TTC and pg with #1 (thread#3)

[little_fish]

Hi everyone and welcome to this thread :wave:

Feel free to join us and discuss what ever is on your mind.

We have a web page (see the TTCweb page link in my signature). If you want to be added, just send me a PM with the dates of your last AF and O, and your normal cycle length and luteal phase length (if you know them). It will work out the rest.

[My Miracle Baby]

Shelle, no relief from the swelling. I am only comfortable when I lie down on my bed during the day. But at night, I am having horrible pain in my legs, I can't bear to let them touch eachother (so need pillows between my legs) and I scream if hubby accidently kicks them. Grrhh.

Fishy - everyone wants to touch my belly and some don't always ask. Makes it interesting when I don't know them. Always a good talking point though. Whenever someone tries to feel baby move (when I feel it), baby stops. So far, my mum is the only one who has had the honour. Poor DH.

:xmas: :tree: :reindeer:

[luckymama]

hey little fish, can i please be updated on the TTC web as CD 7, thanks so much.

[deb1234]

what a fantasic tummy you have MMB!! congrats on passing everything. good luck for the phone interview.

well girls i've finally convinced medicare i'm an australian resident :eek: :yelclap: now i just have to wait four weeks for the card.....

[morganj]

Hey WFMH - you are doing so well with your weight loss. Am thinking of joining myself actually. Do they have ladies who come along who just want to loose like five to six kilos?

Well I thought AF was on her way - but no the cramps have stopped and the pink spotting has gone!! What the?? I had a little bit of brown spotting yesterday too. She's just dragging her feet and teasing me I think.

MMB - what is a gorgeous bump you have there. Am so sorry to hear you are still suffering with the fluid retention. I know a friend of mine got some relief from fluid retention with acupuncture - not sure if that will help. And it is so relaxing to have - the trick is finding a good one. I'm sure there are a few ladies on bh who could recommend one near you though.

[shelle65]

Julie - :banghead: AF is being so annoying! :fingerscrossed: She makes up her mind whether she wants to visit or not ASAP!

[morganj]

Yeah it's very strange. The cramps have settled down now too. Talk about confusing. I just can't see how I could be pg though as my temps are low.

[shelle65]

Have you checked your thermometer battery lately? Maybe the readings you are getting aren't accurate?

[morganj]

Yeah thought of that one - changed it Sunday and then got a big dip yesterday at 35.9. Then today it was 36.29. So they are going back up again but they just aren't high enough for being pg I don't think. Not unless I get another big jump tomorrow. Will just have to wait and see what develops. Waiting, waiting, waiting - the story of my life :laughing:

[luckymama]

hope AF stops teasing you Julie, and shows up, (or not :fingerscrossed: cos you are gonna get a BFP)
I think you have to have a minimum of 5kg to lose to join WW, but the woman there are all so nice, and its great motivation :thumbsup:

[shelle65]

New thread! :wave:

OK I am exhausted today... not sure why. Was awake for a while during the night thinking about health insurance :rolleyes:

WFMH - wow, you really are going great guns on the weight loss! :thumbsup:

Julie - what did your temp do today?

How's everyone else going?

[deb1234]

shelle sorry to hear you are exhausted. maybe you should get into the nana naps like me :)

[shelle65]

Yep Deb, love my nana naps on weekends! :yes: But no good during the week, don't get home until 7pm usually, so having a nap at that time usually just means I can't sleep again until midnight :thumbsdown:

[deb1234]

7pm!! Yuck. no wonder you are so tired. are you taking time off after the baby arrives?

[shelle65]

Yep, am going for the full year of mat leave :D Can't wait!

[deb1234]

sounds good! :thumbsup: will you be 26 or 27 when she arrives? (just seeing if this chinese calendar works)

[shelle65]

Still 26. Is that the chinese gender calendar? If it's the same one I used, where you have to check the month you conceived against your age, I couldn't get an answer from it because I don't know whether I conceived on 30 June or 1 July (it was sometime that weekend) - and it said one gender for June and the other for July! So it could be right or wrong, and we'll never know...

[deb1234]

haha yeah that's it. i just took 38 weeks of your due date which gave me 29th June (girl). looks like i'm having a girl too!! if you believe all this milarky. :D

Edit - according to this chart my mum should have had 3 boys and she had 3 girls!! :laughing:

[little_fish]

Morning!
Shelle, sorry to hear you've had an awful night. Did you get your insurance sorted?
Deb, my SIL sent us a card yesterday saying we should be having a boy by that calendar, but I didn't know is the month of concieving, really the month that you O'ed or the month of last AF?
WFM, You're updated. And congratulations on your weight loss so far :yelclap:
Julie. How incredibly incredibly frustrating!!:banghead: What's the latest news on your temp? Any more spotting or cramps?

Well I'm feeling pretty disgusting today. My nose is running and sneezing so I had a dodgy night last night. I decided to come into work anyway to keep myself occupied, but I'll bail half way thorugh the day if it's not working out. On a more positive note: It's my first 12 week mark today :smiliedance: (next 12 week mark is on sunday, based on O day)

[deb1234]

yay for 12 weeks fishy!!:smiliedance:
i assumed "conceiving" was when you Oed, or else some people (me) would be way out going by last AF.
you are so dedicated going into work! the slightest sniffle and i'd be in bed :D

[little_fish]

Not really dedicated Deb, just spent enough time in bed already the last month or so, and the novelty wears off relatively quickly. :D

[morganj]

Good Morning Ladies

Shelle - I'm sorry to hear about yoru horrid night. The strange thing is the same thing happened to me - I was stressing about the business, buying a house, finances. It was awful - just woke up feeling very anxious. I ended up getting up at 3.00 pm and sorting through a few emails to our financial planner re our income insurance - very unusual for me. It must have been something to do with a full moon perhaps.

Fish - congratulations on reaching 12 weeks :smiliedance: !

Well my temp was the standard 36.2 today - and no spotting or AF or anything!! My bbs aren't even tender!! :confused: :confused:

[deb1234]

Julie what a bummer! :thumbsdown: you never know what your body will do tomorrow...:fingerscrossed:

[samh1706]

Good morning!

you have all been so busy since yesterday, so many posts to catch up on.

Ilana - your table sounds sooo much nicer than mine. Our house is oldish (not trendy old, just run down), with different colour carpets, and a yucky kitchen, so even when I do make an effort to decorate for christmas, it kind of gets lost in the rest of the dodgy house. We're building and I am choosing really really neutral colours for everthing so next year my decorations will really stand out!

Julie - I hope AF either turns up or stays away for a very long time. :D

Fishy - hope your sniffles get better. I've had hay fever for the last few weeks, can't take anything for it so I have a red nose, itchy eyes, and a sore rib cage from sneezing so much!

Deb - glad medicare got sorted! must be a big relief.

Shelle - the whole sleep thing is a pain, isn't it? I tried staying up again last night, but didn't manage to get out of bed early this morning :( . Am taking Elevit again so hopefully will pick up a bit.

Waiting - your weight loss is wonderful. I have put 2 of the 8 I lost back on. That's too much for early pregancy, I can feel it and see it and I"m uncomfortable with it. I just need to find some energy again so i can keep walking in the mornings. I think I have been subconsciously eating too much to try to fuel my worn out body. Funny how our bodies do things like that, isn't it?

MMB - your belly shot looks wonderful!

Did I tell you all that DD had her dinner dance on monday night and graduation from primary school ceremony yesterday? Talk about a contradiction in appearances / names. Monday night she looked 17 all dressed up and gorgeous (and taller than me in her heals), then on Tuesday she had her 'primary' school graduation. I'd love to show you all photos, I was so ridiculously proud of her, but I don't know how to put photos on the web :o

[deb1234]

hi samh! i've never done it...but lots of people have links to photobucket.com for their photos, so try that. would love to see what you all look like! quite strange thinking you know people but have never seen them :laughing:

[shelle65]

Aww, Sam she sounds gorgeous! To do some photos, you can get a free account at http://www.photobucket.com.au and upload some photos to there, then post the link :thumbsup:

Julie, there must have been something in the air last night stopping us from sleeping. Maybe it was the heat? It drives me crazy that I can be wide awake at 3am thinking a million miles a minute, and then when my alarm goes off at 6:30am I can't open my eyes for anything.

Fishy - YAY for 12 weeks :smiliedance: How exciting! When is your u/s again? I know you've probably told us 20 times, but I'm hopeless...

[Little_Toad]

Edit - according to this chart my mum should have had 3 boys and she had 3 girls!! :laughing:

Maybe your mum is lying about her age!!

Hi girls.

MMB what a fantstic belly. I feel inadequate next to you.

Shelle, I've also ben having very bad sleep as of the last two weeks. I had to resort to Valerian a couple of times.

Well done on the 12 weeks fishy. Are you going to blab it to the world now?

I've been making more nappies and pretending to do some work.
Climbing is getting very hard but I'm sticking at it for the fitness. I feel like a beginner doing the second easiest routes.

27 weeks today.. now in my third trimester. YIPPEE!!

Hope you all get better sleepies tonight.

[samh1706]

All right! I think I've done it properly. Let me know if you want to have a look!

[little_fish]

pic me, pic me!! I'd love to have a look!

[deb1234]

me too sam!

[shelle65]

Me too!!

[morganj]

Julie, there must have been something in the air last night stopping us from sleeping. Maybe it was the heat? It drives me crazy that I can be wide awake at 3am thinking a million miles a minute, and then when my alarm goes off at 6:30am I can't open my eyes for anything.



Yeah 3.00 am is when I was awake too - I was so wide awake - but so not awake when my alarm went off at 6.30 am. So did you decide on a health insurance!! Lol

Sam - I want to see too!!!

[deb1234]

here's one of my two little boys. hope it works :)

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/theshortts/CIMG0604.jpg

[shelle65]

Yeah Julie, I decided to upgrade my "singles" health insurance to "family" - you have to do it 3 months before bubs is born for her to be covered at birth. It is sooooo expensive though... but I think I'd rather have the peace of mind. Did you get your income insurance sorted out?

Deb - your cats are soo cute! :yes:

[deb1234]

thanks shelle, i love them to bits :yes:

[morganj]

Deb - they are adorable! How old are they and what breed? It was so hot here last night so we had to discourage ours from sleeping on the bed - just too hot.

