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Yep JaZaH, I did feel a little emotional, esp when all the pregnant first-timers were coming past who had no idea what size clothes they needed etc. LOL But the truth is, the joy your children bring doesn't stop just because they grow older. You just get more of the back-chat factor LOL.
you're totally right MD! Being able to sit down and have conversations or go out on Mummy and daughter shopping sprees is fantastic. (it just seems easier to get cranky at them when they're older - when they're so tiny it's so hard to be cross)
Geez, where is everyone today? Usually it's chatsville in here on a Monday!!
I'm here :dance:
Had to go down to mums this weekend to look after some of her dogs while she took the others away to a dog show. I had to get DH to drive me down because I am sooo tired. I am exhausted. I thought there was supposed to be a burst of energy in the second tri?
I was glad I went though because my Nana isn't doing very well. She is 96 and was living at home but after a couple of hospital stays she has been sent to a rest home. I went to see her and she isn't very happy there. I am glad she is mostly blind, I don't think she noticed that I was crying the entire visit.
PAP, Yay for N's first steps!!! I don't think walkers could be that much harder than crawlers can they? W only crawled slowly for a couple of weeks before he was up, but I have seen speedy crawlers and I think they could get into as much trouble as a walker anyways. How is your grandfather?
MD, wishing you the very best luck for Thursday, you know we will all be thinking of you and sending out healthy vibes. Well done at the market, sounds like you had a good day.
Rainy, can't wait to hear more about Jimmy's arrival! I am still buzzing about it. Thanks for the attempted sms, we are in a reception hole here - half my messages come days late or not at all. Anyways, after Ange posted that things were heating up I was checking every 5 mins lol
Clare, OMG! I hope you are feeling a bit human today. Glad someone is finally going to do something about it, if they refuse I will get on a plane and be MD's assistant for the DIY tonsilectomy! BTW, Twilight is TEEN SUSPENSE!!! DH has been mocking me since I picked up the next couple of books from the teen display (complete with teeny boppers drooling over movie posters!!).
Better go, crackers and dvds only last so long
I am here girls!
MD - wel i dont know where i got monday from, but good luck vibes for thu then! the sale sounds great - what a good idea.
Jazah the girls and mum shopping trips sound fun! good to see you - i have missed you!
MM - you are getting married THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY. when do you leave for honeymoon again?
Arte - sorry you are so tired - how many weeks are you now? i only started to feel better at about 18 wks to be honest, i think it is the added tiredness from the sleep deprivation LOL! Yes N is a very fast crawler!!! i think it will be a couple of weeks til he walks properly but it is cute to watch the stage he is at now!
Clare - how are you feeling today?
Sherie - how is your hand?
Cally - where are you?
I hope Rainy and Ange arent in any fire danger today/tomorrow.
Hi girls!
MD: dont worry I'm here too...and you're right mondays are usually the hot tamale days, that and saturdays....
wow! how awesome on the market deals!!! $400!!!!! OHH AAHHH! sooo, whaddya gunna buy???? i hope something deliciously norti and indulgent for yourself!!
Kate: bummer that miss S is still not on her happy horse re the ear and throat infection. hope she feels better soon... sending her loads of solidarity get well vibes! lol!
JaZMum: ppffttt. 37?! so many of the mums in my group are first timers at 40!!! you've got YEARS in ya yet LOL! but true, some of my friends with older kids reckon that there comes a time when you know the baby days are done and your cruising happily through the kid stuff and enjoying sharing more parent to child experiences together ITMS? must say a part of me does look forward to girly shopping sprees with miss L!
Rainy: welcome home babe! and i am sooo joining the queue of ppl wanting to know the details baby!! LOL!....no pressure...LOL!
Arte: oh man, that is tough about your nan. i shared a room at hospy with an older lady who was there for an op from her nursing home. she had loads of visitors which was lovely, but it must be tough on them to spend so much time in beds etc. i hope you managed to get in heaps of cuddles. she would have loved the visit i am sure.
oh btw, you are SOOOO addicted to twilight now!! LOL! when you need to bash the teens out of the way you know...my friend had to hide her tears when the shop assistant told her they ran out and she had to wait a week for the new arrivals!
AFM: well, still here. which i have been told by my GP today should be seen as the reality. i didnt really realise how close i came. bit scary really and i am really really disappointed at the hospy for just fobbing me off on the friday. if they had of got the dr to spend 5 minutes with me, they could have probably saved me alot of pain. oh well. i do have a strange cramp in the back of my leg but i'll get it checked out at the gp again on wednesday and make sure there are no clots etc. supposedly i was a day away from permanent organ damage. yay for me! stupid tonsils.
