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Boo to the flu trixie.. were getting our shots on the 16th.. :/

Jack is soo cute.. :) love him in the box.. what a cute idea that was.. sorry about the fall.. luckily he was ok and both were just shaken up.. and we dont do cows milk till 1..

Dreamer sounds like a fab time your going to be having.. :)

Hope your all well..

Bryce has his 9 month appt on the 16th.. excited to see how much he has grown in 3 months!!! He is crawling and getting into everything which would be nicer is my 3 year old didnt throw everything on the floor.. though she is getting better at not.. CBFM has been working great again so must have had a messed up cycle that one time.. got my peak and all this month.. ttc starts the end of next month.. :)
 
Yeah to peak!!! Not taking mine out for a while! But have to say people are looking at my tummy and wondering!! Just can't get the weight off !
 
HI everyone!

I keep reading all the posts and waiting ot respond and now I"m probably missing something!

Trixie I am sorry you have the flu!!! That is awful. I can't imagine taking care of a baby while sick!! Honestly I don't know to get my stomach back to normal either. I am back to my weight and my stomach is still poochy looking and I still have no muscle. My butt has flattened and my boobs are less round and firm and my stomach got what used to be in my boobs and butt. Oh well. I say just get pregnant again and then you don't have to think about it for quite a while ha ha!!

Claire I think it's common for dtd to feel a bit different. In my case it is actually a bit better because a few years ago my pelvic muscles went into spasm and caused them to shorten, which gave me tons horrible symptoms and made sex very very painful, and the worsened pain would continue til I went to physical therapy and they undid the damage. Delivery helped tremendously with my pelvic issues. I no longer have pain on a daily basis and in the beginning sex didn't hurt at all because it was much looser. Now it toned up a little and it has been painful, but last time it wasn't, so I guess it will just be up and down. I feel like many mom's have complained about feeling different, either looser or pain etc. I know one of the best things to do is squats. They really strengthen your pelvic floor and you can do your kegels while doing the squats to get more. Hope it gets better soon! Glad things are going well with you and hubby!!

I have to look at santa's grotto! Hadn't heard of it!

Lilrojo can't wait to hear how ttc goes!! It's sooo exciting!!! We probably won't have another(still not sure), but I am sad about not having that exciting moment again of finding out you got a positive!! Very excited for you!!

Dreamer where is Oz? I love the halloween pics!!! So adorable! I will have to post one when I get it off my phone! How is your sister doing??

Lady I love the pics and the idea of the costume!! That is great lol! Giada is a chubby baby too. SHe was 28 pounds at her 9 month appt. I'm wondering if she will slim down now that she is crawling a lot. I hope so because my back can't take it!!!

I know I am missing stuff but I am glad to hear all the babies are doing well!! How is everyone else? Fizzio how are you feeling? How is everything Hispirits??

Giada is doing good, pulling herself up and mild cruising. She has to put everything in her mouth and lick everything she passes or comes into contact with. She licks my walls, windows, floor, rugs etc. Does anyone else's lo do this?? Is it normal?
I have been a bit stressed. DH and I talked through things about when he was gone, but it is more a general problem that his just sucks and he is so so busy and stressed. I am lucky that I get to see him often and she works from home a few days a week, but he just works so much, even on weekends. Even though he is here it is hard having him work and be stressed ALL the time. So I am taking care of giada ALL the time and I have to take care of everything else going on in our lives because he is so busy so I end up getting overwhelmed. Now he just found out that his office is closing down and we may have to move soon. I am devastated as we live near family now and it is what makes me sane. He is working constantly but at least I have my family here. My mom stops by to say hello all the time and can watch giada if I have an appt etc. DH mom watches her on saturday quite often so we can go to dinner. We are very lucky in that sense and I can't imagine what life will be like having to move away and dh will be working constantly. Oh well, I guess we will just have to see what happens. I am still having weird pain in my hands and feet. I went ot the dermatologist and he said I have psoriasis. I had a dry patch on my eyelid. I had read that some people have arthritis along with the skin problem. I hope that is not the case. I think i'm just stressed and my body is falling apart. I wish I was a more laid back person. I envy those people!

