zstar, that cake sounds spectacularly tasty I turned 33 the day you posted happy birthday to us huh?!! I didn't get a cake but DH took me to my favourite vegetarian restaurant for dinner and it was so good that I rolled back to the car afterwards!
Hannahd, how're things going with you? Still waiting?
greenslw sounds like a great way to work - one day each week would be great (well, assuming it was able to pay the bills it needed to anyway!) but it certainly sounds like you need it. Not long now!
Re headaches, I think I drink too much water and that may be what's bringing on the headaches but I have ob appointment in a couple of hours so I'll ask her about it when I'm in there. I've started drinking a bit of gatorade/powerade during the day to see if that helps as I've been drinking 5 - 6 litres of water a day and another couple overnight (makes for great sleep interruptions!)
I reckon if you're able to take 6 months off it would be worth it. I know a number of women who have ended up extending their maternity leave because they've done the math on childcare and decided it was cheaper to stay home for longer. I used to have my two in for a day a week and it cost close to $100 after subsidy from government.
AFM, ob appointment as mentioned and I'll be up for the wonderful glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. Can't believe I've hit 28 weeks now. Time flies. My daughters are loving the growing belly and give it hugs and kisses all the time to let their little sister know how much they love her already. It's very sweet. Still trying to decide on names, though I already have one picked DH hasn't quite agreed to it yet. Fingers crossed there because I already think of her as being named that!
Hi to all of you - joshsmum, twinsis, mollycat, zstar, hannahd, greenslw ... and those I've missed.
I had my 37w appointment yesterday. All still going well, but bub is not engaged yet. I asked my Ob if he would induce me, but until bub decides to engage he won't consider it.
Sooooooooooo, I'm now in the process of encouraging bub to engage, I want to deliver before my due date for a number of reasons, (firstly it's my MIL & Sister's birthdays, and I can't handle the thought of bub sharing the date with them - (shudder), I want to be home before Christmas, and as my Ob says, this is such a special baby, he can understand why bub needs to be on the outside. On top of these, both my boys were overdue, and I don't want to go overdue again.
Hannah - How are you going, must be sooo close for you now. Can't wait to hear your news.
Smallfry - wow, 28 weeks, won't be long your bub will be here.
Sorry everyone else, was going to try a few more persies, but I'm being hassled for the computer (teenagers, grrr), so I'll try and get back later.
I've just popped on while I have a quiet moment to let you all know that Amelia Grace arrived at 10:43pm on Monday 30 November. She weighed 3.53 kg (7lb 7oz), measured 49cm long and her HC is 35cm.
She was certainly in a hurry. Contractions started at 12:25pm Monday and within 2 hours were 3-4 minutes apart. My waters broke at 6:45pm and I had to call DH home from work. When we got to hospital at 8:00pm my cervix was only 2cm dilated - not encouraging since the contractions were almost on top of each other at this point. Got to delivery suite at 9pm and after only 35 minutes of pushing, Amelia was born. Her birth was completely natural, drug-free with a physiological 3rd stage. I was able to BF a little straight away. I ended up with 2nd degree tearing due to it all happening so quickly and did have gas while getting stitched up.
Mum and Dad are certainly very proud and I am so in love with my gorgeous little angel.
HANNAH = congratulations on the arrival of your beautiful daughter. I have been in torrens house without email access for a week so only just saw your news - so wonderful - had been wondering how you were getting on.
Smallfryplus thanks for the book idea, I'll check it out. THE TIME SHEETS ARE IN! one more thing off the list. Funny about EDD they are always a little confusing.
Mollycat wow baby engaged how exciting. Hope you're home for Christmas
Rachie goodluck hun, such a scary time BB is a great support.
ATM oh 5 days off is great I'm only at day 3 and I feel like a queen. Maternity Leave can't come quick enough. Only 16 days to go or so. (4 weeks) but I can see the finish line and with some LONG weekend on the way I'm so happy. I'm having the whole week after Christmas off bar one day. Then two full weeks to tidy my desk then OFF!
