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

[_dreamer_]

Hi hispirits! So lovely to see you here! Its a great bunch on here we're so lucky to have found each other all that time ago, and now another lovely member for the graduate thread. Sounds like a few might be joining you in being pregnant in a few months lol.

Lady what a lovely pic, so much hair, Erin is such a baldy still. I think it makes him look older (or Erin look younger lol). Have a great time at the game. Going to the pumpkin patch sounds so lovely, we usually pick one up in the supermarket which just doesn't quite have the same appeal. I don't even know if you can go to a pumpkin patch here. I have seen a couple of Halloween outfits more than costumes, cute sleepsuits with pumpkins etc on. Might get one of those. Will you be going out? Think we'll be at home so just for the few trick or treaters we get. It's not as big here as in the US.

Baby what a cute pic of callum in your avatar too. That's grear he's doing well with food, Erin is still being so slow to wean. Loves boobie juice far to much lol. All these gorgeous chubby babies, I thought Erin was big but at 19lb at 8 months she's falling behind lol.

And wow on giada trying to throw herself out her cot, and so good you were there when that happened. Erin still makes no attempt to take her weight on her legs so think it'll be a while before we have to lower the cot. That's good you'll get your money back on the formula and that its not some sort of bug or something. Sorry to hear of her pain on pooping. Hope she's back to normal really soon.

Fizzio, I'd also so love to be a sahm. I don't go back until beginning of Feb but dreading it. Trying not to think about it for now lol. Ignorance is bliss haha. I also don't know much about anti depressants. Could you consider talking to your gp about how you feel about TTC and see if you could start to cone off them a bit sooner maybe.

Erins been sleeping better until last night she didn't go down until 12.30 and slept til 7.30 (when oh got off a night shift and rang the doorbell for an age because I'd left the key in the lock on the inside so annoying). I found we have what I think is a grain weevil infestation yesterday, I'm so grossed out as I'm a bit ocd on cleaning esp in the kitchen. It must have been going on for a while cos 3 bags of flour ay the back of a cupboard were crawling but they've got everywhere else too, into coffee cups at the back of other cupbaords, onto packaging of other food things. I feel sick thinking about it. All my dishes went through the dishwasher yest and are currently in my living room, I threw so much food away and have started washing all my cans and other sealed packets. They said online you have to be really thorough as if not it'll just happen again. So everything is coming out the kitchen today, all the cupboards, surfaces, floor etc will be sprayes with bleach and left to dry before ot all goes back. Just what I need lol. And I'm now feeling all itchy which is all psychological but kept me awake for at least an hour last night.

 

[Hispirits]

Are some of you getting ready for baby number 2? be nice to have some company
My friend had her IVF baby 14th August, an awful back to back labour after 60 hours!!!!!! they gave her an emergency c section, (and its a savage wound) and she has just found out she's pregnant again, i'm not sure if i feel happy or sad for her. its wonderful she's fallen naturally, but such a shame she's not going to get to enjoy her miracle baby she tried so hard for, i'm worry her section might pop open! bless her.
That infestation sounds nasty i'll feel all itchy an squeamish too, good luck clearing it out.
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[_dreamer_]

A few of the others are planning on TTC soon and a few are considering it. In fact am I the only one planning to wait a couple of years?

Oh my goodness for your friend, that is soon but they will be so close in age when they're older, that will be lovely, just a bit tough for now. Must be a bit scary on the wound worries, I expect she'll be closely monitored.

And yes it is soooo horrible on the infestation. I actually said to my oh can we move house now please I need a new kitchen lol.

 

[babies7777]

Hispirits, huge congrats on your bfp!

Dreamer, im itchy just reading that, i thought we had mice just before Alannah was born as i thought i heard scurrying around, we didnt in the end but i didnt sleep well that night so i know what u mean.

Strange, sorry Giada's bum is sore. bless her, hope the cream helps.

