[mojo11]

Little Lion - Dont know if its control or just being totally overwhelmed and not having any idea what to buy lol... I went shopping today and ended up with some MCN's, 3 muslin wraps, 2 blanket wraps, a cot set (doona, sheets etc) and one 5 pack of bonds singlets lol so its a start !!!!

Lou - How did you go today ?? I have EVERYTHING crossed it all went well xxx

AFM - Well my pram drama continues LOL and it looks like my pram budget has now blown stupidly out of control !!!!! I have been looking at some o/s pram sites and well I have discovered that with exchange rates the way they currently are I can get a Bugaboo Bee for around the same price as the Bebe if I buy it from Europe or USA !!!! So my budget has now gone from $300 I recall was my original one to $700 including all extras !!!!!!!

I have justified this to myself buy adding up what I have spent to set up my nursery and extras (around $500 fotr everything thanks auctions, ebay and facebook !!!!) and deciding by saving money there surely my pram budget can be larger lol

Sooooo I am off to the big smoke to play with both prams now and see which one I prefer lol

[Jlove14]

Hi ladies

Its a dreary saturday here is Sydney today...had a good morning so far, slept in till 9 and then made pancakes for brekky- YUM! Am loving pancakes at the moment, wish I could have them every day!

My sids angel friend came back to work last week, I'm so glad to have her back. Also she said she has a doppler so she is going to give it to me, woohoo! My ob thought it was a waste of money buying a doppler but this isnt technically buying it Although he also told me that his wife had 2 miscarriages and even he couldnt convince her not to buy one- can you imagine? The wife of an ob buying a doppler??!

My stomach has still been on and off, some days it feels really big and hard and other days not so much- so thats helping with the confusion and lack of confidence in my pregnancy but not long till my next scan now and if I get the doppler next week will be able to check on bug..if I can get the hang of it!

My parents are back from o/s today so I'm really excited to see them. Mum said she got lots of baby stuff so cant wait to see that

Marylou- sounds like you had a good GP appointment, really glad for you! I am also into the shopping at the moment, especially online!

Fairey- I absolutely LOVE your idea of both you and your DH writing letters to your bub. I think I am going to steal it! Its perfect for me because I am the type of person who doesnt show their emotions outwardly much and much prefer to write things down. OUr first bub was due around Christmas time and surprisingly I wasnt as down as I thought I would be, possibly because it was the festive season and I knew I was pregnant again. DH and I simply hugged and the got on with our day. A bit anticlimatic I know but I guess thats just life..How exciting you have planned your "regular holiday" I am still to convince my DH, the only problem is that he wont be able to take much time off cause he has started a new job..

Mojo- thanks for the link to the diary, I think I want one with just blank pages...not sure yet. SO are you going to get a 3D scan? The bugaboo is an awesome pram but I'm not sure if I could justify spending that much on a pram? I am thinking the mamas and pappas urbo

Lou- How did you go with the scan? Hope all is ok

[mojo11]

JLove - I hope your friend is doing okay.. I can not imagine being in her shoes and to be honest it scares me to think that it even happens...

YAY for the doppler !!! LOL about your OB's wife !!!! Nawww that is so cute of your mum !!!

I am leaning agaisnt the 3D pics at this stage I am looking into preg and newborn shots instead !!!...

I hear you about the Bugaboo price but I am looking at paying $450 - $550 for the Bebe and if I get the Bugaboo from Europe or USA its the exact same price... This means I am saving around $300 compared to what they sell for new here and the resale price for Bugaboos is so high that I would get close to what I spend back for it if I eve have to sell it lol

WELL thats part of how I am justifying it to myself

AFM - Did my first bit of clothes purchase today bought 6 onesies lol !!!!

This post has been edited by mojo11: 17/03/2012, 06:46 PM

[Lou87]

I still owe you all a proper reply but can only access the net from my phone again, makes it tricky!!

So quick 'me' check-in once again: (sorry!) But, scan all good! Thanks for asking

Right now: nearly 1am. DH still away but can't sleep because am lying here while there's a tiny party going on in there.... Felt first certain movement today, and they're really making it clear that's what it is right now! So tired but too excited to sleep. Oh my goodness!!

Much love everyone! Hoping Internet plays nice for proper replies tomorrow! (now I'm hungry... Crappy timing!)

[Loulla]

© rights to Mojo for finding a great product for us all! Including Marylou yay! Has your DH been told of your quiet purchase yet?! my personal theory is the reassurance from hearing the heartbeat overrides the stress of wondering. Especially if you dont use it every day. Definitely a design fault with the sceen being unviewable while dopplering. 2 weeks until your morph scan!



