Congratulations TinaR and Kath - it is lovely to meet you and you both sound like things are well on track!!
Many thanks to the kind thoughts about our homebirth - I get so used to hostility and some really interesting views on it (isn't that illegal, aren't you killing your baby...) that it always comes as a wonderful surprise when people are a little more accepting or even positive about it as a choice. We had one with our first daughter so we're a bit more organised this time. The only downside is that you tend to be a bit more persnicky with the house as it will be your birthing space ('I need that wall blue NOW"....) - so still trying to zen out a little more at the moment!
Good to hear you had a beautiful scan Greenslw - they can be a real hoot sometimes - IKWYM about how long they can go though - we had to have two goes at the 20 wk one and the first one was 50 mins - bub was not impressed and kicked up a storm...
Meredith - I echo Flowerchild's sentiments - you have done such amazing things with this pregnancy and it will be hard for me not to cry when you have this little one in your arms - it has been a hell of a journey and you have more than done it justice
Chappas - how wonderful that your little one is coming to the party - I so hope you get your VBAC sweeting - I have my fingers crossed bub will stay in a good position and help you out!!!
I hope everything is going well for everyone and may Spring bring you all a bloom and some strong energy!
AFM - vegie garden is almost in! Compost bin is set up - poor lame bull terrier seems to be recovering with steriod treatment - toddler is vacillating between being such a fiercely independent little person and a very uncertain, freaked out bubba girl (my heart has to go out to her) and I have bought a killer water-saver shower head which detaches with strong pressure for the birth - more baby clothes to sort and wash - - guess how much of my pregnancy journal I have filled in this time....
Karen - definately have the waddle going.... feeling quite penguin like at the moment. Yay for the vegie garden and the saving attempts. We are also trying some cost saving things through eating at home more and having no life really much to DH disgust.
Tina - welcome and congrats on the rising HCG levels. Unfortunately the anxiety wont disappear for some time only lessen as the pregnancy continues. Stay positive that this time your bub will go all the way.
Greenslw - i wrote photos next to your name as a prompt but baby brain has not subsided and I can remember why - just read the posts - a hand only is not real good. we also have a few interesting shots that mean very little to us.
Chappas - yay for a turned baby and it seem both our babies are the same size I have also been tole my bub is 3-3.5kgs which is the same as 7 plds. Ouch - now to get it out.
AFM - full term now - with 14 days until due date. BP has gone back to pre-pregnancy range which is awesome. Cot has one more coat to go and there is a few more pieces of furniture to go - feeding chairs etc etc and then were done. Cant believe am going to meet my bub very very soon.
Chappas looks like you're little man will be right on size. Well done
Karen Van oh a vegie garden I'm gelous. My dog keep digging up my flowers so no vegies unless I electrify them. Happy sorting.
Esha how very very exciting. Glad I'm not the only one who scratched my head at a lot of the pics.
ATM: just doing my final exam with one class, only 5/10 showed up! oh well not my issue. I had a beautiful massage this morning and feel pretty good. Going to the physio on monday to make sure my hips don't get any worse.
Work but I'm not going there until Monday. I have 2 jobs teaching is fine, easy and I can do what I want and I manage a youth shelter and my staff are behaving like your Toddler Karen Van. Oh well Monday will come soon enough.
Greenslw: I completely agree, work . but it's a necessary evil for some of us! I've got my normal job that pays the bills and my business that I am trying to get up and going...maybe treat your workers like a tantrumy toddler - put them in time out
Easha: Lucky you, I can't wait to have only two weeks to go! You sound like you have nearly everything done...got the bag packed waiting by the door?
KarenVan: I really like the idea of a homebirth...its not possible for me atm but I think if it is safe for you then go for it!!
Chappas: do they expect your little man to put on much more? At least he turned for you, typical male left it till the last minute though lol
Kath: HI!!! welcome...26 weeks already? like I said earlier - I can't wait to be that far along, just want to be out of the first tri.
Meredith: Yippee on your little bub moving around! You must be so happy and excited.
WTH: hows the cough? cleared up yet? I've just got a mild cold with a cough...can't take anything which normally wouldn't faze me cause I rarely use medicines but not being allowed to means I wish I could lol
I know I have probably missed a heap of ladies, I just wrote to those I could see still on the screen...hi to everyone I missed and hope you are doing well
AFM - I've been getting those niggling pains, they are not very bad and not very often so I am certain the are the normal ones we are supposed to have but of course being into the 5th week I am starting to stress. I have my ultrasound this Thursday which I should be 6wks for, dates are all correct and they find a heartbeat.