Sorry i have been awol but had lots going on, Alannah was in the hospital overnight, cant remember if i already told u all, she had the runs and i took her to A+E they said she was fine and to take her home, the next day i wasnt happy as she wasnt herself, went back and by fluke they did a urine test and found 3+ leucocytes so we were admitted, she was given a cannula which was horrendous, they kept having to stick her as they coulnt get a vein and wouldnt use any numbing cream, she was hysterical, screaming it was heartbreaking, in the end the idiots never sent the sample off and by the time they did another she had already been on the meds so it showed nothing,dont know whether it was gastro or a uti now, i was so annoyed, then found out she got mrsa, im convinced it was from my labour stay so she has had to have eye drops, nose drops, hibi scrub wash and powder all week and i had to wash all her bedding daily. They refused to test us at first but i developed blisters that were horrible on my cheek and chin so my gp tested it and confirmed it was mrsa so both me and dh have had the same meds. His swabs came back clear and im waiting for my nose and throat ones. Alannah is being re swabbed on monday, praying the meds have worked and its gone.

I would love to try for number 2, with the tear i have been so sore that i wasnt even thinking of dtd, cant believe ur friend hispirits managed to dtd so fast after a c section. I hope we can try soon.

 

[Hispirits]

A few of the others are planning on TTC soon and a few are considering it. In fact am I the only one planning to wait a couple of years?

Oh my goodness for your friend, that is soon but they will be so close in age when they're older, that will be lovely, just a bit tough for now. Must be a bit scary on the wound worries, I expect she'll be closely monitored.

And yes it is soooo horrible on the infestation. I actually said to my oh can we move house now please I need a new kitchen lol.

i think i'd want a few years between, but these things happen.
She is worried, most her family live in london and she doesn't get a lot of support from her husband, but i'll be there for her
what a lovely excuse for a nice new kitchen

 

[Hispirits]

Hispirits, huge congrats on your bfp!

Dreamer, im itchy just reading that, i thought we had mice just before Alannah was born as i thought i heard scurrying around, we didnt in the end but i didnt sleep well that night so i know what u mean.

Strange, sorry Giada's bum is sore. bless her, hope the cream helps.

Sorry i have been awol but had lots going on, Alannah was in the hospital overnight, cant remember if i already told u all, she had the runs and i took her to A+E they said she was fine and to take her home, the next day i wasnt happy as she wasnt herself, went back and by fluke they did a urine test and found 3+ leucocytes so we were admitted, she was given a cannula which was horrendous, they kept having to stick her as they coulnt get a vein and wouldnt use any numbing cream, she was hysterical, screaming it was heartbreaking, in the end the idiots never sent the sample off and by the time they did another she had already been on the meds so it showed nothing,dont know whether it was gastro or a uti now, i was so annoyed, then found out she got mrsa, im convinced it was from my labour stay so she has had to have eye drops, nose drops, hibi scrub wash and powder all week and i had to wash all her bedding daily. They refused to test us at first but i developed blisters that were horrible on my cheek and chin so my gp tested it and confirmed it was mrsa so both me and dh have had the same meds. His swabs came back clear and im waiting for my nose and throat ones. Alannah is being re swabbed on monday, praying the meds have worked and its gone.

I would love to try for number 2, with the tear i have been so sore that i wasnt even thinking of dtd, cant believe ur friend hispirits managed to dtd so fast after a c section. I hope we can try soon.

Your poor family, i hope you all recover soon. i cant begin to imagine them putting a canula in your tiny baby, ive had the before and find them painful, i can't begin to imagine how much it would hurt a tiny baby.
TBH i'm not sure my friend has a lot of choice when they dtd if you no what i mean. her DH a bit of a chauvinistic pig, (well thats my opinion which i keep schtum)

 

[LadyL]

So glad you are joining us Hispirits!! Huge congrats on being pregnant! How are you feeling? Hopefully the m/s is being kind to you. That is crazy about your friend; I'm sure it will be tough at first, but she'll adjust I'm sure. Hopefully, I can join you in being bump buddies soon!! When is your due date? I want to start trying again at the first of the year, but still have to convince my hubby first! So could be a while!!

Babies, so sorry that you and Alannah had to go through that! Poor thing! Babies really are resilient things though. Good thing she won't remember any of it. Hope she gets better soon!

Dreamer, YIKES! on the bugs. I don't even know what a grain weevil is, but it would probably freak me out too! We have had problems with ants getting into our kitchen before and it was a nightmare!! Hope it all gets sorted soon.

