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WTH oh silent reflux sound awful, good you knew what you're looking for though. hope it works out.
Wow it's hot, i was naughty today I let my class go at 1pm not 4pm. I was so stuffed, my feet swelled up and I could hear my heart beat I was going with or without them today. I haven't got a phone call so I'm hoping it ok.
DF is off to his place for a day trip today, I bet he'll be so tired when he gets home at 9pm. I'm trying to stay awake but no promisses.
I really do hope summer cools down a little or heat followed by a couple of days of warm if it's 39+ till squeak is born I don't think I'll make many more weeks of work. can't change the weather can we.
WT Hope - Thanks for the welcome. Poor DS that sounds so painful!! Hope the meds sort him out soon.
Greenslw - Sounds uncomfortable. I'm sure your class was thrlled to be let go early. I'm sure they understood too. I'm in the exact opposite boat here. Winter has arrived this week and it has gotten very cold. It even snowed here yesterday! Even with fleece jammies and my wood stove going I can't seem to get worm. I'm having a terrible time regulating my temperature.
Twin Sister,
last week I would have done anything for a day of snow! Our ducted aircon broke down just before a long week of quite hot weather hit Melbourne. Admittedly I don't have it anywhere near as bad as Greenslw in Adelaide as it's always hotter there than here but man it was difficult. Today I get to hang around at home and wait for the aircon techs to turn up and fix our system (second year running for this to happen!)
Greenslw, having just said that, I just saw a weather report for Adelaide - 41 tomorrow and Thursday. Oh hon, I feel for you. Maybe take a bucket to class with you that you can fill with cold water/ice to cool you during the day. Do you have a 'go home' temperature there? Very good to see you've dropped your hours at work now, I admire you ladies who work through pregnancy. I'm on my third and have not worked in any for various reasons. Though I did do a couple of weeks work recently for my sis which was good fun.
zstar good to see your ultrasound went well and congrats on the little boy result Glad everything is going well for you!
AFM - the bump is going haywire here. She is very active and is clearly visible in her kicks these days. I've picked up a sinus infection which is driving me nuts but at least it hasn't descended into my chest to become the chest infection DD1 has just gotten over. (or the swine flu her father, my ex, has recently spent time in hospital for)
trust everyone is doing well. TwinSis, hope you can warm up and for everyone else suffering through heat in Aus, hope you can cool down!
Anyone suffering the heat over there is welcome to come visit me and cool off in the snow! DS is very excited about it. he's seen snow before but this is the first year he's old enough to appreciate it and he's having a lot of fun playing in it.
Twin Sister, thanks for the invite, my Dad, Brother and SIL with my two cute nephews live in Alberta Canada. I love the idea of nights in the snow and days in Australia. I spent a Chrstmas there -37C is not for me. Pretty but freezing. were are you again? Baby Brain.
Smallfry: swine flue wow that's a bit too close to home. Gladd DD1 is picking up. Are you on any meds for your nose. I hope it stays north and doesn't decend to your chest.
ATM haven't popped my nose outside yet since coming to work it was 27C at 8.15am and it's suposed to be 43 today. I'm going to stay inside as long as I can.
Last day of teaching Saturday I'm so looking forward to having my weekends back again. I'll still be at my other job for another 27 work days (much better than 7 weeks) but the end is comming.
Squeak has been a little less active this week, less big movements and more little ones. I woke up last night with an incredible stabbing pain in my side, little darling had it's foot in my ribs. I guess there is less and less rome in there.
I started losing my mucous plug last night. It kind of freaked me out as I'm not quite ready for bubs to come yet. As keen as I am to meet her I think I need at least one more week. But at my 38wk appointment this morning my midwife assured me that losing the mucous plug doesn't mean anything as labour it could still be a month away (I know I want more time, but not that long lol). Also, bubs has moved back up and is no longer engaged at all (was 3/5 engaged at my last appointment). But the midwife did say that sometimes they come back up if the bladder is full, which mine was getting close.
