[indigo~]

Another one with a retroverted uterus and am also peeing heaps and have from the beginning...

[Wishful thinking]

Hi all,

I also have a retroverted uterus! Hmmm interesting! I have also been peeing like 20 times a night. I hate getting up but I can only ignore it for so long before I get really busting. Hoping, I am very jealous that you don't have to pee all the time. I have actually had to start collecting the mail or going to the photocopier at work on my way back from the toilet so people don't realise I've been to the bathroom yet again.

Wow, you all are so disciplined. I have still been having coffee, tea and even enjoying the occasional glass of wine I only have a coffee in the morning so my chocolate consumption is prob more of a worry in terms of caffeine (lol).

Sarah (Kate) and Indigo, great news on your scans I'm nervous about my 12 week scan next week but also excited about seeing him/her again.

M2ODS, my ms is getting worse I think instead of better. Last 2 days have felt miserable with all day ms and even felt sick during the night. Any bad smell sends me off in bouts of dry wretching and I'm not too good in hot stuffy environments either.

Frogga, nice to hear from you. Hope your NT scan went well today. Hi also to Puffs and Lorem

Wishful.

[puffsgirl11]

Frogga – I hope your NT scan went well.

Sarah and Indigo – Great news on your scans.

Wishful – Good luck for your scan next week.

Mum2OneDS – I loved green tea before I was pregnant but have gone off it completely. I have just started drinking weak black tea (as of yesterday) as it is 1 of only 2 things I can tolerate atm.

Hoping – I love seeing the little baby in your ticker, so cute.

Anyone call their baby a he or she yet? Everyone calls our bub a he so I am convinced we are having a boy. I even call it a he.

Hello to everyone else! I hope you are all doing well.





AFM – All hail Zofran! My Dr gave me a prescription for them yesterday and I had instant relief from MS. I am actually eating and drinking now and don’t have to force myself to. It’s expensive but worth every cent. Sadly I have also been put on BP meds as my BP was high. I have had issues with my BP before and hoped it would stay away during my pregnancy, but not to be. I am officially classed as a high risk pregnancy due to the high BP.

We got to see bubs again yesterday. My dates are measuring spot on and he was dancing around (secretly I think he was trying to out worm his mother on the dance floor). We actually saw his little brain and spinal cord which were awesome. I was very worried about the scan as apart from the shocking MS that is the only symptom that has remained with me. I pee like I normally would and my breasts are not as sore as they originally were.

I have my NT scan on the 27th April. Cannot wait to see bubs again.

[Mum2TwoDSs]

Wow Puffs, spinal cord and brain...amazing..must be a really good machine. My OB's not fantastic and the printout, well not much difference if he doesnt give me cos it is so blur....

I am calling my little muffin 'it' still until his/her gender is known. We want to find out asap. Yesterday I met my friend and she said, looking at my tummy, it would be a girl! Haha...hope to find out really soon!

Good that zofran is helping you. I am feeling much better but not back to my normal self, still tired and ill-motivated. I gagged twice this morning to my surprise. I think staying in the house doesnt help. Will go out to the park later to meet my friends and let the kids play.

My boobs, they are sore like I dont like hugs or cuddles at the moment and dont like DH or DS to come too close cos boy, they are really sore. Some preggies dont have sore boobs like my TCM lady at the clinic, and she also hardly have pee issues. She said she doesnt wake up to pee. She has prescribed something in my brew to strengthen my kidney so I can hold my urine better and reduce pee frequency.

Hehe DH hired a doppler and it came yesterday. We had fun listening to baby's heartbeat last evening.

Wishful, you 'naughty' mummy about coffee and tea and wine...the aroma of coffee makes me float but I dont crave drinking it so far.

[Lorem ipsum]

Hi Guys,

OneDS I didn't realise you could hire a doppler. Is it expensive? It would be lovely to hear baby's heartbeat whenever you like

Puffs Yay, I am glad that the drugs are helping you. but sorry to hear that you are high risk becasue of your BP. I am calling my baby 'he' mainly for convenience and I don't really like calling him 'it' seems so impersonal. I have also had about 3 dreams where baby was a boy. I am sure if he is a girl she will forgive me. I am also calling him by his nickname a lot. We call him Frostilicus because he is out of the freezer. Does anyone else have a nn for their bean?

Wishful I have been having tea also, and the occassional coffee. I have gone off the thought of coffee, so it wasn;t really hard to give it up. I am pretty sure the safe levels are equivalent to 2 espressos a day.

Hoping I am like you worrying that something will go wrong, but I am a lot more relaxed now that the NT was ok. We haven't told anyone yet, but we will be telling my parents at Easter. DH wanted to wait until 20 weeks to tell everyone else, but we have compromised to 17, belly pending. My bro and SIL announced very early too, which I thought was a bit presumptive of them, but hey each to their own, I guess.

Indigo Congrats on the great scan. and lol at the keeping your knickers on. In the ready set go girls thread there was one lady who was so into auto pilot that she said that she had to think hard about not taking her knickers off when she went to the dentist. I feel the same about being a fraud. I felt a bit weird when they put the scan thing on my belly and it showed a baby! Hopefully it will seem more real when we can feel some movement. My sleep is still patchy, not helped by the fact that DH generously decided to share his cold with me.

Frogga Good to hear form you. Hope all went well with your NT

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Easter. Just think by the time the next major Christian holiday rolls around (Christmas) we should all have our babes in arms

[Frogga78]

Hi ladies. NT went really well. All normal, healthy and cute got some happy snaps so at least it seems a bit more real!