Arte and MD: next time, get on a plane and come over and we'll have a slice and dice party! LOL! i'll supply the alchi-hole LOL! hhmmmm, maybe we should wait until arte has had her baby....LOL!
anyway best be off, got to pick up ma gorgeous gal from kindy...
BBL :)
clare-omg! how scary, you poor thing. i didn't realise tonsils could cause so much damage. keep us posted with what happens.
arte- i've gotta tell you, i was sooo tired the whole time this pg. it never ended for me...in fact, i'm still tired now! lol
jaz- my baby making days are over too now! tbh, i'm actually happy about it. i've got 2 beautiful boys and so much to look forward to watching them grow up. sometimes i feel sad that i'll never have a dd, but lewis looks exactly like me so that makes me feel better LOL
pap- we are in huge wind/fire danger. i've already evacuated with the 2 boys and the dog. dh is hanging around doing some work on the house but staying vigilant of course.
md- well done on your sale..i think there's a couple of items i won't be able to let go of...mainly oobi items! lol
mm- can't wait to hear all about your wedding, it's so exciting. you and maddie are going to look so beautiful.
girls, jimmy has been really unsettled last night and today. i'm pretty sure he's got wind pains..is there anything i can do about it? he will fall asleep on my boob but then when i put him on his back in the bassinette he just screams. it's making it very hard for me to get any kind of sleep.
i'll be back late with more birth details if you like, are you sure you guys wanna hear about it? i can't be bothered doing a birth story aor anything but i'll def give you guys a quick run down if it interests you?
RAINY - I AM DYING TO HEAR ABOUT IT! SPILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glad you are evacuated and safe - will be thinking of you honey
re the wind pain - gawd i dont know!! I think N had it a bit at the start, he used to wake screaming at 4.30 every morning for the 1st few weeks. he grew out of it - my solutuion was that was DH time with him LOL! i remember leemar also telling me a great burping tip - hold him under arms and twist a bit - that helped get a lot of it out after a feed. maybe prop him up a bit? sorry honey i dont really know.
how is L reacting???
Rainy, glad to hear you are well out of harms way. xxx Your pg seemed super-quick this time (to us anyway LOL). Re the wind, massage his tummy in a clockwise direction, bicycle his legs, and any holds that put a bit of pressure on his tum will help too. I had a run in with an oobi stall at the market, lucky for me I was there to sell and not to buy LOL.
Clare, I think you are well entitled to be very angry - it's the way the hospital system works unfortunately. Take a ticket and move along the conveyor belt. Unfortunately it's hard to be assertive when you're in dire need. All it takes is that extra moment of one staff member *really* paying attention to you and suddenly you're in good hands, kwim?
Arte I'm so glad you got to spend some time with your Nanna. I hope she gets through the transition soon enough and can enjoy the care that she gets there that she wouldn't at home, kwim? My Nanna was really against giving up her independence, but when she finally did she eventually got to enjoy things like being able to have a proper bath (with their assistance) and having a hot cup of tea brought in, etc. BTW I think that's hilarious that you're into Twilight! I quite enjoyed the read, not sure I'll be running out to get the rest of the series though.
I don't think we'll hear very much from MM this week, she will be very busy, and then Noni only a week later!!! I think Noni was going off for a dress fitting today. How exciting ladies!!
PAP - enjoy all that cute early walking! How are you "slowing-down-a-bit" plans coming along?
I forgot to say until PP reminded me, yesterday I met cousin's little DD who is 6 weeks younger than Missy E. Just gorgeous and a real little champ despite her vision problems. She has only just a week or so ago started walking too (much earlier than her sister who was a speed bum-scooter LOL) and ti was so cute to see her tottering around. It was fantastic to catch up with my cousins - haven't seen them for years!!
Arte - I just saw that I missed writing about your Nan, I am so sorry... I am glad you spent some time with her and I know how hard it is watching them go through tough times - so big hugs to you. Thanks for asking about my grandfather too - he is ok - well as ok as he can be. he has moved into a high care unit, it seems every day something else happens but it is less like a 'crisis' at the moment. i am not sure when i will see him again, he has advanced altzheimers now and after watching my grandmother go throguh the same thing i am not sure i can face seeing him like that. i have always been v v close to him (his fave if i am honest) but last time i saw him he was v agressive towards me and i know he doesnt want to be like that and i dont want to see him like that (this was a few mnths ago). I feel most for my mum who deals with it all alone...
oobi fans - babys got style has the new winter range online now - c-ute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'll be buying some....
MD - so gorgeous meeting your cousin, she sound delightful!!! must be so nice to be home - i also saw your post about walking inthe rain -you sound so happy hon.
