Babies Born September 2006 #99

marnikat - have you tried Nurofen? Not sure what else to suggest. Nina wasn't a very bad teether either. And thank god she has all her teeth through.

nelle - poor Riv, he was certainly in the wars yesterday wasn't he!

ambz - great to hear you're all doing so much better.

Nina was a little brat yesterday. Wouldn't have a sleep, wouldn't listen to anything we told her. Then last night kept waking up, and looked like she was wide awake! ggggrrrrrr! Then this morning I woke up with lots of pains. Still getting them. Hopefully she'll be well behaved for me today. She's watching cartoons ATM, thankgod for ABC kids!

Friends of ours finally had there baby boy last night! This was the couple who had been trying for 7 years and given up, they didn't even find out they were preg til bout 18 weeks! But bubs has to be in special care nursery for awhile to help maintain his temp. Apparantly he lost alot body fat trying to get down the birth canal cause he was so high up and it ended in ceaser. I saw her on Friday and she was still carrying quite high, the cheeky bugger wouldn't drop.

Jodi- Cheeky Nina! Maybe she is sensing something like an impending birth?

Marni- when Ash gets bad with teething I resort to the nurofen plus some bonjella and that usually works for us.

Nelle- So did you end up getting the piano? I wish I was musical, I really enjoy singing but so bad at it. You look too good in those photos after going thru the labour and losing all that blood!

Caddie- Whats a star card booklet? Do you put pics for each month so you can see the development?

Well we have found nice shelves for Ashleighs room, they're white with pink backing so when we get them we're gonna paint feature wall matching the pink on the shelves so finally I am sort of getting moving on doing up Ash's room. Plus there was gorgeous bed there too that will match when she needs bed.

Yes you can do that shell or just use it as a bday book and have the special 1st birthday pics. Any theme. I was thinking of doing bastism guest books too where people can sign who came.
What you think?

Hi all,
Can't stay on for long. I haven't had time to read anyone's replies. Just wanted to tell you all that we arrived safely in |London. J was a gem on the plane. I couldn't have enven asked for any better.

Have settled in nicely here. He had 1 nioght of Jetlag and otherwise has been tgreat. Head to Spain next weekend for a few days before going to Ireland and Scotland.

Take care all

Oh god Meg, you are making me so jealous!

Hi Meg - Hope you are having a great trip!

Ambz - Oh, arent the blood tests awful! Tiana had them after her 8 week needles cause of a reaction and I cried so much! I hope the good days become more frequent for you.

Nelle - Hope Riv had a better day yesterday!

Thanks for everyones replies. My problem is she cant have nurofen as she only has one kidney, so panadol is it. And when her teeth are really playing up they bleed and panadol just doesnt seem to do much for her. I am off to see the paed today (for her kidney) and I am going to get him to check her ears and throat as well in case this cold has turned into an infection. Thanks for all your replies though.

Have a great day!

Good luck today marni,sounds awful for poor little tiana!
Hi meg,glad your trip is going well! Spain sounds lovely.
Ruby has her 18m needles tomoorow.A little late.lol
Off to gym so going to get organised.
Hi ambz! Nice to hear from you.Hope your tiarna is better today.

Had a very interesting night last night. Was getting contractions every couple of minutes for a few hours, then it all stopped!
Had a check up with my dr this morning, bub is now 3/5 engaged, and with everything I'm feeling, he reckons it's only a matter of time now! Lets hope so, I really don't want to have much more of this pre-labour rubbish!!
Nina is really unsettled ATM. I think she's coming down with a cold or something. Her voice is really crakly, and she's not sleeping at all at night. Kept us up all night with screaming the house down. But because she doesn't actually have a cold or cough, not much I can really do at this stage.

Will keep you all updated on everything.

Caddie- Annika hasnt had her needles yet either. She will be getting them done in about 3 weeks, along with Teleah and Mj getting theres done. I figure I will deal with the all at once and get it over and done with.

