Well done Mildez!
COngratulations Jenna - just about to go and read your BA....
Ionna has had her baby too! Well done and congratulations. .... just about to read your BA.
BBL for more welcomes to wee ones.
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Well done Mildez!
COngratulations Jenna - just about to go and read your BA....
Ionna has had her baby too! Well done and congratulations. .... just about to read your BA.
BBL for more welcomes to wee ones.
all the best mildez, how exciting! :D
congrats jenna & iona xxxxxx
melster - maybe youre just more relaxed about this pregnancy??
ooo reet & kell, youre next!!!!
Oooh, lots of babies - I'm going to run off and read some BAs!
Melster, perhaps it's a coping mechanism with your Dad so sick as well. You've got a lot going on in your life. I don't know what's worse, I remember going to a palliative care elective when I was studying nursing and after hearing a family member's story of their pall care experience, she asked "how did that make you feel". No one said anything - so I said "jealous". People stared at me like I was insane, but I didn't have that opportunity to say bye to my Dad, he had a massive stroke when I was 19 and died a few days later, but at least I didn't have to watch him be sick for long either. Since then, I just say take every day you spend with the people you love as a gift, tell them you love them and resolve anything that's unresolved. Oh, and from a nurse's perspective, 70 is young!! So it's not fair. It's not fair at any age, and it's very hard. :hug: Sorry, you probably didn't ask for my life story, but I think there are positives and negatives of every situation - treasure every day with your Dad and enjoy every kick of bubby. Oh, I'm going to still be here when you're having newborn cuddles too :)
Forshelby, I'm sorry your birth experience wasn't what you wanted! I'll be interested to read your story when you feel like writing it and telling it for the 100th time. I think your midwives deserve a slapping for not being YOUR advocate when you were in hospital and telling people to leave you alone. At the least they could have asked you if you were willing to talk to a group briefly rather than everyone coming in and bugging you. I hope you're getting some much needed rest and cuddle time with little Axel.
Good luck to all you girls who are getting closer to meeting their little people in person, how exciting :D
Thanks to you guys for your calming words, I'm still a bit of a nervous wreck, but I'll feel better tomorrow after getting some bt results (there's that positive thinking again). Tomorrow arvo's our early scan too so I've got :crossfingers: and everything else crossed too!
i dont come on for a night and i miss all the good news about new lil ones on there way good luck to everyone.......
Oh my goodness! Beautiful bubs are arriving in the world all over the place! Such an exciting time! Im off to read some BA's!
Mildez - thinking of you... you may still be in labour right now?! I think this means you got your good doc!! yayayaya! Well done little bubba!
AFM - I went and visited a good friend of mine in hosp last night, she had her baby on Monday - too cute! I had some lovely newborn snuggles! Cant believe that i will be meeting my own little one soon! Feels like a dream! :)
can i ask a stupid question...were do u read the ba's
heheheheh Melstar i was just having the same problem! I just typed 'Birth Announcements' in the search and they came up!!! I can never remember how to find them!! :)
OMG! OMG! I have missed so much woohoo jenna and Iona i will check BA soon.
Mildez-ooh i am so excited for you and cant wait to see your BA.
AFM-I just wanted to say sorry for being absent for a while we are packing and cleaning like crazy to get out of this house and not have to pay double rent for 2 weeks my paid parental leave has kicked in and because DH is still out of work i am getting parenting payment partnered also so the money situation is looking a bit better.
But i did want to say i wont be on BB for 2 weeks beacuse our internet will be disconnected while we move and telstra said we might not be able to get it at our new address as there is no port available for that area WTF!! i yelled at them and said i am a long term customer and pay a fortune in phone bills so fix it so they are working on it i hope it will be up and running as soon as possible.
Ella is doing great we have our grissly hour every evening but otherwise she is a very good baby.
Take care and i will be thinking of you all and hope i am back in time for the kellbell and reets bubs.
Mildez you are in my thoughts.
Tegam-can you text me when midez has her bub i dont want to miss out.
Check out the BA girls Mildez has popped last night - yah 3 babies born yesterday!
Congrats on your beautiful baby girl :cheer::cheer::cheer:
Reet you are the most pregnant one in here now :-)
Hope you get internet back soon Ferrals and you get all settled into your new place
its quiet in here without you and Forshelby :p
Reet - yay for now having the mantle of being the most pregnanest......
Kell - you're getting up to some big numbers now.... yay. And on mat leave? Thanks for letting us know about Mildez....
Alish - it will be your turn soon enough.
Wannabe - hope your scan went well today..... FX sweetie.
Ferrals - glad that Ella is going so well. GL with your move and hope to hear from you soon.
Wow im loving all the new babes!!!! Ahhh so cool!
So next we have Reet.... then KellBell!?!
