Mel, it sounds like your period was heavy and clotty. Maybe it just got it over with nice and quick and that's the last you will see for a looooong time. I hope so :hugs:
Yes, I am cd14 on Wednesday and DH arrives back at 930am! I haven't ovulated on cd14 in my entire life so I am sure he will be back in plenty of time! I usually ovulate around cd17-19 and have ovulated later on clomid. It does get hard having him away. I actually enjoy it when he is gone a couple of nights. It is a bit of just me time at night. I like that sometimes. But 10 days is a long time for us both and for the kids. They miss their Daddy and so do I!
It is absolutely bucketing down here at the moment. I have the cat sitting on my knee (Pat(rick) the siamese cat) and Doug our black labrador(sp) is knocking the gate to our deck as he wants to come on to the deck (he is not allowed as he rolls in cow poo and he smells!!!). The animals don't like the rain - there is lightning and thunder too and they get spooked I think. I know so many many people would give their right arm for the rain we get up here but I just want a little break for a few days! I went to Bunnings on the way home last night and got a few plants to plant out on the weekend - I NEED some SUN!!!!
Night night Mel
Flowerchild: LMAO about your shopping trip. I am sure it wasn't funny at the time but I can just imagine how confused the other shoppers were when they heard over the loud speaker "could the owner of the fish in the bag come to the front desk" I am glad that DH will be back in time for O. I know how hard it is being away from our loved ones. When DH comes home I feel instantly at ease but as soon as he goes I feel on edge. I just can't wait until June when he will be home for good (well for a while at least)
Mel: Perhaps you did just have a short period if it was really heavy and clotty. I can't remember if you had the hysterography (sp) this month, but perhaps it has something to do with it. Just a thought. I know today is going to be a tough one for you, but Nicholas is going to be so happy to be home with Mummy and Daddy, plant a big sloppy kiss on him from Aunty Spring.
Lynn: How are you today honey? I will email you later about my scan on Tuesday. You are such a doll for coming with me. DH and I are more grateful then I can explain.
Dream: Your son sound like such a sweetie. It is gorgeous that he wants to sleep in your bed when dad is away. What a darling, you must be very proud. I hope that your Grandmother is doing ok and that you get a chance to spend some cherished time with her. Big
Bailey: Hey sweetie, did you managed to get your little boy off to bed without too much drama? I can't wait to be the mother of an earth baby. Being a mother just sounds like such a rewarding experience.
Well today is the big 12 weeks. I feel like it is another hurdle over, but as you said Mel, it is not the 'safe' time like most woman think. I have my NT scan on Tuesday and after it goes fantastically well, I am going to tell a few people. I am only going to tell my Mum and Dad, one of my sisters and my best friend. I want to try to keep it to myself until after my 19week scan. I don't think I will be able to hide it that long from work, but as most of my friends and family live interstate, unless they can see down the phone, I should be able to manage it. I am really nervous about telling them. I have no reason to be but I don't like keeping secrets so I feel a little guilty that I have. I am sure my Mum and Dad will be over the moon, my big sister will sob (she is a big cryer) with happiness and my best friend will be happy but astounded that I have kept a secret so well. I am usually hopeless at keeping secrets (that is unless they are really important) So tuesday night it is. Any tips on how to tell the fam? I have been so emotional that I am worried I will just cry my way through it. I have to do it over the phone, but I know that I will be asking my sister to sit down first otherwise she might faint (lol)
Anyway, I'll pop in later. Going to make DH and I a free range egg omlette for breaky. Then off to help DH with the gardening and get on top of all this housework
Deb Your shopping trip sounds very funny.....I can just picture it all I know it probley wasnt at the time but at least you can look back and laugh, how are the poor fish after there big adventure? more to the point have you recovered? I hope it stops raining long enough to plant your plants.
Spring Thanks for your nice words, he is a sweetie, and it wont be very long before you are an earth mummy. Im going to take DS over to GN on Tue, all the family (her children) are going to be there this weekend and I think it may be a little to much for everyone! so I will go when its just the three of us. Yum omlette whats your address!!!! Enjoy your weekend with DH and dont over do the housework.
Mel Thinking of you today.
Lynn and Bailey Hope your both well.
Oh yeah are we catching up? when and where I cheeked the other thread and not sure if it was this sunday or 21st yes call me blonde but ........
We have a weekend with not to much on thank goodness, soccer trials tomorrow moning then just take it nice and slow for a change. Hope you all have a good day.
Luv Nat xxx
Thanks to everyone for thinking of us over the weekend, it means alot to me We brought Nicholas home on Saturday and I can't really say too much about how I feel. In a way I feel happy, in a way I feel sad, in a way I don't feel anything. I thought maybe that sounded awful until a very wise person (Lynn) said to me that maybe its cause I feel so many things at once. I have updated Nicholas' web page with a picture of his urn if anyone wants to have a look, it really ended up being a perfect choice for his place on top of the piano and they managed to get it in blue which we were so happy about.
Lynn - Thanks for the chat, it really did help me feel a little better tonight.