HOpe everyone else is doing well!!!
 
Oz is short for Australia hun hehe. Sorry you're 'falling apart' lol. Can they give you anything for the psoraisis? And sorry to hear about your hubby being so busy with working and so stressed. I hope you don't have to move away from your family. And another person who hasn't heard of santas grotto? Glad we've been able to spread the word!

I meant to say my sister had her first counselling date through, she starts on the 14th Nov, 2.5 months after it happened! She seems to be doing so much better, she is loving her new job and has really thrown herself into that. She said she actually feels proud of what she does now. She was saying she doesn't know what to say now to the counsellor because its been so long, and that at the time she could have talked so much about what was going on. I told her be honest and say that, but that I'm sure the counsellor will ask questions to help her open up about it all. She probably doesn't want to dredge it all back up again, but I really think its needed to make sure the underlying issues are resolved because I still think she has them, insecurity, not knowing how to deal with strong emotion, some anger issues etc which hopefully they can help her with.

Glad to hear the cbfm is working well for you lilrojo. We lent ours to darrens aunt (shes only 36, due to remarrying) when she was over when erin was born. Still no news, they've been TTC for quite a while. We don't need it yet anyway but I wont feel right asking for it back especially if they are still TTC with no luck..maybe ill have to buy a new one.

Erins nursery place has been confirmed for when I go back to work so thats great news.
 
hi girls,

is this normal?
i'm only just coming up 13 weeks! it just popped out this week!
 

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So exciting Hispirits! Perfectly normal hun, different people pop out at different times. I had to have a look at my old bump photos, I miss my bump hehe. I've attached my 11+2 photos of am and pm (used to bloat loads by the end of the day!). Have you told everyone yet or able to conceal it still? Mine was quite hard to conceal at 13 weeks just before I told everyone.
 

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Thanks dreamer! At night mine us massive too.
I'm a bit worried, I weighed myself 3 weeks ago and if only put on 1lb at 10 weeks, well my scales broke, I replaced the battery, got on them today and in 3 weeks I've put in a stone! (14lb).
I'm praying my scales are broke, surely I'd have stretch marks all over gaining that much weight in such a short space of time.i certainly haven't don't feel that much bigger, except In My boobs and belly.
Maybe it as a growth spurt? I hope I don't continue to pile it on like that, gonna have to be a bit more conscious of what I'm eating I think.
 
Aww, lovely bump pic hispirit and yes Im with Dreamer, it looks normal :)
Great to hear your sis is doing well dreamer and that the nursey has been confirmed.

Stranje, Great news that Giada is so mobile. Darcey is kind of commando crawling its so cute. Good news you talked to hubby about how youve been feeling. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you dont have to move. I would be completely lost if I didnt have my family near by. I hope it works out ok and that he maybe eases up on the work load.

Lilrojo, What lovely pics of Bryce-so cute! I havent had a nine month check, I dont think they do that in the uk. Good to hear the monitor is working well for you and you got a peak. I also lent mine to a friend, butthats not really an issue for hubby and I at the moment. I dont think it would be a good idea to be thinking abouit another just yet with all thats gone on with us lately. Plus he's only ever really wanted one.

Hope you feel better soon Trix, do you think you've got the flu because of the jab iykwim? They say you can get it after the jab?

AFM, Darcey is getting her 5th tooth and making her way across the floor to all the places she's not supposed to be. Im also making the most of the cuddles when I get them now because she just loves playing on the floor.

Have a good weekend all :) xx
 
Oh how fun dreamer! I have always wanted to go to Australia!! So glad your sister is doing better, and I think it is great that she will get to talk to someone. Can't believe it took so long. What if she was still feeling that bad?? How can they wait that long!! At least she will meet with the counselor and know someone is there if she ever needs it!

