CBFM (thread/statistics) graduates TTC,BUMPS & BABIES 2011/2012

[lilrojo]

Congrats Lady.. cant believe your 16 weeks already

Im cd15 now and still waiting..

 

[_dreamer_]

Awwww a little brother for Jack! That's super cute! Congratulations lady

Good luck lilrojo

 

[StranjeGirl]

Congrats ladyl!!! You must be so excited! Your two boys are going to be best friends!!!! Time is flying!

Dreamer, I'm so sorry you are feeling this way. Just know that you are doing and amazing job!!! I feel so much like you do and I'm not even working lol! I seriously don't know how you working mom's do it. It's impossible to put 100% into everything so be proud of yourself for all you do. And I know what you mean about the house. I always ask dh to do things but half the time they are not done to my standards. Especially hte laundry!! He puts it in then forgets it so I have to rewash it. Last time he didn't dry things thoroughly and everything smelled moldy. And yes, one of my favorite sweater has been shrunk too and i had to throw it out Honestly though, I think a big part of it is just lack of sleep. I notice when I am not getting proper sleep I just can't handle the little things and I feel like I am being a bad parent. Hang in there! It's a tough transition I am sure, but with time all the kinks will be worked out! Can't believe Erin is talking!!!! Giada will mimic out noises but no words. Sometimes it seems she is saying dada or her name, but I can't tell. Oh well, I guess she is just going to take her time!

Trixie did you get your peak??

So I feel awful as giada has been teething and sometimes up for hours at night (the past 2 nights) She still has 3 molars right on the surface. I wonder how long it takes??? It's been on and off for almost 2 weeks now.

I'm kinda freaking out right now as giada's motion monitor went off again last night. I know the chances of sids (or i think they call it sudc after age 1) is so rare at this age, but it still happens. I know of someone who lost his 18 month old granddaughter to sudc. I had a motion monitor with one sensor pad and I kept getting false alarms because she would roll into the corner, but one time about 3 months ago it went off and she was right on top if it. It freaked me out but I started questioning myself, wondering if I dreamed that I had heard the warning beep (it gives you a warning beep if baby has not breathed for 15 seconds, then waits 5 seconds and goes off) I immediately turn it off after the warning beep and then check on her. It is right by my bed and so is she. Anyway, after that I bought one with 2 sensors so i didn't have to worry about the false alarms. I have been using it for two months and no false alarms. Last night the warning beep went off and I put my hand on her stomach and couldn't feel her breathing. I shook her and she threw her arms up but never woke up. She was obviously breathing after that but I am so scared. What is she is just has a predisposition to stop breathing in her sleep? I have an actual mattress for her pack and play that she sleeps in, but it is no where near as thick as a crib mattress, so there should be no false alarms, even if she is in a deep sleep. Ugh I hate stressing about it. i am going to ask in babyclub to see if anyone has had a similar experience. Do any of you guys use the motion detector?

Hope everyone else is doing well! Fingers crossed for you this month lilrojo! And you must be getting so excited hispirits! the time is almost here!!

 

[Tobaira]

Hi everyone-
Finally peeking in again... any thought to having a group on facebook instead? I'm ashamed to admit I log on to it a heck of a lot more than I log in here (probably because it's much more friendly on my phone).

We don't use a motion detector.. I had enough beeping when the girls were in the NICU and I'm not too worried about SIDS at this point. If you're concerned about it maybe you should ask at your next pediatrician's appointment?

Ahh yes.. teething.. the never ending pain. Cassandra just had her top two molars break through and Heather has had one of them break through. No fun.. We've been using lots of orajel at night!
Congrats lady!
Good luck rojo!

oh and dreamer, if it makes you feel any better, I don't work and DH and I haven't been intimate since I got pregnant.. which was about 22 mos ago. He even had a vasectomy back in December (I think it was Dec) since it's dangerous for me to get pregnant again.. I just haven't had the time or the energy to think about it. Poor guy.. somehow he has managed to never complain about it but I'm sure he thinks about it a lot more than I do =)

hugs to all

 

[Hispirits]

Hey girls!! Sorry I have been away for a while. Just been so busy lately. I keep up with reading posts daily, but find little time to be able to reply.

