Babies Born September 2007 #43

hi all
thx for asking about the arm... well i ended up at the dr at 10pm last night... it kept swelling and i was getting shooting pains up and down my arm... the swelling was huge and it had gone from abuot a 20 c piece on mon night to over half my arm. was v red and hot...
anyway it is a v bad allergic reaction, she said she has them too... it usually gets worse for 2 days and then slowly better, with residual itchy and sore patch for about 1 week...i felt like such an idiot ging to the dr for something like that... but luckily as she has had similarreactions she knows how painful it is.. so she understood. she said the cream and even anti histwont do anything at this pt but to ice it and keep elevated ad try to immobilise as much as poss. and panadol for the pain (which is nerve pain due to the swelling). been doing that... and it is a bit better today... didnt sleep well last night was v painful. how bizarre hey! just for the record i went to the chem to get anti hist in case i needed it (would have been closed once i was done with dr) and phenergen is cat c (geez and the 1st chem i went to recommded it..) but polaramine is cat a.
cally - she loves her dolls hey! gorgeous story!
jaz - good to hear from you, i am on fbook but so far have kept bB and FB sep... DH was adamant about that a while back - i will ask what he thinks now... (privacy and all)

PP, glad to hear that you got the arm sorted. I hope you get a better night sleep tonight hun. Can you set up a FB acc just for us? You don't have to let your worlds collide that way.

Hi ladies

Just popping in to say hi, I seem to be having trouble keeping up. Will try to catch up later tonight . Have midwife coming tonight and house looks like poo.

Katie - did i miss something - why is midwife coming???? i dont keep up much so sorry if i should know that...

girls, i'm dying from this heat, dying..
sorry to whinge,,,ahhhh!!!!

pap- set up a fb account with a fake name or something so we can all be friends :)

PP you havent missed anything, been TTC and want a homebirth so getting in early and meeting a few widwives.

ETA Rainy I really feel for you being heavily pg in the middle of a heatwave.

poor Rainy - i feel for you honey!!
Katie - i thought that may be the case.. hope you like her, let us know!
hmm re a new facebook, i just dont think i can maintain 2 fbook accts... ie there would be nothing on it if i set up a new one... will talk to dh about it.

Oooohhh Katie, that's awesome you're planning a homebirth next time!

That's OK if you don't want to PP :)

G, I remember when I was pg with Lindsay, I was at the same stage as you and OMG I hated it! And being on the farm there was no way I could cool myself effectively either. I spent a lot of nights on a matress in the loungeroom sleeping under the aircon that's for sure! Did you see my FB comment yesterday though? Notice I have only 1 summer babe? ROFL.

I'm wondering though if MD hasn't melted Wicked witch of the West Style ROFL "I'm melting I'm melting!" it got to 45 over there today.

It's actually not been intolerable here today - its 38 but I don't feel ready to die kwim?

The kids had their first day back at school today. They are in really good classes with great teachers, so I'm happy with that (but all the teachers at our school are wonderful) The only thing I'm not terribly keen on is that Lindsay has the boy next door to us in his class in yr4 (L is in yr3) and he's one of those kids who knows it all and you don't - everything Lindsay talks about with this boy he just says 'oh that's not true' etc and it really sh its Lindsay to tears kwim? But it wont be too bad, Lindsay doesn't let it bother him, it's just an annoyance.

uuurrghhh i have just made DH go to the local quiki mart and bring me home a MEGA sized slurpee. ran out of blue and red...uurghhh, dont they know that they are the best flavours at 41 degree temps???

seriously though ppl i just checked our thermometer and it is still at 40. 9PM PEOPLE.

urghh.

Rainy, i have been thinking of you and Ange all day. i saw a number of heavily pg women today (uni is near the RWH) and they didnt look too impressed and were walking S...L...O...W. poor things.

MD: you still kicking sista? 45. two up on us.... have u literally melted? cause if it wasnt for my MEGA slurpee i would be a puddle in the hallway right now.

honestly i am surprised that the tennis is still on.

Oz: oh that is exciting that you are planning a home birth! oooh i hope the middie is nice!!

AFM: well went to uni. pumped the aircon. DH had leila all day and they did ok. he took her to bunnings instead of the museum :rolleyes:. typical bloke. but then they were a bit norti and escaped to the neighbours and the kidlets went nudie rudie under a sprinkler...norti i know...but so worth the smiles and excitement. i have to say that is nice to have families as neighbours. we hang out heaps and tend to have casual dinners together all the time. takes the stress out of the late afternoon as the kids are entertained and you have adult company too! bring on the village people!

Huge hugs to all the pregnant mammas in the hot heat!! Especially you Rainy with your 36 week tummy you poor thing. Ohhh and MD in Adelaide, bet you've been housebound all day?! DP was in Adelaide today & said it was incredibly hot!

Trillian - Theres something about nakie swimming that makes you feel so free & relaxed. If we had a pool I'd be doing the exact same thing with a glass of red hehe.

Clare - Isnt it funny how swimming always wears them out. If I take M to the beach or pools she will sleep for hours and hours afterwards.

Cally - Aww thats so cute of K to want to bathe her dollys!

Noni - Good luck with the childcare, sure it will all be fine. Congrats on hitting the 13 week mark, I can see your pregnancy is going to fly by.

Oz - WOW on wanting a homebirth, good for you. If I wasnt such a controlled person I'd do it too lol. Hoping you fall pregnant very soon.

PAP - That bite sounds like it is a shocker, cant believe it flared up so much! Can just imagine the pain & discomfort.

