Amanda, glad you had a nice dr
Exctiting about the scan next week !

its hot down here again, the weather is crazy!!

Hi Girls,

Have been reading just not posting!

Amanda, glad to hear your Dr's appointment went well. Good luck with your scan on Monday. How have you been feeling?

Rebecca, Great news that Cooper is booked into sleep school. Sleep school worked wonders for H and whenever he is going a little off track we just stick to their rules for a night or two and he is sleeping perfectly again.

Well we had a fabulous long weekend and i also had my first OB appointment. Thank you Claire for recommending him....He was great and we are very happy with our chooice. Heard bubs heart beat and travelling along smoothly. 16 weeks today. OB is okay with VBAC but says he will monitor me closely after 30 wks and will make decsions along the way. I'm happy with that. Healthy bub is all i want.

Anyway kiddies arriving very soon. Better go....xx

It's been so quiet here...

Holly, wow, 16 weeks! I am glad the ob appointment went well.

I've been starting get nausea since Friday, and it is slowly getting worse, though not bad enough to actually vomit yet. I still haven't gone to the path lab to get blood taken for routine antenatal screening - will try and do that today. I am feeling increasingly nervous about the scan on Monday, not in the least about having to drink 1L of water and hold it , but also that we will find out the pregnancy isn't viable .

Found out yesterday that my SIL had done a HPT earlier this week which was -ve, and her period started a couple of days ago . They have been told they can only go for egg pick up once every 6 months, and so unfortunately as none of the extra embryos were considered suitable to freeze, she has a wait ahead of her until they can try again. As well as that, her mother (that lives with them) is in hospital; she had surgery to get access for dialysis yesterday, and won't be able to go home until tomorrow. Her kidney function is only about 13%, so hopefully once the dialysis starts, she will start feeling a lot better. So I still haven't told my SIL or my brother about my pregnancy, and now I definitely think it is bad timing. I will at least wait now until after the scan on Monday, as there is no point in upsetting them if it then turns out not to be a viable pregnancy.

Not much else going on here. Hope everyone is well!

I'm in Yamba atm, god it is nice down here, the boys love it. I'm waiting on some coffee then we are going to go for a swim. 4 boys that can't swim though should be interesting!

Amanda good luck with your scan. I'm so sorry about your sil

Sleep school went well although as we are away and he's in a portacot so I'm going to wait til we get home to start anything, and we are also going to Brisbane next weekend so it may have to wait til after that even.

T.G.I.F

I have my scan in 3 hours. I am feeling so nervous . I just hope everything is okay with my little bean . Yesterday was my worst day so far for ms, and I actually vomited (my ms tablet and some lemonade - it was the same last pg, if I can keep the tablet down, it helps a bit, but I can't always keep them down). This morning I had bread and a ms tablet wrapped on my bedside table ready to go, so had them as soon as I woke, so hopefully it won't be as bad this morning.

In an hour I have to empty my bladder, then start drinking the litre of water over the following hour, and then hold it. The scan appointment is 1 hour after the time I have to have finished drinking. At least once my bladder is full, it will distract me from worrying so much...

I hope everyone had a good weekend!

Goodluck Amanda....be thinking of you. x

I had my scan this morning, and despite my fears that perhaps there wouldn't be anything there to see, there was my little baby, heart beating away ! I believe I am 7 wks, 3 days going off my chart as to when I o'd, but the scan put me at 7 wks exactly. I think at this stage, the accuracy is +/- 2-3 days, so I am happy enough with that. And my bladder was super full, so I didn't end up needing a transvaginal scan . So yay! I am so so relieved! I think I can start to get a little excited now that I have seen the heart beat.

Such great news Amanda! So happy for you xxx

Awwwww Amanda, thats great news. And yes start getting excited After all you deserve it!

Amanda I am so happy for you, Congratulations!!

Aww Amanda, that is fantastic news. I am so, so happy for you.

Well, I think that we have finally turned a corner with Alex. The stronger meds seem to be making such a huge difference. He has turned into a smiley happy little boy now and is actually sleeping during the day now. He is trying to crawl now too and is so close to getting there, but can't quite get coordinated enough to move forwards, but gets around by going backwards.

I am doing much better too. I still have some days where I find it all a bit much, but they are becoming fewer and farer between. I also have my mum to call on when I need an extra pair of hands. Plus I am making sure that I try and get myself out and about more.

So hopefully, I will have more time to get on here a bit more often from now on.

Amanda - that's great news!!! Time to get excited!!

Liz - that is also great news for both you and ALex. I know it made a huge difference to me when Jemima started having decent day sleeps and I am sure the meds help Alex too. Its such a relief when you start feeling 'normal' again.

