Me too Shazz, now that we have a massive mortgage we can't afford any more and time has almost run out for me too!
I will just enjoy all your babies.
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Me too Shazz, now that we have a massive mortgage we can't afford any more and time has almost run out for me too!
I will just enjoy all your babies.
Hey girls....
Happy Birthday COLBY for tomorrow!!! Hope you guys find a place soon :)
Good Luck TTC Elissa
The basics of my birth story....
Went in Sunday night to have gel inserted, they had me on the monitor where I was getting weak irregular contractions. They did get a bit stronger and closer together so they gave me panadol and a sleeping tablet. I slept through until about 3.30am when I was awoken by the girl that was accross from me having her baby. Dr's came around I think about 8am to do an internal, contractions had started to get stronger by this time, they said they will just start me on the drip and I should go fairly quickly from there. I didn't really have any concept of time but it must have been about 10.30am by the time I was on the in delivery and on the drip they let me go an hour with it on the lowest which brought the contractions on thick and fast! I was trying to look at the time and I remember it being just after 2pm when I had the urge to push and it seemed like it was only about 5 pushes and my beautiful baby girl was born at 2.30pm. Labour all up was 4hrs, I got through the breathing a lot better this time that with Jayden but the pushing was a lot worse!! (sorry to those who haven't had theirs yet!). There is probably more to it but thats all I can think of now....Really the whole experience was pretty good and quick.
Things aren't running too smoothly here, feeding has gone pretty bad although she isn't too bad during the day but then I'm up all night trying to feed her and she is refusing. Last night I had to express a bit to give her in a bottle, didnt help that I was so engorged too so she couldn't latch on. Now the engorement has settled but I can't get her latched on properly now and its hurting! We have an appt for the LC on Tuesday so hopefully I can hold out til then.
Chris is being father of the year of course and hasn't even held Ashlea, except for when I asked him to put her in the crib in the hospital...I am so dissapointed with him but I have more important things to worry about ATM. He is looking after Jayden really well though so I can't complain too much.
I won't be around much until things settle
shazz - it really sux to think that you wont be having anymore babies doesn't it? I dread the day that Jay says no more to me.
tania - great to hear that your birth went really well, what a great job you did, its funny you say that the labour seemed to fly by, i was in labour for 17 hours and it only felt like about 4! I am really sorry to hear that you are having issues with bfing i hope that you manage to push through with it til your LC appointment, if not don't be hard on yourself. GGRRRRRRRR at Chris, though not surprising hearing of his behaviour of late, sounds like you are keeping strong and focusing on yourself and Ashlea atm and thats great. Look forward to hearing from you soon, hopefully things will be feeling more positive and easy for you x
OMG!!! My sister just tld me she is pregnant!! I will be an Aunty for hte first time, i am thrilled to bits! (and very jealous, i want to be pregnant too LOL) She is very exctied but freaking out too, she broke up with her long term boyfriend 6 weeks ago, a week after they broke up she had a 1 night stand (doesn't even know the blokes last name,he's from out of town) so she isn't sure who the father is. Poor thing, she was on the pill and everything. But everything happens for a reason, and we are very excited. She has an u/s soon to date the pregnancy then she will know who the baby is. Her ex is being so sweet and supportive and i know that he will be a big part of tis bubs life even if it isn't his, i just wish her journey to motherhood could be a bit smoother for her.
Archie found a pen today and drew all over himself, he is very proud of his artwork he he.
Oh Tania, hun. I hope everything sttles soon for you babe. It does sound a bit like mastitis though. Look after yourself.
Happy Birthday Colby!!I hope you three girls get settled really soon. Sara are you still tackling uni?
Wow Elissa, poor kid that must've been a shock. I remember when my sister fell and we had already been trying for 15months....even though I was happy for her, it nearly broke my heart. hehe on the pen though. Darcy loves nothing more than getting into my scrapbook pens....
kim - yeah, my sis actually got pregnant with her then fiance when we had been trying for 11 months (unfortunately it ended in m/c) I was devastated that it wasn't happening for us but it happened for her before she was ready, emotions run high while ttc!