Jazmum - Well I am dying to watch your ivey idol on FB but we've used all our downloads for the month so the net is running extra slow. Dont worry about not getting on here an awful lot, like you said we all keep up to date through FB too.

Seems since I stopped worrying so much about the night feed, M has started to drop it. Dont want to speak too soon but I think we are on the right track, finally, thank goodness.

As for the MIL situation, seems she has come to her senses and offered to make our wedding cake. So I snapped that one up & said for sure, will help us out alot & also it will give her something to focus on & she wont feel left out iykwim. I have been emailing her with updates to keep her in the loop & she finally responded. She must have realised she was being silly hehe. I am feeling alot more organised with this wedding now, if there is anything else to be done too bad I'm not doing it lol. I ended up buying a simple champagne coloured dress from witchery to change into at the 'reception', as my wedding dress is sooooo heavy and thick & I absolutely cook in it. Besides we are just having a simple backyard do so what does it matter.

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I'm wondering though if MD hasn't melted Wicked witch of the West Style ROFL "I'm melting I'm melting!" it got to 45 over there today.

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PMSL! Apparently we're in for another 6 days of it, Mon will be cooler (38 degrees hahahaaHA!). Well I'll either be enjoying the aircon at the local public hospital or if it gets REALLY bad I'll just take refuge in my closest Haighs store, It'll be nice'n'cool in there, they can't have the chocolate melting, now can they?

Trill so pleased to hear your kids have all got good classes. I'm soooo pleased with the teach DD1's scored, he's the one all the parents and the kids want and she came home on day one switched on and started her homework straight away LOL. I know what you mean about the knowitalls, there was one who plagued DD1 at the old school.

Full commisserations Rainy, I had a similar foul summer when I was PG with DD1. OK I was only 2nd trimester but we had no aircon, not even in the car. I survived by chomping through glass after glass of ice with my feet in a bucket of iced water and the fan pointed directly at me LOL. Not long now sweetie.

Clare, a slurpee shortage, well that's not on! LOL Your neighbours sound lovely. Ours are nice enough but we aint ever going to be that cosy.

PP hope your arm is getting better and better. It sounds just awful. Well done on finding out about the best antihistamine, I'm a bit cranky that the other pharmacy didn't do their homework!

MM, so glad your MIL has seen the light and will offer some practical assistance. RU having fruitcake?

Katie, let us know how your MW meeting goes. I was in the homebirth group in Darwin before I moved and then had no choice. All power to ya sister!

MD I would be taking refuge at Haighs mmmmmm.

MM glad your MIL is back to her senses. I cant believe how quickly your big day is rolling around.

Clare your neighbours sound like ours, I love that Logan will grow up with all the kids.

Trill glad the kids have good teachers, bet the little boy next door is going to grow up to be a real PITA lol.

Midwife didn't show up, was about to call her to see if she was lost when she rang to say she had been busy and forgot. I wasn't very happy as I had rushed around all arvo to get L fed and bathed and DH rushed home from work. She is going to ring tomorrow and make another appointment. I am also meeting up with one who I spent 45 min on the phone to, I am in love with her already. DH is worried about the homebirth so I am hoping the midwife can help calm his nerves.
L says thank you now, he only ever said ta a few times and just went straight to thank you its very cute. He also jumped and got both feet off the ground last night, he hasnt been able to do it since tho lol.

Oz - From what I've heard, its normal for most hubby's to be nervous about the home birth. I'm sure the midwife will calm his nerves, bet she's done it with plenty of nervous hubbys. Oh thats a shame the first midwife let you down like that, such a pain when you rush around getting everything ready. Just out of interest, how do you track down midwives that specialise in homebirths? The local paper? lol just a guess!

MD - Cant believe you have to endure another 6 days, what is going on!? We are both definately not fruitcake fans, MIL wants a fruitcake though, even though I've told her NO fruitcake. I just cant be bothered anymore so we will wait & see what she comes up with!

MM I just googled and found the Home Midwifery Association and went through them. But when I googled I found a few. I am sure she will be able to calm DH 's nerves too he has been so good about it all.

Ohh ok. You can tell I havent been brave enough to go down that path!! Local paper...good one hehe. Wow I think you are awesome for going for a home birth.

Has anyone else noticed that their post count has dropped? Just when I thought I was getting somewhere! :lol:

about to go to bed, but i just had to say....
hayley- your fruitcake of a mil wants to make a fruitcake!!! ha ha, made me laugh!

hy everyone,
enrollment went well, asha went and had a play while we were filling out forms.. she didnt even realise i had gona back into the office lol she just continued playing with the other kids.. then at lunch time she followed them all into the bathroom to wash her hands and sat down at the table for lunch haha they gave her a little bit and then i took her home, she was so tired she fell asleep in the pram haha i think shes really gonna love it there.. might be a bit different when i actually say goodbye and leave but i think she will end up really happy to go which is a releif, fingers crossed anyway..
out shopping today with mum to buy a dress for a wedding we are going to on saturday gosh just when i am not quite at the looking pg stage and still in the looking bloated stage i have to go to a formal wedding lol bummer!!
biiig freezy slurpees to all the mums n bubs slogging it out in the heat wave!!it got to 43 here the other day and i thought i was gonna die! and thats with air con making the house about 31 haha i am a real sook when it comes to heat always knocks me around..
anyway ladies best be off sorry for lack of personals still really tired n wanna get in some rest before we have to get ready to go out..

Noni, how you going in the heat? Isn't getting hot up there again? Can't wait to hear how A's first proper day at childcare goes, sounds like she's gonna love it!