[deb1234]

that was taken a while ago, they are now about 1 year old. breed? um...pet shop breed :) haha. they came all the way from nz with us :yes:

we try to encourage them to sleep in their own room - they have their own queen size bed after all!! but sometimes they are in the mood for cuddles and we get zero sleep. and yeah it is a bit hot having a ball of fur on your head :D

[samh1706]

Am trying to send links via PM's but might have been better to just stick them here. Let me know if you all got them, if not I'll just put them here.

[shelle65]

The PM worked Sam! What great photos! Your DD looks so much older than 12! She's gorgeous. Is the one of you and DH taken at the Melbourne Cup? I thought it might be cos of the hat!

[samh1706]

Yes, that's at the Cup. And yes, Danielle does look a lot older than 12, particularly with make up etc. Even without though, when we went out for our anniversary the waiter bought three glasses for the champagne and offered Danielle a glass! Had to restrain myself from smacking him.

[deb1234]

haha sam she sounds like she'll be trouble in a few years!! :laughing: must be scary watching your kids grow up and you can't do anything about it! i know my mum used to stay up until i got home each night worrying.

[samh1706]

Deb - yes, i think we'll be in for a bumpy couple of years. Some parents seem to let their kids go out at this age, but I don't think they need anymore encouragement to grow up fast. Plenty of time for all that and I'll be waiting up then too!

So many people say she looks like me but apart from our eyes - I can't see it.

[little_fish]

Sam I love your pics :thumbsup: :thumbsup: your kids are beautiful! Your DD looks so grown up. And you look very much like I thought you would (I don't often get that, usually I am miles off in my imagination :laughing: )

Deb I love your cats. They are so cute!

[samh1706]

Thanks Fishy - every parent thinks their kids are beautiful, but its nice to hear it from other people too!

[deb1234]

thanks fishy :)

sam, my mum teaches 5 year olds and she can't believe some parents send their little kids to school in heels and they read cosmo magazine! don't know why you would want your kids to grow up so fast. time goes fast enough as it is when you get old :laughing:

[little_fish]

sam, my mum teaches 5 year olds and she can't believe some parents send their little kids to school in heels and they read cosmo magazine! don't know why you would want your kids to grow up so fast. time goes fast enough as it is when you get old :laughing:

Deb, my Mum used to teach 3 and 4 y/os and had them telling her about the "bra" they were wearing. :eek:

[Little_Toad]

Sam!! I wanna see!!!

[baby dancer]

Afternoon everyone :wave:

Sam - I would love to have a look at your pics too. My kitchen was cruddy last year so my decorations didn't look all that hot, but this year everything has been gutted, renovated and looks super duper hot so :fingerscrossed: my decorations look even better than I imagine.

Julie - I am frustrated for you about AF. How damn annoying and inconvenient. AF stop playing games on Julie *shakes fist*

Shelle - Oh the not sleeping is cr@p, although I must say that I have now gone back to sleeping fairly solid again.

Fishy - YAY for 12 weeks :smiliedance: go little fishy baby. Your u/s is next Wed yeah?? Oooo only 6 sleeps away.

MMB - Love your belly!! Looks just beautiful. Are you still working full time hun?? Sorry to hear you are still having such a hard time with your fluid rentention *hugs for you*.

Deb - How are you feeling? Your boys are beautiful!!

Toady - Welcome to the third trimester, glad you could join me lol. How are toadlets movements going?

WFMH - Congrats on your weight loss, you are doing such an amazing job. You should be very proud of yourself.

Big Hello to anyone I have missed.

[samh1706]

Deb, I know what you mean. I was very reluctant to let Danielle wear that dress because it is so grown up, but there just aren't any other options as she is a ladies size 10. A friend of mine's 6 yo wears heels, and clothing that I would describe as completely inappropriate and struts and postures like you wouldn't believe! And my friend thinks she's cute! I think she is a at risk if you know what I mean - there are people out there who would look at the way this child acts and respond completely inappropriately. It makes me so angry that kids aren't allowed to be kids!

At 12 I was playing football, building cubby houses and still had hairy legs. These days, every 12 yo has shaved legs, waxed eyebrows etc. Danielle is only allowed to wear makeup on special occassions which makes me the meanest mum in the world! :laughing:

[deb1234]

ilana i'm feeling good thanks. no complaints here! (well apart from having to work in between bubhubbing :D)

fishy - bras at 4! :eek: i was a late bloomer!! :laughing:

Edit - Sam i think i was forced into makeup at about 14 by my big sisters covering up my pimples!

[DjF]

Gee - and there seems to be a law or something that prevents you from tying them to the house til they are 30!:laughing:

Hi everyone! I have just read through all new posts - you lot sure are busy today!
Naughty af on the way, grrrr.

You wouldnt believe how young some little kids are that come into my work (library) and they seriously look tarty - i would be very worried if i saw them out and about on the street! I mean - i was in Arncliffe the other day and i had a singlet on (along with the rest of my clothes!!)- some old guy started pestering me and asked me who i was waiting for, how old i was - looking down my top trying to pick me up! Ewwww!I also had a young guy grope me at the train station a week or 2 ago - no respect!!! If they do it to someone my age - what about young girls!?

[deb1234]

pretty scary DjF, how creepy for you. young girls would have no idea how to defend themselves.

[samh1706]

I am getting very frustrated at the PM's so will post the links here for anyone who wants to see :eek:



http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/P1030135.jpg (http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/P1030135.jpg) Danielle

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/P1000579.jpg (http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/P1000579.jpg) Corey

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/IMGP0022.jpg (http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q292/samh1706/IMGP0022.jpg) Steve and Sam

[morganj]

Sam - I agree! The photos are great and DD definitely looks older than 12. They certainly do grow up fast - how scary!!

[shelle65]

These days, every 12 yo has shaved legs, waxed eyebrows etc.

And of course, the irony is when you get into your 20's you couldn't be bothered wearing makeup and shaving your legs, but if you don't... :no:

[samh1706]

shelle - that made me laugh!

Danielle is the first to tell me when my eyebrows need waxing!

[shelle65]

Ohhhh... whinge time for me. The christmas party season is well and truly underway, I have managed to avoid almost all work functions so far ("sorry, I'm pg, you know how it is...") but I have just been told that I HAVE to go to a Law Institute one after work... BORED!!!

[little_fish]

:laughing: I'm definitely an odd ball when it comes to this. I don't think I knew what a bra was until I got to highschool. I still don't wear makeup unless it's a special occassion (and work doesn't qualify as special enough) but when it comes to the legs. Yep, spring rolls around, I put on the first skirt for the season, look down and think OMG, where did that forest come from!!!

Don't know what I'll do if I ever get a daughter who wants to wax her eyebrows!

[samh1706]

Fishy - i'm the same come spring time, need industrial strength chainsaw to get through the forest. And I don't wear makeup to work either, just bronzer and mascara. I used to do the whole face thing and blow dry my hair but then realised that I was wasting 40 minutes every morning! That's time that could be spent sleeping, walking, or being with the kids.

I now embrace my curly / frizzy hair (and love my anti frizz spray!)

[morganj]

Ohhhh... whinge time for me. The christmas party season is well and truly underway, I have managed to avoid almost all work functions so far ("sorry, I'm pg, you know how it is...") but I have just been told that I HAVE to go to a Law Institute one after work... BORED!!!

Excitement plus!!

Just had a call from DH - someone at his work is causing trouble for him and his review didn't go too well today. Grrr. Why are people like that? Merry Christmas hey!!

[deb1234]

i'm glad i'm not the only one who has a forest on my legs :laughing: and i think i'm "wearing makeup" when i put some lip gloss on. how classy of me! :thumbsup:

[shelle65]

Julie - that totally sux. I hate reviews. :hugs: to your DH.

[little_fish]

That sux about the xmas party Shelle :thumbsdown:
And Julie, it's awful that there are such annoying and horrid people in the world. :hugs: I hope your DH gets things sorted out ok.

[deb1234]

morning everyone!
one more sleep until friday :)

going back to nz tomorrow for 10 days....getting a bit sick of the brisbane & akld airports i must say. there's only so many rounds of the bookshop you can make. :laughing:
then when we come back there's four weeks till we go again for 10 days, but this time for a holiday. :smiliedance: (and to have my pay review before i announce my pregnancy at the end of the meeting :eek: )

i'm sure i'll have a lot to catch up on when i'm back on the 18th!

[Kyles]

Hi everyone and welcome to this thread :wave:

Feel free to join us and discuss what ever is on your mind.

We have a web page (see the TTCweb page link in my signature). If you want to be added, just send me a pm with the dates of your last AF and O.
Hi,
Please add me in! First day of AF Tues (12th Dec) and last O was 16/11/06, next O should be 18/12/06.
Good luck to all!

[little_fish]

Morning everyone :wave:
Not too long until your holiday Deb :yelclap:
Kyles, you threw me there for a second... the 12th of December hasn't happened yet... Was your last AF last Tuesday (the 5th Dec?). And welcome to this thread.:wave:
Julie, How did it go last night with DH, is he ok? How are you feeling today? GEt a better nights sleep?

I took a sicky today, me and my box of tissues have become best friends, and I just couldn't bear to spend a day apart. I am hoping like anything that it's just a cold and not something that's going to hang around for the next 6 months. :fingerscrossed:

Hope everyone else is enjoying their morning so far.

[Kyles]

Morning everyone :wave:
Not too long until your holiday Deb :yelclap:
Kyles, you threw me there for a second... the 12th of December hasn't happened yet... Was your last AF last Tuesday (the 5th Dec?). And welcome to this thread.:wave:
Julie, How did it go last night with DH, is he ok? How are you feeling today? GEt a better nights sleep?

I took a sicky today, me and my box of tissues have become best friends, and I just couldn't bear to spend a day apart. I am hoping like anything that it's just a cold and not something that's going to hang around for the next 6 months. :fingerscrossed:

Hope everyone else is enjoying their morning so far.

Sorry yes i am a week ahead of myself!
AF was 5th Dec....