AHHHH been trying to get on BB for half an hr but it kept stuffing up, almost gave up lol.
I will try pop on this week but I have appts every day from Wednesday. Have spent the whole weekend cleaning, gardening, fertilising & basically preparing. The boys put up the huge marquee, looks awesome & actually makes it look weddingy instead of just a boring backyard iykwim. DP & I are crapping ourselves with nerves & we are so excited too. We had our combined bucks/hens night on Sat which was a good night, had a dance at the casino.
Now to the most important news, M has all of a sudden had red spots pop up all over her chest, abdomen & back...we are so scared that its pox. So fingers crossed girls, we should know by tomorrow morning. :(
MD - Have been thinking of you & wishing you all the best for Thurs.
Rainy - Definately tell us the birth story, I'm hanging out for it! Thinking of you with this hot Vic weather & all the fire warnings.
Clare - hang on whats this, you came close to permenant damage!? WHAT!? I hope they whip those tonsils out qucik smart. I am now also a twilight addict, I've almost finished twilight & will take the next one on honeymoon with me.
PAP - We get married this Sat & leave on our honeymoon first thing Monday morning.
Arte - Ohhh I am so sorry to hear of your nanna, she has lived a good life to make it to 94 just remember that. They are well looked after & cared for in a home, my sister is an aged carer & she really genuinely cares for them as do all the nurses there.
Jaz - Ohhh really, you are still young! However you are blessed with 3 beautiful girls so I can understand that you are satisfied. :)
Kate - An ear & throat infection, thats rough. Poor S, sounds like theres not much sleep in your house atm? :(
Ok fingers crossed girls for M, I am trying to be positive but I am thinking WHY NOW!? 4 days from the wedding & a month off from the vaccination lol.
Just a quick one from me tonight. Have been reading but dont seem to have to energy to post lol.
MM I couldnt get on either. I am so excited for you, Dh thinks I am weird ;) lol I hope M is ok.
Rainy I sooooooo want to hear all about your birth.
MD just in case I am being lazy again GL for Thursday.
Will try and pop back on tomorrow and catch up properly.
Hi everyone,
writing through tears after reading Arte and Pp's posts. I know how you're feeling too. My grandma has just moved into a high care unit too. My first visit I cried and cried. I 've been trying to visit her 3 times a week, and i usually leave her feeling very upset. My grandma has never been a real cuddler iykwim, but i hold her hand a play with her hair, because i just don't know what else to do. She is so sad. I think the thing that saddens me the most when i see all of them at the home, is that I don't know what their lives were like before they ended up there .... what were their interests, dreams and goals. What made them laugh, when did they fall in love etc, etc.
Anyway, great big hugs to you Arte and Preg.
Rainy - all of my girls have struggled with wind pains. Md's advice about the massage is a good one. Also, when you feed does your milk come out quite fast?
I'd love to hear about how precious Jimmy entered the world :) Stay safe.
mm - i hope m's rash isn't anything nasty. It's not a heat rash is it?
clare - that is seriously scary.!! We're so lucky that you're ok.
oz - hope you get some energy back soon.
Good evening ladies,
Finally back online. Sorry been so busy + still no net access at home, only via phone which takes forever to log on, and sometimes I lose my msg.
Rainy-congratulations on the birth of Jimmy. How beautiful. I would be honoured 2 hear your story. Every story is different.
My friend had her BOY today! Called him Denver Zeke. Interesting name I do like it.
Good luck to Noni on your wedding.
MD-good work on selling ur baby stuff! I am intrigued at the market u sold them at. I didn't know I could get baby stuff! Maybe that's a good thang! Good luck for thu my thoughts r with u.
Jaz.. Hullo! Yeah I am here. I try to keep up on every post. DH loves me on the phone when I get into bed (not) heeee.
Sorry but I must sleep now.. Hello to everyone else, I will try + do some personals soon.
Bfn....:)
Miss me anyone!? ;)
Had a day out yesterday - had to go to the chiropractor and DH had to see his bank manager to renegotiate his loan terms cause the fixed term had ended (which could have come at a better time - he's had a full 2% knocked off the rate now) and both appts were in Forbes (cause my chiro doesn't come to my town anymore and just stays at his original practice). So Forbes is 1.5hrs away. Not a bad little place to shop though either LOL, brought some winter clothes for Paige from a funky kids clothes shop while we were waiting for DH to finish at the bank. I got a new mobile phone too!! Yee haaa! My old one just up and died. So my new number is 0428184372 if anyone wants it, even if just to say hello LOL.
