Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[vickyd]

Nato wooden floors are not dangerous, if shes gonna fall on her head then wood is the best lol! We have tiles in some rooms and yes its way more dangerous. When Hero hit her head on the tile, it was the only time the pead said to monitor her during the night.

I never had any luck with the baby rice in bottle. The teat would always block causing Hero to have fits cause she really like her food! I always spoon fed her a few table spoons after her formula.

 

[NatoPMT]

two hard surfaces with absolutely no give in either of them, but one is harder than the other. How does that work. I dont know but i would rather hit my head on wood than ceramic.

your comment about hero and her food reminded me of the photo of her devouring an orange, peel and all. Cracked me up that photo did. Crack.

Rounders, reduced iron might not affect the baby but stress does. I dont want to stress you out further, but you have got to take a step back if its you keeping the work load high. There;s a lot of research about how stress during pregnancy can increase risk of emotional and behavioural problems in children. The linked causal risk is not massive, but if you have the opportunity to reduce stress, i really would recommend that you do. It will most likely be fine, I wouldnt normally say owt but because the stress is optional then i would opt out.

 

[vickyd]

Well hard wood floors and ceramic tiles may have the same hardness but the former has an elasticity and a rebound resilience that ceramics dont have. Tis my job to know these things!

 

[NatoPMT]

physics is not my friend.

not like chocolate hobnobs.

 

[Round2]

two hard surfaces with absolutely no give in either of them, but one is harder than the other. How does that work. I dont know but i would rather hit my head on wood than ceramic.

your comment about hero and her food reminded me of the photo of her devouring an orange, peel and all. Cracked me up that photo did. Crack.

Rounders, reduced iron might not affect the baby but stress does. I dont want to stress you out further, but you have got to take a step back if its you keeping the work load high. There;s a lot of research about how stress during pregnancy can increase risk of emotional and behavioural problems in children. The linked causal risk is not massive, but if you have the opportunity to reduce stress, i really would recommend that you do. It will most likely be fine, I wouldnt normally say owt but because the stress is optional then i would opt out.

Thanks Mummy Nato. I am trying to cut back....hence working from home. It's sort of optional stress. It would be really good for my career if I could keep going full tilt till delivery....but I know I can't do that. Sometimes I feel more stressed just delegating work. I'm my own worst enemy!!

Not sure what chocolate hobnobs are but they sound lovely!! I woke up dreaming about ice cream chocolate bars this morning!

I've got flooring envy....we have hidous wall to wall carpet in my house (except kitchen and bathrooms). Hubby has sworn to me that we'll do wood this fall. The carpet would be best for the little monkey coming, but I don't care...I can't stand the dirt carpet holds...it makes me sick just thinking about it.

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Allie -sorry about the false alarm, we only had a few when poppy was in her swinging crib. What does alistair sleep in?

NATO - I always mixed rice cereal in a bowl and few her with a spoon, she picked it up straight away the lil piggy. Poppy has whole meal pitta with humous about once a week for lunch, I never knew they couldn't have it, oops!

I'm thick and forgot everything else I read! *thinking*

Give up

Afm milo is still put, thank god, I'm bad, really bad, physically and mentually! Not being able to pick up your crying baby is about the worse thing ever, I'm struggling and poppy is going without

Get my date next Thursday, I'm thinking it'll be the following thurs, fri, sat or sun! Scary! It doesn't feel that close!!

Hope your all well.x

 

[NatoPMT]

you just do your best Rounders. I will keep nagging to a minimum. Hobnobs are ace. They are oat biscuits with chocolate on top and are FINE.

you need one of those water vacuum cleaners. i know what you mean though, i get dust balls on the floor before i do my weekly hoover, so i hate to think what carpets keep

Sassy, glad youre doing okish...it must be horrible being in this restrictive limbo with poppers needing you. She will be ok

cant wait to hear about the date!!!

The hoummous can be given at 12 months but if poppy hasnt had a reaction then shes fine and id keep feeding it to her. I hate to be the little raincloud today, but is wholemeal pitta ok? i thought you were supposed to not give wholemeal stuff cos they cant handle fibre? i much prefer wholemeal and have wholemeal pittas almost daily myself. yummy. If you are doing it maybe i will copy

 

[Dazed]

Round - I gave it a go this month and I actually got my first ever positive opk this past Sunday. We tried SMP, but by the third night we were both too tired to do it. As far as testing, I'll wait until I'm late I think. Also had some spotting two separate times before the positive opk and luckily I haven't had anymore.

 

[NatoPMT]

Congrats on your positive opk!!! Thats brilliant.

have you spoken to the dr about the SA? any further news on that?

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Good luck dazed, I'll keep everything crosses for you.

Oh don't say that. I thought I was doing the right thing by only giving her wholemeal, I'll google it! Poppy's been fine though, no reaction to anything. That kid eats anything.x

 

[Dazed]

I haven't spoken to the docs yet. I know the results are "normal" because it actually says it on the test sheet I had to fax to my doc. I'm going to call, but I just haven't felt like it. I'm currently trying to deal with the bill I got for my HSG and work has been driving me nuts to the point that I don't want to do anything.