Hispirits I was so bloated that I had a tummy from day one. I'm not even sure when it turned from bloat to baby but either way it is a baby bump!!! Whether it is uterus, bloat or baby it is all do to pregnancy so it's a baby bump in my opinion!!

Sorry to those of you having sleep issues. I still rock giada to sleep at night but she doesn't have a problem self settling unless she is hungry or teething. Last night she woke up and stood up in her bed (right next to me) and talked and talked and knocked over her monitor on the night stand. She finally laid back down and fell asleep but even though I didn't get up I still couldn't sleep through it. I feel like they just don't get it is the middle of the night lol. I am having a problem now as I want her to nap in her crib and she is only used to her swing. ANy suggestions? She just doesnt understand when I put her down in there. I tried today and she was up and playing and then crying for me. SO I let her fall asleep in her swing and then picked her up and put her in there. I thought she fell asleep but then she was up crying a minute later so I put her back in her swing. ANyone know the best way to transition her?
Uh oh the little monster has arisen...
HOpe all is well!
 
yay the scales were broke, phew!!! only put on 3lb since the beginning! what a relief!!!!
i lost a stone over night lol
 
Hey everyone!! I'm going to try to do a proper catch up, since my last post I only talked about what was going on with us and not responded to any of you. I promise I wasn't trying to be rude!

Lilrojo....good to hear that Bryce is doing so well. Jack started off army crawling too. Still does actually, but it hasn't stopped him from pulling up on everything!! Glad the CBFM is working well for you. Not long till you start TTC huh? I actually knocked the dust off mine since I had my first "real" cycle since before my BFP. On CD 12, but I keep forgetting to use it! Ha! So I haven't fed it any sticks yet. But I usually don't Ov till later in my cycle (like CD 17 or 18), so I'm sure I haven't missed anything yet. We're not actively TTC yet...not till Jack turns 1, but will still be nice to start tracking things. So how is life with 2 babes? I get excited and nervous at the same time about having another. I think it would be so great for Jack to have a brother/sister close in age, but then I don't want to feel like I'm missing out on Jack learning new things either. Oh well.....

Trixie, so sorry you have the flu! Hope you are on the mend and feeling better. You must've already had the virus before you got the shot. It can take up to 3 weeks once you contract it to actually start having symptoms. Also, the vaccine usually just contains one or 2 strains of the virus that they think will be the ones to be most common in any particular flu season. That's how come people say they got the flu even though they got the shot. Either they already had the virus, or contracted a different strain. The flu shot itself cannot give you the flu. Sorry for my medical rant, but it bugs me when people say the flu shot gave them the flu! (I know you didn't say this, but some people do). Anyways, hope you are better. And hope the clever mama pillow is still doing the trick and Conor is sleeping well for you.

Claire, glad things are better for you and hubby. I am so pleased things are working out for you. Hope things only continue to get better for you!!

Dreamer, that's great that your sister is finally getting some help. It is crazy that they waited so long for it to happen, but better late than never, huh? Oh and Australia! How fun!! I also had no idea what Oz was! I thought it was some kind of "Wizard of Oz" theme park or something!! Haha! Will this be the first time your family has met Erin? I'm sure you will all have a great time, and enjoy the warm weather!!!

Stranje, I am so sorry you have been stressed lately. I really hope things ease up for you soon. I'm sure it can be overwhelming having to tend to Giada by yourself all the time. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my family close by either. It's so nice to drop him off so Hubs and I can go out or to ballgames on Saturdays. Hopefully, you won't have to move, and maybe your DH's workload will slack off a bit soon. Hang in there. I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions on how to get Giada to start napping in her crib. I still rock Jack to sleep for his naps too. And once he falls asleep I put him down in his crib. I always have to lay him on his stomach though or he wakes up. I also use one of those neck roll pillows for adults and lay him on that. Seems to help the transition for some reason.