This preg is different, hcg levels are higher, I get waves of nausea once in a while and I'm exhausted - even when I first wake up, plus I'm peeing like its an olympic sport. its noticible apparently that I eat more and am tired cause people at work commented to me during last week
Thanks everyone for your warm welcomes and wishes for a H&H preg...its been great to meet you all and have this support!
i continue to lurk here and keep a close eye on the TTCAM thread too. Good to see everyone is doing well.
tinar - i so remember ticking off those early days...one day at a time...i've hit the 11 week mark now and everyday i am more at ease.
chappas - good to hear the man has turned!
easha - nearly there...good luck with everything
karen van - go the homebirth. my gf just had her little girl at home. she loved it.
meredith - such an incredible journey - you are an inspiration
wth - i hope all is going great for you and the cough had buggered off
erybery - your words to everyone are so comforting. i see you over in the ttc after miscarriage thread encouraging everyone there to. i remember you when i was there. your words have always bought me great comfort and i'm sure i speak for many.
big hi to everyone else.
afm - haven't posted in ages. just lurking. i'm good. m/s has pretty much gone. i still don't fee 100% bouncing off walls but i would say i'm 80% good. had a bad stomach bug last week that went for 5 or so days. not good but seems to have gone now. just some cramping left. paniced a bit but doc put doppler on and heard heartbeat so all good. i have blood test on thursday and nuchal scan on tuesday then ob the following monday. i will be over 13 weeks then and ready to blurt out the news. soooo looking forward to telling my nana and grandparents. it has been killling me. nana keeps asking if i am pg again and telling me i'm running out of time. gotta love nan's! had a great fathers day with everyone. sooo looking forward to next fathers day when dh is a dad. he will be such a good father. i am very lucky. he is a great husband. well, that's it for me. will continue to lurk and keep an eye on you all. i am very condifent this bubba is here to say and looking forward to having the scan out of the way and moving on!
It seems as though it has been along time for me between posts. I have been reading, just not posting.
tinar - glad to see your ticker moving along.
chappas - sounds as though your little man is nearly ready.
wth - I hope that you are feeling better.
z star - the next couple of weeks will fly for you, I'm glad that everything has settled down for you now.
Hi to everyone else on this thread.
AFM trying hard to take it one week at a time. Ms has been pretty bad over the past couple of weeks, with vommiting and everything. I have really been struggling to cook dinner, stay on top of the housework and look after my little man, although I am not complaining as the days that I don't vommit I get really nervous. My ms seems to be subsiding a little now, which is making me very anxious. I even looked into hiring a doppler, has anyone else done this? I think my nerves stem from my mc, where I thought I was nearly 13 weeks when I started bleeding only to find out that the fetus had stopped growing at about 10 1/2 weeks. My ob was happy enough with everything last time I saw him to not see my again until 13 weeks after my nucal scan, which is still 2 weeks away. Like everyone I am just hanging to get past the first tri before I can truly enjoy being pregnant. Apologies for such a worried post.
good to hear from you! my ms has backed off too. i backed off when i was having that week of brown discharge and never really came back. i freaked out. i went to ob and he did a scan and everything was fine. i heard the heartbeat last week when i went to doc for my tummy bug. i got online and looked at hiring a doppler for the next month and then backed out. i then started to worry that if i couldn't get it in the right spot to hear the heartbeat i would freak out and it would make it all worse. i have my next scan next tuesday. it seems so long in between scans or ob visits and we all know the reality of what can happen in between. hang in there and stay positive. you have to do what you need to to keep your mind at ease. so, if that is hiring a doppler or having blood tests or scans than go for it. there is no right or wrong. i'm ticking the days off til i see bub on the big screen. can't wait!
TinaR- I read your posts and they remind me so much of how I was feeling in the first few weeks- especially the tiredness and the peeing!!!! Sounds like everything is going well- take care of yourself. Will be thinking of you for Thursday- your bub sounds like a sticky one!!
zstar- big congrats on 11 weeks! Good luck with your nuchal and blood tests.
josh'smum- sorry to hear you have had such bad m/s, hope you start to feel better soon. I know how worrying the first tri can be- although I never did, I think hiring a doppler is a great idea if it makes you feel more at ease. Wishing you lots of luck with the next 2 weeks.
easha- 2 weeks to go, you must be sooo excited. All the best, you sound very organized.
Karen van- I have read very beautiful stories about homebirths, and I think it's great that we have choices like this. Good luck with the final preps.......sounds like it's all coming together.
chappas- Yay to 37 weeks!! I have been reading abit about VBAC's and will be very interested to hear about your experience.
AFM- I visited my sister in Sydney over the weekend. She is 34 weeks pregnant with her first bub. It was so lovely to spend time with her. Left my boys at home and relaxed- with lots of eating, talking and lazing about!! I am constantly tired and have had alot of lower back pain- my hot water bottle seems permanantly attached to me!!- but generally feel good. Having lots and lots of movement from bub which is lovely.
To all the others I have missed, thanks for welcoming me to this thread. The support you give eachother is fantastic.
xx Kath
DS- 16/07/06 3 years old Sept '08 (7.5 weeks) Feb '09 (10 weeks)
) - so still trying to zen out a little more at the moment!
dates are all correct and they find a heartbeat.
I'm peeing like its an olympic sport. its noticible apparently that I eat more and am tired cause people at work commented to me during last week 
Sept '08 (7.5 weeks)
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