Will try to do a proper catch up this evening.

Just wanted to pop on and let you know I had my 16 week appt and had a scan....

We are... Team again!! We are very excited!!

I think your pregnancy is going quicker then mine!
Congrstulations on being team blue!
X

 

[trixie79]

Hi girls... No peak yet but today I have lots of twinges and egg white!!
I had one set of identical and then a singleton so two sacs!

I think I had 2 surges then too....

I just hope I'm ovulating...

I'm wrecked too.... Working 50 miles from home 3 days a week and Conor has 2 molars which are only half down.... They must take forever too!

I get so tired that me and oh quip at each other but I think that's normal!

I'm not on Facebook! I like it on here.... I have to admit I no longer get the time to surf through the forums anymore!!!! I just check this forum daily, but only get the chance to reply if the washing done , child sleeping and oh fed and watered!!!! Is romance dead!!?!?

Jack is going to love having a baby bro!! Ahhh!!!

 

[Claire1]

Congratulations lady!
Good luck Trixie.
Stranje, I'm probably really bad for saying this but I don't use a monitor anymore. I forgot to put it on one night and thought that no harm come to her,so might as well stop using from then on. I figured you have to give it up one day? But understand how hard it can be.

Dreamer, I'm sorry to hear you're finding it hard. I think we all do, it'd hard fighting the guilt sometimes though. I hope it gets easier for you.

Right, random question but can taking antibiotics make your period late? I had some about a month ago and I'm not sure exactly when I'm due on. I know I had my period a week of so before I started them. I have thd coil fitted so no chance of pregnancy but I'm over a week late... Roughly, probably more? Just wondering if that could be why??

Hope everyone is well. I've been so busy, I've not been able to get on here- like everyone else. Oh and poor Darcey still only has 6 teeth, she has some catching up to do!

 

[_dreamer_]

Thanks tobaira that does make me feel a little better lol. That's great your oh is supportive of you. I can't imagine having twins. My mums boss has just had twins, and now has 4 children under 4 ouch! Good to hear from you. Seems molars are coming in all around! Erins top one has finally cut and the last couple of nights she's slept through. Just praying this continues for work as my oh is away on a training course tonight til tues eve so its just me and a busy week ahead.

Ouch trix a 50 mile commute doesn't sound fun even with 3 days that makes them very long days. One thing I should be lucky for that I only live a 5 min drive or 20 min walk, although via nursery its a 40 minute walk on the days my oh has the car.

Claire, Erin only has 6 teeth, 7th has just cut. Im not sure on antibiotics, all I know us from the pill that antibiotics can cause it to be ineffective. But the coil is physical rather than hormonal right?

Stranj, we also never used a motion detector. I have a standard monitor which I still use mainly as it has a lullaby function which usually puts her back to sleep if she wakes. It must be really hard if you know someone who has died of it, must make it more worrying because it isnt just something that 'could happen'. Thanks for your lovely comments, and good to know its not just my oh lol.

 

[Claire1]

Thanks dreamer, yes it's physical and releases a very small amount of hormones that are contained within the uterus. I'll give it a bit more time, I'm usually very regular. Just makes me wonder?

Tobaira- I meant to say how lovely to hear from you. My friend is due twins in June. She has a 9 and 10 year old. She was in shock for sometime. Luckily her family are all nearby and can stay with her parents for a while.

Has anyone taken their Lo's to the zoo? Where they old enough to take notice of the animals?

 

[lilrojo]

We took Bryce to the zoo.. but that was when he as 4 months.. he likes to see the animals and fish.. so I think darcey would love it..

Well im 1dpo today.. so the tww has started.. wish me luck that cycle 5 will work

 

[Claire1]

Good Luck Lil

I think we might try and take Darcey this weekend if the weather picks up. Its so cold here! Any UK ladies have snow? Its managed to avoid us in the southwest.

Still no AF, I think the antibiotics must have done something as defo not pregnant.

 

[trixie79]

I would do a test anyway in case the coil wasn't working during the antibiotic??!?

We took Conor to the zoo abt a month ago, he loved the giraffes and the birds.... And the monkeys!!

Hitting the sack now , work tomorrow!!

Oh and my monitor is back to low????? Don't know if I ovulated??

