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Hi All,
Have been loitering lately but have had litte energy to reply.
It seems you are all doing well and looking forward to meeting your bubs
Have had stressful week - work is doing my head in. Managing 20 odd people is exhausting!!
Also got an eviction letter as the owners super has bottomed out and they need to sell :wall::wall:
Nothing like a challenge when your 27 weeks preggers and have to find a new place to live aaaarrrrggghh - oh well what can you do :dunno::dunno:
Bub is doing well and I'm getting big and fat - belly button trying to push from an innie to an outie and only getting 5 hours of sleep a night - tired oh so tired.
Anyway thought I would pop in and say hello - sorry its all about me
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Hi ladies!
Firstly - thank you all so very very much for your good luck wishes before I headed into hospital, and then your lovely messages of congrats on the arrival of our little Lila Isabel ... I have felt like such a slacko not having made it in here yet to say thank you :redface:. So thanks!
The induction was very effective - had the prostin gel applied the night before and only had a few mild contractions before they stopped completely. Got a good night's sleep, then I had my waters broken at 7.15am and by 8am Lila had arrived weighing 7lb2oz. It was incredibly fast and furious, and was very rattled afterwards - no time for any pain relief except gas. I had actually asked for an epidural a few mins in and the anesthetist didn't even make it into the building in time! I absolutely screamed my head off the whole way through but it was 100 times worth it - the first cuddles with my precious girl were just so very amazing. I then spent the next few days getting my head around the fact that she was here and was so healthy and so strong - and shed more than a couple of tears of relief after my brain could finally start to let go of so much of the tension and stress and worry of the last 18 months.
Lila has been a very good baby so far and has taken to bfing like a little champ! With feeds every 3-4 hours though am slowly getting used to the sleep deprivation but definitely not finding as much of a shock as first time around
I guess the time has come for me to move on officially from this lovely thread - but if you don't mind I'd like to continue to stalk you all in here from time to time ... Can't wait to see some more beautiful bubs arrive!
Take care ladies - thank you once again so very very much for all of the love and support I've been lucky enough to receive from here. Absolutely would not have been able to make it through in one piece without this place to be able to feel wobbly in!!
An extra special :bellyrubs: and a dose of :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy: for you all
jen xx
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Lee Bugger that your NT results are taking so long. At least you know that it's that the results aren't in yet, and not just the ob putting off calling you. I'm sure it will be fine this time hun, you had a good NF measurement. But I also understand how impossible it is to not worry. Hope you can find ways of distracting yourself this weekend.
I can't believe that lady said that to you! Unbelievable! Well done for not just being polite and taking it :clap:
Erybery It doesn't matter how long you were pg for last time, you still lost your baby and that's not easy.
Meredith :hug: I didn't realise you were dealing with so much. I thought the contractions would be bad enough, but with those symptoms, I don't blame you for feeling like crawling under the covers and not coming out until it's time for Upsy to be born. You have to ice your bits? In winter? Brrrr!
WTH What's guac? I've been paranoid about listeria as well, but a friend emailed me a site that showed that listeria poisoning as a cause of loss is a really really low risk. I'll see if I can hunt that down.
Greenslw Yay! It's so exciting telling family. How did it go? And did you find out why DP backed out of telling his folks?
Hi Easha, Sounds like you have a lot of stress around you at the mo. At work, at home... Are you going to wait to see if your place is sold to someone who wants to keep renting it out, or do you just want to move and get it over & done with?
Aw Jenushka Lila looks absolutely gorgeous! What a wonder woman you must be for such a quick labour without any drugs! Congratulations.
AFM I am really happy :D I just wanted to say that, cos I think I only come in here to moan, but am loving being pg. Lee, I am well and truly popping out. Still hanging out to feel movement.
Still feel like I alternate between lying by trying to sound lighthearted and just not being able to take things less seriously. Another story... DH told a friend last night, who then started to obsess that his GF might be pg cos she's vegetarian but has eaten 2 steaks in the last week. Then he kept on about how they'd race us (he was a bit p1ssed), and I kept responding with a smile. After the N-th time, I just had to say "Look, I'm not going to wish my baby to come early, just for an idiotic race with your imagined baby". lol! It's just a small thing, but I can't be lighthearted about it.
Again, it doesn't really bother me that much, as long as monkey is ok.
Bellyrubs to Megsmum and anyone else I missed.
