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Ash been very whingy today too altho she always perks up when we are out at mums group.
Laurin- thats good Rylee is improved. How did she go at the creche? I tink it'll be good for you doing the gym and getting a little break from her.
I can't believe next mon I will return to work. A year ago it felt so far away but it has just flown. Every day it gets closer I am getting more nervous. Just worried bout being apart from Ash so long and bit nervous how I will go at work afetr not doing the job for so long. Hopefully I don't kill off any of my patients.
Shell - I am sure that you will be fine. It will take a while to get used to it, but you will be fine and so will Ash. (I will need you to tell me that too when I go back in January)
What do you do? Are you a nurse?
Ness - Hope Annika is better for you tomorrow.
I have Gymbaroo tomorrow. James LOVES it, but is always a little rat for the rest of the afternoon after we go - I think that he gets too excited!!!
Hey guys Pretty uneventful day for me. River cheeky as usual. I've named the passage between the windows and the back of the couches 'the naughty highway', cos River crawls up and down there and pushes things over and takes his 'treasures' like rusks and books behind there, and plays with the ducted heating vent.
Did not much housework today. Surprise!!
Belle, argh, I was going to say something to you but I've forgotten. Sorry. It's cos it's a new thread and I had a conversation with Rans inbetween.
Oh yeah, Caddie, how unlucky that the machine broke! You didn't have to drink the liquid did you? When's the new appt then?
Well my brain's a pile of mush. And AF is late which always confuses me cos it never used to happen pre-baby, I'm not pregnant though. Though I really should start giving you girls my 'standard' answer when people ask if I'm pregnant, which is 'I might be'. It's cos I don't want to lie about it, and it's a bit obvious if I went 'nope, nope, nope, oh well uhh maybe?' Totally irrelevant anyway, I doubt I'll be up the duff anytime soon. I guess the breastfeeding's making my cycles longer?
Speaking of up the duff, where's Ambz? Hope you're okay if you lurk mate!
Well, I forgot to call or sms my best friend on her birthday (thought of it heaps, just didn't do it), and then they popped in on Sunday and I've just realised that was her 1st wedding anniversary! Argh! But I'm taking her out for lunch on Thursday for her birthday so hopefully she knows I really truly do care!!
Right well, I'd better get to bed, cos I really have do clean up the house tomorrow. It's such a mess.
suppose you thought i had run away and left you all... but i am still here. last time i posted i was taking Ainsleigh to the specialist for allergy testing (good news, she only got a very mild reaction to dog hair, but don't tell clancy, he'd have very hurt puppy feelings!) She is definitely asthmatic tho . We have been MIA cos the day after allergy testing she got sick AGAIN. My girl does not just get a cold, she gets a full blown chest infection which involves chest xrays etc at the emergency department. She's all better now, been back to swimming for the first time in eight weeks woo hoo!!!
shell - i know exactly how you feel. i am back to work tomorrow! i'm excited, scared, nervous, etc all in one. i am sure Ains will be fine at daycare. she had a half day trial yesterday and apparently was leading the singing in the sleep room. sam reckons she'll be the first child ever to be expelled from daycare!
ok, i know this was a complete me post, but hello everyone! i think i will struggle to keep up (i already do struggle!) but now we have work, daycare and sam home every weekend for three months... but i will try and pop in and say hello to you all. i have my first birthday pressie here ready to post, and am keen to be in any msn chats.... and like i said, i'll try! xxx
New thread still havent had time to read the old one doh! We were out most the day DH and I did boring grocery shopping and he went and did his own thing and Julia and I played at home in the late arvo. So update on my weekend, im taking the new tablets thank god havent had an allergic reaction as yet, but god they make me so sleepy I slept fro 8.30pm to 7am this morning, Julia was such a good girl and let mummy sleep.
Rikki - thats great Ains is feeling better mate, sorry to hear she is an asthmatic, I am too. Howd they do the allergy test? I had one done up my armswith pin *****s and then the food and stuff like dog cat hair.
Nelle - no worries mate, how you doing? Hows Riv?
Meg - have good time today , lets chat sometime on msn when u are free mate. Hope James is well.
Nessa - how you goin? are you feeling a bit better this week? are you still taking meds? are they helping?
Anna* - sorry we keep missing each other give me a bell when you can matey.. thanks so much for the book and the DVD! I must get to the post office to send you stuff too!
Maz - hows the MS? are you ok? hope all is well with you and the kids.
AnnaT - how you doing? I hope you are ok, saw your post about your high BP thinking of you.