Been so sore at night latly, when I turn cos my back hurts bubs must not like it and hang on to something, my belly goes so tight and it hurts, I wimpered last night and DH rubbed my tummy (small but so important) Mind you then he got up for work, CRASH BANG. Opened the blinds bang crash, stomp stomp. I did Saturdays for 6 months and he slept through it, There is a BIG diff in noise levels!
Anyways I'm left relaxing at home on my own, it's his work do tonight so I'm sure he'll be tired. I'm driving (cos I wont be drinking) but have put an exit time of 11pm on the table, as a guide. I think that's fair. I slept till 10am (after being up till 2.30am) so I'm hoping with a slack day I'll make it.
I need to be in here.....
I am quitely ****ting myself! I have been fine until this morning and now I am starting to panic... *breath in, breath out*
I got up to the loo this morning and I had a little bit of air in my vagina (Sorry tmi) that usually happens when AF shows up and there was heaps of CM when I wiped.... I know this is not somehting usual ppl panic about, so I know I HAVE to be in here.
The increase in CM is usually a good sign - it means your estrogen levels are rising, as they do with PG. I noticed in my recent PG that I also got a bit windy - not from the "usual" spot - and this was on the days when I had more CM.
I'll keep my , but I am pretty optimistic for you.
How far along are you - have you had any scans yet?
HannahD Welcome Amelia Grace and well done mummy. Wow that's a quick labor. Ppl say quick means pain hope you did ok.
Smallfryplus well doen on 28 weeks (almost 29 now) hope your glocose test went well.
Mollycat so how do you get your baby to engage early? I totally understand re not sharing a b'day. DH is on the 9th of Feb and baby will come prior to that!
ATM: recovering from a lovely baby shower yesterday. I got so spoilt. all my friends were there, mum ran a pretty good day 4 games and lots of bubbles (not for me) but it was great.
DH has been working on the nursary and it's only one coat of paint away from "let me at it" can't wait to start setting up.
Huge congratulations on baby Amelia Grace, HannahD! That's fantastic news Well done!
Baby shower sounds like it was good fun Greenslw. I've got all my friends telling me I have to have one but the only time I can conveniently have one is when I'll be 37 weeks!! Is that cutting it fine?! I didn't have one for DD1 or DD2.
My glucose test went really well. I stuffed up and put honey on my weetbix for breakfast shortly before doing the test so we were worried it would make me fail it. Thankfully it didn't, I got a sugar reading of 7.6 and it just has to be below 8 so we were happy with that. Vitamin D on the other hand... I've been told off for neglecting to take those tablets! Otherwise, everything is going beautifully, including the massive thing in front of me that it sticking out further and further every single minute!
Our nursery has everything in it, just doesn't have anything where it is meant to be and has a few additional things that need to be moved out of it. I figure I'll get it done as soon as possible rather than when I'm too huge to move around easily. I washed two huge loads of baby clothes the other day and thought it was everything done but then discovered a massive box of clothes that I'd forgotten about. For some unknown reason I kept pretty much everything from DD1 and DD2 when they were little. So, more washing to do and then I'll start sorting everything out into sizes and re-store the bigger clothes. My sis laughs at me now and then and says it would be really funny if she turns out to be he! It would... but not funny in a good way!
Smallfry: glad your suger is fine too I think you should have a babyshower. and Make sure you do nothing! I don't think 37 weeks is too late if that's when it fits that's when it fits. One of my friends had her little girl 2 days after her shower but still squeezed it in. I think you need to do it once. I don't think i'd do it again though.
Did you come early or late in previous pg?
MONDAY is going so slow. I got in early cos I have to put in 3x time sheets for everyone! I hate rostering and timesheets it's too hard. especially when staff don't always get it right.