[My Miracle Baby]

I have officially finished my course today YAY :wizard:

Now I can concentrate on resting and looking after myself rather than doing homework and stressing.

I can't believe how active my little boy is being in there. He has a habbit of kicking my bladder when I am busting and I have to rush to the toilet. DH still hasn't felt baby move. Soon I hope.

In regards to my belly, people think that I am about to give birth and are totally shocked when I say I am due in April.

To:
Fish - congrats on 12 weeks

Shelle and Julie - if it makes you feel better I was awake at 3am, having trouble sleeping at the moment due to leg and back pain.

Toad - congrats on the 3rd Trimester - wow things are moving along

Baby Dancer - I am only working around 3 hrs a week and have had to give up teaching my courses until baby comes cause I can't stand for too long.

:hugs: to Ben (pass them on Julie)

And on the topic of Christmas parties, I am going to my hubbies work one at a Chinese restaurant next week. As I need Gluten Free, this is going to be hard. I rang the restaurant and the man was not very helpful at all. Looks like I will be eating plain rice. He basically said you get whats on the menu. Hmmm. Wish they would have picked somewhere with variety on the menu. Eg salads, seafood, steak etc.

Bought my first Christmas present yesterday :xmas:

[DjF]

Im sorry but i have to have a vent vent vent GRRR!
Af was m.i.a but i thought it was coming as the past 3 days i have had really light spotting, not much of anything. I used to get this and it stopped. I had really bad pms this month and i just wonder if my hormones have gone mental? Cause im certainly going batty - over a year ttc now and nothing.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Is it cause im such a fatty at the moment? or all the stress of the last month. Wish i knew!

[little_fish]

I don't want to get your hopes up, but... Any chance you could actually be pg DjF? the first bit feels like AF is coming for plenty of women...

[morganj]

Good Morning Ladies

DjF - I think it might be worth testing - it still feels like AF is coming when you are pg!! In fact it feels more like AF is coming when you are pg. :fingerscrossed: for you.

MMB - congratulations on finishing your course. Well done. What a bummer about the chinese dinner - it's so annoying.

Kyles - welcome.

Little_Fish - DH is feeling a little better today thanks. We went out for dinner last night and decided that it was seriously time for him to look for a new job. We're even thinking of looking in Perth too?! It would be great to be back near my family again. Although I do love Melbourne loads - tough decision.

Well ladies I am totally confused. I had a temp dip earlier in the week and my temp has very very slowly been rising - so they are still really quite low. I am still having spotting - both pink and brown, and now today I feel :barf: . I just can't work it out. I remember when I fell pg last time I felt :barf: three days after conceiving. How :confused: . I'm just worried that if I am pg - my temps aren't rising as they should. Oh am so so confused. I know it may sound like I"m trying to convince myself that I'm pg, but it's more that I'm just very confused as to what is going on. Perhaps I should go have a talk to my doctor!

[DjF]

I dont think im pg - really dont 'feel' that much different. Just annoyed with my body! But if it goes on like this for a few more days i might test, just to put my mind at ease.

Julie - any reason you couldnt be pg? Or maybe your hormones are making you feel ill trying to have an af?

MMB - well done on finishing your course - doesnt it feel good you have achieved something! My sis always says she wants to stop what she is doing but she has spent so much effort on it!

Deb - would love to be a fly on the wall when you let wk know you are pregnant! They sound like a good company though so you shouldnt have any troubles i hope.

Oh bring on the weekend, i need a sleep-in!:yelclap:

[samh1706]

Morning everyone!

Kyles - welcome!

Fishy - I still have horrible hayfever and am getting to know my tissue box very well too...

Deb - will you be home for Christmas, or back here?

DjF - I agree iwth the others, it would be worth while testing and/or talking to your doctor. I felt as though I was getting AF but apart from that didn't feel any different. About a week after AF was due the BB's started to grow and get sore.

Julie - I hope things work out for Ben and the job situation. And I hope your feel a bit better too.

MMB - congrats on finishing the course! I think Chinese restaurants have about the least options when you have special dietry needs, it's all carbs and spiciness. YUM! but not very flexible!

Has anyone heard from Candace lately?

[little_fish]

Julie, I think that's a good idea to see the doc. It sounds like it'd bring you some peace of mind to have a blood test. It does sound very bizzare from what you're telling here.

MMB Congrats on finishing :smiliedance: Now you can sit back and relax.

[deb1234]

hi sam i'll be back for christmas. back on the 18th then leaving again on the 12th jan for nz, then back on the 21st jan hopefully for good this time!! everyone else can travel to see ME after that :)

DjF it will be interesting telling my boss. i think he'll be good about it though. hopefully i can work right up till august (since i'm sitting at a desk) and then i'll probably take the 14 weeks maternity leave (i get taxed in nz so will probably get that - and the baby bonus?? :detective: ) and then finally go back to working a couple of days a week from home to top up the money. i probably don't need to work but it would help out my boss a bit.

DJF & Julie sorry AF is still being a pain!! Grrr :hugs:

hi kyle :wave: and everyone else

[baby dancer]

OK so I just typed my post and it has gone - gone, lost in syber space.................

Now what did I type.........

MMB - Congrats on finishing your course hun, now I hope you can spend all your time resting and hopefully getting some relief from your fluid retention.

Julie - WOW Perth - I was going to say no dont go I will miss you too much but then I realised that you will still be on bub hub (stoopid me) - you will still be on here wont you??

Fishy - I hope you feel better soon hun, as for your hairy legs concern, dont stress as your belly grows you slowly loose the ability to be able to see anything that lays under your belly and what you cant see you dont worry about :laughing: ( I am convinced I have no feet anymore, I cant see them)

Shelle - Well I jinxed myself yesterday by saying that I was sleeping well. Layed awake for hours last night then when I finally got to sleep I was woken by dp who was trying to sleep on my side of the bed, so I was squashed on the edge of the bed with dp's knees, fists and head in my back!! Needless to say someone was a little grumpy when she got out of bed this morning :mad: not to mention having a verys rore back which dp will be massaging tonight I tell you!!

Deb - How do you think your work will take your pg news??

Sam - Candice is good, I chat to her nearly everyday. She has a thread on general chat called Keeping Track.

Kyles - hello and welcome to the thread :wave:

DjF - I dont want to get your hopes up either but I was convinced af was on her way when I got my BFP, I didnt 'feel' any different either apart from thinking I was going to have the worst af of a lifetime.

Hello to anyone else I have missed x x x

[deb1234]

ilana, i think my work will be surprised that its now but i think they would have expected us to have a baby in the next few years anyway. my boss has told me for the last four years that i'm not allowed to have any kids (joking) and i'm never allowed to leave work! :laughing:

[samh1706]

Morning everyone

I am feeling really emotional this morning - it's those pg hormones I'm sure.
I've just dropped the kids off to school - and it hit me that its DD's last day EVER of primary school. So that got me all teary.
And they are going to their dad's for the first week of the school holidays. So that got me even more teary.
Then I spoke to a couple of her friends who are going to different high schools and that got me all teary again.
Then I had to speak to DD's teacher about a girl she has been having trouble with all year, who did something quite nasty yesterday, and I got all teary while I was speaking to the teacher.
And to top it all off I feel completely :barf: .

I can't wait for this weekend - I am going to finish my shopping in relative peace and quiet and get lots of rest.

Hope you're all feeling a bit better than me. :crying: :o

[morganj]

Sam - big :hugs: to you. Those pg hormones can really bring on the water works can't they. Can I ask where abouts in Perth you guys live (I'm originally a Perth girl). We are flying over in two weeks - can't wait!! :smiliedance: I wouldn't mind moving back actually but finding it hard to talk DH round - he loves Melbourne. I want some family nearby though.

[samh1706]

Hi Julie - I am not normally very emotional so I'm finding this crying at the drop of a hat a mixture of annoying, embarrrasing and downright funny!

We are in Canning Vale. Where did you live originally?

It must be hard without family around. I'm not close to my mother at all, but my sister and I speak or email daily and see each other several times a week. I also have a cousin who lives close by - she lived with us when we were all kids, so she's like another sister. I'd hate to be away from them.

[little_fish]

Morning everyone :wave:

:hugs: Sam, that sounds very pg. You poor thing. I hope your day improves from here on. The one thing that I do appreciate with my pg hormones is that it's rain clouds one minute but sunshine the next (and then thunder the next - poor DH). It's a very exciting time for your DD, to be heading to high school next year.

Hi Julie, how are you feeling today?

:laughing: Ilana, I have such big feet I just can't imagine them dissappearing from view! I have trouble buying shoes cos they are size 11.5, and once I went into a shop and came out terrified, the shop assistant said that plenty of womens feet grow another size when they get pg. She knew one women who had gone up a size with each pg, so she was now 3 sizes bigger!!! :eek:

Deb how are you feeling today?

Toady, haven't heard from you in ages....?

I am feeling somewhat better today, which is a huge relief. So I'm thinking it's just a cold and not something like pregnancy rhinitis (yep learnt that one on google recently) which means a blocked and runny nose for the rest of your pg, usually starting in 2nd trimester. I don't mind a bit of sneezing and a bit of a sniffle, but the last few days have been a joke. So a tentative phew from me.

Good morning everyone else!

[morganj]

Sam - I only have the one brother and my cousins or live in the UK. So I just have the one brother in Perth and my folks live in Denmark (where I'm spending the week over Christmas). So I don't have a lot of family there - but just being that bit closer to the folks and having my brother and his wife nearby would be nice. My brother has just bought a place in Bullcreek actually and are moving in after Christmas. They sold their place in Stirling earlier this week - just in time I think before the property market slows down. We grow up in Gosnells so I went to Southern District High School (previously known as Gosnells Senior High School). Where did you grow up?

[baby dancer]

Good morning Julie and Sam and everyone else who is yet to post :wave:

Sam -You poor thing I remember the crying at the drop of a hat :hugs: for you. I was that bad I would be crying if a TV commercial had sad music!! lol its so damn annoying sometimes too, especially since I am like you and really dont cry that much normally!! It does pass though hun.

Julie - Does Ben have any family in Melb or all they all O/S??

What does everyone have planned for their weekends?? It's going to be a hot one here!!