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pash - So glad to hear you say you are happy :D and that you are loving being pg. It can't be long until you feel something now, are you sure you haven't had any little bubbles that feel like wind LOL Could be it! With DD I wasn't sure that I was feeling her for a couple of weeks or so from 16 wks on, and the same thing happened with this one but from about 14 wks or so. As for your DH's friend, well :rolleyes: is all I have to say!
Jenushka - So happy to hear that everything is going well for you and Lila, I'm hoping the shock this time around won't be so bad either LOL I know how you feel though about the tension and stress - I feel bad for wishing my pregnancy away, but I really am now just about at the stage where I just want bub here and to know she is safe. But on the other hand, I'm not wishing a premmie baby on ourselves either :doh: But all the best to you 2, feel free to stalk ;)
Easha - Sorry to hear you are having such a stressful time :hug: I can't even begin to imagine how I would cope with moving house now, but I hope you can get it sorted quickly and find somewhere to live soon.
Greenslw - Thanks, I do enjoy my wool dyeing and knitting, its nice to have something you can say that you have made from scratch. Looming sounds interesting too, have never done that so am pretty ignorant LOL, what are you making for bub? Hope you had fun telling your brother and SIL!
Lee - I can't believe that woman - OMG! Good on you for having a great comeback, I have to say I would have said something a lot more rude back to her than you did!
WTH - Hope you had a relaxing weekend :)
Meredith - Thanks, that's exactly how I felt when I found out. Makes it much easier to cope with when you have a reason and you know that its not going to affect the baby in any way, except of course if I faint somewhere inconvenient! But I think the chances of that happening are pretty small. I'm so sorry you are having a hard time :hug: the medication sounds like no fun at all. Good idea WTH had about a cool hat though, at least the weather is cold enough to justify it too. I'd also second the facial suggestion too, I've been having the regularly for a while (I started during some of my blacker times over the last 2 years and it is now my little treat to myself while DD is at preschool) and they really do pick you up and help you feel a bit more relaxed and better about yourself. I hope things pick up a little for you soon.
Hi to erybery and Smallfry as well as anyone else I have missed. Hope you are doing well!
AFM, not much happening this week, I have an appt free week so I can just relax a little for the next couple of days while DD is at preschool. I finally had a decent nights sleep last night too - woohoo! The only bad news is that after quite a few good days the dizziness is back again today - oh well.
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Megsmum - What a difference a good night's sleep makes, eh? After two nights on the sofa bed I have been in heaven back in my own again. Will be great for you to have a nice empty diary for the week so you can put your feet up. BTW - can now relate to that dizziness - hit me on Sunday afternoon. Wasn't expecting it this early, but wonder if it was after the frantic week. Only getting it mildly now.
Pash - LOL out the veg GF who ate two steaks. I am a strict vego, but never could go that far! Fair-enough about your reply to "the race". Who wants to hurry a PG with such precious cargo?! BTW have PM'ed you ;)
Jenushka - loved LOVED reading about how you are getting along. It is great having success stories like your's here on this thread. And it sounds like beautiful Lila could not wait to meet her Mummy! Go ahead and stalk - it's been great sharing with you :hug:
Easha - was wondering how you were going. Glad the PG continues to be on track, but OMG - such horrible timing with your accom. situation. I hope it does not cause you too much stress at a time when you deserve to be putting your feet up!
Greenslw - Yay for telling your brother and SIL. Hope the MS is not causing you too much grief ATM while working two jobs.
Lee - what a looooooong weekend you must have endured. Hope you managed some sleep. My :crossfingers: remain for your NT result...
AFM - Well my house is back to normal and I am back in my own bed - Yipee. Am having major chocolate cravings ATM and seem to be getting bigger, though bub's kicks are still very light. Have my cervical length scan again tomorrow so get to see how the li'l one is going :D
:hello: to everyone else. Have a great week.
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WTH the MS is being ich especially around 3pm but just keep on going. So exciting you can feel bubs can't wait for that moment.
Megs Mum: Looming is rug making, were you loop bits of wool through a grid. I'm making a bit of a rug but I started it in uni 6 years ago, someone said "you'll never finish" so I'm inspired again. It will be nice for the baby's room.
Pash: telling my family rocked, we stayed up late talking (I was so tired) but it was worth it. DP told his mum and she was a bit 'so what' about it, they are weired. DP was a bit sad they didn't react like my family. - :D love your snap at DH's friend he needed to be told.
Oh Easha :hug: moving sux, but I hope for a nice little place for you and family to be to settle with no more notices :pray:
ATM so flat, had to say to one of my staff 'no' about attending their group break up tonight. I'm so tired I just want a cat nap. Bit all over the place with my feelings to most of the time up beat and happy then kinda sad and sooky then agravated at lots of little things... HORMONES. Sad SIL and brother are leaving in 3 weeks, I will miss them so much. Back to Canada with my two nephews :cry: I know we wont see each other for a couple of years. Canada is too far!
