Pregnancy after Miscarriage or Loss November 2009

Tanya! congrats!! I got lots of cm when I fell pregnant too so sounds pretty darn promising for you!! Rest, relax (hehe) and I pray all goes well for you this time! xox

Thanks SFP...
I am still a bit panicky... *sigh*. I suppose nothing I can do but take it a day at a time.

Tanya, I reckon that's the absolute worst thing about being able to find out so soon that you're pregnant. It's also the worst thing about the actual TTC process, especially if you've mc in the past as we all have in here. My first I wasn't trying to fall (had been told I was infertile would you believe!) so didn't know til I was around 6-7 weeks and losing it never entered my mind as, of course, it would never happen to me! Second time around we'd decided we'd have another 'some time' but weren't actively trying. This time, tried for quite a while and with 2 mc in the mix, knowing for a week before an actual BFP absolutely killed me, meant I knew from around 3 weeks. I could feel it burrowing in and starting to grow and was terrified that I'd lose another. Getting the BFP helped a little but I was still afraid until I saw that first ultrasound at 11 weeks. I think that in addition to having that TWW diary of how to pass the time, BB should start up a first trimester diary of how to pass the time.
Wish there was more that could be said...

Off to visit my ob now. Need to get her advice on my serious lack of appetite. Anyone else lose theirs? I have to force myself to eat and generally only having one meal per day with an occasional snack thrown in during the evening. (I guess on the upside - have to find one - yesterday I had to work and I put on a pair of trousers that used to fit me prior to being preg... they fitted still... with a HUGE preg belly they still fitted!!)

Tanya call your ob hun, book an appointment. Keep yourself sane hun but get it checked out. Congrats about your pg, and I did have heaps of mc in my first trimester but I also spent alot of time checking at the OB which helped me so much :hug: hang in there.

Smallfry I only want chocolate and sweet food. Had a nice marocan lunch today that went in the loo! I think it's something to do with not having as much room in my body. Let me know what ob says.

ATM HOT. SA is hot again :wall: and I have so many outdoor Work BBQ's I have to go too. One tomorrow 39C and one Tuesday 35C :wall: I'll try and stay in the shade but it's hard when you're the boss and I have to make a speach! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tanya, I agree with greenslw, good idea to go check with the ob/doc/midwife to put your mind at ease.

ugh Greenslw that sounds awful, make a lackey hold an umbrella over your head while you're making your speeches.

I hear ou on the chocolate and sweet food, though it's generally choc milk and fruit... you're not having a girl are you?

Haven't been gaining much weight to date, 2kg from beginning til now. When I mentioned I'm having trouble with appetite she wasn't all that concerned but suggested having sustogen drinks so that I'm getting something in me at least. Also said that just eating fruit would be fine - that's mainly what I've been eating so she was happy with that.

The bad news from today is that the baby is breech. First time she's been breech and first time I've had a baby breech at any point of pregnancy so I'm a bit worried now! Doc says that if she hasn't turned in 6 weeks then I'll get sent down to a clinic down the road from me where they will try to turn the baby from the outside. Failing that... well, I don't want to think about that yet! I'm sure that she'll turn herself in the next 6 weeks, she is an incredibly active baby after all!

Thanx all... I couldn't sleep last night. Not making any appointments with CP's just yet.

Went to see green day yesterday (2.5hr drive to get there) and went to pull into the park only to be told Billy joe has food poisoning and the show is canceled.... so fingers crossed they can play tonight.. I am exhausted thinking about it!!

When did your m/s really start? I have a tiny bit of nausea, but it's not getting any worse, and it's adding to my paranoia.

