December Rainbow Babies!!! Congrats New Mom scoobydrlp PINK!

[grenouille]

OMG Kate, Harvey is adorable!! Glad to know you are home and all is well, hope you recover quickly.

I'm so jealous of your cute babies! Can't believe I'm going to be holding one any day now...

 

[Nitengale]

Kate: what a sweet sweet baby boy you have!! Sorry you are in pain but so happy you are home now.

Crystal: so happy for you, keep us updated on how things are going!

 

[Crystal5483]

KATE- Harvey is precious!!! Congratulations and get plenty of rest!!

Thank you everyone! Can't wait to see the doctor!

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Aww Kate, Harvey is adoreable. Im delighted for you, its teh best thing ever isnt it. I cant believe how happy I have been aswell. I keep waiting for teh baby blues to kick in like they prepare you for but Im still on
Sorry, your in so much pain but it will ease up more each day. Your bound to be feeling weak aswell due to blood loss.
Enjoy your precious boy x

I cant wait to see who's going to be next now...exciting. You ladies must be feeling impatient now.

 

[Leliana]

Kate, Harvey is absolutely beautiful!! What a gorgeous little nose! Congrats, I hope your recovery goes well

Crystal, I'm so happy for you, congratulations!!

Grenouille - I love your girl's name, so pretty! I also still have lots to do and I know deep down it's better for baby to cook a little longer but I am just totally lacking in patience now! Everything that HAS to be done is now finished, the rest is just the finishing touches to make it perfect. I really hope your cold goes soon xxxxx

Crancherry - yup, that's exactly how I feel, I want to get my body back now, I feel totally useless! I lost a lot of weight prior to getting pregnant but was big for many years so it's not as if I'm not used to being this weight (and much bigger) but honestly it's not the same at all. I can barely do anything, I'm so tired of waddling round the house lol!

 

[grenouille]

I hear you, I'm looking forward to getting my body back! Especially with all the work I'm doing around the house, it would help!

I'm lucky that I'm very tall, I guess my belly might be a little easier to carry.. a lot of people tell me I'm not that big and couldn't guess that I'm 38 weeks pregnant.. but I can't imagine being bigger!!

 

[crancherry]

Aww Kate, Harvey is just adorable! You must be absolutely loving him to pieces I can't wait to meet my baby too!

Grenouille, that is a beautiful name! I wish we had some French in the family so it would make sense to choose a name like that. But being in Texas too, I am sure something like that would never be spelled or pronounced correctly. It's so pretty and graceful sounding though!

We were tossing around the name Avery but I keep getting stuck on it sounding like "aviary" or that it rhymes with "savory" - silly, I know, but those are the things that come to mind...also we both liked Riley for a bit but I think it's too much like Ryan (our middle son) and it sounds kind of "kiddie" for when she gets older.

There are a few names I like that OH doesn't, like Lauren and Lainey. And he likes Tyler, but that's his name too and I think that would be confusing and also weird to our boys that the girl in the family had her dad's name and not them. All my best friends through life have had names starting with M so it seems fitting to go for an M name, but I can't find any that I am too fond of. Maybe Mariel or Meredith? Morgan? But then I look up the name origins and meanings and if they are disagreeable it cancels out the name.

Ugh, why is it so hard??? So much pressure, so little time!

 

[Leliana]

Just got back from my midwife appointment - I'm 2/5ths engaged!! She was totally free last time so this is definitely a move in the right direction. Woohoo!

 

[grenouille]

Leliana, great news!

Thanks Crancherry! I really like your names and I don't think Riley is too kiddie. But it is close to Ryan... My favourites are Avery and Lauren.

We were a little worried that Aurélie might be pronounced "Orally" in english (it should be more like O-ray-lee), but we're french and live in a french town so it shouldn't be a problem when she goes to school, and she could always introduce herself as Aurelia to english people. I'm so convinced it's a boy anyway! lol It will be a real surprise if it's a girl

Last night I realized this baby could arrive any time now. I rarely ever get BH contractions, but at around 6 pm I started having fairly strong BH, but it didn't hurt. I had many for about 2 hours, I didn't really time them but they must have been close to 5-10 min apart.. and eventually at around 8 they subsided..!

I know they say you'll know what's a real contraction when you get it, but I was starting to worry I was one of those whose contractions don't hurt! Since we have a one hour drive to the hospital, I hope it will be clear when we have to go!

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Hi everyone, hope your all well.
Leliana thats great that your 2/5ths engaged, things are definetely progressing.

Im just loving my girl so much, here is some recent pics of Emelia. She is getting so bright now. After each feed shes very alert and likes to just lie on her back or side on her playmat and wriggle and stretch.
Managed to get out with the pram yesterday for the first time which was great and now its bacdk to rain again...sigh!
It felt great to actually get excercise and fresh air, that always makes you feel better mentally, and physically Im feeling brilliant now, no pain at all from the stitches now.

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[Leliana]

Oh Justkeep, she is so incredibly beautiful. She looks so snuggly in her cardigan and hat too I am so glad you are feeling on the road to recovery too. I am hoping to get out and about when my little one is here, even if it's just into town for a coffee or whatever.