Got white chocolate in top draw, will use it when needed ;)
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Just a quick update - Bubs had her cardiac scan today (Im 24 weeks). The ultrasound lady said her heart looks great and she can't see any abnormalilties so very happy bout that! But on the other hand a bit annoyed because she also said "but the heart is very complex and we can't always see every abnormality!" ahhh, why can't they just say me baby will be born normal, all the excess nuchal fluid resolved weeks ago, the CVS came back normal, her fetal anomoly scan at 19 weeks came back excellent and todays cardiac scan showed no signs of anything wrong! Just sooooo annoying, Im so tired of being stressed and worried, I guess it won't end till the doc's have checked her out when she is born but OCT is seeming like a loooooonnnng time away a the moment!
anyways sorry for the rant and ME post just had to get it off my chest!! You gals are awesome for understanding :)
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WTH - I had c/s with my DD who was born on 13th Jan, sure you will find it a lovely experience. I have scan on 2nd Sept to see if this little one is still breech(dd never turned) i still may have to have a c/s .
Lee - GL for your results, is awful having to wait.
Easha - Glad things going well, sorry about having to move house.
Jenushka - Great to hear from you and that little Lila is doing well.
Pash - Glad you are feeling happy. Sure you will be feeling movements soon
Meredith - Glad you having less contraction pain this week
Megsmum - Yay for a relaxing week, hope the dizziness eases
Erybery - Glad Bubs scan went well, understand you being so annoyed you just want the stress to be over:hug:
AFM - Feeling better this week, getting bigger by the day.
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Lee Did you hear back about the results? Thinking of you hun.
Megsmum Glad you got a good nights sleep, but no good that the dizziness is back. It's a great reason to take it really easy and let everyone else pick up the slack. Must be hard when you have DD to think of though.
I can't feel any bubbles, butterflies or gas (except when it is actually gas). I have been feeling twinges, but they just feel like the twinges I've had since early pg, and had just put down to things moving & growing. I have a mw appt on Fri though, so hearing a hb will be just as good.
Megsmum & Greenslw Aren't you guys crafty?! What a great idea to make a rug for the baby's room. I've never dyed wool or loomed, but I do knit. I'm a member of ravelry.com and plan to knit a tomato shaped beanie for monkey with a matching red jumper. Maybe some elastic waisted cargo pants if I have time. I figure red and beige is a gender neutral combo and will suit a baby who may/maynot have dark skin.
WTH Enjoy spying on your little bubba ;) Sending you long cervix dust (why not?).
Greenslw Aw isn't it wonderful telling the people you love and have them get excited for you? Bummer about DP's mum. No wonder he was reluctant to tell her.
Erybery That's great news! All of it! Pity about the sonographer. Don't they know that we're googling every possibility and worrying all on our own? No need to warn us.
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pash - GL with the midwife appt on Fri, I'm sure it will go fantastic! I'm on Ravelry too, although I must admit I'm pretty slack about visiting ATM! But your knitting you have planned sounds so cute, there are heaps of patterns on Ravelry to choose from, and BTW another good site is knitty.com as well. They've got heaps of baby and child stuff and the good thing about it is that it doesn't take long to knit. Yeah it is hard with DD, but at least she is at preschool 3 days a week which she loves so I get a little break then, even though I miss her heaps when she is there :( I'm not looking forward to her going to school next year! But she's a really good little kiddy and quite tolerant of Mummy not feeling well, and at least DH has finished with all his work travel until after this baby arrives now. He has been away heaps for work in the last couple of months and I'm pretty much over it (as is DD).
chappas - Glad things are going well for you :)
erybery - Oh gee, why can't these sonographers just stay quiet :rolleyes: as if we need anything else to worry about! But glad to hear the scan went well, bring on October.
Greenslw - A rug for the baby's room sounds great :) You know I actually have done something like looming (many many years ago now LOL) - rug hooking it was, where you use a little hook thing to loop wool through a grid - sounds very similar if not the same thing just with a different name? It wasn't very big though what I made, I can't even really remember what it was, just a little mat type thing I think. Sorry to hear about your DP's family, actually both my mum and DH's family were a bit the same pretty much, we were both a bit annoyed with them TBH. And what a shame about your brother and SIL too :( it's always good to have supportive people around while you are pg and with a baby, hope their time away goes fast.
