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hi girls!
katie - if you have'nt already -know that i am thinking of you today and sending you lots of love and support (and a cyber hand hold!)!!:goodluck::hug: can't wait to hear your news!
hammi -hamishs portrait is so much more amazing than what i expected!Really really beautiful! i would love her details! Can i be really rude and ask the cost? i have found some photo snow globes in freedom that are really nice and simple and have decided to buy 2 so i can put jack and madisons photos in them for something to put out each christmas. I have something that mum bought us to put on the tree for jack but this year need to buy one for madison too.
gotta go! have to run on time today! xxx jo
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Oooooohhhhhhhhhh go go Katie, you've had the baby dust, sticky vibes and belly rubs, now you need some pushing pats!!
Lan, Hamish's picture is absolutely gorgeous, I'm with Jo and would love the details. He looks so peaceful and content. Jo I love the snowglobe idea as well. I haven't seen those but will keep an eye out.
I'm off to Brisvegas for the day but will be bursting in the door straight to the computer tonight to check up for an update on Katie :)
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Soooooo excited for Katie and her DH and Nathaniel and bub today. Good luck Katie. Thinking of you and hugging you heaps.
Jo and Paula, the artist's details are:
Sue Fernandes
02 6485 4227
Address: 'Applegum', Merriangaah, Bombala, NSW 2632, AUSTRALIA
All you need to do is send her photos of your angel(s) - the bigger and clearer the better - names and anything else you want her to include on the pic and of course a return address. She takes about 4wks and just posts portrait back to you. It's done in pastel (sort of looks like chalk) on paper a bit bigger than A4 size. She charges $95 for the pic and $5 postage - really good, I think. She gives you her account details when she sends the pic back. She draws all babies in the same pattern blanket though, pink for girls and blue for boys. Hamish's bunny rug had little dogs on it, I kind of would've liked it if she actually drew that one because I don't think he'd like these flowers!!!
Hugs to all.
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hey everyone havent been one for a while to busy arranging all my stuff for the big move. looks like everyone is well.
Woot- katie you go girl hope everything goes to plan :)
all is well with us have our big morphology scan on the 15th DEC. so ill be 20weeks and 3 days by then they are sending us to john hunter to make sure everything is good. my OB is really good ATM.
shes gonna try her hardest not to let anything she can prevent, to go wrong which is a relief.
anyway have a great day.
aaaachooo sinus is a bugger at this time of year.
all my love cindee xxxxxxx
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Katie - thinking of you and your family.
Excited about hearing news soon.
xxx Sue xxx
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I hope everything is going well for Katie! Since it's lunchtime here, I presume it's really late evening there and that something must be happening by now! We're all sitting on pins and needles :)
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hey........
Just got home after a loooooooong day at work and hoped to have some news to wake me up long enough to eat some very late tea!
katie - you guys are all still in my thoughts and i can't wait to hear about your first moments with your little princess! big hugs....
xx jo
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Katie, I will be checking back every couple of hours. I can't wait to hear your news.
Ladies, I just wanted to let you know that I was just in the pregnancy thread and read that Stickybaby got some bad news today. She needs some support.
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OK have some time on my hands, how is everyone??
Katie - I hope everything is going smoothly for you, we are all so patiently (or not) waiting your little girls arrival, please don't leave us in here we will need lots of little new baby updates! How is your mum? Is she still in Brissy or with you? (Probably stupid question)
Jo - I am glad you got your time off for Christmas, I do hope your grandmother gets better. What a beautiful idea about your snow globes, that is magical Lastly you pulled a huge day yesterday, make sure you have time to relax! Look after yourself.
Lan - You made me laugh bonking your DH silly! So what day are you in your cycle? How is the not charting going? I would be a basket case I think!
Cindee - I was so glad to hear from you, I was really getting concerned whether you were OK! Your OB sounds very reassuring, your morph scan isn't too far away. When is the big move??
Laney - I did read stickybaby's sad news, I haven't made the jump across formally yet but was thinking about posting anyway.
