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Ali

Gold for me.

Noting to say really other than I've gradually become less stressed & happier than I was on Friday & back to normal today - now to go back to cleaning.

Hi to everyone

Silver!

Sorry I haven't done personals in a while. having a very busy/stressful time with work and can't just burn the midnight oil like I used to. It's hard for some work colleagues to understand. Last night I was exhausted and really needed to rest for a few years then go to bed nice and early, tried to push myself and work rather then switch off and ended up by the toilet tired, spewing and over it. I've already given the warning for tonight that I will do what I can, but I cannot physically work into the wee hours of the morning. my body just gives up and wants me to get it's 12 hours sleep.

Thanks for the welcome
Very tired and I know this is just the beginning...DD woke up at 11 and it took two hrs and lots of boobies to settle anyone trying to wean their LO? I want to nightwean but too scared lol especially last night I had to brush my teeth and pee. Left her in the room for two minutes by herself and I felt so bad. I tried to settle without boob and she wouldn't...kept saying mama mama and cried

Hi everyone,

*CLT* I've just comletely weaned my DS2 over the Easter weekend but admittedly he was rarely waking during the night. He was 15months then. He was ready though, he'd started to almost protest at night when it was time for his bedtime feed and I was feeling a bit blegghhh from this new pregnancy so it was an easy decision to send him to bed without a feed, and just see how he went. Turns out he was a-ok and has gone to bed and resettled if he's woken at night without too much drama also - but the temptation is still there when he wakes to just feed him. It's such a hard thing to decide to do ... and harder again to contemplate having to try other (in my opinion, much more tedious) settling techniques if they wake. Feeding is such a great settling technique for those middle of the night wake ups. Can your partner help to settle during the night as this might help if it's not you as the expectation from your DD is probably there that you'll feed her when she wakes whereas she doesn't have that expectation from your partner? The others might have some more suggestions for you. Good luck x

Well I'm counting down the days until my scan (next Monday) - which reminds me, I have to go have my blood test done today so my results are there !! Wow, just thought about that !! I'd better get my butt off this computer and get out the door

Off to enjoy some of this glorious Brisbane sunshine today and top up my fruit supplies - those mandarins are still tasting pretty darn good these days and I'm finding that I dont have any real cravings for chocolate or sweets at night time so these are hitting that after dinner spot ... probably a good thing LOL.

Almost into the second trimester:) yay cant wait..
Feeling great although Ive been pretty slack at eating, I keep forgetting to eat throughout the day, but am eating dinner...
Still another week until I see the midwives and get my results back from last weeks NT scan.. and to get a referral for 18-20 week scan, hoping to do it around 18 weeks, cant wait to find out the gender:)..

Not having to get up as much during the night either to go the toilet which is good, last night only twice, much better then the every half hour..
Still having days where I dont feel pregnant though, but can see my belly growing

Hi all,

Im pretty new to this thread. Im 14 weeks today hooray its been such a relief to have 4 days with no vomitting. The nausea has reduced and is bareable now. Im still coughing up lots of salava, seem to cough more at night and first thing in the morning. Previously I would cough and then gag and vomit, however I have now been concentrating on my breathing when I get a coughing attack and take a strepsil which has soothed the throat and stopped me from vomitting. When will this coughing up salava end? I have stopped taking maxalon and Reni 2, I wonder if that is why I am feeling better? Feels good not to have intigestion either, ah what a relief after all this time, I hope this is a sign that things are getting better Still gaging every time I brush my teeth Im using Aloe Vera toothpaste, I use to vomit every time I used toothpaste with floride in it. Only waking up 2-3 times during the night for toilet, which has also reduced. I still wake up about 4am and then feel hungry so I nibble on some blueberry muffin then try to get back to sleep but am so mentally awake, dont end up falling asleep til 5.30am and then my alarm goes off at 7.30am for work and I so dont want to get up!

I hope everyone else is starting to see some improvement and feeling better from the MS.

Thought I better drop in and say hi. Have been reading but concentration levels haven't been the best so finding replying all a bit much! Finally feel like I am coming out from the nausea haze although my appetite still isn't quite there (which is contributing to the lack of concentration I think). Had my ob appointment a few weeks ago and all was good except he found a largish cyst that he wants to keep an eye on. Has/does any one else had/have this? Think it may have been contributing to a lot of my bloating which now seems to be subsiding so I am hoping that means it is shrinking by itself. Have my 12 week us next Tuesday and rather excited about that!

Hiya all,

Quickie from me, flat out with work, feeling pretty good though still tired, 15 weeks yesterday woop woop, finally got combined blood and US results back - all fine and dandy, tiniest bit of spotting on weekend, doc not worried jst taking it easier! My belly has POPPED, my colleagues who know were all commenting on it today (I don't have any loose clothes left to hide it so now I'm flaunting lol!)