On the way home we took the scenic route past DH's work at the gold mine (google earth Lake Cowal and you'll be able to see the gold mine if you scroll around a bit) and OMG it's HUGE! it was just awesome to see the trucks unloading all the dirt into the waste dumps and everything is on such a mamoth scale. We could only drive as far as the front gate cause DH didn't have his gate card plus they prefer if it you formally arrange a tour. And it's only a baby in size compared to some of the WA mines.
Clare, OMG hun! If the buggers dont take them out now after this has happened I will personally come and tear them a new one! That is so serious and I'm really glad you're OK :hug:
G, has your milk come in yet? Have you tried co-sleeping just so you can get a bit more sleep? Don't forget he hasn't been in this world for even a week yet and it's usually by this time that they do have a bit of unsettled-ness as they are over the birth experience and they are a little more alert and just looking for boob and cuddles :hug: you're doing just great.
H! I hope that it's not the pox, maybe it's just an innocent viral thing that will be gone by the weekend. It's all so exciting now, having the marquee up and everything.
MD :hug: so how soon before you find out the results? and what is the next step now? I wish I was there to squeeze your hand for you. Does H know yet? WOOHOO about the market sale, that's great!
Hey Jaz, great to see you hun. IKWYM about not having anymore and just enjoying life for the moment with them. The girls sounds just too precious.
Hi Kate, I hope Sarah is 100% well again for you soon :hug:
Hey Ozstar, hope the m/s slacks off for you soon
Arte, So sorry to hear about your Nana. It's just awful to see them like that. When my Nan was at end-stage with cancer, I didn't go and see her on the last day she was alive because I just couldnt bare to see her like that and wanted to remember her the way I always had kwim? So I said my goodbyes to her and luckily she passed away the next day, cause I also don't think I could have coped if she was alive for longer kwim?
hi girls, how are we all?
well i got a text message yesterday warning about the extreme weather conditions for today, so decided to evacuate early and here i am looking out the window at rain and cold :rolleyes:
oh well, better to be safe than sorry i guess.
pap- bad bad girl telling me about babys got style. where do you think i'll be heading next???
lewis is reacting really well to jimmy. he keeps trying to shove a dummy in his mouth and loves to cuddle and kiss him. it seems to have co-incided with lewis going through a real period of independence iykwim? i've noticed now that whenever i take him somewhere he is way more interested to hang around with other people more than me - like when we're at dad's- he follows dad around everywhere and wants to be involved with everything dad's doing but doesn't really care so much what i'm doing, if that makes sense? i think it's great cos it leaves me to feed jimmy. lewis is just turning into such a little boy now, i feel like he's growing up so quickly!
sherie- your day out sounds nice. yes my milk came in yesterday and i thought i was going to pass out from the extreme pain. you have seriusley never seen bigger harder boobs in your life. i can't wear a bra or anything. my dad has just headed down to the shops so i've asked him to buy me some big loose pyjamas from sussan to wear for the next few days so i can just lounge around comfy and breastfeed. yes i have been co-sleeping, not much sleeping has been going on though :lol: he spent all saturday night just sucking and sucking to get the milk through. i was exhausted and falling asleep sitting up. i know i keep forgetting how young he is, lewis was exactly the same the first couple of weeks but you forget you know? he just seems to be having trouble sleeping flat on his back- he wants to be more upright...anyway...i'm perservering with it all, i know breastfeeding is hard to establish but well worth it in the end. thanks so much for all your support and help, it's a hard and emotional time with a newborn.
jaz- i don't think my milk comes out too fast, i don't really know! i know he's getting lots though from all his wet dirty nappies.
you nearly had me crying when you were talking about your grandma- you are such a sweetaheart.
mm- oh i really really hope it's not the pox:pray: you poor thing having to worry about that now!
what did you end up doing about your hair for the wedding? what is the weather supposed to be like on sat?
i'm going to sneak into the shower quickly now while dad has taken lewis to the shops and jimmy is having a nap xoxo
bbl
G, LOL at your poor boobies! Did you end up getting the amby hammock or not? that is supposed to be really good for that sort of thing - Christy used to have one end propped up so they were on a bit of a recline and it helped with the belly pains. I suppose with your being so full, he's getting all this milk and his belly is just too full kwim? Plus if you have a lot, he's likelyto only get the foremilk, which can cause a few belly troubles. Express a little bit off first and see if that makes a difference. You will both have the hang of it in no time - even though you've done this before Jimmy is a different baby so you might need to try a few things to find out what works. So are you going home today? I think the biggest worry was the wind - even up here we have an alert out for gale force winds, but so far it's overcast and only mildly windy. We weren't taking any chances though and 'battoned the hatches' yesterday JIC.
