Hi everyone, have been reading but this is the first chance I've had to actually post.

Thanks for all your support - still don't know what I'd do without you wonderful ladies

Someone (Was it Tams or Mel? I forget who) asked if I quit smoking while preg - I went cold turkey around 9 weeks, then had 1 when I had that big bleed at 13wks and thought it was all over, then didn't have another one until around 26-27wks when the crud hit the fan with my family and the stress got to me, then didn't have another until Koby lost Hayley and I lost the plot for a few days and really couldn't cope, then didn't have another one until DS started playing up something chronic when Elise was 3-4wks old.
I've started cutting down again, but it has been hard with all the stress about the operation and all that.

To those whose bub's are sleeping through - YAY!!! Elise has been sleeping through every night at 4wks but had been sleeping through every 2nd-4th night prior to that, not much different to DS who started sleeping though at 3wks.

re: Growth Spurts - Elise seems to be a week behind in hers... She didn't go through her first growth spurt until 4-5wks, and I think she's started going through her second now that she's 7wks.

Ferrals - You've got a great hubby! Hubby and I both forgot our 3yr anniversary of being together in Nov last year AND our 1st wedding anniversary in Jan this year lol neither of us remembered until about 11pm at night on the day lol I did remember to get a card for hubby beforehand but forgot to write in it and give it to him whoops!

afm - Elise has been really sleepy most days this week, got me a bit worried on wednesday as she only had 4 feeds for the day and then proceeded to keep chucking up until she was only bringing up clear watery stuff

DS had a bout of gastro on sat night/sun/mon, so he wasn't a happy little boy Now I've got it too... either that or I've given myself food poisoning from a piece of steak that was 2 days before it's use by date. Feeling really crummy at the moment. Cold chills and hot sweats are driving me bonkers!

Add AF into the mix and I'm not a happy person today. The p/p bleeding finally stopped around lunch time on friday, hubby and I DTD on monday & tuesday mornings (OMG I missed having a sex drive!) and then tuesday night I started spotting, thought huby had hit something so justpopped a pad on and didn't think much of it, but next morning it was heavier and it's just been getting heavier since. And it hurts! OMG the cramps are horrible! I hate the Witch!!!

At least DS has been mostly well behaved today, makes things easier when I'm not feeling very well.

Elise is smiling all the time now - not very often when she's sitting up, but almost always when she's lying down. I just haveto say hello to her and she breaks out in a huge smile And she's discovered her hands lol a bit earlier she was trying
to shove both of them in her mouth at the same time and trying to smile at me while she did it lol I'm so in love with her. We even managed 2 5-min breastfeeds last night. Score 1 for me!

She's currently having some floor time in front of the heater and is loving it! Smiling at me every time I talk to her and staring at me when I'm not talking to her lol she's a real mummy's girl today - wednesday night we had her in bed with us for a little bit and she refused to look at me, it was all eyes on daddy and all her smiles were reserved for him, it was so sweet.

I have also decided that I want more kids lol not right away, but in 3-5 years time I'd like to start trying for another, but hubby still doesn't want any more. He keeps on bringing up the financial side of things as a reason not to have more kids. P's me off a bit.

I still don't know when my surgery will be I just want these teeth out already, at least I'm not on the heavy painkillers anymore, only had 2 panadol so far today and they came right back up this morning along with the antibiotic not long after I took them, so it's really like I haven't had any at all today lol it's nice to not have all that horrible pain, it's just a ull throbbing and ache in my skull at the moment.

I've forgotten what else I was going to say... DS hasn't gone to sleep and is playing with his bedroom light switch so I'd better go and tend to that. Will tgry to get on again and post soon!

Have a great weekend ladies!