possums and buliej - Great to see you ladies in here I just know you will be back real soon expecting your own little bundles, you are such strong ladies.
erybery - GL with the GTT, I'm sure it will be fine.
pash - Sorry to hear about the awful dreams, but at least you have that reassurance now of feeling bub move - that is great! I've put on 15kg this time, so I don't think 7.5 sounds all that bad either LOL But I'm so glad that nothing much is bothering you, must be those relaxing pregnancy hormones. But keep reminding yourself, it will be you holding that little newborn very soon, honestly having gone through the naive pregnancy first up like I did, I think you feel a little like that regardless KWIM? But yep, I do understand the feeling now too of how will it all work out, I still have trouble dealing with it even at my stage TBH.
babymiracles - So good to see you back fishy friend! Have been wondering how you were going, sounds like you have been very busy. All the best with the house move though and hope you get rid of the cold soon (I know how you feel). And enjoy being a "lady of leisure" in 3 weeks time
Rach - So glad to see your are doing well this pregnancy I'm so sorry about Lilli, I imagine that having a reason doesn't change anything does it?
Greenslw - Hope the spotting has stayed away for you I never had prog support early on, except for Pregnyl until I got my BFP, but I can understand how stressful it must be coming off it like you are. All the best with it.
Easha - Hope you got some sleep! Glad your hospital visit went well, sounds like they are pretty laid back - that is great.
HannahD - Good to see you back and nice to see your ticker moving along so quickly.
chappas - Yay for buying some things for bubby, its a nice feeling isn't it?
Meredith - Hope you have a great scan I agree with the other girls too, may be time to treat yourself to a nice wig too, just to make you feel better about yourself. You have been through so much, you deserve a little spoiling!
WTH - Ding dong
Hi to everyone else that I may have missed, I'm a bit behind on persies I know and this thread has expanded a bit lately too which is just great!
AFM, well only sob story here I'm afraid. I just got over the flu and now I have a cold grrrrr. I'm so not happy about it and totally over being sick. I was really hoping to just be able to chill out for the last few weeks of what will almost certainly be my last pregnancy and just enjoy it. Then a couple of days ago I had a big coughing attack and pulled a muscle under my ribs, so now I'm in extra pain especially when I cough But oh well, I guess I just have to put up with it and hope I don't go into labour until I'm feeling better. No twinges or anything as yet, but at my ob visit on Mon he did say the head has started to engage - no talk of induction as yet though.
Karen van - I too appreciated your "contingencies and structures" language - so much like us. We are gradually letting go of the "if" word (eg, "if we get to have this baby"), but it still feels weird IYKWIM. Am starting to fantasise about what I will pack for the hospital and when DH and I will have the conversation about baby names. Anyway, hope your first "official" meeting with your midwife went to plan.
Hannah - lovely to hear from you and see your ticker progressing. Re: the cramping. I got BH earlier than "the books" said, easily at 18 or 19 weeks. Could well be the cramping you were feeling if it went away after 2 minutes, or when you lay down. It is no fun to have a scare of any kind, so I hope you have had an easier week. Enjoy seeing bubby at your scan tomorrow
Pash - Hip hooray for feeling movement. Makes such a difference, doesn't it!? I don't think I have used my doppler for a month now. I think it is normal to feel a little weird about seeing newborns, even though I have managed one successful PG. After suffering your losses maybe your mind has conditioned itself into believing it might not happen for you. But this time you are going beautifully - healthy 21 week old bubba and healthy 7.5kg+ mama
Lee - glad bubs looked good on your scan and hope you are feeling better soon
Greenslw - can you order a BT (just for reassurance) that your hormone levels are OK now you are off the P4 and E2 supplements? I hope the spotting keeps away. I had some strange spotting a few months back and it was suggested to me it might be a broken blood vessel...
Meredith - hey there "Ditto" what Karen van said about your hairloss. From knowing you this past year through the PGD thread, and now here, I already know you are gorgeous. Hun, you have been to hell and back. If there is something, like a wig, that will make you feel better about yourself then go for it. It would be such a shame for you to be too uncomfortable to get out and about - you have an unashamedly beautiful bulging belly now and you deserve to feel confident enough to get out of the house and celebrate it!
