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Yeah I just looked up and got a bit confused as well. I'm just wondering if the foam boosters are still ok with the seat belt? She is a big girl, not like your Natty as all hehe. I might have to use the safety harness with it. Maybe some tv shows will explain better what it is all about LOL
JwithJ: Oh yeah I remember it started around 6 weeks with me. And the bloating!! I LOOKED pregnant then. That's when I tested. I didn't feel pregnant at all til then. I was in total denial.....I had been exercising and been sick too..good reasons for a period to be late LOL. Cara's pregnancy was the only one I didn't feel pregnant almost straight away. I guess my body is just used to babies by now LOL
Kyson's decided not to have an afternoon nap, so we're just running out to grab some groceries, but I wanted to pop in and tell you all that...
They said 'YES'! The geneticist is sending a recommendation to our IVF specialist for us to have PGD, and he's authorising the lab to do the testing. I have an appointment with our specialist next Wednesday so I guess I'll find out then when we can start or IVF journey. I'm very excited now that it's actually going to happen! I had my doubts as to whether we would get accepted as candidates.
PS. You girls rock! <3
yay for acceptance - that's fantastic news!
not a lot happening here - i have a sore face - is starting to stress me out a bit - had major surgery a couple of years ago for a cyst that ate a third of my cheek bone and it's in the same place! not loving it. should probably tell DH but i don't want him to worry...
Thanks so exciting Krystie! I bet you are thrilled!! Can't wait to hear all about it in the next few months! :)
Cara has started to put her hands up in the air when we say "Hands in the air"..so cute! Yassie used to do this I remember.
Krystie - AWESOME news mate, very happy to hear that they'll get the ball rolling for you! GL for next wednesday. I remember when we had all our testing and then the green light to go ahead with IVF I was excited - I had never wanted my AF to arrive so much in my life so we could get started LOL
Cathy - I actually put Bailey's teething necklace around his ankle during sleeps - I cut the foot out of a pair of his old socks and just put the ankle part of the sock over it (otherwise it falls off), but the elastisied sock anklet works a treat to hold it on. I also take it off for baths / swimming so the cotton holding the beads doesn't decay. I think I had to wait a week or so for my original Avi (although it wasn't RAK time), but it was worth the wait :) Love the 'hands in the air' from Cara - Bailey gives us 'High 5s' which is too cute!! Hmm, I wonder if I should put some vegemite on Bailey's toast - not sure about the salt content though? - I might try a tiny scrape and see if he likes it.
BG - tell C about the sore face, I bet he'd rather know so he can help you feel better! **takes off bossy britches**
J - We use 'gentle' here too - Bailey gets a bit over-excited sometimes and likes to grab our face/noses etc and sometimes it bloody hurts, he almost claws us, generally with me using 'gentle' with a firm (but non scary tone) is enough to get him to stop. I also grab his hands and get him to stroke me instead of grab, he seems to understand. No biting here (yet!). He loves to pull my hair, and I am too vain :rofl: to put it up most of the time and determined not to get a short Mummy cut LOL, so I just say "hurting" and take my hair out of his hand, I think its just a case of being consistent and sending them the same message each time (and then distract them lol).
Amy - It's kinda handy having a little kid when it comes to car restraints isn't it? We plan to keep Bailey rear facing for as long as possible, and as he has short legs and is on the little side, we should get away with it longer than most (there is a positive to the splayed braced legs as they actually help in regard to this as they dont hit the backseat and wont any time soon :) )
Bella - hope you catch up on all the posts soon LOL!
Nicole - Loved seeing Aarons FB photo's, what a good looking boy he is!
Vic - Cerys's laughing vid on FB is hilarious, I was laughing along with her!! Gosh she's adorable (and cheeky) - I love it!!
Hi Nicky, Bridg and Kat :hello:
AFU - busy, busy, I feel like I am trying to squeeze in as much as possbile before I go back to work so have made a conscious effort to clear some days so Bailz and I can have some Mummy/Bailz time together to do our own thing, I dont want to regret it when I got back in a few weeks.....
Must go, there is a pile of junk mail waiting for me to devour it, I just spotted a Toys-R-Us catalogue - How exciting!!!
Nay
x
FANTASTIC news Krystie! Veyr exciting indeed! I'm thrilled for you and hubs!
Hi everyone!
