Thanks Mel.
Welcome Chickoin, I am originally from NZ too, moved to Aus in 1994 so you are in good company :)
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Thanks Mel.
Welcome Chickoin, I am originally from NZ too, moved to Aus in 1994 so you are in good company :)
Thank you for the welcome girls :D
Minimatron, I am south of Perth, it is really nice here, so good not to have a winter like back in nz!
Boo Boo, where are you from originally?
Looks like a few of you are pregnant. DH and I are going to start ttc at the end of the year, I am really nervous about having a baby here, so different from at home! But I feel better now that I can bombard you all with questions about drs, midwives and hospitals hehehe
My DD (Jody) has been having reaccuring ear infections and we are off to see an ENT specialist next month, does anyone know if we pay for this appointment or if children are covered under medicare?
Thanks in advance :D
Ok so I dont remember whats happened in the past 2 weeks. I just wanted to find out how you went Lauren with your amnio? I hope you got some good results. Did you find out gender as well?
Hi everyone else... hope youre well.... am 35 weeks now:)
Hi Ladies..... where is everyone? Just thought I would pop in again and say hi..... Am 36 weeks pregnant and have some serious nesting happening!
How is everyone going?
Wow Mel, 36wks already, your pregnancy has gone so fast. Are you getting excited? What name have you got picked?
I too am wondering how Laurin's amnio went. Hope everything is ok!
Well Lexie is 3mths old tomorrow already, time has gone so quick. I'm still breastfeeding but have introduced a couple of formula bottles a day, basically because Lexie takes forever to breastfeed & also likes to use me as a dummy. Also coz i'm busy with the other two girls I don't have ages to sit & feed sometimes. Can't believe Lara will be two on the 26th of October, that 2yrs has gone fast too.
HI Girls,
Sorry I have been so slack with updating. The amnio results showed no abnormalities, which was fantastic news, so now I am really starting to enjoy the pregnancy and....also, nesting...yes, and I'm only 17 weeks, just getting Finny's room organised as he will need to move from where he is so the new bub can go into his room, so we need to get a bed and chest of drawers. Really want to get him settled him a couple of months before new bub arrives hence nesting :)
Melissa - you are going fantastic, 36 weeks, how great is that, so a few more weeks to go. how are you feeling, are you feeling a bit nervous about 3 - I am :) It will be chaotic. Leigh - Amazing little Lexie is three months, how are you coping with three, have you got any tips for us 'soon to be three' girls? Please share...
Gosh, it really only seems like yesterday we were all pregnant with our 2008 bubs, I still think of Finny as a baby, my 4 year old Rylee seems so grown up now, she will be a huge help. Okay, how is everyone else going, come on back and update us.....
Take care, Mel - have you got a PIG - if not I would love to, but you probably have one from your current belly buddies group. I am so slack I havn't joined my one yet, I think I would be on BB all day if I had three groups happening.
Laurin xxx
Laurin, fantastic news about tha amnio results. Did you find out the sex? I still thought of Lara as my bub too but soon as I had Lexie realised how big she was compared to a tiny baby but I still do see her as my bub as well & when I talk to my mum or someone about both Lexie & Lara I say the two babies. In regards to having three kids, well I was freaking about it while pregnant too. I must admit it is busier & you do have to be organised. I do find it harder to get organised to leave the house with three. Cadence, my DD1 is a great help which I'm sure Rylee will be too, same as Olivia will be for you Mel. Lexie is in a bit of a routine now & sleeps through the night so I'm finding it much easier.
Hey eveyone!
Sorry I have been MIA! Im so knackered come a night time that I read but dont have the energy to post!
Mel - 36 weeks! Not long now!
Leigh - Wow! Lil L is 3 months already!! She is such a sweetie!
Laurin - Im so glad your amnio went well! Excellent news!
As for me Im 15 weeks now (or 14 qccording to the hospital!!) Feeling very sick morning and night! Its very hard feeling like that and looking after a toddler - as you would all know!