Chappas - YAY for your shopping spree. We've kept alot of DD's things, so not so much to get. At the same time, want this one to have some new things as well. What type of things did you buy??
Easha - YES YES YES! The same insomnia is happening to me. Happened very early in the first trimester then disappeared for a few months. Now it happens a few nights every week. Had hoped it might disappear again, but you are about a month ahead of me so maybe it is par for the course. At least I am up-to-date on The Tour de France! Interested to read about your possible bath birth. When I was in labour with DD, the bath was the only place I felt the slightest bit comfortable (or the least bit uncomfortable). I spent hours in there! The floating really took a load off the back pains.
Rach - Ethan is a darling! I am so sorry to read about Lilli. The results have been such a long time coming. Of course you miss her
Buliej - hope your cycle is progressing smoothly. Can't wait to have you back here for nine months xx
Babymiracles - you have been a busy bee. Moving at 36 weeks? Hope you have lots of help and muscle on deck! Congratulations on hitting 29 weeks with your viable little bubba and for seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Good luck with the home reno's.
Erybery - double-Yay for you and hitting the 3rd trimester and less than a term to go. Hope the time continues to fly for you so it feels like you are holding your little bubba in no time.
Possums - lovely to hear from you
Megsmum - hiya. Sending some "anti-twinge" vibes your way until your ob returns. Hope that the cold subsides really quickly and that you have a more relaxing week ahead
AFM - enjoyed a positively delicious PG massage yesterday, though looks like sciatica might be sticking around. I also managed a trip to the dentist this week (I had read somewhere it is important to do a checkup during PG). Took DD along to familiarise her with the concept - but boy oh boy was I not expecting all the BLOOD from cleaning. The hygienist took special care to stop it spilling all over my face (sorry TMI), but it tasted disgusting! Oh well "thems the breaks" - the reward of a baby is so huge GTT is booked for next week and tomorrow I hit the 3rd trimester Starting to feel like we are at the very beginning of the home stretch with some of these things getting checked off. Meanwhile, I have put on 10kg this PG. I am not an especially large person so my belly looks surreal. Starting to bump into a few things, forgetting my size LOL.
this is my first day here. dh and i have been trying since we got married last year (1 year now) and i am now 4 wks pg!!! very happy. have everything crossed that this one sticks. had my first appointment at gp today. she didn't send me for hcg bt. she said if i did hpt on tuesday and again wed then i def am. i did another one today and line very strong. i have my full bloods done on 6/8 and first scan 11/8 when i will be just under 8 weeks. looking forward to that. going to take dh with me for support. i saw the heart beat last time and i would like dh to expreience that this time because this one is going to stick! end of storey. i wish i could stay on the ttc thread. i miss them already. they have been my ongoing rock. not sure how all this works but i will keep lurking over there. i am anxiously awaiting some more BFP news from those gals. dh didn't take the m/c very well (of course i didn't either) and he has put his foot down and we are not allowed to tell anyone this time. last time we blurted it straight away. i really want to tell my friends but he said no.
i have a lot to catch up on here. i hope i am here for the long haul. i look forward to hearing all about your pg's and you all helping this first time mum to be!!!
Welcome zstar - I certainly hope you are here for the long haul as well!!!
Megsmum - oh sweeting - I am so sorry you are not getting a let up with the illness - it is so unfair! I hope you can enjoy the last weeks without any further discomfort - kwym about pulling things - did something very unpleasant with a fast turn from the floor a few weeks back and it is seriously not fun... My poor DD has a full-on snot fest going at the moment and is very unimpressed that mummy keeps asking her to blow her nose and wash her hands and not cough in mummy's face - I guess, as this is my last pg too, I am probably a bit possessive of it.