Stranje, I think I've seen that octopus costume before...it's really cute. I've also seen the lobster one too. It's really cute, but I'm scared Jack would get so hot in it. It's still pretty warm weather here and Jack is such a hot/sweaty baby anyways. Glad you are getting reimbursed for the formula. I'm sure it was nothing like they say, but best not to take chances.

I'm thinking of dressing Jack up in a little pumpkin shirt that says his name or something (will have to get someone to make one) and then decorating a box and put him in it, and he can go as a "Jack-in-the-Box". What do you all think? We won't be going trick-or-treating, but there is a little festival type thing on the Square in my hometown on Halloween night that I think we'll take him to. I've never been to this pumpkin patch before, but it sounds fun. They have pig races, and hay rides, and lots of those jumper, bouncy houses for older kids. Should be fun!!

 

[lilrojo]

Congrats Hispirits on your bfp.. and so happy your joining us..

Lady I love the idea of jack in the box made me smile thinking of it..

Bryce will be a tiger gonna paint his face orange should be fun..

Dreamer ick on the bugs i would feel itchy too.. we have also had ants in the kitchen they are very annoying.. hope you get it all sorted soon

We will be ttc end of dec time Bryce will be 10 months old.. will be a nice gap..

 

[StranjeGirl]

HI Hispirits! Yay!!! How are you 9 weeks already??? Time is flying! You are almost in second trimester!!! Have you heard from futuremama at all? I have tried to message her with no response and she hasn't posted since end of may. I hope she is ok. How are you feeling? Can't believe your friend is pregnant again so soon. She must be so scared. I can't imagine have sex so soon after delivery!!! I waited 8-9 weeks and was still scared! DH and I are not sure we want to have another. We are really 50-50.

Babies777, oh my gosh!!! I'm so sorry for all of you. What is mrsa?? I just hope you are all feeling well soon and I can't believe the hospital messed up like that. Keep us posted and I hope you get some rest

Dreamer I am SO sorry about the bugs. I have such a fear of bugs that I really feel for you. Right before giada was born I found a ton of maggots in our cupboards. A jar of something somehow popped open and that is where they mostly were. I stayed up til like 2am throwing out all the food, even if it was canned because I was so freaked, and cleaned everything with lysol. Then I went back and cleaned everythngn with lysol every day for the next week. DH thought I was crazy but i was having nightmares about it.

Lilrojo - I think that will be great if you have 10 months between the babies. That seems like a perfect age gap!

Ladyl- I love the jack in the box idea ha ha ha....that totally made me laugh. I forgot again to order the costume!! I am going to order it right now!!

 

[trixie79]

omg girls.....so much information the past few days !!!! conor hanging of my legs so finding it hard to reply!!!!

fizzio i know that you can go on an antidepressant that is safe to use during preg but cant rem which one.

lady jack is soooo cute....love the pic

stranje the spd still would hurt if i was climbing a gate (on the farm) or my legs are very open lol DTD!!!!!

Love the idea of a lobster outfit wer are you getting that???

dont know wat a grain weevil infestation is but it doesnt sound good...

babies hope alannah is much better, that must have been terrible for you all.

baby callum is adorable, glad he is weaning well.

welcome hispirits.....we are all mostly here apart from future....

sorry have to run, conor is such a drama queen and wants me NOW!!!!!!!

 

[Hispirits]

So glad you are joining us Hispirits!! Huge congrats on being pregnant! How are you feeling? Hopefully the m/s is being kind to you. That is crazy about your friend; I'm sure it will be tough at first, but she'll adjust I'm sure. Hopefully, I can join you in being bump buddies soon!! When is your due date? I want to start trying again at the first of the year, but still have to convince my hubby first! So could be a while!!

This week i have felt pretty much normal. last week the nausea was unbearable, but this week, nothing at all. i'm due May 19TH. Men are easily convinced when is involved

Congrats Hispirits on your bfp.. and so happy your joining us..

Thankyou, happy to finally be here!

