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Congratulations Angelfish! Thats great news :) U did it!! Cant wait to hear more about ur new little girl! :)
S&S- Oh u poor thing, how stressful. I think u shld get up to the hospital ASAP too. Did they say ur baby could be getting quiet cos she/hes getting ready to come a bit early?? I really hope it starts kicking up a storm for u soon. Thinking of you. Will check in to see how things go. Best of luck.
Ck08- Best of luck at ur u/s. Im sure everything is going to be just perfect! :) How awful seeing blood, i HATE seeing any blood when pg, it freaks me out, i even get freaked out when im wearing red knickers and have a little bit of discharge (TMI!!) and it makes a little wet patch on my knickers.. i have to get toilet paper and check that its not blood! Crazy or what! So glad it was on the outside of ur knickers! :)
T-Hopes- Congratulations on ur scan and all the movements ur getting. I think everyday just gets more and more exciting! I LOVE being pregnant!
Ferrals- What day is ur scan? I really really hope ur in the lucky 2% and dont need a caesar. Altho if u do have to have one atleast it means meeting ur little girl a bit earlier! :)
Forshelby- OMG UR NEXT!!! Im hyperventilating with u!! I cant believe it.. Its so so soon! Well lets hope not TOO soon! So is baby definitely head down and all ready for its grand entrance?
Mildez- I cant believe ur working basically right up until ur edd! U go girl! Atleast it sounds like ur all organised. Time shld go really quickly too being at work still all the time.
Dory- Best of luck with ur MRI on monday. I have heard they can make u feel really claustrophobic. They are also apparently really noisy so ppl suggest u take an ipod in to block the noise out and to help keep ur mind a little occupied.
Kell- How quick is time going! I cant wait til we are at the BIG 30!! Im so excited that we are in the 3rd trimester! Where did the 2nd one go?!
Clairesmummy- I cant go back any further than this page at the moment but is ur dating scan on monday? Best of luck with it if it is. Im sure u will see that beautiful little heartbeat ticking away. Oh and i dont think i have said it to u yet.. but isnt clomid the absolute BESTEST thing around?!
Stoked- Congratulations on ur little boy! :)
Hi to Jenna, Iona, Melster, Possum and Alish also!
AFM- Eveything going great here! Tummy growing very nicely. Leg cramps have disappeared since i upped my water intake. Loving feeling baby move all day.. except for today, he/shes had a really quiet day, only a few little kicks here and there. Makes me a bit nervous but im sure its just kicking back and relaxing. I had a sundae from maccas last nite and am quite angry at myself for it now cos i know they say u shldnt have them in pg because of the risk of listeria.. its probably just the universe trying to make me stress a bit as payback for ignoring the 'pregnancy rules!' Im not doing that again! Has anyone else found there baby has quiet days??
I still havent bought anything baby, really must start soon! I got a bit disheartened the other day. I feel like im missing out not knowing the gender. I dont even look at baby clothes cos i dont want to have to buy gender neutral clothes, i wld rather buy cute little blue or pink outfits. I also want to buy cot sheets (for my non existant cot) but want to buy either blue or pink not just white or another colour. I also want to make curtains, but once again in pink or blue, not just white. And then theres the wall colour.. i really want to get in and paint it now but we have decided to wait.. dh has said in the couple weeks after baby is born he will get in and do it.. we will have a lot of family here too so they can have a bit of a nursery working bee! I really want to be organised BEFOREHAND tho!! Anyway i know this is a big WHINGE WHINGE WHINGE.. and Its really stupid of me.. i am really looking forward to the surprise on the day but i dont know.. im just being silly...
Anyway better log off, this was meant to be a quick post, an hour later and im still here! haha
Nite nite xxx
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Sunshine - Hang in there hun. I don't have any useful advice just a big :hug: and FX all is well.
Reet - I knoooowwwww I'm next, I'm next! lol. Or maybe Ferrals or Iona will go first. Ikwym about wanting to get pink or blue, but have consoled myself by remembering that bubs doesn't know what colours are, or care for that matter lol. Why not get one set of sheets in white or something and then you can be prepared but with room to expand your collection once you know the sex? That's what I did anyway. Plus white sheets can be bleached in the event of a poo explosion. :rofl: I did the same with the bassinette, and got a minimal wardrobe in some nice greens and even a snazzy black singlet! I can always mix and match these things with pink or blue when the time comes. Good luck and let us know how you go with the shopping!
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Another selfish post coming-- baby moved distinctly at 7:13 am after I drank a big glass of orange juice and tried to lay down again in bedroom. It's 8am and I am trying to reach the ob-gyn-- they open at 8am. Lots of snow this morning. No other movement...but at least something is happening.