Shell - how are you and Ash?
BBL for more personals girls, Julia just woke crying.
Morning all - Just got back from the GP. I have had to have thryroid function tests, as I have an enlarged goitre. Anyway now I have to go for an ultrasound and see a specialist, as i may have to have surgery and have it removed. *sigh* didnt really want to go down this path. I have been avoiding the GP for that very reason!!!
Anyway it is no big deal - I am not gonna stress too much about it.
It was a quiet night in here last night!
Belle - will have a chat soon.
Rikki - Poor little bub. Hope she enjoyed going back to swimming.
Nelle - that is so funny about the "naughty highway"
Meg- That sucks, when do you see specialist? When do you get your thyroid tests back? Hopefully it won't have to be surgical removed. Enjoy Gymbaroo Ash has started loving it too now. Yeah I am a nurse work at willy hosp so not far from you!
Belle- Did they say how long the new meds take to start having an effect?
Ness- That sucks the place burnt down, in a way it will be nice to go for the adult conversation.
Rikki- Enjoy work! Lol at Ains getting expelled from daycare. I'm hoping that was the last of her illnesses for a long time. Do you have to give her anything to help prevent the asthma?
Nelle- You sure you not preg? Signs are there.... late AF and preggy brain.
my poor mum, shes done something to her back bad enuff that she can't move, couldn't even go to toilet, dad had to end up calling an ambulance! Hope they give her some good drugs.
Hey Shell - it may take up to 2 weeks for the new meds to work. So we will see. far out I hope your mum is ok.
Meg - honey you were very strong to go to GP that is the first step, sorry to hearyou have to see specialist and have ultrasound i hope it doesnt end up in surgery.
Im going to have to be Miss-Whingy and tell the truth - Im not ok. Far from it. I think Ive reached my breaking point with everything and Im this close <..> to snapping. I think Im getting depressed and I hate myself for letting it happen. Has nothing to do with bub, just more life right at this moment with being in this hellhole with no friends and all the immature crap Ive been dealing with from DHs workmates and their spouses. I literally hibernate at home everyday, I dont get out much and its killing me because I am soooo used to having a roaring social life.
Im enduring a huge dilemma of whether to leave DH behind here and move back to Sydney. We'll end up there anyway so DH will follow on in May next year but it means he'll have to be away from all of us for months on end (he wont be able to come see us regularly). We hardly see him now anyway. He doesnt want me to do it but its coming down to my sanity or him seeing us. Its killing me trying to make the decision
im still here
hi nelle thanks for asking about me!
have been off the boards for a while.
savanna has just gotten over a virus where she had high temps runny nose sneezing coughing and not much sleep. she went off her foods and was quite weak and quiet which is not like her at all. thankfully she seems to be back to normal. im also getting over the flu and hubby just got over gastro. arghhh been pretty crappy as we all seemed to get sick at the same time. On top of that hubbys cousin and his family have moved in next door and we have been busy getting them organised which meant me driving around all over the place no rest at all.
on a better note: i had my 12 week scan yesterday and it went fantastic. bubs was moving around so much cheeky lil bum. makes it all seem so much more real now and really drilled into me that i need to take more care of myself and stop putting others first all the time. The nausea seems to of worn off thank goodness!!
Savanna is now walking and cannot keep still. is always doing something to keep herself busy. she even packs away her own toys in her toy box hehe its too cute. i guess all the action really tires her out and she is sleeping so well now. she has four teeth (3 up top and 1 down the bottom) and the fifth tooth is cutting through now aswell.(bottom)
So how is everyone doing?? how are the pregnant ladies?? Any new ones to add to the list?? hehe
annat- hugs to you hun. i know it cant be easy to be faced with such a decision but you need to do whats right for you cause once you wear your body out it will; only make things harder for you. i know being apart from hubby will be hard but your sanity and health are so much more important if not only for you but for jett and bubba on the way.
hope you are all well and i will try make an effort to be on here a little more..
What a day, just got Ash to sleep finally for the first time today, she's been refusing all morning. I think something is up cause she was awake alot overnight, ?another tooth I hope she isn't coming down with something.
My mum is still in emerg, pain is alot better but they just looking into it, shes having x-ray done. Just weird cause it wasn't the type of pain that comes on suddenly or anything it just gradually got stronger and stronger til she couldn't move.
Hi Ambz! Glad to hear all is going well and you are all over the sicknesses. and yes, put yourself first and relax.
AnnaT- Big . Hope you can sort something out to whats right for you. Hard decision to make there. I guess there are pro's and cons on both sides. Is there any way possible Ryan can get transferred to Sydney sooner than May?
