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Tara - sounds like Ella. Loves her comfort food. She sounds like she's adjusting slowly already.
Jols - Yep only a 2-3 wks for me. Full term for twins is 38wks.
Sold our old car and about to get a loan for the bigger car. :( but it will save us HEAPS of money since its my FIL's old 4WD (we got at bargain price). So i cant go into labour till next week since I've gotta sort out all the finances for the cars this week. (men are hopeless with money)
Have been doing a bit of nesting which scares DH! LOL
Ella keeps wanting me to show her the babies. She kisses the bump now but she wants to meet them. Maybe coz she knows she's going to get presents when they arrive :p
Kim - how are you going hun? how's the BFing?
Gotta register ourselves on the multiple baby assoc we get discounts on baby stuff which will help out.
Ann
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taralee glad that Evie had a better day. and glad that I was able to offer some comfort.
Ann - i know it probably doesnt feel like it but I can't believe you are so close to meeting your little ones. How lovely that Ella wants to meet them NOW lol.
Jols how you coping in the heat hun? its been horrid down your way. And yours too Gigi.
Christy - hope you are doing ok hun.
Blanche - I saw in your facebook status that Jack is nearly walking - thought it wouldnt be too far away after seeing the photos you had up.
Nicola - congrats on your BFP - hope everything is ok hun. Try not to stress about TT - it does happen, and honestly the more you stress about it the harder it is. good on you for letting it go, try again in a few months.
Kim - how's everything in your house? Chelsea still giving you a helping hand?
Nelly - can't wait to see you on Thursday - been too long!!
life has been fairly manic in my house of late. just wish things would settle for a while... Laura had an accident with an air rifle on Saturday evening, and long story short - had to have an operation to have the ball bearing removed that was lodged deep in her thigh. Having a child go under a general is not a pleasent experience to say the least. Thankfully the staff at the hospital where brilliant and let me stay with her until she was under completely. had to wear the scrubs lol - which made my very anxious crying daughter laugh briefly. she was under for hour and a half - was the longest hour and a half of my life! and I was able to go into recovery as soon as she was there. that was nerve wracking, as she was shaking and crying, and disorientated, and completely off her face. The hardest thing about it all was having to appear so calm for her, when inside I was dying a 1000 deaths.
seems the punches keep coming... got to cop a break soon dont i?
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OMG how scarey Vicky. How long will she be in Hospital? I would have been a mess.
Ann
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oh Vicky! so sorry to hear about Laura's accident, i hope she heals well. As soon as you said "air rifle", i was thinking "don't let it be her eye", so i am glad of that.
i spent Sat, Sun and Mon in Melb, to visit my very ill MIL in ICU at Epworth East Hosp in box hill. it was amazing to see her looking so different, she hasn't eaten for so long, she cannot stand, just skin and bones and she drifts in and out of consciousness alot, and in adn out of reality. She was happy to see bilby (for the first time) and actually said positive things like "you must be so proud of her" etc. So it was really good from that perspective.
the number of elderly people that have died here, since the heatwave began, is just phenomenal, i think 60 was the last number i heard. frightening. so many days over 40, power blackouts for 24 hours, elderly people and animals dying as a result. (overheating). When i go out in my car, i put a freezer block in bilby's car seat and another one behind my back, just to be able to stand being in the hot car. and guzzle on iced water the whole drive.
at first you think, i won't go anywhere until it's over, then you realise, you just can't stay home indefinately - you run out of food, your kid gets cabin fever, you get cabin fever. but the freq power outages sure make me think about "end of the world" type movies, when people have to be self sufficient. Makes me realise, just how much "modern convenience" we take for granted, every day. And how quickly, life is different, without those things.
when it was 45 and we had black outs (only for few hours), i sat me and bilby in a bath tub of cold water - me, who normally has to ahve the water HOT HOT to bathe in!! i know it's heatwave, when i'm very happy to have 100% cold showers!
on monday morning, there was a brief thunderstorm in melbourne, and RAIN!!! we took bilby outside to experience the rain, she doesn't understand what rain is, there has been so little of it occurring in her life of two years. so dh and i were esctastic to see and feel RAIN.
back to reality now, alfoil over the windows, place like a cave, so dark, desperately trying to keep it as cool as we possibly can.