WTH - You know, my dizziness came on after a frantic week too, the week after DD's party. I hope your goes away for you too, although mine's a bit worse again today after a totally crapola night's sleep :( It is wonderful to have a free couple of days though apart from collecting and dropping off DD to preschool. Funny little thing she was yesterday too, wanted me to hang around until one of her chums arrived then when her little friend got there she turned around to me and said "You can go away now Mummy" LOL! Cheeky thing she is! But anyway, glad the house is back to normal and you are back in your own bed :dance: GL with the scan today and I hear you on the choccie cravings :rolleyes: I'm allowing myself a tiny little bit here and there (naughty me!) all things in moderation is my motto. Doesn't seem to be hurting my blood sugars though at least.
Hi to everyone else I've missed!
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Hi ladies - sorry for being mia - but I only just got my blood results today - and everything looks good - no increased risk, no further testing needed. I'm extremely relieved!!!
BB Later for personals!
Lee xo
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Just popping in to say "hello" and send you strong wishes for H&H pregnancies!
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Buliej - thanks for popping in - thats very brave! Not sure how things are with you as have not been online much but hope you are ok and getting ready to start again soon
Lee - what a relief for you! fabulous news re blood test. Hopefylly the rest of this pg is fairly smooth
Erybery - don't worry to much about the sonographer's wording. They can't legally say everything will be fine because no one knows that for sure. Even with a "normal" pg no one would say it was going to be perfectly ok
megsmum - hope you are doing ok and not to much dizziness
Pash and chappas - bighello and belly rubs
WTH - hope scan went well ad you are worrying less over the listeria issue
Sorry about very brief persies but DS cracks it when i'm on computer and has not been distracted by play school today!
Had appt with OB yesterday and all basically ok ( aside from my back/pelvic pain, hair loss, face issues etc etc!). Did come out feeling a bit daunted ... in 4 weeks he is going to start me on steroid injections to prepare Upsy's lungs for a premmie birth. He is not saying it WILL happen but thinks there is a high enough risk to prepare us for it. I am happy to take all precautions for upsy's sake but still feel a bit anxious that it is real possibility of her coming so soon
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Lee Great to hear all is well :leap:
megsmum I think it is the same thing. Mine is 1.5x1.2 too big. but it will be so nice, don't know that I'll be letting little JS on the rung until no more sick ups though. You are so close now, got your bags packed?
Pash I think your gender neutral creation sound so cute. I've not tried making cloths as I have trouble putting up my hems. heheheh
Erybery :hug: wouldn't it be nice if doctors didn't speak in riddles.
Meredith glad you are taking it in your stride :goodluck: hope DP can give you a good massage
ATM had a really good planning day yesterday with my staff, they were so great, really got behind the changes and didn't eye roll too much. Went home and felt like a train reck (still do) I just don't feel like I ever sleep. With meds and peeing all the time I only sleep for a few hours at a time, then get up gym work home cook crash..... I know this is good practice for baby, but it's still exhausting.
No MS for a couple of days, really tried not to worry but did then last night in bed it was back, and has been heaps through the day, seams to be bad when I'm hungry. Bit like alot of the posts in this forum, i'm sick of worrying, being so critical of every little sign. My next scan is on the 6th and DP is coming which will be so nice.
75% of the time I am enjoying the experience and the jurney but it's the rest of the time that doubt looms...
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Hi All,
Thought I would pop in and say hello while I am killing some time between looking at houses. :wall:
Megsmum - cant beleive your 34wks already - getting a good night sleep is so tough at times isn't it. Me I wake up usually about 4am to pee and then can't get back to sleep
WTH - 24 wks!! Times flies doesn't it - as for the chocolate I hear ya. I was off chocolate the first trimester but it back with a vengence.
Lee - good to hear the BT results were fine
Meredith - scary thought to start steriod injections for the bub. Whatever it take though right??
Greenslw - Dont you just love MS - I had the same experience I was only feeling sick when I wasn't eating so I ate and ate and ate. ;)
AFM- sick of looking for a place to live already - anyone have a spare room ????
Had the glucose test yesterday and will get the results back next week. Currently have a really achy pelvis and hips. Particularly achy on the pubic bone - I feel like I have to hold onto it all cause it's falling out :ROFL::ROFL: Hope this is all normal and not a sign of issues with my pelvis.
Anyhow going to get ready to see another house - groan :rolleyes:
Speak soon
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Oh Easha :hug: you sound like you're over it hun, (pass the food) I'm trying not to eat and eat and eat, but today my tummy is being different I ate now I have MS. Nothing is "normal" anymore.
p.s. have spare room for 7 months but it's freezing in SA.