[baby dancer]

Ilana, I have such big feet I just can't imagine them dissappearing from view! I have trouble buying shoes cos they are size 11.5, and once I went into a shop and came out terrified, the shop assistant said that plenty of womens feet grow another size when they get pg. She knew one women who had gone up a size with each pg, so she was now 3 sizes bigger!!!

I am feeling somewhat better today, which is a huge relief. So I'm thinking it's just a cold and not something like pregnancy rhinitis (yep learnt that one on google recently) which means a blocked and runny nose for the rest of your pg, usually starting in 2nd trimester. I don't mind a bit of sneezing and a bit of a sniffle, but the last few days have been a joke. So a tentative phew from me.

Hey Fishy :wave:
Wow I hadn't heard of your feet growing with pg!! Maybe it is fluid rentention related, they swell and never quite shrink back :detective:

Hehe love the self diagnosis (sp?) fishy, I too am going to claim I have this 'pregnancy rhinitis' too as I have had a blocked nose from the start of my 2nd trimester and sneeze, goodness I am scared I am going to pop junior out with all this sneezing :laughing:

[little_fish]

goodness I am scared I am going to pop junior out with all this sneezing :laughing:

:laughing: Don't worry I've read it's quite safe to sneeze to your hearts content. Who knows it might even be keeping our belly muscles from turning into complete jelly wobbles!

[samh1706]

Thanks for all the hugs girls.

Ilana - I even cried yesterday when I was reading DD's booklist for next year (and it wasn't just because of how much it's going to cost me!)

Ilana and Fishy - my feet used to a size 7 before having kids. They are now nearly a 9. the extra weight from pg seems to make them wider than before. So no 'barefoot and pregnant'!! Wear good supportive shoes!

Julie - I was born in tassie, moved here around 8. We lived in Rossmoyne and Shelley til I was 13 then spent a few years in Dongara (nr Geraldton) then came back to Willetton. I went to Rossmoyne Senior High School while we were in Perth. Since high school I haven't strayed too far - Lynwood, Willetton and Canning Vale. Bullcreek is just up South street from us - about 5 minutes. Denmark is beautiful, isn't it? We're going to be in Margaret River from 27th Dec til 8th Jan. Really looking forward to it!

[baby dancer]

Who knows it might even be keeping our belly muscles from turning into complete jelly wobbles!
I will up the sneezing to 1000 times per day if that's the case. Hehe as funny as they sound I dont think I want jelly wobbles!

[baby dancer]

'barefoot and pregnant'
LOL that sounds so attractive doesn't it :laughing: :thumbsdown:

[deb1234]

morning everyone,

just about packed and dropped the boys off at jail. cried on the way home (but then i did that last time and i wasn't pregnant!....but it was O day :detective:) oh and cried watching oprah yesterday but that's not unusual either. i've always been a bit of a crier!! more about happy things than sad. Chris never knows what the hell i'm crying about, he just says is it good cry or bad cry? :laughing:

i've been feeling pretty good lately thanks fishy. i'll be six weeks tomorrow which according to my investigations means the :barf: could start...hopefully not. how are you feeling? another 12 week mark coming up! :party:

[DjF]

Hi everyone, yay hometime!
No need for me to test, af here in full force. Ugghh! Oh well, another month goes by.
Have a great weekend all.:wave:

[morganj]

Hey Ladies!!

What a crazy Friday!!

DjF - I was convinced you had a BFP coming!! Am so sorry! :hugs:

Sam - I have a few friends who went to school at Rossmoyne - you probably know one or two given they were a year or two younger than me. Not sure I should mention names on here though.

Well I just had another chat to the herbalist due to spotting, dizziness etc, and she reckons i should do a HPT tomorrow as she thinks there's a possibility it could be a :bfp: . I'm not convinced but I guess there's only one way to find out!! :fingerscrossed: for me.

[little_fish]

Oh DjF :hugs: I thought you were in witha good chance this month. Good work on the positive thinking. Maybe your new house will have good vibes :fingerscrossed:

Oh Julie, Everything, absolutely everything is crossed for you :fingerscrossed: :fingerscrossed: sending you strength dust and baby dust ~~~~~

[little_fish]

Just spent all afternoon trying to figure out how to get a second job to offer me a position before I have to accept the offer from the first job. Don't know if it'll work... but hey, no harm in being an optimist.... Wish I at least knew which position I would prefer... Shouldn't complain though, It's a nice position to be in to be knocked up and still feel like I have a choice of jobs. And the first position even knows I am expecting, and seems fine to be flexible around me, bless our current economy (and equity laws)!

[shelle65]

Morning everyone :wave:

I spent Thursday and Friday in bed with nasty gastro :barf: Ended up in the hospital on Thursday night, dehydrated, had to have a drip and stuff. Yucko. Feeling great now though.

How was everyone else's weekend?

[morganj]

Good Morning Ladies :wave:

Shelle - I'm so sorry to hear you were so unwell - that's awful. And I'm sure all this hot weather hasn't helped either. I was wondering where you'd got to last week.

Fish - when is your 12 week scan?

Well I did a hpt I Saturday and of course it was a BFN! Good to eliminate that anyway as I've been feeling really :barf: and dizzy. I went and visited my lovely new GP this morning. She said my blood pressure is really low so that explains the symptoms. She has ordered another series of tests, including pg, ovulation test and an u/s to see if all is okay after the m/c, and is going to refer me to another FS if everything doesn't sort itself out very soon!!

[DjF]

Oh Shelle you poor thing, really hope you are feeling better.

Julie - its great you are seeing a dif gp, sorry for the bfn.

Tell you what, im ready for a good holiday! Work is just so full on, still trying to get our kitchen ordered for home - looks likes another 2 whole months before it can go in - im going to go insane:banghead: with all the cr@p still everywhere in boxes!! Going to have 2 weeks holiday in january - going to lounge around the first week then maybe do some painting!!!

How was everyones weekend?

[shelle65]

Julie- yay for your GP! Good to hear that SOMEONE in the medical profession is finally on the ball... :yes:

DjF - you sure do need a holiday. You have just had a crazy time of it for months - I would recommend a lot of relaxing and pampering yourself in your 2 weeks off that are coming up. :thumbsup:

[samh1706]

Morning Everyone!

Julie - Sorry about the BFN, but its great that you have a GP who is a willing to get the ball moving for you. PM me those names. Its a small world isn't it?

Shelle - you poor thing, hope you're feeling better now. I went home early on friday coz I was feeling awful.

Fishy - did you figure out how to get the second job to make an offer? I always found that phone harrassment works well - they end up giving you the job just so that you'll give them some peace! :laughing:

DjF - fingers crossed this is your month.

I have finished my christmas shopping! I hit the shops on both Saturday and Sunday and got it done - and paid the price by having to sleep Sunday afternoon to recover. Then couldn't sleep Sunday night. Ooh, the joys of pregancy and sleep patterns. Just getting us used to having a baby around!

[little_fish]

Morning everyone,

Shelle how miserable. Really glad to hear you're feeling better now.

Julie, that's great news that you have an explanation for your symtoms and the ball is up and rolling again. My scan is on Wednesday :smiliedance:

DjF, TWO MONTHS, oh you poor thing! You definitely deserve a holiday and a medal.

Well I am back at work today, feeling much better than last week. Celebrated my second twelve week mark yesterday. Looking forward to my scan on Wednesday very excited, but also slightly nervous. We have told pretty much everyone now. Put the :tree: up on Saturday, and it's looking beautiful. Even decorated the table, I was so inspired by your stories Ilana :)

[samh1706]

I have got the worst hayfever I have ever had. It is driving me INSANE!!!!!!

I have been to the chemist - they gave me rhinocort and polaramine after asking what trimester I am in. Aparently rhinocort is completely safe because it is gentle but the package says to tell the dr or chemist if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. This tells me it isn't so safe, or that there are considerations. As for the polaramine - apparently this is ok for 1st trimester. Does that mean its not ok after 12 weeks??

So now I have $35 worth of hayfever stuff on my desk and I don't know if I should take any of it.

Any thoughts?

[morganj]

Sam - I think you can google them and see what Type they are - isn't it Type A that's safest? I would have thought you'd have to be more cautious in the first trimester wouldn't you? So if it's safe in the first trimester then I would have thought you could continue taking it. Perhaps call the chemist to confirm? I have a rhinocort nose spray which apparently is safe and I know some chemists sell some homeopathy remedies to by bauer or someone like that which are safe. Good luck hun!!

[DjF]

Mmmm samh - id double check on the polaramine. Hang, i will do it and cut/paste.


Pregnancy-Hydroxyzine is not recommended for use in the first months of pregnancy since it has been shown to cause birth defects in animal studies when given in doses many times higher than the usual human dose. Be sure you have discussed this with your doctor.

http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/datasheet/p/Polaraminetabreptabsyrup.htm

So i found mixed information - either dont take it at all as may cause birth defects or dont take in 3rd trimester.

As a concerned personn and not a gp - better to be safe than sorry and i wouldnt have it.:no:

Go for a swim and snort some salt water - that will get rid of it!:D

[shelle65]

Hi Sam - I used Rhinocourt when I had hayfever at about 16 weeks. The pharmacist told me that it was category A - this means that lots of pregnant women have used it during pregnancy and there have never been any adverse effects on the baby. No idea about polaramine. :hugs:

[samh1706]

Thanks for that! I've snorted some of the Rhinocort - most unpleasant experience but seems to have dried things up a bit.

I agree about the polaramine, will read what you found DjF. Your comment about snorting salt water made me laugh - I remember my dad trying to teach me to do that when I was a kid, and nearly drowning me in the process! Works though!

[little_fish]

Hi Sam, I remember Toady saying that she was using saline spray for her hayfever. Sounds like you can get bottle sea water to snort from your local chemist....

[shelle65]

Here's a tip for ALL of you - make sure you are doing your pelvic floor exercises every day! Whether you are TTC, newly pg or whatever, if you aren't doing them yet, start NOW!! I hadn't really started cos I didn't think it was important until later in pregnancy BUT last week when I was sick, every time I threw up I wet my pants :eek: It was just awful to be at the toilet :barf: and have pee running down my legs. Now I am exercising my pelvic floor religiously every night when I get into bed.