I'm now sitting here madly doing the sums for staying at home a bit longer. The annoying thing is childcare, it goes in Terms so It's either April or July when the end of May would be more ideal for me to go back to work I don't really know what to do. I can survive comfortably on three months away but 6 is pushing it big time, I know I wont have to pay for child care but it's the mortgage, food etc that is scary and DH can't pitch in anymore than he is now. So take my meger wage out of the pot and it's frightening.
I think this is mother guilt talking. Still I guess I need to do all the sums and see.
Congrats HannahD on the arrival of your baby girl! Enjoy!
Big hi to everyone else. I have been lurking and not posting. Slack i know! Have had a cold for 10 days and now have a nice coldsore coming out of my nose. Just can't seem to get on top of things. Anyway, such is life. Hope you are all well and happy!
Wish I could say I lurk on a regular basis but unfortunately I have just emerged from the self-inflicted cyber purgatory of having to catch up 2 months plus of the PAML thread while inflicting endless guilt on myself on a weekly basis for not being able to keep up better – let me be the poster girl for the cyber impaired communicator
So much fantastic news to congratulate people on –
Mollycat – lovely to hear your Matilda is with you now – a name with a lot of character
HannahD – what an amazing labour – the fast and furious ones just take your breath away don’t they! Welcome to Amelia Grace! I hope you have great joy in your journey together
Zstar – when they want to come they just come – fantastic to hear Billy is doing so well – you just have to marvel at how ferociously emotional such a little baggage can make you
Babymiracles and WTH – sorry to hear that you have both been battling with silent reflux with your little ones – Sabriyya (DD) had that and a very unpredictable gut and it was not fun – I remember the fretful feeds and lack of sleep vividly now – which is funny (sadly) as at the time it was more an uncomfortable blur – I hope both your bubs respond well and come to move on from the condition quickly
Erybery and Chappas – seen you doing the odd lurk – hasn’t time passed so quickly? – hope your first Christmas with bubs was a hoot!
Welcome to all of the amazing, brave women I missed the privilege of travelling with on this incredible road – Indi1, Tina R, Twin Sis, Tanya, Rachie, josh’smum, Kellym, milly 5, Sunny09, cantwaittobeamum, Cherished1, tashybabe and eliselouise85 – it is so hard sometimes in the earlier days having faith and just being in the moment – and the more we try and comfort ourselves with information – sometimes the less innocent and accepting it can make us. When I look back at my posts and blogs in the first trimester last year – they are full of me reliving the previous miscarriage and the fear that its shadow cast over my new pregnancy – I felt (and still do feel a bit guilty now) guilty that my thoughts couldn’t be exclusively with my growing baby and them alone – but it was a part of my grieving and the letting go – and until you go through each sad ‘milestone’ of the previous m/c/s and get beyond it – it seems that that is when many people feel their faith renew and relax into the experience as genuine and of its own integrity. My heart goes out to people who have experienced late losses as this is a real challenge of strength and I hope if this is the case for anyone here they have the love and support of many positive people in their lives.
Appreciate the progesterone issues – I could fall pregnant but a shortened luteal phase (care of low prog) made it difficult for me to stay pregnant – I had to work hard to extend that luteal phase raise the levels to a good strength to keep my last pg – good luck to all here working with this – it is so worth the effort!
Greenslw – wish you had a cooler run for the last trimester – it is seriously not fun – I remember the few times I visited rellies in Adelaide it could be brutal in summer and freezing in winter (esp. in the Barossa) – must be those fierce Southern winds – hope your time off work allows you to get done what you need to do nesting wise – I always get caught out one room short of being organised! I don’t go back to teaching part-time until next January but we will be seriously povo in the meantime – my last bub so I just can’t think of missing out… Squeak is going to have such a great mum in you!
Smallfryplus – I really enjoyed hearing your jellysprog is an active little girl – I sympathise with the sore feet – I had really sensitive feet this last pregnancy and unfortunately it has continued with the bf-ing keeping the softening hormones in the building – not fun when I jump up on the tiles in the morning but it passes as the day goes on – Hope something gives you relief or it disappears on jellysprog’s arrival!
