Alish- Congrats again on getting a girl and only you can decide what is right for you when it comes to work and leave
T-Hopes- Lol I wanted to get the sex of mine put in an envelope but I know that I would be too and then I would be really disappointed because I really want a surprise lol. I wont be disappointed with either one but yeah, if I peeked, it would just take away one of the few things I am looking forwards to doing differently than DS because this is my last so I wont have another chance to try again. I know that I remember you saying ages ago, but what is wrong with your kidneys? I have real bad baby brain
AFM- Sitting in hospital with DS. We are staying overnight for observation. He managed to get hold of some pills and his BP was 158 over 95. Thankfully it has started to come down so he is being downed to two hourly and as he continues to improve, it will be 4hrly So glad he is ok as it could have been SO much worse
Thanks girls for kind supportive words. Good to be reminded i'm not the only one worrying about how much movement there is.
T-hopes: Elephant sperm! Can you imagine???!!!!
Alish: A girl! That's lovely! very exciting!
Damprye: OMG i agree with you about the fruit ticker: I'd so much rather deliver a banana than a rockmelon!!! I don't get it that they've put it in that order. (I suppose a banana is longer but a rockmelon is waaaaay wider! Ouch!!!)
AFM: Feeling a bit better today: Baby has been kicking at the front again and more active than the last two days.
Possum- Squishing out a banana seems like nothing hey lol. It's something about the size of a banana that put it there in the first place Must be some sort of giant mutant banana
Lysndan- Yays, so happy you are joining us in here easier to stalk you now and throwing heaps of sticky dust your way, I only need about half of mine now lol.
Alish- Enjoy your trip away Just think, this is your last easter before you'll have your baby in your arms
AFM- DS is fine now I forgot to add, my weird leaking stopped a few days ago now so definitely just a small leak that sealed itself thank goodness. Also I have started getting rather uncomfortable the last few days, is this normal for 21weeks? I thought it would kick in a bit later lol, maybe I just need to lose some weight haha
Kellie - YAY! Congratulations Just wanted to say it again in here cause I'm so excited for you.
Alish - Can't believe they took the toilet away.... wtf. I'm surprised that's even allowed! 35 weeks would be a good time to take your mat leave, IMO. And YAYYYY for a girl..... how lovely!
Ferrals - Your suggestions are all good. I already have him on wind drops, which have helped a lot. We've had a few good nights in a row now (he was also well behaved for my sister at his sleepover night). Last night was a little bit iffy.... but we got through it. I spent the entire night holding him while I slept. He grizzled a little bit but nothing major. This morning was a bit harder though, he just would NOT let me have a little sleep in. Even if I held him. That's just the way it goes though, I suppose. After such a good sleep he was ready to get up and play. I also like the wheat pack idea. I'll remember that. I'm not going to change his formula just yet as if he can have 4 reasonably calm nights in a row, it must be ok. I think a lot of the problem was wind, and possibly my tension. By the way, that photo of Ella is beautiful , and I second Tegam's comment about your moving house. AMAZING. Excuse me while I go and get you a medal.
T-Hopes - Thanks, it helps to know I'm not as isolated as I feel sometimes. I remember having the 'what if I suck at being a mummy' moment... it was terrifying. Just remember, we all have our sucky moments, lol. I know you'll be a fantastic mum. The only advice I have for you now is to accept any and all offers of help. And sleep now. While you can How exciting that you have a deadline though... eeek!