Rebecca - saw your holiday pics on FB and how cute is Cooper???? Makes me all clucky, well more clucky if that's possible He is just gorgeous. Miller's such as cutie too and I know I've said it before, but love his blonde hair!

We look like we've also turned a corner - 2 nights without coughing!!! Oh and I have to make an Easter hat for her for Friday - eeeeee, I've never made one before!!

Hey lovely ladies,

Liz so great to hear you are feeling better and nice to see you posting again.

Megan - how much does it make you feel like a mother having to make Easter hats??!?... you will have to show us the creation you come up with. And great news about Mimie not coughing.

Well Mr Beau has insisted on "big boy" undies today! Eeekk... I tried to talk him out of it but he really really wanted to do it. This morning before we left for kinder drop off he had 2 trips to the potty. Then after kinder drop off he said, "Mummy I need toilet". Then he went!!! Then we went for a play in the park and he went to the toilet in the park!!! And when we got home he went AGAIN on the potty. I know I know... very early days and very early start! Can you believe I just bought 2 big boxes of nappies yesterday with 72 in each!

Wish me luck ladies!

Hope everyone is having a good week. DH is home tonight after a night away! Yippee!

Congrats Amanda, that's fantastic news.

I've just seen some pics of my sisters ultrasound, so funny, looks like a blob with a head lol She's 11weeks 4 days.

Sary - absolutley!! I am kind of excited. I just hope I do a good enough job - at least she's still too little to critique my work And I just saw those pics of Beau on the blog - my goodness what a water baby! Mimie won't even roll onto her back in the bath

Morning girls,

Megan, i have just made 6 Easter Hats..... So over it. H's did have little choccy eggs stuck on his hat until he pulled them off and ate them.

Sary, Awesome news on the TT. I hope it is all going well. Beau did a great job yesterday. Hudson is going pretty well but im still not brave enough to go out in public with undies on.

Liz, Glad to hear things are getting betterfor you and little Alex. Would love to see some news pics of your little men on the blog.

Lauren, Does your sister live near you now? Hope your settling into Wagga.

I'm off to a indoor play centre today. Taking 3 kiddies with me. Things are going well with me. Feeling quite large already but no sickenss so thats good. I had a fabulous weekend in Sydney. A friend and i went and saw Wicked the musical. It was AWESOME. And then on sunday we too H to the Sydney Aquarium. He loved it. Is Nemo obsessed now.

Well better get going. Have a lovely day girls. x

nope, still a state apart, just the way we like it lol, atleast now I'll be able to pop down when the baby arrives, it's only lol 7 hours away from here. Wagga is great, settling in very well, still haven't finished unpacking though, it never ends.

How's this for a fun day, 3.50am Joel, who was sleeping ontop of the doona at the other end of our bed woke up and threw up all over the bed, yay, then put his face and hair in it! So off to the shower whilst DH changed the bed. Back to bed by 4.15am, woken again at I don't know what time cause Joel, who was by now sleeping at our end of the bed, has just chucked all over our pillows! Cleaned it up, laid down a towel and we all went to sleep! All fine, bed changed again till we do the school run when just before we leave school (already in the car) up comes breakfast, poor little bugger, so now his car seat cover is in the dryer hopefully soon ready for the afternoon pickup. Oh and Tom for some unknown reason decided to pull down one of the pretty full fly strips that we have hanging up then Max got ahold of it, fortunately didn't try putting it in his mouth but ended up with sticky dead and nearly dead flies on his arm and belly gross. Not easy to get off of course cause it's sticky but with vicks and euculyptus oil we managed! What a day! Now onto dishes.

Oh Lauren poor Joel. What a great start to the morning! I hope he is feeling better this afternoon.

We had a great morning at the play centre. The kiddies had a ball and then came home to have lunch and they all slept 2 hours. Great day !

Eeekkk Lauren that doesn't sound like fun and with dishes to move onto. Urghhhh... hopefully you have a window of sunshine somewhere in your day.

Holly the play centre sounds like fun. I have actually just booked one for Macy's up-and-coming 5th birthday. Beau did do a pretty great job yesterday, although he did have an accident late afternoon yesterday. He came out saying.... "Mummy poo everywhere!" I retraced his footstep - poo footsteps I might add! All through Macy's pink shag pile rug. I cleaned it all up and Beau too. But everytime I went into Macy room I could still smell it! It wasn't until about an hour later I noticed it all smeared over her doona cover!!!!!

So today when Beau brought a nappy to me and asked me to put it on I was really relieved.

Off to a seminar tonight (just an excuse to get out of the house on a weeknight really ) about sibling rivalry. Looking forward to getting some extra tips on handling *those* moments.

Well lovely ladies - hope everyone is enjoying their day. Lauren hope yours is improving!


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Oh Sary, let us know how the seminar goes. Would love some tips for the near future.

And poor you having to clean up the poo.