Bella is going great guns! She is suck a doll! Im a bit nervouse about having 2 kids! But I guess Ill cope!
Anyway off to bed!
Kate xo
Yay... i got excited when I saw all theses posts!!!
Leigh- wow little Lexie is already 3 months. Where did that time go? Good to hear youre managing well. I am dreading popping 3 in the car. It always takes me forever to get them in so having an extra will be fun!
Lauren- I dont have a P.I.G.... youre more than welcome to do it. I never thought about actually! PM me your number and I will text you:) And I will pop you on my sig. Am glad all went well with the amnio. How exciting that youre organising stuff already. Im sure we both will be fine with 3! Whats your due date and did you find out what flavour your having?
Kate- sorry to hear the ms is still lingering. Gees your pg has gone fast too. Will you be finding out your flavour baby?
Sounds like our 2008 babies are doing well:)
As for me I am feeling great... probably too great! Nesting has kicked in, cooking, cleaning, mowing. We had a mid appointment last night all is well. We got to see the baby again in a super quick scan because they couldnt tell her position. She is deep within my pelvis and well engaged. She is definately a she. we did have a peek last night. I am feeling much better about the idea of having another girl, although i know of 8 people having boys around me and I dont know one other having a girl. Its not phasing me anymore..... I just want to meet my little lady now and see what she looks like. We have decided on Amy Melissa as her name. I dont mind it and I will get used to it. Olivia is the one who is set on it and she constantly talks about Amy! So Amy it is. Olivia is a great help so I think it will be different to when I had becca. Anyway, better run, time for my snooze. I hope we can keep in touch a little more often:)
Kate, good to hear from you. Hopefully your ms goes away soon. That's the one thing I hated about pregnancy. It is hard having it & looking after a toddler at the same time. Your pregnancy is flying by. Glad to hear Bella is doing well too.
Mel, I like the name Amy Melissa. I'm enjoying 3 girls & now that I have the 3 I don't even think about a boy. But we get comments left, right & centre about "wow 3 girls, I can't believe you have 3 girls & that they'll give us trouble when they're teenagers. These comments are mainly from strangers in the street. The waitress at a restaurant said it the other night too. Everyone says you'll have to go back & try for a boy. Well seeing as my tubes are tied that won't be happening, plus our luck we'd get another girl. DH's mates give him a hard time about 3girls calling him barbie balls, purfume nuts etc, but that's guys for you....they never grow up.
Gotta go, I've got both Lara & Lexie up. Sorry if there's any mistakes, i'm on my iPhone & it changes words without me realising sometimes
Melissa - great I am really excited about being your PIG, I will PM my mobile number to you and come up with a beautiful birth announcement for you. I love the name Amy Melissa. One of my friends has four girls, she isn't having anymore, I am sure she gets comments all the time. I seem to have loads of energy too now, though after I did a huge declutter session on Tuesday I am a bit exhausted and then Rylee jumped into bed with me at 6.15 am this morning. I am studying part time too which takes up my evenings. Oooh by the way, we are having a boy.....Rylee wanted a little sister so I think I will have to talk up the benefits of having a boy (we havn't told anyone else IRL). Due date is 26th February....I think our house will be chaos with two little boys racing around as they do, though Finny is really placid (so far). I am also nervous about trying to get out of the house with three - especially as Rylee will be at kinder next year with two mornings of an 8.30 am start - I can see us all heading out the door in our PJ's and banana's in hand.
Kate - really hoping your MS goes away soon and you get a burst of energy...mine lasted till about 13/14 weeks too, so fingers crossed for you. Does Bella still have day sleeps or even just watch a DVD while you rest on the couch to get some energy for the arvo, I always found the after-lunch slump was really hard for me.
Okay, enough blabbing from me, nice to see us all coming back on here, I know I am incredibly slack these days.