Reet - Lol, don't panic. It is different when it's your own baby. Just hold him/her the same way you would a baby doll. And the midwives will teach you to swaddle. I had no idea until I saw them do it. I hope you're resting a LOT and getting DH to do all the heavy duty housework. Scratch that, ALL the housework. I can't wait to find out if it's pink or blue for you!!!!! Oh and I will definitely be here for you if you need to talk (or have a meltdown like I have) after bubs is here. I don't think anyone copes well with sleep deprivation, so I guess it's something we'll all have in common. My 'over being pg' moment didn't happen until Axel was overdue. And the pain started. Once I was in pain, I was over it. I also lost weight in the last week or two, so don't worry about that. Yay for getting organized and buying your baby stuff! Yaaaay!! I know you don't want to be bored waiting for bubby to arrive, but make sure the essentials are done, like clothes etc washed. Once he/she gets here you'll barely have time to scratch your butt. LOL. We did enjoy our night 'off duty' but I kept hearing phantom cries and waking up, lol. We spent most of the night looking at pictures of him from a few weeks ago and marvelling at how big he is now I didn't end up giving DP any action, I got scared I might hurt my tummy. Probably TMI, but if it 'jiggles' it hurts. We'll get there though. Baby steps!
Possum Magic - I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience the screamy baby. I've been watching for tired signs and am starting to get better at picking what he wants. I do feel better after a bit of time out, as well. As for maternal and child health.... I've had it with them. I'll explain further when I get to the end of this post. *sigh* I also just want to say that your fears are totally normal. They never do really go away completely. I was reasonably calm during my pg, but I did have thoughts of 'what if I lose the baby' the whole way through. Until I heard him cry for the first time, I couldn't fully relax. I remember hearing him squeal, and thinking 'Oh good, he's alive and he's safe. I can relax now.' Little did I know.... LOL.
Damprye - Pills?? OMG, so glad your DS is ok. Must have given you a heart attack!
LysnDan - Welcome and Congratulations! The first pearl of wisdom I will offer you (LOL) is not to worry about the strength of the line, the speed it comes up, any of that stuff. A wise woman (kitfaerie I think?) once said to me A LINE IS A LINE. If there's a line, there's a baby and that's all that matters. So YAY! I was also told the differences in line darkness usually has to do with the amount of dye in the test, not so much the amount of HCG in your urine. Anyway enough technical mumbo jumbo... WELCOME!
AFM - Well the bloody hospital strikes again. I can't believe it!!!! A lady called me from the healthy hearing clinic on Wednesday wanting to come out and do Axel's hearing test (which they didn't bother to do or tell me about until last week..... pfffft!). I told her I had an appointment at the hospital and would come up and see her after he'd had his new plaster put on. She told me to come up at about 3.30pm. No problem. So we go and have his plaster taken care of, (good news there, he may only need one more if that because his foot is repositioning so well... YAY) and head upstairs to the maternity ward. I felt sick going in there again.... it was like reliving it all over again walking down that hallway. Anyway, we get to where we need to be and apparently the hearing clinic is closed for the day, and they go home at 3. I explained I'd been told to come at 3.30 and asked why in the hell that was. I got no response, except that they'd send a midwife out to do the test sometime. Right, sure you will. I AM SO ANNOYED!!!! What is it with me? They just can't get the simplest thing right, like give me the right information... or be where they're meant to be when they said to come and see them. I'm so sick of being jerked around. I was so angry I didn't even have the energy to pretend I wasn't, ITMS. I stood with my arms crossed, glaring at this woman as she wrote me yet another appointment card. I might as well throw them all in the bin because they can't get anything right anyhoo. I'd have been better off performing my own fricking operation. Where's the exploding head emoticon again???? ARgh!
Forshelby ~ love the pc in your ticker really adorabale
AFM~ Honor is doing better she has one last weigh in before we move to another dr.Which i am happy about this dr was suppose to call the dr for her meds to get appoved and she never did she had to wait four extra days. Cant believe my lil one is turning three months today. Hi to everyone else that i missed
Forshelby- That hospital needs a severe going over by the health department. Meeting basic standards of care isn't that bloody difficult FFS. Glad bub's foot is getting better
Ferrals- I love it when they are om-nom-noming on their lil fingers lol so cute
Angelfish- Wow, doesn't time fly?
AFM- I know it is stupid since I should just be grateful that it is happening, and I am very, very happy that bub is so active, but I am starting to get frustrated with just how painful it has gotten so quickly. I seriously don't remember it being this painful with DS and I had a lil preggo diary for him. I'm starting to think that maybe it is because I am actually smaller this time round, plus with less fluids, I can feel bub more. I do so love just laying there with my hands on my tum feeling bub move so much though.
