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Welcome Freya and Cheshire! Sending you congrats and sticky vibes! Ah, the dilemma of whether to do HCGs! My OB offered it to me but he did say that numbers can be good and it may not necessarily mean baby is viable: they can tell more from ultrasound (Like what happened to you cheshire). So, given the expense of multiple blood tests (and the pain of having them done) I decided to grit my teeth and wait till i was far enough along to have a dating scan; which I did at 6.5wks. It felt like forever to wait from 4.5 wks when i found out i was pg. But then the whole first trimester is torturous waiting! Anyway, i reckon everyone needs to do what they need to do to get through that time. So whatever works for you. I hope you both get lovely numbers and lovely u/s ASAP!
Mildez: I really feel for you doing such physical work while you are pg. I wish you had the space to take it easier. Your family must appreciate how hard you are working for them (and bubby too).
Forshelby: You poor thing. Just what you don't need, someone scaring the cr@p out of you! I can understand why you'd be feeling edgy but it sounds like all is ok. Hope you get some rest now.
Reet: You sound very chipper! That's great! Sending you motivation vibes for painting and other stuff you need to do. (Oh, and I hope you escape any cyclone impact of course!)
Dory: I still try to get away with posting on BB sometimes with my DD around. She is briefly entranced by the 'flappy smilies' and the 'running smilies' and then she wants to press all the buttons so it doesn't last long! Enjoy it while Hannah is too little to try to attack the keyboard!
Alish: You just have to shake your head don't you? Some people just don't get it about the pain of not being able to conceive. And for those who have it that easy and don't want to be pg... umm that's why there is birth control!!!
Hi anyone else i missed.
Me: Feeling crampy today and sooo tired. I thought i was done with the early pg cramps but no. Oh well, i kinda like it cos it makes me think bub is busy growing. (They're at the sides not in the middle so don't scare me too much). Huh, notice my ticker? The idea that i'm carrying a 'prune' is way less cute than the 'olive' i was carrying last week! Bring on the next fruit i say!!!
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forshelby sorry you had a scare. fingers crossed it's the last time you'll be worried.
reet be safe. thinking of you and all qld'ers.
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oops sorry. double post. the work of a novice. k
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Reet - take care up there in all that wind! I have some friends who are moving to Cairns later this week... eek, I wonder if they'll actually be able to get there?
Just wanted to let you know, I blitzed the MRI - I didn't wig out and actually relaxed....not completely but I didn't wig out. It's good to have it over and done with and good to have had a much better experience than I was expecting. I feel almost jubliant.
Possum Magic - too funny about DD... sounds like the cats when they want attention - step all over the key board, stand in front of the screen.... sneaky little furries.
Cheshire - do what you need to to get through. I am bit with Freya, having experienced the whole bHcg testing for 5 crazy weeks ( and with a GP that wouldn't phone through the results so I had to go in for appointments), I found - I was always at appointments either with the vampires or the GP, and that in reality the numbers didn't reassure me because once I got a result, I was then worried about the next results. But when I wasn't on that crazy rollercoaster ride, it was more manageable. Not that pregnancy after loss is enjoyable, but in the pregnancy, when I did the crazy testing, I got to about 8 weeks and had an ephiphany that it just wasn't right for me nor was it helping. I could try to be super controlling of everything or I could try and let go and just try to enjoy the now. And that's how I got through my pregnancies. It's not always a sure fire way, of course there were days filled with pure terror and dread and foreboding when the fear just paralyzed me..... but for me it, not testing and repeating to myself, right now I am pregnant and that is a miracle, was a way to try and focus on the positive.
Anyway, what ever you do, do what you need to to help you through. This is a journey where we each need to find our own way, and reach out for support when we need it.
Alish - of sweetie - that just sounds excruciating.... so in addition to heartache, you had the physical pain to match.....thankyou though, for sharing it with me.