I am so proud of my sis, she is gonna be a great mum, we have been chatting about newborns and stuff all morning and she really has a relaxed attitude to it all and having seen me go through PND she is adamant that she will ask for help whenever she gets overwhelmed, i am very proud!
:dance: HAPPY VERY FIRST BIRTHDAY COLBY :dance:
(Hope you had a fun filled day today COLBY ... and that your Mummy Sara has mountains of sweet memories forever !!!! :D)
Woo hoo, ... ELISSA, oh lovely & so darn exciting for you to be a 1st time Auntie :) ... I was absolutely beside myself when my nephew was born 13 yrs ago ... That feeling will be with me forever :D !! ... It's so funny when they are finally here because you can't help but look for bits of YOU in them. Everyone said my nephew looked just like ME for the first two years ... that was such a brilliant feeling & I felt so proud.
How lucky is your sister to have such a loving & incredibly caring sister in you Elissa :) ... And to mention how 'proud' you are of her is just that much wonderful. What a tower of support you are & will be to her in her journey :D
TANIA, ... such a fantastic job beyond well done :clap:... and so glad it wasn't a long labour for you !! ... As for your partner that does concern me BUT then you & new Bubba come 1st for awhile now & I'm so glad that you see that amongst all that you are busy & doing right now. Wish I lived close enough to come help you. Do you have anyone coming to visit you to help or even talk to in person ???
For those of you that might know the story of my older sister recently finding out she has breast cancer she so far has had surgery twice within 2wks (they found a 2nd lump) ... she will have radiotherapy & chemo ... & drugs in between. Docs sound extremely hopeful cause she only had a mamogram in March & they consider 51 yrs of age young ... also apparently if you still have your period at this age that's also a bonus.
The Doc's said they are going to give it a great blast !!
Chat to you later gal's & you all have a super week ahead xoxoxoxox
lorelle - its fantastic to hear from you again! I am really glad that the doctors are feeling positive about your sister. I hope you are looking after yourself this must be incredibly hard for you, i would be a complete mess if it was my sister, huge hugs to you xx I am super excited about being an Aunt, people often say how much Archie looks like my sister, we often joke that i had her baby (looks and behaviour wise) and she will have my baby.
My sister went home late this arvo, she has to work tonight, she didn't want to leave though, she says she can't wait to come back and stay again next weekend too. Her and Jay have a really close relationship too so i think she feels safe and looked after here which is great. I wish she could live next door to us, that would be perfect!
Happy Birthday Colby!!!
Where did that last year go?
You guys are not going to believe this but I have the damn flu. My head aches, my body aches, my throat aches.
I want my mummy...... :O(
Happy Birthday Colby!
I cannot believe she is 1 already!
Leanne poor you, I always want my mum when I am sick too, can your's come over?
feeel better Leanne :hug:
leanne - big hugs, hope the germs dont stick around long
I am wondering if i am running low on iron, all of the sudden feel washed out and nauseas tonight. Is folic acid iron??? I was anaemic as a child twice, and when i was pg with Archie i expected my blood test to come back as low iron but i actually had a huge amount of iron...i was wondering if folic acid maube contributed???
No folic acid is a vitamin so you are not getting iron that way, maybe go to the GP and get checked out. There are a lot of bugs around atm so you may just be catching one.
christine - thanks for the info, i feel pretty dumb asking that! Yeah it must just be a virus casue Arch woke up last night burning up and complaining of sore bits.
Feeling a bit better which is just as well cause: Happy Birthday me.....
Just had a big slice of baked cheesecake with mars bar (fat free of course).
Hubby has not said happy birthday yet, and the day is half gone.
Men!
Have a great day everyone.
BBL.
Happy birthday Leanne!!! Ggggrrrrr at your dopey hubby! Glad you are feeling a bit better today
My sister ust had her dating scan. She is 10 weeks pregnant which means that the bub is not her ex's, it is a 1 night stand's. She is coping surprisingly well, her ex was disappointed as he was quite excited at the prospect of becoming a dad.
Archie went to bed at 11:30 and is still there now at 3:10! This virus is really knocking him around, hope he is feeling better by tomorrow.