Jodi- oh man not long now. hopefully sooner rather then later

meg- you lucky duck

bbs some one is crying

How far are you from a hospital Jodi? Just keep in mind that all that pre-labour can make for a pretty short actual labour!

Oh Meg, Spain sounds awesome, I've heard it's sunny pretty much all the time there!

How did the Paed trip go Marni?

Lol Nelle, you are expert on that! Jodi might want to do your shower birth trick!
I wonder if you are having bubs now, and what bout Chrissy? Is this a race to the finish line?

Marni- How did the appt go today?

My friends baby is out the special care nursery now, he been able to maintain his owm temp so thats great news. Got to have a cuddle today, I'm so clucky now. Plus one of the mums in my mums group also just had a baby boy so they're everywhere!

lol nelle, already thought about that!! My dr did say to me 'I hope you have everything ready to go for when you go into labour'. So I madly went around the house cleaning it (yet again) this afternoon, and made sure my bag is packed. We're about 15-20 min from hosp. Our main problem though is Nina. Don't really have anyone to look after her if it happens during the night.
Been getting quite a few niggles tonight. I hate this waiting game.

shell - that's great news that your friends bub is out of special care. Watch out, there might be something in the water :D

Awwwwwww Jodi Im so excited! I hope your labour is short and sweet. If we were up there in Cairns I would watch Nina for you if you go in at night.

I would look after nina too.Well fingers crossed you will have her in the day.Have you got your books yet?
Chrissy where are you? Hope all is safe with you too.
I will have to make another star book to show off,aaron came home and said a lawnmower customer brought her baby home as she had him at 26 weeks or something.Aaron thought all this time she lost the baby because he was afraid to ask.So i gave it to her.She must have been through some hard times.

There's a thought, do you know any of the Cairns BB girls Jodi? I know if any of the local Nappy girls or something asked me to watch their kiddo in the middle of the night while they laboured I'd be up for it - I mean, it's only a once off! :P

Caddie, glad Aaron's customer has her baby safe and well. Sheesh that sounds early hey! I think the earliest surviving baby was 23 weeks* or something, so that's not far off.
*could be making that up.

How's the house looking going Annat?

Anyone watch the kids show "yo Gabba Gabba"? The songs are very catchy!

Caddie- Wow, 26 weeks, thats great the baby survived. Bet she was rapped to get the book.

Jodi- The mum in my mums group had hers 2 weeks early and she hadn't packed her bag so at 2:30am was rushing round packing it!

I feel crappy, sore throat and Af is here so just feel really worn out and exhausted.

Just a quick flyby :hello:

Jodi - Good luck hun. Can't wait to hear the good news.

Chrissy - How are you going??

Helen - Can't remember if I've already said this, but that's great news about your scan :D How're you going now?

AnnaT - Ummmm......do you have any news??? ;)

Hi everyone else. Sorry, I'm a slackass - will make a effort to get back online later, just got a heap on at the moment. Love to all

good idea Nelle - totally agree with you, Jodi see if you can get onto anyone from BB. Hope that your not having to many pains today and that your resting
Chrissy - how are you going lovie? Hows Liam keeping up?
Kell - were are you these days woman? hope that your travelling well
Anna - I am such a slack @rse...will try my darnest to ring you asap
Caddie - that was a truely wonderful thing yourve done.
Shell - hope to hell your not getting sick mate.....thats usually the time we fall pg, especially when your clucky ;)
AnnaT - fingers crossed that this is your month
MO3 - you are so terrible pmsl atleast your posting...I friggen well forget! hope your tribe are well
Belle- hope your resting and keeping sain
Hello everyone else Mauws to all
Just got 10metres of bamboo delivered....Im so excited...stupid I know but it doesnt take much to excite me these days pmsl

im still around.......just

getting induced on the 12th may, so a week and a half to go,if i last that long, just went shopping and had to get some winter uniforms for the kids, then the food shopping, was in so much pain, that the food shopping will have to wait, it felt like liam was gonna fall out, so decided best to come home and rest :)

maz we posted at the same time, i think you left out a number on your mobile......

