Babies Born May 2006 #40

[shereejoy]

I just wish I could offer real life hugs to you Sara and Elissa.

Yes Elissa you are right, he is a very busy boy and to be honest isn't easily taught, even when he walked he just did it himself in his own time, everytime we encouraged him it never worked and one day he just got up and went. And as far as words and stuff he repeats what he wants to and we just keep repeating the words he wants to use, so we can instill it into his brain. Like I said to Kim, I am not worried about him, i guess I just get envious that he isn't doing more like your children are.

Maybe u need to see someone else if you don't think you are coping, even a help line maybe???

[~Kim~]

Oh no Elissa. like I said to Sara, have you got an MCHN? You can always ring your local health service too. They can take referrals.
Firstly though A DOLLS PRAM AND KITCHEN ISN"T GIRLY!!!!!! it's teaching him to be open minded and not a sexist git. Darcy has cars and trains and tools.....
grrrr makes me so cross! My BIL won't let my nephew have stuff like that. Good thing he doesn't know how much he loves Darcy's dolls or that he has a vaccuum cleaner at mums lol.

Wohoo on the test Sheree!

[~Kim~]

Well I've had a productive day today. I've empited all the boxes except 3 full of scrapbook stuff, mopped the entire house, vaccuumed, done all the housework and stripped the bed and even washed and blow dried my hair - can you tell Darcy's at daycare? I feel bad sending her when I really didn't need to, but I really needed a few hours on my own. I wanted to have a snooze, but I'll manage without one.

I told Cam last night i had been thinking seriously about not having any more babies. He freaked. I'm just so happy with Darcy, why change it. I know that thought will change, but now her sleeping's up the poo again and I'm really struggling to get excited about another one. I don't even really like little babies - just toddlers.

[shereejoy]

Whahooo on the housework Kim. Feels good huh. Lachlan had dirreha this morning and I rang and told them and they told me not to bring him, he hasn't pooped since, wish I wasn't so honest, cause I tooo had so much planned for today. Bugger!

[~Kim~]

Oh no!!!!

[~shazz~]

sneaking on again girls ( i know bloody hopelessly addicted) ihave but a moment before RyAN DECIDED OT SHUT US SOEWN CAN

sneaking on again girls ( i know bloody hopelessly addicted) ihave but a moment before RyAN DECIDED OT SHUT US SOEWN CAN is on my lap opk i `going talk tol you all soon i have read everyones posts so i'll respond soon

[~Leanne~]

Hello all, I just rode 20 minutes on the exercise bike in a bit to shed some kgs. I am stuffed..... Still tired from the weekend too. Boy I ust be getting old. Got your money shazz thanx a mil.
Well ni ni's for me.

I wonder when my avatar will be ready.
Speak soon
L

[widdly]

sheree - thankyou, i could feel your hug, just what i needed. Sounds like lachlan is a very independent little boy which will be a fantastic trait in adulthood! Bummer at your honesty,means you are a good muma nd a caring person though.

kim - i dont really have an MCHN have rarely been there apart from the 18 month and 6 month checks. i have an appointment with my GP in 2 weeks time, i will chat to him about referring me to a psychologist, think i just need to talk about things that have happened in my past that i never dealt with. After my breakdown im feeling really good the last couple of days, always the way,. hope it lasts for a while. yeah i know the toys aren't girly, and i told DH his veiws were pathetic and sexist and asked him if he were a girl would i be able to buy her trucks and stuff (he choose to ignore that question) he said all i played with as a child was trucks and cars (his childhood sucked big time BTW, think he was just in an arguementative mood) he ended the convo by saying "you buy him whatever you want, just realise that when he runs straight to the girls toys at school he'll get picked on" what a d!ckh$@d! These comments really surprise me cause he really is a SNAG. i need to learn not to take things to heart! LOL at your nephew having a vaccuum at your mums! try not to feel bad for sending Darcy to daycare for a few hours, you are a single mum atm, you deserve a break! Gosh you sound like me regarding having another bub, im not a baby person either, love em when they can walk and talk. i said the same thing to DH a few months ago, Archie is still such hard work with sleeping and reflux, i have no desire to have any more babies. We are both happy with just one but are both open to having another one in the next 8 years if we want to. Maybe just tell yourself you don't want any more babies for now and you'll revisit the idea in a couple of years time?

leanne - well done on the excercise!

shazz - hi, i have no idea what you post said, but hi!

i am feeling much better today as i always do after a good breakdown. thankyou for your advice it was much appreciated.

