Babies Born September 2006 #95

[Freya]

Just try the opposite ****tail to what Kell did. I know there are ways you can maximise your chance of a boy. Otherwise we can switch our DH's swimmers, cause I reckon mine only makes boys

Nope we arent going to Darwin, if DH *has* to go then I will move somewhere else and they will fly him back to visit us for the term of his posting 1 weekend a month I think. It just wouldnt be plausible with Jetts reactions to bites and my allergies to bites and mould.

Um his course finishes in May sometime so likely by mid june we'll be moved and settled. Im hoping its a bit earlier because I wanted to be out of here well before winter set in - esp if we're heading to tropical Qld!

[maz]

I reackon its the way you hold your tongue when your about to AHHHHHHH....rofl

Im gong back to catch up on the goss...have had a $hit night...been awake with Vy and mateauz and now she's standing her next oto me squeezing one out!!!! dmae it!

BBL

[Cougar]

your in fine form this morning maz....just sent you the measurements

[shellbell3]

Morning girls.

I think I like the sound of your method Maz! Lol.
Df would prefer a boy next time we start ttc seeing as according to him its our last. I'm not sure, be nice to have one of each but I think I'd love to give Ashleigh a sister. I think how great me and my sister are together and want to give that to Ash but who knows they might not even get along!

Jodi- Ash has been bit off lately too, nothing I can put my finger on. She's been having runnier poos (tmi) she is happy on second then miserable the next, wanting lots cuddles, I know shes NQR but nothing specifically I can put my finger on.

Chrissy- Love the belly!

[maz]

I hav eno idea what your talking about Chrissy...hahahha I love your belly and Im very jealous that you can still wear nice undies. I had and still have a flabby gunt that i had to tuck into granny jocks!!! GROSS!!!!! got the email and easy as mate..will work out cost

Shell - ahh accidents happen hon could you see yourself with 3 kids? What would happen if your 3rd was a boy aswell? My mum keeps telling me im doing alright for a career woman that didnt want kids. I couldnt imagine my life without my amigo's now...I feel very complete and whole.

I still havent had a chanch to catch up...my eyeballs are balancing on my knee's atm.

Belle - have paid for those nappies so I hope we get them soon.

So who is first up out of you lot to pop?? heheheh its to exciting all these babies.

Oh Caddie - WTG on donig the memory boxes hon...your such a talented scrapped woman, Vy's pic is up in here room...she points to it and asks ' who's that' all the time

Jodi - are you ok hon? have to give you a call...aswell as Anna cause im such a slack tart!

Kell - Have you told your FIL that bub is a girl? I bet he' stocked either way

Annie - hon so good to hear from you again and that your doing so well....


ahh there goes the bambino siren

[**Helen**]

Hi guys, sorry its been so long. I finally have got the internet going. I have missed you all so much. I have so much to catch you up on but first can everyone give me a tidbit of whats been going on with yourselves, as there is no way that I could possibly catch up.

Love

[*Nessa*]

hey helen welcome back.

Well im off tot he hosp shortly when they call me back, not feeling the best. have that headache still and not even the good drugs can fix it. Plus i threw up all over myself as i was leaving the shop today. Very embaraasing but i didnt even feel it coming on. and yeah have not been able to eat much at all.

Will let you all know how everything is but i figure its best to get cheacked out and be safe.

i am at 36 week today so all should be good if i need to deliver and i am so ready to be over this!!!!

[Nelle]

Ness, I remember with Riv I threw up really suddenly out of nowhere once! I was so surprised! I put it down to a kick in/near my stomach, that forced everything up! Hope everything's fine.

HELEN BABY!! So great to see you back! Nothing exciting for me, just plodding along (well, waddling along, is probably a better description).

Riv's gone down for a nap (though he's not napping, it sounds like a construction zone in there), so I'm going to shower.