hi sherie, yes i've got the amby hammock but so far it's been a bit of a fizzer! lol
we put him in it but he hated it, and he's just so tiny, i honestly thought it was going to swallow him up! i will try it again but i thought maybe i should wait a couple of weeks till he's not so fragile. he just looks like a little baby possum atm ....and it's freaking us out cos lewis looked like a wombat! i did express a little yesterday, but then i didn't want my boobs to go into overdrive and start superproducing iykwim? the boobs have def settled a lot more today though- i think by about thursday they should be fine. he had a great feed this morning and is napping in lewis' little lounge chair atm, in a semi sort of upright position. he seems happy so i'll leave him. we actually have one of those rainforest cradle swings packed away so i've asked dh to get it reday and set it up cos i think he's gonna love that.
i'll probably head home this arvo, i'll just wait and see if all this hoo-ha eventuates into anything. i rang dh and he reckons it's a bit gusty up there so i guess we'll see.
pap- i went to babys got style and i have to say i wasn't overly impressed with the boys' stuff- you were totally looking at girls' stuff though weren't you???? you are so busted!!! LOL ;)
ok...jimmy's birth...i'll keep it brief-
well first of all, i have a small confession to make....
i ended up, after much discussion with ob and dh..getting induced. i didn't want to tell you all in case it didn't lead to anything, as she said that if it didn't work she would send us home and we didn't want to get anyone's hopes up so we decided not to tell anyone. :)
i really didn't want to go to 42weeks again and i was starting to get very anxious about this baby's size.
so..on wednesday we dropped lewis off at dad's at about 2pm and headed to the hospital at 3pm. we got to the birth suites and we were the only couple there so they gave us the best room- massive in size with its own private big birthing bath. awesome!!!
the midwife came in and applied the first lot of gel to my cervix at about 4pm. justin then went out to the newsagents to get some magazines to keep us occupied. the midwife loved me and satand talked crap to me for about an hour! her kids went to the same school as me so she was sitting there *****ing about it all and didn't want to leave me. justin returned with 2 magazines for me and 3 for him :rolleyes: typical lol
we basically just sat and talked, watched the biggest loser and farmer wants a wife...they brought through a tour of pg ladies and their partners to check out the birthing suites as part of their birthing classes and i was sitting on the fitball laughing and watching tv, must have completely freaked them out i reckon!
anyway..basically nothing happened at all. the ob came to check on me a few times but there was nothing to report. a second lot of gel was applied at 11pm.
we tried to go to sleep but i couldn't sleep at all- i was starting to get some serious pains and niggling iykwim? they weren't serious contractions, but enough to stop me sleeping. we decided to start using the tens machine and it actually really helped me. i think i probably got about 1.5hours sleep in the end. the ob came in at 7am, checked me- nothing had happened again and applied a 3rd lot of gel- said she'd come back at 1.30pm when we would have to make a decision about what to do....
justin and i basically just sat there again for the whole morning doing nothing. i got a little bit of sleep but not much. i really couldn't feel anything happen and started to get quite upset. my friend rang me and we talked for an hour or so, i was getting period pain but nothing really. at about 12pm my doula rang me to see what was going on and if we wanted her to come in. i basically told her not to bother as we were either going to be heading home or in discussions about a c-section after 1.30pm. i wasn't happy at all, i was really hoping that the gels would get things going and it was clear that it wasn't going to happen.....
at 1.30pm the ob came in, she did a ve and said you're at 3cm!! i couldn't believe it. she then broke my waters and i said to justin- we're having the baby today!! after we'd convinced ourselves we were going home- it was on!!!
she then left us to it and said she'd be back to check and that she'd leave us with the midwives for a while. the contractions started coming on really thick and fast after that. there was no midwife in sight, apparantely a few other women had come in and were actually labouring by then, so we sort of got left alone. at one point a midwife came in and said 'are you guys ok? i've got this down as being your third baby right?' umm no!!! wtf??
after a while justin took matters into his own hands and got the gas out- he knew exactly where it was and how it worked as he'd enjoyed it so much last time ;)
i was having contractions and justin and i were sharing the gas for a few hours- i was in a lot of pain, he was in a cloud of stonedness lol. a midwife came in about 5pm or so and helped me into the bath and i was in the bath for a few hours having major painful contractions!! i thought i could feel his head smashing into the front of my pelvis, it just felt like something was wrong you know? like he couldn't get down there. i was saying to justin 'he's just too big, he's bigger than lewis'. justin was saying- 'you're doing really well, you can do it- here have some more gas, i'll have some too!"...
i started to relax a little bit in the bath..and started thinking 'ok, i can do this' i thought in my head i was probably about 7cm by now?......
ob came in probably at 8pm and i got out of the bath so she could check me. she did a ve and said you're still 3cm and the head is anterior. i was absolutely devestated. after hours of pain, nothing had happened. she said to me, maybe you should consider having an epidural so you can relax a bit and we can give it a chance to come down. i was more than happy to have the epidural by this stage. she called the anthesitist.