Anyways, welcome welcome to the newbies, great to have you on board the November Preggi Express! How exciting that our next big milestone might just be finding out boys/girls! Oooh oooh ooooh! Time for an icecream me thinks

Belly rubs to all!

Tanglez - what does he think the spotting was? Was it after sex ? It must have been scary? Glad it was tiny and nothing to worry about.

Cmoniqued - Hi! No I havent seen anyone with a cyst maybe post in the pregnancy Q&A??

Bulafiji - glad the nausea has stopped - the only coughing from me has been the past few days caught it off DD. are stepsils ok? If you are taking regularly you might want to check it out as I had in the back of my head no stepsils in pregnancy.

So I had an urgent appt today as I rang up feeling unsettled about pain I had been feeling in my stomach on and off since Sat. She scanned - everything fine. 13w1d which brings me back to original dates. Bub 7cm so grown since my 12 week scan 5.2cm. It was great she saw me within an hour of calling and she told me baby looks secure and I ned to relax more, then she took some urine to test. Well bloody lucky I went with my instincts and went as I have a urine infection and on antibiotics for a week!!

Hey everyone,

Franno - Ouchie. That was good that she did a scan straight away to make sure that everything was fine. Must have relieved your mind immensely. I hope the infection goes away ASAP.

Tanglez - You flaunt it girl I keep getting surprised when I see my reflection and keep saying to hubby that I am showing way too early. I am still very bloated, but diffidently am getting a preggie pot belly.

Cmoniqued - Yes. When I went in for my 7 week scan they found a 7cm cyst on my ovary. My Dr said that it should just go away on it's own. It hasn't caused me any pain or discomfort. Mine had no fluid content so even if it burst, it couldn't do anything. He said that it won't impact on the pregnancy, so that is all good.

Well that is it for me. I was supposed to be spending the day with a friend of mine who has a child the same age as Lachie (3) but her daughter got sick and has stayed at home and as Lach has asthma, I'm not willing to chance it. So a boring day for us again, lol. My hubby's brother is visiting us tomorrow and hasn't seen Lachie since he was a newborn baby. So that will be nice.

Hi franno,
thanks for querying strepsils, I asked the pharmasist and he said it was ok to take them. I searched on line and have found conflicting information about them, so I will ask my obs when I see him next and stop taking them just in case.

Sounds like you have a great obs for seeing you straight away, Im glad that the scan was all good. Thats no good about the UTI I hope the antibiotics helps. I felt like I was getting a UTI last night but today I dont feel any discomfort.
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Hi All

Glad to hear a lot of the morning sickness is subsiding and everyone is tracking along well.

AFM- Got back from Fiji on Monday. Had my ultrasound yesterday and all my results were excellent so that is a big relief. Measuring perfectly to the day so that is great too.

DD had an operation today for an umbilical hernia. So sitting trying to keep her happy and calm. She is being very brave.

Also got the house at auction. Very exciting. So we move in 10 weeks. Very scary, lots to organise. Need to get back into real life now from holiday mode

Still vomiting and sick. But I was sick till 18 weeks with DD so not expecting it to clear for a little longer. But who knows... I might get lucky.

Yah!!! I have made it to 12 weeks (according too my dates). Still have to wait til next week for my scan/CVS and results to am counting down the days. I am a bit sad I cant tell every one on mothers day, but in the grand scheme of things I guess it doesnt matter.

I told hubby I want a present for mothers day (he doesnt understand subtle) he offered to take me to yum cha (cos he wanted to go to yum cha) I said no, it has to be a physcial present. I know in years to come I''ll be lucky to get a cup of tea for breakfast so i am trying to train him early.

I know that my "new" week start on a thursday, but didn't realise hubby was taking much notive when i say - 9 weeks today etc. Last thursday I gotup in the morning and the first thing he said was "so you're 11 weeks today" kind of cute really.

Well I have procrastinated enough, am off to battle with my toothbrush andhope I dont see breakfast again.

jenmad - Welcome back from Fiji! I love Fiji been there twice and still dreaming about going back in a year or two. Where did you go? Hope you enjoyed the fiji time, its always hard to get back into mode after the good life in Fiji. Wishing your DD a speedy recovery. Good luck with the auction, you have your hands full.

cmoniqued - my friend had a cyste and it went away on its own after a month, so I hope the same happens to you.

christmasiscoming - can you eat a mandarine for me, I miss eating them, they give me intigestion.

cmoniqued- I had an ovarian cyst through my first pregnancy and it is still there coming into my second (still visable at 12 week ultrasound). Hasn't caused me many issues.

Is it a ovarian cyst or corpus luteum? I was told pregnancy is generally the best cure as the hormones shrink them down. Hopefully yours goes away quickly.