Spring - I sent you an email and pretty much responded to most of your posts in there (I think). Only 2 sleeps until your NT scan which is just going to be great, and you have a wonderful woman going with you for support so you all will be
Bailey - CONGRATULATIONS That is so wonderful and I am so happy for you. It is funny how our angels change our way of thinking, I used to be anti marriage "why should I get married?" "it's only a piece of paper"! Until I had Nicholas and DH and I got married on 25 November just gone and we only decided to get married after Nicholas cause he showed us what really is important in life and that is each other and our families. When we told our families they nearly fell over in shock at our decision! We also just went to the registry and did the simple and cheap thing and afterwards had a few family and friends to dinner at my fave mex restaurant (and everyone paid for themselves), it was great. And like you, it was so me! You will have such a wonderful day and even though you have other people going on your holiday with you, it is still a pretty decent honeymoon. What better way to celebrate the beginning of a new page in your life book than with your husband, son and good friends?
Deb - Thank you so much for the special message, it really did make me feel good. Barnyard, I like that movie - I love all the kids movies! Hope that rain has eased off for you.
Nat - Bummer about having to work on the weekend, that really sucks! I hope you had a nice dinner to make up for it though.
Spring - one more sleep babe! Not long now - your ticker is flying by. Before you know it, you will have that screaming, pooing bubba in your arms.
Mel - Nicholas' urn is just beautiful. I know you have mixed emotions, but it must be so good to finally have your bubba home. Take care of yourself, be kind and you are always in my thoughts
What's happening on the work front? I forgot to ask you yesterday. Are you starting work today? If you are, I hope it all goes well.
Bailey - I think that it is beautiful that Asha made you realise what is important. Nicholas did the same for Mel and I just think that our bubbas bring out the best in us because they make us strong.
Nat - how are you going? How is your grandma and dad going? I've been thinking about them and you. Has DS seen your grandma yet?
Flowerchild - how are you after your eventful weekend? I hope the rains eased off for you. Yesterday was really hot here but today is nice, it is a bit overcast though. I can't wait for winter. I love it when it is a beautiful blue sky but a crisp fresh air and all rugged up. Or even better when I am under the doona with a hot choccie.
Well I have decided that I am going to take the step and go into work today. Although I have told them that I am not going back, they have kept me on the books and told me not to resign because they said that one day I might feel like doing part time work and they will find something for me. They have been so good to me through it all so I do want to keep my ties with them in case I do feel like going back to work one day. So I will let you know how it all goes. I will probably be a blubbering mess
Well DH made up my mind about my dress. He said that I deserve a new dress so go out a buy one I will keep my other dress because it is a beautiful dress and I guess I have good and bad memories in it. I remember wearing it when I was pg with Cooper so that is nice but then the funeral is a bad memory but I don't really remember that day. I might need to wear the dress again when I am next pregnant (which is going to be very soon!!!! )
Day 1 of clomid - come on, this is my month!!!!!
Have a good day
Luv & hugs
Lynn
At the dawn of each day, let us make our hopes and promises as sincere and powerful as possible
How you feeling today? I take it it's not a public holiday in Sydney today? It is Labour Day here in Melbourne but fortunately the shops are open.
DH woke up this morning, had a shower and all that other good stuff but I didnt want to get up so went back to sleep. He came in a bit later and said Kenny (1 of our birds) was on the bottom of the cage and didnt look good, so I got up, he picked Kenny up and she (yes Kenny was a girl) was still alive but within a few mins died Poor little thing, now I feel really bad cause as I was chatting to you last night I was looking at her and she was doing this weird thing with her neck and I just watched her thinking what a freak she was. She was a strange bird, she used to hump the mirror! Anyway now Snowy, her roomie is all alone, so we went and bought him some new toys and a better mirror so hopefully he will think he has company even though its only his reflection. We really dont want to buy another bird because they are just so messy. We also have another bird, Charlie, who we call our special needs bird. He has arthritis in his feet and cant really stand on the perches properly and pretty much just sits there all the time, occasionally he chirps away to music but he is very antisocial so we cant put Snowy and him together. So we feel sad for Snowy and have brought him in the front room where we watch TV so we can keep him company but then didnt want Charlie to be left alone so he came in as well so now we are sitting here watching TV surrounded by birds chirping away. So that is our day!
I am working 9-1 on Wed and possibly Fri but other than that am off this week. Am meant to be going to the movies with a friend tomorrow so at least it will get me out of the house and keep my mind occupied.
By the way, to anyone who wants to see Notes On A Scandal - I wouldnt! We saw it Sat and it was pretty boring, and kind of creepy... Judy Dench has a thing for Kate Blanchett and somehow its just wrong.
Oh Mel, I am so sorry to hear about Kenny. Don't feel bad about calling her a freak last night, you weren't to know. If only animals could tell us what was wrong. That is so cute that you now have both birds with you watching tv. I used to have a budgie called Joey. He was so cool and could talk but he liked to hump the mirror too!!!
What are you seeing at the movies tomorrow? I got some movie tickets for my birthday but I just don't know what to see. Have you seen Dreamgirls? I would like to see that but I don't think DH does. I wonder if it is a girly movie?
