Oh Katie she is absolutely gorgeous...:hug:
Rozzie - was thinking of you yesterday. Hope your day went OK.
Laney - yah for the good scan. You must feel so relieved and I bet you had a good night sleep.
Will be back later for more personals.
Love to you all.
xxx Sue xxx
ooooooooooooooooh thank you Katie, Anna is such a cutie. She looks so content and happy. You must be so in love with her!
Laney, I had no idea you had a scan coming up, or if I did I completely forgot. How wonderful that it all went well and at least you have some explanation for the bleeding to which is a relief. Roll on 12 week I say!!
Hi to everyone else. Jo?? Lan?? Don't keep us in suspense. Little Anna has used up all my suspense tolerance so I have none left for you 2 !!
Hello,
Fantastic news on the U/S Laney, you must be relieved to see that little baby moving happily!
Katie, I am quite new here, but did follow your story towards the end of your pregnancy, such great news, congratulations on the birth of Anna, she is a beautiful little bundle.
Paula, have you had the ok to start TTC yet? We are thinking of trying from Jan. I have an OB appointment on Tuesday to check that my body has recovered and that we are ok to start trying when we're ready. We also have a geneticist appointment on Thursday to rule out that there is a genetic problem with DH & me, I think this is highly unlikely from initial discussions with OB & geneticist but definetly worth being sure. My OB has been in the game for 25 yrs & said he sees problems like ours once every 5-7 yrs, he thinks it was a random event or 'bad luck'.
Rozzie, how are you going, hope you are doing ok & that baby of yours is kicking away.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Megan (Berry)
Oh my goodness, I just looked at baby Anna. Cluck, cluck, cluck!
Paula, I'll be able to test in 1.5 week's time but I've maintained my crazy lady status and decided that I'm pregnant. I've kind of felt little tugs around the lower ab area which I remember feeling with Hamish. We shall see anyway!
What about you Jo? Any signs?
Rozzie, I hope you're doing OK this weekend and that you're able to get away from everybody. Next Tues is a whole new phase, only three more sleeps.
Laney, congrats on your scan. Now I can see the bub in your u/s pic. How exciting that you can watch his/her development so closely.
Hi to all :-)
Lan, if you think your PG then so do I, lets start a rumour, it will keep us busy for the next 1.5 weeks!!
Laney, I actually got the ok to start ttc in late August but then I had these thyroid/progesterone issues come up. We had already decided to wait till the end of the year anyway and thought it was a good idea to get all that right first. I'm glad I did because the more I find out about low progesterone, the more convinced I am that it has caused a lot, if not all, of my problems. My OB is completely unaware that this is all going on and I'm not sure how into it he would be. It sounds like an almost alternative treatment. My progesterone tested within the normal range but at the very low end. The real proof for me has been the last week where I would normally have shocking pms. Instead I have felt completely normal all week.
DH teases me because I have basically diagnosed myself (with the help of Dr Google) and had to use 2 GP's and a naturopath to get to the answer. Even then, they all turned out wrong! It just goes to show that we know our own bodies better than anyone else. DH is also amazed at this last week and cannot believe the difference. Here's hoping it continues.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Paula
oh I almost forgot...
I'm not sure what you are all planning on doing for your angels at x-mas but I thought I would share my idea. Ethan asked me the other night if Santa would know where to find Charlie so that she could get a present at x-mas so I suggested to him (whilst holding back tears) that we could go and buy a present for Charlie. He got so excited and started realing off all these girly things that we could get her. He then wanted to know how we could get the presents up in the sky to her. I told him we could wrap it and take it to a special tree (the K-mart wishing tree) and leave it there. I told him that it was the Angel's magic wishing tree and that Santa came there specially to pick up presents for all the angels. He was pretty chuffed, DH and I felt good that we were doing something and of course we are helping another little girl somewhere have a happier x-mas.
I have that feeling Jo talked about when she got her urns. I feel good about doing something but super sad that I had to. I expect this knot i've had in my stomach since the x-mas season began is not going to go away anytime soon. Lets hope that next xmas we are all celebrating with miracle earth babies so that the pain is not quite so intense.
Katie, it's a lovely picture of Anna! She may be a drama queen, but in the picture she looks so calm and just so sweet.
Laney, it sounds like things went great at your scan. I can absolutely believe that the low-lying placenta caused the bleeding. After all four of the big bleeds I had in the first 13 weeks I had a scan, and the first two (weeks 8, 9) showed a placenta that was fully covering the cervical os, and the next two (week 11, 13), where large clots came out too, each showed a low-lying placenta, the first time it was right up next to the opening and the next time it was 1/2 cm away. The high-risk OB said it can definitely cause non-dangerous bleeding as long as it's within 1-2 cm. But I haven't had any bleeding since 13+0, and of course by the morphology scan the placenta had moved up and requried no further concern. So I think your low-lying placenta might be causing some blood, and I'm sure they've also told you that it's not really dangerous and that in the vast majority of cases it moves itself up before the birth. :hug:
Rozzie -- my thoughts are with you and Alec this weekend.