SFP, bub has heaps of time to turn :) I had a friend who recently had a breech baby at 40 weeks her m/w (independent) is happy to assist breech birth and when she went into labour that's what they were expecting... but guess what? Bub was born HEAD first!! She thinks he turned during labour :)

Tanya - thank you! I so seriously needed to hear that!!! I've been so paranoid since she told me yesterday. M/S for me started around 5-6 weeks with all three viable pregs. The first was severe and the subsequent two have been bad nausea but very little follow through. Lasted for ages though.
I heard about greenday being cancelld. Sucks that you didn't know til you got there. I think they cancelled at around 4:30 or something in the afternoon. Pretty short notice if you ask me! I hope it goes ahead this evening, would be great fun for you!

Hi All. Sorry I've been MIA for awhile. I'm feeling too sick most days to get on the computer and then when I do come on I just feel like reading and not posting. We're going away this Friday and I'm not looking forward to the plane ride but I am looking forward to having family feed and take care of me for awhile. I booked my U/S for the day after we come home so I have something to look forward to after our holiday is over.

Smallfry - I'm on Diclectin which helps me get through the day but eating is such a chore and I'm so unbelievably tired. I might see if I can find the ginger M/S tabs. I can't take my multi-vitamin as they won't stay down so I'm just taking Folic acid, I have B vitamins I should take those too and see if they help.

Tanya - I'm at 8 weeks and still have lots of excess CM. It's actually reassuring for me as I don't normally get it like this. Also with my DS I didn't get any nausea at all until 6 weeks, and with this PG I had mild nausea from a few DPO until about 5 weeks when it hit full force. Be thankfull you still feel ok, it will get worse LOL :)

Hi to everyone else! Glad to hear everything is going well with your pregnancies.

Hi all. Can I pop in here? I've just gotten pregnant again after a loss in July. Still very early days, but I'm trying to stay positive. We lost the last one at 10wks. Hopefully this one sticks. EDD is 27 Aug 2010. I'm planning a homebirth (all going well) and have the first midwife appointment 3 Jan.

Hope you're all well

btw - smallfry, my brother was breech but after a long labour, turned at the last minute.

Tashybabe, congratulations!!! That's great news! :) how far along are you? Must only be a few weeks yet. Your little one is due very close to two of my special people's birthdays - my gorgeous step mum and one of my nephew's. I pray that all goes well for you this time around and I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. It's never easy.

And thank you for the comforting news about breech. I'm quite sure she'll spin around but I guess that it's just one of those things where you feel everything has been going so well that you sort of believe that something has to go wrong. An incredibly foolish attitude.

All the best with your pregnancy and I hope you start to get some strong symptoms very soon!

twinsis - good luck with the morning sickness. I feel for you and hope that you're able to find something that helps with the yucky stuff. On the up side, it makes things feel so much more definite doesn't it?!! take care xox

smallfry - I'm still only 3wk6d, so still really early. So far my symptoms include heartburn and fatigue. It's different to last time, which hopefully is a good thing :)

Hi, can I join in. I had a blighted ovum which passed in October. I'm now 5.5wks pregnant again. I have a scan booked for the 29th which will hopefully put my mind at ease. I am so pretrofied that I am going to have another BO. I just hope I see a a little Jellybean with a beating heart.I found out at 4 weeks so I have been stressing since then. My hcg levels very early on in the piece were 7 and then 33 just 3 days later. My Doctor said this was normal. I've never monitored Hcg but that sounded low to me and freaked me out. I have spoken to other ladies and they say its fine to have those levels. I have a referral sitting there for another BT if I like, but I'm scared that if I do have it done and my levels are low I will just break down. Some days I have been distracted and seem to GWTF but others like today I become obsessed and google everything I possibly can to try and make myself feel better....I think I have realised it does not work!In some cases it makes me feel worse when I read some peoples stories. I don't know how I am going to last until the 29th- I feel like throwing up when I think about it because it will be D day. Sorry for having such a massive rant. I will read up on your current posts and hopefully get to know some of you :)

Indi - sorry for you previous loss. I can understand you stressing. Re: hcg levels, it's the doubling time that counts. Go to betabase.info and enter that data there. Your doubling time is about 32 hours, which is very good for early on.