Oh my little one is so active today! Rolling and dancing all over the joint! Feels soo good!! Love it! :D
it aint looking good. dad has a brain tumor in his right temp lobe so we see nuro on monday to find out if its operable....if it is they will try get most of it but have to have chemo........just praying now its operable but its aggressive..........
were do i find the ba's.........what are they under
sorry about your dad melster xxxx
Oh Melster - what horrible news, I hope the docs are helpful, give your Dad a big hug :(
Must go check Mildez's BA!
The scan yesterday was great! Little heartbeat ticking away at 117, bubs all good, measuring in one day off my calculated DD from O. We were SOOO relieved! DH gave DS a high five. Went and saw the Ob today and everything's looking good - part of my cause for concern was right sided pain (thought I was having an ectopic), but it's a cyst on my ovary (bigger than the usual corpus luteum) that will pop soonish and cause more pain, but not a problem for the pregnancy. Phew! Yay! Happy. Now down the track to talk VBAC (already talked and discussed to go overdue before C/S), natural third stage and non-pulsatile cords...
congrats on your scan wannabemum, great news!
I am just sticking my head in to say
Melster~ i am really sorry about your dad
Wannabeamum~ i amso happy for you to get good news when it came to your scan and the drs appt
AFM~those of you who have been following Honor she has to go to the er tonight :( her belly botton which has never really healed has green discharge tonight the dr keeps putting some med on it and it has not worked and when i changed her diaper there was streaks of blood in her bm its 324 am and i just got home they cleaned the belly botton and i have to see the dr today. Worry about if she is having other problems now this i just want to hold her and go hid under a rock
thanks ladies, haven't read everything as got home a few hrs ago will do a catch up
congrats jenna and mildez
Wannabemum- Oh Congratulations!!!!! What wonderful news! So very happy for u :)
Melster- So sorry to hear about ur dad :( how stressful for ur family. If ur still looking for the BAs, heres the link, i hope it works! Birth Announcements
Congratulations Iona!!! :)
Angelfish- Oh ur poor little girl, do u think shes in any pain??? I hope its all sorted very soon.
Kell- I might be the most pregnantest, but i reckon u will beat me!! The race will be on!! :)
Dory- Congratulations on ur new title! :) i like being friends with a mod ;)
T-hopes- I love feeling all those beautiful movements too.. i fall more and more in love everyday! Ur ticker is going so fast! Im so proud of how organised u are too.. i havent done nursery OR even started packing hospital bags.. oh and we're still waiting on the arrival of our cot and pram! So so disorganised.. oh well lucky i still have a few weeks left..
Hey Alish! and everyone else too! :)
AFM- Got professional belly pics tomoro! Im a bit scared, im so not a good poser, and i definitely dont look good naked which is what a lot of the pics are going to be! Well not really, the lady is bringing a piece of white chiffon to wrap around bbs and bottom, but still! Ill feel naked! I just hope i dont get the pics back and cringe when i look at them. Dh is going to be in some of them too which will be nice :)
I have just put some of my latest belly shots on fb, heres the link Our beautiful baby! | Facebook that shld work even if ur not on fb! Tum tum is definitely getting bigger now! Still feel quite small tho..like when i lay on my back my tummy goes like a flat fat pancake...
At my ob. appointment on wed, i got weighed and have only put on 800grams in 4 weeks! How the hell does that work!!! Baby is measuring spot on tho so i guess its all good. I thought maybe my fluid is way too low but the ob never says anything so i guess things are ok. Fingers crossed!
Anyway better jump off! Nitey nite xxx
Congrats on all the new bubs - things are really moving along in here!
Melster - that is terrible news - hope there is a good outcome for your Dad x
Wannabemum - great news again on your scan - must be a HUGE relief.
Well something is definately up with me it would appear - D&C no. 3 bked in for Monday & then
6 weeks of recurrent miscarriage testing. I need to know - I can't keep going through what I've been through!
Anyway, good luck to all & hope to be back in this thread before you all graduate xxxx
Just a quickie - Reet, I had a squiz at your pictures, what a gorgeous belly! Still a way to go to drop huh? So exciting - and that's not a small belly it's a gorgeous pregnant belly - you are a small person though :D Hate you already lol.
Ahh ladies, I'm so sorry I will never catch up in here, it seems!!!
I just want to congratulate those who have also met their babies, and those who are going to those early and sometimes scary u/s appts.
AFM- I officially have milk. ouch. It just seems to want to pour out constantly and my boobs are huge lol. Axel had his first really unsettled day with us today. It was hard. We're exhausted but we got through it together. This might sound stupid but ever since what happened to me in hospital (promise i will explain this properly one day before Axel's 18th bday lol), DP and I just have this new level of bondedness. He's been so amazing, even sitting on the floir in front of me expressing milk because I was too tired to do it myself. He'll get up out of bed at night just to help me up. He's put my clothes on me, bathed me, done everything plus more. Tonight I was tired so he told me to go and get ready for a nap. I jumped in the shower and when I came out, the bedroom was all dark, a fortress of pilliws was set up jyst perfectly, and he even had some aromatherapy going. I nearly cried. Then he tucked me in and spent the next 2hours wrestling with a screaming unsettled baby.