Its my youngest sister's 15th birthday today so we are going to mums for a birthday tea and cake, its always fun when the four of us sisters and mum get together, doesn't happen often anymore as everyone has their own busy lives these days.

[Ilithyia]

Hi girls,

Well i am feeling very up in the air about everything today. Its my mums 40th birthday and i could'nt be bothered even going into town. Plus we are broke as this week and i can barely afford to buy her a pressie. I am going into town tomorrow to have a meeting with Phillipa, the lady who runs the doula business in townsville, tomorrow.

Elissa - There seriously must be some lunar thingy going on! I know another girl who is going through major dramas with her B/F and she is moving back down to VIC its that bad! I am also considering seeing a psychologist as i too have a lot of stuff that i need to voice. Brent knows a lot of it but i need to speak to someone who can help me sort through it all. These "issues" are and have effected me in my adult life big time. Especially in my relationship with Brent as he is my only serious relationship. I have never met my real father and my step-dad was not the kindest person too me. This has dramatically effected the way i treat Brent in our relationship. Anyways...moving on. I totally understand what you are going through at the moment and i hope we both have the strength to work through it soon. Oh and Happy Birthday to you sister! As i mentioned, its my mums 40th today!

Kim - Productive days are good hey hun. I have my moments. My house work seems never ending lately though. I live with a house with 5 children 3 of whom are in disguise as adults! Briley is having a few sleep issues lately too. Brent has got her into the bad habit of not going to sleep unless someone is in the room. Even when she is in the cot! When i put her back into the cot, cause she keeps coming out of the big bed, she sreams her head off! Makes me wonder if there is something in the room she is scared of.

Sheree - Sorry i did'nt answer the other day but no i don't think i had a chance in CM in the early days of Colby's pregnancy. I did while i was ovulating though. But you don't need to know that now that you are having some symptoms show their head!! You have a busy few months ahead of you! Why do you have to go to Brisbane for some of those tests??? Hope Lachie is better today

Hi to everyone else!

I took a heap of new pics of Colby thismorning. I have a heap of new ones of Briley aswell so will email them around this afternoon.

I've just been on the phone for 2 hours to a girl from my MG. She too is having few problems with her partner and i told her too call me so we could have a chat. She does'nt have anyone up here as her partner works in the Army and she might have to move back to VIC but does'nt want too. I said that i would help her find her feet if she wanted. She is a lovely girl. I can't believe we talked for that long!

Well i am quite tired ladies. I have run out of iron tablets again and am already going down hill. As soon as i miss a tablet i get back headaches again. I must get back to the Dr and get my heamaglobin levels checked. Surely that should be back to normal by now. I've been getting bad dizzy spells the last few weeks too. I even scared myself and thought that might be pregnant again as i have been feeling quite neaseous aswell. Nahhhh!

Ok going now!

Take Care All!

[shereejoy]

Did you guys miss me, you probably didn't even know I was gone!

We just got our power back on after a day and a bit of no power. They expected it to be off for three days, so we are happy with that.

A storm ripped through here last nite and tore roofs, smashed windows, bent clothes lines and stripped every leaf off every tree in the town, plus lost of branches and even trees de-rooted out of the ground.

It was so scarey, anyone you speak to has never been through anything like it. We had 10mins warning that it was bad and it was coming with hail! Lucky enough Wade came home early which is unheard off and I am so glad, Lachlan and I were terrified. He just got the cars parked under the house to protect them from the hail. Apparently the winds were 180+ km's an hour and the hail was about the size of a golf ball (and there was so much of it, it looked like snow everywhere). Our house was shaking with all the wind and hail. The storm only went for 15-20mins, but OMG did it do some damage.