Hi hi everyone!

Franno - I had/have a small subchorionic haemorage so bleeding likely related to that but noting to worry about unless it happens again! Hope your infection is all cleared up, and big congrats on scan results

TJ - he he re flaunting it, I better watch the icecream intake or I'll be flaunting more than a round tummy! Hope today was a whole let less boring with your visitor!

Jenmad - wow super exciting times for you, welcome back and all the best with your auction and move! Bet you glad you are doing it sooner rather than later Hope your DD is recovering well!

Chief - I told my partner I wanted something for mother's day and he told me I wasn't a mother yet! Luckil for him my emotions have actually settled this week because last week, YIKES, he would have seen the cra cra woman lmao! I should have said, oh, ok since I'm not mother perhaps it will be ok if I go back to roller derby training, drinking vodka and heck why not take up smoking too, no mother responsibilities going on here hehehe! huge congrats on the 12 week mark, it is really so exciting and unless you have been there, it is hard to explain the significance! Awesome awesome news!

AFM - One of my students parents asked me the big question today, apparently they all noticed the popping belly after the weekend! Thankfully they were happy and supportive, guess it is time to make the formal announcement to the kids too. Had really hoped to hide it for a little bit longer but it seems I am just one of those women that show early! Very glad it is almost the end of the week, had a cpl LONG days and they took their toll. Time for some yummy dinner and feet up!

lly rub to all!

Hi all
Haven't been in much, half because I haven't wanted to let myself get excited after losing my little boy last year
15 weeks today and all going well I had a mini morphology scan today because of my history and am cautiously excited to be expecting a little girl. I have 2 boys 7 and 5 and my angel boy to. Hasn't quite sunk in .
I read everyones updates and hope you all continue to go well with your scans etc.!
And for those still suffering sickness that it eases soon I was pretty sick but turned a corner this week and almost feel normal!!

Hi everyone,

*Chief Pancake Maker* Congrats on your 12 weeks. I too am feeling a little bummed that I cant make grand Mother's Day announcements to everyone ... sounds silly when I say it out loud but I just thought that would make it that much more fun to announce it on Mother's Day. Although I'll be 13w4d on Sunday, I dont have my scan until Monday afternoon so it'll just have to be a day late with my fabulous announcement !! Good luck for your scan x Oh, and for the record, I think we all deserve Mother's Day presents. There's DEFINITELY enough going on inside for it to count !!

*BulaFiji* I'm off the mandarins tonight ... I've found the new Cadbury Marvellous Creations chocolate - the one with the Crunchy Bits and Jelly Bits - OMG, it's fantastic !!

*Tanglez* I'm showing so much earlier this time than with DS1 and DS2. In the morning it's almost normal, to anyone elses' eyes anyway, but by this time of night it's popping out for all to see. I am finding myself subconsciously sucking in my belly all day because I'm starting to feel a bit 'fat' but by the end of the day I'm aching inside from holding my muscles in so long and I think it just goes "bleeeeehhhhhhhh" and all that resistance to the bulge is gone and I just let it all hang out LOL.

*Jenmad* Congrats on the house !! Take it easy moving, enlist lots of helpers

*Liddylou* Special congrats to you to for your 15week milestone. So exciting to find out the sex - I haven't even had my 12wk scan yet but cant wait until the next one to find out and start planning for another boy or our first girl. Congrats again x

So AFM, I'm still sick I had a couple of better days on exactly the 12 week mark but it has returned in the last couple of days so we're not quite over that hurdle And the other thing I'm finding is that I feel really quite ordinary all day. I dont feel sick exactly but just dont feel well, if that makes sense. The last couple of days I've had some pain down my sides which I'm telling myself is stretching pains (or sucking in my bulge for too long pains LOL) but I just feel a bit achey all through my middle section. It's too early to be achey - I have 27weeks to go *eek* Oh, and I still have pimples cropping up like I'm 15yo again and I just generally look and feel really ordinary. I'm holding out hope that the gender prediction about girl babies taking all your 'good looks' early on in the pregnancy is true and we'll be having a girl I'm certainly not about to go buying pink on that basis alone but it's nice to dream LOL.

Anyway, off to put my feet up. DH is working late but he'll be home shortly and be instructing me to get the laptop away from the baby LOL.

Belly rubs to everyone (and sorry for the epic post - I can never seem to keep them short )

Hey everyone,

Christmasiscoming - Oh, the sickness. I haven't had it with either of my other two pregnancies, but still the majority of days feel terrible. I hope your girl prediction comes true. At least it will all be worth it!!

Liddylou - Oh wow. That was early to find out. How exciting for you.