[little_fish]

That sounds truly miserable Shelle :hugs: :hugs: I am following your advice and doing them right now!

[samh1706]

Hi Sam, I remember Toady saying that she was using saline spray for her hayfever. Sounds like you can get bottle sea water to snort from your local chemist....

LOL Fishy - and they'll still charge you for the privelege!

Shelle - you poor thing! I had to try very hard not to laugh - because I remember something very similar from my first pregnancy.

The pelvic floor exercises are a must, and for added incentive.... it's really good for the love making, if you get my drift....:yes:

[samh1706]

I wonder if you very clever and resourceful ladies can help me with this...

my sister just called about our dad. He was over there last night talking about the past, talking about inappropriate things. This happens a lot. He is also suspicious, we think he might imagine things or create an issue where there isn't one. He has driven away a lot of his friends due to his accusations and theories. Neither Ness or I are comfortable spending time with him at the moment, which makes us sad. He used to be the coolest dad around. Now, we worry he'll turn up when we have people over, and the idea of having him over for xmas eve when our mum and her partner are there is truly terrifying. We haven't invited him, we're trying to organise something else, but I wouldn't put it past him to just arrive.

I think that this is more than him being a pain in the you know what. I think it is some form of dementia, or depression, or a form of mental illness. Who could I speak to about it to get some guidance before I approach him? Given his suspicious and the conspiracy theories he has going on - he won't take it at all well if I tell him I think he has a problem. If I don't tell him, we will end up drifting apart and eventually he will say something so wrong that someone will take offence or he'll do something really really inappropriate.

[shelle65]

Oh Sam, that sounds very difficult for you and your sister :hugs: :hugs: to you. If I were you I think I would probably call a dementia or mental illness association hotline and describe what is going on - they should be able to give you an idea of what it could be, and where you can go for help.

ETA - here is the website for the WA Mental Health Association - http://www.waamh.org.au/

[samh1706]

Thanks Shelle - I have just been looking at the Mental Health Council of Australia site and sent them an email asking if they had any resourses. I had thought of my GP but she would only send me to something like this anyway. I'll have a look at the link you posted.

Thanks again.

[samh1706]

Good morning everyone. :wave:

Where is everyone??

[DjF]

Good morning everyone. :wave:

Where is everyone??

*sings*
'Workin' 9 to 5, workin' every single day......'

Just had the chance now to hop on BH and have a read - busy busy day.

[shelle65]

I'm here! :wave: Nothing really to report though... just bumbling along, keeping my head down, trying hard not to count the seconds until christmas holidays (it's approximately 907,800 by the way :D )

How are you going Sam? DjF? Everyone else?

[samh1706]

trying hard not to count the seconds until christmas holidays (it's approximately 907,800 by the way :D )

Shelle - you remind me of a friend who is a maths wiz. He shares the same bday as DD and they start counting the minutes to their August bdays in Jan.

DjF - everyone must be busy today. I'm 2 hours behind, I usually have a lot to catch up on by the time I get to work.

I'm tired. No surprises there! I woke up to go for a twinkle last night and stayed awake for three hours! Not sure if I was stressing about Dad or if it was something else. I know if I start walking again I will sleep better but I need a good nights sleep to be able to get up at 6 am!

[DjF]

Yep - must say i didnt get much sleep last night - it was so windy the noise kept me awake.

Im doing ok, this month we are going to go hard core ttc - im on cd5. If no bfp afterwards we will give it a rest so we can plan our holiday overseas next year! Yay, bring on European summer!:smiliedance:

[samh1706]

where are you DjF? Good luck this month!

Where are you planning on travelling to next year?
We went to Bangkok and Phuket in July - my first trip o/s. I'm glad I got to do it prior to being pregnant again. Neither of us are afraid of travelling with a baby, but bangkok wasn't the cleanest of places.

[shelle65]

Hooray for o/s holidays DjF!!

:laughing: Sam, I actually lived in Bangkok for 2 years when I was a teenager (my Dad was working there). To say it's not the cleanest is an understatement! Loved all the other places in Thailand though - Phuket, Koh Samui, Hua Hin...

Both my brother and sister are going to live in London next year. My parents will probably go over there for a holiday, and DP and I would love to try and go with them - sounds a bit crazy taking a baby on a flight to London, but if we are with my parents it might not be so bad...

[samh1706]

Shelle -how exciting to live somewhere like that as a kid! My uncle lives there - has been there for 8 or 9 years now, and has a Thai partner. He got really sick a few years ago, my mum and her sister tried to insist he come home for treatment but he refused to leave he loves the place so much. They ended up going over there to look after him. Phuket was lovely, the kids had an absolute ball there. I would have liked to see Koh Samui etc but we only had ten days all up.

Taking a baby to London will be a marathon, but better with extra people to help. Better when they are tiny, too - and don't need to much entertainment.

[little_fish]

Hi everybody :wave:

Sam, that sounds really difficult with your dad. Did you get any useful advice from the hotline?

Shelle, DH comes from Europe and so we head over there every couple of years, and I have seen plenty of babies fly. As long as they don't have a cold and get blocked ears, it doesn't seem to worry them at all. The toddlers are a lot more of a handful. But you usually get the front row where there's more space, and you can clip the baby in a basket to the wall, so you don't even have to hold it for 20 hours or anything. I'd say go for it!

DjF, good luck for this month. One order of baby dust coming your way :wizard:. Will it be a long holiday next year?

One more sleep to my u/s!! :smiliedance: I hope everything is all right in there. I had more spotting on Sunday and yesterday, but seeing as it seems to happen every two weeks, I've given up worrying about it (well almost :o )

[shelle65]

Hey Fishy, how exciting to have your u/s tomorrow! I'm sure everything is going just fine in there. Sorry you have had more spotting. At least after tomorrow you will know for sure that it's nothing to worry about!

I have a confession to make - I hired a doppler to listen to bubs' heartbeat whenever we want. :o I didn't tell DP and was very sheepish when I showed it to him last night. But he actually thought it was a good idea - he's sick of me always freaking out thinking that something's happened to the baby, so now I can calm myself pretty quickly.

[DjF]

samh - i live in sydney (is that what you meant by where am i? Im a bit dopey today!)
We have a big karate tournament 1/2 June in Birmingham - and i hope to go away for maybe 4 weeks afterwards. I have been lucky enough to go to Europe 2X already but they were very whirlwind - didnt stay in one country long enough to see enough of it. So this time we hope to stay in 1 or 2 places (cant decide where either). Rome or Paris. But we have to see how the financials go, and as i get really bad swelling when i fly if im pregnant at the time it may be a factor to consider. DF could still compete though so we have to have a big think about it. It would probably be my last year of competing next year as well - considering i took a break from it this year. Just wish i could find an answer!

[little_fish]

It's a bit of a win-win situation isn't it DjF? Either you get to compete in the tournament, or you get to be pg :)

Shelle, I busted DH's plans, he was thinking of getting me a dopler for xmas, I hope he manages to find one. It must be awesome to be able to hear that everything's ok.

[samh1706]

Fishy - good luck for your ultrasound tomorrow, but I'm sure everything will be fine!

Haven't heard back from that council re a hotline yet.

DjF - yes, I did mean where do you live! I love Sydney - DH and I were there in Feb for a conference, and spent a couple of extra days there. We're going to the same conference again next year, and will hopefully head up to the Blue Mountains after. Your o/s trip sounds exciting. I would love to see Italy, the coastal towns look so beautiful. And Scotland. And Spain. Oh, just everywhere!

Shelle - I didn't realise you could hire those things! I thought it was only people like Tom Cruise who could afford it! Or was that an ultrasound? Is yours just like a microphone?

[shelle65]

Sam - yep, the basic model costs $39 a month - pretty good for peace of mind, I think. You can get a fancier one that displays the heartrate for $49 a month. Or you can buy them outright, they're a couple of hundred. Check out http://www.firstbeats.com.au/

[little_fish]

I think you can get them cheaper second hand, hopefully for around the $100 to $150 mark, although maybe I'm being optimistic

[My Miracle Baby]

Howdy Doody :wave:

I am now 23 weeks. I am now resting more than ever and feel so much better for it.

I have bought 2 blue baby hats and 2 blue baby rugs. That is the extent of my buying blueness until I see the bits between my babies legs. He he.

I have also booked in a 4D ultrasound for the 14th January. Paying $250 for it. I am so excited. The whole purpose of this ultrasound is to look at the baby. It is not a medical utlrasound. They record it all on DVD, put music to it, and you can also pay an extra $35 for still pictures of the baby on CD. Up to 8 people can come to the ultrasound. They have comfy couches and a plasma TV for them to view the ultrasound on. So I have invited all grandparents and my sister and her boyfriend. So excited. :yelclap: They are also going to confirm the sex for us (we will do this first before letting others in the room).

Waiting eagerly to see my obstetrician next Thursday. He wasn't there last time and I had to see another female ob (she was really good though - on the ball) . So, I am looking forward to that.

Also looking forward to :tree: :reindeer:As I keep saying.

[My Miracle Baby]

OMG. I have put on 12 kg :eek: . I was 64kg when I fell pregnant and now I am 76 kg.

I believe around 5kg of that is fluid as I have put on about 5kg in the space of 2-3 weeks when the fluid retention became a problem, so that is what I believe anyway.

So perhaps I have only put on 7kg in the pregnancy scheme of things.

[samh1706]

Hi MMB,

don't worry too much about the weight, as you say a lot of it may be fluid, in which case, it'll go as soon as the baby is born. They say the average is 11 - 14 kg, but i think it's closer to 20. Which seems scary but it'll all go pretty quickly. By the way - my starting weight was only 5 kg behind where you are now...imagine how big I'm going to be :eek: !!

The 4D ultrasound will be wonderful. Can I ask a dumb question though - where on earth does the 4th dimesion come from??

[little_fish]

Helllloooo everybody! :wave:

MMB, I definitely wouldn't worry about it. Sounds like you're just posing as a camel at the moment and you'll go right back to normal after the birth. As long as you eat healthily I think it doesn't matter how much you put on, it will be the right amount for you.