So ladies, I had some bad news yesterday. This is totally off topic but I guess I just need someone to talk to. My cat has not been right for some time now, he lost a lot of weight and started exhibiting bizarre behaviour like weeing in the bath and eating stones from his litter tray (which in my experience is a bad sign). I took him to the vets yesterday with a heavy heart knowing something had to be wrong and my suspicions were confirmed. It looks like he has a large tumour inside him, possibly on his liver. He is having a scan on Friday to get a better look but the vet said it is BIG and if she is correct it is unlikely they can operate. She said for the time being we can manage it, so long as he has a quality of life, which he does.

I am devastated. This boy is the cat love of my life. He is 12 and I rescued him from the RSPCA 6 years ago, after losing my first cat to cancer. He has been a constant presence over these last few years and a huge comfort to me after my m/c in December. Today I am swinging between being totally pragmatic about it, numb or crying. I managed to hold it together in the vets surgery yesterday but lost it in the car on the way home. I feel that I am lacking mental and physical strength right now as I am so close to having my baby and I can't cope in the way I usually would. This was not how I envisaged these few weeks. Today is the first day in a long time I haven't felt excited about the baby or been symptom spotting. I just want to go to bed and sleep for a long time.

I'm sorry for the long post and bless you if you've read it! Just having a hard day today...

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Oh no Leliana, that is awful about your cat. I know exactly how you feel as I am an animal person too. I cannot imagine anything going wrong with my dog, it would devastate me. They really do become part of the family our animals.
I really really hope the scan proves things wrong for you. As you say aswell under normal circumstances you may be able to deal with the worst news a bit better, but with your hormones and emotions already being heightened by pregnancy it is so much worse. Right now you should be getting super excited about your baby coming but how can you with this going on, its not how you imagined the next few weeks to be.
I would cry as much as you need to let your feelings out, then you need to rationalise teh reality of things and what the next steps are. to you x

 

[Leliana]

Thank you so much Justkeeptryin, for your kind words and hugs Knowing someone understands means a lot. To me, my pets are like my children. This baby I am carrying is my first and so up until this point, my cats have been No1. I hate to think of him in pain and I know that I will have to make some tough decisions over the next few days/weeks. I just hope I can find the strength from somewhere. I will know more about options after the scan and whatever happens it's better than not knowing as I am just in total limbo at the moment.

Thanks for being here for me today hon xxx

 

[Donna_barnes]

I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. I too am an animal person; I love my dog more than I love most people! I hope that there is something that they can do but if not i wish you strength to do what's best for him xxx

 

[grenouille]

Beautiful baby Justkeep! It makes me so excited to hear about your life with a new baby. We will all be there any day now!

I'm so sorry about your cat Leliana . I know what it's like... I was devasted when we lost our first cat a few years ago. Now we have 2 cats and a dog, and I don't even want to think about losing them. You become so attached to them and they are such a big part of the family. Hopefully he will continue to have a certain quality of life for a while so you can prepare yourself and find the strenght to get through this.

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Thanks Greenouille, I keep obssessively checking in to see if anyone else has had their babies yet. It wont be long at all now, I cant wait to see the next arrivals!

Donna, I like that comment too about liking your dog more than most people, I can relate to that too haha and feel the same at times! Some people are just so irritating at times but you just cant get mad at your dog no matter how hard you try or it dosent last long anyway.

Our animals are indeed like children, up until now my dog has been the baby and I think she's been feeling slightly put out this past week so Im trying to include her now. She was very exciteable at first around the baby but now she just comes up for a quick sniff and sneaky lick and walks away, and she goes up to the Moses basket every so often to peak in and then just walks away.

 

[Donna_barnes]

It's good your dog has adjusted, I'm worried about mine, she's my fur baby at the moment!! My husband gave her as a puppy to me the day after my angel babies birth so she has been my surrogate baby! I hope she doesn't resent the human baby too much lol xx

 

[LalaR]

Justkeep - Emilia is so adoreable!!! You sound so contented with her. Looking forward to more updates soon. It's keeping me going whilst waiting for my LO hearing about everyone else having their babies.

Leliana - so sorry to hear your bad news. I hope that your cat doesn't have anything too bad.

I'm just waiting here. Only today and wednesday to work then I am officially off work until july. I can't wait. My baby is still misbehaving and despite me trying every piece of advice I can (safe ones only!!) he/she is still breech. I had a long chat with my consultant yesterday and am booked in for an ECV on Tuesday next week. He says there is a 30% chance of success as it is my first baby. If still no luck then I will come away from the appointment with my section date booked. To be honest - I just want whatever is safest for the baby now.

 

[Krippy]

Sorry for being so quiet lately girls! I have been def. stressing and worrying over here in the last few weeks. But my induction is booked for November 30th! 1 more week! Eeeeeekkkk! It can not come soon enough!

Leilana...I am sorry to hear about your kitty. It is so hard to lose a pet...mine are def. part of my family and I couldn't imagine losing them.

Good luck with the ECV Lala...I have a friend who had one and it worked really well. She said it was very uncomfortable but def worth it in her mind.

 

[Donna_barnes]

Looks like youre next then Krippy, how exciting!!!xx