....

Everyone else hello. Lise, I know what you mean about going out. I both look forward to it, and then can't wait to get home and put my jim jams on. I was supposed to be going for some drinks last week with DH's work mates, and he rang and said it was a "standing up pub" and heaving that I might not enjoy it and I got really upset at not going out, even though my head was telling me I'd have hated standing up for hours. How illogical. So he's taking me somewhere I can sit down and talk to people instead. I do think we need to get some going out in now... otherwise it'll feel like a year or more without stepping outside the door!

It's lovely and cool here at 7am but I think today is going to be a stinker. Yuk. Can't wait for the weather to break tomorrow. Tomorrow is D day and the furbaby goes off to do her job. It's a miracle Melbourne hasn't been flooded with all my blubbing. But on the up side, I hope not to be up at 6.58 on a sunday morning for at least another four months!

anyway, I'm blathering. I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend. x

[Loula]

Loula~ Does your ob know why you have continued spotting for so long? Have you had your scans yet to see your bub?

Thanks for asking I have a subchronic hemorrhage and although it looked small at my 7 week scan it looked a little bigger at 12 weeks, i was having weekly scans (after every gush) but wont get another now till i check in with my ob on the 10/03. then my 20 week scan on the 1/4.

with regards to buying things we havent started yet but i know everything i want lol i have to wait till march/April till my pram comes into the country but they keep seeling out in the states, it a baby jogger city select, four wheels and so many ways to set it up. what pram are you looking at?

we are going to borrow the bassinet, high chair from family but the cot and pram i wanted new. after waiting all these years! we are also going to use cloth nappies and that is about the only things i have been buying.

Is anyone from here going to the melb baby show on the 5/6/7 March?

Hope you are all doing well, will hope to get to know you all a little better over the next few days xx

[BOC]

Hi girls just a quickie. Hope you're all having a fab weekend!

I'm stuck in hospy another night my BP came down yesty and they said I'd prob go home today but then it went back up again overnight so I ain't going nowhere! Oh well at least the food's not too bad, not great but better than airline food

anyway enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

[saph204]

Boc hope you are behaving, 3 days of rest for me in hossy and then they induced me. But I was a couple of weeks further along than you. Have my fingers crossed for you that you can go home.

[Mindhugs]

Sweet Jesus, Joseph and Mary. I finally made it into this thread. I don't believe it.

Hi everyone!!! Congrats on being in here too!

Smithy - I remember you from last year, and the moment you got your BFP!!! So great to hear you have given birth to a beautiful baby. Well done girlfriend!

Tomorrow I am off for my 2nd Beta test to make sure I'm heading in the right direction.

Mild occasional cramps - check
Sore BB's - check
Metal mouth - check
Tired - check
Strange moods - check

Phew! Like many of you my journey has been looooooooooong and bumpy. So worth it when you finally get here! Now to hold onto it. Stick little baby, STICK! I'll be the world's best mum I promise!!!

[Baby Dreamtime]

WOOHOO Mindhugs, the biggest congratulations, what wonderful news, good luck with your second beta, look forward to hearing your good news xx

[Mrs Slyder]

Hi there everyone,

Am trying to catch up with what has been happening!! Seems I have missed a lot. Will try and keep up with everything from now on!

First, congrats to all the ladies who have welcomed their precious bundles. And congrats to those who have got their long awaited BFP.

Us - I'm now 19 weeks and having GIRLS! All is going well. I'm tired a lot and don't have much stamina these days. Nearly fainted in Bunnings today. Otherwise, I'm just cruising along....and still can't really believe that babies will be the result of my big fat belly. Probably won't believe it until they are in my arms. Am still terrified...does that worry ever go away???

Will do more persies as I catch up with everyone, but just wanted to respond to Emerald Star. I had a heavy bleed at 5 1/2 weeks, but no cramping. It was just a 'separation' of some of the lining. No bleed since then (TMI - a serious increase in discharge though!).

So - London Miss - we are days apart! My official due date is still 17th July...but more likely to be June sometime.

I'm looking at going to office based duties at work in about 3 weeks and finishing up at the end of April. Will have a month or so of sick leave before going onto Mat leave.

Glad to be back.
D x.

[lise]

Argh, why did the computer eat my lovely long post??? Here we go again...

Welcome back Mrs Slyder, and welcome on board Mindhugs!!!!!!! Hope you find all the support and comfort you need here, I know I have.

BOC - hope you're resting up so you can get out of hospy and back home ASAP!!

Loula - baby show sounds great, I'd def be going if I were still in Melbourne.

Londonmiss - thinking of you for tomorrow and sending big hugs your way

Kyra - hope you're feeling better, i've got a sinus infection so feeling a bit crappy myself.

Wantbaby - DH and I started buying baby items a few weeks ago and now i'm addicted!! I'm currently trying to justify buying a fancy new camera (surely a new baby and overseas holiday warrants one???) despite the fact there's nothing wrong with mine

Emerald Star - hope you're feeling okay xx

Hello to all the rest of you mummies to be and mummies popping in - hope you're all happy and well.

AFM - have been feeling the chicklet move around more and start kicking which is a great feeling, though poor DH can't feel anything yet. I had read somewhere (was it even here??) about putting paper on your tummy so DH can see the paper move when the baby kicks, but although I can see the paper move DH can't! Oh well, i'm sure it won't be too much longer...

As mentioned before, am feeling a bit crappy tonight so am quite happy (despite my whingeing yesterday) to be staying put on the couch tonight. Would dearly love to stay home from work tomorrow but don't think my boss would appreciate that - i've been in this job for 5 weeks and had 4 days off now and I don't think she's very impressed with me. She has kids herself - so much for female solidarity!!

night all xx

[wantbaby#2]

Loula~ I havent heard of that pram your after.It sounds like a good one if it keeps being sold out.The one im after is a Bugaboo which has the bassinette and converts a million ways too.They are so expensive but a friend has one and has had it since her girl was newborn.She is now 2 and the mum says her friends prams have fallen apart in that time but her bugaboo is still fantastic and well worth the money she paid.They look really nice too.
Im sure i want a bassinette pram and four wheels.I also prefer beige,chocolate or red....not that im fussy or anything.

Mindhugs~ Welcome and Congratulations.Best of luck on your second beta!!! Let us know how you go.

Lise~ I just bought a camera,but it was to photaograph my dolls that i make for sale,but the fact that i will have a 'real' little doll to photaograph made it easier forking out the $1000 for my digital slr,so go ahead and but that camera.After all,it is a memory capturing device that is well waranted with a new baby.

Emerald~ Hoping that all is going well for you.Im thinking of you.

AFM..... today i fainted for the first time in my life.It was horrible.I was outside selling my dead car to a car dealer when i went cold,broke out in a massive sweat,lost my hearing and everything went grey.Luckily the two men helped me into the car to sit down until it passed.I was sooooo embarassed and it felt soooooo yuk!! Called the clinic and they said its normal but could be anaemia.My bloods will be revealed on Thursday at my next antenatal.Im sitting down for the rest of the day.
Yesterday i also got stung by a wasp,just under my eye.S**T it hurt!!! Im allergic to bees but didnt react to the wasp.
Anyhow i did my doppler today again after my fainting episode and bub even kicked the doppler off!!!! That was a first!! Soooooo cute though!!
Anyhow hello to those that i missed.Belly rubs to all.xx