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omg i feel terrible - forshelby i didnt even read yours yesterday, im so sorry!! hope youre ok today, glad everything turned out ok
possum - i know right? she says the most stupid things all the time, i tend to take it with a grain of salt now lol you cant put brains in monuments :D
hahah youve got a little prune, thats hilarious! im still getting cramps too, im not so worried anymore
dory - no worries! i used to breakdown when people asked me but ive learnt to deal with it, as much as it hurts, these things happen for a reason and it wouldnt have happened to me if i couldnt have been able to deal with it
reet - hope you guys will be safe & try not to stress, you dont need that :)
hi everyone else, hope youre all well
by my lmp im 9 weeks but doc says im 8 weeks 3 days, and boy is this little one giving me grief today! im contemplating not going to work.. im sooo sick today and its really hot here already and its only 650am! its supposed to reach 40's here today and i work in a hardware thats fully concrete with no air con but a pedestal fan i near stand on top of. im already finding it hard to be on my feet all day, by 3 pm im buggered, i was asleep by 8 last night. :( ahhh what to do??
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Morning ladies,
Welcome Freya & cheshire may your pregnancies be happy and healthy until you bring your bundles of joys home.
Forshelby-I dont like scares we can do without those i hope you are doing ok.
Dory-Yeh for getting through the MRI.
Mildez-Take it easy girl dont over do it.
Reet-hope the cyclone goes back out to sea and you dont have to batten down the hatches.
Alish-i have been in both boats it was to easy for me to concieve with my 1st 3 boys to my ex then it was easy with Abbi to my DH but this little one took almost 18 months and we just decided to go one cycle of IVF to hurry it up so i know what it feels like to be lucky i can get pregnant easy and also heartbroken that i cant.
Dont let peoples comments get to you.
And early cramping for me was a good sign.
Possum-lol on the prune i think i must be up to a watermelon the way i feel sooooo heavy.
AFM-sooooooooooooo hot and uncomfortable everyone is telling me i am tiny and i havnt grown much but OMG! she feels so heavy in there.
I have my u/s tomorrow to check the placenta and find out if it is a c section or not and we get to see our girl again 32 weeks yippeeeee!
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Got to do preschool and daycare run soon (and Im not even showered lol) but I just wanted to pop in and tell Reet that Im thinking of her and to stay safe :hug: I lived in Townsville up until 2009 so I know the craziness of preparing and waiting for a Cyclone to either hit or fizzle. Yasi is a monster of a TC and I would be scared witless so I can only imagine how your feeling.
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Just popping in quickly to say Reet hope you stay safe & i'm thinking of you as well :hug:
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Thinking of you Reet - def get your hubby to come back. It looks huge. Keep safe xoxox
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Reet...i hope you will be ok!!!!
Ferrals..I hope everything goes great at you're us
Alish...heat and pregnancy dont mix well...sounds like you need a cool drink and aircon
Dory..im glad you're mir went well!!! least its over with now
Possum...yeah those pregnancy pains tend to keep coming as you grow and stretch..hopefully its all good
Hey cheshire and freya...
Hello forshelby, claresmummy.... everyone else...
SS....how are you going???? Has anyone heard from her????
ATM....i am going through that stage again wondering if everything is alright..paranoid stage i guess...feeling smaller than with my dd so i am wondering if everything is alright in there and waiting for bubby to start moving...i swear i have been feelng some bubbles but just cant be sure.....come on little one!!!!!!! Start moving....got so much other stress going on i just want to feel my little one...
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Thanks girls! Im just hating the waiting for it to hit.. Too much time being nervous! Its apparently heading more Cairns way now.. but who really knows, its that huge i dont think its going to matter where it hits.. so many places will be affected.
I just had to share an insensitive comment from my mother! Grrrr they just dont think sometimes (like ur insensitive friend alish!)
I was just talking to her on the phone and she was saying that she wld send her partner over to help move outdoor furniture inside and turn upside etc. I said to her 'no thats fine, Ryan will be home tomoro afternoon and we can do it before it hits tomoro nite' and u know what she says?! 'Dont u be lifting anything heavy AT ALL, u wldnt be too happy if u had a m/c now...' WTF??!!! I cldnt believe it!!! Years stupidest comment! Its so wrong on so many levels... for starters it wldnt be a m/c... um im almost 7 months pg! And no i dont think i wld be too happy if i went into labour prematurely from being silly and lifting heavy furniture!
