andie: Goodluck for the qld trip. sounds like you have it all sorted!
Rainy: aww sweetie, i hope mr L starts to feel better soon. sleep deprivation is seriously debilitating. i have to say that it sounds like a pretty normal phase around the 28-30 week mark to have a freak out. i remember clearly starting a major freak out around this time as we were in italy and it hit me how close to D-Day we were really were. maybe read back over the old threads of that time with L and you might see something similar...just an idea...
and like the others have said, you've been down that road before (with a newborn), many things will be new of course, but the fundamentals will be the same. you'll hit the ground running i'm sure!!
Ange: eewww scary snake stuff!! especially red bellies. i would be totally freaking out too! we used to have issues with king browns. oh man, they freak me out...just the silence of them i think.
Sherie: so glad that it went all to plan. sorry tho that the recovery is the pits. i have avoided laps this far, and i tell ya, they dont sound too nice, so you are one brave woman! every little endo niggle that i get and i worry that it may be one step closer to the knife...yes, i kinda have a GA fear...
Oz: oh that does not sound nice. bad DH, wrong kind of present to come home with LOL!!
Noni: we havent done our santa pic yet. hoping to do it canberra next week at DJs like i did last year. last time L had just woken up and looked really shell shocked! the poor santa was a bit scared of holding such a small baby!
L has only just started graduating into 1s. but she has always been on the small side so is no real indication of the norm i'm afraid....
Leanne: oohh i hear ya sista. i soo want to be in bed, but i have sent DH off to buy me gelato (so i may be like you were this morning with the post-slushie low! LOL!).
MM: so dont berate yourself for losing the plot when you have a sick bubba! i had a shocker last week with L. sleep deprivation should never be minimalised. i too have spent many a night/morning/afternoon bawling my eyes out over the cot/dinner table/bed.
BTW the wee ride is a kangaroo baby bike seat. the kid sits in between your seat and the handlebars. it is sooooo frikkin awesome! it even has a little head rest so that they can have a snooze if they feel like it!! L just giggles and laughs the whole time. i like it because i can talk with her and keep an eye on her as i cycle. i also feel heaps more secure and balanced with her between my arms than on the back.
AFM: well i got to hold a brand new (just outta the packaging!!) baby today!!! OOOhhhhh i was sooo excited!!! how gorgeous and curled up and totally snuffly wubbly are newborns!! gawd they smell good! and he's not even mine!!!!!!!
yes, yes, clucky i know, but how can you resist?? there was even a birth options class going on at the time and all these pregnant chicks were so excited at seeing this new baby!!
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