Ness- Hope Annika picks up. I hate when they are not themselves, give her lots of hugs from all of us.
No hope of that happening Shell, he's on a course with a set duration and he wont be finishing up before May 2008, if not LATER than that. I told Ryan I might move after bub is born in January that way he wont miss too much of our lives but I will have the support I need while I have a newborn and a 15mth old.
Nessa.. hope Annika is ok.. i know how scarey it is when theyre not themselves.
Hi Annie!!
Shell.. hun oh the past year has gone so fast its scarey. Least i guess youre not going fulltime.. but still.. i guess at least you had the first year full time with little miss.. tis going to make the times you spend together now even more special.
Nothing much here.. DH has gone to an interview this afternoon.. so my fingers are crossed!!!!!! The horsestud he currently works on is owned by Inghams and theres a job in the chook side of things that will possibly lead to management.. so
Ness - at least you know what is wrong with Annika, and you can start getting her better.
AnnaT - I think that you really need to do what is best for you and your children. I know this might mean being away from DH, but if you are so unhappy, it will impact on the kids, and you are their primary caregiver at the moment. Try and think about it with a clear mind, when you are less emotional. (Easier said than done) You have probably said before, but what does DH do?
Shell - Sorry to hear about your mum. I am on my way to Willy hospital in the next hour or so to have an ultrasound. I used to be a case manager there,and Footscray doing the Western Transitional Care Program. (about 4 years ago)
Ambz - I hope you are all on the mend. How cute - putting her own toys away!
Belle - thanks. I have known about this goitre for about 2 years, but never could be bothered doing anything about it. It is only because it has become quite enlarged.
Anyhow Tim raced off to play golf today. This is after he spent all yesterday out with friends. I called him to ask him to be home by 4:15 pm so I could go to have the ultrasound, and he said no - i already made him late for golf this morning because of the GP appointment. I told him "I am glad that you consider my health less important than golf" and hung the phone up. So now I will have to wake James and take him with me.
he is gone again tomorrow for another 8 days. Really, sometimes I just want to strangle him. F*#@ed if I am getting anything for his dinner tonight. And if he thinks that he is getting any rumpy pumpy, he can also write that off.... Can you tell I am mad?
Hi girls, just a quick one from me.
My dad has been in hospital since we arrived home from our holiday. He had chest pain, blurred vision & his knee blew up like a balloon. Turns out it was a severe case of Septicemia.
He had surgery last night, and has had physio today, they're not sure if they've removed it all yet. Only time will tell. So in between unpacking, working & visiting my dad in hospital, I've also had to clean the house as we have family coming tomorrow and will be staying with us. I'm a clean fanatic, so it has to be spotless!
Everything is going good with Nina, she's cut her molars now, so all up has 10 teeth. She's constantly babbling, and has started standing unsupported for 15-20 seconds at a time. She can walk while aided, or while holding onto things.
Not much else happening here. I'm too tired at the moment to think properly. After a 14 hour drive on Monday, I'm completely exhausted!!
Sorry for no personals, I have read them all quickly, but I've got to go and pick Nina up from daycare, then go and see my dad.
Thinking of you all.
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Wow jodi,hope your dad will be ok.Lucky the drs were on the ball so to speak. 10 teeth for nina! my jaw dropped when i read that.
Annat: tough decsion mate. But do whats best for you. Lots of army wives live alone for extended periods so being closer to family would be ideal in those cases. Dont forget how ry would feel though being away from you guys.He will be lonely too then.
Meg good luck at the u/s and grr at hubby's attitude.I agree no dinner or hanky panmky.
Hi ambz! glad the scan went great for you.And yippee on savannah walking!! clever girl.
Hi annie!!!!
good luck on the meds belle! hope they work.Pity bout the sleepyness though.
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Pretty uneventful day for me. River cheeky as usual. I've named the passage between the windows and the back of the couches 'the naughty highway', cos River crawls up and down there and pushes things over and takes his 'treasures' like rusks and books behind there, and plays with the ducted heating vent.
. We have been MIA cos the day after allergy testing she got sick AGAIN. My girl does not just get a cold, she gets a full blown chest infection which involves chest xrays etc at the emergency department. She's all better now, been back to swimming for the first time in eight weeks woo hoo!!!
. Hope you can sort something out to whats right for you. Hard decision to make there. I guess there are pro's and cons on both sides. Is there any way possible Ryan can get transferred to Sydney sooner than May?
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