10mins later a funny little guy came in cracking jokes and gave me the epi. i lay down on the bed and felt my legs going numb. i was glad not to be having painful contractions anymore but i started feeling like absolute crap. i could hardly talk and my legs felt weird like massive dead logs hanging off me. before i knew it i was shaking uncontrollably and couldn't stop throwing up, i felt absolutely dreadful and started to just lose it mentally. finally someone checked my blood pressure and they realised that it had dropped which is why i was feeling so bad. they put some anti-nausea stuff in my drip and i slowly started feeling a lot better.i was begging them to just give me a c-section and get the f###ing thing out!! the ob said- "i can give you a c-section if you want, but you are going to be so ****ed off if this baby comes out and it's small'. she was right of course...'she was saying to me, you can do this vaginally, you can do it'.
justin stepped in at this point and was saying to me 'if you have a c-section it won't be over. you'll still be in pain in 2 weeks, you just gotta perservere now' i listened to him, i have no idea why!! and thought 'ok, i can do it. i don't want a c-section.'
i've gotta go- lewis is back- sorry this has turned into a novel! it was supposed to be brief :lol:
i'll come back for part 2 later xoxo
Don't apologise for being induced - I know how much this was playing on your mind and heck, you still haven't been able to talk about Lewis' birth, so that alone tells me how much you are still harbouring from that kwim? At the end of the day you have to do what you have to do to have the unhindered birth you want :hug: I will stay tuned for part 2, but OMG I had to laugh at Justin!
Don't apologise for being induced - I know how much this was playing on your mind and heck, you still haven't been able to talk about Lewis' birth, so that alone tells me how much you are still harbouring from that kwim? At the end of the day you have to do what you have to do to have the unhindered birth you want :hug: I will stay tuned for part 2, but OMG I had to laugh at Justin!
Rainy - all power to you sister! Am loving the story unfolding. Like Trill OMG I am laughing at J. Sounds like he came through with the support and the direction you needed when you needed it though! :)
Rainy- am loving the story!!! and J is hilarious!!!!! your ob sounds fantastic!
ps ha ha ha at detenctive rainy with the oobi stuff - i did like the boys though you are right there wasnt that much. though i like the little red and blue overalls and also the bear jacket. i didnt say i had bought much.....
You didn't need to say it PP! Ha! We're onto you ;).
ETA - LOL that reminds me of the time I made some comment about girl guides and quick-eyed Trill twigged straight away we were having a pink party. LOL
pap- you are so busted!!! i love that little bear jacket but they didn't have either size that i would need. how annoying! some gorgeous girls' stuff though ;)
ok..jimmy part 2
alright, by now everyone had talked me down off the ledge of madness. the ob said she would leave me to relax for a while and come back and check soon. the midwife came and checked on me constantly, they dimmed the lights and justin and i just tried to relax. ob came back at about 11pm and checked on me- said everything was going well, cervix was dilating but we weren't quite there yet. she said she was going home for a bit (lives 10mins from hospital) and told midwife to let me start pushing at about 12.30am if i was ready and she would come back about 1am.
12.30am midwife comes in and gets me to start doing some pushing- quite weird as i can't really feel much but i just go with it and pretend i'm doing a poo. after 2 contractions she says 'ok, just leave it there for a minute, i'll call the ob'. she goes off to use the phone, comes back in, has another look then calls in another midwife as back up, just in case the ob doesn't make it back in time. i'm starting to get a bit confused about what's going on at this point..but no-one seems too stressed..
the ob comes in...has a look..says 'Oh my god!!' puts on her gloves, tells me to push. i do one push and jimmy pops out!
he looked so tiny, i couldn't believe it! they did a quick check then put him on my chest. i was looking down on him and kissing him and telling him it was ok. i couldn't believe all his hair. everyone was saying 'what's his name?' and justin was saying 'he's little jimmy!'
the ob checked me out and said 'there's no tears, there's not even a graze, you did so well!!!'
after they weighed him and cleaned him up a little i lay on my side and breastfed him. he just felt so little, after breastfeeding lewis until he was 14months you know? it felt like i was feeding a tiny little possum :)
by now it was about 2am or something, justin sent text messages out, while he was sucking on his gas pipe..jimmy slept in the bassinette next to us and i lay there waiting for the epidural to wear off and watching over jimmy. we didn't get much sleep, we were just so happy and amazed by everything.