Maybe next week MO3 :) I dont want to say unless its 150%. Im definately feeling it though so fingers crossed.

Nelle, um the house hunting/moving stuff is NOT going iykwim. I could use lots of 4 letter words to describe it and they arent nice ones like love and hugs :rolleyes: Its really stressing me out and we have less than 8 weeks to go. Im looking forward to the hot weather though and the drive up should be a nice little holiday. We're going to stop in Syd to see friends, then take Jett to Seaworld on the GC and Australia Zoo on the sunny coast, then maybe a bit of a beach break in Noosa.

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I could use lots of 4 letter words to describe it and they arent nice ones like love and hugs

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:chair: Too funny. That's no good so far about your accomm, really hope something gets sorted for you soon! Would you consider staying in non-army accomm?

AnnaT - :goodluck2: Oh, there's not much hot weather up here - freezing in the mornings (well, for me anyway, you might not agree :lol:). When will you be heading up here? We're going down to Australia Zoo next month - the girls are really looking forward to it. SeaWorld's great as well, we went there when I was pregnant with Ambah - really good with little kids.

Chrissy - That's so exciting!!!! Hope everything goes well and Liam doesn't give you too much grief over the next couple of weeks.

anna - sorry honey, all the hot weather will be gone by the time you get here! Bummer about the housing though. Hopefully something suitable comes your way real soon.

chrissy - gosh, I so hear you on all of this stupid pre-labour crap we're going through. I'm so over it.

nelle - I do know some of the bb girls, but I'm on the other side of town to them :rolleyes: If it happens tonight or tomorrow night, then at least BIL and his partner can come over and watch Nina as he's finished his roster for the week (he's an ambo), plus he'd come in handy if it's a real quick labour too!!
MIL has offered to look after Nina if it's during the night, but she's one of the most unreliable people I know. I know that if we tried calling her during the night, she'd ignore the phone, or not hear it at all, cause she doesn't like being disturbed during her precious sleep :rolleyes:
Had a heavy bloody show this morning. Niggles every now and then, but nothing really happening. Heath isn't convinced anything will happen for at least 2 weeks yet. hhhmmm.

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:chair: Too funny. That's no good so far about your accomm, really hope something gets sorted for you soon! Would you consider staying in non-army accomm?

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If we have to rent privately we will but we've basically been told that we'll have to hope we get lucky in that side of things too as the rental market is super competitive and with 2 kids and a dog, people may not want to rent to us.

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AnnaT - :goodluck2: Oh, there's not much hot weather up here - freezing in the mornings (well, for me anyway, you might not agree :lol:). When will you be heading up here? We're going down to Australia Zoo next month - the girls are really looking forward to it. SeaWorld's great as well, we went there when I was pregnant with Ambah - really good with little kids.

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Whats your idea of freezing? Ours is 1 degree or even -1 lol Um our stuff will be removed on 27th June and DH has to be at his new Unit to start work on the 7th July sooooooooo we'll be travelling between those dates.

lol anna, doesn't quite get that cold! But we've definitely noticed a difference. Our nights have gone from 25'ish degrees to 17-18 degrees. So you might not feel the cold.
In Nth Qld, June/June is usually the coldest parts, but only ever getting down to 7 degrees would be the coldest I've ever had to deal with, and that was last year.

Ah well I'll survive then Jodi lol its below 14deg during the day here but we've had some lovely snow falls. Thinking about taking the boys for a day trip to the snow if I can get motivated to be freezing cold :lol:

How are you feeling? Any cx? Im so excited and so jealous, I wish I was having another baby I love giving birth. How long was your labour with Nina?

I had a 9 hour labour with Nina, but didn't have any warning beforehand. This time round though, I've been having these pre-labour symptoms for 2 weeks now! Bub is 3/5 engaged, dr reckons it's any day now. I've got really bad period pain, lost the rest of my plug today and have been getting a bloody discharge. I feel like things might be happening, but who knows! She might have other ideas.

Weather wise, like you said, you'll be right. I went to Emerald last year in July (which is Central Qld) and it was 1 degree during the night. We froze!! I'd hate to experience that again. I think Sharls would get cooler weather where she is than what we do.