Kick little thumper, kick little thumper, kick little thumper...
Gotta try to call again... signing off for now.
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hi everyone!
reet - the only thing my obgyn told me not to eat is soft cheeses, everything else in moderation he said! dont stress :D
sunshine - baby is just having a rest im sure, hope youre well
forshelby - wow its getting close, i bet youre sooo excited!
hi everyone else i hope youre well :)
afm - im good, asthma has calmed down, yesterday was the first day i didnt need my puffers so im glad it went quickly. nothing worse than not being able to breathe. sickness isnt too bad, queasy through most of the day, have been having morning and afternoon tea so that makes me feel better, and ive actually been eating salads, fruit, yoghurt and stuff! not usually like me lol..
i have popped out a little bit which im really paranoid about, like that im getting fat, people are starting to notice and ask questions, im getting tired of sucking in my gut all day lol.. even dh has started to rub my belly of a night haha!
ok better get off my butt and get ready for work
have a great day ladies! :D
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Reet I'm probably silly working up until 38+3 but there are a few reasons for it. One I work in a maternity unit so if anything does happen I'm right there. Then I worry I will just sit around waiting if I stop working sooner. Then I also only get the gov mat leave so I want as much time with baby before returning to work. If I work up until I do I can afford to take about 2months of with my own money before applying for the gov maternity money so I will then have atleast 6months at home before returning to work. I also have a really big tax problem I'm not sure what to do about it. I haven't been paying enough tax so I have had to up my tax I pay (to almost 50% of my wage) to reduce the bill I'm currently going to get. Then I have a child support issue on top of that. I'm trying to get as prepared as I can for the finacial side of things when bub arrives and I'm not working. Unfortunately DH wage is not enough to support us even with only the basics.
S&S I can see why your Ob said bub is fine despite not feeling movements. They say a reasurring scan and CTG indicates bub is going to be fine for atleast 24hrs (provided there is no big event like a haemorrage, labour etc) still very worrying non the less. My bub hardly moves (placenta is posterior) and I feel I'm getting smaller. My fundus isn't as high as it was 2weeks ago. I've got another 11weeks of this before bub is due (I am electing to be induce if bub isn't here by 41weeks maybe even sooner) not that I want her to come now of course or in the next 8-9weeks but the sooner I can see her when she is at term the better. Really hoping the anxiety is relieved then with the help of my trusty apnoea monitor (if I didn't have that Id then freak out about SIDS)
Reet you will be surprised how quickly pink or blue outfits and accessories replace unisexed ones. By the time your home you will probably have half gender specific. I didn't know my first was a girl and by the time I got home from hospital I dont know if I had much unisexed stuff left.
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Reet~ Yep I must agree with you darl Clomid is the greatest drug ever invented I reckon, lol. Yep my scan is on Monday feeling pretty darn nervous about the whole thing, I am still frequently POAS just to keep an eye on that nice dark line and make sure it don't dissappear on me like last time. I can't believe you are so far along now time has just flown by for you along with the other girls that were in the TTC thread. You are so much stronger than me and I must give you huge credit for not finding out the sex of your bub, I was like that with DD until they sent me for a last minute US than I just had to know, I have no will power at all, lol. So I take my hat off to you for being able to leave it as a surprise.
S&S~ I am praying that everything is ok with bub for you which I am sure it will be, when I was PG with my DD I never felt alot of movement at times they thought I had to much fluid so I was sent for scans and they never found anything wrong and couldn't explain why I couldn't feel the movement. The only thing the midwife could come up with was because I was so busy everyday that bub didnt have to move around alot as all my movement was keeping bub busy, if that makes sense. Thinking of you and sending you some huge hugs darl.
Angelfish~ A huge CONGRATS on the birth of your little girl Honor, hope you are enjoying every second of those newborn cuddles and that you are both happy and healthy darl. xox
AFM~ Nothing much to report at all, still feeling queasy from time to time, and my nose is soooo blocked I can hardly breathe from it. Thinking I am having an attack of hormones going crazy at the moment as I have been extremely moody and just wanting to get out of here and never come back. Oh well I shall deal with it and hopefully move on and come out of this trance in a much better mood. Hope everyone has a great weekend, mine will be spent stressing about Monday.
