****Broody and Babbling till 2014****

[KalonKiki]

Happy Birthday Jacob.

I can't believe my little man is already 4 months old. He gets his shots today, and we will get to see if he is teething or not. I believe he is...he has all the signs, but who knows. Lol. Time is sure flying. It's hard to think he could be crawling by next month. The doctor said at his 2 month appointment, he is very advanced in his development. He rolled over for her about 6 times..when she was checking him out the last time. It's crazy!!!

He is such a flirt too...we have the best pediatrician in the world, she is so wonderful with him, and she does such a great job. Especially when she circumsized him, he didn't even cry when she did it...she was very gentle.

I laughed at Colin when he didn't realize that he was circumcised. He actually had no idea what circumcision was, which really surprised me. He thought that it was nothing more than a Jewish tradition of some kind and had no idea that men were born with a foreskin. He was seriously like "well I was never circumcised, why would we need to get our son circumcised?" and then I clued him in on what a circumcision was and why he was indeed circumcised. I found it absolutely hilarious and horribly ironic that as intelligent as my dear future hubby is (his IQ is about 220), he had no idea what something so common sense as a circumcision was. XD

 

[KitteyKat2010]

That is very funny Kalonkiki. I hear it is alot more harder to keep clean when they are not circumsized...it's way more easier that he is.

 

[KalonKiki]

That's what I've heard too. It just seems so much more simple and convenient to get your son circumcised. I've known men who were uncircumcised and most of them wish that they had been.

 

[KitteyKat2010]

Yeah I do too. The pediatrican actually let us watch when she did it with Gavin...she was so great with him.

It was an interesting experience, and it got me out of my hospital room. She did it 1 day after he was born.

 

[Eline]

I find it rather odd to read about circumcisions for baby's as here in Europe circumcision isn't customary at all. I've never been with a man who had a circumcision. I don't think being uncircumsized is unhygienic. If you can shower or wash yourself everyday, I don't see why a foreskin should be a problem. But I guess sometimes it might give problems. And it's probably just what you're used to.

 

[luvmyfam]

TSH 0.1-6.0 miu/L
free T4 10-25 pmol/L
total T3 1.0-2.5 nmol/L

These are the levels that the NHS deems as 'normal'. If you're pregnant, they want your TSH to be 2 or below. Obviously the extremes of the ranges are a cause for concern. Just for your comparison hun. I hope you get it sorted soon, it's horrid!

The first time I had it tested my TSH was 4.5 and range ENDED at 5. and the second time I had it It was 2.0 same range. So yes, it's in the normal range but i still have all symptoms of hypo. It's so frustrating. Seeing that I already have ONE autoimmune disorder, I worry about Hashimoto's.

I have hashimotos. I was diagnosed 6 years ago when I started losing clumps of hair, couldn't lose weight, slept all the time (like 14-16 hrs straight), and my pulse and blood pressure were low. My pulse was about 50, BP was 80/40.

Anyways, you don't always have a high TSH in the beginning, so they can check for the antibodies that attack the thyroid in hasimotos, but the test is really expensive.

Hope you get it figured out soon!

 

[luvmyfam]

Kalonkiki that is HILARIOUS about your OH not knowing about circumcision!! Lol!

Both my boys are circumsized. I can't imagine teaching a young boy how to keep it clean and trusting that they will keep up with that hygeine!

Thank-you so much everyone for the happy birthday wishes for Jacob !

 

[aimee-lou]

Hmmm - I had hyper before having hypo so not sure about the hashimoto's side of things, but I would definitely see if you can find an endocrinology specialist to speak to about it if you've got all the symptoms.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Just curious... i was looking at my period tracking app today and it says i'm OUT of my fertile window. Today is CD15. Today is when I started getting EWCM. Is my app off, or is it possible to get EWCM after ovulating, but not before? I'm just trying to learn my body a little bit for practice! LOL

 

[Poppiebug]

LOL, that's a bit funny about your OH not knowing about circumcision Kalon. It's a pretty hot topic (at least here in OZ) about it. My DH isn't and has never had any trouble keeping clean etc and therefore our son isn't done either. It doesn't seem to be common practice here and since having him, there was no mention of it by any Dr we saw, but I know you can opt to have it done as a good friend had her boy done last year. I guess it's just a personal decision for the parents.

Canthrdlywait - my mum has hashimotos and had pretty much the same symptoms as luvmyfam described. She's also developed atrial fibrilation as well. Everything is managed well for her and has been for 20+ years.

I hope everyone else is well. Its starting to really heat up for the summer here. Yesterday was 39 degrees (102 f)!!

 

[luvmyfam]

Wow poppiebug its "starting" to heat up and its 102 degrees! I think the hottest it was here in Ohio this past summer was 108. Is it humid there, or more of a dry heat?

 

[luvmyfam]

Canthrdlywait, EWCM is the most fertile CM. Sometimes you can mistake seminal fluid for EWCM, but if you know you usually ovulate aroud this time, this is prob your most fertile time. After ovulation, your cm begins to dry up.

 

[Poppiebug]

Wow poppiebug its "starting" to heat up and its 102 degrees! I think the hottest it was here in Ohio this past summer was 108. Is it humid there, or more of a dry heat?

Where I live in Melbourne, it's generally a dry heat, which is sooooo much better than humidity in my books. Luckily it's not that hot everyday in the summer. It was just a very hot day for November - hottest on record for awhile anyway. it was our first very hot day coming into the summer.

It can get as hot as 45 celcius (113f) in summer which luckily doesn't happen too often. Last time it did we had very awful and tragic bush fires. Generally though the average temp in summer is about 25-30c (77-86f). Inside my house right now its about 24c (75f).

 

[angiepie]

Lol poppie it was 40 in Syd today and again tomorrow. It suuuucks. Too hot to even go to the beach. I heard it was 45 in Melb yesterday. Lame.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Canthrdlywait, EWCM is the most fertile CM. Sometimes you can mistake seminal fluid for EWCM, but if you know you usually ovulate aroud this time, this is prob your most fertile time. After ovulation, your cm begins to dry up.

Yeah.. I think my app is a little off! LOL

 

[KitteyKat2010]

Well I would take any heat these days it was 20 degrees today. BRRRRRR I didn't even go outside. I love being a SAHM, I sit in my sweatpants all day long

Little man is doing good since his shots, but he has not been sleeping very good. I have not changed his routine at all, it's been crazy. I tried putting him in his crib about 15 times last night and no hope He lays there and screams...I even tried letting him cry it out...he finally fell asleep for about 10 minutes...I got to sleep 10 minutes in my bed!!

 

[MamaByrd]

Arizona's still 80 degrees! I've never had a white Christmas and I want one!

Has anyone thought to wonderful names for future LO's? I'd love to hear them

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

We've been pretty warm here in Maryland it's been in the 50's and sometimes 60's! Pretty good for november!

 

[luvmyfam]

Mamabyrd, we don't usually get a white Christmas here either. It doesn't usually start snowing until January.

Poppiebug, I totally agree about the humidity! It makes it so much worse!

 

[KitteyKat2010]

I would hate not having snow for Christmas, that would be crazy. In Wisconsin, we always get cold wintry snow

The only thing I ask for is..on Christmas Eve we don't get a huge blizzard (we have to drive to hubby's aunts house about an hour in a half away) luckily, it's all highway

For our future baby names we have

Girl: Sophia Ann
Boy: Isaiah or Jameson