Fairey yay for OL purchases arriving, isn't it exciting. Buying, looking at and playing with baby clothes makes me ridiculously clucky. Yes I think I was about 14wk or so when I got my doppler and could hear the hearbeat. Hope your days at work pass fast. Hey how many weeks are you planning on being when you begin mat leave? I was thinking to try and go until the end of term 1 but I would be 37+3 I think and may be a little overambitious! I was thinking to then start mat leave at the beginning of Term 3 after the 2 week break. But obviously if I cant work then I cant work, so will have to play it by ear. How was the baby expo? Your babymoon (AKA not babymoon) sounds fab. I was only just recommended that accomm recently, so it must be amazing.



Yes Lala my belly is always different too. At the beginning of this week it felt smaller and then bam, suddenly it popped out a little more and even DH noticed! Its like an ever changing part of our body we have no control over.



Oh yes Little lion, being in early pregnancy and working is so like ground hog day because you have to dedicate so much time to resting when you're not working. awwww we are your big sisters Im the same as you, had already gotten loads of stuff during first preg and after MC Congrats on reaching 7 weeks, how wonderful. Is your scan Tues?



Hi JLove, yeh its weird that preg intuition thing, I think some people can sense it (especially at work for some reason!) even if you dont look noticably pregnant. mmmmm pancakes thats what I had yesterday with cream and maple it was divine *drool* and yes if my DH was an OB I would get a doppler so that I wouldnt have to go into his surgery all the time!




Mojo we are so close with our dates! omg you are going to have so much continuing your baby clothes shopping sprees. I LOVE hearing all your pram budget updates I think a great pram = a happy mummy and baby! Which pram is luring you in the most now after trying them out? I think we have to pay import tax though on products over a certain amount that we buy OL from OS?



Lou so good to hear your little boys are healthy and well and even having a little midnight party in there


Hi to everyone else. I wonder how Pincushion, Superfruity and Dizzyanne are going?



AFM well Im pretty tired today. In the night last night I woke up to cramps and my uterus contracting - it went really hard and painful every minute or two for about 15 minutes. I ended up going back to sleep but waking sometimes with a hard belly but the pain had gone. So I rang the delivery suite in the morning and they said if the pain comes back to call them again but that it just sounds like braxton hicks and because first pregnancy plus baby growing and pressing on something sore, things are tender in general. The midwife recommended I drink lots of water because it can be a sign of dehydration. I can feel he's been having a growing spurt again in the last few days and I am tired and my tummy's a bit sore... but it scared me. Im glad its gone now. Early labour is a scary thought I worry about him coming too early or being still born. Ah the joys of pregnancy anxiety.

Have been feeling baby more and more now. If any of you have ever gone to a Koi farm and fed the fish and had them bump up gently against your hand, thats what baby feels like! And I felt like a bubble pop once. I feel so in love with him, it gets stronger and stronger now, this feeling.

Im meant to go grocery shopping today while DH is a work but I just dont want to, I feel like laying down all arvo. Im usually pretty energetic but think I should listen to my body today. But I want yoghurt and we dont have any left!

Dont really feel like going to work tomorrow... waaaah!

ETA had my first antenatal midwife visit at the hospital the other day and I am officially in their system, finally. She was really nice and I have never been given so many fliers and pamphlets in my life!
xoxo

This post has been edited by Loulla: 18/03/2012, 05:19 PM

[mojo11]

Lou - Wahoooooooo on your great scan and that is so so so awesome that you can feel movements now !!!!!

Loulla - I get to play with them next weekend but I think as much ads I love the Bebe if I can get the Bee for the same price I will go that one... I am fairly sure if you keep it below $1000 then there is no import tax payable on them !!

Ohhhhhhh sounds like you have gotten to experience some Braxton Hicks !!!! I had that the other night as well !!! I agree early labour scares me to but fingers crossed you wont need to worry about it !!! That is a great description of what it feels like !!!

I hear you I dont want to work fullstop atm !!!

AFM - Went to the markets and found an awesome little stall with baby clothes all around $3 - $10 each item - I have never noticed this stall before lol.... Anyway I bought some more onesies and my fav with elmo on it !!! She threw in a free beanie for us so I will definately be back !!! Counting down till next weekend and PRAM PLAYING oh and a nice weekend away with DP ;P

[little lion]

Time for a me, me, me post! I had my scan and it went perfectly. The heartbeat was 153 and Ob said that's great. I got some printed pics of the littlest lion. He/she doesn't look like a baby yet but it was such a relief when I looked at the screen: I knew the black blob was lots bigger than last time, and I could see the fetal pole and yolk, and that lovely fluttering heartbeat.