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Sunshine - Good to hear the OJ got some movement happening, I hope your visit to the ob gyn gives you some positive answers. :hug:
Alish - Good to hear you're feeling a bit better. Hopefully the ms eases soon. I found frequent bland snacks really helped ease my queasiness. :)
Clairesmummy - A blocked nose was one of my biggest complaints early on! That and the ever so slight nosebleeds. I still get a blocked nose from time to time, pretty annoying but if that's the worst I get then lucky me :) . Try not to stress about Monday, I'll be sending you positive vibes for your scan. xoxo
AFM - Feeling a bit down in the dumps today. DP's work likes to shuffle around the day they process the pays when there's a public holiday........ and it just means that he loses an extra day of pay, plus all his overtime money vanishes as it isn't paid daily. It's done 'weekly' so on a short week, his overtime rates drop to normal and it leaves us VERY short on cash. I had to pay electricity and credit card today, both overdue and am just feeling pretty rotten. We're meant to be putting money away for the baby and just can't. There are other bills to save for as well which I just can't find the money to save for, so when they come we'll be in a bind AGAIN. I know this is nothing compared to what some of you have faced (thinking of you in particular, Ferrals :hug: ) but omg.... it just gets us down. We haven't been out for dinner or to see a movie or anything for SUCH long time and that time is fast running out. I've resorted to trying to sell as much stuff as I can on ebay to scrape together some extra cash.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can help ease the burden financially for poor DP? I feel so useless sitting here, it's like I'm just sucking up cash and not contributing anything. :( Sorry about the big boo-hoo, I'm just feeling pretty crummy.
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clairesmummy...good luck with ur scan...dont worry all those feelings are normal...well they are for me anyways....its just from everything u have been thro and are going thro with the hormones mixed in between...
Mildez...i am the same with wking...i finished work on the friday and had dd on the following wed....work will at least keep u occupied.
Alish...thats good that ur asthma has calmed down....is swimming supposed to help?
Ss.....how is everything going now?
Forshelby and reet....i am the same i dont know what i am having either..with dd i did and it was good because i could set up everything with being my first....this one i will use most of the stuff i have anyways. I have bought some stuff in neutral colours but im not a big fan so i have been trying to stay away from the baby department.....its a bit annoying not being able to buy things on special.....but after the baby is born we can go shopping....i wanna see what a surprise is like...
Atm...nothing much to report here....i love doing water aerobics...its making me feel fitter and healthier...so i am going to make sure i keep it up......getting annoyed with being thirsty all the time and either not feeling like eating or when i do nothing satisfies me......i am starting to get that stretching feeling so everything must be moving down there and its burning a bit.....i am so so so moody...i am like the hormonal devil......im wondering if i am having a girl lol........still waiting for movement......counting down the days
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melster - yea it does help but there is no way id get into the pool down here! eww! and i hardly have any time to go swimming at the beach ! i think there is something in the air down here that has triggered it, its like a hazy film.. its starting to go away!
how exciting, wont be long now til you can feel movements! dont worry about the mood swings, i think its happening to all of us! brett just has to look at me wrong and i snap his head off! lucky he knows i love him :D
forshelby - one of my friends just got a job doing 20 hours of data entry a week from home, is that something you could do? im not sure who it was through but she lives on the goldy too! maybe grab the sun paper? (is that what its called? i used to live up there but cant remember?) or have a look on the internet.. hope that helps.. least it wouldnt be physical or too stressful ! :)
sunshine - how did you go??
have a nice night ladies, off to the rsl for chinese tonight, yum! :D
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Forshelby-Hun i know it sux but we will get through it i have extentions on my elect and ph bills at the moment and DH's car and motor bike rego is due the 1st week of march and we cant afford it we have to borrow the $3500 to pay the bond for a house if we find one so we can move all while i only bring home $450-$500 a week and our rent is $420 and we have to feed 3 teenage boys 2 dogs 2 cats and all the other household bills it makes me sick just thinking about it i have to pay $225 for an u/s next wed and $660 for a doctors bill on the 2nd of march and i cant do any overtime to make extra money and DH still cant get work.
Centrelink gave him $15 last fortnight lol what a joke child support are hounding him and he owes a debt collector almost $3000 for a debt his ex wife owes for a loan they had but he paid his half so at the moment our life is really f#cked and we are struggling but thinking about my girls arrival puts a smile on my face every day and i know we will be ok she has everything and more for her arrival and lucky we brought 99%of it before DH lost his job we just have the car seat issue but are going to hire one for the 1st 6 months and my dad is buying us the 6mths to 7yr one.
So hang in there when bub is here you will get family payment and baby bonus to help take the burden off your man i will get maternity leave to hopefully cover my wage and that is it i have been told my family payment wont even go up as my income for the year is to high but i will just wait and see.
So we can feel crummy together.
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Hi everyone!
Haven't done personals, but I really hope everything is going wonderfully for everyone!
