[dr superfruity]

hey Ladies...

just a quick one from me after the NT scan today...

everything was perfect.. she let us hear the heartbeat straight away.. Relieve! and we had a little nice wiggly bub... and very good risks (adjusted Downs at 1:14470)... and measured ahead of dates as well, so a very well growing cookie...

oh and very happy parents

got heaps of pictures and a dvd (i will send a copy to my parents before I tell them the news)

This post has been edited by superfruity: 11/04/2012, 06:30 PM

[minidiamond]

Hi everyone
We had a lovely break for Easter so been MIA for a while. Took our pooches away to the country and just did nothing, very relaxing as we both have quite stressful jobs.

Superfruity, that is fabulous to hear your NT scan went well, congrats proud mummy & daddy !!

Pz, welcome and what a lovely welcome from your OB ! Nice to have such great service before you've even been in for the first time. Good luck with everything.

oh little lion, I completely hear you about work !! I am a bit older than most of the girls here so have been working pretty much non-stop for 20 years. I don't expect life will be all beer and skittles with a newborn but boy am I looking forward to not working for a while. Our focus just changes completely with the growing belly.

DesHen great you've been able to share the news with family, it's so nice to see reactions as you start to tell people. Hope the nausea eases soon !! Yep, and totally true what your SIL says about the nervousness /excitement. I hope the excitement starts to outweight the nerves soon.

Loulla, glad you had a nice babymoon. It is nice to get back home too though, I totally hear you, nesting is well & truly happening for us all I think !

Pork chops mama, hi to you, we will all be crossing everything for your BT.

TNMS, great news !!!

Hi mojo, lou, jlove & everyone else.

AFM, Not a great deal to report here, 22 weeks now, I had sciatica last week that was unbearably painful but OB referred me to a fab physio who seems to have fixed me. She said I can go back to my personal trainer next week but really want to do some regular swimming to help loosen me up. Bought a mat swimsuit from Ripe, so want to use it !! Otherwise, have another OB appt on the 30th of this month and next milestone is glucose test for gest diabetes. Oh and I turn 43 next week - I am truly old but I'm also lucky this pregnancy has been ok so far.

This post has been edited by Liltuss: 11/04/2012, 09:20 PM

[lalalollipop]

Hi everyone, hope you all had a great easter break

Mojo - so cool you can see your belly move! I had a weird dream last night that I could see baby girl's arm poking up through my belly and I held hands with her - and I woke up at that point and she was having a good old wiggle around Will look into delayed cord clamping, I hadn't heard of it before. Haven't really been doing much reading up on birth - I think it's called DENIAL! How's the nursery looking?

Little lion - so glad the reassurance scan was great. Woo hoo for a dancing littlest lion! It is so great seeing them actually look like a tiny human rather than a little blob, makes it all seem more real. Wow, NT bloods already, getting close to the NT scan now - what date is your scan booked in?

Fairey - how was the babymoon? Hope all's good in Faireyland

Superfruity - congratulations, great news on your NT scan! And fantastic downs results too. Sounds like your mum has made a really positive step - and I'm sure your brilliant baby news will give her even more strength. Yep, I'm not a girly girl either, so not rushing out buying pink frilly stuff isn't a huge challenge for me - though having said that, I did buy a very cute pair of pink/red/blue striped tights and a pink bodysuit with a funky design on it last week! But most of the stuff I've bought is in neutral colours - love red and white striped bodysuits, and also got some super cuter stuff from Next (UK based, but delivers to Aus). If anyone's keen, they have some gorgeous funky things: http://www.nextdirect.com/au/en/shopping/g...=01_02_03_01_03 - love the hippo t-shirt, got that one and the one with the turtle.

MrsS- Wonderful that bubs are both doing well. Hope the BP drops now! I'm on the other end of the scale, very very low so getting super-dizzy and cotton wool headed, but not much I can do but eat more salty foods and avoid using stairs! I hear you on the tiredness, I reckon I'm more tired in the last week or so than in the first trimester. But it's worth it of course! Glad your MS is gone though. Yep, I think I am the only girl mum (that we know of anyway) in the group. Funny, everyone I know is having boys! I guess baby girl will have more choice of boyfriends when she is old enough (at least 28, if my DH has his way!)

Lou - did you get double chockie intake? So cute about the tiny punches, I reckon that was them saying 'yes please mummy!!' Awwww....

PCM - great news! Fingers crossed that this one is the one, honey. Will be sending you all the best vibes on 20 April for your blood test and nice strong levels of HCG.

Jlove - the cot looks great! And bugmoon sounds good too - especially the spa treatments, mmmmm..... PowerBirth sounds interesting - is it just local to your area - I had a quick look at the site and it said Castle Hill?