Tanglez - Lol. But icecream is so yummy My hubby did the same as your's when I was pregnant with my first. But luckily Mum pulled through and got me a present anyways. Honestly we had two dogs together at the time. Practically the same thing I think Wow, the students parent was game to ask if you were pregnant!! I have learnt never to ask or bring it up unless someone starts talking about it themselves!!

Not much going on with us today. My BIL came yesterday and that turned out well. I think he was very surprised at how big the boys were since he hasn't seen them in over 3 years. My Mum and Dad are coming down here on Mothers Day and Mum is staying through until the Wednesday when she fly's out to visit my brother. Tomorrow we are going over to Canberra as they are having a mother's day thing on at the zoo.

Hi everyone,

We have finally told all the people we wanted to personally, so I just posted a status on Facebook.

We have been renovating our house, so I put "DH and I are planning some more renovations. We are adding two feet to the nursery in November."

I wonder how long it will take people to click.

feeling a bit sore and sorry for myself today - I had my two bottom wisdom teeth out and the pain is horrible.

Alacritous~Andy: I am having my NT scan on tuesday and I am thinking about telling everyone then. I love the little status update you wrote for FB

Hi everyone. My name is Lauren but I get called "losh" I'm 23 and am currently on the Gold Coast. I've just decided to jump on and introduce myself...my older sister recommended I sign up to this site as a lifeline through my first (very unexpected) pregnancy. She gained alot of support and friends talking about their little bundles of joy.
I'm 12 weeks and 4 days today, this week I went for my 12 week scan and everything was perfect although I haven't got the final test results back yet.
I found out about my little surprise at 8 weeks and had a scan at 9 weeks so I saw my baby as a little jelly bean just starting to grow arms and legs...it was quite a shock.
Fortunately I have a very supportive family and so far they've all been mostly excited.
My fiance is taking a little more time to fully accept this next step in our lives. His family and himself are practising catholics and so our relationship has not been the smoothest of rides. We haven't told anyone on his side of the family yet and its hard to say when he will be ready to. We love each other more then ever and so I know we'll work it out but it may not be with the support of his family.

So thats my story. Pregancy wise I'm fine, obviously the first 2 months I was totally un aware of what was going on inside and now its not much different. I felt a little sick in the mornings the last 2 weeks gone but that seems to be passing now. My biggest problem seems to be sleeping, I've always slept well and now I can't seem to settle or get comfy...It makes me extra tired during the day but I'm unemployed so thats one good thing about not having a job right now.

Hope everyone else is well!

Lil Losh.

Hi everyone,

still here doing a lot of reading but not much posting. I had my 12 week scan on Wednesday and all is good bub is spot on for dates actually a day ahead and the heartbeat is nice and strong 161bpm i got my results back and my odds are pretty good at 32 as well so it's finally time to tell the inlaws today. The only people that know are my parents are sister and acquaintances who i have come across who are preggers too hehehe

losh - My fiance and I ( getting married in 6 weeks 2 hours time!!) are both born again christians. We were very heavily involved in our church. After it came out that I'm pregnant we are dealing with the fallout. We are now not allowed to be involved in working in the churchs kids programs because we didnt uphold the christian values. It has been a big test of our relationship and our faith. So just wanted to say a big welcome and for the times to come.
makkapakka - ouch! Wisdom teeth hurt.

All quiet here.... The kids had a sleepover at our church last night so didnt go to sleep until 2am. Consequently they are tired cranky and arguing over nothing. Is it wishful thinking that they might then go to sleep early and give me a nice mothers day tomorrow with no fighting?

Happy Mother' Day for tomorrow everyone, what a special mother's day it will be!

Short personals today - big welcome to Losh and hugs to Charlottesmum - keep the faith (I am unmarried and Catholic but am lucky to be involved in a very progressive church and have their full support, I hope you can find such a community to support you xox) Makka Pakka eowch, poor darlin hope the recovery is QUICK! Alactricious Andy I wish I could "like" your status, it rocks!

All great here, have my mum, brother and nan coming down for lunch tomorrow which will be so special! Received sad news a couple days ago that has reminded me how precious life is so currently counting each and every one of my blessings and trying to appreciate every moment! Love and belly rubs to all xox

A quick one for me ...

Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow to everyone. Put your feet up, relax and demand a little bit of spoiling !!

We're spending the day on a train tomorrow - a steam train tour that departs from Gympie - so we'll be up at the crack of dawn to drive to Gympie for 9am. No sleep in, no breakfast in bed LOL ... but it will be great as my sisters and their kids are coming as well as my parents so it will be a fun day all together. Looks like McDonalds will be providing me with a Mother's Day hashbrown on the way

Have a great day everyone x

Christmasiscoming - Have fun on the Valley Rattler its a good trip and one i would love to do for mothers day. If your heading there you must be somewhere in my neck of the woods. I'm only about an hour/hour and a half from gympie but further north on the deadliest highway.