I'm still battling with my sinuses, and have been waking up after 4 hours of sleep every night without being able to get back to sleep, so I'm so worn out. This weekend might mostly be spent in bed. Right now, I need a kleenex and some breakfast... back to you later.
hi girls!
just needed some cheer -its Jacks 1 year angelversary tomorrow (:crying:) and i will wake up to take a picture of his sunrise over the lake to put in his scrapbook...my heart is my stomach right now...and i have to work tomorrow...
please if you have a moment think of my little man and his sweet little button nose! i wish he was here...
xx
Hi Ladies,
Jo, I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Are you and your family going to do anything as a group to remember him? I hope Jack sends you a BFP.
It should be Parker's first birthday on Wednesday. I am going to visit my family. They will keep me really busy so I don't have time to break down.
My sister is getting married on Tuesday. They told me about it last week. It is just going to be an informal small gathering. Her boyfriend is going to Iraq in a couple of weeks and she is pregnant so they decided it was time.
Happy angel birthday baby Jack! It's a lovely sunny morning in Sydney and outside it's still peacefully quiet. I hope you are safe, warm and happy where you are now and that you give your mummy the biggest hug today.
Jo, it's OK to totally lose it today. After all, what can be said or done to console a mother, and a family, on an anniversary like this? Hugging you tight.
Also hugging Rozzie and wishing that Tuesday will come quickly for you, starting with a huge kick from your bub.
And Laney, hugging you too for Wed and like you said to Jo, I hope Parker and Shelby and the little angel bean bring this little baby you're carrying safely into your arms next year.
My heart is so full with all your sadness :-(
Jo - I'm sending you some warm thoughts
Laney - I will be thinking of you on Wed
Dear Jo,
Thinking of you today and thinking of your angel Jack.
I think we need a big group hug in rememberance of all our little angels :grouphug:
xxx Sue xxx
Jo thinking of you on such a sad day. I love your photo idea. You always think of such lovely ways to remember your angels. You really are a wonderful mum. I tell Ethan that only very special families are chosen to make angels and you and your family are living proof of that. Hopefully all our Angels are up there having a blast at Jack's birthday party. Take care of yourself today.
love
Paula
Jo what a beautiful thing to do, I am shedding many tears for you right now and holding you tight in my thoughts. Happy birthday Jack, I know you are somewhere safe, warm and happy, free from any troubles.
Laney I will be thinking of you to in the days to come, it is always so hard to know what to do at these times, keep busy or fall in a heap?? Let the day take you on it's own journey, thankfully you will have people who care deeply for you to support you.
:comfort: for you both and :grouphug: for us all.
this may be good for a chuckle. I never could never figure out hgirs' ticker - I thought it was a close up of a belly button piercing or something...Until today! I now see the little fetus!
I needed that chuckle! It is starting to look better now!
Jo - thinking of you and Jack today. I will light my candle for you both. I hope you are doing okay and have plenty of support around you. :hug:
Katie, Anna is such a cutiepie, I bet you stare at her while she's sleeping!!! Just gorgeous.
Jo, I hope your day remembering Jack was as nice as it could be, the sunrise picture sounds lovely.
Laney, I hope Wednesday goes well for you... there are a few of us dealing with difficult anniversaries at the moment aren't there? I hope your family keep you busy and are supportive.
Tildy, hope you're feeling better and didn't have to spend your entire weekend in bed... though it is nice to lie in bed, enjoying the quiet and feeling the kicks isn't it?
Sending sticky vibes to all our ladies hoping for BFPs soon...
Thankyou all so much for wishes and thoughts over this weekend, it's so lovely to know that other people are thinking of you, especially when people in my life don't seem to understand the significance. Friday went ok, baby kicked lots and I was fairly busy with things at work so that was OK. When Alec got home though the weirdest thing set me off though, he'd asked for a leave history printout from his boss. The printout was a handwritten note from his bosses mother who handles the accounting (and does a shocking job) and said he had two weeks leave 'when Roslyn had her miscarriage'. This was disquieting for me, I know that all miscarriages are devastating and I fear them, but it's not like I had an early one... I held my baby and had to have major surgery, and for some reason it bothers me that this isn't recognised. Another guy at work only just noticed I was pregnant (???) and asked how far I was... I said 22 weeks and he said well that's a lot further than last time, and I said no, actually it's the same! And my boss asked me if I was up to the stage of feeling movement, and I said yes, for about 6 weeks. It irks me that people seem to see it Edward's loss as a somewhat normal miscarriage, when I don't see it that way obviously.
Anyway, yesterday of all days the baby decided to have a quiet day, naughty thing!!! Luckily I had my doppler on hand, I got it out twice! Bub is a bit more active today thankfully. I think I'm getting a cold now, which is just not what I need.
Anyway, thanks again for supporting me and indulging my rambling. I feel more confident in this pregnancy, and another all clear at the scan on Wednesday will help as well.
Love Rozzie