Then i see those poor people up in Ingham Qld, who are cut off from the world by floods, even planes have no where to safely land.
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hi girls
gigig and jols hope you are coping ok.
My little brother and his wife live in Mission Beach in North Qld and have just got everything replaced through insurance and now have more damage to deal with. I guess tho to put it into perspective it is the tropics and it is monsoon weather -my little brother said the weather up there just seems to be righting itself IYKWIM?
Wow Ann I wish I only had a few weeks. You must be soooo excited - can you pls post a belly pic I would love to see it before they come out! Jols time is ticking for oyu too.
Tara Jake had issues like that when he started at his second daycare after the first one burnt down. They just need to express their emotion that you are leaving then they take the next phase in their stride and keep going.
Christy, Kim, Nicola, Blanche hope you are all good.
AFM well we are now officially a one car family - handed the car back last night. And on our first day (today) I had to drive DH to the airport at a quarter to six bcos he is away for 2 days. I keep asking why can't he catch a cab?!?!?!?!?!?!
I am struggling to reconnect with who I am when I am not a high flying career person and being a SAHM again. I love it, don't get me wrong, but I have always defined myself by my achievements and where I am at in my career. The 12 months I was on mat leave with Jake b4 I started TW were kind of a holding pattern knowing I would go back to something, but this time it won't be until the second baby is at least walking... I have a personal belief in kids not going into daycare until they can walk... but who knows our situation might dictate otherwise. SO now have thrown myself into structuring our week with activities etc, finding playgroups and establishing some mummy networks up here - which I haven't done at all. Am a bit scared of becoming isolated especially if DH needs the car for work, and I am freaking scared of public transport - not that there is a great network up here.
*sigh* I know that they are only minor things in the overall scheme of things and there are others far worse off but with Jake sick again I keep thinking of things I could change or that I haven't done to fix it but I can't. The doctor doesn't want us to put him on any supplements until we are through this 8 week period bcos we need to get a baseline of what his body and immune system do when they are "normal". As long as we don't end up in hospital again - that is my mantra.
At least I have V to play with tmrw and bring some light!
Have a good day xxxxx
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heres my belly, taken sunday at 37+5
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../JolsPGxxc.jpg
BBL for personals!!
but nelly :hug: hun
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Here's mine as well. 35+2 weeks
TwinBump2.jpg (image)
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OMG Jols I cant believe you have only two weeks to go.... well really you could go now! wow!! how exciting.
Ann - your belly is sitting so low... do you think you'll make it to 38 weeks?
i keep dreaming about being pregnant, having a baby, talking about it having a baby with DH... I think I'm having a hard time letting it go. There will be NO more babies for me. I'm about to go back to uni and finish my degree for god's sake! think I will have to go and buy a baby animal!!
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aw! what gorgeous belly shots! thanks AJP and Luaa, for sharing those.
Nelly - lots of changes for you, hugs coming your way.
Will you be getting a cheaper car for you to drive the kids around? I live in an area with lousy public transport too, and without a car, i wouldn't be able to take bilby to the activities we do. There is nothing around here to walk to (just housing), so i am VERY grateful for my old bomb.
Vicky - how is Laura doing? how much longer is she still in hospy?
i often dream of having a little boy baby, to be bilby's brother. She has so few relatives, i worry about her being alone.
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Girls I love your bellies! Ann you are low but really quite compact! Beautiful both of you.
Yeah gigi we are only looking to spend $10K at the very very most. It will be just a run around little cheapy and if I have big trips to do - like visit V - I'll swap cars w DH.
Well we have been to a couple of activities this week to trial and one was Kindy Gym at the local PCYC. Jake usually hangs back at any new places and activities but not yesterday! We were runnning late (as usual) so arrived in the middle of the class and they were playing with hoops. I sat down w him to watch for a while and straight away he was taking his shoes off and wanting to go play! They had an over and under theme yesterday and his fave part was using all of the equipment - it was almost like a dog agility course - tunnels to climb through, walls to climb over, tramps to jump on, hills to roll down ... the class finished and he wanted to keep going. It will be good bcos he has lost alot of muscle and therefore strength - he couldn't climb the ladder at the playground a few weeks ago and he couldn't understand why last time he was there he was all over it.