We have had 38+ degree temperatures out here in the last few days so no wonder! We had 2 x smashed windows in our house, our gum trees in the back yard are half the size (and they were huge), our clothes line bent in half, lachlans cubbyhouse flew down the road and all the leaves off our tree out the front are gone (just left this big tall stick in the ground of a tree). Our fridge and freezer stuff is all stuffed from the power being off now with this hot hot day again! Our laptop go water logged and it stuffed! There is so much mess in our yard and house.

The steam coming off the ground with the ice hitting the ground was amazing and we had a river of water running down our street. It was so eary (sp?) when it had finished, I have heaps of photo's if anyone is interested.

They called it a natural disaster and a freak of nature storm. It actually hit Emerald first and intisified and hit us the worst.

We had our a/c in getting fixed and it is a box unit and hence had a hole in the wall and we had wind and rain coming in, so hence I have mud/grass/leaves and water all through my house.

Anyway they were working all through the night knocking on peoples doors to ensure everyone was ok and luckily enuf there were no fatalities - thank god. I think we were very lucky to get through the storm as well as we did. Just alot of clean up now, in which they worked till the wee hours in the morning and all day today and have only touched the surface. Might take a few weeks to get this town back to its original condition.

They expected another storm again tonight, and thank god it never came!

Our shop was under water and has about 50-60 thousand dollars worth of damage. I was in the shop all day mopping and cleaning up and have still so much to do. I am so tired!!!!!!!! We have insurance, but there is so much work involved it is not funny! Work we had not anticipated on.

What a day, and to top it all off I got a call from my papsmear the other week and my low grade abnormality (that I have had for 1 1/2 years now - since Lachlan was born) has now turned into a high grade abnormality.

With being anxious about this pregnancy as well I have been crying all afternoon, and just wonder what else is going to go wrong........

Haven't got my hcg levels back yet, being no power the dr's surgery couldn't download the results.

[Ilithyia]

WOW Sheree! Brent mentioed that to me thismorning as his parents used to run the caravan park in Blackwater and his G'parents live in Rubyvale so we know the area quite well.

The storms are intense down there in summer. I have family in Rocky and one year we were down there and it had been really REALLY hot and then one day a massive storm hit. It was like a cyclone. This massive big poinciana tree across the road got ripped out of the ground, roots and all!

Its a very power exciting thing is'nt it. But scary at the same time!

I hope your insurance coughs up quicky and you can make a full recover at the shop!

Glad to hear that you are all ok but!

[shereejoy]

Yeah it is lucky everyone is ok Sara.

But there have been people live here for years and years and never experienced a storm like it.

[mrsmac]

Gosh Sheree glad you are OK that sounds frightening. I was always worried we'd have a cyclone when we lived in Darwin but luckily we only ever got to Cyclone Warning not the full on thing and hat was scary enough.
I am sure your pap smear will be OK, I have had friends with results like that and who have been OK but its just another thing to worry about isn't it? Poor thing you are having a rough time ATM. Hope things start looking up.
Sara OMG at your mum being 40!!!!!! I felt so old when I read that!! I am 40 so I am actually older than your mum (how depressing is that)
BBL for more personals got to go to school

[shereejoy]

Yeah we have some people here living here now Christine that are from Darwin and they said they hadn't seen anything like that before!



I guess the only reason why I am concerned is because in 6mth it has gone from Low grade to High grade after it being low grade for a year prior to that. And I am pregnant, and what can they do while I am pregnant and what if it turns to cancer while I am pregnant???

See this is what has happened up until now:


6 weeks after lachlan was born it read Low grade abnormality
another 6 months I had a papsmear which still read low grade
I had a colposcopy within weeks after which still showed a low grade
Just had another 6 month papsmear 2 weeks ago and now it is high grade

The lady didn't think I could have another colposcopy whilst pregnant, but I guess my gyno will give me better information.