Just in quickly... as most of you know... We have a tooth finally!! YAY! haha.
We've also had a few steps last week... so it's all happening. Hasn't done any since though. I think someone's just decided it's too much right now.
Anys, off to bed. We're not having great nights because of the teeth lately, so I sleep when I can.
xxoo I will come back and do a decent post sometime soon. SORRY!
Lol, looks like Kyson is the first to walk, but the last to get a tooth! Isn't it funny how they all reach milestones at different ages?
Kyson has JUST gone down to sleep. He only had about a half hour nap at our appointment today, then refused to go to sleep for his afternoon nap. I got him to sleep at his normal 7.30pm bedtime, but 10 minutes after being in bed he woke and absolutely refused to go back to sleep. He's been up playing (mostly) happily. Then he got rather cranky and screamed blue murder when I was getting him to sleep. I knew the crying was just because he was so tired, so all I could do was just keep holding him tight and cuddling him. He finally dropped off. Now I'm one exhausted Mummy. Gosh I hate this teething business. I got some baby nurofen and sm33 at the chemist this afternoon and gave it to him at 7.30. A whole lot of good that did, lol!
I have a tip about teaching babies about gentle/rough play. I've noticed at mother's group that when a baby starts getting a bit rough the mum's often start repeated "gentle, gentle" or saying it in a grumpy voice. Now, I'll admit that my advice is coming from stuff I learnt for teaching puppy class (LOL!) but it's valid for babies as well... When someone is saying that to a baby it's actually teaching them to associate that word with what they are doing at the time. So the mum's are saying "gentle" but the babies are learning to associate it with their rough play. (In dog world it's like saying "sit" before a puppy actually knows what it means. You should always wait until the pup actually sits before saying the word...). What I do with Kyson is when he is being rough I growl "too rough" and pull him or his hands away. But when he is being gentle or when I stroke his hands on my face I repeat in a sweet voice "gentle". Hopefully he'll learn that when he's going up to other babies and I tell him gentle then he'll know what I mean :) That being said, I'm sure there are a number of ways to teach a baby when play is too rough.
Nay, I'm a little annoyed because I'm expected AF on either Friday or Saturday, so I guess I'm going to have to wait a whole cycle before I can get started, grrrr. Is that how it works? They put you on the pill as soon as AF starts yeah? So I'm going to be a couple of days too early?
BG - Gosh I hope your face is ok! That's a little scary that it's sore at the same spot that you had surgery. I'd be telling C though. You'd want to know if the situation was reversed and he might get upset if he finds out later that you kept it from him.
Would you believe that while writing this I had to go in and resettle Kyson. *sigh* Poor little mite
And now he's back in my arms... :(
Hey Girls,
Well it has been ages since I have posted. I have been very busy getting everything organised here and trying to see people who haven't seen Jemima. She has been waking up sometimes 4 times a night for ages since b4 christmas I think and I have just had to suck it up. However the last two nights she has woken up only once and today she actually slept till 8.30!!! I couldn't believe it! I looked at my ph and I had a missed call and thought it was really rude to call that early or that maybe one of my family was sick but it turned out to be 8:45. I was in shock! I think tho I might pay for my good fortune soon ie tonight. still fingers crossed.
Amy- so please to hear that you have a job and are happy:) I would love to make a wrap for you arny time. If you want a specific colour let me know.
BG- take care GF and get it looked at sooner rather than later. This is your nurse speaking!!!
Nic- glad to hear there isn't too much concern with bubbas head. If it was a big problem they would call you and fit you in urgently. So that all sounds positive to me.
Bridg- glad to hear that everything is ok on the hip front for you too.
Vic sounds like Cerys is a little trouper with the food:) J is starting to eat a bit more of a varied diet. I gave her meat (chicken) for the first time this week and she went nuts for it. Mind you her poo smells more now. LOL!
Krystie- You dont need me to tell you that I understand about your decisions to go thru IVF because we discussed the other day at sea world. I will say that I am really excited for you that you get to start trying again cos I am VERY jealous!!! I would start tommorow but with DH studying so much this yr and it being so important I will just have to wait. but next yr fingers crossed I will have the green light:)
Jacinta- Congratulations my dear sounds like you are doing well! We will look forward to hearing all about it:)
Naomi- well my sweet sounds like you are all ready to start work again. I am have envious of you and half relieved that I am not back at work. I love my job but I love being a mummy more. I hope the transition is good for all of you.