Thanks Tash, I have already stalked the Betabase. I guess I will just have to wait until the 29th. I do feel much better after writting down all my worries!

Welcome Indi1, I reckon go get the BT done for the interrim between now and the U/S. Will help to put your mind at rest and give you a more enjoyable time over Christmas! As Tash said, your levels were rising well early on, I have no idea what mine have been cos docs have never done them, they always told me it wasn't necessary :P go figure!

Wow Tash that's really early! Are you peeing heaps? That's something I had for most of the first trimester, it drove me incredibly insane as I didn't remember that happening with the other two. Died down after around 10 weeks or so but has started up again of course!

Take care all, I'm heading off on holidays tomorrow so will be away til Christmas! Stay safe and happy and keep all those beautiful babies growing!

Smallfryplus it's a surprise, but when I look at my baby pic I think it looks like a girl but others thing boy so who knows, only a few weeks till I do... Well done on the low weight gain, I haven't weighed but I don't think I've put on much either. Sorry to hear your buba is not were she should be but 6 weeks is a long time to change Turn bubba turn.

Tanya I hope you enjoyed the concert :D

Twinsister enjoy your time away and relax

Welcome tashybabe,

Welcome Indi1

Nice to see some happy vibes before Christmas.

Well my scan was great! plecenta has moved and is now on the back wall well away from the exit! bubs is the right weight size and there is plenty of fluid. Wonderful. I've done so well my OB said I can now go a week over if bubs needs it not exit on EDD. :leap: so very very happy that we've exceded all expectations. As if there was any doubt!

4 weeks of work to go but only (durm roll) 12 days. I feel the need to stop but I need to clean my office and do a propper handover. Then I need to let it go. This is the hard bit, It will be fine but being the control freek I am I worry, but at the end of the day it's not up to me all the time is it......

Have a great weekend all :hug:

Hi everyone - just thought I would pop in to wish everyone a very merry christmas. To those who have had babies this year - enjoy your first christmas with your beautiful miracles. For those who are pregnant and due in 2010 - I wish you all the very very best.

Welcome to all the new people in this thread too - hope you have very happy and healthy pregnancies.

AFM: Looking forward to my first christmas as a mummy. Little Molly is an absolute delight and seems to change every day. We have had some challenges along the way so far - Molly seems to have silent reflux plus a very weak suck so feeding has been a big problem (and as a result she has had sleep issues too) - my time is taken up with lots of expressing and feeding molly with a bottle (which is sometimes a battle). Anyway think she has turned a corner and is sleeping better and looks to be gaining weight again - thank goodness. Am soooo grateful to have this precious miracle in my life though and am loving being a mummy at last. I would like to thank everyone in this forum for your support this year - pregnancy after miscarriage is very stressful as you would all know but soo worth it in the end, and being able to vent in this forum is a godsend. :grouphug:

Hello!!!!

Wow.. I can't beleive I'm actually posting in here again!! I've been reading for a week or so but haven't built up the courage to actually post!! By my unreliable calculations (I have a crazy cycle), I'm only 5w 1d and am already starting to... hmmmm, what are the right words... crap myself!! LOL. My last loss was in August, so I'm extremely happy to be pg again already but the pain of it all is far too fresh in my mind. Both my losses were missed m/c.. so no signs at all until the u/s.. which really sucks. I'm constantly wondering if my little jellybean is still with us. Thankfully, for the first time ever.. I've got a few symptoms.. which is just BRILLIANT!! I want to be as sick as possible.. just to be reasurred even a tiny bit! I didn't have any m/s with DS or any of my other pg. It's so strange and makes me worry even more. So I'm one of those crazy, obsessive people who just desperately wants to hurl!! LOL.

Anyway, I hope everyone is ready for Christmas... even though we can't enjoy lots of the good food that comes with it!! I'm looking forward to somehow getting through the next 8 months with you all. At the moment, I'm just hanging out for the next 7 weeks to be over.

Kel xxx

HI EVERYONE!

