Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[LucyJ]

Congratulations Round so happy to hear of your baby boys safe arrival cant wait to see pics. hows maddy? When do you get to come home?

Hoping happy birthday hope you are having an amazing day

Ohhhh Nato yay to ttc again Im so excited for you

 

[roonsma]

Congrats Rounders!!!!!

 

[heart tree]

Yay Round!!! What a great name! Can't wait for pics. You did it! You have your boy!!!

Amber, happy birthday!!!

Nato, back on the crazy train. I'm excited to watch it unfold. Can't remember, why do you take so much folic acid? I take the same because I'm MTHFR hetero, so my doc had me take it as a precaution. Recently I had a cold and was looking for Class A drugs I could take (which there aren't any) but I saw that extra folic acid is Class A in the 1st and 2nd trimesters and Class C in the third! There is an Australian study linking it to asthma and autism. But only when you take it in excess doses. Did you take it all the way through with Eloise? I decided to cut back since I also eat a lot of food with folic acid too.

I just bought my new prenatals today. No red raspberry leaf in them. Let's see if that helps.

 

[Allie84]

CONGRAUTLATIONS ROUND!!!!!!!!!!! Yipee!!!!!! Welcome to the world, Bryce!!!! What a quick labor!!! I'm so happy for you. How's Maddy doing? OMG, how was it pushing without any pain relief?

Ooh, Nato, so excited for you. I took CoQ10 in the past for heart palpitations. Not sure if it worked and I stopped because it was pricey. I hope it helps!

Happy, Happy Birthday, Hoping!!!!! Are you doing anything special today?

Hearty, glad you're on some new prenatals. That study you mentioned made me think about how there was a recent study that showed mother's with gestational diabetes and high blood pressure are moke likely to have autistic children. I had both while pregnant! There's always something to scare you.

 

[prgirl_cesca]

Congratulations Round!!!!!!!!!! Well done and welcome to the world Bryce.

Nato, you're batshit cray cray. I still can't fathom the idea of baby no.2

 

[Round2]

Thanks ladies! We're doing great. He's such a little angel, he slept most of last night and has been so good today. Maddy came this morning and would not let him go! She's totally smitten with him. I feel so lucky!!

Allie - pushing without any pain relief SUCKED! It was a pretty traumatizing experience, but at the same time I feel kind of proud of myself.

 

[NatoPMT]

Hi all

I wonder how long can i wait for photos of Bryce before i pee myself. I cant stand the wait!!!

Eloise has been HILARIOUS today. I have a giraffe puppet and we played with that. I hid him behind me and Eloise went mental trying to find him and looking round me for him. I put the puppet down in a crumpled heap, and she saw him and burst into tears.

She's done 3 milestones in the last 2 weeks, waving hello and goodbye, passing objects from hand to hand and looking for hidden objects (object permanence) - all were way ahead of schedule, so i am less worried about trying to crawl and standing...she's all about the social and mental, less about the physical.

Thanks for the TTC good wishes. Vic, haha ace...cant wait to see you in October!! I will still be on maternity leave and its Eloise's first birthday on 22nd Oct. I will stand next to you, salivating.

Hearty: I take 5mg of folic because my nephew had spina bifida, my mum has an unclosed vertebrae and i am allergic to latex (linked to spina bifida) - it also reduces risk of Downs (possibly - early study suggestions). I did a quick google and found recent studies (2009 - to present) saying folic reduces risk of autism? I know that autism is linked to 2nd babies born close to their elder sibling, theorised to be due to low vitamin stores...and i have been taking prenatals for a few months for that reason. I could only find folic linked to asthma in 3rd tri, and i stop at 12 weeks - could stop earlier as the neural tube is closed by 6 or 8 weeks, forget which. I then just take the standard prenatal dose for the rest of pregnancy. The studies can be a bit conflicting, depends on the sample size and the methodology, but for me, the bottom line is the health implications with spina bifida and downs are too much to risk

glad youve binned the red raspberry - very shocked that was in a prenatal.

Allie - got the CoEQ10 today, it cant hurt. I used to take it and lost weight when i did, hopefully it will have the same effect this time too. Sugar update?

 

[NatoPMT]

I might use batshit cray cray as my new signature.

 

[heart tree]

Round we really do need those pics ASAP! Can't wait!

Now I remember Nato. Thanks for the info. I'm just going to stick with the normal dose now. I hope I didn't do any harm taking extra into the 3rd tri!

Love your new siggie!

 

[vickyd]

Heart I took 4 mg up to the day Hero was born and will be doing the same if i ever decide to go for number 2. I think its standard for MTHFR cases.