Josh’smum – I am sorry to hear that your mum has been diagnosed – my partner’s mum has been in treatment for breast cancer for two years now and is on her last two treatments before check-ups and hormone therapy – I hope that the prognosis is good and she responds well
Tashybabe – good luck with your homebirthing plans – it is always a challenging choice as it is interesting how other people receive the news. I hope you have a wonderful relationship with your midwife. My DD (now 4) and DS (4 months) were born at home with two different but equally talented and compassionate midwives and I had beautiful births (full on but just such an initiation into womanhood) which I will always treasure and which my daughter was lucky enough to experience and be a part of (she gives great backrubs and is a great water runner). I hope your experience is a rich and fulfilling one.
Jenushka – hope everything is going well for you and your family!
Meg's mum - I loved hearing how you are going - you were always so positive and such a great support!
Oh and Cherished1 – I don’t think you’re a hippy – I did a sage smudge after my m/c in 2008 and before I fell pg in Jan 2009 to try and free the house and myself and that process did help me feel that my new pg was essentially an independent, fresh event deserving of its own happiness – even though I had those dark moments from time to time.
AFM – Joss is now 4 months old and attempting to dive bomb off anything raised and spends most of his days cracking himself up (and us for that matter) – he looks like a little old man when you put hats on him and we have discovered he looks good with a velvet butterfly sitting on his bum (sorry – mum’s been doing some ‘creative’ photography – but he is a good-natured model) – Sabriyya is running around the kitchen tweeting at 9 o’clock at night because a yellow honeyeater has flown into the kitchen from the patio – otherwise she is looking forward to Kindy next week one minute and is clinging for dear life in the next trying to be a big girl but still wanting to be our baby. My DP did the mowing this arvo with Sabriyya on his shoulders and Joss in a sling on his front – do I need to say more… And somehow I actually feel much saner this time – although how much of my brain has disappeared with two placentas is a concern – recently four of us (all mums – taught on Palm Island and travelled o/s together – haven’t been together in 7 years) sat around having dinner a few weeks ago and not one of us could think of the word for those candle thingies that go on walls (Target later taught me it was a ‘sconce’) – so it is all good
I promise to lurk more often – I’m waiting for the rest of our thread crew who went through together to have their little ones and then I promise I will stop bombarding these epics…
Happy and healthy pregnancies to everyone here and huge family hugs to everyone who has that blurry, sleepless laden joy and bewilderment that makes our children so incredible to us!
I'm not sure how long I will be here (hopefully 9 months!) but I will stick my head in and introduce myself anyway.
I have been lurking for a couple of days, ever since I started getting nausea and tired last week and I realised that we were UTD again. AF is due today, but so far has not shown herself. The 11 (yes 11!) positive pregnancy tests done over the last few days is probably why! My DH keeps wondering why I am doing test after test when we already know the results, but I need to keep seeing that line getting darker.
I have had 3 miscarriages and have 3 healthy children. The last miscarriage was a blighted ovum back in September and due to other things, we had to wait until now to TTC. Well it has happened again (getting pregnant is the easy and fun part) and I am SCARED TO DEATH!!!!!
Mily, you could be in my head with your last post. Every time I go to the toilet I expect to see blood. I look at the paper in every light just in case it is just a smudge. I just know that it is going to be there. With the last miscarriage, we got to 9 weeks before we found out that there was no baby. There was a sack and a placenta, but no baby. As there was a placenta my HCG results kept going up and I had all of the symptoms. I thought at 9 weeks I was home and hosed.
The first miscarriage was a missed miscarriage at 6 weeks which wasn't picked up until 11 weeks, and the second was a scan revealing at 6 1/2 weeks that the baby's heartbeat was slowing and then stopped. Testing of the material revealed chromosomal abnormalities with this one, so although I was upset, I knew it was just mother nature taking its course.
