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[Euronova]

She will prob turn the table on us and we will be the ones making a scene...
Woke up today like I lost the will to live, i am all teary and just feeling incredibly depressed and demotivated.... It seems since I got pregnant, if i cry (even in front of a sad movie) it just sucks the life out of me.. I am immediately exhausted and overwhelmed by everything....
Is the Sickness gone now Suz?
Lisa, when is the ultrasound booked?
Lou, did Ben sleep last night?
Just read on Facebook that Marg had a bad night... I wonder also how Chell's pregnancy is going... (i hope I am not mixing everyone up)

 

[babyloulou]

Hi

V- Ben did well. Not so great in the evening - he was up 4 times between 7 and 9 so we thought we were in for a bad night!! (although to be fair two of those wakeups were the dogs barking and waking him up! ) But then he slept from 9:10pm- 4:50am and then 5am-7am (dogs barking at the postman woke him) Then I fed him and he fell back to sleep until 8am.

I think your MIL is being totally out of order!!! She's definitely doing it to "get you back" for not doing the wedding how she wants!! Good on Oliver though for being willing to stand up to her for you! I know a lot of men struggle with telling Mummy off!!

And as for the depression thing I felt awful through the whole pregnancy! I felt so depressed and if I'm honest I hated every single second of being pregnant!! I was a bit worried I'd get postnatal depression or something with how down I felt but as soon as he was born it was like a weight had been lifted! Even with the bad birth, the after pain and the week in Neonatal I felt fine emotionally afterwards xxx

Suz- how did Sammuel sleep? Was he in with you? X

 

[TySonNMe]

Suz, I don't think I ever read your birth story...do you have a link to it?

Lou, happy that Ben slept fien last night! Jax on the other hand was up for the first time in ages from 3-5a. He didn't want to go to sleep...all he wanted was Mommy!

V, I'm glad OH is talking to his mother...she is really out of line there.

 

[SBB]

Sammuel slept terribly!! I think he was in pain as he didn't poo last night or this am then had to really squeeze out this huge poo at lunch! Will see how he does tonight!

Well done again Ben it's so exciting he's doing so well!

Sorry your night was crap marg I'll find my crappy birth story later and link it for you.

V I was depressed too! It's totally normal I think most of us felt like that... Then you feel guilty cos you should be happy! I did find it passed though...
I still feel sick I'm afraid! I don't feel depressed this time though.. Well no more than when I'm not pregnant

X x x

 

[Euronova]

Actually most days I feel really good! I felt much worse on the pill or when my hormones where all over the place.
It just seems I can't deal with stress or upset at the mo.
That's a pain you still feel sick. I think you are having a girl!

 

[SBB]

I was the same with Sammuel though.. Til gone 20 weeks.

X x x

 

[Onelildream]

:wave: Hello Ladies!

V-you are so sweet! I just stopped over to say hello and update you all.

I am only 5 weeks hahaha....so no morning/all day sickness yet. I am retaining water for some odd reason (any ideas how to fix that?!) and can barely get my wedding rings on... I'm scared since this is #4 AND I was just pregnant 8 months ago, that I might show quickly and won't be able to hide things until 12 weeks....or people might just think I've really let myself go....hahaha. Oh well. I need to call the dr and get set up for my 12 week ultrasound...which will be on March 8...Not too far away! All my extra time has gone to packing our house up. We are moving in to our new house by the end of the month (with the way things are looking)....so that gives me about 1.5 weeks to get it all ready to go!!! Ahhhhhh........ I've packed half of the house already. Hubs has no time to help...
The other day it kind of hit me I was pregnant (after seeing my sister with her newborn and 18 mo old) and I was like, WHAT HAVE I DONE?! hahaha....but I feel better now. I know I am done after this... How do you feel about permanent sterilization? I'm weighing my options....
If it's a boy his name will be JACK after my grandfather....No idea if this is a girl. Anxious for the next couple of months to fly by... So excited to not have to worry about whether this is a viable pregnancy or not.

Sorry for the ramble...that's me right now....

 

[Onelildream]

Oh and I still haven't told anyone....I was itching to when I saw my family (as my step mom was begging to hear our plans for my brother's homecoming in August [he's on a 2yr LDS mission]) but I just lied and said we'd be there and we couldn't see any reason why we would not be there....but that's 6 weeks before my due date, so HOPEFULLY we will be able to travel back up there....13 hours....8mo preg....sounds fun!