AFM: Sammy Boy (SB) is home safe and sound! YAY!! I had a c-section after a couple of days of contractions that weren't going anywhere, baby boy was nowhere near engaged. C-section was actually really good, we got to have skin on skin straight away and DH cut the cord. SB was breastfeeding super quickly (I had no idea what I was doing, but he seemed fine!). So now we're up to 9 days old and hitting some serious sleep deprivation. It's tough, but the boy is a complete wonder. Really don't want DH to go back to work, luckily my Mum is staying a few more weeks.
Congrats to Angelfish!
So now it's the race between Forshelby and Ferrals!
And a very special thank you to my PIG Dory, your support has been incredible and so appreciated - you rock :)
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Alish - YES, data entry is exactly my type of job. Most of the work I did for the last 4 years was all centered around data entry and maintaining spreadsheets etc...... I think the newspaper you're talking about would be the bulletin. I never get the paper, lol. Could you ask your friend where she found that job????
Ferrals - Ughhhh you poor thing. We will BOTH get through these crap times together! :hug: Sounds like you've got it way tougher though, so I admire your ability to keep smiling through it all. I'm not sure if we'll get family payments as usually DP earns up to $1200 a week... we've just fallen behind with so many things over xmas, mostly due to him paying $1000 in tax in one week because his work likes to dodgy up the pays. We had no idea that was going to happen and were totally unprepared, spending away on xmas etc... :( I'm hoping to get paid parental leave even though I'm 2months shy of fulfilling the work criteria. BUT due to my circumstances and the reason I had to leave work, I'm hoping they might make the exception. They were understanding when I told them the whole sordid story and waived the 'non payment period' when I was getting payments... so who knows. If not, baby bonus will have to do. The sucky part is though that being casual, DP doesn't get paid leave so we have to find the money to cover our bills while he's off work....... and I don't want him to miss out on this special time. Time to get my thinking cap on!
Kit - Aww yay so great to hear from you hun. Congrats again and I'm soooo glad SB is doing well. Typical boy, knows how to handle a bit of boob, eh? lol. :)
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forshelby - she just jumped onto mycareer.com.au and the looked through the paper! im actually looking at mycareer now and there are a few on there, i havent read much into them but theyre on there! thats right, the gold coast bulletin .. i remember the jingle now, it used to drive me mental :P
erk im so full from chinese i need to take my pants off haha! the couch misses me..... night ladies! :D
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Just wanted to say hello and I hope I am here soon. The girls I was pregnant with last time are just having their babies and it's so good to hear it all went well and what lovely names they have. I am currently four weeks pregnant again but already having problems so I won't cross over to here just yet. Hopefully I will be posting here soon.
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hi there india's mum
congrats on your pregnancy.. lets hope these problems are just bubs settling in.
wishing you all the best!
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India's mum- i hope everything settles down and you can come join the girls here.
Alish-yummmm chinese! as forshelby said i havnt been out for dinner for ages i am so jealous glad you enjoyed it.
Forshelby-My DH was casual to and i had worked out to cash in some of my leave to cover his loss of wages for 2 weeks he brought home $900 a week so i was taking my annual leave for me and cashing in my long service for him when the maternity payment started but now i have to take my annual leave and cash my long service for my self just in case the maternity allowance doesnt kick in straight away as he will have no money what so ever.
And what worries me is if DH gets a job before bub arrives how will he be able to have any time at home with us there is no way a new employer will allow him to have time off after just starting so i am at a loss as what to do also.
Kitfaerie-So happy everthing is all going great how has the recovery been from your c section were you in a lot of pain afterwards how long before you were out of bed ect.
AFM-Nothing much happening just waiting for next week i have heaps to do work tue u/s wednesday DS has his u/s on his testicals thursday to check for cyst or tumor OB and midwives on friday and i should know if i am definately having a c section or not and hopefully get a date for it.
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ferrals - it was really nice! dh usually wont go out for chinese cuz its too expensive so it was good! i hope everything is ok with ds?? thats a bit worrying?! good luck with your u/s on wednesday i would be so excited! mine isnt until 11th feb im so hanging to see our little baby!! is your c section a choice you made or??
feel abit sick today.. this housework im supposed to do is just not happening!!
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Ferrals, recovery has been surprisingly easy, first night hurts-take the drugs! I was up and walking the second day, it hurt in bits when I did too much walking on the 3rd and 4th day but after that nothing really. Now I have to remind myself not to stretch cos I don't feel that different. The scar is already fading. Elective c section is very different to emergency. I co slept with SB in hospital to limit twisting as well.