I had my u/s this morning and everything is great! right number of arms, and legs, good heart rate. Posterior placenta, right length (new date of half way between last u/s and date based on O) Also found out the my uterus us retro... Does that mean I should have been lying on my belly after BD? Anyway, grinning from ear to ear right now! :smiliedance: :smiliedance:

[Little_Toad]

YEAH FISHY!!

healthy baby spawn :)

[shelle65]

Yay Fishy!!! Congrats on seeing your beautiful little bub! That is so exciting. :yelclap: :yelclap:

MMB, I agree with Fishy, don't worry too much about the weight gain, with all the swelling you have had it's not surprising that you are tipping the scales a bit, I'm sure it's mostly fluid.

Hi everyone else :wave:

Haven't heard from Ilana or Julie in a while... are you guys around? :hugs:

[samh1706]

Yay Fishy!! :yelclap:

How exciting! Now you can be a little less 'cautious' about the optimistic :laughing: !

[morganj]

Fish - that's great news!! :smiliedance:

Sorry I haven't been around much - just struggling to deal with everything at the moment. I just don't know what my body is doing right now which is a little frustrating. And I have a few friends around me who have had babies or are due around when I was, and one in particular who is just whinging all the time and being very matter of fact without giving any thought to what she is saying and how insensitive some of it is. She is really showing now so it's really in my face. Anyway, I feel bad venting on this thread as it's such a happy time for so many of you.

[Little_Toad]

MorganJ.. have a good old b!tchy winge!!

Give her a virtual slap around the face for being so inconsiderate..

[little_fish]

Julie, Never feel bad for venting on this thread. I am really really concerned with your progress. I am sorry though, it must be hard when I am not very cautious about what I talk about here. I'm sorry if it comes across as insensitive to you. :hugs: :hugs:

I take it AF is still walkabout then. That is undeniably frustrating. :hugs:

[My Miracle Baby]

Samh - In a 4D ultrasound, the baby looks 3D and it shows movement which is the 4th dimension I think.

Congratulations Fishy - glad the u/s went well.:smiliedance:

Julie :hugs: :hugs:

Thank-you for all your support, I don't know what I would do without you. Well off to the doctors (AGAIN). I live there I think.

[Little_Toad]

Keep your sprits up MMB.

You are now 67.5% of the way through!

[morganj]

Fish - you girls on here should in no way feel you have to be sensitive to my feelings. Please don't feel that way. You are all experiencing a very exciting time of your lives. My girlfriend is just very matter of fact and I am just starting to realise that it's not doing me any good to look to her for any support because I am receiving the complete opposite. I am also realising that for someone who has never experienced a m/c it is really difficult to understand what it is like.

At the moment I'm just occasionally having a bad day every week or two, but most of them are pretty good these days. Am getting stronger.

Thanks ladies for listening!! :hugs:

And fish - I truly am very excited for you all!! :smiliedance:

[shelle65]

Oh Julie :hugs: :hugs: to you hon. Sounds like you need to give that friend a wide berth for a while. Good on you for not telling her to shut up and f*** off... I probably would have if I were in your shoes. Make sure you tell me to shut up and f*** off if I am ever like that too. :yes:

[samh1706]

Julie - give that girl a virtual slap from me too. And hugs to you :hugs: :hugs: , hang in there. No one here minds you venting or whinging - feel free to vent away. That's the wonderful thing about bub hub - we can share things we probably wouldn't tell our closest friends.

Guess what? I got out of bed this morning at seven am and went for a walk!! Well, okay, it was more of a trudge rather than my normal powerwalk, but I did the hill near my house twice! I will probably pay for this terribly sometime after lunch but my dog loves me again.

Seven am is still not six am but I feel like I did it once, I can do it again tomorrow morning. If I need more incentive - I only need look at my backside and hips in the mirror. Isn't it sad that we only realise that we were in reasonably good shape when suddenly we're not? :o

[morganj]

Sam - that's great - well done!! And thanks!!

[shelle65]

So true Sam. When I was 23-24 I used to look back on photos of myself at 19-20 and think - wow, how come I thought I was fat then? I looked great! And now I look back at photos of myself at 23-24 and think wow, how come I thought I was fat then? I looked great! Guess I won't be doing that about this stage of my life :laughing:

[samh1706]

Shelle - if I look back at photos of me at 18-19 I am horrified at how skinny I was and yet back then I still thought I was fat! (I was 42kg and 165cm - all ribs and hips, very unattractive look). I remember getting to 51 kg and being horrified! Now - I'd love to be under 65...

I use a photo of myself looking horrid at 19 to show my daughter that skinny is not good - muscly and athletic (which she is) is healthy and beautiful.

I found some photos of me pregnant at 21 and 24 - oh lordy! I am going to be an enormous heifer this time round if i'm not careful - hence the sudden urge to get out of bed this morning.

[little_fish]

Hmm When I was doing olympic distance triathlons a year or two ago I was constantly thinking to myself how fit I was, now I look back while wiggling my slightly arthritic foot from doing too much long distance running without training properly and think, gee I was a bit silly and stuborn back then :laughing:

[shelle65]

Wow Sam, that does sound very skinny. Good on you for making sure your daughter has a healthy body image. It can be such a minefield at that age - I hated my body when I was 12.

As a kid and a teenager, I was on the heavy side, I was about 64kg at the age of 15. Then between the ages of 15 and 20 I lost 10kg - not through any effort on my part, I just got a little bit healthier and more active, and it just kind of happened slowly. But I was so used to thinking of myself as a "bigger" girl, I could never shake the feeling and see myself as thin - except in hindsight. At 6 months pg I now weigh 64kg - the heaviest I have been since I was 15 :laughing: !

[samh1706]

Fishy - you clever thing doing that!! What distances are olympic - the full ironman?

DH runs a lot (silly creature) and yesterday bought himself a triathlon bike. He'd love to do a triathlon but the problem is he can't swim much more than ten metres at this stage. Time for lessons at the local pool I think.

I have to admire his perseverence though, he is not built like a runner but has turned himself into one. I think he's been running since his early 20's. He is very lean on the bottom half, has lovely legs! What he lacks in natural ability he more than makes up in determination.

[little_fish]

And you're sporting such a beautiful big belly now too, Shelle. That's great that you lost that weight. I think every woman thinks they are heavier than they are. I think someone somewhere has proven that. It's not necessarily to do with the media, it's just how our brains work. Probably because we know how much goes on inside that we can't possibly believe it'd fit into such a skinny body... ok I'm just making that up now.

Sam - No olypmpic is about a quarter of an ironman (thank goodnes!) it's a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run. But for your DH, the sprint triathlons usually start with a 400m swim, and then you can gradually do longer and longer ones as you get the skills. (and thanks but it's not really clever, just dogged persistance - I hate giving up :))

[samh1706]

Shelle - DD is a bit on the 'cuddly' side, I think she is 53kg and about 5cm shorter than me, which if she was an adult would be fine but for 12 - she is self conscious , she is aware that she is bigger than most of her friends. Two of her friends in particular are short and very skinny. What DD needs to understand is that they are still physically children, whereas she is well and truly an adult in shape and height. Its sad to see them feel bad about themselve because they are different. I would like to motivate her to become really dedicated to sport but she's just not interested at this stage. Pity, she has Ian Thorpe feet...

Fishy - I've read that info on what women think, too. We are so hard on ourselves, aren't we? I am sure I could get DH swimming 400 meters, I'll throw him in when we're down south at christmas and see how he goes :D .

[shelle65]

Oh, :hugs: to your little girl Sam, I know how she feels. The whole "everyone comes in different shapes and sizes, it's what's on the inside that counts" kinda goes right over your head at that age, doesn't it.

[baby dancer]

Hi everyone :wave:
Sorry about being MIA, I was flat out Mon and I was 'sick' ;) yesterday and had to stay at home.

Fishy - I am so happy your u/s went well, do you have a pic to share with us????

As for the weight gain - I have gained 12 kilo's, well that was the last time I weighed myself its more than likely more than that now. Starting weight was 44 kilos and now obviously 56, which is HUGE for me as I have never weighed more than 45 ever!!
Most of it is baby, but I have put on weight in general too. My clothes size has doubled :eek: !!

[little_fish]

Hi Ilana, I will try and scan it in tonight/tomorrow, but honestly, it looks pretty much the same as every other 12 week scan. I just love it cos it's mine :)

Sam, That's hard with your DD. I guess all you can do is tell her constantly how beautiful she is, or point out other girls her age in the street of her build and comment on how nice they look, and maybe some part of her will believe it. It's hard when she has skinny little friends. I know my parents used to pay me out for always walking into a room and finding the smallest skinniest girl there to be friends with, which I have to admit does seem to be what happens to me, not deliberate though, but it did tend to make me feel a big like a big galumping girl when I was younger.

[little_fish]

My Ultrasound (http://members.optusnet.com.au/ttcweb/echo_sm.jpg)

[luckymama]

oh wow fishy that is beautiful :D :D

[bobby]

Awww wow Little Fish , thats such a clear picture, its beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[shelle65]

Little Fish, your baby is just beautiful! Great picture :yelclap:

Hi WFMH - how are you going? The weightloss figure in your signature keeps going up and up! You must be feeling so healthy :smiliedance:

[luckymama]

hey Michelle, i am feeling soooo good, i am so proud of my efforts :D
And since ive been doing cycle classes at the gym, just breathing is easier, it is great, it upped my motivation to keep going to :yes:
I thought i o'd already yesterday, but no temp rise today, but i am so sure o is close.

[morganj]

Fish - what a fantastic picture!!

WFMH - you are doing so well! You should be very proud of yourself!!

Last night I got a copy of a letter in the mail which was from The Alfred address to my obstetrician, in response to some enquiries he's made about my blood results and a mutation that was detected. So it seems the bloods weren't such a waste of time after all (which my gp ordered and he said weren't necessary). A nice way to find out about it all though - not!!! I am just too upset to phone the ob myself so DH is going to phone him tomorrow when he gets back from interstate. He thinks it's all positive though 'cos the ob is doing everything he can to help us - but none of this has been mentioned to us and here we are ttc'ing again without any knowledge of any of this!! I just feel so angry and hurt.