I guess just not knowing the information that will put my mind at ease at present is just an extra worry I don't need.

Also I have started slightly discharging brown this morning. AGggghhhh just another thing to worry about!!!!

[widdly]

sara - happy birthday to your mum, it was a friend of ours 40th birthday too! Sorry to hear you are broke atm, we not too flash either, always the way this time of year. yeah i agree i think we will both feel better if we discuss things with someone who can help sirt through things and put things into perspective, DH is my only serious relationship too, thankfully he is really understanding and patient with me. it is such a yukky feeling being iron deficient, hope your level get back up soon.

sheree - OMG!!!!!!!!!! you poor thing you must have been terrified, with everything you're trying to deal with at the moment thats the last thing you need! Bummer about not getting your HCG levels back cause of the storm, thanks goodness for insurance hey! i can't even begin to comprehend the amount of work you have to do to get things back on track at home and the newsagency, lets just hope this is all your badluck used up for many years to come!! Only good things from now on. i know its ridiculous teling yo not to stress, but brown discharge is perectly normal and fine, i had it a few times, everything will be fine. im sure your abnormality will turn out fine too, try not to worry til you know whats going on, think the best first. hard to do i know!

i had a fantastic time with my sisters last night and we are all looking forward to going over for the family reunion on Friday (not looking forward to 4 hours in the car with Archie though!) think i'll sit in the back with him and try and entertain him...its noon and i am still in my pjs....lazy!

[Ilithyia]

Hi ladies,

Well i am feeling much better today. I have had a very exciting day to be honest.

I met with the co-owner of Townsville Birth Buddies thismorning. Her name is Phillipa and she is lovely. I organised a meeting with her a few weeks ago to have a chat about me joining her "crew" of doula's. Things are looking good. I felt that we connected really really well. This meeting sealed the deal for me. This is defenitely the way i want to spend the rest of the life. Supporting women bring their babies into this big wide world. I was even lucky enough to be given a copy of her last home water birth on film. It was an amazing picture. I can't wait to attend my first birth!

Now for the other news, Brent was offered an excellent job today. He was going to see Skilled and Active Labour Hire today about any work they had at the moment and mentioned that he was looking for something different as he was sick of the same old thing. So they lady said we have a position going at the moment. I can't remember exactly what it was called but he works for the labour hire place going out to sites where their workers are and checks on them etc etc. He gets a company car and mobile, $55k a year and holidays! Money is'nt as great as he is on now but i think the change will be good for him! I told him to go for it!

I even managed to get my mum the perfect pressie! Its on lay buy but is till go her something small to give her now. I lay-buyed this beautiful chandelere(sp??). Honestly the last thing i would have thought to get her so when i saw it i knew it was the perfect pressie for her. And it was only $199! And i got her a small candle holder thingy to give to her now. I am not going to tell her about the other pressie though. I want it to be a suprise for later.

So its been a pretty good day overall. I just can't believe how good i feel after that meeting with Phillipa. It was just like something changed. For the better ofcourse.

Christine - LOL! Don't feel old honey! My mum was young when she had me. Only 16 turning 17. So its not that your old its just that my mum was young!

Sheree - Oh hun. Try not too worry youself to much hey. Positive thoughts are all you need right now! Wishing you all the best of luck.

Elissa - Glad to hear you had a good time lastnight! I am kinda looking forward to mum party. Its a 60th fancy dress. I don't want to be away from the girls all night though. And we don't have any cash for costumes! I'll work something out!

Hi to everyone else! Hope you are all well.

Colby is windy so i have to go!

Take Care!

[~shazz~]

hi all

OMG sheree gald you are all ok be back after this afternoon storm hits here

[~shazz~]

yay about the meeting and brents new job sara it must have been the day for good days i rang the uni and looks like i'll be starting in march i may get straight into nursing yet i'll have to see i'm really truly excited about the prospects ahead