WTH - kwym about the insomnia - it is probably one of the few things about pg I get really frustrated with at times - esp. when I was still trying to drag to work and keep up with DD and her erratic sleep patterns - I am really starting to realise how much more interesting it will be with a toddler and a newborn and little luxury of just sleeping in or slopping around the house till whenever when you're sleep deprived and BF every couple of hours... - ain't gonna happen this time
As someone has noted - yes, am on maternity leave and yes posts are getting longer - and maybe I need to reign them in a little????? Hmmmm......
Rach - it is beautiful how you honour your daughter with your memory and your emotions - you will always be her mum
Possums and Buliej - thank you for thinking of us - it is really lovely
Hi Meredith - hope you don't feel like you're being peer group pressured into a wig...
Sympathy for the bleeding gums at the dentist - my nose has been bleeding for weeks now - esp. since it has gone cold and dry up her - yes - all the UK and Adelaidean and southern belles are welcome to laugh at that one - I know how pathetic I am with 'cold'
Much good health and good wishes to HannahD, Chappas, Erybery, Easha, Babymiracles, Lee, Pash, Greenslw and all our wonderful support group here
AFM - iron and haemoglobin not quite where I would like them to be so have started on a liquid iron supplement and upped certain aspects of diet - have felt a little run down for a while so it came as no surprise - am on tail end of frantic end of semester stuff, so it happens... DP, DD and I are meeting with our midwife next Sat - so am very excited to finally start getting some focus on our birth and actually embrace the pg in a concerted fashion - have felt a bit floaty about details for a while now. Really starting to zone in on pg yoga which is giving me a lot of relief from the shoulder thing and a good sense of energy - so I suppose it is all happening
Yep - I think this post is scary enough now...
Karen van
Oh megsmum flu then cold then sore caughing oh my goodluck for OB visit and I hope you can get confortable some how.
WTH oh the dentist sounds scarry how did DD cope? your shape sounds so cool. I'm not skinny so I'm thinking it will take ages to look surreal. 3rd trimester deffinatly the home stretch.
Welcome Zstar. We didn't tell anyone either not until 8 weeks with close family and a couple of my friends who had done IVF too and then slowly the rest at 12 weeks, still haven't told work. Next couple of weeks. Then the world, it is worth the wait.
Karen van oh that iron stuff is ichy well done for sticking with it. yoga sounds so nice. Need to look into it.
Hannah Goodluck with your grant application, they can be a pain in the butt at the best of times let alone when your tired and pg. Make sure you take those breaks.
Easha I have those nights but usually when I'm stressing about something at work. One thing that did help me was writing all my thoughts down, then I kind of felt like it was done and I usually got back to sleep.
rach oh that is just so sad about Lilli. I think no reason is so hard.
babymiracles hope your two weeks of day job go fast, yoga sounds like a nice way to spend the rest of your pg working.
Pash, nope the OB didn't see the need but that's ok I'm feeling very pg at the moment so I'll wait. I don't see her till Aug, which is ages but that's how it is in the beggining then I'm sure I'll get sick of it in the end . seeing your friends email must have brought on some memories for you and I think being a able to be pg now must be a nice feeling. 7.5kg isn't that much my mum said she put on 20kg with me OMG I hope I don't do that. Just keep focusing on the day you will be holding your newborn, it will happen soon
Erybery, enjoy your break and ya to one term left wow less than 100 days for you already.
ATM DP is away and I'm enjoying a little alone time. Off to work tomorrow, which is going to be so much better than last week. Getting a little sleepy and heading to bed, bit sad to say but I still like the bed to myself every now and then only for a little while though.
Just a quick update. I had my morphology scan this morning.
IT'S A GIRL
She's is measuring spot on for dates and appears to be perfect in every respect. She behaved really well and wasn't moving too much but just enough to get some good pics, including one of her waving
Although she did have her legs crossed for most of the scan so the tech had a lot of trouble trying to determine the sex with any certainty. We were just getting ready to leave when another tech (a male, the first was female) came in so the first tech asked him to have a look for us. It took him about 2 seconds and it was very clear. I think me getting up to leave must have caused her to move enough for a better view. But I'll have to have a word to this girl when she gets here. There I was thinking she was a good girl and keeping her privates private....until a man walks into the room...lol DH has already said he needs to get another shotgun.
