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OMG for anyone here who has ever felt a little guilty about not posting for a week or two - paste a bloody big smile on your face and enjoy the pain of this lapsed Catholic who hasn't been on since - 19 July - and has small essays handwritten in front of her at the moment... :redface:
Welcome to zstar and lauren22 as well as human bean, cantwaittobeamum and josh'smum - it is wonderful to see the evolution of the thread as new mummas-to-be join - hope everything goes well for you all! zstar - sorry to hear about the spotting - I can remember how paranoid I was for about the first 13 wks - if the constipation gets bad again - cheap, effective remedy is pear juice - if you can keep it down - it is also brilliant for the first b/m after birth too to keep things civilised and manageable. human bean - I remember feeling really ambivalent and finding it difficult to get excited about this pg until I had passed little Marley's EDD and all the early panic points - it made me feel a little guilty that others were do excited and I kept wondering what was wrong with me - but I suppose defence mechanisms take all forms... josh'smum - I cried my eyes out when I saw Little One's hb this time - it seems another part of the healing process - can sympathise with the m/s struggles with toddler (DD is 4) and it has been a bloody hard slog this time to stay on top of the mundane realities and stuff that needs to be done and keep that bow-in-my-hair sunny temperament thing going on at times :rolleyes: Welcome Sunny09 - a h and h pg to you!!
HannahD - congrats on little girl - it has been such a pink thread this time!!! It is fun buying the baby gear but lord - isn't there a lot of it out there???? Really happy to hear you have an awesome midwife and she makes you feel grounded and confident - really important
Greenslw - first and foremost - congrats on your ENGAGEMENT!!!!!!!! What fun to have so much going on - pleased your boss was supportive and you feel valued rather than 'oh well see ya then' and that they have spoken about the future with you! Have fun with your 'girly' prep - and may your U/S on the 31st go well... :)
megsmum - am kicking myself that I missed Emma's birth - but have left a birth announcement message for you - wonderful to hear how she is thriving and that you are coping well
Zachary's mum - so close now - am very excited for you!!!!
MeredithD and WTH - can sympathise with the 'what do you mean it could be soon...' feeling - DD didn't hang around too long and rocked up at 37 1/2 wks in the middle of tiling three rooms and me having just dumped 16 yrs of teaching resources (unfiled of course) in the loungeroom - brilliant planning of course when you are having a homebirth - mind you, did give DP something to seriously do for the first stage of labour... :lol: Meredith - glad to hear the wig has lifted your spirits a little and here's hoping that DS's excitement continues - my DD wavers between being really loving towards the baby and regressing completely to wanting to be the baby in response to the uncertainty of it all - makes for some very entertaining days... Hope you both have good news around your issues...
Rach2281 - wonderful to hear you have picked a name for your little girl - we have a list of both, same as before - such little commitmentphobes we are
Easha - can feel for the waddle-thon - I have to keep wondering if my keel sway was quite this pronounced last time and wonder what the heck it must look like from behind - at yoga I must admit when we get into figure 8s and other pelvic rolling I do feel like a bit of a git the way your stomach kind of moves independently of everything else... Easha and Erybery - sorry to hear BP has been higher than you would want - mine was higher first pg and didn't ease down until I finished work (too much on my feet) - I also had high ketones first time round but GTT showed normal and this time it hasn't been an issue (I have a sluggish digestive system so my body hacks into its own stores to compensate - hence the periodically high ketones) - erybery - love the hiccups in the pelvis - both my bubs have been big on that and it certainly is freaky!!!
Chappas - hope bub is prepared to do a bit of gymnastics for you - although as someone else here has said - breech doesn't automatically mean c-section - there are a lot of breech bubs who deliver well vaginally with midwives/obs keeping an eye on distress or heartbeat with a doppler or other non-invasive device (e.g. not full on strap down heart monitoring where you can't move) - sorry to hear about the pelvic probs - unlike first time I am getting my dodgy hip slipping out from time to time on the right at the moment in the arvos - keep freaking out random men in supermarkets when I clutch at the shelving and double up until it passes - I do get a warning twinge before it happens which is good - a lot of women who have had bubs in breech at this point have said to me acupuncture has been good at times for shifting position for them - I feel much better now I've been on liquid iron for a couple of weeks now - the anaemia really sucks doesn't it...
Tam83 - a very belated congrats on Maison's birth!!!!
Mollycat - great to see you powering along
pash - my bub has done a great cigar impression for a long time but is rounding out a little more in the last couple of weeks - love your analysis of DP's hormonal rollercoaster - he must love that!!!!:) I love playing 'guess what appendage that is...' - at the moment I think I am being mooned on a permanent basis...
babymiracles - great to hear you had a good scan - lord a lot of us seem to be packing and moving at the moment - apparently it is in the top ten most stressful life activities...