[lalalollipop]

Woooohoooo Little Lion! Great news, you must be over the moon. I reckon you've got yourselves a sticky one there! I bet the work-sleep-work-sleep routine feels worth it now. So great

Jlove - my yoga class is in Annadale, but it's run by the Parent Education Centre at RPA and I think you need to be booked for delivery at RPA to go, but not sure! And I hear you on not wanting to DTD (sounds like it's alot of us!) - but luckily my DH is the same, he's so petrified he'll hurt the baby and we're both so tired at the moment (his work is really stressful currently) so I don't think either of us feel like it anyway at the mo'. LOL about your OBs wife... wow, if DH was an OB I'd be popping in to see him at work very regularly!

MaryLou - how's the doppler working out? Does DH know yet? And those swaddles look great, will do some reading up on them... easy for DH sounds like a big plus Are you going to the ALDI sale tomorrow? My mum is an ALDI addict and is essentially beside herself... she has to work tomorrow and doesn't work near her ALDI store so has lined up a friend to be there early and get some of the cute stripy merino wool hoodies in a range of colours, and no doubt some bodysuits etc.

Fairey - writing a letter to your baby is a lovely idea. Like Little Lion, it reminds me of that gmail ad that never failed to make me cry, especially after MC. I have been thinking about setting up a gmail account for baby and sending scan pics, little messages along the pregnancy and when they're a child, etc so we can give them the log-in details when they're 18 or something. Knowing me though I'd get bored and forget - my usual short attention span is even shorter these days! Yay for babymoon - Tassie will be lovely, and Cradle Mountain Lodge looks divine. And GBHs to you - I imagine your EDD for baby number one would have been a sad day - good advice from your DH (but still won't stop you being a little sad about it I'm sure!). Our #1 would have been due on 2 April, and I'm finding myself thinking about it a fair bit lately.

Mojo - How exciting about your mini shop-fest ... and how'd you go with the pram test-drives? I've heard Bugabees last forever and have good resale. How's wriggly wombat? And that market sounds great - where is it (cant remember where you live)? Yay to part-time work... I felt so lazy when I changed roles and dropped back to 4 days, but now I wish I'd done it sooner! Thanks for the well-wishes, scan is on this Friday (I wish it was last week!)

Lou - great news on the scan - details please! Did you get a look at twin #2's bladder? Can't believe you're still you poor thing, twins must really knock you around... hope you feel better soon. Are you getting big? Your midnight play party in there sounds lovely - it must be cool for the twins to already have their best friend to play with

Loulla - 37+3 does sound a bit ambitious, but good luck to you if you can get there! I'm thinking of finishing up by 36 weeks at the latest, so I can hopefully get a few weeks good rest before D-day. Your comparison of early pregnancy to groundhog day made me giggle... so true - sleep/work/sleep/eat(if you can)/sleep/work and not much more. Wow, Braxton Hicks already, that must be scary (but from what the midwife said, totally normal from about where you're at... she said it's the equivalent of your uterus going to the gym to shape up for it's big day!) Glad your prenatal visit was good!

AFM - still just trucking along... belly changing daily (it's huge/harder one day, smaller and squidgy the next, though sounds like most of us are in the same boat). Getting a bit anxious about this Friday's scan, I hope everything's ok in there! Can't believe we'll (hopefully) know if it's a boy or girl in a few days! DH still thinks girl, but the last few days I've started to think boy, not sure why... mother's intuition maybe? Most of our family and friends think it's a girl. Don't care either way so long as she/he is healthy and ok in there

Apart from that, a bit (lot) stressed about DHs work situation. His job finishes up on Friday and he'll be back to freelancing again (he's a graphic designer) and I'm a bit worried with the current market he won't get much (or any) work and I was really hoping that we'd not have money stresses with a baby on the way! But I guess I just have to trust that he knows what he's doing, and I know he will do everything he can. Stupid global financial crisis! Possibly doesn't help that I'm something of a moody, hormonal cow I guess Been thinking alot lately that we need to get a good idea to start up our own business that I can be involved in too, and still dabble in while on mat leave (with a view to long term not having to go back to work and put baby in daycare). No idea what though!

Speaking of daycare, has everyone that will need childcare applied yet? I've been hearing horror stories about people not getting places here in Inner West Sydney until their baby is over 2 years old, and they applied when they were just past first trimester of pregnancy! I've applied for a centre at the Uni I work at, as well as all the centres from my local council. Seems nuts to have to apply so early (forms are fun... Name: Unknown; Gender: Unknown, DOB: Unknown!)


Hope everyone's doing well xxx

This post has been edited by lalalollipop: 20/03/2012, 09:58 AM

[Lou87]

Good morning! I can still only access the net from my phone, so we shall see how my memory goes!