Pz - welcome and congrats! Hope you get to hang out with us for the next 8 months. Your OB sounds fabulous, hold on to that one!

Loulla - Glad you enjoyed your babymoon. 25 weeks, wow! Can't wait til DH can feel the movement from the outside too, that must be lovely.

DesHen - great advice from your SIL - it's such a challenge staying positive after MC but I reckon every baby deserves the best and happiest start!

Liltuss - your break sounds nice too. What sort of pooches do you have? I think our babymoon will need to be dog-friendly as we always have trouble getting a dogsitter, so a country place sounds divine. Plus I am also a huge fan of doing nothing these days! I can definitely recommend swimming, makes you feel great and if you get tired you can just float and relax (it's like sleeping on your back, oh how I miss that). I have to get a new swimsuit too, mine is definitely not up to the job of covering my middle-mass anymore! And happy pre-birthday (and 43 is not old - and so long as baby is doing good, I reckon age is irrelevant!)

Hi to anyone I've missed, hope all's well out there.


AFM - 22 weeks today,a nd my first OB appointment at the RPA Birth Centre, so I should find out today if my low-lying placenta means they can't accept me there and I have to transfer to the labour ward. I hope not - I'm really keen on the birth centre and they've been great so far with answering any little queries over the phone, you're a lot less like just a number there - but at the end of the day, we want to do what's best for baby girl of course. Plus I would get easier access to drugs if I freak out and decide I want them, of course, so a bit of a silver lining there. We'll see!

Am feeling movement for sure now, especially at night when I'm relaxing on the sofa or trying to get to sleep. It's so lovely, just little wriggles (like someone else said, like a fish brushing up against you) and the odd little light punch or kick. Had a bit of a 'turn' last night - low blood pressure stuff, was nearly passing out and felt weird - so it's reassuring to be able to feel baby girl a little!

Speaking of sleep - is anyone else having trouble sleeping at the moment, esp if you're around the same stage as me (22 weeks)? I always used to be a great sleeper but in between peeing 4 or 5 times a night and being so restless in between, I'm not getting much sleep at all - feel absolutely buggered! Would be nice to see some of that famous second trimester energy surge


Anyway, seeing I'm skiving off work soon for my OB appt, I should really get back to it!

Love to all, have a great day xx

PS - oh god I want chocolate right now!!!

[SharkFish]

Just a quick update - had u/s yesterday at 16w2d.

I'm bumping up the number of girls in the group


Congrats on the great NT results Superfruity

[lalalollipop]

Yay MrsS - welcome to the girls team!
x

[little lion]

Yay so much good news to read in here. congrats on the little girls Mrs S. and Superfruity I'm so happy your NT scan went well.


Lala how was the appointment? Did you get into the birth centre?


Liltuss do you have plans for your birthday?


Pz your Ob sounds great, a little understanding means a lot, doesn't it?


As for me, work is driving me nuts at the moment. Short version is I started in January (two weeks before what would become my LMP ) and my role is new, in a new project. Essentially it has many high level responsibilities but without the big pay and title. My probation ends in July, and thats when a review will happen, but I will be six months by then. so I kind of want to express my feelings and negotiate, but I think I should do it before I tell them I'm pregnant. Argh I don't know what to do.

[dr superfruity]

Congrats MrsS the girls are finally catching up

Lala thanks for the link... they certainly have some very cute stuff! I'm still to make my first purchase... I keep thinking it should be something special...
I did make something for bub... A little crochet baby blanket



Little Lion... your work situation sounds just as complicated as mine...It's very difficult to know what to do right? Honestly since you are on an ongoing contract I would just try and do the review negotiation as if you were not preggo.. And tell your review team the same, this way you might be able to negotiate good terms, hopefully...
I just hope I get my contract extended rather than finding myself out of a job at 23 weeks..,

Have you booked your NT scan yet?

AFM
We started telling people yesterday and it is a really good feeling... And I am slowly but surely really getting excited... and i cant stop watching the DVD we got from the scan...Cookie is moving around so much. I am in love
I have my booking in appointment at the hospital in 2 weeks... yay...

and does anyone know of any good sites rto find out about garage sales? In Germany they have what they call Baby Bazar where lots of private people can go like once a month to sell used baby clothes and everything baby might need.. Have you ever heard of anything like that here?

Hope all you other lovelys are all going well!

[mojo11]

Das_Hens - Nawwww that is really awesome that your family and inlaws are so excited !!! SIL has good advice !!!