 

[pregoinnorge]

Hi Disco-ers! Stalker over here! I got so obsessed with bnb when i was pregnant that I was scaring myself with every scenario and I found that I was just more stressed than ever. I had all sorts of problems with high blood pressure and Ella measuring small all the time that I convinced myself of all these terrible things. I just had to take a break! I read this thread every now and again though and I think of you guys often. I'm thinking that maybe it's time to start up again, if you'll still have me

yay for the positive opk, Dazed! That must be really encouraging! do you usually test each month?

I've never tried giving Ella rice in her bottle, but I started giving her a little bit of fruits and veggies to see if that helps her gain weight and be more satisfied. She's a really grumpy baby and no doctor here seems to want to help me figure out why.

I'm really struggling with being a mom to be honest. It came as a shock that we went through so much to get her here and I am ever so grateful but I just can't seem to get it right. It doesn't help that I am basically doing it alone though I guess. The doctor doesn't think I am depressed but just have too much stress. How does one fix that with little to no help?

 

[Dazed]

Prego! Welcome back chick

I actually don't test each month because in the past when I had tested it they were always negative regardless of the brand. I had a few that would come back close to positive but never truely positive. I decided to give it a go this month because I had bought some on clearence (not expired) and didn't use them last month because of the HSG and figured since I spent the money I should just give it a go.

 

[heart tree]

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been such crap keeping up with this thread. I read it, but sometimes I get overwhelmed by all the mom talk. Not in a bad way, I'm just at my own phase in this process. Just trying to get through my worries and concerns about this pregnancy and I get overwhelmed by thinking about all the worries and concerns I'll have as a mom. I need to take this in phases and I'm not at the mom phase yet. I'm at the neurotic pregnant phase right now.

Sassy, I'm sooooo glad Milo is still inside you! The pain must be excruciating though. Big hugs.

Vicky, I hope you find a new place soon. You probably will have to lie about Popi unfortunately. That sucks.

Amy, welcome back. Your honesty is appreciated. I think parenthood is much harder than we are led to believe.

Hi to everyone else.

I'm in a bit of a weird place these days. I'm supposed to be on less bed rest, but I'm terrified. My next cervix scan is in 2 weeks and 5 days (but who's counting?) That will be a full month from the last cervix scan. It feels too long to wait. I keep thinking that my cervix isn't holding up like it should and I won't know for a while. It doesn't help that I've had a few very sharp, quick pains in my vagina and possibly cervix. If they continue I'll call the doctor. I just wish I could calm down. Luckily, I can lie down as much as I want, so that's what I'm doing. I'm just too anxious when I'm up and about. This next scan can't come soon enough.

 

[pregoinnorge]

well it's exciting to get that positive! Do you have normal cycles? sorry I've been away for so long. I'm gonna look at your chart now!

 

[pregoinnorge]

Do you notice the pain more when you are up and about? I would go in and have it measured again just be safe if it were me, but at the same time can you do anything else besides bed rest to prevent it from getting shorter? Baby girl has come so far and I'm sure with how closely you're being monitored that she'll be coming out on her own terms

 

[Dazed]

Cycles are generally normal. The range is about a 28-35 day cycles.

 

[heart tree]

Amy, I don't notice it when I'm up and about. It's very intermittent. I wonder if it is the baby moving and hitting nerves. The past few scans have shown her head down and pretty close to my cervix. Unless I was hysterical, they won't do another scan so soon. They were monitoring me every 2 weeks but the cervix remained the same, so now they decided to check me in 4 weeks as a precaution. I've had several doctors look at it and they all expressed that they aren't concerned. The cervix has shown no sign of getting shorter, of funneling or dilating. It's very likely I just have a short cervix. If it gets really short, I could start taking progesterone. But other than that, the only other treatment is bed rest. If I'm getting more pains/symptoms, I'll be sure to call the doc. I'm seeing her next Friday and may insist on an internal exam even if it isn't an ultrasound.

 

[pregoinnorge]

then just stick with bed rest, even though it's boring, huh? I guess you just need to try to take comfort in that all of the doctors aren't worried. I also had weird shooting pains down there every now and then too. I think someone even termed the phrase "lightening crotch" to describe the feeling. Maybe the feeling you have is totally unrelated to your cervix length?

 

[Round2]

Hearty, you know I was getting pains like that around 20 weeks. They were like shooting sharp pains in my cervix along with a ton of pressure. My doctor said SPD was the cause, but now they seem to have alleviated. The pain has moved up to my hips. Maybe it is something musclar and has nothing to do with your cervix?

Preggo, welcome back. I had a very grumpy baby too. I always felt like I was screwing things up, but around 5 months things changed and she just stopped crying all the time. I hope it happens for you too.

Go Dazed! Positve OPK is a great sign!!