Oh Leanne
Happy Birthday Babe!
Hope he got you a super duper pressie to make it up....or a surprise party....
Dumb question but Elissa could you already be UTD?
kim - oh don't do that to me, i am shocking enough at reading into every little symptom when i am ttc, let alone when i am on the pill!! in answer to your question, i guess so long as i am having sex there is always a chance of being pregnant, but no, i am still on the pill. Archie isn't well, though he has a cold, but I'm thinking i just have a touch of some sort of virus. God, if i were pregnant that would be REALLY strange....my aunty accidentally got pg on the pill with her 3rd baby, she is now 15 weeks, my sister accidentally got pregnant on the pill, she is now 10 weeks, hmmmm, maybe i am 5 weeks pregnant LOL, they say things happen in threes...Dont' worry the thought that i might be pregnant has crossed my mind, but knowing how hard we tried with Archie, i am sure there is no way i could get pregnant on the pill! How are you feeling? Got m/s still? Only a couple more weeks and you can feel relaxed about this pregnancy. My sister that is 10 weeks pregnant, she m/c her last bub at 12 weeks, so she is quite relieved that she only has 2 weeks til shde has passed that milestone and can relax.
Archie has been fairly miserable all day, just put him to bed, my exhaustion and nausea set in again at 4pm today which is lovely, probably doesn't help that i didn't have any lunch today, just a heap of chocolate custard!
lol Elissa...you just never know....you sister must be due the same time as me. I'm technically 10 weeks but I want to add a few days to lessen the pressure.
happy birthday Leanne hope you had a great day
Elissa ~ i'm glad your sister is coping ok she'll make a great mum
Kim wow 10 weeks already i am so excited for you it feels like yesterday you told us but i could only guess it must feel a lot longer for you
hiya everyone else of to bed now i have a quiz on anatomy in the morning Oh my god .... wish me luck
shazz - a huge load of gl to you for your quizz, though im sure yo don't need it.
kim - thanks for putting the idea into my head...NOT! Now i can't stop thinking about being pg already and analising every single little feeling. She hasn't been given a due date yet, will get one on Monday, im guessing it would be around about the 10th March??? I have thought of doing the same thing with my next due date, put it back so that i don't go overdue and get all those phone calls!
me again...
well, nausea has kicked in again today at 4pm, getting that thick saliva feeling in the back of my throat that i have to keep swallowing all the time, it lasts til i go to sleep, but then by morning im feeling fine, then come 4pm its back! I finished taking the pill today, so i should get Af on friday. The only symptom i had when pg with Arch was come 4 om i'd fall asleep on the couch and feel really sick, thought i was getting sick but took a test JIC, it was BFP, so now i can't stop thinking what if i am pregnant. Just hanging out for AF on Friday so i can stop wondering....I even ate a big healthy l;unch today in case the nausea was from not having lunch, so its not that...
shazz - how do you feel your quizz went??
quizz went as well as can be expected i got 16 out of 20 so i suppose i have to be happy with that
thats a great result, well done!!! You must be a perfectionist Shazz, you are very hard on yourself, you have done brilliantly in your study so far you aught to be very proud of yourself.
DH and I are just sitting here dicussing going over to Scotland to see his family for a month sometime soon. Just working out finances atm, if we do decide to go the baby plans will be put on hold, but im not worried about that, im just happy to know that more babies are not completely ruled out.
We are headed to the Mount tomorrow for a couple of nights, its Nonna's funeral on Friday arvo and apparently a wog wake tends to go all night so should be a biggy, i just wish Archie was feeling better. I dont feel great about leaving him with my aunty on friday arvo knowing he isn't feeling great, but i know that Jay really needs me, didn't realise how hard it would be to pick DH over DS! I have no idea what to day to DHs family wen i see them on Friday, i haven't seen any of them since before Nonna died and this will be my first funeral, so not realy sure what to say/how to act. Oh well, im not their fav person anyway (im not the traditional cooking, ironing wifey type that their boy deserves!) so i don't really care if i slip even further down their list of fav people LOL.