After she said it she realised and kinda mumbled something else but god as if u say something like that anyway! No brain at all! Gotta love mothers..
Oh oh oh! DH is coming home now! :) All his jobs have been cancelled. Woohoo!!
Anyway better jump off, be back later xx
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First of all Welcome and congrats to our newbies. Hope you all have a wonderful happy and healthy pregnancy.
Forshelby~ OMG that would of been a horrible encounter for you darl, sending you some massice cybers hugs and you are in my thoughts at this stressful time for you. Glad to hear bubs HB has returned to normal darl now I am praying bub behaves for you and stops scaring you like that darl. xox
Reet~ Thinking of you with the approaching of Yasi darl, stay safe and hide inder a table if you have to as I would. I am praying for you all up there, my sister and all her family are in Mt. Isa and they say that they are even preparing them for the cyclone, sounds scary. Hugs to you and all your family, you are all in my thoughts and I am praying Yasi settles down before she reaches land.
Dory~ Thank you so much for thinking of me yesterday. Hugs to you.
AFM~ As you all know I had my first US yesterday and everything was great, bubs HB is 143 beats per minute and the Sonographer said I have a very healthy little embryo. I measured at 6 weeks and 2 days so he said I am due on the 24th September. Had lots of tears of both fear beforehand but happiness after the scan. Oh and when I finally got to go to the loo I never thought I would stop peeing. LOL.
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congratulations clairesmummy. that must be a relief.....!!!!
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melster - spent all day in front of the fan with a bottle of cold water & sometimes the bottle was shoved in my between my boobs, hand in the freezer and then on my face, one of the boys tipped water down my shirt but i didnt care it was soooo hot! so i grabbed a seat and sat down infront of the fan and didnt do one thing all arvo :D
p.s everything will be fine stop worrying :)
reet - mums dont think sometimes do they? my mum says dumb stuff allllll the time!!
clairesmummy - congrats thats fantastic news, very happy for you :)
hi everyone else :)
boo - bushfires started today, knew it wouldnt take long!!
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Hi Mo - im so happy for your BFP so exciting you make such cute babies :hello:
Lots of sticky vibes for you
Hi Freya and welcome
Clairesmummy your scan sounds great - im so happy for you!
Reet - some people say such dumb things :shakehead:
hope you are all battened down
Alish - boo to bushfires are they close to you?
Melster - wont be long and youll be getting kicked. the bubbles sound like your bubba
Sorry to everyone i have missed
Its sooooo hot girls im melting - this morning i rocked up for my appointment at 8.30 and i was supposed to be there 10.30 DOH - :doh: anyway our little man is going well he is head down now and HR 141 and my belly measures perfect for 27 weeks. I love hearing that heartbeat and knowing he is okay. Got a 32 week scan in 4 weeks. I cant wait to see him again!
He is so active tonight my DP couldnt get over my belly contorting into diff shapes as he sticks arms, bum, feet out gotta love it :)
Im off to bed going to crank up the aircon tonight
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kell -nah thank god, the fires were about half an hour away, you could see the smoke from work, i just hate fires more than anything.. a few years ago we had fires at my old place and you could actually see the flames from my backyard, it was across the road pretty much!
im sorta hoping a fire will go through our bush block (nothing on it or near it) so it thins it out a bit!
great news about you ultrasound too, i cant wait to hear heartbeats, always a reasurring sign :)
not as hot here today thank god!
have a great day everyone :)
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Just checkin in - REET are you ok, did you stay or go? Please check in with us one last time if you can :hug:
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Clairesmummy so happy your scan went well, you must be over the moon :)
Kell sounds like you had a great appointment which is great & thanks i think so as well ;)
Reet my Mum passed away late last year, but she made plenty of insensitive comments during my 1st pregnancy.
I know how annoying it is.
AFM off to the Drs this morning, woke up being symptom free yesterday & today so now i'm just thinking the worst.
I'm 5 weeks tomorrow so i know it's still early, especially since i didn't get symptoms till after 6wks with my other 2.