This time however, I am a mess. I am crying all the time. I am yelling at the kids. Every twinge or pain is the end. I really wanted to just switch off for another 8 weeks and deal with it at the 12 week mark. If the baby was there and still alive then I would acknowledge it. But with the MS and tiredness, it is hard to forget. And just because I have symptoms doesn't mean that it is all OK. I had wicked MS with the last one right up until the D&C.
I guess I am just relieved to know that I am not a head case for having all of these feelings and that there are others out there going through this.
Hopefully I will be here for the long haul, but the voice in my head says to not get excited.
karen van - good to hear from you And with two little ones I'm incredibly impressed with the thoroughness of your post!! I swear you've managed to cover more than I can ever even remember when i'm posting! lol Great to know that everything is going so well and I love the image of your DH mowing the lawn with two hitchhikers!
kirsten - welcome and congratulations! I your baby keeps growing stronger and stronger and that you can stay in here for the full 9 months. It's very good that you have some answers for what has gone wrong in the past and even better that you know that you can create beautiful happy healthy babies as you've done so three times already. Let this one be the next sticky one for you
AFM the foot is mostly good now, I think the podiatrist was right when he said I had caused damage from too much walking, combined with an ankle roll just before Christmas. Seems the swelling in the joints has gone down and for the most part it's all good now.
Just a quick one girls as I'm at work and dont' want to get busted!
Karen van what an amazing post and thankyou for being so inspiring
Smallfry get your bags packet love <insert smack on the bum icon here> hehehhe
Greenlw any action??
kirsten "welcome" & sweet Milly you will get through the 1st tri and than start enjoying without the stress and worry, take comfort in your dh and try to enjoy the pregnancy (as much as you can anyway)
AFM I'm hormonal in a lovey dovey way and feeling sooooo inlove with dh
cherished - does it count that I packed baby's bag yesterday? I'm getting there... slowly I guess I keep thinking that I'll be able to do it when I go into labour and will just put a list together now of the things I need. Things don't move all that quick for me. But still... it is evil to leave it so late isn't it?!
tashybabe wow busy time for you. bp is high too, do you have a relaxtion plan? Do you paint? Shop? Cook? Garden? time for a plan I think. Sending you some calm vibes, but I know the first 12ish weeks are the hardest.
Cherished blood tests are awful, I had this look of joy on my face after my last one. I HATE THEM. Goodluck for tomorrow's scan. PG hormones are loads of fun aren't they
Smallfryplus your ob sounds like a concerned ob, I don't think mine would even ask. It is nice when nursary is done.
Milly indulgent post away any time.
Karen Van well done on the mega post can't belive it's 4 months since joss arrived. Nice to hear you are feeling saner. Can't wait for that
Kirsten welcome and I you are here for a long time. Thank you for sharing your ups and downs the pg journey can be so bruital.
ATM keeping my mind busy and trying very hard to take it easy. I still managed to fuss on the pc for hours and do a load of washing.
I just got stuck on the phone to TELSTA! there are down sides to being home aren't there! No more picking up the phone!
I turned 33 the day you posted
one more thing off the list. Funny about EDD they are always a little confusing.
, but I am pretty optimistic for you.
Welcome Amelia Grace 
I don't really know what to do. I can survive comfortably on three months away but 6 is pushing it big time, I know I wont have to pay for child care but it's the mortgage, food etc that is scary and DH can't pitch in anymore than he is now. So take my meger wage out of the pot and it's frightening.
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to all of us who are going through this.
your baby keeps growing stronger and stronger and that you can stay in here for the full 9 months. It's very good that you have some answers for what has gone wrong in the past and even better that you know that you can create beautiful happy healthy babies as you've done so three times already. Let this one be the next sticky one for you 
I'm getting there... slowly I guess I keep thinking that I'll be able to do it when I go into labour and will just put a list together now of the things I need. Things don't move all that quick for me. But still... it is evil to leave it so late isn't it?!
can't belive it's 4 months since joss arrived. Nice to hear you are feeling saner. Can't wait for that
No more picking up the phone!
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