Everyone says a new baby will strain even a strong relationship. But I feel like Axel has bonded us more strongly than anything, and we each have a new respect and understanding if eachother's strengths. :heartbeat:
Forshelby, that brought tears to my eyes, what a wonderful DP you have :)
WBM- Oh I know. He's doing all this after the strain he was under when I was in hospital. He spent 16hrs sitting beside my bed holding my hand while i was mostly unconscious. We were always very close but he's just gone to this whole other level. I think he's in protector mode hehe :)
thats so beautiful forshelby and i love your new profile pic :)
reet loving your belly its gorgeous!
im feeling a bit emotional today sorry for no persies x
Forshelby~ i love your profile pic and your so lucky to have someoen willing to help you out so much.
Reet ~ i love your pictures i wish i looked as good as you do when i was at your stage.
AFM~ honor had her us today everything is okay the blood is from an allergy to the formula i dont believe it. And the belly botton is looking better
Forshelby - loe the new aavy - good to see Axel there.... and I have tears too, of joy. Gold star to your DP, he is the stuff right now that dreams are made of.... he's made a whole heap of us in here jealous to be sure.... and I thought my DH was amazing, but J has really gone plantium I reckon.
WBM - awesome news!
Reet - your belly is so quintessentially pregnant! It is so cute.
T hopes -= hugs
Angel - glad Honor is ok! Phew....
Kell - hope you're doing ok.
Am thinking of our beautiful mummas enjoying their sleep deprivation right now - Mildez and Ionna and Forshelby. .... it's tough but so glorious. Remember your job is also to baby gaze... and just wonder at the pure perfection before you.
AFM - we had a terrible evening here last night.... but today is a new and glorious day... H has found a loud squeal in her vocal repetoire.. yikes, it is LOUD. And I got to hold my friends newborn baby boy during the week and am just about to head off for more new born cuddles. Yay.
Just a quick selfish post my computer is broken!!
Have snuck on the computer at my MIL house
I am good thanks Dory - My MIL says my belly has dropped woohoo and i def feel a head down there. Hopefully hell be here soon we cant wait for our little boy. There is a full moon on the 18th and my DD when we asked her when her brother was coming on a calender pointed to the 18th :lol: i hope shes right.
At least one more week and he can come when he wants
How is the ttc going? hope we are following your next preg journey soon
Forshelby your DP sounds wonderful - sounds like you have been through so much you are amazing
Bellyrubs to all
Forshelby - oh gosh - i have tears too from reading your post! So beautiful xx
Kell - oh how exciting, about your belly dropping.... I think I heard something about full moons and babies... can't remember what though.... LOL. I like the change to your ticker - easter bunny indeed. I hope he's here earlier than easter..
Kellbell! yay i love the belly dropping, its a great sign!
Hello everyone else, Miss DD2 has a bday party so im just running out the door! Totally mad busy here at the moment so havent been on for days. But have read up and will try for more personals later!
Forshelby CONGRATS ON Axel's arrival. I'm so pleased to hear how truely wonderful your DP is. I haven't read your birth story but read your complications afterwards. I had tears for you and your family over the hell you have been through. I'm so sorry that happened and am in shock that you could have been treated so poorly in ICU. Sounds completely horrific to say the very very least and I'm flabagasted that they could leave you like that. I hear you on the milk. I'm in agony my boobs have had an instant lift and expansion in the last 48hrs. They are like rocks covered in road maps (the veins) and constantly dripping. I'm definately engorged. The midwife called me this morning and told me to express some of as Josie has those squirty explosive poo's from all the foremilk thats high in sugar and thats all she gets as my supply is huge. I thought expressing would create more supply but she disagreed with me. Ouch
WBM yeah on such a great scan.
JJ and Iona Macca CONGRATULATIONS on your bubs arrivals. I am shocked we had 3 babies in here all born on the same day.
Angelfish what a worry with little Honor. I'm pleased to hear her scan was great and things has improved with her belly.
T-Hopes almost to the big 30. Love bub been active.