Sorry for no persies. I'm very busy this weekend but I'll try to come back later for persies. I just wanted to let you know that all is well. I hope everyone has a great weekend
Easha - Glad that your hospital app went well and that you got to hear bubs HB again.
Greenslw - So glad that you have had no more spotting.
Rach - Glad that this pg is going well. So sorry about Lilli
Babymiracles - Glad things are going well, hope you recover from cold soon.
Pash - Live in Newcastle, stayed in Milton Keynes years ago. How are you going with all this worry about swine flu, terrifies me. My neice was diagnosed with it on Tuesday.
Erybery - Relax and enjoy that holiday, Congrats on being in 3rd trimester.
Megsmum - Sorry to hear you have cold after your flu, rest and take care
WTH - Dentist sounds scary, congratulations on reaching 3rd trimester. We too have kept most of DD things so dont have a lot to buy, so just bought some new clothes for the hospital.
Zstar - CONGRATULATIONS! wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months.
Karen - Hope the iron supplements do the trick.
Hannah - Congratulations on your little Glad your scan went well.
Welcome zstar and lauren22, congratulations to you both and wishing you a H&H next 8 months or so
Hannah - Yay for a good scan and congratulations on your pink bundle, girls are so cool Bit of a worry about her showing off her bits like that though LOL my bub has been a very modest little girl, very hard to get her to show off anything. I must admit I still hope she doesn't turn out to be a super modest boy!!
Greenslw -- Hope you're enjoying the alone time, I know how you feel about it. My DH travels a bit too and I usually don't mind it for a few days, but then I soon get over it. It is nice to hog the bed a little though LOL
Karen V - Oh no, I hope your DD is not as sharing with her germies as mine has been. I swear every time she gets a cold first I get it off her, but if I get it first she never gets it So not fair. And now she is at preschool 3 days a week, well that place is just a cesspit of sickness sometimes. I hope the iron supplement does the trick, I've heard that the liquid ones are better than the tabs too. So are you having a hospy birth with your middy or are you planning a home birth, do you mind me asking? Just being a stickybeak
WTH - Well the anti twinge vibes have worked so far LOL have had nothing over the weekend. And 37+5 is when I had DD, so hopefully this one will stay put until at least next week Yay for hitting the 3rd tri, I know how you feel about the belly LOL I am constantly bumping into things with mine!
everyone else, hope you are all doing well!
AFM, not much happening thank goodness. Cold is still slow in going away and my nose is soooo blocked its driving me nuts, but have had no signs of impending labour. Like I said above I had DD at 37+5 and she spent some time in NICU, so I'm really hoping this bub stays put for a bit so we don't have to do that again Not much fun really. And it would be nice to deliver next week or the week after when my ob is back too. Cross fingers and legs and everything else LOL
I have made a comeback! I have been without internet and home phone for ages and still having dramas getting it connected. I am at my mom's at the moment.
Welcomne to all the new pregnant ladies!!!
Hope everyone else is doing well. I will need some time to catch up on everyone's news!!
Just wanted to say hi amd I am thinking of you all. I have 2 weeks left at work and looks like we will be having this bub by week 37!!!! Not long now........
Im a little nervous about posting in here. Ive had 3 BFP's since Sunday and am booked with my GP on Tursday morning for a B/T. Im very very very nervous and scared that my tests are wrong or that i'll still get RB (early m/c)...........has anyone else felt this uneasy about their BFP after a m/c???
HI ladies- sorry haven't been able to catch up for a bit
Sunny - congrats on your BFP!! HPT are rarely wrong so I would say you are defnitely UTD. It is totally normal to be very nervous with a pg after m/c. Sadly that innocence of BFP= baby is lost forever but the truth is that for the majority of women, subsequent pgs DO turn out to be perfect with a baby at the end.
All the best for your appt
megsmum - Grrrr about your cold. How frustrating. Hopefully it will all be out of your system before the baby gets here so at least you have some energy for her.