AFM - meetings with our homebirthing midwife are going wonderfully - I get reflexology each fortnight and it is divine. We have sorted our finances, the house is almost sane and apart from the periodic hip collapses - it is a very normal, run of the mill pg for which I am very, very grateful - bub is head down and bouncing around and I feel is likely to come sooner rather than later but we're so much more organised this time than last - I feel that it wouldn't bother me even if a few things were still undone... Turned cougar (40 with younger fella) in July (whoops - better change my signature for truth in advertising purposes... (not sure whether to be proud of that one or not) and am now past full on DD's bday and rellies visiting as well - we have all been terribly ill (hence our outing from BB for a while) but I think everyone is on the mend now - the wonderful hacking, mucuousy, digusting afflictions that seem to be plaguing everyone at the moment and have no social skills to know when to go... Just want to be well when bub makes his/her appearance (so WTH - my sympathies really have been with you on this long haul...) DD is stunningly mature and loving one moment and as frustrating and inexplicable the next about the bub - but I have a few friends with toddlers who have new bubs and it is interesting watching how each child deals with their new brother/sister - so onto the next evolution of our family I suppose ;)
Good outcomes and much better health to everyone
Karen van
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OMG for anyone here who has ever felt a little guilty about not posting for a week or two - paste a bloody big smile on your face and enjoy the pain of this lapsed Catholic who hasn't been on since - 19 July - and has small essays handwritten in front of her at the moment... :redface:
Welcome to zstar and lauren22 as well as human bean, cantwaittobeamum and josh'smum - it is wonderful to see the evolution of the thread as new mummas-to-be join - hope everything goes well for you all! zstar - sorry to hear about the spotting - I can remember how paranoid I was for about the first 13 wks - if the constipation gets bad again - cheap, effective remedy is pear juice - if you can keep it down - it is also brilliant for the first b/m after birth too to keep things civilised and manageable. human bean - I remember feeling really ambivalent and finding it difficult to get excited about this pg until I had passed little Marley's EDD and all the early panic points - it made me feel a little guilty that others were do excited and I kept wondering what was wrong with me - but I suppose defence mechanisms take all forms... josh'smum - I cried my eyes out when I saw Little One's hb this time - it seems another part of the healing process - can sympathise with the m/s struggles with toddler (DD is 4) and it has been a bloody hard slog this time to stay on top of the mundane realities and stuff that needs to be done and keep that bow-in-my-hair sunny temperament thing going on at times :rolleyes: Welcome Sunny09 - a h and h pg to you!!
HannahD - congrats on little girl - it has been such a pink thread this time!!! It is fun buying the baby gear but lord - isn't there a lot of it out there???? Really happy to hear you have an awesome midwife and she makes you feel grounded and confident - really important
Greenslw - first and foremost - congrats on your ENGAGEMENT!!!!!!!! What fun to have so much going on - pleased your boss was supportive and you feel valued rather than 'oh well see ya then' and that they have spoken about the future with you! Have fun with your 'girly' prep - and may your U/S on the 31st go well... :)
megsmum - am kicking myself that I missed Emma's birth - but have left a birth announcement message for you - wonderful to hear how she is thriving and that you are coping well
Zachary's mum - so close now - am very excited for you!!!!
MeredithD and WTH - can sympathise with the 'what do you mean it could be soon...' feeling - DD didn't hang around too long and rocked up at 37 1/2 wks in the middle of tiling three rooms and me having just dumped 16 yrs of teaching resources (unfiled of course) in the loungeroom - brilliant planning of course when you are having a homebirth - mind you, did give DP something to seriously do for the first stage of labour... :lol: Meredith - glad to hear the wig has lifted your spirits a little and here's hoping that DS's excitement continues - my DD wavers between being really loving towards the baby and regressing completely to wanting to be the baby in response to the uncertainty of it all - makes for some very entertaining days... Hope you both have good news around your issues...
Rach2281 - wonderful to hear you have picked a name for your little girl - we have a list of both, same as before - such little commitmentphobes we are
Easha - can feel for the waddle-thon - I have to keep wondering if my keel sway was quite this pronounced last time and wonder what the heck it must look like from behind - at yoga I must admit when we get into figure 8s and other pelvic rolling I do feel like a bit of a git the way your stomach kind of moves independently of everything else... Easha and Erybery - sorry to hear BP has been higher than you would want - mine was higher first pg and didn't ease down until I finished work (too much on my feet) - I also had high ketones first time round but GTT showed normal and this time it hasn't been an issue (I have a sluggish digestive system so my body hacks into its own stores to compensate - hence the periodically high ketones) - erybery - love the hiccups in the pelvis - both my bubs have been big on that and it certainly is freaky!!!