Well we are going fabulous. I feel fantastic although my boobs are caning but honestly how can I complain about that. Josie is such a pleasure and such a good little girl. We are having some issues with her explosive poo's but nothing we can't fix. All because mummy's milk is to plentiful. It should settle soon.
mildez , lovely to hear from you.. so happy to hear everythin is going well.. hope your boobies stop bein sore soon x
kellbell - yay for a dropped belly
angel - glad to hear everythin with honor went well
all good here, i think im startin to feel baby move.. im gettin flutters nearly everyday.. dh is startin to rub my belly alot now, i think its becomin more real for him now that im startin to show etc.. its nice.
hey to everyone else, love & hugs to you all xxx
hey....
sorry this is a me post...
im a bit worried about this pregnancy and my dad.....we find out tomorrow if the tumor is operable or not....but its breaking me inside to see my parents who have been together 40 something years and two peas in a pod have to go through something like this.......my mum wont cope i know it...she wont survive without dad and wont live alone and doesnt drive very much and always has had dad.......i have to be there rock....i will need to take them to appointments and drive them everywhere and be there all the time...and thats cool..and if they cant operate then i will have to help them cope......i am there for them no matter what and will do everything i can...........but its hard being that strong and im so worried about the stress on the baby.....i know if i hold it in eventually its going to come out some how...some where.......im lost and numb..........
Oh Mildez so lovely to read! YAY the boob milk! I just love Joise name!
Alish 17weeks woohoo!
Mel: Well how about we have a deal, you can be your parents rock if you let us all be your rock?? We are all hear for you and you dont have to be strong for anyone on here!!!!!
Melster - I am with T.... thinking of you during this very hard time....hope you get some news today that gives you some comfort and hope.
Mildez - expressing does help engorgement and also with releasing some of the foremilk... poor ole farty/explosive pants Josie... expressing does help establish your supply too, that's what the ABA says, so you were right.
Belly rubs to all.
Melster I hope you get some positive news today about your Dad. I am sorry your all going through this. Thinking of you and praying for you and your family.
Dory yes I've started expressing. I was concerned if I did express I'd only be making myself make even more and I don't need that right now. They are engorged and even when I express a little to remove some foremilk and she feeds exceptionally well the boob I fed of is still hard as a rock. The community midwife said to feed both sides but that will only make the explosive poo's worse as she will definately be only getting foremilk not the middle stuff and hind stuff. I can't express too much of as then there doubley stimulated but I need to do enough to try and reduce the explosive frequent poops. Poor bubba has a sore bum now. I've just put her in her first MCN. Sposies haven't helped her butt and the cream hasn't done much so its back to the chemist to get some other stuff that worked well with older DD.
gl like your new pic of you and J
Melstar - thinking of you at this hard time, some of these feelings are very close to me too.. my DH's mum is very very sick and its awful to see the heartbreak, pain and devastation in their eyes but we need to stay strong for the our babies because nothing will make them happier than these new grandchildren on the way xx... As Tegam said - we are here for you xx
Mildez - Yup - the big 30wks tomorrow! Gosh im excited about it too!! But im so worried this little one is going to come sooner rather than later! I swear he/she is trying to bust out! Some days i feel like there is an arm about to poke out of my vee-jay-jay!!!
Glad to hear you have settled in well back at home! Poor little Josie's bottom!! How sore for her!!! I love her name! It is too cute!!!
HI Dory & HB! Hope your both well!!
Hiya to everyone ive missed too!!!
xx
he has to go in friday...and of all days my bday...not that i care his life is more important than anything....and they will do a biopsy and take as much of the tumor as they can and then he will have to have radiation most likely....it is an aggressive one so it wont be that great news but the nuro said he doesnt even want to talk about time etc until he knows exactly whats going on...so it will come down to how long he can survive it for.....he is trying to get everything organised at home...he is only worried about mum......they have been together 45 yrs..............its just so so sad............
Mummytotwo: so very sorry that this pregnancy has ended in sadness for you. I hope you get some answers from your blood tests. Hope D & C went as well as can be expected today.
Melster: Sorry that you are going through such a hard time. I will be thinking of you and your family this week.
T-hopes: Sorry to hear that your mother in law is not doing well (i remember you posted about her diagnosis some time ago but you haven't posted an update in a while). She must be hanging out to meet her grandchild as something positive to look forward to.
Mildez: Ouch! Poor you exploding with milk. Sounds very uncomfortable. I hope your system settles a bit soon and Josie's little bottom is soothed by the cream!
Alish: yay for flutters! I am getting them every day too now : ) It is making the baby seem more real for me too. I think i hadn't let myself connect with the baby too much early on in case something went wrong but whenever s/he pokes me i'm aware that there's this little person there and have to say hi!
Wannabemum: yay for the good scan!
Kellbell: ooooh! That's so exciting that your belly has dropped. So won't be long now?
Angelfish: Hope Honor is feeling better now.
Reet: belly rubs! So close for you now too.
Forshelby: Go DP! What a beautiful thing to do for you. HOpe you and Axel are both doing well.
Dory: Hi! Squealing can be cute...when it's not ear shattering!
AFM: Flutters every day now. Very reassuring. Baby seems to react to talkback radio on the way home from work in particular!