How are you feeling today?
No we don't have a public holiday today. Well I bit the bullet and went into work. It was much harder than I thought. Everytime I saw a different person, I just cried. I guess I always thought that next time I went back in there it would be to show off Cooper. They are such wonderful people and I sat there crying with some of them. One guy told me how he lost a baby at 16 weeks and he knows how devastated he and his wife were so he couldn't even imagine what DH and I have been through. He told me that I will always be apart of the family and am welcome to come back and work, or just come back and have a coffee whenever I wanted to.
My mum just called too. She is away at the moment. She asked how I was and I just burst into tears. I was trying not to cry because I don't want her jumping on the first plane home! I just told her about work and how it was much harder than I thought. She said that because they are just relaxing and she has time on her hands she is finding that all she is doing is thinking of me and Cooper and she is finding it really hard. We then had a cry together After all the crying that I have been doing, I just didn't think there would be any more tears, but they just keep coming!
Hope you are ok - thinking of you and sending you a big
Oh Lynn, you are the one who needs the big hug today
I am so proud of you for going into work, I know it was really hard, but you have to realise how much strength you have to take that step. It is great that they were so wonderful and understanding, and it must make you feel so loved. That is so sad that the guy at your work lost his bub. Its funny though, you would have never known that because its probably something they just dont talk about. He sounds like a really nice guy and his angel has shown him so much compassion towards others, just as our angels have shown us. Are you glad you went? Do you think it might be easier next time you go in?
On top of that you have to deal with your mum being away. Your poor mum, it would be hard having all that time to just sit and think (I think that is alot of my problem in the last week) about you and Cooper. But then with her away, I guess you also have more time to sit and think. I think it is wonderful that you have that sort of relationship with your mum that you can just have a cry with her, I tend to push my tears aside when people are around me. Unfortunately, we have many more tears to come. Between all of us girls here we could officially end the water shortage if we could save them all up!
About the movies, we are going to see Norbit tomorrow which has Eddie Murphy in it. It sounds kind of funny and I really think I need a good laugh. I have to admit there is not too much worth seeing at the moment I dont think. When do your tickets expire? I think there are few good ones due to come out in the next couple of months so it might be worth waiting. I havent seen Dreamgirls but my sister did and she said it was a musical but a really bad one, she said it was the worst movie she has seen and I always thought it was based on the Supremes and Diana Ross but she said it is not, it is a fictional movie. And worse still, my BIL was the one who actually wanted to see it and also hated it. I have heard that Miss Potter is pretty good. But on the other hand, I guess its a matter of opinion because a couple of people had recommended Notes on a Scandal but my mum, DH and I all thought it was crap. I know there is a Simpsons movie coming out soon, I love the Simpsons.
I really hope you feel a little better after having a cry with your mum and that your day improves, just know that I sending some anti-Kleenex vibes your way :hugs:
Last edited by Mel1977; March 12th, 2007 at 02:56 PM.
I know so many many people would give their right arm for the rain we get up here but I just want a little break for a few days! I went to Bunnings on the way home last night and got a few plants to plant out on the weekend - I NEED some SUN!!!!
That is so wonderful and I am so happy for you. It is funny how our angels change our way of thinking, I used to be anti marriage "why should I get married?" "it's only a piece of paper"! Until I had Nicholas and DH and I got married on 25 November just gone and we only decided to get married after Nicholas cause he showed us what really is important in life and that is each other and our families. When we told our families they nearly fell over in shock at our decision! We also just went to the registry and did the simple and cheap thing and afterwards had a few family and friends to dinner at my fave mex restaurant (and everyone paid for themselves), it was great. And like you, it was so me! You will have such a wonderful day and even though you have other people going on your holiday with you, it is still a pretty decent honeymoon. What better way to celebrate the beginning of a new page in your life book than with your husband, son and good friends? 
I will keep my other dress because it is a beautiful dress and I guess I have good and bad memories in it. I remember wearing it when I was pg with Cooper so that is nice but then the funeral is a bad memory but I don't really remember that day. I might need to wear the dress again when I am next pregnant (which is going to be very soon!!!! 
) 
Poor little thing, now I feel really bad cause as I was chatting to you last night I was looking at her and she was doing this weird thing with her neck and I just watched her thinking what a freak she was. She was a strange bird, she used to hump the mirror! Anyway now Snowy, her roomie is all alone, so we went and bought him some new toys and a better mirror so hopefully he will think he has company even though its only his reflection. We really dont want to buy another bird because they are just so messy. We also have another bird, Charlie, who we call our special needs bird. He has arthritis in his feet and cant really stand on the perches properly and pretty much just sits there all the time, occasionally he chirps away to music but he is very antisocial so we cant put Snowy and him together. So we feel sad for Snowy and have brought him in the front room where we watch TV so we can keep him company but then didnt want Charlie to be left alone so he came in as well so now we are sitting here watching TV surrounded by birds chirping away. So that is our day!
After all the crying that I have been doing, I just didn't think there would be any more tears, but they just keep coming! 
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