Gosh i am bl00dy talkative today! Hope everyone enjoyed their day
I can't believe this is your 1st funeral Elissa, you are very lucky. My DDs have already been to the funerals of 4 great grandparents and their grandma (my mum) Once I had 3 funerals in 4 weeks, my then BFs grandad, my cousin who was the same age as me who killed himself and then my grandma (other side from the cousin) Not a good time!
Well done Shazz, I think thats a great mark.
Hope you are feeling better Leanne and DH remembered your birthday.
Love to everyone else.
Hi all, been missing in action for a week as we had paed appt and gyno appt. Just a fleeting visit sorry, so sorry for no personals. I am following the Tizzie Hall routine for Riley and just started so trying to get it all happening. Really need a routine this time and a good one at that, having a toddler and all!
My appt went well, wound is had healed really well this time. Had a papsmear and find out results in 3 weeks. So hopefully it is still only low grade or even disappeared - NOW WOULDN'T THAT BE GR8.
Riley's appt didn't go so well. I have just been told by paed he has a heart murmor. This has really put a good run to a negative spin. Not only has he got a belly button hernia, tongue tie, hyraceal (fluid on the testicals), but now a god dam HEART MURMOR. Poor tyke. I need to do some research to find out if I should be worrying or not! I guess I am just guilt ridden atm! Wondering what I did wrong when I was pregnant. And also wondering if other things are going to pop up with his health in the future. I know I should be positive, but I just feel ordinary - like I have caused these things. Sorry for the downer gals, just needed to vent!
christine - what an awful time you have had with funerals, you are right i am very lucky
sheree - Huge hugs to you. You poor things having all these health issues for Riley thrown at you, to a degre i can understand how you are feeling atm, when Arch had his op, all went well and we were being discharged then the doc tells us our baby has urinary reflux and will have to be on meds every day for at least a year and may have to be operated on at 12 months old. That is nothing compared to poor little Riley, but i can understand that you know he has 1 or 2 issues so you get your head around those and put a positive spin on them, then you get even more thrown at you and your heart sinks, and that guilty feeling like you must be responsible for his problems. You probably know this already, but Riley's problems are just unlucky, its nothing you have done to him, you are an incredible mum, just remember that. God only gives us what he knows we can handle, he knows what an incedible mum you are, and knows that you are strong enough to handle Riley's health issues like a pro. You are the best mum Riley could have. Its great that your wound is healing so well, and GL with the new routine, hope it works well for you.
We just got back. The funeral was so great (as far as funerals go). I bawled my eyes out while Jay did his little speech thingy. The family did suh a great job of organising the whole thing it was really sweet. Nonna watched bits of Jane McGrath's funeral on telly and commented to her daughter in law that the coffin was so nice, so Nonna got buried in the very same type of coffin, it was nice to know that she got what she wanted. Archie has been a misery with this awful cold. The cough is yuk. He and I have spent many waking hours together at night. He was hanging out to get home the poor thing, he has been in his bed sleeping since 4pm, so he must be relieved to finally be home in his bed again.
I found out on wednesday that my Riley has a heart murmur too Sheree. I have one too so I am not concerned but I remember when I found out I had one I freaked but after testing they just found it is a non functional murmur or something similar which meant it doesn't affect the workings of my heart at all. The GP wasn't at all worried baout Riley either.
Oh Sheree, it's not your fault!!!! You might find it clears as he gets older. Often babes are born with small holes that just heal themselves.
Oh buggar about big RIley too Christine - how did they find thhat?
Glad it was nice for her (Nonna) Elissa. I live in a town full of Nonnas and nonnos lol. I didn'nt go to a funeral until after I was 21 either. My mum didn't believe children should go to funerals (all my GPs died before I was 7). I'm hoping I don't have to teste whether I have that belief for Darcy for a loong time.
kim - i wasn't allowed to go to funerals either when i was little, i don't really know if i believe kids should or shouldn't go. Jay's Grandpa is really frail and surely wont hold onto life for too much longer, and we are all extremely close to him, Archie is named after him, he raised Jay. He is a beautiful man and it will be a trully awful funeral, i honestly don't know how we are all going to cope through it. So there will be a whole heaps of crying and stuff but i feel that Archie should be there for some reason. I wouldn't want Archie to get upset about everyone crying and being sad though, so he probably wont go, its a hard decision to make thats for sure.