[Boo Boo]

Hey Helen - great to have you back with us. Well Rylee and me are back in Melbourne, moved back into our house and got all our stuff out of storage. DH is commuting between Johannesburg and here for the rest of the year until the project in Malawi is finished. I am very happy to be back!!! Let us know your news.

Ness - aww you poor thing, let us know how you go with the hospital.

Laurin

[*Nessa*]

Just got back from the hospital and im not happy.

Basically they took my BP 135/95. wasnt high enough to matter (yet last time i was monitored for over 4 hrs with 130/90)

I was told to bad so sad about my headache. And told to just get someone to watch my kids for me so i could take stronger drugs which i do not feel comfortable taking. specially while pg.

They did monitor bubs for about 20 min and she is all good. and i am having regular tightnings.

Was told to keep my fluid and food intake up, Kinda hard when nothing stays down. she said well take your anti nausea meds and im like I am. and she just said oh.

GIven a script and sent home. I didnt fill the script because i dont want to take stronger medicine.

They didnt even let me wait for my midwife to show up before they told me to go.

so she is going to come out tomorrow to see me and do the bloods and urine and monitor my BP. god i hate hospitals

[caddie]

Hey helen!!! Very exciting to see you back!!! How have you been after everything you been through lately. Hows bella now with her being sick and the bruising?
Ness,stupid hospital. Hopefully the midwife can help ease your mind tommorow,even if its only with kindness.

[*Nessa*]

Oh i just looked up the possibl e side effects for the drug they gave me

tremadol: Neonatal seizures, neonatal withdrawal syndrome, fetal death and still birth have been reported during post-marketing.

[**Helen**]

OMG Nessa I am shocked to hear about that. It musnt feel good having been fobbed off like that, it's not fair. If you still feel bad, go back to hospital and if you feel up to it demand to talk to your midwife. They cannot tell you to risk your baby like that. Surely they can be more supportive even if there is nothing they can do.

Nelle-Hehe at you waddling, I saw your tummy and it is so compact. You must be carrying the baby fully up and down. Glad to hear that things are going well. Well I have to say that Me, DH, Bella and Eithan are all addicted to frozen coke and raspberry from Maccas. We cannot get one in front of Eithan he goes mental screaming for it.

Caddie-Bella is a lot better. Eithan has got a cold at the moment so he is a big dribbling, crusty snot terror at the moment. Things are slowly getting better. How are the girls going?

Laurin-Wow that is great news that you are back in Melbourne with all of your stuff. It must be hard though with the commuting for DH. Oh well at least you guys will build up the frequent flyers. I hope everything is going well.

So have you Melbourne ladies sorted out yourselves a meet up yet?

Well ther are lots of things happening that I cant talk about on a public forum, but what I can tell you is that things have been really bad but not just for me. At the moment I am dealing with an irregular heartbeat. It was really bad last week and I was hooked up to an ecg monitor. It left after a good nights sleep but it has started again yest and is continuing on and off. I havent been back to the dr yet, I will wait and see how I go. The dr is pretty sure it is due to stress. I dont feel stressed though. My chest is just constantly aching.

The kids are both good. We moved Bella to a new school this yr to start prep and she is absolutely thriving. We love it. A boy gave her flowers today and she brought them home and put them straight in water. Awwww it is so cute. She doesnt know is name, she said he hasnt told her yet.

Anyways enough from me, hope you are all well.

Love

[Visitor7]

Great to see you back Helen. Sorry to hear not all is well with you. We should all have a msn chat one night to catch up on everyone, and everything.
And how cute about bella and her boyfriend

nessa - I'm really shocked that they'd give you Tremadol. Good luck next time you see your midwife. She sounds a lot more understanding than that hospital. How are the pains you've been getting, still coming reguarly?

maz - I feel awful at the moment, but unfortunately I've got to keep going. Nina is definitely coming down with something and is being extremely unsettled and clingy with me. She was up at 4.30 this morning, and didn't really get back to sleep. Hopefully tonight will be a better night for me. How are Vy and Mateauz going after their needles?

annat - moving to Qld mid year is definitely the best time of year. Up here, we do get a winter, but nothing like what any of you guys get. In the 9 years I've been in Cairns, the coldest it's got in winter is 7 degrees. It's the summer that's gonna really knock you around. Especially in Townsville. Townsville is a dry heat, whereas Cairns is all humidity. Dunno which one is worth actually. Both places get very hot.