Couldn't resist popping in to wish you all the happiest of Christmases.

To Greenslw and Smallfry: So happy you are now both on the home stretch. Hope you both put up your feet for Christmas and enjoy lots of guilt-free helpings of Christmas pud :D

To Mollycat - I'll bet you are holding your new bubba in your arms right now. Can't wait to read your BA!

Megsmum - thank you soooo much for your on-going support and friendship. It really made the world of difference.

Welcome to Indi, Kelly and Tash. Wishing you all H&H pregnancies

Tanya and Twinsister - hope the remainder of your pregnancies are super smooth sailing.

Babymiracles - enjoy your beautiful bubba and husband for Christmas. Hope 2010 brings you even more joy

If I have missed anyone, I still have pregnancy brain (they do say it comes out with the placenta LOL). It is probably time for me to graduate from here, though I don't think I will be able to resist poking my head in from time-to-time.

Good health, good fortune and good cheer to you all in 2010.

Love WTH xx

big hi to everyone

i have been slack and not posting. i hope everyone has a wonderful xmas. it is such an awesome 'family' time. for those with their little bubbas - enjoy the mircale of having your babies in your arms - for all those expecting - enjoy your bubbas in your bellies - i know i will be.

this forum has made such a difference to my life and you are all wonderful. i would hate to think how i would cope without it. i still lurk in the ttcml thread and it breaks my heart to still see the girls who helped me daily still in there. i hope they are in this thread very very soon.

wth - thanks for everything and calming my emotions. enjoy your bubba and take care.

babymiracles - enjoy your first mummy xmas - i can't wait for next xmas and having my little boy here to share it. thanks for all your help.

kellym - welcome and congrats on your pregnancy! it is such a stressful time at the start. stay positive. we are here to help you. you will find amazing girls here with massive amounts of courange and strength. sticky vibes to you. xxx

greenslw - you are nearly there! wahoo! enjoy your last few weeks of work. i can't imagine not coming to work 5 days a week and the control freak in me will find it hard to let go but i'm sure once bub arrives i won't care.

smallfryplus - have a great holiday and thanks for your support

big hi to everyone else and welcome welcome to all the new girls. i will stop being slack and start posting again!

afm - all going great. can't believe i am in my last trimester. never thought i would see the day! bub is going great. he moves a lot and i love it. starting to get organised at home. cot and change table are up. bassinet needs a matress. got nappies and baby wipes. looking forward to my baby shower 31st jan. i have been to sooo many over the years and i am finally having my own!!!!!!!!! wahoo!!!

merry xmas everyone. take care. best of health to you and your babies! xxx

Hi everyone :)

I also wanted to drop in and wish you all a happy Christmas and a special 2010, with all the new bubs how can it not be special :D

Mollycat - ;)

Greenslw, zstar and smallfry - All the very best for the remainder of your pregnancies, wow how time has flown! i'll bet you can't wait to be holding your little ones.

Kelly, Indi and tashyababe - Welcome to this wonderful thread and all the very best for a H&H 9 months!

babymiracles - So sorry to hear you have been having feeding troubles :( I had the same thing happen to me with DD1, it is so hard expressing and feeding. I'm so glad you have turned the corner though and hope you enjoy your first Xmas as a mummy hun :hug:

WTH - What can I say? Thank you too for your support and friendship, I really don't think I would have made it through this pregnancy and stayed sane without you :hug:

Twin Sister and Tanya - Hi and lots of sticky vibes coming your way!

A big :hello: too to anyone I may have missed. Wishing everyone a very happy Xmas and may 2010 be the best year ever!

Babymiracles enjoy your first mummy Christmas take loads of photos and enjoy :hug:

Kellym well welcome and I hope you are feeling a little more at ease every day. Have a wonderful Christmas and try to keep busy

WTH thank you for the Christmas wishes I hope you and your bigger family have a great time. Also I'm off my chocolate and caffine free 9 months :leap: so I'm hoping to really enjoy a few pleasures again. :hug:

zstar glad to hear there are other control freaks out there :D enjoy Christmas being pg at Christmas is so special.