Chappas - hope bub is prepared to do a bit of gymnastics for you - although as someone else here has said - breech doesn't automatically mean c-section - there are a lot of breech bubs who deliver well vaginally with midwives/obs keeping an eye on distress or heartbeat with a doppler or other non-invasive device (e.g. not full on strap down heart monitoring where you can't move) - sorry to hear about the pelvic probs - unlike first time I am getting my dodgy hip slipping out from time to time on the right at the moment in the arvos - keep freaking out random men in supermarkets when I clutch at the shelving and double up until it passes - I do get a warning twinge before it happens which is good - a lot of women who have had bubs in breech at this point have said to me acupuncture has been good at times for shifting position for them - I feel much better now I've been on liquid iron for a couple of weeks now - the anaemia really sucks doesn't it...
Tam83 - a very belated congrats on Maison's birth!!!!
Mollycat - great to see you powering along
pash - my bub has done a great cigar impression for a long time but is rounding out a little more in the last couple of weeks - love your analysis of DP's hormonal rollercoaster - he must love that!!!!:) I love playing 'guess what appendage that is...' - at the moment I think I am being mooned on a permanent basis...
babymiracles - great to hear you had a good scan - lord a lot of us seem to be packing and moving at the moment - apparently it is in the top ten most stressful life activities...
AFM - meetings with our homebirthing midwife are going wonderfully - I get reflexology each fortnight and it is divine. We have sorted our finances, the house is almost sane and apart from the periodic hip collapses - it is a very normal, run of the mill pg for which I am very, very grateful - bub is head down and bouncing around and I feel is likely to come sooner rather than later but we're so much more organised this time than last - I feel that it wouldn't bother me even if a few things were still undone... Turned cougar (40 with younger fella) in July (whoops - better change my signature for truth in advertising purposes... (not sure whether to be proud of that one or not) and am now past full on DD's bday and rellies visiting as well - we have all been terribly ill (hence our outing from BB for a while) but I think everyone is on the mend now - the wonderful hacking, mucuousy, digusting afflictions that seem to be plaguing everyone at the moment and have no social skills to know when to go... Just want to be well when bub makes his/her appearance (so WTH - my sympathies really have been with you on this long haul...) DD is stunningly mature and loving one moment and as frustrating and inexplicable the next about the bub - but I have a few friends with toddlers who have new bubs and it is interesting watching how each child deals with their new brother/sister - so onto the next evolution of our family I suppose ;)
Good outcomes and much better health to everyone
Karen van
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Hi :hello:, I was sitting here today stressing about my new preg when I realised that, of course, Belly Belly would have a thread where I can say my fears with other ladies who will understand.
I got my bfp last thursday and by my lmp am 4wk 4days, very early days I know. Had my hcg levels done Fri and only 140, had them done again today but still waiting on results. had my first big day at work today and have had a sore tummy ever since. not like period pain or anything though so not sure if I should be stressed or anything :(
this is preg 5 and we haven't had a bub to take home yet so I am :pray: that this is a sticky bub. I went through an amazing midwife last preg and have already rung her. She has said if any pains etc let her know immediately and I can come in for hcg test and ultrasound etc to see where its all at.
I'm thinking if I am at work tomorrow and i get pain that I will do that. I guess I'm just wondering what are normal pains? I now everything is starting to stretch etc down there but am still SO scared.
Sorry for the all about me post, kind of freaked out and hoping for reassurance. i know a few names from the ttc thread - so nice to see you again :) and I see a few of you aren't due to be on here for much longer - can't wait for you to meet your bubs!
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Hi TinaR - I lurk quite often in the TTCMC thread so I know your journey well. I was so thrilled whn I saw you got your BFP! I hope this is a happy and healhty pregnancy after all you have been through you definetly deserve it!
I got lots of cramping and painswhen I was first pregnant, actually I was still getting cramps till bout 20 weeks! My Doc was great and did HCG tests every 2-3 days for me from 4-7 weeks till I had my ultrasounbd with the Obstetrician. Sometimes it is very reassuring thoigh can make things stresful too. Your level sounds fine to me. big hugs and best wishes!
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HI all!
Chappas - just wanted to wish you luck for your scan tomorrow. Here's hoping your baby has turned!
Easha - Hope bag packing all done and now you can just rest/await the arrival of your bubs - very exciting time!
BTW - a very small baby can be an indicator that placental function is not great, in which case, it would be better to get baby out and feed them up on the outside
WTH - Yippe at sorting out names. A GF of mine had a little boy 4 days ago and he still hasn't got a name because they just couldn't decide
Hoping you have managed to sort your cough out. Its the last thing you need right now
Karen - Great that you are so calm and organised about your birth. I hope everything goes so smoothly and to plan for you
Congrats on the big 40 too!
Tina - Welcome and congrats on your pg. Having lost 7 babies myself, I understand the horrible fear in those early days. Personally, I found biweekly BTs helpful just so i knew everything was on track.