I didn't take iley to Daniel's grandmother's funeral a few weeks ago as i felt he would just be disruptive but Erin went to my mum's when she was 2 cause mum wanted her there. Mum arranged for the minister to announce at the start that Erin was there as part of her wishes and she was to be allowed to walk around freely and no one was to take her outside if she made a noise. TBH I have no idea what she was like during the service cause I was a mess but I think she was pretty quiet.
I personally fel that when children can understand a bit of what is happeneing they should attend funerals as its closure for them and its a part of life.
i agree Christine that a funeral is great closure for everybody. I agree that kids should go to funerals if they are old enough to understand a bit about death. It is so great that your mum organised to have Erin at the funeral, thats fantastic. I really hope Jay's Grandpa hangs on for another year or so, as Archie adores him and if he is that much older we might be able to teach him about life and death a bit.
I think i am catching Archies cold, have a blocked up head, YAY! Archie slept through last night, so he is a different kid this morning
Hello ladies!!
I just came in to congratulate a pregnant friend and thought I'd pop by and say hi. Keeping myself super busy as usual.
Sheree I'm so sorry to hear that Riley is having a tough time! :( Poor little tyke!
Kim OMG Congrats babe! 10 weeks already!! That is awesome news. I am so happy for you! :loveshower:
Leanne HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweets. Glad you had a good one!
Christine I am off to prac again this semester. Its my first semester full time and the first half is accelerated... I think I am crazy lol!!! Fingers crossed I can handle it!!!
Loving these new smilies lol! Em is going great guns! He had his tonsils and adenoids removed a few weeks ago and suffered a bit the poor mite but he is going so well now. His eating has improved and so has his sleeping which is great. He is talking heaps and is such a gorgeous helpful boy! Me - well I am keeping myself busy as usual. I am finally getting myself into a steady routine with uni and managing it all really well. I got 2 Credits and 2 Distinctions last semester which I am really proud of. I have also been seeing someone new for a few months and things are going really really well :inlove: I think I finally found a keeper ladies :D
Alright I best go eat my dinner... a late one I know! I hope you don't mind me gate crashing and saying hi!! Love to you all!!!
hi Nat!! Great to see you back here, i am very excited to hear about your love life, you must be thrilled!
Nat lovely to see you, when do we get the details of the new man????
lol what is it you want to know... ?? He is the nicest man I've ever met lol and pretty easy on the eye ;)! Admittedly we are still in the honeymoon stage but I've never been treated so well... back massages, presents, compliments - the works! He is amazing with Emerson and Em loves him to bits which is great.
It is just so nice to be in a relationship where we compliment each other's personalities and work together. I'm so used to the unhealthy, destructive type that its been a bit of a culture shock :redface: He says he's not that great and that I have low standards because of everything I've been through :rolleyes: I still think he's pretty wonderful myself lol. :lol:
Anywho enough of my lovesick rambling :cryinglaugh: I have uni work to get to hehe!
Oh what fab fab news Nat. I am so pleased for you. You deserve it. Just enjoy though ok.
sheree - have you found out any more info about Riley's heart murmur?
No not really, only that it is pretty common and most childrens hole in the heart grows over. I am assuming seeing as the paed only wants to see up in 6mths that she is not too concerned about Riley's. It was just we were starting to get a string of health conditions that it all overwhelmed me. But everything is fixable really and not too serious. Just hard not to worry when then there were a few things thrown at me. Hopefully this is the end to all his problems and he is a pillar of health. Def a big healthy boy that is for sure. He was 5.28kgs at 5.5 weeks old, born at 3.475kgs. Have a 6.5 week check up tomorrow, I wonder what he weighs now! Lachlan never reached 5.28kgs until he was 20 weeks old. How different are my boys!!!! Thanks for asking Elissa. You are very supportive to me and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
wooohoo Nat I'm so so happy for you you deserve happinesss chicky enjoy it and woohoo on the uni grades thats great i am so worried i won't pass biology it is just so full on