Hispirits, what a cute baby bump you have going on there!! And great news on not gaining as much as you thought!! I'm with the others, my bump was always more prominent by the end of the day too. I think I started showing properly around 14 weeks or so. I just remember one of the doctors at the hospital asking me if I was "incubating". And I was about 14 weeks then. So I'm guessing that's when it started looking more like a real baby bump and less like I had a large lunch!! Not much longer now, and you'll be feeling kicks!! Aaahhh, that's the best feeling in the world! I miss that so much! Enjoy every minute of it hun, you deserve it!! Are you planning on finding out the sex or staying team yellow?

How is everyone else? Lilmisscheer, how is your pregnancy going? You must be nearing the end now, huh? Babies7777, how are you and your new little one doing? Fizzio, Baby2310??? And I really wish we'd hear from Futuremama! She's got to be getting close to having/had her baby if all went well with this pregnancy.

So, I let Jack lick a lemon today.....it was hilarious!!! He would lick it, then shake his head and make this crazy face, but then he kept going in for more!! I have a crazy kid, I tell ya!!!

I hope you all have/had a great weekend!!!
 
Hi all, sorry I don't have a chance to read up on everyone at the mo! I have been so sick....
Yesterday I went to the nurse and got my smear and got bloods done then she listened to my chest and booked me into the doc later that morning! Si off I trot to the dentist inbetween and had to get a filling and totally broke down, from pure exhaustion but gas to let on that the needle was so sore...which it kinda was!!! Then I trot back to the dr wer he gave me a lecture in smoking and if my chest doesn't clear in a week then he is sending me for an X-ray, then went on to tell me that 2 girls my age have lung cancer and by me smoking I could get it and how fair was that on Conor!!!! So to top it off I broke down crying and he was like is there anything else going on at home... Plonker! I was si tired and sick and he just told me I could get c and leave my child!! But me and OH had aassive row the nite before not abt anything too serious just nit picking if you like.... So I'm bloody wrecked, Conor still not sleeping and I'm too tired to give him tough love!!!! But god love him he us in for a shock tonite if he wakes cause he is staying in his cot..... End off!!!!!

Ok rant over!!!! Sorry! Hope you are all well x
 
Oh trix sounds like you've had an awful day. Why do these things always all happen at once. I really hope you've managed to get a good nights sleep, exhaustion makes everything even harder to deal with. I can't belive your Dr saying that about c! That's awful to make someone feel like that. Stay strong and get lots of cuddles from your little man.

Hey Claire, I've never noticed Erin crossing her fingers hehe. Darcey sounds like such a cutie. We won't be ttc for a couple of years.

Great to hear from you lady, haha wizard of oz, sorry oz is commonly used here for Australia!
 
Hey all.. :)

Bryce is 9 months old tomorrow.. cant believe.. been crawling everywhere now.. its so cute.. he gets so mad when i walk away and crawls after me.. still army crawling but soon i think we will be up crawling.. appt on friday to see how much he has grown.. Im excited..

Getting excited about the upcoming holidays..

Yep ttc starts next month.. i made a ticker for it.. lol should be around christmas ovulation so not long now.. :) Hope everyone is well..
 
Oh no Trixie! Sorry you've been so sick. Hope you are starting to feel better. Booo on that Dr for lecturing you. I know it's his job to warn you of risks of smoking, but he could've done it in a bit better way without scaring you. Smoking is definitely a hard habit to break. I used to smoke, and I know it is hard to quit (I still will sometimes have a cig or two if I've had too much to drink!!). Also hoping that Conor is sleeping better for you too. :hugs:

Haha Claire!! Sounds like Darcey is a character! It's so funny how every baby has their own little quirks. Jack has never crossed his fingers, but he always pulls his ears when he's sleepy (people tell me all the time that I need to get his ears checked, but his pedi checks them at all his visits and has never said anything was wrong with him). He also covers his eyes with the back of his hands while feeding.