HI Hispirits! Yay!!! How are you 9 weeks already??? Time is flying! You are almost in second trimester!!! Have you heard from futuremama at all? I have tried to message her with no response and she hasn't posted since end of may. I hope she is ok. How are you feeling? Can't believe your friend is pregnant again so soon. She must be so scared. I can't imagine have sex so soon after delivery!!! I waited 8-9 weeks and was still scared! DH and I are not sure we want to have another. We are really 50-50.

i know i can't believe it its going fast for me too, i think its because i'm not worrying. Previous pregnancys i've been so worried about m/c that the days go by like years, but this time, plain sailing
No i haven't heard from future, have you private messaged her? she may get an email if you do.
I feel fine, i tiny bit anxious that i'm not suffering, but i know next week i could feel like crap again so thinking of this week as a bit of respite.
My dh would be really understanding about DTD after labour. my friends hubby on the other hand, i think he would wander.she found some dirty texts on his phone to another girl from when she was pregnant. he came up wuth some lame excuse, which i don't believe, she's only 22, only been married a year, i worry for her. but i can't say what i think its not my place.
just makes me feel lucky my hubby is such a doll
are you sure you want to know what MRSA is? its a really bad bacterial infections which is hard to treat with regular antibiotics, and if not treated can be life threatening, its usually picked up in hospitals and i think its carried in the nose. its awful. we had a bad outbreak here a few years ago and a few people died, but it was new then, we have much better knowledge and medication for it now. at the time it was very bad. my 1st love died from it. after being hospitalised from a car crash.it broke my heart. so sad
however BABIES777 has nothing to worry about, as its been caught and treated. and we are much more aware of it now.

omg girls.....so much information the past few days !!!! conor hanging of my legs so finding it hard to reply!!!!

fizzio i know that you can go on an antidepressant that is safe to use during preg but cant rem which one.

lady jack is soooo cute....love the pic

stranje the spd still would hurt if i was climbing a gate (on the farm) or my legs are very open lol DTD!!!!!

Love the idea of a lobster outfit wer are you getting that???

dont know wat a grain weevil infestation is but it doesnt sound good...

babies hope alannah is much better, that must have been terrible for you all.

baby callum is adorable, glad he is weaning well.

welcome hispirits.....we are all mostly here apart from future....

sorry have to run, conor is such a drama queen and wants me NOW!!!!!!!

have a lovely weekend xxx


OO look my babies now an olive! how sweet.

 

[LadyL]

Congrats on being an olive Hispirits!!

Stranje, Hispirits is right about the Mrsa. It's a type of staph infection. I see it a lot in people who are in the hospital. It is an infection you can get while in the hospital. Some people have it, and never know they do. Actually, I probably have it colonized simply bc I'm around it all the time. But it's only when it gets into the blood or something where it can be life-threatening. It is a drug-resistant type of staph, so there are very few antibiotics that can treat it. Hispirits, so sorry that you lost a loved one to it. But you are right, it's much less common for really bad things to happen now that healthcare professionals know so much more about it. Little Alannah will be just fine!!

 

[LadyL]

Oh and trixie, sorry conor has had your hands full lately! Jack is being a drama queen today too! Just hard to get settled. I think it's those blasted teeth!!
And the lobster outfit is cute!! I've seen a pic of someone who dressed their kid up as a lobster and they went as a chef! It was super cute! You can google Halloween costumes and tons of sites will pop up. It's on nearly all of them.

 

[lilrojo]

Happy Olive day Hispirits 9 weeks wahoo

Hope everyone is doing well.. not much going on here.. ordered some more cbfm test sticks off of ebay.. should be the last box i will ever buy.. got them for 31 dollars so not bad.. good till march of 2013.. Raining here and just plain icky and cold..

Have a good weekend

 

[trixie79]

Phew thank god for bed time!!! At least I know he will sleep for the next few hours!!! Generally he will sleep till 6 but it's killing me..... Sleep while you can hispirits!!!!

I was sure whether to get Conor anything for Halloween cause its not such a big deal in Ireland... So not sure???would love to dress him up as the octopus but no one will see him only me!!

God I'm just so tired!! Do you think we ever recharge the batteries!!!??still not losing any weight either, it sucks! SW isn't working for me as I love my cereal and bread! Prob why I can't lose it!!!mite try weight watchers ...

Rite x factor time!!! Um cup of coffee time!!

