Babies Born September 2006 #104

Thanks girls.

Caddie-I think I have the mail. Is at my inlaws and have been so sick I have been unable to pick it up. I cant wait to open it though.

Shell-Hope all goes well with your appointment. Top I got from pumpkin patch, 2 for $50. I got a white one and a dark blue one. Mighty comfortable. Goes well with my pj pants, which I am wearing consitently when at home now.LOL. We dont get bounty bags down here in Tassie.sulk.......

AnnaT-Goodluck with the scan this Thursday. I hope you all settle into the house well.

I better go, ear is still really hurting. Both ears have heaps of fluid, the bad one is bulging, but the dr says it doesnt look like it is going to burst anymore, so I have to wait for the fluid to naturally drain away. So the dr says a more painful longer solution. I wish it had just burst.

Enough from me, take care.

Ok will need to pull my finger out and do the girl one.Ive been putting together a freakin monkey! Then bea's mittens. Im freakin busy!!!!

Hi all,
Well yesterday ended up being a terrible long day. j had his op, and it all went well. It was day surgery as he had a discharging sinus and an umbilical granuloma. Anyway he was ment to be third on the list. But there were two kids the same age a J going nutso, so they bumped J down the list to last and did the op on the others first. THis was because J was so good an calm. By the time he went into surgery it was around 5pm. The poor thing hadn't eaten since 7:30 in the morning, and was chasing people around if he saw them with food! We din't end up getting home till about 10pm last night, and I was just so tired. I hadn't really got to sit down all day, and i just needed a rest.

Hi Ladies!

Thanks so much for the congrats!
Keira is a little angel. Words can not describe!
I have posted a few pics for you to see https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ry.php?cat=741

Will get around to doing my birth story soon.
Labour was absolute hell. Worse than Jesse's and even longer.. 15.5 hours worth! compared to 11 hours with Jesse. So glad its over. If it wasnt for the epudural, id never be having kids again. Recovery wise it is alot better. I only received 1st degree tearing so am alot more mobile than i was this time last time.
But all in all, im so glad to have Keira finally here. She is so perfect and just melts my heart. Jesse has been soooo good. Im so surprised how good. He doesnt get jealous when im holding her. A few times he's wanted a cuddle from me while i was feeding her but he was fine afterwards. But is getting better with that every day.

Meg.. oh sorry you had a bad time at the surgery. Glad it went well though.

Mrs T.. oh dear. i hope alexander gets better soon the poor pet.

Helen.. glad to hear the twins are doing well. Oh love the belly shot too hun! Its definately coming along there!

Jesse's getting a lawn mower, a huge rescue truck thing that carries and has heaps of matchbox type cars in it, a bus and a plane (hes vehicle nutz atm), umm... a thing called a Video Now.. which is like a dvd player kinda.. but for preschoolers. Came with Dora, Sesame Street, Blues clues, Chuck the truck plus other dvds.. um.. not sure what else. But yeh thats most of his birthday presents.

Well i must be off.. i think i can hear a little miss stirring :)

kel - great to hear you're all settling in well with Keira. Sorry to hear you didn't have a good labour, but good news that you're having a better recovery. So do you think you'll have any more kids?

shell - thanks for organising the kk this year.

helen - love the belly pic! The top in your pic is identical to the one in your av!

meg - how did he go after the surgery (and after food). He must have been so hungry, poor little fella. And you must have been exhausted.

annat - settling in alright in Townsville?

We're getting Nina a trampoline for her b'day. Got one from the Target sale, so have to wait till the end of Sept for it to arrive unfortunately.
Everything is going well here. I've had the flu pretty bad this week, and today is the first day I've felt good. So here's hoping it's finally going away. I think I've managed to keep it away from Heath and the girls. Well so far anyway.

Meg- Oh poor J, thats too long a day for you all. How is he recovering? I didn't even realise he was having it done yesterday. All that waiting is terrible, I remember when my nephew broke his arm and they couldn't get him in til near midnight to operate.

Kell- I hope my second labour is faster than my first! After Ash I was turned off labour for a long time! I'm glad tho that you are recovering well and sounds like all is going good. You were supposed to wait til tomor tho to have her so we could share a birthday!

Jodi- Glad to hear you're feeling better. Flu is awful. Hope your getting some rest.

I'm tucked up in bed at moment on laptop, feeling bit yuck so thought Df can take over Ash and I'll hide upstairs and rest!

Hi all,
J is doing quite well today, although has spent most of the day lying on the couch watching TV. Because of the granulome, he can't really bend over very well, so that is upsetting him a bit. His neck doesn't seem to be worrying him at all.
I have basically let him do whatever he wanted today. So he has only really eaten fruit. (which ios not a bad thing as he is a bit constipated after the drugs.) He also had a morphine chuck on the way home from hospital ALL OVER ME!! I didn't really mind as I knew he didn't mean it, and as he hadn't eaten, it was just clear fluid. He is upset with his teddy "Suzie" I think that he blames her and won't have a bar of her today.

I love Townsville Jodes although there are alot of er unusual characters up here lol And so many kids doing naughty things. Amazes me. Weather is fabulous, I love wearing shorts and summery tops. Cannot wait to move into our new house. Monday is the big day, not looking forward to unpacking but I was pretty organised with the packing so it should be relatively straight forward.

I was nice to DH today and let him buy a LCD big screen TV. I needed a steam mop for my tiled floors and we have been good about budgeting our money while travelling etc and I felt he deserved it seeing as Id been promising he could get one since Jett was born. So for $1090 we got a 81cm flat screen TV, a steam mop and an elec frying pan. Not bad eh :) So hopefully now nothing major will go wrong and involve shelling out $$$ so our savings stays healthy-looking. my worst nightmare. Now we just need to buy a used car for Ry to drive to work and back.