[little_fish]

Thanks everyone :)

Got my :fingerscrossed: for you waiting that o is just around the corner for you! Great going with enjoying the excercise, that's half the battle won :thumbsup:

Julie, how annoying for you. It's good that you have the information now, and it's also good as Ben said that you have an ob that is doing all the right things. but :banghead: . How is everything else going? Have you got all the photos finished and can start relaxing for xmas? You are going to Perth for xmas, right? Are you counting down to it already?

[samh1706]

Fishy - Gorgeous photo - he/she has your eyes. :D

Waiting - well done on the weight loss. I am refusing to weigh at the moment, I think I've put back on at least half of what I have lost in the two weeks i didn't exercise. Went for a walk again this morning - that's two in a row! Felt really good too.

Julie - :hugs: to you. It seems there is no end yet to the knocks you're getting. Hopefully Ben will get some answers from the OB when he calls and from that you'll have some clear indicaton of what to do next and how to do it.:hugs:

MMB - if you are around - I read in my Up the Duff book last night that Dandelion LEAF tea is a natural diuretic and can be safely used during pregnancy at ONE cup per day. Dandelion ROOT tea is not safe. I am going to check this with my OB next week, but if he gives it the okay, and it isn't totally hideous, I'm going to have a cup every morning. I'm getting rather pudgy looking feet!

Hi to Shelle, Ilana, Toady, Bobby, any one else I've missed.

[shelle65]

Julie - :hugs: :hugs: what a way to find out something like that. I hope your OB feels suitably ashamed, particularly as he made such a big deal about how the blood tests weren't necessary. I hope in the end you get some answers and can move forward with a good plan of attack.

Hi everyone else :wave: Have been busy today, which is nice for a change. Of course it's always the way - we have our team end of year lunch tomorrow, what do you want to bet that after weeks of sitting around twiddling my thumbs, I end up being busy tomorrow and being late to or missing the lunch?? :rolleyes:

[morganj]

Shelle - I hope you get to enjoy the lunch! How much longer are you at work for? Have HR said anything about my friend's resume?

Sam - Well done with the walking. Do you find the exercise helps you feel better during the day?

Fish - am certainly hanging out for our break with the family at Christmas!! :yelclap: Only 9 days to go. And poor DH has a couple of thousand photos to get to clients between now and then. He'll definitely need the break by the time we leave. Our next wedding isn't until January 6 now, and fortunately we aren't taking as many bookings next year so we'll be able to enjoy some time out and hopefully get the house finished!! :smiliedance:

WFMH - fingers crossed you catch that eggie in time for Christmas!! It would be very exciting to start the New Year off with a BFP!!!

Thanks everyone for your kind words - I feel a bit stupid for my over reaction now! It was certainly a surprise though. The ob finally called me and said that the results are all good and there is nothing for us to worry about. He just wrote to this Professor at the Alfred to get an interpretation of one of the results - which apparently is all fine. So that's that. I explained that there was still no sign of AF and he just explained that some ladies fall pg straight away after a d&c (thanks) and for some ladies it can take a while for their body to sort itself out. So I'll get the bloods the gp ordered and just go from there. My new GP wants to refer me to another FS if my body doesn't return to normal very soon.

[samh1706]

Sam - Well done with the walking. Do you find the exercise helps you feel better during the day?



Julie, yes and no. Yesterday I felt really good, today not so good. I am craving starchy foods which I do when I'm feeling really fatigued. And salt! So guess what I had for lunch... hot chips, gravy and lots of salt! The cafe guy was shocked at me, normally I only eat healthy stuff from there.

And now I'm planning on buying a pkt of BBQ chips on the way home and lying on the couch and reading til I have to go get DH from the Ashes.

has anyone else had cravings? DH reckons its just a convenient excuse because I always crave chocolate anyway!

[little_fish]

Excellent news that it's all sorted out Julie :xmas: It doesn't sound like very useful advice re after a D&C, but I guess there's not a damn thing anyone can do at this stage (except look forward to xmas holidays or course!) We have another wedding this weekend, and I am very curious to know what the bride will be wearing, somehow I don't think it'll be white, but she said it was suitable for the opera, just in case she ever needs to go...

Sam, My DH reckons he's had bad chocolate cravings since I got pg. I am really proud of myself cos I wanted the yummy chocolate hedgehog slice for an arvo snack today, but I opted for the cheese and dry crackers instead. It's so hard to eat healthily now that I am not replused by the sight of fat and sugar, but I guess you've just got to do the best you can hey :reindeer:

Do you remember me having a winge a while back about a friend who tore a strip off me complaining about another friend who was pg, and how she couldn't be friends with us anymore. Well I've been dreading telling her that we are pg, but she'll be there at the wedding on the weekend, and I've told my other friends who will be there, so I thought I should tell her too. I chickened out somewhat and ended up writing her a nice email. I shouldn't have worried, talk about timing, she got engaged on Tuesday so was nothing but over the moon for us! :yes:

[samh1706]

Hi Fishy

I don't remember about the friend you mentioned - must have been before I joined BH. Was she saying she couldn't be friends with people who are pregnant?!

Its good that she is happy for you now though. Its hard when those close to you aren't. When DH and I got engaged, I was a bit confused about my best friend's reaction. She didn't seem very happy at all, avoided talking to me about the wedding etc. I ended up confronting her - she had gone through a nasty break up with her DH several years before, and didn't feel that marriage was the right thing to do so couldn't feel happy for us etc etc. She pulled out of being a bridesmaid as she said she would feel like a hipocrite. I personally felt she was being incredibly selfish and stupid. Then she spent to whole of my wedding crying and telling me she regretted it. She still goes on about it sometimes, and I simply tell her I had a fantastic wedding - you are the one who missed out. We aren't as close as we used to be. I haven't told her I'm pg yet, she lives in remote WA now and I just can't be bothered telling her because she is strongly against having more children with her new boyfriend, so she'll probably not be happy for me now. Again, her loss.

That's why its so nice to share all of our ups and downs on here - no judgement, just support.

Good morning everyone. It's friday and only 10 days to Christmas!! :xmas:

[baby dancer]

Morning everyone :wave:
Happy Friday to you all :smiliedance:

Fishy- I remember you being worried about telling her, I am glad to hear she was happy for you (like all friends should be I might add!!) There is nothing worse than negative people when this is such a postivie and wonderful time for you and Mr Fishy.

Sam - Piff to your 'friend'. She sounds like quite an immmature selfish person. You are right about bub hub being so wonderful, there is always so much support :hugs:

Julie - Woo hoo 9 days til you go to perth - wow thats not long at all. I am excited for you, you deserve a really good break :hugs:

Shelle - Hope you aren't burried under too much work hun!!

Big hello's to everyone else, hope you are all well and counting down the sleeps til Santa comes ho ho ho x x x x x

[My Miracle Baby]

Happy Friday to you too Baby Dancer :smiliedance:

Julie - :hugs: , I am glad you got that situation sorted out.

Fishy - I loved your ultrasound pic. So cute :)

Sam - I am going to ask my ob about natural diuretics. Good idea.

Hello to Toad, WFM, Shelle and everyone else. I am afraid I am suffering from pregnancy brain at the moment.

Having a bad day so far. My legs are so painful. Having trouble stretching my legs and I am walking with a hunch. Going to my DH Christmas party tonight. Will have to stock up on food before I go cause I know there will not be much Gluten Free food there. Hope I am feeling better by then. :)

[luckymama]

hey lovely ladies, i hope you are all doing well :wave:
I think i am 1 DPO today, temp went up a little, but i guess ill know for sure in a few days, :fingerscrossed: this is it.

I have added progress pics in my sig of my weight loss, hope they arent too gross (i am fully clothed tho lol)

[baby dancer]

Hey MMB - So sorry to hear you are having a bad day hun, that's terrible *hugs*, I hope you enjoy tonight. I have my work break up tonight, it has a Hawaiin theme, perhaps I can go dressed as a big fat hawaiin pineapple or something :rolleyes: :laughing:

I have added progress pics in my sig of my weight loss, hope they arent too gross (i am fully clothed tho lol)

WFHM - As if your pics are gross - no more of that talk lady :shame:
Your pics look great, you must be so proud, we are all very proud of you :hugs:
*fingers crossed* for this cycle for you to hun, sending you lots of pg vibes

[little_fish]

Waiting those pictures are incredible! what a difference already. Well done! :yelclap:

MMB Sorry that you are having a bad day today. I hope your party tonight is heaps of fun.

Ilana :laughing: I like the pinapple idea

Sam Its hard when you have a friend who can't be supportive of you when you run your life to a different schedule than theirs. I hope your friend is as supportive as mine when she does find out your expecting!

Well I just went out for coffee and I tried to get some money out, and the ATM ATE MY CARD!!! So I rang up with bank who said "oh yes, we are having system difficulties today, that's why it ate your card". Lucky it wasn't my credit card. I can still go xmas shopping this arvo. Meanwhile, back at the pelvis, it feels like my bean is outgrowing it's current allocation of space, and it's really ouchy poo. I hope it finds a new comfy spot soon.

Hi and a happy friday to Julie, Shelle, Toady and everyone else :wave:

[samh1706]

Waiting - the weight loss is really noticeable!! You go girl! Isn't it amazing how much a difference 5kg can make to how we feel and look? I went out with a few people from my old work a couple of months ago - had probalby lost nearly 6kg by then. I had also straightened my hair for the occassion but I didn't think I looked noticeably different. Several people didn't recognise me at first, and everyone there was so complimentary about how good I looked. I tell you, I was floating for the whole night!

[luckymama]

thanks so much everyone :D

[DjF]

Morning (said the grumpy one)

Ugh - who works on a saturday!? (those who have no choice, thats who!!)

WFMH - you really can notice the difference! Well done, i know its really hard to loose the kilos - but oh so easy for them to go on! Isnt it nice when hard work and persistance pays off huh?!!

Nice pic fishy!

MMB - can you have vitamin b? sometimes that can at as a natural diuretic, also some teas and of course coffee - but most steer clear of coffee when pg. Maybe green tea would help?)

[luckymama]

Morning DjF, why you grumpy?

Im grumpy cos i thought i had o'd 2 days ago, but temp went down again so grrrrrrrrrrr :banghead:

[samh1706]

Good morning everyone. Is anyone there??