Tildy - 1 day of 21 weeks, wow, how are you feeling?
Rozzie - I hope you had a nice wedding anniversary since the first 2 weren't great, your doing better than me, DH and I are hopeless have forgotten our anniversary for the last 2 years running! Only been married for 5 so don't really have an excuse! This year was probably worse for me though as at least DH did get me a pressie (just forgot to give it to me) I completely forgot!
Sue - How have you been feeling? Anymore movement??
Paula - I think we all know what you mean about people trying to 'fix' us when we are sad and I totally agree, sometimes we just need to be left alone and let us feel sad it is all part of the grieving. We are all here for you, it's just a shame sometimes it isn't sitting on the couch holding your hand. I hope the prog cream works for you, it isn't long now you'll be TTC too!
I think I've covered it all, we are all good at the moment have our NT scan on Monday, I can't wait!
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I'm feeling good, thanks Helen (except for the sinus infection!) Getting kicked a lot here and there.
I'm getting nervous! I know that telling us what's happening isn't Katie's first priority in the middle of everything, but I do so hope everything is going well!
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Hi Ladies,
Tildy, I wouldn't worry too much about Katie. She is in good hands. Induction can be a very long process. Her little girl wasn't in much of a hurry to come out already.
Helen, I hope your NT scan goes well. I will be thinking of you.
Jo, How have you been doing? It has to be getting close to testing day.
Lan, the picture is beautiful. I am still not ready to do something like that with Shelby's picture. I don't know why but I haven't been able to pick out an urn for her ashes yet either.
When my DH and I TTC it is an everyday event. I wouldn't have enough energy for twice a day. I would also feel like I missed the day if it was every other day.
Sue, I'm glad that they are keeping a close eye on your sugar levels. My SIL has had high levels for most of her pregnancy. They just watched her close and made a bunch of adjustments. She is due in a week.
Everything is going pretty well here. I have had a little sickness. I never get m/s really bad. My DH decided to cook steak in the house last night :rolleyes: That didn't help. I am really starting to get nervous about the pregnancy. I have my 12 week scan in 2 weeks and then the scan that I hate. At 17 weeks Parker and Shelby were already a week behind in growth. Just the thought of that scan. I am trying to take it one day at a time. I know that I still have other big days to get through first. Time is just going too fast, that scan will be here before I know it.
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hi everyone!
Katie is gonna laugh when she sees all our impatience- but for good reasons! your still in my thoughts katie - i so hope you guys are doing well! xxxx
laney -i'll send you an email but just wanted to say i can't believe how quickly time has gone for you! your ticker has raced past! know that i completely understand your nerves and i am here anytime you need! sending you loads of hugs! And when the time is right you'll do the urns then. It was heartbreaking for me to do but for me something i HAD to do...for me its till so hard to get past the fact that they hold so much past hope for me.
hgirs - thanks! that day was a long day and i am still tired!!!! (i hate to think i am getting old at 32!!) i will keep you in my thoughts for monday! It will be nice for you to see your bubs again!
Our friends just had their baby 6 weeks prem and thankfully are doing well. They named their baby Jackson, which eventhough it is one of the most common names DH and i still struggled so hard with. I had a major teary last night, esp as they were due 3 weeks after us so it has bought back so much of what we lost with madison. A mutual friend of both sides rang Dh and said it was'nt right for them to name their baby that and surely they knew what they were doing but you can't think like that. (or maybe you can for a moment!) It just means that each time we hear about their baby we won't be like THEIR Jack but thinking of our own. (recap -they were the couple who lost their 1st baby at 10wks the day we lost jack and then got preg the same time as us with madison)
ok, gotta go will check in this afternoon! gotta get us all moving!!!
take care everyone else! hope you are all well!
x jo
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Hi all - sorry to keep you all waiting!!! Anna Frances came into the world at 12:49pm yesterday weighing 3.1kg or 6lb13oz. She is completely beautiful and DH and I are beyond smitten. The induction actually progressed very quickly after the drip being inserted at 7, I was 7cm dilated by 9am. She had actually turned posterior so the labour was getting too tough and I ended up with an epidural at 9ish - she ended up being forceps delivered, with the cord around her neck but all went smoothly. I had trouble with the placenta being delivered, and my ob thinks it is scar tissue from my D&C and the placenta will always adhere itself to the scar (I now see this as my battle scar) - he said I was very lucky that I had the epi as believe me - he had to pull really hard!