Meg, Im glad the op went well and big claps for you lasting all that time with a hungry toddler. I think I would have gone mad.
Kell, glad to hear your all doing well. Keira is adorable!!
Helen, what a beautiful belly. You dont even look like your having twins, your so compact. Must be your dainty little lady :)

Hi to everyone else!!!!

Meg,gee thats terrible poor james having to wait until 5pm! He must have been starving!!! Sounds like he is a brave little boy.
Kell,kiera is absolutley gorgous,A real little lady. Did my beanie fit or do i need to send you a bigger size? lol
Belle are you home yet?
Annt the weather sounds divine! and why not have a splurge isnt it why we work!!
Well ive made a rogan josh sausage casserole and a green chicken curry tonight.The green curry too hot for the girls i think so something different for them!!

Hey girls just opinions on the KK regarding cost. Do ppl think $20 is reasonable? Plus postage or including postage? What do ppl think and what do ppls budgets think?

Jodi.. thanks hun. Um yeh i always wanted 3. If i didnt have an epudural this labour i would be saying a big fat NO. It was the best thing ever! No pain, yet still felt the urge to push feeling. So yeh next time ill be asking for one of those straight off the bat when it starts getting bad. Hope your flu is on the way out!

Shell.. oh i hope so for you hun. I dont hear many cases that the second is longer.. typical for me though! I was the same after Jesse's. Only reason i had another was because i couldnt remember it that well! But hun, worse comes to worse, have an epidural! Oh i wish i knew how good they were with Jesse's labour! Im so so glad i had it this time. But you will be fine im sure! No one is a bigger wuss than me ;)

Meg.. aww dear poor J. I hope he starts to pick up now.

Caddie.. oh hun i havent gotten around to trying it. I saw it in her draw today while she was sleeping and thought i must just do that! Will let you know tomorrow.. but i think it should be fine, she has a pretty small head :) Thanks hun.

I've always wanted 3, maybe even 4, but I think Heath is happy with just the 2. I don't feel I'm ready to stay I've finished having kids yet. I'm only 26, and obviously fertile, so I feel it's kinda wasted, iykwim.
I had an epidural with Nina, best thing ever! I was induced after my waters broke (labour didn't start), so my contractions were coming fast and strong. But with Emily I didn't even have the urge to need drugs. Even though it was a harder labour physically. Weird.

shell - I think we did $20 incl postage last year, which worked well. So that's what I put forward for this year as well. What does everyone else think?

I can't believe my baby will be 2 in 18 days :( I keep looking at her and wondering where the time has gone. She's such a big girl now. Talking heaps, full of character. She's even in big girl size 3 clothing!

anna - yay on the big tv! We have a big plasma, love it to bits! We do have nice weather don't we :D You wait till summer, Townsville will be 1-2 degrees cooler than Cairns, but it's still damn hot!

Kell- I had epidural with Ash and oh yeah best thing. I wondered afterwards why I waited so long for it! Next time I'll be asking on arrival. Ash was nearly 21 hours thats why next time I want shorter!

Jodi- ikwym, Df only wants 2 and says thats it, but personally I think its too early to say either way cause who knows in couple years or more things might change and I might get that need for another, don't think its something to just rule out.

Meg- Lol at J being cross at "suzie". Thats hilarious, better to be aimed at her than you. Glad he is recovering well tho.

AnnaT- Glad your liking it up there, you'll feel so good once you unpack and settle in. Are you going to try find playgroup or something round there?

I've had off day, bad headache and feeling so sick.

Huge hugs for J meg, I am sooo sorry I didnt realise he was having his op. I hope that the recovery is quick.

Gotta go, Eithan is up and screaming the house down.

Shell - Re KK thing, I think $20 inc postage is fine. As for finding a playgroup or something, Im thinking about it. I know a group of girls up here (civilians and military spouses) who meet up regularly so hopefully thatll work out. All my experiences with groups of women have been pretty poor soooooo I tend to stear clear of them and look for a 3 or 4 friends.

Jodes - if I can talk Ry into 3 kids you could certainly do it to Heath lol

I agree with never saying never on how many kids youll have. As a teen I wanted 5. When I was TTC Jett it was 2. While pregnant with Ripley it was DONE DONE DONE. Now look at me :lol: Id have another one if Ryan would let me but he is 110% adamant that 3 is it. And I think its a sensible decision for our family.

Thinking of going to TAFE or Uni to start my nursing studies. Can always take bub along with me after s/he is born. Stressing trying to figure out if theyll take me or not with my 6yr old HSC quals.

Hellooooo!

You should be able to get in as a mature age student I reckon Anna. My sis did and she's a year younger than you.

Jodi, I know what you mean about it not even occuring to you to ask for drugs, both of mine were like that, my hormones just worked so well with Riv, I was in this 'zone' where I was so focussed and dealing with the pain really well. I think with Si, if I'd made it to the hospital I'd have BEGGED, but the pain was only so intense because I was doing all my dilating in 40mins or so! Ouch! :P

How's J's recovery going Meg? Lol at him being mad at his teddy.

Soo jealous of you Q'land girls' heat! It's pretty darned cold here in Melb! Brrrr...

Happy 30th Shell :happyforyou:

Hope you had a fantastic day today

Thanks, pretty low key birthday, might have to save big one for 31st. All this nausea annoying me so just had family over for BBQ, had nice day tho, got everyone to give me vouchers so have nice amount to get myself something nice.

AnnaT- Like Nelle said they should take you as mature age. Maybe call the uni and ask to talk to someone of what you need to do in regards to applying.

Ok, $20 including postage sounds good for KK. Just waiting on few replies then will sort out the names.