I have my first OB appointment this afternoon - excited and nervous.

Meanwhile - I am continuing to do really dumb things. I am struggling to drive my car at the moment, all foot coordination has gone. I drive a manual. Mmm - starting to look like a P plater behind the wheel. On sat night we went out for our work dinner. When we got in the car to leave, I put on my glasses, turned on the headlights then got a bit confused as to why I couldn't see very well... I had put my sunglasses back on, not my other ones.... DH is having a great laugh at my expense at lately. Anyone else doing silly things? Please tell me so I don't feel so dopey!! :o

[DjF]

No Samh - you are not dopey - im not even pregnant and im doing silly things - its called being tired - and i get grumpy when im tired too!

Ooh - first appt - do you get to do anything exciting at those - or do they look at you and go 'yep - your pregnant'?!

Ive been really bad - havent temped at all last month - wanted a break from it, but remembered i was supposed to be doing it and recording it for the specialist! Whoopsie. So i put my appointment back til early feb.

[morganj]

Good Morning Ladies

I had a BT on Saturday so hopefully will have the results this afternoon. :fingerscrossed:

Although not sure how I feel now as DH's job is no longer!! :eek: :eek: Am in complete shock to say the least.

[shelle65]

Wow, Julie, that is a shock - I take it it wasn't Ben's decision? hope you guys are ok. :fingerscrossed: for the blood test! No matter what happens, we are here for ya. (I know that's not that comforting, but...)

Not much to report here. Had a midwife appointment this morning and had the Glucose Challenge Test... work is busy... that's about it!

Let us know when you get the results Jules :hugs:

[sniper wolf]

good luck morganj!!!!:p

[little_fish]

Good afternoon all,

Julie, OMG! Your poor DH! And just before xmas too, how poor is their timing. It's a good thing you've already got a good business going in the background. I hope he lands an even better job really quickly. :fingerscrossed: for your results

DjF, whoops! Oh well, when there's another month, there's more temperaturs.

Sam, It's meant to be very common. I haven't suffered much from it, (thnk goodness, I am scatterbrained enough normally!) but There's plenty of people out there who can comiserate with you!

Well I am in my last week in this Job, and although I like it, It's also nice to be looking forward to a change. I also heard from my Midwife today, although to tell you the truth I am not 100% convinced about her yet. I'll get to meet her on Friday though so :fingerscrossed: . She booked my first ob appointment for me, which is on the first day I am meant to be working in my new job, which is annoying that she did it without consulting me, and then said it was pretty much impossible to change (or to get in in the first place, which is why she just put my name down without asking) Never quite know how truthful people are about this sort of thing... oh well. Looking into prams... so much choice. I think I have found the one I like, now to find it at a good price...

7 sleeps to :tree:

[samh1706]

Julie - did Ben decide to take the plunge and go full time with the photography or was this not his choice? :hugs: to you both. And goodluck with the B/T.

DjF - I've already had the appt where they go 'yep, your pregnant'! That was with GP, hopefull will get to have a look at the little bean today, also get to talk about what I want for the care etc, ask any questions etc. it is really important to me to have a natural birth this time if at all possible so I guess there will be quite a bit of talking to be done about that. DH is quite nervous about that idea so i'd like him to be reassure by the OB that it is possible and safe. I hope you feel a bit better. I get grumpy when tired, too. :devil6:

Shelle - how did the Glucose test go? from memory that stuff tastes horrible!

Hi Snake eater - how are you going?

Fishy - check out the Valco Rebel ATS - it is the rolls royce of three wheel prams. I want one!!

[little_fish]

Sam the prob is that we don't have a 4WD, so we are looking for something with wheels that are not too big, and that folds up reasonably small. I think the Per Perego Pilko looks awesome, especially if we can find it on special somewhere!

[sniper wolf]

sam - i'm going ok, started a new job today. got a brilliant office and have been looked after well.:D

just waiting for the AF to arrive so i can get back into all this TTC malarky. i feel kinda out of the loop but i know time passes quickly and i've been making the most of it.:eek:

got any m/s?

[samh1706]

Fishy - according to the dimensions, the valco should fit in my mazda hatch. But i think I'll be trying to put it in there to see for myself before buying it! Good luck finding one on special. Try ebay - quite often baby shops advertise things on there much cheaper.

Snake eater - i felt nauseous for the whole of week 7, morning noon and night, but feel fine now. Just hungry. All the time. Am putting on weight accordingly!:D

Congrats on your new job. What do you do?

Where in Tasmania do you live? I was born there - four years in Bicheno, then four in Hobart before we came to Perth. The fires are a bit of a worry, not too far from Bicheno from what I read on the news site. :fingerscrossed: they stop them soon.

[morganj]

Hey Ladies

DH says it was mutually agreed - ie. they didn't really have any work for him anymore and he's been over the job for a long time - not enough business to go full time wiht the photography just yet though. I'm a bit annoyed he agreed to resign though - just there way of getting hiim out the door without a payout!! Grr. Oh well.

BT results - BFN!! Sort of expected it - although it would be nice to have AF back!! I just want to ttc again now!!

[sniper wolf]

BFN - oh man! i hope yr cycle rights itself soon. it's boring waiting though.:yes:

i'm in hobart, sam. am a project officer for a local peak body. so a bit of desk work with a bit of media and meetings and stuff.

the fires are well nasty. i have a good friend in st mary's who has been terrorised by them for days. while her house and everything is ok, she's well bored of the whole thing by now.

[samh1706]

Julie - :hugs:and I hope that AF shows up and things get a move on. I agree with you, it would have been nicer if they'd offered him a redundancy. I hope the photography picks up then. Or....this could be just the prompt you needed to make the decision to come home permanently....:D .

One hour and twenty minutes til I leave for dr appt. Do I sound obsessed? Excited? Or worried? Even I don't know!!!

[deb1234]

Hi everyone

had a few pages to catch up on!!

samh - hope it goes well for you this afternoon. i'm going in for my first scan tomorrow so hopefully the little monkey is growing in the right place and all is well. i'll be 7 1/2 weeks. but will see what the ultrasound person comes up with for dates.

julie what a pain in the bum about your cycle. :fingerscrossed: it all rights itself soon. sorry about your BFN.

fishy i'll wait to see your test drive results and see what pram to buy! my sister is waiting until january when there might be sales on and making me go with her to bargain the sales person into a cheap price for two of each! she only has about 8 weeks to go :eek:

hi to everyone else :wave: sorry not many personals but can't remember what i've read over the last 50 million pages. :laughing:

[samh1706]

Hey Deb, how was the trip? Or are you still there??

Some prams are like shopping trolleys - you know, have a mind of their own. My sisters single pram that she bought when number 1 was a baby is a shocker, I'm surprised I havent been arrested for PUI (pushing under the influence)! Her second one is a double and is a dream to push. Road testing (ie borrow someones baby or take 10 bags of rice :D ) is really important!!

[little_fish]

:hugs: Julie. Lets hope AF turns up very soon. Are you temps doing anything even vaguely recognisable?

Hi Snake eater, Haven't seen you here in a while. What are you up to TTC wise?

Sam, Deb, yep it's a tricky thing to choose a pram when you've never used one, so I am putting a fair bit of confidence in the reviews I can find on the web. But I'm definitely planning to go and have another play in the shops beofre I do the buying thing. It's frustrating because I have looked on Ebay, and there are plenty of prams in the same brand, but a model that has had a lot of bad reviews, but none in the model which gets rave reviews... what does that mean? :detective:

[deb1234]

hi sam,
got back from nz on sunday night. four weeks until the next trip on 12th Jan!! but that will be the last until march i think.
how was your appointment?

[sniper wolf]

Hi Snake eater, Haven't seen you here in a while. What are you up to TTC wise?

waiting until january to TTC. pending that cycle returns to normal and AF appears around NYE.

how are you feeling pg wise? m/s passed?

[deb1234]

just got back from my u/s. all is well. they have changed my due date to 1st August which means i'm 8 weeks tomorrow. :) woohoo closer to 12 weeks!! the heart was beating at 150 bpm!!
so no more doctor appointments until 12-14 weeks. :yelclap:

[DjF]

Good morning everyone!
Julie sorry about your blood test. I really hope you do get sorted out soon - must be so frustrating.

Deb good to hear your u/s went well. Samh how did yours go?

This day seems to be going very slow! I swear it is because i dont really want to be here - too many things to do at home!!!!

Im on cd 11 so am thinking of ways to get tired DF into bed for some bd for the next week or so! Maybe December will be our month?!:fingerscrossed:

[samh1706]

Hi all!

Ultrasound was great!! We got to see the little bean quite clearly, heart beat racing along like mad, everything where it should be and the dr said it couldn't possibly look more perfect. Now it feels all real - neither of us could get the grin off our faces. The dr wont do VBAC, which is disappointing so we're rethinking that whole issue. Lots of thinking and talking to do over the next few weeks, but the positive, the dr was so excited about how well everything looked we're happy to start telling people starting with family at christmas.

Deb, glad yours went well too. Arent they alien like at this stage??

Anyway, have the rest of the day off with the kids, so going to hurry home. Talk to you all again tomorrow, will also try to scan a picture of junior!

[little_fish]

Sam, Deb that's fantastic news for you both. :smiliedance: I must be very comforting to know that everything is going as planned. Sam, Why won't your doc do a VBAC? That seems unusual to me?

:fingerscrossed: DjF that you get more presents for xmas than the ones from the shops!

Snake, I hope you get AF exactly when you'd like it. :fingerscrossed:

My belly is popping out today. I am so pleased. I was looking so jealously at my friends belly last night (she's 7mnths) and my belly seems to have got the hint this morning :D

Morning to everyone else, Shelle, Julie, Ilana, Julie

Lilith, how are you going these days, Would love to hear from you.

Toady haven't had an update from you in a while either...

[morganj]

Hey Ladies

Sam & Deb - great news that the scans went so well!! :yelclap: It will be so exciting to start sharing the news with everyone.

DjF - good luck catching that egg this week.

Fish - great to hear you're starting to get a tum!!

Hello to Ilana, Toady, Lilith, Snakeater and anyone else I've missed (sorry)!

Well