Tanglez - the church have mostly been good. We certainly dont cop anything for being at church or anything just were told that we couldnt be a leader in the church. It was difficult to begin with as the lady who runs the childrens program did not deal with it well. ( words were spoken that left me in tears for many nights ) But after i spoke to the pastor and was assured that while the message was right ( as in i couldnt participate ) the way she spoke to me was way out of line.

8:30pm and so far the kids are still holding out on sleep. They look like walking zombie's but insist "i'm not tired..." meanwhile i keep yawning.

christmasiscoming - enjoy the train ride - I'll be leaving home at 7am for DS's football game in the freezing cold.

charlottesmum - it is sad that your church are so unaccepting of your pregnancy but glad you are working through it. Do you live with your partner already - how do they view that if you do?

AA - love the FB status. How long did it take for people to work it out?

Makkapakka - ouch

Losh - welcome

Hi to everyone else.

AFM all is going well. Now on weekly ob visits for the next few weeks more for my sanity than anything. Feeling kind of weird about it when there are no issues in the pregnancy so far but can feel the anxiety building. Realised today it has been 3 days since I last vomited too so while not feeling great seems that for the most part the MS has gone (hope I'm not jinxing myself there).

Hope everyone has a great mothers day.

Happy Mothers day everyone



The kids wanted to make breakfest for me but I can't eat much, my jaw can hardley open (I think that the wisdom teeth extraction has managed to damage my TMJ muscles and I am also getting horrid refered pains from my jaw into my ear and head) Just looking forward to it all healing and hopefully quickley.

emnut: I have everything crossed that you have no more nausia and vomiting.

Christmasiscoming: AWWW sounds like a great day - have fun

Happy Mothers Day everyone, Hope you have all had a good day.
Been a quiet one here..

Waiting patiently for wednesday to arrive for my first appt with midwives, get results from NT scan and get refferal for 18-20 week scan..

found out last night that my daughters bio dad is gonna be a dad again.. #3 for him.. my daughter is almost 7, then he has a 2yr old and now 7 weeks with #3, akeward as im 13w3d with my #2.. meaning my daughter will have 2 siblings born within weeks of each other.

Happy mothers day everyone,

I had a great day but a bit of a vent about anouncing my pregnancy to the inlaws.

We told them last night and they weren't really excited at all my MIL said well it's still early days and we will get more excited as you get further along because of what happened last time. But last time i had a blighted ovum i never saw a baby with a heartbeat and i am now almost 13 weeks plus i have a DD already so i know my body can do this GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Oh well just a tad dissapointed

caroldiem -that is a disappointing comment from your MIL...what we want is offers of champagne and hugs and congratulations all round! Hopefully she'll come around soon and there will be flowers the next time you see her!

Hi Mums to be

How is everyone else going breaking the news to their family and friends? We've told the In-laws and my mothers remotely (Skype and Phone on Mother's Day) and it isn't the same response that you get when it is in person! (It doesn't feel as exciting/connected..or maybe it is because I'm on Bub#2 and it is me that is different?).... anyway I'm telling my sister next...I'm looking forward to her reaction as I know she'll be excited foby the news!)

Anyway told the news in a special way?...or got an extreme reaction yet?
Anyone not telling until 20 weeks?

Take care
Chloe

We told my mum and my partners family the day we did the test, and then we told everyone else after my dating scan at 9 weeks.... with my first, noone except my mum knew until 20 weeks

just a short note for everyone.

Have had a crappy crappy day. My DD1 woke up with left sided weakness. Spent the day up at the hospital. End result is they think she may have had a small brain bleed.

Because our lovely small town has no MRI we are booked in wed 9:30am. The nuero team at the Royal Childrens wanted it done today or tomorrow but since it was too late to fly her to brisbane and Bundaberg can get her in wed morning first thing they have decided as long as she is stable they will leave it till then.

Probably the worst thing in this means that it is more likely that my girl has the more deadly form of EDS than what she was diagnosed with. Life expectance not past 40.
It also means that we may have just created another child with the same short life expectancy. I'm feeling very very guilty tonight.

Charlottesmum so sorry to read your news, I guess days dont get much crapier than that.

As for me, Ive got the week off running around doing chores and going to appointments. I have my CVS tomorrow morning. I am getting a bit nervous as if something goes wrong it will be all my fault for wanting it. Also tossing up when to tell everyone. I should get the results for the 3 major trisomies back withing 72 hours, but will have to wait 2 weeks for the full karyotype. I was planning on telling my family as soon as I have the fast results aand then boss next monday and my other friends at work after that. Only catch is my bosses 4th baby is due any minute so he might be away and I dont think its fair for him to be the last to know so I might as well wait for the full results. At least he should be all warm and fuzzy about babies. I guess its all dependant on the results being good.