At least the weather has cooled in Adelaide this week. DH and I were finally able to paint the nursery on the weekend as it was cool enough. We'll be getting carpet in this weekend and then its just a matter of setting up the furniture. I can't believe I'm so close to meeting my girl.
Hey HannahD, sounds very exciting for you! Midwife is right, can take a while after the plug comes before the baby does. I was around two weeks with both of my daughters.
Good luck!!
Hannah, I had DD1 the day after I lost my plug LOL although I'm sure you don't want to hear that!! With E though I never lost the plug, so I wouldn't get too worried either - your midwife is right bub could still be a while away yet.
Not sure if anyone remembers me, it has been ages since I last posted. I have been laying low for a couple of weeks since my amnio. Actually we have had a pretty crappy time. Thankfully all is well with the baby- before any of you guys start to worry. It started just after my amnio, when my mother found a lump in her breast and has since been diagnosed with breast cancer. Then a couple of days latter my uncle (dad's brother) was killed in a car accident when he was working in NSW. Apologies for not posting for ages.
Recently I had my 20 week scan, and thankfully everything looked great. I am feeling bubs move lots now which has put my mind at ease quite a bit. We decided not to find out the gender after the amnio and we were asked again at the scan- now it is doing my head in not knowing. It will be great to have a surprise however I am worried that if it is a girl she will have no name as DH and I are having a hard time agreeing on a girls name. Thankfully boys are sorted.
Greenslw- we have been hearing about the heat wave in adelaide, must be very hard. Great to see your ticker progressing well.
Z-star- I know I pm you after your amnio but congrats on your little man. Hopefully you guys are having no arguments re: names.
HannahD- like megs mum I went into labour a day or so after losing my plug, although I am sure the midwife knows more about it than us. Good luck getting the nursery finished- you sure are cutting it fine.
WTH- sorry to hear about DS reflux hopefully you are starting to see some improvement with the meds.
Smallfry- I too am appreciative for the change in the weather. It was challenging for me (even with our aircon working) to keep DS inside.
Hope all the other mum's to be are doing well and I look forward to chatting with you all in the future, fingers crossed that things slow down a little for me know.
I have just officially started maternity leave. OK baby, give me a week to clean this place up, then you can come.
Josh's mum - so sorry to hear about your mum and your uncle, my thoughts are with you. Great news on the scan/amnio, bet you're enjoying all those little bumps, your little one is giving you.
Hannah - With Ds1 I lost my plug only days before he was born, with Ds2, I can't remember losing it with him at all, but I was induced post dates as well.
Megsmum - nice to see you pop in
to everyone else. I know that I will miss someone if I try to do persies for each and everyone of you, so now that I have a little more time, I'll try to pop in more often.
AFM - still going along just fine, have next Ob appoint on Tuesday, so guess I'll find out from there what is going on.
im about 8 weeks pregnant with twins and im so scared i have lost 3 babys in the last 13 months and i had some spotting about 4 days ago it was light red and watery and then turned to this yucky brown coulor and every few day i get it no more red just the brown and i get some pain but not much at all the doctor sent me for an ultrasound about 3 days ago and they both still had there heart beats but im scared i will lose them i also have this thing wrong with my blood its called factor 5 leiden where it clots up heaps bad so the doctor has put me on blood thinners and i dont know if thats why i have this brown spotting i go for another ultrasound in one week but im so worried that something has gone wrong
Hi Rachie, welcome and congratulations on your pregnancy. I've read a little about factor 5 on the forums here in the past. I recall seeing quite a few who went on to complete their pregnancies and have healthy little babies. I can't begin to understand how difficult it would be for you going through what you're facing now. Although I've had two miscarriages, there was nothing they could tell me about why and I have also had two successful pregnancies so they just told me they were random miscarriages and to keep trying.