Hope she stays put a little bit longer for you
WTH - Yuk re the dentist. I went last week too as have been waking up with blood in my mouth every day. NO real problems though - just another one of those pg things. Well done on starting to feel some confidence about this baby. I hope you are all getting a bit excited. Have you bought anything yet?
Zstar and Lauen - Congratulations and welcome ladies. YOu will find a wealth of support in here. Hopefully you both have nice smmoth pgs!
Karen - hope the supplements pick you up a bit. Amazing how draining these litle ones can be eh?!
Hannah - Yay at your little girtl!!! What a cheeky little thing - sounds like she willl need watching!
Chappas - congrats on hitting 30weeks
Sorry for any I have missed - hope you doing well.
Thankyou all for the nice words about my hairloss too. Still seriously considering the wig. Just feel guilty about the potential cost. Have my GTT and starting the steroid shots tomorrow. Almost starting to feel in the "safe" zone which is a bit straange given the previous 6mths of tortuous anxiety. My poor DS is desperate to meet his little sister. Keeps asking if she can come out so he can cuddle her. Don't really want to give him that pleasure for a couple of mths yet!
Welcome Sunny! So glad you have joined us in here! What ou are feeling is totally normal (im 28 weeks now and still feel scared and uneasy, I really want to enjoy this pregnancy 100% but its very hard. Im sorry your innocence has been taken away from you. Congratulations and heres to a sticky baby! xox
Sunny - Congrats on your BFP But yes you def sound pregnant, and yes its perfectly natural to be nervous. Good luck with ur appointment.
Zachary's Mom - woohoo 2 wks of work left, sounds great!!
megsmum - wow, i can't believe you will most have your bubba, its gone so quick.
Welcome Zstar and Lauren
Hello to everyone else, hope you all having a good week.
AFM- well today its been 8mths since Lilli passed I honestly can't believe its been that long. Still feels like yesterday that i woke up and found her. I took ethan for a bike ride this morning, and as we were walking there was a little baby, ethan commented and next thing this pretty little white butterfly came fluttering around us I think it was Lilli saying hello.
Little miss in my belly has been rap dancing, as DH calls it. We finally have her name picked to, actually its the first time we have picked a name prior to birth. Usually we just do a list, but this name has meaning and it feels right, iykwim.
Anyway hope you are all having a great week,
I just know you will be back real soon expecting your own little bundles, you are such strong ladies.
I never had prog support early on, except for Pregnyl until I got my BFP, but I can understand how stressful it must be coming off it like you are. All the best with it.
But oh well, I guess I just have to put up with it and hope I don't go into labour until I'm feeling better. No twinges or anything as yet, but at my ob visit on Mon he did say the head has started to engage - no talk of induction as yet though.
"Ditto" what Karen van said about your hairloss. From knowing you this past year through the PGD thread, and now here, I already know you are gorgeous. Hun, you have been to hell and back. If there is something, like a wig, that will make you feel better about yourself then go for it. It would be such a shame for you to be too uncomfortable to get out and about - you have an unashamedly beautiful bulging belly now and you deserve to feel confident enough to get out of the house and celebrate it!
GTT is booked for next week and tomorrow I hit the 3rd trimester 
Starting to feel like we are at the very beginning of the home stretch with some of these things getting checked off. Meanwhile, I have put on 10kg this PG. I am not an especially large person so my belly looks surreal. Starting to bump into a few things, forgetting my size LOL.
I hope you can enjoy the last weeks without any further discomfort - kwym about pulling things - did something very unpleasant with a fast turn from the floor a few weeks back and it is seriously not fun... My poor DD has a full-on snot fest going at the moment and is very unimpressed that mummy keeps asking her to blow her nose and wash her hands and not cough in mummy's face - I guess, as this is my last pg too, I am probably a bit possessive of it.
Hmmmm......
IT'S A GIRL 
Glad your scan went well.
everyone else, hope you are all doing well!
Not much fun really. And it would be nice to deliver next week or the week after when my ob is back too. Cross fingers and legs and everything else LOL
But yes you def sound pregnant, and yes its perfectly natural to be nervous. Good luck with ur appointment.
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