Yeah, I think it was something like 10/11 degrees last night :(

Hi Girls

Just a real quick one.....have been lurking but not writing, norty me....DH is here at the mo so everything seems topsy turvy, I'm out of my usual routine lol.

Jodi - wow - not long, I can't wait to hear your news....

AnnaT - good luck with the accom, hope something comes up asap.

Chrissy - rest up hun, sounds like things are happening with you too.

Okay, sorry have forgotton everything else. Better go and organise din dins for R.

Laurin xxx

Now come on girls I am getting very impatient here! Please pop those babies out! Feels like this pre labour has been going on forever. I guess if its making me impatient you 2 will be feeling even worse!

Laurin, its like when Df is on holidays, I find my whole routine out of whack and feel like I get nothing done!

Hmm sounds bit hot for me up north, think I'll stick to melb! I remember our trip to cairns we went one sep and we just couldn't cope with the humidity and had to sleep with the air con on all night! Too bad bout global warming.

AnnaT- I hope if they can't get you anything they at least give you enough time to find something privately. As long as youj can show you are good to pay rent I don't think the kids and dog will be a prob, a good thing if you can afford it all at once is to offer to pay 3 month up front then you have better chance.

I get to lie up on the couch and play on computer, Df is cooking and has to look after me while I feel crappy, hes doing a good job, can smell yummy tacos.

So you might chuck a Nelle Jodi :) I wonder if there is any merit in the 'each labour is quicker' wives tale. Mine certainly were, exactly half the time of the first. So I figure if J was 3hrs and R was 90min then the next one will be 45 min lol

Theres a party in my tummy,so yummy so yummy. Yes i watch it too shell. The kids love it.

hi just a fly by

All the best Jodi!! Not long to go and yeah for the induction date Chrissy !

AnnaT - if you do come to the GC i would love to meet you.. We have annual passes to seaworld so maybe we could meet there one day?? anyway see what happens
xoxo

hugs to everyone else.

xoxox

Caddie- Lol, thats the song I love. I start singing and dancing it to Ash!

My labour with Ash was over 20 hours so I bloody hope next time is at least only quarter of that!

Shell - hope you are starting to feel better and DH cooked you a yummy dinner. Yeah, I agree, things here are topsy turvy we had takeaway as I wasn't organised for dinner and usually I know what I am having in the morning.....anyway.....

Have a good night everyone.
Laurin x

Lol Caddie, I started to read the start of your post to Shell and thought 'ahh Cad's been helping herself to a glass or so of wine' :P Then I realised you were singing.

Jodi, I was the same, no signs with Riv, a bit of niggles before Si. So will be interesting to see! River slept through my labour, so perhaps that won't be a prob with Nina! :D

Ah, Si's hungry.

Hi everyone,

The hospital went well. TIana only needs to have one more scan in about 5 months time and a follow up appt after that and if the kidney is growing well then I just have to monitor temps and stuff and follow up with the GP! I keep hoping the second kidney would grow but that is just wishful thinking on my part. On the downside however I got the paed to check her over cause she has been awful and she has an ear infection! That explains the little girl who wont sleep for mummy!

Jodi and Caddie - I hope after all this pre-labour that your babies just fall out!

AnnaT - That must be so frustrating, I would hate not knowing where I would be living!

Laurin - John puts me out of routine too, i like him being home for about the first 3 days and then I get frustrated by everything being messed around!

Nelle - How is Si sleeping?

Well hi to everyone else and have a great day!

Marni its chrissy not me!!lol I just abour fell off my chair when i read that!
No wine last nite nelle.lol
Well marni i hope tiana ear infection clears up soon.
Belle havnt heard from you in ages.Guess what i found julia and jesse's bday cards from when they were 1. With stamps.You havnt changed address? I might just send it lol.
They were in ruby's immunisation records.

Caddie - is there something you have been keeping a secret from us....hee hee

Sorry Caddie! Blame it on no sleep for the past week!! LOL