 

[Hispirits]

Trix, I joined WW the day before I got my bfp, paid a month in advance, it looked very good though. I'd rejoin after I've had the baby. It's a bit similar to SW now, most fruit and veg are free food. You get about 27-29 points aday, plus 49 points to use (if you want) throught the week. So you can have 7 extra points aday or have a take away one night. You have to burn 200 cal In exercise each day.
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[StranjeGirl]

HI Everyone!!

Hispirits I am so sorry that you lost someone to msra. That is terrible I an glad that things are more advanced now that they can treat it. Congrats on being an olive!!! I was pretty lucky and didn't have bad morning sickness, but I do remember that right at 9 weeks the nausea I did have completely stopped, and then at 10 weeks it seemed to come back 10 times worse for a little bit. It came and went after 9 weeks. I hope it doesn't come back to badly for you. WHen is your next scan? I did private message futrue a while ago but no response I hope she rejoins us someday.

Trixie, how is conor and the constipation? Giada is having some problems but not sure if it is constipation or not. I am still fighting the last bit of this yeasty rash. It got about 85% better right away when the diarrhea stopped, but it just won't clear up past that. I went to the health food store today and got some natural stuff so we'll see if that helps. Will the spd ever go away? My pain is MUCH better. I can walk without feeling it, but will it ever be completely gone? I ended up ordering giada the octopus last night. I had a hard time deciding but dh loved that one and I loved it too. I think part of it is because the baby in the picture is so cute lol. I'll have to send a pic when she wears it!

Lilrojo crossing my fingers for you!!!

Well giada was very restless last night. She woke up at 4:30 and fussed for a minute and then went back to sleep but was face down so I had to move her. Then the same thing happened at 5:30, and then she woke up at 6:20 for the day. It was still dark out and I am so worried about the time change coming up in a few weeks!!! Ok, i better get to bed in case it is another restless night! HOpe everyone is well!

 

[trixie79]

Gosh I forgot abt the time change coming up!! Crap!
Conor doing much better with the constipation, must be the prune juice, he had a massive one today!!
Spd doesn't really affect me much, but would feel it abit if I did much exercise!
Sorry abt the rash hope the natural stuff works poor wee pet.
Hisipirts I think I'll try the WW... Mite join if I get a chance tomorrow only thing is its online which is abit crap.... SW seems to have taken over in my part of the world!!!

 

[lilrojo]

happy 9 months to connor trixie

 

[LadyL]

Hi everyone!! How is everybody?
Claire, haven't heard from you in a while. How are you doing? Hoping you and Darcey are well and adjusting as best you can.

So, I'm not even sure how we got this subject, but DH and I had a discussion about when we want to start TTC #2. And he said when Jack is a year old!!! YAY! I was really worried it was going to be like 2 or 3 more years at least. Really can't believe it! So only 4 more months to wait!! But then I think, ONLY 4 more months!!! Yikes! That's not very long, will I even be ready then?....

Then, we somehow got into an argument about finances....Blah. We are not struggling for money or anything, but I think sometimes he forgets that I work less hours now and make about $500 less a month, but still have the same bills. (We have separate accounts....his check goes into one account, and mine goes into another, but we each have access to both.). But I always buy the groceries and things for the house, and of course all of Jack's clothes, toys, etc. So not only do I make less, I have to pay for more because Jack's needs are added to our living expenses.
Also, last week, his parents signed over all of their land, homes (which includes our house), and all of their assets to us. So we essentially just became multiple home owners and land owners!! And it's a LOT of land. His parents were dairy farmers and used to have dairy cows, but now they just have regular cows that they breed and sell, so that's why they have so much land. And now we are having to figure out what we want to do with all of it. Since we both work outside the home, we are going to have to lease out a lot of it so it will still be taken care of without us having to do the upkeep. Anyways, it's a lot to have to worry about, plus having to be sure we have the money to pay the taxes on all of the land. The reason for doing all of this is because his parents are older (in their 70s), and DH is an only child, so it will all fall on him when his parents pass away. And it is much less in costs if they sign it over to us rather than it falling on us when they die. So we've just had a lot to think about over the last week. We are even thinking of building a house, since the one we live in now is rather small and old (it's over 100 yrs old), and we are quickly outgrowing it! So many decisions!!! When did I become a grown-up and have to worry about these things??

Sorry I went off on a rant there!! Hope everyone is well!!