Hello everyone,

I dont need to tell anyone now as my mother has already told everyone for me! Shegot to my two sisters long before I even had a sniff at ringing them with my news.

Normally I would completely shun any kind of attention but I have to say that Ihad no idea how great it would feel to tell people that I am having a baby-it’sa real thrill when everyone is so excited for you. They stop me in the street,come into work, ring me all to congratulate me. On that note…


Caroldiem I just read your note re the MIL and…umm…well… eh??? I hope you have a really beautiful baby. I also hope that when the MIL arrives all excited to see it for the first time you hold your hand up to her and say "hold the excitement please, I did once upon a time have a blighted ovum you know”. I didn’t know what a blighted ovumwas but a quick google search revealed that at this stage of your pregnancy chances of a blighted ovum are goorrn. Congratulations, you must be so happy. I think you should givethe MIL a wide birth for a while and stick with positive supportive people.

Charlottesmum I don’t know what they do once she has the MRIbut I really hope that it isn’t as bad as predicted. Brain bleed doesnt sound good. Poor darling. Either way don’t feel guilty,its not your fault and you can only do what you can do. BTW How did your mother’s day end up? (WWYD?Mother/mothers day question).

ChiefPancake Make it definitely depends on the results. Theyshould be able to tell you about the 3 trisomies while you’re there having thescan. Once I found out that my baby was fine at 12weeks I phoned my boss. He was shocked, then he ignored me for bit, then he gotover himself. I am not saying your boss is the same but I felt like the worldhad been lifted off my shoulders once I told him. Plus your exactly right, your boss will be walking happier than ever after having a baby, trying to get hisfeet back on the ground, I bet he will be really pleased for you.

Is anyone starting to really show yet?? I couldnt do up one of my work skirts this morning which really shocked me. I put on some pants & they felt fine but then I had a look in the mirror and wooah it looked like someone had poured me into them and forgot to say stop!

Good night all.

Charlottesmum, thinking of you and DD in the coming days

Mellmatho, we probably will keep this pregnancy fairly quiet until 24 weeks since we lost our last 2 babies between 18-23 weeks, we haven't told the kids or parents yet but I have told a few close people and also got some support in place in case anything does go wrong for our kids.

Chief Pancake Maker, hope your CVS goes tomorrow and you get great results for this pregnancy.

Hello everyone,

Well it's been an age since I posted and I'm working from home today so I finally have an opportunity to write without stressing that the boss is going to look over my shoulder! I have been reading though, and it's fab to see how people are now coming up on the other side of the first trimester sickness and getting good scan results.

jenmad - hope your DD is recovering well from the operation, and congrats on the house!

Chief & tanglez - no I didn't get a mother's day present either because apparently 'it doesn't count yet'. Pfft to that I say! A few of my friends texted me to say Happy Mother's Day though, which was v sweet of them.

Christmas - I too still have the pimples! Not so bad on my back now but I have had a few huge boils on my chin that no amount of concealer can disguise... Chatted to a friend who is 8 months along and she had them as well early on, but has beautifully clear skin now. So wit any luck we'll be 'glowing' soon!

Alacritous - I love your Facebook status! So much so that I may very well be stealing the idea when it's time to make the announcement, if that's ok :-)

MakkaPakka - ouch! Can't be much fun having your wisdom teeth out on top of everything else. Hope you're feeling better by now.

Losh - welcome & congratulations! I hope it all comes good with your fiance's family, the main thing is that you have each other.

Mellmatho - I have a half-brother (from my mum's side) and half-sister (from my dad's side), born less than 3 months apart, and it was never an issue for me. It was just fun having a baby to coo over in both houses!

Caroldiem - sorry your inlaws weren't more excited. But I'm sure they will soon change when they see that everything is progressing well. And a big fat HURRAH that you have come so far with this bub!

Chloe - we're about to start spreading the news. Everyone who doesn't know already is overseas so it will be phone calls and emails. Then Facebook in a couple of weeks when we've contacted all the people who we'd like to tell personally. I can't wait!

Charlottesum - so sorry about your news. Please don't feel guilty about your bub - I'm no expert but there is surely an equal chance that he/she won't have it - and even if he/she does, there's no guarantee that it will be a severe form, will it? Plus, life expectancies change all the time with new therapies becoming available, and a life expectancy of 40 with current medicine might end up being much more if a new treatment comes along. Big hugs to you and your family and I hope the scan goes ok tomorrow.

OK, I haven't done a personal update yet but it is time to stop blathering on and actually do some work! Sorry for the length of the post, I should just do shorter ones more often, hey?!

Hi ladies,

Has everyone else had their booking in appointment with their hospitals yet?
Mine is 25th June.. Soooo far away.. I will be 19 weeks pregnant then.. No idea why so far away..