Thank you all so much for your excitement, support and impatience, it has meant the world to me. Given the tragic news of Stickybaby's baby, I hope that Anna's arrival gives everyone some hope as you move through your individual journeys to holding your baby's. :grouphug:
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Where's the baby news? When I saw that you posted, Jo, I thought that you might've received a text from Katie and were posting with the baby announcement. Imagine how antsy Katie's DH is if we're all jumping up and down here. Push, Katie, push!!! Hugs to you.
I'm like Tildy, wait too long and I get nervous. Hold hands, Tildy :-) So are you still tracking Kebab with your doppler as well? Do you get kicks throughout the day every day or still sporadic? Tell me, are you thinking names yet?
Where's Rozzie? Haven't heard from you since your anniversary.... did DH get lucky again? Haha.Having actually found your morph scan picts, I have to retract my baseless bet that you're having a girl. The crown jewels are so obvious!!! Did you have an inclination for boy or girl? How big's your tummy now.
Ooooh NT scan on Mon, Helen. I can't wait to hear about it and see pics of bub. I'm trying to be cool and not pay attention to where I am in my cycle but I secretly know that I'm CD13. Not temping is actually a relief. I used to get flustered if I had to sleep somewhere different or wake at a different time, fearing that would mess up my temp. And I'd stare at my chart everyday, willing it to be a good chart. So weird though, even when AF was still here, I felt pregnant and get M/S like symptons. I feel pregnant and I treat myself like I'm pregnant even though I haven't ovulated yet. Hope I'm not going mental.
Laney, I'm completely with you on being scared of scans. Will you ask them to turn off the screen until they can tell you that everything is OK? Makes me ill to even think about walking into one of those rooms. Are you going back to the same place where you had scans for Parker and Shelby? Have you read the book called Trying Again? They talk about ways you can break up the 9mths of pregnancy so it doesn't feel like such a long time. They suggested making small milestones like the scans as well as things like Christmas, birthdays etc. One of my friends told me she set little projects for herself, unrelated to her pregnancy, like completing a course or a cross-stitch just to have small detractions. I don't know if any of that would actually work for me but always good to hear what others do to stay sane.
Sue! You're over 15wks. Does time fly for you too? What did you do to celebrate making 2nd tri for the first time?
Hey Cindee, good to hear from you. Hope that sinus is getting better. How's bubs going?
So Paula, there's only one week of Nov left. Will you TTC in Dec?
Jo, are you still doing the daily BD? I'm sticking to every other day :-) How are you feeling (apart from tired from work)? Any good vibes for this month?
Hi and hugs to all.
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Oh Katie, what fantastic news....Baby Anna Frances has entered the world :dance::dance::dance:
I have tears running down my face as I am so so happy for you and DH.
Stickybaby's news really hit me hard and yesterday and I thought about not coming onto this site for a while, as I started to get worried about myself etc.
But your news has made my day.
Love to you all
xxx Sue xxx
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Hi
I've been lurking on this thread for the past week or so and have to extend my congratulations to Katie - I don't know you or these ladies, but I am crying with happiness for you. I wish you and your new extended family all the best - and can't wait to read more stories that give me hope and encouragement.
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Welcome buliej
Please join our thread, these ladies are amazing.
They have helped me so much and keeping me sane in my current pregnancy.
xxx Sue xxx
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:leap::leap::leap::thumbsup::happyforyou::happyfor you::happyforyou:
Anna Francis WELCOME TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am so excited and happy and in tears for you Katie and DH, WOW, what can I say!
Welcome buliej, you will find lots of comfort and support here, and as you just witnessed miracles do happen!