Megsmum thank you for the warm wishes I can't wait, just the transition from belly to cuddles that is a little concerning. But Squeak will be out one way or another. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas :hug:

ATM I am like this smiling fat lady (I even thought of putting on the santa suit at work the other day) after all I have the rosey cheeks and belly! My client Chrismas party was great 30+mums 50+kids and it was almost perfect. :D

All organised for Christmas can't wait to relax at some point I am in FULL nesting mode. I usually don't sit till 9pm, just cleaning and fussing.

Countdown to maternity leave is on, all I need to do is clean my office and I"m out of here :lol: on the 14/1.

My Birthday is on the 4/1 and I am still stuck for what is pg friendly. DH is so bad with ideas. Maybe tea out, I normally like to go shopping but with my body the way it is I don't think that's a good idea. NOTHING FITS now.

Have a great Chrstmas all :grouphug:

Hi all

Just wanted to pop in and wish you all a Merry Christmas.

AND...................

to let you know that Matilda Amy Grace arrived on 22/12/09 She is just gorgeous and being very spoilt by her two big brothers (not to mention her mummy and daddy).

Mollycat, that's great news!! Congratulations on your little Christmas girl and such a beautiful name too :)

To everyone else, I can't believe how busy it suddenly got in here over the last week! I dunno, go away for a week and come back to lots of catch ups!

We just spent a week at Inverloch (near wilson's prom) with my DH's parents and our two girls. Was great even though I got myself severely sunburnt on the legs.

greenslw, not long now and you'll have a couple of weeks of leisure before your little one is born. As for your birthday, dinner out isn't such a bad idea, your fave restaurant or something. That's what we did for mine last month.

Christmas in our house was great. Had the girls for christmas morning and it was beautiful (alternate years with their father, this year was our turn), they were such fun. It's hard not having that every year. Big christmas lunch over at our place with most of the family and that managed to work out really well too. All in all, can't complain at all. Today is over at my mum's house and will most likely be a totally different affair... fingers crossed it doesn't turn into a disaster.

Hope everyone is really well and happy and that Christmas was a happy event for all. Looking forward to a new year and another new start to life!

:D

Mollcat Congrats and well done on pre Christmas baby :D she is just beautiful

Smallfry we didn't have DSS this year :cry: but he's back for my B'day. I would be nice to have them all the time. Glad your Christmas went well and goodlcuk for today.

My Christmas was wonderful, really calm, bit quiet but good. Spoke to my Brother and SIL and my nephews in Canada for an hour or so on web cam, spoke to my dad and his family on the phone and ate heaps! but feel really good today after a good sleep in (9am) and only 2 wake ups during the night :)

What is everyone up to for New years? I think we might stay at home which is SO boring but I don't think I'm up to PARTY PARTY either, this is a hard time of the year to be pg isn't it.

I have been waiting for this one...;)

:happyforyou: YAY MOLLYCAT! :happyforyou:

:cheer: Welcome little Matilda, just in time for Santa. :cheer:

PS: Whoops, sorry Zstar for missing you in my recent post. I knew I missed out someone important! Glad to read everything is going great. Best wishes for the final weeks, and looking forward to seeing your BA, too x

Congrats Mollycat! A little princess just in time for xmas!!! Sooooo happy for you!!!! Bring on the bubbas!!!!

WTH - you make me smile!

big hi to everyone else. hope you had a great xmas. mine was great. lots of family and xmas cheer. have eaten way too much but i do it every year! part of the fun. off now to have reflexology of my sore feet. far out, they kill me everyday. oh well, if that is my only complaint i am doing well. love to all.