And we just use the video monitor and turn the sound down at night.... I hear him anyway in the mornings....or the middle if the night. Sudi risk is low after 6 months but if you know someone that died it does make you more conscious and recently ther was a 2 year old died locally from the blind cords and I'm really paranoid abt them ...

 

[_dreamer_]

Good luck lil

I'm sure darcey will love the zoo, I took Erin in oz at 11.5 months and she loved looking at all the aimals, especially the birds and the monkeys swinging about. I kept trying to point at the giraffe but because it was so big and just standing there I don't think she could see it lol.

Hmm I don't know about your cbfm trix. I cant remember how long have you been using it so far this time?

 

[trixie79]

This was the first month using it again??!!

I'll try a temp next month I think but it's hard to find time!!! Lol!

 

[_dreamer_]

Did you reset it? I could never do temp before let alone now haha x

 

[lilrojo]

I started charting this month.. and got ovulation confirmed today.. 3dpo..

 

[trixie79]

How do you reset it??? I just changed the batteries??!! It's amazing wat you forget!!!

 

[lilrojo]

Trixie I think you have to put a stick in it and hold the m button.. not sure I would look on their website at the instructions.. lol

 

[StranjeGirl]

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!!!
HOw is everyone doing? I'm a bit nervous as giada's motion monitor went off again this morning. It was at 8am (she slept in) and I had noticed she was in such a deep sleep. She hadn't stirred at all for a while. I fell back asleep and I heard the beep go off . I had to shake her pretty good to wake her. I am so nervous that something is wrong and she just stops breathing in her sleep. I will talk to the dr about it. Dh thinks I may have dreamed it going off. It's the third time in the past 4 months and he was there for one of them. This time she was laying face down right on top of the sensor pad. She has a thinner mattress bc she is in the pack and play and there shouldn't be any false alarms. Oh well, I guess I will just keep using the monitor. I'd rather it go off a million times even if was for nothing, rather than not go off the one time it mattered. Her third molar just popped through. It has been a horrible few weeks! She will sleep one or two nights and then be up one or two nights. I am so tired!! DH and I celebrated out anniversary on saturday and giada had us up for 3 hours the night before. It was one of the worst nights she has ever had. We couldn't get her to stop crying. She just wanted to get up and play. Hope we are winding down with the teething for a while!

Claire did you take Darcey to the zoo? We took giada at 10 months but she wasn't all that interested in the animals. She isnt a fan of dogs. Whenever we are around them they jump all over her and lick her face. She hates it. She doesn't even really like her stuffed animals. I hope she likes animals as she gets older. She's vegetarian, she better like them lol! Did your period show up??

So great to hear from you Tobaira!!! You'll have to post a pic! I don't use facebook Trixie and I are probably the only people left in the world who don't lol! So glad your family is doing well!!!

So scary about the blind cords trixie!! Made me double check everything!

How is everyone doing??

 

[Hispirits]

Resetting cbfm



1. Remove the plastic cap from one end of a clean-unused-test-stick and snap the cap onto the other end of stick. Insert the test stick into the test stick slot of the monitor. The beveled corner on the insertion end of the stick must face in toward the monitor. THE STICK MUST SNAP INTO PLACE TO PERFORM PROPERLY. THE MONITOR SHOULD NOT BE TUNRED ON UNTIL STEP 2.

2. Press and hold the "M" button. Continue pressing the "M" button while turning the monitor on. NOTE: Do not take finger off the "M" button until these directions say to to do so in Step 5.

3. The screen will show the "remove the test stick" symbol(a flashing test stick with an arrow pointing right). Conitnue pressing "M".

4. Keep pressing the "M" button and in about 20 seconds, you will see a screen full of symbols. The screen will also display these symbols when you initially turn the montior on for the FIRST time. This indicates the memory is now cleared of all prior data.

5. Remove test stick first and then QUICKLY release your finger from the "M" button. The memory should now be cleared.

6. Your screen should display a flashing "M" and one or two dashes. If it does not, it will probably show a "1" and an "M" in a non-flashing mode. If so, you will need to repeat all steps of this process. This procedure may take several times before you successfully reset the unit to its"new" state.


7. Start using the monitor on CD 1 as per the instruction booklet