Oh, that reminds me....have any of you tried weaning from the bottle to a sippy cup yet? I give Jack his afternoon juice in a sippy cup, but he mostly just chews on the spout rather than drinking it. I've tried all different kinds of sippy cups (hard tops, soft ones, flat ones, rounder ones...you name it). He doesn't seem to care about any of them. Any advice on getting him to start drinking out of it more? Would ideally like to have him off the bottle by the time he's 1, but I don't think that will happen.
He's also just learned to give kisses....it's so sweet. I pucker up and say "Kiss, kiss, kiss," and he'll lean in all open-mouthed and give me a big slobbery kiss on the mouth!! Melts my heart.
Also, I'm pretty sure I ovulated today (CD 16). I've been having EWCM for 3 days now and started having Ov pains today. But my CBFM still says low. I never reset it though (don't know how), and so when I turned it on this cycle it was on CD 99 (guess that's as high as it goes). I also didn't start feeding it sticks till Monday. So who knows. So I kinda tricked DH into DTD tonight, but he pulled out....Oh well, we're not technically TTC till February, but thought, why not give it a shot?!

Holidays are coming up soon!! This may be a stupid question, but do you Brits celebrate Thanksgiving? Or something similar like we do here? I'll be working anyways. I work every Thanksgiving so I can be off on Christmas Day. We'll probably just do our Thanksgiving the day after instead.

Hope everyone is well!!!
 
Lilrojo, we must've been posting at the same time! Jack army crawls too. Been crawling that way since 7.5 months old. I don't think he's going to ever do it the proper way. He army crawls, and when he gets near something to pull up on, he gets up on all fours and then pulls up. So I guess he's figured his own little way out.

Yay for starting TTC soon!! I kinda wish DH would let us start TTC sooner, but only 3 more months to wait.....must. be. patient. Good luck to you! Hopefully it will happen fairly quickly for you.
 
Aww thanks Lady.. I know how hard being patient can be.. dh had had me waiting for the last few months too.. but i have been fine with it.. it is soon.. freaks me out a bit lol.. I have af so no test sticks for me right now.. if you go online it will tell you how to reset it :) mine was also on day 99 ..

Bryce is 9 months old today.. cant believe it.. :) 3 more and he will be 1.. anyone thinking about first bday parties yet.. :)
 
Thanks lilrojo. I got a peak this morning. Though I feel sure I should've gotten a peak yesterday too. I know we'd really be better off if we did wait for a few more months. I'm just scared it will take us a while to get pregnant. And I really want my kids to be about 2 years apart. And if I were to get pregnant in the next few months, I would be big pregnant during the summer. And it gets so hot here, so I know I'd be miserable!!

I have started planning for Jack's 1st bday. I think we are going to do a dr. Seuss theme. I've seen some ideas online, and they're super cute!! Just gotta figure out where to have it. Would like to have it at our house and save the $ on renting a place. But we live so far out in the country and our house is rather small. Especially the living room and kitchen. And we plan to invite all of our friends and their kids. So it would be like 9-10 kids, plus the parents. Then also mine and DH's parents. So we will def need to find a space to fit at least 25-30 people. It's tough trying to find time to plan Christmas and birthday at the same time!!

On another note, there is a day position in labor and delivery at the hospital I work at. I'm really tempted to apply for it. I feel like I'm ready for a change.
 
Trixie, what a rotten doctor you have. I would have broken down as well. I hope Connor slept better for you?

Lady thats so cute that Jack gives kisses, Darcey is starting to blow kisses and waves and claps. Shes properly crawling now...pretty speedy at it too!!
3 months will fly by, at least you know for sure your ttc again.

Lilrojo, are you a bit nervous that your starting TTc next month? It comes round so quickly!
We havent really thought about birthday parties. I have a group of friends with lo's around the same age, so we're planning on doing one big party all together which will be nice.

We dont celebrate thanks giving here, we have to wait till crimbo!! Is it like another xmas day? Which is the bigger celebration, xmas or thanks giving? I dont know much about it if Im honest. xx

I love the little quirks they have. Dreamer you'll notice it all the time now :)
 

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