Congratulations Mollycat on the arrival of your beautiful daughter Matilda :dance::clap::happyforyou::cheer::cheer: That is lovely news and she looks just gorgeous

I hope you all had a very merry xmas and best wishes for 2010

:grouphug:

:cheer: Congratulations mollycat and welcome to the world Matilda :cheer:

Just in time for Christmas cuddles :happyforyou:

CONGRATULATIONS on the birth of Matilda Mollycat:girl:

Hope everyone has had a happy christmas and wishing you all a very happy new year.
Looking forward to reading some more happy BA in the new year.

Congratulations Mollycat on the birth of Matilda!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and isn't too hot for New Year.

Sorry I've been AWOL - just busy doing end of year stuff, combined with stupid fatigue. Just really really tired. Also started spotting yesterday, which is freaking me out (worse today). I know it's normal and might not mean anything, but it happened at the same time (to the day) with the last pregnancy. I've put myself on bedrest until it stops. Of course the GP is closed until Monday, so there's not alot I can do until then anyway. I'm trying not to worry, but it's hard when I have cramps and backache like my period is on its way.

Hope everyone else is OK.

hey tashybabe

i hope the spotting stops very soon. i had it with both my pregnancies. freaks you out all right. it is sooooo common. i know it doesn't matter what anyone says, you still worry. stay positive. i have had 3 spotting incidents and all is going well for me.

take care and happy new year!

Hi girls :hello: It's so nice to see so many friendly faces in this thread :D Most of you already know that I got my :bfp: on boxing day :dance:

Mollycat YAY, little Matilda arrived safely and I love that name!

I am excited to be 4 weeks pregnant today and I feel like all is well this time ;) I went to the GP yesterday and got blood taken so I will be looking forward to getting those results back on Monday. I've also booked my 8 week and 11 week scans with my OB, they are on Jan 25th and Feb 15th... I will be very much relieved when those dates pass and all is still well.

Well today is the end of 2009 and it's been the biggest roller coaster ride of my life so far! dh went of a cleaning spree over the last few days so that we could start the new year feeling all organised and sorted. My last job to do today is take down the christmas tree, clean out the cupboard that gets 'every' used jar we buy stuffed in it and to vacuum and mop... Then for the most important part of the day when dh gets home from work, before we go to bed I am going to smudge the house with sage from our herb garden... I will no doubt sound like a hippy but sage smoke clears out all energy so that you are back to square one... Seeing 2009 has been so full of different energies it will be fantastic to start 2010 with a clean slate of happy thoughts and a new buba growing inside of me :loveshower:

Cherished, I spotted your new ticker in the TCCAML thread as I was catching up this morning. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm so happy to see you in here! Stay positive, stay well and stay happy xox

Hard to keep track of where everyone is at now. Who's next to pop? I'm on such brain fade that it's driving me nuts.

Getting loads of braxton hicks lately. Weird thing is that a lot of the cramping is happening in my lower back. With DD1&2 it was all in my belly. Hurts less in the back but feels very weird. I'm hoping it means a lower back labour which is apparently less painful than a belly labour!! I could be very wrong though! lol

Happy new year everyone! (and please ignore my total lack of persies!!)

Hello! Hope everyone had a good Christmas! We sure did. It was really nice to be home with my family and be taken care of for a while. We just got home last night and all three of us have picked up a stomach bug so we're all laying low for the next few days. Back to taking care of ourselves.

We had a bit of a scare the day before we left on holiday. I started spotting (again). Looking back now, it really wasn't that much but of course at the time it seemed like heaps and I was freaking out. My Dr. got me in for an U/S right away and thankfully everything was just fine. Got to see baby's heartbeat and the tech said he/she was measuring right so I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. She gave me two little pictures which we used to announce our pregnancy to our friends and family back home.

Tashybabe :hug: :hug: :hug: oh just stay calm as you can. and go to the Hospital if things get worse, they can always do a bt for you.

OMG Cherished you made it :hug: :D so happy for you. How are you feeling? Sage is a wonderful clenser and a great idea for the new year to come.

Smallfryplus my bh are in my belly. oh no pain is comming isn't it?

TwinSister, glad all is ok and you got to see your bubba.