However, the scans are what really helps... seeing a little HB after about 6weeks was so reassuring.
As for the pains, they can be perfectly normal. I always have cramping in early pg. This one was probably the worst. I was sure I wasn't pg due to such severe cramping early on
AFM - Fortunately, not much to tell. Baby still moving around in there which is great. Seee OB tomorrow so will find out the plan for monitoring her growth etc then
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I just wanted to pop my head in to say WTG Meredith!!!! 33 weeks is such a big big achievement after all you have been through my love! This little Upsy Girl is a strong fighter... :hug:
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Hi girls. I haven't posted on BB for awhile and I hope you don't mind me joining in on this thread. I have followed some of your posts and the support and advice you give eachother is wonderful. Just quickly, I am nearly 26 weeks pregnant, having previously had 2 miscarriages. I also have a DS who is 3 years old.
TinaR- I wish you all the luck with this pregnancy. I know and understand your fears and concerns well. I found out I was pregnant this time around at 4 weeks, and have had tummy cramps and backache on and off for most of the way through so far. The early weeks were very scary, as I always associate this type of pain with a miscarriage.
Although this pregnancy has been more worrying and stressful, I have had alot of reassurance from my obstetrician and midwives. Also, having regular ultrasounds has deinatley put my mind at ease. I wanted to let you know that these types of pain can be absolutley normal.I hope everything goes well for you. It sounds as if you have a wonderful supportive midwife to talk to. Good luck and take care xx Kath
DS- 16/07/2006
:angel: Sept '08
:angel: Feb '09
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Hi All!
Thanks so much for your encouraging words. I had the results of my 2nd BT today and Friday I was 140 but by Monday was 550!! At the doubling rate that is Tuesdays amount so I'm well and truly up there! I'm so excited by it all and feel really ok about this one.
Mum let it slip to her boss! ran into her workroom to grab her bag and her boss wanted to talk - she said, gotta be quick, I've got to get kfc, tina's got cravings. LOL, I just wanted some junk food. She's told two people now, hoping that is all until first week of November when we start telling people. She does try - just lets it slip out lol,
I can't talk - I've randomly told about 5 people...kick myself afterwards but cant help it
I'm already wishing to see my :bellygrowing:
:bellyrubs: to all my new friends
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Karen Van wow you are so close now so exciting and a homebirth how wonderful Hope your last couple of weeks are really relaxing for the joy to come.
Welcome TinaR
Hi to all,
ATM had my scan Monday was good mum was really supportive, it took ages! 45 minutes, got a couple of cool pics and a CD but it only has a pic of my plecenta and a hand on it! :( wanted more!
OB said all is going well, my pleceta is a little low but nothing to worry about I'll have another scan at 34 weeks wich will be really comfortable NOT! but on a cool note I heard baby's Heartbeat today for the first time, almost cried but didn't.
I'm feeling ok, really achy at night and not coping with sleeping on my sides, 2 hours turn 2 hours turn, toilet. But I'm going to book in to the physio asap.
Baby is a booter, love feeling the little but increasingly strong kicks.
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Easha - Hope you had a good Anniversary!
WTH - Girdle is a little uncomfy and has not helped yet. Yay for washing baby clothes it does start to get you excited.
Karen Van - Good for you having a home birth, looks like we are just waiting it out now.
TinaR - Congratulations! i too sometimes lurk in the ttc thread so was pleased to hear your news. Good results too.
Meredith - Glad things are going well for you still and you are getting lots of movements.
Kath26 - Welcome and congratulatons on reaching 26 weeks
Greenslw - Glad things went well at your scan and you got to hear bubs HB, With you on the sleeping on your sides seem to be turning every hour or so too.
big :hello: to Erybery and anyone else hope you are all doing well.
AFM - Well have had my scan and yay little man has turned,so i get to wait and have my Vbac. I am so pleased. it was so strange as being nearly 37 weeks couldnt really make out much on scan. They did say he was about 7lb 3 now though.
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Hello to everyone
Congratulations TinaR and Kath - it is lovely to meet you and you both sound like things are well on track!! :clap:
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"....:lol:) - 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 - :lol: - guess how much of my pregnancy journal I have filled in this time.... :wall:
Have a wonderful weekend
Karen van
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Hi All,
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.
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Chappas looks like you're little man will be right on size. Well done :D
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 :wall: 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. :grouphug:
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Greenslw: I completely agree, work :wall:. 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 :rofl:
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, :pray: 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 :redface: 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!
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big hi to everyone.
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!
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Hello ladies,
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.
Cheers
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hi joshsmum
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!
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Hi there girls,
hope everyone is well and happy.
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
:angel: Sept '08 (7.5 weeks)
:angel: Feb '09 (10 weeks)
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