Laurin xxx
Laurin, yay a boy, that's exciting news!!! Least with the amnio you know he's definitely a boy, whereas scans can be wrong. Cadence is in prep 5 days a wk & it's hard getting us all out of the house & to school by 9am. I'm lucky the school is only a 5min drive away. She's been late to school a few times just coz Lexie has been feeding or either her or Lara have poo'd just as we're heading out the door lol.
Sorry Laurin.... I keep spelling your name wrong! Doh! Wont happen again!
I understand what you mean when you worry about getting kids to kinder or school late! I have deferred Olivia from 4 yr old kinder next year as she was going to be the youngest and possibly not ready so it gives us one more year and Amy will be older and I wont have to worry about feeds! Congrats on your little man too. Got any names on your list?
Leigh- yep we get those comments too. I need to find a come back. I feel for my dh when people throw that crap in his face. He just wanted 3 kids who are happy and healthy and doesnt mind about gender. It was me who had all the issues but nope.... its poor Adam, he will have to get a man cave..... or whats wrong cant you prduce boy sperm ... it goes on and on! I just want to tell them to f off!
Anyway I think these chicks are getting sick again! Both now have coughs this morning.
Better run.....
Hi All, its quiet again in here. Hope that means you are all well. Just a copy and paste from my other babies thread as I cant be bothered trying to rememeber! A bot tired today!
AFM- well... 37 weeks tomrrow. I am knackered after an horrendis night with Rebecca. She still hasnt had a sleep today so I am super cranky. Olivia has been delightful and is the best at saying a flat out no to most of our requests. She can be super helpful at times though! I fell over at the supermarket yesterday after stepping on a grape and did the splits. Luckily I have woken only with a bruised bum and more than likely pulled leg muscles coz I dont feel too bad! I am sad/angry that it happened coz I was doing so well doing stuff and its slowed me right down. Oh well, time to relax and try and enjoy these last few.....weeks? days? I have been having consistant pre labour pains again just like I had with Rebecca a few weeks before she was born. This time it wakes me around 445am and I have to breath through it! Yay! This morning I felt baby squirming her head down where the pain is... so shes fairly low now. Ok better run... try and get some rest.
Take care all...
Oh Mel, poor you falling over in the supermarket, how painful, not nice at all!!! Did you go early or late with Oliver and Rebecca, I can't remember? 37 weeks, tick tock, tick tock, wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know all those phone calls will be starting from everyone.....wanting to know if a) you've had the baby b) your at the hospital) c) if your in labour....people are so rude when it comes to bubs gender....you know with all the problems that are out there, isn't it enough to have a healthy baby rather than a particular sex, I probably havn't explained that very well, but you know what I mean. After all the stuff we went through with the downs syndrome risk, that we are having a healthy baby, (that we know of) is enough for us....
Leigh - wow on getting out of the house each day by 9 am, super mum!!!
Okay, better go, I am still in decluttering mode, have probably a trailor load or more of stuff waiting to go to the tip outside. And, now doing up the room that Finn will move into so ordering bed, mattress, drawers, etc, etc and then the fun part of decorating.
Hi to everyone! xxx Laurin
Laurin, I went early with both the girls... Olivia was a week and Rebecca was 10 days... am hoping this one will go early too. So esentially I am thinking I have no more than 2 weeks left and yep already the text messages have come in!
Good on you for de cluttering. I have been in that mod for a bit now. We managed to sort out the office which was a thing on my list for ages!Now I walk in there and I am so happy at how clean and tidy it is and I dont have to whinge about it any more!
I got a bit of a nap today and have been relaxing to rest up my leg from the fall. It just feels like I pulled the muscle in my hamy but nothing too bad. Am so happy that it was just that. Its made me think about having a rest too everyday because soon I will be run off my feet.
Take care chat soon:)
Just thought I would share my belly pics with you all.... nearly there! Who's counting!
37 weeks picture by livbec - Photobucket
Wow Mel, thanks for sharing your photos. You're looking good! Not long to go now. Can't wait for your big news!