ATM HOT and overdoing it according to my OB. my BP was 135/80 yesterday and my ob is telling me to "think about not working" I almost cried ladies. Like I haven't been thinking about it! So not only is it 41C today but my brain is almost in melt down. I guess with weekly ob visits now I can see how I go next week. I have enough sick leave but I was hoping to keep that for any baby sick days next year. SO MANY DECISIONS.

So new years for me is going to be pretty quiet. I'm going to get my sketch pad out and do something to comemorate 2010. Tomorrow DH is going to do a belly cast for me, which will be so good. He's decided that my boobs have to be done as well. Gee I wonder why although it will give perspective.

I hope you all have a great New Years and happy 2010

twinsis glad everything is ok. Nothing like that heartbeat to make you feel calmer.

tashybabe as zstar said, bleeding is very common, however, if it gets worse, I agree with greenslw, head out to the doc or hospital and get them to check it. My ob was incredibly surprised when I told her I don't get any spotting or bleeding during preg. According to her, that's the exception, not the rule and that most preg have some spotting at the very least. All the same, I hope you're through it safely already.

greenslw that's quite high bp! And yes, pain is acoming! I try not to think about it but with people constantly being amazed that I still have two months to go and telling me how huge I am... I'm beginning to get very afraid! Haven't decided when to do the belly cast yet but I do have all the stuff for it and have been very determined to do one this time. Can't wait! Let us know how yours goes tomorrow. And for what it's worth, I agree with your hubby, the boobs have to be in it! Gives it the full picture, otherwise it would just be a big round thing!

AFM just went out and bought a heap of fresh fruit from my favourite green grocer. Pineapples, watermelon, rockmelon, nectarines, strawberries... it's in the fridge now getting cold then I'm going to scoff quite a lot of it down!! Still deciding if I still want to make vegetarian chicken tika masala for dinner or not (yes, fake chook in it... haven't tried this one yet! Cop this though, it gets better, I recently made a VEGAN butter chicken for my sis!! heheehe it was great). Suspect DH will insist on having it as fruit will not satisfy him at all for dinner even if it does satisfy me!

Greenslw you sweet thing thanks for your message :D When were you thinking of leaving work? Gosh I wish I could just be at home for the whole pregnancy and never go back to work :rolleyes:

Smallyfry are you a vego? my dh has been vego for about 15 years and me for about 4. I am starting to worry about it though now that I am pregnant... I hadn't been in the past but my acupuncturist (who I credit for helping me get pregnant) suggested that I try to eat some red meat once a week to help my liver which was blocking the energy flow down to my baby making area... He has given me herbs which are doing the trick but it is still heavily on my mind :think: OH and I'd loooove that recepie of the butter chicken and tika masala they were my fav indian dishes until I went vego so would love to make a vego alternative... There is a great vego thread on BB if you'd also like to share them there ;)

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post2095205

AFM I've had a HUGE day!!! I ended up rearranging all the kitchen cupboards :lol: it's much better this way but dh will be lost when he opens them to find a plate or something hehehhehe. I'm still yet to go into town and do some grocery shopping after I take that darn christmas tree down! Thanks goodness for nana naps

Cherished - I used to be entirely vego but now just mostly. I was brought up vego and didn't eat meat til I was in my mid to late teens. Never been a big eater of it and was only chicken and a bit of fish but not real keen on either. I've gone through nearly 3 pregnancies vego and have had no problems with not eating red meat. The only supplements I take are elevit and vitamin d and for once in my life my iron levels are actually good! They're usually a little low but not disastrously so. Will jump into the other thread for the recipes... though the tikka was actually a premade sauce that I mixed green beans and snow peas into with some veg chicken stuff that I found at a vegetarian chinese grocer.

PS. all the chrissy decorations came down last night :) Not that I'm feeling smug or anything!! lol Such a relief to have everything back to 'normal' though as for some reason it always looks a little messy with all the Christmas stuff up. Though now everything looks blank!!