Littlelion - lol we now have 4 of them !!!!! Although I love bikes I miss riding lol Oh yeah I hear you I am sooooooooooo over work !!!!!

Pz - I am glad the OB office was so lovely and open to you calling anytime !!! He sounds really good !!

Superfruity - YAY for hearing HB and getting such great results !!!! That is a great idea about the dvd to your parents !! The crochet blanket is gorgeous !!!

Liltuss - Sounds like you had a wonderful easter !! I am glad you are not in pain from the sciatica anymore !!! I love doing aqua classes it makes you feel so light and good afterwards !!! happy birthday for next week !!!!

Lala - Nawwwwww what an awesome dream !!!! lol I am still in denial it has to comeout at this stage !!! Nursery is clean everything ids in there but not in its place !!!! Did you get into the birth centre ??? Most birth centres practice delayed clamping !!! Nawwwww yay on feeling regular movements its so beautiful !!! Sleep is no longer my friend I cant get to sleep and when I do I have to get up all night for the toilet !!!

TNMS - WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO congrats on your baby girls !!!!!!!

AFM - Started birth classes last night !!!! They are still trying to tell me that a stork does not drop baby off !!!!

[minidiamond]

TNMS, wow !! Two little bundles of pink, how exciting ! Congrats !

mojo, I had a good chuckle at your stork comment, I am looking forward to birth classes and I don't claim to know a whole lot but there are some naive people out there ! One of my GFs was telling me a dad-to-be asked what drugs were available to Dads - and he was serious ! There was a thread on here yesterday about a DH who said to his wife he was hoping she had stitches so she'd 'tighten up' a bit down there. Can you believe that ?? Both my DH & I have a bit to learn but there are a few things I think we've got covered.

superfruity, it's such a nice feeling to tell people !! How did you end up telling your relatives overseas ??

Littlelion, it sounds like a few of us are in tricky work situations. I agree you should negotiate now without telling them you're pregnant. I always look at it from the employers perspective - they'd do what's best for them, right ? So you should do the same thing in terms of your approach. The worse thing that can happen is they say no, we won't pay you anything more but we'll review in July - and assuming your performance is good etc, then they'd be pretty game to refuse you that increase/promotion just because they know you're going on mat leave. If you happen to know anyone, I also think keeping an eye open for a good person that can fill your position while on mat leave is an idea - makes the employers job a little easier. So in July you say, hey guys, I deserve a better title and more money, understand I'm going on mat leave but I think Jane/John will do an awesome job of filling in. Good luck with it ! I'm in a nightmare situation right now, looks like I'll be made redundant but I'm getting total silence from my boss & HR. I'm just praying it's a healthy payout as we've just taken out a massive mortgage to build our new house. I don't need the additional stress.

lala, how did you get on at the OB ?? Hope you got to see bean again and you have some answers re birth centre. I am totally with you on the sleep but not from peeing, mine is from turning over from side to side and a bit of restless legs. Although it doesn't seem to affect me too badly in the day so maybe the 2nd trimester energy is helping me get through what I'm missing in terms of sleep. And I'm having similar movement to you, I just love the gentle little flutters & prods. Re pooches, we have two labs, one new puppy (4 months) & a 3yo choc lab. They are the loves of our lives & spoilt rotten but we try to put alot into training so they're reasonably well behaved. Unless we go o/s most of our hols now involve them !

Hi to everyone else, hope you're looking forward to a great weekend !

AFM, a bit of a stressful week with work situation (per above) so boss has suggested I take some leave next week, which I will. I'm just going to relax, try & have a few swims and maybe a massage etc.

I've had some weird dreams lately too. Last night a whole lot of mummy & baby whales came up to the shore where I was on a beach - they weren't beached or in distress, they were just gently lolling about having a lovely time. The previous night it was a straight out breastfeeding dream. I had my baby and spent the whole time breastfeeding !

[little lion]

Liltuss thank you for the detailed advice re: work. Especially given your stressful work situation. I think you are right though. I have experienced a redundancy but I had the choice to leave immediately, so I chose that option. But I understand being pregnant complicates this! I hope you have a relaxing birthday week.


Mojo haha Iwish the stork would bring the babies!


Superfruity I've heard good things about www.babiesandkidsMarket.com.au . Your work does sound tricky! But you couldn't hide a baby belly until 23 wks I imagine! Pity, hey? My NT scan is 27April.


Edited to add: the Doppler arrived today! DH ordered it online and tells me it is a pretty good one. So we decided to try it out tonight, although I didn't get my hopes up. We heard the heartbeat, around 155 so with that nice surprise, I'm going to sleep.

This post has been edited by little lion: 13/04/2012, 10:35 PM