I shudder to think what those txt messages said if he was still on the gas at the time PMSL! Beautiful story hun, I'm so happy youve shared it :hug:
rainy - that is such a beautiful story! and you tell it so well!!!
well who knows if i am busted - only about 19 wks til you find out LOL!
Hayley ...
all the best for Sat-day, hope it is a lovely day.
Yeah its a bit insulting but yeah.
Oh no on the spots. Hope its just a rash.
Kate:
i agree, it does make it more validated & the further it is from that day the more it frustrates me TBH, weird I know.
How is Sarah?
MD:
Good to hear that you were able to sell the majority of your baby stuff. Now that Jack's out of bottles & Alex uses single sheets, I've started putting the baby or excess stuff away. I didn't realise how much you accumulate!
Arte:
Sorry about your Nana. :hug:
Rainy:
have you tried his tummy. It was the only way Jack would sleep comfortably.
I just read the birth story, omg, what a journey (sorry, mine were c/s's with no labour etc). Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Alex is starting to say "please" for things. Like yst we walked into the bank & he saw the kid chairs. He says "chairs", I say "no, he says "please" so after that I had to let him go.
Jack is teething, bottom right back molar. He screams & doesn't sleep much at all.
Sitting here all day looking for an excuse to take them to the pool but its been so overcast its not funny!, so now my lounge room is a disaster zone!
Awwww Rainy...... i'm having a bit of a cry. What a wonderful story. Made me remember birthing my beautiful little chickens. ( i might keep those images in my head this afternoon so i don't go off at them when they're fighting with each other :rolleyes:)
Did you think J was funny at the time or was he giving you the poos? Gave me a good giggle too.
trill - I'd love to see those big trucks in action. I don't think watching them on the telly is the same. I bet A loved it!
Andie - i wish Hannah would say Please. I'm trying to teach her at the moment. When she wants anything she says "mum" over and over and over!!!!
My little bub is growing up .... I didn't have to rock her to sleep last night, and she went off to sleep today by herself. I realise this is a good thing, but i love my sleep time cuddle.
hi girls!
oh rainy! thanks for sharing your story! how beautiful!!!! sounds like you had a really nice support crew happening there!
sorry have to keep it brief as miss L is having *issues* with nap time...
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Oh Rainy you made me cry (pg hormones have kicked in this week). What a wonderful birth and Dh sounds like he did a great job.
Will catch up again tonight, I have just woken up and L should eb awake any minute.
JazMum: Its so cute. Jack isn't saying it yet but I do get a Thank you out of him.
GRRRRR! I have a friend coming down 2mrw as she's been laid off work & decided to take her holidays early, anyway, ex's family has found out & now wants me to send a recent pic of the boys back with her. That I was willing to do, but then they asked for both boys to be looking at the camera! Grrrr! I said "i can try. it is extremely difficult with them being so active."
Getting a new mobile number in the next few months & am seriously considering not giving them it!
sorry ... hope everyone is having a pleasant evening.
Thanks for all the messages about my nana, it is so hard to see people you love like that.
PAP, so sorry to hear that your grandfather has Alzheimer's. From everything I have heard/read about it, it would be my worst nightmare. It must be so horrible to see him like that, especially for your mum. I think that we are all so sure that you are having a girl because we want to see a little cutie girl with Noahs beautiful hair!
JaZaH, also sorry that your grandmother has been moved to a rest home. Nana said the staff were nice, but it just wasn't home iykwim. So upsetting.
Rainy, sounds like Jimmy's birth went a lot better than last time. I am glad that Lewis is having an independent stage, very good timing! W also prefers to follow other people around, mostly DH.
Clare, I am soooo not addicted to Twilight. I could stop reading any time at all. Any time, if I wanted to.....
I can understand your friends upset at not getting the next book - that happened to me once and it was painful!
Ange, did you say that you are living two hours from the hospital now? Let me know how that goes for you, my hospital is two hours away as well lol. Hope everything is going well at the new house. BTW, that is me on FB, I have seen you there but I never send friend invites because the school nerd in me is scared of rejection lol
MD, I remember that comment - I wasn't quick enough to read it before you edited though. How is everything going?
Trill, when I visited Nana on Sunday she seemed fine but mum went to see her the next day and she wasn't so good. I am really glad I got to see her on a good day, I had trouble coping with that let alone seeing her in the home actually looking sick. Sounds like you had a good shopping day. All our big towns/cities are 1.5-2 hours away so we end up with a huge list of things we need and have a massive shopping spree. Do you have the Supercheap Auto ad where the dad sends the little boy home in a taxi to fit all his purchases in? It has crossed my mind lol...