V coming to play today!!!
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I was low with Ella too. I guess that's why i've got the pelvic symphisis. :(
Vicky - No the twins clinic does think i'll make it to 38wks but then you never know. Ella was overdue and always low. They think the twins will come in the next 2 weeks.
Gigi - how was the flight back? how was bilby on the plane?
Nelly - I've seen Jake in action he'll get his muscle tone back in no time!
Jols - you have such a beautiful bump. I bet we go in at around the same time. I should get your number and i'll SMS you when i go in.
Ann
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Ann I have a dumb question - are you planning to deliver vaginally? When would they make a call that you would have to go CS?
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Hi Everyone
I had my ultrasound today and everything is going along ok..still a little bleed in uterus but doesnt seem to be impacting at the moment..Im 9wks and 2days
The in-laws are up from Brisbane to help us out and we are moving house tomorrow to somewhere safer and with security/fly screens you may of heard we have a dengue fever outbreak here in Townsville which is freaking me out and our current house is swarming with mozzies, also we got broken into a couple of weeks ago while we were asleep in bed..they disturbed Wyatt because his crying woke me up and I must of disturbed them because the doors were all open to outside...I totally freaked out...They stole my handbag from our dining room which is outside our bedroom and to think someone was in our house around our babies makes me shiver....:o
Anyway hope everyone is doing alright.........bye for now
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Nicola how scary - having someone in the house. good luck with the move. glad everything is going ok with your pregnancy.
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Ann - we flew with Jetstar, so much walking to the furthest parts of both airports, was involved. at 2 and 2 months, bilby walked most of it, pushing the luggage trolley with us. Even for the walk from where your tickets get checked to the actual plane, no prams are offered by the airline.
Taking off was fine, coming down again, i tried
- jubes (she spat them out)
- rice crackers (that didn't last long enough)
- breastfeeding (while she was in her seatbelt in her seat, and me in my seat, belted up, so i got a sore back out of that, had to lean my body at a weird angle to accomplish this, but it was better than her screaming in pain (air pressure in ears).
when children are two, you pay full price and they get their own seat, own baggage allowance.
the jetstar seating is so close together, i coulnd't imagine doing that flight with her on my lap (like when she was one year, ten months for example).
i packed a scrapbook and crayons, our slimmest, smallest books and one small comfort cuddly toy, nothing on plane to entertain her with, so i'm glad i went prepared.
this was my first experience of travelling with a child - went better than i expected. the phiffing and pfaffing before and after the flights, took the most time.
i had her in a night nappy for the flight, cos i had been told that the plane baby change area is miniscule and a real PITA. so i was out to avoid using that (unless she did a poo).
NICOLA - your inlaws are very kind to come so far to help you, that's fantatstic. SOUnds likr the sooner you are out of there, the better. how spooky (home invasion). i'm glad you're ok.
NELLY - that's fantastic that Jakey enjoyed Kindergym so much, that must be sooo reassuring to you, to see him "come back" to his normal self, well at least on the road to that.
i was just in Melb for three days - to see my MIL in ICU - but don't live there.
How is Laura, VICKY?
TARALEE waves at you!
AJP - keep cool, sugarplum
signing off
Gigi in 43 degree heat today, 41 tomorrow, alfoil on the windows!
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Arrrrghhh this heat is a PITA!!! So swollen. My feel look like marshmallows.
Gigi - you did a great job flying with a 2 year old. The airlines dont offer you much in support do they (even though they see you travelling on your own)
Nelly - Yep we are doing a *natural birth* but I'll be having an epidural to manage the 2nd twin. Twin 1 is head down and doesnt seem to be moving from the starting gate position. So after she's born they will "turn" twin 2. I'll need an epi for that since they do this internally - OUCH! Then once she's in place, either head down or breech, they rupture the membrane and I'll push her out with each contraction.
I'll only have a c-section if the babies are distressed.
That's the plan so far. My next appt is on Tuesday for my last U/S and then we talk about when i should deliver. At the moment I'm carrying 4.6kg worth of baby + all their luggage so i'm over it.
Ella's gone to my MIL's farm for the day and we'll pick her up tomorrow morning. I'm missing her already :(
Ann
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Kim are the fires near you? I heard them say Narre Warren North...
