Pregnancy after miscarriage or loss ~ October 2010

Tegam - LOL, no I will not wash my mouth out.. I had to go on the weekend because those are DP's days off and it's soooo far and soooo boring to do on my own :) I'll remember that tip for next time though! I did like some of the decorations etc there, but it was all a bit 'old' for our bubby. It is exciting having the room all coming together.. we want to have everything set up by about 33wks so we don't have to worry about doing this stuff when I'm huge and waddling. I'm already waddling..... and huge actually lol. Can't imagine how much bigger I'm going to get! I caught sight of myself in a shop window today while we were out and thought 'where is my reflection, that fat lady is blocking my view' HAHAHAHA. Have you got everything you need set up?

:rofl: everything i need set up, ha you are a funny lady :rofl:

Hello, Ladies--
Tegram: I hope all goes well at your appointment and that the babe can hang out a little longer inside...
Forshelby: I wish that there was an Ikea close to where we live, but alas, no luck there. Sorry that your trip was disappointing; I had no idea what they do or do not carry in terms of baby stuff.
Sunny-- hello and welcome!
Ferrals-- love to see your ticker moving across there... over half-way now...woo-hoo!
Melster-- Did you say that your Christmas tree is up already??? Wow! We celebrate Thanksgving here this Thursday and that's when we'll decorate some for Xmas...but we probably won't get a tree for another 2 weeks or so.

About me-- Well, this was a difficult week 'cause it is the one year anniversary of my miscarriage and it's hard not to freak out... Stupid cold sores haven't fully healed yet, so there is no nookie here either. On a positive note, I get to feel babe every now and then; I don't know what is normal for frequency, but it seems more noticeable when I am resting or just after I eat. We had a big maternity leave meeting at the church where I serve. We'll see what happens. I am hoping to be "off" for 12 weeks-- I have to take some vacation time and such, but that's okay. We put a down payment on a crib and ordered it. Oh, I also registered for childbirth classes in January.

I am looking forward to my next ob-gyn appointment. I hope that we get to see the babe, but probably it will just be a check up. I really wonder how things are going inside the womb. Trying very hard to think lots of positive thoughts.

Hello to all the ladies I missed!

Tegam - Hehe, so glad you got a laugh out of my silliness. I bet it feels good to be all set up and ready to rock and roll. :)

Sunshine - Ikea had very little in the way of newborn stuff. The cots looked really small (low to the ground) and.... flimsy. I was originally thinking about getting one of them until we picked up our second-hander from a friend. It's 10 times better than the new one we saw there! Also, they had inflatable change mats.. what the?? They were really cheap and nasty too and had this stupid towel like cover to go over it. My first thought was '1 poo explosion and that thing is toast!'. Plus why would you have a plush cover on something where poo and wee is going to be abundant? Craziness. Not sure what Ikea is like over there but I assume it's all the same. It sounds like the movements you're feeling are normal. My bubby is most active when I'm eating, or sitting still. It's a pity you can't get more time off, but I guess your work is never really done, huh? Happy angelversary to your angel baby... the first year is usually the hardest and the saddest. If it helps at all each year it's a little easier, although still something I never forget. :hug:

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On the up side, we did find a lovely hanging mesh canopy thing for the cot (don't know how to describe it but ykwim???) and a nightlight in the shape of the moon. That's about all the significant stuff we got there, so pretty depressing. To cheer ourselves up we went to 'Bubs' baby shop on the way home and found a PERFECT bassinette. $150, and on wheels. Bingo! So I know where I'm going next week hehe. I keep going into the nursery now and just looking at things, it's coming together so nicely, and actually looks like a baby's room. DP and I went in there when we got up this morning just to look. :) I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend, and not going to Ikea. *shudder*

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i took mark there to look at the pooh bear manchester so he could get an idea of the colour I want the nursery painted and we walked out $1100 out of pocket (well only $200 as the rest is on layby) - a new pram and cot, something we weren't looking at to start with

Iona - which pram did you end up with? ohhhh its so hard to resist in those baby shops think i will stay away for now i dont need anything anyway but would be sure to end up with something :rolleyes:
someone at work bought in a cute playmat and rocker for me today and i cant keep Ella out of them!!!! looks so funny seeing a big toddler lying under a playmat :rofl:

Forshelby think you need to post a pic of your nursery i bet its looking so cute!
yeah anything material they can poop on is very bad as they are sure to do it :D
the ikea high chairs are the BEST though they are so easy to clean. the one i had was horrible to clean and had so bar between her legs so she used to slide out - gosh i hated it ( it did have cute winnie the pooh on it lol prob why i bought it )and someone recommended the ikea one and we love it!
I have seen material high chairs too that makes me laugh as all i can think off is the poor mum scrubbing Vegemite or whatever off it :doh:

I got so many little kicks today i am on top of the world tonight - i think he or she did a huge flip before i cant get the grin off my face :D

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i took mark there to look at the pooh bear manchester so he could get an idea of the colour I want the nursery painted and we walked out $1100 out of pocket (well only $200 as the rest is on layby) - a new pram and cot, something we weren't looking at to start with

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:clap: well done!

kell - we got the strider plus 3 3 wheeler in the caramel and it came with the toddler seat for free but if we don't use it we will just sell it later down the track. I can't believe ur 17 weeks already, where has the time gone

tegam - good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you sweety!!

ohhhhhh sounds beautiful and in the caramel i wouldn't have been able to resist either!!!!!

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tegam - good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you sweety!!

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Thank you for remembering hun, wishing i could just not turn up but trying to focus on just having an open mind about what they say!

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Thank you for remembering hun, wishing i could just not turn up but trying to focus on just having an open mind about what they say!

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and keep thinking that everything will be fine as it will be xoxox

New thread time everyone.