I am regretting teaching W about turns. Now if he wants what I am using he says 'William turn' and takes it lol.
He had his first major injury today - I found him crying at the bottom of the outside steps with a big graze down his face :(
Best be off, there is a book calling my name....
ETA, we have decided not to have the NT scan. The silly lady at the scan place said it had to be done during the 13th week and booked me in for 13+5weeks, then when we realised that DH had training he couldn't get out of it was too late to rebook it since the cutoff is 14 weeks.
Oh man L has done something to my computer and the writing is all small.
Arte we are only having the scan to see bubble. Your little W sounds so adorable, you need to move back here so we can catch up again.
I am so lost in all the chatter lol, I will have to try and keep up from here on in. Better go and finish the pile of folding that is calling me.
Hi girls!
Arte: oh bummer about missing the scan dates! i do love those little bean shots...that's basically the only reason why i go to them LOL!
i hope a *certain* book is keeping you well entertained ATM....i am having to re-read ATM. so frikkin' sad.
poor W and his injury! but hmmmm, it would appear that my girl must be somewhat clutsy (a bit like me) as she is constantly getting good cuts and scrapes all over...oh well, no ball games for either i guess LOL!
Oz: hope the folding was by some miracle done by the fairies while you were on BB...man i cant stand folding.
Andie: good luck on the photo shot mwah ha ha ha (that is my best version of an evil cyber laugh!). seriously, dont ppl realise how hard it is to get one, let alone 2 toddlers to work in unison???
JaZMum: sending big hugs sista....i find it pretty tough when they 'dont' need mummy anymore (i even found it sad when she started feeding herself and not wanting me so how sad is that?!!! LOL!).
PP: oh gosh. you are like totally more than halfway through the pg. awesome awesome awesome!!!!!
oops gotta go, laptop about to run out....
No Katie you've got it all wrong. Arte's the main reason everyone gets to have NZ holidays from now on! LOL I'd love to meet W & L too, they both sound like such gorgeous kids!
Clare, oh dear on having a clutsy there! My DD1 spent the better part of 2 years around this age wearing bruises (mostly from running into door frames, walls, furniture, etc). So far there hasn't been a single incident like that with Missy E - obviously either has much better coordination OR just isn't off with the fairies as much as DD1. LOL BTW what's happening, have you been to see the Tonsie Man yet?
Arte - bummer about the NT scan timing. Though - having done all the high drama last time, I'm still not convinced it's worth all the hoo haa. So maybe you're better off this way!
Trill - OMG what a Megaday. I needed a cup of tea just to read it! LOL Though
JaZaH - Miss E hardly says "mum" at all. One of the first words she learnt was "ta" (used in place of 'please') so when she wants something it's ta, ta TA TA TAAAAAAH (at about 300 decibels LOL).
Well I had a very lovely tradesman moment yesterday. This guy came out to sort out another phone extension line so we can have the modem up in my new den, and it turns out he was a Verry Noice off duty fireman (*drools*). And charming and chatty as well. (*fans herself*) It's getting hot in here, someone call the fire brigade!!!
OH MD, you're a norti girl ;) You'll lead us astray you will. But I tell ya, I could do with an ex firie at times too *sigh*
Arte, I only had to NT scan done with Erin, I never had it with the others. But I was glad I did with her because I'd had some heavy bleeding the week before and I had no idea if she was still with us or not. Poor W! Alister has constantly got scrapes and bumps on him LOL.
Katie, did you figure out what he did with the computer LOL.
hi everyone
Katie - what did he do to the computer? N is also obsessed with my laptop!
Arte - bummer on missing out on the scan, those little pics are what i LIVE for during the preg. but i think it was stressful for you last time so maybe a good thing - a blessing in disguise. how many weeks are you now?
MM - only a few days to go now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clare - i think N is a klutz as well, makes sense as i am! how are you feeling and what is happening with the tonsis now?
Jaz - hiw amazing she puts herself to sleep. i must be doing something wrong, i am still rocking Mr spoilt! he isnt sleeping v well atm, so maybe i need to chg.
that reminds me girls i am thinking it may be time to switch from bag to sheets/blankets - any tips?
hi everyone,
pp- she's only done it the past 4 sleep times. I was so amazed! I gave her a cuddle, laid her in her cot and then lay on the floor beside her. The first time i stayed there until she went to sleep, and the next i told her i just needed to do something, and she went off the sleep! (of course, i wanted to wake her up and give her another cuddle though :( )
md - hope your appointment with your guru goes well today.
Han was awake at 5:30 this morning yelling "MUM!" over and over. I don't enjoy waking up that early, but it makes it easier to bare when i hear those words :)