Well if I thought you all talked alot last time then this time was just plain hard to catch you all up. I think I was back on pg 6 and then I had to read 6 pages!! I was daunted. If there have been important things going on that I haven't commented about it is just because I can't keep up!
Well I love you all and I hope to keep better up with bb. I have just lapsed with everything going on. I hope to go to the birth choices rally in brissy tommorow but I will have to see if I have the energy for it.
Love you all
Bella
Krystie - Yeah I think I had to wait about 3 weeks for AF - DOH! From my experience the IVF process differs from clinic to clinic and is very much situation dependant (depending what the fertility issue is), but when we started, basically I was given all the drugs I needed about a week before AF was due, the nurse went through what to inject and when etc, then I had to call them the day my AF started so they could give me the green light to go ahead. I wasn't on the pill, I just had to wait for AF (and sorry for TMI but they considered the first day of AF when you have a proper 'flow' before midday, as lots of ladies spot for a few days as it starts). Then I had to take one injection for the first 7 days, then it went to two injections for the second week, then a 'trigger' injection 36 hours before my egg retrieval. I remember having to drop into the clinic every second day for an internal (!!! :o !!!) ultrasound to check follicle growth. I remember someone said to me when I was pregnant that I would lose all my dignity while giving birth, but after all the test etc from IVF I already felt like every man and his dog had seen my 'whohaa'. :rofl: Sean and I chose to use ICSI rather than traditional IVF (this is where they inject the sperm directly into the egg) due to Sean's sperm issues. Anyhoo, I think when you have to take the pill before thats called a 'down' cycle or something like that? Hopefully Nicole or BG will drop in with more info from their experiences, and not sure if you are going through Melb IVF? We used Repromed here in Adelaide and they seemed pretty progressive. HTH
Bella - good to hear from you - yeah, almost all set for work, gotta try on my work clothes to see what fits and then buy some new pieces. Hope you are settling in .... it takes a while after moving doesn't it, there is always a million things to do
Better go, have a few boring house-worky type things to do
Nay
x
ETA - Bella - If it was for damn money, I wouldn't be going back to work yet, as I agree, Mummyhood is my favourite ever job, but never mind, we chose this lifestyle and to build this dream house to fill with our family. At least I am going back to a job I do enjoy, I know a lot of Mums have to go back to work to jobs they hate, making it all the harder!
Well I did pay last night. I don't know how many times she woke up but it was heaps!!! I just took her to bed with me but she kept smacking my face all night cos she was restless. I think her tummy was upset....... I want to sleep!!
Bella
Krystie - if they're putting you on the pill you'll be doing a down regulation cycle - sounds like Nay did an antagonist cycle (the second needle each day stops you from ovulating until they want you to) - with a down reg cycle, they put you on the pill to get your hormones flat lined. give you are going through PGD, you may go on it for longer than the normal time frame, as they manipulate AF to fit you in with the clinic. from what i know of melb PGD they can only do two patients through PGD at a time - this may have changed, but it's still a very small number - so they need you to be on a certain time frame so they may keep you on the pill for four or five weeks before taking you off for AF to arrive - could be sooner. generally before they take you off the pill, they will start you on either a nasal spray (synarel) twice daily, or a daily injection (lucrin) - these will complete the down reg and stop all natural hormone production. it basically puts you into drug induced menopause! (so warn DH - you can get a little ummmmm moody with these ones!) - these will continue once you start on the stimulating drugs. given you have no fertility issues as such, you will probably be on a low level of hormones so as to avoid overstimulation. you'll be closely monitored like Nay said - be prepared, BT's and dildocam become a regular part of life! lol.
when you get to the right sized follicles, you'll stop the down reg drugs and have a trigger shot to make you ovulate. about 36-48 hours later you'll go for egg pick up - for me, this was done under twilight sedation so i was unconscious. given this is your first cycle (and hopefully your only one!) they will take it very gently with the stim drugs so as not to cause you any dramas
once your eggs are fertilised, they'll take you to day 2 or three before the PGD happens - there will only be two or three cells in each embie at this point so they're tiny! they will take one cell and amplify the genetic material in that one cell to check for the genetic anomaly you mentioned. you probably know this but i figure the other ladies may not! lol
if the anomaly shows up, that embryo won't be transferred. you may end up with large number of eggs/embies but many discarded. they will also only transfer the ones without the anomaly that are considered to be of the right quality.