Cheeky thing didn't want it's picture taken.

And to top it off - 5 lovely days off work which I'm hoping imay be able to get my head sorted a bit.

Happy easter ladies - hope you all have a great few days

[indigo~]

I just lost a big post with personals before hitting the magic button, grrrr to my iPad. It's painful enough typing all that text without the annoyance of losing it at the last minute. Here I go again!

Frogga, yay for your good NT scan! Do you get your result same day or have to wait? Mine is next Thursday and I've been wondering about that.

Puffsgirl, yes zofran is the bomb, isn't it? I've used it once for sea sickness on a cruise and it was fast and very effective. Glad you're getting relief and also that your scan went well.

Lorem, hope you're feeling better soon. A head cold is not a good gift from hubby. Tell him from me, flowers or chocolates would have been much nicer. I have also been sneakily thinking happy thoughts about what next Christmas will be like. Very different to all the previous one's (I hope!)

I had a cup of tea this morning, and it was lovely. Really enjoyed it. I found this info about how to reduce the caffeine in your tea on the web, not sure if it's hooey or not. Here's the link
http://www.maduratea.com.au/tea-benefits/t...-pregnancy.html

Hope you all have a lovely, safe, relaxing Easter break.

[Mum2TwoDSs]

Lorem, DH hired the hi bebe Doppler from sweet beats and it cost abt 50 a month with postage fron NSW to Vic. I don't always get to hear little muffin's BH when i did on my own sometimes I get it sometimes don't. But with DH helping we do get it. We heard it just now. It is not easy so impt is not to stress if cannot get it....takes a bit of patience.

Indigo, the ipad is indeed a pain sometimes. how's your choc craves? I don't have much craving...the only one now probably is fizzy drinks...just when I think my appetite has improved, I do sick at times and not feeling like eating again. I don't feel that up with emotions, feel so tired and listless and out of breath at times ended up lying on the couch again earlier after doing just a wee bit of light gardening with DH. Trying to ignore all the work that are screaming out to me around the house. Where has all my energy gone to? I hope it won't stay like that.

I will see a cardiologist and osteopath for my heart palpitations and sore shoulders coming tues. hope to get some assurance that my body is ok.

Sorry for the downer post.

[indigo~]

Sending you a cyber-hug M2ODS. I feel a bit the same way. So many physical symptoms and aches and pains. I haven't felt like a normal fit and healthy human being in more than 18 months. All for a good cause though!

Happy Easter all! Today is the day where my normal chocolate consumption is socially accepted. Yay!

[Kate128]

Hi everyone,

Wishful - I hear you on the getting up to pee during the night. I don't think I'm as bad as you though but I'm finding twice a night pretty annnoying. I wake up and hope it'll go away but of course it doesn't!!! I hope your MS is manageable.

Puffs - So glad you are gettting relief from your awful MS, it must feel great to be able to eat again!! But I'm sorry about your blood pressure. How exciting though about seeing your little bean dancing around

Mum2One - is your cardiologist/osteopath appt tomorrow? Good luck if so. If it's any consolation, my heart pounds like crazy sometimes just coming up some front stairs of the house. I hope your TCM for the weeing and the kidneys works!! It sounds pretty good to me. My boobs are also sore and DH won't go anwhere near them as he accidentally knocked one while brushing hair off my shoulder and I yelped!!

Lorem - I love your nickname for your little bean, it's perfect!! Did you tell your parents over Easter? How did it go?

Frogga - congrats on your NT scan going well and it's good to hear that it's starting to feel a bit more real for you. (I still feel as though I might be imagining the whole thing sometimes). Hurrah for your 5 days off too, hope you got to relax.

Indigo - hope you enjoyed your chocolate fest yesterday!!! Thanks for the tea link too.

AFM, Thanks for all the nice messages after our scan last week. I have had a little MS but not too bad. Have only felt nauseous a few times, and since my acupuncturist has put needles in my wrist to wear all week I 've felt much better. Just generally tired though and feeling slack as DH is doing lots of houseworky things that I just don't have the energy to do at the moment. Have been reading the comments on tea and coffee with interest! I started going off coffee with all the IVF stuff and for the last few months have been having half strengths, and then since THIS little event have gone to decaf. Honestly, I can't tell the difference taste-wise, but then I don't crave it either - I probably only have it now once a week if that. I also found decaf tea (Dilmah) which I drink now - also can't tell the difference (neither did DH when I made it for him accidentally). I do feel like some wine still though and usually pinch a couple of sips from DH's glass if we're at home.

I also still have lots of gas!!! And I can't fit into my jeans. This is a disaster, they are my wardrobe staple. Nowhere near buying maternity jeans yet. I guess it's dresses and tights from now!

Out to lunch today - anyone else get nervous about eating at other people's places? Obviously we're not telling anybody yet but I'm nervous in case there's lots of food I can't eat there.

I have a week and a half til the next scan.....am looking forward to seeing some little leggies and armies. It still does seem incredible and impossible that this is happening!! That's next week, then the week after is more blood tests, then the week after that is the NT scan which I have to book in for.

I just indulged and bought the Moleskine Baby Journal online

PS. I can't remember who asked about my name - but I think I'll go with Kate! I'll change my thingy....

This post has been edited by Sarah (Kate): 10/04/2012, 08:27 AM