I keep trying to think about all the positives and one of those for me is the birth. My OB booked me into the same hossy as DS and said that by the time I am due, they should be able to do water births there So I am glad that I should be able to have a hospital water birth as I like the assurance that if anything goes wrong, it can be dealt with quickly and that with what happened last time, there is less risk of intervention and tearing. But then I start thinking about it too much and start to panic, watching DS's birth video used to help but now it just gives me panic attacks. IDK what to do, I have to get the baby out eventually so I have to deal with it but I am afraid that I'll start panicking from my first contractions or my waters breaking lol. Way to damn early to be thinking of those things yet anyway right? Other than all that, still loving being pregnant
Forshelby-glad you are getting in some good days with bub we are having a shocker with Ella today i think it's because we are all sick but it has taken 2 hours to settle her tonight and i ended up giving her another bottle 2 hours after her last one maybe she is more hungry because of the gastro she is finally asleep now i let her cry for a bit and just kept popping the dummy in and she finally settled but OMG! was it stressful.
I have never had a crying session like it with all my 3 boys but this little miss is making up for it we seem to have good nights it is more the 5-8pm she plays up and every now and then we will get a night where she will take a bit longer to go back to sleep at the 3am feed i just perservere.
And by the way your little man is a looker in your ticker soooo cute.
Damprye-I love your desription of the finger sucking lol.
Angelfish-good to hear Honor is doing better
Lysndan-Welcome this thread is awesome great ladies here.
Ferrals: Such cute photos of Ella! Did a friend make you the bear with the jumper with her name on it or did you buy it?
Forshelby: Love the photo of Axel in your ticker. He looks like he's chillling! Very cute : )
Damprye: IKWYM about the birth. I want to try for another natural birth like last time but i'm more nervous this time. But i'm trying hard not to think about it for now and follow my philosophy of last time: it's only one day (ok maybe two in my case if like last time!) and then it's over. No point spending months stressing about that one day. When it happens i will deal with it. I think i might go to a couple more 'active birthing' classes again with DH like I did last time to give me confidence. I also might organise a doula. (Last time my best friend and DH were there but best friend has little baby now and not sure if she'll be available as her bub will be only 7mths). Having the birth support organised might also help. I also hear you about being more uncomfortable this time: I had a few days like that last week where i was uncomfortable and thought 'it wasn't like this this early with DD' but it settled down again and i've been more comfortable the last few days. Don't know why...
Lysndan: welcome to the thread. Sending you sticky vibes!!
Angelfish: glad to hear Honour is eating better and chubbing up!
Girls the beautiful Reet is in labour and at the hospital . Plug gone , waters almost broken and 4cm dilated.
Shes doing it drug free at the moment. She needs lots of birthing vibes
Will update soon. Cant wait to hear boy/ girl news. What do u reckon reet will have?
Go reet those newborn snuggles await you sooooo exciting-
Possums-my work brought it for me they get them from a company the knitted jumper has her name on the front and her date of birth and time of birth her weight and length on the back it is awesome i will try and find out where they got it from.
We got a similar bear for abbi but it only had her name embroided on the foot.
I found it try myteddy.com.au
Reet-i am sending all my good labour vibes your way hope your bubs birth is quick and as comfortable as can be.
Kellbell-I am thinking a BOY!!!!
Lynsdan-sorry to hear that hun hope you will be back real soon.
AFM-Ella has been sick all night vomiting she has had 100mls of formula since 6pm yesterday and has had terrible stomach pains we are keeping an eye on her nappies to see if she becomes dehydrated we might have to take her up the hospital she cant even keep water down poor sweetness.
and only you can decide what is right for you when it comes to work and leave 
So glad he is ok as it could have been SO much worse
Elephant sperm! Can you imagine???!!!!
We'll get there though. Baby steps! 
Glad bub's foot is getting better
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