ATM SORE 20month old nephew weighed a ton in the pool yesterday, back hurts, legs hurt, abdomin aches. Oh the things we do.
Tonight I'm having a pre birthday party for my sister in law her b'day is the 29th of July but they''ll be back in Canada. So prebirthday it is. Cake, Fondoo (spelling) and lots of food. Will be nice to spoil her. She has been a real support through TTC and now PG.
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Hi - big:bellyrubs: to everyone!!!
I'm sort of technically finished the actual teaching in front of kids thing as of yesterday - so despite the carload full of filing and marking to be done yet - I am sort of on maternity leave and a little saner than I have been chasing kids for stuff the last few weeks.
Easha and Greenslw - funny - I lost the taste for chocolate with two pgs - don't know whether that is a good thing or just being taken over by a bodysnatcher :lol: Oh Easha - I hope you can find someplace comfortable soon for you to establish yourself in - it is a drag the whole looking for/moving gig at the best of times let alone when you are trying to create your positive space for bub. I was born with CHD (congen. hip displasia SP?) and spent years as an adult trying to strengthen everything pelvic through yoga - with DD weighing in at 15 kgs now - I have found this second round a lot harder on me physically and everytime I stand or pick something up I consciously tuck my tailbone in to tone that area - it does seem to help - especially when I'm walking and you start to feel the 'sway back' kicking in... LOL
Megsmum - I am so envious - my Oma (gran) was a phenonmenal craftswoman and I always felt really guilty when she passed a couple of years back that I had never made more of an effort to learn some of the incredible skills she was trying to pass down to me - I feel like I threw away her legacy. I tried to get going with a local weavers group when DD came along but it just seemed like I never had enough time in one spot.
Pash - as for telling DD - I am about 5 ft 1/2 in and about 43 kg on a good day with the hands of an eight year old - and there's something about mummy throwing up a couple of times a day for months that made it impossible NOT to tell her pretty early on :) Plus we have lots of pg friends lately who had bubs before me - so she kinda clicked herself - and of course, blabbed to everyone - so I just had to good grace it... I feel for you with the workmate conversations and pg conversations in general - it has been very awkward for me at times this pg - I started my m/c last time very dramatically at work and lost bub next day so it was hard for any of us to work out how we were going to talk about anything. And it is funny - I haven't felt like waxing on about this bub verbally but I'm not much of a gossipy, baby shower kind of person so maybe that's just me.
Is any one else irritated by the endless - 'god you're huge' comments - I looked back on some photos of me at about 7 months with DD and to be honest I carried everything out front like I am this time and I don't remember it being like this - it is just coming from everywhere - one of the women at work thought I was due in a couple of wks!!! It is not a weight thing - I just find the 'oh - this one is going to be massive' comments not very reassuring????? One last query - is anyone else getting real issues around their shoulders/arm/wrist - really achy, painful and hard to sleep - had it first time too and interested to know what people do for it - read in 'What to Expect...' that it is a common syndrome for many pg women - the whole painful arm thing??
I can sympathise with the annoying sonographer comments - I understand the legalities of not saying - 'your bub is perfect' but as far as I am concerned - if you have no evidence of anything wrong - then random, unsubstantiated comments are NOT info and not needed! We have enough to think about!
Lee and Smallfry - hope you have answers to tests and hospitals that head you all in the right direction! H & H pgs to you both!!:dance:
Meredith - I wish the meds were being kinder to you - the sometimes not quite so wonderful aspects of pg are enough on their own - I can't wait for that moment when Upsy Daisy is in your arms sweeting - you have already been such a brilliant mother for her and such a strong woman for her to follow in the footsteps of
Sorry about the huge epic - this is what happens when I can't get in here often enough - feel like I have to binge - good luck with everything Deejoy and WTH!!! Good health and a quiet moment/mind for any one I might have missed (and I know I have...)
Chappas - due date buddy - how are you going!!!!!
Karen van
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Lee - Glad the results came back everything good
Megsmum + WTH hope dizziness has cleared
Meredith - Hope the steriod injections go ok:hug:
Greenslw - Hope m/s not treating you too bad, mine only eased when i ate too.
Easha - Hope you find a place soon, having hip aches at night too sleeping with bolster pillow between legs has helped a bit.
Karen - Doing fine, know what you mean about the 'HUGE' comments people got me paranoid all of the time.
Hope you all having good weekend
Tracy