Mean time, I am feeling well, nothing to really worry about. Only that I am breaking out in lots of pimples. Getting Proactiv sent to me in a week or so, so hopefully it will help.

See you all soon..

Belly rubs

Hi,

I had my CVS this morning. It went really well. They did an US first and decided they needed my bladder full so had to wait for it to fill. So they did heap of ultra sound pics while we waited. Everything looks perfect. Its really sinking in now that we are having baby.

The actual CVS was not that bad. I had 2 obs and an ultrasond technition. The most painful bit was the local anaesthetic injection. They did it through the abdomen not TV. YOu can feel the needle going in and moving round but doesnt really hurt - it feels a bit like vertical stabby pain - same as a pap smear or if you cervix gets pushed during BD, thats the best I can describe it. the actual procedure took less than a minute. I had to sign consent forms etc and the ob gave me 1/100-1/200 stat for miscarriage but my GP told me that this ob whad a record of 1/750. I should have the results by 4pm tomorrow. I am being optimistic.

Hubby came with me and held my hand. he is now quite excited and kept making sure it had the right number of arms and legs. We got print outs of the pictures. Hubby has taken one to work to scan while no one is looking. I was sitting in the waiting room waiting for hubby to get the car and a girl I work with walked in - she is about 12 weeks too - talk about blowing my cover. I told her not to mention it to anyone at work.

Now I am sitting at home taking it easy. The calm before the storm - when we tell everyone and all hell breaks loose.

Hi girls

Just dropping by to let you know that I had my U/S yesterday ... finally !! And everything was great

My stats (combined scan & bloodtest) put me at:

Trisomy 21: 1:6685
Trisomy 18: 1:17528
Trisomy 13: 1:54633

My HCG and Papp-A levels are still higher than expected so there were a few sneaky questions about the possibility that there might be more than one baby in there in the pre-scan discussion with the doctor but *phew* there was only one. But it now makes sense that if my HCG is still high then it explains why I'm still feeling ill most mornings

My little bub spot on for dates so due date is still 14th November, heart rate was 148BPM and it measures a whole 7.99cm.

I've booked my next scan for 19w1d so not too long to wait really, another 5 weeks until we can find out if its going to be or !!

I'm not sure if you can see my pic here but I'll try to link a copy of my scan pic for you too (in 3D).

Click here for pic
Hopefully that works ...

Hoping everyone else is travelling well too xx

christmasiscoming Wow - you got 3D, thats amazing. Your figures look excellent too. A big congratulations from me. Is the 3D expensive?

Wow, christmas, that's an awesome pic, great definition! Terrific NT numbers too. Congratulations!

Hi everyone, First time I've been home since i did my last post as I've been by my DD's bed in hospital. ( recliner chairs at hospitals are not comfy places for pregnant ladies to sleep!!! )

I am at home for about 3-4 hours as DD is getting taken to her MRI an hour and a half away with my mother ( yes Rachel5 that mother ) because i cant go in there with her due to the baby.

Mothers day started off pretty sucky ( i got up and made breakfast for everyone while DP slept in ) But ended up ok with lunch and dinner made for me to make up for breakfast and lots of cuddles and all my home made/school made craft pressie. Best of all I STAYED HOME!!!!

I am going to head of soon to go get proper food. ( so sick of crappy hospital food ) So sorry for no personals. Not in a good headspace.

Charlottesmum - I really feel for you I can't imagine how heartbreaking it is to see your DD in hospital, keep us posted how she is doing and if you can try to take of yourself as well!!

Christmas those results are awesome - mind me asking how old you are? That scan is fantastic and although I am in Singapore I really really want to get one. I am going to look into it. I used your pic to show my helper, DH and friends staying that that is the same as what my baby looks like ATM.

Chief pancake - so so so glad everything went ok with the cvs. Fingers crossed for your results!!!

Sorry for no more as I can't go back a page.

I am reading twice a day but haven't written for a while. I had a day off yday as DD is sick and even though I took annual leave and also want feeling well I worked from home ALL day. My boss is my friend (we were friends first) And she became.my boss late last year and its not working. I have been at the company 8 years and loved it and done well. I have never been so nagged and micro managed. I am either going to resign or I have asked her to ask hr if I can go on mat leave early say mid-sept (2 months before). I am just over it and not in the headspace to deal with this. Problem is that I want the bugaboo bee (have the chameleon but it's too big to fit in a taxi) and a maxi cozi to fit the wheels. I earn a pretty good salary and I keep thinking that every month I work is all that extra income either for buying these baby things or putting away so if I leave now can I really forgo the potential for 7 months salary (5 months left + 4 months maternity leave - 2months notice period)???? Anyway I have a half day today so still lazing in bed as I have my ob appointment this morning.

Ciao!!

Morning !!