 

[Euronova]

No idea about the water, do you watch what you eat salt wise? I would definitely avoid ready meals or too much bread as they are laced with salt and will make the water retention worse. Gentle exercise might help too.... if you have time!!! Drink plenty and eat things like asparagus or berries that have a gentle draining effect.
God you must be so busy with the packing and the kids!!! I have no idea how I would have managed with the first trimester tiredness and having already kids!!
The first 12 weeks are SO slow!!! But now it feels crazy for me to think I am nearly half way!
I just had the afternoon from hell... Apple finance is telling me my contract with them was not a financial agreement but a leasing agreement and despite paying the full amount for my (shitty) laptop, they are now telling me that either I need to buy it at market value (same amount again pretty much) or I need to give it back!!... It seems the person that made the agreement was a trainee and everything has been done wrong!!
SO SO pissed off and actually screamed so loud at the guy, I cried, I told him it was going to be the worse phone call of his whole week if not month and that not only I was extremely pissed off but I am pregnant and basically like a BEAST..... Oliver was in the room when I said that and he just had to giggle and leave!!!
They have not sorted it yet but a very very calm man from head office with a very very mellow voice called me an hour later as promised to say they were investigating....

 

[SBB]

V I had several conversations like that!! I hope they sort it...

Chell :wave: I don't know about the water! You must be so busy! Great news about the house

I've not thought much about sterilisation, but personally I would never do it! Your feelings may change for many reasons... I don't really know what the process involves?

X x x

 

[Euronova]

Chell, I want OH to have a vasectomy when we are done having children. It's a very easy procedure with not even as much as a scalpel. They do a tiny hole under local anaesthesia. He is not exactly agreeing to it, but there is NO way i am having the pill again (was making me fat and depressed) and due to family history, coils are not an option for me.

 

[babyloulou]

Sterilisation for a woman is a huge op Chell that you might find difficult with 4 children to look after!! For men it's a quick easier procedure. Plus if you change your minds there is a better chance of reversal xx

 

[SBB]

Yeh make the man do it!!! I wouldn't want to go on the pill again either - ever!

We do the pregnancy and birth, they can do the bit afterwards

X x x

 

[SBB]

I swear I've felt the baby kick a couple of times today!

X x x

 

[Euronova]

awww that is SO cool!!! I am still not sure what i am feeling as I sometime feel like a big movement (but then not sure if it is gas!) definitely not feeling what i would call kicks... but then apparently with an anterior placenta I will feel a lot less.

Just registered for every baby club i could possibly find! I want freebies!!!

 

[SBB]

Lol V you are so gonna regret that you'll get more post and emails than you've ever had!!!

To be honest gas/baby feel fairly similar! But I'm sure it is baby you're feeling. It's still early so will get more and more obvious... Then you'll see a foot or elbow sticking out!

X x x

 

[Onelildream]

Suz u prob can feel the baby kick. I did at 14 weeks (with my second) So exciting.

You ladies are right about the sterilization thing. It is sooo Permanent. I hate that. I don't know what else to do. IUDs are so not a good option (I don't like the foreign matter in my body idea) and hubs doesn't want a vasectomy. I am not doing the pill thing either! Can I just be a hippy and have babies til I'm 45?! Haha. Jk. I need to talk to my dr more about options. And maybe work on hubs. If he wants to be done having kids then he needs to make that call. I don't feel done yet.

 

[SBB]

If one of you doesn't feel done having kids then I think you shouldn't do anything permanent! There's got to be a simple option!

That's cool you felt it at 14 weeks, maybe it is then! I just felt it again

X x x

 

[Euronova]

OH hates when i bring up the subject, but since I found out that for men it can be done in the doctor's office in about 15 mins and it is more reversible... I am definitely going to push for it when the time comes! No way I get to be teared apart and all and he can't put up with that!
Hopefully once I have been through child birth he will be more understanding!

I can't wait to feel proper movement, it will be quite reassuring. At the mo, when I feel a big move it can almost feel as if my uterus tightens a bit, it's very strange, nearly like a cramp when it seems the baby is pocking up then once he/she is settled back on one of the side it's all back to normal... does that make any sense?

 

[Onelildream]

V sometimes when they stretch it can feel like that. Usually it's just like butterflies fluttering in your stomach. Have you ever held a moth? They try to escape and flap their wings? That's the best way I can describe it... But it's that feeling... under your belly button.

Suz- I know what u are saying. I told hubs today "what if u tragically died and I remarried? What if that new spouse wanted a child together?" oh I'm an idiot. I did NOT mean to say hurt his feelings but it obviously did. He said yeah what if you and your new husband wanted kids together?! You better not tie your tubes!

I didn't mean to sound like that but it is a valid fear of mine. We would never divorce, but being so young.... If he did die, I might consider getting remarried. Maybe, maybe not. Idk.