Little Lion: FANTASTIC news. So happy for you! Grow littlest lion grow! So, so wonderful

Loulla: That does sound scary! But I'm glad the midwives talked you through it. Must just be your body getting a bit of practise in! You're right about the koi pond description! Although I think my little fishies just feel like little goldfish now Oh, and as for grocery shopping: Bring on online shopping!! I only just found out I can get it delivered for all of $7-$9 so that's good enough for me! Maybe you can do the same?! Screw pushing a heavy trolley around. I found it really uncomfortable yesterday, especially since I've had all kinds of stretchy pains in the past couple of days, not to mention those little goldfish!

Mojo: I've been wondering about getting a pram in from OS too. I buy all my art materials and stuff for that exact same reason. The paint I like is 3x as much here! But, if I start talking about art materials I'll never stop! Back to the point: prams.... Hope you have fun when you go and play next weekend! I'm having trouble finding the 'perfect' one, OTHER than the Bugaboo Donkey, which is $2200 here....... Yep. Though, I'm kind of considering just getting much cheaper cots so I can spend more on the pram I had fallen in love with the Leander cot but by the time it's nearly $3500 for too that just seems kind of batty! Oh, and brilliant work finding the market stall with the cute clothes! It will be wonderful having a go-to place from now on

JLove: Have you made your mind up about the 3D scan? Apparently I'm getting one at my morph scan on the 28th, which might have to be repeated two weeks later anyway. It will be interesting! But I've heard the same thing, that it's not the most flattering time! Hope you've had a great catch up with your parents by now if you've seen them!

Fairey: Oh, Cradle Mountain lodge... It's beautiful. It was snowing the tiniest bit up higher when I was there. And I'm a wildlife freak so all the animals were just wonderful. You'll LOVE it!!

And.. that's where my memory ends! Hope everyone else is doing well. Dizzy-anne I'm anxious to hear from you! Thinking of you

AFM: I don't know how ANYONE gets anything done EVER once they start feeling movements. Sometimes it just plain tickles and I get the giggles. Other times I just sit there with a goofy grin on my face and stop whatever I was doing. The first time I felt them I was visiting mum, and she knew exactly what was happening by the way my face lit up. I didn't have to say a thing! I can't get over it. It will be crazy when it gets stronger!

Just found out DH has to leave for his next work trip two days earlier which is a bit crap, as now he'll miss the morph scan. He feels really bad about it, I can tell, but it's not his fault! At least there will be the DVD + pics for him to see, and chances are I'll have to go back a couple of weeks later if 18 weeks proves to be too early for all the measurements. (It's 18 weeks more so to check for the earliest signs of twin to twin transfusion, but I'm feeling strangely more positive about that now, considering how badly its been bothering me of late!).

And my OB said that at 17 weeks I was measuring 20 weeks. But he was really happy all round, which definitely rubbed off on me! He said I've got a high chance of developing high blood pressure towards the end, considering it's my first pregnancy + twins + family history (mum was induced early with me for that exact reason) but chances are I won't get far along enough for it to be a huge issue, so that's good too

It's so nice to be feeling positive again. A lot of it is due to my last positive appointment, and actually FEELING them, but it makes such a difference. I'd been in a really negative place for the couple of weeks prior to that. Oh, and I'm up to 5 days with no spewing, which always helps!! MrsS - how are you going with that ?!?!

Love to all. xox.

[Lou87]

Oh I was too busy trying to get my post to publish that I missed yours Lala!

I totally can't remember what I have and haven't said! How could I forget to say that YES, he spotted a bladder on our little #1! He's measuring 4 days behind, but for once his bladder wasn't empty, so yay! They both still had a good amount of fluid around them, which was fantastic news. There will be frequent checking from now on though!

Oh I feel for your DH being going back to freelancing as a graphic designer, since I'm trying to delve into freelancing as a graphic artist/illustrator myself now! It's damn scary. I hope he finds something! The art/design world can be so fickle. And I'm totally with you: Damn you world economy! (Especially the Euro, in my case!) The last thing you want with a little one on the way is income worries, but it seems these things always crop up at once! I hope you can get something sorted! xx.

(That reminds me little lion, you asked for my website details and I forgot to send them to you. Clearly I am pregnant! Am just tidying up my portfolio section and will send you the link in a couple of days. Will do my best to remember! P.S. I know the fatigue feels ENDLESS, but it does eventually go away. I didn't believe it but it did!! Though mine's already starting to creep back, eeek!)

And to add to all of that: BODY PILLOWS. Oh my goodness, why didn't I buy one a couple of months ago? Some foam-core 'buddy' one is at Pillow Talk for all of $25 and it's my new best friend. Oh, sweet sleep! Plus, all of a sudden I'm not getting up at LEAST 4 times a night to pee - it must relieve the pressure of those 2 little rascals stomping on my bladder. Now I only get up once or twice. Bliss! Helps some of the joint aches too. And if you're belly's against it you can feel the little goldfish better