*Charlottesmum* So sorry to hear you're having a rough few days. Hospital stays are never pleasant and it's heartbreaking when it's one of your kids. Keep us updated with how she's going xx

*Rachel5* The 3D is quite expensive ($340 at a place here at Southbank in Brisbane) and I think we get only about $140 back - I'll let you know when I get to Medicare later today *eek*. We've had 3D scans for every scan with both DS1 & DS2 so it was a no-brainer to do the same this time. They give you a little booklet with a printout of all your stats (HB, length, Nuchal measure, all the things they've seen on the scan, your bloodtest results, your risk assessment) as well as 7 pages of pictures from your scan showing everything they measured/viewed and about 8-10 3D pictures as well. And you get a copy of the scan on DVD to take home also. I think it's well worth it, others might think that it's a waste of $$ but I love keeping the booklet to show family and we've also been able to compare the 3D pics from DS1 and DS2 to see if the stats are comparative and if there's similarities between their pictures. We will have another one for our 19week scan and then we'll ask for a referral to have another one at about 33weeks for a final peek of what bubs is doing and how he/she is looking. That one is particularly gorgeous to keep

*Franno* I turned 34yo earlier in the year so not a spring chicken but not in the higher risk age-group just yet either. I think I just squeeze under

*Chief Pancake Maker* That's great news that your testing went well. Be sure to pop in and let us know when you get your results. And how's that for having someone else you know walk into the same waiting room ... did you know she was pregnant or had she kept it secret too?

*StormGirl77* I haven't heard from my hospital yet ... I have to say it makes me a little nervous just waiting on these things but at the end of the day I guess if I go into labour and arrive on their doorstep, they'll just have to help me LOL

AFM, my family and close friends have all known since we first found out we were pregnant so no surprises for them but I have now done my Facebook announcement and the news went down well which was nice. I posted my 3D pic and told everyone that I was DEFINITELY deserving of Mothers Day breakfast in bed next year given that our 3rd bub is on it's way. A few suprised responses but otherwise overwhelming congratulations which was lovely. The only odd one was from my (somewhat crazy) uncle - I think we ALL have one of those - who asked whether I had been messing around with aliens ??? I'm guessing my 3D pic was a bit too much for him to comprehend I also told my last EB DIG group (we have our own Facebook group now) and they were probably the most surprised of everyone - I think there's about 40 of us in the group and there's quite a few who are pregnant again due from Sep-Dec this year and most of them have announced early on that they were expecting again but we chose to keep this one to ourselves until we'd had our scan, just in case, so they were a little surprised when I told them I was 14weeks already LOL. It's nice to have their support though too as they've obviously all had bubs of their own and have great advice when things are going a bit pear-shaped. A little like we're all going to have in about 6 months time !!

Anyway, need to go warm up my hands and get some work done. It's a cool, cool day here in Brissie !!

xx

Just got back from my midwives appt:)
Got the results back from my NT scan that I had on the 4th..
results were NOT AT RISK
Downs-1:345
Trisomy 18-1:2150

Got to hear bubs heart beat:) 148bpm at 13+5
Have referral for morphology which is booked for 22nd June.
and ive lost 2.6kgs

Hello lovely Ladies!

Is there a FB group going for this group yet?

MellMatho- it's great to get good results back isnt it!

Charlottes mum04- thinking of you and your little one!

christmasiscoming- I find ultrasounds just amazing! great to see your littel one looking happy and healthy

Stormgirl77 - my booking in appointment is tomorrow, but i rang up to make it over a month ago.

AFM
I'd been having pains and aches for the past week and in the past 3 days it became very painful so I went to see the OBGYN quite concerned that I might loose the baby (these pains were sharp and frequent!). He checked the baby- doing great! Checked my cervix- nice and long! and it turns out it's most likely a bladder infection. Franno had told me to watch out for this.....Thanks Franno!

I've starting thinking all things baby (nursery design especially). I get a little carried away with ideas at times, DH tries to bring me back down and I get grumpy with him. haha

Absolutely Dying to know the gender! So excited Either way but I just need to know damn it! i have my next OBGYN appt at 17 weeks so might find out then, otherwise having an external scan at 19 weeks.

Actually starting to get a real bump now, I already had a little extra chub around the belly so it's just pushing that out further. The belly is getting bigger, but the rest of me must be getting smaller as I'm not gaining any weight. I'm sure this will be short lived.

New bamboo floors and carpets are going in today. so every room except for tiled ones will have brand spanking new floors by the end of the week. we've laid new tiles in the entryway, laundry and ensuite but our main bathroom is still a 70's bomb that needs to be gutted. We'll leave it until after the babies arrives (plus 6-12 months)

Its the best feeling ever:) Im over the moon

I have a bump too:) Losing weight aswell though