Have you spoken to your doc about the bleeding continuing? They should be able to let you know if it's 'normal' for the condition you have and the medications you're on. I pray that you will find some peace and that your two beautiful babies will be strong and healthy and will stay with you for another 30+ weeks.
rachie - bug hugs hun.I'm sorry to hear of your previous losses. It can be very nervewracking indeed being pregnant again after loss. I have my fingers xd for you, and wish you all the best for your upcoming scan. The regular contributors in this thread are wonderfully supportive and will give you all the support you need and more
Just popping in to say a big congrats to Hannah on the arrival of your precious Amelia Grace (GORGEOUS name!) Sounds like a wonderful birth - enjoy getting to know your new baby girl. So happy for you!
Hi to all my other lovelies too - hope you and your bubs are going well
Mollycat - gl for the imminent arrival of your little one - can't wait to read your BA
We're all doing very very well, can't believe our little miss is already 6 months old She is still such a lovely happy chilled out bub who just keeps getting more gorgeous every day *gush*
sorry for you losses and big congrats on your twins. it is a worrying time and your spotting certainly woudn't be helping you. i had some spotting early on and its not nice. good sign that is didn't continue with red red so stay positive. you will find great support here. the girls are amazing. i hope you have a healthy pregnancy! take care.
I have been lurking in the background since my m/c in Sept... I've never posted before in a thread, only wrote about my story when we lost our first baby, I just tend to read everyone's stories from the TTC after m/c or loss tread and now this wonderful thread, hoping it will give me something, hope, strength, courage anything really. And it has this is a wonderful forum, and you ladies are all wonderful.....
Well as my ticker says I am pregnant, only just but it's there, I think I'm waiting until 7wks 1day, after that I'll be more happy, that's how long I was pregnant for last time.
I have to ask, is it crazy to have been pregnant before, yet feel completely different?? I've been 5.5wks pregnany before, and yet it doesn't feel the same, maybe because the last one was never meant to be and this time round it is??...
I'm not wanting to over think things, which I usually do, but this just feel right, the overtireness (omg today i could not do anything but sleep, had 10hrs sleep woke up had breakfast, cleaned the kitchen and had to have another 2hr nap), the ms, the sore boobs...
chuckie - glad you had a go at the cookies and enjoyed them I made another batch yesterday for a bbq we had this afternoon and they went down very well. Though I overcooked the last two trays as I got chatting with DH while they were in so those ones are a bit dry and not so tasty. I'm forcing myself to eat them rather than the 'good ones' that are left cos my sis is coming over tomorrow and I have to have some left for her!!
greenslw - I reckon movies sounds good. We have no plans here. Tomorrow, however, I'm off for either a pedicure or manicure with my sis. Haven't decided which yet but she'll have a pedi for sure.
I'm dying to do our belly cast! Right now I have all the stuff sitting on the couch next to me so that I can investigate what is involved lol Trying to put it off for another two weeks as then I'll only be 2 weeks away from 'the end'. Keep getting paranoid that I'll end up going early and miss out on getting it done though so I'm getting a bit of an itchy trigger finger over it all!!
HopePositiveLove - when I fell preg this time it did feel different to when I m/c only a couple months earlier. For some reason, even though I was fearful, I just knew it was going to be ok this time. I don't know if it was wishful thinking or if it was genuinely an intuitive knowledge that everything was going to work out this time where it didn't last time. I your feeling is correct and that this time is your sticky baby. Congratulations! And welcome to the group
cherished - I'm with greenslw, vitB is awesome for 1st tri. I was taking blackmores VitB & ginger for ms and it worked wonders.
Pregnancy after Miscarriage or Loss November 2009
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I let my class go at 1pm not 4pm. I was so stuffed, my feet swelled up and I could hear my heart beat I was going with or without them today. I haven't got a phone call so I'm hoping it ok.
can't change the weather can we.
Glad everything is going well for you!
had it's foot in my ribs. I guess there is less and less rome in there. 
as it was cool enough. We'll be getting carpet in this weekend and then its just a matter of setting up the furniture. I can't believe I'm so close to meeting my girl.
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Sounds like a wonderful birth - enjoy getting to know your new baby girl. So happy for you!
She is still such a lovely happy chilled out bub who just keeps getting more gorgeous every day *gush* 
your feeling is correct and that this time is your sticky baby. Congratulations! And welcome to the group 
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