[shellbell3]

Ness- I'm just assuming here that Tremadol you mean Tramadol? Thats a pretty strong pain killer, I'm surprised they recommend it, I think its a Catergory C class, yeah I just looked up catergory C class says
" Drugs which, owing to their pharmacological effects, have caused or may be suspected of causing, harmful effects on the human fetus or neonate without causing malformations. These effects may be reversible. Accompanying texts should be consulted for further details."
So I definately wouldn't be happy in taking it. Doesn't sound like they treayed you too well.

HelenP- Oh no that doesn't sound good at all, are you seeing a cardiologist? Like Jodi suggested we'll have to have msn night one night to catch up on everything. How cute bella got given flowers. I hope all the other issues going on aren't anything too serious, big hugs to you, you haven't had the best of luck with things in the past few months.

[shellbell3]

Ness- Was just doing bit more research, if the pain is really quite strong you'd be better off taking panadeine as Codeine is catergory A drug. (and there isn't all tha much codeine in panadeine there is alot more in the panadeine forte).

[*Nessa*]

Well i did speak to my midwife, she rang me as soon as she realised they let me go. Theye didnt even tell her i was there which they are meant to do.

I spoke to her about the tremadal and she said unfort that sometimes you have to weigh up the risks and with my headaches and rising BP without the tremadol the same sideeffects can occur if its not treated. so yeah its kinda dont treat it and it could happen or treat it and it could happen. but the chance of the med doing somehting are extremly low and because they know i am taking them they are aware of the signs to look for.

still i would have like to been informed of those risks first.

any way my midwife is doing a full examine and bloods on tuesday and if i get a headache again she want to know immediatly. she said this time she will take me down there herself. oh i am so glad to have her

Helen- you take care of yourself!!!!!!


ETA- yeah shell thats the stuff!!! They did recommend panadine and yeah it did nothing fdor my headache at all. Yeah i wont be taking it again. just too risky IMO, thanks for looking that up for me!!!

[Nelle]

Hey kids.

Tired here, missed the arvo nap, so bed soon for me! Had a hospy appt today, same old same old.

Helen, eugh on the irregular heartbeat. My MIL had one of those (this is a simplified version, don't know exactly what was wrong) and now she's got a defribrilator in her chest, it's never gone off, but it will if her heart plays up too much. Big hugs on all the other stuff, you know my email if you need, always enjoy hearing from you.
And awwwwww on Bella's flowers from the boy. So cute that she doesn't know his name yet!! I thought it was the girl who was supposed to maintain the air of mystery!

Ness, honestly, you poor thing. Hope you can kick back as much as possible to keep that b/p down. Go sit in your fridge or something, doesn't being cold slow down the heartrate? You can trust Dr. Nelle on this one...hehe.

Jodi, hope you get better soon. Seriously, go to the dr if you feel you aren't improving quickly, I was really impressed that my dr took me seriously because I was pregnant. Better to get stronger (though safe!) meds, or injections than get super sick and need ages to recover.

My butt's sore, I'm sitting on the floor, because Ran's computer stool's uncomfy, and I'm not on the laptop because yesterday the cable got jammed in the recliner and sliced through! Just so thankful no-one got electrocuted! So Rans has ordered a new cable, and I'm borrowing my mum's tomorrow to recharge the laptop, but yeah, it's really uncomfy to use Ran's computer!!

Big hello and hugs to everyone I've missed! Really like our little community, the way we can catch up on each other and support each other. High fives all round!