Today Alex took Hero to the park instead of me so that i could finally do some wor around the house. All im gonna say is that the hoover almost clogged up twice from all the dust and fur...Gross...I also ironed a mountain of clothes! Took me a good 4 hours!!!

 

[prgirl_cesca]

I am just glad my grammar was correct.

 

[Sugarlove2]

Congrats Rounders, can't wait to see pics of the little fella!

Happy Birthday to Hoping!

Nato I'm well excited for you ttc again and also slighly envious. I bet you get knocked up no bother this time!

Well done to Eloise, the clever girl! She sounds super intelligent and didn't she roll super early too!

Thanks for the advice re sleeping Luce

 

[LucyJ]

Aww round I love that maddy is smitten with her baby brother. You sound so happy and you should be proud of yourself for doing it with just gas and air.

Im with nato desparate to see some pictures.

Aww nato eloise is so cute and what a clever girl. Its so lovely seeing them learn something new.

Afm: my little boy is asleep and has been since half 8 so fingers crossed he sleeps through tonight as he needs to and I definitely need some sleep been exhausted today. We went to the little explorers groups today which was good glad we got out this morning as its done nothing but rain all afternoon. No plans for tomorrow apart from waiting for a delivery, ordered a rug for Benjamins room.

 

[heart tree]

Lucy, if your boy sleeps through the night, he should win a sleeping medal! That's a lot of sleep. But for your sake, I hope he does.

Vicky, thanks for telling me about the folic acid. I'm only MTHFR hetero which half of the population is. All of my other clotting tests and homocysteine tests were normal. There was no real reason for me to be on that high a dose, but my doc did it as a precaution. Then I switched docs and never found out when I should stop taking them. BTW, I'm jealous of your Paris trip. Are you taking Hero or are you going with just Alex? Paris is the city of romance. You may come back knocked up if you aren't careful!

 

[VGibs]

Hi Round!!! I saw the pics on FB and had to come say...Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww cutie patootie!

AFM...wedding planning is a nightmare. And I am having a very rough week :S Not to mention I am scared of my future fertility because I keep spotting 7-8 days before my AF and that only started 6 months ago I`m scared.

 

[vickyd]

Hearty No i wont be taking Hero with me. Lets say i dont think im ready to take her overseas just yet lol! She is a really bad travel companion in the car so i shudder to think what she would be like on the plane. Also I will be in the conference till 5 pm everyday. I have been to Paris a couple times while i was in Uni in the UK, I dont remember much of it as i was drunk the whole time hahah!! Funny i was thinking how cool it would be if i were to conceive in Paris...We shall see!

Luce good to hear you are getting some sleep hun! Hero has been really good the last month pretty much sleeping through every night. We had a few nights where she would wake up at 3 and not go back down till 6 but they were a handful of times only.

 

[LucyJ]

V Im so sorry you've had a rough week I'm not sure about the spotting but try not to worry can you speak to your dr about it? are you on the pill or anything like that?

Round congratuations Bryce is gorgeous loved the photos so happy for you hope you are both doing well

Hearty he should get a medal he was such a good boy last night 8:30pm to 7:15am which was so much better than the previous night when he went down at 9pm and was up from 2:30am - 5:30am. I so needed the sleep which would of been even better if I hadnt hurt my shoulder damn husbands fault I was turning over as he half woke in a panic that Benjamin was trying to climb out of the bed (he was in his cot fast asleep) so grabbed me (thinking I was him I think) and Ive pulled something in my neck/shoulder.

 

[LucyJ]

Vicky paris is wonderful I'd love to take steve there. I hope you come back from paris knocked up.

Thanks. Thats great that Heros sleeping well when we have a bad night I wondered how I coped for some many months with no sleep I guess your body just adjusts to it.

 

[vickyd]

Luce for me the worst is broken sleep. I can function perfectly on 5 hous sleep if its continuous. If I wake up every couple of hours i feel dizzy and sometimes i even throw up!

 

[NatoPMT]

I have a receipt still from the last time i went Paris for a drink. €27. Hope its all on expenses Vic! I wouldnt take Weezy on a plane at the mo either, i wouldnt dare

Cesca Id have corrected it and saved your blushes. Assuming Id have spotted it

Sugar - Eloise rolled very early, 2.5 months or something, she did it 3 times in a row, then didnt do it again for weeks. I was showing her cartoon pictures of seahorses and crabs and stuff today then showing her photos, and she did a double take and looked from the cartoon to the photo.

Rounders - the fb photos are massive cuteness, so many congrats on your little boy

Luce - lets see the rug, show us a link

Hearty dont worry about the folic acid, i did a google and 11% of children have asthma, if its increased risk of 25% like i read, thats only an increase of 2.5% overall.

cant finish weezy awake