not sure about what you've been told, but generally they ask that you have a CVS or amnio to again check the genetics. given it is all based on a single cell when testing, it's not 100% guaranteed to be accurate.
hope that helps on that front!!
on the rest of your post - i soooooooooo feel for you on the unsettled baby. two nights ago E had a meltdown - screaming so bad and so distressed. took ages to settle her. last night, she was fine until we went to bed - and then she lost the plot again. she was so distressed. nothing was helping. we gave her panadol (no nurofen at night for our poppet - it makes her hyper and ruins her sleep!), numbed her gums, offered boob and cuddles. ended up laying beside her in bed, snuggled up, singing round and round the garden (it worked the night before cos i'd taught it to her during the day! lol) - eventually worked. she cried again briefly when daddy moved her to bed, but it wasn't the distressed cry, it was more a cry of grrrr daddy, i was comfy!. she woke a couple of times through the night, but booby was enough to resettle her
i fessed up to DH about my face being sore. i don't know if it's tooth related - just keeping an eye on it. last time, if i pressed on my gums, i was in agony - this time i can't feel anything in there - more just under my nose it's kinda like a lump. could be a blind pimple or something - will see how i go. am not going to ride it out if it gets bad though - i'll work out a way to get to the dentist if it gets more ouchy! i promise!! Bella is too scary to ignore lol
today, while e is content playing, i'm going to make a photo book for DH and I - won't be able to get it printed for a while, and probably won't get it all journalled and stuff, but i want to play with our wedding pics - we've been married four years today! yay us!
Yep - that's it - I forgot what it was called. LMAO @ dildo cam!! Oh yeah, the BTs, I was a pin cushion by the end of it all ...... all worth it though. We were on a low level of hormones too, but we only had 4 follicles (one of my ovaries decided not to come to the party that month), one was empty (no egg), one was not suitable to fertilise, and of the 2 that were fertilised, only one successfully became an embryo so we had our emby trf on Day 2 - and this one lonly little embryo turned into Bailey :D, so don't fret if you only have a small number of follicles, eggs or embryo's - it's all about quality, not quantity, and you don't want to end up overstimulated and sick, also they need to see how your body reacts to all these hormones...... (ETA - obviously the PGD then puts a totally different spin on things but I guess you guys are definately after some premium quality emby's - so fingers crossed xx):
Happy 4 years BG and C - Congrats guys, that's awesome!!
We have another tooth - number 5 - that one snuck up on me (second one on top left) - is through the gum just noticed it! What does everyone do about teeth cleaning?
CJ was up at 2:15 and took me a couple of hours to get her back to sleep - kept pulling at her ear, I was puzzled because I thought tooth 4 was through so shouldn't have been teething but now see was probably tooth 5. Am shattered though today (although compared to some of you guys is extremely minor sleep deprivation), IL's back this arvo so we are back sharing a room with CJ tonight for a week or so.
we just bought miss e a toothbrush and tonight we start cleaning her teeth. i'm guessing if we do it gently first, then let her have a bit of a go at it to get her used to it. she is little miss independent so will want to do it herself!
well, it's official - i start work again April 20. yay me! work need me to go in and sign a part time contract. will be doing general enquiries (boring!) but i'll be ok with it. can't expect to go back to what i was doing given it is rather specialised and i'm only going back two days a week for now
and can i say - i love my Mum! she wants her carpets shampoo'd so i told her i'd do it - she has paid in advance so i could get something i wanted for E for her birthday. she is getting the most gorgeous little pettiskirt! her big cousins are getting one each from mum's sister for Easter/birthday (e's present from the sis is already sorted) - they had a huuuuuuge reduction in cost for them so i had to get it! doin a happy dance! now i just need to go and shampoo her carpets lol
ooh, i meant to say - Vic - i hope E's teeth come through quickly and close together like that - the poor poppet is NOT happy with this teething gig!
Vic - We bought a little baby toothbrush from Woolies a few weeks ago, although a facewasher will do for now (only 2 teeth still), I introduced it more to start the whole bath/brushing teeth routine. I gently brush his two teeth then give him the brush to do the same, Bailey thinks its pretty fun - here are some toothbrushing pics!
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